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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Co,cardly Editors

"The upstairs who are guilty Of
these lawless proceedings and the re-
dictionary journals that approve of
them pay homage to the Constitution
and the lawful processes it is sup
posed to guarantee TO men and women
charged with public offenses. They
use the Constitution as footmat and
then tear q passion to tatsers because
of the contempt Of radicals for their
concept Of law and order. If there
are any anarchists in this country
using that word in its worst sense
they are to be found among these
functionaries Of the Administration
and the cowardly editors who knife
rights in the back while burning IN
cense at the shrine of democracy
More moderate in tone and conced-
ing that even men of liberal opinion
find it hard to be patient with a
man who insists that the state must
be abolished" is "The New Republic"
which none the less feels it to be its
duty to oppose such deportations.
It's argument is, in fact, as follows
"Under acts Of Congress as they are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

TT is difficult to draw any definite
conclusions from the public opin-
Ia ion of the country upon the rail
road problems, save the basic one
shat there is apparently an over
whe!ming sentiment against public
ownership Of the Plumb plan type or
any other type. Support for nation
alization is confined to Mr.. Bryan,
Senator La Toilette, the former
labor supporters of the Plumb plan
and the radical press of the country.
Both Democratic and Republican
papers are almost unanimous in de-
handing return to private owner
ship. AS "The Boston Herald"
states this general attitude:
"The general public Is far from be-
ing gratifed with the results Of gov
eminent operation of the railroads up
to date. 1t has watched deficits piling
up; 1t has seen increasing inctficiency
the deterioration Of rolling stock,
tracks and plant, and q continuous
practice of grabbing while the grab
bling is good on the part of different
groups Of employees. 1t has borne
these developments with patience dur
ing the war and rehabilitation as g
part OF the necessary war burden, but
to continue them for two vears or mora
Of peace, to promote the Nationalist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Railroads Must Be Returned-But How?

with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. 1t leaves rate making exactly
where it was before the war. It does
not guarantee a minimum return on
capital to the railroad security holders.
Because it is so conservative the House
old system, according to the opinion Of
the foremost authorities, had broken
down. In regard to credit, the rail-
roads were being starved and their de-
velopment impeded.
The Cummns bill represents an ef-
fort, and very skillsul one, to combine
the advantages OF government owner
ship with the perpetuation of private
ownership, although it is based on the
assumption that government ownership
is out of the question. Thus it goes
far toward the consolidation Of strong
and weak lines; in rate making it re-
quires rates that will yield fair re-
turn, while the guaranteed minimum
return amounts to the use of the gov
eminent credit to insure privately
owned railroads against undertaking
or bankruptcy, the weak and the strong
roads being practically merged in the
ample bosom Of the governments hnan-
cial power ard resources"
In general there is astonishingly
little discussion Of the bills in detail,
and, aside from the Plumb plan. no
alternative presented.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

in number Of other Democratic
sources:
"The Cummns railroad bill has
passed the Senate substantially as Mr.
Cummins framed Il. and this is no
table tribute to the Senator He de-
serves credit for courageous innova-
tons, whether or not they are wholly
wise. To him go the chief RESPONSE
bilty and the credit for such radical
changes in our railroad policy, II en-
acted into law, as government guar
antee of a minimum return on the prl-
vate capital invested and the strength
ening of weak roads with the surplus
earnings Of strong roads, compulsory
consolidation of railroads into some
twenty-five or thirty systems CORE
spending to as many transportation
areas, Federal incorporation of the
companies, a division of authority be-
tween the old Interstate Commerce
Commission and q new Federal trans
portation board, and declaring strikes
in interstate commerce unlawful.
THE House bill is much the more
conse rvative, in that it leaves the old
order existing before the war more
nearly intact. BY so much the House
bill is less OF a departure from the
principles Of private ownership. 1t
permits consultations Of railroad, but
it does not compel them. 1t does not
create . new body to divide authority
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
s Yield Famous Victory Hopes of the Beaten "Wes"

the day Of hard STUFF is gone forever"
If Congress should pass a reso-
luton (such as the Knox resolution
declaring the state of war ended
the President could sign it and de-
clare rehabilitation at an end, says
The New York Tribune. Time
for this, however, has almost ex-
pired, and the principal question
now concerns the possibility Of over
throwing the amendment, an at
tempt now being made by that pc
culiarly independent state, Rhode
Island. This attempt, according to
THE Knickerbocker Press" is
based on Article X of the Consti-
tuition, reserving powers not dele
gated to Congress to the states.
But The New York Tribune
argues that 1--WE, the people," es~
tablished the Constitution and have
a right to amend it as we wish.
Judging from all this, the "wets'
chances are considered very slim.
There may be brief period before
the 18th or possibly the goth of
January, but the amendment will
stand, according to the general
view, although the liquor supporters
will probably fight a desperate legal
battle until the bitter end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Congress, and to discuss the Ques-
ton: Has liquor any chance?
Those who approve of prohibit
ton in itself urge that the ultimate
gain will far Offset losses in value
Of the liquor and in revenue to the
government. If the saloon was q
deterrent to efficiency and aid to
the enemy during the war, asks
"The Rocky Mountain News" whl
be anxious to let down the bars?
Prohibition is not sentimental but
an economic issue The days when
a man could carry his weeks wages
home in g liquid form under his
hide and beat his wife as an ap-
propriatc end to perfect day" are
gone forever, thinks "The Arkansas
Gazette. John will be Missed"
says "The St Paul Daily News"
"as tuberculosis, smallpox or tooth
ache if they were suddenly abol-
ished." There will, of course, be
some inconvenience at first, but that
is only the Hangover" after our
wet days, but, as THE Philadelphia
Public Ledger" agrees, the miseries
caused by drink were much worse.
But the "wets' chief question is
not who did it, but what can be done
about it? Tie only possible chances
are ratification of the peace treaty,
which would leave brief period be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
A GAINST the unanimous
~ general opinion Of the
country supporting the de-

pOrtatiOn6 Is an equally
unanimous condemnation uttered
by the radical organs Of the I. W.
W., Of socialism and Of the intelli-
gentsia. Typical Of the passion and
wrath expressed by the more ex-
IRENE papers Is the following edi-
torial from "The New York Cali" {:
"In the name OF law and order 249
Reds and radicals Of varying social,
political and economic beliefs have
been lawlessly deported by administra-
tive process to Russia. We are conf
dent that many Of the deportees are
happy to get away from the terrorism,
the assaults and the imprisonments TO
which they have been subjected and
that they will meet with tolerance at
home. But these deportations, of
which these 949 are the first, set a
precedent which will make for per-
manent policy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
The Soviet Ark Departs Amid Rousir

plsa republic are deprived Of their
power to inspire terror and invite
chaos"
The deportees, Of course, have
protested vigorously against the
governments harshness, but their
complaints have called forth no SYM
pathy except from radical papers.
"The New York Times" explains
their reluctance to leave thus:
"In what other bourgeois common
wealth can they live 90 we'll, meet with &C
much official tolerance or long suffering
make so much noise and money. They
are carried from our shores, kicking
and screaming, 80 to speak. In a pro.o-
tartan state they cannot hope to eat
Of the fat and drink Of the sweet, nor
will their vanity long be made happy
by the sound of the trumpets Of no.
| toriety."
Rather than complain, reminds
"The New York Evening Sum-" they
should be thankful that America
being good-natured and disinclined
to severity, has adopted so mild a
method as deportation ir
contrast to Russia, where $50 have
been executed for completely in a..
anti Bolshevik plot. 1.-THE Hartford
Courant" notices how we'll off they
all seemed, especially Emma Gold
man, with her erich furs and fine
raiment," and she was not the only
neutrality-suspicious." who sailed or
the Buford.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Republican opinion, most independ-
ont papers and majority of Demo
cratic papers, are frankly cynical
oi the whole proceeding. Says The
Umcago News" (Ind. Rep:
Time may prove that the whole
Sneory Of the Sherman act is unsound,
Is ths late Colonel Roosevelt con-
sended. Already there Is practically
10 reason to doubt that the really
eaective preventive Of the abuse OF
economic power and Of potential
monopoly Is wise and fully iequate
regulation, with representatie of the
government and the public he di-
'ectorates Of dominating CO ations.
Faith in our antitrust Station
aas not yet been sufficiently snaken to
samit Of large scale experiments under
me theory Of controlled combinations,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
The Spirit of Fair Play

"Yet 1t Is impossible to believe that
the average American, brought up to
believe that in this country if nowhere
else opinions are free, accustomed to
the spirit Of fair play in judicial pro-
cedure, and with an ingrained detesta-
ton Of czarist administrative methods,
will in the long run tolerate such
governmental outrages. II we do no.
repent and expiate the anarchist de-
1919, as we repented and expiated the
prosecutions under the alien and sedi-
ton laws of 1898, our national worship
of liberty and due process Of law will
indeed have a hollow sound
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
p e n n e d

posed by "The Philadelphia Eve
Bulletin" (Rep.), which fails to
wv similar unscramblings in the
c of the Tobacco Trust and the
Standard Oil Company benefited the
public:
"The Federal Trade Commission ap
nears to have won a famous victory, but
what good will come Of 1t we cannot
tell. To be sure, breakfast foods NAV
now come into competition with pork
products, canned fish and lobster can
make faces at timed beef, and the eggs
can laugh at the bacon. The DOGGY of
a food monopoly Is laid low, but will
the price of corned beef, for instance,
he lowered as result of the now
order? That is the test which in
terests the average man"
"The Springfield Republican" lind,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Radical Protests
Bitter attacks Of Extremists Call Procedure Vio-
lation of Rights Of Free Speech Worfhy Of Gar

now interpreted and enforced by the
Bureau Of immigration. and sustained
n the lower Federal courts, any person
who is not q citizen Of the United
States, however long he may have been
a resident, however peaceable and law
abiding he may have been, may be
summoned before an inspector Of the
Bureau of immigration and subjected
to an inquisition into his beliefs. He
may prove that he has never advocated,
and does not believe in, violence, dis
obedience to law, or active opposition
to the government. He may be a nom
resistant, q philosophic anarchist, a
follower of Tolstoy and Kropotkin, he
may never have taken single active
step toward bringing about the state
less millennium for which he yearns.
Not for what he has done, not even for
what he has publicly advocated, but
for his private opinions as extracted in
a governmental inquisition, he can be
banished from the United States
"He is entitled to no trial by jury in =
court OF justice. The usual safeguards
of due process Of law are denied him.
Even the issue of his citizenship may
be conclusively passed upon by the
immigration inspector and his admin
istratiye superiors. The only juris-
diction the courts can exercise Is
through the mechanism Of q writ OF
habeas corpus to ascertain that the
immigration inspector gave the suspect
a hearing, and the opportunity (gen-
orally illusory because Of the suspects
poverty Of representation by counsel,
that he did not misinterpret the law,
and there WAS some evidence upon
which he could act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

except, of course, in the field Of public
utilities. The packers compromise
may be necessary under a democratic
system, since the peoples official repre-
sentatives cling to the policy of break
ing up and otherwise preventing great
combinations. In fact, this compro-
mise may play an important part In
the process of modifying the economic
views of the country and causing such
change of policy that combinations
or powerful corporations will be
authorized and encouraged under sound
government regulation"
Even more positive doubts are ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
NV 7 E GO, but we return"
~ M announced E m m q
Goldman and Alex

Goldman and Alex
ander Berkman, as
they boarded the transport Buford,
10 sail, with their PAT companions.
to that land which they have
pointed out as model to this coun-
try. The country is frankly over
joyed to see them go, and is not con-
cerned over their return. "They
will not return" says "The Washing
ton Evening Star" "they have had
their day, much too long a day, in
America. They should have been
deported years ago. 1t is inconceiv-
able that such creatures will ever be
tolerated in this country again. We
are on to- their kind, and condi-
tions are such that the gates must be
shut against them"
Along with the rejoicings that
speed the parting guests the hope is
generally expressed that the Buford
will prove to be the first Of new
Transatlantic service, which will not
cease until there has been a substan-
tai diminution in the number of
these alien agitators. We have been
too slow already. in the opinion of
"The Providence Journal" too much
time has been wasted in rounding UP
the Reds" and listening to their
"reasons" for continued permission
to stay here and attack our insti-
tutions:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

NNEW, if any, prospects are
~ claimed for the anti -prohi-
e. bition forces, either Of an
oasis before the fatal 10th Of
January, or Of some way of proving
the Eighteenth Amendment to be
unconstitutional. The Supreme
Courts decision in favor of wartime
prohibition proved bitter disap-
pointment to those who had been
preparing to send huge stocks Of
liquor to the cities for a wet"
Christmas, or at least one final
grand and glorious New Years Eve,
such as there used to be before the
war
1t is felt to be more and more
probable that, in the words Of "rhe
Los Angeles Times" Bohemia is
passing, whether for good or ILL.,"
Still, after the first shock, it was
generally agreed that the Supreme
Court was right. irrespective of the
merits of prohibition itself. If the
state Of way was over, not only the
prohibition act, but the other war
time acts, such as the Lever and the
espionage bills, which have been eX-
tensively used recently, would have
ceased to function.
Many other papers are content
to leave the matter there, while
some 60 further, to praise or blame
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

Rep applauds the victory and con-
ceives that real check has been ad-
ministered to the monopolistic con-
troll of the American food market.
1t discusses the whole problem and
it's relation to socialism as follows:
True, great service to society
may have been performed through the
economies made possible by the eff
cheney Of large-scale management. The
story of the profitable utilization of the
by-products of food animals by the
concentrated packing industry reads
like romance. The humorous saying
that everything in pig was now made
an article Of commerce except the
squeal had basis in reality Tho won
derful elimination OF waste has been
one Of the remarkable achievements
and services Of this industry.
"Yet, if the food we eat, the soap
we use, the leather we wear and
numerous other necessaries of every
day life are to be under the control of
a few private industrial magnates on
a tremendous scale, without effective
competition, why should we any longer
regard the industrial organization as
free or as consistent with individual
initiative and liberty? Why damn so
cialism and chase its propagandists
into the next town if We must live
anyhow under form of socialism pri-
vately conducted for private profit?
This is the heart Of the issue, and
there Is something to it besides the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

mere question Of cheapness Of prices"
AS for reducing prices, The Re
publican" comedies that 10 such re-
suit is to be hoped for, and even dis
cusses the possibility that the ulti-
mate result upon prices may be to
demonstrate the superior economy of
combination.
A typical expression Of Demo
cratic opinion Of the more extreme
type is the following from THE Phil
adelphia Record'':
an inducing the big meat packers
Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Morris &
Co., Wilson & Co., Inc, and the
Cudahy Packing Company-to with
draw from ali interests except those
directly involved in the production of
meat, poultry, butter, eggs and cheese,
the government has scored a create T
victory than many an Administration
has been able TO boast of. In the
nearly eight years Of Roosevelt occu-
pancy of the White House he accom-
plished nothing OF such vital imDor-
lance to the average American, and
there is nothing in the Taft regime
to compare with it. But the much
maligned Wilson administration, be-
sides winning the World War. to men,
ton but one of its many feats, brings
the packers TO terms with less ado than
General Leonard Wood would make in
addressing a Sunday school on the
burning lessons of patriotism"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
The Faster the Better

"The Reds are entitled to no con.
sideration whatever; the faster they
are jailed and sent out Of the country
the better it will be for the American
people; the disposal Of the first lot
gives precedent worth following The
number a. large is very great, and the
government should continue with vigor
the work thus we'll begun"
THE ghost Of old-time resent
ment against anti-sedition laws no
longer should serve as a DOGGY to
frighten the nation against neces-
sary legislation for self-protection,
advises The Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin" There is a difference be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Entire Country Praises

This frame Of mind, as shown in
the House Of Representatives by its
unanimous passing Of the deporta-
ton bill, meets with praise from al
most the entire country. "The Prov
idence Journal" (Rep), 1.-The Phil
adelphia Inquirer" (Rep), "The
Pittsburgh Gazette Times" (Rep.)
and 1.-The New York Times"
(Dem.} agree that the situation
needed severer laws to include all
varieties Of alien revolutionists
not only, warns "The Times"
those guilty of the overt act but
1.-The propaganda in the press, the
helper with the purse as we'll as the
maker OF the bomb" 1.-THE Pitts
burgh Gazette Times" however,
does not consider that this begin
ming of actual deportation will ex-
plain the previous "inexcusable de-
lay" and asks for light on the sus-
picion that the government has been
harboring people Of radical sympa-
thies. "The time is opportune FOX
the President to uncover what the
Department Of Labor would keep
secret" "The Philadelphia In
quirer" would have the Bolshevist
Ambassador" Martens, head the
next passenger list.
'The New York World" which
has been warning against too strin-
gent sedition laws, approves Of this
one, but advises liberal construc-
ton. After all, the law should favor
true liberalism:
ut is rash to predict how the new
law will serve. The rule it seeks to
apply should be rather favorable than
otherwise to that broad liberalism In
progress which most Americans desire
No proposal Of governmental change
is 80 radical that It cannot be sought
by constitutional methods. The coun-
ter menace Of Tory reaction will be
less potent II tho enemies Of the peo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28

voyagers for Utopia" thinks "The
New York Sum-" although, if we are
to believe their praises Of Russia as
a land of perfection they should be
overjoyed at the prospect of going
there. THE Washington Evening
Star" speculates on what may hap
pen when they get here. They are
mainly orators and soapbox agita-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
The Corbag Fleet
From The Providence Journal

found in "The New York Evening
World" which fears that drastic
policy against agitators will result
in swinging popular sympathy to
their side, as shown by Berger's in
creased vote in Milwaukee. Repres-
sion by itself can never overcome
unrest; evil conditions causing it
must be remedied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
of which Russia has had quite

tors, of which Russia has had quite
enough. The Soviet government
needs constructive ability, not
words, just now. The new arrivals
will sink into obscurity; they cannot
pose as martyrs in land already
full Of them.
One of the few dissenting notes
in the joy felt at their departure is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
r wCRAMBLING the pack
ers is a famous victory
for Attorney General Pal

HIc1, UUt VIII tIIe PUUITC
benefit in lower prices? Probably
not, according to the overwhelming
note Of editorial opinion. Even the
extreme Democratic partisans, like
1.-THE New York Times" after prais-
Ing the feat, caution the public
not to be oversanguine of immedi-
ate drops in prices. Practically all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
Deportations of Anarchists Are
Approved and More Are
Called For

tween preaching free speech and
revolution. The present anarchist
propaganda is just as dangerous as
the German propaganda Of Bern
storff and his associates and should
be treated with equal severity"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-18

they went over here in nice shape, that is
for the Novelty. they did not tear the roof
off as per usual. They have a clever idea
for set, their numbers are out OF the
ordinary and everything taken as whole,
the act is very good. "Tubby.". the little
short thick boy, seems seems to work 50 hard;
he puts them over the plate every time
It's a nice act, and you'll enjoy it.
SIMS & POWERS: - Two Tan boys.
darked up. There is a perceptible drag to
this act, and If speeded would have gone
over in nice shape. However, on the
little joe position the Jared WELL
FIVE NIGHTONS; Pose lists
These folks gave the show clean finish.
They have a series of well constructed
poses which shows careful attention to
detail. The blue flood light. and the red
overhead, spot puts lighting effect into
the act which sets it off prettily. The
entire act is class. and deserved great
deal more than they received, but the fin
ish spot is hard one TO get what is
coming, owing to the swalkout when the
curtain starts floorward- :.
And that ends the rawlings of the day.
went, ! saw. 7 speak, and l guess that
will be about all. N s. A. :