The evening world. Newspaper, September 19, 1921, Page 18

Che CHenrg orld, YSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER, Pudlished Daily Except Sunday by ‘Tho Press Publishing Company, 83 to 63 Park Raw, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 64 Park Row. J, ANGUS SHAW, Trensurer, 03 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITAER Jr., Recretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIArED Pi ‘The Associated Press ts exclusively enriniea to ¢ s fer republication fof all news despatches credited to {t of not otmerwise creuitea in tas paper | aud also the local mews publishea berein, ° ALL IN THE FAMILY. HE Senate Finance Committee last Saturday ipproved the provision in the House bill whic would exempt all Liberty bonds from taxation Only recently the Senate spent a good share of ore day in considering the evil effe exempt from the income tax. | What excuse the advocates of such a provision | may advance remains to be seen. Probably it vill be the plea thai exemption would help the market quotations and would so benefit the little holders who may want to sell. The time for that plea has passed, Most of the Liberty bonds that can be squeezed out have been sold. : The real and important effect of such a provision would be to open up an unlimited field for tax- dodging by wealthy persons who already hold the tax-free limit of bonds. It would tend to concen- ts of securit trate bondholding instead of distributing the bonds to the largest possible number of holders It would help to create funded fortunes free of all + obligation to support the Government by taxation. It is a thoroughly vicious proposal. It has nothing to recommend it except the desires of the ultra-rich | who would profit by it. It is the exact opposite of sound government finance. But it seems to be thoroughly in accord with the ruling sentiment of the G. O. P. Most of the changes in tax and tariff plans proposed by the present Administration have been designed to free from taxation those who can best afford to pay taxes. As real “off-again-on-again” racers, (he Yanks are rivalled only by the Indians. | INDIANS ON THE WARPATH. | O one wants to return to the wild days of Geroniino and Sitting Bull, but there would have been approval to spare had the braves of the Yakima indian Reservation ‘been successful in their pursuit of ‘the sign painters who had “decorated” their sacred cliffs with a gaudy cigarette advertise- ment. f Anything short of murder would have been fair eprisal. - : As it happened, the sign painters escaped and the Indians went back and washed the cltffs with turpen- tine and so removed the obnoxious sign, This may 2 ‘ suggest that in one way at least the Indians are several jumps ahead of the white mentors whose ways they are asked to adopt. The Indians still have some places where the impious hand of the sign painter is prohibited. In our presumably more “cultured” East is there any 5 place, however hallowed by memory and associa- tion, where the !andscape is not marred by the ugly and ubiquitous advertising sign? Men and women, red or white, do well to go on the warpath against ihe sign painter. He ought to be run “off the reservation.” When the poet wrote, day in June?” he was probably preparing ad vance copy for the June magazines and got his inspiration from a bright September day. A NEW “RULE OF REASON.” RULING by the Railroad Labor Board handed A down Saturday may seem to conflict with decisions of the Supreme Court. The highest authority on the law has decided that | an employer has the legal right to discharge em- ployees as he sees fit. The Labor Board has denied a small Western railroad the right to discharge two men, This seeming conflict Supreme Court. Vhat is so rare as 4 not a detiance of the The Railroad Labor Board admits } it has no power to enforce its findings. What, then, | does it signify? In effect, it means that in industrial affairs the | Labor Board recognizes a power other than the t statute law which the courts imterpret and apply. } The board is preparing the way for appeals to public opinion as a deciding force } There is no real conflict betwen court and board, | The question is one of jurisdiction. As a general } rule of law it is probably wise to allow employers i the right to discharge employees at will, The law i in controvers| also permits employees to strike against unjust dis- charges of their fellows. This sort of situation is the particular problem of 4 an industrial court such as the Labor Board, It q steps in to narrow the field of industrial strife. Its decisions begin where the decisions of the court stop. The board is supplementary to the court, not in conflict with it. The court has all the might of the United States behind it. The board must rely pri- marily on public opinion. So long as both the employers and the emp! have the legal rights of discharging and striking, the public needs some authority other than the law to adjudicate the comparative merits of the two sides of disputes. The Labor Board believes its decisions should be made “ia a manner just and reasonable to the parties concerned.” ‘That, we “lieve, is what Congress and the public expects. In the minor case at issue—the discharge of two subordinate officials because they joined a unio the board decided against the discharging employ a decision a majority of thinking people will accept as both Just and reasonable. TOO MUCH AT STAKE. HY need Lloyd George rub it in? By insisting that phrases shall not pass without a clear perception of their meaning, the British Premier has brought De Valera to agree that the mere fact that Sinn Fein have seen an Irish Republic as a sovereign state does not mean the British Governinent need treat with Trelanc basis. any that Since both sides are in accord on the main point that Ireland is in any case to be one of “the comi- munity of nations known as the British Empire,” why not let it go at that, instead of forcing the Irish leader to take back words which were obvi ously written to hold the support of the extremist element in his following? No statement could have been more lucid or final than Lloyd George's reason for refusing to treat the Irish delegates as representatives of an independent and sovereign state “To receive them as such would constitute formal agd official recognition of Ireland's severance from the King’s dominions, It would entitle you, if you thought fit, to make a treaty of amity with the King, but it would equally entitle you to make no treaty at all, to break off the conference with us at any point and, by the right which we ourselves had already recognized, to negotiate a union of Ireland with a foreign power.” This brought De Valera tace to face with what is really the whole question in a nutshell: Can Ireland accept no freedom that does not in- clude the triumph of cutting a gash in the British Empire? De Valera could not tisk the pretense of speaking for a majority of the Irish people by answeriie that question in a way to break off negotiations. He therefore hastened to reply that he had already accepted the conference on the British Premier's own terms and «t the word “recognition” as ap- plied to the Iris Republic need pass for no more than a kind of self-recognition.” Lloyd George’s latest telegram demanding the withdrawal of a paragraph in one of the '-ish lead- er’s earlier messages seems a needless jar to Irish nerves, Heaven knows British Governments in the past have dealt crudely and clumsily with Irish feelings. The present British offer has been made in an en- tirely new and different spirit, and it would be a shame to spoil that spirit by pressing a diplomatic victory too hard. We have no proof of an overwhelming popular will in Ireland to reject the present prospect of peace and self-government unless hot-headed Sinn Fein are given the chance to shake Irish sovereignty in the faces of the British conferees, De Valera would not dare wreck the parley on the sovereignty issue without a plebiscite. The British Premier must know that, and he can afford a little tactfulness toward Iris patriotism accord- ingly Too much is at ) insist on double-under- lining every pom te the British Premier scores. DEFEND ND THE. OLD STRAW. IVE credit to Harry Silberman, who. defended G his right to wear a straw hat after Sept. 15 and in so doing was haled into eourt for rough treat- ment of a young hoodlum implicated in the destrue- tion of the hat. And at the same time give a full share of credit to Magistrate Douras, who promptly freed the de- fender of the old straw bonnet and directed the arrest of the hat smasher. “You are honorably discharged,” Magistrate Douras said to Silberman. “If anybody wants to wear a straw hat after Sept. 15, it's nobody’s busi- ness but his own.” That sentiment is all right as far as it goes. it doesn’t go far enough. It would read better as follows: “If anybody wants to wear a straw hat after Sept. 45, it’s the business of the police to pro- tect him if he wears i But TWICE OVERS. 66 [*LECTIONS as you feel they ought to be are never a cinch in politics.” — Ex-Mayor George B. McClellan. 6) Pak “cc OW tell us where the loyal Tammany Hall Democrats get off?'’—James J. Hines to Charles F. Murphy. “ * 8 66] HAVE not approved of the course of Dr. Straton for some time.""—The Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur. * . . “ee E can make a real fight on the rules prop- osition, when we might not have the full support of other branches of railway employees on the wage fight alone.” —B. M. Jewell of the shopmen. ¢ « » 66] T is cold at three o'clock in the morning when you are sleeping on the ground.’ Edwin Brown, unemployment investigator. | Straining at the Leash Copyright, 18: 9, Ce Henn Tie New Yo id From Evening World Readers * | | : | What kind of letter do you find most readable» Isn't it the one | that gives you the worth of 2 thousand words in a couple of hundred? i There 1s fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying | to say much 1.1.2w words. Take time to he briel. Biatant Banh tail has so mans yes that one To the K » Frening Worl cannot help hittir me of them. oie atement From the Ant 7 JON LYNCH loon League” which appeared in, Brooklyn, Sept. 15, 1921 | The Evenine We Not Disap ne Sept. 14, 1921, will netthe fy nov 4 § tthe Bre bei peal to anyone who has a true ap- Replying to. let from. ex | preciation of Justic men in to-day's World anent| | Tf it weee not for Prohibition Wederal bonus t died a-t nin’, | fits enforcement would be no kil disregard fe at the iduals President H vss instanc financial | the rights of in and no unlawful searehing of homes. wonder, who ¢ tfolio of | {without Warrants. Whe no the ‘Treasury Department, I should | cause, there can be no effect to rise and inquire also about | | If the Prohibitionists wanted to the wonderful wave of G. O. P. pros- | lose the saloon att t, why did pevity that was supposed to come \they not ask for legislation affecting tong with the change in Administra jit alone, instead of condemning the © ex-service men, of whom [whole of the Ame n people to a!y have the honor ever] period of distasteful distress? ‘Thee learn that -the looks | sinister vesigns, however, seem to} for ithe My cover a wide ¢ f endeavor the RODEN aT possibilities of avhich ne one can ac-| aah nal curately foretell jeame out from the tr As a matter of duty and eight the} imi Southern camp, {American people should insist upon); Meroe reat nnd a referendumeto definitely decide the majority. If the wed to true wish of the to }Prohibitionists are | get somet) for the fellows and have Phe ten change of heart regard-| FT. Gourt of § ing the rights of individuals i8 cer My patriotism tainly hard to believe, because such | bourht. 1 was o} h f t i 1. | not vote for the cunningly devised utterances of the] not vole Oo On ot Sieve. me Anti-Saloon League a sign BUDDY. of stren g weakness. — | yon grow! orable © t, and with par to unemployme: fs the wet element of the city, at mass of citizens does for what the gues on record 1 to ask you to e of using yc zation's aims. Prohibition valuable has done more to dis. the majority of with the to-open the eyes of those who cannot see According to the “Statement,” the] Anti eo does believe (on would think id brains) that hom: sed rentals. brew should be legalized. In almost} course never ne SAMO breath it seems to incon. | c sistently. believe in a further } ow is all this to end? With tailment lthe recent cut in wages of from 10 Bue blatant ‘ }to 20 per cent, and thousands un- public should be derided by jcmployed, and on the other hand, decent man. Jlatest decision by the Brookly Home brew will take } prem vietual aran. | mark their property, the 2 r tern n things has ‘been 7 i jaere ng into so many p: lion ofs this distressing len nin ay vbie opinion, les The way the Anti-Saloon Leas xXtension of the ren AWS=-80. }talke one would think that it has'ably — spons by The Evening Jucatet the eliey \ W ooxtra ineisors \their b ts by gly ent experience yi them nblanee of tra No or the owners fair ‘ene Sree ofa ‘peacock ‘ana thelr they unwilling to bear a part of the ld go into polittes there would be more active members, their way, it is an honest belief that| Since that idea seems to dominate Jthe time will come in these United] these times, even our part in’ the {States when blood will flow as freely | cording to “Colonel Harvey, as water, | nting” us| Moreover, the atement® was tend the Rent Laws. published by the Anti-Saloon ue pn World ee \with a probable intention of is p time been a silent | mnditions | using situation, 1 ant me | 9° burden we all must bear? Live and| |let live, of the rent pay Business m pelled hest they can, ure out of the ire concerned. things must eventually elves. credit itself than all th {tacks in order to give vent to |which have been made upon it oughts that’ repeatedly Neverthele is a good thing to with the sole purpose of hit it as often as possible in der | y small way to squelch and contributes his mit ood will These UNCOMMON SENSE Ey John Blake t. 1021, by John Blake.) “THE MAN FOR THE JOB.” When a business concern has an important position to fill it doesn’t advertise for applicants. Nearly always the heads of the firm have for some time had their cyes on a particular man If they can get him they do. The reputation you make with your employers is being made at the same time with employers outside. It pays them to keep informed as to who ts doing thy best work for their competitors. There are men to-day, hundreds of them, who could walk out of their own offices and go into the offices of other firms and go to work, almost on their own terms. There is a grape vine or wireless in business that spre the news of what men are doing as fast as newspaper ] licity could spread it. The superintendent of a factory knows that the super: intendent of another factory has an especially efficient fore man, That foreman will either get an advanée in his own shop or a new and better job outside it some day. Reputations for good work ean’t be kept secret. No matter how modest the man may be, his work speak: for him. ; This applies, of course, only to extremely efficient men. But there is no reason why you should not be one of them. Don't get the idea that, because you were not brilliant at school, or because you are not witty or talented, or the life of the party at social affairs, you are less competent than other people. Look at the average successful man, As a rule he is neither brilliant nor witty nor talented. But he is industrious and persistent, and refuses to be turned aside when he gets his mind set on something. Also he is willing to make sacrifices in order to get ahead. If you are that kind of man you won't be able to keep it quiet. You will hold your job’ in hard times and be the first to get promotion in better times. You can’t do it without hard work; but hard work is healthful and it pays big rewards in a world in which so few men have the inclination to perform it. “That’s a Fact” By Albert P. Southwick | Covrrits. 198 ng Co, Why engender the contempt | nm generally, are com- ther the depression as aranteed incomes jestion as far as they | Biding their time, right them- to we by the Preae Putian Het Bventng World) impr p to have been in Which I hemitate to ¢ i i wm confident that another and ays of Cortez (151%, &c.) day will dawn if every onc AMS to the common Through the rift in the clouds ir was once known by 4 soon be discerned the silver name, "A la Guillotine lining to which we all look forward.|was the term given in Fr fiteering rent-hogs will/the Frer » the handwriting on the Reign of 1. and are bound to reap thelof wearing s of their own folly, for the day memory of is not far distant hod failen victims to the deat (hedeals eckoning Pr RO BONO PUBLIC?. ng machine, the guillotine, pcneemeneememmmen tne te ee li ae ruins before} and A\ The Pioneers of Progress By Svctozar Tonjoroff Conerigie. igi, #3, Hg Pg} P Seti XLVIIL—THE MAN WHO USH- ERED IN THE RAILROAD ERA. Robert Fulton's demonstration of | the steambox a working contri- tion t@ civilization In 1807 naturally sgexted to the inventive mind the possibilittes of harnessing the steam jengt to the equipment of land ‘transportation, | But, pointed as this suggestion ust have been, it took more than a » of ye to work out the idea at now scems so simple and tnevi- table, It was worked out and translated in terms of metal by an Englishman, George Stephenson, whose social status ts indicated by the fact that, ‘in his boyhood, he had been employed a cowherd, \ The youth who was destined to {usher tn an era in the history, not only of transportation, but of human progress as a whole, was the son of Robert Stephenson, fireman of a c liery engine at Wylam, near Ney castle, After his pertod of bucolte life aa a herdsman, young Stephenson en- tered the atmosphere of machinery. In his fourteenth year he was ap- pointed assistant to his futher at the muniticent wage of a shilling a day. At seventeen he had been promoted to the of “plugman,” and his duties were to attend to the pumping ut the mine, engine Up to this time the future inventor had write learned to read and to know more about ation vf Watt and Boulton ne—sent him: hurry ing not eve ilis d to night sch by 1812 car Napoleon made famous by his disastrous retreat fro cow—Stepli only bud mastered the ot reading and wr but had been appointed engin at Pit at 100 pounds a yea At this tin successtul exper it lamp, and alti | Davy received the | vice that bears his name and emviuments procees theretrom, i consider sect Bri pinion awarded to the form nerd the honor of the inventio , Having, in 1813, constructe: draw olliery over smWway iles away, St m why the s d not be portation in ge In 1822 he c of the Stockte vus tn the was invent a com- sterling Liver- inted the Ten-Minute Studies | of New York City Government Coptigat, 1021, by the Pres Publishing Co, (The New’ York Wrening Word.) By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This 4s the eighty-sieth article of defining the duties of the ad- ministrative and | and boards of the | Government, | PLANT AND STRUCTURES. a series gislutive New oificera York City The Department of Plant and Structures, which succeeded the De- partment of Bridges tn 1916, when it duues, tg) in sioner appointed took on |charge of any new 1 Comn by the Mayor, ‘This Comm * has, as the old Department of * | Bridges had, J liction over - the Jconstruction and maintenance of all jpu bridges navigabie streams or having terminals crossing in two. jor more Subject to certain authority boroughs. strictions, he has the ita ‘equipm f the trar bridges n created the new de- Board of Estt- over Bat allow me to prophesy that it} In Mexico and Central Amertca,| jyat< to give tt ese Insatiable rent-hogs are goingjand, more especially, in Yucatan, | jurisdi ruction and her in their demands, urs there are between 60 and 70 dead) maiz ntle bulld age usual spending abilitics,| ities Palenque, discovercd in mnirol of the fo thes, @o the depreasion|sres Palenaue, disnoverod tr coneeuuant uneinpl loyment will{i8 one of the most interesting and |, @ condition rtant of these cities, It is sup-| rection lict maintenan operation of elty street car lines uties will be loles of this nissioner of Plant Grover A. Whalen oMces are on the eighteenth floor of the Munielpal Building. Hie selary is $7,500 @ year,