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New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
immigration
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DECENT events have lifted our problem
IN of immigration into a new perspective
or rather, to be more accurate, they have
shifted it back to the perspective that is
oldest with US, for the question now pre-
sents itself to US as it did to the fathers of
the Republic.
Concerning immigration we of this time
have been moved one way or the other by
prejudice, by sentiment, or by interest; few
of US have had any real conviction. Belief
was lost in confusion of industrial. social
and religious opinions immigration was
good because it furnished the hewers of
wood and drawers Of water who enable the
natives to concern themselves with better
things; 1t was bad because it diluted labor
beyond the safety point of industrial prog
fess. Free immigration satisfied the aspira-
tlons of the altruists, who were fond of re-
mnding us that we were all once strangers
IN the land of Egypt and that America was
purposed to be an asylum for the oppressed
and prosecuted of the world; on the other
hand the open door the aversion of the
rea.ists, who protested against our being
"the dumping ground for Europe" The anti
Catholic feeling has never ceased to inform
an opposition TO the loose extension of ma
tional hospitality, and the other side the
perslsting Jewish solictude for the unhappy
brethren Of Eastern Europe has been
potent influence against any move for re-
strlctlon. One party has cried a dismal cata-
logue of disease, crime and Glow standards
OF living" due to newcomers; the other has
replied in terms of the melting pot" and in
terpretatlons OF pluribus ununs as a pro
gramme for national progress.
But ever since the Civil War all these va
rious enthusiasms and antpathies for rimmi-
grafton have contributed to but one end to
feed the controlling appetite, which has been
distinctly economic When we talked of the
number of strangers America could assim-
llate, we meant economic assimilation; when
we talked Of dangerous and disturbing ele-
ments, we meant those clements which "put
and created trouble in the factory and mine
The nations power of political assimilation.
how many or how few The political insti-
tuition could take care Of at what point it's
resistance to alien notions and alien habits
OF thought might give way-these consid-
erations did not weigh with US Fabulous
prosperity had set up idols in the popular
heart; 1t mad made us to feel that the whole
good OF the Republic was to be expressed
economically rather than politically that we
were successful only if we were rich. and we
measured the immigration problem bv no
other scale.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Wasted SchooLdavs
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
~ lR: Many years of close observation
while principal of two large advanced
private schools have convinced me
that the work Of our public schools is sus-
ceptible of very great improvement; and
professional contact with other educators
has confirmed my opinion that our high
school system especially needs renovatine.
with view to greater efficiency and conse-
quent economy of the funds Of municipali-
ties and the time of the students
Under the present tme-honored but
wasteful system advancement is governed
by the naturally dull and ndolent, and
those students whose natural ability or in
dustry and application would enable them
to complete the usual four-year course in
three years, and in some exceptional cases
IN two, are held back, to their pecuniary
loss and that of the taxpayers, to the rate
of progress of the slower ones, an example
OF lnet1iciency that can and should be rene
died in the very near future
The earlier entrance of the industrious
and ambitious student into the ranks of
the producers would be distinct, gain to
the community as we'll as to the students
and their parents; and in the name of
economy and efficiency that result should
be lnbored for earnestly by educators and
city fathers by changing the schedule of
examinations for high school certificates
so that students may have the opportunity
to save year more in time and the
corresponding expenditure of money.
1t is also the opinion of those who have
given earnest thought to the routine work
OF the system that there is entirely too
large a proportion OF the teachers time
and energy required to be devoted to
statstical work and the preparation of
FREQUENT reports many of which are of
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
TIE Detroit News

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1t was sort of hypnosis, and out of it
the four war years have stirred us. The
view is by no means clear as vet but the
mists that have gathered in the past quarter
century have been parted by the sword
stroke OF Mars and we are beginning to see
again with the prophetic eyes of Americas
youthful era; gradually are coming to
look upon the meaning and purpose of the
United States as did Washington and Ham
llton, jefferson and Madison, all of whom
believed that the homogenety and dura-
bility of our government would suffer slow
and patient absorption of immigrants, but
otherwise would be endangered. How near
we came to the rocks in 1914, 1915, 1916,
indeed how near the rocks we NAV vet be.
those who at some later day shall write the
history of freedom will be better able to
assess in cool reason than We But our
heartrending slowness and tmidity in rising
to help deliver man from the power of men
has revealed the weakness which has been
fastening on faith in temperate lib
erty." There were to many of us who could
not understand that the enemy of liberty
was automatically Americas enemy; with
Gods grace the crisis passed, but it was a
crisis and we shall none of us forget it,
We may not seek to put the blame on the
immigrant either for what he was or what
he did; the fault is in ourselves. The habits
of the glutton are sinful, but no one would
make a quarrel with a food he insists on
gorgng. 1t is we, not the peasants of Sicily
or Gallcia, to whom was given the guardian
ship of our political institution; it is we.
not they, who understand best what is re-
CURED for its health The duty is ours not
theirs, and if in the past we erred because
the duty has not been sufficiently plain to
us, there can be no such excuse for remiss-
ness now. The chapter on immigration
which argues for much Of it as business
can stand is closed forever; the new book
will have to do with as much of il as the
Constitution of the United States can stand
This does not mean that We are to dis
mantle the statue in New York Harbor and
harden our hearts to the sincere appeals of
those who knock at our door; the worn and
the weary, the overburdened and the ag-
greved, even the seekers of the golden
streets shall still find us in the welcoming
spirit. But we shall not longer invite to
break bread with US all that we would. but
only so many we may and remain the
united States. For genuine democracy does
not come cheap; individuals and groups not
only need to pay with the sacrifice of some
of their selfish hopes and wishes, but some
times even those are required which are
called unselfish
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
The Art of Manners

The French have deep-grounded
sense Of fine manners. Their instinct of
politeness crops out often in ways which
take the rest Of the world by surprise.
Captain Andre Tardieu has an
nounced that commemorative medal is
to be given by the French government
to every American who took part in the
war. Every American soldier who was
in France is to receive a souvenir card
bearing his name and the signatures of
President Poincare and Premier Gle
menceau. Also a pamphlet expressing
Frances gratitude for his services.
Every subscriber TO French war
loan was presented with an engraved
certificate of honor signed by President
Poincare. What other government
would have thought of taking the pains
to recognize its obligation in this felic-
itous personal way? Attentions of this
sort humanlze the relations between
governments and individuals. Thev
warm the heart. France has given the
rest of the world an inspiring lesson in
The practice Of official tact and courtesy
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
How Pigs Go to Market

We should have thought it a press
agent story of the wicked and ingenious
motor manufacturers, but it is vouched
for and issued as document by the De-
partment Of Agriculture, SO the sus-
picion must be lifted. The story per-
tains to the remarkable growth of motor
truck transportation even in the Far
West, and for farm products, especially
livestock pigs and sheep and cattle.
Before the coming Of the motor truck
the movement of livestock by ordinary
wagons from the farms to the towns, at
distances OF five to twenty five miles, had
been fairly large, and it was steadily
growing up the higher figure with
the incoming of better highways. But
the motor truck has doubled and tripled
this range. On one morning this winter
between $50 and s o'clock at South
Omaha forty truckoads of livestock
were delivered to the stockyards. Of
these nineteen were from vehicles owned
by the farmers themselves.
1t appears that a regular motor ser
vice is developing all through the West
for the rapid carriage of farm animals
and that there is q profitable "back-
haul Of groceries, fertilizers and farm
supplies. The charges seem high. Some
companies make fiat rate of 25 cents
hundred pounds and add to this one
cent mile. Other lines charge by the
load $40 to SIS trip, depending on the
distance and the number of animals car
rled A Il this seems extremely dear as
compared with the II cent to IS cent
freight rate of the railroads, and yet the
farmers appear to find the method
profitable
1t is the element of time. 'To get a
bunch of livestock to market quickly,
before an impending drop takes all the
JOY out of a seasons profits" is what
this new method is enabling the farmer
to do. Railroad transportation has been
so uncertain and the car shortage has
been so great that the new truck service
has come in quickly. At the Omaha
yards last year, for example, 1920
hogs were delivered by trucks. The Gin
cinnatl, indianapolis and Louisiana
markets receive a large number Of their
hogs directly from these farm motors.
One typical load one morning consisted
OF three 850-pound cattle, seven 15O-
pound calves and eleven 1S5-pound hogs
near a three-ton load, that could all
be driven in by one man. Kansas City,
Denver and other points report the same
thing
This is the sort of thing that is rapid
ly making our farm service Immensely
more efficient and, therefore, relatively
cheaper. 1t. is true that our yields per
acre are lower than European countries,
but our yields per man power are higher
than anywhere in the world. When we
have four or five million motor trucks
and farm tractors on the farms as we
now have four or five million motor cars
(not all ON the farms), this country will
have a mechanical equipment that will
surpass the largest dreams Of former
days. But to build these trucks and
tractors will require billions of new cap
ital, all Of which must be supplied from
the profits Of other industries. A large
part of it will come from the farmers
themselves.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
The Coming 7ower
THE NEXT STEP

Said Reformer Jones of Kansas,
We have nailed the Demon Rum
From Vancouver to Matanzas-
And methinks that's going some,
But to make a faultless nation
Of these states from sea to sea,
We must stamp out fermentation
Natures ways are far too free.
When an infant swallows candy
Nature runs a wildcat still
In his tum. | understand he
Thus may tipple at his will.
we must pass a new amendment,
Proving, ere the pippins fall,
War on Booze unto the end meant
Metabolic alcohol
Just as much as gin or ginger
(Hight "Jamaica") or as beer.
Old Dame Nature can't impinge her
Lack of morals on us here!
No, sir. We must rise superior
TO the flesh and all its wiles.
And rescind a mans interior
Right to manufacture smiles
L. W. D.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Sub-Solar Novelties

1. The Lnenless Handkerchief This
handkerchief is white ustrous and with
out bemlsh or aperture as it reposes in
the bureau drawer, but when pulled forth
before the curious gaze of two parallel
lines of carly morning subway sittees in
answer to peremptory nasal summons il
becomes well-pressed hem surrounding
huttering fragments, strcamers and omis-
sions.
D. The Metamorphosing Newspaper.
Overhows with captions, pictures. and ar
ticles of absorbing interest when in ne;oh-
bor's hand and seen through the corner of
either eye. When picked up after aban-
donment, it covers itself with fine tvne
dull rehash of the least interesting items
oi your own newspaper. II. G.
Those of US who had French thrust upon
US got compensatory giggle on the
Fourth of July at Nancy. The translated
lnto-English programme of the cone T.
showed that selection would be PLAYED
from "Mrs. Butterfly
1--WE greet our patrons whom havinc
given US their support, continue to favor
our spccialties with their preference -
Advertisement in the Jewelers. Circular
Weekly.
Whom are you? said Cyril"
Thirty years ago." said Dr.. Charles A.
Eaton, I'VE were ruled by money bags. To-
day we are ruled by wind bags" And to-
morrow, if the dream of the intelligentsia
comes true, we shall be ruled by bean bags
Plans for the formation of Committee
to Welcome the Mayor on his return from
Florida are being formulated.
Just as soon as we dig it up out of
the files we shall reprint, in answer to MANY
requests, Mr.. A. A. Mines "From Full
Heart"
1t IS hard to find room in fiat for ones
books, but an apartments elasticity for
booze stock is past belief
His intrepid stand urges L. P. D. to
query whether the Mayor of Seattle is not
The Better OLE
He Used a Red Typewriter Ribbon for This. Too,
knocking tho Parlor Bolshevik Maybe the Paror
BolsheviS think that's the safest place to discuss
their opinions. There Is the Of the common
or Madison Square Garden Boshevil<i who mat
under what they liked believe were their rom
stltutional rights. They spoke in public The
result was that the defenders of law and order
beat them up unmercifully nor were women and
children spared; young men; nor old II the
police did anything TO the Offenders I failed IN
'c"" "pout II. Az soon tho lCspiOnap
Act is repealed, III tell you what I think OF tho
jncden
Not that there haven't been any Ceams or
nope While the Great War was still on ono ~
my Rolshcvlk friends riding down on n Fiftb
Avenue bug. In the residential district the hr.
passed by home whose service flag thers
we're two stars "The chef and the butler" re
marked my friend. Another house had but ons
star. "The chef Is stili there" said tho follower
of Trotzky.
Tho woman In the seat behind leaped forward
THAT first nag." she said indignantly twas for
tho two Vanderbilt boys. Tho second was for
Vincent Astor."
MoRRIE.
Ihr. utterly loyal among us are telling
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Lincoln and Roosevelt
To the Editor of The Tribune.
New York, Feb. 3, 1919.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The death of Theodore RooseSe'7
with the country's grief at its loss, MAKES
a great demand for some suitable menioii"'
to him, intended by its simple grandeur y
perpetuate for this generation and those y
come the great lessons of his life, ano ~ :
continual inspiration to his countrymeh'
1t is suggested to carry this out th"s :
temple be built on the opposite side oi Wv
Potomac, similar to that of Apraha"'
Lincoln's on this side, and that between
them memorial bridge be construc'e'
across the Potomac to Arlington. TO eeh'
memorate the part taken by great uh'N"
nation in the world war.
AULIK PALMER !
Washington, Feb s, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
The Shrinking Violet
(Frons The Danvillc. Ill.,. Democro

VFTom TIE Danrale, H.. Democrat)
From the icy shores of the Great Lakes
to the balmy beaches of Florida from the
salmon fisheries of Washington to the
tamales of Brownsville, Texas; from the
rocky coast of Maine to the sea gardens of
Catalina Island and the orange groves of
California, the faithful expectantly await
the weekly coming of this great journal of
thought, criticism. melody, astronomy, gas
tronomy and deuteronomy.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

Millions for ships, but not cent for
diplomatic bluffs! Such is the deduction
to be chosen from the refusal of the
House yesterday to vote money for the
phantom feet Josephus would not start
building for year, and then perhaps
would not build at all.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
Add Casually List

Nfrom The Macon Tctc0rapj)
Has anybody paused to wonder what is TO
become Of the poor, downtroddcn Glove
planter If things keep on like they're going?
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
NEMnEn AN rnE Assoc1ArEp rnEss

MEMBER OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press exclusively entitled to the
or republication Of all dispatches credited to 1t or
aot otherwise credited in this ana also the LEGAL
news OF spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights of republication Of all other matter herein
also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
GUARANTEE

1ou purchase merchandise advertised In TAe
Tribune with absolute ssfsy-for il dissatisfaction re-
suits In The TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
back request. No rod tape. No qulbblIns.
We make good promptly II the advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

TIM utterly loyal among us are telling
eur children the story of Little O. d..
riding Hood Il. p. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

Among the professionally broad minded
folks who are denouncing the President
for not having forced the Senate to favor
the woman suffrage amendment are many
who believe the President has too much
power.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

Owned and published daily oy New YORK Tribune Inc.
New lo-k Cooperation. Ogden Red. President; G.
Vernon Rosers President Richard II Lee Secretary
T. A. Su;er Treasurer Address Tribune Building. ia
Nassau Street. New York. Telephone. Beekman 5000
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

at shall not pass" is the ant-suffs s.
battle-cry.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11
It's Getting Hotter

CFrom The Indianapolis Nescs>
AS Il melting pot, America was not too
hot for n lot of undesrabes
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

wv. A. White" headlines the Times,
"Favors Giving Reds Rope" Therein in a
word, lies the difference between Liberalism
and Toryism; the Tory favors rope.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

Don Juan of our rapidly growing ac-
quaintance says he doesn't know anything
about mandates, but he knows what he likes.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

How insidious, how permeating is the Boil
shevik propaganda Mr.. l.. o. Armstrong
lectured at the University Club in Washing
ton last week on whaling, Fishing, and
Bolshevism" Suggestion for lecture sub
ject; "The World, the Flesh, Bolshevism. y
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

Some day the prices of hotel rooms will
be high enough for proprietors to equip each
bathroom with a hook for razor strop.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

Those Of US who had French thrust upon
US got compensatory gigge on the
Fourth of July at Nancy. The translated
lnto-English programme of the cone f.
showed that selection would be played
from "Mrs. Butterfly"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

The Coming Tower pins it's D. S. c. on
the honest breast of Mr.. Eugene Walter,
who confesses that he knows too little Of
the Russian situation, international law, the
League of Nations and Boshevsm to dis
cuss them nteligenty
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

Any political party that wants to may
tear leaf from the book of the North Lyme
Cemetery Association. at is rumored," says
the Deep River, Conn.,, New Era, "that the
North Lyme Cemetery Association is to be
reorganized, the last member of the asso-
citation having died during the past YEAR"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-11

We greet our patrons, whom having
given US their support, continue to favor
our spccialties with their preference p
Advertisement in the Jewelers. Circular
Weekly.
"'Whom are you? said Cyril"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-25
DIES MONIES NARROWLY AvERrs
SECOND STRIKE OF STREET
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
MEN WIN THEIR DEMANDS
FoRALL BACK PAY DUE
Of Amount and Railway Company
Must Put Up Two. Thirds-Settle-
ment Reached After Albright Con.
ference.

Des Moines. Aug. 25.-Union EN-
ployes of the city railway voted today
to continue TO operate street cars as
usual. The threatened strike order was
withdrawn.
Back pay which the men demanded
will go to them. The receivers will
contribute one-third and the net re-
ceipts of the last two months from the
company will make up the other two
thirds, the total amounting to about
100000.
The men decided Saturday to call n
second strike at a. m. today unless
the full amount of back wages due was
forthcoming. Conferences lasting all
night were held and the plan adopted
for ayerting the tieus.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-25
French Boy Steals Car.
10 Times Republican.

Special TO TimesLRepublican.
Iowa City. Aug. 25-Master Joseph
Richards, French boy, who came to
America with a returned soldier. Of
Iowa City. borrowed" f. Raiders new
Ford touring car. at oxford, and drove
away from the village with the mach
Inc. Unable TO control the auto, he
was thrown out, when the car turned
turtle. at country corner. He made
his getaway. but was trailed by De-
tective o. z. Carroll and was arrested.
Brought to Iowa City. he waived ex-
animation before Justice George A.
Ewing. and his soldier friend stood
sponsor for him. so he did not go to
jail 1t is believed he will plead guilty
before Judge Ralph Otto today. and be
fined. His guardian will pay for the
ear which was damaged to the extent
OF $500.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-25
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stop burning itching
eczema quickly BY applying zemo flr.
nished by any druggist for 3Sc. Extra
large bottle. 500. Healing begins The
moment Zemo is applied. In short
time usually every trace Of eczema
letter, pimples, rash. blackheads and
similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making 4
vigorously healthy, always use Zemo,
the penetrating. andseptic liquid: Il
IL not greasy and does not stain. Mhen
others fail it is the one dependahee
treatment for skintroubles of all kinda
The E w. Rose Co. Cleveland. O
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-25
Grinneli ard Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell. Aug. 25.-Mrs. James Spire.
SO years of age. whose home is in
Sheridan township. met with a seri-
Gus accident a few days ago. Going
out to fasten the garage door when a
strong wind was blowing. the door was
blown against her with such force as
to throw her to the ground and break
her hip bone. She is the mother OF
Mrs. John Alley of Grinnell.
The Misses Anna and Blanche E
Field returned to the home here on
Friday evening after a very pleasant
outing in Minneapolis and at the lakes
nearby. ''."
L. D. Kemmerer. formerly Of this
city and mayor for term, but in late
years a resident OF Cadmen, Ark,
reached Grinnell on Thursday night.
His wife and their little daughter, Lois,
have been here for some time visiting
Mr.. Kemmerer's mother, Mrs. e. KEN
merer. Little Lois, whose leg was
broken few days ago in two places
when she fell under the wheels Of an
auto. is not doing as well as could be
wished but all are hopeful.
Invitations are out for the wedding.
On Wednesday evening nexI. aux. 81.
Of Miss Mary Rule to Proctor X. Os-
born, and Miss Rule is having practical
evidence Of a series OF circles Of warm
friends in the various showers, sur
prise picIIics and other gatherings that
are made for her.
Miss May Judkins Is having a visit
from Mrs. Frank Judkins. with Lewis
and Rupert. Mrs. Judkins and Lewis
plan to go at once to Iona Linda,
Calf, where Lewis will study medi-
cine. Rupert plans to go to Douglass.
Wyo.
Capt Charles McCleary, on his way
from Carnn DndRa to Camn HaIHkdrg,