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The New York herald., 1921-08-05
The Primaries for Fusion.

The more municipal Office holders
under the President of the Board Of
Aldermen are squeezed out of their
jobs because they will not try to
carry their district primaries for LA
GUARDIA, the better the measure
which the voters of this city can take
of the man whose idea Of the way to
oust the Murphy-Hylan mismanage-
ment is TO do his best to scuttle fusion
at the primaries.
There is not large number of city
employees whose bread and butter is
at the mercy of the President of the
Board OF Aldermen, but if these men
were counted by hundreds instead of
by couples and if he could cost them
all their jobs because they were for
fusion as the only way to defeat
Tammany Hall. LA GUARDIA would
find he had stirred up hornets nest
ii every election district in New
York city.
As it is, LA GUARDIAs performance
in resorting TO roughneck coercion
Of such Office holders as he can reach
must arouse enrolled voters in the
Republican party and make them de-
tormined to answer him at those very
primaries with their votes for the
fusion candidates.
Contrast this petty business under
Ia GUARDIA with the fine spirit and
broad stand of CURRAN, who fittingly
represents the non-partisan, square
deal, fusion policy Of nothing but
business methods in the municipal
service.
CUREAN. who has a large working
force in his department OF the Bor-
cugh of Manhattan, says: In view
OF what has happened ! want to make
It perfectly plain that none Of the
$500 men and women who do the
work of my department need worry
for moment as to whether their
political opinions and mine agree or
not. Whatever they think or how
ever they vote, they will be sure Of
their positions. All | ask Of them is
that they show their loyalty to their
city by the excellence Of their work"
Carry the primaries for CURRAN,
LOCKWOOD and fusion!
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Taxing Motor Vehicles.

President HARDINGhs proposal that
owners of trucks alld automobiles
should be taxed to IN eet the cost of
Federal road improveK aent and main
tenance was not un6c ;pected. Prob
ably nobody has belieg ed such tax,
whatever the merits of the ease,
could be delayed for J ong. That it
should be graded in ad cordance with
the type and power ois the machine
is logical, and while SUI h step will
no doubt bring out pr,Atest it IS sone
way to solve the prolIlem of good
roads and their maints nance.
The growth of the int Hrstate trHsck-
ing industry began at THE opening
of the war. 1t has asa sumed pao-
portions undreamed Of by those vtho
were pioneers in the busi ness. The
casual observer upon our highways
may note machines bearin 6 licenses
Of many States trundling long with
their loads of household effects or
merchandise.
Undoubtedly this business 1yill grcpg
a great deal more. More Trucks alnd
heavier ones mean an incretgied load
upon the highway systems OF he
country. Cost Of upkeep via natu-
rally rise. and there is no % iesti'Dn
that the motor business win me nt
this situation as it manfully and pub.
lie spiritedly has met others.
The thing which must be aToide d
is the use of the taxing power tn
prevent the development of thia' ne "
transportation system. Motor truck 8
should pay fair taxes, all factions beL
ing taken into consideration. but the.T
should not be called on to bear anu
unfair burden.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Employment Agencies.
They Render Services Both to Ser.
wants and to EMPLOYERS.

To THE New YORK HERALD: In re-
gard to "A Housekeeper's' complaint
that the wages of servants do not get
lower: In the first place she requires
the services of cook, butler, cham
bernaid and a laundress. If she dis
pensed with the services Of the butler.
the most useless member of her staff.
and sent him TO the country for farm
work he would be OF some good in this
world and II would help the housekeeper
70 make both ends meet. il she must
keep tho others for her personal com
fort she should not resent paying
enough wages 10 enable them to help
their parents or save a few dollars for
old age.
In the second place very few Ameri-
cans born here will take employment as
servants. and the servants in Europe can
not afford to pay the fare to this coun-
try. It requires q small fortune for a
ticket alone and on top of that the i'm
migration Is restricted. The demand for
house servants exceeds the supply about
five to one, and this condition keeps
the wages high.
As to the employment agencies. House
keeper" evidently likes to have their
services at her convenience, but does
not want to pay the price. Let me ex-
plain the agencies position. Every en-
ployment agency Is required to have a
license; in oreer to get, that the pro-
prietor must be we'll recommended and
put up a 1000 bond. The law permits
charge of not more than 10 per cent
of the first months wages from the SER
want, and he must return part OF the
employers fee II the servant remains
less than a week. His books and office
Bureau, which also compels him to In.
vestigate the characters OF both SER
wants and employers.
The employment agency Is naturally
of great help to the servants, enabling
them to pick out a place which suits
them any time they like to change
without being idle or having TO pay for
room and board during time II would
take TO secure employment by other
means. and most of them return 10 the
same agency during their whole career
as servants whenever they are out OF
a job.
The advantage to the employer Of the
agencysis that efficient and honest ser.
wants can be had on short notice an
pointments can be made TO see several
at a certain time without having the
trouble OF remaining homo for days
waiting TO interview them. If House
keeper" does not think that IL Is worth
the fee charged she could advertise for
servants. The fec charged by agencies
is not all profit; they must pay rent
telephone, advertising and other ex.
penses, just as any other business II
is quite necessary for the owner to be
Intelligent and speak foreign languages.
The competition Is also keen, so if they
could afford TO charge less they would
do so. d. G.
New YORK, August 4.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Gloomy Views of New York.
The City Feminized and Boyhood
Here to Be Pitied.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: or the
people who are taking the New York to
Idaho pilgrimage the young boys of the
party are the luckiest. They leave a city
where boyhood is scorned and boys re-
garded as a nuisance and go to a COM
munity where boyhood has Its fair share
Of pleasure and consideration and where
boys arc recognized as an asset.
1t is pity some philanthropist could
not organize a westward migration of
boys from congested New York city to
Gods country and thus insure for them
a real boyhood and for the country in
the future a real manhood New York
city is completely feminized. but unfor-
tunately the majority of New York
women are Est of the broad gauge. whole
some. womanly type of the West so what
advantages might accrue from feminza-
tion by that type OF woman are lost. The
spinster-the so-called business girl and
bachelor girl-represents New York fem
ininity rather than the matron and
mother, and she is rapidly becoming New
York's ideal of womanhood.
With family life rapidly becoming ex-
tinct in Gotham, flats taking the place of
homes, girls growing up for careers and
not marriage, foreigners crowding out
the Nordic type, is 1t any wonder that
the American boys who are accompany
ing their families to Idaho can be termed
lucky? In Idaho they will grow up in
community where boys and girls are re-
garded as equals and taught to respect
as we'll as womanhood. where family life
is still an ideal J osrrv r. RUTLEpGE.
BRETON Woops, y. H.. August 2.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Worlds total ~ 5i4 900 4.a17 900 III. .7os ,oc


To this must be added 3,12S, 1928 tons
of sailing vessels and 4,629,325 tons
Of scattered steel tonnage to arrive
at the worlds total Of 61,974,653. 1t
will be seen that the increase in the
American tonnage more than Offsets
the decrease Of about 5,500,000 tons
in the German, Austro-Hungarian and
Greek fleets. But if allowance is
made for increased international
trade this enlarged ship tonnage is
not out Of line with our needs. Yet
this does not solve the immediate
problem Of operating our ships so
they will gain the business formerly
handled by the German and Austro-
Hungarian ships.
The increases in the fleets Of other
countries have been modest in com
parison with ours. II there are too
many ships afioat their losses will
be smaller in proportion to the in
crease in their tonnage, because it
can be assumed they will at least
carry as much trade as they did be
fore the war. II there are too many
ships for the future we stand to
shoulder a stiff loss. But if there
are not too many ships we are In
position to reap great gain.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Too Many Ships Ahoat?

Lloyd's report on the existing mer-
chant marine tonnage of the world
at the end Of the last fiscal year,
June 80, 1921. gives support to the
suggestion that in extending beyond
the armistice the feverish ship build
ing programme intended TO defeat
the submarine Japan, England and
America overstepped themselves, and
that in consequence the ocean carry
ing trade will be more hazardous and
less remunerative in the future than
IL ever was before the war.
The worlds total tonnage is now
61,974653 gross register, 15,4sO,000
gross tons more than the 1914 worlds
merchant tonnage. Losses due TO the
war were 10.S00,OOO gross tons. In
the last seven years, therefore, the
shipyards have built more than 26,.
100000 gross tons OF new ships, an
annual average OF 3,700,000 tons A
record like that has no precedent In
maritime history.
But there are phases OF the situa-
ton to be examined besides the gen
eral tonnage total before IL can be
asserted that the prospects Of future
shipping prosperity have been i'm
paired. The Encouragement OF the
continental nations Of Europe will
demand more transportation because
the old compact units comprised
within Austria-Hungary have disap-
peared aud Germany has lost valu.
able iron and coal deposits the out.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
1000 SAIL FOR EUROPE
ABOARD THE FRANCE
w. M Collier, Ambassador to
Chile, Among Voy0gers.

The France, OF the French line. car
rying 1000 passengers to Havre. sailed
from this port yesterday. Among the
voyagers was w. Miller Collier. newly
appointed American Ambassador to
chile who is sailing on private business.
He aaia he and Mrs. Collier, who accom-
n, MED him. would sail within n month
from England for Buenos Aires. and
from there go to Chile via the trans
andean railway.
pr. william Chaplin Huntington.
commercial attache of the American
Fnbassy at Paris. cancelled his pas
age at the last moment. IL was stated
that Or. Huntington remained behind
10 testify concerning the activities of
Jacques Roberto Cibrario, who is under
arrest In connection with the appropria-
tion OF largo sums OF Russian Soviet
money.
Others sailing were Lieut.. Louis van
den Ecker, delegate of the French
War Veterans, who will Join the
American Legion group on its official
visit to France NJ. s. Angelescu. Ru-
manian Consul-General; DR.. Diaz AL
bertipi, a Cuban delegate to the Inter-
national Medical Congress in Stras-
bourg. and Sonora Albertini; Mrs. Dom
aid Brian. wife of the actor Judge J.
s. Strahl OF Brooklyn, s. w. .Straus.
banker, and Mrs. straus. and Mile.
Mistinguette, French actress.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
The Dover Patrol Shaft.
Objections TO the Site Chosen for a
Naval Monument.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The pro-
posed presentation by the British Memo
rial Association to this country OF an
obelisk recalling the Dover patrol, OF
which our navy constituted an able part,
has been accepted. The city OF New
York has given a site for the memorial
at the foot of Eighty-sixth street"
On the tall cliffs of Dover, swept by
stiff sea winds. were met recently body
OF officers and men of the British navy
who unveiled an obelisk commemorating
the dark and hazardous days of the
Dover Straits patrol. Bareheaded many
among them must have raised their gaze
seaward, straight across the Atlantic to
the United States. to their companions
Of the great adventure.
AT the foot of Eighty-sixth street" !"
which is backed by modern apartment
houses and fronted by the high ground
OF New Jersey which encloses it the
Fifth avenue buses joy riding along the
gentle slopes of the Drive the nature Of
the river traffic--everything lacks the
environment this obelisk requires.
Is this memorial obetisk to be buried
alive? Better that it hung in effigy from
the top OF the Woolworth Building.
fitting resting place would be the
high cliffs Of New Jersey, when with the
tearing winds of the Atlantic on bleak
winter nights this monument would sill
houette against rift in the sky as a
sentinel.
In fairer hours an objective point for
y, tsn,
of the Dover patrol his gaze would lift
to the broad expanse OF the sea with
more understanding.
HARRY CAvENDIsH.
New York, August 4.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05

on the board, which THE NEW York
HERALD does not believe was; the case,
then the Federal Reserve system in
stead of being blessing to the coun-'
try has resulted only in. a money
tyranny worse than ever could havei
existed under the old banking laws
The idea is almost too faiacical to be-
entertained. Yet if all Mr. WLLrAMst
says in his criticisms is true this iis
what has happened.
The burden of proof is on tn o
former Comptroller of the Currency l.
The burden of listening and judgin &
without heat or bias is ON the Co. a.
gress commission and the country.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05

An oceanographer says that n a.
diver were to be lowered to the fhoor
OF the greatest ocean depth in a hes.vy
steel shell with thick glass windows.
and the windows were to break ursier
the pressure of six tons to the square
inch, "a jet of water harder than the
hardest steel. with pressure behind
it greater than that the largest gums
exert, would spread the diver over his
shell like butter over bread" At last!
There's the pressure to be applied to
Congressional appropriation commit
tees to. obtain economy in the puHic
expenditures.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
It Works!

From The CleUeland Plain Dealer.
Last night. ensconced within my quiet
home,
/ turned with idle pleasure Ger ana
DER
The musty pages Of an ancient tome
And revelled in its musty, dusty iore'
And finally ! lighted on word
That made the volume blaze with
sudden light
At first / doubted whether ! had heard
Correctly, or had understood Alright:
"A poet is a prophet" said the book
"In all the ages has this thing been
true"
paused--I pondered-took another
look
But there 1t was. So here ! challenge
you:
| prophesy fine weather for to-day
II I am right. the shining sun wiz
show It:
II / am wrong, twill only prove what
they
Have always said--I ain't much OF
poet!
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Mans Endurance.
Amazing Capacity of the Human
Animal to Bear Privation.
From the Westminster Gasette.

II there is one thing which has been
made clear to us in the last six years
It is that communities and individuals
have a capacity for endurance far ex-
ceeding all rational estimates in the
previous years. The enemy endures for
years on diet which by all scientific
tests is insufficient to support life for
more than few months; the hunger
striker who ought 70 have died in three
weeks lives on for six or seven; the ma
ton which Is manifestly bankrupt car
ries on with all the appearance of SOL
voncy and even prosperity for an APP
parently unlimited time: the strike
which ought to have ended in complete
exhaustion at the end of month con-
tinues unabated after two months, ana
tho community which ought TO have been
strangled by IT is alive and cheerful and
comparatively Indifferent.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Let MIR. Williams Prove Il.

Whether there is any truth in the
charges against the Federal Reserve
Board which were made before the
Congress commission by JOHN SKEL-
TON WILLIAMS, former Comptroller
OF the Currency, or whether they are
mere imaginings does not appear TO
have been proved thus far one way or
the other.
bankers in the eastern part of the
country have not been in agreement
on many things during and since his
tenure of Office. But this disagree
ment is all the more reason why his
charges against the board should be
thoroughly sifted now that they have
been made. Mr.. WILLIAMS may not
know all about the inside workings
Of the Reserve system, as Governor
STRONG of the New York Federal
Reserve Bank charged. He may have
been remiss in attending the sittings
OF the board, as its governor, w. p.
G.. HARDING, stated Yet his criticisms
demand an answer.
II is the belief of THE New YORK
HERALD that the Federal Reserve
Board can give satisfactory answer
TO most of its critics. In some cases
1t may have to admit error. But in
the main. we believe, it can prove 1t
was sincere in taking necessary ac-
tion to curb speculation and bring
about deflation which was carrying
the country to the brink of ruin.
Considering all the circumstances,
the Federal Reserve Board did well
in handling the monetary situation,
after It had fixed upon a policy. This
is the point where the real division
occurs between the charges by Mr..
WILLIAMS and the truth about what
the Reserve Board actually did. Mr..
WILLIAMS, like Senator OWEN, did not
believe in the general policy of the
board. But the majority OF Mr..
WrLLIAMs's charges are an attempt
to impeach the board on the ground
Of insincerity in carrying out its
policies and not on the ground that
its general policy was wrong.
No Congress commission will ever
be able to prove other than that a
certain policy was fixed upon, whether
it was the right one or not. But a
Congress commission can find out
whether there is any truth in the
charge that the board Disseminated
in carrying out its policy. 1t can
now be shown only in theory, II II
can be shown at all, that some other
policy of dehation would have been
better than the one carried out. But
il can be shown in fact, so the whole
country may see. whether the policy
once fixed upon was administered
with impartiality in all parts of the
country, and not, as Mr.. WILLIAMS
charges, with favoritism to the East.
ern bankers.
1t may or may not be possible to
link up Mr.. WmLrAMs's time worn
disagreement with Eastern bankers
with his charges rejecting on insti-
tutions in this section OF the country.
But it ought certainly to be possible
to find out what the Western mem.
bers of the Reserve Board were doing
while this alleged discriminative pro-
gramme was being carried out, II 1t
was being carried out. II II turns
out that they were only flgureheads
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Shadows Of Salem.

They loiter in the moonlit street
And on the corners wait,
Like gossips by the kitchen door
They linger long and late.
Ono wears hood and flowing cape
All etched in inky hlocl-
one has a cutlass - AZ hand,
A bundle on II anck.
Black eats go sinking to and fro.
a pirate shape appears,
A hempen moose about its neck.
Hoops dangling from its cars.
For thus as shadows gathering
When night comes softly down.
The ancient folk return to haunt
The streets of Salem town.
MlNNA rRvrNs
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Litter on Park Lawns.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: am sure
you will give a little space 10 ono who
hoves New York and who feels humili-
nted and discouraged every time he
hoks at It's parks and notices the de-
] plorably untidy condition that prevails.
The manner in which newspapers are
lh rown about Is indescribably disgrace
tul. In no other city Is such an indul-
&c nee permitted. Az.
NEW YORK, August 4.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
wanted-Man with waterIIIy Face
r,o,, ,be Coi,,mbus Dispatch.

The commercial side OF Chinese love Is
emphasized In this translation OF an adver-
tisement which the father OF Chinese girl
inserted in a Shanghai daily;
,.T have several 10-acre OF fertile land ara
am quite well-to-do. / have no son, but
only a daughter who Is now just In her
teens. Tier rosy cheeks are like peach
blossoms and her dainty feet resemble B.
inch golden lilies II Is my desire 10 have
n good son-in-law, who, after being adopted
by me, shall become entitled to all my
property. Any young man under 20 years
Of age who has a face like watcrily. and
is versed in Chinese classics. Is qualified
20 apply"
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Consider the Swans Feet.

70 THE NEW YORK HERALD: Maurice
Morris, whose Lesson OF the Swan" you
published, has evidently never seen a
swan fy. 1t is an inspiring sight when
the heavy bird rises from the water with
a noise as of horses hoofs. The swan
is ridiculous only when on land.
SOUTHAMPTON, August 4. ARTIST.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Mr.. Edison Corrected.

10 THE NEW YORK HERALD viii you
kin tily inform Thomas a. Edison that
Col ismbus never landed In American His
fou r trips occupied him with exploration
OF what is now known as the West In
diesL 1t remained for Amerlcus ves-
puc ri to reach the mainland first ".
\ lEw YORK, August 4.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
The Lucania's Skinner.

To THE NEW YoRK HERALD: In refer
81 zee to Mr.. Putnam's letter as TO the
W eather July 8. 1901. and as to the
L rcania The facts were as stated. The
d, ~ was the first Monday in July. 1901.
II pratio Mckay got suddenly III: Alex
ai rler. or Alcck. his brother. took his
ID ace. r. J. oKEEFrp.
CHICAGO. Ill. August I.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05

Golfers who have toiled weary years
getting their game down to where
they were justified in mentally keeping
their medal score by fives. "One under
fives, three over fives," will have little
patience with WALKER Of Englewood in
the Siwanoy tournament, who earned
the unusual privilege of counting hV
fours, "Out, four under fours: in, even
fours; total, 6s.' This is monopolisthc,
no Iessi
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Twice 1875, and Then Some.
Eyon ,be Wichita Eagle.

FfOW INC WtfTFIH EHV'V'
an overhealthy young lady was observed
Friday afternoon walking toward the scales
in front of Jack spines clothing store. She
raised one foot cautiously and set II upon
the platform The Indicator slided swiftly
around 10 i25 pounds. With an air OF dis
oppointment the young lady walked swiftly
away. evidently thinking one foot enough
TO weigh at a time.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Pearl Quits the Annnias Club.

rom the Stanley OVis.) Rcpubhcdn.
Ia Lsehood-The story that ! started around
townl while Mrs. r. Thoirl was visiting at
Men, ,Yuonie Is lie and l hope every one
who has the paper will run across this so
they will know Il Isn't so about her, as It
was a made up story which / started my
self hnd is q falsehood,
Cslkned) Miss PEARL NEVILLE
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
Bottling Up His Corn.

NciId correspondence in the Wdldron (Ark)
Advance Reporter.
Raymond Watson wants 70 mako col
lection OF fruit Jars TO turn over his corp
20 he can turn his mules In his corn patch
10 cat tho grass out
The New York herald., 1921-08-05

A sportsman for profit is reported
to have said after studying the news
OF the sale of tickets for the Davis
cup tennis matches at Forest Hills that
a professional promoter of sports coud
make O million out OF the event. He
could--and kin the sport.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05

Universal Negro Improvement Association
and African Communities League, conven-
ton. Liberty Hall, SO West 135th street. all
day.
Intcr-Amercan division American Associa-
tlor for International Consultation. cxhibi-
ton, Earl Hall. Columbia University,
City band concert. Battery Park, $50
p NJ
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The Associated Press Ii exclusively entitled
to the use for republication OF all news des.
patches credited 10 II or not otherwise
credited IN this paper. and also the local
news published herein.
All rights of republication Of special dss.
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1921-08-05

June, June.
CAntry. 1914. 1921 Difference.
United King
dom ...... Is. ST. 900 10. .2ss 900 +4i1 900
British Do
minions 49,. 1.4o7 900 1.950o0O -t5430oo
United States. ,sS7. 900 L, 900 1o.477. 900
Austrla-Hun-
The New York herald., 1921-08-05
WEATHER RECORDS.
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Highest temperature, ~. at p.
Lowest temperature, 81, at 3 A. N
Average temperature, SO.