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The evening world., 1921-01-08
WHEN PRIVATE BUSINESS is PUBLIC.

XvJIEN Senator Kenyon of the Senate Coal
w Committee said this week that il would be
desirable to establish strict Government supervision
Of the coal industry, even requiring the publication
OF profits the President Of the National Coal ASSo-
cation protested that that would be an undue inter
ference with private business
Several million consumers of coal think that in
steal Of being undue" il is long "overdue."
The Senator from Iowa then asked COL Wentz
this question:
do you think that commodity like coal
on which the army and navy have to depend
and which people must have to live is pri-
vate busnessT
Mr. Weutz may have thought The question inn
pertinent But Il is not. 1t is extremely pertinent
Il the business of producing and distributing coal
BY private enter prise for personal profit is so man.
aged that the people are driven to choice between
freezing 70 death or going to the pooHhouse, then
the coal business becomes matter Of public
concern.
And it is so all along the line.
One Of these fine mornings the protiteers will
wake up rub their eyes and realize their own igno
aIlce and folly.
The question when does private business become
pubc business is being answered on new premises.
The evening world., 1921-01-08
the way!

The Appellate Division OF the Supreme Court
rules that New York County is the fair and
proper place for the trial of Robert p. Brin-
dell on charges of extortion and conspiracy.
Public sentiment in this community does
not strain the quality Of justiceAfor those
who seek only justice.
The evening world., 1921-01-08

Appreciates Evening Worlds GEN
eFOsity.
To the Editor Of ThO Evening World:
wish to thank you so much for the
party which you gave to some of our
dispensary children last Thursday
morning. They enjoyed 1t all very
much and 1t was very kind of you to
do this for these little crippled chill
dren.
THEODORE S. ROOT,
Superintendent New York Ortho-
paedic Dispensary and Hospital
No. 42O East 5Sth Street, New York.
Jan. 3, 1921.
The evening world., 1921-01-08

Count Won Bernstorff, candidate for the
Relchstag in the new Schleswdg- Holstein
district, allows thOre might be worse things
than the League of Nations. He's running
on the Democratic ticket.
The evening world., 1921-01-08

The idea seems to be that Enright on the
stump may be able to distract public attention
from Enright at Police Headquarters. SINH
lar attempts have worked the wrong way.
The evening world., 1921-01-08
From Evening World Readers

What KIND
that
There SdtiStaOttOR trying
% uEch IeO Be brtet
The evening world., 1921-01-08

Upper Rhine Nearly Dry.-Headline
No, no. Not the worst. Only the water,
The evening world., 1921-01-08

ever afterward read its sanctified
message and accept its indvisible
truth. ARTHUR c. BROWN. I
New York, Jan. s, 1921
Coughing Down Major Putnam.
To the Ditor % The Evening World;
The best evidence OF fitness for ,
self government as a people is the
ability to control ones self. Our 7
friends in Ireland want to govern |
themselves, Our Irish friends in and F!
around New York eVince a lack of
self-restraint that makes an onlooker
wonder whether they have the nee
essary poise for running the govern
ment of a people.
Doubtless many of the steadier
minds among the Irish this side of
the Atlantic Ocean deplore the fran
tic wildness shown in the demonstra-
tons that have been made against
the Union Jack and the coughing"
down of Mr.. George Haven Putnam.
The Irish are a splendid race, no one
can help admiring them, but they
should cultivate a dignity and eleVa-
ton Of behavior that will prove they
are steady enough TO be trusted with
the reins of government. They
should aim to gain the confidence OF
those whose confidence they would
have and which Is doubtless es-
sential to the realization of their
hopes. Less flightinesS and more
steadineSs viii gain friends from
among those who now have doubt
of their fitness for self rule. II. r. d.
81 Broadway n. Y, Jan. 8, 1921.
Common Sense About Ireland.
| To the Editor d The t1VeninR WoFld:
II ireland needs the help OF all
irish let them return to Ireland where
they can be OF direct, material assist
ance. It is easy enough for them 10
stay here and threaten from a safe
distance. But none of them seems
! anxious to pack up and return to the
| country that they are shouting for
| Talk is chGap-especiall when it is
safe II Ireland isn't good enough for
| our Irish rioters to live in, is it good
enough to disrupt our beloved coun-
try for?
The Irish dissenters that served
Under the American flag did merely
what their citizenship here demanded.
| They, or their fathers, chose to live
here and make their living here That
Implies that they would fight for
| America. Ireland can expect no aid
because those men gave some return
for the benefits they enjoy here.
II you are American citizens Ireland
cannot expect reward because you
served your country. II you are not
citizens you don't deserve the benefits
OF our Republic and should get out.
When the League of Nations was
under discussion the Irish in America
were among The first to object They
denied that a police force tends to
preserve peace, International or do
nestle. They denied that in union
there Is strength" when applied tC
the world, They said, Keep out OF
European troubles" And yet they
now urge us into the btterest aut
1ast deep seated volcano in all Eu,
rope,
, Tney boast VI heroic deeds OF tn,
: uLsh. But al their heroes Wers Ola
The evening world., 1921-01-08
TWICE OVERS.

&c THOSE DhO say that my day has passed are going
4 10 haze an unexpected Awakening" The sx-
KOissy Wilhelm Of Germany.
Sc T HE party organization wW 90 10 HE'LL More
I dian one Republican politician al albany,
The evening world., 1921-01-08
PubIics, Dear and Different.

Defining various brands Of pub
lies" in the January Dial, Jean
Cocteau sets them off thus:
Those WHO defend to-day by max
Ing use OF yesterday, and who an
dcipate Tomorrow q per cent?
Those who defend to-day by de-
Stroying yesterday. and Who Will
deny Tomorrow q per cent?.
Those who imagine that to-day Is
mistake, and make an appoint
ment for the day -after-to-morrocy
az per cent?.
Those OF the ay-before-ycsterday
who defend yesterday in order to
prove that to-day exceeds legitimate
bounds GO per cent?.
Those who are equally OhliHoua
OF the dRyLbef ore yesterday, yes
terday. and to-day 600 PEI cent?.
Jean is writing Of mass attitudes
toward the art OF music. In his ded-
nitions, however, we may read the
reasons
Why Hylan is Mayor;
Why the reactionary nations! vote,
last November, broke the plurality
records.
The evening world., 1921-01-08
Safety Before Top Notes..

VOICE OF WqSe COUNSEL 10 now geneT-
atoms of singers. From THE Reign
of Patti" by Herman Klein Century
Company, we quote the great diva's
own Words:
The whole harm to a voice comes
in pushing 1t up and down, in try
ing to add notes to its compass.
High gymnastics are very beautiful.
but lose the middle notes and you
lose all
The tremolo one Of the most oh
Jectionable and unbcsrabia OF vocal
faults is but a phase OF this forcing
and comes OF the spre4ding of the
vocal cords through stratning.
How often the question has been
put to me; Mime. Patti, how high
can you sing?" And have thought
Are you at it, too" The middle
voice is the one you need to sing
with. | sing comfortably.
If you want to sing for years do
not strain the natural compass OF
the voice. That is like living on
capital. have always lived within
my income, and I have always had
something. to pat aside.
As to the length OF time TO be
give more 70 than ftte adg't 10 f i%sm mGS
minutes to 1t daily, and these few
minutes ] devote to scales.
Herein is more than saving sens
for would-be singers:
There Is potential relief for nat
jewellers among whom aspiring vocal
! lists congregate with continuity OF
high C's.
Where Our COrOnets win Grow.
W. L. George, our recent English
visitor. was duly impressed by Amer
ica's Middle West He has said 90
IN writing, Turning a page Of the
current Harper's, We catch these
words OF Georgian prophecy:
You can visH in America q city
| OF a hundred thousand inhabitants
and md there better shops, setter
! goods, more Artistic sbuffs, more
attractive furniture, and, in unex-
| peCted spots, more vivid culture
leads to aristOTacy; out OF wealth
| America will breed hers
The poor aristocrat is a popular
| Illusion, Indeed, an Rristocrat may
be poor, but no must be the son or
the grandson OF an ariStocrat, who
without wealth aristoeraey can
not survlve' without wealth II can
not be born, Wealth does not nee
essarly create aEistocraoy. but
feel that the aristocracV Of
America viii not be maintained out
OF the elegancieS of Boston or the
languors OF South Carolina, but il
being born, born Of the rugged,
fierce stock Of the Middle West
After all the early aristocrats,
the Normans and the Crusaders,
too, were kid-gloved neither On
their morals nor their manners.
II will be some day for the prole-
tnrlat when the Duke of Chicago and
i the Count OF Kalamazoo sit down Ia
lunch with the Marquis of Milwaukee
And the American eagle will wear
| his t8ii-feather dyed In hora ldic col.
0EB--Esd. Whita and hluA.
The evening world., 1921-01-08
TURNING THE PAGES
BY
E. ". Osborn
o'o'''@ The lS S.a S o i' f,. PSG s ESsu O

frT'VE frmlH boys, made up ny
mind
4 That tCheH I marry
The girl choose shan be u Kind
OF kitChentdirU.
"A saint, Of course, IN soul and
looks
(The men are SfnHers),
But she must be a saint t0ho cooke
Delicious dinnsrs~
The maiden fair said through her
tears,
with these projections
Stedk-cookin0 somewhat interfereS;
II spOiiS coDlpIeSionS!
you todnt an angel, do you sag,
For your housekeeping'
fear t1ingS t0ould be IN the iDdy
When she tCaS StOeeping"
thought on the domesticity Of
beauty gathered from the pages OF
From a Quiet Garden" (Brentano's).
book Of graceful poesy by May
Preston Slosson.
The evening world., 1921-01-08
Girls and Ponnlne the OnestioI


And since the stanzas just cited
suggest a proposal in the air. lei US
note a recurrence Of the question
SHOULD a Girl Propose?"
Writes Elizabeth Towne, in the
January number Of her magazine,
| Nautilus:
The idea that a girl must wait to
be asked dates back to the time
when women were owned like cattle
I and sold to the highest bidder
without their consent.
| IT girl has not tact enough to win
| proposal from the right man, by
All means let her pop the question
1t may be that he is lacking in self
! esteem, too diffident to ask.
! Some men like to be proposed to.
! know several who accepted, and
! are living happily ever after
II man refuses a maid, what OF
! It? And II he brags about IT after
ward, well. she can be thankful he
didn't accept.
So II is revealed that the New
Thought has nothing to add to at
least one Old Question.
Surely Mrs. Towne might have
suggested something about the Girl
with a Vote having right to nomi-
nate her own husband
How about Direct Primary for
the projected home?
The evening world., 1921-01-08

ever afterward read its sanctified
message and accept its indivisible
truth. ARTHUR G. BROWN.
New York, Jan. s, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Committee Asks Aid
For Smelling Inquiry

In statement to stockholders of the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany the Investigating committee, or
ganlzed last week, headed by Henry
Evans, sasks shareholders to contrib
ute 81 share for the purpose of de-
fraying the expenses Of an inquiry into
the ccmpany's affairs. No call for de-
posit of stock is Contemplated bv tho
committee at this times
| The committee states that, without
reference to adverse criticisms of the
management that have already been
made, the followi6e statements concern-
ing the company appear to warrant an
investigation:
practically the entire board of di-
rcctors has been composed of persons
drawing salaries from the company ow-
ing their employment to the favor of
the president and not to the general
body of stockholders; those in control
of the company have been largely inter
csted IN conflicting or competing COM
panies; the large and apparently here
tofore profitable selling agency has re-
Gently been transferred without con-
sideration, from your company to Gug-
genheim Bros; the present showing
of your company is unsatisfactory"
Karl Eilers, former vice president
and director of the American Smelling
and Refining Company, who has been
asking for proxies to be voted against
the Guggenheim management at the
annual meeting in May, declares in
letter to the company's stockholders
that an investigation Of the company's
affairs will disclose mismanagement
and "gross regularities."
"The payment1 he says, "by the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany of the salaries of men whose.
time and efforts were occupied in pri-
vate enterprises of the Guggenheims;. :.
the conduct of experimental work and
Investigations by the American Smclt-
ing and Refining Company, either at
no charge or at ridiculously inadequate
charge, for the private benefit of the
Guggenheims; and similar matters,
would be expected to be uncovered, but
while startling, dsadvantageous for
the stockholders and most reprehcnsi-
Bile, they are as nothing in their re-
suits when compared to the fact that
the company is dominated by outside
interests for the personal benefit of
those outside interests and not for the
benefit Of the real owners-the stock
holders"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Four full columns Of in
cestn,ent questions and an.
s,cers are published in The
Tribune erery Sunday.
Improved Trade Trend
Seen in Auto Section
Cleveland Reserve Bank Reports
Definite Signs of Recovery,
DesDite COnseryatisrn

CLEVELAND. March 27.-While con-
sevatism still marks business activity
in the Fourth Federal Reserve Dis
trict, some of the plants that have been
shut down for many months are resum-
ing operations. Evidence is accumu-
lating, according to the April bulletin
of the Cleveland Reserve Bank, that in
some lines liquidation has been prac-
tically completed, while in others it
seems to have just begun.
Unemployment generally appears to.
be slightly decreasing in this district
In the larger cities in the steel indus
try, especially Pittsburgh, it is stated
that reports of activity there enticcd
large numbers of workers from other
cities where industry was less active
Ample evidence, according to the
bank, seems to be available of definite
improvement in the automobile field.
manufacturers Of cars in this district
report that while improvement has
been gradual 1t has been moro general
and more pronounced during the last
two weeks. Forces at tire plants arc
being increased, and actual orders for
March show some i1nprovem over
January and Fcbruary.s Tire makers
claim that the surplus of tires has
been greatly reduced during the winter
months by reason of good driving con-
ditions.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28

wh!ch Of this Pennsylvania Railroad bonds
ars prior lien? Is either ono of these
issues 4 better investment than tis other?
Can you suggest an Investment which you
deem TO be better and which also meets
With tho reauirementa have Indicated
In tho beginning OF my letter? Arc not
Liberty bonds selling = little too high At
the present time? Ny sister wishes 70 buy
have been advising her to. wait. as I beIievs
that. they. will probably be lower within
the next few months. Would you care to
express an opinion?-A, j. y
Answer-Southern Railway first con-
solidated IS are prior in lien to the
general and development As. We con-
slider them safe investment. The
CHS and rs are both secured by the de-
posit of the same kind Of collateral
They are equally safe. The bonds you
name seem to US to meet your require
ments admirably. We see little to
choose among them. Whether Lib
erty bonds are selling too high or too
low is speculative matter. We
wouldn't advise any one to sell them
short.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
To Holders of Ten-Sixty- Year Five Per Cent.
Sinking Fund Gold Bonds, issued under and secured
by Indenture dated April l, 1908:

thatin tsid
Tens Year
ustandng
n
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Woman Demands z to 8 Per Cent

Question: have $4,000 to invest In Sc
curities of the best class and should like
20 net between and per cent. Will you
kindly give me list of what you think
would be an Al investments for me =
Mrs N. G. p.
Answer = Securities that yield be-
tween and 8 per cent are not as we'll
seasoned, and may therefore have
greater market price fluctuations, than
those that sell to yield per cent.
With this i'll mind, you might, il YOU
demand between and 8 per cent, CON
slider two each of the following. North
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28

Qssstisns u general intersss to In
vssters scill 30 dnssosrsd IN this csl-
ussm, IN s0hich case only imittsls viii
b used. Others ,uilk b unsweved BY
mail. Address all inq,liries, males
ing stamped, addressed envelope, 70
Financial Editor. The Tribune, lSI
Nassau Street, NesV York City.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
New York State Bonds

Federal Farm Loan o.,
1o3S-1923. 3............ s8N eei. 5N5
Federal Farm Loan 41as,
1939-193f.>>........ o1h oeX RIA
Federal Farm Loan 41as
r.deSs, less1lgss H. -, sl1s saA 5.14
1937-1922 9ll. a91z 51e
Joint Stock Land Bank S.
1939-1924. ........ 90 sq21s sss
Joint Stock Land Bank 6s WV
l938-l923. 23........... % A21A & sa
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
German Internal Bonds
Quoted in dollars per /. 900 marks
Equipment Bonds

unlisted. fselis cents per share.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Submits His Friends Advice


Question: wiah to invest several thou
sand dollars in stocks that are all wight
and that pay dividends that will return to
me per cent or per cent on tho money
invcated. | would liko to have you. advise
me what stocks to buy. friend has sug-
gested American Telephone and Telegraph,
also United States Steel common. viii
you kindly suggest others that may be
equally good or better? wish the stocks
for Investment, not as speculation.--T.
t. p. =
Answer-Wc think the American
Telephone and Telegraph is very fair
investment stock. United States Steel
common is speculative rather than an
investment. Montana Power Z per
cent preferred at 90, Baldwin 7 per
cent preferred at 81 and National
Enameling and Stamping per cent
preferred at 95 are, in our opinion
good investments. We would suggest
dividing your capital among them.>
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Appreciation from a Woman Doctor

Question--wil you name for mo tho
nndesrly!ns mortgage Of the following rail-
Il = closed Issue: Chicago, Burlington 4.
Quincy. Delaware s. Hudson. Northern Pa
c city Ncroh nshsh vss Wesn kaSsss Nsw
York Central and Chicago Northwest
ern! I have recently purchased two each
Ohio general 4hs 1892; Kansas city
Southern s,'.d So. 1850; St. Louis 8. San Fran
prop sn 1s Is s'ss e., s, 1880 and Erie
your frank criticism, Of tho investnssnt. nSsnte
hnmrhs hmo ,Erie ;e has bothered me ever since
put into securities Of maximum safety. j
prefer to invest at least one-half of this
term, railroad bonds and the remainder in
inunicipal and public utility bonds NAV
os ask sn.y;ti y1ur nelp In arranging such list
bonds and foreign external loans. Your
nnancisl column certainly makes a con
ontsn eented investor, if to be cautious is to be
IaHIs Irac tlonally in matters financial II Is in
valua bie-Dr. NJ. f. r. 10 A''F
Answer Chicago, Burlington G.
quincy general as due 1868 (closed1.
Delaware = Hudson first and refund.
ing IS 1912 (closed), Northern Pacific
prior lien 4s due 1897 (closcd). Penn
sylyania Railroad consolidated As due
ls43 (closedl. Lehigh Valley general
gas due zoos (closed), Kansas City
Southern first IS due 1850 (closcd1 :,
Norfolk &~sWestern first consolidated
4s due 1896 (closed), New York Central
4 Hudson River first 31as due 1897
(closed), and Chicago e. Northwestern
general 3hs due 1857 (closed). We
think your Kansas City Southern first
5s IS safe. Tho others are all sccuri-
ties Of weak roads, although the Chesa-
peake & Ohio has done we'll in the last
two years. IF the intention of Con-
eress in cnacting the transportation
act works out in practice the weak
roads will be protected At present
however. the railroad situation is un-
certain. sAli four OF your bonds arc
secured directly on important mileage
Even ia receivership should occur for
one o. these roads it would be unlikely
that your bonds would be disturbed.
United States Steel sinking fund 5s
Standard Oil of California Is and
Northwestern Bell Telephone would
give diversity to your holdings.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Investment Information

western Bell Tepchone rs, due 1s41, ut
o., yielding 7S1 per- cent; Swiss Gov
ernmcnt Sc, due 1910. at 1925, yield
ing tx; Dominion of Canada IS, due
1895, at 81, yielding 7.12 per cent;
American Telephone and Telegraph
convertible As, due 1886, at SO, yielding
TAO per cent, and Lackawanna Steel
Consolidated A 5s, due 1850, at 75,
yielding 7.01 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Puzzled Over Bonds Low Price

Question Rock Island. Arkansas &.
Momlsiana ,;si, first mortgage 4hs, 1894 are
selling about 66. Is this a sound security,
rate ?-J d. NJ.
Answer-The Rock Island, Arkansas
& Louisiana first 41as are secured by
first mortgage on 364 miles of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific system.
They are at the rate of $4,000 a mile.
The Rock Island is one of the weaker
roads, and the way divisional mortgage
bondholders have suffered in the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas and Pere Mar
quette reorganizations possibly affects
sentiment toward the Rock Island, Ar
the current interest yield is 6.82 per
cent and if held to maturity the yield
is 8.99.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Chicago & Northwestern Preferred

Chicago & Northwestern Preferred
Questlon--Pease write me your candid
and confidential opinion of Chicago g.
Northwestern Railroad preferred stock
provided | can purchase same at 800
--R. c. o.
Answer-Wc consider Chicago l.
Northwestern one Of the strongest
roads in the West. 1t has been eco
nomicaliy managed and is conserva-
lively capitalized. The earnings this
last year have amounted to $109, ,720, AL
gross, an increase over the previous
year of more than $16O.000O00, but net
amounted to only $3,234,231, as against
$14246,619 in 1919. The preferred
stock is, in our opinion, speculative to
that extent, but the whole railroad sit
uation is uncertain.
Demands Ready Marketability
Question: have $1,000 par value in
vested In Liberty bonds. I also own ono OF
duo 1870, At present have about $1,000
available for further Investment. 7 wish,
10 invest this so to ohtain a good
yield with high dcgre" OF saf"iy for my
Oh short notice for other purposes also
wang this Investment to be quickly con
vertlbe into cash without my having to
take a loss. With these requirements in
mind have been considering the follow
ing purchases, Two Southern Railway A.
at 81 "a, or ono Southern Railway IS at
49, and three 800 Liberty bonds tsccond)
4As at 81. one Pennsylvania Railroad 6 u .
at 90, or one Pennsylvania Railroad Is at
lo2. Which do you consider the best In
vestment? Which of tho Southern Rail
way bonds are a prior lien? DO you con
sider these bonds safe investment? :?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-02

A good line of School
Pants is here for you. Cor
duroys and Wool Cashmeres
are being shown at $3.50
and $500 a pair.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-02

We have a good assert
ment Of School Caps in fine
wool. They are the smart
shapes a boy admires-50c
and 100.