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New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
The Naughty Classics

The ingenious nonsense of black
magic never appealed to us strongly.
but if there are vicious-minded
spirits anywhere about seeking to
corrupt we have no doubt for whom
they are roofing. Loud cheers of an
probation must have echoed through
their halls upon reading of the
efforts Of the Society for the Sup.
preston Of Vice to suppress Mile. de
Maupin. Those efforts resulted. as do
80 many censorship efforts, in adj
vertising far and wide the exact
location of strong meat. The spirits
Of evil might haunt subjects and
obsess victims for human lifetime
without accomplishing a hundredth
as much publicity on behalf of
license.
This Is one of a number Of set
backs which Mr.. Summers efforts
have lately met. There is a kind Of
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
The Make Work Fallacy
4 Class in Economics Submits a
Sound Thesis
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In letter in your issue of April
20 "a Business Woman Who Knows"
maintained that it is of great benefit to
the community if our wealthy citizens
spend lavishly for weddings and other
social functions and thus provide en-
ployment for poor people.
In advancing this argument. your cor
respondent has fallen victim to that old,
yet common, mistake in reasoning
known to all students of economies as
the "Make-W Work Fallacy"
Money expended for a lavish weddinp
or any costly luxury. can be at best only
of doubtful benefit to a very few pcrsons
IN the community. The same money. in
trusted to a reputable banker and
through him invested in a productive
enterprise-a new cotton mill, or
sugar refinery, for example-not only
enriches the investor but provides work
Tor hundreds of people and at the same
time benefits every member of society
by increasing the supply Of necessares
Cotton goods or sugar, for example), of
which just now there is an extraordi
nary shortage.
Moreover, the few poor people whose
livelihood, according to your CORE
spondent, depends upon these extrava
giant expenditures Of our wealthy
would in the long run be better off if
they were employed in producing COM
modities which the entire communitv
needs. And such employment would be
more easily found than "A Business
Woman" thinks-especially if the money
now spent for luxuries were saved and
invested in additional factories and
machinery needed to supply the every
day wants of everyday people the world
over.
AS students of economies and future
business men of New York, we believe
lasting prosperity depends not upon
eXtravagant expenditure but upon wise
saving and careful investment in our
country's great productive enterprises.
STUDENTS OF ECONOMICS.
Glass 521, The High School of Com
merce, New York City.
New York, May 6, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
Every Inch a Governor

For expert accuracy of speech,
combined with the best quality Of
horse sense. and backed by candid
courage, commend us to Governor
Coolidge. Whatever one thinks of the
Eighteenth Amendment, its right
eousness and it's constitutionality,
there can be no gainsaying the
grounds upon which the Governor of
Massachusetts briefly vetoed his
states bill for 2.75 beer.
There is no beer to be had from
the measure until the Supreme Court
speaks-that is the common sense
of his utterance. He does not say
that any one attempting to execute
such law would be guilty of crime
He says such person would be
Charged with crime" and that
thus the law was, for the present, a
futile act and a piece of hypocrisy.
II am opposed to the practice of a
legislative deception. 1t is better to
proceed with candor. Wait until the
Supreme Court of the United States
talks" So comments the Governor
with vigor and reason.
Also he states with conviction the
moral obligation of a representative
of the people to listen to their argu-
ments but in the final analysis to de-
eide by his conscience and his oath
excellent old truth of ever-present
application. Again is it made plain
that Massachusetts has a Governor
of a stature to stand with her best
traditions.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
The Covenant Founding

President Wilson's desire to have
"a great and solemn referendum" on
the treaty draft which he brought
back from Paris has failed to stir
any enthusiasm in the Democratic
organizations of New England and
the Middle States. The New York
Democratic State Convention, which
named delegates to San Francisco
some weeks ago, passed resolutions
favoring "a league of nations" but
significantly emitting to identity that
league with the Wilson league. The
conference of delegates which has
been preparing platform planks for
submission to the national conven-
ton is also plainly averse to going
to the voters on the issue of the
Wilson covenant against all substi
tutes.
The delegation to San Francisco Is
to vote as unit on all questions.
That means that it must vote Tam
many Halls wishes. And in Tam
many Hall there is an almost negli-
glble sentiment on the Wilson side of
the issue which has been presented
by the treaty fight. Mayor Lunn of
Schenectady, who recently got the
better of the Democratic leaders in
Northern New York in fight over
the appointment of a Federal dis
trict Judge, headed the Administra-
tion forces at the Albany conference.
He says he wants to vote for Mr..
McAdoo at San Francisco. But his
resolution abolishing the unit rule
was rejected, Ga votes to 8. Tam
many's course at the convention will
not be governed by any sense of
loyalty to Mr.. Wilson's Paris handi-
work.
The Democratic organizations in
the New England states are just
as clearly out of sympathy with the
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08

Presidents treaty policy. The Demo-
cratic voters Of Massachusetts, in
dorsed Senator Walsh's stand for
covenant reservations. The Rhode
Island state convention voted unani-
mously in favor Of "cutting the
heart out Of the covenant" said
"heart" being Article X. The Con-
necticut Democratic convention, al
though unwilling to ruffle the sensi-
bilities of Homer M. Cummings, the
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, and an ardent ad-
vocate of the "great and solemn"
plebiscite, wouldn't go any further
than to condemn the Senate "for
rejecting the treaty" More than
half the vote to reject came from
tho Democratic side Of the Senate.
Mr.. Cummings himself approved the
slaughter, and the Connecticut De-
mocracy couldn't be persuaded into
cOnfesslng Its faith in the sacrO-
sanctity of Article x.
President Wilson failed signally
to convert the Senate or the coun-
try to his personal view Of the merits
of the covenant. He Is now making
last ditch stand to convert the San
Francisco convention. But the drift,
even in the Democratic organization,
is all the other way. The President
may leave the founding WHICH the
Senate refused to care for on the
doorstep of the Democratic National
Convention. But it is evident that
a great many delegations will ballx
like wild horses against taking it in.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
Educating Mr.. Daniels
To the Editor Of The Tribune

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Allow me to call to your at
tention the fact that the Senatorial
naval investigation has already pro-
duced results of an educational sort
as FAR as the Secretary of the NAVY
IS concerned. You will note that Mr..
Daniels gave Captain Byron Long in
structions before he dispatched that
officer to Mexican waters, which is
more than he did when he dispatched
Admiral Sims to Europe in April. 1917.
His failure to do so is one of the
causes for the current Investigation
When countries go to war it Is wise
to explain the missions Of our COM
randers to our commanders before
they depart, and since the Secretary
Mr.. Daniels, now understands this. #
must be said that the Investigation
has proved beneficial to him: though
OF course, that is the least important
reason for having it.
incidentally, may I congratulate YOU
on your splendid editorials regarding
the investigation? They are quite the
best have seen and show a keen in
sight into the issues at stake.
JOHN LANGDON LEIGHTON
New York, May 6, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
The Case of Four Men

Leonard Wood was the son of a
poor country doctor. He worked his
way through the Harvard Medical
School on a scholarship, doing odd
jobs to earn his keep.
Herbert Hoover went through Le-
land Stanford by waiting on his fell
low students in the college dining
hall.
Frank A. Lowden was the son of
Minnesota blacksmith. He tended
furnaces and did other chores to
earn his way through Iowa State
University.
Calvin Coolidge was the son of a
poor Vermont farmer, and had to
make his own way from the very
start.
Is this an extraordinary array Of
personal achievement? Is the Re-
publican party entitled to extra
pride that these, among it's promi-
nent candidates for the Presidency,
have worked up to their present
position by sheer merit, with neither
family pull nor family riches to
start them on their road to success?
We think not. The story of these
four men is but the story of typical
American success. The radicals and
near-radicals who talk Of class and
caste and bourgeoisie and otherwise
seek to apply to American life the
Technology and facts Of older civili-
cations face no obstacle tougher to
overcome than just this array of
self-won success that is conspicous
in politics, in railroading, in educa-
tion, in every branch of human en-
deavor.
1t is not that groups and classes
do not form and exist In America.
They do and will as long as human
nature is grcgarious and man likes
TO live for and with his fellows. But
membership in those groups and
classes shifts constantly, as rapidly
IS individuals advance and achieve,
Iucceed or fail. An explosive, dy-
lamic society IS ours, uncomfor-
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
A Boycott at Its Worst

The waterfront strike 49, the tlrst
instance involves a dispute between
the lessees of piers and their en-
ployees. AS such it has created a
bad situation, which particularly af-
fects coastwise traffic. To some de-
gree it has stifed the commerce of
the city, raising the cost of living to
every workingman of New York.
But the area of disturbance has
been arbitrarily increased by the
truckmen who transport to the piers
getting into the quarrel. To assist
the piermen the truckmen are re-
fusing to haul merchandise to and
from piers which in fact are open
and manned, but where the strike of
the piermen still nominaIly con-
tinues.
Thus, there is the sympathetic
strike at its worst-an extension of
the boycott principle to an extent
that threatens the whole life of the
city. Merchants and others who en-
ploy union labor are not parties to
the waterfront strike, yet they are
dragged into the controversy. There
is the spectacle, condemned by in
telligent labor leaders, of a union
beating it's friends over the head be-
cause they don't do what they have
no power to do.
Discussing this situation, which
has led to a coming together of the
chief business organizations of the
city and threat by them to employ
non-unionists if unionists will not do
the hauling, Walter Gordon Gerritt
said at joint meeting:
"Fidelity to American principles of
liberty will not permit-as American
citizens will not permit the chan,
nels of trade to fall under the auto
cratic control of a group of men and
then be blockaded as against impor-
tant sections of our people"
Under the circumstances, unless
the shippers of the city are willing
to join in the conspiracy to throw
out of employment many thousands
of citizens, they obviously must seek
to move their goods. If the union
truckmen and teamsters won't do the
work, then there is duty to find
others who will. The union truck
men must be aware that they are
arousing against them force that
may smash their organization. For
a time they might be able to main
tain some sort of embargo, but in
the end they are certain to lose.
Too many trucks are in the city to
make it possible for any group to
shut the city off from contact with
the piers.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
The Courtesy of an Unforgetta.
BILE County

TIC the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune published a letter
Tuesday from George w. Copley. OF
Galveston, Tex, aged eighty-six. who
desires to return to his home in Della
ware County, New York, and who said
ne would like to have "some good. true.
reliable, dependable. person" meet him
in New York, and asking if The Trib-
une could not refer him to "some kind.
Christian person" who would do this
for him.
l have written Mr.. Copley, modestly
admitting that I possess all these char
acteristics and that l will gladly un-
dertake to see that he safely revisits
Delaware County.
There is a saying in Egypt that "He
who drinks Nile water must return"
and this sentiment is more than true
OF one who was fortunate enough to
have been born in Delaware County.
LAFAYETTE B. GLEASON.
New York May 6 1Q0n
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
Conscience Us. Law
MediaeUoI;s7, Seen in III,
Jersey Case

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: When I opened my Tribune Il 4
morning and saw on the first pags th
headline, 'Father Who Let Girl Da
Under Christian Science Convicted
felt as though I had been carried bad
to the days of the burning Of the Saler
witches. That in these days a juig.
presumably a man of some intelligenu
and jury made up of men Of, let Us
hope, average intelligence should b
capable Of such a piece of mediersEr
passes belief.
The father In question has express.
his absolute faith in Christian Scisrs
as curative for Ills. His daughter n
ceived the treatment which he s,
cerely believed was best fitted q
effect the cure. If there is anythirl
N that to suggest manslaughter
even criminal negligence cannot SEE
| t. Possibly it requires legal mini
The mistake that the father mae
was that he acted according to bis OF
sincere convictions instead Of bsh'
guided by the opinions of his nee,
bors. He should have turned his CHI
over to the care of physician. IA
fact that he had no faith in medci'
is, of course, of no importance j"
community is not concerned with ID
individual conscience, and If the caA'
had died under medical care :he con
munity would have been perfectly ISL
isfied. According to the health ofiia
there were, as a matter of fact, us'
deaths, even where antitoxin W.
used. In some cases there was "
covery where antitoxin was not uSa
1t would seem that antitoxln Is DC
absolutely essential to recovery. We
has there been no hue and cry ae0'
those who died under medical cs''
Osteopathy might have saved '0''
Christian Science might have saw
them. They died, but the eomnuni2
is silent.
The same Tribune which PUBLISH
the conviction of the Christian seN'
tist father publishes on another pc
fifty one death notices and seven V''
uaries. Does this cause an upr0"
a great wave of indignant public i'~
ing? Not at all. It is perfectly pc
missible to die with the assistance
q physician. 1t is only when one ".
ones entire faith in God that this s'"
Christian land is reused to indisn'''
protest.
am not Christian Scientist. !"
members Of my family were physe'.-
and l have the highest respee'
many members of the medical p'''.
sion, but if anything could drive
into the ranks Of Christian Science
would be the conviction Of a ''H'a. y.
and honest man for following the ."
tates of his own conscience.
EDNA L. DUFF
Kinderhook. n. Y, MAJ S. 1925.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
The Benson Obsession

Admiral Benson complains that
the disclosure of his verbal instruc-
tions to Sims has gravely prejudiced
him. No doubt it has made a great
many persons wonder how it was
possible for a man to be in a posi-
tion to give Sims instructions who
could say: "We would as soon fight
the British as the Germans. But
the admiral should blame his own
warped conception of the situation,
rather than Sims, for the injury
done him.
Sims was sent to London only a
few days before the United States
declared war against Germany. Dip
lomatic relations had been broken
off two months earlier. Germany
had frankly accepted the fact that
her renewal of unrestricted subma-
rine warfare would almost certainly
compel the United States to enter
the war. Her government knew
what it was doing. Our govern
ment also knew that if it adhered to
the stand taken in the Sussex cor
respondence war could not be
avoided, unless Germany should sud-
denly recall the order to her subma-
rines to run amuck. How could an
American naval officer be so blind
to actualities as to harbor, at the
end of March or the beginning of
April, 1917, the extraordinary no.
tion that the United States would as
soon fight Great Britain as Ger
many?
Admiral Benson doesn't deny the
substantial truth Of the statements
credited to him. He offers. the fu-
tile excuse that the Navy Depart
ment was still practicing "strict neu-
trality.' If it had been practicing
strict neutrality it would never have
sent Sims to London to arrange for
cooperation with the British in
naval operations against Germany.
When Admiral Benson was pinned
down by the question, Did you ever
have serious doubts as to which side
we should fight on?" he tried to ar
que that there were complications
also with the Allies. But those were
Of much earlier date.
In March, 1917, the idea of fric-
ton with the Allies was fantastic.
Germany had already drawn the
sword against US. Our declaration
of war contained the truthful state
ment that Congress simply recog-
nized state of war already ex-
istent.
If Admiral Benson was not aware
of this, he was practically alone in
his innocent assumption that this
country was still as benevolently
neutral toward Germany as it was
lo"dlu NledC DllCdlu. "A man WIN
such illusions should have been COM
manding in Guam or Samoa, instead
of holding the highest administra-
tive post III the navy. There is still
a good deal of chatter on the witness
stand in Washington about the
navy being prepared for war in
April, 1917. Admiral Benson's in
structions to Sims are complete
confession Of the lack Of even moral
preparedness.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
A Problem in Politics

To the Editor of The Tribune. -,
Sir: Could any other man eoh
the vote of nearly 100000 kepuD''. :,
in the California primaries asaiA''
idol of the state? l.,
So, before counting Hoover o'' 90.
us consider the following: II thas -.
Der would sacrifice loyalty, ifis
and state pride for him IN es'''' |,
how many votes could he eona''h .hss
the rest OF the country, wnese "a,
obstacles woald aot have 10 v
bated? =
New York, May 6. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
A 100 Per Cent Primary

The combined vote in California
for Johnson and Hoover, the Re
publican candidates, was approx
mately 100000. In 1916 the Hughes
vote was 462 900, and in 1918 the
Republican vote for Governor was
387, 900. The increase is not due to
the grant Of votes to women, for in
California they have been enfran-
chised since 1912.
California Republicanism may
scarcely complain Of lack Of growth.
Either the Democrats did not stay
on their side of the fence or they are
becoming extinct. Women, develop
ing interest in politics, come to the
polls in greater relative numbers,
but not numerously enough to ac-
count for the extraordinary fact that
the party cast in the primaries a
larger vote than heretofore in any
election.
Mr.. Hoover, who lost by 10000,
polled 225, 5,000-enough under ordi-
nary conditions to insure success.
Therefore, as they received in
formation of the possible size of the
Hoover vote, the Hoover managers
believed they would win.
The great outpouring in Cali
fornia comes close to eXtinguishing
the familiar Old Guard contention
that the primary system is a failure
because the voters will not come out.
California shows a primary can be
100 per cent efficient, and other
states come along.
Before the Republican National
| Convention meets it is probable that
more than 100000 members of the
party will have made some sort of
personal expression. Disuse has
atrophled the average PERSONS in
terest in nominations, but power is
coming back to the popular elbow.
Though one objection to the pri-
mary thus goes, the same cannot be
said concerning another stock OBJ
Jection-namely, that it takes money
to make campaign. We have not
arrived at such a state of political
virtue that volunteers can be relied
on to do detail work. Bandsmen will
not distend their cheeks for nothing
nor owners of halls grant their free
use, and Uncle Sam still insists on
postage. A candidate not able to at
tract funds or to meet bills himself
has little chance.
This fact does not imply corrup-
ton, as some hypocritically assume,
but 1t does mean that the primary
often prevents an excellent type of
candidate from presenting himself.
The friends of the primary have not
yet discovered way to get rid of
condition they deplore, but they still
have hopes, though recognizing that
| such yelling as Senator Borah
has recently indulged in offers no
remedy.
Perhaps the time will come when
there will be but one primary day,
as there is but one election day, and
candidates, under an adaptation of
the French system, will be restricted
to posting notices on official bulletin
boards.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08

table for the shirker, whether he be
lazy poor or lazy rich, but the freest
land the world has ever seen for
the worker, the man of courage and
will. The Presidency, the most
powerful office in the gift Of any
people, is its only limit.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08
You Know the Tune

IUU NHUW Lne I Un0
The Hursts, they lead a modern life
modern life,
AS Independent man and wife, man
and wife;
They drink twice-weekly coffee clear,
And dine together once year.
This marriage a dejeuner, dejeuner,-
Who puts 1t on and clears away, clears
away?
Perhaps they need that time to think
And leave the dishes in the sink.
TJZ
New-York tribune., 1920-05-08

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