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The New York herald., 1920-12-02
AMERICAS OPEN DOOR.
A Proposal to Keep Ont Certain I'm
ports, but Not Immigrants.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: 1t would
be a shame to bar immigration at the
present. time. We are concerned about
the inhabitants of the different Euro
pean countries who are in great need
and about the thousands who are dying
from starvation. Let as many as possi-
BILE arrive in America so we may prop
erly clothe and feed them by giving them
what they want---employment
If we decide to close our doors to the
destitute and hunger stricken people OF
Europe then we should demolish the
Statue of Liberty or return it to France,
as we would only be hypocrites to keep
1t illumined in our harbor when we serve
notice upon human beings to remain in
their countries, even though they may be
oppressed by tyrannical governments.
The importation of cheaply made for
eign merchandise is a greater menace
to our country and its industries than
the admission of poor and peace loving
people. Keep out cheaply made foreign
commodities and there will be sufficient
work in the United States not only for
the American people. but also for as
many foreigners as may decide to emf
CRATE to the land of the free
PAUL SIEcEI.
NEW York, December /.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
President wilson and Armenia.

The Presidents reply to the mes
sage from the Council of the League
of Nations asking him to be mediator
in the case of Armenia Is correct and
credifahle in every particular of good
taste, good intentions and sound con-
ception of official limitations. TIE
New YORK HERALD observes with spe-
cial satisfaction the tone and phrase
ology of this note.
In the first place, Mr.. WILSON re-
minds the League of Nations that the
function Of mediator is accepted by
him with the understanding that the
proposal Is entirely distinct from the
previous invitation to the United
States Government to become the
Leagues mandatory, involving mill
tary and financial responsibilities of
unknown extent That earlier invl-
tation was properly declined by the
United States Senate.
In the second place, Mr.. WILSON
makes it clear that he is promising
only personal and individual service
and not assuming to act in any sense
as the representative of United States
policy. II am without authorization"
he tells the President of the League
at Geneva, "to offer or employ the mil
itary forces of the United States in
any project for the relief of Armenia.
He adds that any material contribu-
ton would require the authorization
of Congress, whose action he is un-
able to forecast.
This is as it should be. President
WILSON enters upon the great and
honorable task which circumstances
have assigned to him in precisely the
same manner rs he might have entered
upon it if Covenant of League of
Nations had never been dreamed Of !;
with the same enthusiasm of oppor-
tunity and duty and the same under
standing of restricted official power
rs President ROOSEVELT, for example,
carried to the work of bringing about
peace between Japan and Russia.
1t is pleasant and encouraging to
find the constitutional restrictions on
Executive initiative and independent
action so frankly and fully recognized
as they are in Mr.. WILSON'S reply to
Mr.. PAUL HYMANs. Moreover, the
fact Of the restrictions and the fact
of the Presidents recognition of the re-
strictions will both tend to strengthen
greatly the appeal to public sympathy
and the claim to moral support.
May his good offices be effectual in
bringing peace and relief to Armenia
and her unhappy people,
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Ignorance in the PonzI Case.

Boston's get rich quick man,
CHARLES PoNzI, has been sentenced to
five years in jail under circumstances
which are unusual In the varied rec
ords of swindllng. The offence OF
which he was convicted is using the
mails to defraud; in the course of his
dealings S10,O00,0O0 passed through
his hands: he Is now q bankrupt, so
no fine was imposed on him. This Is
a familiar tale, but there is one out of
the ordinary circumstance about the
case. II Is that the United States
District Attorney is inclined to agree
with the contention Of PoNzr's coun-
sci, who holds that PoNzI "never had
any intention Of defrauding any one.
and still AYERS that had he been left
alone he could have paid his clients
dollar for dollar"
Mr.. GALLAGHER, who prosecuted the
case for the Government. says PoNzI
Is "a strange mixture of childishness
and duplclty." If this opinion ls we'll
founded the Ponzi incident began in
ignorance and depended on ignorance
for its support until the Inevitable
criminality for which all such enter.
priscs are headed was reached. As
far as PoNzr's customers are con.
cerptd, II Is obvious that they were
ignX y or they were gamblers, for
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Not Greater ireland, but America.

To THE NEW YoRE HERALD; Mgr. La
velle In his sermon at st. Patricks
Cathedral spoke of the respect the world
has for the Irish. They will lose that
respect II they continue their riots and
murders In Ireland and outrageous riots
and mob attacks like that at the Union
Club on Thanksgiving Day In New
York
They should know that other people
have right to display the British flag.
and any right minded person win ap-
prove OF the refusal of the Union Club
TO obey the demands OF Irish sympathiz-
ers. They wave their Sim Fein flag
whenever they wish, apparently. and
nothing ia said. Other people have
rights as we'll as the Irish. and tho
sooner they find out they do not own
America the better.
Mgr Lavelle also said "Our country
may we'll be called the Greater Ireland"
Every true American will resent that.
II Is not an ireland. Germany or Russia.
but America. AN AMERICAN.
PLYMOUTH, Conn. December 1.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Cloudy to-day,
probably snow or rain tomorrow fair.
not much change in temperature; strong
west winds to-day, diminishing by night.
tor New Jersey-Fair to-day and to-mor-
Io"i not mIch change Ia Temperature fresh
night
For Northern New England-Unsettled to-
uay' pronaoiy snow or rain; Tomorrow fair;
night
For Southern New England-cloudy to-day.
tair Tomorrow, not much change In tenn
perature; Strong westerly winds, diminish
ing by night.
For Western New Yoris-Rain or snow to-
day; tomorrow generally fair; not much
change In temperatures: fresh to strong
northwest winds.
WASHINGTON. Dec. i.-There was a de-
cided fall In pressure to-day over the North
eastern States, and a disturbance OF marked
Intensity was central over Massachusetts
tto-night. II was attended .by rain within
the last twenty-four hours ever most Sec
tons cast of the Mississippi River, and
another disturbance which was central off
the north Pacific coast was attended by
unsettled. rainy weather in the Pacific
states from central California nortliward.
The temperature was somewhat below
normal Wednesday In the east Gulf and
south Atlantic States. and above normal in
northern and western sections.
The outlook Is for generally fair weather
east or the Mississippi River tomorrow and
Friday. except that there win be rain or
snow tomorrow in the lower lake region.
north New England and northern New York.
The temperature will change very little. but
nessee and the east Gulf and south Atlantic
States Storm warnings are displayed en-
the New England coast.
Observations at United States Weather Bu-
reau stations. taken at P. M yesterday.
seventy-fifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Moose I'm the Forests of Maine.

Tuesday was the last day of the open
season for moose in Maine, the one
State, with the exception of Mime
scta, where the animals are found in
considerable numbers. The Maine
season covers the last ten days Of
November, and with Sundays elm
mated the hunter for bull moose has
but eight days to seek the giant of
the deer family.
Hunters for moose have been nu-
merous In Maine this year and the gun.
ners seeking deer were In larger mum
bers perhaps than last year. but the
kills have not been as great. The
reason for this Is that there has been
little or no snow in the deer hunting
counties; consequently tracking has
not been easy. and the woods have
been so noisy ii has been practically
impossible to creep up on big game.
What Is left of the remnant Of
Maine moose is found principally in
Aroostook and Washington counties. a
particularly good feeding ground be-
Ing In the latter county close to the
New Brunswick border In this will
derness, far from settlements and
usually In the mountain ranges
swamps and heaths. woodsmen and
guides familiar with wild life have
seen many footprints of the animals,
but through the elements Nature has
protected her creatures Of the forest
by giving only the most experienced
woodsmen the opportunity to ap-
proach them.
OF course there are men determined
to get their moose or deer by any
means, and despite vigilant game
wardens moose calling is resorted to,
Jecklng Is engaged In surreptitlously
and occasionally dogs are taken In
by night to drive deer TO the spot
where the hunter Is concealed But
each year these lawless methods are
more effectually repressed and there
Is less Illegal killing out Of season,
for the Maine guides. hotel keep
ers and others interested In catering
to the sportsman have learned that
with decrease In the number Of
moose and deer sportsmen will not
be keen for annual hunting trips to
the Maine woods.
In some backwoods settlements Of
Maine the opinion Is held that those
who are lucky enough to kill a COW
or a calf moose need fear no pun
lshment, as the community feels that
the game belongs to It's membera, re-
gardless of laws for their consump.
ton. But through the enactment Of
the drastic law which says th1. no
owner or keeper of any camp, Hhse,
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Gutzon Borgltm will speak at luncheon
OF the Women's Municipal League In the
Hotel Astor. p. NJ.
meeting Of the Protestant Teachers Asso-
ciation In st. Bartholomew's Church. Park
avenue and Fiftieth street. this evening
The finance committee OF the Board Of
Aldermen win give hearings on. the 1924
budget IN the Aldermanic Chambers. City
Interborough Association OF Women
Teachers, meeting OF executive cqplmittee,
20 West Seventy-second street. p M.
The Federation for Child Study will open
It's second annual exhibition of chdren's
books at rooms of the Society for Ethical
Culture and continue daily this week from
ii A. M. to 5 =. M.
The Greeters Will give a dinner to Frank
a. Ready, manager of the Hotel McAlpin,
Waldorf-Astoria, TIP. M.
James J. Baeley will speak on 'whither
Is the Labor Movement Tending?" at a sup
per OF the intercollegiate Socialist Society,
% East Twenty-fifth street, 6:4a p. NJ.
The New York Academy of Medicine. stated
meeting and election OF officers. II West
Forty-second street. $3.50 r. M.
The National Committee for the Preven-
ton of Blindness win hold its sixth annual
meeting at the United Charities Bulldine
100 East Twenty-seccnd street. 4:50 p. NJ
A three day circus will begin to-day IN
the Twenty-thrd Regiment Armory. Bed
ford and Atlantic avenues. Brooklyn, under
the auspices OF the 106th Infantry Post OF
the American Legion.
A rummase sale for the benefit o; ST.
Agnes's Day Nursery win be held In tho
Church OF the Ascension parish house, II
West Eleventh street. 10 A. M. to p. NJ.
American Acceptance Council, annual
meeting. assembly room of the Merchants
Association. Woolworth Building, 3 p. M.
l.. r. Afford VIII speak at the luncheon cf
the Rotary Club. Hotel McAlpin. 1880
p. NJ.
Athene Club, meeting and luncheon, WAL
dorf-Astoria, II A. NJ.
Alfred w. Martin will lecture on ''Ths
Causes of Modern Interest in Psychic Phe-
nomena," under the auspices OF the League
for Political Education, Park Theatre, IL
A. NJ.
Miss Janet Richards will speak at a meet
ing of the Ely Alumnae Association, Hotel
Btmore, iO:45 A. NJ.
Naval officers reunion and dinner. at the
Hotel Astor, p.
School Children's welfare League. meet
ing, Hotel Pennsylvania. p. NJ
daughters OF Pennsylvaoia, luncheon,
Hotel Astor. 4 L. NJ.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1920.
Railroad wage Standards.

Both General ATTERBURY of the
Pennsylvania system and Judge
GEORGE w. ANDERSON deprecate the
closed shop and the attempted stand
ardlzation of American railway work
standardization in the sense Of
pay in money.
The basis Of these expert and valid
objections is simple enough for any
body to comprehend. If railway
worker in any classification, whether
an engineer. conductor, a switch
man or track walker, on any road,
In any part of the country, under any
and all conditions, gets the same
wages in dollars as any other railway
worker of the same classification in
any other ;rt of the country, there i
not an equality OF pay; there is, on
the contrary, an inequality of pay.
for his rent and less for his food
than q switchman in northern New
York. He pays less for his fuel, be-
cause he does not need TO burn SO
much. He pays less for his clothes,
because In the milder climate of Flor
ida he requires lighter and cheaper
clothing than his brother in the rig
orous climate of the North.
Furthermore, because the railroad
business Is necessarily less strenu-
Gus and exacting in Florida than In
New York, not only would the stand
ardized wage Garner be getting more
pay, expressed in the necessaries Ct
life into which his labor could ex.
change, but he would be getting it for
doing less work, carrying less respon-
sibility and enduring less hardship.
Under a policy so discriminating,
so unjust and so impracticable either
one of two things would be bound TO
happen. Either railroad labor would
tend to drift away from the severer
and, in actual results, more poorly
paid fields where 1t was most needed
the better paid fields where 1t was not
so much needed; or, II great masses Of
railway labor were compelled against
their will to stay in the harder and
less remunerative fields because there
was not enough work, as there could
not be, to take care of them in the
easier and more remuneratve fields,
the Northern worker would become
discontented. inefficient and disloyal.
The so-called standardized wage
would prevent the man on the harder
Job from getting more money to equal
ize his actual living conditions. But
because under such circumstances
there wouldn't be any incentive for
him to deliver the goods and he would
not deliver the goods to the best of
his natural ability. transportation
would constantly cost the public more
and more.
In the railroad business or any
other business where different grades
and qualities Of endeavor are re-
quired. and in or out Of labor unions,
workers have got to be paid on n
basis of the natural value of the
work performed under conditions
which the workers must face or the
effort will relax and the worker be-
corna dnnnoro1fzad Tho labor uuiou
system itself will break down.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
MERCHANTS EXPECT
GENERAL REVIVAL
Members Council of Associa-
tion Discuss Credit, Produc-
ton and Transportation.
BASIC CONDITIONS GOOD
DeflatiOn of Costs Most Diff
cult Problem and Dull Win
ter Is Predicted.

A slow but certain lifting Of the pres
ent business depression was predicted
yesterday by speakers at a luncheon OF
the Members Council of the Mercha mt
Association in the Hotel Astor. The
business outlook was discussed from Its
angles of production, TRANSPORTED tion and
credit. Archer w. Douglas. vice-presi-
dent of the Simmons Hardware Company
of st. Louis: julius Kruttschnitt, chair
man Of the board OF the Southern Pa
ciic, and Willis H. Booth, manufacturer
and vice-president of the Guaranty Trust
Company were agreed that the country
is sound fundamentally and that there
is no danger of panic.
They were of the opinion. however,
that the utmost in cooperative effort Is
ecessary-cooperation between businhss
and the railroads. between business and
the farmers, and patience with the re-
strictions which 1t was necessary to place
upon credit in order that the foundations
OF the credit system upon which so much
business is conducted. might not be un-
dermined
Mr.. Kruttschnitt, speaking for the
railroads. expressed the opinion that the
transportation act affords evidence 'of
a profound change in public opinion. with
the public for the first time in a genera
ton recognizing the social and economic
dependence of individuals and communi-
ties on transportation facilities and con-
yinced that under the spur of self-tnter-
est private ownership can best provide
them"
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.

Trend Of tho Times" by Mr.. George A.
Hastings. at +. S. 60, Hester and ESSEX
streets.
'"rrend of the Times" by Dr. Sydney ".
Ussher. at Labor Temple. Fourteenth street
and Second avenue
Trend OF the Times by Ernest u. l..
Hammer. at Evander Chlds II. S.. fs4th
street aud Field place, Tho Bronx.
Music In Italy To-day" by Mr.. Giuseppe
A. Randegger, at Washington Irving II. s..
Irving place and Sixteenth street.
"TIow Life Begins" by o. Clyde Fisher, at
r. S. %, Broadway and Academy street.
Illustrated.
''The Place OF Social Service in Mental
Hygiene" by Mrs. Margaret J. Powers, nt
+. s. 30, 22s East Fifty-seventh street.
Modern Russian Composers" by Mrs.
Ethel Graham Lynde, nt j. $. 115, 111th
street, near Audubon avenue.
Famous free concerts, under the direction
of Charles ID. Issacson, editor, Globe music
department. at p. s. 1875. 22o Yves, 1osih
street.
Opport,inity'' by Mr.. John Barrett at tho
Manhattan Trade School for Girls. 121 East
Twen ~ second street
"John Greenleaf Whittier tho Reformer."
by Prof. J. @. Carter Troop, at Young
Women's Hebrew Association. 81 West 10th
street. -
'The Making of q Newspaper" by Mr..
Frank l.. Blanchard. at Morris III. s., l66th
street and Boston road, The Bronx. Illus
trated.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Effects of Treat EN- Rough Methods.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD The con-
duct OF the mob In attacking the Union
Club last Thursday was certainly dis
graceful. but no one who has been at
tentive to happenings here during the
last few years should feel surprise.
II mob rule be wrong 1t must always
be sternly condemned. Have not some
of us on certain ccasions. while con-
demnlng some outburst. yet SO worded
our censure that 1t has amounted 20
praise? Treat 'em rough" methods have
been condoned; let not the people be
blamed for showing that they are quicl,
to learn. A PLAIN CITIZEN.
NEW YORK, December /.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

while other watchers Of the night
Are rowing round the sky
In Lyra's scintillatng group
n Keeps It's station high.
A lighthouse in the flrmamont
For ships both near and far.
Serene and steady all the year.
The sailors special star.
on lonely seas where tall white sails
In stately beauty 60,
And ocean lanes where liners race
with roaring wakes Of snow.
A thousand quadrants mirror back
The pure celestial light
That never fails from port TO port
To lead the sailor right.
II shone above the viking ships
That westward boldly bore,
n led the little Mayflower safe
To Plymouth's rocky shore.
And long az men in sail or steam
The trackless bilows roam,
vega win guide the outward bound.
And bring the sailor home.
MiNNA InvINa.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
Dangerous Doctrines Taurbt.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Refer
ring to your splendid editorial article
on the Thanksgiving Day Riot" it seems
to me deplorable that in this city there
should be permitted to be held week in
and week out public lectures and debates
on the theme of Socialism, Bolshevism.
&C.. tending to incite those of weak mem
tality. i speak not from hearsay but
from actual knowledge. having in mind
persons of my acquaintance who attend
such meetings and are strongly swayed
thereby. Why are these lectures permit
ted to be held? H.R.
NEW YORK. December l.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

The American Legion's officers have
served notice on Government function
aries who have to do with soldiers and
sailors that hereafter red tape is not
to be permitted to inflict suffering on
hard up or sick men. We wish the
Legion luck; but Old Red Tape is a
tougher customer than any German
army tho American Expeditionary
Forces ever tackled. II the rash in
novators at Washington succeed In
their purpose they will have overcome
an army of bureaucrats nobody here
tofore has been able to move.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
A Failure of the Melting Pot.

To THE NEW WORK HERALD: Concern
ing the Thanksgiving Day riot there are
no decent words in our national Ian
guage that fully express 100 per cent.
American opinion of this british exhibit
ton of mental and moral perverseness,
but will public opinion, having expressed
itself as being properly shocked. be con-
tent to lay the blame to racial prejudice,
or will it demand to know why in the
moulding of American citizenship moth
ing is being done to correct the failure
thus shown of the melting pot to func-
ton properly?
Let US have good order by force If
necessary. 8.
NEW YORK, December l.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
UNDER THE SULLIVAN ACT.
Case OF the Citizen Arrested for Car
rying n Sword Cane.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Not since
the Union Club outrage has the true note
been struck to awaken New Workers. to
action in meeting such outbreaks
DO away with the Sullivan law and
there will be no fear from rufIianism
that makes an empty boast of the adage
that mans house is his castle. The
law that snatched the sword cane from
It's bearer at the club is at the throat
Of every honest man and is the protector
of criminals. A. N. PuNNETr.
NEW YoRK, December 1.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

The theft Of 100000 pearl neck
lace from a Pennsylvania home turns
out to have been an 'inside job" In
the police phrase: that is. the robbery
was committed by or with the aid Of
a servant. To dispose of the stolen
goods. however help was necessary.
and through the venders Of the jewelry
which figured in the case all the
thieves are likely to ~ captured. In
this case there is hope OF making an
ainside job" mean the inside OF the
nenitentiary.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
THIEVES MOTOR CARS.
Might Remember the Mum.
ber OF n Waiting Automobile.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: At every
hoidup which is reported in the papers
l read that an auto or taxi is wait
ing at the curb with the motor In mo-
tion ready for escape.
May not suggest that people pass
ing and seeing such a car should imme-
dlately take the number OF the car and
report II TO a policeman. II one Is In the
neighborhood. for prompt investigation?
NEW YORK, December 1. J. w.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
HARVARD BARS NOISY CARS.
only Faculty Members May Park
Their Machines There.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dec. l.--Noisy
automobile motors VIII no longer mar
the serenity of the Harvard yard. AS
the result OF n protest made by mem
bers of the faculty against the use OF
the drives as speedways. to the dis
turbance OF classes. II was announced
to-day that all persons who come TO the
grounds in automobiles must leave
their cars outside II they intend 20 stay
more than half an hour.
only officers Of the university may use
the yard as a parking place FOR n
longer period
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

The latest fad In Paris Is to send
holiday messages on phonograph rec
ords, and probably in the French cap
ital there will appear humorists blood
brothers TO certain telephone pests In
this country. who will complete their
greetings with the irritating injunc-
ton Now guess who this isl"
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

From the Greensboro Messenger.
Henry Tabor was tried In Circuit Court In
Mount Sterling for tho killing OF his little
child last summer. lie was acquitted. The
killing was an accident. Tabor shot at his
wife, missed her and killed the child.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02
10000 ITALIANS FOR AMERICA.
AZ Present Rate Would Take Four
Years to Come.

PALERMO. Sicily, Dec. Seventy
thousand persons awaiting an opportu-
nifty to emigrate to the United States
are causing much congestion here. Only
1900 can leave each month.
From six to eight steamships. carry
ing 10000 steerage passengers. are sail
ing monthly from Naples for America.
The New York herald., 1920-12-02

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TO tho use for republication OF all news des-
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