The evening world. Newspaper, March 31, 1921, Page 26

SS im, e edeniita hig Corto, ESTABLISHED PY JOSEPH PULITZER Pudliahed Valiy Bxcept susday by The Prom Publishing Company. Nos. 53 10 63 Park Raw. New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row, eet also the local news published hereim ~~ WHERE 1S THE GAIN? OV. MILLER’S signature affixed to the Trac- tion Bill rourfds out the piot to nullify municipal authority as an obstacle in the way of higher fares in this city. Thanks to that plot, the next move, instead of Being a straight step ahead toward solving the tansit problem, will be a side-step into the courts to test the principle of local self-government. Instead of traction legislation that will stand as a lasting benefit to city and State, we have traction legislation that is likely to be repealed by the next Legislature. Instead of city and State working together, we have them at loggerheads over the job in hand. Worst of all, we have the ominous precedent of a Governor of New York refusing to remove a Mayor of the City of New York whom he de- Mounces as incompetent in order that he may use that incompetence as an excuse for legislating wwuniipal home rule into the discard. Where is the public gain in all this? What has been accomplished toward settling the transit situation by starting at cross purposes, where o-operation was the prime need? Gov. Miller has yet to name the members of his Commission. By his choice of Commis- he may try to allay some of the doubt and Suspicion the methods of his traction programme have aroused as to the motives behind it. « The fact remains that the bill signed yesterday is a serious wrong agaiust those in whose name it was passed. Neither in city nor State did even a substantial minority of the people demand it? ~No Administration at Albany has ever forced through a measure less representative of the popu- lar will or more productive of division and distrust ‘between sections of this Commonwealth. ") A SOCIALIST OUSTED, Expulsion of Henry Jaeger, Socialist, from _, the Assembly yesterday is in marked contrast ., to the witch-burning proceedings which ousted six Socialist Assemblymen last year. Jaeger was tried on questioms of law and fact, not on questions of belief and opinion. ‘The Assembly acted as a jury, not as an inqui- sition. + . The Assembly may have been prejudiced and may have erred as juries often err, but the proceedings did not violate any fundamental principle of representative government. USE THE MAIL TUBES. renewed use of mail tubes in cities will meet with general approval. i _ Mr. Burleson’s opposition to speedy pneumatic _ distribution has seemed incomprehensible to busi- ee Ress men. Any economy from the use of trucks has beeri false eoonomy at the expense of cilies where ihe bulk of postal receipts originate. . Since the Burleson regime took over the Post ab Office one of the principal reasons for pneumatic 4 mail delivery has become even more evident. More as vehicles are using the city streets. Congestion de- ¥ ‘ a the mail trucks and the mail trucks increase congestion. Even before the Burlesonized paralysis of the Pneumatic service, mail trucks, disregarding ordi- mary rules of traffic, endangered pedestrian com- fort and safety. Every year has increased the _ danger and has made more evident the desirability of underground mail routes. GOLF RULE. HY the village of Tavistock in New Jersey! the nineteen elective officers in the village. The nineteen qualified voters voted for Each voter is rewarded with an office. No one can criti- os Administration. Tavistock is unique. It affords opportunity for experimentation. Tavistock might have been « Mamed Golfville, for Tavistock was incorporated golf and in opposition to Blue Law regulation golf on Sunday. © The first election returns are in. A village meet- Ing will come soon. The ordinances of Tavistock Should prove an interesting exhibit in municipal golf rule. In piace of the ordinance limiting motorists to miles an hour within the village limits, it | is reasonable to expect that Tavistock will decide that a two-some has the right of way through a ‘Four-some, and that conversation while a player is Arivigg from the tee shall constitute a breach of punishable by fine. larceny in Tavistock is likely to be the return lost balls to rightful owners. school hours will be arranged to suit of students. “Teacher” will be a a Scotch bu-r-r who can make the course will come in winter. tly be the by-laws of of the House Com- toa EW mews Aespatohes credited to It oF not otherwise bes id tm this paper EPORTS that Postmaster General Hays favors | mitteey should serve as the village J. P. Score- c 2, Properly attested might supply the basis for ap assessment of taxes. Indeed, the Tavistockings have for innovations in municipal ‘golf le, an opportunity slation. They J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park To: ie | have led the way and have the obligation to make JOREPH PULITBER Jr. Secretary, 63 Pa: J the most of their opportunities for improving the OF TNE ASSOCIATED PRESS. | game and defending it from assaults of the Amal- The Associated Prem ty exclusively entitled to the use republication, Samaied Sons of Gloom. | THE SOLID SOUTH. | peared a REPUBLICAN” in a_ recent letter to the Tribune considers the time op- portune for the political disintegration of the “Solid South.” He recommends a “Lily White” policy as the most effective means of leading Southern Demo- crats into the ranks of the G. O. P. A Republican breach in the political solidarity of the Southern States would be of advantage to the Republican Party. It would be of no less advan- tage to the Democrats. The Nation as a political entity would profit most. “The Solid South” for fifty years has been an obstruction to political progress. Southern “solidity” based on the race question has been a curse, particularly ta the Democrats. It has put | the brand of sectionalism on the party, has been a constant incentive to corruption and machine politics. : In the Republican Party the “black and tan” delegates from Dixie have been the backbone of corrupt “Old Guardism.” Since the Civil War the Democratic Party has been a minority party. It could win when—and only when—it adopted progressive ideas and ideals. But to win in Northern States it had to surmount | prejudice and suspicion directed against reactionary elements in the Southern wing. It had to, over- come the tradition of rebellion and a heritage of Civil War hates. To get an even break the Dem- ocrats needed overwhelmingly better principles and candidates, Republican success in the South would go far to banish the few remaining traces of sectionalism which the Great War did not wipe out. There is a place in the Republican Party for the reactionaries of the South. They belong in that party. The Democratic reactionaries in Congress hever gave more. than lip service to the progressive and forward-looking Democratic programme from 1913 to 1917. When they voted for Wilsonism it was on a basis of quid pro quo. They wanted patronage and perquisites. In 1916 it was the Progressive West which re- elected Woodrow Wilson, The West is indapend- ent. It looks to the future. Remove the curse of the “Solid South” from the democracy and the West would take the lead on a basis of ideas and ideals rather than of tradition. Let the Republicans break the “Solid South” and the United States would realign itself into two great parties with principles—the Republican, conserva- tive and backward looking; the Democratic, pro- gressive and forward looking. No political development could be more desirable. f BETTER WORK FOR THE LEGION) OL. FREDERICK GALBRAITH, Commander of the American Legion, described as “one Jesse James adventure, if you'll allow the term,” the effort of the Legion to insure the return of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, slacker, draft dodger, fugitive from military justice and “Boche,” as Commander Galbraith properly described him. With all respeci, however, to Commander Gal- braith, isn’t a single “Jesse James adventure” one too many for the American Legion to angage in? Grover Cleveland Bergdoll is rather small potatoes | to engage the attention of an organization of such potentialities aS the American Legion. As a routine matter, the Legion might properly jog the Admin- istration into activity for the return of Bergdoll under due form of law. A “Jesse James adven- ture” suggests extra-legal procedure which should be beneath the Legion. Big, broad, constructive, non-political policies should engage the first efforts of the national offi- cers of the Legion. TWICE OVERS. “cc S a matter of fact the lower animals are pro- hibitionists. 1 hope you will not for a moment imagine that the remark can be reversed.” —G. K. Chesterton. “ce HE only reason people come to hear an author lecture is because they wonder what kind of @ poor fish the man was who wrote the book.” —Sin- clair Lewis. * * “ec HE fact that Mr. Jaeger is a Socialist has noth- ing whatsoever to do with the action to declare his seat vacant, «1 regret that he is nol a Republican or Democrep.” Assemblyman Rowe. * sn eye ne a tee eeeateien } . EE PT TTT Conyriaht, 1921. by The Prem Hlintng (The New York Evening W. eo, By John Cassel What kind of a letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one fo say much in a few words. Take SOME Brew! To the Laitor of The Evening World Thou almost persuadest me to be a bootlegger, Mr. Enright, Now that the Commissioner sees the way clear to stick his finger in the Prohibition pie, _ bootleggers should feel an added sense of secur- ity. ‘They are about to be closed by a man Avhose incomparable ability for making excuses will comé in handy when the Anti-Saloon League wants to find out why the demon rum still remains unfettered, The only thing that thirsty people like myself can do is to prepare for an advanee in price. ‘Too many cooks raise the hooch” is what I have learn@ from Prohibition. It's too bad we can't all go to Florida in private cars with colored porters who have such a wonderful interpretation for the word “grape- | fruit! But I sippos will have to ing ontmeal and rice from the grocer and paying for malt and hops. Grocers are excellent interpreters at times. A. R. H. Brooklyn, N, Yg March 30, 1921. P. common . S—Between you and me, Mr. Editor, it's SOME brew!, I won the prize for having the best recipe in the neighborhood and expect to run for Congress next year on tne strength of it. Favors ue” Styles. ‘To the Editor of The Brouing World Iam in favor of some “blue” laws that weuld ban women’s apparel, re- ferring to short skirts, silk hosiery and especially the wearing of socks. Such a law passed by the representa- tives would be a good mora} law. I ion’t mind the wearing of socks, but when women are also attired in short skirts to the knee the socks should be abolished, as it is very indecent, * Also, I favor the closing of the sa- }toon, with its scandalous backroom, | especially on the Sabbath Day. It is ridiculous to see drunken men stag- ger along the streets and abusing everybody else. Saloons could be closed down for all time if the proper persons got found as yet. The saloons are work- ing every day from about 4.30 A. M. BRENNAN CARROLL JR. New York City. For eer and Wine. To the Bititor of The Dreoing Worki Unwiiling to pay $1 to help defray expenses of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, your correspondentg Harry Hays, in Mon- | day's issue evidently does not under- jstand. £ consider it ‘worth many ‘times that amount merely to bi registered against the Anti-Saloon League and all the other fanati wreckers of Americanisin, thr our hitherto highly respected Con- stitution, after them, but such persons can't be | If the public will only let itself be ¥ beard the association will sccom- From Evening World Readers that givee you the worth of a thousand words in a coupie of hundred? There 4# fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying time to be brief. plish its purpose. We haye been de- hied the right to express our opinion at the polls. Here is our opportunity. The Association Aguinst the Pro- hibition Amendment is opposed to the saloon and is working for tiue tem- perance, and among other things realizes the impossibility of legislat- ing the peopfe into being temperate —particularly without having the consent of the majority—as is now being tried at our expense. Another good feature of the asso- ciation is that any one formerly con- nected with the liquor interests is not eligible to membership. We have waited patiently for just such an or- ganization, and now that it is here, backed by the highest type of citi- zens, among whom are men ana women representing various profes- sions, including eminent physicians, | clergymen and prieste, we should not jonly gladly help but consider it a |duty ta do so, Let us get down to | business. Insist that, laws be made |that the people could and would re- spect, J. BRE Boston, March 25, 1921 John Burroaghs. Poet, seer, natuualist, ‘ | And friend of God and man, Time has placed you in the list Of God's great caravan. Beauty, Power, Manliness, | You taught the meaning of, And nofy in death you have no less A universal love. “ Where are the men of thought to-day Of soul and insight true? Deep reverence has right of way ‘As Sorrow passes through. But only tribute Sorrow leaves At death's unbroken plan, For in a score of books still breathes An immortal man. HUGH RUSSPLL FRASER Jr. Beer as Medicine. To the Biitor af The Byening World “beer is not a medicine and has no place in a helpful pharmacopoeia.” | He evidently does not know the me- | dicinal value of malt and hops when properly brewed, and is speaking as a narrow-minded Prohibitionist, Beer brewed by German standards is 4 food, tonic and medicine com- bined. I can speak from personal ex- perience, being built up to vigorous health from an emaciated condition, with low vitality and impaired diges- tion, by drinking a particular brew of beer. , Tet the State pass a law to give us pure beer, according to German standards, and it will surely be medi- cinal. | REGISTERED PHARMACIST. | Why is it 80 many radio schools are turning out new operators? ‘The radio me is overcrowded at present, and becoming more go every. wenn, 4 CHARDSON. | A letter by Arthur Douglas states | UNCOMMON SENSE | By John Blake (Coprrteht, 1921, by John Blake) A PAY DAY WORTH WORKING FOR, One of the most successful of American authors was employed ten or twelve years ago on an evening newspaper in New York. Part of his work was writing running accounts of im- portant trials, With a stack of copy r on his lap he would take the salient parts of evidence as it was given, word for word, while a boy stood at his élbow to carry the sheets to the telegraph office down the street. At each lull in the evidence he would write an introduc- tion or summary of its most interesting features as a “lead” for the next edition of the paper to go-to press. The writer has seen this man write in this way nearly twenty thousand words in one day. There were calluses on his fingers from holding the stubby pencils, continually sharpened by an assistant as he wrote. And this man for this work got far less money in a month than he now receives for a single short story—less than half as much as he receives for talking to an audience for an hour when he goes-out on the lecture platform. Never in all that time did he complain that he was either overworked or underpaid. “It’s bully practice,” he used t iu all when the real pay day comes _’ The real pay day has come. And it is a big pay day, because while doing this tremendous volume of work the young man learned to write. He never worked carelessly. His mind was always on his job, no matter how much he had to do, and his stories of trials, written as rapidly as they were, were far and away the best that anybody was writing at the time. And it was in the evenings, after this terrific daily grind, that he thought out the plot of his first story and wrote it. . If young men who fancy they are not getting what they are worth would think over this author's early labors they might see things in a new light, He is getting rich to-day, but every cent he makes is earned, and he began to earn it in those days of hard labor. What we think of as pay day comes once a week or once a month, but the real pay day is far in the future, and it will be a good one if we begin to work for it now. say. “PI get paid for certain radio school advertises that “the prospect of Increase in American shipping indicates a shortage of radio operators... How come? A visit to the waiting room for operators at the Marconl, independent, or ship owners’ wireless companies will show scores of men waiting for ships. And be- lieve me, brother, they wait Why are “Spicks” and “Limies” and “Scowegians” taken in preference to Americans as waiters, oilers, firemen and coal passers’ The writer of this letter gave up a job as viler to enter the radio game, and now that he has | his license he can’t got a ship in either ‘capacity, because of the mysterious version’ to Americans, I pping” at these men because | foreigners; but becuus they ‘fuse to become naturalized and be it back to the “old country” wii they've made their “pile.” RAMIO OPPRATOR. New York, March 50, 1921, f ‘ WORDS FROM THE WIS It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life-—Victor Hugo. We should deat with children as God deals with us; we are happiest under the influence of innocent delusions.—Goethe, Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in sup porting it—Richter, Courage, like cowardice, is un- doubledly contagious, but some persons ave not liable to catch 1t-—George Prentice. ss, — pending ihe evening with a party of Nature in The Bib i} By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory [Conpright, 1921, by the Pree Publishing Ov, | (The New York Breuloa World), 1 NO. 7—AGRICULTURE, The ancient Jew was a great farma er. He knew perfectly well what was meant by the exhortation, “Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee” With the eurth the Jew of Bible times was upon the closest intimacy. He loved the soll, as the child loves its mother, and was never 60 happy as when he was tickling it to make it laugh in the golden harvest, To-day the Jew farmer is one of Mr. Chesterton's “paradoxes,” To= day the Jew is a trader, banker, money lender—it he deala in reid estate it is largely on paper. He dwells in the towns and cities, and 4s but seldom found in the country. He seems to have lost the old love love for the soil. The explanation is easy, Perse- cuted, robbed, driven from place to place, the Jew was obliged to tura his hand to whatever he could find to do, and above everything else ho needed to put his w portable shape, something that he could get away with quickly when threatened with robbery at the hands of his enemies. It was quite different in the olden time when, in his own country, je sat under his vine and fig tee with none to molest him make hit rich fields of Boas he walked to meet know that Boaz was 4 multitude of prospere tine the through Ruth, and we only one of ous farmers in Pi in the Bible Palestine is called tha wh land of “milk and honey.” the land jot “fatness,” of plenty and: prosperi- ty, and We may well believe uiat the vation of the Holy work of the Turk, who nd blasts everything that ho | touches It Was not always so. In Bie times the tulle were heavily wooded, and thy valleys were veritable gar- |dens, In many cases the hillsides were ter: ind the the grape { and the pomegranate were every | | where in evidence. The principal crops of the old . | Palestinian mer were wheat, bare Hley and millet, along with beans peas, melons, onions, cucumbers and the fz also the ond the almond. |. Beyona Bible was indee: | well worthy of the » an Hlove that its people felt for it that is reflected in in #0 many of the There was never : § any people an ‘intenser patriotic: than that which was felt by the ancient He- brew for his country Ne to his faith car nd that Jehova in the cultivation of the Pro, him its fields he found an almost religious and gladness. T can that so the wor! | with j jism. “Genti Jeasily enter into th 1 believe that 1 how it ts attered all over nigh delirious ject of Zic I am, FE ean s will re- turn to Palesti m it from the ourse of the Turk, and to ma it bloom again with the old time beauty of hill and val With t Inter rains, as a witt laws |and with the help the Holy Land can e: just mpar ninistered, ndern science, be made to |*blossom as the re to flourish | ‘like the tree planted by the river of water,” [Men Who Made New York By Irwin Thomas. | Conmrignt, 1021, be The Prove Priishing Ox } (The New York brening Warid) sad 9—CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES DE LANCEY. (1708-1760.) Among the men who made New York, Chief Justice James De Lancey | Stands out prominently. He was tle son of Stephen De Lancey. It is said of him that no man prior to the reva- lution wielded a greater influenge than De Lancey He is described as ving an intellectual giant. ‘His breadth of knowledge was won- derful. He had a magnetic presence | and was a general favorite, but whem things did not go to suit’him or be was balked anywhere le was over- bearing and autocratic. The De Lancey mansion was no: jof Trinity Chureh, the City Hotel. was on the Rivington and De Lancey Streets. The name De Lancey was a synonym |for honor and honesty. His political interest was the city, but in time he | became almost as well known London as in New York. the Lieutenant Governor York. The greatest funeral in the bistory lof the city was that of the Chief Justice. No American previously had been buried with such pomp anB genuine displuy of feeling as was James De Lancey On July 13, been a Later it became His country home Bowery Road, Grand, of 1760, he had deep distinguished men at a home on Staten Island. He returned to the city, was taken Hl and died at his country house. The order of his |funeral, printed and preserved, was: ks of Trinity and St. George's in open chaise. i ctor of Trinity Church im a two ‘by two, in open 4—Hearse, open, driven by own achman, white horses, 5—Councillors in mourning coaohes, | as palYbearers. 6—Family and relatives. 7—Mayor and Aldermen, two by two. 9—Lawyers of the city. While this imposing funeral was in to jthan disclose her identity, she did not want {t known a De 9“ |Lancey slave could be dis! ¢ iz honored was the mame of Mee din’