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a wie a | She Bark, | ’ \ ESTABLISHED RY JOSEPH PULITZER, Prdltehed Datiy Except Sinday by The Proas Publishing Company. Nos. 62 to €3 Park Row, Now York RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 02 Park Row ICLLPH PULITAER Ir., Secretary, 63 Park Row. ASSOCIATED PRESS, iy entitied at ate Ge oral news pubilehed her MR. BRYAN IS RIGHT \ dase J. BRYAN asks: “Why should the enforcement of Pro j VAbizion be intrusted to any mau who ts op Pmed to Prohibition? “Mew can a man who himself drinks be ex . Deetad to interfere with the drinking of others. ‘ or with a business that must himself wants a drink?” Mr. Bryan has b# a hard trail of logy trail that leads far. continue ff he Why shgukt the interpretation of Prohibition ’ law be intrusted to any Junge who is opposed to Prohibition? __ Why should any executive or judicial office, Ped- éral or State, concerned in uphoKing, the law be hekd by an anti-Prchibitionist? “The: other day a Magistrate in this city declared from the bench that while “now these laws (State Prohibition Enforcement measures) are on the stat- ute books” he believes in enforcing them, he could never-have brought himself to believe “that people would elect legislators who would pass such fool laws.” He added: , “ “It’s a terrible situation. They'll soon be ar- )“¥esting people for breathing from cologne bot- «/tles if the cologne contains more than the pres- “sent law allows in the amount of alcohol. I “suppose there will soon be an anti-breathing law ~ too.” Mr. Bryan no doubt knows what every one else knows: That a large percentage of Judges and €xteutive officials in this section of the country privately much the same views as those which Mapistrate Corrigan publicly expressed. There have never been laws on the Federal or State statute books which so many upright and hon- orable public servants find themselves bound to in- terpret or enforce against their personal convictions. But surely a Prohibition regime powerful enough to take possession of the Federal Constitution and bette Congress and State Legislatures cannot com- promise with Judges or holders of executive office propose’ to reserve to themselves personal views or liberties which are at variance with Pro- hibition policy. As The Evening World has insisted: * If even the temperate use of alcohol is so great an evil that the Constitution must be amended and the full legislative power of Nation and State ex- erted to stop it, then surely the’ country can tolerate no’ public servant whose opinions or habits are in direct conflict with the new laws he is sworn to uptold. Mr. Bryan is right. There should be none but Prohibitionists in office. ; NOT BOTH. FTER a fair trial the excess profits tax has proved to have defects that. outweigh ifs merits. F Some substitute is necessary to raise revenue. Two sources are suggested—higher tariff schedules and a sales tax. ‘ Many Republicans favor both the sales tax and the tariff. President Harding was significantly silent in his message @ Congress. By implication he frowned on the sales tax, for he declared against any shifting of the burden of taxation and recom- mended tariff revision. Either the sales tax or the tariff may be enacted. _ But not both, That would mean a shifting of the burden. Our most solemn statement of tax policy was the Income Tax Amendment to the Constitution. This established once for all the principle of tax collection according to the ability to pay. As a practical matter, it is not economical to col- lect any income tax on the smallest of incomes. Under the income tax alone, the small income would eScape all taxation. It may be urged with reason that a small consumption tax such as a tariff or a-$ales tax would not violate the cardinal principle of,payment in proportion to ability to pay. But a sales tax and a tariff would violaie that principle. The two would result in that shifting of the burden which Mr. Harding condemns BEGIN WITH THE SPECIFIC. JETT LAUCK charges that a “capital combine” conspired to “deflate the farm- ers”? and is now trying to “deflate labor.” is will be difficult to prove. It is an echo of dozens of other more or less demagogic and irresponsible “exposures” of Wall Street. The statement natu- , Tally suffers from similarity to other equally unsub- stantiated charges. Far more imyporiant are the specific charges he makes in regard to the “lay-off policy” of the rail- toads that have contracted for repair work in out- side yards and have discharged many of their own workers, _ This charge would seem susceptible of immediate nA. & er hs 3 oI Jo the use for repubiiention ' Samuel Rea, President of the Pennsylvania Rail- road, recently claimed that repair work done in out- side shops at a labor cost of $608,494 would have cost $1,000,300 if done by the regular force. William H. Johnston, President of the Machin- ists’ Union, previously charged that repairs cost $3,500,000 more in outsile shops than they would have cost in compiny shops. Testifying before the Interstate Commerce Com- i miner of accounts for the commis- that these repairs $3,173,982 stated more than if done by the road. } Labor costs and total costs and mililivas lost or sion cost saved do not mean much fo the public. But they should mean something to the Railroad Labor Board and the Interstate Commerce Commission, But the public ought to know whether Mr. Rea is wrong; whether Mr. Lauck is wrong; whether Mr. Johnston's figuring is trustworthy, or whether each is presenting accurate half truths in an effort to mislead and prejudice the public. One of the proper duties of the Labor Board ain of the commission is to analyze just such statements in order to give judicial guidance to public opinion. Let's straighten out this, comparatively simple tangle and find the negro in the woodpile before b going on to hunt “capital combines. THE RIGHT THING DONE. [' imakes little difference that the Senate in ratify- ing the Colombian Treaty took out the part that expressed this Nation’s “sincere regret that anything should have occurred to interrupt or to mar the re- lations of cordial friendship that had so long sub: sisted between the two countries. The regret and reparation are still there, and sub- ntially there, in the $25,000,000 which the United States will pay in five instalments to Colombia. Nor does it matter whether American interest in the oil fields of Colombia did or did not play a certain part in persuading President Harding and the Senate to make this long delayed amend for Theodore Roosevelt's high-handed interference in the Isthmus of Panama, The great fact is that, helped by whatever mix- ture of motives, the right thing has been done and the national conscience is rid of an obligation that has long weighed upon it. ‘ A few days ago the unveiling of the Bolivar statue presented by the people of Venezuela to this city afforded the President of the United States op- | Portunity to emphasize the desire of this Republic for the friendship of the Latin republics in Central and South America. The surest way to prove the sincerity of that desire is for the United States to give each and every one of those republics a scrupulously square deal in all contacts. Though it-comes late, reparation to Colombia is assurance that the greatest power in the Western Hemisphere stands for justice and good faith. THE CITY OF HI LAN (Bxcerpt from Historical Works of Chinese Scholar, A. D. £019.) At the close of the Second Decade, Twen tieth Century, while nations were reranyting as to which had won the Great War, there ap- peared the first symptoms of the virulent po- Wtical disease which was tv bring havoc to Occidental civilization, | In Moscow a group of madmen with glean | ing eyeballs seized the reins of power, ‘hey | were called the Bolsheviki and had the battle | cry of “Freedom and Revolt.” Taking away from the people their liberties, they drove them with fire and sword. While the citizens of the vity of Hi Lan \ were amused and amazed by this spectacte there arose in their own city another group of lunaties, called the Phanatics. No tess weird in their way than the madmen of Mos- cow, the Phanatics hid their maniacal cun- ning with soft words. specious argument and pretense of lofty inspiration, Little by little they acquired domination over the stupid lav- makers, They regulated first the food and drink of the people of the City of Hi Lan | then their dress, then their amusements, next | their printings and their speech and, finally sought to control their very thoughts Aroused at last, the people sought to regain their lost liberties. Alas, they tere met with the buttle cry “Freedom and Prohibition” and learned that to fight the Phanatics and Phanat iciam they must attack their own created of ficials and institutions. In a word, they must turn against themselves, In such confusion it is not strange that they were engulfed in the mighty wave of political evil, which kept on its path of destruction until at last it shattered and spent itself upon the bulwark of ancient philosophy and wis dom of the East. hony TWICE OVERS. “ce E are now at the turning of the ways, the status quo or the rupture of the Federal con- tract, annexation to the United States or independence.” —Premier Taschereau of Quebec. ci. 66 JF, by unwise legislation, we prevent imports from Europe, then Europe can buy qothing from us.” —S. R. Bertron. . * 66 FROHIBITION has come to stay.” —Police Commissioner Enright. Le ok 667 SUPPORT the President in the initial step of * THE EVENING WORLD | proof or disproof before the Railroad Labor Board. SS | THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921. ‘ Aa 4 TS \S FORTIG cet et eas ee h ee From Evening World Readers | What kind of a letter do you find most readabiet lan't it the one that gives you the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine meatal exercise and a lot of satisfaction in tryiny to say much in a few words, Take time to be brief. — Sweet Revenge. ‘To the Mittor of The Evening World: The liquor enforcement activities of the New York police are fllumin- jating, ‘They iilumine the wise bird | who whispered in the Mayor's ear: | He got it. \of enforcement York's anger at the Volatead Act und it will all be charged up to Miller.” | mo the batitor of The Evening World: ‘ally taking o | appearance, faithful in attendance and tin |Our family consists of four girls, from “Miller wanted un enforcement liw, You enforce it. Every act will increase New A sweet politic aul revenge, I call it. PO OU aE } New York, April 19, 1921. Man’ Place In in the Home, Men should delay no further. They should prepare themselves to qualify for positiony yacated by women, A course in domestic science is suggest- ed, Women, during the absence of men at war, were given an opportun- ity to show their superior intelligence and fitness for positions where ability of a high order is required. They are holding these positions and are gradu- others as vacated by are more pleasing men, Women their duties, therefore are filling the real jobs. A READER. Now York, April 17, 1921 An Up-to-Date Iden. 1 the Bator of The Fxening World: 1 would like to say a word to Mrs. Mary Brown. Although I don't know “Old-Fashioned Country Mother, am sure she is a good mother and has real daughters and that they imitate other girls rather than their mother sixteen to twenty-two, We all, ex cept our sixteen-year-old, paint and powder and wear short skirts. When long skirts are the style.and worn by other up-to-date girls, we will wear long skirts. My oldest sister is mar ried to a real man and 1 em enga to one Our mother is the d old-fashioned mother and we lo her and help with the housework. How ever, she has a few up-to-date ideas, and one is—Let the young people en joy themselves and eyerything wi come out all right, We have a happy home and obey and respect our mother, Like “Disgusted Annie” T also sympathize with Mrs. Brown's daughters, I bet they are afraid to call their souls their own, and would just love to do as other girls do, but that fearful slipper looms, UP-TO-DATE DAUGHTBR WITH OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER, New York, April 18, 1921, Expert Critic ‘To the Patitor of ‘The Evening : On the question of feminine “kel- somining,” Which seems to be agitat- ing some of the readers of your paper, 1 wish to submit the opinion of lady's boudotr us something wtstic. The girl with the whitened face, re sembling a statue in chalk, is not a thing of beauty at all, The natural peach blow complexion, the clear vel~ vet skin and healthy lips cannet be made by the chemist’s art”, Mr. Ziegfeld is said to send uspir- ants to his choruses “home to Wesh their faces" if they apply for jobs when daunted with paint and powder, OBSBRVER. New iudustrial Movement. To the bativor of Me ning World Of the many exhibits and ments which I have enjoyed or en-| dured during these past tew yea there have been few with as sound} and practical a working principle for the accomplishment of their ideals as the Guild of Needle and Bobbin Crafts | now being held at the Arden Gallery. We have always delighted in the bright colors and marvellous fineness of European peasant embroideries, but have hitherto taken it for granted that they must be made for us in the old countries, It is a new and yaluable idea that the aim of this guild is to have the work done by the same wo- men under trained and sympathetic guidance in American towns and move-| at_ an encouragement to these strangers to feel that they will be able to add to the family purse by wel! known work learned in their old homes —work which will be regpected and appreciated by women of their new country, MARJORIE DAVENPORT. Now York April 16, 1921 Cut the Tax Bills, ‘Do the Editor of The Eywoing World Our tax bills are so high a reduc- tion of salaries for all city employees should be compenced. Increases of salaries were granted on account of the cost of living being higher. Many are out of work now and wages cut down. Mayor Hylan and Gov. Miller should kill every ‘salary increase for the city employees. My tax bill shows an increase of $120. My repairs show a lar increase, High city salaries increase taxation and rents. J. H. L. New York, April 18, 1921, ‘To the Biitor of The Evening Workd ; I have read with interest the nu- merous letters regarding flremen's and patrolmen’s salaries. Two citizens were kind enough to write a word of appreciation. To-day another kicks, I am a fireman’s wife and t to educate a family. I would like to inform these kickers that we did not get a livable salary during the very hard times we have just passed through. We received on Aug 21, 1920, the $2,280 per year we are now get- a man recognized as an expert, F. Ziegfeld, as quoted in another paper recently: “Kalsomining was formerly an aft @ great policy.” —Senator Lodge. l ALE) AR fan avares acacereneeem mm mm ¥ ~ i that adorned only backyard fences, but now it has been brought inte the ting. Out of this $1 a month goes to the city for insurance, about $8 more for 1 find that the v Tt i UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by Jokn Risks ) THE PEOPLE. WHO “HAVE ALL THE LUCK.” If you will look over the people who “have all the luck” majority of them deserve it. as Iuck in the world. foolish, of course, to say that there is no such thing The prominent gentleman who is now suing his wife for divorce in an extremely publie manner had the luck to be a rich man’s son, And much good it did him! The man, who, digging for water stumbles on a gold s lucky and nothing else. So is the man who makes what seems to be an utterly mine, foolish investment in stocks, when the stocks happen to go up. But usually that kind of luck doesn’t hold. He makes the same kind of an investment again, it goes wrong, and with it goes the results of the earlier luck. never have that kind of luck, tion and perhaps promotion. carly have no such luck, out early and always alert. them, It is inv: that get it, domitable will power. and alert minded. There are But as a rule, if'you will look behind what seems to be luck, yon will find something more substantial, The golfer who holes his approach shot he was not remarkably accurate at approaching he would lucky, but if An employee may have the luck to find himself under the boss’s eye when the gentleman comes down to the shop unexpectedly carly in the morning. Out of that he gets atten- But the boys who aren't down The career of the late Gen, Funston was called lucky, But he made his captures and won his battles because he was It is uAially the men who are looking for minds that find ably the men who are secking promotion “Roosevelt luck” was a common expression when the late President got away with so many of the things he at- tempted, But behind that luck was limitless energy and in- Fortune favors the brave and luck favors the industrious ceptions, of course, but they are not worth noticing, It is the man who knows how to take advantage of luck to whom it usually comes, matron of the engine house. Firemen help generously in all the charitable drives. . Firemen work 96 hoyrs a week, and when you figure thelr pay, they get exactly 4713-96 cents per hour. Isn't that big pay? How many men work for that? Dangers of course do not count, They are not supposed to be human. Speaking of taxes the firemen and patrolmen pay the same rate of taxes as G. Hendrickson does, and if I could save $2,000 toward a home I would be happy. Our rent has been raised every time taxes have, and May 1 we get another raise in rental. Why are so many people jealous .of these uniformed men? the insurance in the associations that a fireman must carry to protect his family, and 62.70 4 month for the : . REMAN'S WIFK New York, April 17, 1921. No Religious Qualification; A Is Right, To the Editor of The Kvening World A claims that a Catholic can be President of the United States, B claims that only a Protestant can. e \ Words From the Wise To love, that «& to find in the happiness of anther one’s own happiness,—Leibitz, The ear repudiates but can toler- ate certain kinds “f music which, if transferred to ve sphere of the nose, would oblise us to run away. —VJean Cactean. You will be wise if you will work for your soul as much as for your body.—Sextius, Nothing eradicates or prevents superstition more than complete education.-Fenelon, The less one thinks ‘of himself the less he is unfortunate,—Coun- tess Diane, To desire the impossible, to be indifferent to the misfortunes of another, here you have the two greatest steknesses of the soul.— Women of The Bible| By Rev. Thomas B, Gregory { Copyright, 1991, by The Press Parblishing Co, (Tue New York Lvening World) No. 2—Miriam the Prophetess. Miriam, the sister of Moses a Aaron, being the eldest of the family was forced early in life to shoulder the burden of a great responsibility While still a little girl her brother Moses in the famous basket of bull- rushes, was committed to the mercy of Jehovah and Old Nilus, and wé read that Mirtarfi “stood afar off to learn what would be done to him* We can see the wonderful chi standing back trom the river shore, shading her eyes, her heart beatitig fast, watching with deep anxiety see what would happen to the littl fellow in the piteh-lined basket, ~ And when, as the kind fates dé creed, the daughter of Pharaoh, guing down to the river to bathe, found the helpless babe, fell in love with it, and ordered it taken to the royal palace. Miriam became “Little Mother" to Moses, loving him und looking after hin with the full measure of a sis ier's devotion, With Moses safely through thé breakers, Miriam, then a matured woumn, began to assume new re sponsibilities among her people, thé chief of which was the all-round safe. guarding of their lives and property. She was the first member of the’ fumily to receive the recognition of Jehovah, and was desiguuted “Mir- ium, the Prophetess.” re We must not be deceived by that word “Prophetess.” Miriam was no mere “fortune-teller* or prognostl- «ator of things to come. The office of Prophetess carried a far higher more important dignity than that, It meant that Miriam was a woman of extraordinary brain power and elo~ quence, with a real vision, and with the ability to do great thing: Miriam was one of the "Big Three,” and that along with Moses and Aaron shé uchieved the task of freeing her peo- ple from the Egyptian slavery. The proof of her importance is given In the fact that she LED the great cele~ bration following the successful exo, dus from Egypt, an honor that would not have come to her had she not de~ served it. Mirlam was 0 bright as she could be and as fearless as a tioness, she knew what she wanted and went out after it without mincing matters. Hebrew from the hair of her heud to the soles of her feet, she be~ came hotly indignant when Moses married the Cushite woman and she was not a bit backward in letting her great brother know how she felt about it Tn Numbors x1i..2, we are told what she said to him, and here it {s—"Has the Lord spoken only with Moses, has He not also spoken with us?" Don't be deceived, Moses, she said, in sistance, to the Prime Minister of Israel. You are not the whole thing. There are others. According to the story, the Lord punished Miriam's plain speech by giving her the leprosy, but later on® she recovered, much to the joy of all the people. She died full of honors it Kadish, near the close of the wan- derings, and was buried in state near Petra, leaving a memory that wil live as long as Israel endures. len Who Made New York By Irwin Thomas. WOM. by The Prem Publishes Vo, New York Fvening Work!) j NO, 14—DE WITT CLINTON. 1769-—1828, De Witt Clinton, as the years go bi seems more like an institution o epoch than just a great big man very much in the public eye, identified with the city and State for a half cen- tury. The nephew of Gov. George Clinton, be was in politics early iu life and continued until his death He became the secretary of his uncles and later a member of the Assembly and the Senate of the State. At thirty-three years of age he was in the United States Senate, Strange # ag it may seam in this day, De Witt Clinton resigned bis seat in that body to accept appointment as Mayor ot New York The Mayoralty at the time was considered a much bigger , position, and Clinton in Washington , could mot do those things that wer nearest to him, and it was his in terest in the city which caused him " to make the change, Clinton in his day was considered « very much a visionary and his cnemies referred to him as a brilliant visionary. One of his visions was free public school system—considered a dream by many, but a dream that came true. Historians agree that bis efforts in ‘ounding institutions of science, liter- , iture and art helped give to New York the metropolitan character which it had lacked previous to his becoming Mayor, Clinton, with his broad view on educational matters, was also a believer in the plan to link the Great Lakes and the Atlantic through the Hudson River. Like John Pintard he was an enthusiast on the subject of the Erie Canal. He had himself ap- pointed upon a commission to deter- mine a route in 1809. He was thor- # oughly and plentifully denounced for this bit of folly that was going to cost the State millions, He was a discredited politician 1817, but rode back into power on the canal issue and turned the first shovelful of dirt for the waterway. In 1824 he was (beaten politioally and renfoved from the Canal Board. A year later the canal was completed ind Clinton was Governor, elected by the greatest majority ever given to a» vernor up to that time. In Octo- her of 1826 the canal was opened, and mm the canal boat Seneca Chief ‘built for the purpose the Governor came ' trom Lake Erie to New York. ‘There was a celebration that stood as the greatest in history so fur as the city was concerned for several years. New York had not thoroughly recovered its trade from the war of 1812-15. In a short time the canal was adding millions to the trade of the city, ‘The canal did not blind Clinton to the fact that railroads were possible. In the balcony of the Grand Central Station is a model of the first train that ever ran on the Central line. , ‘The engine 1s named De Witt Clinton, It was named in honor of the man who could see tho necessity for rall- roads, canals and educational insti tutions and whose courage was on a) ee ounvicl ous, » Scanlan eenenoremanen atin CANN ARII h 7 Y weak sister.” AS 4