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New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
The March of New Workers

The figures of the Interborough's
annual report tell once more the fas-
cinating story Of the march Of New
York.
The subway and elevated lines of
the company carried 955,0O0,000 pas
sengers during the year ended June
SO last. This is an increase Of 145,-
797, ASP, or nearly 20 per cent, over
the preceding year.
Totals when they rise above the
domain of the familiar do not mean
much. Probably q better idea can
be formed of the traffic by noting
that if the passengers walked in sin
gle Ale, each one occupying three
feet, the procession would be 600,-
900 miles lorg. With twellty-four
abreast, the tail of tAe procession
would be just ieav.nc- Bowling Green
when the head, after having passed
around the cart appeared at South
Ferry. 1t i5n't the number of per-
sons in New York which is SC
extraordinary: it, their velocity.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Calvin Coolidge Saws

(F'rom his address to the Amherst
College Alumni Association, Bos-
ton, February /, 1861
We live in an age which questions
everything. The past generation was
ore of religious criticism. This Is one
of commercial criticism.
We have seen the development of
great Industries. 1t has been repre-
sented that some of these have not been
free from blame. In this development
some men have seemed to prosper be-
yond the measure CT their service,
while others have appeared to be bound
to toll beyond their strength for less
than a decent livelihood.
AS result of criticizing these con-
ditions there has grown up a too we'll
developed public opinion along two
lines: one. that the men engaged in
great affairs arc selfish and greedy and
not to be trusted, that business activity
is not moral and the whole system is
to be condemned; and the other, that
employment, that work, is curse to
man, and that working hours ought to
be as short as possible or in some way
abolished. After criticism, our religious
faith emerged clearer and stronger and
freed from doubt. SO will our business
relations emerge, purified but justified.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Embattled Tenants
D the Editor of The Tribune.

L Lne EdllOr OF ne tribune.
Sir: Your editorial, "Unenlightened
seifshness," in to-day's issue and the
letter from Mr.. Stewart Browne along
side of it appealed to me, and I wish to
thank both you and Mr.. Browne for the
same. l am tentative victim of the
wholesale eviction notices that a certain
type of landlord, as Mr. Browne says,
has rcsorted to in order to take advan-
York.
l came home from my vacation at
the end of July to find such a notice
under my door, and I learned the next
entire block on my street owned by
the same landlord had received q sim
liar eviction notice, but also the ten
ants Of this landlords property on the
next street to mine, and on a street
some twenty blocks away. In other
words, some ESQ tenants in all, repre-
senting about 1000 persons, were told
by this landlord that they had to get
out by Sept mber l, though where they
were to go, they Of course did not
know; neither did the landlord, and
still less did he care.
The history of this landlords treat
ment Of his tenants for several years
past is too long to go into here, but
suffice it to say that all Of his tenants
have organized and are determined to
resist such methods, and the next few
weeks will witness in court whether or
not the laws Of New York State and
the public opinion Of this great city
Will allow this landlord to accomplish
what he has set out to accomplish
purely through avarice. F. H. T.
New York, Sept 6, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Liquid Coal

The American Chemical Society,
in session in Chicago, is discussing
plans for manufacturing some fu
to take tie place of coal. One
process mentioned is that O. com
bining Ignite, or particles Ii coal
otherwise valueless, with petroleum
from which gasoline, kerosene and
other products have been extracted.
and thus making from refuse a fuel
termed liquid coal"'
While conservatives will await
further information, and perhaps
actual demonstration before becom-
ing unduiy enthusiastic, yet it
would not be surprising to have the
discovery Of a coal substitute. An
ideal process would be to draw fuel
from the atmosphere. Even this
may come in time-who can tell?
A nation sick of exorbitant prices,
tired Of strikes, and weary of an
nual threats Of c>-=. s.a.as, sszaas.s 4ya5 -..s yaa5
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
The Italian Crisis

The Italian Ambassadors state
ment concerning recent events in
hiS country clears away the con-
fusion in America as to what is
happening.
The first information was Of a
Red revolution. Workingmen, it
was said, had seized the factories
Of northern Italy. An organized
minority, with force as it's argu-
ment, was described as seeking to
embark Italy on a Bolshevist ex-
pertinent.
Later dispatches have not con-
firmed this. So far as can be made
out, the disturbance is one between
employers and employed, with the
latter adopting a novel technique.
No new public authority has been
set up, and except as to matters
directly relating to the industrial
controversy there is little disorder.
1t appears that the controllers of
the large metal working plants, as
signing lack of raw material, coal
and the high cost of labor as rea-
sons, concertedly ordered a shut
down of their plants. New wage de-
mands, aggregating a billion lire,
we're probably the chief cause Of the
action. Anyway, they locked out
their employees. There was, as
it were, strike by capital. Where
upon, shut out from their places Of
work, the men occupied the factories
in Milan, Turin and Genoa, and
barricaded themselves therein. They
wanted to work, and as the tools
of industry were idle they seized
them.
In their own hands the men con-
troll labor supply, one of the essen
tials to production. But labor alone
is not enough. There must be raw
materials to convert. Can the men
get the supplies the bosses were un-
able to secure? 1t remains to be
seen. Finally, there must be wise
sale of products and intelligent
management. Will the men be able
to carry on the great enterprises
through committees? That they dis
trust their own ability is suggested
by the news that they have captured
technicians and commanded them to
assume direction.
A strike of employers is some
thing new, and it's natural consc-
quence is a new counter move by
employees. 1t would seem, if the
crazy can be kept from gaining
mastery, that there might develor
in northern Italy a more acute per.
ception of the great fact that the
basic relations of employers and en-
ployed are not hostile-that friendly
cooperation is essential to both.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08

and anti-Ally. He was Indignantly
contemptuous Of the rights Of Ameri-
cans unfortunate enough to live in
Mexico.
But the end of the Wilson Admin
istration, with it's strange vagaries,
is near, and Mexicans are aware that
there will soon be change in our
governments attitude. Obregon
knows the United States much bet
ter than Carranza knew it. He re-
alizes that Mexico's recovery must
depend very largely on a restoration
of amicable relations with this ceun-
try. 1t will be easy to,regain friend
ship, for the United States has no
evil designs on Mexico, and merely
demands reasonable respect for the
rights and property of Americans
under Mexican jurisdiction. If
Obregon is willing to deal fairly
with Washington, the friction which
Carranza perpetuated and aggra-
waited will soon disappear.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
How to Get More Houses

In its memorandum concerning
the housing problem the City Club,
after giving general approval to the
program Of the Reconstruction Com
mission, speaks with special favor
Of the proposal to exempt new dwell
ings from the general property tax.
Such an exemption, established for
the time the emergency lasts, would
unqucstionaLly greatly stimulate
construction. If it had been pro
vided for two years ago, when the
housing shortage began to attract
attention, by this time rents would
be more nearly normal. The general
property tax now approximates to
8 per cent. That is to say, if the
net worth Of money is per cent, the
rent must be such as to net 10 per
cent. 1t is the judgment of experts
that the exemption would be conse-
quential enough to start the erection
of houses and while keeping down
rents bring needed work to the
building trades.
The exemption would not be at the
expense of the state and city treas
uries. AS conditions now are, there
are few new houses to tax. More
over, at the end of the period a
large amount Of property would be-
come subject to taxation.
1t is doubtful, as the memoran-
dunn suggests, whether the exemp-
ton Of the income Of real estate
mortgages from the state income
tax would be of practical value. The
encouragement would be microscopic.
With the state income tax now 3 per
cent a lender for new construction
needs to charge 7.21 per cent to
net 7 per cent. With the income tax
off he would thus be able to make
the interest rate T per cent flat, but
this implies a saving of only p cents
on each 500 lent. Obviously this is
not enough to develop house building
activity.
Municipal construction holds out
little hope, for should the city be-
come landlord, of course private
capital would not enter the housing
field to compete against it, and New
York has not the $400,000,000 which
needs to be invested in housing.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Aeroplanes and Crowds

The Forest Hills fatalities that
missed by few feet becoming
wholesale slaughter furnish a strong
plea for new and more effective
regulation of flying in the vicinity
of crowds. The only question is
whether such regulations will come
before or after a plane has plunged
into a densely packed assembly and
numbered it's victims by the score.
The question is not at all one Of
flying skill. There could not be
more competent hiers than the two
men who fell to their death at the
tennis matches, nor is it necessary
to eXaggerate the risks of flying.
Properly operated and inspected,
planes are to-day amply safe to JUS
tify their use for sport and amuse-
ment. The question is solely of their
reasonable regulation when flying
near large crowds.
The hydroplane has been conspic-
uous all along the Atlantic Coast
this summer, and far too often
planes have been flown with utter
disregard Of existing rules or fair
consideration for the safety of on
lockers. The favorite game is to fly
low over the beaches where both
sand and water are thick with
humans. The passenger paying his
or her dollar a nlirute is often the
instigator of such periious flying
Showing off is an old trait of human
nature, and it was natural that this
newest and most marvellous of al
toys should bring forth the old in
stinct TO cut a dash in the presence
of a crowd.
What is needed is a new set of
regulations that will furnish an n
pie fac or IF safety Tor the lives and
limbs of crowds. When such rules
have been devised they must be en-
forced by constant and strict in
spection, supplemented by the in
Fiction of stiff penalties for law
breakers. 1t must become as repre-
hensible and punishable to drive an
aeroplane in such fashion as to en-
danger lives on the ground as i, is
to drive an automobile wartonly and
recklessly on our highways.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Stop the Murders!

Says P. j. Shea, vice-president Of
the organization members of which
have been conducting a murderous
campaign against men, women and
children in Brooklyn:
II am a conservative, but when
policemen shoot down our men like
dogs l think it is time to stop coun-
selling you to be orderly and to avoid
violent tactics"
The speaker was fully aware that
shortly before he spoke an unpro-
voked attack had been made on a
policeman peaceably guarding a car.
Not satisfied with Telling him, three
other policemen who came to his as
sistance encountered similar treat
ment.
The crimes in Brooklyn of which
this is type have been accurately
reported. The community knows
who committed them, and so does
Shea. He is seeking by a hypocriti-
cal pretense to escape responsibility
for a leadership which early de-
stroyed all hope of winning the
strike. The whining insinuation that
the police have been aggressive is
contemplate. Never have the pro-
tectors of the public shown greater
restraint under most trying circum-
stances.
1t is time to end the Brooklyn
murders. If the police force is not
numerous enough to cow the fur
tive assassins there are other forces
at hand Mayor Hylan and Governor
Smith can call for. The murders
must be stopped!
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
A Great Champion

1t would have been a pity if the
winner of the Wimbledon cham
pionship, the first American to gain
this high tennis honor, had not
rounded out his campaign with
success at Forest Hills. That Tilden
did SO serves the fitness of things
and for once places the title to
world championship in the game be-
yond dispute. The warmest con-
gratulations are due to this new
champion Of great sport.
There will be veterans to doubt
the superlatives Of admiration with
which the finals between Tilden and
Johnston were showered by the ex-
perts. Yet it seems more than
likely that never was such terrific
speed combined with accuracy ard
steadiness and the far-seeing craft
of the game. 1t is precisely in this
matter Of speed, Of hard hitting.
that the American game has led the
tennis world in recent years and
finally reached this years culminat-
ing triumph. There was always a
school Of hard-hittfhg in England;
but it remained for American play
ers, shown the way thereto by the
terrific attack of the Califorrians,
to bring this method to a sound
climax.
The day of the hard hitter, with
out completely rounded game, is
probably past. Such severity of
serve and forehand stroke as Nc.
Loughlin displayed put too great q
tax upon physique when unsup.
ported by other strokes. AS it hap.
pened, it was not Johnston, the Cali.
fornian, who possessed the cannon.
ball service this year, but Tildcn
the Philadelphian, who had SLOWLY
matured his game over a period o1
years and called forth his terrific
service only when driven thereto by
Johnston's superb and courageous
play. The we'll balanced game, plu.
speed--unbelievable speed-that wa.
the recipe Of both players, iand i,
may be said to mark the climax o.
American tennis theory.
Incidentally, whatever remnan
Of contempt Of the unknow.ng fol
tennis as pop-ball game persistA1
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
The Public BY the Throd
Hon Long Must Victims SuSa
From Shikerso
TO the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Once more we are in th
grip Of a railroad strike, not one Of a|
great magnitude as the nation-wd.
railroad strike, which, by The way ID
not completely settled. but almost as
serious, because it centers around one
of the busiest cities in the United
States and hampers the work Of bust
ness houses whose activities extend
over the larger part Of this county.
Once more a peace-loving people an
made the prey of those men who think
only of their own interest and csts
not whether their brother citizens &c.
to work and earn their livelihood o.
not. Innocent women and childfel
who have no voice in the matter srt
also made to suffer. Were these wome,
and children the mothers, sisters ant
little brothers Of the strikers, perhaps
their course Of action would not be al
severe and a little more consideratioH
would be given.
How long must the public suffer 81
the lands Of men who think all thg
have to do is to declare strike, put
everybody at an Inconvenience ana
demand what they will? Is this soH
of thing to be a regular occuren"'
The public is getting tired Of the"
manifestations of profundity; it IS
thing which is not going to be tolera@
much longer. Sooner Or later thes
strikers, who are employed as ODD
who agree to be public servants, viii
be aroused to the fact that they ha"
a pledge to fulfill in seeing that t@
public is safely taken to and trsa
its homes and business in the pa''
suit of livelihood. Sooner or lssH
the public is going to voice its opin0'
on matters in which the whole con-
munity is involved and endangered
Men and women must get TO work
order to obtain the means for supply
ing food and shelter to their famine
and dependents, and as result O.
this strike, which will make the sef''
ice anything but normal, there VIII
be accidents, serious accidents, provps
fatal, l am afraid, in many instances
If the life of some woman or child' !"
/ even a man-for life is sweet to u.
meanest-is crushed out by reason "
some accident result;"z from 'AS
strike, who viii be to blame, the wol'
ers who refuse TO arbi.rate, or. in ~
case Of man, will j. be the vles'n'
own fault for using his best enae'|
ors to provide for those depeno'S
upon him for support?
JOSEPH GULLY
Jersey City, N. j., Sept 5, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Dawn in Mexico

From the American point of view,
as well as the Mexican, General
Obregon's election is an omen of
promise. Tne United f'tates desires
to better relations with Mexico. But
this result cannot be achieved unless
Mexico shows willingness to OBJ
serve the normal obligations which
subsist between nations.
General Obregon docs not Lelong
to the exclusive Cientifco circle
which ruled under Diaz. But he is
one of the larger Mexican group
which prefers civilization to an
archy and economic progress to q
succession Of barren military revolu-
tions. Y1e is reported recently as
saying: ~ would rather teach the
Mexican people to use toothbrush
than to handle rife. I prefer any
day a good electrician, machinist,
carpenter or farmer to soldier"
Obregcn is himself q civilian SOL
der, and has seen all Of the seamy
side Of soldering in Mexico. He was
the most competent military leader
developed in the civil wars following
Diaz's expulsion. He made Car
ranza's elevation to the Presidency
possible by crushing Villa. Now his
own turn to be President has come,
and he would put an end to bandtry
and revolution.
Carranza was helped into power
BY our government. But his tenn
peramental peculiarities and his pas
sion for attitudinizing led him to
turn against the United States. He
saw chance to play on the weak
nesses and Inconsistencies Of Mr..
Wilson'S Mexican policy and took
full advantage Of it. He banked on
German success in the World War,
azsa kaaazos G@Asa1antJY ti-American
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Trade Unions as a Nuisance

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The B. r. T. has given the
strikers until Wednesday to return to
work or lose their rights of seniority
if they return at a future date Upon
the outcome of this event much depends.
The attorney of the unions has d.,
clarcd that unionism is at stake. AS a
protector and counselor of the laborer
the union has its place, rightfully and
lawfully, in society. AS an autocratic
institution, with no regard for. any in
terests but its own, it is a nuisance and
4 public pest.
If this present strike is question of
unionlsm for itself versus the public
welfare, may it be a deatnblow to trade
unions as they now eNist.
ENERSHARP.
Red Bank, n. J., Sept. 6, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
The Man Without a Party

'f"om The hansos City JournoN
Mr. Bryan complains that the Re-
publicans don't want him, and of the
Democratic party he says that it is
second in inGuity only to the Republi-
can. He and the country are so dry
that 1t IS waste OF time to run for
President on the Prohibitionist ticket,
and he has too much intelligence and
patriotism to fool with the Farmer
Labor party. The Socialists have
seized Debs. and the Scattering" tick
cts are rather por picking.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08

ANCNI W UcllcEllS CudG alJ Iuill6 q
great number of people like must be
good, there is nothing so foolish as
thinking that anything a great number
of people like must be bad This is
the feresy Of W. L. George. His
Caliban is an onslaught on the pub
lie. His hero "had dreams in which he
knew exactly what the public wanted,
monstrous sort of public with staring
eyes, and great, loose mouth, and no
brain. A dream very like the reality
He did not hate the creature with the
silly eyes, for it was large creature
that could be pleased, made up of mil
lions Of grown men and women that
would crow like babies if only you
slobbered over its bib, and cooed with
content over the result of races which
it did not bet on, ana pictures of the
urderclothes of actresses in another
! continent, and details of the weddings
of royalties i. had never seen"
But it is our belief that there is no
such rattle, no universal formula for
all the Spratts. 1t is easy for an OBJ
server to convince himself of the idiocy
of people in the mass, but as often as
not if he is content to withhold judg-
ment just half second longer there
will come some far-hung spark or at
least glow from one end of the earth
to the other which will force him to re-
verse all his judgments. Again and
again in the New York theaters we have
seen managers go crashing down to
failure with something which was la
beled "just what the public wants"
while down in alleys and side streets
fuc.ive and surrertitious ventures, put
forward timidly in the hope of catching
the attention Of a handful of the elect
have prospered nightly and shamed
the snobbshness of their sponsors.
1t is perfectly true that the shrewd
| playwright or novelist can put lead
| slugs into the slot. and make them
work, but that is no proof that hon
est coin will not achieve the same re-
! suits. England and America have both
been furnished with abundant proof
/ that huge circulations may be achieved
| for newspapers by making them bad
,~l Il;
/ country, has ever had the courage to
see if much the same result could not
! be gained by publishing a paper which
was unbelievably good. 1t is not to
be wondered at that the children Of
( darkness prosper more than the chill
dren of light. We have editors who
fare famously by adopting the policy
of printing anything regardless Of its
worth if only it promises circulation.
They are opposed by other editors who
say, This is outrageous and seek to
offer competition by compromising just
little less. We know not a single
puhlicist in America who has the same
faith in the fundamental good sense
and intelligence of the public as one
or two have in it's inherent depravity
We believe that the public honestly
wants bread, but it cannot be broken
of its habit of accepting stones merely
by offering it biscuits.
Ii "'iva~ Onions, the distinguished
FrCli. j. still alive We wish
ne v'o9s t,n - ... IS thereby
attract u =. 'olnc YOU 1le
who would imiiatA h.: 3orlewhat over
dulously. Then a .-Tewer would
nave the happy opportunity OF express
ing the opinion that the young man,
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08
Enough One-Man Rule

To the Editor of Tie Tribune. ,
Sir: Your editorial to-day, "Enoss,
One-Man Rule" contains argu'n'r'
enough, and o. the right kind, to CHI.
the whole campaign to the wihh.a.
point. If it could be spread over -, =.
entire country the election woa'o y,
safe-if there ever was any douoe
few dollars more or less in the es~
paign fund on either side does 's'
matter in these days, when votes ".
not be bought with much satistss.,'I,
And it will be a brave worker ps'
tries to buy the vote of one Of w.
new women voters.
HENRY STRING GHAa
New York. Sept. S, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08

should be thoroughly extinguished
by such a royal battle as that be-
tween Tilden and Johnston. No
truer test of stamina, Of courage, Of
speed, of headwork, could be found
in any sport. Tennis is at last
coming into its own on every play
ground the country over, and it is
an auspicious sign for the future
that championship tennis this year
reached the heights of strategy and
attack exhibited at Forest Hills.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-08

"I am in favor Of applying the
principle Of determination in
Japan, in China, in Turkey, in Per-
sia, in Ireland and everywhere else"
--Candidqte Cox at Minneapolis.
In Santo Domingo and Hayti also?
Then a muzzle needs to be attached
to Franklin D. as he goes about
boasting that he was the potentate of
the two republics and that Josephus
now has them in his pocket.