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St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-09-07

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Pass the State Police Bill Soon

It seems impossible to diminish the OPP
position Of leaders Of organized labor to
the creation of state police force, even
though, as Senator Sage pointed out in the
discussion of the Mills bill preceding its
adoption by the Senate, only one-half of
per cent of the arrests made by the
Pennsylvania body were made in connec-
ton with industrial disputes. The i'm
preston has been sedulously spread that
such force would be "Cossacks," devoting
their chief effort to strike breaking, regard
less Of the merits of the case and in total
neglect Of their other duties. OF course
the facts do not bear this out. The chief
work Of the Pennsylvania police has been
10 patrol rural districts, TO prevent crime
by strict and able enforcement of the laws
and TO arrest criminals and procure evil
dence for their conviction. They have
done this 10 the general satisfaction of the
residents OF the rural section of the state.
A body of officers for such work is badly
needed in this state, as the crime records
of any upstate county will attest. AT
their best the sheriffs and constables who
uphold the majesty Of the law in rural sec
tons have proved inadequate in handling
the job, and as trolley lines and motor
cars have moro and more laid the country
and suburbs open TO the invasion of the
professional criminal the inadequacy Of
the present system Of protecting society
against them has become patent. The farm
ers an body have recognized thistle
strength Of the oranges is behind the state
police bill. The business men Of the state
want IL enacted. II promises protection
for these important elements in the com
munity which they need and should have.
At this particular time there is an added
argument for It's prompt enactment into
law in the necessity for policing factories
and aqueduets and similar public works.
The City of New York Is about 10 create
body Of speciat police 70 protect its
water supply; but fhis would not relieve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Berlioz the German
By Same Rule Mozart, Schiller, Heine
and Wagner Would Be French

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter Of Mr. Sicgfricd Jacobs
sohn in to-day's Tribune in answer to mine
distorts the facts to suit the purpose of Ger
many almost as well as Won Bethmann-Holl
veg, Zimmerman. Dernburg, Munsterbers
and other German propagandsts could have
done it.
IT would be funny, if it were not the height
of impudence, to hear German impute 20 ME
"bad taste" on account of my protest against
the immoral proposition to hold requiem
for the victims of this war together with
their assassins.
And then to claim Berioz "our Berloz,"
as / rightly said, for Germany, because the
Germans liked his music and because he was
we'll received in Germany, is really too
amusing
Why, if all the great Germans who have
at certain time been more appreciated in
France than in Germany would on this &C
count be Frenchmen, there would be hardly
any great Germans left. To begin with
Mozart. who had his greatest and earliest
successes in France; Schiller was made an
honorary citizen of France during the
French Revolution; Heine lived the greatest
part of his life in Paris, where he died and
was buried Wagner even was appreciated in
France before the Germans gave him credit
for his work, etc.
As a general rule every man who has ac-
complshed great things, be he an inventor,
. general, captain Of industry, musician.
scientist, must, from the German point OF
view, be "A German, and il he happens TO be
born in another country it is just "by local
H. rprp ro
elegantly puts it.
The Germans delight in showing their
superior wisdom, their "Kultur," and thereby
to confound their adversaries, in supporting
their contentious by quotations. SO does Mr..
Jacobssohn. I. for my part, have not the
time to read "Berliozs Memoirs" in order TO
find out il Berloz really said all these good
things about Germany, but in any case this
quotation proves only one thing and that is
that the Germany of to day and the Germany
of the time of Berlioz are two entirely diff
ferent things.
Old Germany. the Germany of Goethe, Of
Mozart, OF Beethoven, of Kant, the Germany
that Nine de Stael loved so much ceased
TO exist in lS4s when all that was liberal
intelligent, pure and good was chased from
il by medieval, reactionary, Prussianized
Germans and had to fee to France, England
and the United States, so that to-day there
remains of Germany only the name, and this
name covers the real one, which is Prussia.
In any case. the historical efficiency" of
Mr.. Jacobssohn is very poor, otherwise he
would not state that Berioz was born in
Grenoble. when in fact he came into the
world at La Cote -Saint-Andre
As to the fact that German firm has
published the works of Berioz, it is only
another proof of how the Germans take ad-
vantage and make money out Of other peo-
pies creations and inventions
CLEMENT RUEFF
President of Les Auis de PAlsace- Lorraine.
New York, March 20, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Farm-Bred Men Wanted
Labor Problem Acute, and Incapable
Workers Are No Aid
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me. as farmer, to criticse
the recent letter of Mr.. Clarence B. Wood
headed Helping the Allies"
Mr.. Wood does we'll to sound the alarm
against the coming difficulties connected with
food production. And he is undoubtedly
right in saying that in no other way can
we help the Allies so much as in that OF
feeding them.
The farm labor problem promises to be-
come acute, and some sort of draft may be-
come necessary. But, if you value the farmer
and wish to preserve him for a provder,
please do not unload Boy Scouts, society
girls and other amateurs upon him.
inexperienced and incapable help is one
bane of the farmers existence, and the crops
which such labor ruins in season would
probably feed one of the Allies.
Give US husky, intelligent, industrious men,
who will put in ten hours day in planting
and harvest and not lie down on the job.
The farmer knows how to produce the
crops; he has learned that by study and long
experience. He can support himself by his
own exertions, filling his cellar, and possibly
his barns, with his own hands. but the mar
ketable surplus can be produced only by capa-
bic assistance at the critical seasons
Give us farm-bred men for helpers. It's a
man-sized job for man who knows how.
With all kinds of seed high in price, labor
scarce, farming supplies out of all proper
tion TO some of the products in price, there
is promise of many a hungry belly before
many months roll around.
And, by the way, let us not be too keen
about feeding the Allies till we sec how the
L. S. A. is going to get its sus,enancc this
year.
And, finally would it not be a good plan be-
fore proclaiming ourselves an ally of Eng
land to sound the Americans of Revolution
airy ancestry en- the subject? Something tells
me that they would not take kindly to the
idea.
AN AMERICAN OF THE VINTAGE OF 1890.
Shokan, n. Y, March II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Little Left to Fight Over

BY the time the powers that be at Al
bany get through with the Wicks foods and
markets bill there will not be much lett
beyond the title and the enacting clause.
TO meet the objections Of farmers, of Com
missioner Dillon and others, 1t seems 10
have been decided 10 excise most Of its I'M
portant provisions. The proposed COM
mission would have no power to make
rules; il would have no emergency power
for crises similar TO the one which recently
caused the local officials 10 seek authority
to buy foodstuffs and sell them at cost; 1t
would not be permitted to enumerate "un-
fair practices" or regulate price agree
ments;. its ability to direct or regulate
the production and sale of foodstuffs would
be limited or rendered non-existent. The
commission might recommend to the Legis-
lature a comprehensive market plan, but
might not authorize the municipalities to
create departments of public markets with
licensing and regulative powers.
There has been great difference of opin-
ion about the wisdom of passing the bill as
it was introduced, and there have been few
outside those concerned in sponsoring 1t
who professed to know just what 1t pur-
ported to do or might do in operation.
There can be less difference Of opinion
about the passage of any mutilated, frag-
mentary revision of it. The reports from
the capital indicate that the lawmakers
consider the measure dead. Perhaps it will
be no great loss. There would be scant
prospect of lower food prices under 1t as
proposed changes would leave it.
If the State of New York is to embark
on a policy of food regulation and control
it should not go in tentatively, half heart
edly; and certainly there is no point in
creating some new department with vague
powers but no uncertain payroll, merely to
accumulate statistics and tinker around
aimlessly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Looking Backward

Nineteen years ago the United States
went TO war during Republican admin
istration. The President of that time had
selected his Cabinet in accordance with
the usual practice, which consisted IN
using Cabinet positions as rewards Tor
party service. The result was that under
tho strain Of war the executives thus Sc
lected proved incompetent and we mad inc
traqedv which resulted in the sacrifice OF
many thousands of brave young lives
President Wilson has selected his CAB
met in accordance with the old but evil
practice inherited from Republican times.
He has to-day Cabinet officers totally and
VIGOROUSLY untitled to direct great depart
ments even in time of peace.
Mr.. Wilson has not offended more grlev-
ously than his Republican predecessors IN
the manner of choosing his Cabinet. Inc
question is not one of partisan politics.
hut one of public safety. In the presence
of war. does Mr.. Wilson intend to run the
risks of a repetition of the scandals and
tbe horrors of 1898? In every other ma
ton at war all questions of party politics
were laid aside at the outbreak Of hostili-
ties and the wisest and best men OF all
parties we're summoned to serve the state
Does Mr.. Wilson mean to retain jose
nhus Daniels and Newton D. Baker at the
consequent peril to national safety and at
the risk of the sacrifice of thousands OF
American lives? Are we to go to war
with our navy handicapped because 1T is
under the direction of the most grotesque
Secretary that ever held the navy port
folioo Are we TO go to war with the
army under the control Of man whose
brief tenure of Office has contributed to
the DISCRIMINATION of the army and TO
the general dissemination of apprehen-
sion and doubt?
1t was something but little less than
crime TO put Josephus Daniels in charge
of the navy in peace time. 1t was a sorry
Joke to replace Lindley NJ. Garrison with
Newton D. Baker. 1t was hard to forgive
the substitution of political for patriotic
reasons then, even in the face of Republi-
can offendings equally indefensible.
But now, at war, does Mr.. Wilson mean
to persist in a course which will revive all
the shame of 1898 and add to the perils
incident to war the unlimited perils due to
incompetence? The President has done
we'll to summon Congress, but the work of
preparation for war must begin with the
Cabinet.
Are we to have 1898 again in 1917?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
The Hour and the Man

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The hour and the man have met Not
Washington, of unanimous appeal; nor vet
a Lincoln, with martyrs burning grip on
the heart of a nation; just Woodrow Wilson
"A man equal to the weighty tasks imposed
upon him by a world upheaval, a burden
which can only be surmised. The perspective
OF history may raise him up for nobly thread
ing his way through the stupendous network
OF treachery within and without silent
straining that does not whip the popular ac-
claim 10 noisy enthusiasm. He has gained
what is more enduring-a strong. steadily
growing tide of respect for his clear and
broad minded judgment
There's nothing the matter with the Pres
ident let Mr.. Goperncur Morris cable that
abroad. X. A. HYNES.
NY York, March II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Crowded Nassau Street
.ditor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Between 1880 a. m. and $3.50 o. m.
many thousands of people pass up and down
Nassau Street The sidewalks are narrow and
the street itself but little wider. Automobiles
and delivery wagons are continuously passing
southwark seriously endangering the lives Of
those who are forced TO walk in the street.
To make matters worse. a number of delivery
wagons stand at the curb, often opposite each
other. II is hard TO imagine a more crowded
thoroughfare.
There are a hundred hairbreadth escapes
every day. The mere fact that no very serious
accidents have happened lately does not ev-
cuse a continuance OF this needlessly danger
Gus traffic condition, nor does il lessen the
constant danger to which pedestrians are
daily exposed. Nassau Street should be closed
to vehicular traffic from 1880 to 2:30
Brooklyn, March 10, 1917. f. W. r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Chauffeur for General Homework

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: General Goethals for Mayor" strikes
me as a good deal like picking an expert
chauffeur for general housework.
General Grant crushed the Rebellion, and,
doubtless. the reward he got in the Presi-
dency OF the United States, was we'll merited.
But was it wisely bestowed? History, |
think, has determined that question.
Think OF George Dewey, of revered mem
DRY, and of the narrow escape he had from
the lee shore of Popular Idoatry.
Your correspondent. S. SAKE. declares that
New York, while needing "big man." does
not need politician. That is just where I
take issue with him. For, if there is a spot
on Goods green earth" with population
approximsting in numbers and variety New
York City's to the square mileage that doesn't
need a politician TO keep the peace, am
ready to admit Pm from Missouri. But, by
politician, mean one that is defined BY
Webster in the original sense of the term,
thus: "One versed or experienced in the
science of governmental statesman" True,
VIC need big man, but big man in general
practice. not a specialist. New York does
not suffer from any specific malady. It's
symptoms arc such as may be discovered in
any large family. Hence, the need of a
doctor conversant with the multitudinous
disorders that human flesh is heir to.
JOHN WORTHY.
New York, March 10, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Old Prejudices Dispelled by War

There was a discussion IN the BRUSH
House Of Lords The other day that showed
the change the war has wrought in the
traditional conception Of womens proper
sphere of activity. The matter IN debate
was a bill to enable women to practise law
that is to say, in the solicitors branch OF
the profession, for it seems that they have
a perfect right to practise at the bar II
only the governing bodies of the Inns OF
Court choose to admit them. In other
times so radical proposal would undoubt-
edly have met with strong and serious OBJ
lection on all sorts of d priori grounds, but
en- this occasion there was little outspoken
opposition, for the obvious reason that ar
guments commonly used against every at
tempt TO give women greater professional
opportunities could easily be refuted by
pointing to the variety of women's occu-
patton to-day.
II is true that the Lord Chancellor him
self objected, but his objections were weak,
almost half-hearted. He knew very we'll
that in medicine and other callings women
had done excellent work, but somehow
medicine and those other callings seemed
to him different. That was about all he
could say, except that che might be old
fashioned in those matters" and that the
question that troubled him was, why, If
once women entered the legal profession,
might they not ultimately come to sit on
the bench? With this terrifying prospect
before them, he decided to leave the ques-
ton entirely to the judgment of the House.
Lord Halsbury, another earnest oppo-
nent, took his cue and developed the posi-
blities by remarking that once upon time
woman had sat on the woolsack, but she
had to adjourn the proceedings and go
away in order to become the mother of Ed
ward !. A plain and practical demonstra-
ton of woman's sphere! Unfortunately
for his object lesson, the learned Dr.
Rounds has shown this story to be highly
inappropriate, for the Chancery was not a
court of Justice and had nothing to do with
irving causes; moreover, Edward | hap
pened to be born about fourteen years be-
fore the event so vaguely alluded to.
These seemed to be the most serious OBJ
iections to the reform, against which the
supporters Of the measure were able TO
bring the practical examples Of France,
Australia and the United States, where no
great disasters have followed the admis-
sion of women to the legal profession. But,
undoubtedly, the circumstance that chiefly
gave pause to directors and made them
hesitate to express their instructive opposi-
ton was the fashion in which a thousand
other prejudices, quite as firmly held, had
been successfully disposed of since the
war began.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Military Training at City College

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: With war possibility in the h'''
future, the greatest need Of our army IS '0'
officers. and on the other hand man!
patriotic young men arc wondering ana ss'
ing where and how they can get the 'ra'"'"'
that will fit them to command troops
ask the hospitality Of your columns 7"
inform many of these young men tnst uy :,
can find what they desire al the college, :.
the City of New York, ST. Nicholas Ier'a''
and l39th Street .
hundred young men are no" tahlnt :
miita.. course during the day time, consist.rs
OF five hours a week of pract cal trs -
chiefly drill, and three hours wees y.
theoretical instruction. Thirty young men !.
our evening session wish this course 70 ~ ~
repeated after business hours, and tn .,.s...i
be done if the course obtains an sda'''V'"'
enrolment of about sixty. ga, =,
Any young man who resides IN the Oiy v
New York and has graduated IRON eohess'
or even completed the sophomore yeS' a
college. will be admitted 20 the course ""'
will be under no expense. We are ds'y 49,.
pecting the approval of this WORK Q! ~
War Department and the recognltoh ., -
City College battalion as a senior unit % III
Reserve Officers Training Corps, winch NJ w.,
involve the detail Of an officer by 'ne ".
Department. who will come 20 the eones. a
professor Of military science and ;aeue' -.
have charge Of the course. Those wac ~
plcte the course satisfactorily, wnien, 49,. ~.
probably can do by next Septemoer "a.
elect to take suitable summer camp e.
will be eligible for commissions IN me ~
serve Officers Corps oil
Those who are interested can Obtain p 49,,
particulars by writing 10 Professor
Saurol at the City College -.
$. f. MEZES, Presden'
No,v YORK. March % 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
A Bad War for Prophets

Prophesying about the Great War for
newspaper has been hectic enough 70 call
into play all the mental agility usually
granted to mortals. Prophesying for a
magazine has been even worse. AS, for IN
stance, the Slavic expert of the redoubtable
Nineteenth Century" has this to say in
the current March number of the political
situation in Russia
But there is little talk of revolution. no
real fear exists Of such an upheaval as that
which occurred in 1905 during the Russo
Japanese War The Progressive or
Liberal" element, By far the biggest factor
in Russian politics, sharply associates itself
from all thought of a revolution.
What We must bear in mind is that the
Progressive movement in Russia is national
in spirit constitutional in its aims, and un-
mistakably loyal to the Gar.
Not even the German prophets who fixed
the day. hour and minute when Verdun
was to fall went further astray. The only
other English prophecy worth putting with
il is that of Winston Churchill, who saw
the Gallipoli fight as good as won Just
when it was a hopeless failure. The one
successful prophecy by public officer Of
any country still stands to the credit of
X. of X. His "three-year war came at
time when such prolonged fight seemed
preposterously gloomy. 1t was a sound
guess and bold one to utter, and sorely
needed by his nation. Now that his mini
mum period is nearing completion, the
other prophets of the war, major and
minor, may we'll take off their hats to the
memory of the one prophet who made a
colossal, affirmative prediction, in the teeth
of popular opinion, and guessed Alright.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
We VIII Surely Awake

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The following from Whitman's Leaves
of Grass" affords such interesting reading at
the present moment that | submit it TO you
for possible reprint:
TO THE STATES.
First published in 1867
Why reclining. interrogating? Why myself
and all browsing?
What deepening twilight! Scum floating atop
Of the waters,
Who arc they. as bats and night dogs, askant
At the Capitol?
What filthy Presidential, % South. your
torrid sons. o North your arctic freez-
ingsD
Are those really congressman Are those
the great Judges? Is that the President?
Then | will sleep while yet-for see that
these states sleep, for reasons;
With gathering murk-with muttering thun-
der and lambert shoots, we all duly
awake
South North, East, West. inland and sea-
board, we will surely awake
REGINALD l.. SWEET.
New York, March IS, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
Animal Life at the Front
(From The Manchester Guardian

(From The Manchester Gudrdtdn)
The following extract from letter from
the trenches shows that sapping is not con-
fined 10 combatants: "As ! crossed to my dug
out" he says, 81 was arrested by visible
upheaving of the ground. 1t was a mole at
work, and as | watched it a battery of 60
noundcrs let off salvo The mole continued
its labors unmoved and unconcerned. The
shots disturbed flock of rocks. which were
busiIy searching for food on the thawing
ground, but they merely expressed their an
noyance at being so rudely and needlessly
disturbed, and resumed their quest at once
Gnats. freshly emerged, are in the air, adds
this naturalist OF the firing line, and daisy
leaves are making valiant effort to assert
themselves amidst the surrounding desola-
ton "The whole sounded a note of hope;
the birth of new years life; the promise
of better things. Yet it emphasized too, the
inexorableness of natures laws. Wars may
come and wars may go, but they cannot in
terferc with the regular rhythm OF the cycle
Of natural events. Thank God that it is So"