The evening world. Newspaper, May 18, 1922, Page 26

nonismemngioncinitiate ane: | 2 | ener we WSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER (Published Dally Except Sunday by The Press Publibhing Company. Nos. to 63 Park Row, New York RALPH PULITZER, President, 63 Park Row. « J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasuror, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER, Secretary, 63 Pa MEMBER OF THE ASS ‘The Associated Prem ts exclusively entitled to the use for republication @f Ail news Geepatches credited to it or not, otherwise credited in this paper Gnd also the local mews pubitsmed herein. THE_OLD GUARD REELS. ITH the returns almost complete, it is evi- dent that Gifford Pinchot won the nomi- nation for Governor as well as the honor of wreck- ing the Republican political machine in Penn- sylvania. The Republican nomination in Pennsylvania has always been equivalent to election. It is likely to be so this yeat. Pinchot will probably be the next Governor and the machine will have two years in which to practise the sabotage of government. But whatever the results for Pennsylvania, the Indiana and Pennsylvania primaries have been encouraging for other States. If it is possible to break the machine in’ In- diana and in Pennsylvania, it is possible to do so anywhere. “Tuesday,” as Senator Moses laconically ad- mitted, “was a bad day for us Tories.” “Steel dinners” with Mr. Gary in attend-' ance were regular procedure several years ago. But they were abandoned for fear of prosecution. AS BETWEEN GOVERNOR AND MAYOR. OV. MILLER’S speech in Brooklyn last night was packed with sound reasoning and sense. It was the kind of talk the people of this city need just now to help them think straight about matters of deep concern to them. It again ex- plained the reasons for State initiative in the direction of transit reorganization and port de- velopment with a clearness at once reassuring and convincing. . : Referring to the realization that has at last dawned upon “some gentlemen arotnd the City Hall” that they must do something besides obstruct the move for transit relief, the Governor said: }) “At last they talk about.a plan. Let the plan + be brought forward. Let it be examined upon its merits, and I am sure that no pride of opinion and no pride of authority will prevent * the Transit Commission from taking the best ~ plan that anybody, either in or out of office, {can devise or present.” {Contrast this with the Hylan attitude that what- ever the State or the Transit Commission do is wrong before they do it. ‘ }On the question of meeting urgent needs of the Gity of New York, where, as between the Mayor and the Governor, are the real politics, the real prejudice, the real obstinacy and rancor that impede and delay relief? +A majority of the people of New York are in- telligent and fair enough to be capable of making up their minds on the evidence now before them. + What is more, they are doing it. PRESIDENT HARDING'S GOOD SENSE. RESIDENT HARDING was both sensible and modest when he requested the Shipping Board not to change the name of the “Leviathan” to the “President Harding.” In rejecting the honor, he showed better judgment than those who would have forced it on him. _ The “Leviathan” was the “Leviathan” in time of war. The name is familiar to thousands who harbor intimate memories of joys and sorrows connected with the big ship. The “Leviathan” is a part of our national history. ‘ “Bureaucrats have no right to pay political compliments when this is done at the expense of the sentiments of many people. If the name “President Harding” would result in economies or add another knot to the speed of the vessel or lower the rate of insurance, then perhaps senti- ment would have to go. Until there is a good reason for changing the name, President Harding is righf in saying that the “Leviathan” might better tmain the “Leviathan.” NO MORE SEPARATE FAME FOR THE SEXES. HE Hall of Fame will no longer be divided according to sex. The Senate of New York University has removed the discriminating rule that placed women on a purely feminine roll of fame. This decision is both wise and timely. It is in accord with the spirit of the time Fame is not a personal matter. Fame does not depend on sex but rather on service. Fame grows out of the community, not out of the individual, Enrolment in the Hall of Fame is a tribute from the many, not an achievement by the one. There is no real distinction between masculine fame and feminine fame except that by outworn custom and tradition women have been forced to serve more conspicuously than men in order to gain the recognition that leads to fame. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Lyon, Emma Willard, Alice Freeman Palmer, Frances Eliza- beth Willard, Marig? Mitchell and Charlotte ' cope with foreign articles. To scale up the tariff _THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1922. Saunders Cushman have already been placed on the feminine roll of honor. Few will deny their right to fame without qualification or distinction. They won their laurels fairly in times when femi- ninity was a handicap. More honor to them. Admission to the women’s room in the Hall of Fame has been the greater mark of renown. Now that the world has rejected some of these dis- criminations it is perhaps unfair to the men to ; | en draw sex distinctions. Hf Y PRIMARIES Unwieldy China — By Mauber! St. Georges Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) by Press Publishing Co. COMMERCE. The Chinese are a commercial race. Ingrained in them by countless gene- rations of bargaining is the desire for gain. If a transaction of any kind is made by a Chinaman, it is certain that he is making a profit. Moreover, no nation on earth is as tenacious of its customs as the Chinese, As a re- sult, busiaess is carrfed on in a manner " well-nigh impossible for the average fi Western nerchant to understand. No matter where any goods come from, no matter where they are bound, merchandise entering China is handled by the Chinese themselves. Practically all the foreign merchants in China have their native compra- dore through whom all transactions with the Chinese are made. Very often these deals are not profitable to the merchant, but the compradore always makes his commission, and whether the foreigner makes money, or not the native is sure to get rich. Suppose » Chinaman wants to in- stall some new machinery. He goes to one of these middlemen and asks him to buy for him, The middleman goes to a fore!,sner with his order and gets @ very good commission from both buyer and seller. In his own interest he orders whatever is most expensive regardless of requirements. General- ly the manufacturer knows quite well that .the goods will be unsuitable, but what does he care? Complaints may be made, but he is certain to get his money in the end, And so it is a common thing to see expensive ma- chinery rusting and rotting in the open, a result of the modern methods imported by the Chinese. Such is the new commerce that the foreigner can see in China these days. Luckily, however, it affects only a small part of the people, that part which, living on the coast, has ras been Westernized. The great majority of the people, however, live inland and these, lit- tle farmers and merchants, carry on their business with but scant inter- est for the politics that cause so much excitement among their more civil- ized brethren. These people have evolved among themselves an eco- nomic system that has been work- ing efficiently for centuries. Neglected by their Government, looked upon by local officials as fit C only for taxation, they have been forced to help themselves. They have brought into existence a highly or- ganized banking system, credit is ex- tensively used and pawning is con- sidered a reputable means of obtain- ing money. Most interesting of all are their voluntary loan associations. Having nothing to offer as security for a loan that would enable them to venture to enlarge their affairs, half a dozen men who have an insignificant yearly sur- plus of say $100 will pool this into one sum. Then they will take turns year- ly at using the total sum, each guar- anteeing to refund the amount at the end of the year. It is these men who have given the Chinaman the reputation of being honest in his affairs, honorable in his transactions and prompt in his payments. Even to-day, in spite of G the disorganization that might give him an excuse to be otherwise, he maintains his reputation for com- mercial integrity and remains aloof from the civilizing influence that seems to have seized the small group of politicians, soldiers and traders on the coast. IN TIME! HE news that Mr. Hearst is going abroad next week has conjured up many visions. One of the most vivid is that of a Democratic politician who “visions” Mr. Hearst's return and thus describes it to the Times: “I can see a pier full of up-State Democrats drummed together by Mr. Conners and his lieutenants, their travelling expenses paid out of a campaign fund that undoubtedly is ample. T can see them waving American flags and cheer- ing their heads off for the man who in years past has left nothing undone to hurt the Dem- ocratic Party by besmirching {ts candidates, both before and after election. Undoubtedly there will be bands too. And Hearst may get the nonfination, but if he does, election will bring the usual result when he is running. There will be no bands, no waving of flags, no cheers for Hearst then—onfy gloom.” That is a vision to which the Democratic Party in this State should lift its eyes and ask itself: Is this a year for New York Democrats to split their forces and go dangling after false gods? Is this a year for the party to muddle aims and wreck prospects? When all over the country oppo: tunity is call- ing to Democrats to grip their principles, close their ranks and march forward, is the party in this State to be rent asunder and go to pieces? 1922 in New York: Democracy lost in demagogy. Let New York Democrats get that vision clear and in time—to sicken of it! A HINT FROM JAPAN. CCORDING to the Trans-Pacific Magazine, the Japan Trading Association has been memorializing the Tokio Parliament in an effort to remedy the same sort of conditions that pre- vail in the United States. The association calls for an effort to lower prices and, to bring this about, it urges that de- flation be expedited by making investments abroad and that the embargo on exporting gold be abrogated. : The association also condemns the policy of protecting home industries, saying: “If the imports of foreign gopds continue to be obstructed in one way or another, the time will never come when home-made goods may From Evening World Readers What kind o: letter do you find moet readable? Ten’t it the one that gives the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying te ay much in few words. Take time to be briet. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Copyright, 1922, by John Blake.) on imports recklessly is not advisable.” Commended to the Statesmen at Washington! Police Parade. P. Burris of the University of Cin- To the Editor of The Evening World: cinnat! in a letter to Hugh S. Magill A wounded ex-soldier, now a mem-jand Dr. George D. Strayer of ber of the Police Department, wrote|the N. BE. A. He said that the Presi- dent in his inaugural address and in an article in The Evenink World a few] i arnt megenge to the Sixty-Seventh days ago complaining of the fact that|Gongress committed himself to the ex-service men in the department were| establishment of a Department of “mingled all through the platoons and| Public Welfare, with a Cabinet ‘ “ : officer to head up the divisions of aren't even noticed’ when they should) wgucation, public health, social ser- have the honor due them in the police] vice and veteran service. The place parade. of education in our Federal Govern- There is no honor due any ex-service| ment would be greatly improved by this arrangement, and if this is as man in the police force because of his/ra, as the present Administration ts previous occupation. The policeparade|wiing to go I think we should is not for the purpose of dixplay-|cheerfully accept it, otherwise the “service men but to dieplay| Probabilities are that nothing what- Ing the ex-sorviee men but to display | Ever will be done during. this session the members of the force. No ex-1o¢ Congress, so far as ‘education is soldier will be honored in the Police| concerned. Department unless he performs the| It is certain that no amount of ; pressure can now bring about the duties or acts that deserve meritorious os ze of the Sterinig-Towner bill. rewards, The members that were dec-|'\” recent action has made this im- orated on the police parade day are| possible. the honor men, whether they be ex-] Let there be no more large pub- soldiers or not. licity funds or paid propagandists, Many ex-soldiers secm to think that|let there be no more bills so drawn their previous service is indispensable] as to attract support and resolutions to the police force. That is not so,jof endorsement through bribery. Let and the sooner they forget they were|there be no alliance which provokes soldiers and understand they are po-[ sectional, partisan or sectarian bit- licemen the better for the city and the] terness. A plan which {s consistent efficiency of the ‘police force. j@vith the traditions and spirit of our Our friend the ex-soldier wishes to} American Institutions will not need let the public know that among the] any of these things to secure adop- tail end of the parade there were some} tion, and if the Nation is to serve of the real soldiers. The citizens of] education best and be best served by New York are rt looking for soldiers] it the plan must be one which unites in their police parade, but are looking|us and does not divide us. Any plan for POLICEMEN. Of course, our] which tends to destroy our national friend might medn the police reserves,| unity with respect to this matter ts but we citizens of this Gotham do not| bound to be disastrous. classify them as real policemen, but JOHN T. McCAFFREY. rather among the soldier class. Fraunces's Tavern, May 17, 1922. The police parade was as ever an] May 17, 1922. great event. We New Yorkers may be proud of our “‘cops’’ because they usu- A Suggestion. ally live up to our expectations. The] To the Editor of The Evening World: few months that have passed have re-] y¢ Mr, William Sinclair, who asked vealed the bravery among the New] 4, the names of the Congressmen York police and the sacrifice they have made In their duties. May the citizens] WhO voted for and against the Vol- sustain them in the enforcement of the] stead act, will send one dollar to the laws, Association Against the Prohibition Let us salute those of the “cops” eee ce thut have paid the supreme sacrifice.) Amena™ « Madieos Ave. May their memory ever be green, and| nue he will be kept informed. as 9 may the Eternal God have mercy upon] member who the wet and dry candi- their souls when they reach that great] dhtes are. Join us. beyond from whence there is no re-| A WOMAN MEMBER, turning. J. O, JOHNSON. New York City, May 14, 1922. LOOKING AHEAD. “Where there is no vision,” says the Book of Proverbs, “the people perish.” To which Ecclesiasticus adds: “Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt not be amiss.” Through the history of the world it has been the few men of vision that have done the planning. The rest of the people walked in the ways that the planners set for them. Just now the world seems without a plan for the future, but men of vision will be‘found, as they always have been found, to supply one. It is when vision is lacking, when the people get con- fused as to the ways they should take, that wars arise and populations are destroyed and the seeds of hatred and bit- terness are sown. The world has passed through such a time, but is hap- pily out of it. What we are concerned with in these articles is the individual, rather than the world. It is for the editorial writers, not for us, to comment on statecraft and the trend of the times. But what is true of the world is true of the individual. Vision is as necessary to the single struggling human being as it is to a hation or to a whole world. He who remembers the end, no matter what he has taken in hand, shall not be amiss, whether he is building a dog kennel or a bridge over the widest river in tho world. He must, while his hands are employed on the part of the work before them, keep in hig thought the whole that is to be completed. He must know what he intends to do in the end before he makes his beginning, or all his efforts will be in vain. Vision is merely looking ahead and planning for the future. We cannot foresee accidents or upheavals of nature or the weather of year after next. But if we could not see into the future at all we should get nothing accomplished. . The men who built the Pyramids were able to picture them as they stood completed before the first stone ‘wag dragged to its position on the sands. : The men who founded the American Nation—which is the newest of the great nations—could see much of its future and were able to provide for it a Constitution which has needed but little change. Letting to-morrow take care of itself is a foolish policy. Our work is to-day, but if we do not try to make to-morrow what it should be, we shall have no vision and, nation or individual, we shall perish. . GOOD POLICE WORK. HE cordon of more than 300 policemen thrown around and into a block of build- ings on Fifth Avenue where burglars were known to be working was a good thing in that it re- sulted in the capture of four burglars. It was an even better. thing as a demonstra-\ tion to strike terror—and caution—into the minds of the criminally minded. New York unques- tionably has the men to make successful war on criminals. Would-be burglars will think tWice before walking into the possibility of such a trap. Best yet, though, for the average New Yorker, is evidence that the direction of the police force has improved. The police seem to have had some advance notice of the burglary plan and to have prepared an effective lesson for the thieves. A few more lessons of this sort, coupled with prompt trial and severe punishment, may con- vince thugs that New York is an unsafe locality for their business. We should be as quick to commend good police preparation as to .condemn the “no crime wave” fairy tales of the past. From Nature’s Past: % w Yor 5 regs 2m, Gig En Sasang oe THE DUCK-BILLED DINOSAUR. One of the creations of early artists of fancy was a huge lizard-like animal with the bill of a duck. Such an animal did exist, however. The best evidence that it roamed this con- tinent millions of years ago is its “mummy" skeleton in the Museum of Natural History. In this amazing exhibition the epi- dermis is plainly to be seen, “‘shrunk- en around the limbs, tightly drawn along the bony surfaces and con- tracted like a great curtain below the chest area,"’ as Professor Henry Fair- field Osborn puts it. This extinct creature, of which the scientific name !s ‘‘trachodon,”’ or “rough-tooth,’’ was discovered in an astonishingly. complete form by @ famous fossil hunter, Charles H. Sternberg, in Kansas. Any one who has seen a duck nibbling at the bottom of a pond with his bill can imagine the use to which the trachodon put the same kind of bill, many times larger than that of the justly celebrated Long Island bird. MONEY TALKS By HERBERT BENINGTON. WATCH YOUR STEP, ‘After all that has been said and written during the past years about speculation, “bucket shops” and the ( foolishness of buying stocks in vision- ary oll and mining companies from a smooth-talking salesman, we find that in lesa than a year hundreds of millions of dollars have been lost by the public in “bucket ‘shops” and “sucker” oll companies, ‘There are two facts which) if con- sidered, would have prevented this wholesale banditry. A company which promises exorb) tant dividends on their stocks would ] not do so if there was one chance in a hundred of their being paid because they would ‘certainly keep all the stock themselves if there was a | ACHES AND PAINS A Disjointed Column by John Keetz, There was a good deat of pinch in Pinchot, also a lot of pep in Pepper. See the Pennsylvania primary returns, . And now the modest dandelion becomes an outiaw! The Volsteaders have ruled that it;is not a fruit, and therefore it cannot be converted into tonic legally. Why be 80 particular? Remember the British rait way guard who held that “frogs is toads, but turtles is insects.” The next thing in order will be @ law making it illegal to let a yellow blossom bloom on the lawn, , ° Lively conversationalists are sometimes accused of possessing rubber tongues. Truth now beats jiction with a real rubber tongue restoring lost speech to an afflicted French soldier, Man will soon be almost ma. The Cornersione. ‘yo the Editor of The Evening World ‘As the “silly season" will soon be ‘Te Sterling-Towner BIL To the Editor of The Evening World ‘The advocates of the Sterling-| here, may I not ask the following From the Wise Buy land that slopes toward the centre and marry a girt whose True modesty avoids everything | mother is good. dest; —Japanese proverb. chance of big profits, ching: mata pt Towner educational bill, the essence} question re the statement of President| that ie criminal; false modesty Di proverb, The second fact is that the thing Paderatis = i ionable. her gocs 80 often to the |is so rottenly risky that they cannot é » [of which is to Federalize education] Harding, who 's quoted as follows:| everything that is unfashi The pitcher goes s n oe eee aan ant fin The old rule for a happy home was “feed the brute.” | cughout the United Stutes and| +The home ts the cornerstone of our 8 —Addison. | water that it comes home broken at | Set any fo° ance it and Now comes a good clergyman who advises frequent osculation. they therefore have to hold up prom- ises of wealth to the unsuspecting make a czar of the Secretary of] cyitigation.” That being true, why do last,—Proverb. Education, who would be in absolute We tell. our triumphs to the ve tax (penalize) the home builder ; ae : | public, whereas if it were a good 4 conjrel. gf all funda and tn cose any] Pi ae the land uae "| crowd but our own hearts are the Iie Re Goeia work He wlth atone) Proposition plenty of wealthy men Why should brick be so scarce? According to Pre Buus: oid ust Ho pomtelies ay he]and INTELLIGENT. | Sole confdants of our sorrows if man’s, it will perish. would willingly finance it for lese aes would w id honey from it, re- . re reverb. hibitionisi, not nearly so many fll hats ae of yore, Selved @ severe “Jolt” trom Dean W, @rooklys, May 19, 1924. —Bulwer Lytton. ‘ German proverb. tual reture (Rep shag pete ” , , - aw re ‘ a — > pre penance hat at Maar int oa i ra RE aay Apa Git denM NE