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New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
No Housing Relief
Upper Montclair, n. J., Dec. IS, 10
ditor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The refusal Of the Board OF AL
dermen to exempt new residence build
ings from taxation for ten years must
make the judicious grieve. The board
has rejected the only life line that the
Legislature could throw out to save
gradually submerging city. None but
few disinterested citizens and
couple of papers like your own took
the trouble to urge favorable action.
The labor unions we're dumb as oyster,
enable to see that the principle at
stake was almost as important to the
PEOPLE whom they profess to represent
as the closed shop itself. the vast
mass Of tenants, lulled into fancied Sc
carity by the rent restriction acts, took
no interest in the proceedings. Their
stupidity almost tempts one to say that
when the storm does break over them
they will only be getting their deserts.
The situation now is this: The city
IS growing about 5000 month; nc
buildings are going up; no one is such
a fool as to build new houses to rent;
neither city nor state can spend dol
lar TO erect any residence buildings
for solvent people within three years.
even II the Leg stature should take the
first steps to amend the Constitution at
the coming session. We are crowding
steam on the boiler and sitting on the
safet, valve
Tenants can hold their homes legally
only by paying the sune rent as last
year. How long ca they continue to
pay these rents with falling wages ?
Do they think that the Legislature can
continue to strain its powers by fur
tAer emergency Legislation which will
postpone 70 q further date the erection
# new houses and which lnay dehnite-
~ determine the belief ct capital, that
housing is an investment too hazardous
to be undertaken?
MARTIN MINK
New York. Dee. q, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Mrs. Fveudenthal Consults the
Witch Of Endor
tFror Poetry

tFrom Poetry
E,NTER the house. ascend the stoiri
- Consult the scintillating ball.
Beatrice Freudenthal, beware,
Eve felt like you before the Fan.
Within the aiming mystic globe
Lies luck st-bridge. or martyrs crown;
modern prophecies will probe
The future. for one guinea down.
For that amount, Che futures sword
From crystal scahbard she will drag.
She caa unpack the futures hoard
AS we unpack q Gladstone bag.
Without the agency OF man,
Solely by fasting and by prayer.
The wizards of old Jenghiz Khan
Could move a wine-cup through the air
Until it reached him, and he drank
Feumented juice OF rye or grape.
The cup few back; his courtiers shrank
Away, astonished and agape.
Before the Llama turns to grnppls
With state affairs, he learns to spin
Despite Sir Isaac Newton's spple)
In mid-air sixty tines-to win.
Amusement mixed with appreciation
From skertical ambassadors;
For any kind Of deviation
Increases prestige with the Powers.
Such things were practice did not tend
To promote war 0, anarchy;
Yet now such things would even end
A Constitutional Monarchy.
Magic for holy race
Is surely wrong; how strictly hidden
The future in It's crystal case
Lies-oh, so near, and get forbiddenl
Though gentle kings upon their thrones
May weave spell or dance ike Itch,
Yet ponder on the bleaching bones
OF Saul, who sought the Erdor witch.
OSBERT SITNELL.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

Soviet government talks Of doing
away with money altogether. Why
bother with carrying the stuff When
Il takes an armful Of rubles to buy q
loaf Of bread it seems a waste Of et-
fort to print money. Leninc and
Trotzky still have the government gold
and treasure to use when they deal
with other nations, and the Soviet
leaders will find it much simpler to
take what they want when they can
get it without any foolish wrangling
over the value Of the circulating me-
dium. What business has Utopia with
coin? In perfect government money
is as non-essentlal SIS bath or d
hare lip.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

They drove the moro violent Of the
Quakers from their settlements and
whipped them when they returned
The modern penalty for telling men
not to serve in the army during a
period of warfare was frequently q
sentence Of twenty years imprison-
ment during the recent World War.
The comparison between Us and the
Pilgrims shows that We. when our
country is in danger, are more sevare
than they were with the people who
/ jeoPardized the courtry's safety.
"Ihe sea captain who was fined in
Boston for kissing his wife in public
was punished by Puritan laws in Bog
ton, and not By Pilgrim laws The
Pilgrims had nothing to do with Salem
witchcraft. Jonathan Edwards was not
descendant of the Pilgrims, nor did
he live in Pilgrim community. Your
quoting isolated cases of bigotry re-
minds me Of the story of the man who
was landing in France for the first
time and who, seeing q red-haired
woman on the dock, exclaimed, "Why,
ell the French women have red hair"
On this 300th anniversary of the
landing Of the Pilgrims why does your
paper not mention the good done by
them? The compact signed in the
cabin of the Mayfower furnished to
the world the first example of a repre-
sentative government. The Pilgrims
introduced compulsory school attend
ance and military service Every ran
WAS voter, irrespective Of his churcn
membership. The form If governmen,
introduced by the Pilgrims eventually
Tupplanted that of the Puritans in
Boston and is to-day the form under
which this country lives. Throughout
the United States there are perhaps
millions OF persons descended from the
little band that came over on the May
! flower. and 1t Is a cause Of BORROW to
them that q leading paper Ike The
Tribune should print such an unfair
account of MN and women who gave
their all tha. they might worship as
| their consclences dictated
FRANCIS E. STCDDARD JR.
New YORK, Dec. q. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
A eutonic Jag
prom This Philadelphia inquirer,

prom This Philadelphia frQutrcvt
Statement is made that over 10000
900 bottles Of champagne have been
consumed in Germany during tho last
twelve months. as compared with about
100000 in 1914 The cost Of that
champagne rs about s32,o00'oo0, which
makes Us wonder how 1t compares
with the amount that has been Sc.
aside here to use In "rescue work
and Reconstruction in Germany.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

Of events and Of constitutional con-
struction has been al toward en-
phasizing Federal priority in rail
ROAD regulation. The interest Of the
nation has come to outweigh the par
ticularistic interests Of the states.
The railroads have been unified and
nationalized- The demand that they
shall continue so will undoubtedly
override any effort to unscramble
them IN the name of state rights.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
A Song at Leavetaking

Prom scribnsrs hooos.ne)
NOYAGERS and merchantmen, you
who sailed seas over
IN desire of new lands and narvels
ye. to find,
Had you ever fear at heart Of what you
might discover?
Cast you ever wistful looks at all you
left behind7
When you saw the last Of shore, the dim
blue line. slow-sinking,
When you looked before you, where
the first low fog-wreaths curled,
Wers they all If joyous deeds, the
thoughts tAat you were thinking,
We're they all Of wondrous things in
some new wondrous world?
Surely there were times for you when
seas seemed drear to wander,
When the thought Of some vide hearth,
some long lane sumrner-green,
Took your heart with love cf it, and
made you pause and ponder
Why you left the dear known th,ngs
FOX perilous dreams unseenl
Where you went you knew not. and each
day brought Its wonder
Strange new creatures in the deer
and strange stars in the sky
With your world grown strange TO you
around. above and under,
Did you shrink from what might come
ere ell your voyage was by?
Voyagers and merchantmen, you Wit
sailed seas over,
II your hearts grew cold sometimes a
change of sea and sky,
Say little prayer for me, each happy
resting rover.
For I. too. have voysr rc to make
and of your blood am I.
GLAZE GlFRxN,
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
A Week of Verse
The Madness os the Art.
lProrn ne E~cIssA Rsv<S>o,

FROM Tsc E~c,ssA Rs,.s.o,
SHouT' shout aloud for The clutch of
lust in the bsttle
And gray bird calling high. high fn
the air.
Pipe, shy reed, FOR her eyes, her iips in
the twilight
A star falls. star falls: and the night
hides in her hair.
Pipe, pipe highl for the wings drive
up in the morning;
And loves arm loosens with q long ylad
sigh
Shout, shout aloudl for the spear and
the sword are shaken;
And one kneels alone. humble, ready
to die
have seen hedged ranks, lean ranks 20
marching,
And the poet marched before them Jug
Cling with his sword.
have seen the English arrows Ike a
sudden flight Of swallows.
And the poet tuned ballad to the cord.
But bird sings IN the brake, and the
poet, the lover
Hearkens, and builds up q song for the
bird in the brake,
Whose nest the storms OF the world can.
not discover.
Yet the breezes shake.
Ths slow wheel turns
OF the vain come home from harvsxxa
The ripe wheat burns
Like sunburst on the vain,
And the poet up aloft.
Brown -limbed and flushed and glorious.
Leaning on his fork. sings.
Here We come from harvesting,
John, James and Margery. from harvest
ing the grain"
And big moon in the blue arises and
whispers;
And the chink of the mugs on the als-
bench echoes the
Word again.
W R TITTERToN.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
State Rights ana The Railroads

Justice Benedict's decision staying
an increase q passenger fares on the
Long Island and Staten Island rail
roads is strongly tinged with the al
cient state rights doctrine. 1t is a
reversion to arguments which ma
tional expansion and uniacation
have outrun.
1t IS one thing to hold that the
Interstate Commerce Commission
erred in prescribing an interstate
standard of passenger rates for two
New York State railroads which,
practically speaking, do no inter
state business. Congress directed
the commission to equalize inter-
state and intrastate rates. in so
far as the latter created discrimina-
ton injuriously affecting interstate
transportation. Justice Hasbrouck
decided a week ago that Federal ac-
tion to standardize rates was legiti-
mate, 50 far ss ~tate railroads which
we're also engaged in interstate
traffic we're concerned. AS for The
minor Interstate carriers, he held
that it was question Of fact, to be
determined by referees, whether
their business could be SAID IL be
genuinely affected with an Interstate
interest
Justice Benedict accepts Justice
Easbrouck finding that some state
roads may lie genuine interstate car
riers and others not. He says that
the Long Island Railroad and the
Staten Island Railroad are in q diff
ferent class from The New York Cen
tral, for instance. That is one of
the reasons he gives for enjoining
an increase Of passenger fares by
the t~o minor carriers.
But he gives another and more
fundamental reason. Considering the
question whether Congress has the
right 70 vest an administrative Fed
eral body with power to control the
rates Of a transportation company
operating within the state which
has granted it charter, he says:
L believe that the question must
be answered in the negative. Other
wise. what becomes Of state SOY
creignty?"
Here is broad denial Of the
Interstate Commerce COMMISSIONS
PAYER TO do what Congress has in
Atrs<.ed +. - do. The two New Yorl.
p~oiic aervice commissions and the
Attorney General have hcsitated TO
70 a. far az that. They didn't con
N'al Fiic Federal commissions decree
a" 70 freight rates. If they had,
"na' would become Of Federal SOW
ree'Knfy, as exerted to regulate in
0'1Sla'e transportation? Two clash
''R systems of rcgulation-9tate
a'-o fedcral-would mean prac-
'"@i abandonment of the sygtem Of
1Ai'ied railroad control which the
aeral government has gradually
0u'lt up. Dual authority, deadjocked
al aiong the line, would bring dls-
'ofganization and chaos.
'asfice Benedict propounds a
''eory good enough half a century
ago. but now out2rown. The sweep
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Mr.. Bakers Contumacy

Secretary Bakers attitude toward
retrenchment in army expenditures
since the armistice has been more
than unsympathetic. 1t has been
positively obstructive. " The years
before the way he was against adc-
Qlate military preparation lie
couldn't be moved to say a word in
favor of the principle Of universal
service. He assented only passively
to the passage Of the selective draft
act, and in 1918 he did all he could
to prevent the extension of the draft
age limits.
When preparation at any cost was
national necessity Mr.. Baker hung
back, thus crippling our war effort.
Now that moderation in military ex-
penditure is demanded by Treasury
conditions he again hangs back.
There is touch of pique in his
present contrariness. Congress has
shown plainly that it wants to 60
easy for the present on army costs.
He is working to thwart economy
and to make peace adjustments diff
ticult.
Mr. Baker tried last spring to get
Congress to authorize d standing
army of about $4,000 men. But
Congress cut the strength of the
peace establishment down to about
100000. The two houses provided
money to maintain force Of .l75,0oO
mer, on the understanding that not
more than that number would he OBJ
tanned in this fiscal year. Then the
Secretary bestirred himself to re-
cruit beyond the 100000 point, thus
creating a deficiency. Questioned by
the House committee the other day,
he said that he felt free to enlist
280,O00 men, if he could get them.
He continues to push recruiting. He
has just sent 20 Congress deficiency
estimate of $76,00O,0o0, s34,o00,ooo
Of it due to his contemptuous disre-
gard OF the provisions Of the last
army appropriation act.
General March showed in his re-
cent report as chief Of staff that
the country's military position is per-
fectly secure and will be SO for sew
eral years. There are nearly four
million trained men and -ens of
thousands Of reserve officers avail
able in an emergency. 1t cannot
matter much from the military point
Of view if the regular army strength
is kept below 100000 for a couple of
years longer. Congress is therefore
justified IN holding down army ap-
preparations. But Mr.. Bakers point
Of view is not the military one. 1t
seems to be political and personal.
Like Mr.. Daniels, he says to the
country, in effect: "You wouldn't
take the Wilson plan for a League
Of Nations. Now you viii have 10
pay the penalty OF enormous mill
tary expenditures
Pacifsts become ugly when they
are crossed. But the Daniels Baker
regime is ending. Congress sees
through their game and will be GER
tain to rebuke once more the reck-
lessness and spitefulness which in
spired this years. and last years
inflated military estimates.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
That's 8 Different

(P~o4, Tho Philadelphia Ete'.tn0 BuEtetsn>
The British government has decided
to refuse passports for the Willard
commission for an Irish inquiry. What
would bc tho action at Washington
and the attitude of the nation at large
IL self-Appointed commission Of
Britishers decided to come over here
and investigate as to the why's and
wherefores Of tho failure Of the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amen dments 7
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

in spite Of popular demand, certain
ly not directly from It, Yet who can
say Just where any new life origi-
mates? If from the tides Of de-
mocracy q certain number Of waves
fling themselves high upon the
beach, what mora has any age
done, what more can any one ask?
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

(Fror, The Atienta Constitution
Ponzi, in prison for five years, may
get some consolation out of the prob
able fact that there will be IS many
suckers in the world in 1926 as there
are now.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
An Unattractive Place
{ Fron rha Anrsna -. -,

lFron1 The horsaa C.fv sto-l
The population Of Fetrograd has de-
cl'ned II per cent, according 20 the
latest figures. Or. in other words. %
per cent Of tho population couldn't
get away.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

Ysu sss surchass msrchanalss ADVERTISED IN THs
yRtBUNe With absolute ssfetN--'e' II dissafs'-c.
no, results in any case rHE TRHUNs euaran'ee'
ts So ysur mons, heok upon request No red taps
NJ suibbiins W. make saoa promptly II th'
aayertissr dp.s nst
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
TASTE Paper

tF~o1n This Los Angeles ll,res,
The Russian ruble has sunk so low
in the estimation no only of the
world, but of its Own makers, that ths
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

Owned ard published dnl- b, New York T-touns
FAC Ns,, York Corporation. Ogden Reid Preri-
ae,. Vernon Rogers President. Helen
sofers Reid. Secretary. Il Ma1fsid Treasurer
address, Tribune Building iS4 Nassau Street. New
sorx Telephone. Beek;nan Ssee
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

ilEMRSR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Prees Is exclusively untitled - the
sss for republication OF a. news dispatches
eredtsd 70 II or no, otherwse credited IN this sADsr
and also The local news OF spontansouE origin pup
ush.d herein
Al rights Of republication Of al sthsr matter
hCes also rcseTed-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

THE Tribune did not confuse the
Pilgrims and the Puritans. 1t made
what was an apparently unsuccess-
ful attempt to poke fun at those who
have attacked both.-Editor.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

U~ssci ~pnoN eATEs-B, ml. Including
r~,as. y TIE UNITED STATES
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
GUARANTY

rutsrsd Al .hs PosiocAcs At Nes York A. Second
Class NAL MAiteR
New-York tribune., 1920-12-26
Another Chance

New York. Dec. q, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
St. Augustine Season
Promises To Be Extended
Travel From Northern Points
Is Brisk and Hotels Continue
To Re Crowded
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

SQ0Ctdt 0tSp0CC0 70 ne 11tOt4nO
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 81
The season here gives promise of being
prolonged far into April. Travel from
north and south is still brisk, and both
the Alcazar and Ponce de Leon continue
to be crowded.
Mrs. George NJ. Fletcher gave a
bridge, followed by tea, in the palm
garden of the Ponce de Leon on Friday
for Mrs. Edison Bradley, of Washington.
Among the guests were Mrs. Benjamin
Atha, Mrs. Murray w. Seagears, Mrs.
Martin D. Hardin, Mrs. Joel H. Lyman,
Mrs. Charles M. Swift, Mrs. John Don
linus, Mrs. Cyril Cox Spades, Mrs. c.
H. Brown, Mrs. Stephen Y. Seyburn,
Miss Amy Macmillan, Miss Clarissa An
derson and Mrs. Charles II. Bradley, all
Of New York; M1S. Gordon Macdonald,
of Morristown, N. j., and Mrs. William
R. Kenan, Of Lockport, N. Y.
Captain and Mrs. Joel H. Lyman. Of
New York, gave large dinner Wednes-
day evening in the Ponce de Leon for
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Townsend
send, of New York, have returned from
Miami Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Par
sons, DR.. Newton M. Shaffer, Percival
Bearsford and Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Twining, of New York, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph P. Ross and their daughter,
Miss Eleanor Perry Ross, Of Paterson,
N. j., after spending several weeks on
the west coast Of Florida, are here
again.
Helen H. and Elsie H. Clark have come
from Palm Beach and will pass several
days here before going to their home
in East Orange. N j.
Halsey P. Kent, Of Greenwich, Conn;
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sexton, Of Asbury
Park, N. j., and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Weeks, of Brooklyn, are recent arri-
walls.
In putting competition held on Fri
day in the palm garden of the Hotel
Alcazar Mrs. M. C. May, of New York,
finally claimed the honor after twice
tieing with Edwin Sander, also Of New
York.
A large number of yachts are at
anchor in the bay, with their owners
/ aboard, including the yacht Getaway,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Swift,
Of Ferrisburg- on-Lake Champlain, on
board. A party on board the houseboat
Mary Ann, of Endicott, N. Y, includes
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. A. L. Rinsey, of Buffalo, and
Hotel Alcazar arrivals include Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas s. Hartman, Mrs.
John c. Wildwood, Mr.. and Mrs. John
II: Randall. Mr.. and Mrs. William c.
Mills, Charles I. Sherley, Mrs Henry
B. Fawcett and Mrs. William E. Reed,
Of New York; Walter H. Scott, of Syr-
acuse; Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Court
ney, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles X. Robinson
and Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Chase, of
Brooklyni Mrs. George O. Smyth, of
New Rochelle; Mr.. and Mrs William
H. Robbins and Mr.. and Mrs. John L.
Allen, of Bay Shore, and Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence w. Churchill, Of Rye, N. Y
New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
spsc;a, DssyateA to The rrb~.s


MIAMI, Fla, March 27.-An aerial
record was broken this week when six
teen persons were carried from Bim-
ini Key to Miami aboard the huge H-16
Curtiss seaplane., The trip Of Is miles
required only 35 minutes. Tho plane
is equipped with two 400-horsepower
Liberty motors. Among the passengers
were RodmAn Wanamaker Cd, Of Phil
adelphia, and ]. H. Porter, president Of
the Calumet Steel Company, Chicago.
international polo has been the main
attraction at Miami Beach this week.
Cuba sent her strong Havana team,
composed of army officers at Camp
Columbia. The Miami Beach aggrega-
tion won two out of three matches and
captured the Carl G. Fisher silver
trophy.
Irwin Cobb few from Miami to Bimini
early in the week on the H-16. He is
hunting sailfish and dolphin as the
guest Of Captain Charles Thompson.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Howell. Of New
Brunswick, N. j., entertained with q
theater party Thursday.
Mrs. ]. Temple Gwathmey, Of New
York, who spent two weeks at the Royal
Palm, has left for Washington.
Louis Tiffany, Of New York, has ar
rived in Miami aboard his private car
with party Of friends and will spend
two weeks at the Hotel Urmey.
Colonel jefferson de Mont Thomp-
son, president Of the Aero Club Of
America and chairman Of the New York
State Aviation Commission, and Com
missioner Robert Graves are at the
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Fisher, who spent
the winter at Fort Lauderdale, have re-
New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
Tourists at Fort Myers
Enjoy Yacht Cruises
E. A. Richard, of New York,
Takes Party on Fishing Trip
on Shark River
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

Spectd@ DaSp0tch 70 1fe 1f3oNnS
FORT MYERS, Fla, March 81
With the coming Of spring yacht. own
ers who make Fort Myers a winter
home are enjoying delightful trips on
nearby waters. E. A. Richard, Of New
York City, who is spending the winter
at The Royal Palm, left during the
week on his yacht Ladona for a fishing
trip on the Shark River, having as his
guests E. n. Garcin and NJ A. Meade.
H. L. Gillespie, OF Tenaiy. N. j., has
just returned from cruise to Boca
Grande and Useppa Island. E. A.
Fitch, of New York City, who, with
Mrs. Fitch. recently arrived at the
Royal Palm. has returned from Ash
ruT trip Of several days.
Arrivals at the Royal Palm include
Mrs. J.. D. Wilcox, H. ]. Lane, A. 8.
Ostegran, Mrs. Leighton Osmun, Of
New York, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Owen, Of Great Neck, L. /.
Miss Beatrice Brennan, Of Patchogue,
l. l., Is the guest Of her aunt, Mrs.
w. d. Collier, Royal Palm avenue. Mrs.
l.. H. Bowden, Of Southampton, L. L.,
entertained twenty-five guests at din
ner In her apartments during the week.
William, PARROT, Of Newburgh, N. T..
who had been the guest Of his uncle,
the Rev. William Cady, went to Tampa
some days ago en- route home. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. p. Tompkins, Of Amityville, N.
r, have gone to Caxambas to spend
several weeks.