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New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Kansas Shows the Way

Kansas isn't going to have a rail-
rad strike. In that happy common
wealth such a strike is against the
IN, and Governor Allen says the
NV will be enforced. It used to be
s;sed rather pityingly: What is
he matter with kansas?" Kansans
ne now entitled to inquire what is
4 Ia matter with all the other states.
The Industrial Court act, which
Governor Allen championed, forbids
! ulroad companies to stop their
srvice. 1t also forbids railroad em-
royees quitting en- n1asse. Contro-
ysrsies between the employees and
ths railroads must be adiudicated in
he Industrial Relations Court Ope'
s.ion is to continue meanwhile. The
sart's decisions have all the power
sd the state behind them.
Kansas secures the public con-
'iaaity cS operation. 1t secures
line enpsos ees against unreasonable
iaaages in wages or working cosldi-
|iins. 1t gives both sides a preferred
Industrial status. But in return it
aehtly demands that transportation
sAsll not be interrupted at either
sdes say-so. If both sides break the
aw the state takes over the roads
and keeps them going
Why hasn't the Federal govern
ment also pursued the theory OF reg
llation to its logical conclusion? The
Esch-Cummins act, as it passed the
Senate, contained anti-strike pro-
visions. They were cut out by the
House of Representatives and the
present. system Of merely moral re
sraint on the part of the Railroad
Labor Board was substituted. The
board fixes wages for the employees,
but it cannot enforce its DEGREES.
The employees may play the game
Il they ike it. If they don't like it
'ney may quit and try to paralyze
transportation.
Congress was afraid to apply the
aeOry of railroad regulation as
inakly and openly as the Legisla-
lure Of Kansas did. 1t is fortunate
nat one state sees that the public S
interest in the uninterrupted oper-
a'lon of the railroads takes prece-
Qence Of all other interests. 1t points
sae way. If Kansas has banished
worry about the strikes, why can't
III the other states and the national
s0Vernment do the same? Under
@'ernment control of railroads a
aflke is illogical. 1t ought to be
nade Illegal in both state and Fed
efsl Jurisdictions.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
The Dean Of Country Editors
Elias H Cheney, of The Granite State Free Press
Ninety Years Old, Still at His Desk

the generation In which more history
has been made than in any other
since the stars began to shine.
In an age on ages telling,
To be living is sublime
The editor came to this town to
take up what proved to be his life
work, July 20, 1861, tho day before
the awful disaster at Bull Run, and
assumed control with the first issue
in August. If he had not come then
he would not have come at all. Then,
first, the country began to realize
what Job it had on its hands, and
it was dismal outlook for business
of any kind, in the midst of the great
uprising which followed Bull Run,
even if duty did not seem to call
elsewhere. This generation can have
no adequate conception Of what it
is to face alternatives such as con-
fronted the men of 1861. But we
had purchased this paper and run in
debt for every dollar of the purchase
money, and & week or two later
could scarcely have given it away.
We were in it; there was no honor
able escape. 1t was a hard struggle,
every way. None will ever know how
hard. But we pulled through, try
ing first to make the two ends OF
the year meet through the most try
ing period, in business way, that
newspapers have ever seen, and next
to serve the loyal cause to the best
of our ability; doing a full journey
mans work at the case or press,
week in and week out, year in and
year out, and doing the editorial
work, including reading exchanges,
after everybody else was in bed.
"a large portion of the editorials
were never in manuscript at all. We
stood at the case, at evening, when
we could be alone, and put the un-
written editorials in type as fast as
the average compositor would set
them from copy. So earned we our
children's bread during all these
years of agony; and it was carefully
prepared in the humble home, and
frugally dealt out, as it had to be,
and it was very sweet, and we never
lacked. The prayer for daily bread
went up with each new day, and was
answered. But now the recollections
OF those days will occasionally
crowd everything else out Of the
mind into which they have been
burned by hard experience.
In reply to recent letter of in
quiry Mr.. Cheney wrote me that he
took The Tribune from 1851 up to the
line he went into the consular serv-
ice. 81 am a disciple of Henry Clay
and Greeley, though I could not follow
him (Greeley) in his later life.
think. however, that Greeley wanted TO
be President not for his own but for
his country's sake. Perfectly honest,
but do not think he would have been q
success as President mourned for
him
There is q simple sweetness about
this Grand Old Man of New Hampshire
journalism which endears him without
exception to every one in the state who
has the honor ,pf knowing him or the
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Instead Of Tolls Exemption

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The proposal to exempt coast
wise American ships from paying Pana-
ma Canal tolls amounts to a subsidy to
those ships. If it is deemed important
that home freights should be lowered
in that way to enable coastwise ships
to compete with transcontinental rail-
roads, why should we be guilty of a
violation of our treaty agreements?
Why should not the United States
government continue to collect those
tolls and rebate to the coastwise ships
an equal amount as a subsidy? Such
subsidy rebate would be purely an in
ternal financial operation, which can
not be criticized-a compliance witt
the letter Of our agreement.
GOOD FAITH.
New York, Oct. 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Shut Out

DEATH bars me from my garden, but
by the dusty road
GlInts many vagrant blossom the
winds caprices sowed
Death locks my door against me and
fiings the golden key
To sink with many another beneath the
moaning sea.
But there are haunts for gypsies upon
the heather moors,
Where we share with one another the
lore of out-of doors;
And gypsy tells to gypsy what healing
herbs are best
When the old wound starts a-throbbing
and starlight brings no rest.
KATHARINE LEE BATES
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Why Benches Are Preferred

Better Times" the interesting
little publication which labors to JUS
tify it's name, raises the question Of
what is the matter with the Munich
pal Lodging House.
During September $4,000 men. it
is estimated, slept in the parks. Per-
haps this is an ggeration, but the
number was large. Yet barely 150
a night trickled into the city's dormi-
tory, where S43 free beds were wait
ing. The colder weather has since
added to the city's guests, but there
is still room.
Why the shyness Of the bedless?
'It's the required bath, the hot water
ard the yellow SOAP" explains one
lodging house employee. you're
wrong" declares another. cts the
work, the two hours work in the
morning" "No," says still another,
1T IS the bad breakfast, which is the
best we can offer at present prices
and present appropriations"
Bird S. Colcr, Commissioner Of
the Department Of Public Welfare,
apparently assumes that the keeping
away is due to the prejudices of the
dirty and lazy. Says this voice of
authority:
"Whatever the winter may develop,
We will not relax the standards Of
the Municipal Lodging House. We
Will not turn it into Hotel de Gink.
We will not permit it to become in
tested with vermin, nor will we sub
ject its unfortunate inmates to CON
tact with disease. We will not turn
any one away but bodily cleanliness
is and will remain the price of a
bed
Perhaps it is the spirit of the Com
missioner, fltering down. that has
something to do with making chaps
in hard luck prefer outdoors. Dick
ens's unforgettable story of Betty
Higdon comes to mind. To her mis-
cry and death were better than the
relief provided by taxpayers who
would be kind. 1t cannot be the
naeagerness of the hospitality or the
discipline that is objected to. The
floors of the old police stations were
uncushioned and sergeants were
heavy of hand, yet men came. Nor
is the bad ventilation of the lodging
house an adequate explanation; the
crowded police stations had no ven
tilation at all And few who have
seen q bunch of men splash into
water will believe they dislike clean
! liness AS for work, it is. of course
not greatly enjoyed, especially if the
4 task is strange, but under other cir.
cumstances the same men would toll
cheerfully.
The trouble is probably in The
management's spirit. 1t wars ir
subtle ways against the self-respec1
that with strange manifestations i:
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
An Educated Rooste.
, Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l am daily reader of your
paper and have little item l would
like you to publish.
! am poultry raiser and have white
Leghorn rooster that I call quite well
educated He will come from any part
OF the farm where he can hear me
when l call BILLY" Then I tell him
TO get upon E post. He will immedi.
ately do so. Then say BILLY, crow! ;
and he also does that for me.
GEORGE H. BOWER.
Raritan, N. J., Oct. 90, 1891
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

Citizens Urged to Vote 'Yes" in the
Interest of Child Welfare

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: AS many of your readers are
much interested in various efforts which
are being put forth on behalf of chill
dren in this state, may bring to their
attention the great Importance of vot-
ing on Election Day in favor of Con
stitutional Amendment No. 5, which, if
approved, will indirectly greatly benefit
child offenders brought before the
courts?
This amendment does not change any
of the laws relating to children's
courts, nor does it enact any new pro-
visions. One of its purposes is to re-
move the constitutional prohibition
which now prevents the Legislature
from granting powers TO children's
courts to try little children in man
ner other than by the rigid rules of
the penal law. or to appoint suitable
relative guardian of child's person
when the child is neglected or in desti-
tute condition. The lack of this power
sometimes results in children being
sent TO institutions when dependable
relatives stand ready to assume their
custody.
The Commission to Examine Laws
Relating to Child Welfare strongly
urges all public spirited citizens to vote
yes" on this proposal. because it feels
that the adoption of this amendment is
Fundamental and necessary to its work
in revising children's court legislation.
Clubs or societies holding a meeting
before Election Day which desire a
speaker on this amendment may secure
one by addressing the undersigned.
GEORGE A. HALL.
Executive Secretary New York State
Commission to Examine Laws
Relating to Child Welfare.
New York, Oct 18, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
AS to Art

From Tbs CleDeIand Pfofn Dedts-)
GTRENGTH without taste is well In
several things,
Taste without strength is pleasant In
a few;
Not how, the soldier asks, but what
you do
You ask not what, but how, the tenor
sings.
But can Art seek heaven with no wings,
Or how be loved on earth, unless the
hue
OF earthly flesh and blood trxnsfuss
it through.
And Force solidify its vzporings.
Taste without strength makes teacup
poetry
And namby- -pamby trumperics ef
paint
Strength without taste makes vsssss
known as Free
And daubs of horrors that, snanH
Heaven, amt.
But rarely, strength and taste are wed.
and we
Have Genius-half brute and half
a saint
e TED ROBINSON.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Sinister Influences"

IS unfortunate for the country
mat the United States Shipping
board finds it Impossible to get on
's''er with Congress. In an hour
sasn these forces should be working
@sether toward the end of achiev-
!. = Tue nations high maritime ambi-
.Sa--ln an hour never so favorable
: 'aiS to the undoing Of the ship
: s'ns mistakes Of sixty-odd years
are al loggerheads. And things
gone SO far awry that Congress
4sa'ehS the board with another in
;sgation TO ascertain what "sin~
- influences ere working to re-
:. 's !, American shipping from the
,,''' ssnator Underwood is quoted as
ag that for over one hundred
=. sss' there has been "a sinister
W. west IN this country wh;ca has
h. Aeu Tor the destruction Of Amer
gss.s saippins. Were Senator La
s.. s.'s reported to have made such
b0s s'e'aent it would pass unaotlced,
s0ning from Senator Underwood
ssgmnands = attention.
aa ''y ~ does not sustain and can
tss y torture be made to sustain
i , ssa''eman from Alabama. Did
lusssa ssa IN anger or is his lover one
she,asa years just a matter of
ss0,ls 's' For instance, it was a
IL, 'sh :. who in the late SOS, sit
S'e seat Mr.. Underwood now
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

seldom wholly dead in the human
breast. The cold regulations kill
sympathetic relations. The lodging
house management, like that of other
relief institutions, is weak in it's
psychological understandings - does
not allow for the instinct of freedom.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

privilege of reading his written word.
One Of his brothers was Governor Of
the state, another was president of
Bates College for thirty years-but
Elias Cheney has something in his
makeup which puts him above and out
side of worldly rewards. Charity has
been his motto, and he will keep its
taper burning to the end
ERWIN f. KEENE.
Enfield. N. H, Oct. 20, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Convention

WHEN catch d glimpse of you.
An irritating glimpse of you
Turning some distant corner,
My body gives a sudden twinge
And want to run
Shouting your name.
But my companions
Continue their empty discussion
Of indemnities
And foreign trade
In the same calm, monotonous fashion
AS before:
And I remain listening.
OLIVER JENKINS.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

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lind to f CT not otherwise credited IN this
Il. and sss> tho local mems Of spontaneous
n r.h,s Of republication OF all otasr matter
,.vn also are reserved
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

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la's ..,a,,. In any case TIE TRIBUNE auaran-
= = ), ,.v ,sur money ssok Upon request. No rcd
=. rs suihhllns We make ssee promptly n
!. ,dssssissr dos not.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Portrait Sonnets

o1llalt comets
II WAS so much the way that tulips
bloom,
Her coming and the way she had with
So much the way tulip rnocks a tree
Which late in April keeps winter
gloom
That l, like one who guards in close
Precarious fires, was wholly glad to see
Such light. incautious burning-giad
that she,
Completely torch, made gay her certain
doom.
Bat since those bright. disturbing flowers
are dark
And lie, more ash than ember, on the
ground,
feel purpose in he brilliant play
That was of very life, and less mark
ot folly than of knowing quite profound
And perfect things about briefliving
clay
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
A Week of Verse
Summer Night


fFrom The Measured
l IKE bell note shivered into frag-
ments OF fine sound:
The summer night. But silence and the
stiffness do astound
Me more than all this strange-ro-round
Of multitudinously minted chords along
the ground
This is an edifce of silence, vast:
Into the chinks OF silence sound will
creep
"A little while-and fall asleep,
It's strength being spent ard past.
They say the crickcts sing al night.
know
They strike against the walls of silence.
lnsistently, a futile blow.
KENNETH sLADE ALILNG.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

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Cas- Man Matter
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
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New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

-Four poems from the first Issue of
Voices, 'aelc nragczi'ae Of verse, edited
By Harold VinoL, Boston, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

us,-sYrrToN RATES - ry msil. including
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-23
COMMITTEE.
 APPROVES FUND FOR.
 175,00O-MAN ARMY.
Measure as Passed By House Made Provision for Army Strength of Only
 150,0OO Men
Rx Associated Press

Washington, February 22.--An army or an average strength of 175,0o0 for the next fiscal year was nrovided in appropria- tions approved today by the Senate sub committee on military affairs in complet- ing it's report on the army appropriation bill for presentation to the full commit tee This strength compares with an av- craze of 15c0Oo. as provided for in the bill as passed by the House
 The bill as reported by the Senate sub- committee provides q S00. GOO for aviation, compared with s4.0000O0 favored by the House Of this increase, $3,000,00 would be used in purchasing new planes and equipment An increase also was made for vocational training, the total being g 500, 900. as compared with $1U0,Vv adopted by the House.
 Substantial provision is also made for the national guard based on assurances, committeeman said. that the guard next year would number 125,00o men.
 The l75.000 average in personnel, it was explained spwouid mean an army only of about 16l.000 at the end of the next fiscal year, as compared with 122,000 at the same time if the House figures were adopted. Army officers in submitting es- inmates to the Senate committee had re- duested the appropriation for an average numerical strength of 1S1.0N.
 The subcommittee report will be sub mitted to the full committee tono norrow. It is expected the bill will be reported to the Senate without further delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-23

Louisville, Ky, February 22.-The death here this afternoon of Milton H. Smith, president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, removed the oldest active president of an important rail- road in the United States, according to best available information. He was also considered the last of the old school executives. MT. Smith, who was in his eighty-fifth year, succumbed to heart attack, with which he had been suffering for the past several months.
 Funeral services will be held tomorrow pecial request will be very quiet The st toppage of all trains for brief period customary as a mark of respect for de- ceased officials, has been eliminated at Mir Smiths request. His survivors, the widow, two daughters, Mrs. Thomas l. Fielder. and Mrs. Robin Cooper of Nash vile. and two sons. Sidney and Milton H., Jr. together with few associates and friends only will attend the funeral.
 Realizing that his life was nearing the end, Mir. Smith while retaining the title
 VI . of which he was the executive head for almost 40 years. gradually relinduishei active control of the road to w. l.. Ma bother, first vice president, who MT. Smith trained from youth. and who was federal director of the system while it was under federal control.
 MT Smith was noted for his uncom- promising attitude, toward organized la Dor. as such. Although his friends say he was very considerate of every indi- vidual he would not deal with organiza- tions and until the government took the road out of his control railroad unions did not have very great hold on the system. off'r'als claim.
 SERVED B YEARS
 Milton Hannibal Smith was for S years chief operating officer of the Louisville land Nashville railroad. which he helped 1 to make one of the principal railway systems of the south, owning and operat- ling more than 5.000 miles of trackage. l Che principal lines of the company ey ltend from Cincinnati. through Louisville. l Nashville. Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile to New Orleans: from Cincin- ! nati. by way of Knoxville, to Atlanta and from Nashville to St. Louis.
 l He was born in Green county. New York, September I2 1886. His father. a l farmer. short time later removed with
 hts family to ChautauQua county, New !. York and then to Illinois, where the boy l grew to manhood. Farm life proved r;s- some to the future railway president | and before he reached the age of 20 he thad mastered the art of telegrarhy ano taken position at Holly Springs. Miss. lin the office there of the Mississipp | Central railroad.
 1 When the Civil war began he entered ithe military railway service. being first I stationed at Holly Springs. His wori lhere attracted. the attention. of his su' Iperiors, and after the fall of Fort Don !leson and the. battle of Shiloh. he wal transferred to Jackson. Tenn. as mas ter of transportatton on all military roads in the occupied districts of thu south.
 At the close of the war he becam freight agent at Louisville for the Louis lvule ard Nashville railroad. which, a l that time. was operating less than 5l lmiles of line Three years later he wa
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-23
NOTICE CAUSES SURPRISE

EATAs, T eDTudTy -lAsnDdSSador wal lace's notification to the council of the League of Nations today that the state -ce partment at Washington desired to pre- sent the views of the United States, be- fore action was taken on mandates created great surprise in league circles The gradual withdrawal of American representatives from the councils com missions connected with peace activities had tended to confirm the opinion that the outgoing administration would leave all such initiative to the new goyern- ment.
 The text of Secretary Colby's note will not be generally known, until tomorrow, but his unexpected intervention is learned in French circles, and among aothers also. with evident satisfaction. as show
 ing that the new world still maintains
 contact and is still interested in the old
 worlds problems.
 Notification of the imminent arrival Of the note came when mandates was the first question on the agenda of the coun-
 cil, which spent nearly. the entire day in
 discussing the reply to the American amba ssador's letter. and exchangin,
 views upon those mandates which the American observations are not likely to touch,
 The councils reply to Ambassador Wallace. siSned by pr. DaCunha. pres ident of the council, expresses the lively interest with which the council learned of the communication from the state de- pertinent, and it's early delivery and says 1 that in deference to his request ths lcouncil will postpone all final decisions relative to the form of mandates now under discussion until receipt of the com runication.
 The note points out that the mandates 1 on the agenda are all of type IA" Asia Minor and "B.. Central Africa. It re. | calls that mandates of type "G,' the 1 Pacific islands and German West Africa were decided upon two months ago and I published. The mandates are as follows 1 Type 'A''--Great Britain mandatory
 over Mesopotamia and Palestine; France l over Syria and Lebanon.
 1 German East Africa France and Grea Great Britain over German Southeas lAfrica.
 l Type "C''-Japan mandatory over Nortl Pacific islands. including Tap; Australia over New Guinea: New Zealand ove tsamoa; Great Britain over Nauru; uniol of South Africa over German Southwes < The cSuheii decided that the mandat lccmmission shall be composed of the fou I mandatory powers-Great Britain. France Relaium and Japan--with the other mem II hers to he chosen from among repre- lsentatives of Italy, Portugal. Holland I Sw eden and perhaps Tinted states. Th louestibn of an American represe ehtativ is stiff under discussion. there he ns diff ferences of opinionnas to the propr'ety q Y selecting an American under the presen
 circumstances
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-23
Today's Thriller
By Associated Press

Washington, February 22.-Tne Senate celebrated Washington's birthday with an impromptu feast served by Senator Ashurst, demo- crat, Arizona. He appeared with packages of western grown figs and dates and began a speech by sending pages around the floor with the fruit. When everybody was chewing comfortably, he asked $61,000 item for fig and date plant investigations instead of s51,OoO provided by the House. The senators voted the additional s10.O00 without missing bite.