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New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
The Conference

Despite the unfortunate absence of the
President and despite the regrettable
presence of Bert M. Jewell, who few
weeks ago was threatening to "tie up the
railroads so tight they would never run
again." the Washington industrial con-
ference should contribute to ending the
hectic period whose continuance menaces
the welfare of every one within the coun-
trys borders.
Many things will doubtless be said
which would be better left unsaid There
may be at times need for moderator of
modifying power. But out of the jumble
Of debate it is to be hoped will come
clearer popular perception of two essen
tial facts-one political and the other
economic.
The first Is that this nation has been
and must remain, if any are to prosper,
one of laws, made by all and binding on
all, and not become one Of DEGREES born
of force and the selfishness of warning
groups. The poison of the force doctrine,
that men may do what they have the
personal power to do, officially died when
the armistice was signed, but it has
filtered across the sea and struggles to
resurrect itself. Early in the proceed
ings it should be made plain that any ele-
ment by espousing it becomes traitor to
the common veal.
The second is that production precedes
distribution-that productions problems
are primary and distributions problems
equitable division if there is nothing to
divide?
1t is not wise to blindfold ones self to
realities. Americanism is threatened
with peril it never before confronted.
The present industrial troubles carry a
new and sinister significance. That such
man as William z. Foster Is able to
command considerable following has
meaning all can understand. His re-
cantation before the Senate committee
may be dismissed when it is known that
about the same time he recanted he was
writing letters explaining to revolution
ary friends that he purposed to use more
artful tactics than those employed by
other revolutionaries- his plan was
to capture the American Federation of
Labor from the inside.
The law as the only master in this
country and a stimulated production as
the only fountain of assured plenty-the
Washington conference cannot do better
than to emphasize these old and simple
American principles.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
The Miracle

work, produce, cooperate, save"
says the Council Of National Defence.
composed of five members of the
Cabinet.
A formula SO old-fashioned will
scarcely be accepted as a formula at all
by industrial reformers. They are through
forever with the old-fashioned and
stoutly hold for some plan of revolution-
ary change which is to make a worklcss
world comfortable and happy. One can
imagine the scorn which will be hcapeJ
on those who proffer advice which is
but restatement of what Adam heard
when the gates Of Eden slammed behind
him. Work, produce, save! The authors
of such an exhortation are plainly stupid
reactionarics, with minds unattuned to
progress.
Work is tiring. Producing has disa
greeable relations to toll. Cooperating
is not half as interesting as quarrellng.
Saving is & drab virtue. 1t is more
pleasing to wait for the great miracle
the miracle Of the spontaneous gener-
alton and appearance of all the things
needed to meet the demands of the
stomach and the desires of the spirit
Craftsmanship has become bankrupt
and society" universal scapcgoat, is to
blame if the world is to continue q
sweating one We ask for contact with
all the goods and blessings that make IN
the existing standard of living by no
more exertion than pressure on button
lnjunctions to work are wearying, and
in all "advanced" circles will be re-
garded as impudent.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
''Ding''
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: OF all newspapers The Tribune e.
and for some years has been, my favorit..
because of the policy followed by you and
condemned by G. A. w.
At present my sympathes are with tia
side espoused by "The World" "The Times,
and "The Post" Yet trust them not hale
SO much as do the Tribune, because there
is so seldom hint of the other side Of tho
case in their columns
The Tribune reminds me Of perfectly
sane and impartial man who knows that ths
whole truth is not with any man or faction
"Dings" cartoons, F. P AS keen humor. "a
we'll as the rest of your special writers. helm
me to form and keep this opinion Refer
ence has been made to "The World s.,
"Dng's" true sphere. But "The Worlds" car.
toons, much as they help me, always seer,
to suggest editorial command, while "Ding,
is a free lance. Please let it remain as i, is
The very art and genius of the man are born
in his freedom. W.WR
Rochester, N. Y, Oct. Q, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
Still a Public Duty

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: l note in this mornings paper the
suggestion of your spondent E. 8. P.
that perhaps the appeals of many kndergar-
tens, day nurseries and social settlements
are now unnecessary owing to the in
creased wage of many laborers. The prop
osition may appear logical, but the facts
are:
My experience is that not in twenty
years past has the social settlement been
so clearly in demand now Often it
maintains the only room large enough for
meetings on a block, the only gymnasium
in an entire ward and the sole playground
for thousands of boys and girls 1t offers
scores OF working girls primary instruction
in household duties and complete courses
in sewing, embroidery and dressmaking O,
on the piano.
Should not the support of such social
centres come increasingly from the better
clrcumstanccd immigrants Of the immedl-
ate vicinity? would not plead that the
main support of these houses should not
be contributed BY the wealthy, but certain
ly those families which have grown IN nm
der the very wings of these institutions
and arc now in excellent economic condi
ton may very justly be called on in times
like TINS to do their full share
In an Italian house for which I have been
secretary for over decade I would state
that, whereas before the war less than
3 per cent of our receipts came from Ital-
ian homes of the neighborhood, we now re-
ceive from IL to Is per cent Of the total
sum o. our donations from this source and
this without accepting or desiring the con-
trbutions OF those who are dependent on
their weekly pay
But the service Of the settlement to the
whole community in its insistencc unon
Amercanization and its Interpretation of
the best in our history and social standards
to the newcomers among us is Just as indis
putab!e and requisite as ever
w. L. DAVENPORT.
The Italian Settlement, Brooklyn. Oct. 3.
1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

"In some uncanny fashion," says the
Journals Washington reporter, "the Prcsi-
dent senses what is going on in the outside
world, although all information Of the gov
ernmcnt's daily doings is kept from him."
Nothing uncanny about it. Seal anybody in
room for week, without newspapers or
conversation, and he'll sense what is going
on in the outside world; that the c. Of l. is
increasing, that Capital thinks Labor tyran-
meal; that politicians care moro about them
selves and politics than they do about their
country and other countries and that the
world revovcs it's far-famed axis no
matter who is sealed in a room.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

from military service he took up again
the fight on yellow fever.
Now, according to a dispatch from
Panama, DR.. Gorgas reports that the
fight is won. The last remaining plague
spot was Guayaquil, Ecuador. DR..
Gorgas, returning from this West Coast
port, announces that he believes the
last trace of the disease has been eradi-
Gated, bringing about the definite end
of the yellow fever menace, the first Of
the great diseases to suffer extirpa-
ton
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
From q Mere Person
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: VIII you forgive few more words
from mere person?
There are so many of
We don't know where we are going, or
why, and we have to rely on publications of
various sorts to help out experiences in
guiding us along the way. Custom in news
paper composing seems to be keeping from
a large measure of very much needed ed-
fcation at time when we are all striving
for knowledge. You know that huge num-
Der of US would not read an editorial on the
editorial page on a bet, partly because we
believe editorial matter to be abstract, above
our heads, stupid ovcr-clever, which we
resent. And yet those editorials are the cru
cial truths and deductions of The mass of
news that composes the rest of the paper.
We want more than anything to know the
why's of the strikes and the ard the
President's-wel say activties-but or the
front pages. which the only parts OF the
newspaper trust. confusion and repetition
reign, and it is difficult to pick out our
truths, because Of our own biases and lim-
tatons.
When you have so clear and helpful an
article as that on the strike and aensm by
William Woodfn, why in Heavens name
don't you publish it on the front page in
large type, so we VIII read it in spite of
its having murder or love interest and
thereby take unto ourselves wings Of under
standing.
Remember. are only sixteen years old,
en- masse. D
New York, Oct 4, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
THE DIARY or CUR OWN SAMUEL pspYs

October 4-Early up, and with Miss
Ethel to the courts, and played some; and
in the afternoon with my wife to Engle-
wood, and played lawn tennis until dark,
and in the evening played cards with
merry party, including Mistress Neysa and
Mistress Sally Farnham; but my wife won
all the currency. To bcd and read
"Paradse Lost" to my wife until she fell
asleep, and then to myself for an hour
5-To the city in the evening, and to hear
tho Vatican Choirs, and ! enjoyed greatly
the mathematical counterpoint in the musick.
but the musick and the singing were more
than l could grasp, nor did feel their
potency.
6-Early up. and to the Office working;
and watching the result of the baseball game
come from the ticker, and l was far from
pleased at the outcome. Ny Lord Woodrow's
health better, which I am glad Of
Again the reporters, who must be q bored
lot, omit interesting details "The President
joked with the members Of his family" the
story says What did he say? And "Mrs.
Wilson read to the President this afternoon
What did she read? The Sunday papers
and IL so, which 1.-THE Young Visiters."
"The Command Is Forward" or "The Bah
Ballads?
The people Of the locality will look for
ward with considerable anticipation to the
appearance Of these pictures-Montrose
Colo, Enterprise. And not, perhaps. without
lot of expectancy.
Speaking Of records, we enter for the
cautiousness contest Gertrrdes War De-
Dartment friend who has had a safety-ca.ch
put on n Liberty Bond button
"Our little group OF obvious drinkcrs."
conides A. G., have adopted this platform
for 1920: Open saloons openly arrived at"
The laundrymen, obviously, struck while
the iron was hot FP.A
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
Patti 8 Last Curtain
(From Tho Buffalo Commercial

(Fron Tho BuToIo ConmercioN
Tho older ones Of this generation wero
the more fortunate in the enjoyment of the
talent OF Adelina Patti, but it is duh
soul indeed that has not been cheered or
impressed by the simple songs made famous
by this great primn DONNA Her death at
musical world, but her life had been long
and useful one
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
A Matter of Necessity

Mr.. Taft's argument in favor of
budget system as the only feasible check
on Federal extravaganza is unanswer-
able. Under the present system the
power to make estimates and to author
ize expenditures is put into the hands
of two groups, both freed from any
direct responsibility for wastefulness
and, moreover, naturally inclined to be
liberal spenders.
The estimates are prepared by the
heads Of departments and bureaus, who
have very keen sense of the impor-
tance of the work they are doing or want
to undertake, and who can see no reason
why they should practise self-denal.
The right to expand these estimates, and
even to make appropriations not sug-
gested by the estimate makers, rests
with committees and cliques in Congress,
whose members work on the theory that
it is entirely justifiable to favor their
own constituencies at the expense of the
nation.
This is situation for which there is
no cure in sight except to concentrate
responsibility for expenditure in the
President and to limit the power of
Congress to alter estimates, except in
the way of reducing them.
Every President should be held
accountable for money spent and taxes
imposed. 1t is the Administrations duty
to do it's own housekeeping 1t is the
proper business Of the legislative branch
to act as auditor and critic Our present
system confuses these functions. The
Administration audits it's own accounts,
and Congress exercises ultimate authori-
ity as a budget maker.
Mr.. Taft made an heroic effort when
he was President, to enforce a central
lied control over estimates. But Con-
gress refused to cooperate with him, and
finally practically forbade any inter
ference on his part with the old go-as-
you-please system. Since then confu-
sion and extravaganza have become
appalling, and all the soberer leaders in
Congress have turned toward the budget
system as the only possible corrective.
Mr.. Good has promised to report a
budget bill next week from the House
special committee of which he is chair
man. 1t ought to be passed at the pres
ent session. The extraordinary rise in
the cost of living makes government
rctrcnchment unavoidable The govern
ment must take the lead in reducing
outlay. Abnormal taxes, bond issues
and inflated expenditure make life
harder for everybody. They all accent
uate the strain put on the average man.
For, as Secretary Glass said truly on
Saturday at the final budget hearing:
I'm the long run the burden of govern
mental waste and extravaganza falls
more heavily upon the poor than upon
the well-to-do, and more heavily upon
the well-to-do than upon the rich"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

Some o. us are Peter Bcls but to some
Of us primrose by 7. b. is oil the bright
beauty Of the world-nowers, rivers, and all
their meaning. Which is by way Of saying
that the photograph Of Belgium's Queen in
the Herald appears as "rhe Queen Takes
Snapshot of the King Playing Handbal";
and in the illustrated Daily News "In
solitude in some selected spot on the liner
Queen Elizabeth often was seen in a mood
Of meditation, thinking probably Of the
wars ravages."
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
S12.75 a Week

A clause in the agreement which set
ties the British railway strike OF par
ticular interest to Americans is as
follows:
"Fourth-No adult railway man in Great
Britain shall receive less than 81 shillings
CsI275) per week while the cost Of living
is 110 per cent above the pre-war level"
Compensation of $12.75 a week
means yearly income, if work Is con-
tinuous, of 1868. Contrast this with
the average of 81 1900 a year received
by members of the four railway brother
hoods of America, or the $1,000 re-
ceived by steel workers. Yet living costs,
Mr. Hoover has correct information, are
higher, so far at least as food staples
are concerned, in Great Britain than IN
tie United States. 1t is difficult for sn
American to understand how the British
worker is able to live.
Between the wage standards Of the
two countries disparity has long existed,
and this is reflected in disparity Of liv-
ing standards. These disparities have
been increased by the effects Of the war
iii two ways: living costs have advanced
more in Great Britain than in this
country, and the wage rate not SO fast.
A strike for higher wages in Great
Britain thus rests on different founda-
tions than one of like nature here.
The dissatisfied British workman has
reason for dissatisfaction, such as the
American knows not of. The Briton,
subsisting close to the level Of bare
existence, fights to live. The essential
difference in conditions is seldom ade
quately considered by those who write
about British strikes, and assume that
{: strike is the same thing on both sides
Of the water.
The returns to capital are no larger
in Great Britain than here-on an aver
age, are less 1t follows that the plight
Of the British workman is because he
is associated with an industrial organi-
zation which produces less per worker.
British trades unionism has fallen a
victim to the vicious idea that more
jobs are made available by diminishing
the product per man. This idea labor
missionaries from the other side have to
some degree introduced into America to
the injury of American labor. The in
fuence of this doctrine is, Of course,
palsying. British wages are pitifully
low because the practice has been incul-
Gated Of laying but 800 bricks q day
when 1000 could be laid.
Moreover, low wages tend to diminish
the pressure on employers to secure the
best machinery. A British shoe factory
can get along with cheap hand labor,
whereas the American manufacturer is
compelled to search for substitutes. We
ascribe our liking for labor saving
machinery to the national genius; but
quite as much it is due to the necessities
brought in by high wage scale
Never was there time when worker
with hands was as much as now under
the compulsion to use his brain--to do
his own thinking. European heresies
have been introduced and they have
gained headway. If not expelled the
sad time may come when the working
man Of America, paying $3.50 a bushel
for wheat, will deem it gain when he
is guaranteed as much as $12.75 week
In wages.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: l was pleased to read G. A. w.'s let.
ter in Wednesdays Tribune in regard 20
"Dings" cartoons, as he exactly expressed
the feelings of myself and many Of my
friends.
"Ding's" political views would seem more
in keeping with the policy of "The Times"
or "The World" I surprised that they
are tolerated in your paper, at such a seri-
Gus and critical time in the history Of our
country. A
New York, Oct 2, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
Registration

Registration began yesterday and will
continue the remaining days of the
week. If you believe there is a better
way of conducting government than by
riot and force see that your name is on
the voting list.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
The Mad. Mad Wags

Sir: The other day my bottle Of cold
medicine is lying on the table, and the
wife comes in and takes her wrist watch off
and lays it down on the bottle, kinda not
noticing it. "Ah," says I, right off the bat
like that, "the watch on the Rhinitis"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

The Queen Of Belgium has had her
first taste of Boston baked beans. The
gold pot in which they were served does
not worry us so much as the fear that
they were cooked by French chef.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
Prayirg for the Reds

"'om Thc cleuo,ind p'ain DooieD
We can't believe that Cincinnati woa the
ponnant fairly Some of the clergymen Of
that city prayed for victory in the pulpits.
and this seems to be taking mean advan-
tage of the other teams.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
Hymns of Hate

Keep her from ne, beseech ye,
Her who always says "It's peachy!"
Another one who should be killed,
Her who's always, always "thrilled'!
E. r. T
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
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New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

To the Editor of The Tribune
sir: want to record vote for Ding
What world we would be in if the spirit OF
some of his critics reigned! Don't curb him
by word or suggestion. II you do the
brightest spot in your paper is gone.
Two men looked out from prison bars;
the one saw mud. the other stars. Between
your editorial page and "Ding's" cartoons
you supply each temperament with what II is
looking for. Don't spoil my daily breakfast
by depriving me of good laugh oves
Ding" E. l., D.
New York. Oct. 2. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
And Intolerance

From The Philadelphia Public lcaDeO
Lynching proves nothing but The de-
fcctvc education of the community in
which it occurs.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | have just read with much interes.
the article on your editorial page by G. A. ",
OF Montclair, n. J.. and want to say heart
lly agree with same. | have read The Tri-
bune for years. and believe il the best and
cieanest paper published. but. like C. A V.
have been at loss TO understand the con-
tradictions between your splendid editorials
and "Ding's" cartoons. or vice versa
ROY ID. HALL.
Beacon, n Y Oct. l. 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

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New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: g. A. W. is right on Ding" politics
IS have seen it for long time-one Of
the simple minded like YOU. I and the res.
o. Us. But might II not BE- that Mr. Ding :
@ho"lng US way to disagree more agree
ably We need be none the less firm The
gentle art of decency in differences. lie is a
marvel none the less, a wonder of his kind,
subtle, delicate and innatcly refined in all
his Jocoseness. Long may he live ard make
US chuckle, MAY A CARNEY
New York. Oct 4. 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

Commercial candor by Saks {. Co.: "They
arc not five dollar blouses-and show it,"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

Mr. Louis Untermeyer and six others
wonder whether, when we said there never
had been a good sestina, we forgot Kiplng's
"Sestina of the Tramp Royal" beginning
"Speakin' in general, l have tried 'em all"
No, we hadn't forgotten it; nor Swinburne's
"Say, have thy day and take thy fiji of light;
nor Gclett Burgesss "My father died when
was all too young" But the recurrence
of the final words, our prejudice is, makes
it impossible for a sestina to be good. Kip
ling's is as good, we always have thought,
as a sestina can be, but that is only pretty
good
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
The Coming 7ower
Sestina


Between the day and night there fits an hour
With draperies of dream athwart the blue:
The afterglow turns back to kiss a star
And far off bells, within the sudden hush.
Distil the sweetness of my reverie
AS tears that splash their love on baby hands.
And now Christ lifts His slim rebuking hands,
To say "Couldst thou not watch with me ono
hour?'
And 10 l within my reverie
The shadow of against the blue;
And then there cry fan would hush.
And silence, and the falling OF star.
All, what aoofness in the silent star
At which we children seek to warm hands!
Would its possession in the cradle hush
The paintve fretting of the slumber hour
Or does its dying streak the blue
Arouse its fellows from their reverie?
Come earth-born love, to share my revere!
/ yearn for something closer than star.
Reach out across the night, calm 80 blue,
And touch my burning face with spirit hands.
Dream on, Night! it is wonder hour!
My Love is speaking. bid thy voices hush
What awes thee in tho nights so solemn hush7
What sombrc thought disturbs thy reverie,
That when our love has lived Its little hour
The paer fires of yonder trembling star
Shall shine down our poor, unclasping hands,
Shall mock the dimmng Of thine eyes so blue2
Dear Love, are not the far horizons blue
Relentless Time passing breath may hush
And still the 1utter Of thy sweet fair hands,
Yet in thine eyes, thine reverie
Shall live, when Time shall pluck yon sunset
star,
And sigh. and sink, and fail to turn the hour
LENyOI
Eternal Blue receive revericl
Our doubling voices hush, and like the star,
Into Thy hands we give little hour.
FREDERICK TRUEsDE1.L
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07

1t is hard to read a scstina or g chant
royal--for US, at least--wthout feeling like
certified public accountant.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-07
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1919

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