The evening world. Newspaper, February 8, 1922, Page 22

Puriishes Dally Except Sunday py The Press Puvit Company, Nos. 53 to 68 Park Raw, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, €8 Park Row J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, 63 Patk Row — n sine MEMBER OF THY ASSOUIATED PhESS: " Atsociated Prem la exclusively eptitied to the vse for republication Gf All news Geapatches credited to tt or not otherwise credited tn this paper ‘also ths local mews published herein. TRUST DAVID! HO'D be a Mayor unless he could have a Hirshfield? There sits Hizzoner wriggling hizzonerable toes in the warm sands of Palm Beach. Comes upon him of a sudden the wish to do something for the folks back home in the cold: “Roast 'em a Governor. Boil 'em alive a School Superintendent. Build ’em a bonfire of school books. Get ‘em around a gridiron red-hot and ready for Sam Untermyer. Keep 'em warm at any cost, Dave, for my sake.” f Does the Mayor have to leave the shade of the leocoanut palm and seek a telephone? Not he. Before these thoughts have ceased to chase one ‘another through the convolutions back of the Mayor’s sun-kissed brow, the incomparable David n chill New York is aquiver with the same ‘thoughts. | . Such is telepathy between great minds! By the time the Mayor brushed the sand from ihis bathing suit, trotted up hibiscus-bordered ave- ‘tues and reached a telephone booth, David would \Wave done it all and be already explaining to the if6lks at home that twixt such souls few words ighffice and wires are wasted. _; Should the Mayor still plunge into the booth and stt the instrument vibrating with his anxiety, who knows what crude ears might overhear and get it wrong? : | =We cannot all pick cocoanuts and oranges with {Hizzoner. “But, at least, we are close to David at the other ‘end of the most marvellous mental wave line that -eyer kept a Mayor in touch with those he loves to make happy. _—_ And David will see that we miss nothing. Trust David! i One of the by-products of crime In the motion picture world is the ease with which newspapers may illustrate the news. x IT WOULDN'T WORK. “PO HE Industrial Relations Bill drafted by the New York Board of Trade and Transporta- tion and introduced in the Legislature yesterday is cnt the kind of measure New York needs now. "It is similar to the Kansas plan in that it makes Participation in strikes and lockouts a misde- ‘meanor and subject to punishment. The Kansas “plan has proved a failure in promoting industrial ‘peace. :_” The one overpowering argument against an ia- dustsial tribunal with punitive powers is that it will not work. New York has not jails enough to ac- commodate the workers who would take the first ,opportunity to defy the law. Public opinion would ‘not support wholesale imprisonments needed te ‘make the law effective. The Evening World believes in the idea of an ‘{hdustrial Court with power to render opinions ‘n istrikes but without power to punish except per- thaps in a few quasi-public services. 1 The Evening World believes that in the present state of public opinion the court should confine ‘itself to establishing the rights of a case and de- spending on the force of an informed public ‘opinion for enforcement. + » The time may come when workers and employ- 41s will have a larger measure of confidence in court procedure as a substitute for industrial war- ‘fare. Speed the time! j But until that time comes the proposed Indus- 'ffial Relations Bill-had better slumber peacefully. As it is drawn, it is @ breeder of trouble. It would | be ineffective. id Did the Mayor remember his “emile” maxim $ \ when he telephoned? i= AND WILL HAYS DID IT! 5 aig has happened to the watch-dogs of our national isolation? The United States is f “involved” with “abroad” again, and not a single {protecting bark has sounded. ' And think who did it! Will Hays is te one ‘who is guiltily responsible, the same Will Hays }who managed the Republican campaign in which ; Candidate Harding either did or did not promise ‘to keep the United States out of “involvement.” |’ No wonder Will Hays resigned the office that hwas his reward and took to the bungalows or fMioviedom for safety. \ “Here is the sin: Will Hays, as Postmaster Gen- feral, sent a representative to Madrid Where the ; members of the postal union decided it would be } good policy and common sense to standardize the colors of stamps in the different countries of the union, Stamps of approximately the same value | Will be of the same color in all nations. | «It has not been announced whether this will } xesult in changes of the colors of our present stamp = But the damage has been done. America HE E has been involved and entangled. The- United States hus “agreed” not to exercise its tberty to change a marine blue to a passionate pink. Or course, Congress may violate this agreement a will and substitute orange for the familiar green ot the t-cent stamp—but we are involved, All is not lost—but we are entangled some more with abroad. No wonder Mr. Hays is running to cover. UNFAIR TO TAXPAYERS. EDERAL Farm Loan bonds drawing 5 per cent. interest are offered for sale at a premium cf $23.75 on a $1,000 bond. The income from these bonds is exempt froin taxation. That is why they are worth a premium. Eventually some of this premium will find its way back to horrowérs in the form of dividends from the local land banks they are réquired to join before borrowing. For farm borrowers this premiuny is deslrable. For urban dwellers it is not. Taxpayers are pay- ing what amounts to a subsidy on farm loans. Traced through the intricacies of our financial system, the burden to all taxpayers arises from the tax-free features of the Farm Loan bonds. The premium is the bonus investors pay for exemption from the income tax. The $75,000,000 worth of bonds in the present issue will yield $3,750,000 annual interest. It will be tax-free. The Govern- ment is likély to lose approximately $1,000,000 in taxes each year as thé result of the deal. Investors | in those bonds will not pay the tax, so those who do pay taxes will have to make up that deficit. The sate reasoning applies to approximately $25,000,000,000 in Government bonds, also tax- free, Congress has before it a Constitutional Amend- ment to forbid tax-free securities. It has a quicker way to plug the leak. When it refunds present issues it can withdraw the tax exemption. No amendment is needed to do this. Higher interest rates may be necessary. When Congress taxes incomes from Federal securities it will be in better position to ask States and municipalities to forego lower interest rates on tax-exempt securities. It will have set a good example. In all fairness, farmers should bear their own interest charges. The Federal Land Bank idea is good, but the subsidy feature growing out of in- come tax exemption is unfair t6 taxpayers. President Harding Moves td Limit Wireless ‘Telephony.—Headline. Hands off the Palm Beach-New York. tele- pathic line! THE BIG BUT. HE New York Board of Aldermen yesterday approved a report of its Committee on Rules favoring enforcement of the Federal ban on the manufacture and sale oc! intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes so long as the Eighteenth Amend- ment stands. But the report adds: “When the act of Congre-s attempted to define a beverage as intoxicating which contains more than one-half of 1 per cent. of an alcoholic con- tent, it took a position of intolerable narrow- ness, and your committee believes that the judg- ment of the American people should be invoked to compel an abandonment of this policy of blue law fanaticism. “To that end it recommends that every candi- date for member of Congress be interrogated in the coming fall elections as to where he stands on this question of inherent personal freedom.” Reasonable, moderate and to the point. The Board of Aldermen has accurately expréssed the sentiment of the biggest city and most populous single community in this land of the formerly free, One of the cheery traffic cops on Brooklyn Bridge duty has the right idea for windy weather: “Heads up,” he chants as the traffic | waves roll around him. It fs better and safer to face the gale than to go ploughing ahead into | a wagon tongue or hatpin. ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz. 1 ne nnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnrnmnnonnenmnane Let the ground-hog keep his hole tnd cold winter have its dole: soon welll sing the songs of 3 Litae's bloom and everything! ‘Vhey talk of a break between Al Smita aid Murphy, | We guess it will be an even one . Popa of the suburbs has to have Lis inug photo graphed on all family tickets sold by the New York Central. Must the children look like him? . Oswald Garrison Villard says the Chicage ‘Tribune is not “the world’s greatest newspaper,” ax {t claims to be. Quite correct, The World's greatest news- paper is its evening edition, . TARK TANKUS, THE TIGER OF THE TIDE, Being an Up-to-Date Pirate Tale of Our Own Manufacture, (Contineed,) (CHAPTER IT. | «what colors does she show?” demanoed Tarpaclin “Two quart bottles fampant, athwart a punch bow!) on a black ground.” | | | | | | | | | | “py heavens! ‘tis he~Tark Tankus, the Tiger of the |i the Tide! We must escape or we will be captured!" | ; _ (To Be Continued.) . A ‘ KING - WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1922. Receiving a From Evening that gives the worth of a thousano To the Editor of The 1 World: No doubt many besides myself ap- |Pretlate your interest in the welfare | of commuters. I have been such for some time, although, thank goodness, not on the New York Central. I should lke to ask, sir, (1) by what legal right any. railroad (the N.Y, Central in particular) can de- mand the photo or photos on @ ticket?’ (2) Why cannot any person use the same ticket? I suggest, sir, that whoever gets a! “bye''-law passed for themselves to inflict such conditions, such. ‘bye'’- | Jaw {4 morally wrong; anything that dodges and undoes the law is wrong. You pay’ for so many rides, the “carrier has your money before you gat’ value; the carrier is secure, and therefore whoever chooses to use the ticket is morally justified. if you buy a mileage bcok you or any one can use it, eh? Here's, a case; I buy a fitty-trip ticket between two given points. Something happens after using ten or twenty trips. Do I get balance re- funded? Ask another: May I pass on the ,ticket to another person who has secured the Job? No? Well, then, you make an honest-meaning person dishonest, because he or she has given money for no value, and you can bet there are no bosses, railroad or other- , in this, and “bye'’ should be Cancelled. Yes? H. WALLES. New York City, Feb. 6, 1922. How to Pay a Honus, Yo the Editor of The Evening World: ‘This is In answer to a letter in ret o the soldiers’ benus signed There 18 fine mental exercise and a lot of satistaction in trying to Take time to be briet Neve [ voice the sentiment of majority of ex-service men it tie that not one of them wants any boaus leriflation passed that will’ place burdén in {ncreased taxes on tue werking man. But the Government hes means to pay a bonus in mor ways than one if it wants to wit'- out any expense to any one. For in- stance, .amend the Volstead act and lagalize beer and light wines or a tax on Juxuries, such as automobiles for pleasure, and gusoline "C, T."' says that tho soldiers did nothing but their plain duty, wlici plainly shows that "C. 7." did uu! lose or has not got a dear one er pled for life to look at and maintain without any financial aid from the Government. “CT "fread the news more closely than you do and you will find that the Canadiuns did their pl duty as well as we did, bot Can did not forget the men who did their | plain duty. No, Canada paid substan \tiad bonuses and Kav o tile ‘und f cash. WH MOET CaxEs between abt $6,000 with which mak? start. Laws were enacted and passed and bonuses were paid in less than one your after the arniisiico, and hece t W World Readers What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn’tit theone | vord. in a couple of hundred? ' going on the fourth yoar since the armistice and we are further away from anything like u tonus than four years ago. As for the talk that is going on In Washington now about the soldiers' bonus, that is the characteristic of political office-holders before an e tion. They know that the ex-soldier vote In this country next Novenber) is worth getting’ and soldiers are not fools. iKORGE ROBERTS, New York, 3. we ure in I Veterans Unemployed, | To the Editor of The Evening World: Please permit me to make a few re- marks in answer to “C. 'T."" in regard to ‘Taxes for the Bonus."" In the first place he states ‘thou- sands are out of work and are barely able to eke out a living.”” Who are they, if not mostly ex- service men? ‘This is one of the sons why there is so much crime to- day. Many of these unfortunates are driven to desperation, Secondiy, he states “our soldiers re- quire no reward trom a people who have given to every, cause under the sun.” ‘The people have given noth- ing in comparison to our soldiers in order to save democracy. Before the war we ex-service men had good ,positions und our health To-day we have very little left of either. May God forbid another war, but should it come, Mr. "C. the pleasure iv all yours. SQUADS EAST. A Bonus Soldiers, To the Editor of Vhe Evening World: You ask “Who are the stockholders of the United States?” ‘This is simple, the answer being th: voters. In this connection let me call your (ttention to the fact that you have consistently ignored the verdict of these stockholders in connection with the bonus. As far as 1 know, in every singie instanée where the voters have had the opportunity to express their opin- lon on the soldier bonus the verdict has been overwhelmingly in favor of the soldier, But what does Mellon the instrument of the financial in- terests, care for the opinion of the voter? What does the Chamber of Commerce cure? What do you of the other newspapers care? When the Court of Appeals threw the or of the voters of New York State into the waste basket, You and the othe papers applauded the verdict. How! truly American and sportsmanlike! — | ot The Bonus Bill will pass Make no} Mistake about it, If the men in Con ess thought the yp le as a es ih othe bill KNOW wy mad y r of the soldiers will f voted @ bonus Lecause of their seat. ¥ penty of proet G ‘ongress | ave From Hylan. @ of pubile opinion forced the action, others who are so terribly agitated | by the spectre of bankruptcy to the|a thing down in black and white is to Treasury Now yor hav ning World) ‘Copyright 1 UNCOMMON SENSE B John Blake Fs 1623, by NOTHING WE DO IS LOST. Nothing we do is lost, which is rather unfortunate, for we do many things whose consequences we should be glad to lose, Energy is absorbed but it cannot be destroyed. In some form or other the impetus of Babe Ruth’s baseba'l bat, even when he “fans,” is still a part of the forces of the universe. A great deal that we do to-day seems to be wasted, yet if we work intelligently we may gather benefits from it, ten, twenty, perhaps fifty years from now. If we expect to be aedquately paid for every ounce of energy we put into the job of the day we shall be cruelly dis- appointed. Industrial systems are so organized that it is not always easy to measure the worth of the services of every employee And very often the man who works the hardest may one reason or the other the least appreciated. The mechanie who makes a machine yield greater re- turns than his fellow can show results and usually gets more money in the end. The man who goes out on the rond to sell goods can s0- tually show what he is doing for the firm and demand ade- quate pay. Which is one of the reasons that actual salesman- ship is one of the most immediately remuneratiye of all branches of human effort, But the man in the office, whose work must go thengh many hands before it begins to count, is very often tader- paid and little understood, ‘That is, he does not get imme- diate results. And he may never be adequately paid by tne firm which is just now employing him. But all the force he employs intelligently is building up a capacity in his brain which some time will be able to get the reward it deserves. He is banking his energy, and energy in the bank of the brain is capital. Far better be underpaid and unappreciated now than to be underpaid later on because your actual capacity is known. Every lick you put in will improve your ability and enable you by and by to do your work more easily and more ef- fectively. ! No highly paid man is paid alone for the hours he puts in. He is paid because hard work in the past has enabled hia to make those hours fifty times as useful to the man who pays him as are the hours of any other man in the same es- tablishment. Joka Blake.) be for jas mental reasons; not on your life.) S : I hey will know that the silent force | As the aying 8 “BLACK AND WHITE.” In closing, may I ask you and whether you editorially preserve it in print or in writing, The fought & bonus oF 88 La tae |phrase is at least as old as Ben Jon 000 to enemy Russia son's time: “I have it here in blac | ey ae You favor entering the League of |2nd white” (pulls out warrant) Nicads? Nations, which would invoive us in Burupean problems and cost us mill-| "TO RAIN CATS AND DOGS.” ons, You favor letting Germany of po rain profusely, to cain pitch Hi TL CuRaUBEs ecommond canwel ine curs Ih Dean Swift's “Polite Conver the Aille s sation ME knew Si John will ge ‘A bonus for our soldiers? Horrors! |,though he was sure it would rain cat ARTHUR D, MUDDELL, and dogs." By John Cassel ~~—» Black ink and white paper. To put | MUSICAL CLASSICS How and Why They Were Written By AUGU: Courright, io2y wy bs TUS PERRY (X68 cork Evening World), ‘ress Publishing Co, | VIIL—BERLIOZ’S “ROMEO AND JULIFT” SYMPHONY, The works of Wilham Shakespeare have always Leen one of the greatest inspirations to musicians. A favorite Shakespearian subject among com- posers has been “Romeo and Jullet” | Poets of other iands have inspired lartists, but the “Bard of Avon" has |tcd them all, Schubert set to xe quisit usic the words of Guethe and the lovely ot Heine have been ‘sung by Schumann and Robert Frang The story sw Berlioz came 10 {Write his symphony is a very roman- tic one. Much excitement prevailed among te Parisians in 1883 on ace | count of the announcement that Hen- siette Smithson, the Irish actress, Was to play in Shakespeurian reper- ‘tore at the Odeon Theatre. On the night she appeared in “Romeo and Juliet” there was among the specta- tors Hector Berlioz, then a strug young composer. He was en« ed by the personality of Mades molsello Smitnson and fell madly im * Jove with her, He determined to marry her and nes that first saw Both am- hen portray in music the so delighted him when he her in the role of Juliet. Ditions were realized, The “Romeo and Juliet’ symphony is considered the most picturesque music ever writ~ ten after the ¢ It is a perfect example of programme music, When listening to the composition, little tmagine}ion fs needed to conjure up mental pictures of the magnificent ball of .ie Capulets; of the battles between the rival families; and love- st of all, the charming balcony scene. In the world of music Berlioz was an innovator, an iconoclast. He was the inventor of modern programme rored the dramatic and than the emotional In his “Fantastic” mphony displays wonderful rhythmic effects, To a lesser extent this is also true of his other compo- sitions, His fellow countrymen were somewhat indifferent to his genius, In London and other European cities jas a master. The com-- »ser wis embittered because of the lack of recognition rded lim by the Parisians. Hector Francois Ber jand subjectt he ace joz was born Jon Dee. 11, 1803, In La Cote St. Am- | dre, a southwestern town of France. | His parents wished him to !ecome a doctor, but he had litt ing for that profession. Ut filed him) with “cold disgust,” he sald, His was an ardent and apressionable Mature. His best wevk, ke Mendelssobu’s, was written in early life. In 18; Henriette Smith- son warried life was not happ: acciden, shortly after [the marriage ended Sr ‘theen's stage She became a queru.gus in- Then came a son, Louis, mak- ng the burden still heavier. Obliged | to earn aw living for his family, Ber- lioz had to give up his beloved com- | posing and write articles on musical topics and conduct orchestras, nally, recognition and relief cam The French Government re- quested him to write a requiem to commemorate the great disaster at Constantine. For this he received 4,000 francs. Then Paganini, the renowned violin virtuoso, sent him 20,000 francs for his achievement in writing the symphony “Hafold in Italy.” For his “Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale’ he received 10,000 francs. He was asked to tour Ger- many, but his wife refused to consent to his departure, Thig led to a sepa- ration between them, The fact that Berlioz even after that contributed to her support out of his miserable pit- tance shows that he never stopped loving So the “Romeo and Juliet" symphony was more success- ful than the marriage. . Only when Berlioz died, on March 8, 1869, did France realize that she had lost one of her greatest come pos: WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 132—BARBER. The Latin word “Barba” (a beard) was the original ancestor of the Eng- lish word “barber,” grandiloquently called “tonsorial artist” in the higher circles of the art of shaving, hatr- cutting and applying scalding towels to the face, Extreme a caution is necessary to against confusing the origins barbarous” amd aur ber.’ A non- Greek was called a burbarian be- cause the Greeks could not undere stund his language, The language of the per is only too viainiy under. stoo. is a rule, by the subyect upoh The word vised!y, bec rz combined the prac gery with his t and there r some of th s ede ! " From the Wise We are children yor the second time at twenty-one, and «again when ave are gray and put all our burden on the Lord —Sir J, M. Barrie. Clear like tains, do not scem so deep as they are; the turdid look the most pro- tound.—Landor. e foun writers, clear | Unless a man works he cannot | find out what he is able to do. —Hamerton. The tongue of a woman is her sword, which she seldom suffers to rust.—French Proverb, ry \