The evening world. Newspaper, December 1, 1922, Page 34

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WORTH PONDERING. 4 NE of the wisest things ever said about law was noted by Plutarch in his life of Solon: i “Laws must look to possibilities, if the maker designs to punish few in order to their amend- ment, and not many to no purpose.” We recommend this to the thoughtful considera- tion of a Nation overrun with bootleggers, alarmed by weakening popular respect for law, where the rich man drinks wine while the poor man is forbidden beer, where poisons multiply and circulate, where civic corruption feeds on moral tyranny, where good citizens smile at law-break- ing, and where youth that was to be protected from temptation is tempted instead to excesses. ities, if the maker “Lows mes: designs to punish few in order to their amend ment, and not many fo no purpose.” + BREAKING A BAD HABIT. IIERE were far fewer begging children on the streets yesterday than on former Thanksgivings. Police Department orders plus a warning from teachers before the children were dismissed from their public school classes Wednesday had the desired effect Nobody wants to be hard on the youngsters. But Thanksgiving Day begging had become a nuisance. For most of it there was no real reason or excuse, The effect on the children themselves > was demoralizing. The police seem to have handled the situation yesterday with kindness and good judgment. They did not “stamp out” all the begging. Nobody expected they: would. But they made a start ‘i toward discouraging it. With the help of the schools, there is no reason why Thanksgiving Day begging in New York should not be relegated in a year or two to the liinbo of foolish and forgotten customs, A LAME DUCK BILL. HE Ship Subsidy Bill as it passed the House was a lame duck affair. A change of only thirteen votes would have meant defeat for the bill. Five times thirteen lame ducks voted for the bill. Other wavering votes were bought and paid for with Federal patronage. It is safe to assume that at least half the support of the measure came from men who acted without conviction. The Administration may be able to drive the bill through the Senate with more lame duck sup- port, but with the modifications forced in the House the measure can never be more than a lame duck itself. It, too, was defeated at the polls. . THE DIFFERENCE. N Paris yesterday the French Government and the French Church of the Holy Trinity * joined in official recognition of the American Thanksgiving Day. “ In Rome the Pope made a special point of recognizing the day by receiving the students of the American College. In his address to them he said: “It 1s consoling to see the heads of nations fixing days for the people to pray to and thank God for blessings received. Nations doing this cannot but prosper matertally and spiritually I am with you, with your people, on the day of Thanksgiving. We are praying together.” Both in Paris and in Rome, these official observances of the American holiday were the first of their kind on record. They are significant of the new drawing together of civilized peoples and of those who represent their Governments or faiths. Yet not a few Americans yesterday would have had their fellow countrymen thankful above all that this Nation is not as other nations with whom it need have nothing to do. enero acti ae nem : THE SYSTEM CHANGED. 4 IHE report of the Brooklyn Grand Jury which investigated the conduct of the public mar- frets under the O'Malley regime is anything but the exoneration read into it by Commissioner O'Malley, The Grand Jury { _ The Benes, World nd precisely the situation ibed as oxisting, Fore- ) _ THEE VENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DEGEMBER 1, 1922. man Palmer explained the situation fn these words: “There is nu doubt there was a deplorable condition existing in these markets due to the appointment of inspectors by the Department of Markets with the knowledge that these in- spectors would keep the fees they collected tn liew of salaries. “This system has been changed. The Inspec- tors are to be appointed after civil service ex- amination, and the fees cvllected are to be turned in to the City Chamberlain.” “The system has been changed.” That alone was ample proof of the justice of the charges made by this newspaper. A THIRD HOUSE. 6“ PLURIBUS UNUM,” most familiar of E Latin pheases because it appears on the coins we carry, sums up one of the great sources of strength of this Nation We have one Nation composed of forty-eight States. In union is strength United we stand; divided we fall. We of the United States have heard so much of these phrases that many do not realize that “E pluribus unum” is also a statement of one of the weaknesses of our system of govern- ment In one State a man may be single, in a second married, in a third a bigamist. A man’s income may be taxed in one State, and then taxed again in another. Railroad regulation has been in an awful mess with forty-eight States competing with the Federal Government. Child labor legislation tangle bankruptcy, “blue sky” legislation are other examples of a long list of subjects confused by the lack of uniformity and conflict of the State laws In many cases this lack of uniformity results in real hardships.) The natural result is one move- ment after another to restrict the powers of State is in a Corporation law Legistaiures in cet powers in the Federal Congress. Every transfer weakens the significance of pluribus unum” Some rather feeble efforts have been made to counteract this tendency. We have had gatherings of State Governors to consider uniform legislation on important questions. But such meetings must necessarily be brief. The Governors are execu- tives, not legislators. Experience shows such meet- ings are more productive of politics than real dis- cussions. Then, too, there are volunteer organizations ready to offer constructive help to State Legisla- tures in drafting laws in certain fields. Such or- ganizations are always suspected of “propaganda” —and with good reason in many instances. : Objection to what we have tried does not silence the demand for more uniform State legisla- tion in many fields. Either the States must find a way to meet this demand or the Federal power will expand at the expense of State power The House of Governors is a failure as a “Third House.” Why not a House of Delegates from State Legislatures? The idea is worth a trial To be effective the number of delegates from each State should be kept small, not more than three. These delegates selected by the Legislatures could gather, appoint committees, exchange expe- rieices, approve model laws and report to the in- dividual State Legislatures. The services of such an organization could be made invaluable. Not every State need participate to make such a gathering profitable. No State would be obliged to accept any recommendation. Recommendation of a law by the House of Delegates need not pre- vent any State from experimenting with improve- ments or changes. But such an organization would be able to wield a powerful influence working to- ward rational uniformity in State legislation. The trial would be worth the expense. A House of Delegates ought to be able to win- now much of the good from the best practice in the various States and point out much of the bad in the laws of individual States. It would bolster up the sound idea expressed in “E plurilvus an idea that is weakening fast in this Nation. Clemenceau at the tomb of Lincoln could find no thought or words better than those of the immortal Gettysburg Address. That was itself a tribute. oy ACHES AND PAINS Just what were you/thankful for? at once. Don't all answer Brooklyn possesses a “Buttermilk Bar.” Bacchus on a milking stool! Ye gods! To what ends have we come? . The outcome of the Hall-Mills case demonstrates that in New Jersey, at least, murder can be made a fine art. . As we read the Ship Subsidy Bill, Uncle Sam makes @ present of his merchant ships to son-*body and then pays him to take them away. “When Greek Meets Greek” it appecvs to end in of fotal assassination. . Just ae Turkey becomes demooratic our bird dee velops into an aristoorat. Pierce Butler's name ouggests a family of feroe But: tora, He doce not come from the Carolinas, howover, but ta Dakota born and his father's name waa Pat Now Monater James Consens t# another product of Henry tyra factory. JOHN KBHTZ, . . — Our Foreign Policy! From Evening World Readers What kind of letter do you find most readable? Ien't it the one that dives the worth of a thousand worde in # couple of hundred P There is fine mental exercise and 2 lot of satisfaction in trying te say much in few words. Take A Short Life and Merry To the Editor of The Evening World: A mocern Patrick Henry might aptly exclaim, ‘If this be Prohibition give me the saloon!"* And wouldn't Str Walter Raleig! turn In his grave and gnash his teeth n anguish if he could but read the last paragraph of Josie Thorpe Price's letter, which states, ‘As the world grows better, the tobacco habit alsc must go. It leads often to the drink habit and also to short life," In these hectic times does any red- looded man really desire to be an retogenarian? Because if he honestly does, his wish no doubt can be real- zed by adhering strictly to a diet of milk toast, barley gruel and a coffee stitute. A Lakehurst, N. J., Nov. Prohibition Irela To the Editor of Tho Evening Wor The ex-chief of staff of the Irish army, Gen, Owen O'Duffy, in address- ing the Free State guard, said: “Ire- land never was drunker than it ts to-day. It 1s an absolute disgrace The public houses in Dublin and in country towns keep their doors open practically twenty-four hours a day, and persons who cannot conveniently get to town manufacture their own."* Here is more practical evidence of the evil of Prohibition. As It 1s work- ng in the Untted States, so it is work- ing in Ireland, It would pay for some of these anti-saloon people to go over to Ireland and see for themselves what the enforcement of Prohibition does to Uberty-loving people like the Irish, and they will return converted and ready to wipe the disgraceful Vol- stead act off the Constitution for ever EARSEN I. SOP! Palisades, N. J., Nov. 27, On im Turkey. To the Kiitor of The Evening We “Compatriot” in the London Spec- tator confesses: “In the war, and the prancing years which followed the war, we saw big: we disposed of other people's estates without title deeds or rights.” Now that it appears that the British Government, heartily sick of its Mes- opotamian venture, 18 quite willing to admit America's loudly acclaimod ¢pen door policy, ourht we not to understand what rights, interests and titles it # contemplated will be par- ticipated In by American oil interests? Are they In concessions wrung from Turkey, with which the United States was never at war and to which no nas tional interest attaches; or aro they in property formerly belonging vo German, Austrian or Hungarian Na tionale-—for example, the former 96 per cent, interest of German banks in Turkish Petroleum Cempany? The acknowledged rule of o law ‘ time to be brief. of nations, part of the supreme law of the land under the Constitution, pre cludes the contiscation of _ private property to which the interest of the United States attaches by conquest By this law treaties of the United States are to be construed and In Its light ae of government are to be in- ierpreted. fe Are we then putting forward a na- tional claim that American private oul interests may participate in the on of properties the taking of which is against all Constitutional principles in the United States? Is not the assertion of American interest in the mandates .n favor of the Open Door itself a recognition of the pri- mary interest of the people of the United States; and the vital issue clouded by a claim inconsistent with the fundamental law not only of the United States but all members of the Soctety of Nations? The claim of the should be restitutio in integrum in favor of Germany—and in ‘‘considera tion of new guarantees” as to aggres- sion and disarmament JOSEPH WHITLA STINSON. United States We Feel Sure You Are Correct. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World The question here as to whether there are more people living to-day (in the wide world) than have ever died since the world began. | would appreciate an answer throug one of your columns, as I'm sure it would be of interest to all of you readers. 1 belleve there are mor dead than alive. PATRICIA RENARD. arose perty for Hearts. To the Editor of The Evening World I notice that Mr. Rockefeller jr. in an uplift talk closes tis remarks with the admonition that the sacredness of married life be ved Those of us Who have had a speak- with married life for preser ing acquaintance muny moons beyond the honeyed one are ready to attest without dissimula- tion or equivocation that there ts no sacredness about a married life where there ts no compatibility Nor should there be a law to bind any two people together when it has once been proven that {t is impossible for them to pull together. Even work- horses are granted more liberty than that, for their protests are noted and heeded long before either the harness cr vehicle have suffered harm. And since we don't stop pairing off horses becauas of this difficulty, nor stop making new ndjustments in an en- deavor to perfect a mechanical device, why should we expect ao preponder- antly much of « purely human rela- tlonahip? Npencer defines love an “a colostial harmony of likely hearts''—the yi in thts Insta: reauing a fit, mutt. paralieliam of hearts that te. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake BUILD YOUR OWN LADDER We receive many letters from young men and women who are eager to read good books and desirous of help in knowing what they ought to read. The reading requirements of all people ve ureatly than their food requirements vary. It is out of the question for any writer to give the list of books best suited to any individual's need. Many a young man and woman who ought to read Shakespeare, for example, would become so wearied by the unfamiliar Elizabethan English that they would lay down even “Hamlet” after the first few pages. Perhaps if a coure of reading is considered as a ladder, cach rung to consist of a book to be read, progress toward an education by reading would be a little easier. We suggest that our readers build this ladder for them- selves, choosing, with the help of the local librarian, the books from which to construct the bottom rungs. Almost any one will enjoy Stevenson, who puts thrilling stories into the best possible English, and supplics thought and good thougpt as he goes along. The youth who begins with Stevenson as a bottom rung of the ladder is likely to find Shakespeare one of the upper ones, With a little application, any intelligent person can read Herbert Spencer's very brief volume of Education, and in it find material for many more rungs as his ladder soars toward completion. To one without an education, individual text books, un- s they pertain directly to his daily occupation, are of little ry, even more use. But a list of the classics, modern and early, can be easily secured at any publi¢ library Tt is best, to one unused to reading, to begin with mod- erm books—Stevenson and Kipling, and Hawthorne and Washington Irving. Taste for reading will come with reading. And read- ing, if trash is eliminated, will broaden the mind and make it fit soil in which to sow the seeds for a good general edu- Blake.) Copyright POU O CTO aT OIC T OOOO OOOO eared gether can withstand the onslaughts WHOSE BIRTHDAY? ter commenced his “History of the of all kinds of unlovely weather. And] prc. 1— NIKOLAL MIKHAILO-| Russian Empire.” In order to accom ‘ even these will agree that all thelyior KARAMZIN, tho great Rus- | Push this task he secluded himself fo@ “celestial harmony’ marital beings *“Ttwo years until the Czar Alexander will ever know must be well grounded | #/an historian, was born in Mikhall- | heard of his work and invited Karama in the knowledge that the law of love} ovka, in the Government of Orenburg, | zin to read tt. In 1816 he removed tq {8 a problem to be solved and not an} Russia, Dec 2, 1 and died May]|st. Petersburg, where he spent the evil to be stified or eradicated , 1826. Being the of an officer | happiest days of his life, enjoying the | ‘And if Mr. Rockefeller and other of]in the army, he was educated In his] favor of Alexander, submitting to him é the custodians of wealth and morals|early youth for a military career.|the sheets of his history, Karamzim would really like to preserve more of| However, his aptness and preference! did not, however, live to carry hig for lterary work caused for stly to Moscow. the eacredness of married life, let him to g them provide the ways and means to be happy, though married. Let them take a layman's word for it, there's nothing like the “root of all evil" to enable one to co away and forgotfft! 5 A SUBURRANIT Inwood, L. 1., Nov. 25, 1938. lished under the title, Russian Traveller,’ which wae wide! read and mot with great enthusiasm. cation 2 ; ! , under a name not his own, he 1s said j History, of course, is important. The reader whotbe- 3] (7 he, writing ‘under @ “nom. 4 gins with the history of his own country will soon find in plume," or pen-name, and not uni himself the desire to read the history of other countgies and in alias = « in time, the fascination of the story of the upward ftrugule ; ane bape vee is iiso eet \ of the race will be such that a book of history will always be veninst @ person when the. See ame i by his side. failed of its intended effect. ; In 1789 he trav- elled extensively in Switzerland, Ger- many, France and England, and his exportence in these travels was pub- “Letters of a VIL—I8 THE SOLAR RUNNING DOWN? The question has been answered by mathematicians, - but celestial mathematics are beyor ae average mind. The same answer will occur to those who apply onfinary reasoning to familiar facts. Bets We know, for example, that the sun, which warms, lights end t the planets in thelr places, is om During the last solar eclipse flames were seen shooting © a miles into space, which is nearly twice the distance between the earti and moon, As nothing can burn for ever, one need not angue that the time will come when the sun is burnt out. All stars are suns and po two are in the same stage of development. firemist, which are solar systems process of formation. Whether great things or in small, the same rule seems to hold—there is @ of growth and a period of disintegra- tion. Coming down to earth, we ere told that there was a time when the earth rotated on Its axis every ten hours; It now takes twenty-four hours to \ complete the turn. We know that the moon used to go round the eartl\ in one day, because it was once jat- tached to the surface of the edrtli, and had to turn with it. It now) takes the moon more than twenty seven days to revolve round the earth. We know that the enérgy stored in) the earth is being dissipated into \ space. The power of the tides, for \_ example, is being wasted on the rocks. Hence the earth is losing energy and must, therefore, be dyin ‘While slowly exhausting the earth's energy, the tides are slowing down the earth's rotation. ‘The forge ¢ this statement will be apparent t those who renlize that the tides aro vast areas of surface waters which the sun and moon hold back while the earth is rolling on its axis. The tides, therefore, act aS a dvag, of brake, in slowing down the rotation of the earth. In like manner, the earth acts on the moon with still more deadly cf- fect. When the moon lay close to the earth, tt turned on its axis once every gy day; now it turns only once during the entire twenty-seven days it takes to revolve round the earth. This means that the grip of gravitation hes overcome all the primal impulses of the moon and it rides its orbit. wit one face always turned toward the earth. Human eyes never saw the other side of the moon, The man. in the moon never loses sight of the earth; he faces only“ftr one. direction, as if swung round by a etring, the string in this case being a cable formed of lines of gravitational force. One planet has disappeared from the solar system already; its wreck- age, the planetoids, strew the vacant orbit between Mars and Jupiter, Atl space indeed carries debris of moons, or planets, or suns, or universes which may have run down and be- dissipated. Meteors, comets, come ym shooting stars and the so-called *“‘« | of ages which settles on the. snogy of the highest mountain peaks doub less formed parts of stellar systems in their day. But our forebodings need not bo doleful The sun still has enough energy left to warm and heat tho planets for hundreds of years, anit the astfonomers say there is no conret or constellation of stars in sight with which the solar system can collide within the next few centuries. And when at length this singy system does run down and disinte= sure its burnt-out e we may be materials will be re-energised and utilized again in the formation of other systeins which will also haye their days of glory and decay. That our solar system is running down, however, appears self-evident. Slower and slower the earth and all the other planets will turn on thelr axes untilgthey all ride with one face set rigidly toward the sun, just as the moon now rides with the same side always turned’ toward the earth. After that time comes, the system as & whole will run down rapidly. i sith sae WHERE DID YOU GET \ THAT WORD? 234—ALIAS. “Allas’ is closely related to ‘‘alibi,’* and like ft is of Roman. origt \ “Alas,” in the time of Scipio Afrts . meant “elsewise" (the particié indicates “other” or else). When a man, for purposes of crime, has ‘another’ name or a string of, other names, he is sald to have ag “alias or ‘dllases."* But it is to be remembered that when a writer puts forth his effort In 1802 he became the editor of thd European Messenge: nd shortly af >| work further than the eleventh yoh« ume, terminating it at the acceasiad of Michael Romanov, in 1618. As critic he was of great service to |, country, and he may in fact be re warded as the founder of the review and essay In the Western style mmogg the Russians. ,