The evening world. Newspaper, October 10, 1922, Page 26

: + i j { t t : } : { THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1924, z : - : — en me ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. Pees eget, Gh te el fuk hie, New You. RALPH PULITZER, President, 69 Park Row. J. ANGUS SHAW, Treasurer, 63 Park Row. JOSEPH PULITZER, Secretary, Park Row. ENING WORLD, Remi TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1928. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Fentage foo tn te United ‘states, cwtalde reaver New York: Tetewan:: RNS ae BRANCH OFFICES. 1293, ‘eg ser 38th, | WASHINGTON, Mad 14th and dio fe 140th a EuroAGo, 1608 Baler Bldg. fashington PARIS, 47 Avenue TOpers. x m LONDON, 20 Cockspur St. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. oie SS SR Re ees Se FULL PRESSURE. 1°: may be significant that the Interborough’s change of front came about ten days after Mayor Hylan told Mr. McAneny that the Board of Estimate and the Transit Commission were “not very far apart.” If so, New York is glad to grant to the Mayor ay credit that is due. The Interborough is coming in on the terms of the Transit Commission. Thus far the Mayor has had rather less than no part at all in formu- lating those terms. The Interborough resisted the Transit Commission's plan as stoutly as did the Mayor. But it is entirely possible that when the Inter- borough discovered the Mayor coming. around to the viewpoint of the commission, those guiding the Interborough policy saw they would have to come around too, and might as well do so with some show of grace. F The transit situation in New York City is a hard-boiled business proposition. With the Board of Estimate and the Transit Commission working at cross purposes it is possible for the traction in- terests to go their way. With the two agencies working together there is almost no limit to the pressure which can be brought to bear on recalci- trant companies. Together the Mayor and Commissioner Mc- Aneny can exert a powerful squeeze, but the squeezing has got to be done with the Transit Commission pincers. There will be credit enough for all if reorganization is successful. , We hope the Mayor will go in and push some more on one of the nipper handles. " DO IT TO-DAY. If you don’t register this week you won't be able to register at all. If you are not registered you can’t vote. If you can't vote because you are not registered you will fecl ashamed of yourself, Register before 10.30 tonight and have it off your mind. . THESE TAILORS SHOULD GO SLOW. ORD DECIES has admitted that Englishmen of the present generation are “shabby.” He blames living costs and the income tax. A London tailor goes further and asserts that the wives have first whack at the family income: “Women will never allow men to dress well or take their clothes seriously. There is not enough money in the family treasury for both in these days of high income tax.” This tailor is evidently trying to goad the Eng- lish male into standing for his “rights.” But the tailors are on dangerous ground. If Englishmen demand a fifty-fifty division of the clothing budget the English feminists may sur- prise them by granting it, in which case the tai- lors may fare even worse. r The theory that women get the first and larger share in the clothes budget is old and familiar. But in many investigations, of American family budgets at least, the figures have failed to support the theory. In the average American family the husband spends more for clothing without having much to show for it. The wife often gets along with less cash, does her own dressmaking, and produces brilliant plumage. The cbvious dangers of the British tailors’ propaganda are either that the wives will limit the husbands to equal expenditure (in which case the tailors will get less than they do now) or that Englishmen may take to “making their own’— and then the poor tailor will get nothing. A FRIENDLY DIAGNOSIS. ILLIAM ALLEN WHITE of Kansas fs a kindly, friendly soul. In a review of a year and a half of the Harding Administration in the Emporia Gazette Mr. White says as many nice things as he can. Mr. Harding isn’t a Roosevelt‘or a Wilson. But he is “kindly,” “dignified,” “gentle.” He is not a “face saver,” Mr. White finds, and that is cer- tainly a virtue. In a final paragraph dealing with the President we find this sentiment: é “He has no hobbies, is not hampered by con- vigtions about public matters, goes at the day’s work with a desire to do it well and let it go at that.” Mr. White plainly means to be kind, to say all that can be said in favor of President Harding, but could any inspired invective be more condem- natory than the phrase, “is not hampered by con- victions about public matters”? Mr. Harding hasn’t been “hampered” by con- victions and he hasn't been inspired by convic- tions. That explains the sad state of affairs in Washington. The President hasn't been able to get up enough steam to drive the engine of state. A President of the United States ought to have convictions. He needs them. He ought to be open minded and ready to look on both sides and then form or reform his convictions, He ought not to be so gentle, so kindly, so ready to com- promise, so easily driven by political pressure, that he wiggles and wabbles in international af- fairs, in industrial affairs, in Cabinet. controver- sies. William Allen White says President Harding is not hampered by convictions. A less friendly critic would translate this into a lack of backbone. F RAW AND BLEEDING. UR neighbors in the Province of Quebec, who believe in temperance without tomfoolery, take an amused and, naturally, not altogether a disinterested view of Attorney General Daugher- ty’s preposterous plan to stop the sale of liquor on both American and foreign ships. Says the Montreal Gazette: “The United States Government may be ex- pected to adhere to the course laid down, at least until the Ship Subsidy Bill has been safely passed, leaving the future to take care of itself. The regulations may endure or they may not; if they do, the {ll wind {is pretty certain to blow good elsewhere and particularly along the Ca- nadian route,” Visions of a steady stream of citizens of the United States taking great transatlantic liners to and from Canadian ports can hardly be disagree- * able to Canadian minds. It was Ben Franklin—a pretty good American —who made Poor Richard say: “If you will not hear Reason, she will surely rap your knuckles.” American knuckles are going to be raw and bleeding if Ameritan ears take only Prohibition orders, TT RESTS WITH THE MAYOR. Gov. Miller refuses Mayor Hylan's request for a special session of the Legislature. The Governor tells the Mayor to legalize his buses by the simple process of having the Board of Estimate issue franchises and get from the Transit Commission the certifica' of con- venience and necessity the commission has de- clared itself ready to grant. The 200,000 bus users for. whose pockets and- comfort the Mayor professes to be solicitous can have the buses continued on these easy terms. es If the buses stop it will be, as Gov. Miller ways, Wecause Mayor Hylan prefers to capi- talize a public grievance for political purposes. Can the Mayor deny it? Shep MORE “HUSH” WORK? OTHING in. the record of the Hall-Mills murder mystery warrants any more public confidence than has been accorded the latest “solution.” Prosecutors Beekman and Stricker themselves seem inclined to try out the Schneider story less from faith in it than to see how the public will take it. What the public does know is that just such a “solution” of the case would fit in exactly with what has seemed a studied plan to hush up the scandals in the congregation of St. John’s and throw the veil over many things that demand explanation if justice is to be done. There are a dozen unexplained or contradictory circumstances that require to be cleared even if the prosecution is able to make out a case against Hayes. If the prosecution slackens its investiga- tion now it is entirely possible that a jury would refuse to convict Hayes. But by that time it might be too late to goon. * Conviction of a scapegoat, guilty though he may be, is not enough. Public opinion and public policy demand a solution that will cle up all the shady corners of this sordid affair, ACHES AND PAINS High as our aviatora fly, widely as they explore the sky, they still have to reach the Kingdom of Heaven by the same old youte. Kemal Pasha may come from Angora, but he is no- body's goat. . The second summer ts forcing frult trees into Dlossom and Sound Beach, Conn., ts feeding on a fall crop ef raspberries. Wow there te too much soft coal end not enough hard, It seoma difloult to get things into datance, even under Normaloy. ° AM the Dootleggere are firm allies of the Antt Satoon League, ° Mudanta ts a good name for a place in which to ‘disowse the Near East muddte, Py Bowrbon doing twhtPited tt 14 mow proposed to stop betting on Kentucky race tracke. Why not exter minate the blue grass? JOHN KEETZ oven SUH By John Cassel int By Press Pub. Co. Industry By Winthrop Biddle. t, oor so (New York XLVIIIL—WATCHING UNCLI SAM'S SEA COAST. With the exception of a gap hi and there, every mile of the Atlan and Pacific coasts of the United Stal is watched or patrolled night and dj by a handful of heroes in, gray. By day, keen eyes watch for an thing that may happen out of ordinary from towers close fo tH water's edge. By night, the watche! from these towers are supplement: by @ constant patrol. all This service extends from Nom Alaska, to Southern California the Pacific, and from Brazos, Texas, to Quoddy Head, in Maine, the Atlantic, By means of telephone, cable an wireless service, any one of the: watchers can place Washington touch with any unusual happening: a sea disaster, the stranding of fisherman's boat, or in war time th approach of a suspicious craft—in t minutes by the clock. In this last-mentioned phase of ay tivity, the Coast Guard—and there only about 800 of them patrolling land, as distinct from the 2,000 a ditional men who cruise about in cul ters—perform valuable service durin war. In peace time they have great sa’ ing of ships and of lives to their cre it, Anything, from @ stranded lin to a distressed swimmer or @ can that has sprung a leak, falls with! the sphere of their watchful acti ties. These men are expected—and 1 quired—to know all about signallin; in the sea-language of all nation ‘They are,expected to know somethin of international law, and a good deal out the sea. They are expected t nd do—know all about rescuiny a wrecked ship's company in th teeth of any conditions of weather. They are expected to risk thei lives whenever by risking them tho, may save the lives of others. An they receive compensation rangin, from the $33 a month paid to a sev: enth grade man to $200 a month for warrant officer. These amounts, however, are to q reduced this year. A Commande! pay is to be cut down to a maximu} of $165; the lower ranks will fa accordingly. The Federal Labor Board has f ured out and announced to the p lic that a family of five cannot 1 decently as befits American eitize on less than $2,066 a year, Sem pays heroes in gray a good deal less t] half of that minimum amount, fi by himself, And he is now working out a schedule that will duce that amount materially. What wonder that the watchers Uncle Sam's coasts are looking abo for jobs that will pay them a liv} wage? WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WORD? 220.—DE TERMINATION. On its surface, the word “deter mination” bears no seeming relattoi to a boundary, like that of a field, fom instance. And yet it is the direct descendant From Evening World Readers What kind ot 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 ie fine mental exercise and a jot of satisfaction in trying to eay much in few words, Take time to be brief. ‘UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake (Coprright. 1922. by John Biake) THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP. In the business of conducting the world every person of adult age has something like a million and a half partners. Some of them are active, some are non-active, Some of them are managing partners, some of them are silent partners. i Some of them have many shares of stock, some have only one. But all of them have a stake in the partnership which is very important to them—their own individual lives. For any partner, be he an Emperor or a President or # captain of industry, to think that he alone and unaided $]of the Latin ‘‘determinatio,” can manage this vast estate we have inherited is to make }}|boundary. Behind tue derivation a very foolish mistake. an interesting process of human Some men have made it, Napoleon was one of them. $]thought. C The former Emperor of Germany was another. We still use the word in Its origina! Both lived to learn that life is a vast co-operative in- ORniOg of eae, oe eee ei AS stitution with the world as its place of business, and laws 3|°xPression, “the : and by-laws that may be modified in some respects, but inh Which: raeata) the ending: of tH which will always exist. h How well this great business is conducted depends not upon any one partner, nor upon any of the great groups of them that we call races or nations, but upon the accord and harmony and individual effort of every partner in the concern, There are, it is truce, many who do nothing at all— many more who make mistakes or do deliberate wrong. But gradually—if you read history—you will find that the partnership has prospered; that it is a going, growing business, which is gradually developing the property which Providence has bestowed upon it. To consider one’s self as a partner in an institution which is in possession of a sphere 25,000 miles in diameter, and filled with possibilities beyond estimation, is to add to one’s self-respect. The very small share that each of gs owns does not, it is true, add to self-conceit. But that shere can be added to by thought and effort, and every man, with natural capacity and industry, may in time become an important partner—evyen a managing part- ner if he is willing to work hard enough, better it will be for the average To the Ed: ‘The Evening World: American; because: Prohibition is nota moral issue; it] 1, Our shipments of gold to Canada {s not a question of Salvation Army} will offset shipments of gold to us statistics or how many homes have] from Europe, India, South America— been made happy. The question ts:] from points where the American dol- Can a certain class of organized re-| lar commands a premium. formers dictate as to what we eat and} 2. Such outflow will help to stabilize drink? prices here. It 1s impossible to make an act im-| 3, We shall be paying our imports moral or moral by legislation. Murder| from Canada by our exports—visible will always be wrong, regardless of | and invisible—to other countries law, and drinking in moderation will] It is not a fact that, a few months never be a crime, no matter what the Jago, as you state, Canadian exchange law states. An act that has been con-] was ai a discount of 10 per cent. It sidered natural and harmless since|\.as probably nearer one per cent. At the world began cannot become aJsny rate, it would appear that the crime overnight because reformers} ;eason for the gradual recovery of the have sucteeded in putting the men](anadian dollar from its low point of they want into power, 15 per cent. discount of a few years Drinking to excess {s wrong and|ugo is due to causes to be sought always will be, the same as cating or | within the Dominion itself, and not mbling to excess. here in our country. One of the The reformer goes to excess in in-| strongest reasons for this recovery is tolerance. the old familiar “balancing of bud- “Everything in moderation,” in-| gets," which they have effected, cluding the reformer. C, PUGH, As regards the blot upon the buying New Haven, Oct. 6, 1922. jower of the American dollar, no one vill deny that it has more purchasing lower than it had two years ago. What effect an invisible line of de- marcation separating two nations can have upon our dollar !s something that might not be easily explained, Perhaps, if you will be kind enough print these remarks, some reader, interested as I am in properly nouncing our tariff measure, will upplement them, and thus assist us 2: probing a very vital topic. HERBERT SWIEDLER, 140 Broadway, Oct. 5, 1922. one way or another, putting a boun, dary to the case, as it were. In the same eense of deciding q resolving ts the formation of an 1 ward resolve, to be firmly pursue which we call determination, pes a m Exchange. vening World; In your issue of this evening I read with much interest your editorial touching upon the premium attained by the Canadian dollar. You imply that this premium is a “black mark’ against the United States, and is a result of the new tariff. a ‘Let us see whether this Is true or not. ‘When Canadian exchange goes to a premium here, whether such premium pe SeRROTSSY. 2 PUENTE, seals Lo the Haltor of The Evening World: tries is not balancing Itself, imports] The firemen and policemen of our against exports. It also means, as is|sreat city areasking for a modest in- patent to every student of political] crease of $220 per annum. I think they economy and banking, that we are] Well deserve it, and upon discussing importing more commodities in money | this. matter with several of my ac- value than we are exporting, and|quaintances I find that all of them that, unless we increase our exports}are of the same opinion. of commodities, we shall have, prob-]| These,mep on more than one oc- ably, to move gold. casion proved that they were never the editor wish to imply that] paid what they are worth. Two thou- prior to the enactment of the Tariff}sand five hundred dollars 1s just a Bill as a law the “Canucks” flooded| mere living wage and none too much our shores with merchandise, thus|for the dangerous tasks these men causing tem ‘instability? Or] perform. does the editor think that this situa-| I am hoping to see more favorable tion ts permanent? comments in regard to this worthy A tariff for protection, per #e, will/cause, knowing that comment by the tend to decrease imports. Exports} public will prove to the Board of Esti- Vanishing American Bird THE FLORIDA WATER TURKE The anhinga is called a turkey" because of the resemblang of its tail to a turkey’s tall, It also called a “snake-bird” beca when it swims, with its long nec stretched out of the water, it lool like a snake. It is equally at home diving tn th water and sailing gracefully high ¥ in the air, Sometimes it hunts 1 prey under the water, seizing 1h with the serrated tip of its bill, pther times it wheels Klike in t air, pouncing upon its y with tj swift precision of a bullet. One of the exhibits in the Ameri Museum of Natural History is a g production picture of the habitat the anhinga—so called in the or nal Portuguese, the word meant “snaky." . It is a semi-tropic picture Florida that is shown—a swamp q ered with vegetation, including low water lilies, with waving pal Police and Fire Pay. AAA AAAI IPP ones, A, P. 8. says that “The Little Magician" was a name given to Ste- phen Douglas and several others! I ways been led to believe that nee dant Monree was so dubbed, I] 788, and died in London on the 11th am ignorant as to questions No, 2,|0f March, 1820, His first picture is 4 and 7 and assume that A. P. 8. is} said to have been inspired by the also. “It Js @ condition and not alsight of his @eeping baby sister, and theory which confronts us" was not/the portrait was painted with che said by Grover Cleveland, but by the] juices of berries for colors and with a WHOSE BIRTHDAY? . OCTOBER 10.—BENJAMIN WEST was born at Springfield, Pa., Oct. 10, here may or may not decline. rttonment the worth of{ Younger Pitt in his famous speech) brush made from hairs taken out of prelate e because Maotete caoceane: exchange— Re ere nanan, the v eaiesinenl before Parliament. In the same]ihe cat's tail. This is typical of the post i oho Der ine q is, and fireman. Lapp en eee ares: of Jingenuityand perseverance he brought) froin, with Its head and neck jeast hold its premium in the fo) NT RE. _ |being young. I can neither palliate|to bear in his efforts to overcome the Mai a ry lt rp > ayceetat fa ADER. [rer deny.” Questions 6 and 6 he| obstacles that stood in the way of him| iS cut. explains the name sn} world's markets or will higher. Gold, howe’ to “compensate.'” Other Anev ‘The fact that Canadian exchange 1s] To the Editor of The Evening World at @ premium in New York, caused by} In to-day'’s Evening World you ‘an excess ef imports from Canada,| print a communication signed A, P. and to no other cause, would seem|%., purporting to give correct answers to contradict the assumption I make|to elght queries from L. T. Right- that a protective tariff, per se, would] sell. You caption A. P. S.'s letter tend to throttle tmports. And the! "Some Good Answer ut you} lous unless you know, ACCURATE, | London, where he was instantaneously longer that premium remains the should have added—and some rotten] New York, Oct. 6, 19: successful, He was one of the found- gO still r, may, flow here New York, Oct. 6, 1922. has correctly answered, but as to No.} pursuing his chosen care At] bird”? applied to it 8 the three most important battles of|cighteen he established himself as a the Civil War were, unquestionably, | portrait painter in Philadelphia, Later Bull Run, Gettysburg and Appomatox,| he moved to New. York, but, though as leading to the most tmportant re-|he did fairly well here, he was forced sults. A. P. 8. little learning is} to accept the assistance of friends be- a dangerous thing So don't rush] fore he could go to Italy to complete into print and make yourself ridicu-| his studies, From Italy he went to ers of the Royal Academy, and, on death of Sir Joshua Reynolds ¥ was elected his successor as its P’ dent, an office he held for twen eight years. Among his finest work: are Christ Healing the Sick” and th “Death of Wolfe.” He is buried London.