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na pat ERTS RAR TRS ZO STN CIE OR as ERSTE sae THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1922," PSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Published Dajly Excep: Bunday by The Press Publishiag Company. Nos, 62 to 63 Park Raw, New York. > RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row. J, ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer. 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER Jr., Secretary, 65 Park Row. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘The Ansootated Pres is exclusively entitied to the use fer republication ‘of All’ news Geepatchen credited to {t or uot otherwise credited in this paper fund also the local news published herein, AS PER SCHEDULE. a outline plan put forth last fall by the present Transit Commission for the readjust- | ment of New York City street railroads providei for “the valuation, consolidation and municipal ownership of all transportation facilities deemed by the Transit Commission to be useful and essential.” As to the first item in the programme—valua- » tion—the commission said: Valuations according to existing security Issues and present capitalization will be dis- regarded and the entire financial structure of the Consolidated Company will be based H upon a new valuation, which, under the Rapid Transit legislation of this year (1921), is rapidly being completed. By this means the water in present financing and capitalization will be eliminated and that new valuation ; will represent the real values in the trans- portation properties. |? New valuation covering the properties of forty transit companies presumably deemed useful and \ essential was reported yesterday to the commission \ py its Bureau of Valuation, How far does this new valuation carry out the , declared intent of the commission? ; To the extent of cutting some $300,000,000, ; about 40 per cent., from the par value of these companies’ actual securities. To the extent of valu | ing at $465,680,154 properties which the companies } walue on their own books at $791,000,000. To | the extent of valuing the B. R. T. system at | 154,608,677 as against a book value of $247. 991,278. To the extent of cutting the $119,083,606 book valuation of the New York Railways system: ’ of surface lines to a net valuation of $29,871,785 | —a cut of nearly 75 per cent. ‘Jn recommending that the new valuations be “ tpased on the now widely accepted principle of de- ducting from original cost the amount necessary to put the properties in first class operating condi- tion, the Bureau of Valuation is in line with the expressed view of tht commission as to the present plight of many of the companies: ; Revenues that in the past should have gone into better facilities, or into the maintenance of reserves that constructive business prac- tice srequired, have been paid into private pockets through swollen or forced dividends. The new valuations are, of course, in their 1 Present status only recommended. They will be plentifully overhauled in public hearings. The ’ transit companies will denounce them as inhumanly ‘ fow. Mayor Hylan will assail them as scandalously « high. } ‘They will have to be proved and re-proved bot against the companies’ claims and against the clamor of those who profess to see no reason why present transit companies shouldn't be done to death and their properties acquired for nothing. Meanwhile the Transit Commission keeps stead- ily on its way. These valuation figures submitted by its Bureau of Valuation are consistent with its stated aim. They are anything but soothing to what Mayor Hylan calls “the interests.” They are distinctly promising of future permanence and profitableness for a 5-cent fare. The commission may be persuaded that its valu- ation experts have been here and there too gener- ous or too drastic. Its main purpose remains the same. It is doing what it said it would do—as per schedule, | Society women who ran the Biltmore yes- terday collected $1,000 an hour in tips. When the regular employees heard the news they all became social climbers, THE “COMPREHENSIVE VIEW.” \CLE JOE CANNON’S “golden anniversary” letter to his constituents contains some good advice—and some that is, perhaps, not so good. One long sentence stands out. It applies no: only to Uncle Joe's faithful retainers in Illinois, but to every Congressional district in the countr “| have confidence that my successor, who e may be, will not alone represent the local ans perhaps selfish interests of the 18th District, bur also the broader national sentiment and interests oF the American people, for if 1 have been credited with supporting policies tor the benefit of the whole people, regardless of section or indusiry, it has beea largely due to the fact that | represent pecple wh took the same comprehensive view of the Nation as a whole and were/ ever willing to subordinate | | | a | Alaska, New Mexico or Kamchatka? | clean one efery Saturday night there could re such a | tow many of them want to leave fupply needed in the worlt?” Jtheir homes, aie So Sara Simemson speculated, sewine swiftly, | fiends to t miles off, never tn to see, | ire to the welfare of the their own immediate ¢ whole country.” This was a nice little compliment Uncle Joe paid to his constituents, and by implication to himself. Some may question whether the voters of the 18th District knew they were taking a “compre- hensive view” in retaining Uncle Joe in Congress for so many years. There is Some reason to sus- pect that they merely got into the habit of voting for Uncle Joe and let it go at that. Nevertheless, it is a wise suggestion and may well be followed in the 18th Illinois District and every- where else. The United States is something more than the sum of 435 Congressional Districts. We need more of the “comprehensive view.” HARVEY'S WORD FOR IT. T the Pilgrims’ dinner in London celebrating Mr. Balfour’s homecoming, Ambassador Har- vey lauded the achievements of the Washington Conference, rejoiced over the new fraternal light in which Great Britain and America have been revealed to each other and said: “Peace on the Pacific is assured for years, probably for all time. When I say assured, I mean that I know that the ratification of these compacts, all of them, by the British Parliament is no more certain than their ratification by the Senate of the United States—and that much sooner than commonly anticipated.” If Col. Harvey knows it, of course the United States Senate knows it. Of course, Senator Hiram Johnson knows it. Having made one bad slip ai a Pilgrims’ dinner regarding the motive and spirit of the American people in entering the late war, surely Col. Harvey would not risk another regarding the attitude of a. Republican Senate toward Republican-made treaties of peace, - We breathe freely again. It is good psychology for the Income Tax Bureau to give out statistics on big income tax payments at this time. When the many who have only a thousand or two of taxable in- come read that three New Yorkers with com- bined incomes of $28,000,000 paid $18,000,000 taxes in 1919, it makes the 4 per cent. levy seem more tolerable. THE AMERICAN GAME BETTER. 'N international competition for the amateur bi!- liard championship, the American style of play has proved effective. The distinguishing mark of American billiards as contrasted with European billiards is the so-called defensive game of safety play. This is a legitimate and desirable development of the game. It is not a manifestation of an “any- thing to win” spirit of poor spo:tsmanship. Successful safety play demands skill and intelli- gence. It is a step away from reliance on mechani- cal perfection of stroke. American players are con- stantly considering the comparative advantages of possible shots both in scoring and in leaving the balls in difficult position in case of a miss. In a game between equally skilful billiard play- ers, one of whom plays with due regard t> “leaves,” while the other is intent only on making shots, the safety player has a marked advantage. The European contestants playing at Philadelphia are taking lessons from the Americans and are pretty certain to see that the defensive game makes for‘ better billiards. They are likely to introduce more safety play in the European game. According to the Japan Chronicle, one lid- zuka Asataro of Ibaragl, a follower of the late Marquis Okuma, who at first contemplated fol- lowing that statesman across the dark river, has decided instead to stand guard at his grave for 100-days as a manifestation of his esteem for the deceased. The family has accepted the proffer. ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz. “It looks to me,” said the man in the subway, “as if they were going to stall along on this boo-nus an’ then sidetrack it.” “Yes,” said another, “and if things don’t change before long we'll have to send some intelligent men to Congress.” Let's hope that those Pittsburgh contractors who are to build the vehicular tunnel under the Hudson will not put New York in a hole, ¢ Habits are easily acquired. chureb, for instance, Staying away from What is the affinity between heiresses and riding masters? There was the Morosini case, the Carnegie case and now——? Why not give everybody a bonus—pro bon» publico? . SARA, THE SEMPSTRESS, Or, Love in the Sweatshop—A Tale of New York, CHAPTER L Sara Simonson sat sewing shirts steadily , 80 many shirts, Who would think efen with a seated in the sweatshop. (To Be Continued.) Copyright, 1922, (New York Evening World) By Preas Pub. Co. By John Cassel | POS ania er rere mee oes From Evening There is fine mentil exercise a: ‘The Bo: To the Editor of The Ev ing World: had considerable editorial comment on the adjusted compensation. Ihave been reading this paper for the past eighteen years. but must say that at times you have used extremely poor judgment on various subjects. This happens to be one of them. If you and a certain class of your readers would take the trouble to look at both sides of this question in a fair way you might come to a different conclusion, 1 happen to have charge of relief work ‘in my post and have had no less than a dozen cases of downright poy- erty among married ex-service men. In some cases a family has not had enough money to pay for the next meal. Is that a fitting way for a great country like ours to take care of its ex-service men? The main cry of the opposition is for the disabled man. At the present time the New York State Legion is endeavoring to establish a camp in the Adirondacks for tubercular ex- service men, This will cost approxi- mately $40,000. It is a peculiar thing but those who have been shouting loudest for the disabled man are strangely among the missing as con- tributors LEWIS A. ROSE, First Vice Commander, Greenpoint Post, No, 241, American Legion Who Controls the Government? ‘To the Editor of The Evening World; I Id Uke to ask a le ques tion through your valuable paper, Who controls our Government? Is it the*representatives people vote to seat in Washington or a few Wall Street bankers? President Harding, in my estima- tion, is only a tool for the financlers. Whatever they say goes. Lord help this country in another war, EX-SOLDIER'S WIFE Brookly! “The Only Bonus 1s to Work.” To The Editor of The Evening World: The editorial in Wednesday night's Evening World advocating land grants in Alaska in place of a bonus for ex- soldiers is the most absurd solution of the problem ever proposed, How many of New York's ex-sol- diers employed as office workers, salesmen, jewellers, garment work- ers, printers and lithographers, &c., are fitted by experience, tempera- ment or physique to go pioneering in = Chance their old homes or thetr people again? How would the editorial writer, sit- a me World Readers, What kind of lettex doyou find most readabie? Isn’t it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? ind a lot of satisfaction in trying te \ | «ay much in few wonls. Take time to be briof. | ooo | ting, comfortably in his office in the | World Building, like the idea of being | Have noticed that your paper has| shipped in a freight car to Alaska, dumped out in the wilderness and told to dig his living out of the soil and| raise wheat and polar bears? But, of | course, poor America could not af- | ford to pay the railroad company for | freight car passage to Alaska, which would be worse than paying a cash} bonus. The only way for the poor} soldier to do, therefore, would be to start to walk there and beg his bread en route. Probably he would arrive in Alaska in about two years, if he were lucky. ‘It is not only stupid and inane, but also selfish and uncharitable to pro- pose sending the ex-soldiers to Alaska or some other distant farming coun- try and then sit down with a smug, self-satisfied air and talk about all you have done to reward the boys who fought and suffered and bled for you. Even taking into consideration the large number of*soldiers who came from the farms, you would not find more than one man in a thousand who could or would settle on a land grant in Alaska If they had the will to.go and the desire for the adven- ture, they could not pay their t portation, and many on a would become « burden on the It is all very well to remind the s diers that they fought for love of country, for the glorious Stars and Stripes and all th of the patri- otic talk and to that reward is quite incompatible with such proud service. If the boys did their bit, let some of the others take their turn now at the glo: how much these p contribute in cold c of their country. They proud to give, shouldn't t According to statistics IT sa’ ple of years ago, there were at that time approximately 20,000 million- aires in the United States, a majority of whom amassed their wealth dur- ing the war. ng each of them $100,000 would bring a ly sum of $2,000,000,000, Assessing them 10 per cent. would bring considerably more and help to pay for the bonus for some time to come. Many of these people are not much affected by the income tax legislation, as they are skilled in evading the tax collector and have their money tied up in non- taxable bonds and in or ways to get the best of Uncle Sam. HUGH b, RODEN, ont a Chicken and a Halt’— ‘To the Editor of The Evening World; “A’ says that if 114 chickens lay | 1% eggs in 14% days, then 7 chickens | vB Explain How 1 should be a cou- |will lay 28 eggs in 6 days. that t says s wrong this problem it will it one ess” JOH, Dew York, Feb, 16. 1025, | at morgue where all seek ones whom they they are related.—Heine. but ideas are sons of heaven. a longth, but honesty,—John Lyly, , fF AGAINST THe { UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, by John Blake.) LANGUAGES, ‘lo the educated man everything tells its story, The rocks answer questions about their age and their composi- tion, The trees talk of their value to commerce and their re- lationship to each other. Animals break the spell of dumbness imposed upon them by nature and announce their place in the procession’ called evolution, Human progress did not really begin till men mastered the art of language. When our forefathers could only speak to each other by signs or, as was often the case, by blow: it was only the best mind that could accomplish anything. When language came, a consensus of minds became pos- sible. Experiences and ideas could be communicated. After that all intelligent creatures in their same neighborhood could interchange ideas and opinions, so that the intelligent could teach the unintelligent. That was the beginning of education. You who live in this day can learn any language you choose, or as many as you choose, If it were possible for you to exhaust all the wisdom that is written in your own tongue you could double your opportunities by learning an additional tongue, In the study of many of the sciences it is necessary for the student to learn French and German in order io avail himself of text books that have never been adequately trans- lated. He must also learn that language we spoke of in the first paragraph—the language that created things plainly as if they had tongues. speak as Wordsworth’s “primrose by the river's brim,” which was only a starry blossom to the peasant, tells to the poet a story of beauty and unfolds to the botanist a long history of growth and development. We are educated or yneducated according as we under- stand languages, not necessarily foreign tongues, but the speech of the objects which go to makeeup the world. We can Jearn to read the messages that each of these choose, as the Indian reads the signs of the trail, the white man. : bas, if we hidden to When we learn thvse things we are educated, whether or not we have letters of a degree to our names. From the Wise the great the dead love or to whom Literary history is Words are daughters of earth, {of Sutton'’s Hospital. outlawed nor they have no souls.” —Dr, Johnson. me hard, as though | ses by roots that | Shakespeare, He kissed ed pluck up kis ce upon my Tips in his own rough way: The true measure of life is not por a body to kick,'* spent any time in a university or can sdd the F v As the Saying Is “CORPORATIONS HAVE NO SOULS.” This legal maxim was down by Sir Edward Coke in the case “They (corpo- rations) cannot commit treason nor be excommunicated, first Lord Thurlow subsequently paraphrased this maxim "You never ex- | pected justice from a corporation, did you? They have neither a soul to lose laid for Blue Law Persecution By Dr. S. E. St. Amant. As a result of meetings held at Springdale, Ark. a church of Sabba- tarians was organized and a church building erected. In addition to his subscription to the enterprise, J. W. Scoles agreed to paint the building. I quote him: “I worked at the church at odd times, sometimes half a day and sometimes more, as I could spare the time, The last Sunday in April, in order to finish the work so that 2 could be free t» leave the next day for the summer's labor with the tent, I went to the church and finished a small strip of painting on the south side of the house, clear out of sight of all public roads. Here I quietly worked for perhaps two hours, it which time I finished it, and them went home. It was for this offense that I was indic:ed.” At the fall term of the Circuit Court held at Fayetteville, Mr. J. Ay Armstrong of Springdale, a member of the newly organized church, was summoned before the Grana Jury. He was asked if he knew of any viola- tors of the Sunday Law, He said he did. Grand Jury—Who are they? Armstrong—The Frisco Railroad {a running trains every Sunday, G. J.—Do you know of any others? A—Yes; the hotels of this place are open and do a full run of bust ness on Sunday, as on other days. G. J.—Do you know of any others? A,—Yes, sir; the drug stores and bars ber shops all keep open and do busix ness every Sunday. G. J—Do you ixnow of any othere? A.—Yes; the livery stables do more business on Sunday than on any other day of the week. The same @ true of the garages. After several repetitions of thi» form of questions and answers, thit question was asked: G. J.—Do you know of any Satur day keepers who ever work on Sune day? A—Yes, sir. After obtaining from the witness the names of his brethren, indict= ments were found against five of them, himself and Mr, Scoles betng ot the number. Upon trial Mr. Scoles was convict- led. An appeal was taken to the Su- |preme Court of the State, which af- firmed the judgment of the Circuit Court. Thereupon about — twenty cases essentially the same as that of Mr. Scoles, which had been held over in the different Circuit Courts of the State, awaiting the decision of the | Supreme Court, came up for trial. One of these was that of Mr. Arm- |strong, who was charged with having |dug potatoes on Sunday and was ‘arrested and held under $250 bonds \ror appearance in the Circuit Court. At the time of the alleged offense |Mr. Armstrong had a contract for building a school house at Springdale. One Millard Courtney, with a friend, went to Mr. Armstrong's house on Sunday to negotiate a contract for putting the tin roof on the school house. They found Mr. Armstrong in his fleld, digging potatoes. There the business was all talked over and the contract for putting on the roof se- cured. Then this same Mr. Courtney became prosecuting witness against Mr. Armstrong for working on Sun- day. At his trial at Fayetteville Mr. Armstrong was convicted; his fine and costs, amounting to $26.50, were paid and he was released. Seven months later Mr, Armstrong was again arrested on the same charge and was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $4.65. In default of L. Staples, before whom he to the County Jail, allowing him $1 Gay until the fine and costs were aid. Pavithin four hours from the time of his arrest Mr. Armstrong, in charge of the Marshal, was on his way to the jail at Fayetteville. He was locked up with another prisoner, with nm th~ ing but a little straw and a dirty blanket about thirty inches wide for a bed for both, The next night he was allowed to lie in the corridor on the brick floor, with his alpaca coat for a bed and his Bible for a pillow. The third night a friend in town furnished him a quilt and a pillow. On the fourth night his friend brought him another quilt and thus he was made comfortable, On the fifth day at noon he was released Upon his return to Springdale, Mr. Armstrong was notified by Mayor Staples that his fine and costs were not satisfied and that unless they were paid within ten days an execution yrould be issued and his property sold. Mr. Armstrong filed an appeal to the Circuit Court, where the appeal was sustained and Mr. Armstrong released from furt r penalty. —_—_—_—_—S——- | MONEY TALKS By HERBERT BENINGTON. ‘ght, 1922, (New York Evening World) Coprtight ‘ess Publishing Co. TEA-POT BANKS. In the country districts of France many peasants never put their money in banks, but keep it in the house, Sometimes a cracked tea-pot serves as a bank, or the money is put in a box and buried under the hearth stones. kept like this is not working as it should. Just to slow how money can work, let us take an easy calculation. Sup- pose you bought ten $100 bonds which paid 10 per cent. a year, and rein- vested the interest also at 10 per cent. At the end of fifty years you would own 695 bonds, and in 100 years 79,681 bonds, valued at $7,968,121, with an earning capacity of $796,312 a year. So in 100 years your $1,000, by work, |nas grown nearly 8,000 times, re