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MIR. Taft's Admission

In his speech at Carnegie Hall
last Saturday night Mr.. Taft bluntly
conceded that reservations alone
could save the treaty. He pointed
out that it would be "a fatal step"
for the Administration minority in
the Senate to cling to the non-reser-
walton policy and to join with the
irreconcilables in defeating a rati-
fication resolution.
Mr.. Taft speaks as a supporter of
the treaty, and especially of the COW
enant. And he is right when he
suggests by implication that those
who have worked earnestly for ade-
quate reservations have, in fact.
kept the treaty alive. There can
be no doubt now that they under
stood the situation better than those
who supported the Presidents pro-
gram Of unconditional ratification
But the completeness of Mr.. Taft's
conversion to this view is somewhat
impaired by his remark: IF | were
in the Senate, l would vote for it
without reservation-just as it is"
Apparently he would not cooperate
actively to save the treaty, though
not objecting strongly to its being
saved by others.
1t is not an exaggeration to saw
that the Senate would have been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-11
Another Omen

The election of q Republican
Representative from the 9Th District
Of Oklahoma is another sign Of the
times in politics. This district has
been Democratic since its creation,
under the apportionment, following
the last census. The Democratic
plurality in 1914 was 4,754; in 1916,
5000; in 1918, 4,123.
In strong Republican year like
1918 the Republicans carried only
one of the eight Oklahoma Congress
districts. This year they could prob
ably carry four or five. A few
months ago King Swope easily
captured the Sth Kentucky district,
which had been Democratic since the
war. Last week the Republicans
swept Kentucky. There would have
been the same story to tell in
Missouri If that state had voted this
year.
In Oklahoma the only avowed is
sic was the league Of nations. The
Democratic nominee favored uncon-
ditional ratification Of the treaty.
The Republican nominee stood for
reservations to the covenant. But
undoubtedly behind the average
voters resentment at the President
demand that the treaty should not
be Americanized lay a general dis
content with the record and policies
" the Administration. Mr.. Wilson
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work or dabbled in bookbinding or
new art jewelry or lectures on the
new economics had spent their
hours in learning honest-to-goodness
leather work for the feet of man. A
whole nation could be reshod over
night. The family last would arrive
with the family silver and the pho
tograph album. Leather bindings
for the feet of husband and the lit
tie ones might or might not be hand
fooled, as time and taste determined.
They would at least enable family
to overtake the high cost Of feet in
the only practicable fashion. Will
our theorists kindly take notice?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-11
Clean Up Mexico

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What is the matter with our
Congress? Why have not the out
RACES committed over the border and
i'll Mexico during the last three years
been avenged?
It seems to BIO not enough to print
long lists Of the most atrocious crimes
against mankind and our nation and
to pile up the claims for damages for
lives and property lost by such. 1t
does not stir the blood of our lethargic
congressman or rouse them to action
to hear Of the losses in human toll
and material, Of rights and privileges.
OF valuable concessions, of PROSPECTS,.
no! Our Congress has yet to sec a
more extended list of wrongs to Amer
lean honor 1t has yet to get its fill
of insults and black insnuations from
this thing called government
Mexico.
Is it thinkable that the Democratic
Administration now going down in de-
feat can possibly want more cause for
reversing its pre-war policy, for being
truly American, for standing upon
principle rather than policy?
Do not Democrats and Republicans
alike stand for Americanism when it is
assaulted either at home or abroad?
| hold that every American who has
ever followed our glorious flag would
gladly serve our country in these try-
ing times and willingly join an army
OF occupation to clean up Mexico. And
say this, we'll knowing that the world
IS SICK of war. l say it feeling dccplv
Tor those who have paid great nricc
IN the loss of sons and daughters over
seas and here. But, God grant it.
this cause unites us if ever any cause
united US, not alone to bear our sor-
rows over past losses, but over the
bright future which can be attained
and made honorable only by action.
CHARLES +. GARDNER
New York, Nov 7, 1919.
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able to ratify the treaty weeks ago,
with adequate reservations, had it
not been for the countenance given
to the unconditional ratification plan
by Mr.. Taft and his associates in
the League to Enforce Peace. Had
they realized the extent of the coun-
try's opposition to such program,
they would not have helped along
the Presidents losing fight against
real reservations. They encouraged
him and the Administrative Sen
ators to think that the Senate and
the country could be won over to
an absolute approval of the treaty.
That was a serious error of judy
ment. If the League to Enforce
Peace had ASSOCIATED itself from the
Presidents campaign, that campaign
would have collapsed long before it
did, and the possibility would not
have to be faced to-day Of coalition
O1 CilC I1lICuCOCh DcIIlOCIACS Will Iuc
irreconciiables to defeat the treaty.
In August probably not more than
dozen votes would have been cast
against ratification with moderate
reservations. Now opposition to the
treaty as whole is much more for
midable, and the demand for rela-
lively stiff reservations has become
irresistible.
MIR. Taft himself saw the political
necessity of reservations. But by
continually expressing the opinion
that the covenant was satisfactory
as it stood he continued too long to
give comfort to the non-reservation-
lists and to cut himself off from eff
fective cooperation with the real
friends and saviors of the covenant.
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God-Given
To the Editor of Tho Tri,.,,,,


Sir: Your editorial of today "Cod
ulVe Us Men, is timely and true.
But 1t emphasizes my conviction tba+
Eod aid give us--as before the ma,
1or the OCCASION; and he was three
tunes rejected by hort-sighted nol;.
'lclans and deluded people.
In 1872 the regular Republican noni-
nation was stolen from Theodore Roose-
vet through adroit manipulation of
the claims of delegates. Nominated as a
third candidate by his indignant friends
ne tailed OF the complete support of an
nnrecognizing public. In 1916 blind
group of politicians deprived the peo-
pie OF an opportunity of availing them
selves, IN our country's greatest crisis.
OF his wisdom and power. So the oft
OF God was again rejected of mon
Finally, God removed his bodily pres
ence, apparently with the purpose that
his spirit might at last be known and
followed
In European countries the God riven
TOR
as leaders-Clenlenceau. Lloyd George.
Venizelos, Paderewski. For the first tin, .
IN our history we failed in the rccopn;-
ton of destiny; and the consequences
must come upon us. But, perhaps. be-
cause so many of US did see the truth
though we were powerless to act unon
It, we shall be able to steer Alright in
the future.
One of the strongest duties laid upon
US to-day is to keep the memory of
theodore Roosevelt alive, and his in
,'uence active and vital. Though, take
hlm for all in all, we shall not look
upon his like again." we still have men
animated by his spirit. We still have
the chance to abandon timid courses
and false counsels, and tread the paths
upon which he still sheds light.
NJ. G. SMITH.
East Orange, N. j., Nov. 7. 1919
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The High Cost Of Feet

The process of whipping the devil
of high prices around the stump of
what was once perfectly good
pocketbook goes on merrily, but we
DO not see that much progress is
being made. In fact, we hear a dis
tlnct note of peevishness in the
voices of the revolving devil pur-
suers. They are getting a bit dizzy
from the heat--and possibly from
the chorus Of advice hurled at them
from the side-lines where sit the
cheerful profiteers, of capital and Of
labor Cloth words in their conven-
tional and inaccurate senses).
There is the advice, for instance,
TO wear ones old clothes-and to
keep on wearing them. Why buy
shoes? for instance. Simply have
your old ones resoled, etc, etc. He
who squanders money on brand-new
shoes is a traitor and reckless
waster Of capital in the hour Of the
worlds travail, etc. This seems like
excellent sense until you take the old
shoes around to be resoled. Then, alas,
appears the flaw in the advice. To
get pair of shoes resoled now costs
not so very much less than a new
pair of shoes some four or five years
ago. There is temporary saving,
in short, from this process Of pro-
longation; but it is more fake than
real. Most folk have always had
their shoes resoled or half soled once
or twice, anyway. All that can be
done now to save the heart of the
pocketbook from breaking is to pay
nearly the old price Of new pair
OF shoes for few last, extra dying
months Of some very sad, leaky and
apologize boots. All of this does
plainly whip the devil once more
round the stump. But it certainly
does not overtake him.
We wonder why our expert econ
omizers do not carry out their theory
a real efficiency. The thing is
easy enough just as simple as
teaching shoemaking to all our idle
debutantes and other what-nots. We
have not the statistics at hand. But
suppose all the females and males
wno had ever done hurnt-leathey
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has lost touch with the people. They
are weary Of his leadership in the
domestic as well as in the foreign
field. And it is becoming more and
more apparent that Democrats are
almost as weary of it as Republicans
are. A Republican plurality of
1920 in the 9Th Oklahoma district
can hardly be accounted for in any
other way.
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The La Guardia campaign COM
mittee several days before election
mailed circulars addressed to police
men and firemen at their homes,
discussing the attitude of Police
Commissioner Enright and Fire
Commissioner brennan on salary
increases and other subjects. Com
missioners Enright and brennan
each sent a letter through official
channels to their men, attacking the
circular.
The hurried official communica-
tons were written the day before
election and sent out Immediately
by the two commissioners to be read
on the very day of their origin
and on Election Day up to 4 p. m.
In these frantic epistolary efforts
Commissioner Enright spoke of "a
certain candidate for high political
Office in this city" who was sending
out this annoying circular, and
Commissioner brennan, still more
brazenly, mentioned "a certain can
didate for President Of the Board
of Aldermen" Neither letter ex-
plicitly commanded the men to vote
for Mr.. Moran. Nevertheless, they
were political. Indirectly, politi-
cal assessment was levied on the
people of all parties and of no
party. A campaign document was
published at public expense. The
city government was at the service
of the Tammany candidate.
The plain enough plea for Mr..
Moran in the two letters and the
simultaneous dispatch of these COM
munications would seem to indicate
chat the idea or the order had a
common origin. If not at the in
stance of the Mayor, certainly he
has not publicly reprimanded either
commissioner.
Said Commissioner Enright in his
etter: "The charter of the city and
tie rules of the department pro-
hibit members of this department
from taking sides in any political
contest. Commanding Off
GERS will send to the Police Com
missioner with morning returns
Thursday, November 6, the names
of any members Of this department
who are known to be responsible for
the issuance Of this circular or
any form of pernicious political ac-
tivity which is in violation of law
and prejudicial to the service"
That same letter contained the fol-
owing: "The present city and po-
Ice administration had constantly
in mind the highest welfare of the
members of this department and the
Improvement Of their condition. both
as to humane working hours as well
as fair and reasonable compensa-
ton" And Fire Commissioner
brennan said: GAS your commits
sioner l ask you personally if the
candidate in question has ever done
single thing for your benefit, and,
secondly, if it isn't fact that every
single wage and working condition
was granted you by the present ad-
ministration d"
Who would ask fer "n1ore per-
nicous political activity" than that
evidenced by these two letters read
to the men Of two departments and
bulletined besides?
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\ PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE
HOrnce: l}nik l. Odn %


"fnte0er vitae scclcrtsoue purus"----
May l not. gentlemen, point out
Fourteen-bont out, to use some humor--
A fact which many thought, no doubt,
Mere rumor2
One who from wicked thoughts is free
Shall live an honored life and grand, Oh |
Safe from attacks upon the sea-
Orlando
Both bombs and issues he shall dodge
Though half the world be dead agin him :
And not n poisoned barb shall Lodge
Within him.
Once. when ! WAS in Gay Paree,
The Tiger threatened to upset me:
l said, You let me do this, see7''
He let me.
And, spite of Europe's deep intrigue
And the Republican orations.
You'll notice that lead the League
OF Nations.
Drop me in the Siberian SNOW:
In Winnipeg: or in Seattle:
Or where the hordes of Mexico
Give battle.
What though there stirs an evil wind
That breaks the usual Boston quiet?
What though the folk of Gary, Ind,
Should riot7
And III draw cheers instead Of Kisses.
Armed only with my Fourteen Points
And Missus.
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Cooks Will Save the Race

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The article Cooks Win Save
the Race" in Thursdays paper, is a
masterpiece. l wish every young man
would consider, when making a choice
Tor life, if the young woman wishes to
De home maker. Liking to cook Will
save our country and homes.
MARTHA COCKS WILLETS
Cornwall-on-E Hudson. N. Y, Nov. 8.
1919.
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In GaIiciv

s. Polish public opinion rejects all
provisional measures which may be
taken in Galician affairs. Not we, but
the Ukrainians, chose war as means
to settle our differences. Not the
Ukrainians, but we, won That war I'M
posed upon US, war which the Entente
finally allowed US to carry on. 1t is
impossible to annul the consequences Of
these facts.
7. With regard to the famous"
pogroms we shall limit our arguments
to excmplfying but two most salient
facts:
First-After the liberation of Wilma
the German press became very noisy.
spreading rumors that on the 5th of
May the Poles had organized a pogrom
in Wilma, in which 1000 Jews were
murdered. Now, it has been verified
(see New York Herald" Paris cditon)
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Method or Madness
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; The inclosed envelope was re.
celved by me about D. IN. November g
1919. And yet there are critics who saw
MI burleson is giving slow service
think 1t pretty good, don't you. to
receive a letter postmarked November
three days ahead of time. Or Is tbara
a method in the madness?
Fl. NIL. WILSON
New York, Nov 10, 1919.
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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Facts

The statement of Mr.. Gompers.
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor indorsing the miners
strike ignores questions of law and
public policy and raises questions
of fact.
1t is said that the United Mine
Workers did everything in their
power to avert the controversy. Did
they?
1t appears from the uncontra-
dicted record that the miners
convention held in September a
resolution was passed not to author
ize the officers of the union to nego-
tiate touching new wage scale and
working conditions, but ordering
them to demand SO per cent wage
increase and thirty-hour week /;
and to break off parleys end to call
a strike on Nocember 1 il these
terms aCere not accepted.
How can it be asserted, then, that
the officers OF the union did what they
could to avert the strike? They could
do nothing-were not permitted to
do anything. They had no choice or
discretion. Their hands were tied by
their instructioNs.a They did nothing
bit present an ultimotum.
Arbitration was refused perforce.
The miners had settled the whole
case in advance. The, so-cal'ed con-
ferences were farcical @n the part of
the representative of the miners.
When called, it was on the express
ground that it was per order.
So the merits of the, issue of
Nhether the miners should have
more, and if so how much, have never
been under impartial Consideration.
The miners now have before them
offers to go to arbitration. They
can have impartial examination to-
MORROW if they say but the word.
So the statement of the.- ederation
Is either false as to facts or relates
to issues which are too complicated
or any one at present to give oracu-
lar judgment, as Mr.. Gompers now
does.
1t is not true, as Mr.. Gompers
suggests, that the controversy is be-
tween the operators on the one side
and the miners on the other. The
parties in interest are the miners
and the buyers of coal. The miners
contend that an average wage rate
of ST. 400 a year is not enough--that
their life is hard. But the money
70 pay them more must come for
the greater part out of persons who
earn less than $1,000 a year, and
who also find life hard. Are the
latter not entitled at least to be
heard?
Mr.. Gompers talks as if only the
rich are interested in coal prices.
On the contrary, the rich do not con-
sumo one one-hundredth Of the
supply.
The public desires to be fair. 1t
recognizes the value Of the miners
services. But why does Mr.. Com
pers or any one else support the
miners refusal to arbitrate and to
ascertain as fairly as can be done
whether or not he deserves more
and if so how much?
Yet, reading the statement OF the
American Federation, not quoyd
bearing on this vital jnterrogatory
can be discovered.
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The Miners Lot
'omerville, N. J., Nov. 7, 1919.

o the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The following qu ta.ions are
rom an article in "The Wyoming
Tribune" of October 81. 1919. printed
at Cheyenne. and are Of interest -
showing the miners side OF the coal
strike to some extent:
The contract miner is the one tia.
is pointed out as being the ore tina,
makes the large wage. $500 TO $40 .
month. Three-fourths Of the coal
mined in Wyoming is machine mined
coal, for which the miner receives $50
cents per ton for drilling. SHOOTING and
loading. He also has 20 Law his ovr
track, timber his roof. push his cars
one way tire company pulls them the
other). pick down coal br ken by his
shots, but no. thrown OUT, all OF which
is done for the 581a cents per tor.
In order to make $500 .
month, or $40 day, he viii have 70
load twenty tons Of coal at 5Sla cents.
which equals s11.70, cut of which he
has to pay $3.50 per key for powder
81 per 100 feet for fuse and 1914
cents per pound for carbide for his
l9Ap, making an average expense OF
@l.25 per day, leaving him s10.45 for
ms work. But can you imagine a man
loading twenty tons o. coal and doing
the other work all in eight hours. and
Keeping 1t up every day. 1t is an utter
lmposslbility The truth OF the matter
as they load an average Of ten tons
a day
Then he (the miner) only averages
about three days per week for the
year. l have seen miners 90
IN the mine day after day and only
get one or two cars to load because
the employer had so overcrowded the
nine with men that they could not get
SUFFICIENT cars TO load, and hence could
not make a living wage.
Il wonder how many people who are
condemnlng the miner for asking for
six-hour day and five DAVIS week
really understand that the miner is
asking for more hours instead of less
ii the miner is now working three davs
ger week, eight hours dav. that
makes twenty-four hours per week,
whereas five days of six hours each
make thirty hours, an increase of six
hours per week, and that is what the
miner wants
When the miner kisses his wife and
children goodby in the incoming as ne
leaves for his work he realizes that
perhaps it will be the last time. for
death is laughing and grinIing at him
at every turn and is playing tag with
HIM in the dark. We are now asking
you to judge us not TOO harshly for
something that you do not thoroughly
understand, but give US your confidence
and try to believe that we are only
trying to remedy an existing evil that
is becoming unbearable.
GEORGE L. BATENAN"
The clipping from which the above
extracts are taken was sent me BY
my sister. who lives in Wyoming. As
l understand the coal strike. it is not
question of wages so much as g.
question of recognition of the union
but the miners demand for hour
day and a five-day week would appear
TO be demand for permission to work
more hours instead of less than they
are working now, and demand that
they be given opportunity to work
enough to be able to make living
wage for themselves and Their families
most certainly demand that has
merit. OSCAR j. SMITH.
New York, Nov. 7, 1919.
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A Proper Precaut;on

tfrom The Philadelphia Evening Public
Ledger
A Dlckerson Run (Pa.) grocer has
purchased safe in which to keep his
sugar ms last consignment having been
stolen by burglars. Sugar is BEGINNING,
to DO valued at its true worth.
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Everybody" writes s. T.. c., ais
recommending something to read
overcamc recent attack of insomnia
by perusing the Patent Office Ga
zettc. This morning | have acquired
for possible future use, an article on
"The Rcctifiability Of Twisted Cubic
in the current Issue of the Bulletin of
the American Mathematical Society. 1t
is written by Professor Tsuruichi Hay
ashi and looks like a dandy"
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Poland a Refuge

s. History shows that, perse-
cuted for centuries in almost all
European countries and expelled by
them, the Jews found in Poland their
only place of refuge.
Is it right that those very people
who formerly expelled the Jews from
their countries adjudgc themselves
the right to investigate the degree OF
tolerance of those who granted those
cXiles a safe asylum?
g. In the Alsace and Lorraine ques-
ton it has been agreed that only
those Germans who were bona tide
residents since 1871 and their descend
ants viii enjoy in that country full
civic rights. All others viii be bound
to obtain French citizenship in order
to enjoy civic rights. No analogous re-
stricton has been made with regard
TO the Germans in Poland, Upper
Silesia, Poznania and Western Prussia
10. In all the before mentioned ques
tons the diplomats of the peace COG
ference have refused to take into con-
siderution or have listened with an
apparent absert-mindness % informa
ton hat was furni he'd to them by our
delegates, as well as by their own ex-
perts, who hal been intrusted with tnc
re poctiye invest cations.