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New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

offsetting tie results of the perfection
Of the productive process. Workingmen
everywhere have now adopted the the
ory Of higher wages, shorter working
hours and lessened output. And that
theory is being pushed to alarming ex-
tremes. If it is to be the economic ideal
of the future to do the least work pos
sible for the highest returns the general
stock Of food and commodities must
shrink and the condition of shortage and
want on which Nautilus based his doc
trine will return.
Universal wellbeng results not from
high wages but from an ample supply
of the things which wages buy. The
wealth of country is measured in the
long run by it's productivity-by it's abi-
ity to create surplus above and beyond
its daily wants. If we begin to assume
that no such surplus is necessary, then
the struggle to divide the under-supply
becomes bitter. A steady increase of
population is no longer a benefit 1t
may become a calamity.
The modern indu s+~ial world had al
most forgotten MaltilL Is he going to
come into credit again?
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Making Markets Safe

Governor Smith has created a com
mittee of eminent New York bankers to
devise law that will make the security
ors. We compliment the Governor on
knowing the right way to attack the
problem of stock swindling. The evil is
enormous and chronic. There is no pat
ent cure No Western "blue-sky" law
would do in New York. 1t is easy to do
a great deal of harm without doing any
good at all Therefore it is desirable
that the responsibility for a sound work
ing law should be placed where the
knowledge is. 1t is not alone knowledge
of the ways of financial trickery that is
required, there must be an under
standing also Of human nature as it ex-
hibits itself in speculation.
The people on whom the swinder TAT
tens are of two kinds, namely, those who
need protection against the dishonest
promoter and those even more who need
protection against themselves. The she'll
game of the country fair lives not upon
the stupidity of the first comers, but
upon the fatuousness Of those who know
it is a swindling game and think they
are smart enough to beat it. So it is
also in the all-fools' speculation that
goes on more or less continually in Wall
Street. There is no sucker like
sophisticated sucker
1t is not Wall Streets fault that peo-
pie are dishonest and credulous and
silly. But it is no longer possible for the
banking community to say that the
swindling evil is none of its business.
Guilt is personal, but moral RESPONSE
bility in this world is Increasingly i'm
personal And Wall Street, knowing
how, will write standard "blue-sky"
law such as the country has long been
wanting.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Better Health for Women

We hope that the international Con-
ference Of Women Physicians is not in
danger Of losing sight of the first and
straightforward aim which it proclaimed
in its foreword. That was thus stated:
"The fact became increasingly evident
that medical women would have a special
contribution to make toward the develop
ment of the health of women and children.
The time was ripe. Increasing numbers Of
women doctors were becoming dissatis-
fed with the method Of waiting until the
patient is sick and curing her by surgery
drugs. They desired to consecrate their
powers to a constructive programme OF
health betterment. They had come to rec
ognize the need for the establishment of
the health and strength Of women on
higher level; to recognize that women must
possess greater physical stamina if they
are to make an effective contribution to
industry and business without injury to
the oncoming generation"
The temptation to reform the world is
great and there is room for all the help
that can be had. But this other very
practical aim Of the conference is pecul-
iarly a woman's job, and to it the first
organized energy of women physicians
might well be chiefly devoted 1t is ad-
mirably stated in the quotation above
The male physician is no more to blame
than is the whole social system, women
included. We have neglected almost CON-
pletely the development of preventive
physical training calculated to restore
to women a measure of their natural
stamina
The study of women in industry has
placed an economic value upon such
medical work wholly aside from its value
to future generations and to the general
contribution Of moral energy and lead
ing which women can make to the world
at large. There is a demand for re-
search, for investigation, for expert
mentation and ultimately for conclusions,
new physical standards for women and
their achievement through gynnasums
and outdoor exercise and new social
ideals. 1t is large undertaking. OBJ
vlously not to be completed in a dav or
taken for granted as a necessary prod
uct Of the war. We are glad that the
current conference has given time to the
subject, and we hope that it will lend
its best thought and influence to this
development of medical science so pecul
iarly its own.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
What DIR. Moore Said

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Dear Sir: On page TWO, column cish..
Of your issue of September %. 1919 am
made to say in an address delivered a.
Salem Methodist Episcopal Church New
York City, the day previous. that "the q
groes of the South are suffering from over
prosperity"
Permit me to say through your columns
that no such statement was ever made hv
NE. In referring TO the prosperity Naicp
has come to all classes because of the
world war did say tnat the coiorc
people Of the South are earning more
money than ever before thereby making
It possible for many man who had never
before owned his horse to own two AUTO.
mobiles"
1t was part OF the campaign of ed.ca-
ton of the National Security League to
urge upon all classes the Importance O,
thrift and to teach those inclined "a u-.ste
money for needless articles. such as more.
than one piano. surplus SILK shirts and
expensive automobile rides. TO save Their
earnings and profit by the lessons learned
from the late war
feel very sure that the error in quot
lag me was not intended, and that, in keep
ing with the fairness always characteristic
Of your columns. you viii give snaee 70
'nls correction. l. b MOORE.
howard University. Washington d c..
Sept 30. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

tai, in wheat the first time, in fax the
second, and smashed completely in both
cases. Many of his critics viewed his
sudden shift to socialism as the bitter
revenge of defeated plunger. If so
he is likely to miss his revenge after
all, and by reason Of exactly the same
weakness that caused his collapse be-
fore. The passion for getting ahead
quickly may we'll ruin Townley politi-
cally long before the basic unsoundness
of his socialism has chance Of being
demonstrated
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Dancing Masses
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the issue Of "The Columbia Snec-
tator" of September 26, Professor John
Erskine, of the Department Of English. CO.
umbia University, depores the apparent
inability of Americans to find proper en-
ployment for their ever increasing hours Of
leisure and suggests that a remedy lies in
the art of dancing. He thinks it would be
we'll to teach dancing in the colleges
Permit me, through your paper, to voice
my approval of Professor Erskine's sur-
gestions. AS managing director Of two large
dancing places. | have been in a position
for some time to observe the effects of dane
ing o nthe masses, and I do not hesitate to
say they havo been highly beneficial
Dancing in the proper environments i'm
proves the health and provides innocent d.
version so necessary to the human race
Therefore l unequivocaly indorsc Professor
Ersknes suggestion that dancing be taught
IN the colleges. 1t makes clear minds and
healthy bodies. MARCUS NATHAN
New York, Oct. 2, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

ID ACk in February last the British
ID government worried by the amount
Of industrial unrest in the country,
began to prepare for the situation which
was bound to develop when the railway
men went on strike. In March conditions
became so bad that d tie-up of the rail
ways seemed inevitable. but David Lloyd
George, appealing to the patriotism of the
workers as ne did during the days of
hostlities. was able to postpone the
break. The Premier was forced to COM
promise with the triple alliance COM
posed Of the miners. railway and
transport workers. No observer of Brit
ish industrial life believed for moment
that the compromise victory won in
March meant continued quiet in the labor
Mnrd
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Who's the Hog No.v?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIT; dear little woman, the widow of
gallant Confederate, was speaking Of the
great unrest these days and asked her if
that period of unrest didn't follow after the
Civil War. and she replied, well, not for
longi we all knew just had to get to
work."
Now, that just seems to be the sum and
substance Of all the trouble-we don't get
to work" It's strike here and strike there
more wages and less work
There was a time when capital was carl
catured the hog. Now it looks as if labor
was rapidly developing snout and squeak
particularly the squeak
A WOMAN IN VIRGINIA
Dclaplane, Va. Oct I. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Townley's Peril

The difficulties of the North Dakota
bank which has been aiding the Non
partisan League financially will sur
prise no one familiar with the wildcat
schemes of Townley. 1t is a far more
serious blow for the league than the
conviction of Townley in Minnesota for
preaching sedition. That attack may
weaken Townley with the doubters, but
it will only make a martyr Of him in the
eyes of his faithful worshippers His
cloquence and personal magnetism have
awakened ali almost religious frenzy Of
support. No mere court conviction can
seriously shake such a faith.
But the farmers of North Dakota are
thrifty, Woodworking and hard-headed
They will be quick to turn against a
movement that is once shown to be fnan-
cially reckless and unsound The imme-
diate programme of limited state social
ism which Townley fought for and won
was not wild. by any means. The state
-four mill might have failed to accom-
plish the beneficent results predicted and
would probably have lost money over
period Of years in competition with the
great privately owned mills of the Twin
Cities. But that would have been slow
demonstration of failure based on an in
herent weakness Of state ownership and
operation Of complex industry.
What is threatened now is very diff
ferent disaster quick and complete, pro-
duced by Townley's unsound financial
methods in promoting outside enter
prises. Six months ago Townleys
closest advisers were worried over their
chiefs tendency to expand his opera
tons beyond all reason. His chain store
proposition, for instance, which figures
largely in the present banks troubles,
was wholly private venture, run by
Townley personally and financed by
farmers membership fees. 1t was
spoken Of as a cooperative scheme, but
it was absolutely controlled by Townley
and run by him exactly as if it vas his
private business. 1t was statewide and
very risky venture. Similarly with
the colossal financial operations of the
league 1t has spent more than two
million dollars in propaganda work 1t
has founded newspapers by the dozen,
sent agents by the score over a half
dozen states. The funds have been huge,
but the expenses have been huge and the
finances Of the league have been a com
plete secret. There has been no pre-
tence Of an accounting to any one.
Townley has rebufYed all criticism and
defeated revolt by the sheer efYrontery
and nasterfulness Of his personality.
Townley's past holds the best evidence
If the weak spot in his judgment. He
failed twice in IargcscaIc farming be-
fore he started his radical movement
In tbose days he WAS unwilling TO begin
In a srnan way and expand gradually
He plunged heavily. On borrowed capi-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Liza Ashford

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Being one Of the skcptics who cannot
believe in DAISY Ashford,' submit, as
possibly throwing light on the Great Barrie
Mystery, the following from criticism of
Peter Pan" written by Max Beerbohm when
the play was produced al the Duke of Iork's
Theatre, in London, and printed in The
Saturday Review of January T. 1905
Il need not, after all, mar by qualiica-
ton my theory that Mr. Barrie has never
grown up. He is still child, absolutely
But some fairy once waved wand at him.
and changed him from a dear little boy to u
dear little girl. Some critics have wondered
why among the characters in Peter Pam
appeared dear little girl, named in the
programme Liza the Author of the Play)'
no" they know. Mr. Barrie was iust play
ing at symbolists.'"
Well, Barrie once more assuming tho
shape OF "A dear little girl is "playng at
symbosts' again
ARTHUR GUlTERMAN.
New York, Oct. / 1910
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
LabOrS Next Government

British labor expects to carry the next
general election Arthur Henderson, the
secretary of the Labor party, who was re-
Gently elected to Parliament from dis
trict which had invariably returned a Con-
servative since its formation; Thomas. J
r. Clynes, the ex-Food Controller Adam
son, the spokesman of the Labor repre-
sentatives in Parliament, and a host Of
other labor leaders are trying desperately
to keep the workers satisfied to win their
demands without recourse TO violence.
They know they will ALLEVIATE even the
independent. from whom they expect fut-
urc political support, if labor is found
guilty OF violence and bloodshed The
London dispatches have emphasized the
fact that the railway strike has been CON
Quoted orderly and without bloodshed Be
cause strike by any member of the
triple alliance' must necessarily bring
hardship to large part of the community,
it is the aim of the labor leaders to win
their fight quickly, while on the other hand
the government knows that prolongation Of
the strike will aid it in reaching a settle
ment.
Lloyd George held labor and capital to-
gether during the war by arranging COM
promise settlements, generally greatly to
the advantage of the workers. Since the
armistice he has shown an inclination 10
resist. sometimes stoutly, the demands of
the workers. This is due partly to the
fact that in the last year of the war he
gathered around him a number of business
men and he now appreciates their point
of view more than he did previously.
Behind British industrial unrest is a
fight for political power. Whether the
crisis in the fight has been reached or
the most difficult time is to come later is
hard to judge. but it is perfectly certain
that the unrest in the industrial world is
bringing about an economic situation which
wlll be worse rather than better than the
one England experienced Immediately af-
ter the war. If British labor obtains con-
troll OF the government it will face eco
nomic problems which Will test its ca
pacty to the limit.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
A Dry World
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

Sir: Prohibition will make the "superiorr
man, who never touches drop, lose his
advantage Many a brilliant mind will come
out of the cloudy mist of alcohol and there
will be more competition. At present the
mere fact that man does not drink usually
makes 1t easier for him to succeed. Prohibi-
ton will change that. There are wits and
humorists who will become pedantic and
dull without the USUAL alcoholic stimulunt
Friendships will cease because some people
will find that the only thing they had IN COM
mon and which made their friendship posi-
bic was drinking together.
MARCEL STEINBRUGGE.
New York. Oct g 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Why Mount Rainier?
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In your illustrated series Of ~.
"Greatest Scenic Wonders of America" puh-
hshed IN the Graphic Section OF The Trih
une for September :. YOU give a splendid
reproduction of Belmore Browns painting e.-
titled Mount Rainier" In the text under the
illustration you speak partly as follows:
Mount Rainier in its majesty was poet.
cally called By the Indians 'Tahoma. H.,
Mountain That Was God but Seattle Pc
pie, jealous Of the prominence the nam,
gave to the neighborng town OF Taeoma
succeeded in having i, changed 70 Ranies
after French sicl admiral who WAS net
in any way Interested
The usual spelling Of the name
Rainier. not as You nave A. and he Was
an English naval officer and friend &C. Can
tain George Vancouver. English e1plor,r.
who WAS the first white man to record sight.
ing this mountain. May = 1872
Your reference to this mountain uat ma
urally bring to the minds Of many OF yoar
readers the thirty-year controversy over
It's name waged primarily between the pee
pie of the cities Of Seattle and Tacoma hui
participated in bv many nature lovers tray
ellers and statesmen throughout thas coun.
try and abroad
There Is no question As to what The Of
cial name Of the mountain actually i, and
has been since the year 1890. when thc
United States Board Of Geographic Name.
IN ono of It's earliest decisions gave official
sanction TO the name Rainier" althourh
those who recall the cvcsts of the time
Ci tl,,4 IL
board IN those days was one sided. largely
erroneous and 'sinSni,as
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Art s Dependency
From Thc Roston GlnhcA

fFrom The Boston Gtobc)
The red trousers Of the French infantry.
now definitely suppressed" served more
than utilitarian purpose, for they gave
color to many an oil painting by great
and near great artists.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Parked Motor Yrucks

Had the British Premier succeeded in
obtaining a promise from the labor leaders
that no one of the members of the
"triple alliance would strike unless the
others agreed he might have postponed
the crisis even longer. but his efforts in
that direction were wasted.
A trip in the byways of the suburbs OF
London made one wonder why the gov
ernment parked many motor trucks on
the sides of the roads. Sometimes they
would extend along q road for a mile or
more; in other places there would not be
more than fifteen twenty. Each truck
was in charge of two soldiers, A modest
estimate of the total. number OF these
vehicles in and around London would be
5000. There were rumors of store
houses filled with canned goods left over
from war days. Hundreds of soldiers
were concentrated in barracks in and
near the city. But everything was done
quietly, if not with the same amount of
secrecy as surrounded the movement of
an army from Liverpool to Fokestone
Every step was taken to meet q situation
similar to the one London faces to-day
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
England's RailuayStnke
By Arthur S. Draper
London Correspondent of The Tribuue

opponent of Bolshevism or any form of
revolution which means boodshed he is
the best style of British labor leader.
which means he is a great power and en-
Joys the respect of the employer as we'll
as the members Of his own federation.
Judged by European standards, Thomas
Is a conservative labor representative.
few weeks back the radical element among
the railwaymen challenged his right to
represent the union. he had refused to
support local strike and. consequently,
enraged the local leaders. Thomas stood
firm, fought the opposition successfully,
and at the end enjoyed practically undis-
puted sway over the 100000 British rail
waymen. A conservative. Thomas has had
no easy time since the armistce. The joo
OF curbing the extremists in his union and
at the same time of bringing over the en-
Ployer-whch in this case is the state
and The peoples no easy one Proof that
he has not succeeded is found in the fact
that he has been compelled to call the
greatest railway strike in British history
The Strikers Strategy
One OF the interesting features of the
present industrial upheaval in Britain is
that the most conservative leader Of the
"trplc alliance is the first to direct a
nationwide strike Smillc, the miners
leader, and Williams, the head of the
transport workers, are at least as radical
IN their utterances as John Fitzpatrick
Smilhe has made naturalization of the
coal mines his life object and he has threat
ened to call out the miners to win his point
Britain has had several large coal strikes but
fortunately there has never been complete
shutdown of all the mines The same is true
of transport workers. Since the government
took over the railways in 1914 as d war
measure the state has been the employer
Of the railwaymen, and all negotiations
have been conducted by the &c s-ent
The government fixes the price and
determines the amount of the cc-> >amcrs
ration, but the owners direct ,ae opera
t'on of the mines just they did in pre-
war days. The state might be considered
as a co-director of the mines, but nothing
more.
The strategy of the railway strike lead
ers is apparent when it is appreciated that
the miners and transport workers are
forced automatically to cease work when
the railways cease operating No blame
attaches to the miners and transport
workers. though they supporting the
railwaymen just much as if they for
maly declared a strike. Without lumber
the miners cannot work; with no freight
to unload the transport workers are idle
There has been very material reduction
in the output of the coal mines in the last
year and the reserve supply of coal was ex-
ceodingy low when the war ended venture
to estimate that there is not a plant in Great
Britain which has more than months sup
ply of coal to-day, and in the majority of
cases weeks supply would be nearer the
average.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
MENfBER OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the uss
for republication Of All dispatches credited 70 o,
rot otherwise credited paper also the local
news OF spontaneous origin published herein. .
Al rights Of republication OF all other matter herein
also reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
No Need to Guess

CFrom The Clcueiand Plnb. DenIey,
The value of the Souths grain cron will
exceed that OF its cotton crop this year.
And if you think this means cotton Is cheap,
guess again.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04

You purchase merchandise advertised In TAE
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suits In any TAs TRIBUNE guarantees to your
"shey back UPON request No red tape No au'bp'ina.
"s mako good promptly u the advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
The Disease Persists

(Fro'n Tho baltimore Amcrican)
Labor troubles in Spain are ascribcd to
German influence 1t is that influence which
has largely tended to unscttle the civilized
xlobs
New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
The Coming Tower
TRADES

TRADES
| want to be a carpenter,
To work all day long in clean wood
Shaving it into little thin slivers
Which screw up into curs behind my
plane;
Pounding square, Black nails into white
boards,
With the claws of my hammer glistening
Like the tongue of snake
| want TO shingle house,
Sitting the rdge-pole in bright breeze.
| want to put the shingles neatly.
tween two others.
l want my hands to have the tang Of
wood
Spruce, Ccdars, Cypress
| want to draw line on board with a
fat pencil.
And then saw along that line,
With the sweet smelling sawdust piling up
in a yellow heap at my feet.
That is the life.
Heigh-ho.
1t is much easier than to write this poem.
From "Pctures of the Floating World,'
by Amy Lowell.
] don't want to be a carpenter,
Nor should if | were Miss Lowell.
Working all day long
Planning,
Hammering
Saving,
Or even shingling house,
Putting tho shingles on neatly,
Taking great care that each is directly
behind the others,
Or drawing a line on a board with
fat pencil,
And saving along that line,
With the sweet smelling sawdust piling
up at my feet
None of those things do I like.
! used to have to do them
At manual training school.
Besides, if Miss Lowell were car
penter,
She would find the rules and rgors Of
carpentry irksome
Saving to the line, and making things
come out even.
Nothing could be more like rhyme and
rhythm than carpentry.
No.
&c