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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-02

Even tho Foreign Adviccs which
pointed TO = refusal by tho Allies Of
the latest German offer on separations,
bhghting the hopes Of an imm ediate
settlement Of this momcntous prob
lem, failed to have moro than = tenn
porary influence in checking tho buoy
aHcy Of prices. Such bearish factors
rs the poor earning statement Of the
United States Steel Corporation for the
first quarter and reduction In the
dividend on tho stock of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad excited interest, but
were developments which tho financial
community considered the effects of
causes Of which 1t has been long cog
infant.
While settlement Of the vexatious
reparations problem, which is admit
teddy tho most important constructive
development that could happen, is
awaited anxiously by the financial
markets, the domestic credit situation
is receiving much attention, and the
steady improvement in the position
Of tho country's credit structure, as
disclosed in the reports Of the Federal
Reserve system from week to week, is
generally accepted as promising a grad
ual lowering in the cost Of money to
borrowers. Stagnation in business and
the persistent liquidation OF banking
credits have combined with the heavy
arrivals Of gold from abroad to lift
much Of the pressure from overbur-
dened lending institutions. This is
progress in the direction Of easier
money markets. Commercial paper
borrowers who found 1t possible to
discount their prime bills on \ 61z
per cent basis, tho lowest level since
carly last year, enjoyed the frst d.
rect benefit from the credit relaxation,
although tho improvement in the bank
ing position is reflected indirectly in
many other ways. The Bank Of Eng
land, taking mote Of . similar trend
toward ease in Great Britain, reduced
its minimum rate Of discount from z
to 63a per cent last week, develop
ment that Is regarded here as exceed
ingly significant. On the basis Of the
latest showing Of tho Federal Reserve
system it appears to be only ques.
ton Of time before Federal Reserve
banks as whole follow the lead Of
London. A fortnight ago the Federal
Reserve Bank Of Boston announced the
first break in discounts from the pres
ent high level when it cut its rate from
Z to 8 per cent. The danger Of re-
turn Of infationary tendencies as .
result Of uniform lowering Of official
discount rates Of the leading Reserve
banks Is believed to exist no longer,
and the common banking view is that
such step at this time would have
. most beneficial effect upon business
In sentimental way. For one thing,
it would make it plain to the merchant
and the business man that conditions
are relaxing and that he will be able
to cover his future credit needs with
out trouble.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
The March of EUents

There the French militarists, whom
BRAND has endorsed at home, are
desperately striving to bring on the
new war they desire.
Our own Government is very much
to blame for the ugliness and folly Of
the Polish militarists.
Secretary Baker provided them
with military supplies at fraction
of what those supplies cost the
American taxpayer sand took
worthless paper for the nominal
charge.
Following that illegal and foolish
encouragement, the recent and the
present administration each has
sanctioned the spending of millions
of the American taxpayers money
in supplying the Polish civilian
population with food and accessories.
Of course, this was well-meant
charity, but it was mistake and is
yet a mistake, because it enables the
Polish militarists to keep an army of
100000 conscripts modified, and
that is the threat which distracts
Europe and prevents reconstruction.
A very great help to Europe would
be for us to stop spending millions
in feeding countries like Poland, for
example, which insist upon keeping
great armies on foot, out of all pro-
portion to their needs.
The money we spend in this way
simply keeps Europe in danger of
new war. 1t is the most mistaken
charity in the world. 1t is not
charity at all, but a camouflaged
method of encouraging militarism to
breed new trouble, new slaughters,
new conscriptions, new woes and
miseries for helpless peoples.
The rule should be that we will
neither lend nor give a dollar to any
country which maintains great and
costly military ornaments, beyond
its means and its needs of defense.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
The Future Needs of
Washington Schools
By BILL PRICE.

Valuable suggestions to Congress contained In the
letter of PHILANDER p CLAYTON, former Commissioner
of Education, to Senator CAPPER regarding the future
needs of District schools.
The Kansas Senator has been making most thorough
survey of the local school situation obtaining the views
OF prominent citizens to what is best for the school
system AS with other Senators and congressman he shows
desire to grant all the money the schools need to
for emergency that has retarded and endangered the
proper education of the youth of the District.
The growth of that alarming situation is in itself
strong condemnation of haphazard methods of appropra
tons for District needs One year Congress will BE liberal
in meeting the estimates for schools other purposes
Another year. through changes of committees
other causes cheeseparng tactics followed There
is definite program of future expansion to meet future
needs for replacement of obsolete buildings and the
stituton of modern methods This lack of compre
hensve understanding constantly stands in the way of
development of our school system into model one.
School authorities find it impossible to proceed along
fixed lines for the good that they know when
welmatured plans will be upset by changes in legislative
ideas policies. 1t is hand tomouth game with the
schools fairly provided for year and pnched to the
limit another 1t is process of usment after
oher just trimming of sails to meet each Congressional
breeze.
1t is profound wonder that the school system does we'll
under these conditions Nothing but able administration
by the board of education and the superintendent of schools
can keep the system up to anything like standard.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
HUM ANISMS
William Anterior Du Puy-

When President Oregon of Mexico was a col
onel in the army and handling command OF
Yaaui Indians. according to American Consul
Frederick Simpch. he used to have a lot of trou-
BILE because, when he was moving his command
the Yaauis, seated on the tops OF the boxcars,
delighted in shooting at the pigs sheep and
chicken Of the farmers along the track. Finally
Oregon called them together and said:
Now look here, hombres this has got to stop.
The next who does any of this shooting rs
going to be stood up against the dooe wall ana
bored all full of meuser bullet holes
"Si, Senior Colonel" responded the Ysouia
About a minute later the crack OF a rifle was
heard from the top of a boxcsr and pig In
nearby yard ran suuealing.
the colonel rushed to the scene, storming pro-
fanely. -
Me no shoot protested the Yaqui. with shout
ders protesting eloauenty.
well what made that smoke all around your
Him left over from yesterday" protested the
And the colonel quite renowned for his sense
of humor, let the peon Off
Can't John McC;rath. of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, once spent the open season in Alaska
working busily on the task of establishing the
proper boundary between that Territory and
Canada As the season came to close ne hur-
ried down the Yukan, 1000 miles, to catch the
last boat back to the States before the long
Arctic winter set In.
In his attempts to finish bis task ne mad wait.
ed day too long. When he got TO the mouth OF
the great river the boat had just left He could
almost see her smoke In the distance
So he had to sit down in the solitude and wait
eight months for the return OF spring.
When Senator Bert NJ. Fernald was a younger
man he was a travelling salesman, and II not in
freouently happens that he picks some expert
.nce out OF early past to illustrate present.
day situation.
There Ia the war, for instance. II cost awful
10, - r,oney There are those who approach near
un,o tears when they consider the ten billion
twenty billion whatever 1t was that II cost
But Senator Fernald Is reminded OF one day
wben he was riding a train and there sat in
,ropt 81 him a young couple who were evidently
ranch interested in each other. 1t just happened
th,t the lights failed to work when the train ran
int n tunnel When II emerged the young lady's
hair was somewhat disheveled and the young
man had the suspicion OF powder on his face.
A little later the travelling man heard John say:
ct am told that that tunnel cost million dol
lars" ,,-, . $500
So may Il be with the war.
Copyright 1921, by ublc Ledger Coz
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
n ENATOR WATSON proposes
~ that Government bonds be made
legal tender.

~
~ that Government bonds be made
legal tender.
The simplest way to effect that
would be for the Government,
through rs banking agencies, to re-
place all bonds offered with legal
tender paper money, receivable in
payment of all taxes, customs duties
and public and private debts.
This would be fat money under
another name-and there is no rea-
son in the world why it should not
be good money.
Of course, such an enormous addi-
ton to the stock of currency would
at once cheaper the dollar, which
means higher and higher prices. We
have been trying to get away from
those conditions.
But it is an open question whether
the nation has been benefited or in
jured by debating as drastically as
it has with the inevitable decrease of
wages, decrease of employment and
falling off in production and trade.
The truth seems to be that plenti-
full and cheap money, with high
prices and high wages, benefits labor
and capital invested in industry and
hurts capital used to earn interest
by loans and investment in fixed in
come-bearing securities.
Cheap money certainly benefits
debtors and hurts creditors, and
there are always hundred debtors
to one creditor.
The problem has many ramifca-
tons, but perhaps our money has
been made too dear now for our own
good and the worlds good, and that
deflation was carried on too quickly
and to too great extent, and to the
advantage of nobody but incorpo-
rated money lenders.
The only remaining acute danger
to the peace of Europe is Poland.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
Crime Is o. Disease

also very fortunate, for there are
thousands of other lawbreakers who
have no such friends, who are seized
upon by the agents of society, hailed
into court, thrown into prison and
treated with every form of harshness
as enemies to be punished, and not
as cripples to be cured.
Some day or other we are going to
get the normal, sane and healthy
view in regard to all crime.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
Moving Iron

CHARLES M. SCHWAB, captain
of industry and the chief owner
of the Bethlehem Steel Company,
makes what to the ordinary man
must be startling statement when
he says:
The cost of transporting the raw ma
terials for q ton Of pigiron to Bethlehem is
today greater than the sales price of that
ton with an added profit was a few years
ago"
OF course, the sales price a few
years ago of that ton of pigiron in
cluded the cost of labor, the cost of
producing the material from the
ground, the profit on the production,
the interest on the capital involved,
the transportation of the raw ma
terial, the cost of converting it into
pigiron, the interest on the capital
and the profit.
All these costs made up the sales
price of ton of pigiron a few years
ago. Now the cost of transportation
of the raw material alone exceeds
the total former cost of the product.
The American people are paving
very high rates for railroad service,
and at the same time the railroads
are reducing or suspending divi4
dends and asking for relief by the
Government within one year after
Congress gave them the right to
charge all the traffic would bear for
their service.
Is not the present railroad situa-
ton rapidly creating a new national
issue in politics, with holders of rail
road securities, shippers and con
sumers voting for the first time to-
getherf
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
4 STRIKING case of kleptomania
"a occurred in Chicago recently.
y The wife of a millionaire was


"a occurred in Chicago recently.
= The wife of a millionaire was
arrested for stealing.
She lived in a palatial home, and
had maids and buffers and other
servants to wait upon her. She had
no need for money, as her husband
willingly supplied all she could rea-
sonably spend, even for luxuries.
But a strange impulse obsessed
her. She applied for position as
maid in a strange house, and was &C
cepted because of her refined appear
ance. This she did at several places.
In each instance she looted the home
during the absence of the family and
carried the things away in her own
automobile. A neighbor woman saw
the maid going away with the sedan
full of plumber and notified her en-
ployer. The kleptomaniac was ar
rested, and at police headquarters
she broke down and confessed.
The woman was forty-four years
old and had four children of her
own.
Her husband, although dazed by
the shock of seeing his wife klepto-
maniac, hurried to her side and de-
clared that he would stand by her.
This incident is full of instruction
for those who are capable of learn
ing. 1t emphasizes the truth that
crime is a disease to be, cured and
not an act which calls for retribu-
ton.
In such case we already acknowl-
edge its pathological character by
giving it a medical name: klepto-
mania. We are recognizing that it
is mental disorder, something to be
healed.
In former ages anyone who stole
would have been seized and afflicted
more or less cruelty.
Little by little the world is learn
ing that vengeance. punishment and
retaliation cure nothing. Kerosene
will not put out fire.
This unfortunate woman, sur
rounded by the protection of her
husband and her loyal friends, will
probably be treated by scientific
means in hospital or elsewhere un-
til her affliction is removed.
She is not only, unfortunate, but
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
s1n1EARl,zSEEnsk
DIPPY DIALOGUES.

Who's this Madame CURIE
they's s'much talk of. Dot?'
"'Fewd read somepin' beside
vodeviile programs, Title, you'd
not be so ignorant She's French.
Invented new-fangIed radiator.
Saves coolies OF fuel"
"'S'at reason she's called a
saveantf (savant.")
"Um huh. That's why Harding
gave'er all that dough at them big
White House doin's."
"An' here ] been thinkin' she
was the lady chef who discovered
curry powder-you know the kind
they put in curried chicken! 1
sure must read moreW
JOE CoNKLIN.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
I,ondon's Omnibuses.

,onson folks prefer omnibuses to subways and
treat cars Subways, however, twice as
nonnIar as street cars. The stage lines are fire.
nusnted by travellers in the proportion OF nearly
,hrae 20 one says the New York Tribune Ac-
cordinu to statistics on city traffic furnishes to
the commerce department In consulate reports
IN AGO AXIS qsa persons travelled London's
.uhwnys omnibuses and street cars In the last
ten years In the London subways 1881 ,254 I6O
na,.enpers travelled In the last decade. On stree
ears the number was 1.7e0. T2o.S9T and on omni.
eu... bslss7414I travelled. London folks APP
par.ntiy prefer the open--the fogs, rain and
wind
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
MARRIED WOMEN IN THE
GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

Regarding War Risker's" article
on married women in the Government
service whose husbands receive from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year. may / say this:
Ny husband returned from France in
1919 and obtained his old position.
He Is now getting only 81 400 per
year, and we have my invalid mother
to support l will leave il to the pub
lie IL 1 am not entitled to my position
as much as many of the single girls in
the service. / have written this, as
there are no doubt hundreds OF mar
ried women in the same circum-
stance, and IL seems to me that a law
dischsrging all married women before
the single women would be very un-
fair. After all. efficiency is what
should count in the Government ser
vice II we are to practice economy
in government. WAR DEPT.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
FAMOUS WORDS.

Chinese laundryman: Me no
ssvvy.-
Near-beer vendor: @what1l you
have, light or darkY'
Greek hash dispenser: I'VE have
apple, peach and punk"
The average husband; My wife
has gone to the country, hoorahw
The average girl to her beau: when
do we eat again.
Colored bootblack: "Shine EN- up
Colored man on AZ street: ANY
thing you wantT"
Englishman at circus: That was
deuccdly clever"
The average Washington policeman:
Cant do IL now. the sergeant 10
across the street"
ALBERT o. ANDERSON.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
PAVING WITH GOOD INTEN-
TIONS

That New York evangelist who
is lettering the pavements with
texts from the Bible should re-
memb Der that IL was the good in
tentions" of such cities as New
York that were used to pave
certain place very widely referred
to by ministers.
JULES BACKBNHEIMER.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
POETIC TRUTHS.

Hard times; Made bet,
Saved dimes; Feel blue,
Raised rent, Can't tell
Not a cent Till July 2
Babe up,
Two out:
Bat connects,
Circuit clout
PANAMA
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
THE NAUGHTY FLAPPER.

There was once saucy young napper
Who dared her mother to slspper;
Then her daddy ysnked 'er
over his knee and spanked 'er
Good and hard with an old bell clapper.
u. J. SCHWAB
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
AND THIS ONE CAME TOO.

"O'Reilly decided wrongly against
me on that point of law remarked
the prisoner. 1T was as plain as
a b. c. to me"
'TYes," said his lawyer. "but he was
q, e, (, to it" E o SUILLEABHAIN
The Washington times., 1921-06-08

A headline says: Paper hats
popular with women" Well
here's hoping they will be made
out of milliners' bills and not 5
bills OIDONO.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
aDADDYs- FAvORING THE
ATLANTIC RAFTING NYMPHs


The mayor of Somers Point N. J..
ia seventy-two years old. After the
Atlantic City authorities put tight
bans on one-piece bathing suits, re-
auired stockings to be worn by lady
bathers, and 6xed things so that even
men must be dolled up in respectable
looking beach toys, the Somers Point
chief executive issued an invitation
to the one-piece bathing nymphs to
flock to his resort and enjoy the full
est freedom.
Then the womcn's Republican
League of Somers Point hoped into
the fray, prepared to verbally and
politically castigate the mayor III ne
opened up the iood-gate OF unciad
limbs. and there are signs that the
venerable mayor is back-tracking.
which brings us to the point Of In
ouiring why do these seventy-two
year old daddys favor the water
nvmph-Eye as against the type
clothed in less shocking attire? And
we feel that readers OF this column
who spend their vacations at Atlantic
civ and other Atlantic seashore re-
sorts are entitled to all the facts.
Backing up the Somers Point mayor,
according to newspaper adVices, rs
.'C,ommodore" Tangusy mot related
20 EvaI who is one Of the principal
residents of the town. He has asked
20 he anpointed beach censor without
salary. Listen to him:
aI,n, seventy years old, but STILL
.pI.E TO SEE RIGHT WELL WITH
orr GLASSES. I'm not In favor OF
r..triet,nr the girls too much In their
.vir,mtng toRs.r
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
THEY FELL AT THE FALLS.

At Great Falls I fell for a girl last fall
while the falls were falling everywhere;
She, too, fell an awful fall but didn't shed
tear,
And Of the falls that We could all see
| never could find out whether she fell fog
EDWARD ]. IRVINE
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
MIR. B. Baer
CALL OF THE MILD.

CALL OF The MILD.
One by one, worlds great
Fairgrounds get over ripe
and tumble OF. Greenwich
Village now hears the call
OF the mild. VIII close up
like sunfiower at twilight.
Many great men have
tried to live and died in
Village. 1t has been cradle
OF geniuses, incubator Of
scrambled brains, guardian
OF all that is worthless liv-
ing for. Painters have
sprung up like mushrooms
and turned out to be toad
stools. Sculptors h ave
chiselled immortal monu-
ments in mashed potatoes
with their knives. Great
writers have written price
less Action on checks.
Village is scheduled for
roughhouse CT IAN n &.
Vacuum cleaner of Puritan
ism will be switched on.
Short-brained women and
long-eared men will loop
for exits. Last lead slug
has been dropped into
nickel pianola-
Call of the mild will put
chill on famous Village res
taurants. Purple Dog has
scratched it's last flea. vii
laEe, like Carthage, must
tumble. Reformers are go
ing through menu from
soup to nuts. Next course
is nuts.
Ancient Odor. Chills and
Fever. Legless Centipede.
Ingrown wart, Spotted Fliv-
yer, are few OF famous Viii
lage inns that are out.
Trouble with Villagers is
that they cried and kept
neighbors awake all night.
village Is last spot I'm New
York to 60. 1t always was,
with Village out like wet
match, no place in New
York to go but home, Home
is all right. but we like a
rlace where you have your
choice OF soup.
New York Is now washed
nm like coal miner on holi-
day. Every exit in every
saloon Is closed. Manhattan
ls Pompeii, except that we
still pay rent for the ruins.
Rose OF wash ington
souare has shed its last
METAL New York IL now
blooming garden OF thorns.
village was last anchor that
cid us to fragrant past.
ate TO see that anchor go
wen II Il was stuck In the
mud.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
A BOUQUET FOR CoNrRIBs.

The column has lately been re-
plete with pleasing efforts, and I
nm glad to note the frequent NO
pcnrsnce of new eoptribs. hope
they will all continue working for
the q. q. G., which has proved
not only source of infinite
pleasure and proht. hut an actual
necessity. HENRY SMITH.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
We TOWNE GOSSIP
nsxisssreA u. q rsAsnx ofAo~
BY K. c. B.

MY DEAR X. c. B. AND SHE was
.'' young.
1T SEEMED too
AND STRONG for young.
discipline. BUT BOTH were
AND WHILE on young
duty. AND was old
HE HAD smoked. AND want to ask.
IN A dangerous IF YOU think it was
place. far'
AND HAD risked FOR HER to tell me.
much property. THE wEnnrNc urn,
AND MANY lives. set.
AND THOUGH he FOX JUNE the first
was young. AND THAT for years.
l HAD refused nim SINCE A little girl.
ANoishs 'nANoh' SHE HAD always
AND LET him go. planned
AND so he came foR wedding day.
0a'N ON THE first of June
TO DRAW his pay AND IT was May.
AND APOLOGIZE. AND SHE sssr,.d 70
AND MAKE grow. old;
ADMISSION AS SHE told me this.
HE HAD been wrong. AND NOW ask Won
AND ALSO to say. OLD X. c. p
HE'D POSTPONED IF YOU thin. :.
his wedding. fair. ~ was
AND WOULD have TO TELL me all tb;.
to wait. 'h's
ANN u,n ~
WHILE HE looked YOU do. "ooiu
around
FOR ANOTHER job. - ~: @'F: OoSS'
AND SHE was '''i'NED2 Nv W.
waiting. DEAR J. w. W.
OUT IN front. I'M SURE I'd do.
IN A little car. JUST WHAT you did
AND suggested. WHATEVER 1T was.
HE BRING her in. 1 THANK you.
AND so he did. (SIGNED) K.C.B.
1,179,276 More Women Than Men
in England.
or the 36O7O.492 persons enumerated In Eng
land and Wales at the lalst census 1I,445 sos
were males and 1S.824ssi females, thus giving
an excess OF 1,17o,276 females over males Tn
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
ANOTHER CRYPToGRAM.

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for the consideration of your readersf
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(win SPECTATOR" forward his
answer 10 this7 All problems puzzlea
etc, should be accompanied by A.
svers-)
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
A good partner at the dance Is
not necessarily a good one for
,tfo ". S.
A TypoGRApH SHIP.

This typograph ship ls by c. NJ.
wUAI,EN and the only typewriter
character used is the letter OK"
The Washington times., 1921-06-08

New York Is now washed
nm like coal miner on holi-
dey. Every exit in every
saloon Is closed. Manhattan
ls Pompeii, except that we
still pay rent for the ruins.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08

1,179,276 More Women Than Men
in England.
or the 90 O7O 4a2 persons enumerated In Eng
land and wales al the lalst census, 17,445,6 eos
were males and 1S82Lssi females, thus giving
an excess Of I179276 females over males The
war IL the cause.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08

with Village out like wet
match, no place in New
York to go but home. Home
is ALI right. but we like a
rlace where you have your
choice OF soup.