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SS Date She EAy eiorid, ESTABLISHED BY JOSHPH PULITZER, Published Dally Except Gunday by Company, Noa, 53 to 68 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row, J, ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, Park Row. EEP__ JOSEPH PULITZER, Secretary, 63 Park Row, MEMMER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘The Amociated Prem te exctusively entitied to the use for republication ‘of all news despatches credited to 1: or not otherwi-s credited im this paper nd also the local news published herein. A SHOCK TO HIS OWN PARTY. The Press Publishing HE nomination of Nat Goldstein as a Collec- tor of Internal Revenue at St. Louis is a brazen affront to every honorable member of the Republican Party. President Harding seems to have gone out of his way to rub in a notorious scandal. Goldstein was caught with the goods by the Kenyon Committee. He admitted that he accepted Lowden money when he was a candidate for dele- gate from Missouri to the National convention. When the committee discovered the payment, Goldstein offered to return the $2,500. Gov. Low- den was cleared of direct complicity, but the scan- dal ruined his promising Presidential boom. Goldstein is a self-confessed boodler.» The pub- lic record is against. him. honor with responsible public office. He is not a person to President Harding escaped the worst of the Newberry scandal, although his closest friends, New for one, voted to seat the Michigan seat buyer. It is incomprehensible that the President should allow himself to be involved in such an affair as the naming of Goldstein for Federal of- fice, reflecting as it must on the dignity of the Presidency. The kindest thing the Senate could do would be to quash the nomination. LIST| THEM, “How are those directors and officers who drink liquor going to answer the question of the men in their employ: ‘Why is that which is bad for our efficiency not just as bad for your efficiency?” “The plain people who have invested their earnings in these corporations are also asking these questions, and they have got to be an- swered.”—Bishop William Lawrence of Mi sachusetts, in his annual report to the Protes- tant Episcopal Diocesan Convention. “There are no greater violators of the Vol- stead act than those who voted for its enact- ment.”—Samuel Gompers, at the Madison Square Garden meeting called to protest against present Prohibition Law. It’s about time to show up some of the hypocrites who believe in Prohibition for oth- ers so long as they don’t have to practise it themselves, Name names, Let's have them listed. WHY: NOT COAL? “ePHE Supreme Court decision on the regulation of stockyards seems to'treat in a broad way the questions involved. The Court did not confine itself to a simple decision, but explained the rea- soning by which the conclusion was reached. The stockyards, Chief Justice Taft stated,\are not a place of rest, or final destination * * * but a throat through which the current flows.” From this the Court concluded that the business is interstate in character. Again the Court recognized that in the regu- latory act, Congress “treats the various stockyards of the country as great national public utilities to promote the flow of commerce and assumed that they conduct @ business affected by a public use of a national character and subject to national regulations, That it is a business within the power of regulation by legislative action needs no discussion.” This last quotation seems to be an admirable description of another great industry now in the public eye. The mining and distribution of coal is most cer- tainly “a business affected by a public use of a national character.” ‘There is strong sentiment in favor of declaring coal sypply a public utility. The Supreme Court seems almost to have in- vited coal regulation far in advance of anything we have had. Give that “Rough Guy,” Civic Virtue, time and he'll look more appropriate. Blowing dust and coal smoke will remove that look of purity and virtue. When he is gray and streaky perhaps he may be rechristened “City Government,” THE TRUCE. IN IRELAND. N proposing a truce De Valera expressed his own assurance that “peace can be obtained in Ire- land.” This, probably, was no more than a belated ad- mission that peace has got to be obtained, even if the great majority who want peace have to rise up and overwhelm the De Valera followers. When the truce committee got together, Com- mander O'Hegarty put the case bluntly and force- fully: “To me, civil war means not only that we do not maintain the republic but you break the country so thoroughly you end forever any idea of it, and England simply walks in, having her way as she never had it before.” A truce is a temporary victory for the Free State and for the treaty. A truce between the rival fect similar to the tygo factions of the Irish army is bound to have an ef- between Ireland and Brit- THE EVENING WORLD. FRIDAY, MAY 5, ain. The aggressor after the truce will assume the burden of wrongdoing. A truce continued means a peaceful election. De Valera knows a peaceful election will go against his party. In moving a truce he shows the discre- tion of defeat. If he proposes to continue the Re- publican movement it will have to be after the treaty is ratified and the Free State is in existence. A CLEARING PROSPECT, MONG the fourteen principles upon which the Transit Commission based its plan of transit reorganization when it outlined that plan last September were the two following: 9. That as rapidly as may be possible finan- cially full and continuous service be restored upon all of the lines, free transfers and post- poned repairs given proper attention, 10. That all train and car schedules "be so arranged as to provide adequately for the com- fort and convenient service of the travelling public at all hours of the day. The present week has shown how the Transit Commission is bearing in mind this part of its programme. In the commission's view it has become finan- cially possible for the Interborough by next Sep- tember to improve service to the extent of 360 more trains per day during non-rush hours and to begin ordering 350 new cars for future relief dur- ‘ing rush hours. The Interborough has accepted this view. : Next the commission has brought out the fact that for the nine months ending in March the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company has had a net income of $2,012,041, as against a deficit of $5,386,348 for the corresponding period of the preceding year. There is small doubt the Transit Commission will tell the B. R. T. what it has become financially possible to do in the way of providing additional comfort and convenience for Passengers on its lines, There is small likelihood the B. R. T. will hold out against the commission’s orders. The turn of the Manhattan Elevated is sched- uled for May 15, when its service will come under the eye of the commission. The surface lines will be up for inspection either then or shortly after. Meanwhile the Interborough sees a way to re- adjust its Manhattan Elevated lease and avoid a receivership, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com- pany may soon be getting such revenues that it , can move for the discharge of its receiver—and a restored 5-cent fare has suddenly come to seem sure, permanent and profitable. Who says there has been no progress toward solving the transit problem? Who says the Transit Commission is not moving steadily ahead, with a clearing prospect for its bigger readjustment plan? } IF YOUTH WILLS IT, PEAKING on “Courage,” Sir James M. Barrie told an audience of students at St. Andrew's University, Glasgow, that the world needs a “League of Youth” more than it needs a League of Nations. Better yet would be a League of Youth to vital- ize the existing League of Nations. Youth has the most to gain, as Sir James pointed out. Here in the United States it is significant that the young men and women of the colleges were, in general, the strongest supporters of Wilsonism. They are to-day. They can have their way if they have the will and the courage. Sir James:finds that one of the defects of the League of Nations is that it is run by elderly People. ; Here in the United States the League was ham- strung by the elders. It is for youth to have the courage of its convictions and stand for the inter- ests of a rejuvenated world. Youth can rule the League if it will ‘ ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz. The Duke of Wellington used to quote Tallyrand as saying that the test of @ diplomat was never to show in his face that he had been kicked behind, Re- ferred to the statesmen at Genoa, . By agreement there is to be no fighting until Mon- day in Ireland. “Hould on, byes, 'til I spit on me hands.” . It is good news that M. Jusserand is not to de re- cated, He would be Jonesome in Paris and Wash. ington would be desolate! - . The half-score of richest Americans above eighty are recorded as racing for the century mark. They do not appear round-shouldered under the burden of dollars. And yet what saith Shakespeare: “I; thou art rich, thou art poor. For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows, thou bearest thy heavy riches but a journey and death unloads thee.” . It may be parenthetically pointed out detween freezes that the lilacs are a-bloom in the land, The weather department and the agricultural department in the celestial regions never seem able to syn- chronize, . The Globe avers that William R. Hearst has “nig eye on the White House.” That isn’t so bad, as it is @ soft, gender optic; the thing to look out for is two extra ts arms with very prehensile digits, ” Romances Music Week! a el _, Industry tis > w, a’ By Winthrop Biddle. By John Cassel XV.—DIGGING UP PREHISTORIC CITIES FOR BUILDING MATERIAL ‘The eastern part of Asia Minor, in~ cluding the ruins of Babylon, of Suse, Ur of the Chaldees and Assur, com« tains inexhaustible deposits of brick, buried under the accumulating dust of from 8,000 to 7,000 years, Recent investigation has showg| that the walls of Babylon alone wor supply brick enough to replace every modern building in Asia Minor. These walls are 135% feet thick, Of thelr height it {s impossible to judge; bub Herodotus is authority for the atate- | ment that they were more than 100 feet high. The length of these walls: may be imagined when it is remembered that some estimates place the populatior of the walled city of Babylon at 20, 000,000 souls. That would make News York or London look like a subunt by comparison. Out of these deposits of brick, Im~ cluding those of the ruins of a dozom long-buried cities like Babylon, enter~ prising dealers in building materials in Asia Minor have been making for« tunes for centuries. The digging, trimming and sale of prehistoric bricks for use in modern structures is still a flourishing bust« ness. Sargon I.—the great legendary hero of Babylonia, a comparatively modern character, who lived back in 3,800 B. C.—had plenty of labor, both free and slave. Neither he nor any of tha other potentates of his dim epoch spared flesh, blood or tears in oity building. They built cities, and espectally city walls, to outlast time. The bricks made by their vast swarms of basi are as good to-day as they were thé > day they were placed in the walls. And the taskmasters of those remote days seem to have known all about the art of baking bricks, so that they would stay baked. Practically every city, village and caravanserai of roadside inn in Asia Minor is made of bricks dug from the ruins of ancient works of defense om monuments of pride. It is not unusual to find in Mesopo~ tamia, for instance, bricks {n the walla of peasant huts t:..t tear the stam and the name of Kings who It conquered, oppressed and ttn wend the way of all flesh and were forgotten ages ago. Diggers for universities, museums and scientific bodies have carried away caravan loads and ship cargoes of these mute reminders of past pas- sions, past glories and past aspira- tions. But the greater part of them by far has gone into the building of « squalid present upon the ruins of an amazing past. From Evening World Readers What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine menfal exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying te “ay much in few words. Take time to be brief. erty. Here it is limited to a certain industry, for a start. Tobacco, coffee, candy, &c., are reserved for later prohibition. A SIMPLETON. New York, May 1, 1922. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Ooprright, 1922, by Joba Biskn) HERE IS YOUR COLLEGE—PICK YOUR COURS - A least half of the letters that come to me contain inquiries as to the best way to obtain an education. They come from earnest and ambitious young men and women who feel that the lack of college training has tied them to drudgery for life. Earnestness and ambition are fine qualities, but unless they are accompanied by intelligence and observation they will count for but little. Education is merely a means of mental development. The wisest of instructors can do little more than show their pupils where knowledge is to be obtained and point out the best methods of securing it. This newspaper, if it is studied carefully from the first page to the last, will do almost as much for the student. It is, in the first place, a carefully compiled report of the progress of the human race. It furnishes an opportunity for the study of men and women by telling its readers what they are doing and thinking. The man or woman who has preserved every copy for the last eight years has a complete and fascinating history of the greatest war of all times. ! In its columns can be found the story of inventions and scientific discoveries, the best thought of the time, the re- views of the best books and the best dramas. The opinions of every mam of prominence in the world are recorded day by day. Whether ‘or not the reader agrees with its politics, he will find that it faithfully reports all political happenings, leaving him to draw his own conclusions about them. The careful student of this newspaper is receiving an education day by day, and an excellent edugation, He is brought into contact with the best minds of the world. The whole field of civilization is before him where he may choose. There are special pages for the business man, the student of politics and the baseball fan. This newspaper will do for you what a college will do— Psychoanalysis You and Your Mind By ANDRE TRIDON Free Discussion Helps, To the Editor of The Evening World: The greatest feature of modern Journalism to-day Is the establishment of public forums for the free discus- sion of everyday problems and events. The peoples of the world are con- fronted by difficulties and olistacles that can only be overcome through the mediums of free discussion and pub- lic The day of secret diplomacy is past, The birth of a new era dawns. w. R. THE INSANE WHO RECOVER. Our attitude to the man who was insane and has recovered from his ailment is stupid and cruel, and due to our profound tgnorance of the meaning of insanity, Any one who has seen a neurotic patient acquire slowly, gradually, a complete under- standing of the motives which had led him into his jnorbid condition forced to believe that after makings his recovery, the patient 1s probabl, saner than thousands of people who never “‘lost their minds." Recovery, from a severe neurosis means the ac- quisition of an enormous amount of insight into not only one’s psychology but into the psychology of one's asso= ciates as well. It means that the re~ covered patient has acquired rather robust mentality. Unfortunately at the present day the man who was unfortunate enough to require ‘mental treatment” in @ sanatorium or an institution for the insane, returns to his former envi~ ronment bearing a certain stigm: People are afraid of him and expect | him to ‘*go crazy" some time or other. ‘They may pretend to be kind, but they keep themselves at a distance. Sus~ picion gradually puts in its deadly work. When an entire community, treats us as though we were abnor, mal, we have a tendency to watch our, selves suspiciously and to wonder |] whether after all the community not justified in Its diagnosis, The tasks which face us are infinitely more difficult than the tasks which face others, Our progress is impeded at every step by the fact that “‘once we were Insane.” ‘This casts upon every, hour of our life a gloomy complexion. We live under a cloud. From whatever form of neurosis the patient may have recovered, melan. The “Ro x To the Editor of The Evening World: I have just had a glimpse of the “Rough Guy" stuck up in our beauti- ful City Hall Park. Although I do not agree with Mr. Hylan very often, [ must say he has a good eye when he declares the tough bum in marble is a monstrous waste of good money and material. The people who approve of this kind of junk should go abroad, visit Paris and get some {dea of the beauty of sculpture, both in the nude and otherwise. DISGUSTED INCOME TAX BOOB. New York, May 2, 1922. Bronx, April 30, 1922. The Machine Its Parts, To the Editor of The Evening World: There is a dangerous propensity at this time to squelch individuality amd subjugate free expression of thought by encouraging the idea that the mass can be benefited to a greater extent by working for the mass as a body, without regarding the more troublesome forms of caring for the individuat The parties back of this idea seem to forget that the machine can best work thai is strongest in each and every component part. Is the lust for self-glory cropping out tn certain channels along with other forms of modern excesses? WILLIAM REID. Bronx, May 2, 19: “The Roamers.” To the Editor of The Evening World: Out of the turmoil of the Shifters craze, which seems to be fast settling into the ‘Archives of Scandal,"’ germ- inates another organization, which promotes good-fellowship among two- fisted men only, This new, mysteri- ous and very exclusive order bears the title, The Roamers,” and is be- lieved to have been originated ‘in the Isle of Bimint, although this is not certain; however, the spirit has gained a strong foothold here in the East, especially among the Smart Pacers of Montclair, N. J. Their emblem is a chain of wire paper clips, worn across the vest, dis- playing a charm bearing the word Roame: Although their secret @odes and superstitions are jealously guarded, they advertise that all mem- bers of the Shifters are barred from hibition, To the Editor of The Evening World: The present Russian Government transferred all possessions into pub- lic ownership. This is the main rea- son preventing ognition, Espe- clally the United States Government declines to have any intercourse with people who have other conceptions of property rights than those now exist-Jtnis order, and the mode of a hand-|% if you will use it as your college. It cannot shut you up in cholle, slant OF pexers, wilt now 3 ah is di ded. that Russia meaity ete ee ener meet, ia.to ex-| 2: a classroom and force you to study. It does not quiz you on 3) eee cee eited by the community, is demanded that Russia mi tend the hand and, instead of clasp- . But it offers 7 ES EIES Be ae: | her ideas, compensate, or, better yet, |ing, to pass same through each other's what you have learned. jut it o you many courses, on a footing of perfect equality, | reinstate the foreign investors, After this is done admission to the commu- nity of nations would be possible. But—In the United States the pro- ducing and selling of wino, beur, &c., wi legitimate business, Many millions of dollars have been invested in this industry and many thousands of people Worked in it for a living. Suddenly Prohibition is introduced. That means the property in this in- dustry is made worthless or much reduced in value and the workers are put on the street. As far as I know nothing was said about compensation for the owners or help for the jobless workers. Probably there are foreign investors in this industry, too. Could not, for and a chance to specialize in any one you prefer, giving you much information in your specialty and poinfing out where the remaining information you require may be obtained, ‘The recovered insane should betake themselves to an entirely new envi- ronment where people are ignorant of their past and where they can start ® | life over again, Returning to the en- vironment which made one insane is) a dubious experiment which may lead arm to the other fellow'’s hip pocket, where, if the treasure is found, he does a Houdini. T. A.D. Brooklyn, May 1, 1922. | i { “Crowded Off the Earth,” To the Editor of The Evening World: In the miniature house in which we live we feel that we are being crowded off the earth. As rents go up the size of houses comes down. The stagna- tion of business, the crime wave and ten thousand other ills from which we suffer are all results of these unjust laws, Men can be even more secure er Tay in the possession of their homes than| T° gigantic C they are to-day, for under the single} one of the Seven Wonders of the tax, as long as you pay the com-| World (ancient), was a statue of process which lasted for twelve years, and was finished in 280 B. C. oc 8 The Colossus of Rhodes was over 100 feet high, and its thumb was so large that @ man could not clasp It with his arms, It cost 300 talents, but sixty years after its erection was shattered by an earthquake, After lying on the ground for centuries it was removed, the meta] that com- posed it loading 900 camels. are settled for the inmates, United Feature Syndiea ty Albert P. Southwic! Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening ern ‘by Press Publishing Co. their coats that they might flee the faster. “Jeroboam of claret” is a phrase} frequently occurring in the works off Sir Walter Scott, It is understoo . the British G . in| munity for the privilege of holdi laced to bestride the entrance cas to mean a large bottle, but the exac ely of thei mailotin ites 4 zoe corn ees the ind you polls oie area It is said to have been} ““Loose-Coat Field” was the name| contents are not known, It has been compensation, just as against Rus 2] none could disturb or make you afraij,| commenced by Chares of Lindus, a fa-| given to the Battle of Stanford, Eng-|stated that “a magnum (of claret) In my opinion there is no differ-| The rich are now in constant fear of] mous pupil of Lysippus, and was|land, in 1470, so-called because the} was two bottles; a tappit her ence in principle, only in degree. Int¥he man who knocks at their doors| completed by Laches. It w men led by Lord Wells, being at-|botties; a jeroboam, six bofG ii med Russia all the owners lost their prop- after dusk. of metal cast in separate pie’'s, @ f CAE at tacked by the Yorkists, threw off this is mot absolute autho;