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Fulcon oe. a LONDON, 20 Cockspur Bt, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republi- stion of all news despatches credited to ft or not otherwise credited this paper, and also the local news published herein IN AN EMERGENCY. . tr. the face of public hardships thréatened by a continuance of the anthracite coal strike, Gov Miller asks the Legislature of the State of New York not to put the State into the coal business but to create an agency that “shall have power enough to make it unnecessary for the State to go into the coal business.” This agency the Governor proposes in the form of “a single-headed fuel administration with adequate power to supervise, regulate and control the distribution, use, sale and price of all fuel.” The Governor holds that the threatened cual shortage constitutes an emergency amply justity- ing the exercise of the State’s police power “to protect the public health and promote the gen- eral welfare.” He points to the decisions of the Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court upholding such exercise of power under the emergency of the housing shortage. He sa “The public cannot be left to the mercy of any class group or individual, however good their motives. Price fixing is contrary to all eco- nomic laws, but economic laws do not operate in an emergency such as we are dealing with.” Goy. Miller has the people of the State behind him in his estimate of the need and in his recom- mendation of means for meeting it The Legislature will only express the popular will in promptly carrying out the Governor's plan. ys: On second thought the Harding Administra- tion has decided not to operate the railroads. Or it may be the seventh or eleventh thought. The rapid changes are confusing. THE REAL CONTROLLERS OF : RAILROADS. HAIRMAN DOWD of the Central Strike + Committee describes the Association of Railway Executives as “a union more dangerous than any labor union could ever be.” He asks the Senate to investigate. ‘ Mr. Dowd doesn’t go deep enough. The Rail- way Executives are only hired men. The rail- roads are the victims of absentee landlordism that concentrates power in the hands of an active group of minority stockholders who exercise power out of all proportion to their investments. One of the most shameful passages in our re- cent industrial history emphasized this fact. When Secretary Hgover came to New York with President Harding's first proposal for set- tling the strike he addressed a secret meeting of a dozen or a score of financiers before he trans- mitted the proposals to the assembled executives. It is no secret that a few great financial houses ting through representatives on the boards of a few great trust and insurance companies are able to determine the policies of these companies. These in turn hold active minority control of railroad stocks and so dictate the policies the Tailroad executives must follow. If the Railway Executives had been free agents, the history of the strike might have been different. Or if Mr. Hoover had been able to persuade the financiers, he would have encoun. tered a different reception at the meeting of the Managers. Chairman Dowd would have a stronger case if he went to the roots of the trouble The Asso- ciation of Railway Executives has considerably less freedom of action than any labor union. MONEY THAT'S NOT MONEY. ROM some of the German industrial fairs it is reported that sellers are declining to quote prices in paper marks and demand gold or the equivalent on orders. In international trade, too, the German paper mark is not favored and sales are reported with quotations in dollars or the relatively stable pounds sterling. It might prove better for Germany if this Process continued, It is not impossible that Ger- man, Russian and Austrian paper monies may become completely worthless and gradually drop out of circulation because no one is willing to accept them in trade for valuable commodities. This might even result without formal repudia- tion by the Governments. Whenever the Gov- _ ernment itself refuses to accept this waste paper for taxes, freight bills, &c., it will cease to have value and will then resemble Confederate cur- rency of the Civil War period Such action would be a confession of bank- ruptey—after the fact. The next steps would be barter, use of sound foreign currencies, recogni- tion of these currencies by the bankrupt Govern- ments, Finally there might be the building up of sys- tems of commodity currencies, which, whatever the objections in nations where currency is “sound,” would be vastly better than printing press money. Russia has already gone a long way in this direction in floating a “bread loan.” The tobog- ganing mark indicates that Germany may soon follow the Russian example INTO A THICKET. VEN for Mayor Hylan’ transit plan would have been better if it wn purposes, his had taken more pains to conceal its primary aim of trying to snuff out the Transit Commission The Mayor's path too obviously leads straight into a thicket of politics and litigation dense enough to appal the stoutest hearts. The people of this city want transit relief. But they don't want to tear to pieces the Constitution of the State to get it They want new subways and reorganized tran- sit. But they don’t want to have to wait for them through years of long-drawn-out lawsuits. The Mayor offers them a rosy picture of a municipally owned and operated transit system that disposes of all other existing transit facilities by the simple process of pushing them off the map. The Mayor talks lightly of replacing legis- lators and recasting the whole theory of the rela- tion of State to city Government in this Com- monwealth. The people of New York know what such talk means. They know existing transit franchises cannot be relegated to limbo without long and costly contests in the courts. They know a Legislature cannot be made over to fit a new transit policy without putting the whole transit issue where it becomes the football of politics. They know the principle that a city derives its power from the State is not to be overturned in a day or a year merely to give Mayor Hylan the joy of annihilating the present Transit Com- mission. Knowing these things, intelligent citizens of New York will follow the Transit Commission into an immediate, orderly programme of transit adjustment rather than stumble with Mayor Hylan toward the thickest tangle of litigation that ever led in the opposite direction from relief. Where the Mayor talks merely transit routes he is worth listening to. Where he talks political routes for circumvent- ing the Transit Commission, he is the devil's guide. His whole plan becomes a mirage to lure tran- sit sufferers into a wilderness of waiting. In Sullivan and Delaware Counties, in this State, a movement is under way which, if suc- cessful, is likely to spread. State patrols are travelling the State high- ways levelling the unsightly billboards that line the road. The basis of action is the claim that _ these signs distract the attention of drivers and 80 cause accidents. Abolition of billboards has been tried and has failed on aesthetic grounds. If the “safety first” movement will do the work, the aesthetes may well swing all the supporting strength they can muster, ACHES AND PAINS In addition to promulgating the scandalous theory that we are descended from monkeys, Dr. Charles Darwin wrote these awful lines: “Hear the pretty ladies talk, Tittletattle, tittle-tattle, Like their patters as they walk, Pittlepattle, pittle-pattle.” Defending himself from the charge that he owes his fortune to Wall Street operations, Frank A, Munsey avers that it is all due to his own ezertions and “the $40 capital” he brought with him to New York trom Maine forty years ago, Here we scent the improbable. How did he get $40 in Maine and how did he get away with it if his departure was regular? This is the place where the inquiry ought to begins Henry Ford continues to exude industria’ common sense, When things become uncomfortable or extor- tionate he shuts down, No cure like it! . Cabbages $1 per barrel wholesale, from 10 to 95 cents per head retail. No wonder truck farmers are sometimes called “cabbageheads,.” . Whatever “plan” finally prevails in subway building, we hope it will so arrange it that the crowds will quit bumping into each other. JOHN KEETZ. i \ All Ready! — EN PPT EPR PG RISERS THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, AUGUST a9, 1922, com COPY ht, 1922, (New York Evening World) By Preas Pub. Co limiting Auto Speeds. To the Editor of The Evening World As a reader of your paper, and knowing your stand in the help and protection of the public, I would sug- gest that you adopt a campaign for the curtailment of automobile acci- dents through the United States of America, After witnessing the sad results of such an accident in this neighborhood yesterday, only one of many in this district caused through driving at high speed, whereby the driver loses temporary control; and as these acci- dents become more and more numer- ous weekly it is evidently time that drastic action was taken to stop this reckless loss of life. Therefore I would like to see you take up this matter and push it hard. All engines should be throttled down to 25 or not more than 30 miles an hour, which speed is quite fast enough for safety. This to my thinking ts the only ef- fective way of stopping reckless and thoughtless drivers. It would check the pernicious habit of one car doing its 60 miles to overtake and pass an- other car. ‘Also {t would hold in check the per- son who 4s out for unlawful gain, as he would know that the police had a faster machine than his and would overtake him before he got far. The present laws of 15 miles in towns could be better enforced for the same reason. Think it over. FOR SAFETY. Nominating Mr, Luann, To the Editor of The Evening World Relative to the numerous guberna- torlal aspirants, may I ask why we poor, misguided yoters must perpetu- ally abide by the dictates of political charlatans who manipulate the desti- nies of our public affairs, assign can- didates, distribute patronage and otherwise perform all our civic duties, depriving us of privileges, except two —voting and paying taxes? Assuming that the: if-appointed arbiters of our present and future problems offered a candidate of dubi- ous Americanism, questionable char- acter and narrow-chested intellect, for the stewardship of the State, what would our objections amount to The fact that we would not vote for the loathsome creature would not register financial loss to the jugglers of can- didacies nor minimize the prestige gained by the nominee whieh, in real- ity, was about all he ever to attain. In other words, win; tail, you lose.” Great game, is it not? Lincoln emane!pated the Negro race, but New York voters are still smart- ing under the whip of slave drivers camouflaged as political leaders, and if real Jefferson Democrats do not seme to the rescue while the coming 4 From Evening World Readers What Kind of letter do you find most readable? that gives the worth of a thousand Words in a couple of hundred’ There is fine mental exercise and a lot ot satisfaction in trying fo say much in few words, Take time to be brief. Isn’t it the one is good, Thomas Jefferson himself will rise from his tomb to denounce these counterfeit Democrats who, under the legitimate emblem of the people's party, have grown fat, rich and bold, but utterly useless to and unhonored by mankind, Come, Jeffersonians, if you are sick of the Hearstonian doctrines, sick of Alphonse-Gaston brand of Democracy, sick of the secret manoeuvring and conglomeration of popular but insin- cere expressions of that sort of devo- tion which only ward politicians of mature experience can negotiate and “get away with,"’ wake up and help save the real Democratic Party from perdition, A leader is needed—let us invoke the intervention of a big man, one with the right kind of political assets, one that has imbibed deeply in the fountain of knowledge of man- kind, one whose loyalty was tried and not found wanting. Former Goy, Smith, for instance, would be our man, but, due to the possible war of vilification waged against him by the organizers of the party, which is sui to occur in the event of Mr. Smith's being nominated, we must depend on the Hon. George R. Lunn of Schenec- tady, who is immune from such at- tacks. ‘ Mr. Lunn, like our “Al,” has learned in the classroom of Professors Fair and Square how to conquer civic difficulties without any sacrifice to self-respect, without appropriating other people's virtues and without loading trouble on other people’, shoulders or assuming a burlesq| characterization of general publ benefactor. Mr. Lunn js undoubtedly the finest gubernatorial timber avail- able, so let us get together and follow him through the path of harmony which is the only road that leads vo victory. WALTER RIGGER. uple to e¢ Women, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World If your cook leaves you at 10 A, M., between breakfast and the noon meal, leaving the dishes dirty and the kitchen a mess. And you hire to do the work an other cook, who qualifies and serves in spite of tbe brickbats hurled by her predecessor picketing your front rate. ‘And after six weeks’ inability to shut off your meals, the cook who left wants you to take her back and discharge the other who came to help you, saying that she “had not quit your service but had merely sus. pended work and is still in your em ploy with her rights untmpaired’*— THAT explains the issue of to-day between the railroad managements id the striking shopmen, The women can understand, if the men, particularly the politicians, can ven + COMMUTE! South Norwalk, Aug 1922, ee ee en ete UNCOMMON SENS: By John Blake (Ooprright. 1922, by John Biared THE DETOUR. The automobilists who refuse to take detours never travel far. They are unpleasant of course. They are slow going -often very bad going. Cars may bog down and stick. ometimes they are actually dangerous. But they are the only way to get there. All detours are not on highway. There are, a great many of them in life. You can take them or stay where you are or go back. Neither of the latter courses help very much toward advancement. _. Aclerk in an office gets along as far as a clerk can go. There is a road to promotion on ahead. He can see itplainly enough—too plainly, sometimes. People are travelling along it and making very good They seem to be very happy and he envies them. But he forgets too often that they all had to take a detour to get there. The detour route was not attractive. ping to learn more about the business. It means a great deal of extra effort—reading new books, perhaps going to a business school at night. It meant a great sacrifice of time and freedom. But the people who went ahead took it just the same. And now they are on the open road ahead, and the clerk is where he is, or going back. A man now at the head of a great and successful con- cern was getting eighty-five dollars a month as a railroad draughtsman when he got out of technical school. Eighty-five dollars a month was all the railroad he was working for paid draughtsmen. To get on another and better “road” necessitated a time. It involved stop- detour, He found one that’paid only twelve dollars a week, but offered experience in a line he knew was full of opportunity. He took the detour, found it hard going, of course, but kept at it. Now he is out out on the open road, where the going is smooth. It is a good road, and he will need to take no more detours. But if he hadn't taken that one he would still be working with a T-square and a drawing board for a railroad at eighty- five dollars a month. ‘he detour was worth taking. —————— [appear in time formed two elements in Ti > 99|| | defeating Napoleon at Waterloo on atsa act June 18, 1815. By Albert P. Southwick CONSHEN: yy Brees Publishing Co. a feces In some parts of Great Britain land {s still sold by “inch of candle." This was the ancient form of auctioneering. was a name/Candles of inch length were provided and when they were completely burned the bidding was closed, a es Tin was found in England by the Phoenicians before the Christian Era; in Germany in 1241; in Barbary, Af- rica, in 1640, “Marshal Forwards’ given to Blucher (1742-1819) the Ger- man military commander, so called for his dash in battle and the rapidity of his movements in the campaign of 1813. A combination of pis military sugacity and the failure of Grouchy to The Nations and Their Musie By Augustus Perry Wass Copyright, 19 ow York Ev World Publishin POLAND. The formation of a new Poland brings to mind her past sorrows and glories. Polish genius has manifested itself more in music than in any other art. Her greatest eenown was gained during the last part of the nineteenth century, through her wonderful mu- siclat™ They have woven her glori- ous but pathetic history imperishably into their compositions. Songs and dances are an essential part of life in this land. All the oo- cupations of the peasants are accom- panied by singing. A popular dance of the people is the Krakowlak (from the district of Cracow). It Is performed by many couples, who stop at intervals before the musicians, and, in turn, sing @ a little ditty set to the dance tune which is being played. Thus singing is as- ciated with dancing. Another country dance {s the viva- cious mazurka, which {s in triple time. It takes a real Pole to feel Its elusive spirit and dance it properly. Chopin immortalizes this form in his incomparable “Mazurkas.” The Polonaise is the dance of the aristocracy, It is in triple time and of a moderate tempo. It was invented in 1574 when Henry, Duke of Anjou, became King of Poland, On state occasions, when the nobles marched before the King, the Polonaise was played. Chopin's “Polonaises" are splendid examples of this form. Polish folk-songs have the mélan- choly that is typical of the Slavic nature, As the Poles a very pas- sionate people, their songs are’ full of fire. Having been oppressed for cen- turies, even their lively airs are tinged with Examples of Polish dance “Dearest Maiden, Hark, rhythm, and * in mazurka style. When Liszt was asked to describe Polish music he used the word “za which means pain and sorrow represents a condition of mind pecul- iar to Poland Frederie Chopin (1810-1849) was as patriotic as he was musical In all of his beautiful piano pieces is re- flected the spirit of his native land He suffered keenly over the downfall 1 his coun and expressed his feel- ings in such works as the “Revolu- Etude,"" the “Military Polo- famous “Fumeral Wie > made 4 oss tour of America with Anton Rubin- stein, the Russian pianist. His ex- cellent pieces abound with Polish mel- odies and rhythms Many of the world’s greatest pi 1880) ists have been of Polish birth. Ignace Jan Paderewski is a notable example, He is also a composer of marked ability. Among his comp ms are the opera “M two “Legends” and deligh nuet in G Another remarkable pianist is Josef Hofm. (1877), who is now a citizen He has written of the United States. worthy songs and pian There are many distinguished Pol ish musici now residing in the United Leopold Stokowskt is the conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. The President of the Chicago Felix Borows is an eminent pianist composer, living in New York Of all the Polish singers who hi come to America, none was more pops ular than Marce Sembrich brothers Jean and Edouard De Reazke were also favorites. sntehets ea WHERE DID YOU GET _ THAT WORD? 205.—CORSET. We get our word ‘corset, article, in all probability dir the French. It tive of the Old F like the Uy from a body. Thus a corset, or as it was originally spelled, is a gure ment that is worn principally by women give shape to and support the body"—or, rather, the part of it above the wais Allied) to word bot “corsage, of a dress. Although the corset, like the core is generally worn by women, » been instances of its use by to give shape to and suppoys the parers of the coups are ed as generously endowed with the attributes er raascue linity. orset” i8 the wed from the F or the body or up} other sage, there a When You Go to the + Museum A PERSHING OF THE IROQUOIS, In the Woodland Indian Hall, dee signed by its exhibits to make the Indian live for the imagination of visitors to the American Museum of Natural History, is an Iroquois ware rior—perhaps a Pershing of his tribe, in full war panoply. And the panoply is not much, as modern panoplies Ko. A nude brows man, with a pair of moccasins and a skirt reaching from the waist to above the knees, in the attitude of repelling an invasion of his birche bark hut. In his hand is a war club decorated with a foxtail, and at his side, propped up against the wall, is @ wooden trough worked out of a tree trunk. The figure constitutes a ples ture of America in its traditional ate titude, strictly on the defensive, prog 4 tecting its home from invasion, s )