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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
No Restoration of the State Convention.

Any attempt to abrogate the direct nomination
of candidates for state Office such as the Repub-
can Senators in conference have bound them
selves to support, is most unwise. This state has
tried the direct primary, and, barring imperfec-
tons in the law is satisfied with it, To go back
now and undo the law would be a case of reac-
tion and the party responsible for it would be
certain to suffer 1t would be the first time for
any state in the country which has tried the direct
primary in any degree to go backward.
If Senator Argetsinger's measure is intended
TO substitute a conventions nominations for the
decision of the voters in the primary it will be
complete defiance OF the direct nomination
theory. If it is intended. by the clumsy device of
pre-prnary and state convention, TO furnish
some agency for the consultation of party leaders
on state candidates. before the primary it is nept
in its choice of machinery.
The Hnman-Green bil-the Hughes measure
recognized the desirability of such opportunity
for consultation and conference, and furnished it
by providing for q state committee meeting to
designate a ticket of candidates, whose names
should be- submitted to the voters on the primary
ballot along with any other nominations which
groups of party members chose to make. That
was simple workable scheme. The party COM
mittee--the Organization" each political unit
had the duty 10 suggest ticket before the pri-
mary. but the suggestion had TO be ratified by the
voters at the primary, in competition with other
candidates..
The Hughes plan is better than The convention
plan. But it would be better still to give the
present law an adequate try-out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
THE WAITER AND HIS i~
How the Latter May Be Given "'''
Gain to the Ciyer.

To the Editor of The Tribune .,,A
Sir: With your permission, W. ,.
TO George Irving Schneeberger anu I'D
"Tip 10 Charity" League. ! am go
70 note that he recognizes the is n.i - -
the walters tip is not cnarl'y' .;,.ys
ever stop TO inquire what the wsh.hIy
tin should be designated as! f'ov s,,,,
not. so I'll tell. The tip TO Wa -,
ia nav. frequently insufficient pay -.
ssrrices rendered. Waters are ~
nlutocrsts. funny" esrtooniss ~.
w;thstsnding. They are men wots
for a living, working with nanu, .ssiJ
and feet. They work e.ordi.
long hours, under distressing ,h,i,
tions. Their method OF receiving NH
wages is not their fault, pus s s
one OF their manifold nisioiTho s
Thew are not the gamers by ~ -
who profit by the system are .hs h
ard the boss. However, IL 10 o. .surs
the abuses, good old human
being what it lie, that will contins ~
I could tell a lot about walters .~
would il I felt confident OF the saN
ewing ma space. The things ! soS.
Ike TO tell would prove the foiio ...;s,
That waiter. considering the u
inc he mas to submit 20 before ., ,5sr-
waiter in a first class place, Is anS and
paid, underfed and overwor nS are d
that the walters Of New fork s.iIov
a sorrier plight than their tho
craftsmen in any other big city 10 ~
world. ,,y Mr.
schneeberger that would serve ns q
pose without robbing the thl tho
families Of Others. possibly no. ..s ss
working. Why not cut out the ,our
or cocstail at the beginning , ., yO
supper or the glOmbiS@ses ere. aux y, me end
81 By e" following that suggested, y for
would have your so cents, or more, se ~
charity, and would also be dong .ns, 'vou
stomach a favor (sssuming .s.s and ard
habitually ga. sis-dollsr su ppppsIs ssvs
last. but not least, you "ou'TT
the weary waiter trip!
New York Feb, II, 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
Let the City Fix the City's Payroll!

The bill introduced by Senator Bennett and
Assembyman Stoddard at the request Of the Citi-
1ens Union to permit the Board of Estimate and
the Board Of Aldermen to regulate the salaries Of
city employees is altogether good measure. These
are the citys budget-making agencies. They
should have power employees compensation
just as they have over department expenditures
in other lines.
The Board of Estimate has already gone on
record for the presentation Of its own charter
amendment TO bring about this desired state of
affairs. Since that bill would have the direct
backing and approval of the city authorities, it
would be likely to receive consideration from
the Legislature than the bill just introduced. The
purpose is the same. Whichever one seems better
adapted to bring that purpose into practical effect
should be adopted. 1t is high time the city au-
thorities had the say as TO what they must pay
public servants whose wages come out of the city
treasury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
which has outrun all others In making 'he p'"'-
tice of warfare ruthless and inhumane!
The Parole of Sullivan UDdeserved.

II is hard TO imagine any convict whose case
less deserved clemency than did that OF Sullivan
the Union Bank wrecker who has Just "eeh
paroled. This action by the Parole board IS most
unwise and singuarly unfortunate. FOR years 10
come Il will he used as argument against the
operation Of the parole system that this bra1en
crook. who had the audacity TO name the exact
date on which the officials were to liberate nm
several DAYS before that action was taA'es was
able tn make good his boasts
Sullivan's prison record was scandal and his
release merely accentuates that scandal. lie made
prison discipline a farce His special favors IN
the WAY of accommodations and his automobile
GOV rides" around the country, with or without
the complainant political tool who then happened
70 be warden of Sing Sing, made the prison little
worse than country residence for the banker
convict. He is now facing trial on indictments
CHARGING him with the theft of part Of the
wrecked banks assets opportunity being afforded
him by his improper liberty He is alleged ny
some Of these indictments TO be n second offender
against the laws-surely not the kind Of person
to be paroed. II is impossible not to believe that
the Parole Board In releasing him at the expira-
ton Of his minimum sentence has made grave
c+o Le
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
The Mantle of the Big Chief.

"Fingey" Corners YVES a Buffalo roustabout
when Dick Croker ruled New York. But now
both are gentlemen Of leisure at Palm Beach. one
with a hydroplane and the other with young
wife.
On Wednesday they met somewhat informally.
Mr.. Corners was airing his hydroplane at the
rate Of forty miles an hour. Mr.. Croker was
seated beside his bride on the veranda, smoking.
There was a crash mile OFF shore, and presently
Mr. Corners helped by his two mechan,cians,
waded YEARLY TO the Croker pier. TO be greeted
by the Chief He was covered with mud
81 am not yet done for in New York State poll
tics. now wear the mantle of the Big Chief"
he said, only he didn't say it just then. He
waited until after the Croker gardeners had
scraped off the mud and he had donned Croker
suit
There might have been some force to this argu-
ment had the wreck occurred off Good Ground,
Long Island, four years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19

In 1912 the Tenement House Depart
ment issued 10000 orders, and 100000
were complied with. A prominent real
estate expert published some time ago
a careful analysis of the results OIL
the operation Of tenement house laws.
According to his conclusion, the cost
to owners and damage to taxable
values since the enactment OF the law
amounted TO more than $S00,000,0OO.
Ny experience as q member OF the
Board of Tax Commissioners conyinces
me that there is a large measure or
truth in the statement. The damage TO
taxable values due to unnecessary
features of this law would, II ascer-
tainable, be so appalling as to bring
universal demand for its repeal. BY
unnecessary features | mean those that
do not benefit tenants in the slightest
degree.
Owners of factory property are
penalized to almost as great an eX-
tent as owners of tenement house prop
crty by the new factory laws, upon
which a new Interpretation is placed
almost daily. If inquiry is made as
to the origin OF these laws, It will
probably be found that most of them
have been forced through the Legis-
lature at the behest of the CHARITY
Trust" 1t will also be found that
this Charity Trust" though supported
by many conservative philanthropists,
is dominated by two or three ardent
single takers, who devote 365 days and
nights each year TO the propagation OF
the single tax law.
And what creed is that of the single
tax religion as propounded by its
founder, Henry George? Mr.. George
vas as conscientious as any of his
followers are, and yet he declared that
private ownership OF real estate was
bold. bare, enormous wrong, like
chattel slavery" He also declared that
1--WE must make land common property"
and that the city should not bother TO
acquire title TO property, but should
"coniiscate its rental value"
There are thousands OF tenement
house and factory owners who will
agree that the operation of these re8u-
latory laws does result in contisca-
ton of rental values and is a gross
abuse of the police power of the state.
No municipal corporation or other cor
poration can permit the impairment OF
its credit by violating the fundamental
laws of business finance and govern
ment without paying the penalty.
New York City bonds are, however,
absolutely safe, in spite of these regu-
latory laws, which, like an insidious
disease, are destroying the body poll
tic. The debt limit may be reached.
1t may become impossible to borrow
money to complete public improve
ments, and the tax rate may go above
2 per cent, but it should be remem-
bered that the New York City bonds
already issued represent only 10 per
cent Of the assessed valuation Of tax
able property and are a first lien,
coming ahead Of all real estate mort
cages. Furthermore. the city owns
property free of tax amounting in
value TO more than its outstanding
bonds. JUDSON q. WALL.
New York, Feb. II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES
For Public as Well as for Private En-
ployes.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The plea made by Professor
Charles Baskerville that some measure
of relief should be passed by Congress
for Isador Miller, who was permanently
manned when working as public SER
want at Picatinny Arsenal, and that a
fair measure OF compensation Tor all
federal employees should be enacted
without further waste Of time, must
surely meet with ready response from
all who value national reputation 1or
justice.
Since three-quarters of the employees
of the federal government are not pro-
tected by the existing compensation
act. cases OF hardship like Miller's are
by no means so uncommon as an easy
going public might suppose. The 3d.
600 or so of public servants who are
within the scope Of the act are COM
pensated for injuries on the most un-
scientific and uneconomic system on
record, full wages being paid after
fifteen days of disability from the in
jury, with maximum OF years
wages.
1t is preposterous that other workers
in New York City should be protected
by the state compensation law while
federal employees in the customs and
immigration service are without any
accident protection. That accidents
happen in these services is we'll known.
Much attention was drawn In the fall
of 1918 TO the death by drowning of In
spector Waldo. The direct cause Of
this accident was the bad condition Of
the railing on the Ellis Island ferry,
yet the dependent widow Of Inspector
Waldo has not received any compensa-
ton for the death of her husband.
The only adequate way in which. the
situation can be met is by the enact
ment OF more comprehensive and sci
entiiic compensation law.
The Kern-McGillcuddy bill now be-
fore Congress combines the best feat
ures of the more recent compensation
acts. Il has been favorably reported by
the Judiciary Committee of the House
of Representatives and is Endorsed by
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, the ex-
ecutive department in charge OF the ad-
ministration of the existing act. A re-
cent report from the bureau estimates
that this measure. while rendering JUS
tice to all, would not cost more and
might fall below the cost Of the pres
ent act in the early years Of its opera
ton, since il proposes 70 pay comper-
sation on basis of two-thirds of the
workers wages from the fourth day of
disability. IL provides medical service
and creates machinery for prevention
of accident
Half of our states have established
systems OF workmen's compensation.
while this year forty-four state legis-
latures have workmen's compensation
before them in some form or other.
Meanwhile the federal government
lags behind with the worst system Of
compensation to be found in the coun-
try. From every quarter Congress
should be urged Immediately to pass
the Kern -McGillicuddy bill Yours very
truly. HENRY R. SEAGER,
President American Association for La
Dor Legislation.
New York, Feb. Is, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
Getting a Move On.

To the Editor of The Tribune ,l.y
Sir: Tit for tat is still iaI, re r..
and wish to cheer you up after 30, ,s,,srs
CENT of two such disheartenl,nn,g ,s and
as those from Phoebe E. II. WIFE, ss.t 10
at" by stating that your inle' III a.
the cause of equal justice 70 a.
by the suffrage mo,s Tor
has kept me your friend and rssaeaa THE
several months. Your editoriai on il
Times" aroused in me as a., ,Ss, I
something akin to a delight hHe ,ssiius
can imagine myself as a savage hs.
when my we'll heaved miss'is ,osss
budged the immovable hippo; NOV
as a boy to undermine sane 0, - s,s
banks and jump from under ~ see
them fall. and so still love unpre.
what is established and snug! on or
gressive urged to get a move
stand the iibing merited o, &c.. Miss
Nv hats of TO you for letting hssg
Rodman write for you. WY n0'
her hat in the subway. 700 ooura
New York. Feb. Is. I9O.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
DEPRESSING REALTY OWNERS
Thus Undermining the Basis Of the
City's Credit.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring TO Controller Ira
vis's proposition TO repeal the secured
debt law in order to collect an annual
tax on eight hundred millions Of bonds,
permit me 70 say that the Controller
would find il impossible TO collect the
amount he anticipates. The secured
debt taxes have been paid on hundreds
of millions of bonds that have not
been sold and are not held in the State
of New York, and, furthermore, the
state. has apparently entered into a
moral contract with the owners of the
bonds that are held here not to col
lect any further tax on the bonds.
While the financial situation of the
city is undoubtedly bad, this condition
ia no. due to the tax laws or their
administration or to the large city
budget, but it is due TO the fact that
the base Of the city's credit has been
undermined By the enactment and
operation Of harsh, unscientific regu-
latory laws. These unnecessarily bur-
densome laws have killed the real es-
tate market. The city's credit being
BASED upon the market value and as
sessed value OF its real estate, every
proper effort should have been made
10 conserve those values, IN order
that they might increase as the popu-
lation and necessary expense OF the
city increased.
The contrary, however, has been the
case for many years. Owners of prop
erty have been harsssed and annoyed
beyond endurance, and the very natu-
ra! result has been that there are no
buyers for certain classes Of real es-
tate. This is especially true of the
market for ordinary tenement house
property, which was formerly the back
bone Of the whole market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
This Is About the Palmer. Owen Bill.

Sir You remember, perhaps. letting us mention
Child Labor Days in January. This is not monthly
performances, but how about letting mention the
Pamer-owen bill the House has just passed.
The House passed IL by vote Of 232 TO 44-just
about the proportion, we believe, in which people
who consider child labor necessary and those who
know il is crime stand in this country. 1t is now
up to the Senate.
If the bill passes the Senate it will stop interstate
commerce in goods which children under IA have
worked in mills, factories, canneries and workshops
children under 10 have worked in mines and quarres
children between IL and Is have worked than
hours day at night In other words. tho states
that still work little children will have to keep their
goods at home. We in New York, FOR instance need
no longer be haunted by the idea that the cotton We
buy may have been spun BY an 1l-yesr-old child in
North Carolina. (But we shall probably continue to
be haunted by the ides that the artificial flowers we
buy may have been made by mere baby in our own
fair tenements.) The Palmer Owen bill will help to
equalize the chances Of American children.
....r N. O.. L. C..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
AN APPoINTIvE CONTROLLER
With the Governor Responsible FOR
His Work.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The contest now going on be-
tween the Governor and the Controller
affords a striking illustration of the
forces operating for and against the
short ballot proposal, which seeks to
make the Controller (and the other
minor state officers) appointive by the
Governor.
The opposition insists that the office
of Controller is so important" that
it must be kept on the ballot. We are
beginning TO see in what this I'M
portance" largely consists. The office
OF Controller distributes over mill
ion dollars year in the way OF per-
manent jobs, appraiserships, etc. a
good deal Of this comes through GER
tain tax bureaus, which the Governor
row proposes TO transfer TO their
proper place under the Tax Commits
sion. Now, it has recently been said
that the Controller is politically
strong in his fight because he has
"recognized the county chair1nen" in
his appointments, whereas the Cover
nor has not. This is familiar situa-
ton. A Governor. conspicuous and ex-
allied, is beyond the easy reach or
county chairmen. A Controller, too OBJ
scure to be able to have secured his
nomination By an appeal to the people
over the heads of the politicians, is in
10 position 10 resist opportunities for
easy Jobs, and his Office becomes the
county chairmsn's easy prey.
The Governor should be made re-
sponsible, not only for the tax bureaus
but for the whole Office Of the Control
Ter, for the sake of securing genuine
Independent audit--not independent OF
the Governor, to be sure, but indie
pendent of the politicians, independent
Of pull and favoritism. independent Of
political pressure! r. s. CHILDS.
New York, Feb. IS, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19

BY Our OWN F. P. A
You talk about the Exposish
The folks are having out In Frisco
Where one may sample any dish
From Sampbells soup to canned Mabisco;
Where all the wonders Of the earth
Between Cohoes and Tippererry ..i.
Are gathered in an acres girth--
Yes, I am jerry.
But have we not some wonders here
In little, ancient n. Y. City?
Don't we imbibe imported beer?
And for a friend or two who's witty
Have we so very far TO search?-
There's Oldgrant Rice and Briggs and Arte.
Wouldst have me leave them in the lurch
For that there party?
Should attack the western trail
To crafty sense of beauty,
Distributing my hard-earned kae,
Neglectful Of my daily duty?
Do you believe | really care
To take the trip Gosh, how | dread IT'D
And say farewell to Greeley Square?
Non,,a roht' Jya sa;d u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
Tax Burdens Increasing.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Legislative inquiry into the
city's finances might be the best thing
that could happen TO Ne York in its
present condition.
Most Of the present officials have
been in Office five years. They were
elected on pledge of efficiency and
economy and as protest against
Tsmmsny extravaganza. Yet the bur-
den Of the taxpayer is heavier than il
was Eve years ago. Notwithstanding
business depression and reduced rent.
ais, the city has raised assessed valu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
An Forumfo
L

atoms beyond the actual value or Sel'
inc price to meet its obligations: lai.
PAYERS deny the right Of the city
rob them because 1t IS living pe!'I.
its means. A private corporston y
similar straits would retrench or g
bankrupt. New York City must 90 0n'
or the other. ,,
onnortrnity have failed to stop sns
rising tide of city expenditures. 49,.
tate investigation should reveal sps,i
e;fic instances and suggest s renee
Tew York. Feb. II, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
Each to His Own News.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Because he has not the initia-
tive to skip the news he thinks tedis
Gus. does Mr.. Burke want to deprive
others OF it--though he must know IL
interests many? Were not woman suf-
frage an issue of sufficient moment
10 concern every man and woman in
the state. perhaps the papers would
give it Less space. Ny family and /
snd most Of our frienGs-sre tired Of
divorce trials. society notes, etc;
therefore. we do not read them. II Mr..
Burke differs with The Tribune on the
importance Of woman suffrage he
should put the question aside, reading
only what he personally considers i'm
portant or interesting.
Linda L. CONTENT.
New York, Feb. ID, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19

II is too late now, but suppose we should hsv
had the Grand Tour booked By the Tower Tours Com
psny, (z) Inc, Of l4s West seth street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
You're right! I've said it.
"A X g.

The worry Of how going to find time enough
10 write daily COR hlmosD piece doesn't ven ap-
proach Us. We can do 1t in the two hour. usually
spend reading letters from gentle, the euphemsm
goes, readers who tell how this Bastion Of Blum
dersomeness ought to be written
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19

Signing name to Bonds, Stocks or Checks
specially" some one adcertises in the Wall Street
Journal The only we ever knew who made
signing checks a speciality really didut specialize
enough. He'd sign almost snybodys name
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
OH. KEEP TT!

Sir: You might tell Old Bert Taylor that J. too,
read Calverey. In fact, it was your copy that
read NY, my! how pleasuraby I remember the
year had that book.
Er--I suppose you need IL right along, now?
SMEED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
The Coming Tower
Little Sister.

Deal very gently with her, Life.
Keep her forever sweet and fair,
Keep her apart from all our toll and STRIFE,
Sorrow and care.
Give US her burdens, we are strong.
Let not her sunlit spirit hear,
Through all the merry laughter and the song
The cry Of fear.
From clouds and surly tempests roar,
Keep thou her peaceful pathway free,
Until she stands upon tn: sunset shore
Beside the sea-
O. IA. DENNIS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19
"TlPPERARY."

"1IPPERARY.
By OUR OWN JOHN KEATS
To Tipperary silver praises Aow,
Although the way is tedious and long,
For there the sweetest dannozel know
Resides, the dullest burden Of my song
Farewell to Piccadilly with its glow,
To Leicester Square with all its merry throng;
The way to Tipperary is not fair,
But hard and long; and yet my heart is there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19

After making first fortuneT-by getting the con-
tract to supply all the supefuous pins used in new
shirts-we intend TO go into partnership with Old
Bill Banning. 81 am perfectfng a towel" he says,
Chat can be used when NEW. after shaving"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19

"As long as you're going to California" suggests
The Boss why not 60 TO the exposition in San Diego
as we'll as the San Francisco one?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-19

Very good, sir, wen go. One fair after smother.
to articulate.