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New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Observation-Disclosures SelHshness

General prices now tend down
ward, as for six years they tended
upward. Another change in the pur-
chasing power Of money occurs to
threaten a new stimulant to unrest.
Will we find ways to soften the
shocks Of The adjustments? The
chief victims Of rising prices were
Investors and unorganized workers,
who endured their hardships dumb
". But other elements of the
population may not be equally docile.
Despite the dreams Of Utopians,
mankind has acted on the belief that
the safest workaday principle on
Which to base human relations,
whether Of nations or classes OF of
individuals, is intelligent seltishness.
Strikes, industrial wrangles, schemes
ior making a new world all at once
what are their principal faults ?
Failures to recognize mutually of
interest and attempts to base human
relations on other principles.
Men shut their eyes to the fact
that human beings live on current
Production and not on past accumu-
ations-that only TO small extent
are wages paid out Of capital. The
delusion tina. each man can have
more when all together have less
becomes so firmly rooted that men
Ike Mr. Gompers, who know better,
care not combat it.
Has the world learned? Will it in
crease the per capita quantity of
dlvsible goods? Or will it continue
'' quarrel over distribution and thus
prevent enhanced production?
Much has been written Of the
losses Of man power and the destruc-
tlon of machinery during the war.
those subtractions are serious. But
their evil effects have been less than
those which have come from slack
'hg and quitting jobs. The Battle
OF Caporetto was a great blow to
italy. But the recent industrial bat
Ties in Milan, Turin and Genoa have
cost the masses of Italy more.
america wasted vast supplies to
sustain her armies. But she mas
wasted more by unnecessary non
Production since.
Propaganda in favor Of selflshness
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Making America Safe for Whom

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: On November 2 the people of
the United States Will be called upon to
decide whether America will be made
safe for Americans or safe for Euro
peans.
While this question is probably the
main issue of the campaign, neverthe-
less, there are other questions of vital
Importance 70 the electorate The h.oh
cost of living; the provoking and irr-
tating war taxes, and the sinful waste
of the money we so generously expended
10 buy Liberty Bonds and War Savings
Stamps, are only a few OF the many
sins Of omission and commission Of the
present Democratic Administration. Be-
sides eight years Of one-man power Ia
sufficient for any mortal.
II you object to tho wanton waste,
arrogance, hypocrisy and insincerity Of
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
1920 and 1904

The Evening Worlds political
forecaster allows Cox 1872 electoral
votes. The Evening Posts forecaster
allows him III. Two hundred and
sixty-six votes are necessary to elect.
Both The Evening World and The
Evening Post are ardent supporters
of the Democratic candidate.
Conditions at the close Of the cam
paign recall those at the finish in
1904. Then also the Democratic
party was divided and the support
given the national ticket by masses
Of Democrats was perfunctory.
Thomas F Ryan contributed several
hundred thousand dollars to the Par
ker campaign chest merely in the
hope Of saving to some extent the
prestige Of the national organization.
Judge Parker received $40 cleo
toral votes TO Colonel Roosevelt's
1885, The solid South was for Par
ker and he got KentucAy's thirteen
votes and seven Of Maryland's eight.
He lost Missouri and every Northern
and Western state. The Southern
States had 100 votes in 1904. Now
they have l26. Oklahoma, with ten
votes, has been admitted since 1904.
Adding these ten, thirteen from
Kentucky and eight from Maryland,
the vote Of the Parker-Southern
group would rise to l57. Arizona
and New Mexico have also been ad-
mitted since 1904, and neither has
ever cast It's vote for a Republican
President. With their six electors
the Parker-Southern total would rise
to 1863. In order to reach the Cox
total Of III The Evening Posts ex-
pert classes Utah and Montana as
Democratic. Montana is normally
Democratic. Utah voted for Taft in
1912 and for Wilson in 1916.
The Parker vote in 1904 represent
ed Democratic low tide. The Cox
vote this year will apparently repre-
sent Democratic ow tide once more.
Mr.. Wilson received 435 electoral
votes in 1912 and PIT in 1915. Cox's
total on Tuesday will measure the
political results Of eight years Of
Wisconsin.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Closing Our Flour Mills

Now comes A. P. Husband secre-
tary Of the Milers' National Fedora
ton, saying that American -four
mills have been put out Of business
by the Shipping Board policy of the
Administration.
The two great markets for Ameri-
can wheat are the -four mills Of this
country and the export business
which has its clearing house in
Liverpool. The Shipping Board, says
Mr. Husband, has adopted ocean
freight rates which discriminate
in favor Of American wheat and
against American -four Liverpool
is the worlds wheat market, and as
such the price Of American wheat is
fixed there. And wheat once deliv-
cred to Liverpool is in the hands Of
u British government commission.
Therefore, he argues, with the
American flour mills put out Of
business" the price the American
farmer receives for his wheat actu-
ally is decided by the British gov
ernment.
For q long time before the war
exports Of American wheat and -four
were about equal AS far back as
1880 some 40 per cent Of our wheat
export was in the form Of -four.
Later the percentage varied accord
ing to world crop conditions. In 1919
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
The Bible VS.. the Covenant


To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: AS man who is coming to New
York from q great distance to vote
next Tuesday; one who has watched
carefully during the campaign the
methods and the developing evidence
of character, or lack Of it. of both
candidates, I would like to say a word
or two.
Mr.. Cox, the Democ ratio spokesman,
with power TO waver as he pleases,
except in the one "heart Of the world
so to speak, has to many Of Us seemed
to try 10 exalt himself a good deal like
the Pharisees in the gospel Of ST.
Luke. On the other hand, Mr.. Hard
ing, who has seemed more 10 humble
thoughts of the peoples wants and
needs. seems more like the publican
I think. if Bible refererec is per7ns-
sble, that the fourt,cnth verse OF
the eighteenth chapter OF Luke pretty
well describes how the God, fearing
people of America will be directed
next Tuesday for every one
that exalteth himself shall be ahashed,
and he that humbleth himself shall be
exalted"
How, again, can Mr.. Wilson, or his
wavering boy, reconcile the Tenth ar
ticle Of the covenant Of the League
Of Nations with the covenant Cod
made with his people in tho fourth
chapter of Micah in the first three
verses? They read:
but in the last days it STALL
come to pass, the mountain of the
house of the Lord shall be established
in the top of the mountain, and it
shall be exalted above the hills; the
people shall flow to it.
2-"hnd many nations shall some,
and say, come let Us go up TO tie
mountain Of the Lord, and to the house
Of the God of Jacob; and he will teach
us of his ways. and We shall walk in
lis paths; for the law shall 60 fo-th
of Zicn, and the word Of the Lord
from Jeru salem.
3-"And he shall judge among many
people, and rebuke strong nations afsr
Oft. and they shall beat their swords
into powshares, their spears into
pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up
a sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more"
Article x, by the judgment Of i'm
partial minds, seems to have she un-
fortunate quality Of producing not
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Phaedra Remembers Crete

(From The DAD
THINE, o my SOUL
of the red sand of Crete
think OF the earth, the heat
burnt tissure like the great
backs of the temple serpents;
think Of the world you knew
as the tide crcpt, the land
burned with a lizard-blue
where the dark sea met the sand
Think, 0 my soul
what power has struck you blind
is there no desert root, no forest-berry.
pine-pitch or knot of ir
known that can help the soul
caught IN a force, a power.
passionless, not its own.
No more. my soul
as the black cup, sullen and dark With
FIRE,
burns till beside it, Moons bright heat
is withered filed with dust,
and into that noon-hes.
grown drab and stale,
is sudden sound OF thunder and sp.it.
rain,
till the scarlet flower is wrecked
in the slash Of the white hail.
The poppy that my soul was,
formed TO bind all mortals,
made to strike and gather hearts
Ike flame upon an altar,
fades and shrinks, q red leaf
waste and drift Of the cold rain.
H n
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Rochester, N. Y, Oct. 8, 1920
A Good Time to Pause

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: That silent observer, the North
American Indian. watches the camqaign
with some interest, but very early dis
carded the League OF Nations ideas as
not essential to this campaign. To him
it seems much like the white mans
religious revival-many converted
while the excitement lasts, but few
stay with it. TIC me it seems a good
thing. Yet the league exists and flnc-
tons while wars are going on and
weak nations are praying for freedom
ard determination-for instance,
India, Ireland, Egypt, South Africa
while every dominant nation is strug-
Cling with an epidemic Of dissatis-
faction, thereby causing their rcspec-
two governments great deal of
anxiety.
Under these conditions is it not
wise for Us to follow Lincoln's ad-
vice, namely, Don't swap horses while
you are crossing q stream" and do
as Daniel Webster said OF the mariner
who was tossed all night by tenn
pest, "At break of day he consulted
his compass 20 see how far he had
strayed from the true course? So let
US calm ourselves after the world
storm and examine our Constitution
our nations compass, to see how far
~e have departed from our course.
CHARLES A. EASTMAN
tOhiyesa).
Northampton. Mass, Oct. 27, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Cutting the Heart Out of China


To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: an Wilson's mind the supreme
object OF this war was to end war" So
says Secretary Tumulty in his state
mcnt published this morning.
The law presumes q man to expect
and to intend the ordinary results Of
his acts.
How can you end war by forcing
China to turn to mlliturism and to
create armies in order to save her in
tcgrity? How can you end war by re-
turning Alsace-Lorraine with less than
four millions to France and at the same
time create ten times greater cause
for war by turning Shantung and forty
millions of Chinese over to Japan?
Will 1t save the heart of the world
to cut the heart out Of China?
GUY NJ. WALKER.
New York, Oct. 90, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

kind enough to spill the beans by de-
claring: Eve took Vera Cruz in order
to show tho world that we were in
earnest whom we said that Huerta must
CO."
Such Is the practice, as opposed to the
theory, Of Mr.. Wilson and his official
family In the matter Of the rights of
smaller nations to self tion.
The Vera Cruz expedition cost US, in
killed and wounded, overy eighty men;
1t cost the Mexicans two or three times
as many.
Lastly, and worst Of all, It broke the
Presidents heart But it had to be
done. G. W. KNOBLAUCH.
New York, Oct. 20, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Closing the Debate
Final Opinions Of Our Readers Upon the
Candidates and the Issues of The Camoaign

To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir: There can be but one reason
FOR Governor Cox's unexpected change
OF belief rs to reservations. He real
lied fully the sentiments Of the people.
Consequently be felt that 1t would be
wiser to rcpudiate the Administration
and make one last desperate attempt to
win a fight that was lost to him from
the start
In his entesvor to stave of the
wave Of anti wisconsin and anti
league sentiment which Is sweeping
over the country he has made his de-
feat more certain. What Cox believed
would be his gain will bc hir loss, be-
cause Of his obvious inconsistency and
veritable hypocrisy.
The glnring error of his logic is the
comical part Of the situation. ThA
tragic part of 1t is that the United
States rs whole must be disgraccd
by being forced to tolerate as can
didate Of major party man of such
caliber as Cox has proved himself to be.
Let US be done with wiggle and
wabble.' exhcrts the Republican Ma
tionsl Committee
Let us, incidentally, make certain
that we bring no further "wiggle and
wabble" upon ourselves. For it is ap-
parent that Cox has q tendency to be
TAR more webbly than President Will
son ever was. And th.t is saying a
great deal. HOWARD W. HlNTZ.
New York. October 2s, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
A Vote for the Wilson League

A Vote for the Wilson League
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The deepest concern Of human
ity to-day is to establish peace on the
earth. AS with fire, 80 with war, the
only sensible method is to prevent its
outbreak. The League Of Nations is 3
plan OF cooperative action to DO just
this. The peace-loving nations of the
earth will act as a unit, and when all
other means have failed, their repre-
sentatives will advise as to what means
must be used to bring g pirate nation
TO terms In some cases force may
have to be used, though when a deter
mined and united stand against exter-
nal aggrc ssion is taken, force would
probably not be needed; our Monroe
Doctrine has never needed it. That Is
the League Of Nations in 3 paragraph.
The commanding issue in this cam
paign is Americas duty TO the other
peace-loving nations. How may we be
sure Of joining hands with the rest Of
the world now in the league? Many sin
cere people say that because they be-
licve in the league they expect to vote
for Senator Harding. It seems futile
to argue the point. There is great diff
ference of opinion within the Republi-
can party as to where the Senator
really stands. Johnson and Taft being
antpodes. But for any one who hon
cstly wants America to take its place
in the League of Nations this simple
test should be decisive: Harding and
Cox are both supported by some who
are for the league and by some who are
against il, but Democrats are not de
scrtng to Harding on the ground that
they are for the league, and Republi-
cans are not dcscrting to Cox because
they are against it. Pro-league Repub-
licans are dcsertng Harding, but pro-
league Democrats are not deserving
Cox. The general impression is that
the election Of Cox would be an ex-
plicit mandate of the American people
to join the league. The election OF
Harding might mean something else
ROCHESTER.
Rochester, ~ Y, Oct. 8, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

the present Administration, then you
can willingly back the Republican can
didates. But tho election of Senator
Harding Is not enough. Give him q
sym mpathetic House and Senate 80 as to
enable him to make this country better
place to live in.
II. A. APPLESTEIN.
Baltimore, Oct. %, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
A Democrat Since 1886

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I have voted the Democratic
ticket since 1885. Since it appears that
In Washington. democracy has turned
into autocracy, shall vote the Repub-
lican ticket with Senator Harding at
the head on November 2 in order to
assist in preserving that freedom and
independence as prescribed by the father
OF our country. George Washington
HENRY NEUS.
New York, Oct. 20, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
GERALD GOULD.
My Youth

(Fro,n Colour. London
MY YOUTH was my old age,
Weary and long:
had TOO many cares
To think of song:
My moulting days all came
When was young.
Now IN life's prime my soul
Comes out in flower:
Late, as with Robin, comes
Ny singing power;
was not born to Joy
TIL this late hour.
II. e. DAvTE4.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Two Birds With One Stone
'Fro,a The Bufalo Express,

'Fro'n Tie Butalo Etpre,s)
An expedition IS being planned to
invade Asia in search Of the long
missing missing link Training that
later would undoubtedly be of great
help TO them might be acquired by tbs
prospective scarchers by their Joining
in the hunt for Bsrgdoll, the missing
dodgeY
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
A Rattlesnakc in the Hand

z TNdtlItGnaKc III The Hand
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mrs. Cats slogan seems to be
"a bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush' but the League Of Nations with
out reservations Is no bird.
1t is more like rattlesnake, and we
would rather have any number of them
in the bush than to have one in the
hand MABEL VAN VECHTEN.
New York, Oct 90, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Still Useful

tFrom The Seattle Post-intclliosnce~)
Still, the nickels are not absolutely
useless; we can try to telephone with
them.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
vrvsrs OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRES.

ne Associated rrtss is e1ciustvel, entitled to tbs
,,T Tor sc,un ION e. . news dispsicnss credited
10 /. OF Otherwise credited IN ,hls payer. and
si.e ths 60 uews Of spontaneous origin puDllhed
tsrtr
sSsia a-u reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

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New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

rs.sst AZ The PostotHc. st N~w Yerx a. Second
Class Mat Matter.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

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New York, Oct. 20. 1920.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-05-13
INSIDE BASEBALL"

''Read it, please, and tell me
with brutal frankness, If I've
delivered the lit'ry goods"
This is what Henry Beach
Needham said to Connie Mack
Of the Athletics, as he handed
the veteran manager the MS.
of his first piece of baseball
fiction-'The Jinx."
Connie Mack, h w ever,
didn't have to be brutal. He
knew he was going to be hard
to please-and he rather ex-
pected to be bored. Certainly
he didn't expect to get all
worked up over a game on
paper-as he did.
Moreover, he says Mr.. Need
hams other baseball stories
look good to him and will look
good to you. So here's "The
Double Squeeze" for your en-
joyment.
If you're a fan, you certain
" will enjoy it-and will rec
ognize some of the charac-
tiers. If you're not, you'll en-
joy it as a story.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-05-13
BIGULCER
ALL HEALED

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There is many a big hearted, rich man
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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-05-13
Honey Yield Higher.

The average yield of surplus honey
~ 1919 was so pounds to a colony Of
honey bees, as estimated by the bu-
roon Of crop estimates, United States
department of agriculture, This is con-
oidorahlv above average of 45 pounds
n 1o1o, and of Al 6-1O pounds for the
s,o wears 1913-1917. The relative pro-
.,o.tions in which the honey Of the
1ost two years was marketed are indi-
ootpd hv 80 for extracted honey, 81 for
comb honey and 10 for bulk honey.
About one-third of the product goes to
"ontside" markets.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-05-13
James Winton Pepper
Box) Chute, Model Ball
Player.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)

Mite of Radium a Mass Of Material.
A tube of radium generally made use
of by physicians is about a shade
under an inch in length and about
an eighth in diameter. 1t contains
100 milligrams of radium bromide.
This minute quantity is the product
of twelve tons of ore, three tons Of
hydrochloric acid, five tons Of carbon
ate of soda, one ton Of sulphuric acid,
ten tons Of coal, burned in the opera
ton of reduction, more than month
of work and five hundred successive
crvStalliZatiOnS.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-05-13

Not one Of the other fifteen ajOr
league managers would have under
taken the job of handling Barney Lar
kin. Two had tried. 1t was Parke Of
Pittsburgh who discovered Larkin. For
fully twenty-four hours after Larkin
pitched his first big-league game, shut
ting out Cincinnati, Parke bOasted of
his find. Then abruptly he ceased to
boast; and after two weeks, replete
with excitement for the Pirates, the
eccentric performer was given his I'M
conditional release. When the part
ing was over, Parke made this state
ment:
'Pve seen some grand port siders
and some bad actors in my day, but
Barney Larkin's got 'em all beat. Curv-
ing a ball and crOOking his elbow seem
to be born in him. Reminds me of a
famous Irishman who boosted he could
fight duel and drink bowl of punch
between thrusts. And the more he
drank the harder he fought. SO with
Barney. He can pitch shut-out ball
between drinks. The more hard liquor
he puts away the faster his ball and
Tic DOIl0F HIS III I1OL
drinking actually improved his pitch
ing. But it didn't have the same eff
feet on other players with our club
there was the devil to pay. No more
Barneys for me-"
Undismayed by the judgment of
Parke, the manager of the Cincinnatfs
grabbed Larkin, Dragging: "Observe
mel can handle any player who isn't
actually bughouse."
Balloon observed. It wasn't alto
gether what Barney Larkin did, al
though that was "a-plenty." 1t was
what he did to the Cincinnati team.
When they next appeared in the East,
one of the sporting writer's said that
nothing so disorganized had come out
of Ohio since 'Coxey's army. Gladly
the '1oad of wild OATS" as Barney had
come to be called. was given his un-
conditional release.
He was now officially designated a
free agent" But where had his free
dom taken him?
There was a sure way to trace Bar
ney I4arkin. He loved the spotlight ;
no near statesman or Thespian of the
chorus sought the bright white light
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-05-13

"You Mean hes GOT IcT" asked For0.
in the newspapers or seeking to break
into print. Most generally he found
the scribes in a receptive frame Of
mind. Barney Larkin was to the
sporting writer's what Harry Thaw
was to the sob artists-good for a COL
umn any dull day. And the story,
nine times out of ten, got on to the
wire and travelled over the country.
Iris Ford sent out an IS. o. S." to
Barney Larkin, the sporting editor Of
the North Star acting as transmitter.
The scribe wrote a story about Bar
ney, rehearsing his exploits with
horsehide and highball, and winding
up with the query:
"Has anyone seen Barney? Is he
far from the madding crowd of fans,
humping along on the water wagon,
or is he mixing up drinks and pitching
with his old-time abandon and ne'er-
failing skill? We repeat-has anyone
seen Barney Larkin?"
Back few the answer: Barney is
in our midst"
It came from Punxsutawney, state
of Pennsylvania.
The rest was merely the correspond
ence of diplomacy, at which Tris-tram
Carling-fOrd was a lmeal descendant
of Charles Maurice Talleyrand. The
elimination was telegram from
Larkin, sent collect, reading:
"Come on and get me-"
The manager Of the Giant-killers
took the first train for Punxsutawney,
which is a borough most fncOnvenient-
ly located northeast Of the Smoky city.
He. took with him corpulent roll Of
yellow bills. iris Ford knew that he
must buy Larkin's release-not from
the outlaw club, but from the trades
men of Punxsutawney.
Up Center street and down the shady
side, Ford and Barney tramped, max
ing more calls than the letter carrier.