The evening world. Newspaper, April 11, 1922, Page 26

aaa, 2 cae taaonaeae a as og PT NC TN J FeeRc ama ere oe ee ne er SR cei tie | ‘ABLIGHED BY JOSEPH PULITZEN. webiste Dally Bxcopt Sunday hy The Press Publishing . Now, 2 to 68 Park Raw, New York RALPH PULITZER, Preaident. ¢9 Park Row ' J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row JOSEPH PULITSHR Jr., Seoretery, 63 Park Row. MEMBER OF THD ASHOOLATED PRESS. “he Assvetated Pres is exclusively entitled to the wre for repubiteation of all news Gempatches oredited to ft or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local mews published herein. BENDING UNDER THE PORK. hy - most important single item for which the Republican Party hopes to claim credit in the coming election is the establishment of a budget syggem. If the Party can not claim’ benefits from the budget, its record is sadder than ever But as the campaign draws closer even the budget is breaking under the strain of strife within the Party. To have a budget it is necessary to have Execu- tive responsibility or Congressional responsibility. President Harding didn’t want the responsibility, so it scemed necessary to centralize authority in the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate, depriving other committees of the power to recommend appropriations. The Appropriations Committees realized the ne~ cessity for making a show of economy to jibe with So the gross totals were cut more or less arbitrarily to fit the budget prepared campaign pledges. by Mr. Dawes. Then came the demand for the old reliable po- roads, public free seeds, litical appropriations, buildings and the like. Mr. Dawes had f. Congressional appetite for pork. tions Committees were kinder. free seed tradition. For every appropriation of this sort it became necessary to deduct from some other allowance The Navy was the goat. Whenever Squedunk wanted a Post Office another Free seeds meant a reduc- Mud Creek dredging Mr. Dawes had made. destroyer was tied up. tion in Navy personnel. contracted the aeroplane programme. Now the Navy Affairs Committee is up in arms. The President agrees that the Navy is being The Democrats will probably help, and the condition of the Appropri- ations Committees—and with them the budget—is starved beyond the limit. precarious. The G. O. P. is facing political quicksands. the Party can not claim the budget, what can it claim? NEATLY DONE. After all, Lloyd George is a handy chap to ‘When the head of the Russian delegation at Genoa began to rile the French delegates yesterday on the disarmament question, it was the little Welshman who averted row by a good-natured warning to Chicherin have at a conference. “not to overload the conference ship.” George added: “Let M. Chicherin finish this voyage and go home with all he can carry; then we will wel- come him on another voyage when we know what sort of passenger he is.” That was neat. “SEE AMERICA FIRST.” UROPE is anticipating a rush of American An estimate of 500,000 visitors is said to be conservative, in spite of almost prohibitive passenger fares on most tourist travel this year. steamers available. The “See America First” movement has been slow in offering counter inducements. seasons the railroads and hotels of the West have They have grown had everything their own way. slothful from lack of competition. But at last there seems to be some evidence that the railroads are wakening. Attractive round trip Western and Northern hotel associations will be wise if they follow suit and advertise corresponding reductions tourist rates are advertised again. in hotel rates. “See America First” prices, If the Episcopal Church wants condensation of the Ten Commandments it need not stop with five. Any one of half a dozen versions of the Golden Rule covers the whole field. AUTOMOBILE, DEEDS. EPRESENTATIVE MILLS of New proposes a law for Federal registratian of Every car would carry a Federal All bills of sale and transfers would be automobfles. number. recorded with Federal Court clerks. In effect this would apply to automobile sales a system closely analagous to real estate transfers. A recorded bill of sale is practically a registered deed and abstract of title. Real estate deeds are recorded by the States This is practicable be- cause real estate can not be moved out of the through county officers. county, Traffic in stolen automobiles is notoriously an interstate industry, Because of this the advocates of Federal registry have a plausible case, icensing is a State function, other hand, moto; d to fit his budget to the The Appropria- They bowed to the In all good humor jt reminded Russia's representatives at the outset exactly where Russia is sitting—on the probation seat. will continue to flourish with the automobile tourists who camp as they go. But if the regular resorts expect to meet European competition it must be on a deflated scale of it wise to divide and complicate the procedure by adding Federal registration? There is reason to fear that lederal registration would soon lead to Pederal taxation In spite of these objections the underlying prin- ciple of registered and certified bills of sale for automobiles is sound. The amazing growth of the motor stealing industry is forcing the development —if not under State then under National author- ity There is no reason why the honest purchaser of a new or used car should not receive a clear ab- stract of title. No legitimate dealer has anything to fear from such a provision. It would make hazardous the business of the automobile thief and the fence If automobilists are to feel safe these businesses Must be made too hazardous for profit AN ACTIVE ENRIGHT. OMETHING seems to have at last persuaded Police Commissioner Enright that though there is no crime emergency in New York it will be wiser for him to act as if there were one. Last week he went back to the nine platoon sys- tem which puts 600 additional patrolmen on daily post, got authority from the Board of Estimate to add 1,192 new men to the force and issued a list of anti-crime “don'ts” for citizens This week he orders out 5,000 police reserves for active duty, organizes a new night patrol of motor- cycle policemen and asks for more high-powered automobiles with which to chase highwaymen and thugs. What has come over Enright? two things: First, that matters have reached a point where citizens of New York must be humored in their belief that they are not being black-jacked, robbed and murdered solely in their dreams. Second, that Gov. Miller may have had some- thing unpleasantly definite in mind when he said: “We shall know whom to hold responsible if New York is not made safe.” The change in Enright, however, has not got as far as frankness toward the public. He has not yet brought himself to say simply and in all hon- esty: “Crime in New York is, just now, an extra tough problem. I admit it because | mean to tackle it. {f 1 don’t, hold me responsible.” Under present conditions, the city is entitled to hear something of that sort from a Police Commis- sioner. A Police Commissioner with the straightfor- wardness and courage to say it is the kind to com- mand public confidence and get full efficiency out of an enlarged police force. Enright has never yet shown a sign of caring whether he had public confidence or not. On the contrary, he has treated the public and the public’s fears with studied contempt. That has been one of the heaviest counts against him. Realization of New York had the hottest April 10 in fifty- one years, while it snowed in Omaha. No same ness about Spring in the U.S. A. It keeps ‘em all guessing. The Polish deficit 18 222,000,000,000 Polish marks. Something will have to be done to knock more ciphers off Huropean currencies, They'll soon be figured in trillions. ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz, Now and then the editor of the esteemed Evening Post perpetuates a pun and then apologizes for it, This 18 a wrongful practice, There should be no Post mortems on puns. ° There is some agitation over a proposition to change the name of Leviatham. Her original cost was $8,000,000, Repairs are estimated at $9,000,000. Why not call her the White Elephant? . Poets sing of poppy seeds. How many know that tons of it are used for the peppery looking top dress- ing the bakers put on hard rolls, dear to the German digestion? . “Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.’ Why shouldn't it work with gunmen, as Otto Kahn Suggests? They're savage enough. . Margot Asquith, back in Britain, {s announced as a She certainly picked up a candidate for Parliament. tidy campaign fund over here, ° Chauncey M. Depew's eight. . Coney Island protests “Fallen Ange!” tan can't stand “Civic Virtue,” town," as Whistler once observed ry Tt was charged that England “ran” the Conference. It looks though the one ‘would be an “also ran. Commissioner Enright solemnly advises onr citizens Fasy for most of us to not to let money accumulate, follo, pt Memories of Eighty Years” are out in book form. H® begins to reminisce at and Manhat- Verily “Art is on the From Evening Te Sceptica. To the Editor of The Evening World: Your “‘sceptic’’ on evolution need not be a sceptic if he will only reason Properly. ‘There was a creator of this world— who and why we don’t know, for If we did we would be as great as that force. The Creator put a germ of life on the earth and it has evolved and will evolve as long as the earth lasts, This germ, just as the kernel of wheat or corn, multiplied, and so evo- lution has reached the state we are In. The very fact that we cannot know the ‘‘whys and wherefores’’ of this proves that some divine force controls The little pigmy, man, who tries to change the rules of life, the silly dreamer who thinks he can make “Arcadia” here has much to learn. Brooklyn, April 7. Cc. J. A Gloomy View. To the Editor of The Evening World: ‘The eager chase for wealth and the mad hurry and rush of worldly and | business enterprises were never be- fore seen as now, While the increase’ of wickedness and crime on all hands is appalling. Licentiousness and drunkenness are abroad everywhere, even in countries that heve no Prohibition laws, and to blame Prohibition for most of our troubles here is @ false accusation, In fact, conditions would be worse here without Prohibition Many do not know the difference between liberty and license and do not want to do anything but follow out their own selfish inclinations, A PATRIOTIC CITIZEN. Middletown. The Tem Pletoon System, To the Editor of The Evening World: Referring to the so-called orlme wave, it is not due to lack of emcient work by the police, It is up to the Judges. If they would give a good hard sentence to each criminal there would be less crime. Private busi- ness concerns doing large cash bust- ness ought to employ outaide protec- tion, Working the life out of the unt- formed force Will bring no better re- sults, It is @ poor motive that takes the ten-platoon syst rom the police Does the public realize what this means? Before & patrolman ts allowed a rest he must do on the 2d, , oth, 12th, 16th, 19th, 284 and 26th day of his 27 day tour, 8 hours of r a 218i ours of patrol, making &@ total of 48 additional hours ® patrolman gives besides his 8 hours THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, | Watching the Procession Move On! sen 1922, Copyright. 01 ne Ry Press Pub. Co Romances — of Industry By Winthrop Biddle. Copyright, 1022. w York Evening World) by biishing Co. X—HOW THE WHITE RACE DIS COVERED THE LOST SECRET OF SILK. Silk has figured as an article o luxurious commerce since the morn ing of civilization, And yet, tn th sixth century of our era, the white race Was asking, itself the question: “How Is silk made?" Arab and T r ing silk at high prices in Con ‘“@ tinople when Justinian was Emper™ They were getting their stock from Mongol merchants trafficking out of China, But if they knew the secret of its origin they refused to divulie tt to their customers of the Roman pire. The probability is that they did n know the secret. For the Chinese had a monoply of the production of silk, and they guarded their trade mystery jealously, white world guess that the glossy textiles known as silk worms? About the middle of the sixth cen- tury two Nestorian monks—doubtiess by religious fervor moved—travelled into China. When they went back to Constantinople they reported that the stuff with which beauty was wont to enchance its attractions was the hand work, or rather the mouth work of a humble bug that fed on mulberr leaves. The Emperor Justinian at treated their story as a fa Then he matter He summoned the monks, question- ed them about their adventures, and made an offer to them of large § ward if they would produce so the silk-worms' eggs. The monks failed to see any reason for getting excited about their discovery, but they decided to return to China and get some of the eggs After many adventures, they suc- ceeded in getting the desired informa- tion, took some of the silk-worms' eggs and concealed them in a holla And how could the from came first tale: decided to look inte the bamboo cane Justinian, on their return, made a simple calculation: ‘Mulberry trees, plus worms, equa! silk stuffs and impertal industry.’* ‘The thing was done almost as cz as it was said. Ina few years, berry trees were flourishing on both sides of the capital of the Roman empire, to feed the little spin ner-bugs. ‘Thence, in the next few years, art of silk-culture spread all over empire and into other countries. Europe went silk-worm mad. World Readers What kind of letter do you find most readable? Ien’t it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a Jot of satisfaction in trying to eay much in few words. Take time to be briel. each day, during which time he is not permitted to eat. Days of slavery are over and I am afraid if something is not done to protect our loyal po- lice, something terrible will happen to our city. Police Commissioner Enright must be protecting himself by taking the ten-platoon away from his men. He should demand more men,and give the patrolman the privilege of using his night stick. Mayor Hylan’s campaign was a faithful promise that he would keep the ten-platoon system, yet when he should stick to his promise he is tak- ing care of himself and forgetting the policeman. Under the ten-platoon system a patrolman gives 64 additional hours to the Police Department; the only difference is, instead of working on the 7th, 14th and 2ist days of tour, he is off. Owing to the nervous strain policemen are under, most of them rest up on these days. If the patrol- man has to go to court on these day he has no time. More men are need- ed, and those we have should be looked after, AN. OLN, New York, April 9, 1922 Need To the Kaito of Th Commissioner Enright has taken the bull by the horns in his so-called stand to prevent crime. As a resident ot New York City for forty years I have made a study of police condl- tions. He has started on the wrong road, By taking away the day off a week from the uniformed men, he is only taking the heart out of the men instead of giving them something to work for Can you imagine a body of men out doing their best and giving the pub- lic of New York the best that is in them and then to have a man like Bnright take thetr day off from them? Also, the half hour they were allowed to met a bite to eat. I wonder if the public realizes that he is doing more harm than good The men will do nothing ‘for a Comminsioner like him. Who suf- fers through that? It is the public. The State should require that police- men be given a day off a week. Then put a man at the head of the denart- ment. In a@ very few hours the public will see the difference in the workings of the force Ay Bs. Brooklyn, April 8, 1922 To the Editor of The Evening World } am very much Intereated in the articles on evolution by Ransome Sut- ton. I hope when they are completed you will decide to bring them out in pamphlet form H. W. FISKE, Plainfleld, N. J., April 1, UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake | Psychoanalysis 1922, by John Blake.) USE YOUR SWITCHBOARD. At a radio concert the other evening one of the listeners (Coprrigs’. said anything from its unive to gather it. We can set our living room and listen to them. their best work. out going beyond our doorstep, heard, as the wisdom and the always respond. radio. It is never busy. call for them. © “The amazing thing about all this is that these voices and melodies are passing continually through every room within a radius of a hundred or more miles from here. Yet nobody hears them unless they have an instrument capable of catching them out of the air. “How true that is of all wisdom. only those who have developed their minds to absorb it gain 1 presence.” This is really the important lesson of the radio. We cannot only catch the wisdom that is about us, but the wisdom of all the ages, if we will build our brains into an instrument switchboard to call up Plato or Herodotus or Shakespeare or Byron, and sit quietly in our Because of the phonograph we can call up any of the great musicians who were living since its discovery and hear Wherever there is wisdom or entertainment or instruc- tion there are means of transmitting them, Those of us who do not are like those who lack a radio outfit to receive the concerts and news reports that are broadcasted every night from half a dozen different stations. The music and the voices go through their rooms un- the past go unmarked through the rooms in our brain that are unequipped with the right sort of apparatus. A yery little education will equip you with a switch- board which will connect you with the best minds of all time. All you will need to do is to This is a wireless which is more wonderful than the It can never be jammed. sages are always ready for transmission to any one who will And the astute Chinese neve; guessed the {ll turn that the two Nes torian missionaries had done them, aes You and Your Mind By ANDRE TRIDON XLIN—THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE GOSSIP, The gossip is a poor, weak soul constantly on the verge of yielding to some temptation and who tries to get over his or her feeling of ferlority and helplessness by : vincing the whole world of being just, as weak and inferior as he or sho is The gosaip is intellectually weak) and incapable of any positive acco: plishment, With training, cultur and more imagination; the human being who feels himself driven into} an inacceptable direction would to justify his conduct by creating aj new system of philosophy or etlilc by writing @ novel in which a her very much like unto himself woul be explained, excused and probably made very attractive by his very weaknesses. The gossip is either an oversexe person, or an unconscious thief, or a unconscious murderer. In all se: he is a sadiat—that is, one who enj inflicting suffering on others. Al gossips derive the greatest Joy from watching the 1 fef they ha cuused, the dissensions, the seeds o! which they have scattered, the ing enmities which they e ny lished between individuals, or gro. It is all about us, but And we, with- can profit by them. poetry and the philosophy of of individuals. : “« Pe ‘i ‘The oversexed gossip, ashamed of hook up,” and they will his own lewd mind, likes to spread rumors of other people's immorality. He sees a man talking to a woman The first thing he does is to run to Its mes- some sympathetic Mstener and to mention the fact wi a signific smile, implying an undue intimd) between the two people he saw The dishonest, gossip insinuates MONEY TALKS By HERBERT BENINGTON. Copyright, 1022, (New York Evening World) ey by F Publishing Company AN ILLUSION. When we start saving with some definite end in view and consider the amount necessary to attain that end, we are apt to be discouraged by what appears to be a very large sum of money. For instance, If we desire to stop working when we are older we will have to have sufficient money saved and invested so it will yield an income equal to the one we received from work If we are earning $200 a month we will have to have $60,000 invested so as to yield 6 per cent per annum. Ae $60,000 Is our total income for it looks like a discourag- over 18 yea ingly large sum Tt ig only $6 anth at & per cent compound Interest for 81 years, that every one of his neighbors who} ia prospering owes this success are praetice and swindle, qurderous gossip casts mrange light upon every slckne death in the neighborhood, Wi ever accusing any one in particili of poisoning or killing, he drops r marks to the effect that her h death would not be unwelcome WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 182—CENSOR. The public Magistrate in Rome, who was originally designated as a “censor;* was only a tax aasesgor,| death would ne From looking into the property hela] Cersin “omne t et by citizens as the basis of taxation,| ‘The most dangerous gossip ho gradually assumed the duty of|the very stupid one who is too flat looking into their morals, and nis|footed about it. but the clever one functions came to Include the au-| Wh° Teles om the power of sux tion thovity to punish breaches of | (Copyright by United that some one Venture Syndiente ) morality Between the rating (‘‘censeo,"’ to rate) of conduct and sizing up of thought, as expressed in words, the further extension of the censorial power in republics during the grea war, During the next war, unles human nature undergoes a transfor. step is #h ‘The Roman censor}mation in the interval, it Is safe t easily ton! tep, and so extended | predict that the censor will disqi the reg { Lis serutiny well toward|methods of delving into men's mi Vile, and purposes that are not dreamed ave geen something of the| now.