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New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Magistrate Barlow

For nearly twenty years the late
Peter T. Barlow, one of the colorful
personalities of our local courts,
meted out justice as city magis-
trate. Nor did he ever seem to tire
of his tough job. Colonel Roosevelt
could not have had Magistrate Bar
low in mind when he said: "a term
on the bench takes the punch out of
many men; it slows them up"
Of the 10000 cases and more
which he disposed of-what dose
of the drab side of life for one man!
each was weighed by him in the
scale of human sympathy. The
"down-and-out" culprit had none the
worst of it in his court.
The temptation for any Judge is to
dignity" the bench, but Magistrate
Barlow preferred to humanize it. 1t
must have been thrilling surprise
to many small offender hauled up
to the bar expecting to meet judi
cial bully to find himself face to face
with guide, philosopher and friend.
New York will be fortunate al
ways to have among her magistrates
men whose hearts do not grow cal
loused by the daily contact with
squalid Observation-Disclosures
with soul, such as Peter Townsend
Barlow. knowledge of the law is
not enough in our minor courts.
What is also required is the wise
cadi spirit which judges the case be-
fore it from a human viewpoint
rather than a strict legal one.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
The Church's Social DUTY

Bishop Manning, by his militant
loyalty during the war, deeply Of
Tended elements Of New York life
and, first on one excuse and then on
another, these have employed their
fingers clawing in his direction.
These scratchers, having failed to
reach their objective by former eff
forts, now seem to wish to try to
present him as narrow reaction
ary, out Of sympathy with social
progress and ready to paddock the
lips Of so-called liberal clergymen.
Yet in his first address Bishop
Manning declared that the Church
must play her part" in helping to
solve the social problems of the
hour--"in the very nature of things
must feel keenly upon these ques-
tions and must be in deep sympathy
with those whose lot is hardest
from the present imper-
fections of our social order" To
this he appropriately added warn
ing that it is not the function Of the
Church "to prescribe the economic
views men must hold nor the eco
nomic systems they shall adopt"
In this country, for good and suf-
ficient reasons, State and Church
are separated. Thus it is an offense
for a clergyman to attempt to be-
come political leader. The inhibi-
tion sometimes is inconvenient, but
it has been deemed wise to shut the
door against the possibility of
priestcraft. The wise occupant of a
pulpit will be satisfied to conine
himself to his appointed work--to
developing right spirit and an en-
larged conscience, leaving to others
the business of leading particular
partisan causes. A preacher who
dogmatically breaches socialism, for
example, does not differ in quality
from one who dogmatically breaches
its contrary. Both are seeking to
use their place in ways hostile to
sound Americanism.
Bishop Manning is on firm ground.
He would not have the Church in
politics. It's duty is done when it de-
velops the sense Of human brother
hood and inter-responsibility and re-
mits specific applications to men and
women in their capacity as citizens.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Hettrick's Disciples

According to the testimony which
the Lockwood committee has been
extracting, Hettrick wasn't soli-
tary genius or his "code of practice"
the emanation of an original and
secluded master mind. There were
other masters abroad in the commu-
nifty busily demonstrating that con-
cert, not competition, is the life of
trade and that manufacturers and
dealers, with the aid Of labor friends,
can easily overcome the handicap of
anti-monopolstic statutes by long
and strong pull together.
The extent to which the New York
public has been victirnized by these
intra-trade experts at naturalization
cannot be known until the commit
tee has exhausted its subpoena lists.
But it looks as if nearly every trade
which had to do with building in this
city operated under something like a
Hettrick "code of practice" Compe-
tition existed only in the mildest
sense-in the sense in which the bid
ders might draw lots to see which of
them should do a job at a predeter-
mined rate. The builder enjoyed
the benefits of competition to the ex-
tent of deciding whether he would
accept the prices, as adjusted, or
give up building.
The result of this elimination Of
errors" by a central bid revision
agency was a shameless boosting of
building costs here, the restriction of
construction and the accentuation of
the housing shortage which grew out
of the war. Every extra dollar of
profits extracted by the suppression
of competition has been paid many
times over by the New York public.
One Of the great services of the
Lockwood committee has been to ex-
pose the secret methods by which
housing costs have been artifcially
inflated. The public knows now how
| Hettrick and his fellow manipulators
worked. 1t sees that calamity like
housing shortage in crowded city
can be artfully fomented. Order,
prosperity and health are threatened
by the accelerators of building costs,
who, incidentally, defy the laws
against the restraint of trade. Hav-
ing tracked these combinations to
their lair, the committee ought to see
to it that the price fixers are brought
to justice and that the community is
adequately protected for the future
against the depredations of any
aspiring i1nitators of Hettrick and
Brindell.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
AZ Last q Promise

Not for seven years has there
come out Of Germany as creditable
declaration as the one of Wednes-
day which begins:
s'The German government is fully
resolved, first, to carry out without
reserve or condition its obligation as
defined by the Reparations Commits
don."
II Germany only means what
she now says! If she does, things
will be easier both for the world
and for herself. 1t will be at last
possible to dismiss the war from
immediate thought--to shut and
clasp the book of its record, and
to reopen it only for instruction.
During the war the revealed spirit
of Germany was such as to energize
the world to subdue her. But when
the war ended her spirit became even
worse. She proclaimed in countless
ways that no regret was in her heart
save that she had been unable to
achieve her wicked ends.
She advertised a purpose to re-
new the conflict whenever a chance
came to her; that it was her fixed
design to scheme and plan to make
one World War mere prologue
to another more sinister. Republican
Germany was no improvement over
imperial Germany. 1t was inpos-
sible to think of world health as long
as distillation of poison continued,
But at last, SO far as words at
test, Germany has changed her at
tisude. She now promises without
denying her promises in the same
breath. Many in the world will,
Of course, not believe her. A COM
piete acceptance of her good faith
is not to be expected. But there
u an explicitness in her new
pledges that gives basis for hope.
The German people have been
amlcted by the delusion that thew
are hated. But despite Germany's
crime and her non-repentance there
has been little hate. The mood in
Allied countries has been regret
full rather than vindictive. Ger
many has been leniently treated.
The districts occupied by Allied
troops have no just cause to COM
plain. The French, who know what
It is to feel the German heel, have
shown the world an example in re-
straint. "The Horror on the Rhine"
campaign was a pitiable fraud.
BY altering her demeanor Ger
many serves herself. She cannot
hope for a return of prosperity if
she does not convince the world
that she is to be trusted-has aban-
doned for all time any idea of doing
again that which she did. The most
harmful enemies of Germany are
those who condone her misdeeds and
contend she has been hsrshly treated
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
An Obsolete Art
New York, May 8, 1891.
(From The Phiadaphia Inoulr

fFTom The PhitadaphiG lnquirer)
There are difficulties in the revival of
the waltz, now going forward in Paris.
Most persons have forgotten how to
dance it. No matter what the beat of
the music, they slip into the modern
dances, regardless of rhythm. The re-
suit is awkwardness.
All this only goes to show how, under
the malevclent influence of the eccen-
tric modern steps, grace of carriage
has become almost q lost art. Perhaps
the elders may find it difficult to re-
learn. But there will be hope for the
next generation if it be brought up on
the waltz.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
The Emergency Farm Tariff

The emergency farm tariff act has
passed the Senate by nearly a three
fourths vote and undoubtedly will
soon be reported out of conference
committee and become law. 1t has
good intentions behind it. Whether
it will bring relief to those who most
deserve relief under it's provisions
remains to be seen.
The farmers were hit harder bv
the sudden defation of postwar
prices than any other class of the
community. The bottom fell out of
their market first. They were un-
able to protect themselves against a
snrankage in prices, as many other
better organized classes Of producers
nave been. In December, 1920, an
emergency measure raising duties on
agricultural imports might have
helped them to some extent bv miti-
eating the pinch OF readjustment.
The House Of Representatives passed
such bill promptly. The Senate
held it up for many weeks, not act
Ing on it favorably until late
IN February. Then President Wilson
vetoed it.
4 Defiation has extended since De-
cenaber 20 many other industries a
new economic balance is being struc,,
and the farmer, the first to suffer
u benefiting by the general slump Of
costs and prices to lower level In.
creased duties may assist him in
stablizing his market. But he will
be benefited much more by a general
stabilization and the resumption Of
industrial activities on a broad scale
and on new peace basis.
The emergency bill will be in
force for only six months, or until a
permanent tariff bill is enacted.
sone of it's incidental provisions are
OF positive value and will undoubt-
sdly be retained in the permanent
sassadsn. Thess include the valuation
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
The Haytian Demand
Congressional Inquiry Desired by the
Republics Delegates
e Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Slr: Your excellent editorial in this
mornings Tribune "Hayti Again" con-
tains two or three minor misstatements
which in justice to the general spirit
OF fairness shown in your article we
desire to correct.
You state that american troops are
In the island, and, according to the
President of Hayti, must stay" On
the 24th of January of this year, Presi
dent Dartiguenave wrote letter TO
President-elect Harding (Which may be
found published in full in the Haytian
Blue Book, and also in No, "a Of Moni-
teur, the official publication Of the
Haytian Republic) in which he stated.
The Haytians are unanimous in desir-
ing the withdrawal of the occupation
and the termination of the unusual
regime which its presence imposes on
our country; but all those who live
from the products Of their toll and who
know that without peace prosperity is
not possible. do not demand the with
drawal Of the occupation until the gem
darmerie shall have been organized in
such way as to be capable of insuring
effective public order"
What we desire and what seems to
US an essentially just demand is a
Congressional inquiry, an inve estigation
by the chosen representatives of the
American people, and not by military
or naval court, members of which are
necessarily part of the same organiza-
ton which is accused of malfeasance
by the Haytians. We feel certain and
hopeful that such investigation would
more than establish the truth of every
one of the charges made by discharges
which can be verified without the
slightest difficulty, for nothing within
the Memoir is vague or uncertain. We
make no generalizations we give facts,
names, places and dates.
Our wishes coincide precisely with
that expressed in your editorial in the
opening words of your last paragraph:
Justice demands that the people of
the Black Republic should have
square deal" But when you add that
we muddy" "the case and reiterate
exploded charges against soldiers who
do what they are told to do'' we beg
to state respectfully that the charges
have never been exploded, that they
have never been honestly investigated
and that what we hope of your Con-
gress is an investigation, not merely
Of the acts Of more or less helpless
subordinates but of the persons who
are directly responsible for the miscar-
riage Of justice, humanity and the vio-
lation of all American traditions in the
last five years in Hayti
H. PAuLEUS SANNoN,
STENIO VINCENT,
PERCEVAL THOBY.
New York, May 12. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Spanish America

-Iberians in Spain desirous of
cementing the relationship between
that country and Latin America are
again accusing the United States of
imperialistic designs upon the south
ern republics. Pointing to the fact
that the war made it possible for
American trade to displace the Euro
pean in many fields, they express the
fear that this is part of a subtle
North American plot to dominate
But the United States will find diff
! Guilty, they say, in uprooting the
Spanish blood, spirit, language and
accomplishment.
Why should America desire even
to attempt to uproot them? Theirs
is tradition equal in many respects
to ours, and in many superior. Their
past is full Of richness, their future
full of promise. What business is it
of ours to interfere?
Our policy toward Latin America
is not and cannot be a policy of ma
tlonal selfishness. 1t is a policy of
cooperation. Even though the Mon
roe Doctrine in it's early stages inn
Piled protection and guardianship,
now that certain South American
republics have taken their place in
the world as highly developed inde-
pendent nations the spirit of guar
dianship has rightly given place to a
spirit of cooperation.
Ignorance of South America in
the North, and vice versa, is one of
the most serious handicaps to such
cooperation. But all possible steps
should be taken to dispel it and to
encourage common understanding
out of which common policy to pre-
serve the peace on the American
continents can be reached. AS a
part Of the work educational cam
paigns should be carried on to ac-
quaint the two continents with the
lafe, ideals and ambitions of each
other. The Spanish language should
ne taught more universally in the
United States and English in Latin
America.
There is in the United States a
feeling in one aspect akin to that of
the Germans Deutschland iiber
Alles"--a feeling that we have q
special mission to uplift the whole
world. This has helped to arouse
the fears of the pan-Iberians. This
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Square Rigger Days
Twelve-FIour Sailors Oftcntimes in
the Old Merchant Service

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial eight Hour
Sailors" takes me back to the daya of
the square rigger.
Many time have turned out in
my watch below, but always turned
out of bunk.
l never saw hammock in the mer-
chant service; al the ships I was
ever aboard of had hunks.
The cry as I recall was not "Ail
hands reef topsails!" Gin a squalD but
"All hands shorten sail!"
In a squall they would douse royals
and possibly t'gallantsIs, also light
staysails, etc, but topsails would be
reefed only in prospect of q heavy
blow and dirty weather for a spell.
The oid-fashioned single topsail was
a brute to handle and was superseded
by double topsails, the upper one be-
ing usually "stowed" instead of reefed.
1t would have to blow great guns be-
fore they would reef the lower
An old hand would usually take the
earrings; the weather caring was pre-
ferred, as the lee caring was a nasty
job owing to the slant to leeward of
the yard on a wind.
The eight-hour day seems eueer to
me. On long passages in fine weather
it was often twelve hours, the watch
being kept at work every afternoon for
weeks. l., w. STARKEY.
New York, May il, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Lost Incomes From Germany
Trust Estate Withheld From Ameri-
can Owner Since August |. 1914

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: read with interest the edi-
torial in to-day's Tribune on "The
Lusitania Claims" I heartily agree
with the sentiments therein expressed
but ask: Why limit the relief to those
claimants. when there are others, Just
as needy and just as deserving, who
have been injured by the Germans?
The writer knows of an American
citizen, refined woman of advanced
years, whose sole means of support
was an income of $500 from trust
estate in Germany. She has net re-
celved one cent of that income since
August I, 1914, and the German
trustee for alien property, upon our
declaration Of war. seized both ac-
cumulated income and principal.
Even If restoration of her property
be made after the conclusion of a
treaty, the deprecated mark and q
heavy war tax levied in Germany will
cause her to receive about $3.50 in full
payment of the $4,000 of accum LATED
income. And for years to come, in
stead of receiving $4,000 a year. she
Will receive about SIS a year. In
view of her age this will probably be
her fate for life. The state of her
health is such that she cannot work
hard, and SO she is, and has been since
1914 practically dependent upon
friends.
have heard of other somewhat
similar cases. I have attempted to
arouse some members of Congress +,
the situation, but apparently thew
seem inclined to do nothing down
there until treaty is signed.
WILSON B. BRrcE.
New -ork, May 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

said that it's noises were like ''snor-
ing In the tomb OF Time" But
really, save when the riveters are at
work on a new steel frame building,
or bulletin announces that "Babe"
Ruth has swiped another homer,
New York has grown in quiet.
Nevertheless, the Chicago campaign
for silence is welcome and may be
acclaimed without jealousy. Much
has been done for ear comfort, but
much still remains to be done.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Freedom for Art
Rumored Movement for Official
Supervision Not Welcomed

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There is movement, believe
advocating q Cabinet portfolio of art,
to be permanently in Washington,
which movement appears to me to be
entirely mistaken.
One of the few blessings art in this
country has enjoyed is freedom from
official interference.
Art is the affair Of the Individual:
the less he is controlled the better.
The official is always average, and
the average always seeks to reduce the
power Of the exceptional.
All the artist wants is to be let
alone.
No politician can help any one ex-
cept himself.
An artist is man who tries to look
at the stars a politician is one who
tries to keep his ear to the ground The
two positions are incompatible.
An artist thinks of doing his work: /:
politician thinks of holding his Job
A bureau of this kind can only encour-
age initiative painting and discourage
living art.
Controlled art means no art: it
means those pathetic travesties on
vitality, the Royal Academy and the
Salon.
State-controlled music Is much the
same. 1t always means opera-music
so disguised and lowered as to be
pleasing to royalties, the fashionable
and the deaf.
Art has moved in this country in the
last five years. Great men have lived
and died, unnoticed maybe, but at any
rate unshackled.
Do not let us make a machine shop
for the destruction Of art. We are
faw-ridden, bureau-ridden, politician
ruled. Let US at least keep art out.
Let the artist be allowed to follow his
own will under the Declaration in pur-
suit of life, liberty and happiness.
Religion is not controlled: it is free
under the Constitution. Let us not
take backward step and seek to con-
troll the other great spiritual force, art.
Let art in this country be free.
ALLEN TUCKER.
Locust Point, N. j., May 9, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
Mr.. Edison s Questions
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May I offer a word of conso-
iation to those readers of The Tribune
who, like myself, read the questions
IN Mr.. Edison's intelligence test and
found themselves unable to answer q
large number of them?
For instance, I find on trying to
answer the questions that I have been
tottering along through life ignorant
of the methods used in the manufac-
ture of celluloid. 1 do not know what
kind of wood is used in the manufac-
ture of kerosene oil barrels. Further
more, do not care hang. / do not
know the speed at which light travels.
do not know where most of our laun-
dry machines come from. The best
grade of cotton grown is also a poser
for me.
But why continue the list? The
above must be sufficient to convince
anybody of my abysmal ignorance
judged by the Edison standard. I can
see knowledge doth not begin and
end in me-" as you will recall job
telling Elihu. The fact that I know
this may be safely considered the be-
ginning of education.
And know where to find the answer
to every one of Mr.. Edison's questions
Let others who may have suffered a.
shock at their ignorance enjoy this same-
consolation. What in the name of time
are encyclopedias for? Some one has
said that education is not learning
what to think, but how to think" A
man has made some progress when he
realizes that if he wishes to know the
name of the inventor of the cotton gin
he can find ont by walking into tha
nearest public library. Therefore, bs
consoled. What Mr.. Edison wants is
not man, but an encyclopaedia.
NJ. c. 4.
Middietown, n. r.. May Il, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
to compare with ours-politically, as in

to compare with ours-politically, as in
every other way.
There is really no particular disad-
vantage in being an alien, and if a
person be bad alien it is better that
he should remain an alien rather than
become an undesirable citizen, as then
he could be shipped back to the land
of his origin instead of, as citizen,
becoming a burden on the American
taxpayer. We should then have Amer
lea for Americans. G. S. S.
New York, May 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

feeling should not be allowed to dis
turb our relations with Latin Amer
lea. We ask of others the right to
live our own lives unmolested.
Surely we must grant others the
same right.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

Moving; or, the Uses of Advertisement
l moved; and say, I'll tell the world
that it's an awful chore,
But then-I got some pansies from
Viola Brothers Shore'.
1t rained; and all the woodwork stuck
and doors refused to bulge,
But Marian Spitzera sent a box OF
Greenwich Village fudge.
The furniture is not just right, and
nothing ever fits,
But then-Nan Joseph sent a box fol-
my brand new white kid mitts.
The plumbing's not quite finished;
can't even take bath,
But then--I got swell blue vase from
Reinald Werrenrath'.
The floors and mouldings smell of oil
and varnish and veneer,
But Beatrice Fairfax sent a pen with
greetings of good cheer.
The bells won't ring, the paint Is wet
and everything is damp,
But Myra' sent slicker-a Jap um-
brella lamp.
found my booze all vanished, no more
whisky, gin, or beer,
But I got box Of flowers from my
good friend Harry Spierr.
"It's nice. to move," my friends all say
That moving stuff's fable,
But LeanoreS sent nifty-Iike mahog-
any tip table. GRETCH.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13
The Coming 7'ower
Le Temps des Lilas

'Tis lilac time in Greenwich
And SO lovely are the days,
That my thoughts go back to winte,
And the Alliance Francaise;
think Of M. Perrin
And Mile. Gondr6,
How they spoke and sang so swestly
In their charming little play.
And the day with M. Leysaac--
All, his diction was so pure!
But maybe all the members d
Gone to Occupy the Ruhr.
l remember cne fine evening"
One lovely April GEN.
When / saw the largest conference
Of the Alliance / had seen.
They crowded in the movies,
In the galleries they were hid;
lie Conferencier was Chaplin
LIE sujet was lie Kid.n J. q.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-13

Brown University and the University
OF Oregon are among the IFS OF /. that
have banned. as the headline writers
say, jazz dancing. But the headline,
as any young S. Of J. student knows,
should have been "Cheek to Cheek
Banned From Coast to Coast.s
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