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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-12
Mrs. House Had Given Up All Hope of Getting We'll When He Got Her to Try Tanlac.
WORRIED ABOUT HER
 WRETCHED HEALTH
''Tanlac Helped Me When All Else Had Failed, and l
 Am Now as We'll as Ever" She Declares. ]

q had just about given up all hope of ever getting well when one day my son-in-law came home from work and said: Mother, why don't you try Tan lacT I did so and now I am feeling as we'll as ever I did in my life" said Mrs. L. A. House, 4S0 Elm street, At lanta, Ga.
 For over two years" she continued, "I had suffered with indigestion and my stomach was in a very bad state. Everything I ate disagreed with me,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-12

determination of the convention. Even republicans who have attended msny conventions were pessimistic over the prospects of a campaign which started in the mood of yesterday.
 The big event of the day was the fight in the resolutions committee over the party's platform. Morning came with the two wings of the party far apart upon the League of Nations plank. Senator Borah, during the night, had nearly come to a fist fight with Ex-Senator Murray Crane in Colonel Harvey's room at the Blackstone, a strange place in which to settle the policy of the republican parry. Talk of a bolt swept through the cor riders of the hotels, but experienced po- ltical observers discounted it, since bolt on platform is almost without precedent. There are so many weasel words in the dictionary that no party has an excuse for splitting up on it's doctrines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-12
COMPROMISE ANNOUNCED

Suddenly a compromise was announced. The gentlemen who were writing the League of Nations plank, unlike the sen ators in Washington, did not have all the time in the world to split hairs and bar ter verbiage; they had to get their job done A lot of impatient delegates wait ing in the convention hall would have gone into revolt if they had not fin ished it. And the compromise reached, like those reached in Washington on the same subject favored the bitter enders rather than the mild reservationists. A minority of the party possessing greater force and brains and having at it's service the able council of Colonel Harvey pre- vailed.
 Senators Borah, Mccormick and Bran dege. assisted by Colonel Harvey, kept the word league out of the plank. Sen ator Lodge, according to common report, sacrificed his own child, the Lodge res ervations. The plank declares for ''an agreement among the nations to preserve the peace of the world" This agreement among the nations is called further Ian international association" There is a fur ther reference to 'the decision of impar- tial courts" Thus the plank goes around the subject of a League of Nations while avoiding the hated word. Is the repub- lican party for a League of Nations? The mild reservationists will say yes. for the international association" means the same thing as a League of Nations. The republicans of Col. George Harvey's 5 school will insist that it means nothing of ha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-12
ANXIOUS TO AVID PITFALLS

Under these circumstances it is hard to be otherwise than hstless At best the convention hopes in the candidate and in the platform to avoid as many of the pitfalls before the party as possible. It's attitude is negative rather than positive
 All politics is compromise but this con vention is compromise raised to the nth power. After yesterdays session was over much criticism was heard in the Lotels of the dulIness. lack of snap and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-12
COMFORT FOR ALL

The plank is written to make comfort able in the party all varieties of repub- licans whatever they may believe on the League of Nations It is an advance upon the Indiana plank, because it does declare for something positive. It is constrlIc- tive, where the Indiana plank was purely destructive With this plank the repub- lican party expresses something more than mere opposition to President Wilson. It is for something. 1t is for an inter national association That international association may be a league of nations as events develop, and as the exigencies of the campaign demand, or it may not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-12

leader. The delgats, moreover had more than their fill of hotels during the pri- mary campaigns and from the campaign
 fund exposure. They don't expect to do any special shining or a wonderful job. They don't expect to find d candidate who is world beater They don't ex- pect their platform to rouse mankind,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Taxing Army Pay

The Supreme Court having invah-
dated one part Of the state income
tax law, and it being necessary for
the Legislature to make repairs, the
Legislature should extend its labor
to excise the part under which SOL
diers and sailors are practically
called on to pay an income tax on
the doles received from the govern
ment.
AS the blanks are now made out,
an unmarried man must pay tho tax
en- that part Of his income which Is
in excess Of $1,000. If married, the
exemption is $4,000. Now comes the
joker. If part Of the income Is
army or navy pay this, while not
taxable, reduces the exemption which
may be claimed. If a service man
received, for example, $500 from the
government, his exemption is re-
ouced to $500. This is the same
thing as if he paid on the army pay
direct.
How this preposterous and unin-
tended provision got into the law no
one has explained. But it is there,
If Comptroller Travis is not mis-
taken, and it is time to get it out.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03

power more consciously than 1t does
to-day. And it's average in quality
was higher, for the North, too, was
represented by, q group Of lead
ers, equally competent and distin-
guished.
Bankhead was the last Of gem
Grafton in the South which had lived
through an heroic period. 1t had
brilliancy and picturesqueness, as
we'll as solidity. 1t was tried in the
fire. The new South is politically
more prosaic, perhaps more materi-
alistic in temper. The old "briga-
diers" are gone-the old orators
and statesmen. The new generation
is losing the former flavor Of Sec
tionalism. Yet that is not loss in
all respects. 1t is time for section
alism, too, to go into the melting
pot"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Johnson for President
To the Editor Of The Tribun.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; Ny candidate for President ~
Hiram johnson, the man who in his
every make up sides with Justice. fair
play and square deal, which our
country and the people in it sadly need
at the present time.
My candidate for Governor Of the
State Of New York at the next state
election Is Senator Ogden Mills. To
my way of looking at it, he is made
out of the same kind of material and
would make a Governor that no one
would have to apologize for.
OF course there are other good man
but just at this time I think the proper
thing to do--if the Republican party
wants to sweep the country-is to NOM
mate Hiram Johnson for President and
Senator Ogden Mills for Governor of
New York State. and that will do the
trick am firmly convinced.
FREDERIC G. W. s1GRrsT.
Forty years voter Republican ticket.
New York, Feb. 20, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Two Islands

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Senator Kenyon's resolution rel-
ative to the acquisition Of Bermuda bv
the United States apparently ignores
the greater question as to whether the
Bermudians are not entitled to settle
for themselves the principle of self
determination. If the proximity Of
Bermuda to New York Ia "a menace to
the United States" how about the prox-
unity OF Ireland to Great Britain?
Senator Kenyon has unconsciouslv
made one Of the best arguments for the
retention Of Ireland as a part of the
British Empire. And Bermuda is sew
eral hundred miles further from New
York than Ireland is to the English
coast. So long as Bermuda remains un-
der the British flag Senator Kenyon
should know that It never will be a
menace to the United States.
ROGERS TALYER.
st. Georges Rectory, Schenectady.
N. Y, March /. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Government by Minorities

Suppose the political parties were
hquidated, would public life then
become one grand, sweet song? On
the contrary, it would likely be a
yelping, discordant chorus Of rival
selfishness. If administrations had
to depend upon ga fortuitous con-
course Of atoms"-or, in other
words, upon the shifting support of
political groups representing va
rious shades of opinion-govern-
ment by cunning minorities would
be almost certain.
What the Vice-President has apt
ly described as the new hypheniza-
tion is being illustrated on every
hand. The spectacle of labor or
ganizations holding a stop watch
upon Congress has become common.
Now the farmers come along, seven
millions strong, say the farmers of
the farmers, to take u hand in COM
hitting candidates to their policies.
Every man who will not swallow
these, bait, hook and sinker, is to
be fought at the polls. Conversely,
Of course, every man who will yield
his conscience and judgment to this
kind of dictation will get their votes.
He will owe a double allegiance
to the country as a whole and to
certain of his countrymen. That he
cannot serve both faithfully goes
without saying.
1t is proper--nay, more, it Is
eminently desirable--for voters to
know precisely where candidates
stand. But when organizations
which seek class benefits or are COM
posed of men with fixed ideas en-
deavor to deprive legislators Of all
independence of opinion they labor
for q deterioration in the govern
ment. The dual party system has
it's weaknesses, but may a merciful
Providence preserve the country
from being turned over to tuggings
among the wolf pack Of half dozen
groups. each trying to bite off some-
thing for itselfl
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
n Bill WHOLLY Bad
Would Nullity Tenement House
Lam. Mr.. Murphy Declares

To tho Editor Of The Tribune. .
Sirs You will render a public serv-
ice by directing attention to bill in
Itroduced by Senator Dodge and As
ISemblyman Leininger amending the
greater New York charter which con-
stitutes the most wholesale assault
upon the tenement house law which
has been launched since the passage
Of the act, nearly twenty years ago.
This bill subjects nearly all the provi-
sions of the tenement house law and
the orders Of the Commissioner and
tho department to reversal by the
Board of Appeals. It implies that the
board may In It's wisdom nullify the
law.
would not be understood a. prophe-
sying that the present Board of Ap-
peals would misuse its power. Its pol
icy has been in conformity with good
civic standards. But, no matter how
excellent 1t may be, no local body
should be given power to repeal legis-
lation enacted by the state.
Another objection to the proposed
law is that, even though the Board OF
Appeals never decides q single appeal
in favor Of the appellant, tho policy
proposed would delay Indefinitely the
work OF the Tenement House Depart
ment. Notice of an appeal from the
departments rulings will servo, even
IN urgent cases, as stay Of proce ed
lngs; appeals could be made from the
thousands of orders which the de-
partment is obliged to issue annually.
Even orders to repair leaky roofs or to
abate the nuisance Of flooded cellars
might be appealed from if the remedy
required any considerable structural
alterations. Tho enforcement of the
departments orders under it's present
so-called arbitrary system is slow
enough. Under the change proposed It
is hardly too much to say that nothing
would be done except what the owner
chose to do.
The introduction of such a bill at a
'A'h0 "he" 30 many owners are an
swering appeals for repairs by the
phrase "lf you don't like 1t get out"
shows particularly poor conception of
public needs. The bill is wholly bad
and seems to have been drawn without
the least regard for that great popu-
lation Of the City Of New York. whose
interests the tenement house law was
intended to safeguard.
JOHN J. MURPHY.
Secretary Tenement House Committee.
New York, March /. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Anderson

Whether or not there is sufficient
reason for a legislative investigation
Of the Anti-Saloon League and it's
executive officer, William H. Ander-
son, Is a matter concerning which
opinions may we'll differ.
But that the Anti-Saloon League
itself should have a desire to ex-
anime closely into the behavior of it's
superintendent Is. scarcely open to
question. Mr.. Anderson is no asset
10 the cause of prohibition enforce
ment. On the contrary, he has be-
come an impediment. Many who
eoncede that the new law should be
given fair chance are thrown into
the doubtful column or into the
ranks of the opposition when they
encounter Mr.. Anderson or read his
utterances.
His declarations disclose the spirit
Of rowdy. He garnishes his dis
course with the language of the
gutter and the ringside. His favo-
rite word is apparently '1iar" and
his vulgarity has long excited dis
gust.
The merits and demerits of Mr..
Anderson should, of course, have no
influence on the public's attitude
toward a great question, but even
good cause can be injured by con-
spicuous advocacy of it by a blatant
vulgarian-one who seems to be OBJ
sessed by the idea that he has been
chosen to be boss and dictator and
who breaks out into undignified rage
when his authority is questioned.
The Anti-Saloon League, If it values
its influence, may we'll consider get
ting another sort of mouthpiece.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Our Cleanesf CITY
Praise for the Ca,npaikn .,
Comn1erciolized Vice

Ts the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
SIR The recent dictum of. Jus..
wadhams re equal punishment for hot,
men and women in immortality cases 6.
hailed by all organisations and ind;
viduals interested in she subject "a Al
solutely equitable On the other hand
10 this any reason for syitlc;z,,,
Magistrate Jean Norris and other, :.
our city magistrates for deciding n.
guilt Of professional strsc.wslk.,,
after fair and impartial hearing,
Commsrcialized crime is not eo,
Quoted epenly--st least no* in citi..
such as New York. where ssxr,rs..d
districts are not tolerated. Eyidsn..
OF convincing nature must b. nr.
sented to secure . cnvic.ion. md ..
securing this it is not snly ;sritim.t.
but essential that skilled daese.ive. \.
used. These detectives ara not allovsa
to act as agents provocateurs, bu,
should use all legitimate measures n
apprehend both parties to the crime.
Any one who remembers New Yor,
in the former days, when It was I'M
possible to walk from the Grand Cen.
trail Station to Broadway on Forty.
second Street without being solicited
six or eight times. will readily ARA.
that wonderful change for the bett.y
has taken place.
Another decisive argument favor,nv
strict law enforcement Is the standin,
OF this city on the table compiled by
the United States Public Health
Service, showing the percentage Of 70.
cial (venereaD diseases among the sso-
ond million drafted men. On this Nsv
York, with rate Of 2.44 per cent va,
the cleanest large city In the country
and was surpassed by only few Of th.
smaller communities.
There may be isolated fnstanc.s
where strict law enforcement Ia.
worked for individual injustice-thi,
being just as true Of murder. burglary
forgery, etc., as Of cases involving i'm
morality. AS whole, however. th.
New York system has produced results
which are beneficial to the community
from every standpoint.
RsYE E EVERETT,
Associate Director, the American
Social Hygiene Annexation.
New York, March 1, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03

being wisely critical az arc the
French, we could ask to be nothing
better than hospitable. May the
quality grow with the yearsl Fourth
rate poets on lecture tours may be
undeservedly kept alive by it; but If
we can also possess enough sense to
appreciate true dramatist like
Lord Dunsany or q great master like
Meredith at a critical moment Of
their artistic careers, surely we can
feel Justified Of our artistic exist
ence,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Boots" and the Tin Tub

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Many, many years ago the
writer. pursuing his functions as
boots" in hotel in his native city
in Scotland, had as ono of his duties
the bringing up to various "tin bath
tub fiends" said bath and accompsni-
ments, to wit: bath towels, water can
fuii OF water and sponge. Now. the
MOTEL IN which the writer was employed
mad I44 rooms and ore bath with bot
and cold water, mostly cold. I'm
agine ii you can this hotel, sans
nit, with a procession of tin tubs
being carried hither and yon, a. ssll as
upward and downward, plus shs afors-
said water cans.
Now, sir. It Is not such = far cry
from the hotel in question to the
Pennsylvania and the Commodore
Now, in all seriousness. suppose there
Is the same number of baths In these
mammoth hostelries per capita that
existed in the house where formerly
was employed. Then, taking into con-
sideration the splendid CD telephone
service now existing in our commercial
capital. imagine all Of the .hres thou
sand guests preparing Themselves fe'
their morning tin tub be:h. Wsii
six, with my early professional exrs'
ri scas coll behind ~ 1Dl III the cor
ven'snoss Of uy swn - se1 - other
modern hotels bs9osv M - rerspirsr
ton begins 70 gently bsspsrcle ny
brow" at the very Thought ef the num-
Der Of employees 1t wsaid take to 81
the 'bally old dear things going"
BOOTH
Buffalo. N. X. Feb. a., 1870
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Auto Feuer
A Vermont Philosopher Upon
the Cost of Cfpilixofion

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In a littls sovn Of less than
1900 inhabitants. on the eastern side
of Vermont, last year there were l7s
autos registered, and Of this number
can think of only twelve, possibly
fifteen, that are being put 70 CONNER
cial purposes. Some fifteen men are
deriving their living from the upkeep
Of these machines
have only mentioned this town 10
substantiate my argument that the
auto is one Of the greatest factors in
creating the chaos of to-day Fifteen
years ago these men who are now de-
riving their living from the auto were
all available for other vocations. three
being house painters, one carriage
painter, two blacksmiths, one cleo
trician, four farmers, one shoe re-
pairer. two clothing business men and
one machinist.
AT this ratio We are deprived Of the
labor of some ten million of men for
other essential occupations. Just what
number of men are Employed In the
manufacture Of autos in the United
States. l cannot say. But it must Be
IN the millions.
Now compare with twenty-five yesr5
ago. ! have In my possession a buggy
which was formerly owned by q lead
ing citizen and considered one Of the
wealthy. When he appeared with this
outfit he was envied, and yet this man
had no more than $400 invested To-
day the auto will average more than
$1,000, and yet there is not man out
of the 178 automobilists who has one
tenth the wealth of this man.
Personally am to blame as much
as the rest, for In summing up my
auto account last year 1t nearly
reached 800, being more than fourth
Of my earnings. And this sum should
be my savings.
Tho auto fever has such grip on
the young men Of to-day that instead
OF placing their first savings Of $500 on
a home or farm 1t is their flrst pay
ment on an auto, and this means Eve
years Of this mans earnings are gone
Think 1t over, young man. A home Is
the nearest thing to heaven you can
have, and this should be considered
first. WALTER s COLE
Bradford, VT. March /, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
What Of the 18th?
To the Editor Of ne Tribune

To the Editor of ne Tribune.
Sir: Which is the more important,
the protection of every citizen Of the
United States in his right to vote for
the candidate Of his choice, or preven-
tion of the drinking of a harmless
glass Of beer or wine by sober tenn
psrate men and women?
sus nore than forty years we have
had provision in the Federal Con-
stitution guaranteeing the right of
every citizen to vote. That iprovision
has been openly violated and spat upon
by every Southern prohibition state
What are the New York City clergy
men. who are organizing kr aid in the
enforcement Of the Eighteenth Amend
ment, doing to secure the enforcement
OF tho Fifteenth Amendment
WHlDDEN GRAHAM.
New York. March /, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
The Five-Day Week
VIII II Be Prevented By an
Eight-Hour Law?
To tho Editor Of The Tribune.

10 thu Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. A bill has been introduced to
the New York legislators providing
that no female or minor should bc per-
mitted to work in any industrial or
mercantile establishment for more
than eight hours day.
Can you not develop, through the
columns of your paper, some discus
sion as to the merits of bill of this
character? A particular point, which
should be kept clearly In mind, is that
many trades are already working for
ty-four hours q week, based upon
eight hours for five days and four
hours on Saturday. Whether the
forty-four hour week has como to stay
is not Of Importance at the present
minute in discussing this question.
but if the forty -four-hour week is
established. there are great many
industries that will prefer to work
the forty-four hours in five
days, leaving all day Saturday free to
the worker. Actual experience in many
industrial establishments has cstab-
lished the fact that the EMPLOYEES
themselves prefer to work the present
forty-eight hours in five days, giving
them all day Saturday for recreation,
and it is reasonable presumption that
If the work week is shortened to forty
four hours there will be more reason
for working the fve-day week.
If a bill limiting work to eight hours
in any one day were to pass at the
present time. it would make impossible
the operation of a five-day week of
torty-four hours, and it would, in nv
Judgment, rob the employees of this
state OF the opportunity to get an ali
day Saturday holiday.
This fve-day week is worth thinking
about and fighting for, and believe
that the majority of employees them
selves would much prefer to work
forty-four hours in Ave days and have
all day Saturday free than be obliged
to put in half day Saturday morning.
What do your readers think about
this7 MAURICE sAYYNnrpc
Brooklyn, N. Y,sMarch 4. 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-03-03
Throttling the Merchant Marine

Bearing on the question Of the
disposal of the former German ships,
The Marine Journal, whose editors
have the advantage Of knowing some
thing whereof they write, speaks in
the following manner:
Tho Marine Journal does not
hesitate to say that the pretense on
which the defeat Of the sale Of the
German liners was sought that
these or some Of them were to pass
over to British interests--was false.
most grossly false, and that, as a
matter of fact, the resulting delay
in the actual utilization of these
ships under tho American flag Is an
important victory for British inter-
ests over the interests Of the United
States"
The British ship owners, as is
their right and privilege, have been
active in efforts to engross the
business Of the most profitable trade
routes before American lines could
be established. So they naturally
rejoice greatly over the news that
the ex-German liners have been in
definitely bottled up. The moment,
for example, il appeared that the ex-
German liners were to be idle and
useless in American ports the
Cunard Steamship Company an
nounced it had decided to put
British passenger steamers on the
route from New York to Hamburg.
Congress-, Of course, did not in
tend TO hamstring American ship
ping development, but it did. 1t
listened to the demagogy of Hearst.
The blocking Of the sale Of the
ships to the private American COM
panies that have the organization
and the experience to ran them
gives our trade rivals an oppor-
tunity they are not foolish enough to
neglect. The prospects of the Ameri-
can merchant marine have thus been
frosted. Unless there is radical
change Of policy, the chances of keep
ing the flag on the high seas are
slender.