The evening world. Newspaper, April 5, 1921, Page 22

ESTADLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Podlimhed Dally Except Gunday by The Prom Publishing Company. Nos. 63 to 63 Park Raw, Now York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row, J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER Jr., Secrotary, 63 Park Row. ——_—___ MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Phe Associated Prem ls exctuxtvely entitled to the use fer repablteation ers denpetcnee erin’ eh or not not otherwise credited im this paper Sadgthee the teal news publisbed berwin, “COMING TO THINK.” OV. MILLER now declares himself in favor of a legislative investigation of the present ‘Administration of New York City. The Governor is quoted as having said yesterday: “I am coming to think that such an inves- tigation might serve an important public pur- pose, However, I have no power in the mat- ter, whith is exclusively within the province *» %. of the Legislature.” | va ] | Just so. | Having got his traction measure through the Legislature and on the statute books, having used the incompetence of the Hylan Administration to justify annulment of municipal authority, Gov. Miller is now graciously inclined toward any step the Legislature may choose to take toward investi- gation of this city’s affairs. The Governor saw no reason to remove Mayor Hylan or otherwise interfere with the present Ad- ministration of the city so long as conditions under | that Administration favored his traction programme. The traction plot has gone through. Gov. Mil- ler is “coming to think” that nothing more is to be gained by keeping legislative hands off Hylan. i REPUBLICAN POLICY TOWARD THE NEGRO. EPUBLICAN political circles are ruffled by controversy over the rumored appointment of a negro as Register of the Treasury. Negro partisans charge that Postmaster General Hays, Representative Slemp and others instigated the protest against the appointment. | Senator Penrose, on the other hand, has recently endorsed the negro demand for equal rights in the- atres, dining rooms, and other public places. In the Washington Colored American we read: “We kept in power the political plans of the Republican Party for twenty-five years.” There in a singh sentence is the secret of the “split in policy evident in Republican ranks. Some Republicans hope to expand the organiza- tion into a national party. They hope to break the Solid South, and know that this will be possible only by an appeal to “Lily White” sentiment. Other Republicans of the Penrose school are less interested in nationalizing the party. They are perfectly satisfied with a system under which they afe “kept in power” for twenty-five years by the “black and tan” delegate scandals. Mr. Penrose is a gifted politician. He has none of the “‘Abolitionist” fervor of the Charles Sumner school of statesmanship. He knows what he wants and how to get it. He is interested primarily in the perpetuation of the Old Guard grip on the Repub- lican Party. A national party might prove too big for the Old Guard to manage. Penrose is content to leave the South solidly Democratic if that will keep Soythern delegates reliably in line behind the gov- ening clique of the party. os eS eer ons THE NOTE TO GERMANY. BCRETARY HUGHES'S note to the German Government, transmitied through the Ameri- i can High Commissioner at Berlin, turns out to be a brief and rather spineless communication in which thé only positive, downright statement is the fol- lowing: “This Government stands with the Gov- ernments of the Allies in holding Germany responsible for the war and therefore mor- ally bound to make reparation so far as may be possible.” | * The rest is mere polite and optimistic ili | sagen that Germany recognizes her position and i red to do her utmost to “satisfy the just as the Allies and permit Germany hopefully to re- “new its productive activity.” Secretary Hughes gives no indication how far this aGovernment is to stand with the Governments of pat Allies beyond -holding Germany responsible for tthe war. Yet in that beyond are all the really important, present questions of peace. ¥ st _ A JUDICIAL AUTHORITY. HE HERALD enters into the campaign to stampede the Railroad La judgment on wage and wor now before it. bor Board into snap if condition disputes The Herald remark : “This Nation * * * never is tolerant | $ oe. of any authority, administrative or legisla- 4 j tive, that pompously, laboriously and tedi- -_ { ously puts in time asserting or establishing Poa } > its jurisdiction while the country goes to the dogs.” Passing over the obvious implication that the Ypath to normalcy is also the path to the bow-wows, it is evident that such a statement is either pettifog- gn or else an indication of profound ignorance and hiscomprehension of the functions of the Labor Board. | The “authority” of tho-Labor Board is not “ad- ministrative or legislative.” It is judicial, It is ie High Court of Working Relations of the transporta- tion industry. As well reproach the Supreme Court for delay as the Labor Board. Moreover, the complexity of the questions which the Labor Board must adjudicate is evident when we see that on the employing side of the dispute no common counsel or agreement prevails. The Warfield plan seems to have the approval of se- curity owners, but A. H. Smith and other railroad executives disagree. The strong roads and the weak are not in accord, The Railroad Board ought not to take snap judg- ment. We had enough of hop-skip-and-jump ac- tion when Congress enacted the Esch-Cummins bill. ,CONGESTED COURTS. ROM time to time The Evening Workd has pointed out the need of improved machinery in the administration of the Rent Laws. Congestion of court calendars with rent cases results in a delay of justice which is, in effect, a denial of justice. Z Municipal courts no longer function for the ex- peditious settlement of the minor civil cases for which they were created. Almost the whole time of the Justices is engaged in the settlement of rent cases, The term of the Legistiture is drawing to a close. If relief is to be had it must come soon A feasible plan to relieve these courts is outlined and endorsed by several of the Justices. It would provide for the appointment of referees to investi- gate and make recommendations to the court for the disposition of summary proceedings and actions for rent. Here follows a brief statement of the present condition of the calendar of the Fourth District Municipal Court, Brooklyn. The actual figures reveal the shocking cdngestion. In January, 1920, there were 74 jury cases on the calendar of this court. In January, 1921, there were 463 such cases, In Febru- ary, 1920, there were 49 jury cases, and in the same month of 1921 there were 636. The March calendar of the present year bore up- ward of 800 jury cases, of which only 6 were tried, the remainder going over to the April jury week, which has a calendar of close to 1,000 cases. No effort by the Justices and Clerks of the Municipal Courts can remedy such a condition. Vi the Legislature fails to take action the cases will continue to pile up. The situation becomes in- creasingly difficult each month. , HOW LONG? HE new Prohibition regulations prepared by the Internal Revenue Bureau and tentatively ap- proved by the Treasury Department contain the following: “Malt liquors containing one-half of 1 per cent. or more of alcohol by volume are classed as intoxicating liquors under the National Pro- hibition Act. Therefore, any malt extracts con- taining one-half of 1 per cent. or more of alcohol by volume, regardless of the quantity of ex'~active matter therein derived from malt, are held to be intoxicating liquors and come within the purview of the National Prohibition Act and regulations issued pursuant thereto.” At a hearing before the Judiciary Committees of the New Jersey Senate and Assembly in Feb- tuary, 1920, lawyer William D, Guthrie wrung from the Anti-Saloon League’s general counsel, Wayne B. Wheeler, the following admissions: (1) That beverages, containing one-half of 1 per cent. of alcohol are not intoxicating, (2) That the definition of intoxicating liquors contained in the act of Congress and backed by the Anti-Saloon League is false and, instead of prohibiting beverages that are intoxicating, pro- hibits those which are non-intoxicating. Phe Internal Revenue Bureau is obliged to accept the definition of intoxicating liquors it finds in the Volstead act. But how long can be the life of a law that enacts a lie? TWICE OVERS. E'VE got to come to the aid of our oeterans at once or be everlastingly disgraced.” Dr. Thomas W. Salmon. ‘ ce 66) SUPPOSE you are satisfied now.” —Robert P. Brindell to a World reporter as he (Brindell) started for Sing Sing. * . * “ce ULLING down and stamping on flags achieves nothing.” —John J. Jones. * * ¢ 66 WANT the Police Commissioner of New York to understand, and the Police Commissioners of other cities to understand that the (State Prohibition Enforcement) law cannot be made a joke.” —Gov. Miller. * +66) F Hylan and Enright do not enforce the (Pro- hibition) laws there, their necks will be wrung ~The as a farmer would wring the neck of a chicken.” Rev. Ferdinand Iglehart, * * * “ce OVERNMENT control of the railroads is ir itable; private ownership has broken down.” William Johnston, Machinists, International Association of Hard to “Avoid His Footsteps! — John Cassel Teal, by the Press Pybltesine Co, New Tork Kvening World.) By} What kind of a letter 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 is fine mental exeriise and a lot of satisfaction in trying | to say much in a few words. Take time to be brief. © Three Pens. he Brening Work I noticed in your esteemed paper that Gov. Miller used three pens to |sign his famous “Traction Bill” to be distributed no doubt as follows: One each to the Interborough, the New g0 back to fighting to make Germany meet the terms presented by the Briand Government, for they had absolute confidence in the equity of the terms and Germany's ability to meet them. “The matter of collecting money from Germany means life or death to the people of the de r ‘astated area, ac- York Telephone Company and the [he My " r v4 or old Coming to Mayor Marquiny of Sots- gengelicn sea Ghee Company ete sons and Mayor Charlier of Coucy-le- Chateau. Government advances on AN AL SMITH DEMOCRAT. jqay indemnities have stopped and Enough of the o. P. future payments are dependent on To the buitor of The Brening Wo {what the French Government can Last lection I did not vote.| collect from Germany; therefore, if she will not pay, the people are read Neither did my husband nor my #8) to fire herety, | ters, Mr. Miller, the worst Governor| ‘For us there is no other aitarnas | we ever had, is only elected for two tive’ Mayor Charlier said. ‘Not a and Single house has as yet been com- , ELIZABHTH HAMM, Mr. Miller has given up a specimen Chairman Treen jon Committee, of Republicanism safficient to last} American Committee for Devastated several years. I nee, ALICE L. sw York, March 30, 1921. Brooklyn, April 1, 1 ct wrney Fade Ont” Tee; Brenne Darent. To the Palttor of The Broning World ‘To the Balitor of ‘The Byening World Wt as ae as atin a After reading your editorial of to what Gen. Pershing meant to say, perhaps P, Jayar can tell us what becomes of the English or British, for the Scots and Welshmen must not be ignored who settle in this country, One hears of Irish-Amer- icans, German-Americans and so forth, but never a whisper of Brit- ish-Americans. Wednesday, March 30, entitled “The Prosperous Parent” regarding the ac- tivities of the American Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company, I must say true facts really have a chance to come out in your paper, Another interest- ing fact concerning such a tremend- ous concern with capital stock close ee cee, ubtic and the workers,| AS there must be many scores of It's the same old story. It isa mere|thousands of British born through- trifle for the stockholders to hold alout the United States, and we nev meeting and,vote on a cut in wages)hear of them holding Union Jack which take effect April 1. ‘The few| meetings, &c. What becomes of dollars they deduct from the em-/them? ployee's salary who is striving to] The answer {is simple; they just make a living would be equal to the| fade out and become Americans with dividend they are getting, no special concern about the policy The President makes a statement|/of any other country. T. A. W. that for the past ten years thelr New Jersey. earnings have been #0 great they . — could have paid a larger dividend Take O18 Times, Why do they come out with the] To the Biitor of The Evening World poverty mouth claiming statist “Hail! Hail! the gang’s all here!" show, the cost of living decreasing, ings the chorus of the G. O. P. the high cost of material and the és 5 Soe fe te ; Inrge "expense of the company will] What fools these mortals be, to cause a deduction in salaries, turn from a good Governor like Al W. K. |Smith and return the old gang under New York, March 31, 1921. inion on Indem| veuing Work In a letter just received from one of a new leader, an up-State one at that, who cares naught for our city, I thought the bunch were all dead that tried to bankrupt the city during a previous Administration, Now the From Evening World Readers, years, Next election I will vote Bile” Ronee As se OF Deen Ores | try and persuade all my relatives Sti ving in huts and dugouts, Bet- | and friends to vote the Democratic|ter to have war and demand our| ticket, rights, than continue Ike thi * UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by Jokn Biake.) SYMPATHY, ADVICE, HELP, INSPIRATION. Living men are usually occupied with their own affairs. They have their families to support, their way to make. Those who could be most useful to others usually have the least time to give. Besides, those of us who need help have little right to ask it of others. Their time is their own. The leisure that they earn by their industry belongs to them. It is not fair to expect them to use it in pointing out the mistakes of their fellows and smoothing Ue way to success. But the work of men no longer living is at the disposal ofus all. We can find it, between covers, in convenient form. And it is the best that was in them; all they had to give to the world. When Herbert writer said: “Herbert Spencer is dead. So are the wheat stalks that were cut down by the reaper last autumn. But the grain that the wheat stalks bore is gathered in granaries. And the wealth of Herbert Spencer's brain is gathered in the volumes that he left behind him,” Sympathy, help, advice, inspiration, of all of which we stand in need, can be had in myriad volumes left behind by the world’s thinking men—and for nothing. The young writer can turn to the biography of Keats or the essays of Stevenson and gain in an hour more instruction in the art of writing than these men, living, could ever have told him, The man who wants to serve his country can find in the life of Lincoln an inspiration that ought to fill his life with purpose. The wisdom of Benjamin Franklin, one of the greatest men of all times, ig set out in print for all to read who will. So is the philosophy of the Greek scholars and of the great Roman Marcus Aurelius, All the assistance that could be given you by living men is at your command, if you will seek it in the libraries, or better still, buy for yourself the volumes which contain it. You will find your course charted, all the rocks and eddies set down, and the sure and safe way pointed out for you, if you will trouble to avail yourself of what has been written in the past. You no longer need a guide to conduct you over the plains of the West. Nor do you need a¥tutor to show you how to prosper. That work has been done for you. Thank aven for that, and make use of your opportunity, Spencer died a distinguished editorial : *roclatin lbe and to all the y throughout the land habitants thereof,” “That’s a Fact” the active workers in France of the|hew Transit. Commission has resur- Among noted American humorists American Committee for Devastated | rected the dead ones. By Albert P. Southwick of one and two gé France there comes first hand O shades of the past, Fitzgerald, | || Covet. 19a, aL PEIN Pty ahine OUP | A |formation of the real attitude of the Prendergast and Parsons! Can you ‘of irra Wm. EN French people concerning the para beat it? 5 \t and ¢ i mount question—to tell the Allied] Also, when a new Jury Commis-! riperty Bell, rung from the State! ‘petroleum V. nations of German reparation, My|eion is about due, present incumbent onesie it ag eget fe u by"), respondent writes as follows being Republican, it takes — five| House uf Philadelphi , on J Browne (‘Artomus Ward") and M, D; ‘On the e ak be unty Clerk, heriff 8, 1776, at noon, was ordered from| Landon (“Eli Perkins"). tween the All sermany on thi 1 Robert Charles of London, in 1751, to . . . | question of ri le of 2,000 pounds and cost £100] ne skeleton of the human being | ea or Witeesn ARUN Coral rachae| Beets Bll cut out ($500), Underneath the inseription,/one inch shorter than the measure- than com further on the terms | County Cierk’s vote, which, of course,|"By Order of the Province of Penn-(ment of the living person, |The gen- jaid down by the Paris Conference, | would eliminate Kelly, Democrat.'sylvania for the State House in she eral walsh ofa ids. he, bumbet Mayor Marauiny of Soissons said yess Oh. boy, how eaay! What? City of Philadelphia, 1752," was placed’ about fourteen pounds, © number \gerday Wat bis peaple were ready so : KN DiM. the ical frum Levibicua Z4V,. 10; of bones varies from 208 to 240, ’ 4 Thomas B. Gregory | Cops: 1921, by the Prew Pobtisbing Oo. The Now York Bromine World). No, 8.—Animals. Phe vital and intimate connection between man and the lower animals is one of the outstanding facts of beth ‘science and plain human expeml- lence, and it should add immensely |to the attractiveness of the Bible to find that it 4s concerned not only with God's noblest creation but also with the inferior members of the erent family of living creatures, Being pre-eminently the Book “be | Books, dealing with God and magn and righteousness, and immortality, | it should detract nothing from its dignity, but rather show add to tte dignity, to find it dealing as well with the whole round of Nature, animate aod inanimate, from the lichen Lg the rock to the soul of man, Being God's book—and God being the creator of all things—we would, Maturadly expect to find in the Bible —along with saints, angels, prophets |4nd saviors—oxen /and sheep, goats and swine, asses and hares, dogs and horses, lions and hippopotami, wolves jaud camels, wilh a great many other Jamimals too numerous to mention, Bor the benefit of those who are am fortunate enough not to be acquainted with the grand old Book, I am soins to give a few references to the Va- 19-25, in- | tous animals, The horse, Job, xxxix., clusive, For sublimity Job's war horge beats any ting in Aeschylus, Shakar ilton, cond to the war horse te behemoth (the hippopotamus), Jab xl, 15-24, inclusive. Any one who. by | travel or reading is familiar with the | rivers of tropical Africa will gt ,Hot need to be told that the picture #s inimitable, The King of beasts is often mem ‘tioned in the Bible, For a picture of the lion at home see Nahum, xl, 32 | Unless you are pretty strong it will make you feel creepy. tite but From the king of beasts to humble ass is a descent indeed, upon the back of the ass rode King of Kings, the great Son of ‘ced, | Fora beautiful reference to this aml. | mal see Job xxiv., 5-8, inclusive, Swine were unclean in the eyes ‘ot | the Bible men, but they are frequeftt- ly mentioned in the Bible. We ate | told not to put jewels in their snouts, and the ¢ od ng utioned The patient ox is mentioned may jtimes in the Bible. No man was'to steal hig neighbor's ox, or fail to Me {turn him to his owner if he found | him going astray. The ox was not.to | be muzzled while treading out the corn. He was entitled to his mouthful {now and then. Sheep are referred to all through the Bible The human family is Ti- kened to a flock of sheep—and the Lord is our Shepherd, Who that has jever read it ean forget Luke, £V. \3.72 * | Along with the sheep the goat comed n for his full shace of recognition Jat the hands of the Dible writers. ‘Phe treatment that the guat recetves, however, is not like that given to the sheep. For reasons that I have never been able to understand the goat was grossly wronged. Soe Matthew, xxv. 31-33. ca The dog is mentioned in the Biile times without number, but always7m terms of reproach. It is evident that the Bible men did not Ii that is so close to us All of us are sorry that t and the dear “old maids” among ws together wit t of the little ohit- dren, are very sorry over the fact tioned in the Rible. that not once is “Pussy Cat” men- Men Who Made New York fl feme eho as No. | (1697-1746). John Peter Zenger was acquitted 10--JOHN PETER ZENGER of libel in Ne ork in 1735 after his trial had lasted almost the whole summer. There then was boro the freedom of the press. Zenger was sent to this country a poor boy by Queen Anne, He learned his trade as a printer from William Bradford Bradford started a paper here that was the organ of the Administration. He was thé public printer, Zenger was ‘ded by the opposition and in 1733 put out the first number of his New York Weekly Journal. He wrote and his contributors wrete for im about the freedom of the press, It was taken up through the Colonies. In New York was actually a news- paper, a publication, anyway, that dared criticise the Administration. it printed articles that lampooned the dominant party. Tt got into trouble through wheg.ie now considered a public service, James Alexander, a Colonial ariéto- crat, received a’ threatening letter. lt was said the Hon. Francis Har- rison had written it. It would be termed a “Black Hand” letter to- y, as it demanded money. Zenger inted the story. Alexander threat- sned to whip him, Then he was arrested for his alleged libel and kept in solitary confinement. They let up on this and Zenger got out his weekly from the jail Zenger wasn't great, but he had | the cour: of his convictions. At his trial the aged but great lawyer | Alexander Haiilton, mot the Fed- eralist of later yea came trom |philadelphin and beat down the ruling of the Judge that the series the truth the gre the libel. le admitted the ed the truth of it, Chief Justice Delancey warned the jurors they were the judges of the fact and not the law. “Phey brought in a verdict of not guilty. Ham- | ilton was the hero of the hour, 6 jacquittal of Zenger was conside: |the triumph of the age. The people ad grown ripe for revolt. Zenger was lead ng, so much 90 that when his papers had been ordered burned no official would burn them and the Sheriff finally detailed a negro slave for that purpose, Of Zenger’s 1 it has been said: It was weil styled the germ of American freedom and the morning jsiar of that Iberty that revolutiqn- \ized America.” Had Zenger not made his batple for the freedom of the press, tHat wonderful work of the pamphietedrs that was done to arouse the people years later for the Revolutiow never | would have had the basis for ite ex- jistence in point of law,