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New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Single Tax Idea Of Far Play

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The spirit of the argument o.
your correspondent "Fai,e~. Play IS
highly eommendable, but his plea thai
every voter (why not every inhabitant?l
should pay his proper tribute lacks
precision. What determines the prop
cr" proportion of each? Should each
citizen, rich or poor, pay exactly the
same amount
There IS only one thinkabie criterion,
loa;h though our lawmakers are to rec
ognize It. "Fairest Play" states the
principle correctly, although seemingly
unable to apply 1t. Each should pay IN
exact proportion to wha, ne receives
from society as compared with waat
others receive. Il arrest Play is r'git
III asserting that mere riches do no.
determine this. since two rlay start vita
equal opportunities and one surpass iae
other in fortune by greater skill. n
dustry or thrift. But where one enjoys
d greater initial privilege than the other
the start is not equal. The moral
therefore, is that the burden should be
placed on privilege and not on industry
or possession Of its fruits.
Land value is the measure Of the spe-
cial advantage offered by society 10
those who possess it in largest measure
It is the one scientific index of specis'
privilege and unequal opportunity
Hence 4 tax based on land value places
the burden precisely where il shoulu
rest. Substitute this for the taxes ihS'
Cypress industry and discourage produ''
tion. and Il real foundation is laid i9'
economic prosperity based on equal jus
,tlcc JAMES +. MORTON Jg
New York, Oct. l3, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Men for Housework
Taking Seriously the Suggestion Tha,
They Enter Domestic Service

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A correspondent recently sug-
Gcsted the employment Of cx-servicc
men and others as workers in the
homes. Let no ono think it a great in
novation to have men servants. Evcry-
tody knows the efficiency Of the Jep-
ancse-whicn means a man, for few
Japanese women do domestic work. All
cooks and helpers used in hotels and
restaurants are men. Until recent
years all waters used In these places
were men. In the army and navy all
culinary help is male On steamships
the kitchens and pantries are manned,
and, though lately my ocean travelling
has been done in q steamer chair on
o sanatorium lawn. | suppose now, as
formerly, the "chalnbermaids" on these
greyhounds of the deep arc still to a
large extent men.
There are many things mar, Is moro
capable of doing than woman. even in
an apartment, such as moving heavy
furniture, washing windows, cleaning
porches, cellars, yards, etc. In the
Southern states a houseman-colored,
OF course--s we'll known adjunct to
many homes, being general factotum,
doing everything from cooking to car
ing for the children, and q more faith
full soul in the latter respect doesn't
exist. "Uncle" is as dearly loved bv
all as the devoted cold NANNY" Of
long ago.
1t Is quite true the new helper would
need instruction in his new duties. but
would he be harder to teach and train
than the foreign maids Of yesteryear ?
III the men would turn to houscvork
predict they would come TO stay. 1t
needs only few brave, hungry fell
lows to initiate the new order Of things.
Three meals day, comfortable room
and wages commensurate with their
labor--whnt more could fellow want
Having been a cliff dweller" for
twenty years, am quite aware that the
average apartment quarters for maids
ale tar more suitable for men, who re-
Nuire less space for their bclongings.
With an influx Of male housework rkers.
their adaptability and general useful
ness will surely revolutionize domestic
service. ROzA INGRAM ODEL1..
New Rochelle, N. =, Oct. Is. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
DR.. Fell Again
The Briefer Version of the Famous
Quatrain Authenticated
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: My quotation

Sir: My quotation
do not iovo you. DR.. Fell,
But why cannot tell;
But this know fun wsll.
do not love you, DR.. Fell.
has not only been found fault with In
the letter OF Daniel Frohman which
you published, but also by other read
.ers OF The Tribune in letters which |
haye received. To the contrary not
wifhstanding, I must hold to my YER
sion being correct, for it SO appears
in the fourth volume Of the works OF
Thomas Brown, published in London
in I71a and edited by Dr. James
Drake, an intimate friend Of Brown
and author Of a scholarly Latin epA
taph to his memory.
Dr. Drake was led, he writes in the
introduction, to edit his friends writ
ings because the unfair and injurious
liberties that had been taken with Mr..
Brown since his death render it nee
essary by just character, t. remove
tAat load Of dirt and rib4idly which
have been thrown upon his ashes and
to vindicate his wit and learning from
the pude insults Of those that have
neither"
The gratuitous supposition Of your
correspondent Adclph Bowski chat
Brown doubtless parodied Fordes
verses rather than Martial's,7 IN my
eyes, has little value. l must, however,
confess my ignorance Of the author o,
"Virtus Rediviva," who Mr. PowsN
says was the English dramatist Thomas
Forde, while I have always believed.
with the author Of the "Hierarchy Of
Angels:
"Ai1d; be's but nov Jack Ford hat once
was john
CARYL COLEMAN.
Pelham Manor, \. Y, Oct 13, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
+ or Whose Bc4,entl
lFroae r&e Indianapolis Ncus)

y
The bill, which is in violation
Of our Treaty, is rot even In the in
teTest ef the American people. AS one
Of the Senators well said, It would, if
it became law, not influence freights
IN the slightest degree. The men for
whose benefit the bill was passed have
an absofuts monopoly of the coasting
trade, and they wsuld charge simply
what tbs traffic would bear. Even
should there be- some concessions they
wet:ld benefit only the people Of the
Atlantic and Pacifc seaboalds and ad-
jacettt terTi tory. The Senate, in vio-
lation Of treaty; voted to hand over
10 a n1onopolistic interest several mil
lion; dollars ~ear by giving them the
free' use Of canal for which the Amer
leans paid almost $500, 100000 There
are interest charges that have to be
met, and the cost of maintenance has
heen 80 high that steps arc now being
taken TO curtail many Of the activities
in connection with ting canal, and even
TO dismantle eur naval base. Yet the
senats would make q present Of the
.canal-as far as use is conference.-the
the Slipping industry. On Arnistice
Day America was the most beloved
nation ia the world, respected and
trusted By an. It is so no Longer.
Many things that have been done in
the last three years have tended 20
separate is further and further from
our associates in The war, and now
we havc this final stroke, delivered on
the eve Of conference from which
the world is rightly expecting so much.
Aanpalg however, the bill will be held
in the House Indefinitely. 1t would be
better if it could be promptly brought
70 vote and decisively beaten-but
that' T'e suppose, is TOO much to hope
for.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
The Northern Cross
Editor Of The Tribune,

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Northern Cross, at this sea
son, around the hours 8 to 9 y. m. ;s
sparkling almost directly overhead
and is, therefore, in an excellent posi-.
ton FOR observation. 1t possesses five
fairly noticeable suns, the most notice,
able Of which is Arided, at its top. II
spans the dim and distant Milky Way
and 1T IS bounded, firmamentallv. as
follows: Northward by the faint con.
stcllation Ccpheus, westward bv Lvra
(wherein scintillates the brilliant blue
sun Vega, southward by Aquila (witl
lis bright sun Affair, and eastward
by the constellation OF Pegasus.
Being almost directly at the zenith
TINS Northern Cross, of the constel1a.
ton Cygnus, is easy to find, despite the
roofs and spires Of city. OF course
each of it's five suns is t1iilion3 and
trllllons of miles distant, whereas ou,
own Sun Of day is less than one
hundred million miles away. COMPARED
With this. our Moon approximates ,
mean distance of only 2se 900 miles
For these reasons our Sun and Moor
appear so large and the star jewels OF
the cross SO small.
We should not forget the Southern
Cross, although we cannot behold II
from this latitude. 1t is spectacula,
and beautiful. But our own Northern
cross is also spectacular and beautiful
IL IS certainly we'll worthy OF more thar
several minutes study and admiration
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
Newton, Mass, Oct. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Breaking Eaith

(troH' Thc PLiIdd>fpnia pNt'ic Lsdo>r)
It ought to be easy for the Americ ca II
who believes in keeping his word, ]iv-
ing Up to contnacts and Respecting
treaties to form his own conclusions as
to whether the Senate acted as a body
Of statesmen in passing the Porah bill
giving American vessels in the Ameri-
can coastwise trade the right to pass
toll-frec through the Panama Cspal.
Stripped OF lawyers teehricalities and
partisan embroidery, the controversy is
e simple matter.
1t seems that We made a treaty and
accepted it for eleven years. We then
decided that we would not be bound by
the accepted Interpretation; that we
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Accusing Distrust
From Tho chicago Daily Eetr.

From The chicago Ddf}v Eefr,)
Despite the expressed desirc o. the
President for reasonable delay, the
United States Senate has passed the
Borsh bill to exempt American coast
wise ahips from the provisions OF the
Panama tolls act. This result, long
foreshadowed, comes as no surprise.
the House Of Represent atives SHOULD
now pigeonhols the bill and at q suit
able time bury it with proper cste-
monies.
The issue is perfectly clear, though d
majority of the Senate seen1ed blind to
it. The Borah bill; as varieps Senators
convincingly demonstrated dnrins the
debate, seeks to settle judicial or AZ
hitrable question arbitrarily by statute
atd thus abandon the principle of. aqpi,
tratioA, to which the country is deeply
committed and which It is now en-
.deavorins TO extend to far moro diff
cnlt problems than that Of Panama
tells. There is an Anglo Am crrcar
Treaty Of arbitration as well as the
Eay.Pauncefote canal treaty. The
Borah bill ignores the former end vio7
lates the latter. Senator Boyah warts
the government Of the United States
70 be compelled to say to Great Brfta,,
"Whateuer Tie Hay -Pauneefote tresty
may mean, we are bound by the con
struction put upon it by Congress-
Such position would not faverably
impress any civilized natioa In the
world. 1t would arouse dtsttust aAs
Ahtagonism. The United States wo,1d
be charged with treaty breaking as 7vel1
as with duplicity and trickey.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

were exposed the British when
Haig openly announced that the
British army was in desperate
straits. Rose-colored reports did
great harm and added to the num-
Der Of the dead. Now, among the
needs Of the world is untramnieled
and undirected information Of what
other nations think. Sc By beirg q
good newspaper man President Har-
ding acts the part Of q good states
,r11r
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
The Senate Stands Alone

The bill is expected to be de-
layed in the House. and the President
is understood 10 share Senator Colts
view that the question ought to BE- de-
tlded by diplomatic negotiations or by
arbitration. Practically every compe-
tent authority who has taken part er
either side of the discussion, includ
ipg Mr.. Taft. has. expressed himself in
tho same way. The Senate by passing
the exemption hill has put itself IN an
uf,}4~erahe light before tho country
ard Tho whole werld.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Traction fundamentals

Mr.. Untermyer's contribution to
the traction debate has the merit of
contributing. He criticizes the Nc
Aneny tentative plan, but the criti-
cisms are n& of the chaotic clap
trap Hearst -Hylan variety.
Mr. Untermyer files a number Of
weighty objections to the McAneny
plan as it now stands. He objects
to a barometer fund which assures
5 per cent, with a possible r>turn of
612 per cent, to the private investors
whose money is in the subways. He
objects to the method suggested to
insure future construction, to the
cancellation of 100000 of taxes
now accrued and to giving private
investors bonds for their claims,
while the city gets merely lump
credit for its investment. He objects
to the failure to give the city no
veto on the acts of the holding COM
pany, and likewise he objects to
other provisions.
Such criticism is helpful and vel
come and is In striking contrast to
the ignorant and mere destructive
denunciations of Messrs. Hearst
and Hylan. No one will contend
that the McAneny plan cannot be
improved. Indeed, it's authors
invited critical analysis and called
their scheme merely tentative one
when they sketched it. Many
changes will be made before any
settlement is reached or is matured
far enough to enter into negotia-
tons with the existing traction
companies.
But certain fundamentals Of the
situation must be faced. BY their
persistent refusal to note them
Messrs. Hearst and Hylan convict
themselves Of being fare raisers and
car crowders.
One of these fundamentals is that
the subways must pay their way.
1t is not financially possible for the
city to subsidize traction further.
Now S12,000,000 is annually taken
from the city's treasury in such
subsidy, but the sum cannot be
indefinitely increased. Visitors from
outside the city pay cents for a
service which costs the city (for the
city is the deficit meeter) approx
mately Z cents. Obviously this
cannot so on forever.
Another fundamental Is that no
better settlement is possible to
which the present owners of trac-
ton securities do not consent. The
pubic can bring indirect pressure
TO bear, but it cannot conhscate Off
hand. It follows that there must be
bargaining, and when there Is bar
gaining no one can truthfully say
what are the exact terms until sig
natures are attached.
Another fundamental is that ex-
tensions are not physically possible
unless the existing systems are
brought into operating relation to
the new system. We can't have the
city here and there building lines
which run nowhere. There must
be enlargement Of the existing tran
sat facilities rather than new and
independent ventures. Any person
who does not recognize this is of
necessity a fare raiser and a car
crowder.
John Randolph Is said to have SC
hated sheep that he never saw one
without desire to kick it. Hearst
and Hylan are similarly subway
matters. They might as we'll directly
urge that the subway excavations
be filled in and no new ones dug as
to advocate the obstructive polics
which they seek to induce the ig-
norant, the confused and the preiu
diced to swallow.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
MrssnEn OF run ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
'as Use foy republication Of all dispatches
credited 70 II or not otherwise credited IN this
paper. and sls> the iocaj Of spontaneous
orts3u published herein
All rights Of republication 81 I'll othe& matter
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

New York, make no similar boast?
And what about Salem, Mass, with
it's Indiamen and China feet? Per-
haps Duxbury's store was the old
est. But will no other place claim
that it housed the first department
store?
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

Well, Captain Gypsy Pat Smith said
Yesterday at the Hanson Place 81. L.
Church, Brooklyn, that Mrs. Hylal
never said what she was attributed to
have said to tho Prince OF Wales; that
She didn't even say it to the King or
the Queen Of the Belgians; that "she
10 = good and cultured woman and
could not possibly have made the state
ment which has malieiously been at
tributed TO her, Well, if she didn't
ssy it, we apologize for having listened
to thu story. And we thank Captain
Smith. You said stickful, Cap.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Weights and Measures

T. ?. A: Is 1t true that Vance
Thompson, Irwin Cobb and Don Mar
ouis have collaborated on q novel to be
called THE Wasted Generation"? And
will the hero, as reported, be a young
man suffering from Beltschmerz?
BARON IRELAND.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
The Coming I ower
Book Review
'Hooray! Hooray." We cry for S.
Fl. Adsms's new book, Success"

Which opens with the best and most
interesting account of q railroad wreck
ever encountered in our tictional read
ing. There is less fcticnai interest in
the moro momentous parts OF the book,
which concern themselves with jour
nalism and the question whether q
Journalist may oppose the forces
among which are his own ambitions
his affections, his limitations Of cour-
age-arrayed against him. Can a
Journalist be uncompromising! II you
never read newspaper, don't buy
the book; If you do read paper, get
Success"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

Now this is where, among other
places, newspapers make a mistake.
They print, during q world series, ar
ticles written by Babe Ruth, Jack
Dempsey, and Roger Peckinpaugh.
What the Papoose thinks about base
ball, as disce7nibla from the pieces
under his signature, IL any, is not
interesting. What the newspapers
might try would be tho Infants opin,
lens on politics. drama, music, and
books. We, for one, would read every
syllable.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

Speaking Of journalistic honesty, we
doubt ouT own in she preceding advice
to read Success" by Samuel Hopkln.
Adams (Houghton Miflln Coz. This
adiuration is tainted by the desire that
the Aged Author will CLEAN enough
royalties to enable him to buy new
tcAnis racket, so that next season
he may give us at least a contest.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

Each Giant gets about s5,e25 as his
share Of thc ". 8. money. Wonder
what Joe jackson and Eddie Cicette
ti,ink about as they read that.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

If, as Mr.. II. I. Phillips announced
yesterday, "Uncle Toms Cabin" is to
ba revived for Broadway uses. our
suggestion Is a song BY Bert Williams
as Uncle Tom, and the chorus would be:
You may own my body, Marse Lsgree,
but my soul belongs to God;
might shu&c SIS
hear that jazz
And my feet might look sort Of odd
You may own my body. Marse Simon
Lcgree, but my soul belongs to God
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
prOOG bly, the Initial Dlsn(nv

Sir: DO yoa think, when the Asto,
Tneator adyertises "TheodeYa' as $
world premier and then parenthetically
describes that AS First showing any
where in the world" they are trying te
Put over the idea that this picture has
not been shown bcforeo JAKEs.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Add Lardner's Ringlish Grammar

# tUHI TIC NEW I oFK IFIDUH6
tie between ne and Erbxl
would have resulted.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

Railroad rates are to be reduced at
once, so there probably will be good
many people WHO will feel they can
new afford to attend the big football
games at Princeton and New Haven.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
Tho Brooka1yn AthaIets

And still It seems I heard his versa
Cry, Hort was out on q fielder's
cherce."
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

Frequently we come across fapocrs
and young philosophers who have never
read "Unclc Toms Cabin" 1t gives
IS about the same jolt that we admin
ister to the old folks when we say
wo never have Seen the play.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

Judge lands thinks a seven-rame
wer!d series Is long enough, and that
too much money is involved. Frora
the papers Of October II, 1922: "Rec-
ord Gate at Ninth Game.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

In London, who was WITHOUT work
first cast stone; and 10000 of them
were hurled.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

games at Princeton and New Haven.
A baseball umpire doesn't have to
pay to see the game; and lot Of fans
Thursday thought there was some of
tbs game Mr.. Chill didn't see.
These are the days when Dulcs' ides
In the front seat, because, as she al
ways says, it's warmer near the engine
When you tell the woman registra
tion clcrk-and how much more efficient
they are than men.-your age ard she
looks astonished, YOU don't know
whether she mears as that all?" 0,
You cant be AS Old as that"
They arc more efficient than men, but
tho praise is buidcd upon, as Mr.
George Fawcett in "The Wren" might
call it, sand. A large number of men
| who might make first class registration
clerks are busy at other trades and
~ ofes ssons.
II the plurality is great, the result
OF November S will be known in the
carly evening. If everybody within the
sound OF our voice a voice: Louder!
VOTES FOR CURRAN, HE WILL BIZ
ELECTED AND WE SHAN'T HAVE
TO HANG AROUND THIS OFFICE
ALI. NIGHT.
On n
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

These are the days when Dulcy rides
In the front seat, because, as she al
ways says, it's warmer near the engine.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15
SATURDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1921.

EAtersd At the Poe;oificc Al New Yorx a Sscsr
Cas- Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1921-10-15

I do not iovo you. DR.. Fell,
But why / cannot tell:
But this know full wsli.
do not love you, Dr.. Fell.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-27
OFFICERS FOIL JAIL DELIVERY.
Twenty Prisoners Planned to Escape
from GrccnvillD Jail.

Greenville, July 23--An organized
attempt on the part OF twenty ne
grOcs to effect general Jail deliy-
cry was thwarted yesterday morn
ing when Keepers Batson and Black
stepped inside the door Of the ward
where the negro men are kept. They
were attacked by the negroes, who
jumped from their cells just as the
keepers unlocked the door. Keeper
BatsOn iloOrcd the negro w'.o at
tackled him with Il blow to the 5tOm-
nGh and Keeper Black managed to
push the negro who attacked him
back to his cell door and to hold him
there while Keeper Batson locked
the door. In the meantime Jailc'
christopher, who was armed, arrived
on the scene. and the attempted de-
livery was put down. The twenty ne
grocS in the attack had picked the
two negroes who attacked the keep
crs 10 pave the way for the delivery.
Another attempt at escape from
tho Grccnvillc jail was discovered on
the day before. when Il large hol"
was found dug halfway through the
thick wall Of the upper story. II hau
been made. it is alleged. by Mrs. \.
II. Allison. alleged "dOpc' pcduI"r.
and Il negro woman who was act
ing as her nurse during spell Of
sickness The two are said to have
used crude Instruments and an rlcc-
,ric iron 10 drill tn" hol" and had
covered up their work with Il dry
goods box and bedding. They would
have had the hole through the wall
and would have effected their escape
in the course of Il few more hours.
Expecting Husband, Receives Corpse
Gamnry. 5. c.. July Instead
OF receiving her husband. whom she
was expecting TO join her here for il
viSi to relatives, Mrs. Jay Young
blood saturday received his dead
body
Mr.. Youn.blood. a New York -four
exporter. was en- route to Gaffncy
when he died in Philadelphia Friday
morning. according to Il message re-
ceived by relatives. lie was native
Of Atlanta. Ga. having been born in
that city 80 years ago. He had been
in business in New York for twelve
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Youngblood became
engaged upon their first meeting.
and were married a few weeks later
seven years ago. Mrs. YoungblOod is
the daughter Of MIR. and Mrs. T.. II.
Gaines. Of Gaffney
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-27
AS no RATES ON COTTON.

The Courier has received the fol-
road Commission OF South Carolina.
with the request that We give as
wide publicity TO same as possible:
'Thc Railroad Commission Of the
state OF South Carolina has had filed
with ii by the carriers Il schedule OF
rates on cotton purporiing to reduce
the rate on Shor, haul shipments. IN
rrSiiEation shows that on hau!S up
to 40 miles the proposed adjust
mcnt would give Il reduction in rates
on such movement. investigation
further develops that on hauls over
~ or 1870 miles the proposed rate
carries a substantial increase over
the present rate. This adjustment
proposes 10 put into effect the same
rate for movement OF cotton in both
North and South Carolina. and the
same rate carried in this adjustment
is proposed to be made applicable to
interstate shipments Of cotton origi-
mating AT points in one Of these
States and destined to points in the
other. This, in the opinion Of the
commission. makes the proposed ad-
justment OF great deal moro i'm
portancc than IL the rate were an
pl1cablc only TO the intrastate move
ments.
The commission feels that this Is
very important matter. The pro-
ducers. local dealers and wholesalers
are vitality interested in this propo-
sition, and In order that the commits
sion may have tho benefit Of the opin-
ION OF all interested parties in con-
nection with this matter, a hearing