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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
THE TAX LEVY INCREASE
A Critic Opposes the Mayors Plan for
Putting the City on a Cash Basis.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ] noticed your editorial praising
Mayor Mitchel's scheme whereby the
tax levy shall be progressively IN
creased from year TO year, so AZ 70 re.
duce and ultimately end the issue OF
bonds for non-income producing I'M
provemerts. Even if the plan is en-.
trely sound economically, which j
doubt, this 10 certainly not the time
for putting itfuto operation. The tax
payer is already harassed to the. point
of desperation By high ts%es and poor
rental returns, and IL nc be 20 unfort-
innate as TO own tenement or factory
property ne has constantly upon his
back from two to four departments
calling for numberless little tiddle-fad-
dies that in the aggregate mean very
substantial expense and constant re-
duction of the returns OF his property.
am not one Of those who believe
that we should go back 10 old eondi-
tions, under which health and life were
freely endangered and too often de-
stroyed because VI conditions the rca-
sons for which sounded in landlords
cupidity. But the pendulum has swung
too far in the other direction. We are
now constantly annoyed by orders, vio-
lation Of which means penalties rang
ing from the incident incumbrsnce
upon the property TO fine or imprison-
ment. These orders in very many cases
admit, speaking IN practical sense, OF
no compliance. Indeed, | have seen OIL
ders OF one or other of these meddle-
some departments that an owner,
rather than comply with them, would
DO better 10 raze his property, and !
L NJ a
should be RACED because Of its lack or
sanitation or safety.
The instability Of property values in
New York Is one Of our great attic
tions. Take, as perhaps tho most con-
spicuous example, the movement Of the
Wholesale silk trade from Greene and
Mercer SITS. up 20 lower Fourth av. The
income OF property holders in the old
silk section has been cut TO such a de-
gree that many people who were well
90 do and many beneticiaries Of trusts
the funds of which were long ago in
vested there are now, If not actually
suffering, reduced far below their nor
NAL standards Of living. This same
thing is taking place in Brooklyn and
In The Bronx, only in lesser degree,
and, of course, not 50 conspicuously.
Ny point is this: Neither this year
nor next year, nor perhaps for three
or four years hence, will 1t be time
to do anything i'll the way Of changing
the citys policy as TO its finances in
any way that will operate to increase
the current tax levies. Speaking for
realty owners, | may say that our
backs are nearly broken already by
high taxes and poor rental yields. II
Mayor Mitchell and his supporters in
this movement wish to injure the value
and reputation of New York realty a.
an investment, let them 20 ahead right
now on the line that they propose. |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

luton. Prussia had been an enemy Of
the Gar but she was L worse enemy
or the DoUma. Prussia totally disre-
garded Austrian rights; but she is to-
cay quite ready to inhict Austrian
wrongs. This is the strong particular
difference between the one empire and
the other. Russia is pursuing certain
Ineligible and sincere ends, which TO
her at least are ideals, and for which
therefore, she will make sacrifices and
viii protect the weak. But the North
German soldier is sort of abstract
tyrant: everywhere and always on the
side Of materialistic tyranny. This
Teut0n IN uniform has been found in
strange places; shooting farmers be-
fore Saratoga and flogging soldiers in
Surrey, hanging ulggers IN Africa and
raping girls IN Wicklow, but never, by
some mysterious fatality. lending =
hand 70 the freeing Of single city or
the independence Of one solitary flag.
Wherever scorn and prosperous op-
preston are, there is the Prussian; UNI
consciously consistent, instinctiyely re-
strictiye. innocently evil; following
Garkness like dream
Suppose VIC heard or q person ,glit--
ed with some longevity who had
A-lptu .AlFS " .NlNtNANN bNbNl
cstants, then helped Cromwell to per
secute Irish Catholics, and then helped
Clayerhouse 10 prosecute Scotch Purl-
taus--Wc should lind il rather easier 70
call him prosecutor than 10 call him
u Protestant or Catholic Curiously
enough. this il actually the position N
which the Prussiau stands In Europe.
no arguments can alter the Tact that
in three converging and conclusive
cases lie has been on the side or three
distinct rulers OF different religions,
Who had nothing Whatever in common
oxcept that they were ruling oppres-
siveiy. In these three governments,
taken separately. one can sec some
thing eXcusable, or ~ least human.
When the Kaiser encouraged ehe Rus
sian rulers TO crush the Revolution,
the Russian rulers undoubtedly be-
ieyed they we're wrestling with an it,
;erno of atheism and anarchy. 4 So
Cllst OF the ordinary English kind
cried out upon me when | spoke OF
Stolypin, and said he was chiefly
known by the halter called "Stolypin's
Hecktie." A5 TACT. there We're many
ether things interesting about Stolypin
besides his necktie-his policy OF peas
ant proprietorship, his extraordinary
personal courage. and certainly none
more interesting than that movement
in his death agony, when he made the
syn OF the cross toward the Car, a.
the crown and captain OF his Christi
anlty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

ger should patronize all that Is efi.
in them. while ignoring all tina. De-
good. He is not Catholic; he is no.
OrthodoX; he is not Mahometan. Ho
- merely an old gentleman who
wishes 70 share the crime, though he
Csnnot share the creed
This would seem obviously fantastic
were il not supported by solid facts
which cannot be explained otherwise.
Indeed il would be inconcelvable II We
were thinking of whole people, con
sisting of free and varied individual.
But in Prussia the governing class 10
really q governing class, a. : very
few people are needed 70 think along
these lines to make all the other peo-
pie act along them. And the PARADE
Of Prussia is this: That while IT,
princes and mobiles have no other am
on this earth but TO destroy democrlcf
wherever Il shows itself, they have
cortriyed 10 get themselves trusted.
not as Wardens VI the past, but as
forerunners OF the future. Even tney
cannot believe that their theory II pop
ular, but they do believe that II is pro
gressive. Here again We ind the 1plr
itual chssm between the two monarcl
les III question. The Russian lnstitu
tioEs are, IN many cases, really LETT d.
the rear OF the Russian people, and
many OF the Russian people know -.
But the Prussian institutions are sup
posed 10 be in advance Of the Prussiau
people, and most OF the Prussiau PEG
pie believe il. Il is thus much easier
for the war lords 10 20 eyeryvhcrt
and impose u hopeless slavery upoi
every one, for they have already i'm
posed a sort OF hopeful slavery or
their own simple race.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
GalloSs. Not Cross, Supported.

But the Kaiser does not regard the
Car as the captain of Christianity.
Far from il. What he supported in
stolypin was the necktle. and nothing
but the necktie; the galloWs. and not
the cross. The Russian ruler DID be-
.icve that the Orthodox Church was
orthodox. The Austrian Archduke did
really desire to make the Catholic
Church catholic. He did really believe
that he was being prot Catholic In be-
ing pro-Austrisa. But the Kaiser eau
not be pro-Cathoiic. and, therefore,
cannot have been really pro-Austrian;
he was simply and solely anti-Serviau;
hay, even IN the cruel and sterile
strength Of Turkey, any ore with i'm
aglnauon can see something Of the
tragedy, and, therefore. Of the tender
ness Of true belief. The worst that
can be said OF the Moslems Is, as the
poet put II, they offered to man the
CHOICE OF the Koran OF the sword. The
best that can DC said for the German is
tlat lie does not care about the ho-
rat, but - satisfied ii he eau have
Tic sword. And for me. ] coufess,
zen tie SIM u these three oth-r
striving empires take OF, IN c0mpari-
ron, something that b. aorrowtul enc
digGiried; and feel they DO not de-
.erre that this little Lutheran .ouu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
u, GILBERT n. CHESIERTON.
l3l The Annctite of INrannN.

The German Emperor has reproached
this country with allying itself with
"barbaric aud scmi-Oriental power.
We have already considered Ia what
sense We use the word barbaric; 1t Is
n the sense VI one who IS hostile to
civilization, not one who is insufficient
in Il. But when we pass from the idea
of the barbaric to the idea OF the
Oriental, the case Is even more curious.
There is nothing particularly Tartar
in Russian affairs, except the fact that
Russia expelled the Tartars. The East
crn invader occupied anC crushed the
country Tor many years; bus thae A.
equally true OF Greece, VI Spain, ana
even Of Austria. Il Russia has suf-
fercd from the East, she has suffered
in order 70 resist IL; and it Is rather
hard that tue very miracle OF her eo-
cape should make Il mystery about her
origin. Jonah may or may not have
been three days in.ide fish; but that
does not make him d norman. And ~
all the otter eases Of European nations
who escaped the mOnsL-ous captlN lty.
We do admit tie purity and continuity
Of the European type. We consider the
old Eastern rule as WOunC, but not
a. q stain. CopDer-colOred men out o.
Africa oyerrglcd for centuries the re-
ligion and patriotism Of Spanlards. 1ct
have never heard that Don Qui%ote'
Wan ~ African sable Oh the lines OF
"Cncle Remus." | have never heard
that the heavy black in the pictures Of
NelasqueZ WAS due 10 negro ancestry.
IN the case Of Spain, which Is close ~
Us, we can recognize the resurrection
Of d Christian and cultured nation Gt-
ter its age OF bondage. But Russia IS
rather remote; and those to whom ma
tioDs are bU. names IN newspapers can
really fancy, like Mr.. Barring friend,
/ tina. all Russian churches are
3 "m0sQLcs.' Yet the land Of Furgcney
/ is not wilderness vi fahirs; and evea
the faustical Russian is as prouC Of
being different from the Mongol as the
ianstical Spaniard was proud u being
different from the Moor.
The town Of Reading, a. il exists,
offers few opportunities for piracy on
The high seas; yet II was the camp Of
the pirates In Alfred's day. ! should
think II hard 70 call the people Of
Berks shire Danish merely beca u Sc
they drove out the Danes. IN shor,,
: some temporary WDmergeuee under the
savage flood was the fate Of many q
the most civilized states Of Christen-
dom, and 1T is quite ridiculous TO argue
that Russia, which Wrcstled hardest,
must have recovered least. Every
where, doubtless, the East spread A
/ sort OF enamel over the conquered
countries; but everywhere the enamel
cracked. Actual history, III fact, Is eX-
actly opposite to the cheap proverb in
vented against the Nuscovite. II Is not
true 10 say, Scratch Russian and
YOU lind Tartar" I'm the darkest nour
of the barbarc dominion it vas truer
10 say Scratch d Tartar and you ind
Russian = WAC the civilization
that survived under all the barbarian.
Eussia's Course Consistent.
This vital romance OF Russia, this
revolution against Asia. can be proved
in pure fact; not only from the almost
superhuman activity Of Russia during
the struggle, but alao (Which j. much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
The Coming 7oever
The Ballad of the BeIovedcst Man.

Ii 10 j merrie gentleman,
Hath smile upon his face.
His brow is bright, his step Is light,
His manner iul, OF grace.
Q what hath made thy step 50 light
qucricd OF him then,
And why, oh, why. hast thou become
Beoyedest OF mcnf
Hast thou IAN heir TO a great fortune:
Has. jobs to give away!
Or is i love OF q fair ladyc
That max st thee seem so gay.
AIT thou noted athaletc!
Art iam'd by brush or PEN
O rede nc, redc me how'rt become
Bclovcdcst OF mcnl
@ all men love me overmuch,
And women love me well.
Now 1.-THE and listen, gentlcS all,
And the reason you will tell.
haena gained : great fortune,
Have nought to give away;
Ii is the love o: no ladyc
That maketh me seem SO gay.
J am no noted athaletc,
Nor tam'd by brush nor pen
But this is how ;hat I hac grown
Bcloyedcst OF men:
Whcre'er ! so. whome'eT sec
This town, this eountric DER,
7 never, never, never, never,
Argue about the wax.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
Race Suicide and the Remedy.

~ UR DORA MAR1I% q JLFf EIsON CITY ~
It's feeble minded women
Who wear the dissracefGi Gilt skirt
That arc found dancing the tango
And become detestable frts.
They are the kind that Kill thelF husbands
And neglect their children too,
They run away with "aflinitics
Most anything they DO.
Oh, women don't give much time 10 clothes
And jewels that almost blind.
When you 90 from this world 10 another
You have TO leave them behind.
But there are priceless jewels worth winning
The souls OF littlo once.
That will BE- stars in tie crown VI the winner
When our earthly task Is done.
The pessmst tells We our nation IS lost
VIC cannot remove this letter,
And the opt!mst IS trying hard to prove
That or nation Is growing better.
We know neither ono OF these statements - true
tut own we're ~ a sad state
: clean lie movement wlll make It all right
Fit 10 not put OIL 200 late.
Doctors tel ls tobacco roisons our blood
Aud iuJurc. our priceless nerves,
IL makes Il imam smell 30 offensive
lie = deserted as lie often deserves.
On account of this accursed blood poison
Fine women remain old maids,
And others arc getting divorces.
So our country needs your aid.
GOT 4 AlATCH3l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
The Devonshire Regiment Fund.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May ! venture to appeal
through your columns to any native
OF the County Of Devonshire, England
to send me 81 for the Devonshire Regi-
ment fund, for the provision Of those
extras and comforts which 90 so faI
to make the life Of the soldier en-
durable when engaged in an arduoua
campaign?
There must be many natives Of
Devon resident in the United State
who would be glad 10 contribute 81 for
such q purpose.
shall be pleased to acknowledge
the receipt OF all sums sent TO me N
care of the Authors Club, =, Whitehall
Court, London, s. ".
SIDNEY TRIST,
Honorary Secretary, the Authors Cluo,
>, whitehall Court, London, Oct. 23,
1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
An Open Forum for
Public Debate.
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

know many. owners vino are disgus,l.,n
already with their treatment ~ th'
city authorities in ths matter OF tshs.'
assessments, regulations, etc, ana wnu
vow, II they could get out of tneir
holdings nov, even at a loss, tney
would not touch New York realty WIN
u forty-foot pole.
Finally, | do not see why permanent
pou.income producing improvement,
should be paid for by the taxpayers OF
a single generation. II the improve
mcnt is permanent. then those VINO
come after US should bear ut least
some share Of It's cost.
A TAXPAYER.
New York, Oct. 20, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
Xiyienne Bobs Up in Her Artless Japanese Way.

yes" said Nivienne, lit was sort OF lovers quar-
rel Jim was smiling wet hen but was cold as
church mouse. lie said, Come of your perch tue
waters fne Well, that's where he upset his apple
sprudel for I'm as irdeperdent as clam with sore
head and just told him to teach his grandmother to
roll off 4 log like JIM though they do say he eats
like 4 fish, and when he said was pretty as TWO
sticks my spirits went up like thousand OF prIc".
But of course, you can't eat your cake ana Dc soou
10 your mother too, and its rocky ROAD 10 Up
rerary." w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
The Superiority Of Russia.

Aud when men shall speak 10 ~ q.
the hoary iniquities of Russia and q.
how ANTICIPATED is the Russian system
We shall answer. Yes; that IS the So
periority Of Russia" Their WstltN
tons are part Of their history, whether
a. relies o. fossils. Their abuses have
really been uses: that is % say, thcf
have been used up. Ii they have old
e.glnes OF terror or torment, they MA
fall 10 pieces from mere rust, like en-
CID coat Of armor. But Do the case q.
the Prussian tyranny, u % be TYRANNY
q all, IL is the whole point OF Us clam
that il is not autiquated, but just go
ing 10 begin. like the Snowman. Prls
STA has q whole thriving factory OF
thumbscrews, whole hummlng worh
shop Of wheels and rack, OF the new
ct and ncatest pattern, with which 90
Wln back Europe 10 the Reaction .
.nfGndum rCuOyare dolOrcm. And D..
He wish to test the truth Of this, % can
be done by the same method Wnlc.
showed Us that Russia. if beer race of
religion could sometimes make hcr Cd.
invader and an OppressOr, could aI-"
be made IN emancipation aud ID hrig
GRANT. In the same way. d Che bu-
ian institutions are OlQ-ia nluhtit
they honestly exhibit che good as "e.
as the bad that con be found iu OLD
fashioned things. In their police ~
tenn they have an inequality which Dr..
against our ideas Of law But 100 their
commune system they have an equality
that Is older than law itself. Eyct
when they logged each other like bal
barians. they called each other BE- their
Christian names like children. \.
their worst, they retained all the be-.
of q rude society. A. their best. they
are simply good. like good children o.
good nuns. But in Prussia, all tha.
is best IN the civilized machinery b,
put az the service OF all that Is Vors
IN the barOaric mind. Here again tlc
prussian has no accidental merit. bore
Of those lucky surviyals, nonei Of thosc
..,e repentauces. which make the patel
work glory oil Russia. Here I'D s
slarpeued " q point and pointed 20
purpose; and that purpose, % word
and acts have any meaning al al,
the destruction OF liberty Throughout
a.. world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

Evening twilight. says the Boston Post, Overlook
the Princeton players" And 7. H., who sends the
clipping, wants Us to make droll comment it.
And we were attempting TO. when We looked up "twi-
light" and learned-Uhat a wonderful profession this
is. that twilight may come just before sunrise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
In Alliance with Almost livery body

They have been IN alliance with
almost everybody of and Oh; with
France, with England, with Austria,
that .' tGey have lcf. o. any oae o. Of
these people the fantest impress Q.
progress Or liberation? Prussia VA
the enemy vi the French monarchy
but q worse enemy VI the French Reyo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

II Glynn should be elected, white light will hash
from our window in the Tower tomorrow evening"
in the event Of Whitmans election, green light vii.
scintillate; If Davenport be chosen, We shall ride OF
bicycle from The top Of the Tower, nest 10 the
clock. 10 the City Hall steps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

Under "5ome of the Seasons Noyelties.' in ye5ter-
days Tmes "The very long sleeve which is the ac-
cepted one this Autumn is made to it with glOyelke
tightucss from the waist almost to the floor We
can't better the Illness oRn heading.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

Something :els u that the successful candidate TO-
morrow is going to promise the people Square peai
and Business Administration, 30 our advice Is 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

Mr.. Gynn is certain and Mr. Whitman Is connden
80 little remains to be told For that little, heweye
see Wednesdays Iribune.-Adyt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
METEOROLOGICAL CONCLUSIONS.

Speaking OF weather aud that Is defensible
Isn't Thu autumn just incomprehensible?
T. r. 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
The Modest Triple Violet.

We've all Of US bccu IN tbc column before
Freddie aud IrNiu and Morric.
This isut the first time we've made people roar,
Freddie and Irwin aud Morric.
When working alone we're as good as the rest:
were there with the pep and the suup aud iii,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
TIE WHOLE DUTY OF CONNECTS

4 man should always say what's true
Mud serve his term Us others do,
And walk. aud eat AT prison table.
At least a. lar ~ hc is able.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

You may 10. like viyienne. She's an acquired taste
like Patience on Il monument.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

But working together we show at our best:
FREDDIE AND levin AND NIoEEIr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02

When Ccrvantcs laughed the older chivalry TO
death in the person Of Don Qo%ote, hc slew at the
same time the earlier conception or the lady III the
person of Dulcinea.-from The Passing Of the Gen
tlewoman,' by Herman Schefsuer IN the North
American Review.
When shown the statement above quoted, Peggy
svs that Dulcinea remarked: "l have 10 say THAI
f.nnv Marx Twain used 90, The report of nay death
has been grossly exaggerated That's rather cute
think"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-02
Iussia's Course Consistent.

This vital romance OF Russia, this
revolution against Asia. can be proved
in pure fact; not only from the almost
superhUman activity Of Russia during
the struggle, but also (Which l. much
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-05

version OF thousands and publish his
sermons in the newspapers, heralding
his own praise after the manner Of the
old Prarasees, is regarded as a hero
by the superficial.
The Rev. Mr.. Feeger styled the re-
vival movement a modern, man-made
agency, unknown in the early church.
unhistorical, unscriptural. He held it
implied that conversions could not be
effected without human aid.
His text was / John ", 1, Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but prove the
spirits, whether they are of God; be-
cause many false prophets are gone
out into the world"
The speaker held if the Bible asked
members of churches to test the doc
trine of preachers who had been in
their midst for twenty years, it be-
hooved the laity to test carefully the
sermons of men who come to a city
under the title of evangelists.
Rev. Mr.. Beck's Address.
The Rev. Mr.. Beck held that Honey
not be tolerated in the pulpit. He bas-
ed his opposition to the movement on
two grounds. First, human measures
are introduced to take the place Of the
Words and Sacrament in the saliva
ton of souls; secondly, the emotional
result is considered the true criterion
of conversion. The speaker made an
analytical review of the pentecostal
revival and the reformation of the Six.
teenth century.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-05
PRAYER MEETINGS
TUESDAY MORNING

The cottage prayer meetings
will be continued from 10 to 1890
o'clock four mornings this week.
The card in the window, and this
announcement Of the places in the
press is your invitation to be pres
ent at one of them. The places
reported for Tuesday morning are
as follows:
Fred Knollenberg, 1879 South 4th
Timothy Nicholson, 1872 South 9th.
DR.. J. A. Walls, 81 South 10th.
DR.. Townsend, 124 South 10th.
Mrs. George Davis, 50 South 18th
Mrs. William Cooper, Ala South
18th.
Mrs. Clarence Carey, 44O South
18th.
Mrs. F. I. Smith, 6O3 South 18th.
Mrs. Emma Hanna, 604 South 9th.
Mrs. Cook, "a North 18th.
Mrs. J. w. Jay, 122 North 18th.
Mrs. Joseph Brown, POI North 18th.
Mrs. John Deitz, corner North C
and 14th.
Mrs. Albert Lamb, 116 North 10Th.
Mrs. Ogden, 2026 North F.
Thomas Dennis, 1884 North J.
J. NJ. Lamb, National road, West
Mrs. Clevenger, 11S Randolph.
Mrs. Samuel Curtis, 429 Richmond
avenue.
S. S. PerciGeld, I'LL Sheridan.
Rev. S. Billheimer, 1909 Hunt.