The evening world. Newspaper, February 4, 1922, Page 18

PBA ese ad aa FOR THE FARMER TO THINK ABOUT. HE price of wheat made a comfortable advance 3 in Ohicago Thursday. That is good news. for farmers. . But bow many farmers trace this satisfactory effect to its causes? The bulge was accompanied by reports of sub- stantial buying for export. This in tum followed an upward movement in foreign exchange. ‘The British pound sterling, the French franc and the Italian lira have all made material advances re- cently. Foreign money will buy more dollars, and 30 more wheat, than it ee ak ae ’ sequence, foreign buyers are coming ama | where they can once more afford to buy. ‘The price of wheat, then, has a relation to foreign exchange. What, then, caused improvement in the | exchange situation? The tide turned when it became evident that fimitation of armaments was certain. It has ebbed and flowed in close relation to the prospects of the Washington conference. When the bankers: have seen signs of progress at Washington, exchange has a improved ; ° i Signs of confidence and co-operation have in- | duced confidence and co-operation. The more ready the United States has seemed to enter into the j affairs of the world, the higher exchange has ; tlimbed. The Washington conference tas boosted wheat prices. Whole-souled co-operation at Genoa would probably have a further effect. | What have we to do with abroad? | Not a thing—unless we happen to have an in- i terestsin the price of wheat and other commodities, Not a thing—unless we have regard for national honor and confidence-stimulating good faith. It fs an intricate web that connects international refations with the price of Farmer Brown's load of wiheat. But the connection exisis. It is direct and tangible if we search deeply enough. ‘The sooner Farmer Brown traces out the tangle agi eliminates the obstructionists, the sooner he is Wkely to see more improvement in the wheat market which is his intimate concern. Commenting on the decision of the New Jer- sey Court of Errors and Appeals that the Ven Ness Prohibition Enforcement Act is unconst!- tutional, the esteemed Evening Post says: “Unnecessary severity in any law defeats its by own purpose. * * * New York’s Mullan- Gage act is sufficiently effective without invit- Img annulment by its harshness and {ts tnno- vations.” Why not tmvite the New Jersey drys to come over and see how contented and happy are all the people of this Commonwealth under their beloved Mullan-Gage act? Tt would be an inspiring object lesson. WHAT'S VOLIVA UP TO? VERSEER VOLIVA’S proclamations of his disbelief in popularly accepted scientific facts about the earth and its phenomena overstep the bounds of credibility. Votiva has been head of his strait-laced sect for a number of years. He has given plenty of evidence of administrative ability. Voliva is no fool, despite his public proclamations. ’ tt is. simply inconceivable that a man with ' Moliva’s opportunities and mental capacity can be- Hieve the earth to be flat, ringed with foe and cov- ered with a solid firmament, Voliva is going too far. He lays himself open to suspicion of insincerity. One wonders if Voliva fas not taken a lesson from the motion-picture publicity men and is not smecessfully getting into print on any terms. ' He seems to be seeking notoriety by advertising himself in a striking way. There are individuals it whose itch for publicity is so strong that they i would rather appear ridiculous than not appear at afl. ¥f } om oa! 5 Senators Leave Washington to Save Their ‘ Seats.—Headline. | ‘They voted to seat Newberry. MADOO AND THE RAILROAD MANAGERS. R. M'ADOO, testifying before the Interstate Commerce Commission, has quoted chapter and verse from his critics among the railroad The railroads are now interested in putting through enormous claims for under-maintenance of the roads during ‘Federal control. The agreement | under which the roads were taken over stipulated * that they should be maintained im the state they were when taken over. If renewals amd repairs Were not kept up to the mark, the Government j was bound to pay for the damage. Mr. McAdso compares the present claims of the allroad managers with previous statements, He checks statistics with other statistics. He refers the commission to its own reports of the years before, @uring and after Federal conirol. j e_ By tir deadly ppralle), he demonstrates incon | S - 5 , ‘ THE EVENING WORLD, BATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1922. sistencles in what Mr. Kruttschnitt reports to<lay and what he reported five years ago, He confounds his crities with their own facts and figures, The disparity of these reports shows that some- body has lied. It Is up to the Interstate Commerce Commission to unravel the tissue of deceit. The burden of proof is on the managers. They | ‘had nothing to gain by making erroneous reports in 1916, 1917 and 1918. They have to-day. WHERE WILL IT END? 66]_JISTORY,” wrote Pliny the Younger, “ought to be guided by strict truth; and worthy actions require nothing more.” There were few Plinys around yesterday to bother our own David Hirshfield when he began his vestigation into the kind of American history found in American school text books. Here is a sample of what passed between Davkt and one of his star witnesses: David: .“Is it your opinion, Mr. Miller, that if exaggeration is to appear anywhere fm American history it should be on our side, to preserve the glory of our country and its heroes?” . Mr. Miller: “Yes, I agree with that senti- ment. The purpose of history should be to ‘mepire patriotism and heroism.” What kind of tribute are these would-be history- censors paying American patriotism and heroism when they imply that the basis of solid truth is not broad enough for American patriotism and heroism to stand on without one inch of sly extension? Do they want to feed the American mind only on predigested pap, until it becomes incapable of sorting facts or dealing with evidence? =. Would they have it too soft and pampered ever * again to appreciate in a virile way how truly glori- ous this has been as a man’s country made by men? And down in Kentucky there is a movement afoot to prohibit the teaching of Darwinism and the theory of evolution in the State University and other schools ! What is this new, breed of Americans that is fastening its clammy grip on the land? Liberty of action, liberty of thought are forced to fight for their lives against tyranny that now creeps forward from all sides. In the name of morality and patriotism, Ameri- can freedom and self-reliance are being doomed to suffocation by poison gases of bigotry. Where will it end? Wash sales “clean” the tenants. THE OLD CLOTHES FALLACY. Arr every so often we learn how this rich man or that one wears one suit of ctothes for five, ten or—in the current case of John D. Rockefeller jr—fifteen years. These stories are usually followed by moralizing on the thrift of the oki clothes financiers, We are led to infer that the ragged plutocrat gained his wealth by scrimping the tailor, clothier and shoe- maker, As a matter of fact, things don’t work out that way. There is no sensible excuse for extravagance in dress, but on the other hand, not every one can wear a favorite suit for many years. Not every one can afford the quality that wears indefinitely. More important still is the fact that most of us have to dress to fit the job and suit the boss. These wealthy men who wear old clothes from preference are their own bosses. They can wear what they ~ without losing either self-respect or their Wood Alcohol Kills Two.—fveryday headline. MAIN STREET NEWS Reported by John Keetz. Nice little place that next door! Yes, two young married Polacks in it, tugging at their mortgage, making the garden grow and getting two eggs out of their hens where the natives get one. People don’t think much of Polacks round here. When they buy in other folks move. . Who's that man with the fishpole? Why it’s the Baptist minister going out to catch his dinner. Used to be two churches in town—one liberal—one ortho dox—for those who liked hot stuff. Both full with good parsons. Six now, all under mortgage and each weartng out half a dozen good women and starving a minister’s family. . The school principal has resigned. Yes, best one we ever had, but he's going to marry a girl who was good enough until he picked her. . What busted the Universalist choir? The new dentist who sang tenor. His gold-plated smile way too much for the soprano's husband. . Why did the druggtst’s wife elope? Well, tho car- riage painter who wore a velvet jacket and long neckties wanted to go to California and didn't care to journey alone . ‘Takes a right ‘o way to breed fights. That one over there served to breed one for forty years, Unele George was teat in court but he got square golug to d's funeral, i From Evening World Readers What kind of letter do you find moet readable? lent it the one that gives the worth of « thousand worde in a couple of hundred? There ie fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying te @y avweh in few words. Take time to bo brief. Prohibition and Sales Tax. ‘Te the Daitor of The Erening World Saturday last brought something be- sides the snowstorm to New York. I came across at least a dozen drunks, some worse than others. Most had Basty dispositions, resulting from the rat poison, Iiniment or varnish they had imbibed, | Now will some one tell what Ander- son, Einstein and the rest of) the crepe-hangers have accomplished? | Who ts financially benefited, the Government or the bootleggers? There is nothing in a drug store that would kill a man quicker than | 78 per cent. of the bootleg hooch of to-day. Mow they propose a sales jax on clothing, food, &c. The majority of the people can't afford to buy any- thing now as It is without such a tax. Down with the whiskey and gin and bring out the beer and light wines with a tax on them. Then there will be more money than is needed. Now the Republicans can sing that tune, “After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It.” Jan, 80, 1922, B.L. K. water om the Brain, Whiskey im the Cellar” Biitor Krening Worl: 7 Bronibivion is an unlucky farce. It is surely doomed to fatlure as a gen- eral law for the country because it will lead to so much smuggling, boot- legging and evasion that even the re- forming zeal of the pious Prohibition- ists will ultimately become so chilled by the actual and harmful results of their activities that they will eventu- ally be compelled to yteld in despair. Then they will probably espouse the cause which stands for s modified regulation of the liquor traffic. Thus, ‘Temperance will be brought about and the distasteful relgn of Prohfbition will become a thing of the past. Already it ts admitted that Prohi- bition is a failure in this State. it Is also admitted that the ‘Federal and State enforcement of the Prohibition Law has failed,"* and notwithstanding these facts the Prohibitionists want laws and more laws because they have an inkling of the impossibility of enforcing !t They want to control the soft drink saloons as well as other places. But can they, while graft, sentiment and the love of tantalizing the Probi- bitionists is in the hearts of so many people who are against this umpopu- lar and ridiculous law? e ‘They would like to do away with the search and seizure clause aad would thus nullify the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. These hare brained haters of moisture do aut seer to recognize or respect the last will and testament of the founders of this country and that ts what tho Constitution really is, because tt be queaths liberty to ourselves and our posterity ‘Those who are plentifully supplied with cash can pay the price here, or they can travel to other count enjoy a period of alcoholic festivity ‘This to ancther reason for Prohitt~ to] axenta, tion’s utter failure {n the future. ‘The dry tyranny has created such | an awful condition of affairs that Dootlegging and smuggling have be- come very lucrative trades, long as such trades remain eo profit-| able all the laws of the land and the whole army and navy of the United States cannot stop them. The chief alm of the Prohibitionists seems to be a desire to take away from the so-called lower classes a pleasure which they have a moral right to enjoy, and in such an evasive way try to affect something that these lords of Prohibition wish to either hurt or crush. ‘What crimes were the people of the United States guilty of to be made suffer such involuntary servitude as Prohibition gives them in the form of dry-slavery? Were the people duly convicted by anyone except the Prohibitionists? Probably these dear good Prohibi- tionists have water on the brain and whiskey in the cellar. JOHN LYNCH. Secret Combines, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: ‘The Lockwood committee, through Attorney Untermyer, has disclosed the alarming Building Trust graft, co- ercion, oppréssion and throttling of competition. A few Bulding Trust leaders have been sentenced, and oth- ers fined. But, alas! is the Building Trust the only criminal ring which is throttling competition, coercing the undefended and abusing pubite rights through secret combines? Unjust and oppressive secret combine measures under guise of law are as responsi- ble for the crime waves as smoke is traceable to fire. New York City and State and many others need a general inves- tigating committee to delve into the modus operandi of the medical and druggist trust associations, dental ring, educational combines operating by unfalr means through organized corporations, legalized boards and commissions. Rev. Alexander Cains asked: “What Would Jesus Do as Newark’s Mayor?” Among other satirical replies the reverend gen- tleman said, “Newark’s system of education would no longer be a political shuttlecock.” But is this deplorable condition of intrigues to be found in Newark alone? How would New York answer the ques- tion? The United States Congress is charged with negleet for the Knick- erbocker Theatre disaster (Jan. 30, 1922); » . the Federal Gov ernment exercises its ‘prerogatives and utilizes its power to limit wealth and check the growing abuses of millionaire secret combines, the United States Government will awake one morning to the sad reatt. zation that this Republic belongs to only # few millionaires and 1nd {13 supposed free people are shackled sert-staves, PRO BONO PUBLIC. and so| thetr | s UNCOMMON SENSE . By John Blake (Copyright, 1983, Dy Jotm Stake) PICK YOUR POSITION. he role of philosophical bystanddt is a pleasant one to play in life. But it had better be left to the old, who have the philosophy. The average man _hasn’t time to watch the world go by. And it isn’t profitable for him to have it go by. His job is to keep up with it or even move a little faster than the rest of the parade—if he can. - In New York they have been long talking of building an underground moving sidewalk. This is a series of wide platforms. The first, nearest the stationary sidewalk, moves very slowly. One can step on it without being jerked off his feet, The second goes a little faster, and the third, or per- haps fourth, moves at the rate of an ordinary trolley car. Thus by degrees the passenger can get into the swift current of this mechanical stream and get to where he ts go- ing in a short time. Near his destination he must prepare to return by degrees to a gait from which he can reach the sta- tionary platform without accident, In your journey through the world it will profit you to get into the swiftly moving part of the current just as soon as you can, and to stay there just as long as you can. Your working years ought to number about fifty, and that is not very many to accomplish the important things and to reach the most important destination. But if you will decide at the beginning that you want to be on that centre sidewalk.you will be very likely to get there. . Hundreds of people will block your way, for the fast sidewalk is going to be the popular one, and the very, very fast one, which exists not in subways but in life, is very hard to reach. But determine that it is to be your place and you will stand a better chance of getting there. You may not do it, of course, for there are few who can occupy the best places in life. But you will be sure to get a better place than if you hadn't tried, and your efforts, however strenuous they may be, will be well rewarded by your achievement. Oe nnnnnnnnnnnnmnnnnnnnnmnnnnns) From the Wise | The longest life ts scarcely longer than the shortest, tf we think of the eternity that encircles both. —Carlyle. MONEY TALKS. By HERBERT BENINGTON. Copyright (New York Evening World) Pross Publishing Co,, 1922,” BANKING BY MAIL. The wrinkles of the heart are more indelible than those of the brow —Mme. Delusy. Women, like roses, should wear only their own colors, and emit no borrowed perfumes. —Rabbi Ben Azali. Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife @ widow.—John Neal, Patience ts bitter, but i yields sweet fruit.—Rousseau. Indolence and stupidity eouring—Rivsarol. ings, fur coats, theatres, &c. cial page, age of “banking by mail.’’ count. before we can get to the bank. and grow with \waiting for energency we firet either opportunity — aan cent tn tn aa —— B ay John Cassel | Some of us spend money which we could and should save on sitk stock- Bat there are others of us who have not yielded to that temptation who can now turn with interest to the Gnan- If we wish to resist temptation and make @ real effort to accumulate a worthwhile sum we can take advant- Mail the initial deposit to @ bank as far away as possible, then each pay day mail « similar sum to be credited to the ac- When there comes a desire to buy something we do not really need, it wil! ten to one have disappeared In this way money will accumulate interest ready and When oun’s a-shinin’ on’ th? aley Je washed out bright an’ gay, It ain’t no jod te whistlo—dut It is— When skies oly gray Bo gihomy days air geod fer as, They mak us look about To find our dlesein’s—make ua coum The friends who never doudt, Most eng one hin emile end joe And hold Diue-devile bash ‘When tt te dright, But we must work ? orie— When skies oly Diaché ‘That's why 5 sorter Whe dark Gaye, wince stirred in the afr about us by the magicians of sound! Add Mr. Sheringham to the happy company of men who have never grown up. Of euch are eff those who cann’: put away the memory of ehiilii<: doys. Also Young Dreams - + » Like Mr. Sheringham, moreove: Harold MacGrath is turning loug thoughts toward youth. In ‘'T! Ragged Edge" (Doubleday-Page), eays: ‘The Master ts inordinately fond of young ‘Phat is why they are permitted fo rush tn where angels fear to tread and survive their dar- earthly, may be attributed te the fect thet none but young fools With whet airs we human etome tnvest ourselves. What ridiculous fancies of our importance! We be- Neve we have destinies when we have only destinations; that we are something immortal, whem each of us is only the repository of a dream ‘The dream Gowers and is harvest- ed, and we are left by the wayside, having served our singular purpor: in the scheme of progress; as tho orange {8 toseed aside when sucked of its ruddy juice. ‘AM right, Mr. MecGrath. Only, don't let your Young Dreamer run against the Young Intellectual. In the event of that collision, no provi dential favor will save his dreams from the smash. ° Dreaming of Felicia - From the Reviewer of Richmond these reflections on Felicia as written by Edwin Bjorkman: Her face is like the sun’e Nght tn tha, st, 4 when through rent skies we apy that inmost heaven. Her hearé te Uke the dawn, so gently fallen Upen the word that rds tink & o a ream. Her hand is like the noon's bright radiance, Bo calndy steadfast that all feare must ee part. Her soul is like the moonlt summer night ‘That nothing Mdes, yet dreams of things tnseen, .. @ Through Ugtiness to Beawty --» . A bit of Japanese philosoptry from “Through the Torif (Four Seas Co., Boston), the book of Yene Noguchi by Just the beginning of . The Torti is a symbolic entranc arch, four assembled Iines im wood bronse, through the upper curves which the dweller behind may look { or