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New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
Henry Clay Frick

The life story Of Henry c. Frick
is of kind with which America is
familiar. Son of small farmer.
and with no schooling after his SIX
teenth year, he found in his neigh
borhood the materials for fortune
and usefulness. He began to make
coke, and he made it more cheaply
than any one else. Step by step,
succeeding in field whore others
failed, he went forward until he
was the chief figure in a great in
dustry His motives We're, Of
course, personally ambitious, but the
public was benefited by his enter
prise and energy.
For long time, because Of his
connection with the Homestead
strike and the means he took to
break it, the name Of Frick Was
abhorrent to great numbers Of his
fellow citizens. He was held up as
a horrible example of how vicious a
captain Of industry could be. But
time softcned this acerbity, and he
has long been recognized as a strong
man who on the material side was
one of the makers of the America
of his generation.
When Berlman, the anarchist,
who is now awaiting deportation,
sought to assassnate him and al
most succeeded, Mr.. Frick saved his
assailant's life and later signed a
petition for his release on the
ground that he was foolish man
who was suffering from great excite
mcnt and did not know what he vas
doing. Here was not exactly The
monstrous Frick who has been a
text for radical denunciation
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
Meal Ticket "Reds"

Alexander Berkman and Emma
Goldman Will fight deportation, so
they say. 1t is natural that they
should fight it. They have led a
prosperous and tranquil life here in
the intervals between Jail sentences.
Passing the hat produces richer
results here than ii does in amy
other country. They have found IN
this country more tolerance for their
anarchist activities than they could
have found in any other willing to
offer them its hospitality.
America has been good to these
enemies of fhc American state and
its fundamental principles Of de
mocracy and nationalism \ candid
recognition of this fact is contained
in one of the Goldman letters to ex-
Commissioner Frederic c. Howe,
Just made public. 1t said: Il hope,
however, that your fine spirit and
your good taste VIII not be carried
away by the cheap nationalism which
is everywhere raising It's sinister
head in America to-day.' Apparent
ly that spirit had never before of
Tended the sensibilites Of Mr..
Howe's correspondent.
What a terrible fate it would be
for Berkman and Goldman to be de
ported to Red Russia. There they
would be lost in the terroristc mass.
There are no parlor radicals in Mos
COW on whom they could count for
applause and subscriptions. They
would be working in ar overcrowded
profession. Even jails are more in
viting here than they are in Russia
Borkman, who also knows a good
thing when he sees it, said in Chi
cago last Sunday that anarchists,
Socialists, Bolshevists and /. w.
WIS "loved The United States. >
Under the old regime they were en-
titled to do so. These red leeches
love an easy mark. But the Ameri-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
Food Control in Peace

A section of the Presidents mes
sage which viii appeal to those who
are wrestling with the higA cost of
living is that recommending an cx-
tension Of tho life of the food con-
troll act. This war measure viii
lapse with the formal proclamation
of peace. The President asks for a
SIX months renewal after that date
The original purpose of the food
control law was to protect our armed
Iorces and our allies against food
shortages and proiteering. Under it
production Was stimulated. That
was the great desideratum. But The
civilian public here got little direct
benefit from the law. Prices to the
home consumer were materially ad-
Nanced With patriotic enthusiasm
the American people accepted table
substitutes and voluntary rationing
and greatly reduced food consump-
ton. After hostllities ended the
government sold its surplus at prices
far below those ruling in the market.
Food control in peace is intended
to keep production at normal level
and at the same time to reduce costs
to tie American consumer by elimi-
mating speculation, boarding, prof.
tcering and excess charges for dis
trihution which escaped attention
more or less duriDg the war. Ordi-
nary economic pressure seems un-
equal to overcoming these inAu-
cnccs, quickcnod, as they have been,
by abnormal war conditions. The
power OF the government, acting in
die general interest, needs to be
thrown into the scale.
The Department of Justice prom
ised last fall to reduce living costs.
So far it has failed to accomplish
anything. since it has been using
only moral suasion. 1t deserves a
chance to show what it can do with
LARGER powers. This may not be
much But the harried public is
strongly in favor Of the experiment.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03

zation have multiplied. But since
every party insists that it is trying
to bring about better and cleaner
government it is hard to impute an
immoral motive to organized party
activities. Mr.. Newberry's oppo-
nent in the Republican primary and
in the election, Mr.. Henry Ford, also
refrained from personal expendi-
ture. But it will hardly be contend
ed that his managers and. friends
did not spend more than quarter
of the annual salary of q United
States Senator.
The Michigan case will be good
test of existing regulation Of cam
paign funds and Of the public's at
titudc toward such regulation. 1t
may be that the country wants to
put practically prohibitory restric-
ton on campaign expenditure. If it
does the law should be revised and
standardized and should be applied
impartially in all states and in all
elections.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03

the "Einheitsstaat," or unified state,
as contrasted with confederation Of
states, has been pushed in the new
republican constitution a great deal
further than under the old mo-
narchical arrangement, and, in view
Of the prevailing attitude of the
Berlin press-the more liberal
papers includcd--toward questions
of decentralization and "states'
rights" the Bavarian newspapers s
jealousy Of "Greatcr Prussia"
seems not altogether unjustlfed.
The opposition Of the Berlin gov
crnment to the plan Of an autono-
nous Rhine republic, or even to the
scheme of federation composed of
four great republics of the North,
West, South and Center, as spon-
sored earlier in the year, is intel
ligiblc. But that besides this mega
tive policy Of checking particularist
or separatist aspirations Berlin also
chcrishes a positive tendency to
aggrandize Prussian territory by
absorbing smaller units is indicated
by a recent speech Of the Prussian
Premier Hirsch, quoted by the
BaYorische Votc'lond
In this speech Herr Hirsch is said
to have expressed himself against
the plan Of a greater Thuringia, to
be formed by uniting the former
Thurlngian duchies with the adjoin-
ing districts of Prussia, all popu-
lated by SaXons and not Prussians
The Premier, however, said he
favored the union--only, by the
modified expedient Of incorporating
the duchies into Prussia. He also
said that the former principallty Of
Birkenfeld, on the left bank of the
Rhine, would eventually, according
to the desire Of the population,' be
incorporated in the Prussian state.
All > of which may or may not be
important as far as the facts IN
volved are concerned. But the Ba-
varian newspaper is right when it
points to Premier Hirsch's speech
as an additional proof of its thesis
plausible enough in itself-that
Prussian mentality has not changed
even though the pickelhaube Of the
Kaiser has been supplanted by the
PhrYgian cap of Genossc Ebert.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
The Lazy Level
A Charge That Unions Check
Energy and Ambition

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t seems to me Impossible for
any one to have visited factories and
talked with union workers without tciag
convinced that the trade union sys,sm
works directly in opposition 20 the MAN.
tenance Of interest of workers in ,her
tasks and OF loyalty to their cmn or,rs
To-day The Tribune prints an inter-
view with Lord Leverhulme, the E4sash
manufacturer, in which occurs tais
statement: The unions object strongly
to the copartnership idea, on the ground
that only fiat wages should De paid 10
same to the good man as 70 the pfsr.or
man"
The last line holds Tremendous
social Significance 1t would eem
from Lord Leverhulme's statemer. tha.
trade union philosophy in England Is
much the same and is as destruc-
tive OF Industrial working ideals
as in this country. Individual abil-
ity, initiative. energy, intelligence.
originality, character and all individ-
ual qualifications amount to nothing.
All men must be on the same level
the lazy. shiftless, ignorant .ndi-ser-
ent, worthless fellow with the able,
energetic, Intelligent and ambitious man.
Perhaps lie Bon Is right ia declaring
that We are drifting buck to d s'a'e Of
primitive communism.
Can any logical person deny that such
philosophy and such practices as are
involved in such mental concepts must
be stultifying TO the individual worker
Can any one point out aa instance o.
the labor unions working for the larger
constructive industrial welfare. preach-
ing interest, loyalty, energy cooperation
with the cmployersl. etc ! reyer
heard Of such an instance.
FELIX ORMAN.
New York. Nov 26, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
+ ootball and Other Heroes

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIT: | am writing q commont On
The utter Indifference shown to our
wounded soldiers at The otherwise en-
joyablc Army and Naqy gamc. On
Saturday. When these unfortunate,
disabled boys arrived al the seats r.
served for them OH the field ,ney were
most pitifol sight. Some on crntehes,
some minus N arm aud one cassiei
N By four men. The entire attention
OF the spectators was conferred -p4a
the game. and absolutely no notice
taken OF the boys who had paid aca
price for their services 10 their coaa-
Try. During the intern sslon ! wa ed
20 hear d cheer given by tne Atag tor
the boys who had really done ame-
thing, bat they We're absol4,el. s.
nored
To any thinking person The gar o.
these boys hobblus away 4ano.iced
after the game. while the snake dance
was IN progress, and the people cheer
ing madiy the result OF football
game Was absolutely nauseAting o.
course, one knows that attention can
not be paid to our wounded on all
occasions, but the game Saturday was
semi military affair To me it will
always be blot on West Point, that
they had not consideration enough to
give a cheer Tor boys who were more
than football heroes.
A WAR WORKER.
New York. Dec 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03

can easy mark is at last becoming
restive. The immigration authori-
ties have been stirred to the point
Of shaking loose few Of our para
site guests. BcrllMan and Goldman
love us, but break our laws and hate
our institutions. 1t is only poetic
justice that they should be re-
consigned to Soviet Russia, whose
laws and institutions they revere.
Are they reluctant to accept liberty
simply because they have to sur
render q meal ticket?
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
The Right to Eat
What the Negro .Ashs Of the Ad-
nfushaiion al VdsI,inqton


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir In this mornings issue of The
Tribune you have an article relative
to the protest made by the National
Association for the Advancement of Col
ored People against race discrimination
practiced in the restaurant of the Con-
gressional Library of Washington. Your
article is headed "Right to Eat with
Whites is Demanded by Negrocs.' Eat
ing with white folks" has nothing to do
with this protest. We are protesting
against the gross and open practice OF
injustice in building owned by the
nation and supported by common taxa
tion, and against the humiliation and
Inconvenience to which colored citizens
are subjected. 1t makes no difference
to the colored people Of Washington and
Of the country whether any white pco-
plc eat in The Congressional Library
restaurant or not. What they are after
is something to eat and place in
which to cat it. If YOU are not familiar
with the facts, they arc as follows:
If colored person has business at
the Capitol, if he is trying to see the
Senator'S or Congressman from his state.
and has to wait around, as is often
the case, the greater part Of the day.
there is not decent place within a
mile where he can get meal. Notwith-
standing, there are restaurants under
the dome of the Capitol, but eyer since
the present Administration has been
in power colored people have been re
fused service absolutely in these res
taurants. The managers Of these rcstau-
rants and lunch counters receive their
right to do business from the Congress
sional committees in charge of the Capt.
tol and the Capitol grounds. Up to a
recent time colorcd people could 90
across from the Capitol-to the Congress
slonal Library y-and be served there
but with the appointment of new
superintendent discrimination is now
the policy in the restaurant of the
library.
1t appears 10 me that it is only the
monumental egotism OF the white man
that allows him to thihk that colorcd
citizens Of the United States eating in
public restaurant conducted in ono
Of the national buildings arc seeking to
'eat With white folks"
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON.
Field Secretary. National Association
for the Advancement of Colorcd
People
New \ ork. Dec /. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
Prussia E.xpandirg2

PRUSSIA is Prussian, whether
black, white-or red. The tradition
&C Frederick the Great shines in re-
publican Prussia just as brightly as
i did formerly during the mon
archy. The desire TO expand at the
expense Of its neighbors, to in
crease its area at the cost of the
other German states, is Just as alive
to-day in the Red Prussia of social
democracy as it was in the ideology
Of the Prussian monarchy"
Thus walls the BGyerische Vater-
iond, Clerical-Nationahst Munich
daily. Adhcrents of the Socialists
may disagree with the Bavarian
newspaper as to the exact shade
Of redness characterizing the regime
Ct Noskc, but they will have little
quarrel with the assertion that the
tendencies Of what may be called
domestic imperialism-the political
religion of the Hohcnzollerns prior
to Prussia's unfolding as a European
power-are still fostered by the
present government. The theory of
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
The Newbery Case

Senator Newberry denounces the
charges that his election was pro-
cured by bribery and corruption. He
attributes them to political anmus.
and Elections has before it protests
offered in the last Congress against
the acceptance Of Mr.. Newberry's
credentials. He has asked the com
mittee to begin an investigation,
without waiting for the results Of
the proceedings in the Michigan
courts.
The Senate is the sole Judge Of
the election qualifications of its
members. In inquiring INTO these it
is not tied down closely to legal
rules But it would not fail to un-
seat any Senator who had violated
state or Federal laws in order to
win an election A Michigan grand
Jury mas indicted Mr. Newberry for
corruption, fraud and conspiracy"
IN connection with the 1918 cam
paigns. What evidence there is to
support that charge has not been
disclosed The Senator made an
affidavit that he had not contributed
to his campaign fund and had no
knowledge Of contributions made by
others. He was in the naval service
when he was nominated and elected.
The gist Of the complaint against
him seems to be that he did know
what his managers and friends We're
doing and was involved in election
offenses Of which they and various
party workers are accused.
Dispatches from Michigan show
much confusion as to the legal limi-
tations put on campaign eXpendi-
ture in that state. 1t is conceded
that a candidate for United States
Senator may not himself spend more
than a fourth of the annual salary
Of that office. But Mr.. Newberry
has said that he spent nothing.
Even if there is limitation on the
amount which others may spend in
his behalf, does he become person
ally involved if the limit is ex-
ceeded?
The purpose of most Of our cor
rupt practices legislation has been
to prevent a candidate from "open-
ing a barrel of his own. The door
has not been closed on contributions
IN his behalf by others. Members Of
Mr.. Newbcrry's family subscribed
heavily to his campaign fund. Was
that illegal? The Newberry cam
paign accounts were made public n
year ago Did they contain a primo
focie confession of wrongdong? No
action on them was taken at that
time.
In our last city campaign mem
bers Of the family of one of the can
didates for Supreme Court in the
First District subscribed freely to
his campaign fund. They have not
been accused of violating the law.
The Democratic National Commit
tee has been planning to raise a
S10,OO0,00O fund for the next Presi-
Dental campaign. Would that be
an illegal, or even an immoral, pro-
ceeding?
Our corrupt practices laws, state
and Federal, are still more or less
rudimentary. They hedge about a
candidates own expenditure. But
they haven't struck at the root of
the evil of extravagant election
propaganda-if it be an evil. The
way to reach that abuse would be to
impose a fiat or sliding scale llmita-
ton on all political contributions
whatsoever.
The expenses Of political organi-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
The Wrong Name
From The Buffalo Express

= rom 7hs BuDaIo ErpressJ
Ole Hanson says this of the new Labor
party: Calling the new organization
the Labor party, Of course, is just plain
mislnterpretation. All parties such as
this are composed of the won't works
and the will knocks of the land. Our
immigration service appears to be eligi-
BILE for membership" Ole Hanson has q
faculty of hitting the nail on the head.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
The Crippled Air Service

When the Prince of Wales be
slowed upon American heroes the
medals that marked the appreciation
OF the British people for their heroic
deeds one solitary alrplane circled
above the battle-cruiser Renown.
When the British .warship, bearing
The heir to The British throne, lcft
our waters there was no aerial
escort.
The refusal of Congress to pass
the S15, 100000 emergency appropri-
alton for the Air Service has SER
ously crippled our aerial defense. It
has resulted in the PRONUNCIATION OF
an order to the few flying fields left
in active service that no more than
100 flying hours shall be made in
any command.
Should war break out we would
again find ourselves unprepared
Even in the case of hostilitics with
Mexico our air force would be made
quate to meet the situation Thc
Gripping of the military branch Of
aeronautics has reacted seriously y
upon the commercial development Of
aircraft, because it has compelled
manufacturers to cease making ar
planes and go into more profitable
entnrnlisns
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
The Uses of Advertisement

Slr: You're right. | do keep scrap
book no longer subscribe to a clip
ping bureau, however, and neither YOU
nor Old Sam Mcrwin broke mo Of the
habit. 1t was this way: I'd sing ten
or fifteen concerts during the month,
and then sit back and wait for a fat
envelope from the Comp Press Clipping
Bureau, Inc. The envelope would ar
rive, and after my trembling fingers
had managed to break the seal would
find:
SIX advertisements of my recitals.
Fourteen pictures OF myself from
various towns in Iowa, Nebraska, and
Kansas.
Nine accounts of my advance book
ings in the musical papers (Which
had sent to them mysclf)
One adverse criticism from Punxsu-
tawney, Pa. (Yes, sang there
Now have different system Of
collecting my write-ups. When I'm
singing out Of town ! 20 to the hotel
newsstand and order the papers sent to
my New York address. paying the gen
tlcman-in-chargc. The papers, of
course. never arrive. If the review of
the concert is adverse any number of
friends send it to me; if do not hear
from them I know the comment has
been favorable and send directly to the
newspaper Offices for copies.
Simple effective and withal mex
pcnsive, rs compared with former
methods Hope Merwin sees this and
takes heart again
REINALD WERRENRATH.
In my OPINION opnes MIN, "thc
very best way to bolt an artichoke is
to lock it in the icebox; then use the
hollandaise sauce on something good y
All Of which reminds one Of the
ancient phidias limerick, ending
He made Aphrodite
Without any nightie.
Which shocked all the ultra fast stidious.
He is the man whom Cyril Scott
says is q reincarnation of an ancient
Viking Boston Post.
Whom are you?' said Cyril
The gentleman we meant to chastse
yesterday for carelessness was Richard
lie Gallienne, and not Richard Gal
lenne.
The beacon from this Tower shall
shine forth as usual, lightless nights
or not.
The Presidents colyumlng ability
shows in the message.
The rails are the last lines he
thinks Of. F. p A.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
The One-H Hour Day

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Lord Lcvcrhulme's ideas Of
sweating machines instead of humans
will be of greatest blessing to the world.
Although an inanimate thing, a ma
chine, if properly tended. Will perform
the labor Of a multitude of humans
without getting tired Al it needs is
few drops of lubricating OIL now and
then, and some gasoline. if il is de-
pending upon such for power. Ma
chimes arc representing capita' result
OF previous labor. and 1..unly
makes a great difference nously
producing machines are com
PEELED to work all the instead OF
twelve, eight, siX, four or one hour a
day.
When machines Will be utilized suiti-
ciently on earth, there may be working
shifts even of less than one hour. and
yet everybody Will have plenty Of the
necessarles for life. 80 one needs to fear
for overproduction, though. If such
should occur, as certainly viii be the
case, when machines are working over
time, there will be chances for legions
of yet unborn machine building and
tending consumers to enjoy life beauti-
fu! on this glorious planet.
GUSTAV II. ANDER.
New York, Nov. 80, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
Blue Laws

Whether gentle cynicism or a pas
sion for perfection is moving the
States Attorney of Maryland to his
enforcement of the blue laws of
1928, the results are instructive and
should be wholesome. Americans
aue altogether too fond of simply
forgetting an Objectionable law and
going about their business as if
nothing was of less consequence.
Not all are Of as ancient vintage
as 1928, either. The failing is an
old and ingrained one and deserved
the harsh words that Rudyard Kip
ling wrote about it back in 1894
when he was describing can Amcri-
cam.
Tho cynic devil in his blood
That bids him mock his hurrying soul;
That bids him hout the Law he makes,
That bids him make the Law he fouts.
Such disrespcct for law is hard to
eradicate. Some of our historians
have traced it back to our ancient
beginnings at the Boston Tea Party
and the whole revolutionary idea
by which our country originated,
But considering the fashion in which
the rebels of 1776 perfected a
marvolously rounded constitutional
structure by 17S7 this conception
seems distinctly fanciful A far
more likely explanation is the con-
tinucd existence of a frontier and
The pioneer spirit through our ma
tional expansion. Laws cannot be
The last word on a frontier; and
something of the frontier spirit runs
III the veins Of most of us-a good
thing in many ways, bad thing
whom it leads us to apply frontier
methods to conditions where they
have no justification or need.
If the Maryland Legislature is
brought by the present enforcement
Of these obsolete laws to repeal them,
the campaign VIII be justified. No
law should stand ON the statute
books after it has ceased to repre-
sent the win Of the people To keep
it there brings the whole body of
law into contempt. What we need is
not more law, but less law-and that
little strictly observed and rigidly
enforced.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-03
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