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means forty billions now. On this
sum, according to the principle Of
the square deal, owners should now
receive income.
Why the I'D ualorem principle ia
not used in reckoning railroad rates
is an unexplained mystery. 1t is,
perhaps, because rate-making has
always been irrational. Distance,
bulk, weight, cost, the value of the
service to the shipper--none of these
principles has been consistently APP
Piled. Formerly "all that the traffic
would bear" was favored rule. But
what the traffic would bear was usu-
ally a mere guess of some traffic
manager, whose action other mana
gers were compelled to adopt, rather
than the result of any careful study.
Railroad rates, like Topsy, just
grew, and when public control came
the existing body of rates was adopt
ed in mass.
There might we'll be resxamina-
ton of the rate structure. AS it
stands the burden resting on the
public is inequitably distributed.
Particular industries are favored.
In response to local pressures dis
elimination among places has been
lessened, but nothing has been
done to eliminate discrimination
among commodities. The practice of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has been to authorize horizontal adj
vances and thus injustice has been
intensified.
A rate survey, if intelligently made
and it's conclusions respected, would
do much to soften the dissatisfaction
that will follow crude and unset
entific rate increases.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-24
Casabianca Jumps in Time

Colonel Bryan was a noble sight 1T
San Francisco as he stood upon thu
quarterback, tears streaming down
his face, and proclaimed his willing
ness to die at his post on the COCO
ship Prohibition.
But this Casabianca business Is
not what it was cracked up to be by
Mrs. Felicia Hemans, and let no
ribald critic jeer at our rather ro-
tund and venerable but ever boyish
friend for leaping while there was
yet time to escape the fires Of apos-
tasy 1t is bad thing to tuck ones
pride IN ones bosom and, holding
fast to ones coattails, jump, ker-
splash, from a burning deck. 1t is
worse thing to stand alone and for
the mere sake Of consistency-that
never earned vote-wave farewell
for all time to the Democratic party,
which, after all, at times, docs elect
Presidents.
The annals Of heroism are the
poorer by reason Of Colonel Bryan's
sturdy instinct of self-preservation
But political literature will unques-
tionably be enriched in the coming
months when the Colonel pulls out
the tremolo stop and explains to the
throbbing Chautauquans just why
all the pure and dry and faithful
must cast their ballots for that noble
and practically, in view of the Eigh-
teenth Amendment, dry Democrat,
James M. Cox.
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The New Railroad Rates

Whatever difference Of opinion ex-
ie5s concerning the new railroad
rates, it is conceded the advance
must be large. Otherwise the rail
lads will stop functioning, lacking
income to meet operating expenses,
" lay nothing of indispensable bet
tefnents.
But the increase, it may be OBJ
served, will be nominal, not actual.
he railroad employees, taking note
Of the 50-cent dollar, held their
wages should be doubled. They have
been accorded little more, the new
4 W2ge level representing an increase
, o. ll5 per cent. If the argument is
god for the men it is also for the
Threads. To be made whole thew
Should receive 100 per cent more for
each unit of service, whereas they
viii be lucky if they get thirds
of this.
Measured on an ad valoreur basis
that is, according to the market
value of the goods hauled-rates are
the lowest in our history. A de-
creasing percentage of the nations
gross social income goes for railroad
service. Rates do not vary accord
ing to the fluctuations in the dollar
value of the commodities carried.
There seems no reason to worry
nationally over the size of the rail
way tax. The new one will impose
a smaller relative burden than one
the country formerly easily endured.
1t is not easy to keep the mind
focused on the fact of the 50-cent
dollar. The ear hears, but the mind
slides away. Yet if twenty billions
of railroad property represented 10
per cent of the country's gross vaIu-
alton in 1916, the same 10 per cent
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Kept Out Of the Campaign

In June Rear Admiral Benton c..
Decker, in Il public letter, openly ac-
cused Secretary Daniels of making
intentional and deliberate misrepre-
sensations in his testimony in the
recent Senate naval investigation.
This was bold thing to do, because
the Admiral could be courtmartialed
for direct violation of the navy reg
ulations without the court being al
lowed to consider the question of the
justice of his criticisms.
1t was no surprise, therefore, when
it was announced, while Messrs.
Daniels and Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy, were in San
Francisco, that Decker probably
wo'ald be courtmartialed. But after
returning to Washington, following
his nomination for the Vice-Presi-
dency, Mr.. Roosevelt says no pro-
ceedlngs will be brought against the
Admiral for his INSTRUMENTATION.
The excuse is that it is not proposed
to allow the Admiral to take "the
position of martyr" A naval Off
Ger may thus publicly accuse the
Secretary of the Navy of making in
territorial misrepresentation and vet
go scot free.
But there is reason. 1t seems
that Franklin Roosevelt has been
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> The Landlubber Expert
Touching the Excited Outbreaks Of
Hasiv Ydchtsmcn
To the Editor Of The Tribune.


Sir: was very pleased to read your
editorial in to-day's Tribune in which
you particularly took the "landlubber"
to task for complaining about tho time
allowance in the yacht races, and
hope your words will sink in and eff
feet radical cure in that direction.
Some Of the accounts of the races
are especially crude to any one who
knows the first thing about sailing,
but the more or less excited outbreak
on the part Of pseudo-yachtsmen in re-
laton to the time allowance handicap,
wherein they make certain sarcastic
references to professors, laboratories,
physics, etc, are not only ridiculous
but wellnigh disgusting to people who
understand in some measure the art
of sailing. They simply hold up the
writer Of such criticism to ridicule.
but it is time that halt were called
to their rawlings.
One disagreeablc feature about it is
that it tends to provoke disloyalty or
unpopularity in support Of the nation
al cup defender, which is greatly to
be regretted. Incidentally, some writ
ers should be little bit better posted
on nautical terms, as we find on the
first page, authors name not given, this
statements: "All her giant sails were
reefed," when, of course, he meant
that they were lowered or furled. He
doesn't seem to know that reefing q
sail means to shorten it by fastening
the nettles. E. M. TERRY.
New York univ % 1000
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principles in the abstract il we
shrink from doing anything con-
crntc2


Shamrock had her last chance to
demonstrate her right to win the
Americas Cup yesterday, and there
can be little debate as to the de-
cisiveness Of her failure. There
were fiukes in the early part Of the
race and toward the end. But the
straight sailing, under a cracking
breeze, on the second leg held no ele-
ment Of luck. Resolute did better
and better as the breeze freshened,
and held Shamrock on that vessels
best point of sailing,>a broad reach.
To windward, as throughout the
series, Resolute showed superiority.
Save for the squat the race would
doubtless have ended much as did
the preceding, the boats seconds
apart, Shamrock probably slightly
ahead, but quite unable to give her
time allowance. The squall gave an
impressive example of Skipper
Adams's seamanship. He stuck to
his clubtopsail through the worst Of
it, and was thus able when the squat
passed to bear down on the finish
line with all his kites drawing
Thereby he earned his decisive vic
tory, better seamanship aiding the
better boat.
An accident or fuke of wind may
yet send the cup abroad. But few
yachtsmen will now question which
is the better boat. On the crucial
point of sailing, to windward, on
which nine yacht races out of ten are
won or lost, Herreshoff has sur
passed Nicholson, boat for boat. The
latter attempted a bold solution of
his problem and has built a power
full craft Of the scow type, swifter
than Resolute down the wind and
in reaching. But in order to do so he
had to build distinctly larger boat,
under the racing rule, and incurred
a heavy penalty in time allowance.
This was fatal to his chances-or
would have been had not the frailty
of the defender given Shamrock one
victory and luck of the winds given
her another, and thus placed her in
position in which anything may hap
pen.
To-day's final race will hold an ex-
element unequalled in yachting con-
tests. 1t is a windward and leeward
race, and upon the preceding show
ing Resolute should win handily.
But not until the final whistles begin
to toot can Americans feel sure. Sir
Thomas has shown himself as lucky
as he is generous and sportsman
like. If luck should once more perch
on his lofty topsail there will be few
to regret his victory. 1t is high time
that the cup travelled abroad for the
good of the sport, and there is no
one to whom Americans would more
gladly intrust it than this earnest
and most courteous of contenders.
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"counseled" that to courtmartial
Decker now might reopen very
tender Administration sore-namely,
the mismanagement of the Navy De-
partment during the war. Not only
this, but the Decker matter raises
questions Of veracity, and since the
naval investigation Mr.. Daniels has
been sensitive about such questions.
While before the Naval Committee
Mr.. Daniels was caught in DELHI
crate misstatement to the Senate.
On April IL, 1916, by resolution
the Senate had called on the Secre-
tary for copy of letter to him
from the General Board of the navy,
written on August 1, 1914, and said
to refer to naval preparedness. On
April 81, 1916, Daniels replied
to the Senate, Withholding from the
Senate the General Boards letter and
assuring the Senate in writing that
it did not refer to naval prepared
ness. But when the letter of August
l, 1914, was uncovered it was found
that "the General Board earnestly
urges that the battleships be brought
home, locked and put in perfect
readiness. We should pre-
pare now"
Mr.. Daniels would mot stir up the
Senate. 1t might secure the filing
of impeachment charges and try him.
His recent sworn testimony is being
searched to ascertain whether or not
perjury has been committed. So a
subordinate, who practically called
the Secretary liar, secures i'm
munity. The Administration wishes
naval matters to be kept quiet and
out of the campaign. Mr.. Daniels
is one Of the loads 5verburdened
Governor Cox is compelled to carry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-24
Wadsworth's Designation

In his letter to George Henry
Payne, Senator Wadsworth. touch
ing the proposal that the Republi-
can convention soon to meet should
designate him for reelection, says:
"My attitude for many months
past las been one of entire willing
ness to take my candidacy direct to
the imaries, and I shall make no
complaint whatever if the convention
refraius from recommending any
candidate for Senator"
Yet when the convention meets
on Tuesday it is said it will desig-
nate orator Wadsworth. Either
the o. has little influence with
ths = leaders, or they do not
-. expression of preference
Wadsworth's designation,
urs, will be an act of ex-
lily. This whether regarded
ne standpoint of his own in
r those of the party. 1t is
ned that he is weak candi-
He is holly opposed by the
voters of the state, by the
essive Republicans, who do not
is course toward social legis-
and by the "drys." 1t is also
enied that belief exists that
oarty managers have erected
hing in the nature of a ma
designate Senator Wadsworth
be widely regarded as an at
to forestall primary action,
would further lessen his
s- tn as party candidate
Wee Senator Wadsworth nominated
Ill 3 fair and open primary there
woa be greater disposition to &C
c,F' m than if he is paraded as the
ts15ri of the state machine.
ffs designation system was estab-
listed n order to avoid mix-ups
VIXEN aere is a large field of can
ir@s and no one is likely to COM
m4nd majority. 1t has no peril
neaey 10 a political aspirant so vel
i41lo1uced and thoroughly known as
ing Senator. Such a one car
we be asked not to seek or to re
seie statewide organization sup
port
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Hooker and the Farmer
Why the State AgricuItmists IndOrw
His Candidacy
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the fall the politicians
fancy darkly turns to farms. Elon
Hooker, candidate for the Republican
nomination for Governor, has been Of
fcially Endorsed by the State Fedora
ton of Agriculture Where is the
joker? There isn't any. Elon Hooker's
agricultural program is in line with
the progressive trend of the day as
applied to the marketing industry.
And the marketing industry is the
weak point in the industrial system.
Everybody knows the farmers get
the little end of the horn Of plenty.
George K. Holmes, statistician for the
Bureau of Crops of the United States
Department of Agriculture, estimates
that the farmer receives, on the aver
age, for potatoes, poultry, dairy prod
ucts and vegetables so per cent of
what the consumers pay. Simple
Simon and the pieman no longer do
business on the old face-to-face stand.
In the shipping Of eggs from Okla
homa to New York eight separate sales
have been traced, Slice" being taken
from each "handling"
A thousand instances indicate the
marketing machinery as wasteful and
costly. What everybody knows Is no.
body's business. Elon Hooker is max
ing it his business. He comes out
with thoroughgoing statement Of
measures for improvement. Chief
among the steps he advocates are CO.
operative agencies among the farmers
themselves for buying and selling,
thus eliminating middle" costs. "
these there are already 10000 success
ful ones in the country. A market
news service he considers essential 10
prevent waste and fraud. Mr.. Hooker
further proposes a systematic cam
paign to divert some proportion OF
labor from the city to the country.
The farmer rarely has any cash
Mr.. Hooker favors simpler processes
at the Federal Land Bank for long
term credits. The farmer can improve
his equipment and enlarge the scope
Of his plant. Mr. Hooker makes
home run when he says the lack OF
profit in their business, compared to
the time and capital invested, is
cause Of the unrest among farmers.
Good roads, motor truck service, easier
access to ownership of the land, the
restoration of the barge canal 10 full
service are all measures tending to
attract the young men now entering
more profitable industries. B.
New York, July 20, 1920
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This Republican Will Gladly Support
Harding and Coolidge This Year
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In your issue of July 20 you
publish a letter from "a Democrat
who voted for Hughes" I am a Re-
publican who helped to elect Wilson
to his first term. l did not vote for
him the second time, but l am still
doing penance for my mistake in hav-
ing voted, for personal reasons, for
The Democratic ticket.
The writer Of the letter in question,
disappointed in the results of the Chi
cago convention, as were thousands of
others who had hoped for the nomina-
ton of General Wood, charges that
mo man was more offensive than
Harding in his abuse of Roosevelt and
his IDEALS Be that as it may, why
may not Senator Harding be perfectly
sincere in his eagerness to placate
those who loved Roosevelt?
believe, and it is quite gen.
orally conceded, that it was Roose-
velt's too personal action that elected
Wilson in 1912. Thousands, like my
self, as protest against third
party, responded to Mr.. Wilson's
smooth woong.
-Four years later many of the friends
who had differed with our beloved
Roosevelt Joined hands with him in
his sincere, self-sacrificing effort to
heal the breach which he had made.
but, alas, Roosevelt's voice did not
hen make itself heard above the vote
getting slogan "He kept US out of
war!"
The expediency of Roosevelt's third
party formation was questioned by
many worthy Republicans; but the
wisdom Of our leading Americans pro-
gresslve ideals is not questioned by
the Republican party. Theodore Roose-
welt spent his life for his country; and
who to-day would condemn him for
what he did in 1912 and for which
with all his heart, he strove to atone
in 1916 and to the end of his remark
able career OF progressive political
tCdUOiou mp
Then why should Senator Harding
be condemned now if lie once had posi-
tive views regarding the things which
Colonel Roosevelt himself later rer IL
dated?
am grateful for the leading of The
Tribune along the lines that make for
unity and harmony within the party
and l feel like saying God bless Cen
cral Wood, who, though defeated at
Chicago, sets the pace for a united
party by sounding tone of party
principles to the subordina ton of all
that is personal. Harding and Coolidge
are clean, capable Republican stand
ard bearers.
Let US fight for clean Republican
victory, if for no better reason than
that the country needs change, q
change from the eight years rule or
misrule of one-manism evolved from
the party now in power.
JOSEPH G.. MANN.
New Britain, Conn, July 20, 1920
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-24
An American on the Shamrock
Brooklyn, June 90, 1920.

An American on the Shamrock
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: 1t appears that an old American
skipper, Captain A. j. Applagate, has
been aboard the Shamrock the last two
races. If Haywood Broun can see from
his point Of vantage just what part this
man plays in the sailing of Lipton's
boat, | wish he would let us all know
aoout it,
Of course, if it is merely race to
determine the relative merits of the two
boats, then American or English crews
and shippers should be placed upon both
of them.
On the other hand, if it is England
vs.. America, no American should be on
the boat
Let Shamrock's skipper go over the
course as much as he wants before the
race, but don't have him carry passen-
gers during the contest who, potentially
at least, can sail the boat better than it's
skipper under the existing conditions
Of wind off Sandy Hook.
C. w KINGSLEY.
North Asbury Park, N. j., July %.
1920.
lCaptain Apologize was taken
aboard Shamrock " for his local
knowledge of tide and wind. I'm
less a visiting yacht is to be
seriously handicapped by ignorance
OF these peculiarities, acquaintance
with which can be gained only by a
lifetime Of local sailing, such advice
by local skipper must obviously be
permitted. A spirit of good sports
manship entirely justifes Captain
Applegate's presence on Shamrock
~, we think-Ed1
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Quiet Pro-Wadsworth Campaign

Quiet Pro-Wadsworth Campaign
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sil: May another Brown add her
voice to the other side OF flames
w. Wadsworth's cause? Mrs. RAYMOND
Brown may not realize it, but there
are more anti suffragists in this coun-
try and in the eighteen states WHO are
against suffrage than there are suf-
fragists. + regret to say that the
"antis" have been lacking in the de-
sire for publicity-regret it merely be-
cause 1t has given these seekers after
notoriety all they have sought.
But now when one of the finest
gentlemen, who comes of the finest
stock in America, whose grandfather
helped save this great Union, is bit
teriy and unwarrantedly attacked. even
this "anti' must for a moment forcet
the desire to be silent and work in
silence, and come out in the open and
say that in my family alone are six
enfranchised women, all unwillingly so.
who vcsl vote for Mr.. Wadsworth. And
each and every one will have quiet
crusade" of her own, "pro-W ads-
worth"
MARIE c. KING BROWN.
New York, July %, 1920.
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Down Witt. the Yachting Trust!
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | can see the necessity" of the
Resolute having the advantage of
handicap, but question if the profess
SIGNALS, who rely more on the slide rule
than on creative genius to win races
can give any sound arguments, techni-
cally or from the standpoint of good
craftsmanship, for handicapping yachts
built expressly for the purpose of ad-
vanclng the art and the sport.
In boxing contests they do not handi-
cap one fellow by tying his hand or
hanging weights on him, but they
match men of about even weight. Now.
IN building yachts for international
races, where speed and stamina" as
Grantland Rice calls it, are the quail
ties aimed at, it is quite sufficient to
say that these boats shall not exceed
specified length on the water line. and if
Shamrock can carry more sail than a
Resolute, then the designers and sea-
men on the Shamrock deserve the
credit Winning the race depends on
combining genius and creative ability
with skill in seamanship.
But that is not the way the profess
sional trust of naval architects do
things. They cannot afford to take
chance on some genius butting in and
putting it over them, so they frame up
lot of complicated rules in star
chamber sessions and keep the answer
up their sleeves, so that they can plav
their cards as needed. In other words
trey are professional trust, which
stife genius, invention and sportsman
ship, both in yacht racing and power
boat racing
The hydroplane, which has created a
new art in marine engineering. made
cross-ocean flights feasible and helped
the British take the Harmsworth Trophy
back to England, was the invention of
a farmer-mechani who never saw the
inside of a naval architect incubator.
who knew that water was wet, but did
not believe that it caused friction. and
who had to go through with a long
series of pioneer work and expensive
experiments in order to discover data
of a scientific nature not found in books
w. H. FAUBER.
Brooklyn, June %, 1920.