The evening world. Newspaper, October 27, 1921, Page 26

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH F TZER. Pudtiehed Dally Except Sunday by The Press Publiching Company, Nos, 63 to 63 Park Raw, New York. RALPH PULITZER, Preaident, 68 Pork Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer. 63 Park Row. JosERH PULITIER Jr., Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, fend slso the local news publishea herein. WRONG AND STUPID. AMMANY'S political morals are rotten to the core. But Tammany usually shows better political sense than at the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen. ? Tammany prevented consideration and decision "of the contests of Lee and Cassidy, Socialists, who ‘are contesting for the seats they rightfully won two years ago. : On a small scale the Tammanyites are duplicat- fag the infamous “Lusking” of the four Socialist Assemblymen. New York City voters were up in arms over the high-handed action of the Republi- gan organization at Albany which threw out the Socialists after they were elected. Should New York voters be any more lenient toward the Demo- cratic organization in City Hall which has coolly blanketed even the discussion of the rights of Cas- sidy and Lee? Every Tammanyite who refused to accept the minority report on this election and who helped to “postpone discussion until after election should lose hundreds of votes on Nov. 8. Tammany has come off rather easily in the cam- paign so far, because Hylan was a good and suf- ficient issue and it was felt that Hylan was as much 2 mouthpiece for Hearst as for Murphy. Now, with only ten days to go, Tammany has Présented its opponents with a strong and valid moral issue of protecting the ballot from a crowd WMiling to steal an election and then steal it over again when the first theft was not successful. That is the sort of thing Tammany stands for. Does New York indorse such tactics? * Premier Briand got his vote of confidence frpm the Chamber of Deputies by insisting that questions of internal politics are secondary to the right of the people of France to be fully and fairly represented at the Washington Con- ference on the Limitation of Armaments. Which proves again that popular demand for disarmament is a thing no party or faction in any country thinke it can afford to trifle with ANOTHER “TIGHE” CASE? S the Police Department in for another “Clubber Tighe” case? If so, what does the department propose to do about it? Will there be another de- partmental whitewash, followed by court convic- tion? » The questions are pertinent because of the charge of felonious assault lodged against Patrolman Mus- kewitz, who is held in $1,000 bail for examination + to-morrow. In brief, the story vouched for by several wit- nesses is that Muskewitz, dressed in civilian clothes. jostled passengers on a Williamsburg Bridge car Tuesday night. When one man escorting a woman protested, Muskewitz insulted him, provoked a fight, finally drew a pistol and arrested this man and an- other. When the case came up for preliminary hearing the two prisoners were released and the poiiceman was held. Rowdyism on street cars is td enough. But when policemen are the rowdies it is doubly bad. The “Clubber Tighe” case hurt the Police Depart- ment and every man in it, both because of the act itself and because of Inspector Lahey’s method of handling it, The public will watch the “Rowdy” Muskewitz ease—and Police Department discipline. When gazing into the happy future. don't overlook the threatened strike of 11,000 milk drivers and assistants in the metropolitan dis- trict, It's due Nov. 1 LABOR AND THE RIPLEY PLAN. "TCHREAT of a strike has pushed the whole rail- road problem more to the front in public attention. Sooner or later we must have a more satisfactory system of transportation. When change comes the Ripley plan, its modification by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the sup- plementary suggestions from other sources are bound to come in for careful consideration. a Labor relations cannot be disregarded in country-wide traffic reorganization Ripley plan affect labor? In brief, the Ripley plan recommends a consoli dation of most of the railway lines into approxi- mately twenty great systems. Each system would be competitive with at least one other system and | would be largely Self-sufficient, with to F power resources and the sources of freight and pas- senger traffic. The systems would be big and powerful. » In the long run it would seem that this should simplify labor relations. The personal touch be- tween men and management has already been lost. JA general consolidation would mean that employ. ; ment policies would be in the ands of fewer man , Fagers and collective bargaining would be even more | essential than now, The men would need the bes sof experts to present their side of the case and ad- “vise them in the negotiation of working contracts (f° Mf the peesent union-organizations continued, the the How will the acces The Asvoctated Prem ts exclusively enciuiea to the use for republication Of afl news despatches credited to tt or nor ounerwise creuitea im tas pepe Ma ee am A 7D EA i i Labor Board could gather all the chief executives of the railroads and of the unions in any good. sized office room. It would not need to hire a theatre and hold a mass meetings On the other hand, the enlargement of the sys tems would make more practical the “system fed- eration” plan of organization. Each system would employ so large a number of men that the em- ployees could well afford to hire able representa- tives to bargain for them. For practical purposes this is the present function of the national officers of the brotherhoods and the other railroad unions. In either of these developments the tendency would be toward simplification. Fewer and abler executives, fewer and abler labor leaders would make the task of the Labor Board more important. It would not need to consider so many minor cases and could concentrate its efforts on the larger issues, WHY HYLAN? N“: counting Sundays, there are only nine days left of this municipal campaign. One week from next Tuesday voters will decide what kind of government the City of New York is to have for the next four years. What kind of government means what kind of schools, what kind of police, what kind of finance, what kind of departmental efficiency, what kind of provision and planning for the city’s future. Any citizen of New York who had to decide how and by whom his private business should be run for the next four years would be giving the matter care- ful study. He wouldn’t want doubts as to the capacity or competence of the man he put in charge. He wouldn't take talk, good intentions or regret for past-mistakes as substitutes for proved ability and fitness. Why should he teel differently about a decision atfecting his children’s education, the safety of him- self, his family and his property, his taxes, the con- ditions under which he goes about his daily busi- ness and the growth and improvement of the city in which he lives? Why shouldn't he choose a Mayor df New York by the same standards of competence he would apply in hiring a business manager? He has to pay for both. Why shouldn't he insi on the best he can get in the one case as well as in the other? Measured on the scale of mentality, experience and grasp of municipal problems, Henry Curran in the City Hall means at least ont hundred times better value to his employers than John F. Hylan. When it comes to achievement, the Hylan record is piliful. Even Hylan defenders are forced to fa'l back on apology Every one knows ex-Gov. Al Smith is an able executive, a good Democrat, with a sharp eye out for anything and everything good in a Democratic Municipal Administration—and a shrewd jud men, ge of After talking an hour and a half the other night about the present Municipal Administration in gen- eral, the only thing Al Smith could find to say about Mayor Hylin was this : “Whatever mistakes Hylan has made dur ing the past four years were mistakes which he made with the best impulses, trying with all hts soul and heart to do his best.” \ fine recommendation for a Mayor at ter tour trial Would it keep a man tour years longer at the head of a business concern already hard hit by his mistakes? Then why should the great corporation of the City of New York stand the cost of four more of Hylan? oer again—for the sick TWICE OVERS. 66] FEEL younger because I am nearing the land of youth.” —Marshal Foch. “ce EACE in the Pacific is the insistent cry of the Japanese people.” —Premier Hara of Japan. a ee HE condition of the streets is a menace to the health of the city."’—-Judge Panken. HE country was shell-shocked when it elected Harding.” — Josephus Daniels, * 6s HO told you to call in Mi. McFarland, and who certified to his knowledge of New York traction matters?” — Henry H. Curran to Mayor Hylan, “e PROLONGATION of the | Anglo- Japanese alliance. only serves to irritate public and official opinion in the United States, merely humili- ates China, and adds nothing to the prestige of Great kad | Asia.” —Lord Northcliffe, 6 > THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921, “May We See Your Hand, Mr. May reese Se tem rors taia Dae: 9 i cat rz From Evening World Readers What kind of letter do you find mast readable? Ian’t it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to Take time to be brief. say much in few words. Hin Real Grievan Ty the Editor of Phe Livenit In re letter appeari ive. ung World ot even date, entitl vn't ISill Jt," and signed BE. J. A in which che writer scolds you scan | dalously and condescends to point out | why bis effort and rectify your shortcomings, allow me to say he skims over this, that and the other of your and then dw Mis ravings righly lauc shorteoming ot on the real cause fig on wi but surely wrecking the country Prohibition. He says nothing you can say or do can make any difference in the matter. If he is so certain, Is it not a fact that seeing what + is doing to the country these dogs in the manger have been told they musv speedily create a sentiment for It or the Eighteenth Amendment will ba meor ‘or of The B candidacy The of Mr. Hopper for Register affords the women voters an opportunity foi showing that they are more inde- pendent of party lines than the aver- age male voters, and that they will not yote for a candidate merely be- John J cause of her sex. There can be no question but that Mr. Hopper is in very way better qualified to per- orm the duties of the office tor has been nominated than He is an able and whieh he ither of his opponents. business man, i good executive las shown by his former conduct of | the Registers office that he puts efficiency before partisanship. His advocacy of that important refort, the Torrens Land Title System, should win him the support of ail who wish ) see our present cumbrous methods yf tithe registration replaced by a simple and scientific method that will be much cheaper and afford greate rity. Mr. Hopper should b+ ed. Ho will be elected if the rs will consider efficiency in- | stead of partisanship. | stead Of PAIDDEN GRAHAM. Oppressora of the Poor, Lo the Baitor of The Evening World, | | real oppressors of the To-day the labor unions are the he ‘$15.00, compelling the sixteen or cighteen cen milk instead of three o How the poor to pay @ quart for four cents. unions browbeat the Gov- nment to t swollen wages for its members working on the railroads every one is familiar with That a conductor on a train, re- nor hard work, should get more than ! a Captain in the United States Navy; 1s a joke, Yes, the unions are cer- tainly the oppressors of the poor. It 1s time the unions were in the category of public enemies where they belong. POORMAN. To the Editor of The Ereniug World Comparing two letters from Eve- ning World readers of Oct. 18, one “Near the Mayor's Home," the other More Disgusted Than Ever,” if I had been undecided on which side of the tence to take my stand surely J would von form a decision after reading hose letters 1e former is logic | wenUemanly; latter unreasonat ull of abuse, not only Hylan, but the American language as well. Mayor Hylan and our Presidents are American men, who in doing their best are misconstrued from time to time by some “flery” individuals who are hard to please, “Brooklynite” may breath after election | I am with the man who has cour- age to sign his name, positive of the cause he defends par excellence. 1 say with T. J, Nichols Tam a | Hylan voter CUARLES HOKANSON New York, Oct 192: recover his Change the Natoralisation Law. Te the Exlitor of The Evening World; In regard to the plea of an Ameri- an mother in your evening paper of | mother My parents came to America over sixty years ago and because I mar- ried an alien I am deprived of my citizenship, which I consider very un- just, simply because my husband re fuses to become a citizen. I think the Naturalization Law ought to be changed so as to give the true Ameri- can women the rights which really Door, The | jelong to them. P. H. enormous rents which the poor are| SONS Yon oct, 20, 1921 compelled to pay 1s owing to the pill swollen pay which the unions have Mr, Jerome In the Campaign, gouged out for the carpenters, brick- ayérs, plumbers and others enga n the building of # house. of $15.00 a ton for coal is caused by the swollen wages of the coal miner, $76.00 to $85.00 a week for four days’ coal for $5.00 a ton. d The price work, when formerly they worked six | days for $15.00, and the poor could get | nine political speeches T ever read From $75.00 to tor of The Evening World | Please give me a little space to say jthat Iam a Democrat who intended ,{to vote for Mr, Curran until 1 read vhat Jerome said last night about | Mr, Sulzer—in one of the most asi- Why this Ryan trac | n faker went $100.00 a Week goes to Bolshevik! out of his way to v ey -Gov. S heedle workers who can hardly spexk beyond tm t zen words of English and who Ryans want lon wages compel the nd $2 Instead ot $8.00 or $50.00 a week for poor man i About wagons inslead 00 Lo $80.00 for a suit of of $1200 to Mr re Sulzer will 0,000 Democratic votes e into the Hylan-Hearst camp. '¢ wemember bow regarding | Oct, 19, I can sympathize with her jas T am also in the same sorrowful position, { am also an American| quiring neither education nor ability! ¢ UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by John Blake.) WASTED ABILITY. Providing you are an intelligent’ human being you ‘put the money you have to work. Kither invested in sound securities or deposited in a savings bank it will earn interest for you. Buried in a hole under the fireplace or stuffed away in a stocking, it will be a useless risk. If you have ability you will, if you are wise, do the same thing with it. Ability, lefi unused, may be brilliant, like flashes of lightning, but it is no more valuable to mankind. You have doubtless known many brilliant men who were barely able to make their own living. : You tiave known men of real talent who hardly knew where their next meal was coming from. These men knew they had talent, but they made the mistake of thinking that the talent would take care of them. It will not, Not even genius will do that. The possession of special ability involves always the burden of cultivating it upon its owner, Paderewski's v.arvellous musical genius would be nse less to himself and to the world had he not spent hours of tedious Jabor in its cultivation. Michael Angelo, perhaps the most gifted man ever born, worked harder than any other of his time, harder than any man has ever worked since, in making his genius shine be- fore the world. No man of talent hay ever succeeded without'long hours of toil. There are maay in the world who might have succeeded, '$ but they depended largely on others for their support. There is ¢ lesson in this for every one. For if men so atly gifted must work hard throughout their lives, how g must the man of ordinary ability labor to make much more what he does count. Every man has a little ability of some sort. The differ- ence between prosperity and poverty is the difference in the way that ability is used. ” Tf it is put to work, comfort and happiness follow. If it is left idle there is little hope for its owner but a lifetime of misery. to the traction trust when he was! District Attorney. We remember the efforts by honest folk to remove him trom office, and how it was nearly accomplished. We know all about Jerome, and how useful he has al- By Albert P. Southwick like! © Jerome sold out| 117 Weat sPth tirect. Jdred decent Democrts of this town vill go ten miles to hear » tell about this vu ' ond laugh y neral u It is bad as the No one with ordinary sense would | phrase, “nom de plu: which is not cross the street to tear Jerome, hie’ intetigible hinan. The| avout “Old Bill” Sulzer, but a hun- iecning o r to that end I wil enses of hall, music, et Sulzer ¥ com ; ee political velireme ra ‘ Soh Fosan a evome to Gebiste (he issues Pdi, of the day. GEO. W. PISHER. | “The Key of lodie” Ww the name The Great Teacher In Action By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory. Copyright, 1921, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World... CLEANING OUT THE TEMPLE, Matt. 21:12. It was the most natural thing im the world that the Great Teacher upom visiting Jerusalem, the great religious capital of His coustry, should desire, first of all, to seo tho Temple of which He had heard so often and evory stone of which was sacred in His thought. It is Impossible for us to measure the state of His emotions as He em- tered the house of God and found It devoted not to the worship of His Father but to the business of game- bling, money changing and other forms of profiteering. He expected to find the spirit of de- youion and brotherly love, but instead He found the spirit of greed and heartlessness. In all the courts He found unmistakable evidence not of devotion but of speculation—three card monte men, note shavers, dealers n mortgages, pouitry sellers, cattle dealers, fortune tellers, all busy as beavers raking in the shekels, thelr snake-like eyes glistening with de- light as they tucked away their spoils and looked around for more victims, + It was more than the Man of Galt- lee could stand. The’ real as con- tasted with the ideal, the actual facts that stood before Him in all their naked brutality and greed as com- pared with His beautiful dream, de- stroyed His poise and He became furious In His indignation He overthrew the seats and tables and, catching wp some kind of lash—a whip or a piece of rope—He laid it right and left ‘pon the should of the desecrators of His Father's house, saying to them as the strokes fell upon them: |"It is written My house shall be |called a house of prayer, but you | have made It a den of thieves.” Was the Great Teacher mad about that time? It is to be devoutly hoped that He was. [am sure that He waa thoroughly mad, mad through and through. “If He had not been, He would not have been the Great Teach- er, but only a very small teacher. The ecclesiastical tenderfoot does not like the idea of the Master's get- ting mad. That is because he is a ten- derfoot. The-tenderfoot has no red blood in his veins, no great convie- tions in his mind, no glowing enthu- siasm {n his apology for a heart, and it is easy for him to keep cool, tm- possible for him to grow wrathy. But real men, genuine believers im the gospel of the Great Teacher, know perfectly weil how Jesus felt when He ran up against those scoun- dreis in the house of His Father, They underetand how and why # was that He temporarily lost His balance, overturned those gambling tables, called them a pack of thieves and robbers, and drove them awar from the Temple they were profan- ing. Will the time ever come when ft will be considered good form for the fol! ers of the Great Teacher to fee! ag hotly wrathful against scoundrels in high places of clty and State as He did against those who made His Father's house a den of thieves? a ART MASTERPIECES IN AMERICA | By Maubert St. Georges. Copyright, 1921, by The Pree | ublishing Co. ihe Now York Brest Wert FRIEDLAND. Jean Meissonier. Meissonier, besides being u gveat painter, was a master of detail. Els most celebrated work “Friedland,” which hangs in the Mctropolitan Mu- seum, is typical in its exactness. The painter spent many years upon it Each figure, and there are hundreds of them, was made separately from a model. In order to represent the trampled grain as It should be, he bought a wheat fled and hireay a troop ot cavalrymen to charge through it, The picture represents Napoleon at the zenith of his glory reviewing his troops before the battle. The artist sold the picture to the late A. T. Stewart for $40,000. At the sale of the Stewart collection !¢ was bought for a much larger sum and presented to the Metropolitan Muscum The life of Mgissonier reads like @ fairy tale. He passed from extreme poverty to wealth that enabled him to have all he desired. His father, though prosperous, gave him only slight education, kesping him in hi shop to sweep floors und attend to customers. Finding his son deter mined op an art career, he allowed him a year in which to make good, giving bim 10 cents a day for food. than be lependent on thi | niggardly > Meissonier un; derwent ups, painting anvases at a dollar a yard, Meissonler of alls at the ex ©, yet even if this this fault is overshadowed’ by¥ ievements in all the > make ven to the city of Herat, in Afghan. country ‘now under The citadel is a welle and th years eee Thomas Parr of Atterbury, Shropshire, England, an agricuttur: died at the ave of ae married his second wi! 1 ars old, and had a ero BAG he rm amany) and’ (He |'l| cement isl or a aee Buleniae Co 22 3) ay and had Ryans, and the traction trust, when | || °° "fie Now York Ereniag Word! old Pa ne as van his services Were essential. ; if iy’ called, nthe rela” umes it. ae, F romsinch: und| “Double ,entendre” is incorrect! others of the sume tamily, the young. Tee ey can aor aiford to sit back | French, though the expression js in est of whom died aged and what is still, mor son-in-law, the age of 127, extvaordinary, Parr's n Newell, also reached | na peculiar manner, is on of “Lamhithe," ‘the mn word for mudhaven nor), or a muddy landing plece 2 of Ireland” was a title fire ised by Henty VIII, in 1543, The title previously assumed by the Kings of England was “Lord of Ireland,” ara used f sneer, { «gs —_~