The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 26

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Daily Except Sunday by The Press Company, Nos, 63 to 63 Park Raw. New York, RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITAER Jr, Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PhESS, ‘Miso the local news publishea herein. ’ STRAIGHT THINKING IN IRELAND. , \E of the clearest, meatiest utterances yet heard on the Irish situation comes from the Clare County Council, representing the constituency of Eamon De Valera himself. By a vote of 17 to 5 the Clare County Council $ndorsed the proposed treaty between Great Britain and Ireland in a resolution which say: Rejection of the treaty would be almost cer- tain to involve us in a war of annihilation because our people would be divided and be- cause world opinion, instead of being with us (as at present, will be against us. The rest of the world rejoices at such signs of Gear thinking among the Irish people. } This issue is their issue—immeasurabiy bigger than the question how certain Sinn Fein extremists fet and doctrinaires can preserve their political power ba, and prestige. % | The Dail has adjourned until Jan. 3. The best se De Valera and all other anti-treaty members can make of the recess is to ponder the Clare County “Council resolution. It speaks truth for Ireland, Sy If Representative Mann wants even better ammunition against Chairman Fordney’s tariff | ideas he will find it in the daily market quota- ‘ tons of grain prices since the enactment of the Fordney Emergency Tariff advertised to pro- tect American farmers. ne! AS TO VALUATION. = CRHAIRMAN M’ANENY of the Transit Com- + mission characterized as “absurd” the so- “historical valuation” of $1,250,000,000 ‘which Delos F. Wilcox, as spokesman for the City Club, assumed in his argument against the flexible fare feature of the Transit Commission's plan. || This emphasizes the importance of the factor of valuation in a flexible fare system. It is encour- ag ig to note Mr. McAneny’s reaction to the sug- tion of an “historical valuation” which would Pile on the old costs of obsolete construction as a of the present property. |The value of the flexible fare principle depends tely on its application in each instance, A tfectly good scheme of financing and operation ft a reasonable valuation might prove grossly ust and burdensome under inflated valuation. Tn this connection it is only fair to the Transit Commission to reserve judgment until it has es- ‘Tablished what it considers a fair valuation. Mr. “Shi ’s own method of calculation might indicate ; soundness of the Transit Commission's plan if "the valuation were reduced say a third. ‘As‘to valuation, the commission is clearly on In its first public statement it said: “In readjusting securities on the basis of honest. value the commission has in view, and wwill insist upon, the elimination of ‘water’ ~ ot every description and the frank recogni- » tion of a depreciation that investors have Jong since discounted.” Until the commission gives some indication of ‘abandoning this pledge it is entitled to the assump- ‘Hion that it meant what it said. Under such a valu- | Mr. Wilcox’s supposititious deficits might appear. we my Gad No, that “clank, clank, clank” is not the chain gang of prisoners. It is only the Subw. Spankers punishing prospective passengers. “OPEN PRICE” ASSOCIATIONS. HE Supreme Court opinion in the case of the Hardwood Association and the general dis- of “open price” associations is a frank re- of earlier decisions in steel and shoe cases. ’ The five to four decision is unsatisfactory. Bus- ‘<€ men cannot know how they will stand if a case comes before the court after its mem- ‘ership has changed. * Business men may very. possibly be able to effect ©@ change in the next decision, for it seems highly “probable that the members of the court were moved make this decision as much on grounds of broad blic policy as by any hard and fast line of law or ‘An other words, existing conditions under “open ” association practice had more weight with “the court than did the letter of the law. + This should give business men food for sober ought. It is a serious reflection on the level of morality now prevailing. It deserves the sort of serious consideration which has been en to the “cancellation epidemic.” In theory, it was possible for “open price” asso- lations to serve as a positive benefit to our indus- lal life. In practice, these associations have often poved worse than any trust or pool. The vicious factice of “matched bids,” the stifling of competi- n by “keep-off” motices and the like, have d the country. th plain words, the men who have participated ‘Such practices are dishonest. They have been ”, They have imposed on customers and Publishing ——$ Whe Arrctated Prem ts exciuatrrly entiues to the use fer republicatted ews Geapatches credited to ft oF not otnerwine creuitea tn tase pApee the maxims of good faith and honorable dealing which are supposed to govern business. This condition demands something more than vigilant prosecution by Federal and State attorneys. It demands a policing of business by business men. Decent business men must foster a revival of busi- ness honesty. They must expose the crooked thinkers in their ranks. BACK TO TEMPERANCE! MEND the Volstead act to permit the sale of light wines and beer for beverage purposes. Apply the yearly $500,000,000 obtainable from a tax on the legalized sale of wine and beer to the payment of a soldier bonus. That is the recommendation that will be presented to the House Committee on Ways and Means, ac- cording to a statement from Representative Ford- ney, the committee's Chairman, The soldier bonus is only one argument for ex- cluding wines and beer from the provisions of the Volstead act. The strongest arguments for legalizing the sale of wines and beer are truth, honesty and common sense, Truth—because the Volstead classification of in- toxicating liquors, wh’ are the only kind the Eighteenth Amendment prohibits, is admittedly a Nie. Honesty—because the attitude of Americans toward Prohibition as the Volstead act attempts to enforce but does not enforce it is making them a nation of law-breakers and surreptitious drinkers who drink indiscriminately and to excess, Common sense—because Volstead Prohibition has demonstrated itself to be too absurd to com- mand the respect of otherwise law-abiding citizens and therefore too foolish a thing ever to accom- plish what it sets out to accomplish. American intelligence is beginning to recover the balance from which it was swept into bewildér- ment by the onsiaught of the Anti-Saloon League. Congressmen are beginning to doubt whether narrowness and bigotry will always have the whip hand or whether Prohibition may not turn out a bad political bet. The soldier bonus will provide a good defensive argument for timid Congressmen to put up against the Prohibition lobby. The more courageous should begin to see for themselves that, soldier bonus or no soldier bonus, the present interpretation of the Eighteenth Amend- ment is an outrage upon American truth and con- sistency. The saloon is gone. Nobody wants it back. But moderation, scrupulousness and respect for law are also going—fast. Legalize light wines and beer and let’s get back to temperance. Henry Cabot Lodge bids fair to make a record as the Babe Ruth of treaty wreckers— or maybe it would be fairer to the Bambino to liken the Massuchusetts Senator to the most venomous of the Borgias. THE QUESTION OF BAIL. CITY MAGISTRATE recently held in $10,000 bail a man accused of the theft of a $5 pair of gloves. At first sight this would seem to violate the con- stitutional provision that “excessive bail shall not be required.” Magistrate Simpson justified his action by citing the record of the prisoner, which indicated he was an habitual criminal. In such cases it would seem that bail cannot be placed too high, It should be so excessive as to be prohibitive. In the Bridge Plaza Court yesterday a prisoner charged with holding up a citizen was arraigned. An Inspector recognized him from a previous “line- up.” Then the prisoner explained the latest rob- bery as follows: “I had to get money to make good on my old bail bond and to keep my lawyer satisfied.” Such an offender should not be admitted to bail, No bail could be too high. Society must protect itself against the robber who robs to pay the in- demnity companies. TWICE OVERS. *£C. O-OPERATION (by municipal officials) is nol essential but it would be helpful, and its absence is rather a pily.”—- Chairman Mc Aneny of the Transit Commission. “ce E VERYBODY quiet now.” — A bandit warning, 8 « ef JN Heaven's name let Ireland take the substance and not dissipate her energies in discussing —The Irish Independent, Dublin. * * * shadou. a Beran and France must together undertake the reconstruction of Europe." Premier Briand. THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 17 CRN Ry "3 7 Pe Pls Ra ite 1921." _A Complete Surprise ! entertain By John Cassel SALAM From Evening @ay much in few words. Christmas for Animal To the Editor of The Evening World: It may interest you to know that the article headed “Merry Christmas to Animals" in issue of Dec. 9 is :e- ceiving considerable attention. Am receiving gratifying responses. On one personal card sent me 1s written, “We are with you for the lifelong happiness of all our interfellow oe- ing: Humans—Animals—Plants.” It was accompanied by a dollar bill, which sum I intend to spend on a bag of oats for some old horses, Christ- mas, who have done good service in their day but are now having a well deserved rest in old age and 1 am sure will feel “thank you" and wish you Merry Christmas! I would like to take this means to thank Beny Jeny Gotlieb for his practical help in the good work and remind friends of animals that if euch gave one dollar toward better- ing the condition of our dependent but trustworthy dumb friends there would be much less suffering among those of God's creatures which seei to care so much more for our wel- fare than some of us do fdr theirs, Thank you for publishing the letter, which seems to have attracted con- siderable quiet attention, and also thanking all those who have written to me personally. JE ‘IE GRISWOLD, New York City, Dec. 19, 1921, P, S—There is to be a Christmas tree at the Bide-A-Wee Home tor Animals, No, 410 East 38th Street, All poor children are requested to bring their pets and some stray hun- gry cat or dog to a Christmas dinner there on Monday afternoon, Dec, 26. Horses, too, may get an extra quait of oats, &c. Any voluntary contribu- tions to the feast will not be refused by the animals, though too proud to beg. “Poor relations” welcome! | ss | Mistakem Leadership. To the Editor of The Evening Werld: Seems to me there ought to be a punishment for a man like Briggs, the leader of the milk strikers, Think of the men he led (who were foolish enough to be led), ‘Think of the men killed, the men beaten and homes of need and sadness this Christnas, Men dare to cull themselves Ameri- cans and then kill any one. My ad- vice to the men out is to go back, get their jobs. Then before you pay | another into the union you should have Mr. Briggs thrown out and punished. Get men as leaders who have good red blood in their veins and good heads, and who will use the brains God gave them in the right way A BUSINESS WOMAN. wat and Buried Cause,” To tho Editor of The Hyening World R. D, Henkle's letter, under the caption “A Lost and Buried Cause," is written {rom the usual orthodox Prohibition viewpoint To assert that the Eighteenth Amendment and subsequent enforce- ment legislation were “enacted by a clear and sane majority of the voters of the United States" is far from the Had the question been put to a yote In each State, the “dry not have gained the necessar six States to secure ratifica’ Why id she i What kind of letter do you find most readab! ” that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satistactson in trying te ‘Take time to be brief. World Readers Jsn‘t it the one braska and Ohio fight desperately and successfully to prevent a refer- endum on the Legir*ature's action in satifying tbe Anti-Saloon League Amendment? y In Iowa, a farming State, with no large cities, presumably a Prohibition stronghold, the people in 1917 had their last opportunity to yote on the “wet and “dry” question, and the “wets” won by a substantial major- ity, yet the Iowa Legislature, eup- poredly representing the voters, rati= fied the Eighteenth Amendment with scarcely a dissenting vote, The same situation existed in many other States. The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified by the Legislatures in a ma- Jority of the States not because the people favored such action but be- cause the State Senators and Repre- sentatives had been so intimidated and harassed by professional Prohi- bitionists that they did not know which way to jump. Many who Jumped the wrong way by voting for ratification have already been sent to political oblivion, and others will fol- low as organized opposition to Prohi- bition gains in strength. Since when has the use of alcoholic beverages in moderation been “a great moral issue” except in the minds of Prohibitionists? It is silly for Mr. Henkle to infer that there is no difference between drinking a glass of beer or taking a “shot” of heroin. ‘Among the “pricks of Prohibition” mentioned by Mr, Henkle might be included thirteen Federal Prohibition agents killed, dozens of alleged boot- leggers shot to death by “dry” offi- cers, hundreds of citizens dead from drinking poison Prohibition whiskey, the alarming increase of drug addicts and the millions of dollars appropri- ated in a futilé attempt to enforce an unpopular and unreasonable law. If the cause is actually “lost and buried,” Mr, Henkle and other Pro- hibitionists seem to be unduly con- | cerned over the present situation, L. C. QUIN | New York City, Dee, 19, 1921. j The Vote, obibition, 1¢ Editor of The Evening World: Mr. R. D, Henkle in your paper Dec, 15 says that the Highteenth Amendment was enacted by a clean and sane majority of the voters in the United States. Would Mr. Hen- kle, you, the editor, or in fact any reader be kind enough to let me know in or about what year that matter was voted on by the, voters of the United States as he says? The writer has been a reader of both the Morn- ing and Evening World since they were placed before the public. 1 have not as yet seen either publisi: anything in reference to the voters @ating a ballot on the Highteenth Amendment, although the people may have voted on same before those papers were ever published. Let's hear from Mr, Henkle, ¥ J. J. PORR Mixed Blessings. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World It is very interesting to ¢ the e¢ uppeale of C charity organizations and the ravings of demented Prohibitionists abqut the great prosperity that has followedthe w of th nth . UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake «Copyright, 4921, by Jobn Blake.) THE BEST ADVERTIS You sake your own “ad.” If it is the right kind it helps you. Advertising is as necessary to a man as it is to a business. It must be intelligent advertising. It must be intelli- gently placed. If you are a furniture salesman you do not place your “ad” where it can be seen by retail druggists. You put it where it comes to the notice of employers of furniture sales- men, The way to do is to sell furniture and a lot of it. Pres- {3 ently employers in your line will observe that your firm is sclling y large amount vf furniture and will begin to make inquiries as to vho is doing it. That 1s when they will see youy ‘‘ad,” which is merely your salesmanship. Every intelligent employer makes it his business to watch his competitors and to discover if possible why they are succecding. | If you are one of the reasons why they are succeeding most of tic: men in your trade will soon know about it, A good man 2n any line never goes long without a job. Weat he has been doing is known not only to his employers but to otkcr employers. ‘There is a demand for him which he hireself hus made. He ha: made it with his ‘‘ad.” If Cl.rrles M. Schwab happened to be out of ‘employ- ment at this minute his mail would be besieged by offers of a million dollars a year and upward from steel concerns in vacious parts of the world. Mr. Schwab has advertised himself. Not by telling peo- ple how gvod he was, but by making and selling steel. He employed the best sort of advertising. Remember, if you are one of the unfortunates who are working icr an unappreciative employer then you “ad” neet not be confined to your own shop. If you are doing the best work in the place somebody is going to tc!l somebody else about it, and sooner or later it wil! leak to outside concerns. Don't be afraid to tell anybody—everybody | y ) can do god work—if you really can. But remember that your “ad,” like every on the ley To make it valuable you have got to have the goods. Otnerwise it may help you once, but never again, After that you will be knowr as a fake advertiser, and yo matter how widely you disseminate your claims they will reecive no attention, | Persuaal or business advertising is good if it is straight and truthful. Otherw it is worse than useless. NG, that you “ad,” must be OPPO PPL PPL APL LPL L PEL PEP PAL PAL PLLA IPAS AAPL PAPI As the farioe Is “SANoWICH.” City and I have never before been eolicited for contributions by so many organizations with such numerous and pitiful tales of poverty, misery and anhappiness. De de eee a| 4 alice of meat or other art I suppose that the olly tongued| rood petwe: . eo yey hirelings of the soft drink interests) jj.) sosoled ie He pieces of bread, can find 6ome excuse for {)'s situa- hey are said to have been invented by the fourth Earl of Sandwich \tion, us all they now have to do is| (hence their name), who was so much \to explain the failure of their pet) statute, But their narrow brains wi!l| gauicted to gambling that he would rarely quit play for dinner. It was | Epoch- Making BOOKS | By Thomas Bragg | Copyright. 1921, (New Tors Evening World) I1.—Plato’s Republic. Two thousand three hundred and fifty years ago, in Aegina, hard by Hie City of Athens, was born a bi: with an uncomménly wide tor and his father gamed him PLATO, the “broad-browed.” Twenty-three/centurics is a lons | time, and yet tg@-day the intellect that | found its lodgngent behind that broad brow is as frésh as the air of the morning and I virile as the forces of springtime, One of the greatest of the mod- erns declared ofe day that every man is either a “Platopist or an Aristotel- | lan," a believer im the IDDAL quite content with the FAC of things. \ The prince of idealists, Plato firmly believed that what we aspire to in our finer moods, and hope for and work for while inspired by the up- ward look, is of far greater impor tance to us thad the things we are able to prove by logic or arithmetic The beauty of his dream was worth more to him than all the as ained and demonstrated facts of the mu- terial world, If the facts secmed to contradict the dreamer, then so m1 the worse for the facts; and my while the dreamer kept an dreaninz, Among the most remarkubl Piato’s dreams is that known as Republic’—a book that his Had a tremendous influence over the leading thinkers of the world for more than two millennjums, There is no room here to enter into | the details of this illustrious work its economies, its politics, its suciol- ogy—the main thing being the fact that arching it like a rainbow is tt# idealism—the upward look and_ the jlook ahead—the society that Plato saw in spiritual vision, as contrasted , with the actual society which he saw tiere in Athens. In Plato's republic only beautiful children are born, children whose minds are bright as their bodies are fair, and whose living is at par with thelr charming physique and splendid mentality. In Plato’s republic there i# no ig- norance, no degrading superstition, harrowing fear, no cringing servility of mind to mind. In Plato’s republic the officials com- tine ability with integrity. Scoun drelism in administration is unknown. Preposterous as it may seem, it is nevertheless true that its politicians ure honest. In Plato's republic justice prevails Ungrudgingly and with gladness each citizen aims to give every other an | honorable deal. j cuted alike for all, y the principle of simple justice. In Plato's republic men and women | are educated to believe that the most | perfect human society is but the sym- |bol-of the supreme beauty—MORAL, EXCELLENCE, Such in brief, is the book which has influenced the thinking of the king. of thought throughout the centuries from Aristotle to Edward Bellamy, as they have striven to lift human so- ciety to finer and still finer conditions here on this old,parth of ours. | Ten-Minute Studies of New York City Government Copsright. 1921, (New York Bveu! | By Views Publinhing Co By Willis Brooks Hawkins. This is the 101st article of a se- riex defining the duties of the ad- ministrative and legislative officers and boards of th: New York City jing World) their respective counties. In New York County the City Court and the Court of General Sessions take th place of a County|Court. The King» County Court has five Judges, tho: of Queens, Bronx and Richmond ha ing but one each. These Judges are elected for six years by the respective counties. In Richmond the County Judge Is also the Surrogate. County Courts have criminal juris- diction, to inquire by intervention of a Grand ‘Jury into crimes committed or triable in their respective counties and to try all indictments, inciuding those for capital erimes. They also hear appeals from Magistrates’ deci- siona and entertain writs of habcas corpus. In addition, the four County Courts | have original civil jurisdiction in ac- tions for the recovery of money o chettels where the defendants re within the county, and in whicl plaintift demands judgment tor pot exceeding $2,000, or where the value of the chattely involved is not un $1,000, Courts also have ju: over actions for partition, dowe cific performance, foreclosur: of mertgages and foreclosure of liens of not over $1,000 on chattels within the covnty, and have concurrent jurisdic- tion with the Supreme Court over the property of petent persone deeinred invom- By Albert P. Southwick ) CoPraat A831, Be phe as ie New York Kren The hind leg of the eley kneo joint In frent as in man, so that when the knee is bent the angle in toward the bead wnd not backy in the he In lying is le kane © ane most other 4 ini | nind legs fo: Other anim During the Tae Ping 1,000 women, from *, organized f 13,000 cach, under female officers, With the exception of 10,000 especially selected for garrison duly in the city, the rest crack before they can explain to iis! ralleled number of pove 'y| stricken people the!*blessings” of their| after this nobleman that the Sand- cal law. A RH. | wich Islands were in 4778 named by i performed the drudgery of the ordi- nary soldier's lif ; | Government, a \ THE JUDICIARY. Ay County Courts. Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond *! Counties have County Courts with 0U both criminal and civil jurisdiction in “WY.