The evening world. Newspaper, January 7, 1922, Page 14

PH PULITZER, by The Press Publishing (Pudtished Daily Excop: Company. Nos, | | ESTABLISHED BY J¢ Bind J, ANGUS SHA | JOREPH PULITIE: crotary, 63 = SEMPER OF THE ASSOCIATED Pness, The Associated Pres te exciusleriy ented + fall news despat-oea credited to {t oF noe ounerw Bnd also the local noms publishea heretm PERHAPS BY NOW. IS alternative treaty having failed to produce H as much further disruption as he had hoped ! for, De Valera follows it up with his resignation ! from the Presidency of the Irish Republic and the ) resignation of his Cabinet as well. “TIL die betore Vl be a British citizen” and “pre- serve the republic” are the latest flourishes with } which this doctrinaire dog in the manger strives to */bedevil Irishmen into forsaking the treaty and giv- i p peace for the crack-brainad course that will e his leadership. preser This is the way De Valera would have Ireland justify the faith of her friends thai she would know true freedom when she saw it! The truest word spoken in the Dail yesterday Was that of Deputy Hughes of Dundalk: “AIL this nation.” wrangling is a disgrace to the In their long struggle for self-government, the Trish have asked for the sympathy of other peo- ples—and got it. How long would they retain it now if they proved themselves incapable of taking offered free- dom as anything but the basis of a new fight among themselves? May it be only a question of hours when strong Trish sense wins through and sends the would-be treaty-wreckers scuttling to dark corners. Senator McCumber has fallen heir to an unusual opportunity for service as Finance Chairman. The G. 0, P. needs a new leader, } and if MeCumber can measure up to the job t there is no limit to the good he may do for himself and for the Nation. THE SUBMARINE PACT. 66 OT worth the paper they are written on” because they “leave undefined what a merchantman is,” is the best the Evening Mail can find to say about the submarine rules adopted by the Washington Conference. The Mail is wrong. By adopting the Root agreement, the five lead- ing powers with the biggest navies in the world have put themselves on record as confirming and meaning to uphold the verdict brought by eiviliza- tiun against the use Germany made of the subma- rine in the late war. Whether merchanimen are armed or unarmed, no one of them could be sunk by a submarine in future without challenging exhaustive inquiry into the circumstances in the light of that stem ver- digt—with the moral and other consequences cer- tain to follow if guilt were proved. Each case must be studied in itself. But no one of these nations is going lightly to adopt a sub- marine policy which would lead to cases likely to put it beyond the pale of the Root understanding. The results of a moral massing of nations against a nation are far more respected and feared than they were before the war with Germany. The Root agreement puts the submarine under a kind of suspended sentence. Extensive building of submarines will not appeal to powers that do not mean to misuse them. Powers that do should be known. The esteemed Times objects to Hedley's Subway Spankers at crowded express sta- ions. They don't spank fast enough. WOMEN AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES, ECOMMENDING changes in the election law, Goy. Miller said in his message: “Women should be admitted to equal par- ticipation with men In party management, and I am convinced that the only practical way at present to secure that result is to Provide for the selection of two members of the political committees from each district. That will give the voters of each district an opportunity, if they desire to do so, to elect @ man and a woman.” A bill has been introduced in the Legislature which would require the election of a man and a woman from each district. This was not Gov. Miller’s recommendation, Nor is it an improvement. Because of the existing machinery, it might prove diffioult for women to gain fair representation on Political committees. The “ins” have a big ad- vantage over the “outs.” Doubling the number of the committee would give women a fair opportunity to gain representa tion. But this should not be because they are women but rather because they are, in fact, politi- cal leaders. If the committees are doubled, but with the re- quirement that the new members shall be women, ft will not be a step for equal representation. Al- most inevitably the men who have been “in” will Tegard the women as interlopers and will “put them in their mage as formally equal, but in- A ill t+ for repubtteatted uitea tn tas papee in a lodge. The better way 1s to leave the door open to the selection of two men or two women, or one of each, The party members should decide. Women will grow sirong and take their rightful place in party councils only as they develop their strength in the rough and tumble of competition, NEW YORK NOT KANSAS, WO conflicting opinions—both and sensible—are possible in regard to the Kansas Industrial Court plan. fair-minded One would be based on what the court might have done if it had had a fair trial at the hands of Organized Labor. ‘The other would measure Gov. its actual results, Allen's scheme by In New York a third confusing element enters Industrial conditions and relations in Kansas differ widely from those prevailing here, Kansas is primarily agricultural. Kansas as a whole is intelligently interested in’ politica and social affairs. Kansans take an interest in politics and between elections they do not leave every- thing to leaders who make a business of politics. Public opinion is more uniform and more constant. Kansas has relatively few industrial The immedi not so directly affected by unionism as is daily life in New York. Popular altruism toward work- ers would not ciuse heavy economic sacrifices, laborers ¢ business of the Kansas farmer is Gov. Allen had a good record as a progressive, It was only fair to pre- sume that his appointees to the Industrial Court would be men who would deal fairly with labor, Organized Labor did not give them the oppor- tunity. As a practical matter, Organized Labor might have fared better than it has if the leaders had accepted the Industrial Court plan and had co-operated instead of obstructing. Not even success in Kansas, however, would necessarily imply immediate success for an In- dustrial Court in New York. Here conflicting in- dustrial issues play a larger part in politics. Class lines tend to appear more plainly. Large sections of the population play “follow the leader” at elec- tions. A considerable fraction of the public is ac- tively suspicious of corporate influence in State government. Economic issues are more sharply defined. New York would have to be educated up to the idea of an Industrial Court with punitive powers. It would be wiser first to tnlarge and strengthen the investigatory powers of the existing conciliation and arbitration machinery. If New York is to try the experiment of an In- dustrial Court, public opinion must be prepared. At present a large fraction of the population is either indifferent or actively opposed. forward-looking citizen. A DESERVED REBUKE. st RY HOOVER'S announcement that Shipping Board vessels will be used to trans- port relief supplies to Russia is a fitting rebuke to the private operators who tried to boost freight charges when it became certain that grain would be shipped to that country. According to Mr. Hoover, the American ship- ping interests took advantage of necessity and tried to increase their charter rates to Baltic ports hy $2 or more a ton after the $20,000,000 relief bill was passed. This is a sorry commentary on the business ethics of the shipping business. If ever there was a case of trying to coin dollars out of human misery, this is one. About a year ago American farmers gave grain for relief. It was transported free by some rail- Toads on which crews were willing to do the work without pay. This was too much to ask of the merchant ma- ine, but it would have been only fair for the ship- master to co-operate and quote the lowest rate possible. As it is, it looks very much like a conspiracy y that demands the active attention of the Attorne General. NO SHUT-DOWNS. In its fresh access of zeal for drying and driers, the Evening Post recalls the warn- ing sounded by John F. Kramer at the recent convention of the Anti-Saloon League; “Never was there a time in the history of the Anti-Saloon League or the W. ¢, T. v, that workers were needed more than now, and I have no hesitancy in saying that if either organization stopped its activities to- day national Prohibition would be a thing of the past in this country There 1s never lack of employment in the great industry that turns out moulds for people's conduct and straitjackets for their freedom. e HE rent laws are necessary for at least two years more if tenants in New York are to receise full justice.” —Justice Aaron J. Leoy, ft | (RENT LAWS | THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARZ 7, 1922." formally playing the part of the ladies’ auxiliary | Gano mE EOSEENNODIO DOCOCCOC OE CICCOLO COTO TI MII TRICO CNC KTR ICCC FCCC HCHO ACSC SH HC : Restricted Diet POECCCCCLeLeeeeeser? Ct tt ttt tet tie cee ee sect Lecce cece eas ty t eet e tT et Tere T re tet | that gives the worth of a thousand say much in few words. | What In the Matter With U | Ty the Lalitor of The Brening World During the past summer I had to xo from a point in Maine to Philadel- |phia several times and on three oc- jcasions I used a taxicab between the} Grand Central and the Pennsylvania | Stations. Once the machine regis- ltered fifty cents, another time sev~ | enty and the third wa for eighty. Now the distance travelled was the same in each instance, and by the city surveys measures some two Wundred feet more than a mile, so that the proper charge should not have been more than fifty cents. It may have heen innocence on iny part, but I did think that the manager of tne cab comp in- formation up 1 Rather to my surprise he wk no notice at all of my comiunicati but a fortnight later I received ter from the same nization, sent |to my New York address, inviting me to become one of r charge cus jtomers and cnclosing the necessar: card for my Signature. To this I | plied poin out tha: 1 nad as received no until J was | eed on the doubtful points I could not tell whether I would use their cabs frequentiy, of avoid them whenever possible. This communication was aiso ignored and I had told them nothing they did not know, but on the contrary had started a discussion on a subject entirely too delicate for the general public. Of course such a machine must at times get out of order and fail to register properly, and it also must be the duty of some one to see that the apparatus is doing its work accu- rately. The reception accorded to my letters indicated that a taxicab was deemed to be in good order when tt registered the miles generously, and need only revulre attention when It became niggardly in recording dis- tances, Apparently when rates were reduced the length of the mile was also marked down from 5,280 feet to jas low as 2,675, and thus while 's were outwardly reduced they inwardly increased, leaving the profits comfortably expanded. it {8 just as dishonest to that registers a mile 80 feet as it is to use a yardstick * than thirty-six inches long, or a pound weight the does not give sixteen ounces, Ih August Tread a comnvunication in a New York paper claiming that the much maligned hotel. man. only added a 20 per cent, profit to the food served the public. 1 wrote in rep'y to this a few lines giving the market were net | Obviously use a machi in less than 1 costs and the hotel chargessfor the | same t of corn f wins nis | while just around the cor was selling at 49 cent ‘This went to the b ttack + being an upon the home town, T presume inly present conditions do not indicate business honesty in these United Sta’ or at least there is n> congestion of it. Only a few yeark ago the prices of all manufactured goods sharply advanced, ag did the cost of making them, yet che buyers I was left with the impression that | From Evening World Readers { What kind of letter doyou find most readable? Isn't it the one words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to Take time to be brief, nsisted on receiving thw goods att iling when the orders ‘0 the credit of the do not know of this contention omtested, yet whe ie reverse cancel at they: And now is. st was almost of all law oi prde and demanded t newed at the lower we all wonder why nant! ‘This dishonesty throughout Jast is the the Japanese. By what right di mpluin of them when our own mor- is at as low an ebb these | things indicate ? FREDERICK § DICKSON New York, Jan Some Statistica, ‘To the Hlitor of The Evening World in The Ivening World of December \17 Mr. R. D. Henkle made a few as- sertions regarding Prohibition, When “called” in a later issue, by a letter he suspects of being a “plant,” he an- swerg on the 30th. We find him dragging both anchors in defense of his first statement, that The World encourages violatiin ot “the law.” I presume that any fair minded person will agree that It is perfe lawful to be opposed _ to Highteenth Amendment. When manufacture and sale of Mquors protected by law it was, of cours legal for these “law abiding Amer cans” to exert tir every effort to have Prohibition laws passed. They gave of their means, one contribu- tion, I have on good authority, Ounting to $1,009,000. 1 respect any publication not controlled by the League, Mr. Henkle also said Prohibition was passed by a majority of the people. When asked when and where and to give figures, he claims he is not “a library of election sta- tistics nor an active propagandist,” but is going to do so In the future. ul that is Antt-Suloon He should not make sueh ments unless he knows what is talking about. The following data taken from The World Almanac: ote for President, 1916 (before Prohibition): | New York State. Prohtbitton. 19,081 Democrat 769.246 United States. > | 9, 06 Surely a great vietory for F tion with one vote in &t Vote for President, 1920 (after Pro- hibition: Republican. 869,115 New York State. Republican, Democrat. Proibition 1,86! 781.48 23,6 United States. 16,198,914 9,142,488 192,498 A great Prohibition gain with one This gain Is no doubt due to the feminine yote. A complete record would fil! this age and show similar Prohibition majorities (7). He may say Prohibition was not (Now York Breit W sett) by Proms Pub. Co, ESE HE HEE Se ae aE ae a a a oe ee ee He ee TS By John Cassel i | TURNING THE PAG —BY &. W. Osborn Prom Puiblisiing Comrrignt, 109 4 the Not ork Evealng Worst Y Love is coming back to-@lay| To light my heart ai nd laurel on the mown blooms, And oh, the sky is blue— The hills are garlanded in gree The larka are singing clear, Such rapture that I know, I know My Love is drawing near! The birch trees bend in homage, The iris breathless glows, O tremulous the moments My heart rejoicing, knows. My Love is coming back to-day And oh, the earth is fair— New Beauty is on field and hill, New wonder on the air! A bit of heart interest out of “Quie Waters” (Moffat-Yard), the new boo! of Blanche Shoemaker Wagstatt’ verse, eee Plumpers of "62 uct from a ter, in June, 186 in “Letters and Wentworth H dated note Jour (Pritigeton) a She wrote Milton's verses on his blindness which were included In Landon edition of his works, and there is a mild, chronic, Quakeriy flirtation between her and Whittier, te dn the April Atlantic a abgut a ride with yew wok itn wor \ | a UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Wopsright, 1 TAAF THE WORLD by Join Blake) 4 YOU MUS! -OR LEAVES Ui. Often you meet a may who tells you complacently “T work best in an atmosphere of appreciation. [f lan criticised or nagged or driven, if friction enters my life, ac complishment is impossible to me.” , Accomplishment is impossible to that sort of man unde any cireumstances. Accomplishment is possible only to thos who can work under existing conditions, In the world. ex- isting conditions are often unpleasant, somegirnes almost in- tolerable. We all like to be patted on the back. We all like praise and appreciation. But none of us Vk very much of these things, and thos: «lo do are soon spofled by them, It is necessary to be driven either by people or by cir cumstances if we expect to get anywhere, Surrounded by luxury, by praise, by servility. we stop, If there is nothing to overcome in life there ean be uo complishment. The ability to do important things is never acquired except by the excercise of all the faculties. Only ditficulties sharpen the faculties. Don't be discouraged if you do not happen to be one of ihe supposedly favored mortals who are praised and petted and from whom all troubles are removed, They get so used to smoothness that they become dread fully unhappy whenever they meet a rough place on the road. Sooner or later they will meet many such rough place If you think you cannot work unless you are in perfe comfort and all your output is instantly applauded, you » duc for bitter disappointment. To produce good work in spite of difficulties is the test of every real man, C If you can do that you will grow and your product will become increasingly better, If you cannot work unless you are coddled, you might as well stop working, for the work you do will be absolutely worthless, an issue in either electfon. Will he say when Itever was and give us the vote on It? I cannot remember, nor can 1 find any records showing that Prohibition was passed by popular vote. eo know the themselves dry, “That’s a Fact’’ By Albert P. Southwick Copyright, by the Press Publishing Co, ! {Tao New York Eyeulng World that voted | liquors to States allowing Le re ataioe pereanel Ue Ne earpat knight” 1 one “dubbed 1 ' Sightee! e1 at court by favor, not having won ratitied the Bighteenth Amendment i roy ee ee he fold without a vote of the people, And in : f "| Mayors, lawyers and other civilians the state of Oe aetlonity pp. jure knighted as they kneel on a lar vote, carpet before the sovereign. The ex posed. pression is now frequently used in a Mr. Henkle will name a state |Hrension Is now fi int Mople of which voted for the /Gcrisive sense to Mighteenth Atnendment Twill name | {NO Tas | denote a distinction person without three States that voted against it see | ive figures. he preciou: the topaz, de Is this repre! ative government? | rives its name, according Pliny th I have never met a “dry” who] Roman historian, from zis, wn] could back his arguments with /isiand in the Red Sea, the location o PACTS OR FIGURES. which is unknown and only conjec- | ‘Any person who claims Probibi- | tural tion was passed by a majority of the . 8 6 people either knows nothing what-| It is not rally known that the Myer about the subject or he is alreal name of Lawrence thu | lar, He may decide which lish tragedian, who acted with I TEMPERANCE, |Booth in tours of the United Brooklyn, Dec. 81, 1921, was Larry Brannigan. | 7o start iis week om Monday; | Which every morning finds renewed hotel scand wears wh: cheek though T hold. this ts the overwhelming mijor t year's Princetonlans ‘b anid i sy Sturgis, that arbiter i are Philadelphia, and doesn't doubt Mrs. H. wears them, The hotel scandal of sixty it appears, was but a fre a foolish thing In the twentieth Jagged it up a lot, century we | Wheels and the New Woman - Enlarging upon his theory that hurry-up impulse + “emancipation, le gave a women on the way to W. He Hudson, in “A Traveller Little Things” (Du sos on thu Midd peo} Loup its hands & from shore and All Hngtand he fiouted "No, sweet dwellit t vatow they had I nitde the Mi Hinison, we fear ng strengti in trying to tui back in its courst It 5 a “ateful fervor thatot wheeling ys eee The Happy Man--- Ax 1 s the Ha Man, \ us these rhyming 1 New Republic: Who bears in mind misfortunes gu ‘ust live in fear of more: | Phe Happy Man, whose heart is lig? Hives no such shadows power: ile bears in mind no haunting past H, Davies giv flections in the No graves are writen on his mind To visit on « Sunday He lives his life by days, uot years ‘ach day's a life complete, With temper calm and sweet. eee Lamps and a Cossack Look--- From Arthur Ruhl's “New Mast« of the Baltic’ (Dutton) we borrow word picture of a figure at the R. alanko headquarters, outside Pes grad, when the Anti-Bolshevist Art was on the venge of defeat, A you | ‘ossack officer sat with his g& fixed on a smoky lamp, heedless his fellows, We read ; His elbows were on the table | hands folded in front of his ehiv ¢ In_one of them @ cigarette, to ything abot igarette fro: | ver leavin and courts, Petersbur even mor The wi to sputter alk vision f as he sat on the edg Is, turned the wie! burnéd down. did no good, that the only thing t do was to’ refill the lamp or send for another, or that cither « these things Was worth doing, di hot seem to o y of all to the 4s a Buddha, stopped turning pr ently and went out, The ligt san | to u mere spark, Seareely belghte § than the cigaretty Kk. And at 1 positive at ofiicer in Cossack’s unifor shitted slightly, put another ciga fn the older nd With eh ting on hi crossed hands cor tinued to Kaze into the Went A figure of Russia, looking, w¢ ing, seeing as yet. no hope in changing of 4 ld lamp for new,