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later affirmed by the Attorney Gen
eral, A. MITCHELL PALMER In May
Mr.. Posi- was summoned before the
Rules Committee of the House arc
questioned concerning a report tina;
he had cancelled warrants for rht
deportation of undesirable aliens. He
admitted that, exclusive of the crowd
deported with BERKArAN and EMMA
GOLDMAN In the Buford, only twenty.
two aliens had been deported In six
months. He said:
IL have ordered the cancellation of
the deportation warrants of sixty
one Russian workers and 1882 mem
bers OF the Communist and Commu-
MIST Labor parties"
Mr.. PosT also admitted that he had
cancelled deportation warrants in ~
absence of the solicitor of the Labor
Department.
These instances, we think, will indi-
cate why the American Legion de-
manded PosT's removal, and will also
indicate why PosT does not want the
Legion to attempt 10 Americanize the
new immigrant.
But we hope and believe that Posi-
Will be out of office in five months.
The members of the American Legion,
each as an individual voter, will have
a good deal to say about that.
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Jenny Lind's Art.

II Is rather unfortunate that the
name of JENNY LIND, the centenary
of whose birth Is celebrated to-day,
should be so closely associated In the
mind of this generation with thai Of
i. Il. BARNuM that her merits as
a singer are to an extent overshad-
owed. From the money viewpoint
she was fortunate in BARNUM and
he in her; but even If the Snowman
had never lived the great JENNY
would be worthy Of all the celebra-
lions that are going on in her honor.
MEYERBEER recognized in the Lind
voice zone Of the finest pearls in the
wofld's chaplet of song" CHoRLEY,
the great musical critic, who first
named her 1.-THE Swedish nightingale.
wrote that when he heard her he
"wondered whether it was really the
case that music had never been heard
TIL 1S47" The musical historian
LAKE. author Of Famous Singers"
saws of her, 1.-THE name of JENNY
Lrvp will be remembered when NAL
rBRAN, GRIsI and many others have
sunk into Oblivion because of her
good works" But not alone because
OF those good works. This simply
added lustre to name made bright
by her genius and marvellous voice.
MoacuEIEs could find no words
adequate to give amy real idea Of
thA impression she has made" GROVES
Dictionary Of Music and Musicians
In describing her voice says it was
4 Soprnno of bright. thrilling and re-
markably sympathetic quality from
b 10 9. The upper part Of her reg
lister was rich and brilliant and su-
pefior both In strength and purity to
tn1 lower. These two portions she
managed, however, TO unite in The
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-06
Andrew H. Green, q Citizen Worthy
OF Celebration.

New York city does well to cele-
brate to-day the centenary Of An
DREW III. GREEN. To the town Of his
adoption, the community In which
his natural talents found field for
their most complete development, he
give affection, thought and practical
service of the highest value
His vision was not bounded by the
apparent limitations Of the town in
which he took up his residence. He
began his constructive work for a
finer, better New York when he first
came here from his birthplace, Worces-
ter. Massachusetts. His public spirit
and his civic enterprise at once marked
him for advancement in the manage
ment of public affairs.
Then, as now, the generality that
what Is everybody's business Is no.
body's business" was current, but Mr..
GREEN as a young man felt the obi
CATION of bearing a share of the bur
den of popular government. In 1856
he was president of the Board OF Ed
ucation. In the following year he be-
came president of the Central Park
Board, an office he held until 1870.
From 1871 to 1876 he was Comptrol-
Ter, charged with the heavy duty Of
financing city whose treasury had
been depleted by extravaganza, bad
administration and outright theft.
To meet the deficits resulting from
the populations Of the Tweed ring
and to reestabllsh the credit OF the
city Mr. GREEN was forced TO resort
to every expedlent known to honora-
BILE and far sighted administration, and
to invent a few new ones. II was a
tremendous task. and only a man with
genius for detail and n passion for
hard work could have tackled It with
any hope Of success.
Mr.. GREEN had this genius and
this passion, and he was inspired by
unfnilIng faith in the future Of New
York city and In the moral soundness
Of its people when their attention
could be fixed on essentials. His con
fidence was not misplaced. His fell.
low New Workers, aroused by him 70
recognition OF their obligations, sup
ported his work, and In remarka.
bly, short time he succeeded in his
measures Of financial rehabilitation.
Meanwhile he was n real leader in
many Of the greatest and most orig
Ihal philanthropies which have bene-
flied New York. and in his private oc-
cupation his skill and acumen In law
and finance led 20 his Identification
with many Of the great estates. The
Public Library, the Geological Park.
the Metropolitan Museum and the
Museum Of Natural History, as well
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Another Of Cox's Guns Kicks Back.

Almost invariably in American po-
lltical campaigns the defeated candi-
date of subnormal brain power but
abnormal lung power goes on wild
tear Of roorbacks as he sweeps to-
ward his final disaster.
1t was from Cox's tongue, when he
saw the States Of the East and West
slipping away from him by the dozen,
millions, twenty millions, thirty mill
ions, any old millions. raised by COR
ruptionists to buy the election for
HARDING. And that roorback re-
bounded, boomerang like, into his own
mouth to gag him from further SIAN
derous nonsense on that subject.
1t was from Cox's intermost circle
when he saw the political border wall
between the North and South crack
Ing that the loud whoop came about
Senator BoRAH turning against HAIR
DING. And now the massive, rugged
BoRAH, in his public announcement
that he Is for HARDING with no pos
sible alternative but to defeat Cox,
seems to use the very Cox rOorback
to bludgeon that garrulous candidate
who Is such n bad loser into q state
OF mutilation.
In the closing hours and days of the
political doom of Cox there will be
other roorbacks as footless and as
senseless as those he already has
sprung. And they will all kick back
against the man who sets them loose
to make him look on the night OF No
vember as If he had come through
not an orderly Presidential election
but forty horsepower threshing ma
chine.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Triple convention OF New York state Asso-
citation OF Master Bakers New Jersey Board
OF Trade and Retail Bakers Association of
the Eastern States: sessions all day; dinner
Z J.. NJ. Hotel Pennsylvsnia.
Military Order OF the Loyal Legion of the
United States, Comrnandery OF tho State OF
New York, lao Nassau street, +. ".
Electrical Show. Grand Central Palace, Ali
day.
Lecture on "Gorlu' By John Cowper
Powys. Columbia Hail, 522 Stone avenue,
Brooklyn, S:i5 Il. NJ.
Dinner conference TO discuss crime proven
Committee on Public Welfare: Mayor John
i. Hylsn viii speak; Waldorf-Astoris. !
p. NJ.
Celebration OF the ono hundrcdth ami
Father OF Greater New York." auditorium
Of the American Museum OF Natural History,
3 II. NJ.
A tea in honor OF Gen. Fayolle of the
French army, will be given at the Hotel
Brcvoort by the Association Generate de-
Observation-Disclosures d'Ameriaue, 3 Z. NJ
Luncheon of the Associated Dress Indus
tries of America, address by n. Q. Forbes
on Looking Into the Future" Hotel Nc
Apin, - 10 +. NJ.
Independent Electrical Contractors, meet
ing. Hotel McAlpin. q 30 +. NJ.
White Star Line. dinner. Hotel McApin,
+. NJ.
Industrial Arts Council. luncheon. Hotel
McAipin, 1915 L. NJ
Music Publishers Association, meeting, uo
eel McAlpn. 4 Il. NJ.
Dinner meeting OF the Business and Pro-
fessional Women Of New York. Cafe Bouie-
ward. T.. NJ.
Lecture by Burt d. Fsrnswortn on rKnowl-
edge, Action, Success" Twenty-third street
Y. VI. G. A., Il. NJ.
Jenny Lind centennial celebration, exeT-
cises In commemoration of the one hundredth
birthday OF the great singer, Aquarium Bat
ten Park. = p NJ.
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NEW LAWS CALLED GOOD.
7 he Legislatures Work for Tenants
Praised by an Expert.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: BY this
time the members OF the Legislature
must have reached an agreement with
the author of the reflection, Sharper
than a serpent's tooth II Is to have a
thankless child" Called together by the
Governor in a grave emergency, they
did what any similar body of men would
have done. They turned to the Joint
Legislative Housing Committee. which
had been sitting through the summer.
seeking ligh. from all possible sources,
and decided to pass such measures as
that committee recommended and no
others, because they felt the subject to
be highly technical
AS matter OF fact. they did the
only practical thing that they could
have done. They took away the power
of summary eviction and gave the city
power TO exempt from taxes for ten
years new residence buildings erected
within the next eighteen months. These
were absolutely the only remedies within
the power of the Legislature which did
not need constitutional amendments 20
give them effect.
What IL the result? An almost uni
versal howl of denunciation from the
press. the real estate interests and the
tenants associations. That the land
lords should complain is not surprising.
Their power TO increase rentals seems
10 be seriously affected. IL not tenn
porarily annulled
The press has not been as clear as to
the value of what has been accomplished
as might have been expected And the
Tenants Association, which ought to
understand that a great deal has been
done to help reasonable tenants. has
Joined the hue and cry against the
Legislature quite as loudly as the land
lords. The situation should confirm
Senator Lockwood and his associates In
the belief that they did hard Job
pretty we'll Any body which is called
Bolshevik and capitalist at the same
time must have steered a fairly middle
course.
AS one who observed the proceedings
OF the Legislature and OF Governor
Smith. and one whose own housing prob
lem has been made easier Of solution.
want to thank them for the manner In
which they acted, and I believe that In
doing so I am speaking for literally
thousands of tenants of the greater city.
why cannot those who are grateful
be az vociferous as those who are dis
satisfied? There are many more OF tho
former, or there will be when they
really nnd out what has happened.
am reminded OF the story Of the ten
iepers in the Gospel. who were cleansed
of their leprosy. and how only one re-
turned 70 give thanks. Were there not
ten made clean, and is there none re-
turned to give thanks TO God but this
poor Samaritan"
Let the Legislature be assured that its
work ls not unappreciated,
JOHN J. MURPHY.
NV YopE October 8.
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Wilson Now and Wilson Then.

He characterizes as grossly igno-
rant and impudently audacious the
"Americanism" of those who oppose
his League Of Nations on the ground
that committals like those of Article
X, for example, involve surrender
of national independence, a merging
of our sovereignty in the scheme Of
supergovernment the covenant aims
to establish. He says:
Those who do not care TO rell
you the truth about the League OF
Nations tell you that Article X. CT
the Covenant OF the League of Ma
lions would make It possible for
other nations TO lead US into way,
whether we will It by our own In
dependent judgment or not. This is
absolutely false. There is nothing
in the covenant which in the least
interferes with or impairs the right
OF Congress to declare war or not
declare war, according to Its own
Independent judgment, as our Con-
stitution provides"
And yet thirteen months or more
ago, when the Senator's were cross
examining Mr.. WILSON at the White
House on this very subject, he told
them plainly that that was absolutely
true which he says now is absolutely
false. Read again his own language
concerning the compulsory character
of the obligation he is still insisting
that the Republic shall incur:
Senator KNox-Mr. President, al
low me to ask this question: Suppose
that it Is perfectly obvious and ac-
cepted that there is an external
aggression against some Power. and
suppose it Is perfectly obvious and
accepted that IL cannot be repealed
except by force OF arms. would We
be under any legal obligation 20
participate?
The President-No. sir; but we
would be under an absolutely COM
peHtng moral obligation"
No comment Is needed None will
be attempted.
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RAIN INSURANCE.
Three Instances In Which Science
Could Have Helped.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD; Insurins
against rain has become quite as much
of fact in the United States as in Eng
land. where II has been practised FOL
many years, and apparently 1t haze moi
occurred TO the insured that at the end
OF series OF insurance policies they
have paid not only for their own losses
but the profits of the insurers as well.
In England the matter Is managed
with a res SCRABBLE degree OF intelligence
IN this country-well. here are three
instances:
A club decided that two-tenths OF an
inch OF rain would spoil things. There
was a shower, but the two-tenths of an
of an inch. Things certainly were
spoiled. but the club got no insurance
for the fec paid to the company.
Case two was a joke on the club. The
club insured against one-tenth of an
inch of rain within certain time limits.
The club had no rain gauge; neither
had the insurance company. 1t did not
occur TO either party that tin bucket
at the club grounds would have an
bWtEeQ puEpOSt VI q SaNBc' ~ SOeiA
parties agreed upon the gauge at a
weather bureau station about fifteen
miles away.
Did It rain? Well, two-hundredths OF
an inch fell at the weather bureau sta
ton and more than an inch fell at the
club grounds.
Case three was joke on the insur-
ance company. The policy covered a
certain rainfall between s A. NJ. and
8 z. VI. The rain came all right, but
the sky was clear and bright at o'clock.
The function set for the afternoon went
Off in most delightful weather The In
surance company paid.
One thing happened in each instance:
the weather bureau was damned up hill,
Gown dale and cross lots And yet In
each instance the official in charge at
the nearest weather station could have
given insurers and insured the informa-
ton whereby a reasonable and fairly
satisfactory policy could be executed.
But It is easier TO damn the weather
man than to ask him for information.
OBSERVER.
MOUNT VERNON. October s.
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BOOK AGENTS MEET,
TELL TRADE TRICKS
SELL Every Farmer a Good
Volume a Year. One Plan
Convention Reveals.
BARNuM rs PRESIDENT
Made 81, 100000 in Canvass
ing-Women Harder to
Sell to Than Men.
spec.a, Despatcn to THE HruALp.


CHICAGO, Oct. Book agents from
all parts of the country assembled In
convention to-day at tie Hotel Sher-
man. Il. c. Barnum of Cleveland, the
worlds champion book agent, who has
amassed $1,00o,000 via the house To
house canvass is president Of the or
SANITATION.
Twenty-Five thousand college boys
learned success from him. The agents
motto is:
Get every farmer to buy one good
book a year"
The city folks are better Off. for they
ready daily that "zippy encyclopedia
the metropolitan daily" they contend.
Years ago the only books read were
the Scriptures and Dickens" said Mr..
Barnun, who Is the nominee for Vice
President on the Single Tax ticket
Now. thanks to the clergymen who
go out by thousands every summer, the
rural districts know what's going on In
tho world, what other nations are think
ing. The book agents have killed that
old Decentralization. Farmers to-day
have motor cars and Photographs and
ladies' clubs. The book agents brought
the desire for better things.
"I've taught $4,000 young mon from
all the American universities how to sell
things. One, the president OF big COR
poration, wrote to me recently and said
his book agent days. and not his course
at the University of Michigan. had made
him successful. There are only Ave mo-
tiyes that can affect human beings
These are money, utility, satisfaction of
pride, caution and yielding to pleasure"
"A book agent learns unerringly to
find q mans weak spot" added E. II.
Foote Of Cincinnati, book agent de luxe.
Maybe the prospect likes to make
swank among his neighbors. owns
twin six when q flivver would do as
we'll. So the book agent talks Of fine
bindings. libraries In the home.
Women are harder to sell to than
men. You have to appeal first to their
emotions. but the sale follows an appeal
to their bargain sense.
Book stores are vanishing In the
United States. Only the people Of Gull
ture frequent them. The book agent has
taken the place of the musty little shop.
He Is doing real service he Is the
true standard bearer OF brotherhood of
man."
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CONDITIONS IN IRELAND.
Operations OF an Irish Republic Tri
bunaI In Donegal

! To TIE NEW YORK HERALD: have re-
ceived from my brother In County Don
egal letter which believe gives fair
and impartial account Of the present sit
uation In Ireland. In II he says
NOW you win have seen quite a LOT
OF the political and religious unrest II
Ireland. and while the papers are some
times inclined to augment same. still tho
country Is IN q very bad way. Fortu-
nate,y IL is NOT very pronounced up our
way and ! do not think will develop
into anything like in the south.
"As 1 said. everything is quiet here.
We have local irish Republic tribunal,
as practically all of the magistrates have
resigned their commissions and the court
house is burned down.
ION August bank holiday three Derry
fellows mad with drink smashed pub
lie house window and wrecked the entire
place. The police were looking on and
did nothing. The Derry fellows were
all Catholics and were arrested by the
local tribunal. tied hand and foot and
motored away to o barn in the noun
tains and left there all night to sober
They were tried next morning and fined
81 each and the cost of the windows and
told not to come near this town for six
months
THE local caretaker of one OF the es-
tates here was arrested by the tribunal
for firing with intent and wounding two
boys He got fair trial and was
fined CO. He explained he was sub
jected to annoyance and abuse by the
poachers @who were always threatening
him and he could get no satisfaction
from summoning them or from the po-
lice. The tribunal informed him IL he
would get any annoyance in the future
and bring the thing before them they
woulds take good care to see that he
would be protected in the pursuit Of his
duties
Every one here Is warned that they
are to live at peace with their Protestant
neighbors. and II any complaint Is made
of any offensive remark or action the
tribunal will act very severely and BAN
ish the offender from this town for
term of months or years according to
the offence Now this Is the bright side
of Sim Fein CLEANED from my personal
experience.
THE dark side is the murder Of police
man of any religion will agree to or
countenance, and my own opinion is
that such actions are done by imported
gunner. probably United States Amer
leans of Irish extraction. No ordinary
man can pot his man from the width OF
the street with a revolver unless he has
been trained to the use of the pistol from
his youth. At least this Is my idea.
Personally do not see what the out
come is going to be. ! foregather once
a week with Father and two other
friends for a game of bridge. Two OF
the party are Sim Fein and Roman
Catholics, and third and myself are
Professionals. Unionists and Masons and
we meet. have crack and talk of things
generally and are the best OF friends. To
read the papers you would not think this
possible N.
New YORK, October s.
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--Fair ana con-
tinued cool to-day tomorrow fair with
slowly rising temperature moderate to
fresh northwest TO north winds. becon1-
ing northeast tomorrow.
For New Jersey-Fnlr and continued cool
to-day; tomorrow fair, with glowly rising
winds
and tomorrow: not much change in tenn
perature moderate northwest to nerth
For Southern New Eng.and-Fair to-day
and tomorrow not much change In tern.
peratnre; moderate northwest to north
tinned cool to-day; tomorrow fair. With
slowly rising temperature; moderate nortlI
to northeast winds.
\ WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.--a disturbance was
central over the Canadian maritime prov
lnces tonight. and another off the North
Pacific coast. while the pressure was high
over practically all sections OF the country
east Of the Rocky Mountains. There were
local rains to-day In New England. southern
S wSsls and siong the North Pacific coast,
~ssther oversprend the lake region the
ONO and middle Mississippi valleys and the.
and readings were below normal throughout
ms area tonight. In the plains States and
me Northwest the temperature was consid-
erably above normal. the excess amounting
to 20 degrees or more in portions of Mon
tana and the Canadian provinces to the
northward Generally fair weather viii pre-
vail tomorrow and Thursday in the States
east OF the Mississippi River. The tempeya-
ture Will rise slowly tomorrow and Thurs
day In Michigan. and continued cool weather
In the Ohio valley. the lower lake region
and the middle Atlantic and north Atlantic
States tomorrow will be followed by slowly
rising temperature Thursday.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations taken Mt p. NJ. YESTERDAY
seventy fifth meridian time
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6. 1920.
The Downward shoot of Prices.

- December wheat at S1.90 q bushel
looks like 40 cents down from the top
already. December corn 1T IS cents
looks like rs cents down-already.
Cotton around 20 cents looks like 20
cents down-already.
A crop Of 100000, 900 or 9O0,000Oo0
bushels of wheat down 70 cents
buspel, or down some $500, 1000, 600 in
all, does not mean exactly so much
less direct cost In American bread.
American consumers don't eat all our
wheat. Some 100000 bushels suf-
fee to supply their needs.
A crop of 100000 bales OF cotton
down 500 bale, or 81 200, 100000 in
all, does not mean exactly So much
less direct cost in American textiles;
for American consumers do not use
ell our cotton. A crop of some three
billion bushels of corn down 75 cents
a bushel, or some two and a quarter
billions Of dollars in all, does mean 50
much less direct cost in American
food because pretty much all our corn
goes into our beef, mutton, pork, our
poultry and even our eggs, butter, milk
and cheese.
A cut of approximately two and a
quarter billions Of dollars in the corn
for home consumption, of perhaps
three-quarters of billion of dollars
in the cotton for home consumption
and of nearly half billion OF dollars
in the wheat for home consumption
this total looks like cut Of nearly
three and a half billions Of dollars in
direct fundamental food costs. A
cut Of three and half billions OF dol
lars in only these three staplesl Here,
in merely these three items, Is po-
tential living cost relief at the rate of
some $35 n head for every man,
woman and child in the United States
more than $500 a year for the aver
age American family.
Furthermore, a cut Of $500 ,OO0,0 900
81, 200. OoO, 900 in the market value of
our cotton and of $4,000, ooo, 600 In the
market value of our corn means four
billions of dollars of purchasing
power sliding out from under the gen
eral market. And there Is where the
business Is done of bringing about gen
eral defation and of letting down
general prices.
AS any particular purchasing power
begins to weaken the general market
tends to sag. AS general purchasing
power slumps the bottom drops out OF
the general market Those great
staples are the lever and the full
crum both, they are the lifting force
and the sustaining power under the
very base of all the markets.
IT is the downward slide that is
ahead of the American consumer.