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New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
An Appeal to Sportsmanship

The Tribune presents to-day in it's
Magazine Section an important mes
sage to American sportsmen, writ
ten by DR.. William r. Hornaday, di-
rector of the New York Geological
Park. DR.. Hornaday speaks with
authority. A lifetime of devotion to
the conservation of wild animals and
the promotion Of true sportsmanship
gives him the right to admonish the
hunting fraternity.
Briefly put, DR.. Hornaday's warn
ing is that unless the killing Of game
is checked by drastic legislation
there will soon be no game left to
shoot. This is not guesswork. He
knows the population of the woods
almost like census-taker. He tells
us that there are more than three
million hunters now and that the
number is increasing annually, while
at the same time the natural homes
and refugees of birds and beasts are
being narrowed by the agricultural
and industrial demands of grow
ing people. The death rate of the
game exceeds the birth rate.
There is remedy for this condi-
tion which involves intelligent self
denial. Game laws have always been
made to suit the hunters. 1t will be
so in this case. Whether their sport
is to live or die rests with the sports
men themselves.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
The Survival of Howells

The amateurs in literary prophecy
are speculating as to whether
Howells will be much read in the
future. The negative seems in the
majority. The patter of the day
runs strongly against responsibility.
The sneer comes that Howells was
afraid to mar the innocence of Ia
jeune file. The taste of writer's, if
not of readers, turns for inspira-
ton to the Continent of Europe
rather than to Europe's principal
island.
Of course a guess against the
permanence Of any mans literary
power is safe one. The scribblers
are many, printing presses are busy,
and more and more a book becomes
as ephemeral as a magazine or a
newspaper. Once acquaintance with
particular authors was deemed es-
sential to citizenship in the republic
of culture. But now there is scarcely
volume non-knowledge of which is
proof Of illiteracy. Even the most
laureled masters are now, alas,
known chiefly from quotations and
paraphrases, by what filters through
rather than by direct contact.
Nevertheless, the prediction may
be hazarded that HOWells will he
known to many future Americans.
More than any other he is the
fictional social historian of the
America of the second half of
the nineteenth century. His OBJ
servation was first hand and not
derived; original, not initiative;
sincere, and in no wise stilted and
artificial. Finally, he was far
and away the best literary
workman of all Americans of his
time. He made words do his will
no shade of meaning was too subtle
for his wondrous pen. These things
taken together constitute a claim
that the Jade Fame is likely to allow
is valid.
AS for the vogue of the hour,
whose sound savors of the noise of
the tin can and whose assumption is
that the chronicles of mankind can
best be written in hysterical STAG
cato, and whose habit is to mistake
smuttiness for virility and strength
the judgment of this vogue is
not to be accepted as final. There
is an atavism in art. Sons do not
much esteem what their fathers did,
but admire the work of their grand
fathers. There is a wave motion to
taste. One can imagine Howells
read by our children with the same
delight with which even the super
sophisticated of to-day peruse Jane
Austen. The talent of Howells may
not have been big and bold, but it
is veracious, and veracity is a tor
toise which plods on to the goal.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
The second plank is, naturally, on
foreign relations, and is as follows:

The second plank is, naturally, on
/ foreign relations, and is as follows:
"Wr believe that the United States
has an international duty, but we do
not believe in internationalism. The
Republican party has favored and still
| favors the immediate ratification of the
treaty of peace, but with such reserva-
tions as will safeguard our traditions
and interests. We are not opposed to
league Of nations where international
law may be codied and disputes arbi-
trated, but we are unalterably opposed
: to the league of nations in it's present
form. The interests of the world and
ourselves demand that we continue our
policy of avoiding entanglng alliances"
This plank was composed by Raymond
c. Ellis, Of Brooklyn, and was awarded
the first prize, as the chef-d'euvre of
the collection. 1t is a fairly good strad-
dler, and seems indefinite enough to sat.
isfy the Lodge element and almost life
less enough to suit the sterner tastes,
and manners of Senators Johnson and
Borah.
The other planks of the platform.
naively labeled by The Tribune as ma
tion-wide," are on the following subjects:
Americanization, national defense, cost
of living, the Constitution, Bolshevisn,
education, conservation and taxation.
1t will be noticed that these are not
party principles, but could be used by
any party or faction. The real Repub-
lican party question, the tariff, was not
even included among the ten most i'm
portant subjects The immediately
pressing Mexican problem dropped out
in the race of contestants, and the
budget and merchant marine did not re-
ceive enough votes to gain position on
the Republican platform.
quite remarkable revelation Of the
contest was the part taken in it by
women. Four Of the sex were among
the fifteen master builders to gain prizes
of one sort and another Mrs. Margaret
F. Magee, of Newark, N. j., won the
prize for the best letter in the contest.
The women have begun to do some
earnest and effective political thinking,
and one may now look for the effects of
their work and influence in the entire
political field.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
The Unit Rule

Talk about tying up the New York
delegation to the Chicago convention
BY reviving the unit rule is mere
pleasantly. IF the delegates want
to act as a unit they are free to DO
so. But a majority cannot cast the
rotes of dissenting minority. That
pleasing method of attaining har-
m0nious conclusions is monopolized
hereabouts by Mr.. Murphy. SO long
as he has majority with him he can
carry the whole New York delega-
ton to San Francisco around in his
pocket
Republican national delegates are
under no such coercion. District
telegates are not bound by instruc-
tons given in a state convention.
They represent their own constitu-
oncles and are protected in their
freedom Of action by long line Of
party decisions. Those who are dis
eqsslng the unifcation of the New
York delegates are thinking merely
OF unlfication by moral suasion.
The unit rule doctrine grew out of
the theory of state rights and state
sovereignty. States were supposed
10 speak in conventions with
united voice, the minority yielding to
me majority. This concept was al
ways more in harmony with Demo-
cratic traditions than with Republi-
can. But some of the strong-arm
oosses" in the Republican party Of
'he type of Roscoe Conkling saw the
@uVantage of developing the system
Of state solidarity, so that few of
me big states could more easily COM
oiAe to dominate a national conven-
'lon. Conkling, Cameron, Logan and
''le "stalwart" leaders in a few
V'aer states began to bind their
0elegations to act as units. This de-
''ce stuffed local opposition and de-
S'royed local autonomy.
lhe Republican national organi-
1a'lon refused to be garroted by
VIC unit rule. The power of a state
'0hVention to instruct all the dele
s''es and to vote them collectively
vas denied by the Cincinnati con-
'eh'ion of 1876-the first convention
'''ice 1860 in which there was an open
.ontest for the Presidential nomina-
'0n' The Pennsylvania state con-
'ehtion had instructed Pennsyl-
'snias delegates to vote, under the
u''i' rule, for Governor Hartranft.
.our Of the delegates demanded that
a'elr votes should be recorded for
."0'her candidate. The chairman of
s,s convention, Edward Mcpherson,
iehnsylvania, ruled in their IA
VT and his ruling was sustained by
N'e convention, 395 to 354.
~. .Als action was reafiirmed at the
e. sn.cago convention of 1880, where
e ,.'aa1or Conkling made a futile eff
70 enforce the unit rule imposed |
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
A Grave in Flanders

(Fron, The AnOro-French Rettep)
nARKNESS and stars and brooding
Of the sea,
You bring no peace to me;
No dreams nor any visions strange and
new
Dreams, visions were Of you,
Heroic lover, vanished from my sight,
Leaving to me the night
Here in the darkness, by tho brooding
sea,
thought my secret thoughts most Sc
cretly;
Dreamt of the baby of my dreams,
like him,
0 wondrous life when growing tall and
slim;
Yet in his eyes gray deeps q hint Of
mine,
And his mouth matching my mouths
curving line.
But in a grave in Flanders DER the
Ny lover lies, that dream, and all Of me.
HERBERT HARPER.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Nicky Wins

1t has seemed to US that the great
Nlcky was lacking in what we NAV
term the dramatic imagination in his
relations with Mr.. Enright's Justly
celebrated force. Any good melo-
drama shows more deft and in
genious hero, brushing the sleeve Of
a detective in the morning, leaving
his card at Police Headquarters in
the afternoon, and so on. Nicky
seemed content to lie hid and let
rumor do all the work.
But it is plain now that our hero
was waiting for the psychological
moment and that he wished to stage
his entrance for the best effect. He
succeeded. A better setting or more
policemen or greater exposure of
supposedly famous countenance it
would be difficult to compass in a
few brief minutes. And nothing
spoiled the perfection of the curtain.
No enterprising young genius Of a
Hawkshaw leaped to the running
board of the Arnstein motor and
cried "Halt! I arrest you in the
name of the law" The most cele-
brated parsonage of the hour, speak
ing from the point of view Of the
science that Mr. Sherlock Holmes
made common property, came, saw
and surrendered exactly as he hoped.
The incident may not prove much
1t has been an old theory among
romancers and some criminals that
the spot of highest concealment was
the thick of accustomed and expect
ed haunts. But proof is not the
Issue, eXactly--is not really neces-
sary. The open season for deft gen
tlemen Of peculiar talent has been
announced in fashion too plain to
be mistaken, as every householder
and bondholder feels. The triumph
is wholly personal. If Nicky does
not enter the movies and debate the
top line with the Fairbanks family
there is no justice for distinguished
dramatic gifts in the heartless and
we'll policed realm Of art.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Reproach
(Fronl The Athennettn

From The Athendeun,)
XOUR grieving moonlight face looks
Through the forest of my fears.
Crowned with a spiny bramble-crown,
Dewdropped with evening tears.
Why do you spell untrue, unkind,"
Reproachful eyes plaguing my sleep,
am not guilty in my mind
Of aught would make you weep.
Untrue? but how, what broken oath?
Unkind? l know not even your name.
unkind, untrue, you charge me both.
Scalding my heart with shame.
The black trees shudder, dropping
snow,
The stars tumble and spin.
Speak, speak, or how may chits know
His ancestral SIM
ROBERT GRAVES.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Horo a Stra,o Platform Frames
Issues

From Tho Christian Science Monito~)
Probably it is because no considera-
tons of inadequacy can ever seem to
stae popular interest in the results of
straw ballot on a popular question
that straw ballots are becoming increas-
ingly numerous in American Presidential
campaigns. In spite Of their inconclu-
siveness, and in spite of the fact that it
is in their nature to represent popular
opinion with a bias that accords more
or less exactly with the limitation Of
their scope, there is the same value in
them as in all straws. they do give some
general indication of the prevailing
wind. And probably it is as a tribute to
the popularity of straw ballots in their
Presidential contests that we now see
straw platforms coming into vogue.
Perhaps they, too, are to have a recog-
nzed value in political campaigns. For
if it is worth while to smoke out popu-
lar preferences as to the head of
ticket, it ought to be worth while to get
some idea of what the unorganized
voters conceive to be the issues on which
the campaign should be fought. Such
stimulation of discussion, in advance
of those hectic convention hours in
which the details of party platforms are
usually arranged, makes for deliberate
consideration, at all events.
And for this reason there is some
thing akin to definite public service in
the framing Of q straw platform, thus
early, as The New York Tribune has,
out of 1921 planks submitted in compe-
tition by newspaper readers from all
over the country. OF course, as the
newspaper in question is stanchly Re-
publican, the strsw platform is to be
taken as offered for Republican consid
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

on the New York delegation by a
"stalwart" state convention. Since
then Republican rules have always
recognized the Congress districts as
political units. In 1912 the national
convention set aside local regula-
tion in California which required
all district delegates to support the
candidate winning in the statewide
preference primary.
There is no authority through
which united action by the New
York delegates can be compelled.
The apparent aim of those who ia
vor solidarity at this time is to keen
the delegation intact for trading
purposes.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Neulliy expires. In Budapest chau-

Neuilly expires. In Budapest chau-
whistle meetings and demonstra
tlons, held under governmental au-
spices, daily vow that that document
will never be signed by any Hun
garian government. The treaty
doubtless inflicts grave iniustices,
both in the clinical and the eco
nomlc sense, on the Magyars. But,
as Oscar Jaszi, the Magyar cham
plon OF the oppressed races in the
Aapsburg monarchy, now refugee in
Vienna, has recently pointed out in
me New Europe, these injustices
will be righted by economic neces-
sity if only the Magyars show a new
spirit of conciliation and cooperation.
The neighbors Of Hungary as much
need Magyar aid in reconstruction
as Hungary needs theirs. But the
Hcrthy government does not think
IN terms of economies; the only
language that it understands is
that of the machine gun. If
Hungary signs it probably will
be only to gain time to recon-
struct the army; if it refuses to sign,
what then? This is just the question
the jingo gamblers of Budapest are
busy asking. The answer will deter
mine whether distracted Europe will
soon have another war problem on
it's hands.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Sonnet

tThts Is the eighth o. the TtDertp sora.ti
uppeGrin0 an Reedy's Mirror. three Of tohicl
acre printed IN this colltDln last treek1
nH, THINK not | am faithful to a
vow!
Faithless am save to Loves self alone
Were you not lovely would leave you
now;
After the feet of Beauty fly my own.
Were you not still my hunger's raresI
food,
And water ever to my widest thirst,
would desert you-think not but ]
would -
And seek another, as sought you first
But you are mobile as the veering air
And all your charms more changeful
than the tide;
Wherefore to be inconstant is no care
have but to continue at your side.
So wanton, light and false, my love.
are you,
am most faithless when I most am
true.
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
1920 Campaign Issues


The New York Tribune has concluded
its three months national Republican
Platform Contest, in which 1921 planks
were submitted. The result gives an
insight to the issues which are upper
most in the minds Of Republicans Of
high and low degree, for the contest was
national in scope and was participated
in by Presidential candidates, Senators.
congressman, Governors, party leaders
and the rank and flle
1t is noteworthy that the issue Of the
relations between capital and labor leads
all others, having been mentioned bv
719 contestants. An industrial court.
partnership between the employer and
the employee and government control
are generally favored. Foreign rela-
tions holds second place with 500 planks.
Of this number 3O6 favor adoption of
the league of nations covenant with res
ervations, 1856 favor it's utter rejection
ard there are many general proposals.
Americanizaton, army and navy pro-
grams, cost or living, constitutional re-
forms, Bolshevism, education, conser-
walton Of national resouces and social
legislation follow in the order given.
The contest reveals that a new crop
of issues will govern the 1920 campaign.
Old favorites like currency, railroads,
island possessions, woman suffrage and
agriculture excite little interest. Even
prohibition is given little attention. The
points of dscord which few years
ago divided voters in two hostile camps
are no longer capable Of arousing party
excitement. Striking evidence of the
change is given by the fact that of the
1921 planks only 1877 refer to the tariff,
which was the tocsin sounded by grim
political warriors in score of cam
paigns.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Up the Trail
(Fron Sunset

(From SunseD
LIAR UP the trail there stands a hut;
1t has the look Of housing sin,
With two high windows boarded shut.
And one low door knocked in.
And there the silence seems aware
Of its own hash: the fir trees lean
Away. as though they might see there
Evil they once had seen.
What signs Of life were left within
Wild things and winds cleaned long
ago,
But what they were and what the sin,
No one will ever know.
HAZEL HALL
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Too Well Advertised
(From The Los .4uoeles Times

(From The Los angeles Times
Without craving it, Los Angeles has
become known as the city of weird and
wonderful crimes. 1t does seem as if
arch-criminals come into this warm
and hospitable environment for the
purpose of thinking out strange and
terrible variations upon the ordinary
gamut of sin. In land of apparent
peace and sunshine there is always
some fresh horror or scandal on tap.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
The Garden

(From The Smart ScD
MY HEART is a garden tired with
autumn,
Heaped with bending asters and
dahlias heavy and dark,
In the hazy sunshine the garden re-
members April,
The drench of rains, and snowdrop
quick and clear as a spark.
Daffodils blowing in the cold wind of
morning,
And golden tulips, goblets holding
the rain
The garden will be hushed with snow,
forgotten soon, forgotten
After oblivion will spring come
again?
SARA TEASDALE.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Practice Makes Perfect

From The Nebraska Stats Jourr.all
There was mo disorder" in connec-
tion with the taking Of the capital Of
Mexico by the revolutionists. By long
practice the Mexicans bid fair to learn
to conduct revolutions as quietly and
safely as Americans conduct an cleo
ton.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16

Ysu can purchase merchandise advertised in TIE
,RlBUNE with absolute 5a.eS-tor II dissatistao.
Ten ,esult. in any oass TIE TRIBUNE guarantees
10 ssy your money back upon request No red taps,
No autbiins. We make good promptly u the
aay,1iser Goes not.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
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s.e for republication or all news dispatches credited
10 II or not ojlvrwise credited in tls paper. and
also the local news OF Spontaneous origin published
Al light. q republication C. all other matter
heren also are reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
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small minority, We pledge the enact
ment Of legislation to increase the ac-
coun liability of both unions and employ
ers and to compel the arbitration of
those disputes which affect the produc-
tion and distribution of the necessaries
of life"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-12
Milk Production Sensitive to
Changes in Prices

Milk production Is so sensitive - changes in prices that the milk
producer, the milk distributor, and the milk consumer are best protected
through a huctuating price which iusures, as far as now seems possible,
the agricultural experiment station of the University of illinois. Owing
to the great variation in the monthly cost Of milk production, a flat rate
for any extended period would probably shift production to the more
profitable months. If the price of milk fuctuates approximately with the
cost of production, the distributors supply is automatically regulated, the
milk producers market is protected, and the consumer is assured of a
normal supply Of milk throughout the year.
The bulletin confirms the opinion held among dairy farmers of the
summer months in which pastures are good is occasionally only one-fourth
Of that in ccrtoin winter months when large amounts Of farm-raised and
purchased feeds are fed.
The amount of man labor involved in the production of milk is con-
sideraby less in the summer months than in the winter months. This
is true whether based upon the total amount Of labor used on the herd
or upon amount involved in the production of one hundred pounds of
milk. Proper significance of this reduction in labor is appreciated only
when attention is drawn to the fact that these savings in labor occur
during the pasture season, which comedies with the crop season, when the
maximum labor is needed in the field. Aside from man labor, feed and
horse labor, the expenses of producing milk are more or less constant
throughout the year. When all expenses are included the net cost OF pro-
duGng one hundred pounds of milk in June is sixty per cent of the year
cost, and in December about one hundred and twenty per cent.
With a fucuatng seasonal cost, it is expected that farmers will tend
to concentrate production in the more profitable months. AS the urban
trade demands a constant supply of milk throughout the year, the price
Of milk must fuctuate approximately with the cost of production in order
In other words, a properly adjusted fuctuating price for milk throughout
the year protects the farmers market and the distributors and con-
supply.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-03-12
Death Rate for 1918 Was
Highest in History of the
Country, Statistics Show

The death rate Of IS for each 1000
of population in the death registration
area of 80 states and % cities, with a
total estimated population Of S1,S6S,-
104 for 1913 was the highest on rec
ord, according to the census bureaus
annual mortality statistics, which
show 1,471 1867 deaths for the year.
OF the total deaths, AT ,467, or more
than 80 per cent, were due to infiuen-
"a and pneumonia, 3S0,996 having oc-
Cured in the last four months of the
year when IN epidemic Of these dis.
eases prevailed. The rate for influen-
"a and pneumonia was 1882 for each
100000. Influenza caused 244,6S1
deaths and pneumonia 90, 7S6. show
inc rates Of $500 and 2S4.3 for each
100000, respectively, the highest rates
which ever have appeared for these
causes. The rate in 1917 for influen-
"a was 17.2 and for pneumonia 149.S.
The other principal causes Of deaths
were organic diseases Of the heart,
tuberculosis. acute nephritis, Bright's
disease and cancer, which together
were responsible for 391 .3S1 deaths, or
nearly q per cent of the total during
the year.