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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Babies to Weigh

Uncle Sam is going to weigh the
babies along the rural postal routes
In Minnesota, so Postmaster Hays
has decreed. Drivers Of parcel post
wagons have been instructed to let
mothers measure the gain or loss of
young America on the postal scales.
Humanizing the service, Mr.. Hays
calls it.
If the postmen take kindly to the
innovation, weighing the baby is
likely to become a daily ceremony
and the baby's health the most alb
sorbing topic of conversation. Post
men, even In cities, are more than
ordinarily friendly folk, perhaps be-
cause SO many melodramas and
tragedies are bound up in the white
messages they deliver from door to
door. In the country they are in the
most frequent contact with the
rest of the world, especially now that
parcel post delivery SO often brings
them up the lane. Minnesota mothers
evidently count on their sympathy
and assistance.
So the'important question of how
much the baby has gained need no
longer be a matter of hit~or- miss
guessing. The farm and country
side household may be just as scien-
tific as the most up-to-date city nur-
sery in regard to baby's daily de-
velopment. 1t is not bad idea.
Everything else on the farm is
watched and nurtured with scientific
care. Now it is the babies turn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
The Lumber Tariff

The Tribune reprinted a few
weeks ago the tariff revision reso-
luton passed last spring by the Ma
tional Lumber Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION. The association didn't
ask for revision upward. 1t didn't
commit itself to any specific in
creases in rates. In spirit of
resignation and WEAKNESS, rather,
it petitioned Congress "to do
promptly what it is going to do in
the way of tariff enactment"
Mr.. Fordney seems to have recon
sidered his idea of putting g straight
duty on lumber in favor of authoriz-
ing the President to interpose a re-
taliatory duty in certain contin-
gencies. A tariff on lumber, like a
tariff on oil, is blow at the con-
servation of American resources. In
so far as it would increase the
domestic cost Of lumber it would
obstruct the nationwide movement
to get back to normal building con-
ditions. There is a housing short
age everywhere, due to stoppage Of
construction during the war and to
the artificial pegging Of building ma
terial prices. The country wants
to see this oppressive blockade
broken. Putting tariff duty on
lumber will not help to break it.
The Western Pine Manufacturers
Association, with central offices at
Portland, Ore, has republished in
pamphlet form some dozens of edi-
torials in American newspapers op-
posing a lumber duty. 1t is itself
against tax on Canadian lumber.
The Northwest seems to be almost
solid for the free entry Of the
Canadian product. Who, then, are
to be benefited by Mr.. Fordney's
proposals?
It ought to be shown in behalf of
any protective duty that it will work
to the general advantage. But if
the home builders are to be ham,
pered by lumber tax, if the lumber
industry is not agreed in asking for
it and if it is out of line with the
national policy Of conserving
natural resources, what in the world
can be said for it? The country
wants tariff which will be construc-
tive and helpful, not one which ex-
cludes needed commodities merely
for the sake of excluding them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Other Peoples Jokes

It is significant fact that in two
Of our most high-minded magazines
there should appear this month arti-
cles on hunor, that both should be
written by English writer's, and that
with one slight exception to be
noted both should ignore this coun-
try's humorists
Mr.. Max Beerbohm, with charac-
teristic and delightful satire, pune
lures philosophy and deals with
laughter; and Mr.. E. v. Lucas, of
Punch, writes in Harper's on "The
Evolution of Whimsicality," traces
the growth of modern humor and in
his last lines refers "in England" to
"Mr. Beerbohm and Mr.. Belloc and
Mr.. Chesterton and Sir James Bar
rie, and in America, Mr.. Oliver Her
ford and Ito name two only) Mr..
Christopher Morley" True, Mr..
Lucas apparently is writing on whinl-
sicality; but in reality he is writing
on what is known as humor. The
comic spirit, which George Meredith
has SO ably defined, is something
that, to Englishmen, does not appear
to exist in America, and it is more
important that these things should
be written about for our public by
Englishmen than by Americans-if
Americans, indeed, are important
enough to be written about at all.
Mr.. HEREFORD was born in England,
and Mr.. Morley, presumably-being
a Rhodes scholar-acquired his
"whimsicality" at Oxford.
The question has often been
raised in England as to whether
America has sense Of humor or
not. 1t was raised by a writer in
Blackwood's something over a year
ago; it has often been covertly
raised by travellers who come
among US, and, as if not to be out
done in the exchange Of compri-
nerits, the tradition long prevailed
in America that normal English
man was absolutely impervious to
hunor. This variation in taste has
been almost as much a bar to COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The press reports Mr.. Fordny
and other members of Congress es be
ing "unconvinced" that the country
cannot safely pay the soldier bonus. If
they remain unconvinceG in the face Of
the statement Of the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Presidents address
to the Senate, they would not be con-
Flnced though one arose from the dead.
L beg your indulgence to make the
following observations on this proposed
bill through your columns:
AS veteran of the World War T
would be Beneficiary Of this bill.
notwithstanding this fact, am or
posed to this measure as an injustice to
the disabled veterans and because IL
VIII be Of no practical value to those it
Is intended to benefit I am also an.
posed to it from the selfish standnoint
that for every dollar I might receive +
would have to pay from one to two hun.
dred dollars in increased taxes an
1urSher shrinkage in values by reason
OF the generally demoralizing effect it
would have upon the economic, hnan-
clal and industrial conditions in thu
country,
Inc heads of the American Legion of
winch am member, do not represent
'he majority sentiment of the Legion
aries or the country.
II the Republican Congress puts this
Dill through l predict, with absolute
! confidence, the return Of a Democr 81,
mouse IN the next election, which would
oe a calamity, for it would produce .
oeaolock IN government administration
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER
Washington, D. c., July Is, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Cinders and Wild F owl
Unusual Birds Spending the Summer
in Railroad Yard

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is my lot to commute on the
Erie Railroad, but am not writing to
you to complain of that, for part OF
the daily journey I find enjoyable. The
great expanse of waving meadows be-
tween Jersey City and Rutherford is
delight to one who has as eye for
nature. And there is wild life there
of which glimpse can be caught from
the car window now and then. One day
in April I saw near the Hackensack
River, not 800 yards from the train
as fine deer as Landseer ever put on
canvas. I wonder how it ever hap
pened to stray into the forest of cat O.
nine tails!
There are birds in great abundance
herons by the score, and all the COM
mon feathered inhabitants of the
marshes. There is one species of fowl
that is strange to me and wish sou1e
ornithologist among your readers would
tell me what it is.
A little west of the intersection of
tracks called Croxton, in reedy tract
banked by rails and cinders, you can
see any day whole families Of what
look like svelte little ducks, with I'M
commonly long necks, padding around
in the scum Of pools sludgier and
squdgier than the creek Of the "ele-
phints a. pilin teak" When first
spotted these waterfowl l thought they
were migrants, but now there are sew
eral broods Of ducklings--or whatever
they are-sailing about with the old
birds.
I know a hawk from a handsaw; /
am not uninitiated in bird lore; but
these dark-feath marsh jewellers
have "stumped" me. The nearest guess
can make after studying several hand
books IS that they are purple gallinules,
yet 1T doesn't seem quite probable that
such rara ayes would choose for their
summer resort Jersey City railroad
yard. The birds pay no attention to
the trains. Framed by the window,
they make picture at least as inter
esting as those fascinating wild life
studies behind glass at the American
Museum of Natural History. I RECON-
mend this tiny bird preserve of the
Erie's to Frank NJ. Chapman.
MAIN LINE.
New York Tufv ID 1901
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
The Worlds Greatest Plutocrat

How Is Soviet Russia financed?
The world hears of paper money SO
valueless that single meal costs
thousands of rubles. But it also
hears of attempts to dispose in for
eign countries of many millions of
good gold. How much metal treas
ure is hidden behind the smoke
screen of the product of Lenine's
printing presses?
Enough, probably, to make
Lenine the worlds richest man-in
ready cash the greatest plutocrat
that the planet has ever known.
When he seized the Russian treas
ury he came into possession Of about
$750,000,000 in gold. Since, as a
Reval correspondent of the Paris
Figaro writes, he has rifed the
vaults of Russian banks and the
treasure chests of the Kolchak gov
eminent. In jewelry and precious
stones wrested from the ears and
fingers Of the old aristocrats he has
assembled perhaps a billion more in
articles easily transferred.
On the other side Of the ledger he
paid to Germany something like
325,o00,000 for the Brest-Litovsk
peace. Across the Baltic border and
into Asiatic Turkey, to finance the
Angora government, probably $780,
100000 has flowed. Part Of this
has gone to pay for propaganda, but
the larger part doubtless represents
prudent paintings of funds abroad
by those who believe in Bolshevism,
but not enough to make them indif-
ferent to future easy living and to
smoking, as Svengali remarked, the
cigar of the Havana as they take
the air on the boulevards.
Besides gold and precious stones
Lenine has quick asset in the
ural platinum mines and much
small change from melting down the
holy vessels Of the churches. So he
is Tich-very rich, and, thrifty soul,
hangs on to what he has. If he gets
away with his baggage he will not
only make other plutocrats feel deep
chagrin, but will make ashamed the
shade of Pizarro, who was so mod
crate in his demands on the Peru
Wan Inca as to ask his friends
merely to fill a room breast high
with gold and was foolish enough to
remit the treasure to Spain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
The Soldiers Bonus
Germany Should Have Paid 1T
Legion Members Objections


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Even granted that bonus tc
those who served during the late war is
justifable, point I do not discuss, its
advocates should not blame the mem
bers OF Congress for their reluctance
to enact such measure. These gentle.
men stand for the welfare of all and not
for that of a class. They appreciate the
menace to our industrial rehabilitation
involved in the colossal sum necessary.
which can be raised only by adding to
an already intolerable burden of taxa
ton.
Rather should these advocates realize
that the fault lies with Mr.. Wilson.
who, on his sole authority, waived all
claims to indennitication for the huge
expenditures forced upon us by Ger
many, which, under its own rules.
should have reimbursed this country to
the uttermost limit Of German capacity.
Had Mr.. Wilson not sacrificed the in
terests Of his own people-interest
which he was bound to protect--the re-
quired funds to cover bonus would
be available and no hardship imposed
on much suffering nation.
CT. GOODRICH.
Princeton, N. j., July 16, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

gether. In front Of the wall might be
low railing and a bed Of growing
flowers. A short distance from the
wall could be placed metal table, with
the names of the battlefelds and coun-
tries where the regiments fought to-
gether, and by the aides Of the names
there would be arrows pointing in the
direction Of the PLACES. On a similar
but smaller table could be indicated
the names of the English military
training camps where the Americans
stayed after reaching England. On the
slope of the hill large stone globe
might stand, on which would be carved
the names of the American states and
chief towns. The globe would also show
England and the empire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
other war. Germany, In other words,
hangs over France like black

other war. Germany, In other words,
hangs over France like black
cloud.
hat, under these circumstances.
rance will Internationally disarm
IN hardly to be expected France
stands firm In her belief that the
aities Of the present deserve at
tnatlon equally with the hopes for
tie future. She has been completely
disiilusioned about German good
faith. She sees her very existence
ever threatened by her aggressive
neighbor.
Is it unnatural, therefore, that
there should be some hesitancy in
Paris just at present? To President
Wilson'S pleas for leniency, the
French replied with a plea for ade-
quate guarantees that they would
not again be attacked. Hence, to
the League of Nations was added
the Anglo-Franco- American Treaty,
which is pigeonholed. cit must not
happen again" was the key to the
French policy. Experience had
taught them terrible lesson.
Is it surprising, therefore, that
France asks to-day: eff we disarm,
what guaranty will you give us that
Germany will not assail us again,
and that in the mean time she will
pay?" A condition precedent to dis
armament, they think, should be an
agreement to see that Germany is
kept disarmed and in other respects
required to keep her pledges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Disarmament Hopes
Eyes of the World Directed on
President Harding's Conference


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If President Harding can sue
coed in securing some sort Of agree
nent between The Allied nations on the
question Of limitation of ornaments
The place OF his Administration in his
tory will be assured
1t is inconceivable that the people
oe Europe would not welcome any plan
shat would dam the Niagara Of gold
that has been pouring into war chests
to the detr;ment of the infinitely wor-
thier task of rehabilitation and recon-
struction.
The necessity under present condi-
tions of putting every ounce of ma
tons strength into the maintenance
Of its military establishment is costly.
exhaustive and a sad commentary on
cur boosted progress. Complete and
total disarmament is, of course, out of
the question. Where thieves abound
there must be a Waterman at the gate.
We surely have not reached the stage
of progress to the extent Of leaving
cur front door unlocked while we
slumber in peaceful trustfulness. Eter-
nal vigilance is still the price Of lib
erty. But if we can get to the point
o. not continually sharpening our
swords, inventing new poison gases,
building great navies, applying the
best brains of the country to the Gre
alton Of new and more diabolical en-.
glnes Of destruction and locking at our
peighbors across the seas as potential
foeman, we shall have made a great
step toward real human progress. We
will be healthier, happier, richer, and
the normal expectation of life among
our citizens of fighting age will most
certainly be vastly increased.
Strange, is it not, that war that
can produce so many examples Of in
dividual and collective heroism on the
battlefield, so many instances Of altru-
ism and self-sacrifce, should not pro,
duce group of men human enough,
bfoad-minded enough, to discard petty
national animosities and jealousies and
suspicious and agree to the right OF
every nation to determine its own des-
tiny and it's own way Of life?
The eyes of the world will be on the
men whom Europe sends to discuss
this question with US. "Fondly do we
hope, fervently do we pray, that this
mighty scourge Of war may speedily
pass away" that the men who are
chosen are men Of rare judgment, sound
heart and broad vision. It seems ap-
propriate at this time TO recall the
words of Theodore Roosevelt, uttered
nine years ago: eve here in America
hold in our hand the hope Of the world,
the fate Of the coming years, and the
shame and disgrace viii be ours il In
our eyes the light OF high resolve is
dimmed, if we trail in the dust the
golden hopes Of mankind"
HAROLD FOGEL.
New York, July IS, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
The Peace Portal
sw York, July IS, 1921.
difnr of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "The Peacs
Portal holds the germ of further
suggestion.
1t would seem most fitting that the
powers to be represented in Washing
ton at the disarmament conference
send along with their delegates special
representatives to take part in the eere-
monies TO be held at the dedication Of
the peace portal erected at the Pacific
Coast Canadian border.
Greater publicity in other nations q
the remarkable 10o-ysar unarmed peace
experience of the United States and
Canada would result,
FRANKLIN ]. HUTCHINSON.
New York. July Is. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

intentions, whatever his reserva-
tons, whatever his instructions from
Mr.. Wilson, tho tact remains that
the Lans,ng-isAii agreement saem~
inely compromised re OSaa Door
polio
Fl ,unately il has 80 permanently
binding force, being merely q tecla-
ration Of the policy Of the lass Ad-
ninistration, effective only rs long
as the President and State Depart
nlent want to continue it in opera
ton. Mr.. Hughes has already de-
clared for a return to the Open Door.
But skillful diplomacy will be needed
to undo the damage done through the
Lansing-Ishii negotiation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
The Coming ower
JOURNALISTIC J1rsGLES
No. I2-THe Suicide Club
Crazed by Taunts,
Lad Ends His Life

Made Him Sick of Mortal
Strife
Because his classmates tainted him
And vehemently hauntcd him
With jeers for failing to advance into an
upper grade.
Sixteen year-old John Sla,,ery
Plunged headlong off the Battery
And drowned before pedestrians on shore
could give him aid.
Witt, worry and anxiety
The lad summed all society.
And through the weary hours in hi, room
he always stayed.
But Tuesday he was sent away,
And just before he went away
Upon the parlor manteIpiece this little note
he laid:
Dear Nom: | hope you'll pardon me
And won't be very hard on me.
Its better all around that from this world
should depart.
! could not stand the mockery,
The hollow sound Of crockery
That Yang and rang within my ears and
en- {, into my heart
| hunked in mathematics, Ma,
couldn't do quadratics, Ma,
The fellows called me 'dumb.bell' and they
always made me cry.
Tell Pa that Mrs. Mallory
Wants tickets in the gallery;
And kiss my baby brother for me. mother
dear. Goodby."
CHIcor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Not Enough

fFrons The Boston Clobe)
The Third Internationale, III conven-
ton at Moscow, reported to be again
discussing the necessity Of world
revolution, gets no comfort from tho
knowledge that the world is revolving
all the time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

You can purchase m-seasTs.lss advertised In the
TRIBUNE With abs3lut& sais0--fof II dissa,isfae-
;les results in any ease THE TRIBUNE puaran-
tees 10 pay your MONEY back upon request Nc red
tape. go euIahilne. We make coed promptly II
tie advertiser dess not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Stamped on the Memory

fFfom The Clevelund Plain Deaier)
Lord Curzon, accepting the Washing
ton statue for Trafalgar Square, said
that the features of G. w. were batter
known than those of any great man of
past generations. And all due to tn,
two-cent postage stamp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

munity Of feeling as arc the MEM
cries Of ancient wars. For as George
Eliot remarks in Daniel Deronda, "a
difference OF taste in jokes Ia a Sc
vera strain on the affections"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
yra,pxg OF r.s ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ills Associated Press is exclusively sntitled TO
tii. USE for Republication OF ell news dispatches
credited 70 It or not cthsrwse credited in this
paper. and sse tie locaA OF spontaneous
ortsin pah.isAed herein.
al tights OF republication OF all other matter
tsgsin also are reserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Gotham Gleanings
Quite tepid here last wk.

QUITE tep1d here last Wk.
f. de Valera of Dublin Ffidayed
in London.
Miss Edna Ferber is Jtlying in
Estes Park, Colo.
Agnes Smith is at Old Lyme,
Conn, getting we'll.
~-Ye ed. is contemplating a visit
to Sag Harbor e'er long.
Mrs. Rob't fireman spent the
wk. erd at CT. Neck, N. Y.
WIN. T. Tilden the w. k. insur-
ance agt is back from abroad.
Geo. Tilyou sends us a pass to
Steeplechase Park. Thanks Geo.
Fred Wenck sends US pass fer
the Oyster Bay Ferry. Thanks Fred.
Art Woods was a pleasant call
er one day last week. Come again
Art is how we feel.
Geo. Moran says lot of people
said they saw his name in the paper
last week. Everybody you know
reads The Tribune is our motto.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

Speaking again Of advertising, it long
has been our conviction that the christ
ening of Tydol and Veedol was done
by Maeterlinck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Trade Names

Ny fountain pens Sweet Alton;
Think it is eminently
A fitting name, and you know why:
Because it flows so gently.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Our Own Travelogues

Sinclair Lewis and wife Royal Acad-
emied Saturday. The exhibition is tres
Gopher Prairie.
Holworthy Hall and Bob Middlemas
were seen at "The League Of Notions"
the other night. George Hassee rec
ognized them from the stage and asked
If they knew about the young lady
from Wales. From the applause the
whole audience had heard about her.
Fred Cruger and Arthur William
B,cwn are taking the air to Paris next
| Thursday.
Hank Raleigh went to the races in
sris on Sunday.
ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN.
Paris. FIR.
There are, according to recently pub.
lished figures, 100000 feeble minded
persons in the United States! and there
isn't magazine or newspaper circula-
ton manager in the country that
doesn't get secret thrill out of that
statistic.
Wouldn't your husband be sur
prised?" asked friend, 'if he came
in and saw you here?" "He might"
answered the verbal precisian, she as
tonished; but I'd be surprised"
Humanizing the postal service, Post
master General Hays's policy, is one
we are in utter accord with.
Beginning with the MALT truck
drivers.
Ny favorite foreman's
Clinton Ball;
He says: You need
Six lines
That's
ALL"
F. r. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
CHIcoT.

It is a malicious pleasure to think,
riding up in the cool subway, Of the
motorists driving home through traffic
jams; and it is malicious pleasure
to muse, driving home through the
fresh air, of the thousands standing
up in the hot and sticky subway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

Bastile Day is pleasant memory to
the officers stationed at Chaumont in
1918. Each of thom contributed days
pay for the jollifcation, but that
brought more champagne than every
tody4could drink, so few days later
1t. H. Bristol distributed considerable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

'Including they themselves" is a To-
cution discovered in the current Church
man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

Humanizing the postal service, Post
master General Hays's policy, is one
we are in utter accord with.
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GUARANTY

Entered al tae ros:cnfce at New York ss second
Class Maj Matter.