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New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
The Forest Service
Keep 1t in Agricultural Department
Where Roosevelt Placed Ii

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial of December 10,
Revived Ballingerism," about the
threatened impairment of the efficiency
of the United States Forest Service
by taking 1t out Of the Department of
Agriculture, where Roosevelt so wisely
placed it, gives publicity to proposal
fraught with grave danger.
With our rapidly diminishing re-
sources of wood, a raw material which
enters into every part of our daily life,
from the paper on which this is printed
to the houses In which we live, it is
jnconceivable that we would knowingly
threw away the work of the last decade
in forestry.
Have we not learned the lesson of
the war? When the submarines re-
duced the Allied tonnage to the danger
point 1T was necessary to rely on French
forests for the material to build the
wharves for landing the American
army, to build depots, to build rail
roads (ties) to bring the army to the
front, to build barracks and hospitals,
and for hundreds of other essentials.
Had not France been practicing for
estry for generations the American
army could not have been thrown into
the balance.
England has learned her lesson and
provided for purchasing and reforest-
ing lands sufficient to give her inde-
pendent supplies of wood for emergen-
cics; in spite of her need for economy.
she is spending about S75,00o,0oO for
the purpose. Experts know that. had
the war conc ten years later, the
United States would not have had the
lumber for it's vast cantonments and
manufacturing expansion. The short
age of forest products already is keenlv
felt In many American industries.
The proposed removal of the Forest
Service from the Department of Asri
culture has no compensating advan-
tages. and would cripple the nations
principal reliance in a situation which
Is certain TO be difficult at best II
would be not only unintelligcnt. r.
would be suicidal.
HARRINGTON MOORE.
New York, Dec. 22, 1921.
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ly TO their pecuniary disadvantage,
had deliberately brought in immi
grants that they knew were not
landable.
Obviously, through tho consular
service or otherwise, some sort Of
clearing house must be established in
Europe to certify whether or not
particular applicant for a ticket
may embark. And when the certih-
cate is duly issued and the reserva-
tion is made the certificate must be
honored on this side. The govern
ment must stand behind its own
document, and not put the risk on
the poor traveller who has no means
of knowing whether or not he is adj
missiblc.
1t is not enough merely to suspend
for three months the rigors of the
new system. A way must be found
to prevent the necessity Of suspend
ing the law.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
The Vicious Mistletoe

Great was the CONSERVATION
among the underwriters when they
read the report from Washington
that it was the intention Of the
President to place lighted candles in
the windows Of the White House on
Christmas Eve. Calling upon him
at once in the name Of annual fire
losses estimated at $500, ,00O,0 900,
they urged him not to set such a
pernicious example. Always willing
to oblige, the President answered
that their request would be needed.
So goes anotller custom sacrificed
to modern notions. Three years ago
the country was deprived of the
wassail bowl. To-day it is being de-
prived of the yule candle. To-
morrow the society for the preser-
walton of forests will undoubtedly
come out with stirring appeal
for the abolition Of the Christmas
t-ee on the ground that every
Christmas tree spared to-day means
SO many feet Of timber a generation
hence. 1t is also understood that a
movement will soon be inaugurated
for strictly hygienic reasons to pre-
vent hobbing for apples in the
Christmas Eve sarsaparilla bowl.
Have the makers of the new civili-
zation yet considered the evils shat
lurk in the n1istletoe?
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Stop, Thief!

Newspaper headlines proclaim a
returning wave of banditry. Crimes
Of violence, hold-ups and burglsries
often increase in large cities at this
season of the year. Just now, when
there is much unemployment, they
are likely to be more numerous than
ever. All the more reason, there
fore, for extraordinary efforts to
check them.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that this
years crime wave will not equal
that Of last year. Mr.. Hylan and
Police Commissioner Enright, both
tenderly solicitous that the city shall
have "a fair name outside will
need unusual vigilance If they arc to
cope successfully with the invaders.
But their policy Of secrecy will not
help them. To assume that every
public mention Of crime is a reflection
upon the administration is foolish.
A man who has knocked down and
robbed another or broken into a safe
and carried away it's contents will
suspect that he is wanted by the
police, even if he does not read in the
newspapers that they are OH his
trail. Making the crime public does
not at all hamper the detectives in
their attempt to capture the crilni-
nal. >sA ,sesse&s
Nor Is the reporting Of crime by
its victim or by the newspapers re-
proach to the Police Department. If
the people Of the city are aware that
bandits are abroad they will take
better care of their valuables and
avoid dark streets after nightfall.
The more publicity criminals receive
the more are their opportunities
cuxtsiled.
1s. Enx$sAs wtu dtsssss9 khsa Ia
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
information Abut China

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A number Of organizstiohs
have been formed to meet the demand
for information about China and her
neighbors, among them the Chinese
Information Service, of which ta'
writer is secretary. The service was
started at the outset Of the conierens'
by 81 group OF recent Columbia oh''
versity graduates, most of them cias'-
mates of Dr.. Wellington Koo, Chinese
Ambassador to Great Britain and oHs
of the leading delegates at the e0n'
ference.
All the work done by the service -
voluntary and non-political in NATURE
It's object is to supply up-to-the- -miha''
and authoritative information apo's
China. To responsible organization
and individuals the service viii aehs
weekly bulletin for the duration q
the conference, based on interviews
with leading representatives Of Cnins
in this country. telling of presens-as5
conditions in China and the Aspirations
of that country. There y 10 chsfs7
for this service. Inquiries may DC aus
dressed to
M'ALISTER COLEMAN, +
No. 10 West Forty fourth Stresr
New York, Dec. 22, 1894.
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Stand Pat" in Webster s
Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue Of December 6
we find an article under the head
ing "Foreign Delegates Are Puzzled by
News U. S. Will Stand Pat" which be-
gins as follows: "The information that
America will stand pat on the Hughes
proposal has created mystiication
among certain foreign elements. They
have examined their Websters and
Standards, and gone to the Century and
the Encyclopedia Britannica, but never
a trace can they find of the true mean
ing. The verb TO stand is, of course,
well enough known, and so also the d.
minutive of the cognomen Patrick.
Webster reveals the fact that pat also
means "a light, caressing stroke with
the hand or fingers"
OF course we understand that this is
apparently by way of fun, but we can
not believe that The Tribune would
wish to misrepresent so well-known an
American institution as "Webster." We
are therefore taking the liberty of
calling your attention to the following
definition Of ITO stand pat" in Web
ster's New international Dictionary:
to stand pat. \ Poker. To play, or
signify ones intention Of playing.
ones hand as dealt, without resort
ing to the draw. Hence, colloq.,
to oppose change Of any kind; esp, U.
S. politics, to oppose any change in
policy, esp. in the tariff policy. The
phrase was first used to express the
attitude Of leaders OF the Republican
party by Senator Hanna in 1902.
Hence: stand-pat-ter (standp pat-er)
stand-pat-tism (-iz'm), II.
G. e. C. MERRIAM COMPANY.
Springfield, Mass, Dec. 20, 1921.
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A Poser

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May I ask for 3 solution of the
Japanese expansion question?
I am writing an essay on the subject,
"How May Japan Provide for Its In
creasing Population Without lpfring-
ing on the Rights Of Other States ~
Although / have read eight books on
the subject, together with articles in
innumerable periodicals, there seems to
be no solution offered.
Is the industrialization plan the only
one which will solve the question? Is
there any possible way in which the
Japanese could migrate to the more
sparsely populated regions of Latin
America? S.
New York, Dec. %, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
A Collective Santa Claus

A Chicago paper, years ago, pub
lished story of stranger in New
York who was held up by bandit
with the usual request Of "Your
money or your life" "Take my life,
then," said the stranger. "Id rather
be shot than be without money in
New York"
To-day there are many thousands
Of people in New York without
money, and none Of them is partic-
ularly eager to be shot Look about
you Christmas Day and you will
discover that this is not such hard
and unfeeling city as it is reputed
to be by some Of it's neighbors.
Charities, public and private, will
bring Christmas into many homes
which would otherwise be very un-
happy. Few appeals for Christmas
funds are ever made in vain to New
Workers. Nowhere is there more of
the Christmas spirit.
The children of the poor will be
particularly we'll cared for, Food and
clothing and toys and candy will be
distributed literally by tons. This
is busy town, and often a hurried
one, but on Christmas Day it always
remembers the unfortunate and sin
cerely seeks to make Christmas q
merry one throughout its borders.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Breaking Home Ties

The Tribune yesterday signed final
papers for the sale Of it's old home
stead, on Park Row, corner of Nassau
and Spruce streets. The transfer
follows the recent purchase of site
for a new homestead on West
Fortieth Street, where an edifice is
to be erected adequate to the nlarg-
ing business of The Tribune.
1t was in a small two-story build
ing ON ground whence now uprears
the present twenty-story Tribune
Building that Horace Greeley and
his associates in the spring Of 1841
began the undertaking which has
grown and developed with the pass
ing years. Since then The Tribune
has never moved, as it never has
suffered the revolution of an essen
tial shift in control or policy. In
the eighty years that have elapsed,
with the winds of change so strongly
blowing, the foundations must have
been strong that thus endured. For
The Tribune is still The Tribune-is
still under its present managers true
to the same principles that guided
Horace Greeley and Whitelaw Reid.
The prospective departure gives
rise to many wistful thoughts. About
the halls has hung benson from
the many distinguished men who
have given of their best to the max
ing of this newspaper and to service
OF the people. Unseen presences
have stimulated those who followed
to be true to the old traditions while
they labored TO adapt them to new
conditions.
List of subscribers or an instrument
Of advertisers, or even reflex of
the personal opinions of it's conduc
tors. 1t lives its own life, becomes
an institution which has its own
character and subdues its makers to
It's demands.
But the public must be served. The
old home, with all its precious as
sociations, did not suffice to take
care of the wants of new friends
and the old. No course existed but
to move, and the tower that has
been landmark during the lives
OF the oldest is no longer to speak
its old message to the city.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
The Release Of Debs

The release Of Eugene Y. Debs
will doubtless be agreeable to many
persons, and President Harding will
be congratulated on his magma
11irnity.
Yet it is worth while to remember,
though with no rancor. what Debs
did. His ofYense was deliberate in
reference with the prosecution of
the war. 10 this he practically
pleaded guilty. If his advice had
been followed in this and other
Ally countries the German flag
would now be floating over the Cap
itol and all would be sweating to
meet the tribute exacted by our Ger
man masters.
The Kaiser, as he handled the
business Of his new possession,
would probably not be as merciful
to Debs as is President Harding. AS
Debs walks abroad let US not forget
what he did. And let us hope that
his release will not inspire others,
should new crisis occur, TO follow
his example in fiouting patriotism.
Debs was in no sense a political
prisoner. He attacked the social
bond and thereby committed sort
of crime that more enlightened
age will regard as Of all the most
intolcrable.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
The Toper

TO The Boss
When q. II. Flaccus pcnncd
pomc,
Tracing the letters with his peri
point,
He set the verses that were Rome
In Caslon Old Style 10-point.
% ye whose job it is to print
My stuff, | bid yc take the hint
OF woman, wine, and song he wrote !;
To Pyrrha, Mercury, and Venus;
But most of all that cagey potc
Inditcd to Maccenas-
The bird, as many may recall,
Who slipped Q. II. the whcrcwithal.
Am | better bard than he?
Do / write greater, grandcr
vcrsesl
Then who am | that | should be
Neglectful of sesterccs?
"Mccccnas, thou of royal linc!'
He wrote of his. | sing Of
mine.
o noble chicfl c. princely bossl
Thou art king, believe me,
Mawruss!
Be thou exalted (Watch me toss
The celebrated taurus.
Eight years for thee I've worked
along
And never lauded thee in song.
So let my gratitude and praise
Go laundering down through the
ages!
Thou ran'st for years my halting
lays,
And paid ME weekly wages.
Hail my Maecenasl May this be
The merricst Christmastidc for
thee
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Tangles

That there is a difference between
en alliance with European and with
/ Asiatic powers is now claimed by
Ecertain friends Of the irreconcilables,
who advise them to be now recon-
ciled. Two closely connected ideas
are advanced to support this con-
tention, the first being that Wash
ington referred only to Europe in
his warning against foreign alli-
ances, and the second that, while we
are not now nor ever have been a
European power, we are an Asiatic
power by the very fact that we pos
sess the Philippines and have acute
interests in the Pacific.
Perhaps 10 argument better shows
the futility of accepting policy
formulated for different era and
different conditions than does this
admission that Washington in his
Farewell Address could not possibly
have envisaged the eventuality of an
.Asiatic alliance. Those who support
this theory declare quite rightly that
he nation to which Washington ad-
dressed his warning was loosely
ilnit group of states strung along the
Atlantic coast, with powerful Brit
ISL, French and Spanish neighbors
I'll about them. The America Of to-
lay is strongly centralized power,
with weak neighbors, and by it's very
economic and geographical situation
becomes In fact an Asiatic power.
That Washington when he issued his
address foresaw the present situa-
tion is, Of course, out of the cues
lion. 1t follows, therefore, that to
cndeavor to apply to the situation of
today a doctrine laid down for the
original thirteen states is to fail to
recognize how much conditions have
changed and how this very change
necessarily modifes the force Of this
doctrine.
So far as the second point is con-
cerned, that America is to-day an
Asiatic power is an argument which
though often ignored cannot be re-
frted. This very fact was one Of
the reasons why the present con-
ference was called. BY those who
oppose the four-power treaty OH the
ground that it violates the spirit of
Washington's advice thesA two points
are worth considering. So doing,
they nasy yysyass tAass minds for
~ truth thai Washjaatna, whskhay
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Maine in Winter
Not So Bleak Down Wiscasses Way
as Imagined

as Imagined
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l have read your editorial on
"The State Of Maine," which was
copied In 8 Portland paper. 1t was a
good editorial, and I, for one citizen
Of Maine, would like to thank you for
it.
When, however, YOU write Of our
s'bleak winters" and our country peo-
pie, perhaps hibernating," it seems to
me you have the mistaken impression,
held by so many of our summer
visitors, that because our summers are
delightfully."- cool our winters must be
frightfully cold.
While it is true that we have cold
and snow enough for all practical pur-
poses, especially back from the coast,
our winters arc little if any more
severe than in other places of the same
latitude. Along the coast our winters
are only a triAe colder or more snowy
than in Boston and New York.
To-day with a strong wind blowing
from the southwest the thermometer
outside MY window stands at so de-
grees, and nearly all the snow which
came last month has gone. 1t seldom
comes to stay before the middle or
last of December, and sometimes not
until January is we'll over do we have
enough for "good going"
Here is fact which may surprise
you: In those cold winters two and
four years ago, when practically every
harbor north of Hatteras was closed
by ice or kept open only with the
greatest difficulty, the Sheepscot River,
from the sea to Wiscasset, dis
tance Of about fifteen miles, was
open and as blue as in summer. Two
years ago, when ice and storms
demoralized transportation all over the
country, the little steamboat Winter
Harbor, plying between Wiscasset and
Boothbay Harbor, did not miss trip
or connection the whole winter, except
on one day when there were no trains
to connect with. And this was on what
is usually called "the bleak Maine Coast"
H. A. SWANTON.
Westport, Me-, Dec. 18, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
The Old Cruiser Dolphin

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I, like your correspondent
George Fentrick, saw the Dolphin on
her arrival in New York. She was the
first vessel of our new navy, and to
me, familiar as | was with the bcauti-
full lines OF our wooden vessels like
the Swatara, Kearsarge or Colorado,
she looked ugly enough.
One Of four ships-the' others being
the Boston, the Atlanta and the Chica-
go-built by Secretary w. Z. Chandler
she was completed during the Cleve-
land Administration, which declared
all four to be structurally weak and
sent them to sea to hunt storm, while
payment for them was held up. The
consequence was that John Roach was
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ], Montague
Philosophic Doubt


I wasn't good the whole year
round;
I did just what I wanted to.
I'm eight years old now, and
I've found
That Santa Claus amt really
true.
I'm pretty sorry for the boys
That think they won't get
baseball bats
Or 'lectric trains or sleds and
toys
Unless they're little sissy-cats
I sassed my teacher just last
week,
An lost a. bran new big league
ball;
I slapped my sister on the cheek,
But that don't worry me at all.
If I'd been bad year ago,
Ny gollyl I'd be in fright,
I'd get to thinking, and I know
I'd never go TO sleep all night.
It's nice to feel that what you've
done
Amt held against you any
more,
And YOU can have all kinds Of
fun
Without nobody gettin' sore.
It makes no difference to me
If I've not acted like saint,
For Santa Claus amt here to
Or anyhow l hope he amt.
But golly, now it's Christmas
Eve,
An | am up here wide awake,
I'm not so sure that I believe
That Santa Claus is just 8
fake.
The things I've done-if he just
knew!
I'm awful worried--Oh, gee
whizzl
want to think he isn't true
But I'm goner if he is.
The Bootlegger's Slogan
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
driven into bankruptcy and died Of
1921. New York Tribupe Inc

driven into bankruptcy and died Of a
broken heart.
The vessels gave long and useful
service, one of them being for time,
and perhaps is now, at the Philip
pines.
Mr.. Cleveland, with a profound con-
tempt for American designers, then
had two ships built from English plans,
the Maine and the Texas, both ugly in
the extreme and known throughout the
navy rs "hoodoos." W. H. PRICE.
Brooklyn, Dec. %, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Naval Auxiliary Ratios

tC AAuS1iCo PtVS G1ia VI az hin :
lnent limitation aimed not SO much
a. reducing The strength Of navies
as the offensive strength Of navies,
The main offensive weapon is the
capital ship. IL capital ship
strength is cut down to such an ex-
tent as to foreclose oversee offensive
the chief purpose of the naval linli-
tation negotiations will be accom-
plished.
The conference has already turned
this corner. The five chief mari
time powers have accepted the
Hughes capital ship ratio--5-5-3-
1.75-1.75. Great Britain and the
United States will have capital ship
fleets limited to 525, 900 tons. Japan's
allotment will be $4,000 tons,
Frances 175,OO0 and Italy's 175,OOO.
Agreement on this part Of the pro-
gram is complete.
Discussion now centers on Che re-
ductions to be made in auxiliary
strength-for the greater part de-
fensive in character. In this cate
CORY Mr.. Hughes put auxiliary COM
Blatant craft, submarines and air.
plane carriers and aircraft. He rec
commended no restriction on aircraft
and the limitation Of airplane car
rier tonnage to $4,000 for Great
Britain and the United States and
$4,000 for Japan. On the principal
ship ratio France and Italy would
be entitled to $4,000 tons apiece. No
opposition has been shown to such
an apportionment.
AS to submarines and combata tant
auxiliary surface 'craft there are
sharp differences of opinion. Great
Britain has asked for the abolition
of the submarine on the ground that
illegitimate as we'll as legitimate use
may be made of it. That raises
special set Of questions which need
not be gone into here. The con-
ference will deal first with surface
craft. With regard to them France
has appealed for waiver of the
capital ship ratio. Mr. Hughes con-
ceded that allowance ought to be
made for the cessation of French
naval construction after 1914. His
program fixed the tonnage of cruis-
ers, f1otilla leaders and destroyers at
100000 tons for Great Britain and
the United States and 100000 tons
for Japan. On the basis of the So
3-1.75-i.75 ratio F1ance would be
entitled to about 100000 tons in
cruisers, flotilla leaders and de-
stroyers.
But, as M. BRAND intimated in his
cable to Mr.. Hughes, France will
ask for more than this. Her special
need is in cruisers and other sur
face auxiliaries, not for aggression,
but for defense. In fixing the ratio
for these vessels more elasticity is
possible than it was in fixing the
capital ship ratio. Auxiliaries can
not maintain an oversee naval often
sive. For economy's sake it is de-
sirable to hold even tonnage Of this
sort down. But concessions in the
spirit Of Mr. Hughes's recognition of
the peculiar position Of France and
Italy can be made without imper-
ling the results already achieved
i'll restricting navies in the future to
police and self lf-defensive uses.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Strange, but True

{Fro5n The Providence JotrndU
Talk about carrying Goals to New
ca astle, importing pepper into Hindu
stan, sending fir trees to Norway, or
pouring water into the sea! According
to Secretary Of Commerce Hoover,
British coal is being delivered at our
Atlantic ports at price to compete
with the product of American mines a
few miles distant.