The evening world. Newspaper, April 20, 1921, Page 26

ESTAPLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. @Pwrwcd Daily Except Sunday by The Pros Publishing Company. Now, 53 to 43 Park Raw, New York. RALPH PULITZER, Prealdont, 6% Park Row, J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER ecreta Park MEMIER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘Whe Amociated Prem ls exclusively entitied to the use for repubticntion (OF aE news Geem-:ches credited to It oF not otherwive credited im this Bed ale the local news published herein A START. general Motor Vehicle Code resulted from the last session of the Legislature. | A few new laws were enacted to further compli- cate present confusion. | Magistrate McAdoo's bill to give licensing power over taxicabs to the Police Department failed. Apparently the up-State legislators looked over he crowds that came from the city to advocate this | faw or protest that bill and decided that New York | City Ind so many inhabitants that a few deaths ‘more would not make any material difference. | But im the last moments a start was made. As- i aemblyman Stitt of Brooklyn secured consent for | gieint legislative committee to investigate and rec- \ ommend changes in the Motor Vehicle Law. {this is encouraging. If this committee really in- | PeRtigates, the members are sure to find need for a | eemprohensive code that will repeal the okt regu- eAntory laws and consolidate all the good features in | one clear and comprehensible measure. e ' “Does anybody believe that Roosevelt told the tp ith about this?” the Herald asks in regard to the Colombia-Panama revolution. Soc, Who is “anybody”? President Harding? Re | a, PRESIDENT WITH A BIG HEART. | SFESTERDAY’S news identified President Har- j ... ding with three different charitable move- { © "The President helped finance the brand-new “ole | Swimmin’ hole” for the children of Washington. *"He gave most generously to the Salvation Army. New York his only unofficial activity was a y visit to the Lighthouse for the Blind on East 59th ij Street, m which he was interested by a recent visit "from two little blind girls. | The President's gifts for only two days took a : good share of the tithe of the annual income which | Biblical rules set aside for good works. And these ‘ gifts are by no means the only worthy charities | whidd the President has already helped in his forty- ‘ odd days in*office. | Such demands upon a President of the United 4 States are no small burden. For a man with a big "heart and ready sympathy for humanity’s ill, the ! number of really worthy charities must come as a ‘ surprise. He knows that his example will be a ‘ stimulus to others. Because of this he is moved , to give in even greater measure than other generous ‘men. | Mr. Harding's record this week is in itself a strong ‘recommendation for the plan of pensioning our ) Presidents. It would be easier for kindly Presidents | to keep up with their generous impulses if they + knew that they would not be impoverished by that | generosity. Judges in Kings County decided recently that a landlord must give his tenants thirty days’ notice of an increase in rents. Aa the ““Vaw has deen interpreted in New York County, «dandlords do not need to give such notice. The aObiet Clerk of the Bronx Municipal Court re- NpSrts that tenants in that borough are being y-Subjected to a regular avalanche of marshals’ , iMereased rent notices. \ Such a condition further supports The Eve- ‘ @ing World's call for more uniformity in tho application of the rent laws. There ought to be a special conference or college of Justices to *imsure more consistent interpretation of these laws for both landlord and tenant. INCOMPETENT PACKERS. 4S a final flourish and to set the record straight, } the Public Service Commission is reminding \ the Interborough that even sardines have feelings. ir loyees of the commission have counted the ; Trumber of sardines in the average of rush-hour ‘ 4 i trains, and now the commission tells the Inter- borough that it is overpacking the containers. How any one can count a packed subway train— { or even one car—the commission does not make i clear. No passenger was ever so foolish as to try. | Bét’the word is that on the east side subway the | average load is 143 standing sardines per car, On 4 the“West side the standers number 108, | Frankly, this is not a friendly sort of report. It {| does not threaten those responsible with an im- ‘ mediate taste of a nice, comfortable, roomy cell in | the Tombs nor with having to ride in rush-hour | trains Kt gently admonishes the Imterborough to run more cars. } But what may we actually expect? Quite the @ reverse. The natural reaction will be to make the | Interborough wonder why it was possible to pack | only 108 standers in a west side car and 143 on the | exst side. Win i the matter with the sardine packers at sper ene = THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1921." Times Square? Why didn’t they jam in thirty-five more per car as is done at Grand Central? FIRST AID! P some powerful stimulant to revive business, Manufacturers and farmers are complaining. The milroads cling to high freight rates, but are gloomy notwithstanding. Investors are shy. Wall Street laments that transactions on the Stock Exchange are reduced to little more than “room-trading"”— which means the professionals find nothing to do but trim each other. The general temper of busi- ness and industry is not what it should be. What is wrong? One thing that is very wrong, indeed, is. strik- ingly revealed in the figures the Department of Commerce made public this week showing the fall- | ing off in American exports. | Only $384,000,000 worth of American goods | were sent abroad during March, $105,000,000 less than in the preceding month. This $105,000,000 drop is attributed largely to | the fact that in the case of many commodities, par- ticularly mattufactured goods, exports have practi- cally ceased. Europe is demanding only necessities like food. American manufactures are finding fewer and fewer markets on the @ther side of the Atlantic. Will American industry recover its health and spirits on a tonic of such figures? If President Harding wants a diagnosis that will | RESIDENT HARDING is reported to be seeking | Copyright, 1921, by ‘The Urew: Publishing Co, (The Now York Brening World.) | TS ate CNS Serre show at least one thing that ails American business and at the same time point to a remedy, let him turn to what the recognized expert who is now his Secretary of Commerce said the day before election | last November. | Mr. Hoover made no bones about declaring then | that “fo reopen the Treaty of Versailles for renego- | tiation would bring complete chaos to Europe and calamily upon us from “The stabslity of the whole of Europe hangs upon the maintenance of the treaty and the economic situation in the United States dependa upon maintaining the stability and gradual re- cuperation of Kurope}s buying power.” . American exports for the month of March are eloquent testimony te what American foreign policy has done to aid the recuperation of Europe's buying power and so restore normal markets for American | products. Boosting the tariff, thereby provoking retaliatory action on the part of other nations against Ameri- can goods, is the last thing the situation calls for. The first remedy is the Hoover remedy—main- tenance of the Treaty of Versailles. Though in his message to Congress President Harding threw sops to bitter-enders in the shape of denunciation of the League and proposal for a “declaratory resolution” of peace, he also left open a way for the United States to “engage under the | present treaty” with reservations. | If he wants to revive. business, why doesn’t the | President urge upon the Senate the pressing need of “engaging under the treaty” to an extent that— | leaving the Nation's honor out of the question— | will save at least its trade? | That argument, backed by export figures and the | present state of business, might modify~Senatorial obstinacy in more than one quarter. If President Harding is really seeking a stimulant for industry and renewed confidence, let him stop | trying to interpret that “mandate of last Novem- ber" as a mamntate for an impoverished Europe with | national isolation and stagnation here at home. Let him try rather to convince the Senate that the case calls for one quick remedy: Reservations or no reservations—ratify the Ver- sailles Treaty. { TWICE OVERS. E stand willing to fight, if necessary, to pro- tect this continent and these sturdy young ce democracies from oppression and tyranny.” —Presi- dent Harding. . * “e UR restriction on immigration should be so rigid that it would be impossible for most of these people to enter the United States.” —Secretary of State Hughes. “ec HIS inter-related capital group deliberately deflated the farmers and then undertook by precipitating industrial stagnation to deflate labor,” —W. Jett Lauck. * * . hol CITY is the right spot for the fight.” —Tex Rickard, | bridges (where they used | should be Senowne 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 ta fme mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying te say mach in a few words, Take time to be brief. | Vinces for Pia ‘To the Dititor of The Breuning World: I quite agree with “In Behalf of Youth” that the children and youths of New York, especially of the east side, are not given a chance to play. With very few playgrounds and gymnasiums, and places under the to play) now being used to sell fish or for) stores, these young people are de- prived of their only enjoyments, I think that the city should look Into | this matter and give us more places where we can enjoy ourselves out-| side of school or work. I also believe that those very dutiful policemen who chase those, children tbat try to play restrained until the oity| can offer more accommodating places | for thom. If the city wishes to see the future boys and girls become upright citi zens and be a credit to this , setropolis it should take more care .f them and give them places whee they can play freely without the fear of being knocked down by some vehicle. ISIDORE, PRIEDENTHAL, Blue Laws Coming. he Editor of ‘The Breving World: » enforcement of Prohibition in| the State of Néw York is but a fore-j runner of the success of to-morrow's ™ Blue Laws. The fact is that to-day no one wishing to entertain guests in his home is able to provide his friends with alcohol in any form without the interception of some legal awthor- been ity whose ns have aroused, Why not, from to-day onward, custom ourgelves to putting out lights at 9 P. M, as this will un- doubtedly be the rule of the future? ‘The methods employed by the Pro- hibitioniata at the beginning of this campaign were first to destroy all strong forms of liquor and afterward any form of wine and beer, Next will come the forfeiture of tobacco, coffee and tea, Citizens of New York, beware! Personal liberty has been violated. ‘The freedom of the hearth is no longer secure, EMILIO VACCARO, New York, April 16, 1921 Clomming the Courts. To the Editor of The Evening World Have noticed your excellent advice above the letters from The Evening World readers to be brief, but it is virtually impossible to be brief on the subject of Prohibition and the recent suspic local developments in connection with the attempted enforcement of this “law.” I was much interested in the letter from W. Brook and also in that from |“. B,C." both of this date, but as regards the latter communication, would "A. B, C." really be willing to walk the city_courting arrest? His or her theory that such a mode of procedure would result in an absolute clogging of the legal “machinery" ix | probably correct, but it would seem lthat in view of the recent ruling in | foreign The “Dry Party” in have rest. troubles of its own putting through the trials already on the calendar Furthermore, the selection of juries will ‘probably be very difficult. One seldom encounters an individual who is half-hearted regarding the matter. A person is either a Prohibitionist or a “wel” Several “xiuss" of juries Will be required. They must be ab- solutely unbiased. | Tprhape the Volstead Act could be suBjected to amendment. Should a “violator” die before his case is brought up for trial, his or her heirs, | Successors or assigns might be tricd! “The sins of the fathers,” &. That such a country as thie should be subjected to the rule of fanatics and political grafters is beyond con- ception, quite apart from the fact that we become the laughing stock of nations and deservedly so. however, hay been written Enough, whout the iniquitous violation of our it remains for us to evolve a remedy and thue regain our self-respect as a decent nation, where freedom shall freedom and personal liberty and be the outstanding fea For a start, suggestion of ould it net be better to form an association in this city which by means of smal! sub- jons from the members would ge to pay the fines and put up ail for such persons as are ar- rested for having the courage of their convictions and upholding the tradi- tions of what should be the finest country on this earth? 8, D, R One Law for All To the Eilitar of Erening ld: “A Dry's" letter makes me want to -lask him—or her—a few simple ques- tions, Does the fact that people are wealthy make them any better Amer- jeans than the men who have to earn their own bread? And does it ex- empt them from obedience to the law? I, too, say if Prohibition is a law, make it'a law. But as it/now standn, it is a joke. You cannot enforce 1. For one reason, there is too much graft involved, and then, besides, you know the wealthy would bedeprived of their “tea.” Until L see a search being made in the rich homes and their private stocks taken away, I remain a wet and dare anybody to say I am not as good and true an American as the man who can stock his cellar and also his stomach, What is good for one 18 good for all AJ. G Wanted: A Referendam, ‘To the Falitar af The Brening World “A Dry" is not a sensible person. His letter is very narrow-minded. For instance, it says that all homes should be searched except those of the wealthy who are furnishing funds to enforce Prohibition, Was the Prohibi- tion law paased to rule the poor peo- ple or was it passed to rule every person in this country? Are we go- ing to turn this beautiful Republic of ours into a monarchy and divide it into YOUTH IS Stop for a minute beside a golf course. ing old gentleman wearily climbing hills, or clambering over bunkers. What do you suppose they are doing it for? Because they hope the exercise will wear down the “bay windows” they carry about and make them slim and grace- ful. Because they want, above everything else, to be young again. Go to one of the expeftsive sanitariums near a great city. Watch the patients toil with plunges which make them utterly miserableDay after day they submit to what to them amounts to cruel torture. Why? Because they hope to ward off the old age that is creep- ing upon them—old age which comes to all careless, luxusy- time. If you suppose there is one fat, wheezy, old banker or broker in Wall Street who would not give everything he has for a chance to start the world oyer again at twenty, you loving men long before are wrong. Perhaps some of them would hesitate about making the change if they were not sure they would immediately be- gin to pile up another mountain of wealth. But they are suse. Successful old age is always sure. And for a time they would take good care to keep the flesh from rolling out over their collars and to see that they didn't puff every time they Then they would forget. And by and by they would be out on the golf course or in a walked upstairs—for a while. sanitarium again. sne cheated in the game. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by John Blake.) WEALTH. Watch perspir- medicine balls or take cold nn ~If you still have youth, save it, It is wealth. It means energy and happiness and the ability to grasp opportunity. It means everything but knowledge and experience. . And you do not need to exchange half as much of it for those things as you think you do, Little you know as you break into a run when a trolley car is about to escape you what enyious glances are cast at you by men the world calls snecessful. They call themselves sful too in their unthinking moments, But when they are waiting in the specialist's ante room for the verdict that shall tell them how many years they have to live they begin to wonder about it, For success is, after all, only happiness, and big bank accounts and yachts and ten-thousand-dollar motor cars don’t do you any good in the world if you have to spend half your time in a doctor's office, Get wealth if you can, It means power and independ ence, But like everything else it hag a fixed value. And if you pay too much of your youth for it you will find when you get to the age of reflection that you have been very badly a bunch of narrow-minded hypocrites, If a poor man cannot have liquor in his home then a rich man should share the same fate, When the Prohibition Party first came into existence it was laughed at. ‘Then all of a sudden like a shot they bad the Volstead Act passed, 1 think if your valued paper would have a siraw vote on this question It would awaken the people, The classes, allowing those who have in- Albany, as regards trial by jury, it * # @ “ UT we must also have a thought of the world, for all mankind.” —President Harding. fluence and money to rule us? L again will not be necessary to lock for ar-j repeat, let the majority rule and not i queerest part of this is that. the people who are protesting against the Prohibition law, at the last election t \ instead of voting against the men who passed it turned right around and sent them back to Washington again. If this keeps on much longer it will turn our country Into a land of Bol- shevists. If the people wanted Pro- hibition they would gladly help en- force jt, but from the outlook of the situation at present jt is a clear fact that it is not wanted. Let's yote on it and the result be the anawer. WILLIAM L. KOUR. Woodridge, 2. J, April 16, 195. Get-Rich-Quick. of The Ages By Svetozar Tonjorof XXVI—HERNANDO CORTEZ. ‘The conqucror of Mexico—that ts to say, the first Illy-white conqueror of Mexico—began his public career as @ reckless profligate, In fact, his sail- jing for America in 1504 was delayed several days by a broken leg which he acquired tn clinrbing over a well his farewell amour. + | By the time his caravel arrived at Santo Domingo he had recovered his health sufficiently to enable him to perform yaluable service in putting down a native uprising. This servigs was so well appreciated by his chief, Velasquez—not the painter, but the conquistador—that in 1511 Cortez was ‘made chief executive officer of the ct+ pedition to impose Spanish civiliza- tion on Cuba. This task was quickly accomplished, but Gortez found mining and stook raising dull occupations, besides bé- ing insufficiently remunerative. He had heard that on the mainland, west of San Juan de Ulloa, there was rich country to be civilized. To this coun- try he induced Velasques to send him, At the last minute Velasquez changed his mind, but Cortez heard cf it in advance, ‘and instead of ing for "Manana,” set sail on No 17, 1618. ‘That made Velasquea change of mind null and void. An item in the loot which Cortes gathered in after the bloody Batile of Tabasco, on the coast of Yucatan, was a beautiful ‘Tlascalan, whom by called “La Marina.” This young lady proved of great help to him for many subsequent years by the wisdom of her counsel and her influence with her tribe or “nation.” “i After haying mac. the ‘Tascalans and then the Chalulans his allies by the simple process of beating ther im ‘one or two skirmishes, Cortez begun in good earnest his march upon the treasure house, Mexico City. Hts plans were facilitated by the dreamy Montezuma, chief of the Azt whe decided to let the enemy come so that he could take a good lo him fore he struck. Cortez satisfied Montezuma’s eu- riosity by marching into Mexico in person, inviting the chief as a guest to the great Agtee community house, where the Spaniards had established their headquarters—and then, in the true conquistador fashion, making a prisoner and a hostage of him The looting of Mexico by the Cortes expedition after the “Noche and its return on June 20, 1 as thorough as the genius ¢ mander could make it. But the work of the collectors was badly hampered by the thoughtless act of a native im throwing the Aztec tr usure Into Lake Texcooo, Horror-stricken by this plege of vandalism, Cortez subjected the Chief Guatamozin to all the refine- ments of torture which his masterfv intellect could devise, It is related to the honor of the Ax tee race that Guatamozin, while his spirit groaned with the agony, kept his mouth cloavly shut, The tradition is that Cortez never recovered that treasure. But he acquired enough wealth to cause considerable gossip in Spatr Bventually this gossip materialised in a Commission of Inquiry that vie- ited the conquistador in Mexico City, Cortez treated the Commissioners 86 well that they returned with the fe- t that they had found nothing to Which suggests the important cori clusion that there is a good denl of sound sense in the principle of thiev- ery: ‘Nothing ta so conducive to sir lence as a fair division of the spoils.” oo WHERE DID YOU GET. THAT WORD? 14. GIGANTIC. Like a fly in a plece of amber. great epoch of human struggle wita the unknown forces is inclosed tm the word “giant,” of which “gigan- tice’ is a derivative. We first come across the word “giant” in its Greek form, “gigas” (genitive gigantos”) The name was applied to monstrous creatures of enormous size and brute force who for ages contested the su- premacy of the gods and the lives and happiness of men. | They were eventually hurled into ‘Tartarus, or the lowest regions, by the power of Uranus, the god of light The same legend is to be found in the mythology of other natlo: Tt une doubtedly expresses in concrete form the universal conception of the strue gle between good and evil, betwagn light and darkness. It took .“giant’ forces to eliminate some of the evils that beset the Iffe of the human race, and jo modify others, The day when mankind has conquered the last of the enemics of his well-being and happiness will 1 deed be a day of “gigantic” triumpa. sel SE ela “That's a Fact’ | By Albert P. Southwick | Spring a the Vernal Equinox, Maroh 21, when |the sun entered “Aries.” nee (astronomically) began | ‘The nine “rebellions” in the United |States have been Shay's Insurrection, |in Massachusetts, 1787; Whiskey Re- Hellion, in Pennsylvania, 1794; Harh- ford Convention, in Connecticut, Dee. 15, 1814; “'Nullification,” In South | Carolina, Nov, 19, 1832; Creek War, in Georsia, 1886; Dorr Rebellion, ip i Rhode Island, May, 1842; border ruf- fianism, in Kansas, 1854; Mormon disturbances, in Utah, 1856, and S@- cession of Southern States, in 1861. 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