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The New York herald., 1921-08-04
Teachers Are Plentiful Once More
Trained Instructors Flock Back to Schools for Old
Positions and More Salary.

and other local governmental spending
agencies. Civic bodies. chambers OF
commerce, newspapers and magazines
took UP the campaign. The present gen.
Grafton of school children was being sub
jected to handicap that would hamper
their chances OF success in business and
life generally, ii was warned. Soon the
local governmental spending bodies in
most sections began to feel the pressure
Of public opinion. One legislature after
another considered and approved bills
Increasing the pay of teachers.
Officials of the Bureau of Education
are calling attention TO the fact that IN
q few States salaries have not been suf-
ficient to encourage young men and
women to undertake teaching as a life
work. In these States the campaign for
increases Is still going on, but in ma
jority of States the campaign has been
effective enough. officials believe. so
that the supply of teachers this fall is
assured.
Federal officials are turning their at
tention to a study of conditions govern
ing the training of teachers. Although
the shortage of teachers is probably at
an end, the problem left from the war
is not completely solved, it is pointed
out. The training and fitness OF the
present army of teachers is not of the
same standard as in prewar days, Off
Gals say. Not so many college gradu-
ates are going into teaching. Before
the war the percentage of teachers who
had received college preparation for
their work was nearly 80 per cent. At
present only slightly more than so per
cent. of teachers are college trained, the
reports show
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
Theatre Ticket Prices.
Spectators as Well as Managers
Take Part In Fixing Rates.

TO THE NEW YoRR HERALD 1t Is an
nounced that the theatre managers are
considering the reduction of box office
prices to $3.50 for dramas and 50 for
musical productions. As these have been
the prevailing rates for .he last year,
except for Saturday nights. cannot see
where any reduction is made.
However. box Office rates are of little
use to the public these days, as some
theatres Immediately sell out the entire
orchestra and first few rows OF the
balcony to the spectators. / do not
fifty cent standard OF advanced prices.
The agencies get SO few of the really
good seats that only their regular pa
irons can beneft.
1t should not be necessary 10 90 to an
agent for seats. The box office is there
for the purpose OF selling seats to the
public and the public should be able
to get them. 1t is this evil of ticket
speculation which makes theatregoing
50 expensive and s. forcing people 10
seek the moving pictures instead for
amusement Were the theatre possible
at a reasonable rate, as In former years.
the majority of New Workers could and
would go a great deal oftener and the
managers would not have to depend on
transients to fill the theatres.
X. X. ROBERT.
NEW YORK, August g.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
A Russian Janus.

The Soviet Government of Russia
announces that in compliance with
the requirements set forth by HER
BERT HOOVER as chairman Of the
American Relief Administration II
has released the Americans who have
now ready to have the American peo-
pie save the lives of the millions
whom its malicious and imbecile poll
cies have brought to starvation.
Mr.. HoovER's representative is on
the way to Russia to survey the sit
uation; it is even asserted that food
stuffs are already moving toward the
stricken districts.
But the Third, or Moscow, Inter
rationale, the particular instrument
OF LENINE and TRoTzKY's world wide
campaign of terrorism, is continuing
its assaults upon the existing social
order without apparent regard to
the conduct of the Soviet Government.
1t has actually made of the effort
70 relieve suffering Russia an excuse
and occasion for a new call for ac-
ton on the part of revolutionists
here and elsewhere, who look to 1t
for guidance.
The Third Internationale is under
the control and leadership OF LENINE
and TRoTzKY. 1t carries out their or
ders abroad as the Soviet Govern
ment carries them out in Russia. 1t
is protected by their power and it
functions according to their direc-
ton.
Thus the civilized world has the
spectacle OF LEN1NE and TRoTzKY
with their left hands extended for
it's charity while with their right
hands they seek to tear down the
social system on which that minis.
tering world rests.
It is a remarkable sight. 1t will
not stimulate the desire of private
citizens of the United States to re-
plenish. the Golfers of the American
Relief Administration when that ex-
cellent organizations present re-
sources are exhausted, as they soon
must be by the overwhelming neces-
stiles of the condition which auto
cratic communism has produced in
unhappy Russia.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
Ghandi's Indian Rebellion.

GHANp1, who heads the nationalist
movement in India, started bonfire
of English cotton goods in Bombay.
Burning Manchester cotton goods is
cne OF GHANpI's ways of expressing
his hostility and the hostility of his
followers to everything British.
The Ghandi movement for Indian
independence has been gathering mo-
mentum for long time. The leader
is a physically unimpressive type Of
intellectual whose tactics, which he
used successfully in South Africa, are
all the more troublesome because he
is well acquainted with both Western
and Eastern civilization and politics,
having been educated both in India
and in Europe. He uses religious ar
guments against the Turkish Khal-
ifate to stir up his followers. His
programme is based on passive resist.
ance But his cotton burning exhi-
bition shows that he is willing to
swing an economic club as one Of his
instruments OF revolution.
india Is just now in transition
from colonial to dominion govern
ment. The comparative stability Of
the old form has not yet been re
placed by the solidifying influences
OF the new. Besides this, India is
suffering from trade depression,
while the recent change from the
silver TO the gold monetary standard
and the raising Of the rupee from a
value OF fifteen to one pound sterling
TO ten to the pound has unsettled ex.
change all the more because the
higher value IS fictitious and the
actual exchange rate is lower than
before.
Cancellations Of textile orders have
reached Manchester in such volume
that special measures have been
taken to bring the Indian merchants
TO realization Of the damage they
are doing their own credit by refus
ing deliveries on contract. The
British Government on this score re
Gently excluded India from the EN-
pire credits scheme for financing
British exports. This gave GHANDi
~ew ground on which to stir up trou
ple and even brought protest from
the pro-British element in India
Raw materials for the textiles
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
The Rum Runner.

Great-granddad Green had a brigantine
and haunted the Spanish Main.
And nary a merchantmen he met was
seen afloat again.
Nv granddad, too, was tough old salt,
a blackbirder was he,
And half his cargo went oversize when
ever he crossed the sea.
Nv pop steered into the Arctic floes in
a ship that could show her heels
To the revenue boats, and he freighted
her with skins of the best fur
seals,
But his money was spent on CARDS anu
booze and a siren in Singapore.
Ard he trimmed his sails before he died
for the port or the poorhouse
I'm running a schooner TO and fro 'tWix'
the coast and the Caribbees.
AZ sweet and saucy a thing in sail as
ever cajoled the breeze.
From purple isles where the summer
smiles rare treasure / bring each
trip,
Bottled rubies and topazes to moisten
a thirsty lip.
A flg for the planes that ny above ana
the cruisers swift below.
They see but a Gloucester fisherman with
a line of wash a-blow.
or craft that noses her way along with
a load of Georgia pine,
Waiting the smell OF frying pork abroad
Ger the sparkling brine.
The blood OF my fathers sings IN me the
song of the lawless surge,
And Fortune beckons from tropic strands
on the far horizons verge.
I love the lift of tarry deck when the
frothing pillows toss,
And my soul leaps up at the trade winds
kiss and the glow of the South
ern Cross,
For a born sea rover bold am /, dare
devil ocean ace,
MY heritage Is the seven seas. spring
from a viking race,
And the plate and pearls OF the brigan-
tine by sea change have be-
come
In the hold of the schooner Polly Lee
the amber and gold of rum,
MiNNA IRVING.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
Overlooked.

SEQ reported day by day
The Highups are at Breezy Mere;
The Gallops are at Lovely Bay.
The showems are ut Rolling Pier,
Tho Gjddeps are at Shining Lakes.
The Teliems are at Knoekem Creek,
And tho DeBlgby Moneyfaykes
Depart for Catchem Mount next week
I'm very glad to hear OF it
I iiko TO know what others do.
But somehow all the scrlbes omit
A piece Of news that's known TO few
I think they're just bit unfair,
For they don't mention how ] cling
To the old city ballroom where
1 always do my swnmering
NATHAN AZ. LEVY.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04

sides, there usually is no legal method
of determining the difference between
easygoing administration and rigid
economy. The bonding company, ex-
cept when the promise is definite,
like Mr.. LEAcH's, could make hard
fight to save its forfeit.
Would any bond prevent magnifi-
cent squabblers like HYLAN and CRAIG
from wasting the time and rasping
the temper of the Board of Estimate?
Could any bond prevent such stupid
ity as was shown by the District At
torney in the Elwell case? We don't
believe that it is possible. The franz
ers of the Constitution for that very
reason rested in the Governor the
power TO remove certain city and
county officers.
A good man doesn't need a bond
and bad man probably couldn't get
one. For instance, nobody wants any
better bond from HENRY CURRAN
than his word. When war was i'm
minent CURRAN didn't give a bond
that he would go, but he went. When
he was elected President Of the Bor-
ough OF Manhattan he didn't give a
bond that he would act with dignity
and vote honestly in the Board of
Estimate, but that is the way he has
acted and voted.
For all that, WILL LEACH has
found an interesting way to call the
attention of the Lackawanna county
voters to the economies for which
he stands.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
and collected while conversing. Your
ebtYllient Broadway salesman on Auto

and collected while conversing. Your
ebullient Broadway salesman on Auto
mobile Row puts his selling points across
without the faintest fiirt of gesture.
When the Babe drives 'eln deep into
right field $4,000 baseball fans release
yelling emotions without tremor or
murmur. The older member OF the Eng
ish speaking union never uncorks pent
up feelings contortionally and vocally
save on Mafeking Night or Amistice
Day, and even Bill Bryan rarely gesticu-
lates when pressing down crowns OF
thorns on the brow of labor
Why do rhymers and humorists
mark time? Why do they keep repeat
ing the ancient fling? Let them, dipping
but lightly into to-day's physiology,
learn about the proximity, correlation
and coordination in the cerebrum Of our
speech centre, the corvolution of Broca
and the centre of musculo-motor actlv-
ity, and that nature, and rot some ad-
ventitious fashion phase. dictates that
speech beget muscular activity, and that
movements Of the face, the hand or even
OF the whole trunk must accompany hu.
man speech for correct and effective in
depreciation.
When and where and how did the 20.
lite fiction arise that It Is good form
to speak to your fellow man with droop.
ing eyelid and frozen face, with flaccid
pharyngeal fauces and paralyzed pala.
tai uvula, that the voice be icily monot-
onous and emotionally noncommittal
and that the best people in conversing
must display about as much animation
as dead fish?
How do they get that way? Can II
be that we are beholden to that little
oxford group of the early sos that took
the merry" out Of Merrie England when
II gave the English people "culchaw'
and then exported some of the blighi
to America for incubation OF our "su.
periah clawss" Of "Ha'vud" accent ant
Back Bay disdain? o shades OF simple
farmer folk OF Scroobyl To think the
noble speech We spake at Plymouth
Beach and Burial Hill should find utter.
arce in such weird mouthings of you
descendants.
Perhaps America will rediscover her.
SELF and the newer American will teach
the older American how TO talk Ameri
can, and ION every hand" may we fine
the Cohens. the spiritual and spirited
lighting "Co-hayns." priests and leader:
in this new fight for better nationa
speech. JuLrus HyMAN.
ATLANTIC CRY, ". j., August 3.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
shipped to India from England origi.

shipped to India from England origi-
nate chiefly in this country. The
same is true OF a large number OF
products furnished 10 the Indian
markets by Japan. In addition the
United States has a substantial i'm
port trade from India.
The British press is generally pes
simistic about India, and some pre-
dictions even go so far as to forecast
the worst trouble in that country's
history as the result of the Ghandi
movement and the general unrest
Ii cannot be too earnestly hoped that
for the good of the whole world the
political disputes in India can be set
tied without serious eruption.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
Pellagra's Spread.
Organized Effort Needed to Stamp
Out the Disease.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Although
the spread Of pellagra has not increased
to an extent that should cause alarm
1t has reached stage that demands
the cooperation of health organizations
throughout the country
In 1911 the total deaths from the
disease were $50. the excessive rates
being In Kentucky. Tennessee, the
Carolinas and Virginia. The deaths in
1912 were a trifle greater in number.
GA in all: then they increased rapidly
In 1918 the number was 3.741; in 1919.
2,S06. Eight States. mainly In the
cotton and the tobacco regions, suffered
a mortality of nearly 2.400, Of which
three-fourths were in rural districts.
There is still much uncertainty con-
cerning the origin of the disease; there
Is equal uncertainty concerning It's
cause. The disease is most prevalent
among adults below the age of so
years.
Years ago the disease commonly
known as sleeping sickness was ex-
tremely fatal in parts OF Africa. A
commission working under Government
auspices discovered the parasite which
caused the disease and within a few
years practically stamped II out. Organi-
zation accomplished what individual eff
fort failed to accomplish.
Organized effort intelligently applied
will undoubtedly stamp out pellagra.
Individual effort is hardly able to cope
with a problem which covers half the
United States. IL the disease is in
fectious, it is only very mildly infec-
tious. The death rate is a little more
than 3 to the 100000 Of population
There should be concern in the matter,
but there is no cause whatever for
alarm. X. Y. y.
MOUNT VERNON, August g.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
Servants Wages.
War Imitation Can BE Overcome by
Intelligent Action.

TO THE New York HnRAtp: 1t is no
body's fault but "A House Keepers" IT,.
as she says, she is still paying war in
flation wages TO servants. Our house,
hold has exactly the same number of
servants we had year ago: they are
better servants. their food costs one
half less and their wages are very much
down. The total q year ago was s4Oo
a month now 1t Is not much more than
$500 a month. DErLArroN.
New York, August g.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04

with an empty purse. Congress can
rot mean to put the Treasury on the
rocks. Therefore Congress must
adopt new tax measures to supply
the billions of dollars that will no
longer come from the old schedules.
And If anybody in Congress has any
thing better to offer in the way of
revenue producers than Secretary
MELLON has urged, failing a sales tax,
he has been very shy about showing
it or even mentioning 1t TO Congress
and the country.
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
New Taxes or No Revenues.

Members of Congress who say they
will not stand for the proposed new
taxes to take the place of those which
are to be repealed might as well say
they will stand for bankrupt
Treasury.
1t is not merely the excess profits
tax which has gone to smash as a
revenue producer. Corporation in
come taxes and personal income taxes
are far down and will be much far
ther down because corporation in
comes and personal incomes are
scraping bottom. The public is not
buying luxuries as it bought them
before, so the revenues from luxury
taxes are down and will be down still
lower The public is not going to
the theatres as it went before, 50 the
revenues even from the amusement
taxes are down and will be down still
lower. Thus it is with everything
everywhere.
Furthermore, as prices sink on the
gradual descent from the clouds OF
imitation toward the solid earth the
revenues based on a percentage tax
must correspondingly sink, even
though check should come in the
slump of the public's buying and
spending. In plain arithmetic the ex-
planation is simple enough for the
mental capacity of child.
A 10 per cent. tax on every billion
Of dollars going into amusements,
finery and similar spendings yields a
Treasury revenue of 100000, 900.
But IL the prices OF theatre tickets
and the prices of taxable commodi-
ties are cut an average Of one-third
to the public, then out of every bill
ion that was spent and was taxable
before only $3.50, $3.50, 900 will be spent
and taxable. The tax returns, which
were $100,000,000 on the billion, will
now become only 6s,66e,6oO on the
1855, $685. 900
IL every tax schedule now in the
revenue act were left as it is the
Treasury would be in danger OF be-
coming strapped, because every one
OF the revenue sources tapped by the
existing taxes 10 drying up, some only
partially but others--and the most
important--all but completely.
Let the excess profits tax remain
or let IL be expunged from the law
and in the immediate future IL can
do nothing worth while for the Treas
ury. It's revenues recently have
shrunk to fifth of what they were.
At this moment they might be only
tenth OF what they we're. AS the
national Treasury previously counted
on billions Of dollars from the excess
profits tax and got them, as 1t counted
on billions from the income taxes
and got them, as II counted on hun.
dreds Of millions from miscellaneous
taxes and got them, how is the United
states Treasury going to take in
enough revenues, how Is the United
States Government going TO pay its
bills, no matter where the expenses
are cut, unless there arc taxes TO
turn in the requiroj money that no
longer comes from 'to old taxes that
have been repon'o or have become
unproductive?
Congress cannci possibly expect
the national Government to operate
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
d ally Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York--FAi- .o-aay
and tomorrow. with moderate tcnp.rN-
ture: moderate northeast and oaAs
winds.
For New Jersey-Fair o-day and to-rnor-
row, with moderate temperature; nioderats
northeast and east winds
for Northern New England-~Fair to-day
ana tomorrow. with moderate tempsraturs;
gentle 70 moderate variable winds
for Southern New England-Fair to-day
anu tomorrow. with moderate tempera ature: /:
moderate northeast and east Winds
fof western New Iork-Fair to-day and
to-morrow. somewhat warmer Tomorrow
gentle TO moderate variable winds.
WASHINGTON, Aug 3-The disturbance
mat was central off the Virginia coast last
hIEnt mas been attended by general showers
~iln ~Ltnih tne last twentyfour hours In tho
o.@tes and the Atlantic States, except
northern New England and northern New
M aork. over the remainder of the country
ssre svreiaay ialr weather has prevailed. Pres
sure continued high to-day off tho south
Auantlc coast and was high and rising over
tne lake region and the central valleys An
otner aisturDance OF moderate intensity was
central north of Montana tonight moving
eastward. Coolor weather oyerspread the
Ohio Valley. Tennessee and the southern
portion or the middle Atlantic States to-day,
hint''. Mrtle there was a reaction to somewhat
hlgher temperature in the lake region tho
upper mississippi Valley, the plains states
and the central Rocky Mountain region.
Local tnundershowers probable in Tho
morrow and in Florida Friday. Otherwise
generally fair weather will prevail IN the
States east OF the Mississippi River during
is, .iiS next Two days; Moderate tempe raturo
east or the Mississippi River tomorrow,
Followed by somewhat higher temperature on
Friday. W
1hGays ttnt,n
The New York herald., 1921-08-04
AMERICANS IN PARIS.
Special Correspondence to THE New yoRK
HERALD

Special Correspondence to THE New YoRK
HERALD.
PARIS, July 23.-The following are
among the Americans registering at the
c"..cc Of The Nei0 York Herald Of Parts !:
From New York: George Haardt.
Gabriel S. F'indlay. James l.. Findlay.
Flora y. Peters and Mr.. and Mrs. r. H.
Kelsey.
From other places Morris Anedeer
and Miss Ida Anedcer. Mount Vernon.
n. Y; Miss May Belle Gybson, Floral
Park, l.. l.. Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight B.
Heard and Mr.. and Mrs. Bartlett b.
Heard. Phoenix, Ariz.: Albert A. Rhine.
San Francisco; Ridgeway Bishop. Chi
cago; Mr.. and Mrs. Georg' Z. Dorvel,
Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Crawford
and family, Col. and Mrs. S. NJ. de Lof-
fre and Major and Mrs. II. T.. Fudd and
daughter. Rumson. n. j.: Miss Eliza
beth c. Bridge, Glen Ridge. n. j.; j. b..
Lankershine. Los Angeles. Ccl.: Mrs.
Henry b. Gray and z. p. Smith. Jr.,
Birmingham, Ala.