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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-09
Hylan VS.. Gary

There nav be few devoted neighbors
Of Judge Hylan in his beloved BushwicS
who will pay some respect to his views on
education IN general and The Gary system
IN particular. Upon the ears o. other New
Workers his diatrjbe will ring as quite the
most prepostcrous nonsense sounded IN
many a long and weary campaign.
The truth Of the Gary plan is already
familiar to thousands of parents through
ont the city Whatever its defects OF detail
and execution at the present time, there
can be no debate as to its. purpose and
goal. Its goal is to give to every child IN
the city schools exactly. the same rounded
education now available in the most up
to-date and expensive private schools.
There is a general tendency under many
names to realize the truth that book learn
ING is only part of childs education. II
is an important part, and the Gary idea
does not neglect it; counts, in fact OH
getting better results in the book learning
hv stimulating the chid's interest nj other
directions at the same time. But the other
side of life, the contact with pots and
pans. with plane and saw and hammer
with the visible world of art, with directed
play. is now realized to be quite as I'M
portant.
The theory has nothing to do with
education in trades except as. an aptitude
thus developed in early years leads to later
study. The private school teaching car
rentry and cooking does not aim to make
cooks or carpenters. necessarily. Neither
does a Gary public school. The sole ann
is to develop every faculty into rounded
personality. on the theory that, whatever
trade or profession or business the boy or
Girl NAV ultimately choose, the rounded
DEVELOPMENT of body, mind and spirit can
rot but help.
Those of us with country upbrlnglng
will feel that much of what the Gary
school teaches in class is the natural diet
of the ambitious boy on farm. Yet the
system also offers great opportunities I'M
known TO the self-taught country boy. IL
is undoubtedly the best system yet devised
for giving city children the complete edu-
cational advantages of all-round Amerl-
can life. 1t offers the broadest kind OF
training. 1t sets a new mark in city
schooling.
1t is. in short. exactly all the things that
Judge Hylan said it was not. BY substl-
tutng white for black in the remarks Of
the Hearst Murphy candidate his disserta-
ton can be made quite accurate
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Women Slackers
Only Word for Those Who Seek to
Escape Voters Responsibilities

To tho Editor of The Tribune
Sir: May !, as an enfranchsed citizen OF
one OF the Western states. say rev "ofu'
!, -onlv 70 Mr.. Everett r. Whec.er's letter
headed; no Women Want 70 Vote IN
,b,cb he sill claims they do not. because
onlv a million o. Them in this state enroiien
themselves as wanting tot As seVera' '"ou
sands more have enrolled since the s'a'e
convention, /: Is possible had the suHrag'sU'
time another million could be added put
orohab,v Mr. Wheeler would still be uncon-
WINGED.
Is he sincere in implying that his only rea-
son for opposing suffrage is the women not
wanting it? II so. all he need do to reiie''
his mind on tina. score is to study the stats
tics of the states where women vote ana ne
uiu find that they vote in equal proportion
with the men
also must have escaped his mind that when
the men Of California-all honor to them
voted TO enfranchise the women OF that state
some ants, with the same mistaken idea Ms
Mr. Wheeler regarding the women not want
ing the vote, undertook to get up petition
for repeal with the result that they could
not get a "corporal's guard to sign. Inc
vould-be petitiorers no doubt by now have
fallen into line and are performing the duties
of good American citizens. for it IS very nara
TO day TO find in California or any OF the
other free states man or woman VINO De
lieves equal suffrage is not right IL IS lhe
turning back the pages OF history to come TO
New York and find this great body of noble
women still struggling to attain their right
full place as part of the people of this boosted
greatest democracy.
Instead OF Mr.. Wheeler's reason, II IT were
true. being a good one for Withholding the
franchise, it should be quite the opposite.
No one in a free country should want 10
shirk the duties Of citizenship, and what other
word, though il is not nice one, but Stacker
can be given to a band OF women who, with
all their personal wishes gratlfied, put forth
the plea "They do not want this burden
thrust upon them" Can they be called good
Americans? Certainly not And can men
who will deliberately organize into society
TO keep as subjects half the people of their
country know the true meaning OF democ-
racv? Surely not From an onlooker's point
of view the question on November will not
be so much shall or shall not the women OF
New York 60 down TO seeming defeat, as
whether the men OF the Empire State can at
ford 70 put themselves on record as consider
ing their women unworthy and unfit. What
man with any sense of justice who saw last
week that wonderful spectacle, the great Red
Cross parade could but feel no honor too
great to confer on such as these?
Let it be hoped that the women of New
York may have no cause to be ashamed OF
their men on November s, but rather to be
Justly proud as is the writer. of the men
who made it possible for her TO become
New York. Oct. 6. 1917. VOTER.
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posed a tax on notes issued by state
banks. And. so far as the levy of any IN
come fax is concerned, the Sixteenth
Amendment seems to have given congress
unqualified authority.
Congress should lose no time next pe-
cember in disbanding the army OF TAX
slackers which its own Legislation mas
created. Ofliceholders, state and federa'
alike, ought to be put on the same footing
with all other citizens in The matter OF
taxation. The distinction observed by Con
rress in the past is fnical II is obsolcs-
cent. The discrimination when II causes
is becoming more acute and more odiouS'
Let us get back in this matter OF taxes as
in the matter of military duty, to the sane
theory of equal and universal Obligation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-09
A Political Moses
Candidate Bennett Hailed as Bigger
Than His Party
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: It is surprising to me that paper
gifted with the keen foresight that is usually
characteristic of The Tribune should print
such farrago Of nonsense in regard to the
candidacy of Mr. Bennett.
1t is obvious to any one who is not swayed
by bias that Mr. Mitchell won't do Supported
by practically the entire press of the city,
ndorsed by all the big-wigs, with the ma
ctinery of the local Republican organization
behind him and the doors of the clubhouses
shut in the face of his opponent, he is re-
pudated by the rank and file of Republicans
of Independent thought and those not infu-
enced By clubhouse affiliations.
This is only one manifestation of strong
undercurrent of hostility that has set against
the Mayor and will surely sweep him into
oblivion on Election Day. 1t is the handwrit-
ing on the wall!
The plain fact is that the best Mayor New
York ever had" is the most unpopular Mayor
New York ever had. The absorption of Mr..
Mitchell by the Rockefeller interest, his advo-
cacy of special class measures and Identified
ton with the plutocratic element have weaned
him away from the common or garden va
riety of citizen. He is recognized as the
champion Of the influential and wealthy para
sites on the body polite, and has become
anathema to the bourgeose and bolsheviki
of our population. And no amount of patr-
otto camoufage will mend matters any.
Here is where The Tribune and the rest Of
the New York press have fallen down. Mr..
Bennett has just won victory in 'he face of
the most desperate odds against any cand-
date in any election in my recollection; he is
as much an opponent Of Tammany Hall as is
Mr.. Mitchell and he has a clean. progressive
record. Had the newspapers accepted the
verdict of the primaries and thrown their
strength into the election OF Mr. Bennett in
stead of his discredited opponent, the chances
Of Mr.. Hylan becoming the next Mayor Of
New York would be dubious. As it is, his
election is practically assured.
Mr. Bennett has proved himself bigger
man than his party. Moses TO lead his chill
dren out Of the wilderness. Verify. none are
so blind As those who will not see,
CHARLES d. HAYES.
New York, Oct. s, 1917.
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Register!

This is registration week. No citizen
who does not register may vote on Elec-
ton Day The registry books will be open
each day from $3.50 to 1890 p. M, and all
day on Saturday.
New York has recently seen a shocking
neglect of civic duty on the part Of many
voters. Republicans who believe that
Mayor Mitchell has been the best eXecu-
tive the city ever had neglected, neverthe-
less, to go to the primaries TO indorse him
for denomination. The result was that a
comparatively unknown candidate. with
no particular known qualifications for this
great office, walked off with the party
nomination. When it was too late those
voters who had neglected their duty awoke
and lamented their failure to live up to
their responsibility.
There should be no such neglect about
registration. This is no ordinary election.
The voters this year must decide whether
the city government is to be turned over
to Hearst and Murphy, with all they rep
resent in public life, or whether it is to
remain in the hands of the men who have
administered it so faithfully for four
years. The voters must decide whether
Mayor Mitchell, an honest and able public
servant, is to conduct their business, or
whether the complicated affairs of the city
are to be transferred to the administration
of Judge Hylan, who dares 90 nowhere
where a citizen is likely to ask him ques-
tons about what he'd do if he became
Mayor.
! More than that. the voters must decide
whether this election is to carry message
of hope and comfort to Berlin. or whether
I it is to show that the city is solidly behind
an executive whose patriotism is unques-
toned and unquestionable, and whose
deeds have jibed with his words. They
must choose Mitchell and Americanism or
Hearst. Hylan and the Hohenzollerns.
These are big issues. They are vital to the
wellbeing Of the city and the nation. No
voter can afford to be neutral regarding
them. The way to express patriotism this
election is to vote-to vote so that Berlin
may get no aid and comfort out of the re-
I suit. To be sure of being able to vote,
repiSter at once
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"What the Public Wants"

In answer to those who found fault with
Mr.. Creels latest naval bulletin 1t IS con-
tended by "The Evening POST that they
miss the entire point" for that what the
public wants is not technical exactness but
picturesque description" Granting that
this is the essential point, it is allow
able at least to inquire whether Mr..
Creels narrative fulflS the conditions.
The question, apart from any considera-
ton of technical eXactness," may fortu-
nately be tested with ease. Let the mex
pert reader sit down and draw diagram
illustrating roughly the course and rela-
tive positions of the destroyer and the
submarine at the several stages OF the ac-
ton. as set forth in the official story,
showing likewise how the port and star
board guns were alternately brought to
lear in the manner described.
As to the question of technical precision,
il is doubtless quite unimportant in so far
as it depends on phraseology. There were
cautious seamen who quarrelled with the
famous Captain CULVER himself in his
dav, and were even inclined to discredlt
the whole story Of his memorable travels
for no better a reason than because the
descriptions of his manpuvres at sea were
utterly absurd and unintelligible to them.
The author rightly disregarded such crlti-
clsms. as Mr. Creel may well do in the
present case and yet earn as high reputa-
ton for scrupulous accuracy as his famous
predecessor, so that his neghbors will say:
1T is as true as if Mr.. Creel himself had
said it,
If, however, the non-technical reader
GETS muddled up in attempting to carry out
the simple test proposed above, it will show
rot. indeed, that the official story is lacking
in picturesqueness but that as description
+. has the defect of faling to describe.
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Catering to All Pleases Nobody

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: After all, what every right think
American really desires Of every man IS
inherent manliness 90 declare principles W
which he is ready TO stand az all times.
Last evening | heard plain declaration
the peace policy of the Socialist party VII
was clearer than anything have yet hei
from the Hylan supporters.
In fact, the haze under which the "Hyli
Hearst Murphy candidacy is being run y
preclude all thoughtful citizens from yot
Il ticket.
We know where Mayor Mitchell stands
is for the prosecution of our war 70 a 81
cessful fnish-to a victory that will be
only guarantee for lasting peace.
We know where Morris Hillqui, stands
stands for peace now and all the time.
1t is a dream. but he is a, least sincere
the ardor OF his convictions and does
trife with them.
Judge Hylan caters 20 all, and therei'
will satisfy no one who is sincere.
ALFRED r. HENDERSON
New York, Oct. 8, 1917.
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Go Get the Milk

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Here is an easy solution of the prob
lem how TO get milk at less than IL cents
quart: Go after it and pay for it, II
will cost you then 10 or IL cents a quart. At
this price it is no dearer than lots of other
items about which there is no cutlery 1t GER
tainly costs money to bottle and deliver milk
and run charge accounts. Only fools would
think otherwise. Yes, | dare say il costs
fully cents quart to do it. My business
experience has taught me that it costs more
to get things TO you than the thing itself is
worth sometimes twice and three times as
much. For example. ice, gas, electricity, etc.
It's service you pay for.
As TO the producer. | doubt whether he
buys automobiles with milk alone. | know
the dealers do, JULIUS REICH.
Yonkers, y. Y, Oct. 6, 1917.
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Democrats and Tammany
Many Members of Party Who viii
Not Submit to Yoke
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Kindly record respectful protest
against your reference to Samuel Seabury as
last years "Tammany candidate for Cover
nor" Mr.. Seabury was not the candidate Of
Tammany, but of the Democratic party. Tam
many acquiesced in his nomination simply
because it found that it could not help itself.
and then betrayed him in the campaign and
at the polls. Mr.. Seabury has never truckled
to the Tammany crowd, and it is an insult TO
a man of his upright calbre to associate his
name with persons of the Murphy stripe.
There is altogether too much tendency 10
confuse Tammany with the Democratic party
of this state. Tammany is not even the
Democratic party of New York CITY. but
simply social club which has become so
strong as TO have usurped controlling in
fuence in the local affairs Of the party
Thousands of self-respecting New York
Democrats who voted for Wilson and Sea
bury, as they have for other Democratic can
dldates IN state and national politics, loathe
Tammany as intensely as all but the deluded
or debased loathe Hearst and all other pois-
onous political influences. The formation Of
the City Democracy represents our hone 20
wrest the control of Democratic affairs. even
n local politics, from the corrupt hands OF
the rammany gang. Whether il succeeds or
fails, there are many enrolled Democrats who
VIII continue TO refuse 70 put their heads
under the Tammany yoke.
JAMES F. MORTON, JR.
New York Oct. 7, 1917.
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Mrs Wadsworth Contradicted

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: You have recently published, among
other anti-sufrage charges against suftra-
gists. letter signed Mrs Alice II. Wads-
worth. under date of September y, in which
Mrs. Wadsworth makes this statement:
Two years ago. at a hearing in Washington. Mrs.
Gait was asked Why not let the women decide
for themselves ?" and her answer was: For good
ness sake don't ask us TO convert the women oil
New York and Massachusetts they are hopeless
/ have taken the pains to have the reports
Of the hearings before the Committee on
Woman Suffrage looked up, and the only
thing along this line that can find emanates
not from Mrs. Gait, but from Mrs. A. D..
George, an anti-sufragist, who said before
the Committee on Woman Suffrage OF the
United States Senate:
So last year. and two year. ago. when We went
before the committee OF the Legislature, asking
that a vote of the women should be taken. that we
should not use a constitutional amendment as a
means for a referendum to the people, but that We
should provide for vote OF the women and oil the
men the suffrage question. the suffrage leaders
exclaimed: DO not take vote OF the women
We will sacrifice anything rather than have that Do
you not know that the vote OF the women in 1898
set back their cause for thirty years.
There is very great difference between
statement indirectly quoted by Mrs. George
and vaguely attributed to the suffrage lead
ers" and a statement made by Mrs. Gait.
If Mrs. Wadsworth is able TO supply the
authority for the statement which she at
tributes 10 Mrs. Gait, should be glad to
have It, If she cannot, we should be glad to
have her withdraw it in the interest Of truth
and accuracy. ROSE YOUNG,
Chairman of Press, National American
Woman Suffrage Association
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La Toilette
" of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir; Does the entire Senate Of the United
States want 20 share in the odium that at
taches to Senator La Toilette because of his
sedltious utterances?
II 1t does not. it should pay attention 70
the demand for his expulsion coming from all
parts of the country. On what grounds can SEN
ators attempt the publication of any portion
OF the nation when something so close akin
TO treason is lurking in its own ranks?
First. let it put its own house in order
The United States Senate is no place for
traitors or those with traitorous impulses.
New York, Oct. 8, 1917. NJ. T. +.
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4 Modern Franklin

Henry George called money "a kind Of !,
guage of values" thereby implying the trvi
now so apparent on slight reflection, that :.
material of money is immateral.
A modern Franklin whose name is Jam
Holden-tells US that the most scen,:
basis of money is valuable land He decls-
against the crime OF making merchandise
money or an article of profitable traffic. II
Usurers conserve their ill-gotten interes,
the monopoly of land; an ample supply
acceptable money would rob this robber n
ncpoly of its chief bulwark
Holden points out that the government nr
furnishes money TO original recipients IN
from an interest charge and that the inhc
tied custom of pay ng interest for money I'd
be abolished by increasing the number
original recipients as he proposes.
The rent-paying habit for fundamer1
rights cannot survive the abolition II int
est for money. These hoary twin parasite
deprived of the sustaining ignorance Of y
ages, must fall together.
We're the United States government 20 e.
ploy its own incompatible credit 20 hnsra
this war it would supply a volume OF e.
rency that would obviate the use Of bsa
for money. Ii the prejudice against ID
money be too strong 10 accomplish this, W.
not supersede the golden qucksands Of me1
money with the choice solid portions
Mother Earth
This is not proposed experiment, Fathefs
by Benjamin Franklin. full legal tender IA
currency stood the test of forty years ri
from l122 TO 1862. The Colonial ssues
the province of Pennsylvania though not 4
deemable in gold circulated at par until pr
hibited by the decree OF the English COVER
ment.
Let the American government now dee''
that its ample areas shall be brought "nl
the reach Of all it's citizens and tina, the 81
ply Of cash be amplifed 20 meet The nes'
Of the countTy's commerce without "boTo'
irg" from a favored few.
c. DONOVAN,
President Tenants Union of New York, Inc
New York, Oct. 1, 1917.
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Doubly Important for Immigrants

a. If these suggestions are important as
applied TO the education of children OF settled
and established American families, how
greatly their Importance is emphasized when
the large body of recent and possible future
immigrant families is considered, The i'm
Derative necessity Of bringing their offspring
into immediate touch with the highest ideals
of self-government cannot be disputed There
is no way of doing this save through the
schools And o-dsy the schools are not fully
equipped to fulfil this mission.
Is. The combination of these theoretical
and practical reforms in all the schools Of
our country can be completely effected only
by thorough campaign among our educa-
tors, coupled in all probability. with the
adoption of compulsory legislation in the
various states.
In connection with any such campaign a
most important feature will be the education
of teachers themselves.
10. Can it be doubted that such systems Of
education as those here suggested will in the
course of the maturing of the younger gener-
alton create a clear and lasting conception of
the real meaning of the term patriotism" a
sense in each mind of personal responsibility
for the national welfare, knowledge of the
duties which citizenship imposes and the
foundations of the habit of discharging these
duties?
II. The original conception of the mission
OF our public schools was that they were
founded, OF course, for the education of indi-
viduas, but primarily for the benefit and
protection of the nation. From this original
aim they have somewhat diverged. The re-
forms herein suggested win, it is believed,
correct this departure and render them. more
than at any previous epoch of our history,
efficient instruments of our country's prog
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ries furnished an argument for the voting
machines; the uniformly favorable expe-
ricncc of communities where they arc in
use Shows thcir value.