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New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

turning them back now to the nomi-
nal owners with rates in effect which
are not self-sustaining. The roads
are unjustly handicapped by having
to go to the Interstate Commerce
Commission to ask for higher rates.
And the notorious aversion of that
Olympian body to granting adequate
rates has il the past reduced the
carriers to condition of semi-star-
walton.
The operating expenses of the
roads have increased 102 per cent
since 1914. But passenger rates
have been raised only 2S4 per cent
and freight rates only 34.4 per cent.
Railroad transportation has thus
been artifcially depressed in price
in the midst Of period of rapid in
flation. This industry has been sin
g!ed out for seif~sacrifce. A liberas
increase ii RACES l. therefore due.
1t cannot be witnholA i tic ~oads
are merely to be allowed to break
even on operation. And Congress
has plainly expressed its intention
that the carriers should be permitted
both to meet their expenses and to
produce 81 fair return on the value
of their property.
Congress, at that, has not been
overgenerous. Yet it has established
a rule of compensation which the
Interstate Commerce Commission
had previously refused to recognize.
That is the one encouraging feature
IN the new railroad situation. If
the commission will drop its old OBJ
sessions and cooperate chcerfully
with Congress the credit of the roads
may be partially reastablished and
their facilities may be expanded to
meet national needs. The roads
have been kept standing still, while
the country has grown. That dis
astrous policy should be reversed
If it is, q rev era Of hope will begin
for the patriotic and long shabbily
treated railway investor.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Certainly Not Partisans

Whatever criticisms may be justly
made of the patriotism and the
Americanism of Speaker Sweet and
his associates. it does not seem pos
sible to accuse them of partisanship
. or of any overmastcring desire to
increase the Republican vote this
fall. There is scarcely q politician
in the state. Republican, Democrat
or Socialist, who has doubt of the
election effects of the custer pro-
ceedings.
Votes to the Republicans are be-
ing lost every day. The Democrats
are not yet optimistic enough to
think they are in sight of major
ity, but one or two more blunders
and their hope will become lively.
The Socialists are openly jubilant.
If the Republican Assembly con-
firms the suspensions they expect to
double or to triple the Socialist vote.
Of course, It IS unfair to hold the
Republican party as whole respon
sible for Speaker Sweets narrow
ness of vision. Democratic Assem-
blymen also voted for suspension
with practical unanimity. But,
alas! it is not. the practice of voters
20 display fine discrimination. They
hammer the party in power for I'M
satisfactory action. If Republican
spokesnacn this fall point out that
Mr. Sweet is not their party aud
shat his fault is personal they will
meet the interrogatory: "Then why
did you Republicans put and sustain
him in power?" Audiences, it is to
be feared, will snicker as effort is
made to disavow the Sweet theory
Of liberty.
Chairman Hays of the National
Committee is supposed to wish to
secure New York's electoral vote for
The nominees Of the Chicago conven-
lion. Senator Wadsworth, besides
his concern as party leader, has q
personal interest in the election re-
suit, and is aware that with respect
% him there is already a formidable
detection. Others who are weary of
the sort Of government the Adminis-
ration provides look forward to
emancipation next March. Cannot
fhese find a way to induce the
Speaker to sit down without doing
more damage? Is it seriously held
that he is of such consequence that
ne must be spared humiliation at all
costs? 1t was he who grasped the
tail Of the bear he would now like to
release; having laid hold without
consulting anybody, he may be ked
20 look after himself as he lets 90.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
The Aduatic Compromise
A Plea for an acceptance Of the
NuNi Terms
the Editor Of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIT: 1t seems to me and | have
reason to believe that there must be
either feeling of animosity against
Italy or some personal interest be-
hind the Adriatic question. The whole
matter should have been adjusted over
year ago without keeping the whole
world in a turmoil and without the re-
adjustment and reconstruction which
the European countries need
If we look back to history we know
and see that all the cities and towns
were Italian for centuries, but were
taken away from her by the invasion
of her territory by Austria, and Italy
ever since they were taken from her
has beca trying TO redeem them
And after wears of war and sacrifice,
from centuries AGO to the present time,
when she won great victory alone in
the World War against the eternal
enemy, the Allies-or I may say our
President. Mr.. Wilson'S the obstacle
to letting Italy enjoy her rights to
redeem those cities and land that were
hers. The Jugo-Slavs never were a
nation; they were tribes under the Aus
trian Empire and fought Italy as the
worst enemy whom Italy wanted 10
redeem her lost provinces. President
Wilson, in his fourteen points, and
the rest of the Allies have formed a
new state called Jugo- Slavia and are
trying to create more disturbance
than we had before the war on the
Adriatic The Jugo-Slavs ought to be
contents to have state of their own
as nation and to have an outlet
through Fiume or elsewhere on the
Adriatic bl' not to infringe or take
away from Italy the land for which
they have been fighting for centuries
and have now redeemed.
The argument that the part Of the
land which Italy wants is popu-
lated by Jugo-slavs is entirely wrong,
because they were sent there by the
Austfians as a tribe, and therefore
they have no right to complain and 10
occupy land which never was theirs.
if we look back to pany similar cases
where other nations, like France or
England, or even the United States,
where the population of other coun
tries is superior to their own. they
had to submit themselves to those cir
cumstances, which geographically and
politically belonged to other nations.
But since the Italian government,
through Premier Ntti, has made and
is willing to make the best concessions
to Jugo-Slavia in helping them to be q
Tree little nation and to establish
friendly relations, it seems to me that
the last decision made by the Allies
IN January ought to be accepted by all
the Allies ard finish this Adriatic dis
pute, which is disquictine and brings
encouragement to the whole world
JOSEPH N. FRANCOLINI
New York, Feb 27, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
The Perfect President

1Fron Yhe Philadelphia Inquirer
Seven million farmers, it is conf
IDENTIFY asserted, have decided that no
man can be elected President who does
not answer to their satisfaction ques-
tionnaire they will submit to him!
Union labor promises to be equally in
sistent, and the Anti-Saloon League
declares that he must be prohibitions
sst. There are other special interests
to be heard from.
The only feasible way out of the diff
ticulty seems to be to discover a man
with no opinions of his own-a human
dictaphone who would simply repeat
whatever any one chose to pour into
his ear.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

thought to be handicapped unless at
some time in his life worker with
his hands. So there are reasons for
class labor party in European
countries which do not exist here.
OF wage-workers of America Mr..
Gompers has been able to get only a
small fraction unionized. There is a
disposition to take potluck as citi-
zen. Mr.. Gompers knows all this,
and he is too canny to have a public
record made that probably would
mean a consequent loss of labor
prestige.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

ever of sincerity and idealism is
among the Bolshevists vainly strug-
giles against mounting material
ism. Human nature will not be de-
MED. There is a ruling class, and it
is not a pretty one, for aristocracy
was restrained by noblesse obHge, by
taboos that came from the past,
while the new rulers are merely op-
posite. Russia faces such condi-
tion as briefly prevailed in our South
during reconstruction days, when the
old leadership was impoverished and
none too efficient and the overseer
who made himself agreeable to a
carpet-bag government took charge.
Reaction in Russia is not likely to
come in form, but it has already
largely coine in fact. Russia's pres
ent rulers are largely of a race
highly intelligent and highly indi-
vidualistic and trained by the centu-
rics to skill in bargaining. CO.
operating vi'Es lhem arc men Of Ger
man stock, SEEK to serve them
selves in a t. lty way, even though
not interested in extending Ger
many's political dominion. One can
foresee that the non-economic Rus
sian is to be picked clean. Other
convulsions are likely to come as
Russians seek to realize not the
name but the substance of a free life
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Suppose Senator Wadsworth Is
Wronql
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Are sc not the consistent peo-
Pc? We talk about 4trimmine poll
tioians" and "spine'css members Of
Congress" but WREN by accident. per
haps. We have elected real man 10
the Senate (senator Wad WORTH we
Immediately want TO defeat ard retir--
him, because ne has the moral eolr-
age 70 stand ap and say that some e
as. in his opinion. afs wrong about
certain things ami that he VII rot
vote rs ordered.
Suppose he j. wrong ON woman Sc
frage. suppose he is wrong on nroh.-
b!tion he is man enough to hase de.-
mite beliefs aud. desai1e fhe tArests
Of the sufrragIsfs and of the Anfi-sa-
loon League. to sotc rs he thiass best
fer the country
Just compare him with osr Demo-
cratic fr.eaas. the eonera Erem
he.ow the Meson and p.xoa lne. bio
they vote for natioaa. ngohb.aen2
Surely. for thes tao eA il popn.ai
because their states ~ere legally
dry" No falA asaat eslaes rs
oil. no Them votes were ra faf
what th.y Thought ropaiar - hoee
Bat 'oman saTras ~Hsar fhem
rave about the God sren Eht q
each state to determine aeh asttes'
for itself 30 "saf' ae Is not oops-
lar ia the South
As far as proh.btoa i concerned
one, at least o. those osr se4iaeFn
"rulers" allcd his cellar uhp -.
fhere was time. and. setia- = or
tae' law. aimittsa n eeassr tssn bis
-eeliag that rs WAS "a s'aAe
But Senator Nadsworsa eames on.
fatfootea tn has oei let thas ihe fese-
ing of unpopulag laws upon ihe peop'e
OF a Whole state - means ef % asi,n4-
ment to the Con stiia.isa IS WRONG 80
principle. and he is nam enough 10
stand up and be eoaated is may bs
that in the course OF tae ncxt fsw
year VIC shat wish be had had more
Ct np4ay in his beliefs and ac' ons.
FRANK K. CHAMBERS JR.
Feathersto8e, Va, Beb. II. ie29.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Bp
HeyGood Bfoun

a little too much win be poured in
and something will be spilled over. for
when man becomes 10l or 5O2 per
cent American he must soon dispose Of
the surplus. He may take it to Mexico
IN the train of holy way or bavonet
a path for it into Japan, and recently
we have heard not a few around New
York who seem to think highly of the
possibility of war to Americanize
England. And. of course, the various
agencies to deport, eXpel and imprison
often represent the activi les Of those
who have more Americanism than they
can carry like gentlemen.
Not only is patriotism poured in at
the top in our schools, but literature
and art and everything else is adm n
stered in like fashion. The pupil is
allowed to discover nothing for him
self. Here" says the teacher. "is a
great book. Read it, And yet We
wonder that when the boys and girls
grow old enough to vote they usually
follow the same order of boss or dema-
gogue. who says, "Hylan is the peoples
friend; vote for him. In fact, We
train a public which masses around
cheer leaders. 1t follows the man with
the megaphone, who shouts, "Now.
boys, all together and nine long rahs on
the endi" The rahs are the most i'm
portant part of it. That is the point
where The volume of sound swells
greater and greater
1t doesn't seem to me that there is
much difference in the psychological
processes Of the followers OF Ole Han
son and of Big Bill Haywood. They
are merely on opposite sides Of the
field. The trouble with bringing up
anybody on cheer leaders is that it is
SO easy for him to switch The same
man who tells you one day that this
country must have law and order #
it has to lynch every Socialist in the
country to get it is just as likely to
say the next month that this viii
never be a true democracy until IL has
dictatorship of the prolctariat Not
for minute, mind you. would we sup
press the cheering squads or their
leaders. Personally. we have no de
sire to see q social revolution Our
holdings. which include two Libertg
bonds, twenty shares of American Drug
Syndicate and one share Of preferred
stock in "The Liberator,' incline US to
conservatism. 1t seems to us that we
propertyholders who want the world
to go on without commissions should
urge policy which would permit
those who want to holler to go on hol
lering and at the same time rope off
some section under the grandstand
for those who just want to talk.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

Audle, the home Of the Wells chill
dren, must be good school Very
probably it is better than ANYTHING
IN America. And yet we are not will
ing to accept it as the last word. It
terrifies us little by its efficiency.
If II. 3D. goes to Audle's we know
he'll come home to ask US questions
which we can't possibly answer and
he'll build toy factories and bridges
in the front hall for US to trip over.
Out of Audle's will come men to make
these toys real-men who will tunnel
mountains and friehten rivers out Of
their courses. Others will harry germs
and compose symphonies and perhaps
some will write huge stacks of novels
as high as those of Wells himself
Nevertheless, we are a little dis
tressed when Wells speaks so impa-
tiently of the devil of Incidence in a
child We wonder whether he NAV not
mean the child's invariable desire to do
something other than that suggested
by parent or teacher There have been
times when II. Sd has refused nv most
earnest pleas that he ride his kiddie
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
The Single Standard

70 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | have read with much interest
your article in to-day's issue regard
ing the ruling of Judge Wadhams in
holding chat men arrested with women
charged with immoral acts are equally
guilty and should be held for trial with
theIr companions. 1t seems to me that
the women of the entire country should
rise IN vote of thanks to Judge Wad
hams for his splendid decision in this
connection. In direct opposition to this
attitude is that OF woman Judge
l. e., Mrs. Jean Norris, who holds that
Judge Wadhams's s ruling is entirely
erroneous, and in recent statement
made by Judge Norris she seemed to
defend the men and condemn her sister
women. 1t would seem to the casual
reader that if women are not to stand
in defence Of one another they can
hardly expect the support of their
brothers. All honor TO Judge Wad-
hams May his tribe increase and the
world be blessed by such judges. I
am member of the bar of another
state, and although | never hone to be
q judge myself l pray for the continu-
ance OF such men as this one in our
courts. EDITH B. NEWMAN.
New York, Feb. 27, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
In Plain EnrIish

,Fron. The Paliaasfpha fs rts
Defining the right T. strke de-
manded by the railway unions as the
right to starve people to deata.' tbs
National Grange brushes away 3 lot o.
cohwebs spun by false logic.
There are many things besides quit
ting his job which man may do
only on condition that ia doing i be
IS not imperiling the common welfare.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
lLl.y .lIZ Tz5:I ~.
Gotham Clcanings
III M III 5.ill.i l1zfl M ii

We'll. The govt IS out OF the r. r.
bus. now.
Tommy Wells is recupcratug at
Ashcville \. {.
-Chas. Norris and wife are in
town for the winter.
The telephone service is no bet
ter than it should be. IT,.
Art McKcogh OF Philadelphia
was here Thursday Tor tea.
-.ack Drinl<water was to B'klyn
yesterday on pleasure trip.
Crosby Caigc OF here left for
Palm Beach Friday for VACATION
-Bainbridge Colby OF Goth St. is
working Tor the govt. at this writings.
Chuck Townc the W. k. rough
diamond is back from the Southland.
MARK Sullivan is making his
head in Washington the NATL cap
ital these days.
Miss Lola Fisher was under the
weather. as They say Thursday, but
is much improved at this writing.
Ray Ives has reed his hon. dis
charge from the army and is putting
his time in ON ye scribe's income tax
thcsc days.
-Reinald Worrcnrath is going to
sing lot of Deems Taylor's songs
next Sunday at Carnegie Hall, this
being more OF an adv. for Deems
than for Rciny.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
The Lunch Room Takers

"Whaddye think O. that Lansing
business?'
"Yeah that's hot one. Why
couldn't President Marshall-er, ex-
President Marshall-run the country,
if Wilson was too sick ?"
"Yeah"
"Why, all the time Wilson was sick
the country was running itself, practi-
cally,'
yeah, practically. What kind O. pic
You got, waiter?'
we have apple, peach, pumpkin,
minee, lemon, raisin, cocoanut, custard.
cranbcrry"-
"I'll take apple" A. R. c.
WANTED - Single young lady with
some means to open moving picture
theater with young gentleman. Box
X73, Republican otfce.-s Springfield Re-
publican
Evidently pair is necessary to open.
Paper, the Young Visiter to our of
fee was told, comes from trees. 81
suppose" she said, that the pulp fol.
the bulldog edition comes from the
bark"
If the United States buys the Ber-
mudas, what is to become of the Prin-
cess, the Hamilton, and the BELMONT
bars?
Motto by the Department of Street
Cleaning: Beware the Slides of March.
r
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
MEafpER OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the
for republication of all news dispatches credited
Il not otherwise credited In this paper and
herein.
All rights OF republication Of all other matter
here:n also reserved
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
SUBSCRIPTION RArxs--Ry mail. Including
GUARANTY

You can pureha.e merchandise advertised IA THE
non rssut. '" ia any COS. rHu fasuhE aaa1anss
- pay your money back upen request. No red tsso.
Ne eethbsins. We make GOOD promptly II tbs
advertiser does net
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
A Powerful Vehicle

tFrom Tho PAi1aaelphia eablle Ledger,
A wheel chair sometimes hears .
close resemblance to road roller.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

If We were an anti-Administration
Republican, we should set in motion an
investigation into certain kind Of cx-
travagance. Does The department sta
tioncry bear the name Of its head? If
it BOSWELL, for example, think OF
the delay, not to mention the expense
in waiting for stationery to be printed
reading Department of State, Balm
bridge Colby, Secretary"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
No, He Reads Only Light Stuff and Fiction

NO, Tie Heads Only hight StuH and Fiction
Sir: The slandcrous statements of cnvious
men, the malicious criticism of pygmy minds
the propaganda of party hatc--nothing can
alter my admiration for and undyine loyalty
to the President II he knew of this feel
that l. too might be raised to cminence
Sixth assistant deputy collector of internal
revenue or something. But how TO let him
know, yes. how to let him know? He reads
lhc Tower, doesn't he?
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

If We were the Advertising manager
for an encyclopedia Britannica, for
nstance-we should get somebody to
call MIR. Summers attention to the
articles on "Alcohol,' "Brewing," and
"Wines,' in the fund hope that the
Society for the Suppression of Vice
would take what IS popularity known
as action.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
The Coming 7'ower
TO A PORTRAIT
8 of the past, the subtle gorgeous

Dreams of the past, the subtle gorgeous
East,
Sidonian gold and purple Of old Tyre,
In swaying rainbow caravans, the
feast
Spread on the silver desert, and the
Aflame on lofty affairs by the sea
Dreams Of to-day, vast pinnaclcs of
power,
Reared to dream, and thrust from
that vast tower
Built by the will to make and keep
men free.
Dreams Of tomorrow, utterances half
heard,
Borne on the wings of far blowing
wind,
Visions of service mightier than the
Word.
New light on the still reaches of the
mind.
/ message pas= the power Of priest
cI sword
1"no with a penel' On bit of board
q. NJ. DENNIS.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

POLK Coaching Colby is the head
line; and it makes one wonder how
long it takes new Secretary to learn
the signals.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

Our Certified Public Accountant,
however, tells us that we are allowed
to deduct the cost of the watch from
our income, as a business expense.
So we are thinking of giving him the
1920 watch.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

1t may or may not interest contribs
to know that thus far G. S. B., the
not-too-sweet singer of Connecticut, is
in the lead for the 1920 watch.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

At the present rate per apple, it is
doubtful whether the boyhood sport of
orchardrobbing would still come under
the head of petty arcenY.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

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New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

Motto by the Department of Street
Cleaning; Beware the Slides of March.
F. P.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-04

Buster Bear had run deep into the
Green Forest. AS long as he could
hear the yells and laughter of Farmer
browns boy, and f.. some time after,
he had run. You see, being surprised
IN that Bee-tree by Farmer Browns
boy had thrown him into a panic. A
panic, you know, is nothing but fright
without reason People in panic do
things without knowing what they are
doing
At last Buster stopped running. For
one thing he was beginning to eet
out of breath. Buster was fat with
good living, altogether too fat for a
long run. Then, too, he could no
longer hear the voice of Farmer Browns S
boy or any other sound to show that
he was being followed
So Buster Bear stopped He stood
st'll, as still as rock, looking, listen
ing and testing the air with his keen
nose. No, he wasn't being followed; :;
that much was certain Right then
and there Buster came out of that
panic. Anger took the place of fear
Yes. sir, that is what happened: anger
took the place of fear And minute
by minute that anger increased.
In the first place, now that he had
begun to think, Buster was angry be-
cause he had been so frightened and
had run away. Some people are al
ways made angry by being frightened.
especially when there is no real cause
for fear. This was the case with Bus
ter Bear. He knew that he had run
away from Farmer Browns boy when
he could just as we'll have made Farm
er Browns boy run from him
In the second place he was sore
al, over. When he had dropped from
high up in that Bee-tree he received
terrible shaking up when he hit the
ground. Then. in his needless flight.
he had bumped, and bumped hard, into
several trees and each bump had left
bruise. Worse still were the stings
from the Bees. Those angry little
fighters had stung him all over the
head and paws. He had been stung
IN his ears, his nose and his mouth.
Some of those Bees had worked their
way down through his fur and stunp
him all over his body. Some of them
were in his fur that very minute as
fresh sting on his back reminded him.
Buster growed savagely and tried
to reach that Bee. He couldn't. A
fresh sting IN another place made him
jump and snarl. Then he did the wis
est thing he could have done; he laid
down and rolled over and over on the
ground. That crushed the Bees still
in his coat and put an end to the
chance OF any. more stings.
Ryf II didn't end the smarting of