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New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
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The Lever act forbids food boarding
by householders, manufacturers, whole
sale and retail dealers and by spccula-
tors. Hoarding is defined as thc holding
or the contracting for quantity in ez-
cess of reasonable requirements
Figures computed at Washington show
that between June /, 1918, and June /,
1919, food in storage increased &c per
cent. The stocks of eight staple foods
showed large increases, vet as to all
prices went up. The law of supply and
demand was suspended.
These stocks are TO be forced on tn:
market by the same agitational methods
employed when the War Department re-
Gently disclosed itself as hoarder and
IS disinclned to sell except at prices
which would not disturb the high level
of prices. Producers and manufacturers
had the benefit when supplies decreased.
They can be justly asked to stand the
loss, if any occurs, incident to compelling
enlarged supplies to come on the mar
kct
AHetI liiSlt ID any CUDSlucEdDIc NO4rG
ing by householders is Improbable. It is
to their interest to buy little Nor is it
likely that there is marked boarding bv
retailers, for they fear fall in prices
and seek to keep their stocks low. But
the evidence is that large dealers have
extra goods which they are holding back.
This, if true, greatly silnplihes the proc
ess of remedy, which is the simple one
of unlocking the warehouses and selling
their contents for what they will bring.
1t sounds almost too simple, and per-
haps it is. The violent fall in prices
might be only temporary. consumption
might be greatly, even wastefully, in
creased, and when the surplus was gone
the second state might be worse than
the first.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Germany end Egsa.grat.oa

Whether in the next few years the
wave of mass migration viii be toward
or away from Europe as whole is an
open question, but that Germany is 10
pour forth q stream Of cmigrants un-
balanced by any corresponding number
Of returns seems certain. There is every
inducement for the most entcrprisiag
elements Of the German people to seek
fortune elsewhere; there is every con-
dition to restrain Germans settled abroad
from returning. A German expert, Dr..
Jung, head Of the Imperial Migration
Bureau at Berlin, estimates the number
of prospective enigrants from Germany
at 100000 at least; other German OBJ
q servers venture figures as high as
100000, and even 100000.
According to statistics compiled by DR..
Jung and presented at recent couven-
ton Of German migration experts, &C.
many has lost n dead over 100000 men,
while the number Of totally disabled
reaches Go0,00o, and those partially dis
abled 100000. lie puts the decrease in
births at Al millions and the toll of the
hunger blockade at 100000. What an
appalling loss in view of those FIG
uro1 the emigration of 5000, 0,000-a num-
her equalling the population of Denmark
and Norway taken togcther-win in
ilict upon the Fatherland can be BROUGHT
into relief, he says, by comparing it to
Nre-war emigration data. Before 1914
the yearly number of cmigrants YES
about $4,000, against which had t. Ne
charged at least 10000 re-migrants.
Even so, the labor market deficit had to
be covered by an influx of 1000, 900 acri
cultural. mine and construction laborers,
mostly Polish and Italian.
DR.. Jung believes that the 100000
"quitters" will be recruited from among
mine and industrial labor on the one
hand and engineers, merchants, teachers,
doctors and army officers on the other
He estimates the capital exported by
these emigrants will average 1000
marks, or 10,000,000 600 marks all told.
There is no possibility of stemming
this current, Dr. Jung says. He merely
advocates measures to level and min
imize the shock and to make the >circum-
stances for the individual immigrant as
favorable as possible An extensive
survey Of all they countries which may
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Uncle BIN

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I, too deplore the fall of the colyum
"Shocs and Ships and Sealing Wax" and the
slencing of F. F. VS. "Uncle Abimilech
Bogardus" Why, he was own brother to
Lowel's rare old "John p
"Jolln P Robinson, he
Said they didn't know evrything
Down in Judec."
With the world going to pieces and even the
pieces blowing up, Uncle Bins sound, shrewd
sense is badly needed.
Briggs? I don't care where you put him
any lover Of Briggs will find him if he's IN
the paper Only, don't leave him out, ever
There's this much to be said about having
Briggs on the murder page"--it makes just
so much less unpleasantness to read.
Returning to the f.bsentecs now, why
can't The Tribune arrange something for
both F. p A. and T. F. "? The New World
was divided between Spain and Portugal on
geographical lines. Ut no fault Of the
Pope it didn't stay divided but that's neither
here nor there). You might give I. P. A.
all back of yesterday and he could consort
with Horace and ether ancient worthless, in
Guiding William Jennings Bryan If the
Sabine wine needs diluting-to his hearts
content just give T. F. V. yesterday and
tomorrow in prospect and let Uncle Bins
hor,clv wit shine. A. r. w.
New Rochelle, N. Y, Aug. 6, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
l848-l84o

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: The spirit of reminisccnce prompts
me to write that The Tribune was our
household oracle in the days OF nv child
mood and for many years was acquainted
with no other paper.
nave just been reading a collection of
letters that show how admirable your col
umns were in reporting the European sjtua-
ton IN l84s-ls4s. All your seventy years
of journalistic activities have not sur
passed those letters in vigor, grasp and
adequacy OF treatment. In these recent
days where can we find anything to com
pare with them?
uhey have been published under the title
Revolution and Counter Revolution" and
were written by Karl Marx
THOMAS j. LLOYD.
Bloomingburg, N. Y, Aug. S, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
About a Colurnnist

About a Colurnnist
A Crank whca 1t comes to Grammar,
A Vamp when It comes 10 Pay;
VIII Somebody kindly stammer
WHY
We labor FOR Z. P. A?
A sticklcr for Form and Spelling,
An Arbitrarious Power;
Would Any One mind just telling
WHY
We slave for the Boss Of the Tower
He pays not the Least Attention
TO Any Ones Name OF Rank;
Can any Contrib here Nfntion
WHY
We labor to please ole Frank?
1'HNVoI
It isn't thc lust for Power,
It isn't the lure OF Tame,
That draws Us on to the Tower
AS straight as Il moth 10 the Flame.
It's just the wonderful Training
That makes us Grateful and Meek;
The Striving, not the Attaining,
The Discipline, that We seek.
He's mussod IN my Contributions,
And charged the sense OF a line,
And pat them through such Additions
I'd never know them for mine.
But, Somehow it doesn't Matter
Whether they're ouEs or not;
If we're not making q Splatter
At least we're Bcarning Lot!
SYLVANIA
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09

Fs,,r. -,~yo,.sss. s,.,-.-~ 49, (.F,ccr,

.AanpovcE;salng the M1aeses
The public heard the name Of Glenn e.
Plumb with some pulsings Of optimism.
lie had at least offered an Affirmative
railway plan. Moreover. he had gained
the confidence OF powerful labor organi-
za;ons. Possibly they had secured big
and broad leader able to think straight
Eenlw George was influential among
radicals; here might be another Of his
kind, with the intelligence courage and
candor to do great service to a con-
fused public,
But the results of Mr.. plumb's debut
before the Senate committee are sadly
disappointing. His economic and social
philosophy is familiar-he re-paraded
fallacies many times exposed.
TO say this is not to deny truth to
many things he said. He is, Of course,
right in saying that the railroad owners,
If bought out, should not be paid $40 0,000,-
ooo.0G0 for their property if worth but
$4,000, ,000 geo This would not only be
unfair to the Liberty bond owners, inter
cstcd, as he points out, in not having the
governments credit watered and ex-
hausted, but to all of US who would see
swollen mortgage placed on the country,
some day to be paid.
Nor is there any objection to profit
sharing. The desirability Of interesting
employees financially in The income Of the
plants where they. work is recognized.
Production would be stimulated and in
dustrial harmony promoted. Most big
corporations much desire employees to be-
come part owners-many make it easy
for them to become such. No need is
there to argue the misunderstanding
principle But when you come to say
what profits are and how they shall be
reckonod that is another matter. And at
that point Mr.. Plumb departs into vast
space.
Bus passing from the superficial to the
fundamental, from the uncontroverted to
the controverted, Mr.. Plumb disclosed the
color OF his underlying ideas by remark
ing that a capitalist, as such, contributes
nothing to producton--that the profits
or earnings of capital are thus parasitic
This is but reaAirmatjon Of the dogma
Of Proudhon that property is theft, and
that any return On il means a subtrac-
ton from the income Of the zeal and sole
producers
What is capital? Two men receive
equal earnings in wages which constitute
to the amount Of them general draft
on society for goods or service. One
/ spends al his credit for practically imme-
diate consumption. The other conserves
part of his credit and puts it in a bank,
where it is joined to other Ike savings.
The undestroyed credits, redeemable in
| goods or service, are used to construct a
railroad, or a bridge, or building, or to
buy machinery, or for some other immo-
bile thing needed by the public, but
which fer a time brings in no return.
| The accumulation is capital.
The earnings or unexpended balances
that are not dissipated in immediate con-
sumption are called profits or interest,
! and are ultimately converted into new
| facilities of production or of comfort
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
The Human ouch

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: For years | q reader of "'Ihc
Times and although call the news that's
fit to print was duly chronicled from day
to day, [ felt that there was something
wanting in the makeup of the paper. 1t was
too cold, too impersonal very few signed
articles building up Of personalities in
the mind OF the reader in regard to the
members of the papers staff.
Thon CHANGED to come across The Tribune
and here I found what l had conceived to
be lacking in your esteemed contemporary.
Sans F. p. A., Briggs, Rice, Broun and Nc
Geehan should be very unhappy. Person
alities are all too rare to be stiied Keep up
the human touch. 81. PACK
New York, Aug 6, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
The Parked Car

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Along the north side of Union
Square, and perhaps in other parts of the
city as well, there are parked daily not
fewer than fifty private automobiles. They
remain there all day and thus save rent
at private garages. Query: Do their owners
pay licenses to the city for such use of its
streets? 2 RI
New York, Aug. 8, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Genius
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit to thank Gamma May"
for starting the bell a-rnging for Ding
Briggs is good. We miss T. P. A, but Ding
is the genius of the three. 1t is for Ding
and the editorials that we have taken The
Tribune.
But what is the matter? What has so
changed your attitude toward the Admins
tration? May I ask what excuse or argu
ment have you to offer? MI.
Norwalk. Conn, Aug. 5, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
A Suggestion for the Boss

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: +. P. A. is 0. K. but I, for one,
get awfully sick of his trips to the dentist
in the. diary of O. 0. S. P. Might 1 suggest
that if he can possibly tear himself awav
from yon crags and peaks that he get all
his teeth fixed during this much needed vaca-
ton and thus not only improve himself but
his column as we'll? c. c. 6
New York, Aug 6, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Helping the Negro
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sit: In view Of the inter-racial e'asA'
at Chicago and elsewhere and 3f th ua''
ceptionable attitude toward these eona'@
taken by the National Association of -~
Advancement of Colored People. having -
Office at 20 Fifth Avenue, and also oy -,
various educational institutions for eo'0'es
people in the South, it must have oceu'.'-
10 many persons that it is very des'i''-
that the above associations and seh0s"
should be heartily supported by the eoc'"'
Increasingly, the main question in the inv
States to-day is how TO maintain pubic '''s,
ard the business men of the country VIZ
find it %paying investment TO support W.
servative institutions whose influence Is ~ .
stantly exerted to promote good citizsh7@'
among negroes.
ROBERT UNDERWOOD yohNsoN
New York, Aug. 6, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
The Traffic Cops Natural Weapo,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir A suggestion for dispensing strike
rioters: Print another edition of Police Field
Day tickets Two hundred traffic COPS armed
with these terrible weapons can disperse any
mob in an hour without bloodshed
CHARLES ALLEN REED
New York, Aug T. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Tit for Tat

From The Muskooee tOkla) Ti'ass-De"0s''
If the men, as proposed, place "a :
womens bootheels over an inch high
women can agitate for one on tae nan =.
of silk necktie material wasted under =
mems vests
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
,,1.,,prn or rur AssoclArl.t,, pRrss

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATL1' FkI-SS
The Associated IS exclusively entitled to tho use
fer rcpu3caon CT all crediied to it or
m. otherwise credited in tAs paper tie local
ucys Of spontaneous or.sln published herein
All rights Of republication Of all othes matter herein
also reserved
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
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CUARANTE EE

You can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TnlEtNG With absolute safrt-tor II dissatisfaction re-
suits Ia any TIE TRi6uNE guarantees to pay your
roacy back upon rsqusS.. to red tape No qussh''ns
We make good promptly II the advertiser docs not
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
heLmmortal Third
To the Editor Of The Tribun,

Sir; Noting from your editorial :, :.
Issue Of August that the "a D,vs.,s
para5e IN this city on Friday. 7 80.
ask why the 3D. Division. whish vii -,
the latter part of August. should M, :,
paradef
In your editorial you state that y. g..
Division met the German spearhead a, >,
maximum Of It's power and blocked IN.
to Paris" II you will take fhe .,anh,,
read the history OF the I'd D.v.rior =,
ished by itself, you will nete IN, :.
machine gunners Of the Sd D.vis.on
rived at Chateau 1hi~rry and epya,.a -
Hun fally twenty four hours before ~
Marines swung into line. crossing tss -.
five miles west Of there, the 81 elow.sy -
the bridge in the city OF Cha,eaa H..
eTectpally preventing tho crossing % -.
Marnc from that pom. to Mezy. ....
miles cast
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Or fhe Marine

A.. during the month Of Jane 40 -
FIRST part OF July the Sd DIVISION sert -
after patrol crossing the Narra - =
Boche territory. and these patrols did .nes
effective work that, through the ID Z. .v,.,..
alone, the French army commando -.
enabled to know that the biggest Cerr..
offensive Of the war was 20 break onpo...
the sector held by the 3d D vision IT,.
purpose Of tsis WAS plain. lie war,.A :.
protect MS left flank for a drive s.-s;ss.
down the Marne to Pans. To interi~ese.
section Of the $d Division dis sach rooo
worl, in this period that they were abls -
inform the corps commander Of the Yer,
'ght on which the offensive was 10 tai.
place. and its artillery. tie 10th, 18th s,4
18TH Field, started counter preparatory -.
an hour ahead Of the GerraAns. Al {
o'clock on ne morning Of July IS the Cav
mans launched their attack, crossing ii.
river by means OF pontoon bridges. under
cover of a smoke cloud sent down fror
The heights north If the Narne
The French officers with the 81 Diviso,
said the German barrage was the hesvie,t
of the war. and tney frankly said that ".
could not hold the Hun. In Paris the fee
ing was at lower ebb than it had beer
during the war, and people were actually
beginning to move out OF the town. De
spite all this, the Sd DIVISION held urds,
this most powerful German attack Of the
war and hurled the German forces back
across the Marne in utter defeat On their
right the French gave wAy ror eight hlo.
metres. 1t is said the Freuch army CEN.
mander ordered Genera! Dicknan. the grir.
zled commander Of the Sd Division. TO fall
back. also, under the German bombardment
General Dckman, however. elected 70 stand
and fight. and the wisdom of his course was
nroxnd hx The resnl+
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
New York, Aug 6, 1919.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Obviously the boiling mentality of
the w c. 7. L. must svaporize in other
words, blow off steam
Perhaps the next lift of the teapot lid
will be a puff for the prohibition of card
playing for stakes. Who knows?
New York, Aug 6, 1919 E.P.F.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Anti obucco
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: With no desire to question the
technical correctness of the statement of
the Womans Christian Temperance Union
leaders, that that organization does not
plan to force the enactment Of anti-tobacco
legislation, it may be pointed out that a
bill or an amendment to that end would
doubtless command their hearty support
Witness the unanimous adoption by the
unions annual convention, held at Wash
ington, D. c.. in the spring Of 1918, of
resolution calling upon the government to
prohibit the further sending to our soldiers
and sailors of cigarettes tobacco in any
form whatsoever.
This was shortly after the wanton at
tack upon our lighting men by another arm
CT the Anti~Saloon League, in which it was
charged that drunkenness and other evil
habits had demoralized our boys abroad,
and which attack rcpulscd by General
Pcrshng and others Of the High Command
Having accomplished, years before, the
adjustment of the army canteen, depriy-
ing our soldiers Of their mild wines and
beer CONSUMED under the most stringent
regulations) the Woman's Christian re1a-
perance Union doubtless thought it should
cornplete The reformation of the man in
uniform by depriving him next Of tobacco
These facts, for such they are, are re-
spectfully submitted as a lens through
which to read the published denals of
these keepers of the general morals.
E. A. MOFFETT
Brooklyn, Aug. 6, 1919.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir | wish to take exception to your
editorial in to-day's paper. entitled THE
Impudence of Reform"
Knowing what | do about the evils of
the tobacco habit, I think your article is
unfair and unjust to those of your readers
who do not use tobacco and are put to dis
comfort by those who do use it. ! have
taken a seat at a vacant table in a restau-
rant and after ordering my selection the
seat opposite was taken, and to my dis
gust the party lighted cigarette and com
pletely spoiled the enjoyment Of my meal
The lighted cigarette in elevators is
common The smoker seems to think of
his enjoyment only, and gives no thought
to those near him. Have the non-smokers
no rights in this regard?
The ". C. 7. U. is a very worthy or
ganization and l am surprised how lightly
you have treated those noble women who
are trying to build up American man
hood devoid of drawbacks.
50 incensed at your article that
| could not help thinking of caption to
Offset yours, namely, "The Impudence of a
New York Tribune EDITORIAL"
EDWARD P. KINGSLAND.
New York, Aug 6, 1919
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Obviously the boiling mentality of
the W. c. 7. L. must vaporize; in other
words, blow off steam
Perhaps the next lift of the teapot lid
will be puff for the prohibition of card
playing for stakes. Who knows?
New York Am TOTO %
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
Glory To BE Shared

am writing this simply because OF TIE
fact that, due to superior publicity, the 20
Division seems TO have got, the mina'
Of the American people, all the credit iss
the Chateau Thierry defence. The soldiers
in France we'll know that the Sd Division
and the Sd Division alone. stopped the Ger
mans most powerful bid for Paris. th'hA
it only just and proper that the splendio
work OF this division should be accordea
recognition in the same manner as that o.
the 2d
Although in France six months less thsn
the I'd Division, its casualties were ~ PEI
cent as great as those of the 2c Division |"
ranked third in casualties, third IN adssno'
in the front line, third in prisoners ana Ai'
tillery captured and first in machine gus
captured, the latter being d rather sgniheaD'
item.
AN EX-CAPTAIN OF THE Sd DIVISION
New York, Aug. 5, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
The Mentioned Regiment

As a result of this engagement I've
regiments of infantry and three regiments
Of artillery were decorated with the Crox
de Guerre by the French army One Of is
regiments Of infantry is the only single
regiment mentioned by General Pershirs
IN his report to Secretary Baker Had tbs
division not put up the splendid fight il dc
the Allies would never have been able 70
counter attack three days later a. sossOrs
This is a we'll known fac, to the members
OF the american Expeditionary Forces.
Later the Sd Division relieved the 18th
Division in front Of MonrTaucon. and for
thirty gruelling days drove back the Hun
from the strong position north Of tais
place, finally breaking. unaided. the Krien-
hide Stellung, the last defensive position
Of the Boche and making poss bic the wor-
derful advance which began CA November
:. two days after it was relieved This was
the longest time spent in active lighting by
any division Of the American fxpeditionsy
Forces and the deprecated rank Of the Sd
fully showed this when It was relieved
IN appreciation OF its splendid work this
division formed one of the leading divisions
Of the army of occupation, and is com
n.ander. General DickmAn. was placed II
command OF the army Of occupation. jump
ing from division command to army con-
mander in less time than AIRY other genera
IN the American Expeditioaary Forces
New-York tribune., 1919-08-09
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919

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