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New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Give Them a Ride

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Atlantic Fleet is in the
Hudson, and hundreds Of nice young
sailor boys get shore leave. They wan
der about or gather in small groups
and, l am sure, many feel homesick-
Stop and ask the boys to ride, and you
make them happy at once.
In this way, too, you can help over
come the prejudice against New York
ers. We are said to care only for
money or moneys worth. Let those
boys have different story to tell
]. HOWARD COWPERTHWAIT.
New York, Sept. so, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
The Gypsy
lEro1n Po,tr1l

From Poetr1)
..WHERE do l live when I'm at
homo ?"
The gypsy laughed to me.
My hearthstone's set in the good red
loan,
And the sky was raised for my own
roof-tree.
AS ne hoists his she'll on shiny track,
carry The sky, like sanil, on my
back,
Till it dabbles its caves Ia the sea.
And when dark comes down, and IT'S
arch grows thin,
I haven't place TO be lonesome in;
For look through the moon like a
clean glass pane
And a candle set
In the house of friend where III come
(But, Lord, not yet,
While hearth Is warm to my side
and kindi)
And the mischievous star In the curv-
ing tree
IS the spark Of wild faun's pips
maybe
lie with mind
To happen in for an hour or two
Without any words, as pal might do.
"W here I wake with n baby fern-lsaf
curled
In my rumpled palm, as child coud
come
That's where live when Pm at homs,
ight in the world"
BEATRICE RAvENEIA
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
A Modified Promise

(From The Indianapolis News)
Soviet Russia promises in the new
treaty agreement not to invade Poland
again, and she will no doubt keep her
promise so long as there is no chance
of successfully breaking it.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Cheap Stuff

1Fror1 The Boston Evening Transcr4pt)
From the extreme cheapness Of those
German paper suits OF clothes one in
fers that they are making them Of
marks.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
He Had His Wish

From The Baltimore san)
The douehboy who clamored for he'll
or Hoboken looks over, the situation
and wonders if he didn't get both
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
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or any other legitimate factor would
have sent it. And this is the amount
that strikes cost you on every shirt
You bought
Again change the word "suits" or
shirts" to "overalls" and make the fig
ures little different and you have
the story of the present extremely high
price of overalls.
In this case the lessened production
due to strikes was. according to Bah
sons figures, 1e,133,S0o pairs, and the
price of ordinary overalis, which had
been 871s cents, wholesale, in 1918, and
sl.871a in 1919, went to s3.121z pair
by May, 1920
There is cotton goods house on
lower Broadway whose mills, in the
Fall River district, were closed for
eighteen weeks this last spring by
strike. Of course, the workers lost
millions Of dollars in wages. The firm
itself lost other millions of dollars in
various ways. The officers Of the firm
rate as their biggest loss the fact
that their big body of skilled work
men, which they had carefully built
up over long period of years and to
whom they recognize that they owe
large part of the success of their busi-
ness, became so inoculated with the
strike mania that the continuation Of
their employment became impossible.
But there is one loss from this strike
which has direct bearing on the
public.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Piling Up Costs

This company has a large corps of
salesmen which they want to keep to-
gether as an organization Each of
these statesmen has large body of
customers who regularly depended on
this company to supply them with GER
tain classes of cotton goods. To keep
their statesmen working, their custom
ers supplied, and in general TO suffer
rs little loss as possible. the company
went into the open market to buy the
kind of goods they usually produce
Because Of shortage they had to pay
just $2,000,000 more for these goods
than 1t would have cost to produce
them, which 100000 must of course
ultimately be passed on to the public
This case Is in general way typi-
cal of the roundabout and expensive
ways that many concerns are forced
by strikes to resort to in order to sup
ply the public with the goods it wants.
1t is just one way strikes pile up the
high cost of living for you. There are
many other ways. And there were
1900 strikes last year.
The strike on the Clyde, Mallory
and Old Dominion lines, which made
people in New York and the New Eng
land states pay 100 per cent more for
all their fruit and vegetables this
| spring, also stopped or seriously in
terfered with, the transportation Of
the unbleached or gray goods from
Southern cotton bills.
The NJ c. D. Borden Company nor
mally handles 100000 yards Of such
goods a week During large part
of this boat strike, and entirely due
to the strike, the shortage in these
goods and the extra expense Of get
ting what goods they did obtain add
ed about five cents yard to the factory
cost. And there are 100 other similar
firms handling the same kind Of
goods.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

Copyright, 1920. Now York Tribune Inc
If you have paid $55, S65 or $75 for q
suit Of clothes recently, about $50 to $50
of those prices was due to strikes.
No matter what other factors may
work to decrease the price of clothing
in the future, you probably will have
to continue to pay 35 per cent more than
you otherwise would have to pay, be-
cause of strike
Mems shirts have gone up in price out
Of all proportion to their increased cost
Of production and to the increased
cost of other articles. The extra diff
ference is because of strikes.
Haborng men have to pay four times
as much for their overalls as in 1913
about twice as much as year ago. The
chief reason is strikes by other labor
ing men.
Certain cotton cloth went up cents
yard on account Of one strike.
Several hundreds Of millions Of yards
of gray cloth went up cents yard
entirely because Of strikes.
Scores Of millions of yards of many
kinds Of the dress cloth made in the
Providence district went up 100 per
cent, entirely because Of strikes.
Moreover these increases of cents
q yard and cents yard and 100 per
cent apply merely to increased costs
caused by strikes that affect factory
production. They apply only to factory
prices. Railroad strikes, dock strikes
teamsters' strikes and many other
strikes have further so handicapped OF
held up the distribution and sale of
those goods that you, the ultimate con-
sumer, have often had to pay many
times this much.
CiriIian Clothes
When the war ended America began
the task of demobilizing 1000, 900 men
most of whom had been out of civilian
life from one to two years. All the
men and women who had anything tc
do with the discharged soldier, from
( OemODlIlZatlOn ONCcTS 10 OdlVdllOT
Army doughnut girls, will tell you that
the discharged soldier in general-an
1000 600 families will tell you that
their discharged soldier in particular
had just two ideas when he got out OF
the army: First, to get some good home
cooking again, and, second. to get back
into nice new suit of civilian clothes
During 1919 America needed, there
fore, at least 1000 900 suits of clothes
more than it needed the year before
AS a matter of fact, it got just 4,000,-
900 suits less than the year before, OF
some 100000 suits less than it needed
because of series Of strikes that tied
up practically the whole clothing in.
dustry the spring of that year.
The facts about labor conditions III
the clothing industry have rather fire.
quently come to public attention in the
past. 1t is generally known that while
designers and cutters and such skilled
workmen receive exceptionally high
wages, the great bulk of the work usec
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
A Week of Verse
Afghan Love Song

From The dab
( 'oMh to me to-day wearing your
green collar,
Make your two orange sleeves foat in
the air. and come to me.
Touch your hair with essence and
color your clothes yellow;
The deer of reason has fed from tho
hill Of my heart;
Come to me.
The deer Of reason has fed from tho
hill Of my heart
Because l have seen your gold rings
and your amber rings;
Your eyes have lighted a small fre be.
low ny heart,
Put on your gold rings and your am
Der rings. and come TO me.
Put on your gold rings and your am
Der rings, and you will be more
beautiful
Than the brown girls of poets and the
milk-white wives of kings.
The coil Of your hair Is like hang
mans rope;
But press me TO your green collar be-
tween your orange sleeves.
Press me to your green collar between
your orange sleeves,
And give yourself once to Alan. Elip
away weeping,
Come to me to-day wearing your eresn
collar,
Make your two orange sleeves doat ta
the air and come to me-.
'AJAM THE WASHERMAN.
Translated by E. Powys Mathera
Down the Mississippi
From PoetrD>
EMBARKATION
nULL masses of dense green,
The forests range their sombrs
platforms.
Between them silently, like spirit,
The river finds its own mysterious path.
Loosely the river sways out, backward,
Always fretting the outer side;
Stunning the invisible focus Of each
crescent,
Seeking to spread into shining lopos
over fields:
Like an enormous serpent, dilating, un-
coiling.
Displaying a broad scaly back of earth
smeared gold
Swayirg out sinuously between the dull
motionless forests.
AS molten metal might glide down the
lip of vase of dark bronze.
While this, the steamboat slowly drift
ing out upon it,
Seems now to be floating not only out
wards but upwards
In the fight of petal detached and
gradually moving skyward
Above the pink explosion Of the calyx
of the dawn
JOHN GOULD FLETCHER.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

var ear surehass msrchaa5lss advertised In 1Hr
ssisuNe With absolute satet'--ior II dissattsfsr-
ssr ressss n any case THs TRIBUNE guarantees
"a ,av YOUR msneN back requisite Ne red taps.
Is sulesilns Va aka GOOD promptly If tho
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New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

(To-morro,o' article. "Strikes an.
the High Cost Of Rent.")
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
The High Cost of Strikes
Chapter II
Strikes and the High Cost of Clothing

(Thls 10 the second Of series Of thiy-
teen articles appearing on this pogo
daily, including ,Sunduy.)
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

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Casa Nal Matter
The Washington times., 1920-04-30
From The Public To The Editor

10 tho Editor Of THE TIMES:
The following appeared in recent
issue: "5,2o2 Paid by U. 8. Don't
Toll"
what a good thought this is at this
time, when it is contemplated to re-
duce the personnel in the Government
service by at least 5000. Just think
---s.OoO.--and there arc S,1e5 clerks
who are at least so per cent inef-
Jicicnt. and there are these same 5000
trained young clerks, the, majority OF
W hom are full of pep-and I know
what say when I state that the
clerk who has pep Is at least 90 per
cent efficient. If Congress would
pass the present retirement bill, which
has padded it's way safely through
the Senate, these S.1e5 clerks could
hc retired and 5000 war workers. who
have shown efficiency, could be re-
tsincd in the service. There would,
therefore. practically be no reduction
IN tho personnel, and at the same time
y reduction OF 3. 1876 clerks with a saw
ina to the Government OF millions and
inillions OF dollars, and practically no
great hardship on any one individual.
] think, " this thought was conveyed
30 tho members OF Congress, there
would be n retirement bill in opera
Won on tho 1st day of July, 1920, a
JonE tclt need would be at hand and a
mandatory reduction in tho personnel
80 cut down expenses would be un-
necessary. JOSEPH LEVY.
The Washington times., 1920-04-30

Congress Responsible For Low Wages
That Bring Temptations
In Crime.
By BILL PRIC Il.

Men and women everywhere will applaud the remarks
of Federal Judge KENESAW lands, at Chicago, in the
of 81 200 Government clerk who stole diamonds that
he might supplement his pul salary in supporting wife
and two children. Il
The poor clerk pleaded guilty and Judge LANDlS re
marked to court officials and spectators:
suppose will have send him TO prison but he has been
working like half what would
private secretary to a hodcarrer
The greatest outrage in wage conditions in the United
States today, without single exception is the low salaries
paid to employees of the United States Government which
should set the example to all the country in fair compensa
ton If it did, there would be fewer strikes.
If this poor devil stole to obtain more money on sal
of 200 year. barely sufficient for single man to
live upon in these days. without wife and children to feed
and cohe how does Congress suppose many thousands OF
Government employees paid far less than that making
ends meei Or does make any difference the Hill how
human beings live in Washington elsewhere long
they not backed by powerful organizations that are
politically able to force favorable action upon their demands
There thousands of men and women in the Federat
and District governments in Washington alone whose basic
salaries $50 to SO per month"; with the small bonus
added Is thought given to how these men and
fight the battles of life and manage to exisi
The House has passed So per day minimum wage bill
Senate is taking all the time it wants to act upon it. If you
see human being dire need of food medicine clothes
do YOU wait months determine whether you should extend
the aid that would be forthcoming among sav-
ages' Compare the teachings of the meek and owly
Justice, Kindness benevoence-with the red tape Of
Congress.
The Washington times., 1920-04-30

age to houses as well as 70 furniture
without interference on the part OF
the parents. Children may be ignor-
rant as to the damage they cause, but
their parents ought to use more dis
cretion in tho matter OF management
OF tho house. I personally had the
experience of finding the bigger part
OF the furniture of three-room fat
all broken up by five children with
out interference OF the parents
Drawers in bureau and washstand
were used as wagons, etc. Chairs
and dishes were broken, until only
one plate, one saucer, and one cup
was on hand for use by the whole
family When the parents were con-
fronted about the damage, they made
tho reply. I'VE are paying rent for
the place. so we can do as we please"
As the expense for repairs are to
bo borne by someone else, such peo-
pie are very Indifferent as to the
handling, OF some body else's prop
erty, and IL the landlord does not
make suitable repairs on short no.
tice they will move, and treat the
next landlord in a similar way. Such
people have very little or no consid-
Grafton for their fellow citizens, and
many housekeepers do not wsn
children. / NJ NJ
this is exactly the reason why a good
The Washington times., 1920-04-30
Enthusiastic Admirer
of the Fair Sex.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
beg to state that l consider "A
Normal Girls" letter very appro-
pirate in her answer to T.. VS. criti-
cism. Now. I haven't read +. VS.
letter. but 7 am sure that IL must
have been rather critical in it's views
of American institutions. American
girls. Aside from commencing "A
Normal Girls" letter, think also
that F. v. has no right to condemn
any girl no matter who she is.
I have travelled very widely my
self, speak several languages very
huently. and read and write them,
too: and am as much at home in the
capitals OF Europe as am in Wash
ington. Now, I think that there's
no girl like the American girl. and
am willing to back up my state
ment with anything YOU please.
You will find different kinds OF girls
in all lands, no matter whore you
go; but, on the whole or individu-
ally, l think that your girls are all
"topnotchers," in the dialect Of the
day.
Another thing. I don't think that
anyone has a right to throw stones.
We all have our faults. / am will
ing to admit mine at any time. But
- see no reason for either a man or n
woman condemning a fellow-crea-
ture. often those that condemn and
cry the loudcst have also some fam
lily skeleton in the closet, and their
cscutcheon Is not as pure and clean
as it might be. And when those
that throw stones meet a girl or a
woman who Is more to be pitied
than blamed. how many OF them
will go out OF their way to give her.
or him, for that matter, n little
helping hand. No, rather will they
The Washington times., 1920-04-30
Beatrice Fairfax Writes the Problems Workers Here
Especially For Washington Women

help them on the downward path,
done anything anyway, so what's
the usc?" ! don't mean the kind OF
help that is blazoned on the high
way. but a little kind word, a little
financial assistance, be it so small,
il docs. am sure. so far TO help the
down and cutters" of either Sex.
Now as TO girls painting and
powdcring They do that any
where, and when a person tells me
that in our country they don't do
that" / don't say anything. but
lust smilc. think II is just lit
tie vanity that is in all Of us-and
a girl docs like to look her best at
all times, and hates to think that
her nose is shiny, or. perhaps, she
has been out to a dance the night
before, and is a little tired looking.
7 have seen a few women who have
oycrdone IL in Washington, but ]
will say that they arc very few.
AS to art. science and music, |
think that this country is as well
prcpared as any other. or else why
ia IL that the Russian ballets land
before the war. in which I had the
honor to serve tho United Statcs),
tho German operas, and tho scientist
looking for funds to experiment, all
came to the United States. Although
7 do not believe that our Govern
ment with all due respect recog-
nizes science as openly as do those
of Europe. America will be, for
some time. the only nation TO which
these people will be able to turn.
And it's not only for csthetic rea-
sons that they come here, but also
for the filthy lucre" that so many
OF them condemn.
Miss Normal also mentions tho
fact that Americans Iaro money
mad" I have heard so much OF
this that don't know what TO
think. Money isn't everything, but
il Is means to an end. With money
you can have so many things. and
do so many things that you couldn't
do otherwise. I am only a poor
chap myself but If ever get to the
point where have enough money
to live comfortably, I'm going to
quit, and take things easy. There's
The Washington times., 1920-04-30
Tomorrow.

Tomorrow.
Concentrated States Soldiers Homo
Band, bsndstand, Soldiers Home $3.50
y. m.
Baseball-washington VS.. Philadelphia,
American League baseball park, Seventh
and Florida avenue northwest, $3.50 y. m.
Dance-Eelect Klub, 2i00 sixteenth
street northwest, sb p. m.
Meeting-MRine state Association, Trim
ity Community House, Third and G streets
northwest, q p. m.
pAnauet-south Carolina Society Of
washington, wardman Park Hotel
Dance business I'lEh School Alumni
Association, auditorium, Business HigN
school. Sinth and Rhode Island avenue
northwest IT. m
Concert-l'nited states Marine Band
west Potomac Park, from : To 6:aa pm
The Washington times., 1920-04-30
What's Doing; Where; When
To-day.

Today.
heetfng-Badies Auxiliary, St. Johns
College. tag committee, Dewey Hotel 9
y. m.
Mestins-Advisory Council ST. Johns
College, new school OF finance and com
mcrce, Dewey Hotel, p. m,
Addrers-By Rabbi A. Simon, Eighth
street Temple. 4 p, m.
Box Social al-Euchre-women's Relief
Corps, Department OF the Potomac, q. A.
R.. 1ra Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
= p. m.
Dance-Blue Triangle Recreation Center,
Msotins--Iova State College Alumni,
Wilson Normal school Eleventh and Har.
ward streets northwest, =. m.
NesttnE --Womeh's Auxiliary, Robley n.
Evans Post, No. I. 1900 East capitol
street, = .. m
The Washington times., 1920-04-30

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
The other day you started an
article with the words: Have you
ever wanted something with all
your heart and soul?"
was near a young lady when I
read the article, and I remarked
that the first sentence would be
very beautiful for a line of poetry.
And in pursuance of my thought l
wrote the inclosed few lines OF
verse and showed it TO her. She
told me she liked it, and asked me
if ! knew the rest of it and the
author. told her I wrote IT, An
argument ensued. And so we have
decided to leave it to you. Ques.
ton: Have you ever read any poet
ry exactly like the inclosed. and IL
so, who wrote 1t:
Have you ever wanted something
with all your heart and soul:
Have you ever plugged from morn
till night, yet never reached
your goal:
Have you ever tried a height to
reach, when nearly there it
seemed
Intervening was something. and
that something quelled your
dreams?
Have you ever longed. have you
ever prayed. have you ever
sought in vain:
Have you ever figured, planned, and
schemed. yet never made a
gain:
Have you ever fought with all your
strength, have YOU every
strived like mad;
Have you ever fell, arose again and
faced the world as glad?
Have you ever swore that. fail or
no, you'd keep on to the end:
Have you ever cowed you wouldn't
fail. and again your efforts
bend;
Have you ever It. ID A.
never happen to have seen
these particular lines, but they do
not sound to me like the work OF
an amateur. | shall leave IL to my
readers to rack their brains as to
the origin or authorship OF them.
II they have previously been pub
lishcd. someone will be sure to re-
member them. n no one does. it
looks as though the Young woman
would have TO give you the benefit
OF the doubt