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New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

hotelkeepers, come back as il moth
ing had ever happened?
1t is characteristic, too, that these
former sources Of income should be
counted on for still bigger pickings.
Rumors of rates doubled, or even
trlpled, precede the opening Of the
German tourist season. Out Of AL
lied pockets some part of the indem-
nifty is to come. Germany went into
war as tremendous speculation
promising unlimited profits. Despite
the systematic looting of France and
Belgium the balance is on the wrong
side of Che ledger. But there are
profits in peace. Tax the tourist.
Nevertheless there is no account
ing for tastes. Perhaps many paci-
fists will be perfectly happy gazing
on an undevastated Germany. Per
haps our intelligentsia will go to
German universities again, to be in
Quoted into the mysteries of the Ger
man will-to-power. They should be
glad to pay the bill which their
friends will present.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

to govern herself without advice or
interference. OF course she should
be, but within the limits that the
social experience of the race has
marked. The Lenine experiment has
gone on long enough to show it's bit
ter fruits. In so far as other coun-
tries have caught the Russian dis
ease--and more or less all have
there is decrease in production,
and hence rise in prices and a low
ering of the standard Of living.
For labor to get rid Of Bolshevism
and all its works is the best contri-
button man may now make to the
wellbeing Of the world. The Red
Cross might we'll be at it, and cease
by an impossible neutrality, to avoid
laying an axe to the root of man
kinds misery. We're this Influential
rganization to put it's weight into
the scale, perhaps it would not long
be necessary for Bolshevist
countries to send relief ships to save
human lives.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Aspirations Versus Facts

The first item of business by the
council of the league Of nations, in
session at Rome. will be the appoint
ment of an advisory commission on
disarmament.
Coincidentally, Marshal Foch de-
clares that France must continue to
be prepared for war-that disarma-
ment cannot be considered by her un-
der existing conditions.
The argument of the marshal is
simple. There is Germany. There
Is no evidence she has changed. She
will strike at France again and the
German people would cheer the army
again as it rolled toward the border.
Nothing indicates psychological
revolution in Germany.
AS a fire can be put out only by
attacking its center, SO the war spirit
must be subdued where it burns the
most fiercely. Disarmament must
become the established policy of Ger
many and of the countries she is
likely to influence before it can be
adopted by others.
No outpouring of pious aspirations
will in itself alter the facts of the
European situation. France is in
danger, and through France all the
Western democracies. At present
Germany is disarmed, but is she will
ing to remain disarmed? If she is
not, then other nations must have at
hand weapons to compel her to be
peaceable.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Counting Unmatched Chickens

Germany, like other European
countries, is preparing for a tourist
invasion. A German does not in the
least understand why persons who
once found pleasure in Munich or
Dresden, Nuremberg or the Rhine
Valley now have little desire to set
foot on German soil again. That
the innumerable brutalities of the
war are still remembered is beyond
his ability to comprehend. A people
who still believe it was a war of de-
fense on their part and lament be-
cause they see no reason for the
hard conditions imposed upon them
naturally look upon this war as like
other wars. Why should not the
Americans and the English, who III
past years enriched the German
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

Hon the Fpc-Ccnt Fare Robs
and Iniurcs

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: lr recent communication to
Public Service Commissioner Nixon re
the traction situation His Honor the
Mayor sneeringly requested Nixon not
to worry.
| wonder, if his honor was situated
as | am, being over seventy years of
age and with the savings of lifetime
invested" mainly in Brooklyn Rapid
Transit three-year 7 per cent notes
bought at 81, and Manhattan 81" bought
at 96ls, as provision for my declining
years, would he worry?
The loss of my income prevents me
and my dependents from being able to
buy even the bare necessaries of life.
To be obliged to suffer from insufficient
food and a lack of healthful clothing is
bad enough, but these inconveniences
health, the direct result Of my traction
losses.
His honor, enjoying his ample official
salary, his touring car and well-trained
lackeys to anticipate his every want, is
fortunate, and doubtless he has never a
thought for the widespread ruin he has
brought to such as me, and which will
result in very materially shortening my
life
AS foreigner who has made his home
in these United States for over twenty
nine years, and who has promptly dis
charged every public and private obi
cation, and who has always proudly
stood for the highest ideals of Ameri-
can citizenship, l respectfully suggest
that instead of the drivel which we read
about the need for Americanizing the
foreigner some attention be devoted to
the Bolshcvlsm that is robbing me. in
my old age of the fruits of my life
work
A two-cent increase in fares would
cost each farepayer about $3.50 a
year, and in view of the universal in
creases Of pay which have been made
to the farepayers, this increase would
amount to very little, and it would
enable the traction companies to pay
at least their interest and rentals and
thus tide them over their present tenn
porary difficulties, which are not of their
making and which they could not fore
see.
If the American people continue the
great wrong of depriving the innocent
holder of securities Of living wage on
his hard earned savings it will be the
first time they have ever done so, and
am fully convinced they are far too
fair minded to stand for it. | inclose you
my name and address and also refer
ences that will enable you to verify
every statement contained herein.
VICTIM.
Asheville, N. c. May II, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
A Southerner for Vice-Presiden
New York, May II, 1920.

A Southerner for Vice President
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sin: From the press this morning
there is movement on foot to nomi-
nate Southerner for the second place
on the Republican ticket This move
ment was started by Representative c..
Bascom Semp. l agree with this move
ment. | think it is well that something
be done toward building up the Republi-
can party in the South, and | know of
no way that would bring about this de
sired result more than to nominate Il
Southern man for Vice President.
1t has been suggested by Mr.. Slemp
that Colonel Henry w. Anderson. of
Richmond, be named | suggest the name
of Joseph O. Thompson, of Birmingham.
Ala, who is one of the largest cotton
planters in the South; who has been a
lifelong Republican, whose efforts and
labor in behalf of the upbuildng of the
Republican party are second to those OF
no man in the South. A recognition of
this type of man would do more to
strengthen the party IN the South than
any other thing that could be done.
FORMER REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
OMMITTEEMAN.
New York, May IT, 1920.
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A White Collar Warning
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is admitted that the dollar
has been cut in two. To meet this stu
alton the wages of manual labor have
been raised 100 per cent or more, but
the wages of the "white collar class" so
called, have not been raised over 25 per
cent generally. Why? 1t is because the
latter have no union. Must employers
be coerced into doing justice? They
ought not, if only for their own sake
Let them beware of driving the white
collars" into the ranks of the proe-
tariat. No danger, say the cynical "they
have not the spirit" Take care. Men
who are half starving are very apt 20
become desperate
An advance of 80 per cent at least
all along the line is in order Justice
business prudence and patriotism alike
demand it.
A FRIEND OF POOR CLERKS.
New York, May 1S, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Misdirected Heckling

Those suffering picketers who
heckled Mr. Hays at Washington
deserved the primer lesson in poll
tics which he gave. They also de-
served a lesson in good manners and
common sense. They are an excel
lent example of the type of agitators
who permit agitation to enter into
their blood and remain there long
after the reason for excitement has
vanished.
SO far as Mr.. Hays and the Re
publican party are concerned there
could be nothing more absurd and
mlsdirected than these queries and
cat-calls. AS Mr.. Hays pointed out,
twenty-nne out of the thirty five
states which have already ratified
are Republican states. Few con-
stitutional amendments have ever
been so preponderantly supported by
one party. What Mr.. Hays and the
national leaders could honorably and
legltmately do has been done in
every. state Legislature where the
issue was in doubt and Republican
votes held control.
1t is certainly irritating and dis
appointing to women that the final
thirty-siXth state should be delayed
in registering its approval, But
irritation, backed by insufficient
sense to fix responsibility where re-
sponsibility belongs, is a rather de
structive emotion. The hecklers--
whose picketing habits have become
6xed--can do no good and they can
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
The Basic Issue
1t Is the Open Shop for Which
HooUer Declares
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr. Hoover disapproves of the
CLOSED shop" He holds that the "open
shop alone is consistent with American
principles. SO far as I know, he is the
first candidate for the Presidential
nomination to define his position on this,
one Of the most vital questions of the
present moment. However, would it not
be better if, openly and unreservedly
he should make the "open shop" pri-
mary issue? Should not the other can
didates do the same?
We do not expect that Communist,
Left Wing Socialist, Bolshevist or radi-
cal Labor parties or candidates will ad-
vocate American principles. There are
no such principles in their stock. They
seek not to develop but to destroy
America. But we do expect that the
Republican and Democratic parties-tho
only political agencies that are really
American and can save this country
will stand solidly for certain things.
However much they may differ on oues-
tions of ordinary current public policy.
they should stand together on the basic
question of American liberty If that
issue is to be compromised or bartered
for votes, shamelessly sold for the spoils
of o4ice-by either party then goodby
U. s. A.
The freedom of labor and the freedom
of capital, within bounds that amply
protect the equal rights of all Amcri-
cans these, in my judgment are incom-
parably the most important factors in
the prosperity and stability Of the
United States. And yet, at this very
moment, they are menacingly uncertain
in their meaning and in their perma-
nency. They are lodged, compromised,
even openly assailed. Talk about the
league Of nations, troubles in Mexico,
5 per cent beer, the merchant marine.
the cost of living, as paramount" is
sues. If the basic human liberties that
underhe our whole social, political and
moral structure; are not taken out Of
the mire of cowardly politics and made
safe and certain, we need not bother to
prattle, fuss and fume about other
things. DELMAR f, HAWKINS.
Syracuse, n. y, May IS. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Radio telephones
An American, Invention
Which Morconi Is Using

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: am sure that voice the sur
prise Of all American radio engineers
over the prominence given in your col
umns to-day to a dispatch from Rome
stating that Signor Marconi, with ap-
paratus having the strength of only
three kilowatts, has achieved wireless
telephone communication over a distance
of 500 miles.
With three klowatts of properly
modulatcd telephone energy in the an
tenna it should be possible to telephone
across the Atlantic, weather conditions
being favorable.
For the last six months an American
radio engineer, Robert f. Gowen, using
1-3 kilowatt in his amateur antenna
at Ossining, N. Y, has been telephoning
over distances Of 900 to 1900 miles
Frequent accounts have appeared from
time to time of this remarkable work
of an American amateur station, and
it seems, therefore, surprising that this
record" of 5O0-mile transmission with
three kilowatts of energy in Italy should
be considered as remarkable.
1t is fairly we'll known that the radio
telephone systems, which were so largely
used during the latter part of the wal
and which have enjoyed large develop
ment since then, are based entirely on
American inventions, primarily upon
the oscillating three clectrode tube, O:
oscillion transmitter. 1t seems a bi,
nervy, therefore, when foreigner bod
lily appropriates these inventions, oper.
atcs them pot nearly so we'll as do the1
originators, and then claims world d-wide
publicity for performance which would
have been considered, at best, as sec
ond rate in this country had it beer
performed two years ago.
LEE DE FOREST.
New York, May II, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
A.Creetey Letter

URBANA, H., May II (Specia!)'-A
manuscript letter of Horace Greece
in which the great editor Of The New
York Tribune gives his idea OF iA'
qualifications of a reporter, is one o.
the interesting exhibits at the annp''
open house given by the depar'ns'.
of journalism a. the University 'i
Illinois here this week The le''s'
follows;
Tribune Oaice, New foi'
September A.
Mr. 7. Robinson, Feq.
Dear Sir: can give you no u,
formation worth the postage, ye' :
will briefly answer your letter.
J. A reporter oasnt to unders'S1'
shorthand, but the bes- Of them raFe'
use it. Raymond does not.
2. Much depends on experience "'
rest on natural capacity. There 81
few men who could ever make gov
reporters Memory, qnickness Of PEI
ceDtion and pen are indispensable
3. The time required TO learn &C.
rends upon aptitude know s0''
reporter who did well the first win.s'
He was a good shorthand writer "
fore, however
A, There arc a great many repof'e'7
so called, more thar can find enp'O'
ment.' A first rate one, however, ~0"''
after reporting awhile for l;tle
nothing TO make himself known pa'
employment and a good compensa'i0'
Yours hIrriedly.
HORACE GREELEl
Other exhibits at he open house u
clude collection Of autographed p0'
traits of noted American editors p'
ssnted by them to II. F. Harfins'''
director Of the courses in journaii''
a collection of more than one hunai'
originals of cartoons by the iea''"
cartoonists of America and copies
the earliest newspapers printed IN .
State of Illinois.
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The Coming 7owe1
Song of the Summer Rentor

Song of the Summer Renter
didn't think, when paid the agent
One hundred dollar. down for thi. place.
Which | merely knew would take me away
from Washington Square
For four months,
That was buying you, Connecticut rocks.
Fences once piled by Puritan.' aching backs
Trees family pink with apple sprgs.
Mist of spring swinging down between me
And the mex, town church spire far away
didn't know Id &c. all of you
Like this and feel | owned you SO.
NWhose place is thisa
don't know. | don't even recall
The name Of the real estate agcn,
That got my hundred. (Three more tc
Gomez
But do know you're mine as though Tc
planted you,
Trees and fruits about to bloom:
You're mine, fences of stone, and violet.
Purpling under the stubble.
You're mine. mist that comes from earl,
rains,
Swinging over the hills of shaded greens.
Minel And not for four months, bu
always, it seems to me.
IF the real estate agent knew this,
| wonder if he d think
He let me have the place too cheap.
JANET
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
The Fall of Prices

ne wave OF price reQuctlOn, oe-
ginning in New York through the
patriotism or the business sagaclty
of an eminent merchant, sweeps
over the country. From every sec
ton come reports of cheaper goods.
The turn of the tide seems at last to
have arrived.
The price lessening naturally at
taches chiefly to clothing and to mis-
cellaneous articles rather than to
food. Agricultural producers are
less organized and are more keenly
competitive than other producers.
Their prices depend more directly on
supply and demand, and are thus
more the resultants of natural eco
nomic law No great addition to the
supply of foodstuffs has occurred,
and in the domestic field no decrease
in the demand. The cost of eating
is likely to continue along present
levels for some time.
But factories do business on esti-
mates They commonly take orders
far in advance of manufacture.
They guess what expenses will be
and what prices safely can be fixed
without heaping up unsold sur
pluses.
A manufacturer has a horror of
overstocked warehouses. Similarly
the retailer, who also does business
on estimates, breads overfilled
shelves. For three years the retail
er, amazed by swelling demand
which apparently nothing could
stop, has been busy retagging, and
this winter has pushed up his profit
margin But he has no desire to be
caught with an overstock. SO he
adopts drastic measures to transfer
his goods to consumers, knowing
that if the downward swing gains
Roadway it will continue down
through its own momentum.
The relief is coincident with the
relative decrease in the foreign de-
mand and the defation Of credit
which the Federal Reserve Bank is
wisely forcing The theories of the
experts are thus Vindicated. The
heavy exchange against Europe is
slowing up exports and stimulating
imports. Higher money is bringing
liquidation of overextended business
That prices will drop to their old
levels is most improbable. They die
not after the Civil War. The new
wage scale buttresses present prices
and a wage scale is not easily
budged. In not a few lines, particu
larly in the dominant agricultural
one, it is not certain that prices have
gone up faster than farm wages ane
cost of agricultural supplies. No1
can dehation be carried very fa1
without creating condition the
country would revolt against.
Nor is it desirable to have a sud
den fall OF prices. The Ill effects O
a rapid fall are almost as grave a.
those of great rise. If there is no
to be a disorganization of industry
which would mean non-employmcn
and hard times, cutting -in-two O
prices, for which many clamor
would be dangerous.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
We Hand On a Demand for Men

10 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The protection of our food pro-
ducing animals against disease has now
come to be an exceedingly important
economic matter and calls for a larger
number of competent veterinarians
Farm animals have come to possess
large values and disease is exacting a
toll from the livestock industry reach
ing into hundreds of millions. A more
efficient veterinary service is one of the
foremost needs of the country to-day.
TO meet this need the entrance require
ments of veterinary colleges have been
raised and the course Of professional
training extends to four years.
Because of the demand for men in
this relatively new profession | am
taking the liberty of sending you, un-
der separate cover, the announcement
of this college, with the hope that in
your capacity as an adviser to the pub
lic' you may be able to direct at lea st
few young men to this profession.
You Will find in the announcement a
partial list of the opportunities for vet
erinarians. The high wages that are
now being paid are tempting good
many young men away from profes-
sional courses. 1t is important, how
ever, that a sufficient number take up
this work Y. A. MOORE.
New York State Veterinary College at
Cornell University.
Ithaca, n. Y, May II, 1920
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easily do harm. Suffrage is in
evitable, and there is good reason
to hope for it's early adoption. But
such demonstrations as those at
Washington are more likely to for
tify obstinate opposition than re-
move it.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
Four Generations Of Tribune
Reading :.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We can exceed the j. Il. Clark
record of reading The Tribune in three
generations.
My father subscribed to it when he
was fifteen before his marriage, and
continued until his death in 1910, at the
age of seventy-seven. My mother, who
is now eighty-ive, continued it daily,
and she has children, grandchildren and
greatgrandchildre here in town who
see the paper at our home on Sundays.
ANNA N. A. LAW,
A daughter at home, who has read it
for number of years.
Pittston, Pa, May II, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
The Paramount Issue

At heart Platt was not opposed to Nc
Kinley, but he would not take him on
other than a gold platform. Hanna was
between the devil and the deep sea, for
the silver states threatened to bolt if
the old compromise on the question was
forsaken. In the end he yielded to
Platt, and Mckinley was made the can
didate, after the convention had de-
clared itself and as consequence was
split by the desertion of Senator Teller
and his followers.
Thus was the paramount issue of the
day forced into the platform by the use
of Morton's name. 1t goes without say
ing that Governor Morton was not de-
ceved into the belief that he was to
receive more than complimentary vote
in the convention. He was altogether
too sagacious to have thought otherwise
AS a banker he probably consented to
and must always have had the satisfac-
ton of knowing that Senator Platt's
ruse achieved its purpose.
The result was that Mckinley was re-
elected as he might not have been had
affairs at st. Louis taken different shape.
In any event the outcome ended for
good and all the vital question where
the Republican party stood, 1t was
therefore more than an incident in the
life of Levi P. Morton that he was men
toned for President in 1896
C. R. s.
Greenwich, Conn, May IS, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
The LAST Hone Gone

From The Bo2ton Egcasao Trease''''.
The price of barrels having of'
raised 120 per cent. all hopes OF osi"'
able to go around in ene of them BY S''
by. when one can't buy any mos
clothes, seem TO be dashed.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20
TO F. T. T.

You don't belong here?
You mention girl
Flirting with taxi driver;
And fat man humping an old one.
Dear mel
Why don't you try Montclair, N. j.?
Out there the Very incest People in
Got up Farmers Ball.
A uery simple affair
Ginghams, overalls, and that sort of
thing.
Rustic, you know, at $500 a head
Well, there were one or two dinners
And possibly three buffet lunches
Beforehand.
They say that out in the pantry
There was cider or something.
don't know about that
But one of the girls felt cold
Shed forgotten her stockings, poor
thing
And had to have Just a little something
warm.
The ball began at 1890,
But there wasn't much dancing.
For as one young lady remarked quite
wisely
II simply aviU not dance with anv one
| have to hold up"
And then too,
There were always some men hanging
on the chandelier,
And one was likely to be kicked.
Also some chairs were broken,
| believe.
SO, after we'll known bachelor
Had slipped on a plate of ice cream
! That some one had thrown on the floor,
And one OF the prettiest debs
Had been assisted from the room,
1t was decided to send the musicians
home.
Outside. one of the Organizers Of the
dance
Put up an awful holler
Yon see.
She had found one of the leading
Younger Married Women
Asleep in her limousine
Next Sunday,
A minister
Blamed prohibition for it all.
What do you think of that, F. T. T. ?
S. C..
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

You can purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE With absolute sateS--for u dissatlsfao-
to say your money back upon request. No red tape.
Nc auhbling VS. make good promptly IL the
advsrfixer does
New-York tribune., 1920-05-20

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