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New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
Wasted Antitrust Effort

Tho Sherman antitrust act has
been on the statute books for thirty
years. The Donnelly law, applying
Sherman act principles in the state
field, has been in existence almost
as long.
Net results are revealed by the
Lockwood investigation. Greedy
manufacturers and dealers in build
ing material, in cooperation with
greedy and corrupt contractors and
labor leaders, have robbed the pub
lie with increasing effrontery. Here
is one Of the reasons why American
rents are much above those in any
other country, although, with the
vast stores Of natural products,
they should be lower.
Fault is in the antitrust laws
and in the character of their en-
forcement. They are based on the
theory that form Of business Or
ganization Is Of prime Importance.
The search has been to find and
break up mere combinations as
such. Mere bigness has been as
sailed. Little regard has been paid
as to whether 1. particular combina-
ton was in fact reasonable or as to
whether the bi1ness helped or
harmed the public
Enforcement has been placed
chiefly in the hands Of lawyers in
terested in legal metaphysics--in
Juridical doctrines which have little
relation to life. The schoolmen of
the Dark Ages who made learning
absurd and the dogmatic theologians
who made j scandal Of religion were
not more assidious in pursuing ab.
stractions than have been American
attorneys general.
The form Of an organization or
the size OF "A business concern is of
secondary consequence to con-
sumcrs. What first concerns them
is conduct. Instead Of vague and
indefinite statutes relating TO con-
spiracy, there should be explicit and
definits rules governing all business
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
The immigration Flood

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Respecting your admirable leacins
editorial of December 8, 1920, The Imrni-
grafton Flood" in which you recon-
mend that a new immigration act
should be put on the statute books
very carefully drawn--to include TWO
conflicting problems, Americanisauoh
and an increased labor supply: fer-
haps, but better, first, an act empow'
ering the Federal government TO sc-
quire all tillabie acreage now golng 70
waste, especially in the eastern parl
Of the United States. for the lack o.
hands-and also to train and employ
on its own responsibility Immigrants
between the ages of eighteen and ti'y
in the various departments a. farming
This would do more at the present
time toward Americanization. distrlpA-
ton and employment than any anu
immigration measure. besides creating
better market conditions. 1t would
tend to tho establishment RI higher
prices for the producer and lower
prices for the consumer through the
reduction of speculation on the one
hand and less destructive competition
on the other. "CONSTRUCTIONF
New York, Dec. s, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
The Merchant Marine Problem

No national problem Of to-day
presses more strongly for solution
than that of the new merchant ma
rine. Not supremacy, but survival,
is the issue.
Built and manned more expen-
sively than the vessels Of other
maritime nations and carried at a
much higher capital cost, the gov
ernment's shipping staggers under
handicaps for which some offset
must be found if it is to justify its
existence. Receiving no higher
freights than it's competitors, it has
now reached the point where the
level Of ocean rates makes cargo
carrying at profit practically inn
possible. Without an increase in
rates it faces the necessity Of see
ing the trade won since the begin
ming Of the war pass to other mer-
chant marines, unless some other
means of assistance is found.
In the crisis with which American
shipping is confronted, destructive
rather than constructive criticism
has been the rule. Out of the Con.
gressional inquiry into the affairs
of the Shipping Board there has
come little to help and much to harm
the newest of American industries
In great degree the picture pre-.
sented has been a false one, basec
on the testimony of those who are
neither familiar with nor representa-
tive of the industry of shipping.
That the new American merchant
marine is on the seas to stay, Il
proper steps are taken to keep il
there, is the conviction of those
really representative Of the mari
time interests of the nation. The
situation as it exists and what car
be done to assure the future Of
American shipping are discussed il
series Of articles beginning in TIL.
Tribune to-day. Constructive actor
is the need of the moment, and il
the suggestions as to the form thi.
should take may be found the solu
ton to the problem not only befor,
Congress but before the entire ma
ton as we'll
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
The Art Of Hotelheeping
Nom Is the Time 10 Study and En-
joy II Economically in France

JOY II Economically in France
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: just returned from France
after spending three months in quest
of hotel to purchase cheap with
american dollars J found every hotel
that visited run in & manner unknown
to Us in respect to comfort and man
aeement. American investors would
never think Of using so much space
for bedrooms or furnishing them with
such beds and sofas. One day. on sit
ting down, thought was falling to
the floor; to my great surprise l found
myself resting in such a. comfortable
armchair that I spent the whole night
in it.
l had room in modern palace
MOTEL, with a terrace and q bathroom,
that in America only our kings of
finance IN their own homes can afford. !
paid so francs = day; So. Meals: Break
fast served In my room for 9 francs 5O
centimes; luncheon, with seven courses
for II francs so centimes; dinner
with music, for 20 francs. The total
equaled $275 in American money
for three meals. Cuisinel Patisserie.
1T would make the mouth water | had
heard in America that hotels were fol-
sale in France. After many inquiries
| vcntured to call on several hotel pro.
prletors. | told one that I wanted tc
buy his hotel. He listened very atten.
lively, but I quickly discovered that
could tell my interpreter to wait'for me
in the hall. The first thing this mar
said was, ~ will open my books tc
you, monsieur, and you will see m,
profits last year were 100000 francs;
but that does not include the 10 pe,
cent tax de luxe paid to the govern.
ment"
tried not to display my astonish.
mcnt. II will sell to an Amcrican," he
said. II ask only 100000 francs
Monsieur, that Is a very small amount
told the modest French gentleman
that would come back the next day
but instead | called on another hote
proprietor, and he also was willing tt
retire, but on hearing his remarks
felt that | would also have to max,
him RENTER.
My experience has been that to bu,
hotel in France l would have to spent
two years in hotel college to lcarr
the art Of cooking, to learn how tt
bow, etc.
Hotels in France are run more eco
nomically than in America. Hence tn,
reason for real comfort, perfect at
tendance and prices so moderate.
The Americans who miss this chanc,
never will have it again to live I,
France for one-third the price that tn,
French themselves pay
w. B. DINAR.
New York, Dec 7, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

practices. The conspiracies that do
harm are not those whose existence
is established by scrutinizing arti-
cles Of incorporation, with guilt i'm
puted if there is power to do wrong,
but those actually doing wrong. The
vast efforts which have been made to
prevent rivals in business from CO.
operating in any manner have been
wasted. If half the labor thus spent
in vain had been devoted to prosecu-
ton for definite offenses the trust
evils would long ago have been prac-
tically eliminated.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
t'Seein' Things at Night"

It isn't only little girls and boys
who are afraid Of things they can
not see. Just now very large
number of full-grown men and
women are frightened by a creature
Of gloom called Business Depres-
sion. And if they would only turn
on the light they would be greatly
relieved to find that it isn't there
at least not in the hideous form
they have pictured it.
If you will analyze that uneasy
feeling that seizes you when you
think about the future you will find
that it springs from what you have
vaguely heard and what you vague
ly fear, rather than from what you
actually know.
Stop "seein' things at night" and
take good clear look at the actual
facts and you will be vastly more
cheerful. 1t is true that the
time of 1000 per cent profit and
abnormally swollen wages has
passed. 1t had to pass. Only bank
ruptcy could have followed it's
continuance.
Already in many parts Of the
country business men have read
justed themselves to the new basis
and are looking ahead to better
trade than ever. In Chicago
the department stores report the
greatest business they have ever
done and are increasing their facill-
ties in order to handle it.
Three shops on Fifth Avenue which
sell very high-grade merchandise
find difficulty in meeting the de-
mand for their wares This is
doubtless true Of many others from
which we have not heard.
There are more than hundred
million in the United States who
must be clothed and fed and housed,
and who form a buying army that
will keep money in active circula-
ton. IN most industries there are
years of underproduction to be
made up. The country's resources
are still limitless. Their develop
ment, suspended by the war, will be
resumed on q great scale as soon as
peace is permanently established.
The doubt-if there was any-as
TO the outcome of the election ha;
been cleared away. We know who
viii administer the nations affair:
for the next four years and VIVA
their policy will be. There is ever,
reason to believe that business wll
expand, production increase and op
portunities multiply.
Why, then, believe every gloom,
story that any passing pessimis
happens to tell you? Why be afrai
of something that you cannot see
and which really Isn't there2
A little more than two years ag
there was reason to be uneasy, 70
100000 Americans were beyon
the sea, engaged In struggle wit
a malign power the issue Of whic
was still in doubt.
To-day that power has bee
driven from the face Of the eattl
The world Is again safe place t
live in, and ali you need do is g
TO work to insure your own happ
ness and prosperity.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
TheConning ower
Anacreonta: XIV. 4
n | drink the mellow wina

Whene'er | drink the mellow wina
cast my troubles all away
Why should / not my griefs allay
With worshipping at Bacchus' shrine
Away with every care Of mine
That seeks my happiness to stayl
Wheneer l drink the mellow wine
cast my troubles all away.
l know that Death will como soma day;
/ can't escape his fell design,
Why should / DER my lot repine?
Let no sad thoughts my soul waylay
Whene'er drink the mellow wine.
N. S. P.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

as we'll as throughout the whole
country. No one denies that they
need improvement, but few take in
terest in any effort to improve them.
The right man can do a great deal
to correct the past neglect and pres
ent Indifference. And the right man
will not be selected from the ranks
of pedagogue politicians.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
A Mere Trihe

(Fro'n The Washington EpeninD star)
A Now York musical manager de-
clnrcs that actors will have to takc
less because it costs so much to move
baggage. 1t cannot be believed that
the baggage devoted to costumes 10
what c4uses tho terrible expense.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
The Bylaws of the Movies

All chemists retained in the movies
to concoct high explosives for the blow
ing up of safes, warships, submarines,
merchant vessels. transports, bridges,
residences of incorruptble district at
torneys, judges, editors, etc, are to be
venerable men with white boards, wear
ing linen automobile busters and
squirting at test tube held up to the
light.
All chemical operations in movie
laboratories are to be carried out in
large retorts or alembics the like of
which can never be found in any Amer
lean laboratory since the days Of
Priestley.
Microscopes in movie laboratories are
always standing on work tables, where
there is a maximum opportunity for
their costly. brass work to be sprayed
and douched at frequent intervals with
strong. acids and alkalis.
Liquids, when mixed in tho movies,
emit dense clouds Of fumes. Fume-
hoods are unknown in movie labora-
tories, such operations being invariably
performed in the open.
F. M. T. JR.
Speaking Of the New York Of the
'70s and sos, as everybody who has read
"The Age Of Innocence" is, there is
another such picture-and you will put
less interesting books on your Christ
mas list-in the Stories Of Henry
| Cuyler Bunner.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
Reyclry by Night on LAn1 Island

liTrom The Rockaway Wave1
The most brilliant socinl event Of the
Arverne season came off at the Rose Inn ON
ThnnksHivine night when Miss Pettie uo~o.
WITT and Jack Pentzer publicly plighted
their troth in the midst Of a vast conconrsc
of friends and we'll wishers.
Mr.. Mand"itort, rroprictor Of the Inn who
Is known all over the country as n bioh c1ass
caterer, surrassed himself on this OCCASION
ana prepared a veritable feast Of lu culIu.
which was duly orrrnciatcd
Miss Bette Horowitz Is b.or+v ~s
Dor" h"r blushing honors bravcly. It was ~
kind of donh'" event for her. IA r. was her
eighteenth birthday. as we'll as her engage
ment party. She is of the we'll known
Nrvernc family Of that name her father
ne'n@ a partner in the real estate firm, ~
Marrolia & Horowitz whose business 1oa+
year ran into III" millions.
Mrs. Carrie Opnenheimer deserves nm on.
IRE chanter. and then some She is q warno
friend Of the Horowtz family and for th;s
great occasion had GORGEOUS gown of Gilt
and old lace, straight from the Rue do In
Paix. Paris. And her jewels She wa.
'implv dazzling dream OF iridescence and
scintlllaton, and If the ol~c.~,r Evhts l., :,
gone out as they sometimes do, they
wouldn't have been missed
da ~
In magnificent gown. and irvc, .h.,f .o .
fortune. And the crowd of lovely girls
whose eyes outshonc the diamonds. And
then the music and the dancing and the
supper-which was a vertahle fcast TIL,
caterer must hnve forgotten nil about nro.
hibition, FOR mumm was the word wheu
cnnmpngn" corks hc9an to fly. Dancing VA.
kept up till n late hour or was il enrlv
anyway. future events in Arvcrne will b.
dated from this engagement party.
"Thcy are not, rs we say in our
America" comments The Columbia
State, "'the whole push" That is, Al
we used to say in tho cnrly '9Os.
When 1t comes to paying cxorbitant
rent for poorly heated rooms in apart
ment buildings that arc inadcuuately
supcrintended, lot Of US arc conscien-
I tious objcctors.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
Books u.yp,s] BY e,,u.
Copyright. 1920. Now York Tribune Iao.

the mud feet first. His head is up and
turned TO the stars. He is almost ami
mal-llke at times in his propensity for
wallowing, but then he will spring up
and be off in perfect fit of ecstasy
His prose st its best has Il gorgeous
quality Of excitement Now and again
he hugs beauty to his breast as though
it were & football and runs straight and
true until he slips again in the mud
Consider, for instance. the manner in
which he enters into the feelings If
jim Priest, the { ID farmland. whose
great heroes are General Grant and
Pop Geers the racing driver PYiest
Is at the track when Anderson finds
him watching the driver and musing:
What a mani Here he goes from
town to town and from racetrack 70
racetrack all through The spring, sum
mer and fal, and he never loses his
head, never gets excited. To win horse
races is the same as winning battles.
When I'm at home blowing corn on
summer afternoons this Geers is away
somewhere al some track with all the
people gathered about and waiting. To
me it would be like being drunk all the
time, but you see he isn't drunk.
Whisky could make him stupid. Il
couldn't make him drunk. There he
sits hunched up like sleeping dog. He
looks as though he cared about moth
ing on earth, and he'll sit like that
through three-quarters Of the hardest
race, waiting, taking advantage of every
little stretch of firm, hard ground on the
track, saving his horse, watching his
horse, too, waiting. What a man! He
works the horse into fourth place, into
third, into second. The crowd in the
grandstand, such fellows as Tom But
terworth, have not seen what he's do
ing. He sits still. BY God, what q
man! He waits. He looks half asleep,
If he doesn't have to do it he makes
no effort. If the horse has it in him
to win without help he sits still. The
people are shouting and jumping up
out of their seats in the grandstand
and II that Bud Doble has a horse in
the race he's leaning forward in the
sulky, shouting and making a holy show
of himself.
"Ha, that Geers He waits. He
doesn't think of the people, but of the
horse he's driving When the time
comes, just the right time, that Geers
he lets the horse know. They are one
at that moment, like Grant and were
over that bottle of whisky. Something
happens between them. Something in
side the man says 'Now,' and the mes.
sage runs along the reins to the horses
brain. 1t dies down into his legs
There is rush. Tho head Of the
horse has worked it's way out in from,
by inches-not too soon, nothing vast.
ed. Ha, that Geers! Bud Doble, huh.'
In calling Anderson sentimental WI
are thinking of those pages In which
he rhapsodizes about industry befor.
the age of machinery of the hannv
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

Again, it is only fair to say that An
derson does not work easily within the
technical limitations of a novel He
is nor quite bold enough to Kick
through, except at times, and when he
conforms it is sullenly And yet Il ere
are pages and ,aaptcrs IN Poor White
which are magnificent. The story Of
Hugh McVey. of Clara, Of the wedc ing
and after seems to Us magnificent.
Poor White is not quite a good book,
but is almost great one.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

Our difficulty in arriving at an opn-
White lies in the fact that the author
is probably little mad. A critic, like
any other savage, is always in GER
tain awe Of such folk, for he believes,
or at least fears, that they are divinely
inspired. Anderson's madness is Of
that sort. The book ranges from mi
raculous insight and beauty to muddled
sentimentality and not little crude
and tired recourse to mere blood and
thunder invention. There is almost
no fun in Anderson, and by this lack he
is betrayed, now and again, into pas
sages which skirt burlesque. Perhaps
our sense of the ridiculous in certain
parts of Poor White is heightened un-
duly by the fact that we have read in
the last few weeks six or seven search
ing novels Of small town life in Amer
ica. When Anderson begins: Hugh
McVey was born in little hole Of a
town stuck on q mud bank on the west
ern shore OF the Mississippi River in
the State Of Missouri. 1t was a miser-
able place in which to be born"-- II
| is difficult to escape tie impression
thnt he Is trying to outdo Gopher Prni-
rie, OF Sinclair Lewis, and Port Royal
Of Floyd Dell. Moreover. by the time
he has warmed to his work, few pages
later, things have become much worse
for the hero and much dirticr.
Yet, somewhatfpfter the manner OF
the Russinns. Anderson goes down into
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

In calling Anderson sentimental we
are thinking of those pages In which
he rhapsodizes about industry before
the age of machinery, of the happy,
contented worker who did everything
by hand and had nil the satisfaction of
artist as we'll as artisan. We doubt
much Of the validity Of this. There
can be no doubt that the old-fashioned
work was more fun, but to make up
for that the worker stayed at 1t an un-
considerable time and took about one
fourth as much wages. There is free
not yet used it to these ends 1t is his
fault and not .he fault Of the machine.
Anderson's hatred of these great rebels
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

According to the merchant tailors,
the Inverness cape coat again is to be
worn; and The Evening Telegram's
copy reader, who evidently learned
French In the A. E. F., heads the story
Inverness Cape Coat Again de Trop."
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

Citation for Helen jackson, who, take
it from her advertisement in The
Brooklyn Eagle, has lost "a pocketbook
with $165 in $50 bills"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13
Gotham Cleaning.

shopping is the order Of the day.
--Murdock Pemberton entertained
at dinner Sat. p. m.
Abe Selz the Chicago shoe king
was jocosc caller Thurs.
--Rollin Kirby was poorly on
Wcdnes., but is better now.
-Ye ed, has new suit, spectators
Of which are divided in their opin-
ion Of
Miss IONA Gale Of Portage,
Wis, is sojourning in Gotham over
the holidays.
Art Samucls was to see Madge
Kennedy in her new play Wednes.
Both the young folks are from
Hartford.
~tiughie Fullerton has accepted
4 Job as sporting editor Of The Eve
ming Mail. Our congrats to Hen
Stoddard.
Terry McGovcrn is giving a
party Mon. eve to the Cornell
N-country team. they all sailing for
Eng. Tues.
Weduesdav was the anniversary
II the birth Of Ouintus Horatius
F'accus the Roman poet, and was
0audibiy observed in our busy
city.
When the anthor of "Tho Blue Rird'
sailed for Europe q certain magnatc,
VINO had commissioned the distin-
rulshod Belgian to write a motion pic
ture scenario for him, saw him off.
"T hope m he ah'o 20 wri+n sons.
thing acceptable,' said Maeterlinck at
parting.
"Morrie" was the film mans IA
miliar reioinder. reinforced with p
hearty slap on the authors back. "I
rot bunch youth make good. The
Times Review Of Books
Yes: and was the magnate's hunch
justified?
Commercial candor: "Rcgal patri-
clans never shrink in size and be-
come shapeless when exposed to bad
weather."
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

DroofreAding has now established q
sufficiently strong Gaze against Mrs.
Wharton's novel e convince us that
it is not what her admirers believe it
to De. We have heard it described as
a marvellous mosaic IN which hundreds
OF closely observed small details have
gone to recreate q generation which has
passed. 1t is no such thing. AS a mat
ter Of fact, it is rather better than
that. Mrs. Wharton has been able to
make the New York of the l870s live
for US not because she has been par
ticulary faithful in her facts, but be-
cause she has caught the spirit of the
time, which is far more important
More than that, Mrs. Wharton brings
to her novel an air of authority and
Of confidence which sweeps doubt
away. She writes always as if she knew
just what she was talking about, which
is ever so much more convincing than
really knowing. We shall never attend
l wedding again without feeling that
the clergyman ought to say "Forasmuch
as it has pleased Almighty COD
whether it is part of the service or
not. The omission will seem tact
less and rather irreverent slight to
Mrs. Wharton.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

You can purchase merchandise advertised Ia THE
tribune with absolute safen-for II dlssatisfac.
tJen results In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
to psy your money back upon request. No red tape.
No qulbbllne. We make good promptly II tho
advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tho
use for republication Of all dispatches
credited TO 1t or otherwise credited in this paper
and also tho local news Of spontaneous origin pub
lshcd herein
All rights OF republication Of all other natter
hercin also arc rcserYed.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

Il Is best, we think, to announce this
morning the end Of the open season for
flaws of fact in The Age Of Innocence,
but before this goes into effect the re-
port Of Miss Baird Leonard in regard
to page ls6 must be passed along On
this page Mrs. Wharton describes the
wedding Of Archer and May and the
rector Of Grace Church begins the
ceremony with the words: "Forasmuch
as it has pleased Almighty COD
Miss Leonard points out that the phrase
is not the beginning of the wedding
service nor any part of it. but that it
does appear in the middle Of the burial
service. Such cynicism, Miss Leonard
believes, is no & spirit for an age of
innocence.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

OF wood and steel is not clearly con-
ceived or expressed.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

Commercial candor: "Rcgal Patri-
clans never shrink in size and be-
come shnpeless when exposed to had
weather."
New-York tribune., 1920-12-13

"Thcy are not, rs we say in our
America" comments The Columbia
State, "'the whole push" That is, as
we used to say in tho cnrly '9Os.