The evening world. Newspaper, April 13, 1921, Page 26

She EFM sotarI0, ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Puwdltmhed Daily Except Sunday by The Proas Publishing Company, Now, 5 RALPH PULIT: IMBEPH PULITZER Ir, —_— to 62 Park Raw, New York. Preeident, 63 Park Row. J, ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer Secretary, 63 Park Row. 63 Park Row MEMPER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. > re Associated Press ts exe! titled to the use for republle: GP AI news denpatches credited to it or not otherwise eredited im this paper “5 @RA Also the local nies published herein THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. RESIDENT HARDING'S first message to Con- gress is two things: On the domestic side it aims to present a pro- gramme comprehensive and specific enough to prove reassuring and popular. In the matter of foreign relations it is another mighty wriggle to keep the Republican record from fuin without making the nruddle worse. The President put domestic affairs first. Large fumbers of his fellow<ountrymen who read the message yesterday reversed the order and fooked first for his foreign policy. This is what they found: (1) Downright rejection of the existing League ‘of Nations Covenant. (2) Proposal for a “declaratory resolution” by Congress, not to provide for separate treaties of peace with the Central Powers, but “to do no more craves.” ” with tsting treaty, than to deciare the state of peace which all America i | | 43) The United States to “engage under the ex- oe such explicit’ reservations and | modifications as will secure our absolute freeatom | + from inadvisable commitments.” ' (4) The United States then “to procexd to f negotiate those covenanted relationships so essen- | thal, &., &. put it. have pledged their support. To plot a course into which can be zig: In other words, upset so far as may be the exist- ing agreement among other nations and then pro- ceed to make them associate with us “on our own terms,” as Senator Lodge long since shamelessly President Harding dare not go so far as to pre- = tend the “state of peace which all America craves” can be an ethereal, unrelated state which disregards the peace treaty to which the other great nations. ged oth bitter-enders and those who would ratify the Versailles Treaty, the President therefore proposes “engaging under the existing treaty.” And to fill the hole left by the discarded League of Nations, the Admiz | ships.” stration offers a new and ingenious phig which it Calls “‘covenanted ,relation- | to reject the League Covenant, at the same time / j r i What has doubtless happened is this: Secretary Hughes has made the President see that for the United States to set up a private, detached peace of its own outside the Versailles Treaty is un- { thinkable. So the latest scheme is to pluck the covenant out of the treaty, ratify part of what's left and then reassemble pieces of the old covenant in a combi- nation of ‘“‘covenanted relationships” reassuringly ii mew and Republican. In such, circles must a wearied Nation be led that j Ht may finally enter into peace through partisan ‘upon a Republican Congress. ing so imperative? excess profits tax. go slow and set no example. one will heartily agree.. Business men don’t seem to see it. of them are far more interested in repeal of the | His indorsement of public welfare measures, portals at the tail of party chariots! To turn to the domestic side of the message: Calling for tax revision and a national budget system, President Harding gives the proud word to begin two long-awaited reconstructive reforms which for two years President Wilson urged in vain Congress was then under orders to let the country wait for such re- forms until a Republican Administration could claim 4:11 credit for them. At last the moment has come. Apparently the President would have Congress tackle tax revision and tariff legislation simultane- ously. Tax revision must be “prompt” and “with- out delay,” but the “urgency for an instant tarift enactment” is nothing short of an ‘ Where is the emergency that makes tariff-boost “emergency.” A maiority Why do the President and his party put Republi- an tradition ahead of present facts and persistently crowd the tariff in front of other current needs? The burden of war costs President Harding would eyi down in every way but the obvious one of re- ducing expenses by disarmament. There we must With what the President says about the duty of Congress and the country to fulfil obligations tard defenders disabled in the great war, every his ree wipe out lynching, his de- approval of a move { mand for “less Government in business and more business in Government,” his practical interest in be ter highways, aviation development and wireless and cable service will have deserved commendation and support. Parts that deal with the ailroady nd with pro- duction and prices are entitled to fuller The fiscussion, trongest impression made by the message as a whole is that it needs every ounce of its con- structive value on the domestic side to even move the balance against the depressing and dismaying weight wilh which it encumbers the country’s reach- ind honor among nation THE CUT IN STEEL PRICES, TEEL prices and order accepted as one ters of business.’ ings toward peace steel are commonly # the most reliable “barome- Yesterday’s announcement of a substantial cut in prices by the Steel Corporation came as the result of mature deliberation by some of the best business brains in the country, In effect it voices a determination to have more business at lower prices instead of less business at high pric The decision of the Steel Corporation will have its effect in all lines of business. It is a matter of accepting the inevitable and turning away from war conditions. In steel as in every other commodity the buyers are having their way. The “buyers’ strike” suc- ceeds sooner or later, In New York City particularly, the price of steel is a matter of importance to the average man who may never buy directly any product of the Steel Corporation. In the city steel plays an important part in the construction of apartment house homes for the multitude, A cut in steel prices means a cut in construction costs and a stimulus to the building of new homes. This in turn will be reflected in rent reductions, Again a day and hour have been set when y the railw: and transport workers are to turn the British miners’ strike into a triple-header. ‘The slogan is “fight it out now.” Full Govern- ment control of the coal industry appears to be the end toward which the miners are push- ing Premier and public. A NEW ART PATRONAGE. \ ROME, in Venice and in mediaeval Europe gen- erally it was the custom for rulers, aristocrats and the wealthy to become “patrons” of the arts To this patronage the world undoubtedly owes much, For the 150 years during which democracy has been a growing political force, patronage in the arts has been the exception rather than the rule, and the artist who has depended on patronage has gained scant honor from either the public or from his fellows. His motives have been suspect and his work has been discounted as sycophantry. But here in New York a group of artists and writers are working for a new and democratic form of patronage. They are seeking to raise a fund to endow the MacDowell Colony at Peterborough, N. H., so that creative workers can work without too heavy a burden from the H. C. of L. Pe The demoeratic character of the-plan is attested by the fact that any one may become a member of the MacDowell Colony League for as little as one dollar. The “colony” will keep out idlers, Workers who are permitted to enjoy the advantages of the summer work-place will be charged $10 a week, the deficit to come from the endowment, Success of this plan will be an interes ing meas- ure of democratic interest in the arts. If the endow- ment is raised chiefly from large gifts, it will not differ materially from the patronage of the Middl2 Ages. If many small gifts make up an imposing total, it will be the best possible evidence of popu- interest in creative art and litera- lar and democratic ture. Eniploying 32,000 men and making cars at the rate of 1,000,000 a year, Henry seems bent on keeping out of that poorhouse toward which rumor was shoving him TWICE OVERS. 66] N full agreement with our Allies we have a ren- dezvous with Germany on Mey |. shall not fail that rendezvous.” France Premier Briand. “ce HEY (employers of labor) have been painted in every color save thut of the lily.” —Secre- tary of Labor Davis. * * + “c HAT the President said about the League suiled me. by the rest of it.’ I don't know what he means Serator Reed * . * Missouri. “ce NLY by strict enforcement of the law (Prohi- bition) can the people hope to have it repealed,” Magistrate Schwab. “cc I AM not bothering my head atout the White House or any other suggestions of thal sort.” Goo, Miller. 66 AM-not going to try to boss the Legislature.” Goo. Milles. VENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, rk Bvening 9. ‘Workd,) 1921, eeewaper amen soe ¢ By John Cassel Meriewinmen net tna rpc RA Ven eet a Mee aee in! From Evening World Readers | What kind of a letter do you fin that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a coup There is fine mental exercise a id most readable? Isn't it the one of hundred? nd a lot of satisfi in to say much in a few words. Take time to be brief. High Time. price of the suit of clothes. ‘The re- TY the KAor of ‘Tue nvening Workd tafler's profit was approximately 23 1-3 1t is about time the people did per cent., and now when the price of something for the service men. the same grade of woo! is approximately ‘They are always talking of what the; are going to do, but it seems to have been postponed on account of rain If some foreign nation needs some thing in the line of clothes or mone the people of the United States fall for it Anything to get a big name. They don't seem to realize that charity should begin at home. If they really have good welfare of the ex-ser- peart, let them show it, quite a few of the boys who are not crippled 60 badly tnat they couldn't do a little something to earn a living. How many able-bodied men are selling newspapers and magazines at the elevated depots?—men who are able to work at most any line? Couldn't a crippled service man sit there and make a and at the same time get y of good fresh air? Here's hoping something is done. It is no more th the men should « ANE Wool Prices and Production, Falitor of Te Evening Workt an right that ‘The attention of this office was di- rected to an editor 18 of No} 1 in your issue Mareh entitled “All Cry and Wool." In the torial fifth paragraph of your edi the importations of wool as 41 pounds, as compared with 445,892,834 pounds in 1919. We wish to refer you to the report of the Bu of Markets, which believe quote reau we quotes 424,000,000 pounds imported the 0, first ten months of the year 1 This was given at the hearing on the mer geney Tariff Bill before the Ways nd | Means Committ well as the hear- | ing on schedule K, Also in the fourth paragraph you re fer to the wool prices of 1919 being high enough to suit the farmer, We wish to call to your attention the report of the iff Commission as to the cost of wool production in the year named This also was given at the Ways and Means hearing on schedule K on Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 2 and 3, 1921. ‘The cost of production cents per pound in w the territory. woals and about 53 cents pound in the fleece-wool sections. Certainly a reasonable profit above cost production should not be objected to by the consuming public sheep men proud of the fact that they repre- | sent one industry which did not profiteer during the war period, as their product was commandeered at approximately 1-3 per cent. over pre-war values We believe that such editor not meant to mislead th are written by reason of | to the relative cost of the raw pyoduct tu that of the finished sult of clothes, For instance, the Tariff Com of 1910, when wo 3 wave the cost of the raw als are| public but | terial en: tering into a choice worsted sult as ap- proximately one-tenth of the retail (EMitor's Note.—The figures quoted by The Evening World from the| Monthly Summary of tom merce of the United Stat: De cember, 1920, as published by the De that of 1910 and the overhead is much greater than in 1910, cost of labor and the relative difference would be much greater at the present time, and the cost of the raw material now enterin| into a suit of the mueh less than It 1s our view that the pub- lity woul 4 tenth of the he tail price lic should know that $1 added to the retail price of a suit of clothes, if ap- plied to the cost of the raw wool enter- ing into the manufacture of same, would mean an Increase ‘of about 10 cents per pound, The consuming public should know that at the present time the manu- fucturer of woollens is enjoying a pro- tection of 35 per cent. ad valorem duty, and the grower is competing in an open market with fore by production, which, of exchange which fo on vfrords disastrous damestic woo! _pro- | FAWCETT, Department au Federation. reason of the ate and the conditions under wool is petition to the duction, fohee Director Wool Marketing American Farm Bur April 4 produced, Chiengo, partment of Commerce, These reports re generally accepted as authorita- tive and the most reliable obtainable.) A Superseding Cla To the Faiitor of The Evening World A lange number of our en read The Evening World, wh utation for correctness of staten nts we have in general found to be good One of our employees culled the writer's attention to an item in your ssue of April 8 under the heading “That's a F which was 1s follows: “The tallest chimney in the world, ut Friedburg, Germany, is 460. feet high, cost $30,000, and — 1,500,000 bricks were ‘used in its construe- tion,” It is NOT a facf that the tallest and dargest chimney in the world i at Friedbu Germany We think that _ the information will be of interest to . he tallest and largest chimney in the world was const ted by th Alphons Custodis Chimney Construc- tion Company in 1918 for the Ana conda Copper Mining Company, at An onda, Montana he total height of this chimney above the ground is 585 feet The clear diameter inside is sixty feet ht of the stack and chimney | which common | his chimney js not only the tall- but it is tallest gnd largest ma- | sogry structure of its kind that has | nicipal Judi heen built, Witton Lenser ey take that mon UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright. 1921, by Joan Blake.) PUT YOUR ASSETS TO WORK. The boy who has been left a million dollars has a million dollars to'take care of. A million people are going to try to y away from him. submitted to him for its investment. unusual boy he will not have his million, or any part of it, very long. So frequently is the gilded youth robbed of the money for which his father toiled that schools of investment are now established whose sole purpose is to teach rich heirs how to hold Fortunately this is nothing for the rest of us to worry on to their mor ion schemes will be And unless he is a very A mi about, for there are not enough inheritors of fortunes to make a great deal of difference in the world. Bu t eve boy born in this present day has a heritage which, if protected and invested, ought to bring a return of happiness and prosperity. This heritage has been left him by all the wise men who have ge one before. ’ It is a heritage of learning, of discovery, of the scientific development of the world’s industri The bank in which it is deposited for him is to be found in every school and library. But he cannot transfer it to his ount and check against it till he has proved his right to it. The way to come by this heritage is to learn how to use at The learning that was gained for you by men long dead you can make your own by the very simple process of stud pay yor become ying. After you mak u. 2S suce it your own you can make it This is what every man who begins life poor and ssful is doing every day. Charles M, Schwab, once a messenger boy, found out how to secure for himself the knowledge of the steel industry that bad been amassed by Carnegie and many other iron- sters. He got that knowledge into his own head. And then he made i t work for him, How well Schwab succeeded need not be told. There are few people in any civilized country who do not know about him, If you will consider all the learning that has been left by wise men as your heritage you will find it worth far more to you Fe than money or if you w re left a million dollars without knowing how to care for it you would probably not keep it ve long. But the wealth of wisdom that you laboriously store in your mind will last as long as you last. concerns to thing that ng the tallest chin have the credit for every-| is que them, even to be-| builders of the largest and| iney in the world, and the| credit not go to Germany or German engineer ALPHC CON Tr Chief oF Afte: onBested every morn “Lf there is a landiord or agent here New York, April & TRUC' Pngineer ¢ regding ¥8 CUSTODIS CHYMNEY I NY, (ON COM 1OMA id Treasurer, c World your editorial Clear th Tie E rts, ou Courts,” I wondered how i largest chimney in the world, | + would do if you suggested to Mu- me te ges to address their cqurt something like thi; who ie getting more than 10 per cent, profit on his property, we ask aim to kindly withdraw his case. “If he stays and we find he is mak- ing too much profit, we will ask him to reduce his rents accordingly. “If a landlord is here who had his rents adjusted last year, and ne has in any way accommodate r tenants since then, he will also please withdraw his case. He is wasting his time and the time of the court, and is only helping to keep the court room in an upr for our motto is, ‘Live and let liv Another way to relieve congestion is to set aside the rent cases and at- tend to the others. ‘TER, land The World’s Oldest Love Stories By Maubert St. Georges Cine Nee Week Bronlng World AENEAS AND DIDO. Aeneas was the son of Anchises and) of the goddess Venus. His was one of the noblest families in Troy. Dur- ing the siege of that city by Aga- memnon during the war with the Greeks over Helen, he was one of their chief leaders, and when Hector was killed by Achilles he became the chief warrior of the Trojans. But pty last Troy fell, the city was plunderedy os and burned and the inhabitants torced, to. flee. So Aenew Anchises on his lowed by his Ascanius, made his way to the During the flight, howe came separated from his never saw her again. On the shore Aenes 8 collected the Trojan men and women who had es hk and, building .# ted off in search of, might settle down, But wherever he went Aeneas was pursued by the hatréd of Juno, who luathed ail ‘Tr< by tnisfortune after misfortune. Juno persuaded Neptune to raise.» terrible storm, before which the T jan ships were scattered, some. wrecked, the remainder being finally driven ashore on the coast of Africas in such sad state that it seemed thes Juno's hatred must be satisfied. But Venus, who was watching over her son, pleaded for him to Jupiter and secured the god's assistance, #7 that he sent to the City of Curthastey near which Aeneus had been wreckedy tu order the inhwbitants to deal kind- ly with the strangers. But there was scarcely any need of this Intervention on the part of Jupiter, Aeneas had, with his faith- ful companion Ach’ made his way to the city, and ‘there foun sume companions’ who were mourn- ing him for dead before Dido, the Queen of Carthage. He hurried to them to comfort them, and his sudden ppearance before her so impressed do that she fell in love with this handsome Greek. Having herself suffered muoh, she was able to appre« the story of his misfortunes to do utmost these strangers, Aene: lodged in her palace and to his com. panions she sent herds of oxen atid’ sheep and goats and swine. ‘Thetw she ordered a great feast to be made for the strangers. Aeneas sent for, his son to partake of the feast and Venus took this opportunity to make, things more certain by substituting Cupid for the boy, who, when pre- sented to Dido, made her love for Aeneas increase a thousandfold. From that moment Dido would not bear Acneas out of her presence. Sho, followed bim into the city, out huni ing, Into the midst of his compans long, neglecting her duties to Cai thage in her love for this man. Aeneas, on his part, did not know what to do, for though he would have been willing enough to marry this beautiful Queen, he was bound to found a city, and to remain would be to break his word. Soon the matter w. him. One day in a_ lonely c where they had been driven by “a storm Dido declared her love to him, and not knowing what to do, he hid not repulsed her, and from that diy, D.do had called’ him husband But when Jupiter he was angered. He had saved Aenea: In omer that he might conquer Ttaly, and Instead he was wasting time with a woman. So he to him, bidding him thage. Aen wife and of ships, sta 4 land where the solved f to leave Care as, stricken with foary did not dare disobey and ordered 119, ships to be prepared for sail | Upon hearing of this, Dido came to! him and begged him to stay. Rutt Aeneas, ing Jupiter, relented iled, though art would break And Dido, when she saw he was) gone, was not able to bear the row of her unrequited love. Sei the Greek ships upon the sea, sho ore dered a funeral pyre to be erected in the court, and killing herself with a sword Aeneas had left behind, was burned upon the pyre which she her- wif had lighted Be SS WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 11. CULT. “Cult derived directly from the Latin “Cultus,” probably by the way of its French adaptation, “Culte.” These words originated from the old= er Latin word “Colo” (I cultivate, prie marily, the soil), When men—in this instance the prim!+ tive inhabitants of what we know as Rome—began to cultivate the soil they also began to worship divinities of their own conceiving. Primitive rming, and especially sowing and reaping, were attended by religious ceremonies, either to propitiate the gods that they might make the soil productive or to express their grati- tude for a good harvest. Thus the word used to express the process of cultivating the eoll began to be applied to the art of worship that attended it. In the course of time the word “Cultus” came to be employed to de- weribe not only the furms of worship but the system of religion of which they were the manifestation, ho knew Dido's ne “That's a Fact’ By Albert P. Southwick Copreist. 1921, by the Prem ] fitie New York Evening Wort England, which may be roughly said to be divided from Scotland om the north by the Cheviot Hills and the Rivers Solway and Tyne, and from Wales by the Severn and the Dee, hag an area ef 51,000 square miles. Com- pare this with New York State's 47,000 square miles. . oe When England was invaded by Caesar (B. C. 55), tt was called Brit ain, sometimes Albion. The Romans subdued all that country and a part of Wales, but did not reach Ireland, though its existence was known to them. Its Latin name’ was Hibernia, ° There is little difference betwee the areas of Florida and Georgia (lesq than 800), the former ha 68, square miles, the latter 69,47, Michi- gan is between them in extent with an area of b&Slb squaze gallon -