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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

T~HE canvasser's gentle art Of
prying loose the great al
mighty dollar from a genial
fellow citizen was, in ante
bellum days, a matter requiring
talent of no low order; but to-day,
with the wedge of the war drives
still leaving its mark, it has be-
come thing of comparative ease
and comfort. The prospect, even
though he be warily concealed be-
hind small army OF office boys, is
in season at all times of the year,
and "any child can work one"
And even though the high tide Of
wartime generosity has not begun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

was convinced that before New York
men would pay the prices thai
would be necessary if the strikers
win, they would take to wearing
drab colored, Notwithstanding fan
mel shirts.
Are soft collars becoming more
popular? Well just ask your hab
erdasher. And is there a heavy
demand for those galvanized iron
pulleys with which clothes lines are
suspended in apartment house
courts? Ask the hardware dealer
or the five and ten cent store man.
They will tell you that the sale of
these articles has jumped enor
mously, and apartment house super
intendents will tell you they've had
more Quarrels with tenants who
insisted on putting up clotheslines
forbidden by the owner than in all
their previous experience. But then,
if you live in New York, you surely
have quarreled with your superin-
tendent about just what very mat
ter, so there you are.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

lects your clothes and then sends
them to the steam laundry to be
washed. The steam laundries send
them back wet and the wet wash
laundries iron them.
What we want is q strictly closed
shop. Well arbitrate anything but
that.
Here are the wage demands of the
strikers:
CLASS q Workers Week mandsd
Collectors Omen who
collect and deliver
laundry ............ $50 $40
Assistant collectors
youths who drive
wagons or deliver
laundry with hand
carts} ......,:........ 10 to 20 IS
FIRST class washers 20 70
Second class washers. 20 to Is 40
Wrlngers ..-........... 18 to % 80
Sorters might work. :. 25 to 40 As
Sorters (day work. 49,. % to35 30
Feeders, folders and
=, catchers ..:........ sto14 90
Shirt ironers (expert). % 40
Starchers .:........... IA to 20 rs
Unskiiled labor. 4to14 ~
Suppose they win? Well, each
day up in the New York Steam
Laundrymen's Club in Harlem the
bosses Of the business may be found
in session trying to decide just that.
One Of them said the other day he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26
By Boyden S. Sparkes

by OOyOcu -. Op0IkeS
~ OMETHING more than a CEN
~ fury ago a British general
~ commanded that rough-edged
brass buttons be sewn on the
tunic sleeves OF all his soldiers,
with the idea of ending an unsanitary
practice which involved using the
cuffs of their red coats. To friend
Who protested that this order was
'adical and calculated to breed dis
content the general replied: "Let
'em carry handkerchiefs for their
blooming noses"
Taiors still sew buttons onto coat
sleeves, but if this laundry strike
isn't settled soon, or the epidemic of
fall colds ended, New York may be
right back where the British army
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The Washington times., 1919-12-23
/
A Type of Local Official
Who Is Worth While
B y B ILL p RI G E..

Conrad Symes resignation from the District eovsr>
ment as counsel and general counsel Of P
hc Utilities Commission is entitled to than pannR
notice. because he is the type Of public official worth Vim
to have and to know.
There others like him in the District municipal
service and scattered throughout the civil life Of Wahns
ton Their ideals ake-unselsh devotion TO the bst
interests of Washington and majority Of her peopls m
stntedy giving their time worth much money oonvetel
to material to the Of right a. they sse it
As corporation counse-chief law officer Of the Dstziet
government-his salary has been A500 per annumL A
general counsel Of the Utilities Commission he has received
$1,000 per year. 1t is in this latter position that hs has
done continuously splendid work for the District a ~
muneraon scanty to be ludcroua For sx or ssyss
years he has combated without legal aid the highly pa
lawyers OF local utilities whose annual pay for their services
much his Probably hundred times mors il bettsr
guess
This big discrepancy, Of which he was oout;nuously
aware, swerved him from steady purpose to hshf
the cause OF the public to the end In doing this he
compelled to employ his best skill a. an attorney and to
improve his knowledge of the intcacss Of oorporatioa
bookkeeping and methods Keen intellect was REQUIRED q
all stages together with broad and sympahsc oomprs-
hension Of the wishes and rights Of the people.
Syme was not making political capital for himself Hs
could not expect to be Congressman Senator from tie
District of Columbia BE not seeking political advaaos-
ment the cheers and plaudts Of vots for there as ~
suffrage rights here. BE often had lucrative Offers to
turn to the practice Of his profession but hs stuck ts
job until the most important work Of the Utilities Ooumis
sion was ended-stuck to it at heavy financial loss
Symes work general counsel Of the Utilities CONNIE
sion brought him in contact with hundreds Of citse a
Washington who, like him, giving valuable time n
representing civic bodies of Washington at hearings and
arguments valuations fares They received n nav
thanks and Of ncalculable value to the pabc In
persiseny fighting for justice, in shedding light spots
that needed light .iss-F !
There are hundreds of Washingtonans in and out Of
organizations possessed of these high civic idsa and
to them the community owes gratitude and thanka
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ment during the Secretary Of the Treasury and Direc
tor General McAdoo told the story himself and it ought
be burned into the consciousness Of every American citizen
We had been in the war eight months; among other
things promised to supply the armies Of the allies with
many tons Of gan food of course was the first essen
al in keeping up the fighting edge of the troops of
allies.
In the middle of December the prime ministers of
France Great Britain and Italy united in communication
the President informing him that the Government of the
United States had the first Of December fallen 80 far
behind in its undertaking to supply food to the armies Of
the allies that the Italian armies had to make two reduc
their rons and that the French troops had already
been obliged to make reduction in their rations
And that further reduction in the raons of the Ial
ian troops would certainly lead to revolt and further
reduction in the raons to the French troops would be
raught with serious The communication further
suggested that reorganization of our railroad system
might aid in the shipment Of the promised grain.
This communication naturally startled our Government
and an immediate investigation revealed the fact that the
cause lay in the total breakdown of our railroads under
private management.
The farmers had responded to the appeal of the Gov
to their patriotism and had greatly increased the
output of their farms The allies and our own shpbudng
interests had supplied the ships which lying empty in
the harbor while the grain piled high in the warehouses
of the interior Everything there with which to honor
promise in grain to allies except the capacity Of
the railroads under private management transport the
grain from the warehouses of the interior to the ships await
ing them at the Atlantic ports.
It at this critical juncture that the Government
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From The Public To The Editor

to what tho constitution Of heaven
permits and prohibits.
The United States Senate had better
stick to the Constitution of the United
States of America, at least until we
can get some comprehensive intepre-
tation Of the constitution of heaven.
No two men now worship the same
God in exactly the same way, and IL
every man is to observe the law ac-
cording to his Idea of heaven we may
have more anarchy AAA they have In
Russia, T. v. r
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seized the railroads and began to operate them
= BY the middle Of March, in about six weeks after the
took possession Of the railroads and began their
operation the allies supplied not only with the amount
Of grain promised during the period of the Govenme
operation but with the grain which had
not been supplied to the time that the Government took
possession
The foreign experts among allies united in praisng
the Government for almost miraculous of des
perate situation The handling of the railroads at that time
has been considered in France Of our greatest
achievements Of the war.
Now that peace has it is proposed that should
try the old private management of which Senator
La Toilette truthfully says:
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Long before we entered the
war the railway transportation
system Of the country was on the
verge Of total collapse through
mimanagement and corruption.
The railroads from the begin
ming were grossly overcapitalized,
and the public was burdened with
constantly increasing rates to pay
dividends on watered stocks.
Added to this the railroads
were unlawfully permitted to col
lect from the public q further ex-
eessive rate for the accumulation
Of billions in surplus. Out Of these
vast sums, thus vrongfully levied
upon traffic and pocketed as sur
plus, the railroads built extensions
and made permanent improve
ments. They then overcapitalized
these improvements as a basis for
further wrongful exactions from
the public
Moreover, the managers openly
robbed the railroads from the in
side. Construction and supply
companies were organized by rail-
way officers and managers. From
these companies the railroads
t~xht supplies Of all kinds at ex-
eYbitant prices. Unrestrained
greed enacted such profits on pur-
ehases BY these insiders from
themselves that there was always
. shortage Of funds for properly
squippinG the roads.
This inside graft ate up the
revenues Of the railroads and fur
nished q perennial excuse for still
Jho Senator mirht hava
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What's Doing; Where; When

Dancs-Bonsai Club. 1917 r street north
wsS1, Q p. m.
Dance-War CaL,r Community Service
Club No. :. SlS Tenth street northwest.
7:3s p. m
Christmas Tree Party-NatisRai 6ohsei
Of Social Research. l7ls H street north
west, 9 p. m.
Dance-War Camp Community Service
Club. No. ., slS Tenth street northwest
7:38 p. m.
Dance-Biue Triangle Recr cation Center
3Ueattsth and b streets mort aWs0k, . = -
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To-day.
Dance-Ohio GlrlS Club, RecreatioA
Hall. Government hotels, $40 p. m.
Lecturs-N. B. Fagin, National School
OF Social Research, l71s II street north
west. p. n.
Dancing-Friendship House Dancing
Club. Tyler School. Eleventh and @ streets
southeast. 1880 p. m
Meeting-Eastern High School Alumni
Association. at the school, .. m
Meeting-Robert Z. Lee Chapter No. s&4.
Confederate Memorial Hall. 1874 Vermont
avenue northwest, p. m
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Heaven and the Senate.

To the Editor of THE TINES
Reform IL a much abused word
when it sets aside the constitution OF
the state and represents each mans
idea OF the constitution Of heaven,
1t 10 unfortunate that we haven't a
Senator at this time who can put an
end to those professional -eform rs
who are trying to have the laws Of the
United States rewritten in defiance Of
the Federal Constitution and in har-
moAJ with THAR individual ideals -
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further increasing rates upon the
public.
1T goes without saying that a
transportation system honeycomb-
ed with official graft and dishon-
esty was certain to be supplied
IN so far as supplied at ali-with
inferior and defective equipment.
"The result was inevitable.
When the European war came on,
with Its stimulus to increased pro-
duction and traffic, the roads, al
ready short of engines, cars and
all manner of equipment, at once
disclosed the rottenness and inef-
ficiency Of the whole transporta-
tion system.
by the summer and fall of
1S16-months before we entered
the war-to quote Director Cen
eral McAdoo, they had reached
such q point that traffic was al
most paralyzed, through inability
to furnish but a small part of the
cars necessary for the transporta-
ton OF staple articles of COM
merce.'
When in 1917 the Government
was forced to seize the roads it
took over a ramshackle and utterly
demoralized railway system. The
operation Of railroads in such a
state of disrepair was very ex-
pensive and wasteful under the
most favorable conditions and ex-
cessively so under the extraordi-
nary demspds which the war i'm
posed.
"The Government at once found
itself compelled to enter upon the
enormous undertaking Of restora-
ton and up-to-date reconstruc-
ton in order to meet the imme-
hate demands of its own and the
public needs. And this it was
forced to do at war prices for
both labor and material"
o1A q afi11 ,,,o 49,
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to the fourteen Christmas opportu-
mites Of the Board Of Charities was
q gracious gift at q most critacal
moment. It win carry unpounded
cheer to needy poor. There has besn
50 much soliciting Of funds for va
rious purposes that the public has
become lukewarn, sometimes fall
ing to respond TO local charities that
.re most worthy. Mr.. McLean's
discernment and generosity viii set
. fine example.
Constant Reader asks "a which is
proper: who are you thanking. he
or l. or "Who are you thanking. him
or me-"
Neither. Make Il Rad sWhom
are you thanking, kim or ~ssf"
GEO. A. HERMAN, chairman OF
the smoke fund" Of the Plate Print
ers' Union, Local No. 2, wishes to
announce that there 10 . misappre-
hension as 10 the distribution of the
'und. Plate printers have decided TO
send fruit and nuts instead Of
smokes" to the Walter Reed Hos
pital, St. Elizabeth's Hospital. and
Naval Hospital, to be distributed
equally through the Knights OF
Columbus, Red Cross, Jewish We'll
fare Board and Y. M. c. A. The
Plate printers have donated geper-
ously to the fund for over a year
They are going to double their dona-
ton for Christmas and send $500
worth of fruit and nuts for the
wounded soldier boys at these hos
pitfalls.
Those 100 poor boys Of Washing
ton who will each get q fine new
overcoat from Saks & Co. Christmas
day will not be as happy, all put to
distribute them for the firm. To
make the other fellow happy is .
creed with Mr.. CANS.
Sixty years ago this week Maj.
d. W. LOEFFLER, of this city, was
fighting Comanche Indians in Texas
and Oklahoma. He was q soldier In
the regular army, such a fine one,
too, that he was detailed as q body
guard to Stanton. Liter he became
doorkeeper of Presidents at the
White House, and was there nearly
forty years in close touch with eight
or ten Presidents. Coneress made
him q major in recognition Of his
splendid services to his country. He
is in the eighties now.
Luther Place Memorial will re-
vive an old Moravi-n custom on
Christmas morning by having the
Christmas carols played by a trom-
hone solo. II will take place at $3.50
Thursday morning.
Eight hundred orphan children OF
Warrington had a real glimpse OF
childhood heaven at Ke'th's yester-
day afternoon Rs invited guests Of
the Rotary Club and the theater
management Others will enjoy the
same treat tomorrow and the next
day. After the performance they
watched jolly old Santa Claus arrive
on the stage. with his reindeers In
ths Gstanca- Then to the promenade
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EARD "A ND SEEN

lounge thsy woat b - peoooun1m>
als portrsy a early CAri0tmaD ooos-
oratton aDoag t. OFu11A A.
from the beautifully illumAnsts1
Christmas txVs thsy received Oull~
able prsosnta
fesr Heat In 0exDol Can.
Now that rsstrtctioas O ths -
OF fuel have bsso ahrsoats1 hy II
FEDERAL covsrnmsot 10 Il not Doe-
dbls tor thsrs 70 b Q ltttss 1ces
hssi " wAshingtoo strsst csrsf
! an told both companies arU -
ing only ooe-fourth Of the totai
available heat during the major Dor
don Of the day. aal tAat duriAg IL
rush' hours, from to p a.
neither company b supplyfaS any
heat In its cars
This is q condition that 10 es-
tremely msnsctng to the health Of
thousands Of shivsring patrons, a.
well - half-frosn motormsu anc
conductors.
HARRY A. sHINNucK
GRAHAM D. NICHoL 10 rsmars-
ably mild in this commmicstSou Be
writes in the facs Of tie facts, go
forth by him a. follows:
IL cost me sixteen cents ca-
fare this morning TO reach the
Treasury Department from my
home. at First and U streets
northeast; Seven cents from
Rhode Island avenue and North
Capitol street to Florida avenue.
hA s..gx
out: two cents for q transfer 20
the Florida avenue line of tn.
Capital Traction Company, which
took me to Seventh and the Ave
nue., and seven cents from thAf
point to my destination Forty
hve minutes consumed In the
journey. Before the w. r. q T.
entered with the Public Utilities
Commission q protest against &c.
neys parailelinE their lines, 4
could ride down in ten minutes
for a dime. ! would have bought
tickets, but had only twenty cents
and a twenty-dollar gold piece.
THEODORE TILLFR gave me the
gold piece-for t2o.6o.
M. S. S. asks "How muchs longer
are rent pronteers to survive the alb
normal condition OF the war; and
puts a number of questions concern
i'm the profiteering Of tenants who
are sub-lettins houses or apartments
at fabulous prices.
What 10 to be done to remedy the
existing conditions wherein residents
of the District are being com PEELED 70
evacuate their homes on thirty days
notice7 Where are these citissns "a
go. no houses being avaflabief
Where can they nnd shelter except
at the outrageous prices reeuestslf
There are houses for sale. but the
poor have not the money to buy.
The ssulsbury act which WAS -
Gently nuliiheo by the courts. was .
protector and saver Of the poor tso-
ants, but has IL been replaced BY .
better law7
Who will be the spokesman for then
unfortunate people, Problems OF IT,
kind are very serious and should be
solved now, as the disioyal elements
are only too glad to seize An oppor-
tunity OF this kind so they can spread
discomfort by agitation against our
wonderful Government
BENJAMIN s. GLEENAN,
1135 Sixth street ney(hwesG
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Regulated Private Ownership of
Railroads Has Broken Down

Senator La Toilette long ago incurred the vicious
NIFTY Of powerful financial interests by Of his ad
yocacy Of Government ownership of the railroads and the
fathered by him the actual valuation Of
the railroad properties.
During the period these powerful financial inter-
ess bounded Senator La Toilette and accused him Of lack
Of patriotism in order weaken his influence with the
public and consequently minimize the effect Of his attacks
upon themselves.
The predatory financial interests adopted this policy
toward most of their enemies and great many very well
meaning but deluded people joined in the hue and cry
without knowing that they attacking their friends
at the instance Of their selfish exploters.
Even the Associated Press was isled into sending out
garbed account Of speech Of Senator La Foette and
every paper printed this gsrbled account and everybody
read this garbed account and believed that Senator La
Toilette deserved reproof for his utterances.
Later the Associated Press sent out correction and an
apology and not many papers printed the correction and
not many people read the correction in those papers
that did print it.
30 the original misstatement inspired by Senator La
loetss enemies stands in the minds of people his
genuine utterance, much to the delight Of the big rail
road and shrewd financial interests whose enmity Sem
ator La Toilette had incurred while battling behalf of the
public.
Many men would have been soured by such treatment
from the public and would have let the people fight their
own battles thereafter against their oppressors.
But Senator La Toilette is man of genuine convic
ions regardless Of the fact of whether he receives
due csdit for the work he does in the public interest
Moreover, he is probably by this time too much Of
philosopher to expect any special recognition for public
service except the approval of his own conscience
SO Senator La Toilette, the late unpleasant
ness over takes the battle for the people again and
renews bis effort to honest and efficient public opera
ton and administration of the railroads
He threw himself vigorously into the contest against
the "Cummins bill which surenders the railroads back
into the hands Of their old private managers and the
slough Of speculation graft msmanagement and worst Of
a political corruption with Government guarantee to
make good the losses of the railroads through all these evil
practices which have always accompanied private
ment Of railroads in this country and always will.
In his speech in the Senate against this menacing pro-
posa to return the railroads private management Senator
La Toilette gave brief history of the railroads before the
took possession of them and began
them in order to win the Senator La Toilette said:
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"Pvae ownership and private ownership and public
troled private operation Of rail- lation-
transportation tried for IF
forty years. It became nto anything,
able this another Of enormous
Pivae ownership with profits for the private at
mission regulation Of and the
tried for thirty warranted
It resulted colossal failure. "Is rational believe
Through all the public has few short months
suffering victim Of Of Senators
system of venal
po:ation. transportation - h as discovered
1--WE urged to enter magic by which
another period Of able failures
attempting combine the to be converted into
fictng and warning elements Of success?"
Senator La Toilette suggested that the Government be
given chance for five years to demonstrate what can
under the so much easier than condition of peace
Of course the opponents of Government ownership
desperately anxious that the Government shall have
chance to demonstrate what do in peace times
cause the Government which did much the war with
the railroads. could make such demonstration of capacity
operate these great highways that would dare
suggest that they be returned to private management
The Washington times., 1919-12-23

Inc senator might have told still more dramatic story
about the failure Of the railroads under prvate anape
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M. S. S. asks "How muchs longer
are rent pronteers to survive the alb
normal condition o. the war!~ and
puts a number Of questions concern
in the profiteerins Of tenants who
are sub-lettine houses or apartments
at fabulous prices.
The Washington times., 1919-12-23

GRAHAM 3. NICHOL 10 rsmszf-
ably mild in this commmicstSou bs
writes in the facs Of tie facts, go
forth by him a follows: