The evening world. Newspaper, November 1, 1921, Page 26

BN ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULIT: MWuwWlished Dally Except Sunday by The Prow . Company. Nos. 58 to 63 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row, J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 65 JOREPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, ————__ MEMBER OF THF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘GRA alto the loval news publishea herein. FOR YOU To SAY ENRY CURRAN is living up to his reputation for straightforwardness and consistency. His faith in the 5-cent fare has no twists in it. Unlike Hylan, Curran doesn’t have to explain sub Tosa parleyings with Shonts about a possible 7-cent fare. Unlike Hylan, Curran doesn’t have to explain a 4918 suggestion that “some temporary relief plan’ might be worked out of the best features of the plan in Boston’—where the public now pays 10-cent fares. When Curran reiterates his pledge to stand by the Scent fare to the last ditch, that pledge means something. It’s the same with home rule. QOurman is still determined the City of New York shall have more say in the settlement of its trac- tion affairs, even if it means amending the Miller Transit Law. Curran is ready to fight for what he believes to be the city’s rights even against his own party. Republican voters of Greater New York think none the less of Curran for that. They admire him for putting the duty of a Mayor of New York toward the City of New York above Party lines. So do Democratic and independent voters who "Bhoose a Mayor for something besides his politics. J transit problem. ' But the war is over. | for non-enforcement? weather of the last gw days has made the Ourran devotion to the 5-cent fare and home rule, however, does not mean unintelligent rejection of every plan or suggestion offered toward solving the On the contrary. The Curran attitude is: MI shall co-operate with every citizen, official or commission that offers help in working out this vital problem. I shall insist at every point that the five-cent fare, with adequate free transfer facilities, be established—that the peo- ple of our city be given back the power to this end, that the transit law took away from us, and that we build subways and use every means to improve the service in the subways we al- ready have. That is the road I shall travel while I am Mayor.” Travel a road—not stick like a lump in the middle of it. There, in a nutshell, Curran and Hylan. Hylan falks about getting somewhere—and never lifts his feet. Curran settles where he is going—and falls into his stride. The kind of Mayor Curran will make is the strongest argument for municipal home rule. The kind of Mayor Hylan has proved himself to : the difference between be is the strongest argument against municipal home rule, - It’s up to you, citizens of New York: Which kind do you want? us ANYTHING TO TEACH CONGRESS, HE Senate has accepted Senator Reed’s amend- ment to the Revenue Bill providing that Con- gressional committees may examine income tax re- turns of corporations as an aid in framing new reve- nue bills, His amendment would also render it pos- sible to make public the details of such investigation if Congress approved. The proposal has at least one merit. It will rob Congress of the excuse of tack of information in fixing excess profits taxes, which restrict business and “freeze” transactions in the industrial world. Perhaps the most glaring iniquity in the tax laws was the brake it put on lumbering and mining. While the Government takes a large percentage of the profits, loggers and miners cannot afford to cut or mine more than enough to give them the small profit which the law allows to go tax free. So the supply of building materiab was restricted when it ‘was most needed Every one except Congressmen knew this. If they investigate corporation tax reports, they can find out The excess profits tax is fine in-theory. In prac- tice it doesn't work. Anything that will teach Con- gress this fact will help business and the country. THE SOFT COAL NUISANCE. HAT has become of the enforcement of the ordinance regulating and restricting the * burning of soft coal in New York City? National needs in war time required a suspension. Is there any good reason now Poblsbing ee Associated Pree ts exclusively enuiviea to the use for republication OF GB news Geapatches credited to It or nov olnerwise creuitea tm tow pape on the street seems to have a grimy face. It | grimy. So is his collar. dirt settling into his clothing. and light wallpaper are soiled. its full quota of coal smoke and soot. everywhere. speck. the grime that defaces the buildings of the city. The fog |, ness is the worst effect of the soft coal smoke, | have to preathe this smoke-laden air. minating gas. heads that dawdle over work these gloomy days. restrictions on coal burning in the city. now? war standard? If so, it is time to begin it. THE MILK DRIVERS’ STRIKE. T™ milk drivers’ strike is a grim fact. demand-for a $5 per week pay increase. What do the milk drivers get now? than $65. Is it proposed to reduce these wages? scale. drivers’ wages? What does the public think of them? is cut off think of them? industrial depression? ‘Add up the answers to these questions, for this milk drivers’ strike. After ,reading Ambassador Harvey's latest speech to the Pilgrims we are moved\to wonder how much of it was rewritten by Secretary Hughes. Somehow it didn't sound like Har- vey's Weekly. eran A VOTER SUMS IT UP. To the Editor of The Evening World: CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR: First. Because Henry Curran ts a “Subway Son,” and a subway son is a son of toll. Is it not far better to support one whose trials fre my trials than a Limousine Lunatic who, ensconced on a silken cushion at the expense of the people, shouts “interests"? Second, Because Henry Curran js intelligent and has appedled to my intelligence with an intel- ligent argument, instead of blatant bunk. - Third Because Henry Curran is an American and so revered his country that he was not afraid to fight for it. Fourth. Because Henry Curran is a business man, and it should be the ambition of the eltizens of New York to administer their government along business lines. Fifth. Because Henry Curran’s past has been an honorable past and not even his enemies can cast aspersions upon it. They deal only with his tu- ture, which has yet to be born. I DENOUNCE JOHN F. HYLAN MINISTRATION: First. Because John F. Hylan advances no intel- ligible arguments in his behalf, but endeavors to beguile the public with buncombe. “Interests, traction trusts, subsidized press,” are poor re- sponses to plain questions. Second. Because John F. Hylan is first to ridi- cule every plan advanced for the improvement of our transit facilities and last to offer a construc- tive suggestion, Third, Because John F. Hylan has fatled to keep his campaign pledges, and what he has neglected to accomplish in four years he will not accom- plish in eight Fourth. Because John F. Hylan has not provided “a seat for every child” but pleads unforeseen conditions for his failure. his is the same plea advanced by the so-called “Traction Trust” for an Increased fare, and if it is a potent excuse for Hylan {s it not equally potent for them? Fifth, Because John F, Hylan advances a falla- plea as the crowning achievement administration while he utters not a word AND HIS of b about the eighty-cent gas which he has failed to maintain. If he can maintain one “for the people against the interests” why has he not maintained the other? increased rent problem “for the people,” but has who have neither the courage to do right nor diers, from which Charles E. Hughes, James dly allow me a few lines in your Beck, Bishop Manning and others resigned to |yaiuable paper in regard to remarks save their reputation, while Hylan tacitly acqui- |made by Maj. Gen. O'ltyan casting}; esced in pro-Germanism by retaining Hearst. slurs at te drafted men iS say that every man who se All these things have I considered, and because 1 | 1. *ty, (hal overs man whe se ved am an American and desire to remain one | can | drafted man, Was a volunteer it he vote for only one candidate, HENRY CURRAN. made no eitonp to avade pervicn h as claiming exemption, &c. New York, Bet. 28, 1931. Ww kina, |*"f) question particularly pertinent. The man you meet And the same kind of When he gets home, his wife complains that curtains, tablecloths Every little particle of fog seems to have absorbed When it dries it leaves a grayish black Everything is taking on a thin coating of And it is open to question whether the mere dirti- We It must have an effect rather similar to a weak solution of illu- Poison from coal smoke may ac- count for a good many of the dull and inactive It took a long hard fight to get half-way adequate Who is responsible for failure to enforce these ordinances Will it take another fight to get back to the pre- Families throughout the metropolitan dis- trict can have no milk delivered because more than 12,000 wagon drivers and allied workers in the milk industry are determined at all costs to press their A minimum wage of $35 a week plus 2 per cent. on their route collections, making total weekly wages of from $43 to $65 and in some cases higher No, The milk distributers have agreed to aban- don a proposed cut and to continue the above wage What do the 3,500,000 men out of employment in the United States this fall think of these milk What do the families whose daily milk delivery How does $43 to $65 a week sound to thousands of workers up against cold, hard facts of current The total is the exact amount of popular support 1 BELIEVE IN HENRY CURRAN, COALITION AD- Sixth. Because John F. Hylan has not solved the effected a compromise, the instrument of those wrong, but seek an exit of escape in a middle course, Seventh. Because John F. Hylan insulted every real American citizen of New York when he se- lected W. R. Hearst as a member of the Reception Committee to welcome home our returning sol- THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1921, | “What Do You Mean, 5 Cents?” right, 1921, att Bes Gon Sen By John Cassel | is From Evening that gives the worth of a thousand say much in few words. The High Spending Cities, To the Editor of ‘Toe Evening World, I miss my guess )f some figures be- ing put out by the National Security League are not extensively used in the municipal campaigns around over the country between now and elec- tion, The League has just issued a chart showing the per capita municipal ex- penditufes in the ‘ten largést cities in the country, and the cities which have the highest rate are ‘hose in which the city governments are most notoriously lax and most entirely controlled by machine politics, For instance, Boston has the highest per capita of the ten and our own Empire City and boss-ridden Mhiladelphia are in the first five. There are a lot of other interesting deductions that can ve made from the League's figures which, by the Way, are absolutely authentic, having been taken from reports of the Ped- era] Census Bureau, New York comes third In per capita on total expenditures and In only one of t%e twelve divisions of municipal spending which the League ed in Its fig —pensions id gratuities for city employees. ‘This costs the taxpayers at the ri leads of $1.42 for every adult in the city, a higher per capita than we spend on our libraries or our Health Depart- ment, which are, respectively, 29 cents ind 60 cents, ‘Doesn't this’ seem little high to you? On the other side New York's per capita spent on Its Police Department, which we con- fidently believe is the finest in the world, is 45 per cent. less than the cost of the Boston Police Department, and every one knows what happened to that, (Boston papers please copy) COMMUTER: J., Oct, 26, 1921 of the picture, Westfield. N Mra. Hardin’ io the Kditor of The Evening World; May @ poor taxpayer ask What President Harding is going to give the Scottish Rite Masons in return for the $2,000 seal coat they gave to his wife I doubt if any of their wives have a fur coat at all, Much criticlam was shown, over Fresident Wilson's presents, yet'Pres- ident Harding 1s doing the same. New York, Oct, 26. A. B. All Drafted. EAltor of The Evening World a For Cont, What kind of letter do you find most readable? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to Take time to be brief. eee en, World Readers Isn't it the one words ina couple of hundred? Mr, O'Ryan to know that technically al. men in this World's War were drafted, A man who happened to be in the regular army before war was declared would have to serve whether he liked it or not. The National Guard was called in a body, Even if some of tne men didn't care to go When war was | declared they were compelled to 0, | the same with a drafted man. A drafted man is merely a war- time soldier. A regular army man makes it a profession, and a National Guardsman partly a profession. A DRAFTED MAN, To the Editor of The Eveping A correspondent about Childs restaurants and their prices. Why, sure he’s right. They do charge high. But why should he be fool enough to patronize a chain of restaurants that so obviously profit- eer? It seems strange that Childs can profiteer so notoriously the way they do daily, but they can’t all be “hicks.” can they, T. J. N., who dig down for 10 cents every time they want Childs's coffee? Is it that they like the white-tiled wals? Don't forget, T, J. N., that New York has its quota of boobs. So why blame Childs for getting away with it? KB, A Needle Worker's Reply. Editor of the Evening World >oorman,” who wrote the letter under the caption “Oppressors of the Poor,” is a poor man indeed to write a letter in which he prac ly admits he is a spineless specimen who will not do a man's work, Reading between the lines, it sounds like the helpless wall of an anti-laborite who would rather starve than roll up his sleeves and go to work; a parasite who Is ac- customed to live on the sweat of others. Why doesn’t “Poorman” become a bricklayer, carpenter or plumber and collect some of that wollen pay?” Why doesn't he become a coal miner and instead of getting $75 to $80 for four days’ work (which is not true) get shot as they are getting shot In Mingo County, W. Va., and perhaps be framed up for murder for defending his home from hired gun- men, as 129 of them are at present Rolshevik needle workers jo not make dictionaries, so Why should they be past masters in English? Suppose “Poorman” tries sitting at a sewing machine in some dirty sweat shop in- stead of in a neat offic Parthe . if ins ead of reading| 1 bunch of junk in his spare time, porman” will spend nings In| such places as evening h schools, | oper Union, Pratt Institute, Brook. | yn Polytechnic Institute and Colum- | bia University, he will find more Bol- is may be ® bis of information to shevik.needle workers attending lov per cent, American ink slingel As to) drivers Of mils wagons gat- an! World by a milk one, But the right man is not easy to find. He must be, first, competent; second, physically fit for hard mental effort; third, capable of “standing the gaff.” His competence can be determined by his service in subordinate pos ions. A medical examiner can testify as to his physical fitness. ’ The difficult thing is to find out if he has courage and patience and the ability to stand up under trouble. This is often determined by creating artificial conditions of discouragement. A man is \aken from.a good position for no apparent reason and put into an inferior one. Sometimes he is forced to accept a cut in pay. takes these things calmly and continues to work as hard as before, without complaint or discouragement, it is a pretty good indication that he has the right stuff in him. Of course, these conditions are not always created de- signedly or with the deliberate purpose of testing a man's mettle. Sometimes they “just happen," in life. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1021, by John Blake.) TAGGING THE QUITTERS. Corporations need able, fearless executives. They have always a job for the right man—and a good If he They often just happen But they always show what a man has in him. It is easy enough to go along cheerfully when things are Di: running smoothly. souls and incid rage ment and adversity try mens utally their ability to do big work. The hard luck you are suffering may not be the resuit of an effort to test you. But it will test you just the same. Hard luck is a part of life. All of us get some of it as we go along. If, in spite of it, we can keep on trying we will get to the place w have set as our destination, If it cramples us up and destroys our efficiency there is little chance for us. The men who have “arrived” in the business world did so after they had faced many difficulties and surmounted many obstacles, If they hadn't are. arena they wouldn't be where they ting $50 per week, that bubble was exploded by a letter written to The ver. Then again | that Is a’ sal job. They have to drum up their own trade and are entitled to thelr commissions, em as some of our ¢ n collared salesmen in other lines who make as his $25,000 per year with no kick o from the public. Suppose "Poorman" try peddling bottles of milk these cold} mornings. | Finally let “Poorman” try to get a job as’ conductor of a transcontinen- tal train and he will see just how much education and training is re- quired or let him spend ten hours a day and seven days a week in the stinking New York subway. If 'Poor- man” would try some of these jobs instead of crying about It he would be a better man for It. BOLSHEVIK NEEDLE WORKER. Mew York, Oot. 27, 1981, ‘ From the Wise It is easier to enrich ourselves | with a thousand virtues thin to correct ourselves of a single fault. —La Bruyere. Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never mak- ing the same one the second time, -H. W. Shaw. ? Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstaing from giv ing us wordy evidence ofahe yuct George Eliot. It ta imagination whitch ruics the human race-—Napoleon, , ® | peddling without a Foreign-Born Builders —of— America By Svetozar Tonjoroff Copyright, 1921, by The Pr Ninhing Co, (The New York By 1 | IL—LAFAYETTE. Tt George Washington is the father of the country Lafayette Is Its uncle on the paternal side. At the moment when Marie Jean Paul Yves Roch Gilbert de Motler Lafayette landed at Georgetown, in \South Carolina, on April 24, 1777, the continental afmies were enshrouded in the gloom of past failures. Having declared its neutrality as between the belligerents, France re- mained neutral, just as America re- mained neutral during the first three years of the World War. Lafayette's instrumentality in |breaking down this neutrality and jranging France openly on the side of the colonists was not the least of his services in building up Amertea, Lafayette had been born and bred amid war's alarms. His father had |been killed In the battle of Minden in 1759. He had the instincts of @ soldier. He was only twenty years old whem he landed at Georgetown. But the loffer of his sword—the sword that jhad been tempered in the French army—came as a message of hope, of courage and of confidence to the dis« |heartened colonials, | The exploits of the young recruit to the cause of American Independ- enc® are writ large upon the opening page of our history as a nation, But, while he fought with his sword in America, Lafayette eet in motion epiritiial forces in France which were destined to break the shackles of neu- |tralty that bound the soul of France, | To make the triumph of the strug- jgling colonists complete in Franoe, jhe returned to his homeland in Janu- | roused the spirits of his |countrymen—and the reaction to his fiery pleas was the despatch of land troops as well as naval forces to fight the common foe That momentous task accomplished, he returned to his American com- rades-at-arms in May of the same year and once more devoted his mili- jtary genius to the country whose |catise he had espoused. Yet, in spite of his achievement, he was still only a boy. On May %4, 1781, Cornwallis set out from Peters- burg to annihilate him. “The boy cannot escape me,” satd |the enemy General. The “boy” was destined, not only to checkmate the veteran Commander, but to start him on the road to ultimate defeat. Re- inforced by Pennsylvania troops un- der Wayne, and with militla from the mountains, the “boy” offered bat- tle near Albema That battle sent Cornwallis reeling back upon Richmond, then to Green \Springs and finally to Yorktown, | where the triumph of the American | Nation, in process of its birth, wae |recorded indelibly on the page of world history. Congress, speaking the heartfelt ap= preciation of the American people, conveyed Its thanks to the generous French ally on the day after the surrender of Cornwallis, But the debt of gratitude remained unpaid until the year 1917. It was paid in gll that Gen. Pershing !mplied when he sald, on his landing on French soil; “Lafayette, we are here." | Ten-Minute Studies | of New York City Government Copyright. 19: The by the Prem Publishing Oa, York Evening Work), By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This 4% the ninety-second article of a series defining the duties of the administrative and legislative officers and boards of the New York Oity Government. THE JUDICIARY. The judicial branch of the Govern- ment of the city includes the follow. ing local and State courts which have either original’ or appellate: jurisdic- tion over all civil! and criminal cases arising within the city, except those that come under the jurisdiction of the Federal cow : Magistrates Courts, including regue lar District Courts; Woman's Courts, Family Cou Municipal ‘Term urt, Traffic Court, Court of Spectal ns, Children's Court, Municipal curts, City Court, County Courts and Court of General Sessions, Sur- royetes' Courts, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals The organ functions of be defined in th of this series. The Magistrates’ Courts head in the first instance all ation, jurisdiction and of these courts will and future articles complaints of. a criminal or semi-criminal nature. Crimes are of three sorts—minor of- fenses, misdemeanors and felonies. Minor offen h as publ intoxi- cation, vagrancy, Jerly conduct, license, &c., are nable by City Magistrates, who commit offenders to the reforma- |tor . the Workhouse, or the County Jail, and may impose a fine or sus- pra sentence. Magistrates also have power to sit as Judges of Special Sessions and summarily disp of certain classes of jess serious misdemeanors, pro- vided the defendant waives his right to trial before three judges and un- Jess objection Is made by the proses cuting officer,, Persons charged with felonies are held by the City Magis. trates for the Grand Jury, The administration of the Magis- trates’ Courts 1s centralized in the Board of City Magistrates, consisting of a Chief City Magistrate and forty. ono City Magistrates, each of whom ts appointed by the Mayor for a term of ten years. The Chiot City Magi trate has rym supervision of the business of all the courts held by City Magistrates, His salary 8 $11,000 « Clty Magistrates: