The evening world. Newspaper, March 23, 1921, Page 26

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Pwiiehed Dally Except Sunday by Tho Proas Publishing J. ANGUS SHAW, Treamurer. OSEPH PULITZE R Jr., Secretary, 68 Park Row. Geapatches oredited to it or not otherwise credited im this paper Bid also the local news published herein’ 9 WHERE THE FINGER POINTS. E _—s IVE news notes of the last few days are closely 3 related: +. « Im 1920 the per capita consumption of meat declined ten pounds, Farmers protest against present low prices for live stock. . An anti-meat-dumping law is proposed. Shipments of meat are coming from the Argentine and from Australia New Zealand. Rafiroad executives admitted at a White House conference that some freight rates are so high as to be non-productive. Something is evidently wrong when American fhomes out down the meat ration because of cost, at the same time farmers cannot get enough fe mate meat-raising pay. Something is wrong when the difference in ocean Weights and rail freights is so great that Australia an compete with lowa in the Eastern market. Ei, ’ Ap <nti-<dumping law will mean higher prices , there, but will it hetp in lowa? If the consumers’ "wea ration is out further because of higher costs, will further restrict the demand for meat. Isn’t the burden of freight costs the nigger in the ywoodpilé which the farmers must attack first? ITS PATIENT BEST. gee tg to MayoreHylan, Gov, Miller is all wrong in saying that the City Adminis. has “no plan or remedy to meet.or cure the transit evil.” “The City Administration has again and again told the boa oe corporations that if they cannot operate subways profitably at {,(e Soon fare they should turn the subways ack to the city.” «That ts the Mayor's “plan” to date. ye ” . Gov. Miller is right in saying that this is “loose He is wrong in saying that it is “loose There is no evidence of cerebration in - = other hand, the Governor's plan is the He is driving with too high a too tight a rein. His solution is no more the Mayor's. 7 Meanwhile, the great “in-between,” the public, Subway Sardine, seems to be doing its patient out a solution. nounced yesterday that in December, Interborough sold 5,750,613 more tickets» in 1919. It is also an admitted fact that sub- y profits are greater and elevated deficits less. If only the Governor and the Mayor would neu- tralize each other, maybe the poor old public could _. mickél the transit situation into blissful solvency. 24 was the pe | ., AGAIN THE FORDNEY BILL. ESTERDAY’S reports from Washington indi- cated that Republican leaders intend to drag out the Fordney Tariff Bill and re-enact it. The Fordney Fake which Pyesident Wilson is considerably more than the “two-inch” which the President recommended to farmer lobbyists last week. Apparently Mr. Harding is not - gure what he wants, birt has come to the conclusion that “something has got to be done about it” and ‘W grabbing for the Fordney bill because President Wilson’ vetoed it. But the President is reported to have in mind ‘ome change. The original Fordney Fake was to ave a term of eleven months. When, the measure was proposed The Evening World poittted out how «this would nof benefit the farmer whose 1920 crops were already sold, nor would it insure him fisher prices for his 1921 crop. if the Fordney bill were re-enacted now with the ¢leven-month provision, it might actually increase farm prices on a few commodities—not many— while it placed a heavy load on the consumer. \ out President Harding is said to favor a six- month term for the new tariff. In other words, Sich a tariff would flave the objectionable features of the longer term, but without the problematical Menefits to the farmer which an eleven-month bili might now bring. “Move than one President has been wrecked by foolish and ill-advised tariff legislation. If Presi- dent Harding sponsors a six-month Fordney Fake she will be making the worst possible start. THE SMALL CONTRACTOR'S INNINGS, OLLOWING 4 noticeable drop in living costs, it is to be expected that wages in the build- ing trades will decrease. Either wages must come _ down or efficiency must increase. Many of the luxury jobs of 1920 building such % theatres and garages are completed or nearing ompletion, This ought to release an adequate Supply of artisans for home construction. These conditions favor the home-building move- THE EVENING Saved a little money. Now is the lime for him to launch himself as an independent contractor. When building is mostly of large apartment houses the small contractor has no chance. He has not the skill, the experience, the capital to engage in big projects. But when small homes are in demand the minor contractor has his innings. He has distinct ad- vantages over the larger firms. His overhead is little or nothing. He is og the job and is his own foreman. He can set the pace for the men working under him. No great capital is needed, Conditions were never more favorable for such independent ventures in small construction con- tracting. The Lockwood investigation has broker both Brindellism and Hettrickism, which have in- terfered with small contracting. Now is the time for such a business development among buikling workmen, Better yet, ket groups of workmen form partner- ships, doing all the work and sharing profits. There is profit and steady employment in such venture if carefully and honestly conducted. A HEAVY LOAD. iipes Republican plot to have the State. of New York hog-tie the City of New York in order to clear the way for a boost of fares on metro- Politan traction lines was pushed to its final stage last night. ' The Assembly obediently passed the Traction Bill by a vote of 91 to 56, and Gov. Miller is scheduled to sign it next week after a public hearing which will put the last ironic twist to a piece of unmiti- gated tyranny. The fourteen Assemblymen from Greater New York who betrayed their home city by voting for the bill should be carefully noted. They are: KINGS: John A. Warren, James C. Moore, James F. Bly, Leo V. Doherty, James J. Mullen, Theodore Stitt, Leon G, Moses, Frederick A. Wells, Walter F, Clayton, Louis J. Druss. NEW YORK: Edward R. Rayher, Robert B. Wallace. RICHMOND: Ernest V, Frerichs. QUEENS: Nicholas M. Pette, If any of these gentlemen again ask the voters of this city to elect them to publig office let it be remembered that their view of the representative function did not prevent their grossly misrepresent. ing. the great community to which they were re- sponsible when their party bosses cracked the whip, Nor will that party itself escape the consequences of what it has done. } Republican Assemblyman Jesse of New. York, who refused to be a traitor to his city, warned his fellow Republicans in the Assembly yesterday: “The bill is destined to win this year, But let me tell the Majority’ Leader he is going to ride to victory on measure that will bankrupt the Republican Party. “We have such a tremendous majority here in this House that we are drunk with power. It is going to take the chastening influence of defeat to bring home to you what you are doing here to-day. I have voted for every party measure in this House, But this is not a party measure, amd had it been made one by intro- duction in the Saratoga platform or during the campaign this Legislature would be overwhelm- ingly Democratic.” That is plain truth. The people of this State are going to have a reckoning with a party and a Governor that came into power for a purpose revealed only after the election, \ The plot against this city is not likely to be for- gotten in the next two years, Gov. Miller may sign his Traction Bill, but that will be only the beginning of a fight in the courts— a fight which will be a constant reminder that where there should have been openness there was du: plicity, that where there might have been co-oper- ation there is antagonism, that instead of concen- trating on the traction problem the city is forced to defend itself against tyranny. Responsibility for such a situation will prove a crushing load for the Miller Administration. TWICE OVERS. a Bi only chance for the reduction of taxes which the whole Nation demands lies in cut- ting down the amount spent for future wars,” —Miss Emma Wold. 66°F this (Transit) bill had been writlen into the Republican platform last autumn we would now have a Democratic Governor.” —Republican As- semblyman Jesse of Manhattan. ot Pp hapi hig MILLER seems to imagine he és a Chancellor sitting by Divine right on a woolsack, instead of being Governor of New York sit- a ~ WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MA ROH 23, 1921, The Will of the Majority. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Workt: May I be permitted, through the columns of your valuable paper, to ask “Optimist,” whose letter appears in to-day’s issue, one question: Does he not, in the last analysis, consider the will of the people of this country the law of the land? If he does, then I should include in this question: When have the whole People had an opportunity to express such an opinion? Now, I don't care about referen- dums held in different States which the majority voted They are the most sparsely popu lated in the country, and if he wi consider the people in these States who are against the Eighteenth Amendment with the vast majorities in the Eastern States who have never voted on the question and which comprise, I should say, 75 por cent. of the population of the enti country, he will have to agree there is serious doubt whether the Eight- eenth Amendment represents the will of the majority of the people the country over, Your fight for government by all the people is beyond praise. Moré power to you. N. M. H. New York City, March 17, 1921, The Penalty of the EI ‘To the Edaor of weaing World: ‘The voters of the last election have changed conditions to a much more serious state than they were before. When the State was under the Dem- ocratic Party's control, conditions in this state were not at all bad. But because of being dissatisfied with our ex-resident, they, the voters, thought if the Democrats were again in power it would make matters worse, In order to prevent such disaster, they decided to vote for the other party, although that party's platform was clearly known to have many principles that did not meet the demands of the working people. Since the majority of voters in this State are working people, I cannot conceive how they should desire to pay the 8-cent fare. No doubt they will reply that they do not agree with that policy. Yet they voted for the party that stood behind that policy, T have still to wait several years to be able to vote, and I would like to have the readers of The Bvening World tell me why the people of to- day do not care to understand the principles of the party he or she votes for, Since the people of to-day care so little for the principles of the vari. ous parties, why do they complain if bills are passed not to his or her king? Did not the majority of people vote for the Republican Party? Tifen, why compla! that party did pass this 8-cent fare bill? F.H.C, “Wilson and Posterity. ‘To the Edkor of The Brening World: 1 wish to make a few nts on From Evening World Readers, letter appearing ‘orl t Wilson's: “are Yor What kind of a ictter do you find most readable? Isn’t it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There ts fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in @ few words. Take time to be brief. never heard of his achievements in the World of politics, science or in- dustry. I would suggest that he try his luck in one of those fields, as Just now our great need is super- men, He cites as one of Wilson's great achievements our staying out of the war until it was safe for us to enter and not have “our manhood slaugh- tered.” What about the Allies’ men who were being killed and slaughtered all those ycars while we were standing by? This could have been halted by our earlier entrance into the war. He claims without the famous four- teen points the conflict would run on indefinitely. What rot! Germany knew she was beaten and the time | for quitting was at hand. He also contradicts himself by stat- ing men's bad acts live after them, | while the good are forgotten. Did | he not state in the first paragraph of | his letter that Wilson will be remem- | bered and have bis name coupled | with Washington and Lincoln, and | also get a holiday named for him? | BRONXVILLE. Ready ‘To the Edaor of The We people of enough of Daylight Saving to do us for the rest of our lives. If we have it this summer we will all clear out. We will not get up an hour earlier, going to our work in the dark. Where 1 work they say they will not have it, 8o our misery may not come. It it’ does we will go to work an hour later, as we will go the same time as we do now, If they should take the hour out of our wages every day for being an hour late we wili deduct it out of our income taxes, trusting we will have no more daylight saving to worry about, T. & 0. New York, March 22, 1921. Incre , Harned and Untarned. Vo the BAiRor uf The Evening World 1 have seen many letters appearing lately expounding that impossible doctrine, and no one to answer in the nogatt Assume that we are going to enact single tax, will the present owners be compensated? “The land belongs to no one, God made the land"—Henry George. True, but how about the poor duffers who paid for the land? Single Taxers would nationalize the land. How about the industries? One man invests money In land, another in manufacturing or stocks.’ Both do nothing, Single Tax calls the former unearned increment, the latter earned, It seizes the formers income and does not touch the latter's. In conclusion, it is a half-hearted measure and will never remedy the present fundamental unrest or solve the rent problem. H. 8, BOCKSTEIN. Brooklyn March 18, 1921, The Story of the Parade. To the ExiRor of The Evening World The most beautiful sight during the St. Patrick's Day parade f a8 our and UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1971, by John Blake.) BUILD OPINIONS CAREFULLY. Whether ypu succeed or fail in this world is going to de- pend pretty largely on your judgment of men, You will amount to nothing as an employer unless you know how to pick out the right kind of men to work for you, You are likely to spend all your life working for little more than a living unless you carefully select your boss. For Mt is as much the business of the employee to select the boss as it is for the boss to select the employee. If you are working for a man who is not going to get anywhere himself it is certain that working for him will never get YOU anywhere. If you are working for a concern that is so short sighted in its treatment of its employees that it expects to make peons of them the sooner you shift your employment the better. . “That’s.a Fact’ write of it in a way that interests other people. people did not buy their stories the time spent writing them would be wasted. om soon peegees aN FE Wests There is no real independence in a world where all your relations are with other people. The artist must know something of the taste of the public that buys pictures or he will starve to death at his easel, 5 Writers succeed because they know enough of life to If the other It is the excellence or worthlessness of your opinion of other people that counts. In forming that opinion do not be hasty. Personal appearance will play an important part, but you cannot afford to stop there. Wait till you have had time to study men before you make up your mind about them. Don't trust first impressions. If you are an employer don’t think because a man has failed in one thing that he will fail in everything, Gen, Grant was a poor tanner but great General, If you are a salaried man or woman form your opinion of your boss carefully and slowly. Be sure that he is a slave driver before you give notice to quit. of those whirlwinds of energy who will do more to get good work out of you than anybody else could. He may merely be one In any event get all the evidence you can before you decide. Don’t expect perfection, for you will never find it, Average the man you are deciding about with his fellows. Judge him tolerantly. But never bring in a verdict for or against him without plenty of time and thought. _ By John Cassel Patching Up the Fordney Bill — ‘| I The World’s Oldest: Love Stories | By Maubert St. Georges 192), by the Pres Publi Cine New York Meine Word PYGMALION AND GALATEA; © YGMALION inhabited the Istayi@ of Cyprus. Like many of the Greek youths of thosg days “he had inherited his profession from hus father and hag become a sculptor. He had pursued this art until he had become so protictent at it that none onthe island could equal hint, ft- deed, very few in the thén known world could compete with him in the | modelling of wax, wood, ivory, stone, \ Metal ur marble. | _ 1m the practice of his profession it was necessary for Pygmalion to use | Models. Now the stanuard of moral- ity among the Grevks was very low, The benavior of the women who came to pust for him gave Pyginalion such & pour opinion of the female sex'that finally he became a connrmed woman hater and refused to have any fur- ther dealing with tuem even for the purpose of assisting hun in the pur+ suit of his art, i Pygmation’s misogyny of course soon became well known among his friends, and being so contrary to the usual behavior of young men they chaffed him mercilessly about it without, how- ever, bringing any change in his at- titude, They were coarse, ugly mon- sters, he claimed, incapable of any of the finer feelings, unfit for-the respect | of men. At last, amused at these dis- paraging remurks, one of his friends asked him to model a statue which would depict a woman which would not be coarse, ugly or misshapen, and | which, being’ dutnb and motionless, | could do nothing to dishonor her sex. Pygmalion took his friend at his word and set to work. He sent to Pgypt for some of the finest ivory, the substance in which he preferred to work, and when it came began a statue which he decided would be the crown- ing achievement of his life. For months he worked unceasingly and from the shapeless mass of ivory which he had faced at the beginniny there sprang a work too beautiful io describe, When it was finished and he callea ,in his friends to look at his work [they all exclaimed in astonishment. ‘fhe statue was marvelous. Lt stood naked, revealing the perfection of its limbs. But in its nakedness there was none of that brazenness that had so angered Pygmalion in his models. ‘The face, the figure, the pose, were so beautiful that all said that it seemed the sculptor had caught Venus and transformed her into a statue. They went, and Pygmalion was left alone with his statue. And soon a tstrange thing h.ppened to him, In |the making of the statue he had put jinto the work all his hopes for the |perfect, beautiful woman whom he might desire for his wife, and now this dream seemed realized before him. So he fell in love with his inanimate statue. He stained the ivory flesh color, clothed th é wound flowers about its h | kissed its cold lips and finally about to perish because his love was. not returned by the y. About that time the celebration of the worship of Venus taking place. Pygmalion, who was a very devout worshipper, came and duti- fully placed a garland on her altar. As he did so he prayed, though with- out hope, that his statue, which he called Galatea, might be given the breath of life by the goddess. Returning home, Pygmalion, who had forgotten his prayer, turned to kiss Galatea, as had lately become his custom. To his astonishment he found that the ivory yielded as he grasped it in his arms! The lips he kissed were warm! Under the burn- ing ardor of his love the eyes finally opened and he realized at last that Venus had heard his prayer and had deigned to fulfil it. Both sank to their. knees and returned thanks to her: Then they were married and never again was Pygmalion heard to complain about women. ee ee | WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? Copyright, 1921, by The Pres Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World), 2—ANTICIPATE, Many persons—and some of them ought to know better—cruelly misuse |“antichpate’ ‘by confounding it with | “expect.” “Antierpate’ is derived | trom the Latin words “ante” (before) |and “capio” (I take). To anticipate an event means to take suitable ac- tion looking to that event. Ex "is derived from the Latin |words “ex” (out) and “specto” (I \look)—that is to say, to look forward to, whether with pleasure or with dismay. The important difference between the meanings ‘of the two words was aptly illustrated in the late war, Everybody, including Uncle Sam, “expected” the conflict, But Uncle Sam did not “anticipate” it. That is to say, he took no adequate measures of preparedness before he entered It, | ‘This incident shows how impor- ‘tant it is for nations as well as ind viduals to use languafe with a proper regard for its exact meaning. ptenig hie Bia ad ll ‘Are You Observant? WHAT PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY I8 THIS? Read the Answer tn the Neat of the Series. Answer to previous description— Central Park Plaza, 59th Street and Fifth Avenue. NO. 15. Occupying a city block below Canal is often represented drawn by peacocks, ieee By Albert P. Southwick Brian, which and Guy, signifying The name of God in Hebrew is “Elohim” “Eliah,” Syrian and Turkish it is “Ala Malay “Alla” and in Arabia Juno, in mytholog: ¢ gods and Sos Le In the Hebrew Elijah Lord;" Elisha, “t of “Bloha,” in Assyrian; in Cl ‘Eleah. salvation and Eudot gitt;” Phyili Theodosia, “given by God.” . tha oube meaning was ite of, Jupiter Valea, in a chariot From the French we derive Beau- mont, meaning “a pretty mountain means “having a thu means “God Thomas From the Greek come the feminine ‘a good ‘a green bough,” and Street, ther building faces south. There’ are three arched doorways with four bunches of electric lights that seldom are lit. Originally of white stone, it is a bit weather beaten and smoke ‘stained, Eight great pil- lars that rest above the entrance ex- tend from the second to the fifth floor, Above these are statues, which show better to the observer at a hun- red or more feet away. Over the centre of the doorways, columns and Waleony is a clock. Probably it is as little looked at as any clock in the city, because there are others to be seen more easily, in the same neigh- borhood. Architecturally the build- ing’ is considered by many to be one of the finest in the city, It was bi i about the time the first ay W: | opened replace. one “topmddowmn: a of presided over. 37) “a” iso phic contraction of the few hundred feet from it,