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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
Might Silence Mr.. Wilson.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me as daily reader of your
paper 10 express the opinion that your edi-
torial "Terrbleness Again" was master
piece and has not been surpassed by any OF
your brilliant writings upon the European
war. 1t expresses the sentiments of those
thousands that are dying for the cause OF
liberty, justice and Civilizations cause you
have so eloquently championed since the be-
ginning of the war.
Every man and woman should read II. Its
interest is not national, but international. II
strikes higher than creed or party. 1t reads
like an epic, which no way diminishes its ir-
logic The Emperor of Germany
might read it with prolific certainly will
never read anything that might be of more
benefit to him. Mr.. Wilson might study it
and get an eleventh hour inspiration, but,
no, it might silence his typewriter and his
speechmaking. 1t might seem to him like a
visitation from the Ghost in Hamlet telling
him of murder, foul murder, unavenged; of
crimes that cry to heaven for redress while
he, the representative of one Of the greatest
powers on earth, at first stood by in silence
without protest, then threatened and re-
treated behind one subterfuge after another.
New York, Sept rs, 1916. A. G. P.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
Call Of the Strike!

The much-heralded general strike is a
fizzle. Two days of it have proved the
inability of the Fitzgerald FrayneB
combination of leaders to lead the workers
Of the city into any such pit as the lost
traction strike. Unions have voted to
strike, and then have sidestepped; others
have postponed action, as did the building
trades council yesterday; still others have
fatty refused to violate contracts made
with employers against whom no legiti-
mate grievance could be found. The union
lists who have actually stopped work
outside Of the Jews, who are celebrating
their holdays-are a mere handful, COM
pared to the number who have refused to
be deluded by the agitators' windy decla-
rations. The city's business has not been
tied up; indeed, it has scarcely been af-
fected.
All this is tribute to the innate good
sense of the workers Of this big city. 1t
proves that they have within them some
thing bigger and better than the unrea-
soning class spirit which the professional
fomenters of strikes encourage. They
were able to see that the traction strikers
had been misled and grievously injured
by Fitzgerald and his associates, who sane
toned the strike in violation of the arbi-
tration agreement which now they would
give much to have in force again. Union
lists in general recognized that this strike
was lost, and ought to be lost, and that
no general strike could possibly save the
traction men from defeat. There is plenty
of class loyalty among the wage workers
here-that has been proved often enough.
But there is also much good common sense,
against which even the Fitzgeralds cannot
Prevail in situation so plain as this one
has been.
If these "leaders" had as good judgment
as the men who have refused to follow
them, they would shut up shop. They
have failed. The traction strike is
broken; the general strike is a farce
Further endeavor to stir up trouble will
only prolong the annoyances to which the
public is subjected, without any possible
gain to the strikers. Messrs. Fitzgerald,
Frayne and associates might as well ac-I
ccpt what loss of prestige is now theirs
without letting the present miserable af-
fair, for which they are primarily respon-
sible, drag along until even they cannot
have the face to carry it further. They
might regain some standing in labor
if they would acknowledge defeat
and call off the strike
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29

how careful are they to protect themselves
from such filthy disease carrying insects
as flies and mosquitoes?
If the use of screens be taken as the
standard of cleanliness, Mr.. Hornaday's
percentage would probably be reversed. 1t
is safe to say that 80 per cent of the domi-
Giles of New York are unprotected against
this well known source of filth. In the
matter of screens New York is thirty
years behind the average Md-Western VII
lage. Eating places, sleeping rooms, nice
ly furnished apartments, fruit stands
pushcarts and the most unsanitary slum
tenements are about equally accessible to
the visits Of flies and other communicating
pests.
1t is difficult to see how public with a
keen sense of prophylaxis can remain in
different to such carelessness. More as
tonishing still is the fact that during all
the time that the city has been in the grip
of infantile paralysis little has been said
about the desirability Of screens, matter
which elsewhere would be regarded as
prime necessity for health and cleanliness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
Nom German Frightfulness.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In Mondays paper you printed letters
from f. F. p and W. S. G. commencing your
editorial on "Terribeness Again." which de-
pcted in the most graphic manner the awful
atrocities committed by German troops on
French and Belgian soil.
Now, is it not probable that the reason that
the French and British troops have committed
so few of these inhuman and terrible acts,
which you attribute TO German lust, is be-
cause they have so far been unable to reach
German soil? Is it not probable that were
they not fighting on German territory there
would be an equal percentage of German
women raped? Is it possible to control
entirely the acts of victorious army, march
ing through a country with which they are at
war? And are not these more the acts of
individuals rather than the acts of a nation?
Consider the march to the sea" by our
own Sherman, and the many seemingly I'M
necessary atrocious and shameful acts COM
mitted during that march. Consider also the
horrible uncensored tales brought back here
by American Red Cross nurses who had been
in East Prussia Immediately after the Rus
SLAMS had retreated from that section.
have in mind the six little children (the
eldest only eleven years of age) who were
found seated about a round table, their little
hands pinned to the table by knives, and,
their parents having been slaughtered, these
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
Natures Fertilizer.
OFrom The Detroit Free Press

from me Detroit Free PTess.)
We are known, of course. as wasteful
people, despite lectures on thrift and econ
omy. Our very abundance provokes lavish
ness; we take scant thought for the future
until necessity forces it. We pay thousands
of dollars every year for phosphates and
ntrates and overlook the product of natures
laboratory that is under our noses.
Take the unconsidered item Of the annual
destruction of leaves Nobody knows how
many tons of valuable fertilizer are wasted
every year through our practice of raking the
fallen foliage from lawns and parks into the
street and burning them or leaving them for
the D. p W. to take away. The acrid smoke
of burning leaves Is as much an indication Of
autumn as the shortening of the days. We
destroy one of the best of Natures fertilizers,
that on which she relies for the renewal of
the vegetable humus in the soil. A leaf on
the lawn is as much of an eyesore TO the par
ticular housewife as a thread on the rug.
All Natures protection is removed in the
interest of tidiness; then we wonder why
lawns must be so frequently resodded and
why grass seed won't catch" The fallen
leaves protect the roots of grass and shrubs
from the freezing ana lha"lhg OF winter, anu
deposited in a corner of the back yard with a
little earth thrown over them to prevent them
from blowing away, in a year or two are con-
verted into what the forester calls duff" an
organic material which makes the loan that
grows the farmers best crops II is an ex-
cellent top dressing for the lawn, and en-
richment for flowers and shrubs, and, mixed
with a little ordinary earth, most desirable
soil for filing the window boxes and repot-
ting plants something hard to get in town.
1t is invaluable TO the amateur gardener who
utilities his back yard, and yet it is almost in
variahlY wasted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
Vaccination and Infantile Paralysis.

| 1t is a remarkable thing that the Anti
/ Vaccination League was so slow to realize
the obvious opportunity offered by the re-
cent outbreak of poliomyelitis. The anti
tobacconists are much more alert, for 1t
must be nearly two months since one of
/ the most notable of them drew the atten-
| ton of the public to the smoke that per-
vades most houses, observing that 1t
"paralyzes the nerves that are too weak to
resist the nicotine, which has deadenng
effect on the nerves-and that is all there
is to the question"
The Anti-vaccinists are generally pre-
pared to seize on such happy occasions as
this to advertise their doctrine. Yet it is
only now that they announce the great dis
covery that infantile paralysis is spread by
vaccination. This is the more astonishing
because it is no part Of their business to
collect and sift evidence. They trust rather
to divine inspiration or genius, waiting
with exemplary patience for the facts to
confirm their preconceptions.
Nor do they in this instance undertake
TO make any rash promises. Confirmation
may come in time, but-who knows the
truth may not be established for another
century. A fair warning is given out in
a statement by the secretary of the league
Il is in these terms:
at took hundred years to develop
the fact that mosquitoes carry yellow
fever, proving it is absurd to say that
because one cannot prove point in
pathology the point does not exist"
The improved point in poliomyelitis is
that almost every victim in the recent out
break had been vaccinated or, if not vac
cinated himself, at least Exposed to per.
sons who had been" This is so probable
that it is as hard to deny as the probability
of exposure to tobacco smoke.
The conclusion drawn by the leaguers
may possibly be questioned, but do not the
doctors themselves confess their ignorance?
1t is precisely there that they differ from
the Anti-vaccinists, and it is there that
the Anti-vaccinists have so great an ad-
vantage over them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
THE SHADOW LAWN SPEECH.
Awaited with Eager Curiosity, 1t Leaves
Its Readers Little the Wiser.
r. .ba Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF Inc tribune
Sir. As did many another voter, awaited
with solicitude and eager curiosity the great
speech that our President was going to make
at Shadow Lawn last Saturday in order 10
enlighten US common people as TO why ne
behaved as he did about the proposed arbi-
tration between the railroad managers and
the brotherhoods.
I have read carefully what is reported OF
that great speech. Not bit the wiser am
for nv reading. The World Of SUNDAY
sreaks Of "the enthusiasm accorded the Presl-
dents detailed explanation of the handling
of the eight-hour law and the settlement oil
tho threatened strike" We are told that this
enthusiasm "led his political advisers to urge
further discussion of the issue in speech
TO be made during the next two weeks"
While he is about it, perhaps the speaker,
tyo weeks from now, will kindly explain
what under the sun this outburst means
america must understand the world in order
TO subject it to its peaceful service" Peace
full service" has a sort of familiar sound-a
kind Of Mexican border quietude, should
say.
| hope that these political advisers will see
TO it that Woodrow Wilson quits talking
about IAN eight-hour day" That phrase
doesn't deceive anybody. What the people
want of the President is some information
about what the brotherhoods demanded that
he should do and why he did it. little plain
talk in this direction will be worth more than
any amount of glitter about America under
standing the world and the like-some hon
est Injun" talk.
Give US the truth, Mr.. President. new you
have really got on to the stump. Speak rgnt
cut and tell US why you didn't ask the broth
erhoods to join in an arbitration U. u
Washington, d. c., Sept. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
INDIGNATION at Hat Check Pirates.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is a source of much qualification to
me to learn that in Copeland Townsend, di-
rector of the Majestic, New York has one
hotel keeper who has sufficient courage to
take steps to abolish the hat check evil.
Why /, as a hotel guest, should be Obliged
to pay some one TO protect my property from
thieves while am dining at a hotel | could
never understand, any more than Why should
demand that patients who come TO see me
should be expected to pay my Office boy 70
look after their hats and umbrellas while
calling upon me professionally.
As a concrete illustration Of the way this
works. am reminded OF the fact that Wis
tied large New York hotel downtown two
years ago with my uncle, physician, nearly
eighty years of age. The night was cold, and
the doctor preferred TO keep his light over
coat with him TO use in case Of necessity.
After taking seat at the table, first the
waiter and then the head waiter appeared
and refused TO take my order unless | turned
the overcoat over 10 the waiting check boy
pirate. This | declined TO do and left the
hotel rather than TO be thus imposed upon
| made up my mind then. and sec no reason TO
change it, that that hotel is no place for me
or my friends to spend money.
suspect that this experience, which has
been frequently told may have cost the hotel
enough TO have paid the hat check boy liy
ing wage, for that evening, at any rate.
NEW YORK PHYSICIAN.
New York, Sept. 90, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
Psychological Effect of Air Raids.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Apropos of your editorial headed
another Zeppelin Failure and Walter
Dodges letter, "The Zeppelin Fiasco,' both OF
which appeared in this mornings Tribune,
wish to say this: To my mind it has always
seemed that in order to compensate the Ger
mans in any way for the enormous expendi-
lures in money, the risks of life and the loss
of Zeppelins-which they must take into con-
sidcration-that are incurred by their raids
on London, more damage has necessarily
been inflicted than official reports show.
have talked recently with two men who
have returned from England-one a wounded
soldier not more than thirty. whose hair has
turned snow white-snd they both not only
advanced my theory. but confirmed it. The
thousands that are killed outright or
wounded are not so pitable, they say, as the
numbers pathetically herded together in the
fields and meadows-too fearful to live in
houses-whose minds have been utterly
crazed with the fear-the morbid, unrelent-
ing fear-of impending attacks.
pass this information along for what it is
worth. KATHRYN h. HILL.
New York, Sept. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
The Railway Employees Misled.
no Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Fitzgerald and Mr.. Gompers are
misleading and deceiving the workmen. They
tell them that the traction employers, Messrs
Shonts, Hedley, Whtridge and the rest, deny
the unions the right to organize, and that this
is what the latter are fighting for.
This is an absolute miss tatement Of the
case. No one denies the unions the right to
organize, nor have Messrs. Shonts and Hedley
at any time done so. Indeed, they have ex-
pressly said that they did not and do not
deny them any such right, as have also Mayor
Mitchell and Chairman Straus of the Public
Service Commission.
But what the traction gentlemen do most
omphaticaly deny is that any union such as
the Amalgamated has the right to monopo-
lie the right of union formation or organi-
cation and to rule out as illegal every other
Union except their own. The country, state
and city are free, and as the traction people
do not interfere with the organization of the
Amalgamated or any other union, the
Amalgamated and Mr. Fitzgerald, its presi-
dent must be satisfied to allow the traction
people TO organize a union of their own in
perfect freedom, without interference com
plant or Introduction of the said Amalga-
mated Association of Street and Electric Rail-
way Employees ALBERT P. setback.
New York, Sept. 25, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
"TERRIBLENESS AGAIN"

little tots were left to die Of starvation and
in agony. Again, young peasant girl. after
having been repeatedly raped. was tied be-
tween two wild horses and by starting IN
different directions they literally tore her
body asunder.
Are the German troops more barbaric than
the Senegalese or the East Indian native
troops, who fly the French and English flags
and who take delight in mutilating their
prisoners, and who have been known TO keep
decapitated German heads as souvenirs? or
are they perhaps less gentle than the world
renowned Cossacks. whose works have be-
come more famous Cor infamous) in this
present war than ever before?
Have the Belgians been treated more
shamefully than these same peace loving and
innocent Pelgians have treated the helpless
natives of the Congo lands for years?
In all fairness, ask you, is 1t American
like to take sides by bringing out so strongly
the weaknesses Of one warning nation while
disregarding entirely those of the other side
GEORGE FRANZNICK.
Brooklyn, Sept. 26, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
On Gladness.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | have read Mr.. Haywood Broun's
TRADE against gladness in to-day's Tribune,
and, of course, it makes me glad, as it doubt
less did him, in writing it. Surely, such a
heartfelt diatribe could not fail to give its
author gladness. Obviously, he should be the
gladdest of glad men in his conviction that
the world needs malcontents. Certainly, his
lack of contentment fills him to overlooking.
Let him now be glad that he is furnishing the
world with what it needs so badly-a super
lative example of the malcontent. Let him
be glad that there are many glad people
who are glad that he is disconnected and who
would gladly lift him up and out of his slough
Of dependency into their own gladness.
FULLER MELLISH.
p. Sin the impulse of my gadness have
almost overlooked this opportunity to express
my hope that Mr.. Broun will be as glad with
my next performance on Broadway, and |
shall be glad OF the opportunity to give 1t, and
confine in his glad review of that perform
ancc evidence that he has become one of the
glad disciples. -.-...- 4. IL.
New York, Sept %, 1914 xsk.s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The shade Of Horace Greeley, the i'm
mortal founder Of The Tribune and master
Of clear thinking and plainness Of speech. in
spired your splendid editorial on the vanity
of frightfulness to intimidate an amazed and
suffering but undauntcd world.
Yes, the deceived and misled German peo-
pie in their home land will learn and bitterly
bewai the truth. as the Germans born or
domiciled in every foreign land see and in
wardly deplore the ruin from within of their
cherished fatherland. The most tragic OF all
the results Of this wanton aggressive war
will be the consciousness which every human
being bearing a German or near German name
will realize, that every time he reveals it he
will know that in the mind of his acquaint-
ance of any other race there will be a recru-
descence Of all the condemnation and aver
sion aroused by the crimes of the Prussian
overlords of Germany.
This is an occasion for concern and regret
for Americans of all races. for multtudes Of
good. patriotic Americans have inherited Ger
man blood and names When was boy we
had the Germans who had been loosened from
their home land by the revolutionary strug-
giles of 1S4s, and the German boys of that day
were aglow with the republican aspirations Of
tnclI lOTcDcdIS. OCCdS4OHdlly NhSit was n
Prussian, but he did not flock with the Ger
mans. The latter were careful TO make 1t
known that they were not Prussans, but Ger
mans | never learned at that time why
Prussian was not persona grdtd to the Ger
man emigrants of that day. but it was evident
to all the lads that there was something
wrong about Prussian in the eyes Of Ger
mans, and that the cause affected the minors
as we'll as the seniors. A mighty change has
come upon the German people since the time
when their aspirations for republican self
government we're throtted by the monarchi-
cal conspiracy, TO be followed by the over
lordship of the Prussian Hohenzollern.
trust that in this time Of stress for those
OF German lineage all right feeling Ameri-
cans will be sedulous in discriminating be-
tween those who are clearly indorsers of the
Hohenzolern niquities and those of our COM
poste nation who are of US in all that con-
stitutes Americanism-the love of liberty, de-
mocracy, fair play. fraternity and justice,
with goodwill and the helping hand for every
race that turns to us as the modern Good
Samaritan, paraphrased in the national APP
relation of Brother Jonathan.
Personally, | can never lose my love and re-
spect for the German boys of my youth, nor
for those splendid and efficient men of like
lineage have met and admired in my mature
years. My flag is their flag, and its protect
ing folds are over the one country to which
we yield a common allegiance.
GEORGE W. DITHRIDGE
Chautauqua, n. Y, Sept. "a, 1916.