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New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
If Not Union, Then Comfy

The Republicans and the Democrats
of Wisconsin have nominated loyalist
candidates for Senator The Socialist
party has nominated a disloyalst can
didate Nothing could be moro regret
table now than that the two loyalist
nominees should turn their attention
away from Victor Berger and begin a
fight on each other.
Under existing conditions compari-
sons between Mr.. Lcnroot and Mr. Da-
vies are odious. Each stands for an
unflinchlng prosecution Of the war.
Either in this respect is a welcome coun-
tcrpoisc to Mr.. La Toilette. TO raise
questions of relative ability and prccc-
dencc in patriotic service between them
is to weaken each, and thus play into the
hands Of the Socialists the pacifists and
the pro-Germans3
If, under the law or under the stress
Of party conditions as they exist TODAY
in Wisconsin, neither of the loyalist
nominees can see his way clear to with
draw IN favor Of the other, that circum-
stance should not be allowed to become
cause Of friction between them. If
there cannot be bipartisan union
there ought to be an altogether friendly
rivalry. If Mr. Bergers canvass becomes
threatening the voters Of both parties
VIII be drawn to one Of the loyalist can
didatcs. The voters have an instinct in
such matters which rarely fails
But whatever happens frivolous diff
fcrcnccs between the two loyal nom-
nccs should be avoided This is no time
for personal and partisan chickering's.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
The Cost of Economy
(IrOnl The GiObe)

Here are some considerations for the
Emergency Fleet Corporation and the pub
lie to keep firmly in mind:
The United States will be fortunate if its
casualty list in six months is as low as 900
per day, or 1000 per week
The war is costing at the rate of $40
100000 per day each week of prolonga-
hon means an addition of S2So,OOO00O to
the national debt.
Our partici cipation in the war. and hence
our ability to furnish the decisive force to
end it, is limited by the number Of carry
ing ships we can put anoat. A weeks delav
in realizing the shipping programme adds a
week TO the length of the war and thus
will bring sorrow to 1000 American house
holds and the expenditure Of more than a
quarter Of billion of wealth.
Yet with these conclusions staring us in
tho face it is reported that in yards which
arc building ships or arc being prepared to
build ships work proceeds at the lcisurely
rate Of forty eight hours a week. Double
and triple shifts not employed Opera
tons practically shut down on Sunday. Ex
ira hours arc not encouraged because time
and a half must be allowed and there ia
idlcness on Sunday because double time
must be allowed
The Fleet Corporation is being "eco-
nomical." 1t is apparently frightened be-
cause expenditures are exceeding estimates
1t has been alarmed by Congressional On
vcstlgatons" and fears criticism The con-
tractors, under the cost Plus plan merely
representatives under the direction of the
Fleet Corporation, although chaing for a
chance to 20 ahead under full steam, have
been slowed up by being told they are being
oXtravagant- been warned if thcv don't
keep down costs they may find themselves
in jail. Labor is ready, stands without the
gates begging to be employed; material is
ready, and asks to be put in place: tho
railway congestion is over; yet the cold and
clammy hand Of a muck rakng inquiry has
fallen on shipbuilding and there is partial
paralysis through apprehension lest unit
costs, as some half baked efficiency exnert
figures them, will be disclosed as high.
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, is an excel
lent man, and carries his eighty three wears
nimbly; Senator Vardaman. of Mississinn
may be an active worker in the cause of
teaching men of color their place; Senator
johnson, of California, may be full of zeal
as he attends to his gridiron. But evil was
the day for the country when the trio ad-
dressed themselves unto :he shipbuilding
problem and conceived it their duty to scat
ter suspicion and to scare men into think
ing they should devote themselves to play
ing safe and to passing THE buck"
Damn the torpcdocs." said Farragut as
ne went across the mine fields of Mobile
In regard to the delayed ships. it is time
Tor some one to say, "ro hi with ex-
pcnsc!' Going ships arc cheap at any
price. Out of the money saved by shorten
ing the war they could be gold plated.
Double pay! Triple or duadruplc pay could
be distributed with an enormous saving La
Dor costs don't count with respect to ships
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Journeys in the Clouds

1t is sheer chance that makes the ava
tor IN his helmet look like the Crusader
of old in his mail armor. Yet no one
who has seen the extraordinary paintings
of sky fighting by Lieutenant Fare, the
official French artist, will feel that fate
blundered in thus reproducing the noblest
spirit of the past. These modern tour
neys i'll the sky, their heroes, Captain
Guynemer, the noblest of them ALTO
see the record on canvas is to realize the
highest bravery that man has ever won
Neither Richard the Lion-Heartcd nor
Launcelot ever equaled the valor of
these modern knights of the sky. 1t is
IN spirit of reverence and worship for
the human spirit thus gloriously soaring
alott that one stands before these records
OF the bravest adventure of the greatest
Of wars
1t seems a pity that the exhibition CT
these pictures must so soon end. They
appear this week only at the Anderson
Galleries. If they could now or later
become in whole or in part public and
lasting record of French vaor all Amer
lca would be glad and grateful
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
The Advertised Offensive

The possibilities of camoufage will not
have been exhausted until appearances
become so deeply distrusted that people
Will stare wide-eyed at the reality of a
thing and imagine it to be false. Effec-
tive concealment then will lie in open and
conspicuous display of the thing to be
hidden
At that point the backward art Of pro-
duclng illusions upon the senses will only
have overtaken the more refined and
complicated art Of casting delusions upon
the mind. One is physical and the other
psychic camouhage.
Modern strategy combines both.
For several weeks the world discussed
an impending German offensive on the
West front The military critics on the
Allied side took its mmnence for
granted and quarrelled only as to its
probable technique. Secretary Baker in
one of his weekly wan bulletins told how
Germans We're being intensively trained
into "shock battalions'' for the great
spring effort. In Germany it was limited
at guardedly. German prisoners reluc-
family suffered themselves to be de-
tached from the information that the
attack would begin on March 81.
Then came the reaction. People sud-
denly began to think it absurd that
military undertaking of the first magni-
tude should be SO widely advertised A
French paper produced cartoon show
ing Hindenburg blowing a trumpet at
the Allies, saying: "Attention! We are
coming" 1t had become a Joke.
Then, the day having arrived and the
incredulous world having abandoned the
expectation as one too naive to be intel
llgently entertained, what appears to be
the advertised offensive violently begins.
And, it having begun, Berlin is laccnic.
The German War Office dismisses with
twelve words what Bonar Law defines as
the heaviest attack of the war on the
West front.
Apparently the Germans have acted
on the theory that the way to deceive
the greatest number is to tell the truth,
or that the way most effectively to con-
ceal an attack is to prepare it so openly
that nobody will believe it.
The third refinement is to lie on the
theory that your adversary will say:
IF he intended to deceive me he would
tell me the truth
There is then fourth refinement,
known only to German statecraft, which
is exclusively reserved for the daIectics
OF peace making. On that exalted plane
of deception thing at one time may be
(a) both true and untrue and (b) neither
true nor untrue
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Sedition and Free Advertising

We have been criticised by number
of our readers for giving publicity to the
outrageous anti-war and anti-conscrip-
ton propaganda of Scott Nearing. Give
him the silence treatment" said these
critics.
You cannot vindicate the law by ignor-
ing a crime. You cannot prevent the
spread of contagion by, censoring the
health reports. 1t was form of prim
tive superstition not to speak of things
which were taboo. Yet experience has
taught us that it is wiser to give such
things their real names and to expose
them in all their native ugliness.
A Federal grand jury in this city has
just indicted Nearing for conspiracy to
violate the espionage law. That law for
bids activities which 'obstruct the re-
crulting or enlistment service Of the
United States" We published extracts
from Nearing's pamphlets, intended for
circulation among the pacifst and I. w.
w. elements III this country, which, III
our opinion encouraged evasion of the
draft law and resistance to its enforce
ment. Now the government is going to
give him the free publicity Involved IN
q trial on these charges.
Nearing, still glorying in ADVERTISE
ment, processes to welcome what he calls
"martyrdom" in the cause of free speech.
He boasts that he counts the grand jury
Indictment greater honor than degree
from an American university" Emma
Goldman and Alexander Berkman had
similar honor thrust on them. But we no.
tice that they both made use of every pos
sible legal technicality in order to avoid
paying the price of such a distinction.
1t. will be the. same with Nearing. In
trying him the government is only Incl
dentally and temporarily ministering to
his vanity and his passion for notoriety.
1t is enforcing in a matter of fact way
law which forbids propaganda for the
enemys benefit.
That law must be applied in the inter
est of national defence, whoever gets the
satisfaction of publicity and fictitious
martyrdom out Of the application. And
even intellectual eccentrics of the Near
ing type may come to think that salts
faction too dearly bought at the price Of
$4,000 fine and twenty years impris-
Onment
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
What Happened
To Borglurn

Mr.. Wilson has always been ready to
listen to suggestions and complaints made
IN good faith. His attention was drawn to
delays in the air programme last December.
From several sources both official and un
official came warnings that the programme
as at first rejected was Tot possible of ac-
complshment. 1t about this time that
Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, who is
quainted with the President, laid before him
certain conditions that Borglum had reason
to believe were true.
The President, having faith in Borglums
good intentions, gave him a letter en-
powering him to make such inquiries as he
wished. so that he would be able to lay
comprehensive report before Mr. Wilson.
This report was submitted in several parts
1t was disjointed and at times lacking in
continuity. 1t brought out charges that
seemingly based on truth, but there
was little of an actual evdental nature in
the matter he submitted.
1t is fair to say that the report, while
undoubtedly revealing certain errors in cal
culation, showed tendency to depend upon
individual opinions and ntuitons rather
than upon actual facts. 1t contained, due
perhaps, to the handicap under which Mr.
Borglum worked, much hearsay.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
When Prices Began to Aeroplane

An eminent but unnamed Wall Street
banker is quoted by "Thc Wall Street
Journal as criticising the view that the
expansion of credit is the cause of the
terrific rise in the cost Of living.
The high cost Of living, says this sa-
gacious economist, is the cause OF the
expansion Of credit!
Any number Of people are more or less
Of this view. or of the belief that high
prices are somehow caused "by the war"
1t will possibly interest our banker
friend, and some others, to know that the
average of commodity prices did not
begin to rise until a year and three
months after the war had begun. Prices
were slightly lower in October, 1915.
than in July, 1914.
Prices did not begin to rise until the
heavy export Of gold, occasioncd by the
war, had ceased and huge return flow
had set in, and on the basis of this gold
bank credits had begun heavily to
expand.
Professor j. Shield Nicholson has
traced the same parallel between rising
prices and the expansion of credits in
England.
Some day even the housewives will be
interested enough to know the truth.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
The Specially Man

Less and less has this world, appar-
entity very much use or opportunity for
the all-round man. If any boy or any
human being wants to learn the secret
of success he has only to fix his eyes
hard on almost any kind of human
activity and he will see that it is in
variahly the speciality man who wins.
We have noticed an odd instance of
it lately in the wrestling matches at
Madison Square Garden. Each man
has some special stunt, some grip or
hold, which he cultivates to the exclu-
sion of all Others On this one hold he
stakes everything.
For example, the other night all that
one of them could do was to grip the
other mans head with the intent of stran-
Cling him. Hence his familiar name
''The Strangler." The Polish gentleman
could only twist the other mans toe.
Another famous wrestler can do moth
ing unless he can get his legs wrapped
around his adversary's body in his ia
nous "scssors" hold And so it goes.
You might think that this one line Of
attack would be easy to defcat-that
these wrestlers, meeting each other frc-
quently, would soon learn how to handle
these specially stunts so that they would
quickly lose their value. 1t does not
seem so.
Each man relies on making his spc-
cializcd offensive a little more effective
each time and to meet a counter often
sive as best he can. 1t does not give one
very high idea of the resources Of
the game.
But that is what a great many care
fully observing people come to think
about the game of life. The most
famous winncrs-thc money kings, men
of letters, presidents and even baseball
maenates-seen at close range. never
seem very wonderful folk Most times
rather ordinary and often dull.
Their secret is always the same. Thcv
are speciality men,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
The Price Of Your Hat

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your recent editorial entitled peace
Prohteers,' aimed at the hat industry, was
we'll aimcd-hut what's the use? Ii YOU
own a hat you are subject to the tax.
My wife and have just returned from
three days vacation in your city, and
have been mentally checking off in my mind
the number OF times ] repurchased my old
hat during our short stay and verify be-
lieve that, thanks to these "amiable" (if
YOU come across property pirates in
any event, my old nat stands me in at least
the price of new one
This form OF piracy is bound to flourish,
as its devotees, like the pirates Of old,
know no eight-hour day. Any kind Of hat
IS negotiable to the extent of at least 10
cents. transferable from wearer to bearer,
whether you redeem it after breakfast in
order not to start the day hatless or at
1850 p. M. SO that you may have it on
hand to go through the same succession Of
hoid-ups on the morrow
On one occasion the man thanked me for
the dime, a conspicuous departure from the
general rule. although perhaps he had not
been instructed that | automatically for
feited the dime by owning tho hat.
a beggar with his tin cup and third rate
pencils gives greater value than these H.
ceMsed parasites who have attached them
selves to our necessary "Hooverian' indus
tries, which stern necessity now compels 10
give US so little and to take so much N
return.
Let's all wear caps and put them in our
pockets for the duration OF the war and re-
lease the pirates to collect hats from the
Hun. ]. II. L.
Litchfic Conn. March 2l. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22

year of unrestricted warfare the dis
parity happily is much wider. The Ger
man claim was for 100000 tons. The
British figures are for somewhat over
100000 tons.
The definite outstanding fact is that
there seems now no prospect that new
construction will replace much more
than one-half of this loss this year. And
meanwhile the sinkings are going on at
d rate equal to if not considerably eX-
;,eedng the probable production of the
allies and America for 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Old Charges
Repeated


"The World" which has had an oppor-
tunity Of examining the report, found that
the ma jority OF the allegations rcstated old
charges, but there can be no doubt that Mr..
Borglum had artificial difficulties placed in
his path; he shadowed by Secret Ser
wee men Of the air corps Of the army and
subjected to annoyance that was not to be
expected by the bearer of letter of ere
dcntals directly from the President him
self.
Apart from any other points in Borglums
report, it is reasonable to expect that an
explanation will be asked of the surveillance
and harassment to which he was subjected
No one will assume responsibility for or
dering the shadowing but. so far as can
be judged, it came from the Signal Corps,
since that department was made the chief
ground of Borglum's Inquiries
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
A Noble Role for Central Park
NFropi The u orld

lFropi The Uorldl
Some hysterical persons threaten .aA'
payers suit to bar from Central fAls
section of war trenches furnished WV"
material provided by the French govern.
ment to aid the Liberty Loan. Such a SUI, sun
might fail. but merely bringing 1t wouio a.s
purpose dear in sinister quarters; thious,
laws delays it would hamper the worn ", Y,
the loan committees, even though /" ".
end a legal victory for common sense "e''
assured.
What is this mysterious sacredness, ~. -
Central Park? Why must one pupc p.';,
only be wrapped in cotton batung' ""es lat
might be used for three weeks III e.,u .,ar
patriotic work without bearing las,,a, van
scar? Bronx invites the trenches ~ .sar,
Cortlandt; Brooklyn would welcome '"sa 'aas
to Prospect Park; the very protes'e'' :. Is
to divert them to the Battery, tnousn
small and badly overcrowded' nu' h;ca
Park-touch it who darcs. even IN '''e '''
names of Nation and Liberty.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
The President s
Agent Shadowed
Herbert Bayard Szcope
In The Ne1U York World
w 7ASHINGTON, March 90 At
N the outset it should be said that the

Nv ASHlNNION, Marcn ZU--- AZ
wv the outset it should be said that the
air programme is far from having
collapsed. With that on the record it must
be admitted that the early claims of the air
craft board as to development and progress
of the programe were grossly exaggerated.
1t is agreed that there had been an over
estimate, due to miscalculation of the dlfh-
cuties of founding a new industry.
There has been revision of the plan, and
while the new figures are by no means as
impressive as the old, they are nevertheless
held to be satisfactory from a military
standpoint. The original programme called
for %, 900 arplanes by the end Of 1913. IL
is true that this was an unofficial claim, but
it was permitted to go forth and was loudly
and widely repeated, often accelerated by
official sources.
1t is less a violation of military secrecy
than a matter of maintaining public con-
fdence, which is in itself of primary stra-
tegic Importance, to say again what has al
ready been said, namely, that the pro-
gramme will not be carried out along the
original lines, and to state for the first
time what the revised schedule calls for,
that is, 100 combat planes by the end
Of November
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22

VA HEN Victor L. Berger was in Con
wv gress those with whom he would
confer on his visits to his home
city quite often gathered the impression
that, III Mr.. Bcrgers opinion, the House of
Represent tativcs consisted largely of Victor
l.. Berger, the widely hcralded FIRST So
cialst Congressman"
Throughout it's history the Socialist
party in Wisconsin, in all of its activities,
has consisted of Victor L. Berger and
others. Wherever Socialists have secured
strength in Milwaukee there would be found
a direct spokesman for Berger. But Berger
has never let slip any chance to do all the
speaking himself.
In the years before tho Socialists gained
power in Milwaukee political factor it
was Berger who talked; it was Berger who
press-agcntcd the party; it was Berger who
wrote the leading propaganda articles and
pamphlets; it was Berger's home to which
newspaper men went to get Socialist com
ment on things doing.
himself solid" with reporters. Never was
reporter abused by Berger. Usually at
his home, there a cigar or. a glass of
wine to impress the frendlincss and cor
diality of Berger upon the reporter. Berger
was a master diplomat with newspaper men.
SO they liked him. "Berger is a good old
scout" they would say.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
A Spring Bouquet

tTrdnsidtcd from Honu PolSkd, INC W.
Polish Daiiyl -,;sb
We advise our friends who reao I'm s.srs
newspapers to read The New YORK .a;,ed
which is at present probably the ocS' W.
newspaper in the United States. and
The wealth Of information wh'e" ". at.
in The New York Tribune eQuais ,snt ..s
tractive outside form. The above sts'cn'., ,sass
is not a paid advertisement. IN s'as'"s ssSyiss
facts we merely fulfil our duty. as we su,,r N.ru.
our friends to read a daily when ~ and
incly sympathizcs with the foils" ess AN any
gives it more room in its columns ''''
other newspapers. polish
For The New York Tribune tue '.,ds
question, Poland's Independence IN !" ..,on u
problem of prime Importance, au'' s.s
liberty and Justice.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
"Sfyle" to the Limit

But remember one convention aftcr
which there was some quiet discussion as
to what constituted "style." For the plat
form, as it finally emerged from the com
mittec on STYLE" was minus a whole n,onk
of vital nature.
These committees on "stylc" were alwavs
composed of whecl-horscs from tho ncrcor
team.
In more than one way does a boss work
ms wonders to perform. And Berrer has
been to the Socialist party of Wisconsin its
father, mother, nurse, boss and nronho+
Inns has either been proved or admitted ca
often that no more evidence il rcou;rol, -,
this time. wv
Victor l.. Berger to-day is Socialist co,
d'date for United States Senator in Wiz.
consln. He still is the boss. Hc ;s IN ~,
Middle West what Morris Hillouit ;s 10
New York and what Wilhelm is to c,r
many. lie dictates; he dominates. ho
breaks men who oppose him in partv conn.
clls-breaks them or silenccs them uo -.
sllenced moro than one fine man in +h
milwaukee, Socialist party-put the brakes
down hard and imposed silence.
Socialist party platforms used IN bo
written as the expression of tho marty Tho
platform on which Berger is runn;rr l. 49,
expression OF Berger, and it says so plainly
IN the list of demands" in this nl,trov,,,
the customary "wc' has given wav 70 ~.
Bcrgcristic ar This is tho 'Gnoi WI VI"
czarism on Bcrger's part-~thc last straw IN
the load OF proof as to whose il tho rnrt,,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
A Good Old Scout

BEING good old scout" he got pub
Lefty whore others would have failed And,
largely, he got the kind he wanted. | am
not saying that there was insincerity in this
friendship Of Berger's for newspaper men,
| am merely saying that it got results
But when "Thc Leader was established
there was always a sigh Of relief through
the office when Berger would depart for
Washington to make "vool" and other
speeches.
Eerger has had other ways Of seeing that
"his will be done Berger is an adept at
lashing party conventions into line He sell
dom loses in party fight in his own town
state.
Should he lose on the floor there are
usually other ways of retrieving the loss.
1t was for years and may still be-the
custom in Wisconsin state Socialist con-
ventons to appoint "committec OIL stylc"
At the conclusion of the conventions To
this committee would 80 all resolutions and
the platform adopted by the convention. 1t
was supposedly the job of this committee
to see that there were no errors of gram
mar in the finished product. The Socialist
party of Wisconsin wanted to speak good
English in public