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New-York tribune., 1920-10-05

widely known article cannot. Such
company is in the exact position
of the old-fashioned man-to-man
artisan Of a century ago, who made
his goods with his own hands, sold
them to his friends and neighbors
ard had to stand behind his product.
When machine manufacturing came
in this old relationship was lost
with damaging consequences to the
consumer.
The trademark has restored the
old relationship. 1t brings a great
store or the producer Of million
safety razors, or collars, or any
thing else bearing a famous trade
mark face to face with each Of a
million customers. The goodwill of
these million users Of goods is the
most precious property that such
store or manufacturer possesses; be-
side it factories, stores, stocks of
goods, however costly, are negligible
junk. The latter can be reproduced
in few weeks or month; the for
mer is the slow growth Of years of
square dealing, combined with hon
est publicity.
The cost of building up trade
mark consumes but tiny fraction
of the price paid by the consumer
In a typical illustration, the cost
analysis recently published by Rog-
ers Peet & Co. showed exactly
$.O183 out Of every dollar paid by
purchaser as going to advertising.
This insignificant sum may be fair
ly regarded as what a customer,
dealing with this firm, pays as in
surance for the certainty Of abso-
lutely reliable goods bought and sold
with the benefit of large scale econo-
mics. 1t is saved many times over
through these economies and through
the protection against poor quality
and downright fraud.
All this is common sense and DEM
onstrated fact. We think most peo-
pie understand and appreciate it.
But the comment of The Times
shows that occasional consumers are
still operating on the obsolete basis
of buying trash at trash prices. We
are glad to repeat the truth for their
benefit.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
Frenzied City Finance

The Mitchell administration Sc
cured the passage of the pay-as-you-
go act in. order to strengthen the
city's credit. This act amounted to
a self-imposed restriction on the
sort Of extravaganza which eases
the burdens of one generation at
the expense of the next. 1t COM
PEELED conscientiousness and thrift
in municipal management.
In his protest against the enor-
nous imitation of the 1921 budget
Mr.. Wallstein, counsel for the Citi-
zens Union, shows how the Hylan
administration has undermined the
pay-as-you-go law. The Mayor per-
suaded the Legislature of 1913 to
suspend the operation of the law
until one year after the proclama-
tlon Of peace with Germany (not
yet issued), on the plea that money
was urgently needed for school
buildings. The city was authorized
to borrow SIS, 100000 a year, sup
posedly for new school construction.
But the law failed to restrict the
application of these loans to school
purposes, and Comptroller Craig has
recently said that they may be
treated as general budget asset.
The city's permanent debt will
therefore be increased by $45,-
100000 or $60,000,O00 in spite of
the pay-as-you-go law.
Worse than that, Mayor Hylan
procured the passage of law at
the recent special session authoriz-
ing his administration to issue long
term bonds to cover any amounts
spent for new school sites and
buildings. The Mayor can there
fore divert the whole of his existing
SIS, 100000 annual allowance to
other projects. If he and his asso-
ciates issue s50,0OO,0O0 of new
long-term school bonds and con-
tinue to put out $15, 100000 IN
long-term bonds for other uses. the
city's borrowing capacity will soon
be exhausted, in spite of the sharp
increase in realty valuations. The
embarrassments from which the
pay-asyou-go act rescued the city
will return to plague us. With no
safe margin, the city will again be
headed toward high interest rates
on its productive investment bor-
rowings and toward excessive
taxation
The Mayors determination to
build courthouse at this juncture
throws a clear light on his attitude
toward thrift in city affairs. Though
he promised to reduce budgets he is
not only recklessly expanding them
but is involving the city in new
long-term Indebtedness in the hope
of covering up his trail, The con-
tractors are very hungry and de-
mand chance to satisfy their ap-
pettes.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05

But beyond this in peculiar way
strikes hit more closely home and much
harder at the laboring class itself than
at any other class in American life
For strike that cuts off or limits
for time the production of any COM
modity-coal or iron or cotton cloth or
transportation scrvice-means that
thousands and often tens of thousands
Of other laborers who depend on that
product for their work are through that
shortage of supply not able to work.
The steel strike by raising the D ice
OF steel. not only raised the price of
all steel products-knives and sewing
machines and every other steel prod
uct-to the laboring public as well as
to the rest of the public, but the short
age of steel also shut down or partly
smut down hundreds of plants which
couldn't get steel to keep going. The
s'ockholders in such plants may have
lost some of their dividends-but that
IS only part of the stockholders in
come; managers and Office help NAV
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
The Series and the Slump

The slump Of interest in the once
epochal business Of deciding world
series is audible for miles around
Right here in the heart of local
pride at its proudest the folk who
don't give a hoot are numbered in
the vast majority. Even the chatter
of the most eXctable fans is con-
Quoted soto 1oce, with half a
heart and to little solid monetary
end.
Nevertheless and notwithstand-
ing, seats for the nine games have
sold as never before. The money
is rolling into the Golfers of the
magnates (Which means, in fact,
the pockets of the players) quite as
g!orlously as in those days Of the
Golden Age when men actually be-
lieved that baseball was always a
straight game.
From which situation it will be
speedily inferred by those baseball
leaders whose heads are as baseballs
IN the matter Of stuffing that moth
ing need be done. The fan is fool
#nd doesn't care how much he is
kicked around. Why worry about
national commissions or doing any
thlng-eXcept wait till short men,
ories have forgotten that there ever
was worlds series decided bv
gamblers?
Fortunately there are able and
honorable men in baseball, and it
IS to them that the fans must look.
Brooklyn is proud Of its team, and
Justly so; Uncle Wilbert is as
square a man as ever handled
team, and he has done miracles with
team of loyal, hard playing men.
There is ample reason why New
Workers should stand by their local
teams In the hour Of baseball dis
grace. Let it be conceded too, that
baseball is a national habit which
will take lot of killing.
But baseball can be killed. and
the crooks and towards of the game
vii! ultimately kill it if they at
tempt to ignore the present uprising
of Indignation and flattening out of
general interest. Money at the
gate is not the only way Of count
ing the value Of a baseball prop
erty; for ticket money, unless
backed by good will, is a most IN
certain and deceptive indication. A
slump of interest may not be quick
ly felt at the box office. But in the
long run it will unquestionablv
break the game. That is the cold.
cast truth, and the sooner our short
sighted baseball magnates focus
their eyes on the fact the better
for them and the whole national
game.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
News from Russia

With respect to news from Rus
sla the world is news-shy.
1t is bound to rely on two sources
of misinformation. First. through
the strangle grip the Soviet govern
ment has on the Russian press and
all means of communication, the
only dispatches that come out di-
rectly are what Lenine would have
come out. No presumption of truth
attaches.
Second, refugees fleeing over the
border tell their stories in Finland.
Sweden or Poland. But these are
unframed in fact gathering. They
know only what they have seen.
What they report may be true
enough, but it may not be typical or
representative. Travellers tales, espe-
cially the tales of enforced travel
ers, are naturally received with re-
serve.
SO one doesn't know and can't know
what is happening in the vast, dark
land-to what degree the Soviet
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05

One thousand men on a strike in
one place almost invariably means
many other workers often 10000,
10000, 100000 other workers-vitally
and directly affected, yet often in such
utterly different fields and often SC
many hundreds or thousands of miles
away that even the affected workers
themselves have no idea what it was
that affected them.
or the 3,232 major strikes Of last
year there was probably not one that
did not throw out of employment or
otherwise reduce the wages of from 3
times TO 700 times as many other work
ers as the strike itself directly in
volvcd. Yet it is doubtful if any of
these other workers ever stopped to
realize that the direcr and only cause
of their loss Of wages was the othc,
strike.
In raising the cost of food and cloth
ing and other necessities, in derancinq
manufacturing AID transportation and
not only keeping industry from going
ahead but pulling it back, strikes and
lessened production are raising gen.
eral prices to the aboring man and
hurting him just as much as the rest
of the public.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05

power is tottering. The monstrous
structure will some day fall--this
is clear; but when is not predictable.
AS long as it possessed control
over the army the old autocracy was
unshakable. Not until the Cossacks
refused to fire on the people was the
Gar in any danger, no matter what
Russia thought or wanted. SINH
larly, as long as the new Red army
is loyal to Lenine the new autocracy
may be regarded as impregnablc.
Lenine feeds his bravos well, just
as the Alexanders and the Nicho-
lases did theirs.
Russia is sick unto death. But
what is the use Of civilians rising
when machine guns will pepper
them and there are no weapons with
which to respond? Some say it is
remarkable how the Soviet regime
hangs on. 1t is not remarkable at
all. With it's mercenary army back
ing it, of course it stands, and will
doubtless continue to stand until the
army changes.
There is evidence that the Polish
disasters have discouraged the army,
and hence the plausibility in the re-
ports that the end is near But Le-
nine may be able to rcestablish dis
cipline. If he succeeds in this, what
the people of Russia think is of little
practical consequence.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
Calvin Coolidge Says
(From his address at the Associated
Industries Dinner, Boston, De-
cem6er Is, I91G.)

(ffom his address at the Associated
Industries Dinner, Boston, Dc.
cember Is, 1850
We have had many attempts at regu-
lation Of industrial activity by law.
Some of it has proceeded on the theory
that if those who enjoyed material
prosperity use It for wrong PURPOSES
such prosperity should be limited or
abolished. That is as sound as it would
be to abolish writing to prevent forgery
We need to keep forever in mind tina
guilt is personal; if there is to be pun
lshment let it fall on the evildoer. LET
US not condemn the instrument. We
need power Is the steam engine too
strong? Is electricity too swift? Can
any prosperity be too great? Can any
instrument OF commerce or industry
ever be too powerful to serve the public
needs?
What, then, Of the ant trust laws
They are sound In theory. Their as
somblances Of wealth are broken rp he
cause they were assembled for an un-
lawful purpose. 1t is the purpose that
IS condemned. You men who renresent
our Industries can see that there is the
same right to dispense unlawful assem-
bllng of wealth or power that there is
10 dlsperse n mob that has met To 1vncb
or riot But that principle does not
denounce town meetings or prayer meet
ings.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05

1Htc 10 tNt JONftN o. q series ct
thirteen articles appearing upon tins
page daily, including lSundoyJ
Copyright 1920, New York Tribune Inc
The families of over 100000 work
crs in Detroit had an unexpectedly
gloomy last Christmas because over
100000 workers suddenly lost most of
several weeks wages because Of a
strike of other workers hundreds of
miles away
The 1000 mine laborers in the Illinois
coal fields who struck during July forced
$4,000 miners to stop work and lose
their wages.
Probably million New York labor
ers in scores Of fields lost very con-
siderable part of their wages for
weeks within the past year because Of
streetcar strikes in which majority
of the operatives were forced on a
strike against their own will.
Over 100000 workers, a large part
OF them in New York, had their wages
seriously cut for nearly three months
recently because 1000 printers insisted
on striking in breach Of their own con-
tract and in defiance of the orders OF
official leaders
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
Pelham, n. Y, Oct. I 1920
lndecency Rebuked
To the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the name of propriety I wish
to protest against the insertion in your
otherwise irreproachable paper of an
indecent picture. In the society notes
of September 22 there is a picture of a
beautiful girl, otherwise modestly
garbed, but she Is actually showing her
ears.
Don't let this happen again or shall
order my paper stopped, much as am
enjoying Cox's howlings anent slush
funds and Creel's prompt rushing first
aid" to him, as Creel did to our revered
President. Ears, however, are too much
for my delicate sensibilities. Being a
spinstex of decidedly certain age, per-
haps | am too easily shocked.
SPINSTER.
Bradford, VT, Sept. o. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05

nave lost some raises in paw taet
otherwise eXpected-but their salaries
went on just the same; but to the Ia
boring man such a shutdown. or par
tlal shutdown, due to the steel strike
IN which he had no direct interest or
voice, meant that he lost all his paV
for all the time he lost because of thai
strike.
The first week Of the coal strike
100000 workers in Detroit alone were
idle-90 per cent of all factory work.
ers in Indianapolis dropped to half
tune, 25O,oO0 workers in Chicago had
their wages entirely cut off-and the
same condition prevailed in almost
every part of the country If, as was
CANNED, every man, woman and child
OF all classes IN the United States lost
$40 each through this strike. it is prob
able that the loss in a large part Of
the laboring families Of the country
reached $50 each.
AT election time last year nearly
5000 workers of the American Loco.
motive Company's Schenectady plant
had been for some time previously out
OF employment. j. B. Bellingham,
an employee of the General Electric
Company, president OF one of the labor
unions in the electric field and a
recognized labor leader. who was run
ming for Office on the Socialist ticket
made special appeal to these Ameri-
can Locomotive Company employees on
the ground of their Unemployment. de-
manding again and again, with oratori-
cal emphasis, Of them. of the capital
lists and of the whole country why
these capable workmen. who were will
ing to work, whose families desper-
ately needed their wages, should not
have work
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
Denting Wages

The answer in this particular in
stance happened to be particularly
easy; the exceptionally high wages
which another specially powerful class
of labor had forced from the railroads.
plus the constant strikes Of other
classes of labor in the railroad field.
had so reduced both the railroads in
come and the use to which the rail
roads were able to put the equipment
they had that they were at that time
absolutely unable to buy the extra
locomotives which would have given
emplTment to these men.
Moreover it is not at all necessary
that the strike be in some big. con-
splcuously basic industry like coal or
steel to make tremendous den, in
the wages of immense numbers of cut
side workers whom the strikers them
selves undoubtedly never considered in
the situation.
Take the case Of strike of which
the public outside of the little local
area might never hear-a strike among
NttFn
strike by comparatively few thou
sand primary producers of cotton i'm
medlately involves vastly greater
number of cotton weavers. cotton
bleachers, cotton print men, etc. SO
that nearly five times as many workers
IN the Lowell section alone as actually
struck lose all their wages.
But this includes only the first OF
the outside effects of such strike. In
New York makers of all kinds of WON
ems and children's undergarments.
wrappers, dressers, aprons; in Troy
makers of collars and shirts; IN Utica
makers of sheets and pillow cases; in
Ipswich, Holyoke and Rockford makers
OF mems, women's and children's
hosiery-in short, tens of thousands of
workers all over the country also lose
time and wages because of the original
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
Garry Your Own ("

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: SO restaurant proprietors arc Of
the opinion that the Garry YOUR own
lunch" movement will soon end. the
same as did the overall movement. For
their benefit let them be informed that
TINS is not fad but an old style which
ls steadily arousing enthusiasm. Not
only clerks and stenographers are carry-
ing their lunch, but men of high busi-
ness standing. Why? Firstly. because
prices are so high; secondly, because q
lot OF time and trouble are saved. j q
lodging down to the corner amidst a
crowd Of lunchtime sightseers who pre-
Ter TO block the hurried business man
rather than to spend little time readinc
IN thelr offices after lunch; thirdly. be-
cause 1t tends 20 bring about pleasant
lunch parties where an interesting
chat Will not be interrupted by some
ones diving for seat and KNOCKING
the bean off the knife, the bean Won had
been trying to inhale since you entered
the menagerie.
My lunch last week was real nov
city. Five good sized packages at 15c a
package, and five quarts of milk at 20c
quart, making total of SITS for
sandwiches, cake and milk. Enough to
eat, too. If there is any restaurant pro-
prletor who can do better than that, he's
hired. FRANK n tOppro
Crawford, n j., Sept 80. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
In Defense Of Mary $ Sons

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: | thoroughly enjoyed your edi.
torlal on Fog" of September 80 but T
think the sons of Mary are entitled TO
some defense for their weakness i,
things the sons of Martha nrav.
strong in.
1t is true that If the former wonld
compare themselves with the latter
IN the particulars to which you refer.
their peevlshness might or should turn
INTO prayerfulness, as you suggest. But
let us not indict the sons of Mary to
the heavlcct sentence for their actions.
Her sons have chosen different path.
because differently adapted; and what
the sons of Mary can bravcly face
the sons of Martha might finch at, or
become pceved over. Don't you think
a lighter sentence justifable?
Z. B. R.
Pelham, n. Y, Oct. 1, 1920.
P. S.-For the sake of an exact
analogy: l believe the Bible endeavors
to give more credit to Mary than to
Martha. Didn't the latter get con-
demned tor thinking that the way to
a mans heart is through his stomach :?
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
4 Million and a Half Effected

As a result Of this wholly unvsr
rented action of aboa, 2,000 printers
millions OF catalogues were not printed
or were printed months late. And, Il
quote Mr. Roger Babson. who has made
special statistical study OF this siiSs'
ton, The whole manufacturing nrograFa'
Of hundreds of these firms ~crc held aF
because they could not eet out then
catalogues II Is estimated that thss
firms employ over 100000 people, and
indirectly give work 20 l.000,900 Others
Thus the strike Of only few Thousand
men in one industry affected 100000 ID
another line o. production And remsr'
bcr, that back of this 100000 are siil
more men ard women whose work sna
earnings suffered
One billion dollars would be NOS.
conservative figure at which to put the
wages lost last year by workers who do
not strike because Of strikes by oths;
workers.
This means that each average worker
in the whole country. entirely in add
ton to al he suffered from raises -
prices due 70 strikes, also lost over S1V
cash out of his own last years pay en-
velope because OF strikes IN which re
had no voice or other interest. Tens q
thousands of these workers, Of coufss'
lost much more than this.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05

said of the honor of the nation.
We discover the head of the Re-
public now saying in effect that we
may make pledge and at the same
time have in our hearts the thought
of not keeping it unless convenient.
Could there be more abiect moral
cOllanSe2
New-York tribune., 1920-10-05
The Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepys

October 2-Early up, and to break
fast, of melon, bluefish, eggs and ham
and coffee, and | had vast amount,
TIL G. Beck cried he would give me
no more. So for boat ride on Barne-
gat Bay, and l.. Fuertes tried to teach
me to play the tin whistle, but was
unskillful at it, but not so inept as
X. Werrenrath. SO for swim, very
pleasant, and to luncheon, and +.
Bates and played some tennis, with
very poor rackets and such poor balls
and on so poor court that | near
beat him. Played many tunes on my
hute accordion, +. Bates playing the
violoncello, l.. Fuertes the sweet po-
tato, and j. McGovern the violin; and
good musick it was, too, as all averred.
10 dinner, very merry, far merrier,
methought, than in the old DAYS be-
fore Prohibition came.
3--Lay late, and played at quoits,
not without skill, neither; and r. Wer-
renrath sang for two hours, and I
never heard him sing better, dignity
ing even some cheap and unworthy
songs, which he singeth, meseems, too
many Of He hath new one, 81 wish
were where Helen lies,v very beau
tiful. A fine dinner, and so home bv
train and found no one home, but nv
wife came in later, and glad Of seeing
me.
art tO ft1a
reading letters and the newspapers,
which | have not seen for two davs.
In the evening to see "1hc Treasure y
and home and to bed.
hats such as Sir Oliver
Cromwell wore.-The Times Book Re-
view.
Knighted by Charles /?
The Insomniacs
And the name that he murmurs each
night in his sleep
Is Edna st. Vincent Millav.
CORINNA.
am gay caballero,
come from Rio Janeiro,
Bringing with me
Malatra Malice
And Edna st. Vincent Millav.
H. W. H.
The orchard, the meadow. the deem
tangled wildwood,
And every loved Edna St. Vincen+
Millay.
Father, dear father, come home with
And Edna st. Vincent uillsy.
The little toy dog is covered with dust
And Edna st. Vincent Millay.
Green be the turf above thee,
Edna st. Vincent Millay!
The world is full Of soft hearted
folk, so there doubtless is sympathy
for the mail truck driver whose truck
hurt three children and killed ono last
Saturday.
Whoever the gamblers that flxed the
1919 series were, probably thev had
an official scorer. A batting average
would read
ALB Fl E PC
6 0 4 1000
Whom do you suppose the gamblers
are picking for the Series?
Ta~t r~a. ~. x,ky;.