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The Associated Prow ie exclustvely entitled to the use for repnblt- ration of jews despatches credited to it or not otherwise credited inthis paper, and sled the focal news publiabed here CHEAPER GAS. N 8 per cent. cut in gas rates that will A save New York gas consumers $5,500,000 beginning Oct. 1 next is ordered by the Public Service Commission The commission also requires gas companies to change trom the present illuminating standard to the British thermal or heat unit standard. Gas at $1.15 per thousand cubic feet is not 80-cent gas. But it is substantial recognition that gas rates must come down again whenever and wherever it can be shown that the cost of pro- ducing and distributing gas is descending from the temporarily high levels of recent years. Also the abandonment of the out-of-date stand- ardizing of gas according to candle power will be an immense gain to gas consumers in this city. It will be noted the gas companies are required to supply consumers with gas mantles at cost. The naked gas flame for illuminating purposes will soon be wholly obsolete. The Consolidated Gas Company accepts the rate order, albeit with misgivings that ondi- tions” in prospect will not permit the gas com- panies to furnish gas at such prices with an adequate return upon investment. The conditions and the return are ascertain- able. They can be watched Meanwhile, the benefit of all doubts in the matter will be shared—as The Evening World has long urged that it ought to be shared—with the public. . ‘To-day is the first of the month. The public can expect bills for the coal strikes, however, to be a little delayed. It will take time to figure the “demm’d totals.” SLIPPING THE LEASH, RE American women three years behind the A Paris fashions? A great French designer of feminine garments says they are. American dressmakers hotly deny it. The battle is on. One of the big Fifth Avenue dealers in finery declares: “While we turn to Paris for ideas, we are turning out’ some splendid models ourselves. The American designers have made wonderful progress. The French gown has to be modified to be made wearable for the American woman and it is often more satisfactory for her to carry out her own ideas from the beginning.” For those who would like to see the American woman feeling her way toward a declaration of independence in fashions, the charge that she is now three years behind Paris should be rather welcomed than challenged. Likewise the significant fact that the afore- mentioned famous coutourier of Paris now prom- s to come over here twice each year to keep us up to the mark. Would there be all this extra solicitude about our fashions if we were not showing signs at last of slipping the French leash? KRASSIN'S LITTLE JOKE. E of the most amusing situations in our diplomatic history arises from the pro- posal to send a technical commission to Russia to study the economic situation. The Soviet representatives when approached informally” are agreeable, but with one reserva- tion. Krassin, the Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade, blandly asks the reciprocal right to send a similar commission to the United States, This, according to the Associated Press report, is “be- lieved to be unsatisfactory to officials in \Wash- ington.” The laugh seems to be on Secretary Hughes. The wonder is that he should have laid himself open to such a reply. Surely, after Genoa and The Hague, Mr. Hughes had no reason to expect any other response. Somehow such a passage rather shakes the popular tradition in regard to the great and seri- ous soul of the Russian, the intense earnestness ef Ivan and other chatter of the “intelligentsia.” We prefer to believe that Krassin has a sense of humor and that he is spoofing the State Depart- ment. Suppose a Ruisian technical commission did come. It could return with a rather gloomy re- port. New York is about to ration coal. The Interstate Commerce Commission has reported on the bad repair of locomotives, Perishable , crops are rotting here and therefor lack of trans- THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1922, portation. The Herrin) ms te is fresh in memory. Congress is charged vith trying to buy votes wholesale by means of the bonus. The Lusk laws stand on the statute books. There is graft in the New York public markets and a sys- tem of food distribution so faulty that peach growers within a few miles of the city are unable to sell the fruit at any price and housewives are unable to buy because the price is too high. The picture isn’t entirely rosy Obviously, however, Krassin’s little joke has an insecure foundation. He has no fair claim to a reciprocal investigation, for the United States is not trying to float a loan in Russia, That makes a material difference NOT THE RIGHT WAY. N THE controversy over the refusal of the | Railway Labor Board to establish a “living wage” minimum, the unions are not making the best of their case The “living wage” is a great political and.eco- nomic The movement for application of the principle in all industry is strong and is growing, in spite of obvious difficulties. The particular case before the Labor Board is that of the Maintenance of Way organizations These include .a large part of the least skilled workers on the roads—the “common labor.” There is more competition in this class of work than in any other. In case of a strike these places would be most easily filled In brief, the bargaining power of this union is almost the lowest of any in railroad work Many who might favor the living wage for all workers would be hard put to show why railroad maintenance men should be favored more than common labor in other lines of work. ‘There would be one circumstance which would warrant special consideration. Railroad labor is a public necessity. It is needed continuously. Any time the railroad unions are willing to give guarantees of continuity of service they will most certainly be in strong position to ask fa- vored treatment as regards wages and working conditions. Whenever the unions are willing to make a deal with the public through Congress to stay on the job, to abandon the strike club, to abide by the wage decisions of an impartial tribunal and to keep working while the decision is being made, then surely they would have good cause to expect better wage and working conditions than men in industries where the strike continues to be the final arbiter of the employment bargain. Instead of taking such an attitude, the rail- way unions assail the Labor Board, try to weaken its authority and constantly hold up the issue. strike threat. In the present temper of public opinion that is not the best way to plead for popular support of the minimum wage principle. WHAT'S IT WORTH? By a vote of 47 to 22, the United States Senate yesterday passed a bonus bill which would put a burden estimated at $4,000,000,000 upon the country’s taxpayers, which would de- grade the highest patriotic service by apprais- ing it in dollars and cents and which is morally certain to encounter the President's veto if it ever gets to him. While we are estimating the vaiue of na- tional service in money, what price should we pay for Congressmen who waste the Nation's that gi to say muoh in a few words. ‘Temperance vas, Prohibition. To the Buitor of The Evening World As Eugene Ferris may not study the puzzle page of the Sunday World, It might be a good thing to call his at- tention to the solution of a clever enigma in a recent issue. “There is a crying for wine in the streets, All joy is darkened. The legislative time on a measure notoriously mirth of the land is gone.” meant to catch votes, but which poises an ad- ane verse is from Jenin paidileas ditional $4,000,000,000 load over the shoulders ACRV ae Varner) Les OUlnibe 18) Get) thing if the worthy but deluded Chris- tians who contribute to the handsom¢ incomes of the professional “uplifters’’ could be induced to think a little for themselves. ‘The Bible certainly teaches “temperance."’ As certainly it does not teach prohibition PHILIP VAN CORLAER Staten Island, Aug. 28, 1922 of the people as merely legislators’ purpose? What's it worth to the country? PROHIBITED POOL. NE of the vagaries of the American passion for reform is the prohibition of the “pool room,” which went into effect last night at mid- night. The “pool rooms” of yesterday are open to- day, but now they are “billiard parlors,” or “pocket billiard academies.” The word “pool,” with all its unsavory associations with betting on the races, is a thing of the past and the re- formers can turn to a new field of activity. Thanks to the busybodies, we have one more law that will be disregarded. When the boys want to engage in the sport of knocking fifteen balls into the pockets of a green-covered table, they will say, “‘Let’s shoot a little pool.” ACHES AND PAINS. The Lackawanna should call If the Road of An- thrastrike. incidental to the The ed. To the dltor of The Evening World Your correspondent, ‘James L.,"" Bionx theologian, evidently claims to be an authority as to who are ‘‘saved’" and who are not; who are Christians and who are not. It would be inter- sting to learn from this gentleman the source of his authority, J. WALLACE, 26, 1922. New York, Aug. With # Million Dollars, To the Editor of The Evening World I see that John Blake in The Eve- ning World invites us to write what we would do with a million dollars if we had it. Naturally one would want to keep enough of it to have a nest eae for a rainy day or for old age, but if I had that much money, the first thing I would do would be to go over to the Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., and relieve that in- stitution of all of its indebtedness. This school has done more good than any other institution in America, but during the war so many of their stu- dents were taken away, and depend- ing upon the tuition fee to support {t, they ran behind in their finance and have had tough sledding. They are in better shape now. It would not take more than $300,000 to Neve this institution of financial wor. ries, and it would certainly be a good investment to the young men and young women of the United States, and not only North America but all the countries in the world Then I would want to use a good portion of this money in c ng out Cote L. Blease heads the primary poll for Governor of South Carolina, His chief act during his previous term some years ago was to empty the penitentiary by pardoning some 1,700 convicts. He seems to have made a lot of friends! The Bronx Zoological Park lacks a tiger. Perhaps Mr, Murphy could be persuaded to loan the Tammany animal, . We pumped an average of 1,508,000 barrels of crude oil out of the earth in these United States during July. This old globe should begin to show signs of growing : all the vice joints in the large cities hollow! and towns. This is possible, and is be- ° ing done in some of the large cities. Now the farmers are talking of selling milk direct | That would raise the moral relig- to the towns. The farmer gets adout one-fourth of ]OU8 standard of the nation. Then I the return now, The rest goes to capital, labor and | Nout want ‘0 take pe ae of te broken bottles, the surplus city population to some . country and section wh 1 could be had cheap, and teach them to sup- port themselves by tilling the soil, 1 think there would still be some Miners are reported as happy at again going to work. A strange joy! ‘ i From Evening World Readers What kind of letter do you find most readable? Isn't it the one 3 the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundred? There is fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying Take time to be brief. money left, and last but not le: [I would want to use a sufficient po tion of it to place the Bible back om the desk of the public school teacher They are not permitted to have it in Chicago, and you will see that two members of the old school board and two other individuals have been in- dicted for graft. The thought strikes me if the: i been reading the Bible and practising its preachings, they would not haye gotten into this trouble. Such a disgrace to the pub- the schools of Chicago! The sum of $105,000 cash would en- able Valparaiso University to re- deem $300,000 in securities. I'll be one of 210 to donate $600 J, A. ALE: ANDER. Alien Tongues in the Markets. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Am surprised to see that the exam- ination for Market Inspector states that “additional points will be given applicants speaking Jewish or Ital- jan."" Why American citizens should be required to learn foreign languages in order to do business with aliens, or people haye become American citizens without learning the Amer- ican language, is beyond me. Any alien, or any American, who cannot at least speak English, has, or should have, no right to do busi- ness in the United States, and in the event, as at present shown in the market cases, he does, then of all things do not place supervision of these imitation Americans in the hands of, as this examination implies, who men of the same breed, O, E, D, New York, Aug. 28, 1922 Books Cheap. To the Editor of The Evening World Allan books Poe for within Edgar the when yearned day would be the reach of the masses of men, 1 wonder if that time has not arrived, for the other day I went to a second- hand book store and bought a Bible for 5 here is a chance to get a lot of reading for a small price, However, with the over- flow of literature there corresponding censorship of the cents. I thought should be a press and is it not about time for the be- lated John 8. Sumner and his New York Society for the Suppression of Vice to ‘suppress’? some of these “quaint and curious volumes of ¢or- gotten lore,"’ watch these second-hand stores. serutinize their books, because a child with a d-cent p the same books as a and with as little disi WALT New York, Aug. > UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake Copyright, , by Bell Byndicate, Inc.) OVERDOING OPTIMISM. Not all paths lead out Not all the darkest hours come just before Not all clouds are silver lined. of the woods. the dawn. Foolish optimism is just as mischievous as morbid pessimism, The habit of regarding all trouble as trifling and tem- porary is more likely to involve its owner in more trouble than to get him out of the troubles he has. The greatest disaster in the history of mankind —the nt European War—could have been avoided if the nations surrounding Germany hadn't been so optimistic. They believed that such a dreadful thing could not possibly happen, Consequently, they made no effort to stop it till it had happened. To-day the men who are seeking to restore normal conditions are hampered by a general belief that the upset world will somehow right itself, which it will not do without a great deal of help. What is true of the affairs of the world is true affairs of individuals, The crew on a leaky ship cannot afford to be optimistic and to figure that the leak will stop itself by and by. They know that if they do not atten? to it the y all drown, So they do attend to it and sh saved, The man who attributes a gradual lowering of his wages to industrial conditions, and fancies that when these a mended his wages will be restored, is presently going to get a rude awakening. Optimism is well enough when it is based on self-con- fidence and belief that effort, well directed, will help a man along the road. But when it is based on confidence that somebody will pick him up and set him on his way it becomes very dan gerous, When a’ cyclone comes along people who hold that every cloud is silver lined are going to get hurt. Those who make exceptions now and then will find shelter and be happier because they were not quit so optimistic. The man who is sure that all paths lead out of the woods is the man who gets lost. It is just as well to look facts in the face, is very serious and must be faced. of the will and crew are Some trouble If it is faced courage ously it is more likely to be got safely through than by the silly assumption that all will come out right in the end. Whose Birthday? From the Wise Youth ig made rich by its dreams SEPTEMB RO 1L—JAMES Gor. OF enainita DON BENNETT, American journal Ace lai mage poor bw ie reareee Ist, founder and editor of the New Hoe ina audi: York Herald, was born in Newmills —Rochepedre. Scotland, September 1, 1794, and died | in New York City, June 1, 18 Hy Pleasure is nothing else but the | was educated for the Roman Catholi intermission of pain, the enjoying | priesthood, but in 1819 he gave up the career which had been cho him and emigrated to started working in a n for America, Hi printing office of something I am in great trouble for till I get it.—John Selden. 7 +) How many fools are [and after holding several positions on The publics How bari different newspapers became in 1833 required to make a publi chief editor and one of the pro —Chamfort, prietore of the Vennsylvanian at Epoch-Making BOOKS By Thomas Bragg jaht, 1922 (New York Evening orld), by Press Publishing Co. “ESSAYS AND REVIEWS." This book, published in England March 20, 1860, was a very innocent piece of literary enterprise at the time of its appearance, but it raised a tempest throughout the English speaking world that is still rocking the theological boat The fatnous volume product of was the joint clergymen of the Church of England and one layman the subject matter being “How Shall We Interpret the Scriptures?” question the answer was, t the Bible like any other six The tention eted immediate at- and the protest was furious. work attra From every quarter petitions poured in upon the Bishops imploring them to save Christianity from the destruc- tion that threatened it. The Bishop of London wrote to Dr. Temple and received this reply: ‘To tell a man to study and yet bid him under heavy penalties to come to the same con- with who have not is to mock him. If the con- clusions are prescribed the study is precludec The matter was taken to Canter- and Doctors Williams and Wil- Those gentle men appealed to the Queen In Counch.. ang the Lord High Chancellor decides that he knew of no law requiring hint to “punish the expression of the hope a clergyman that even the ultima* pardon of the wicked may be con- ot a merciful clusion those studied, bury, son were suspended. by sistent with the will God.” intensified the ind an appeal was sent to yman of the Established Chureh in England, Scotland and Ireland begging them, ‘‘for the love of thousand This decision only opposition, every cler} God,” to sign it ven signed, and when the list was printea 3ishop Thirlwell threw this bombshell at it: “f consider the eleven thousan4 names, headed by that of Pusey, in the light of a row of figures preceded so that, however advanced, by a decimal point, far the series may be it can never rise to the value of a single unit.” Aroused by this shot from the Bishop of Davids, the Convocation passed the ‘‘Act of Condemnation," excommunicating the book and its authors and abettors. No sooner was this done than the Lord High Chan- cellor delivered himself of this un- mistakable opinion: he ecclesiastl - cal simply a series of well lubricated terms, a sentence so oily and saphonacious that no one can grasp it. Like an eel it slips through the fingers and is nothing. The battle finally died down, with the result that the authors of the work remained in the church to preach unmolested the ideas they had launehed in * ys and Reviews." A part of th history at tho time is this parting shot, whether from friend or foe the reader will de- termine for himself: Richard Baron Westh . Lord High Chancellor of England. Ile was an eminent Christian, An energetic and merciful statesman, And a still more eminent and merciful Ju During his tenure of office He abolished the anclefit method of conveying land, The time-honored institution of the Insolvent’s Court And ‘The eternity of punishment, ‘Toward the close of his earthly career, In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, He dismissed Hell with costs And took away from orthodox mem- bers of the Church of England Their last hope of everlasting damna- tion, When You Go to the Museum BUFFALO-HUNTING INDIANS. In the collection of exhibits of In- ans of the plains the American Mu- scum of Natural History gives a ple- ture of part of America as it existed insatlable before the white man ex- terminated the bison. For thi Dakota, e Indians—the Plains-Cree. Blackfoot, Gros Ven- tre, Arapaho and Cheyenne—lived on the buffalo, just as certain European tribes even now live on the reindeer up in the Scandinavian Peninsula. Crow, A painting shows a ceremonial on the occasion when, at the beginning of the nineteenth tentury, Pierre Cho- teau, Sanford and Catlin in’ hign beaver hats, attended a tribal cere- monial to smoke the pipe of peace and negot treaty. Little did the copper-colored treaty- makers imagine that this visit of the paleface” was to result in driving them out of their homes by the ex- termination of their staple food sup- ply, the bison, On May 6, 1885, he published in New York City a small one-cent paper called the New York Herald. By his industry, sagacity, by the variety of his news, the apley correspondence, and the supply of Philadelphia. personal gossip and scandal, he made the paper a great success. He was the first to introduce many of the modern methods of Amertean report- ing, and published the first Wall | Street financial article that appeared jin an American newspaper. He re- mond in full charge of his paper until the year before his death, wh this Mok oviy the "nom