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New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Saving the Dye Industry

Great Britain, after prolonged
consideration, has adopted, with re-
spect to the British dye industry,
the policy which the Longworth bill.
now before Congress. would apply 20
the American dye industry.
The policy is double one: on the
one hand it seeks to protect dye
makers from that winch wouId other
wise be stliling competition. and at
the same tnn~ to insure to Amer can
manufacturers supply OF dyes Of
kinds not yet made in this country
10 achieve both Of these ends the
new British act establishes licens-
ing system under which an expert
board viii determine what dyes may
be imported and what are to be kep,
cut. The Longworth bin would set
UP similar licensing system here.
with discretion lodged with the
tariff h"ard.
The 'gworth bill is emergency
legisl If it is not passed be-
fore the declaration Of peace with
Germany the promising American
oyestuff industry is gone. German
manufacturers, out of their surplus
recently dumped S5,000,0O0 worth of
dyes into Great Britain. and il is
estimated that $10,00O,O00 stock
Eas been accumulated for shipment
here. SO there is need for speedy
action if good faith investments are
rot to be coniscatcd and if America
IS to have the domestic production of
substances essential to national de-
fensc.
No one needs to haggle over the
issue CT free trade or protection.
Even free trade Great Britain rec
cgnizes that questions other than
ecoromic ones arc involved. And
WITH the flexible regulation of a
licensing board manufacturers need
not fear being put at a disadvantage
when making goods.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Bishop Burch

1t was Bishop Burch's talent as
an executive, a handler Of men, an
organizer of the institutional side Of
his Church, that distinguished his
career. But let no one underesti-
mate the vast yield to a diocese of
such a service. "Institutional" may
sound cold word in print; it is the
modern synonym Of good works. in
it is summed up every helpful &C
tivity to comfort, heal and save.
The great speaker, the brilliant
man Of letters and Of the platform,
may be occasionally combined with
the wise executive. But how sell
dom the records not only of churches
but Of business and politics disclose
Humanity speaking diocese, like a
parish--like any group calling a
leader-must make choice and
lean one way or the other That the
Diocese of New York chose well and
wisely when it named Bishop Burch
the fourishing, loyal state, spiritual
and material, of his see, its mani
fold churches, clubs and charities,
bear witness.
Through his long service as suf-
fracan bishop Bishop Burch had be-
come intimately known and greatly
beloved throughout his diocese Per
sonal sorrow over his untinely death
will be as deep and widespread as
regret that so able and devoted q
servant has been lost to his Church.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

dote on equipping their unique off
spring with garments of peculiar
charms But do the offspring appre-
ciate these extraordinary qualities?
They do not On the contrary, they
rave and pout and sob, according to
their several natures; and their cry
is one to be dressed exactly, to a
hair and to the last belt and buckle,
as the other little boys or girls of
their own particular group are
garbed.
There may be youthful radicals
who yearned to be different in their
kindergarten days and were full
ledged Bolsheviks, sartorially
speaking, by grammar school. They
have never come to our attention.
Childhood is essentially a conserva-
tive age. A certain dark, glowering
grudge against the grown-up world
Eliminates it. But of the desire to
be different which operates so power
fully upon our little intellectualized
groups of added years and subtract
Cd sense there is not a trace. A
Greenwich Village composed of chill
dren is unthinkable. 50 is d neo-
Greek coloay, it is now demon
strated, on the word Of Menalkas Of
the bare legs.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Perilous Politics
)on't disturb the situation

II Don't disturb the situation!
II Don't remove Enrighti
II Don't make a martyr of Hylan
i Don't investigate"
Such is the advice which is whis-
pered in the ears of Republican legis-
Iators by few Republican leaders
who lack vision. They argue that
with the Republican enrolment In
this city larger than the Democratic
for the first time in its history, the
thing to do is to do nothing. AS one
cf them expressed it:
LET Hylan and Enright stew in
their own juice. 1t is making votes
for u.s.
1t is doubtful whether such a
policy would make votes. 1t seems
safer to have no responsibility for
the continuance of the misrule Of
the Hylan administration. Respon-
sbility cannot be avoided by pussy
footing. Let the Legislature investi-
gate the whole seethlng mass of
crime and corruption.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Applied Industrial Democracy

A pleasing flavor of American
common sense is detachable in the
understanding reached between the
owners and tie employees of the
Aewhern Iron Works and Supply
company, Of North Carolina.
The owners having told their en-
ployees that they could not keep the
Mant gong under present trade con-
oltions unless there was q lowering
of wages the employees responded
mat they were willing to work for
'ess. Whereupon the owners said
lake over the plant. Run it your
A'lVes. You may have, to divide, all
The profits you make" So a treaty
~ tins basis was arranged and the
employees are operating the works
IL VIII give chance to demonstrate
whether or not all the profits under
cooperative management measure up
10 the wages paid when there is com
iany management.
One may surmise that the en-
ployees Will learn not a little during
tie coming weeks az they try out
,snat 's ailuringly called industrial
democracy. That the men realize
'ney are up against a problem il
fho~n by the fact that the first ac-
iton Of the new regime is 10 reduce
by 10 per cent the Wages Of the of.
lice force Of the concern.
Workers have long been fed on the
idea that factory owners exploit
them. Many Of them denv that
managers by their skill and intelli-
psnce make for plant more than
they draw out in profits az the wages
of management 50 IL IN good to find
out where the truth liea. Tnose who
are not yet convinced by what has
Aappe7sd In Russia may perhaps
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

major interest Of society is an en-
larged production and that distribu-
ton is a secondary problem.
Other parts Of the country were
patriarchcal and to some extent
collectivis-, but New England be-
came intensely individualist It
hung up the prizes Of assured pri-
vate possession and thus stimulated
inventiveness and enterprise. And
the children Of the Pilgrim became
richer than their neighbors, though
their region was the least lowered
by nature Of all the sections of the
country. The example was infec-
tious and all America grew to be
highly capitalistic.
Many descendants Of the first set
tiers now have doubts of the valid
lty Of the capitalistic system. 1t
seems paradoxical to them that men
may best serve their fellows by
pursuing their own advantage. The
inequities Of distribution are obvi-
Gus and are much dwelt on. But con-
trasting in broad way the America
Of 1920 and the America of 1920 it
Will be conceded that the capitalistic
system has worked well-has not
only accelerated production but has
diffused benefits among the masses
Of the people such as have never
before been equaled. SO it is not
strange that the greater number Of
our citizens close their ears to the
lutings Of socialistic salvation and
fall back on the principle that the
system which works the best is the
best.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
The Conservative Age of Youth

Young McnalAas Duncan, nco-
Greek by the will of his parents but
evidently plain boy through the gift
OF the gods, may or may not like the
trousers upon which his soul was
bent when he ran away from his
Paris home. Trousers have THEN.
faults, as have bare legs. Just as a
matter Of common sense there are
reams to be said for the Grecian
costume, home spun and home WOW
en-, in which the elder Duncans had
him.
But reason has little TO do with
clothing. Art has trine more. but
only n trif'e, as any museum OF Co.'S
tunes, with its sudden shifts from
beauty to uglincss, viii testify. Gus
tom is the thing--and custom in it's
most narrow outlook-for bows ard
giris. Fond parcnts the world over
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Blaclkguarding France

Attacking France has become the
favorite indoor game Of the pro
German pacifists. Thus, certain
Robert Dell, writing from London
for the congenial columns Of The
Nation, declares that France has
become a greater danger to Eu.
rope than Germany ever was" The
demands Of rapacious France, it ap-
pears, are driving the German peo-
pie to despair. 1t is the French who
are pursuing policy of aggression.
and there will be q peril greater
than any Hohenzollern ever created
if we don't watch out.
This is old stuff. The pacifsts
have been railing at France persist
emily. They had support from a
high quarter when President Wilson
denounced French policy as "im-
perialistic.' 1t is not difficult to see
their object. France is the one ma
tion that has refused to be deludcd
by German professions. She has
suffered too much to take any
chances. She does not intend TO
stand idly by and sec her sacrifices
IN the cause Of civilization rendered
futile. Now the essence Of paci-
fism seems to be tenderness for Ger
many. The symbol of the aggresssr
in the late war in the eyes of the
pacifsts is no longer the eagle, hut
the dove. They do not even ask for
q little reasonable humility, a slight
profession Ct penitence, before cham.
pioning the German cause.
The remote psychological cause If
this obsession is subject for deco
thinkers. To put France in the pill
ory where Germany ought to be
standing is more thar those of ordi-
nary intellect can understand. 1t
IS discredi,able enough to save Ger
many from the punishment for her
SINS To blackguard her chief VIC
Tlm is worse.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Where Is Prohibition? ?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: We were assured for years by
the saioried propagandists Of the Anti
Saloon League that With the advent of
prohibition crime would be decreased
almost to vanishing point. We find
however, that, instead Of disappearing
crimes of the most brutal and des-
pera'e character are increasing to an
unprecedented degree. Nowhere in our
great cities can it he said that human
l'fc is safe.
Ono explanation is the fact. Just as
was predicted, that the shutting Off Of
drink has increased the sale OF drugs.
and many Of the most violent crimes
are the work Of drug nenda.
w G. C.
YonkerS, N. Y, Dec. 20, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
a Pilgrim Lesson

IN reviewing the events Of the
300 Year, since the landine at
Plymouth it is natural to give first
deration to the cultural, re-
Aglous, moral and political effects
Of the Pilgrim influence. The men
and women who came to the Nwcri
can wilderness had litsle thought Of
eenoN'ics did not cone across .ho
Atlantic to better cher material
condition. Their thoughts were Of
the next world rather than Of this
'heir prcoccupatior related to Things
cf the soul rather than Of the body.
Yet it is pertinent to dwell at
his time, when many minds arc
confused with respect to the ere
alton and distribution Of wealth. on
the economic polity Of the first set
liers Of New England.
Great have been the chances of
the three centuries An unacvel-
oped continent, with its fields, it's
forests, its mineral stores, it's water
ways about as they were when the
glacial ice-cap recedcd, has been sub
dued to uhe uses of man. Taking
INTO account cdtices, railways, ma
chinery, land brought under cult
vatlon, mines opened, and all other
factors Of the Transformation, no
equal population has ever done so
much work in so short a time.
While heaping up the vast ac-
emulation the workers have lived
generously and wastefully. SO
great has been the overplus of en-
ergy that the fruit of one hands
efforts provided ample sustenance.
leaving that Of the other for I'M
provement. The Europeans have
labored thousands Of years on their
vineyards, while Americans have
lad but three centuries. and vet o1r
vineyard in most respects is now
the better dressed. But is said that
We have had the blessing of virgin
resources True, but 50 have back
ward Brazil and Russia. 1t is said
that our population is exceptional
Raclally It is the same as that Of
Europe. We must look elsewhere
then, for the real cause. Is there
amy adequate explanation except
that in some way our Institutions,
both those embodied in written in
strumcnts and those more important
ones which relate to habits and ways
Of doing things, have been the
fountains If energy and Of plenty?
When the Pilgrims came they
were communists and collective
lsts on the model Of primi
tive Christianity. But finding
themselves facing starvation, that
sloth was creeping in, they faced
about and turned to capitalism with
its encouragement Of individual mi
tlatlve and it's u9stjfnpt;opa tLot tLa
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Art and the p uriIdn
4 Fen items Of Letters and Beauty
Which Miss Rcpplier ignored

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: While Agnes Renpher, in the
2rticle from The Yale Review pris ted
in this mornings Tribune, does aot
exactly say that the Amc.ic icaa P!ri-
tans we've antagonistic to art md
letters she does say that art ,nc
letters played bat 9 sorrg part ia the
Puritan colonies" and thereby Leaves
wong impression. The ruth is tha'
John Rsbinson, the Pilgrim minister
at Leyden, wrote MANY books sno
Elder William Brewster. ono o. tho
Pilgrims who landed on the Rock con-
ducted . printing Office in Holland for
the publishing Of books Edward
WINSTON, ano'Aer printer member o.
the PILGRIM sand, coi'aborsted ith
Governor William Bradford in writing
. book known As Mounts Relsnon)
that was published two years after the
landing and IN 1924 wrote I'D pub
lished another, Good NcweA.
Governor Bradford's History OF
Plimoth Plantation, the manlscrip. Of
which is in the Mas sachuse.ts state
Library. is another instance Of 'il-
ms interest in writing, and his
quaint story cf the early experiences
f the Pilgrims at Provincetown tnd
Plymouth is dramatic and inspiring.
The Puritans of Massachusetts, Say
started the FIRST institution Of lea ming
IN the United States ,Harvarj nj
versity). and it mas one Of the rst
things they did They also es.ablis ed
:. printing press in 1893. the arst IN
what is now the United States Of
America. About aity yeas ia:e'
printshop was opened in Pea0 ~
vania, and not until almost Gentry
after the Paritans pr.ntcd ala Tie gov
errment allow n printsaop in TIE Nir-
ginia colony although az attempt vas
made TO print thee about 1852
know little about .he Pilgrim 4nd
Puritan taste for art. bat a.vays IN
derstood that some Of the most n.er-
cstine specimens OF architecture md
furniture design were 90 be forni In
New England IN the early days
am writing this for the reasoa taat
there IS tendency TO picture the 'ii-
grim or the Puritan as an .ll..er..e
grouchy person who hated everything
worth while.
EDMUND G GREss.
Editor The American Pr.n.er.
New York. Dc 90 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Too Perfect

From Tn, ph.lcdclptic Public Lefqcrl
Not the least Of The Just con paints
that car be levied agains. the m' M
hers of the Wilson Cabinet is tat
there is not a great scounarel among
them. Whist JOY there would be in
trouncinE an aduit-sized knave. N1at
pleasure in whipping d misc cant no
at least knew how TO scrap Bat what
satisfaction has been denied patient
and longsuifering people lnconpe~
tcnce coupled with conscious rec.i' ide
and buttressed by conceit is deaf 70
censure, bind to criticism and proof
against all attack And Mr.. BAKER
typites the bunch. Not a darned thing
wrong with the dear little man except
that he is dear little man. Stories
from London and Paris of honors to
'he unknown dead may stir the hesrts
Of his countrymen, but not the heart
Of Mr. Raker. Nay, nayl Lacking both
vision and imagination. he walks the
path Of duty with prim precision and
never drops q stitch,
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Books u.y.,s> sg 1,,..

Edgar Saltus is my favorite author.
declared Warren G. Harding rccently
and added. Il have read lmpera Purple
three or four times Naturally, we
tanned to the book which is published
by Brentsno's, to learn something not
80 much about Saltus as about Harding.
The result is disquieting Chapter |
IS devoted largely to rhapsody about
julius Cesar and his glory.
-Four horses" writes saltus. "har-
messed abreast their names dyed. thcr
forelocks pulled. drew high and won
derfully jeweed car; and there, IN the
attributes and attitude Of Jupiter Capt.
tollnus, Caesar sat, blinking his tired
eyes His face and arms we're painted
varmillion, above the Tyrian purple of
his toga, above the gold work and palms
Of his tunic, there oeiila5ed litt.e bail
IN which there were charms against
Envy On has head wreath concealed
bis increasing badness; alorg his left
arm the sceptre lay; behind him bov
adnonished him noisily to remember he
was man, while to the rear for miles and
mics there rang the laugh of trumpets.
she click Of castanets, the shouts Of the
dancers, the soar of the multitude, the
tramp OF tho legions. and the cry. caught
up and repeated, TO Triomphe!'
And this IS the favorite book of War
rem G. Harding, President-eleetl We
have no desire to seem an alarmist and
YET we do hope that Mr.. Harding does
not contemplate riding into office after
this fashion on the 4tll OF March stiN,
it would be amusing to have VIII Hayes
running behind the chariot and adrnon-
shing
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Punishment to Fit Crime
4 Gail for The Whipping Post and
Surgery 10 Curb Nmderers

u Ndti JOI inc " nPpWg l~0St and
Surgery 10 Curb Mwdercrs
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; How are we to meet the ap-
palling state of violence, burglary,
robbery and murder that is rampant
in all our large cities, especially here
in New York?
Every one of the perpetrators Of
these crimes is potential murderer.
He should be dealt with accordingly.
Otherwise society fails to protect it.
self. We have been too soft in in
7icting punishment in these cases.
The automatic revolver and the au-
tomobile are now the chief weapons
in the hands Of these desperados. At
iempts by law to restrict the use Of
The former have deprived law-ab ding
citizens only Of a weapon of defense
Restriction of the use Of the automo-
tile is obviously Impossible
Prevention Of these crimes or vio-
ience must be found in the punish
ment. Let it then be punishment
that Will appeal particularly to one OF
this typs
First. would reastablsh the whip
ping post in public places Fifty
stripes on naked back viii make
The toughest criminal take thought Of
his contem plated act
Second. let surgery unscx him.
And IS final factor in his pun
'shment let him become hopeless
breaker of stones instead Of breaker
OF heads and safes II. r H., ND.
New York, Dec % 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Smashing the Income Tax

Strange to say, little public atten-
tion has been given to a highly inn
portant income tax decision handed
down last week by Judge Thomas in
the Federal District Court Of Con-
necticut.
The issue was whether an increase
in the value Of capital assets when
realized by sale or other disposition
by one not a trader or dealer therein
is income taxable urder the income
tax law. The court held that it is
not-that an increase in the value of
capital assets is not income in any
proper meaning of the word.
If this decision is upheld on ap-
peal it is scarcely necessary to point
how wide hoe has been opened in
the income tax law as it has been ap-
piled, An investor car make money
or profitable investments and pay
nothing on his gain. Not only will
the sum realized by the income tax
levy be seriously diminished, but a
basis laid for enormous refunds,
inasmuch as profits from sales have
hitherto Keen reported as income and
taxes paid thereon.
Finally way has been opened for
manipulation of sales IN such way
as to escape the tax, for the law ex-
plicitly provides that when losses ac-
crue from Improbable sales they
may be entered to reduce the net tax-
able income.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
Hail Hail, the Gang 3 All Here

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; More power 70 you in expos
ing to the public The conditions
prevailing at the present time in the
Police Department. have been res
ident of the city ali my life and have
never seen anything to equal present
conditions.
Ii one says a word to the Mayor
he starts tie cry that "the intcrests''
ere trying to discredit his administra-
non. 5at tnls baoy act Will not change
conditions nor remedy tNem nv
b~sne aAes me- all over the city
and into many saloons. and nave been
shocked by tho number Of policemen
J have seen cately right inside said
saloons in full uniform when they
were supposed to be on patrol.
OF course, we arc wcll used to see
ing them take MP on the quiet at
q side door. but since Enrieht has
been commissioner they seem to act
in manner described by the old
song "Hail hail, the gangs ali here. -
or in other words, to feel that no
matter what they do they will get
away with il. EX-SERVICE.
Brooklyn, Dec %, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

exoent "'ehna satire 5" sseirh liln't
seem to him TO make any sense at all.
"You aren't ar artist is me bi tor
comment OF soames to Beerbo III.
"And you're SO hopelessy not an art
ist that, Sc far from being able 20 i'm
seine thing and meke it sce'n ue.
you're going to make even a true thing
seem as if you'd made it M
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
The Coming Tower
To NV Fountain Pen

o fluent fountain pen Of mine,
MethOught once that the mighty line
Was not to be achieved by thee,
But now the light has come to me.
The other night, at half-past ten,
Hey, leave me take your fountain
penw
Said Edna F'erber. And she wrote
Some stuff posterity may quote.
20 grant me of thy benetice,"
Said Zona Gale, Of Portage, Wis,
"The loan Of that there monster
quill"
why, sure, Mics Gale" said. 81
WILL"
And then she wrote, with this here
plume,
Phrases that flower and words that
bloom.
Your courtesy I shan't forget
Said she who wrote Miss Lulu
Bett.'
And Mr.. Ade said, "Leave ME take
That fountain pen Of yours (To
make,
Perchance, Il line as sound and sure
AS ever dented Lterature.)
And so, fair fountain pen of mine,
Thou canst achieve the mighty line.
Perhaps, if such thing can be,
The difficulty lies with nc.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

reed the results Of their own expert
ments. At least. no harm will be
done, when all sides agree to trial,
to have one thoroughly made.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22
OPUS NO. 5000

Said Lawrence Binyon to Old John Bunyan
our stuff's AS tame as r soft-boilcd onion -
Nobody asked for your opinion"
sad Old John Bunyan to Lawrence Binyon.
Mel.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

Max Becrbohm's "Encch Soames,"
which appears in Seven Men tKnopf)
seems to us az fine short story as
we have come across in years. Soames
was "a STOPPING, shambling person,
rather tall, very pale, with longish
and brownish hair. He had thin.
vague beard-or, rather, he had q chin
on which a large number of hairs
weakly curled and clustered to cover
his retreat" lie wore hat "of Bo-
heminn intention." and though it was
evident that he had strivcn to be dis
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

This carly shopping stuff is right.
II you can rouse yourself early enough
to get to shop--almost any shop.
before 10 O'Clock in the morning
you'll be astounded to find how quick
ly you may be waited upon And the
money you savel You buy something
for s2675 instead of-in desperation
-S26.S0.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

Among those whom the housing
problem bothcrs are the burglars.
There aren't enough fats for them to
keep employed
New-York tribune., 1920-12-22

Yen can surchase m.rchaRdss Advertised In the
TRi5UNE with absolute ssfet-fcr il dlssstisfac-
tien results In any csss THE TRIBUNE guarantees
- pa your money back upon request. No red tape.
~ qubblins W. make GOOD promptly II tbs
hdysrtIscr docs not.