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The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Alaskan Forest Conservation.

Improvidence such as that which
has destroyed three-fifths of the for
ests Of the continental United States
can lie avoided In Alaska, Colonel w.
B. GREELEY, Chief of the Forest Ser
vice, points out in his annual report.
In Alaska is the equivalent of 6 per
cent. of the timber in the United
States. Wisely handled, this supply
could meet a third of the American
demand for paper pulp.
The conservation system which
Colonel GREELEY recommends would
not, he explains, put forests under
lock and key. He would expand forest
industries as rapidly as markets for
the products could be found, but
within limits of the control neces-
sary to keep the land productive and
to provide perpetual" supply of raw
material for manufacture into lumber
and paper.
This is the true mission of con-
servation. Too often it is interpreted
to mean withdrawal of natural re-
sources from human use, but such
withdrawal defeats the object of con-
servation. Wise use, not abandon
ment of natures gifts, marks the ma
tion truly thrifty.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28

physical education in - Young
Mems Christian Association and the
leader in the Play for Everybody
movement, tells in a current number
of the outlook of being with a
Chinese merchant who signed a let
ter cordially inviting Japanese sport.
ing clubs TO come over for Chinese
games and Immediately afterward
another containing flaming call
to the Chinese people to establish q
boycott against japanese goods. This
Chinese merchant. who was presi-
dent of the Chinese Athletic Associa-
tion, said: mo matter what attitude
it may be necessary for us to take in
business or politics, on the field Of
sports we can meet as friends"
The Far Eastern Games started by
Americans at Manila in 1913 brought
athletes from China, Japan and the
Philippines together. The Japanese
discovered that the American pos
sessions" as they disdainfully called
the Filipinos, could none the less beat
them at sports. Since then meets
have been held every two years in
the capital of one of the three coun-
tries. and all in the friendliest
rivalry.
Indeed sports seem to make an
appeal to Oriental character where
Western music and art often fail.
The Oriental facial immobility, de-
veloped through centuries of self
discipline, falls of at the football
field like mask. Oriental roofing
would do credit to an American
crowd with BAsE RUTH at the bat.
Sports are bringing the world to-
gether. Credit for initiative In the
Play for Everybody movement goes
primarily to America. to the Young
Mems Christian Association and to
similar organizations here which con.
Germ themselves with the welfare OF
foreign peoples.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Crimes and the Races.
Southern Whites Upheld In Their
Attitude Toward Negroes.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: II is a
shame that tho gentleman who signs
himself "R." In his letter on "Crtmes
and the Races" should present his state
ments in a way that IL sure to arouse
resentment. In saying that Southern
law Is unjust. that Southern lawmakers
are unreasonable and that Southern
whites force the negro into n state of
slavery he has made three very Ill con-
sidered statements. The war Is over
these fifty-six years and looking back
ward on the great achievements accom-
piishcd by the Southerner and his
Northern brother 90 out Of every 100
Southerners are happy IN the knowledge
that our Union was preserved.
II Is natural that white men should
make the laws, that white men should
interpret them, that white men should
execute and that white men should per-
secute This Is white mans country
That white men do all this in the South
seems to imply In "R.'s" mind that the
laws are unjust White men do all this.
not because they hold the negro in a
state of slavery but because there are
more white men and the majority rules
great success considering the proportion
Of negroes to whites. The negro has his
schools and universities, the two great
est in the country being located in the
South, namely, Hampton and Tuslfegee.
He votes IL he has tangible property and
he runs for office. A negro named
Mitchell was recently candidate for
nomination for the Governorship Of Vir-
ginia. Why blame the white man If the
negro fails because In the minority?
II "R." has solved the negro problem
his fame is assured and by making it
public he will undoubtedly receive the ac-
claim Of a grateful nation. However,
before making 1t public suggest as
test that he take up his residence In the
South for a year. for 1 believe before
the exuiration of that time his opinion
will have undergone change.
VIRGrNIAN.
NEW YORK, December 27.
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Sports Bring Foes Together.

At the racetrack the horse is king.
GHANpI, the Indian revolutionary
leader, overlooked this detail when
he told his people not to go to the
Christmas races at Calcutta, where
the Prince of Wales was expected.
The natives did keep off the streets
where the British Prince passed, but
they turned up at the races.
Whore international leagues have
failed, sports are bringing hostile
peoples together. AT European foot
ball fields different nationalities meet
in cheering, almost friendly rivalry,
though everywhere else they may be
on bad terms.
The sport rage in France is such
that old enemies are being invited to
Paris. under the guise OF neutral ma
tionalities assumed for the occasion,
TO match their skill with the French
on a more friendly field. The Ger
mans are frankly ready TO meet any
body at sports. The first American
and British flags to appear in Berlin
were those draped about the mats
where former enemies met for q
friendly bout after laying aside their
bayonets for the gloves. The only
persons who do not share in the gen.
eral enthusiasm for American boxers
in Germany are the German boxers,
who find themselves neglected.
Despite protests from few scan.
dalized Prussians, the German mill.
tary police had football match re
Gently with soldiers from the British
mission I'm Berlin.
Similar reconciliations are taking
place between former enemies in
other parts of Europe. Poles and
Czechs, who have been showing their
teeth at each other, now forget to dc
so while they are roofing for their
respective teams at football games.
The sport wave is helping tc
smooth out hostilities in the Fai
East. ELwooD BRayN, secretary Of
The New York herald., 1921-12-28

Two hitherto unpublished letters
showing how Theodore Roosevelt. al
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. ad-
vised President Mckinley to precipitate
war with Spain five weeks before the
war actually started, were made public
yesterday by Col. William Boyce Thomp-
son, president OF the Roosevelt Memorial
Association.
The letters were written by Col.
Roosevelt to Capt. Robley d. Evans
Cater AdmiraD. The first one. dated
March 1s. 1898, FIVE weeks before the
declaration of war. refers TO the sailing
Of Spanish torpedo boat fiotilla, which
had been sent to Cuba as an obvious
preparation for war with the United
States. It says:
NO one shall see your letter. which
have this minute received; but / shall
go in and speak to the Secretary as
strongly as ! know how. have for
some days been advising exactly as you
advise in your letter, not only as TO
the Admiral but as tt the Spanis 4
torpedo catchers.- and as to the need Of
picket boats TOR our fleet. / told the
President yesterday that we ought 20
treat the sailing of those Spanish torpedo
catchers as European Power would the
inobilixing of @ hostile army on It's
frontiers.
"As to yourself, have spoken to the
Secretary again and again about you,
and ! can't help believing that you will
be given the command not only of a
ship, but of squadron, as soon az
hostilities arise"
Tho second letter was dated the day
after the war began. IT says:
"I have been hurrying up the marines
all I knew how. I think we viii get
II you haven't got some catchers. or at
least apologies for them. As you know,
have been q hereto about the bonn
bardment until we destroy or cripple the
Spanish fleet ] think we could prob.
ably whip the enemy even with crippled
battleships, but I don't want to try;
and 10 and IL inch guns even IN the
hands of the Spaniards might knock
out one or two OF our ships. If only
the army were one-tenth as ready as the
navy we would fix that whole business
in six weeks before the eickly season
was well under way, but what will hap
pen now I don't know. You are quite
right about not using battleships for
blockading purposes. and hope that we
can speedily put them to better Use.
Have you any definite idea as to the
amount of provisions In Havana, and
how long before the place falls? I agree
with you about taking some such place
as Matanzas at once"
These letters, together with many
other mementos and records OF Col.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Debs the Unkind.

Our neighbor the World was an EN-
ergetic advocate of freedom for the
so-called political prisoners. 1t coun'
seied the Administration to set them
all loose, from DEBs down. The
Worlds news article on the interview
on Monday between President HAB
DING and DEBs contains a paragraph
which may interest the soft hearted
editor of the World as well as others
of our readers:
''There was no word from the
President or his guest as to what
was discussed. Mr.. DEBs said the
proprieties would not permit him to
divulge ii. The World nevertheless
knows the conversation turned on
DEDs's political and economic con-
victions, and that DEBs not only
said he was not sorry for any utter
ance of his own with respect TO the
war but reiterated his opinions; de-
cared he would not support any war
for any government on earth, and
as long as he had breath and voice
he would travel the path laid out by
his own mind and heart"
If this statement be true-and we
have no reason to doubt it-the Presi
dent must have realized very quickly
what he had been let in for, thanks
to the Attorney-General's Office and
perhaps, the World itself.
Such utterances as this do not sup
port the reputation for kindness ant
courtesy enjoyed by DEBs, the benefi
ciary of executive clemency.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Good Also in Hospitals.
A Staten Island Instance Cited in
Reply 10 Recent Criticisms.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The
evil that men do lives after them. the
good Is oft Inferred with their bones.-
This is In reference to the recent crtti-
cism Of such institutions as the Poly
clinic under Government management
and the Fox Hills Sanitarium. Are there
no kind words 10 say about any OF
them or the good work OF the physi-
clans and nurses2
1 have recently visited tho emergency
ward of the United States Marine Hos
pital on Staten Island In all my long
and varied experience as trained
nurse / have never seen tho equal OF
the kind and gentle care shown by Dr.
Palmer and the nurse in charge. ! wit
messed the arrival OF friendless uailor
who was desperately Ill. have per-
sonaily seen DR.. Palmer in his anxiety
that this man should be handled as ten
derly as possible himself do the neniai
work that falls usually to the lot OF
a hospital orderly. That this is not a
lone case is evidenced by the number
of sailors who returned to give thanks
for previous treatment at this ward and
hospital
1t seems to me that with all the aI1e-
cations about III treatment in hospitals
an example Hike this should not go un-
noticed. We too often take for granted
the care and attention lavished on the
I'll by physicians and nurses, forgetting
that they are but human beings and ap-
preciate the acknowledgment of good
work as well as those Of US In other
lines OF endeavor. We are hasty In
criticism. we should be no less hasty
in praise. CECILIA ELIsH.
BRooKLYN, December z7.
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Logic Leaves a Head Bare.

To THE NEW York Herald: know
il is considered polite for a man 20
remove his hat when entering building
accompanied by or in the presence of a
lady. but by what line of reasoning
should the hat be removed in on ele-
vator when in the presence Of aides,
and Immediately be replaced when
emerging from the elevator, although
under the roof of the same building and
perhaps still accompanied by or in the
presence OF ladies'?
For one ] fail to see why the hat
should not be kept off mans head
until he leaves the building II 1t Is po-
lite to take II off at all when therein.
NEW YORK. Decembe~27a w S. g.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
stoned ofncers and privates met their

stoned officers and privates met their
death.
General MILES took advantage OF
the victory won at Wounded Knee
TO press the Indians to agree TO
peace terms. He finally succeeded In
opening negotiations with them on
January ~ and three days afterward
they surrendered and General MILES
in an address commencing his troops
declared the war at an end.
The final echo of the battle of
Wounded Knee came in February,
1891, when Colonel FORSYTH was ex-
onerated from charges brought
against him relative to the killing OF
the Indian women and children who
met their death in the engagement.
The day recalls perhaps above
everything else the fact that the
strongest foe of our forefathers has
ceased forever to be the white mans
enemy, and that in our last war he
joined us in lighting our battles.
1t recalls too the hard service OF
brilliant and capable soldiers who
in these Indian wars carried on a
severe warfare in which officer and
man had little to gain and much
to lose and in which. as one of their
number graphically expressed 1t,
there was absolutely nothing to hold
the soldier stern and steadfast to the
bitter end but the solemn sense OF
soldier duty"
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Revenue Opinion 1913.
II Aims at Making Stockholders Pay
Additional Income Tax.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The edf.
toriai article in your paper entitled
"The Square Deal at Last prompts me
to call your attention to Revenue De-
partment law opinion 1913, reported in
bulletin 43-21, pages z and 9, and espe-
ciaily to the final summing up, which
reads as follows:
For the reasons above stated II is con-
cluded that profit made by a corporation
In 1915 or subsequent years from tho
realization OF appreciation OF corporate
assets accrued before March 1, 1913, is
taxable ircome TO the stockholdcr when
dist ibuted as dividend in 1918 or sub
sequcnt years.
The bulletin covering this opinion was
issued under date OF October 26, 1921.
and raised a storm of criticism on the
floor of the Senate--see Congressional
Record, November 4, pages s112-S11S--
and resulted In the Senate Immediately
inserting the following clause in the
new law:
But any earnings or profits accumulated
or Increase ia value OF property accrued
prior TO March 1. 1913. may be distr4b-
uted free of taxation.
In order that you may understand the
effect OF opinion 1913 1t will be necessary
for you to read carefully the pages OF
the Congressional Record above referred
TO, which cover the Senate debate on
the subject. You will then observe that
the saving clause inserted by the Sem
ate and last quoted above is really in
tended to give the taxpayer a square
deal and clears the track for the tax
payer after January l, 1921, but unless
opinion 1918 above referred to is Inodi-
fled by subsequent opinion OF the
Solicitors Office or by action of the
Revenue Commissioner the taxpayer
VIII be forced to pay tax on the reali-
zation from unearned increment accrued
prior TO March /, 1918. for the years
1918, 1919 and 1920, and possibly for
all years subsequent TO March 1, 1913.
This will mean that taxpayers affected
by this very late decision will be obliged
to file amended returns for 1918, 1919
and 1920 and pay the additional tax
called for by this decision.
Please note the situation created: The
Revenue Department under the Demo-
cratic Administration during all these
years has permitted this feature OF the
tax law to sleep: now comes the Rev.
enue Department under the Republican
Administration and promulgates q more
drastic and unfair Interpretation of the
income tax law than has ever before
been brought forward, an Interpretation
which does not make for sound govern
nj mt, an Interpretation which attacks
the safety of property rights. and which
Undoubtedly will react against the Re-
publican Administration.
Many competent attorneys are OF the
opinion that this revenue decision 1913
viii not stand with the Supreme Court.
/ Why should the Republican Administra-
ition in the face of the Republican cam
paign promises regarding taxes 20 so
far out Of its way to dig up something
in the tax law to add this additional
burden? II.
NEW YORK, December 27.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

grotherhoos Of Commercial Travellers. DIN
Utilities Mutual Insurance COMPANY din.
ner. Waldorf-Astoria. z p. NJ.
Our America Club, dance, waIdorf-Astor
Loyola Alumni Association. dinner. Bit
more, p. NJ.
Iowa New Workers. dinner dance. Comrno-
Association for Research in Nervous and
Mental Diseases, meeting and luncheon. Com
Catholic Trust Society. meeting. con,rno.
Dinner 70 sheriff-eiect Peter s. seery.
Hotel Shelburne. Brighton Beach, 8 r. NJ
Building Trades Employers Associa ton.
meeting, 80 West Thirty-third street. p. M
Washington Heights Chapter. Daughters
dance. Waldorf, 8 p. M.
childrens Christmas fete for tho benefit
di~abled soldiers. Town Hall.
Informal conference Of leaders representing
the American Federation of Labor. State
Federation OF Labor Central Trades and La
Dor Council and the Building Trades to dis
cuss Lockwood committee disclosures, Hotel
Novelty Jewelry and Leather Goods Sales.
mems Association. meeting for election OF
officers, Hotel Claridge. 8 p. NJ.
Operaiogue by DR.. Clement Burbank Shaw
on La Juiye." Educational Alliance. io'
GranIiden guests Will hold their annual ro.
union at the Hotel WeyIin; Madison avenue
Benefit concert and dance of the Eldridge
Street Day Nursery at Hunts Point Palace,
opera selections by Joseph Arenstein, tenor.
and chorus from the Metropolitan Opera
House, p. NJ.
Parade of ex-service men who are Masons
and review of the Thirteenth Regiment
Brooklyn. 8 p. M.
5tereoptcon lecture on Beautiful Ireiand'
by Kathleen Mathew, auspices of tho Board
~ Education. Rowery Mission, 8 p. NJ.
Federation Of Jewish Charities. pageant.
Hotel Astor, all day.
Pi Lambda Phi. meeting. Hotel Astor. 10
A. NJ.
Round Table, dinner, Hotel Astor. Z r. NJ
Holy Gross School, luncheon, Hotel Astor.
p. NJ.
Long Island Real Estate Board. luncheon
Cafe boulevard, p. NJ
Eastern Star. Lily Chapter. dinner. Cafe
boulevard. = p. NJ.
Kiwanis Club. luncheon. Hotel HcAipIn.
- :20 = VI.
Lake cbannIain Camp. supper dance, Ho.e,
MrAlnin u NJ
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Last Great Indian Fight.

December 2S Is red letter day in
the calendar of the old Indian fighter
and memorable day in the annals
of Indian warfare in this country.
On this date, thirty-one years ago,
began the battle of Wounded Knee,
South Dakota, the chief engagement
In the last war of Importance which
the Federal Government carried on
against the Indian.
This last war had many of the ro-
mantle features which the observer
more than the actual participant at
taohed to border warfare. 1t was in
a measure an aftermath of the battle
of the Little Big Horn, io which Gus
TEB and his commaD, we're lost, in
that the Sioux were again the chief
Indian participants and the crafty
old warrior, SITTING BULL, who had
escaped to Canada after that battle,
was again the principal instigator of
his tribes uprising against the white
man. In it we're engaged General
NELSON A. MILES and many other Off
GERS who had seen long service in the
West and many Indian chiefs, BIC
FooT. CRAZY HORSE, LITTLE Crow
and others whose skill as command
ers was recognized by their foe. An
melting cause was the Messiah craze
which was sweeping over the tribes
Of the Northwest and which had been
fostered by fanatical medicine men
who predicted the coming of a con
quering Messiah.
The disatfection was widespread
involving many tribes which before
had not been hostile. "It is more
comprehensive plot" General MILES
reported, than anything ever in
spired by TEoUMsEH or even PoN
rrAo. insufficient food, religious de
lusion and the innate disposition OF
the savage to go to war must be held
responsible" In fact, most of the
elements OF Indian wars in this
country seemed combined in this last
organized effort OF the red man tc
prove his skill as a warrior.
The war began by the usual attack
upon the white settlers. On Decem
Der IS SITTING BULL was captured
and in an attempted rescue the ole
chief, his son, Crow FooT, and many
Of his followers were killed and their
camp seized. To revenge SITTING
Bulls death the remnant of his band
Joined by Bio FooT's band and about
200 other warriors, started on the
warpath. They were surrounded by
troops under command OF Major
WuITrsDE on the evening of Decem
her 2S, 1890, and while pretending tC
surrender they made an attack upor
the dismounted troops. The fight
continued part OF the next day, the
Indians making their way into the
shelter OF ravines. Artillery was used
against them and Big FooT, most Of
his band and many of the women
and children, in all about 800 persons
according to report, were killed
Captain WALLACE, Lieutenants CASEY
and Mann and thirty uon-comslis
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Tony Pastor at 444.
Stars Were on the Stage and Thur
derhoIt Mike Norton Kept Order.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Among
the references to Tony Pastor i faii TO
notice any about his appearance at 444
Broadway-"The 4s''-long before he
opened on the Bowery. One Of his best
songs. which he rendered I'm his inim-
liable fashion. was in part
She raised her umberella,
Said her name was Isabella
And her father kept u barber shop in Wee
haw-kin.
At 444--Bob Buffers American Thea
ter-you could see such talent as Charley
White, the fne, II not the finest, old time
negro impersonator Johnny Wild, Of
Harrigan and Hart fame Jim Wamboid,
Dawes brother, who made banjo play
ing a speciality; Dick Ralph. heavy buck
and wing and high kicking dancer; Dick
Sands and Hank Nudge. champion clog
gists Charley Collins, THE Cure; Mof-
fet and Bartholomew, pantomimists.
whom the Fox brothers could not equal,
they were SO versatile; Lizzie Schultz,
afterwarl Mrs. Bob Butler, and her
rival in the ballet, Mile. Flora
Each of these latter dancers had her
adherents, and the excitement at times
during their appearance very nearly
reached riotous heights. Thunderbolt
Mike Norton, afterward State Senator.
kept, or tried to keep. order in the
gallery. but he had his hands full on
these occasions and the smacB OF his
rattan could be heard all over the
house.
After the show we boys adjourned
to Maschute's, Broadway and Howard
street, in the basement. TO get oyster
pic and coffee for fifteen cents. The
shows then were longer better and
cheaper than now. This was in the
early eos. w. j. p.
GREENWICH, Conn, December 26.
The New York herald., 1921-12-28
What Americans Read.
Efficient Advertising and Large
Sales of Books.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD Quite
frankly. don't you think that an edito-
rial or PROFESSIONAL analytical commen-
tary on the sales of books should con-
sider the sales efforts as well as the lit
erary elements?
AS a bookdealer I had opportunities
10 observe that months before Helen OF
the Old House" was issued the publish
ers equipped their best statesmen with
exceptional sales talks and display In
formation. Tho publishers advertising
department distributed attractive post
ers. pictures and window strips. IL ao-
vertised we'll and widely In newspapers
and in magazines. 1t extended its ad-
vertising campaign by placing In book
stores phonograph records of Harold
peII Wright reading from his "Helen Of
the Old House"
Do you imagine that 'Helen OF the
old House" would have sold go well X
IL had not had original yet sane adver-
Using men behind and before IL, as
sisted and complemented by good
sales foroe, and all directed by shrewd
business man?
To say whether a book is dripping
with sentiment and virtue Is part OF a
reviewers task In estimating a books
literary values AS a review 1t is COM
plete regardless OF whether 1t considers
lhe sales elements or not. But an anaiy-
sis of the sales rs a study OF popular
taste in reading is incomplete If it re-
stricts It's discussion to literary efforts
and fails to recognize sales efforts.
This you failed to consider In your edi-
torial article on "What Americans
Read" G. w. II.
NEW YORK, December 81.