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New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Guaranteeing Production

In an article in the current Cen
tury entitled "When Labor Unions
Guarantee Production" William L.
Chenery lyrically celebrates the
achievement of Sidney Hillman,
president of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America.
The eulogy in one way is highly
encouraging to those who see in
sound thinking and straight conduct
the only permanent solution Of in
dustrial troubles. 1t appears that
wher Mr.. Hillman faced the charge
of clothing manufacturers, who were
amply supported by unchallenged
facts, that in spite Of higher and
higher wages there was lower and
lower production per employee, he
went before his convention and
urged it to consent to the establish
ment of standards of what consti-
tuted day or a weeks work. The
picture is a pretty one of the bril-
liant young labor leader defying and
subduing a dragon-wresting from
it consent to making some sort of
agreement touching the quality of
that which unionists sell.
That Mr.. Hillman, as labor
leader, had the courage to say out
loud that Stacking on Jobs is bad for
all is hope-inspiring.
But of different effect is the spirit
the describer displays as he chron-
icles the battle. He plainly regards
it as wondrous that any labor union
has been induced to acknowledge it's
interest in production. Yet this is
as much as to say that it requires
heroism for labor leader to uphold
truth as obvious as that two and
two make four. And this, in turn, is
to indict labor unienists for gross
ignorance and inability to perceive
their welfare. Here is something
discouraging, though Mr.. Chenery
seems unconscious that to the degree
he sings the praises Of Mr.. Hillman's
heroism he testifies against the in
! teliigence of his followers. Clothing
manufacturers, who seldom hear
either their intelligence or heroism
hymned, have long known that wages
are paid out of production and that
wages cannot long be kept up if pro-
duction goes down.
The weakness of the labor move
nent is that it's champions seldom
are willing to tell the truth to it.
The main objection to the closed
shop would disappear if union rules
did not artfully contrive to multiply
Jobs and thus diminish per capita
production. Yet the point is kept
dull that this policy is at the expense
of the wage worker. Even when
there is no express defense the at
tack on union practices is weak and
spirltiess-excuses are plead. Yet
most open-shop employers would be
delighted to do business with unions
chat guaranteed production and con-
sented as there was improvement
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Flaws in Drinkwater' Lincoln

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The letter Of Mr. David Homer
Bates in a recent issue of The Tribune
criticizing Drinkwater's play Of "Abra-
ham Lincoln" will be appreciated by
many Americans who have seen the
play.
Certainly no living man is better
qualified to speak of the appearance,
manner and characteristics of the great
President than Mr.. Bates, who knew
him so intimately AMI whose own book,
Lincoln in the Telegraph Office, is so
valuable contribution to the history
Of that epoch.
Can there be any excuse for Drink
waters classification of history by put
ting President Lincoln and Secretary
Hay in Grants headquarters at Apo
mattox the night before Lees surren-
der and creating that grotesque scene
with both sleeping on chairs? And that
other offensive thing in the same act
Grant and whisky bottle? General
Horace Porter, who was there and who
was with Grant night and day through
the last year of the war, declares in his
Campaigning with Grant that the Cen
eral smoked incessantly but used no
liquor.
In the opening scene of the play
Drinkwater makes Lincoln shy off and
hesitate about accepting the nomina-
tion for the Presidency, and the notifi-
cation committee has to urge and argue
with him. Now of all things Abraham
Lincoln was not a hypocrite. He
wanted the nomination-as he had a
right to--and he and his Illinois
friends had used every honorable means
to secure it, and no such thing as
Drinkwater describes ever took place
and could not with q man of Abraham
Llncoln's character. JOHN BARR.
Waterbury. Conn, Feb. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

her return, that she might then dis
the most distant attachment to D. s.;
but, if this should be the case, and
she wants advice upon it, father and
mother, who are at hand and compe-
The most proper to be consulted on so
interesting an event. For my own
part, I never did, nor do I believe
ever shall, give advice to woman who
age; first, because I never would ad-
wise one to marry without her own
consent; and, secondly, because | know
1t is to no purpose to advise her to
refrain when she has obtained il. A
woman very rarely asks an opinion or
requires advice on such an occasion,
till her resolution is formed and then
it is with the hope and expectation of
obtaining a sanction, not that she
means to be governed by your disap-
probation, that she applies. In a word,
the plain English of the application
may be summed up in these words. ~
wish you to think as l do; but, if un-
happily you differ from me in opinion,
my heart, must confess, is fixed, and
have gone too far Now to retract."
If Mrs. Custis should ever suggest
anything of this kind to me will give
fer my opinion of the MEASURE, not
tf the MAN, with candor, and to the
following effect: az never expected you
would spend the residue of your days
in widowhood; but in matter so i'm
portant and so interesting to yourself,
children and connections, wish you
would make prudent choice. To do
which many considerations are neces-
sary, such as the family and connec--
tions of the man, his fortune (Which
i3 not the most essential in my eye),
the line of conduct he has observed
and the disposition and frame Of his
mind. You should consider what pros
pect there is of his proving kind and
atfectionate to you; just, generous, and
attentive to your children, and how far
his connections will be agreeable to
you; for when they are once formed,
agreeable or not, the die being cast,
your fate is fixed" Thus far. and no
farther, / shall go in my opinions.
am, dear Tund etc
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
An Admirable Selection

The appointment of Henry P.
Fletcher as Under Secretary Of
State will give Mr.. Hughes an able
and experienced assistant. 1t also
sets the excellent example of intro
ducing intoethe higher posts of the
State Department men who have
served abroad with distinction as
ministers and ambassadors. We
need an enlarged and higher grade
foreign service staff within the de-
partment, and greater continuity of
tenure for those who have made a
career in diplomacy,
Mr.. Fletcher has been in the diplo-
matte service practically since he
entered it, in 1902, after having
fought with the Rough Riders in
Cuba and later with the volunteer
infantry in the Philippines. He was
secretary of legation in Cuba, in
Portugal and twice in China, and
was charge d'affaires on several oc-
casions in Peking. He was made
Minister to Chile and subsequently
raised to the rank of ambassador.
and was later transferred to Mexico.
He was the only ambassador ap.
pointed prior to 1912 who was re-
tanned under the Wilson regime. He
resigned last year after diplomatic
relations with Mexico were practi-
cally suspended.
Mr.. Fletcher's intimate practical
acquaintance with foreign affairs in
Latin America and the Far East
makes him valued adviser. His ap-
pointment is one of merit solely-a
good augury for that sort of control
in the State Department which
alone can fit it to cope with the
highly trained stats of the nations
with which we are now unavoidably
thrown in close and almost continu-
Gus contact. An efficient, modern
lied foreign service is one of the
most urgent needs of the present in
Washington. The Harding Admin
istration begins we'll by laying stress
on the reinforcement Of the State
Department.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

of national thought and thus of po-
litical action in the long run. But
the making of cabinets and the ham
ding Of legislation are not within
their grasp or their concern. Over
the centuries Shakespeare has un-
doubtedly counted more for mighty
England than all the generals of the
empire. But he could not have held
the smallest Office in the government
of his time--would not have wanted
to, it is safe to guess. Dickens pro-
foundly affected the social conscience
of his time--but indirectly through
the hearts of his readers.
Since Paderewski is thus unique
his public may be pardoned a sense
of curiosity touching his progress as
an artist during these last years.
The magic of his fingers may have
been dulled temporarily. Could it be
restored--perhaps greater than ever,
FROM the influence Of the drama in
which their master has played SO
conspicuous a role? Is there, too,
music to be composed out Of Pc
lands renaissance? Whatever his
decision as to his future career, the
welcome to him in America as ar
tist and statesman is fervent and
sincere.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
MIR. Daugherty's Appointment

The country hoped to see the At
torney Generalship go to lawyer of
national reputation and high profes-
sional attainments. Many leaders Of
the bar have presided over the De-
partment of Justice, emphasizing by
their learning and experience the
legal requirements of the office,
rather than its purely administrative
ones. Olney and Knox, after serv-
ing as Attorneys General, became
Secretaries of State.
1t is only fair to our readers to
say that in our opinion Mr.. Daugh-
erty doesn't measure up to the
standards set for the place for which
he has been selected. We have been
anxious to see in President Har-
ding's Cabinet the best men now
available for such service--men of
eminence and distinction, carrying
weight with the public. Speaking
frankly, Mr.. Daugherty doesn't meet
these specifications.
Mr.. Harding's Cabinet must, how
ever, be appraised as a whole. The
public will strike an average in its
judgment of it. When the complete
list is announced there may be much
less reason to begrudge this one
clearly personal appointment, due
to political associations of long
standing.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

edged ut Versailles but has since
been persistently trying to dodge.
The total of German Preparations
was left indeterminate when the
treaty was drawn. Germany has paid
comparatively little on account since
then, She hasn't even met the costs
of the Allied military occupation of
the Rhine provinces. She has inflated
her domestic budget tremendously
putting home claims ahead of the
claims Of the Allies. She has cult
waited an appearance of destitution
and bankruptcy. Now she dismisses
the moderate Paris reparation total
as fantastic and insists that the
Allies shall accept u face value her
plea of incapacity to pay.
Under the treaty PREPARATIONS
bill must be handed to Germany on
or before May 1. The Allied powers
were long time in drawing up the
bill. Negotiations dragged from one
deadlock to another--from San Reno
to Boulogne, from Boulogne to Spa,
from Spa to Brussels, from Brus-
sells to Paris. Now the account has
been stated. But the Germans are
going to London to dispute the &C.
count and to try to create fresh
Allied discords.
France has apparently resolved
to yield no further to Germany's OBJ
structive tactics. She has one final
argument in case Of Germany's re-
fusal to pay more than she feels like
paying; that is the French army
of 100000, yeady to march eastward
under Foch. VIII Germany invite
invasion? Will the Allies hold fast
to the point of sustaining France in
collecting her just dues under the
treaty? These are things which are
to be fought out at London. A test
is to be made of Germany recusapcy
and of Allied solidarity and com
mon faith.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Soldiers First, but Not as Charity

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In recent issue you printed a
letter under the caption Our Soldiers
First-Charity Begins at Home"
Our Soldiers First" is what every
one in these United States should feel
from Congress down, but our s)ldIers
are not objects of charity. The fact
that Mr.. Hoover is asking for S33 ,oo0,-
700 to feed starving children in Europe
has nothing TO do with the treatment
our disabled soldiers are getting at
the hands Of their fellow countrymen.
1t was relief to see letter printed
IN their behalf-but the writer was
mistaken in considering that they de-
serve charity. Our country Ia rieh
enough to give every possible aid and
comfort to its wounded veterans and
to help feed starving children any.
where in the world besides.
Ii the people can be aroused to a
feeling of responsibility toward these
men and will remember how :hey felt
and talked only three years age. when
they sent them overseas TO fight, .he
Congress will be forced to act for
"onr Disabled Soldiers First
ELIZABETH K. LAMONT.
New York, Feb. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Richer by Giving
Possible Benefit to u. S, in Wa
Debts Cancellation
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While public sentiment seeu
to sustain the rejection of the sugge
tion said TO have been made by Grsa
Britain that we cancel our war loans
to our allies, there is much to be SAID
IN favor of such cancellation on the
ground of economic policy, regardless
Of all claims upon our generosity.
These war debts cannot be paid in
gold. If paid at all they must be paid
IN merchandise, and if we are to col.
lect $10,0oo,000,0OO from abroad ".
! must necessarily submit to an excess
of imports over exports for long
period of years. AS we will never BE-
importers in any large sense of food
stuffs and gaw materials, the payment
of the ,000,0OO,00O of loans will
have to be made in manufactured
articles, particularly those articles in
which labor cost is large item. There
fore, the domestic manufacturers will
have to surrender their markets and
wholly or partially shut down their
factories.
Before the war great quantities Of
American securities were held abroad.
and the millions Of dollars of intcres.
and dividends paid to foreign investors
made possible permanent balance Of
, trade in our So,,o. c,Lz4.4;.31- .TI
of these securities returned to this
country during the war. Interest pay
ments alone on war loans to our allies
will run into hundreds of millions Of
dollars each year. The situation is
therefore reversed, and the Favorable
balance OF trade to which American
business has become accustomed must
be replaced by an unfayorabe balance
the consequent loss of export business
ana partial surrender of our domeS'
TIC markets to foreign-made goods.
IL Is probably unnecessary to cay
That the favorable trade balance will
be brought about not because Of any
AiA%SlAk u restrict SAPVA"
and encourage imports. The result viii
follow naturally from the rate of for
elgn exchange, the unfortunate effects
Of which are already felt.
1t is true that if the United States
can collect $4,000, coo 900 from its al
lies it will reduce it's indebtedness b.
just that much and relieve its citizens
from taxation, but in the mean time
factories will be idle and our wOrkiHs
population unemployed, which means
loss Of buying power and dull business
At first blush the suggestion that
gift of $4,000, Oo,O0O will be of dirses
benefit to the donor may seem absufd'
tut if that $4,000, 900, 600 can only %
collected by the surrender of the a0'
nor's markets to its debtors and the dis'
organization Of its manufacturing busr
ness the indirect loss may far excses
$4,000, 100000.
MANFRED w. ENRICH
New York Feb f9 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
The Coming ower
Pro y re SIS

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| stood upon the heights Of Arlington
Above the blue Po,omac's misty floor:
Around me, like strange blossoms in the
grass.
In endless row on row those marble stones
Marked the innumerable army of the dead.
In dazzling white the amphiheatre rose
Like Greece triumphant through the CEN
sures,
Its arches framing each perfect view
Of columned cedars and the rivers reach,
The ghos,-palc shaft we stole from Egyp,'s
sands,
The noble dome that Roman builders
wrought
The dome of State, the Nations capitol.
The Roman builders long ago were dust,
We have progressed to nineteen twenty ono;
So came down from Arlington, and went,
Not quite with faith or hope, but charity
q trusD, beneath that dome to hear the
Of sarnercd wisdom that the years have
taught.
Grave men and great, the Senators were
there
In high debate about This troubled sphere.
Impassoned words one spoke; leaned tc
hear;
A tariff or we perish, was his plea,
A duty, quick, on sunaower seeds Blu,
1t cannot be unless he will accept
A duty too on castor oil, perhaps
IL was Senator who made the joke.
BY way of helping infant industry.
High on the heights of Arlington the
ghost
Of Athens CLEANS; old Nile and ancient
Rome
Speak with the voices of immortal dream;
And in the fairest house that ever rose
From artists sketch to be residence,
An old man, broken on the wheel of Fate,
VIII veto duties on our castor oil
Before he packs and calls the moving van.
WALTER PRIpHARD EATON.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
The Test

The Allied conferences IN Lcpdon
this week and next viii tes g
strength of the accord recent. r.
rived at in Paris. They will show
whether peace is to be imposed in
Europe by the powers which won the
war and have now united, in appear
ance at least, to enforce the treaty,
or whether Germany, profting by
new cleavages,. will be able to escape
the obligations which she acknowl-
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Perpetual Equilibrium

(Fron The Charleston NerS aud Co.r{er>
With the meeting of Parliament
comes the usual crop of predictions
that Mr.. Lloyd George is about to fall
The British prophets never seem to
realize that Mr.. George is equipped
with one of these patent gyroscopes
which enable one to maintain an up
right position no matter what happens.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22


rod WaShing tom.-Newburgh, ".
Y, January Is, 1851
Remember, that it is not the mere
study of the law, but to become emf
nent in the profession of it, that is to
yield honor and profit The first was
your choice; let the second be your
ambition. Dissipation is incompatible
with both; the company in which you
will improve most will be the least
expensive to you; and yet I am not
such stole as to suppose that you
will, or to think it right that you
should, always be in company with
senator's and philosophers; but of the
Juvenile kind let me advise you to be
choice. 1t is easy to make acquaint-
ances, but very difficult to shake them
eff, however irksome and improbable
they are found after we have com
mitted ourselves to them. The indis-
cretions which very often they in
voluntarily lead one into prove equally
distressing and disgraceful.
Be courteous to all, but intimate
with few; and let those few be we'll
tried before you give them your con-
fidence. True friendship is plant OF
slow growth, and must undergo and
withstand the shocks of adversity be-
fore it is entitled to the appellaton.
Let your heart feel for the Affections
and distresses OF every one, and let
your hand give in proportion to your
purse; remembering always the esti-
nation Of the widows mite, but then, it
is not every one who asketh that de-
serveth charity; all, however are
worthy of the inquiry, or the deserving
may suffer.
Do not conceive that fine clothes
make fine men, any more than fine
feathers make fine birds. a plain, gen
teel dress is more admired, and obtains
more credit, than lace and embroidery
in the eyes of the judicious and sem
sible.
The last thing which 1 shall men
ton is first in Importance; and that
ls, to avoid gaming. This is vice
which is productive of every possible
evil; equally injurious TO the morals
and health OF its votaries. 1t is the
child of ayarice, the brother of in
iquity and the father Of mischief 1t
has been the ruin of many worthy
families, the loss of many a mans
honor, and the cause of suicide. To all
those who enter the lists it is equally
fascinating. The successful gamester
pushes his good fortune till it is
overtaken by a reverse, The losoing
gamester, in hopes of retrieving past
misfortunes, goes on from bad to worse,
till, grown desperate, he pushes at
everything and loses his all. In word,
few gain by this abominable practice,
while thousands are injured.
Perhaps you will say, My conduct
has anticipated the advice" and "Not
one of the cases applies to me-" I
shall be heartily glad Of it, 1t will
add not little to my happiness, to
ind those to whom am so nearly con-
nected pursuing the right walk Of life.
1t will be the sure road to my favor
Ind to those honors and places of
profit which their country can bestow,
as merit rarely goes unrewarded. I
am, dear, Bushrod, your affectionate
uncle.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

1t is nitid style, Max Beerbohm's,
and melliloquent, but it sends you-or
US, rather-scurrying to the dictionary.
"Mobled," in the story "Mobled King"
was new to US, as was "inexcutible." ,"
And we don't yet know what "inexcu-
tible" means.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: AS corollary to my recent pug
lished suggestion that Senator Wsess'
if appointed Secretary of War migh'
consistently and Loyalty decline II
favor Of General Leonard Wood, | ofeF
the same suggestion to certain otneis
now in the President-elest's eye 10S
other Cabinet positions. Thus by . .
gradual process of elimination we shah
eventually arrive at big Cabines
composed OF "big" men.
Harding goes fishing for tarpon' nos
minnows. Why not tArpon Cabinet Ih'
stead OF minnow one?
GEORGE W. HILLS.
New York, Feb. 1s, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Wild Plum

They are unholy who are born
To love wild plum at night,
Who once have passed it on road
Cilmmcring and white.
Ii is as though the darkness had
Speech Of silver words,
Or as though a cloud of stars
Perched like ghostly birds.
They are unpitied from their birth
And homeless in mems sight,
Who love better than the earth
Wild plum at night.
ADUL TINA.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

"The Presidents decision to live in
Washington" writes Norman Hapgood
in The American, "has nothing to do
with politics. Mrs. Wilson has always
lived here and it is purely personal
decision" And so, as the old story
ran, they COMPROMISED on Washington.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Social Candor

(From The Williansport (Pa.) SUM
left the hospital last Sunday and l wish
to thank all that to see me, and some
people that didn't come to see me. I thank
them just the same. Frank Sarvi, Vine and
Rose Street-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Home Brewing

tFron' The Charleston Meas -Courser)
When the cigarette has gone the way
Of John Barleycorn will it be illegal
to grow little patch of tobacco in the
back yards
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

1t is Old Art Samuels's quaint notion
that music for the saw should be COM
posed by John Alden Carpenter. And
the act, adds Ruth, should be staged
by Al Woods. Our favorite
saw-composer, however, is Dudley
Buck.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22

Ysu san surchase merchandise edvertIss5 In TIL {
YHiBuNE with absolute safety y-fot " stssatsfse-
sisa seseiss 10 any csss the TRIBUNE suaraa-
tsss 70 ssS ysgr menes back apea tequsss. No red
sase. Ne eutbhins. We nsaks COED erenBtly II
the advertiser aees not.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
The Called Iade Winraa


The man who though up that smart paro-
dy line,
The lips that touch lipstick shall never
touch NINE"
Must be that sort of man, am perfectly
sure
Who looks at small maids of demeanor de-
mure,
With scowl at their skirts and frown
at their heels.
And a stare at the throat their thin bodice
Who glares at their earmuffs, and ankles
And who has, as is usual with men Of that
ilk
slightly bald head and smallish black
eyes,
A shoebrush nustcche of moderate size
And I'm sure. I visualize his snlug phiz
The lips that touch lipstick don't care to
touch his c. w.
1t was, according to which paper you
read, the worst blizzard or snowstorm
OF four, ten, twenty, or twenty~one
years.
But every student at the School of
journalism knows what a snowstorm
does Halts Traffic.