The evening world. Newspaper, November 22, 1921, Page 26

¥ oe * wt M . 1 Che EFA datorie, ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. WwWlited Daily Except Sunday by Thé Press Publishing ompany. Nos. 53 to 68 Park Raw, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, | fall news despatches credited to it or not otmerwise creuitea 1m tam papgy Bnd also the local news publishea herein. TRANSIT COMMISSION AND I. R. T. a Transit Commission is laying the founda- tion for a “treat ’em rough” policy as re- gards the I. R. T. |. Even the Hylanites must admit that the hear- fings so far have not been designed to make Inter- | borough stockholders and officials rest easy. a } The Transit Commission in drawing an indict- y ment against the Interborough is also building a \ €ase against previous Public Service Commissions. The predecessors of the present commission had . , broad regulatory powers. If they had proved to be what their names implied— Public Service Com- missions—the company would not have been al- lowed to follow the course of reckless financiering the Transit Commission is now exposing. The 1. R. T. has been at fault. So have the * commissions: Fair dealing by the company and :. fair regulation by the State would have insured + adequate surplus funds. The State was to blame a 38 well as the company. Now it is the duty of tHe State to rectify previous mistakes as far as is , Possible. Just now the Transit Commission seems to be establishing its moral right to do about anything the law permits as regards the Interborough. It has proved that with conservative management the In- tesborotigh treasury could make a present of the lines to the city and still have a handsome profit. It is establishing in indisputable fashion the obli- gation of \the State regulatory body to do justice to car riders with little or no regard to the interests of the Interborough. a If the Transit Commission doesn’t intend to deal 4 fairly with the straphangers, it is pursuing’ a most peculiar course. Until something to the contrary appears, the commission deserves the confidence of , the subway riders. It deserves more. It has already earned the un- r stinted co-operation of the Municipal Administra- tion. Mayor Hylan and his aides should stand ready to aid the commision in every way, even while court tests of the commission's power are pending. One pleasing angle of the Limitations Con- ference is the thoroughgoing way in which Secretary Hughes seems to have blanketed i . Senator Lodge. a Mr. Hughes is the voice of the United States é for all practical purposes. Senator Lodge is in eclipse. It is true that Senator Underwood and Elihu Root are also out of the limelight, but the country can well afford to cancel two against one, when that one is the narrow- “gsouled, bigoted trouble-maker from Massa- chusetts, BUILDING BEYOND NORMAL. ie CTOBER and early November building prog- a ress in the metropolitan area is far ahead ~ Of normal. One factor in the building situation is enough to account for this unusual development. The building figures mean that builders are not taking any chances on what the Legislature may do with the tax exemption legislation. Builders Propose to get the full advantage of the offer by getting under way before the present exemption Tax exemption has proved ais effective as the sponsors of the legislation believed it would. The: will be little or no opposition to a modified exten- sion of the law which will keep the building busi- ness booming until supply overtakes démand and rents get back nearer to normal. “ Abrupt withdrawal of all exemption privileges would probably result in an immediate slump. It looks now as though the Legislature would need to taper down with a decreasing scale of exemption extending over a building period of several years. Tenants and builders are looking to the Lock- wood Committee for’ expert advice on what the *law should be. IT WOULD CLARIFY THE ISSUES. NJUNCTION proceedings nst the employ- ers in the gatment trade are a possibility. The Garment Workers’ Union is seriously considering such a step. In the interest of the public, it is to be hoped the step will be taken. It would surely bring out the issues more clearly. It would emphasize the bad faith of the employers in their course of contract- breaking. That the couris could find ground for a far: reaching injunction is doubtful. The most the union ~~ could hope for would be a prohibition of the em- _ ployment of strike-breakers. The court could hardly require employers to sopen-shops and give employment to workers now <n strike. That would be analagous to a court Order requiring individual employees to go back to a or denying employees the right to quit work | oe ya a IX when they desired. This the courts have been un- willing to do. i Injunctions have usually interfered with union organizations, not with individual workers. In any event, such an action would be interesting and instructive. It would be a novelty. An A. F. of L. union would not consider such a step. The Federation is conservatively opposed to “government by injunction.” The workers in the garment trades belong to what is known as a “new” union. This “new” unionism is a fact in our industrial life. The more the public can’ learn of it and its processes the better. One characteristic has been its willingness to ex- periment with new ideas—such as an injunction against contract-breaking employers. WHAT FRANCE CONCEDES. Wa Premier Briand pledged yesterday as the contribution of France to the cause of armament reduction the immediate cutting in half of the French period of military service, he did all he could to “play up” the value of the offering. He dwelt long and sombrely on the fears of France in order to stress her sacrifice. Why shouldn’t he? In certain quarters of this and other countries it has be¢ome the habit to show weariness when France begins ta talk of the peril on her eastern frontier, . Since the war there fas been a tendency to pooh- pooh French worry about a future Germany as worry over an extinct volcano. Least of all from Americans is such impatience with the French point of view fair or to be ex- pected. » ‘ Within the memory of Frenchmen now living, the soil of France has fWwice been trampled, by Ger- man armies. In the space of only fifty years the flower of French manhood has twice faced Ger- man guns. In hardly more than one generation Germany has twice cost France billions in money, twice heaped colossal burdens upon French thrift. Has this country ever suffered what France has suffered at the hands of a next-door ‘neighbor? Have Americans ever known what it is to be born with the dread of a frontier? Then it behooves Americans to be less intol- erant of French alarm, even when that alarm may seem exaggerated. 5 To, say that M. Briand was talking with an eye to present politics in France does not cover the situation. Though factions in France may en- courage French fears for party ends, there is no denying that dread of Germany goes deep into cer- tain sections of French life. It is dread born of dire experience. The way to allay that dread is to treat it not with contempt but with sympathy and reason— not to yawn at it’as an “old story,” but to meet it with concrete assurances of fact. Whatever the Washington conference decides to do with the question of land armament, the French cut in military service should bg received and meas- ured jn the light of French feeling as to the posi- tion of France. It was in all respects fitting that this feeling should be brought before the conference as impres- sively and eloquently as M. Briand brought it there. Before France can give up her defense for the sake of final peace in Europe, declares the French Premier: “We have to know that France ts not mor ally isolated; that she still has with her the men of gqod will and the heart of all people who have fought with her on the same bat- tlefield.” Proofs that France is not isolated morally or otherwise are bound to be forthcoming in the larger developments of international co-operation to which this Arms Conference is certain to lead. Nor, when it comes to such /proofs, can the United States afford not to be the first to furnish them, TWICE OVERS. 66] T is this unlawful conspiracy, the New York Milk Conference Board, that permits plain- tiffs to maintain their monopoly of milk distribution and exact from citizens 18 cents a quart for the same grade milk which the people of Chicago secure for 12 cenls.”—Counsel for the striking milk drivers. ‘ is i HE doctrine of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man found a new vojce in President Harding when he called the present con- Serence.”"—The Reo. Dr. Christian F, Reisner. Ud @ ONDITIONS which warranted strict pass- port control during and immediately follow- ing the war have now largely disappeqred.”" ~The Mer- chants’ Association, * * | better place to live in | by Thanksgiving ? _ it, 1981. Ope New Pek eonae \. by The Press Publishing By John Caésel From Evening say much in few words. Disarmament and Hypocrisy. To the Editor of The Evening World: The great war was fought to end warfare and to make the “world a ‘The end came general acceptan of, President Wilson's fourteen points. One of them demands gradual reducing of armaments, Germany was compelled to abolish conscription and to have only an army not bigger than one- fifth per cent. of her population, The army of the United States is built upon about the same proportion. But how about the newly created coun- tries, Peland, Czcho-Slovakia and the Baltic states? ‘ They got their independence as a present fréip the victorious Allies, It is not unfair to give a gift under conditions, The United States did the same with Cuba, This country, Mberated by the United States, is pre- vented from sliding into militarism. If the Allied Governments really wanted to do something to avoid future wars they could say to the new countrie: We give you liberty ahd independence, but you shall have tion and only a limited he Allies could even demand that the economic unity of the former Austria be conserved instead of per- mitting the new countries to disturb the economic balance developed through centuries. The necessity is not to create still more customs lines and other trade handicaps than there have been, but to diminish them, May the countries be as independent politically as they want, but prevent at least’ th comers to be trouble maker their sovereignty is not fu But the Governments don’t want to abolish warfare, ‘They want only to cut down the high cost of killing. And the good people everywhere? They sleep. But when they see some- body with many gold braids on his uniform strutting around them they wake up for a while, holler their throats sore and the movie cameras click overtime. MPLETON, New York, Opposed to Birth Control. To the Editor ‘The Evening World: As’a col nt reader of The Even- ‘ng World I have been expecting to see in the “People’s Forum” a few let- ters anent the ecclesiastic authority that broke up the birth contro! meet- ing at the Town Hall recently. Mrs. Sanger was the only onp heard from, The public has mutely expressed its disapproval of her unchristian doc- trine. Almighty God devreed, and blessed the decree, that the human race should increase and multiply. He has never revoked that decree and, until He does, it stands. / No man or woman may dare do it. To practise birth control is simply to subvert the designs of the Creator. What. do you suppose would have World Readers. What kind ot letter do you find most readable? Yen'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. laws of this country to teach openly this doctrine. ‘Therefore, the meet- ing at the Town Hall for that pur- Pose was in cpntravention of the of the civil authorities. They should have directed the Police Department, to act. New York, Nov. 18, 1921. 'HODOX. ‘The Heroen’ Mothers, To the Editor of The Evening World: The mother of the Unknown Hero may be living here in poverty because | the profiteer worked his game while | the boy was over there, JOSEPH M’DONALD. Providence, R. 1 Noy. 18. | Net un Issue in Thin Strike, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: I am a constant reader of your worth-while editorials in The Evening World, May I take up just a little space in| your columns with a question regard- ing an editorial on the Garment Makers’ strike? Would you call it Americanism or radicalism to be forced by the laws of the union to keep workers (after one week's employment) forever, although they do not produce desirable work in amount or quality? MAX FELLENBAUM, Garr Landiadjes. ‘To the Exlitor of The Evening World: T have occupied furnished rooms, from Maine to Texas, and the worst | pest I find is the garrulous landlady who buttonholes you in the hall when you are in a hurry and hangs on like the “old man of the sea.” Many an engagement have I lost in that wey, Won't you please protest to lard- iadies and ask them to let us alone? I have changed my room oftener on that account than for any other rea- son, and am about to change again and give up a nice, clean room. EARACHE. | | A Need for Regulation, To the Editor of The Brening World: Let us suppose the milk companies| discharged some of their drivers and| Instead of having three wagons del! ering milk on one block there wi only one wagon, who would get the benefit of the resultant lowering of the cost of delivery, the consumer or the company?) SIMPLE SIMON. Brooklyn, Nov. 20 The Dog in s Home. To the Editor of The Brening World: I have been a reader of The Evening World for ten years and I take ex- ception to the letter written by J. E. F. been the fate of Adam and Eve had they attempted such a practice? God would have destroyed them at once \He Is-very tolerant these ilmes, H. jis walting tl thec"harvest time. | ft iw quite surprising {Gnd persons of F | teasing Christianity among the adve jen of this pernicious docir! 2 upderstand it ia contrary to the 1am sorry for him and for the home that ts not big enough Many # home Is dented th of children where the | hip of a faithful ye ‘Rews only proves my belle in mos domestic disturbances it la the people who are to blame and not-the poor laws and should have been prevented. | But by whom? Surely not by young Monsignor Dineen. It was the duty ®. 4 UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1921, by John Blake.) A GRUDGE IS ALWAYS AN OVERLOAD. A grudge is a responsibility. Responsibilities are always a handicap. Those that naturatly fall to you are worth whether they add to your burdens or not. The right kind of responsibility is developing. to advancenent—eventually. ' Therefore it is worth carrying. The man who carrying, It leads evades it is not likely to grumble about the income tax, for he will never have to pay an: But a responsibility which is utterly worthless is merely an overload tnt a woodsman add to his pack half a dozen stones in the hope that he might have something to throw at an enemy in case he happened to meet one. Jf you have a grudge, you spend a little time need for other matters in thinking about it. It keeps you awake at night and makes you unhappy. You are never content until it is satisfied, and faction brings only a poor and gloomy pleasure. It is reasonable to expect that many people wi injuries in the course of your life. malice. If you start out to that you its satis- Il do you Some of them will be deliberate and engendered by pure * | ‘get even” with all these people you will have a good sized job without setting aside any time for earning your living or enjoying existence as you get along. And you will be just as well off if you don’t “get even.” Possibly the attainment of success will be all the revenge necessary. Your enemies, if they are real enemies. enjo} seeing you prosper. agawst them, you will on travel, at best. If you neglect to prc You ar destined to carry a pretty fair sized pa Better not add any grudges to it, , will not er, merely to feed your grudges ontribute to their enjoyments. ick as you They will embitter your life, do no good, and the chances are that you will nver be able to satisfy them anyway. ne dog, who cannot tell his side of the . stor; LUCY H. CAMPBELL, From the Wise New York, Nov. 19. 5 hee Selfishness is the only reat The Voters Elect the Mayor, atheism; aspiration, unselfish- ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: In the early days of journalism the press was suppressed for criticising the Government, no matter how small the degree of criticism. newspapers fought fot the freedom of the press, and rightly ad to relate that they abused this privilege in the recent campaign, and in a most indecent, corrupt manner, My purpode in writing these few lines {s to state that the press ought to take a lesson from the result of the recent election, and admire your stand on the Pi I —Israel Laws gre like cobu The Colonial but it is scandalous and| in life, but most of Tf you wish to whole world, tell truth.—Rahel. Human life is mo read The E is World daily may catch small flies, wasps and hornets break through. ness, the only real religion, Zangwill. webs, which but let Swift. Plenty gf folks have a good aim them don't pull the trigger—Anonymous, stonish the the simple re governed hibition question, so you can see that) — : Iam not finding fault with your pa-| | Dy fortune than by reason per In general. It would be to ara) sivantage, how to bear this athe y feet phat the He thut commits an offense ble of thls el when drunk shali pay for t¢ elect their New York, __ sehen he 44 s0der—Law proverb, reign-Born Builders America By Svetozar Tonjoroff idhing Fo VIL—JAMES SHIELDS, Among the millions of Iris! who have helped to’ build Ameri with brain or brawn was James Shields. A@a leader of the battalions of the Republic in two wars, the tmmi- grant who was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, in 1810, kept up ‘the tradition which Irishmen established in the Revolution. ‘That tradition was splendidly revived in the super- that ended on Armistice Day, 1918.~ James Shields emigrated to Ameri: cain 1826, studied law and took up its practice in Kaskaskia, Ill, in 1832, In that State he Held many public offices, including that of Judge of the Supreme Court. Shields was Commissioner of the Genefal Land Office when the war with Mexiéo caused him to lay aside the pen and take up the sword. Placed in command of the Illinois contingent, > Shields fought under Zachary Tay- lor on the Rio Grande, under Gén, John E. Wool in Chihuahua and finally followed Winfield Scott throughout that General's campaign. At Cerro Gordo the former Judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois re- ceived a’ Mexican bullet in the lung and a Major Generalship by brevet from Washington, He recovered rapidly and took part in the operations in the Valley of Mexico, as commander of a brigade made up partly of New York troops, Once more he was severély wounded, this time at Chapultepec, On his discharge from the army in 1848, he was appointed Governor of the Territory of Oregon, but re- signed that post to serve as a Demo- cratic Senator from IHinois. Thirteen years later, under the stress of the pioneering impulse, he removed to Minnesota and helped -tw, organize its State Government. The new State gent him to Washington as one of its Senators. But the pioneering impulse {in 1859 sent Shields further West—to California, He was Superintendent of a mine in Mexico when the Civil War broke out, and he was appointed a Briga- dier General of volunteers, In com- mand of d division of Banks's army he opened the se@Sad campaimm in the Shenandoah Valley with a victory at Winchester, \ He had become so accustomed to wounds, that he performed this bril= liant feat of arms despite the severe wound which he had suffered on the day before the battle of March 23, 862. : Detcated by Gen, Thomas J, Jack- son at Port Republic in the following June, Major Gen. Shields resigned his commission, settled once more in California, and then moved to Mis- souri, where he returned to the prac tice of w n that State the veteran of two ars of three wounds rilroad Com- ber of the 4 and 1879. achievements of the young immigrant from County Tyrone con- stitute an important and romantic part of the record of the Irish race in the country that has given them hos- pitality and opportunity. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 104—PIGEON-ENGLISH, 5 To the Chinese we owe the com® |} pound word, “pigeon-English,” the childish dialect in use at Chinose ports between natives and American and English traders. The Chinese use the word pigeon or “pidgin” to supply the place of English nouns unknown to them. Those ingenious Orientals call a cone cert a “sing-song pidgin” and a cone versation a “talkee pidgin, With the increasing intercourse bee tween the Chinese. and English speaking persons, and with the proj ress of education in China, real En; lish is taking the place of the “pid~ gin” variety. But “pigeon-English” still surviv in fiction | and on the Su '| Ten-Minute Studies | of New York City _ Government Copright, 1921, tg the Preas Publishing (Pua Now Yoru Breaing Work) so By Willis Brooks Hayokins. This is the nincty-siath of a series desining the dutics of the administrative and legislatwe officers and bvogeds of the New York City Government. THE JUDICIARY. T Night and Women’s Courts, o.° There are two Night Courts in the city, one at No, 314 West 54th Street, Manhattan, for he&ri ses against men; the other, at No, 318 Adams Street, Brooklyn, for’ women, het courts were established for the pure | pose of hearing cases against persons | arrested too late to be taken to the day courts. These courts are presided over by City Magistrates assigned to them by the Chief City Mag misdemeanants ‘ate, Only cases heard here, ed with felonies being Grand Jury action ee | The punishments inflicted by the Women's Night Court vary id Ahe number of times to the nature of the offense, the offender, has been before the court, A first of- fender may receive only advice or @ reprimand. For second offenses | women may be placed on Probation, committed ‘to a religious institution | or rescue home for a period not exe jeeeding thiee years or may be sent to the workhouse. cy | het, 2 also a Women's Da; Court at No. i26 Sixth Avenue, hattan, presided over by a, worm Macistrate Jean H. Morris,