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New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
The Senate's Tax Revision

The tax revision bill as it passed
the Senate differs for the worse
from the bill which the House of
Representatives passed and from
that which the Senate Finance
Committee originally reported. The
House started out with two ideas,
both helpful and reasonable. The
first was to do away with the ex-
cess profits taxes, which have not
only harmed the public by pyramid
ing production and distribution
prices, but have now lost their
value to the Treasury as revenue
producers. The second was to re-
duce income surtaxes to a point at
which they would no longer drive
capital from productive industry
into exempt state and municipal Sc
curities. These two forms of excess
taxation were in reality a clog on
business and bar to a return to
normal economic conditions.
The excess profits taxes have been
eliminated by both the House and
the Senate. There was nothing, in
fact, any longer to be said for them
But the Senate rejected the Houses
plan to lower the maximum surtax
rate to 80 per cent-the level at
which investments in exempt state
and municipal bonds cease to be of
benefit to holders of surplus income.
The Senate raised the maximum
surtax to so per cent. 1t is now 65
per cent. There could be little re-
lief under the Senate's bill from the
i'll effects Of the premium put on the
diversion of capital from business to
state and municipal enterprises. The
conference may force a compromise
between the Houses surtax maxi
mum and the Senate's, bring
ing the latter down to 80 or 80 per
cent. But the economic alienation
would still be only partial.
The Senate's bill abolishes all
transportation taxes from Janu-
ary l next. This is better than re-
ducing them by half on that date,
as the House did. The Senate
dropped number of nuisance"
taxes. 1t also lowered slightly the
tax burden on incomes of less than
$4,000 and reduced the surtaxes on
incomes above that limit by making
the surtax graduation begin at
$4,000 instead Of $4,000.
Tax legislation is an ungrateful
job. Politics hampered the Senate's
work. What has been turned out
is not complete tax revision, but
only an emergency one. Economic
principles were not permitted to op-
crate unobstructedly. The most
hopeful sign of the long struggle
over the Senate's measure was the
courageous campaign for a sales
tax led by Mr.. Smoot. = He didn't
quite succeed, but he won the high
est respect as a revisionist who
stood for we'll grounded plan, ad-
vocated entirely on it's economic
merits.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Conciliati,sg Kings

Mseaulsy wrote, 1.-THE situstiou Pitt
occupied At the elose Of the reign Of
George III was the most env,abis oc.
cupied by any public man ia English
history. He had conciliated the King:
domineered the House Of Commons: he
was adored by the people; he was ad-
mlred by all Europe" It may be eb-
Jected In respect to the appositeness of
this description that the present Prime
Minister never had occasion to con-
clllate the King. Literally true, the
assumption is not accurate. / have
personal knowledge Of the view taken
OF him by his majesty while still Prince
OF Wales. The Limehouse speech, more
particularly denunciation of the late
Lord Rothschild, was hotly resented
by his royal highness. It certainly did
not seem probable at the time that
when Prince George of Wales came to
the throne he would find the Lime
house orator trusted and warmly
esteemed Prime Minister.
Apart from craftsmanship and the
vigorous discharge Of public duty in
peace or war, there is discernible a
certain affinity between the eloquence
Of Lloyd George and that of the Great
Commoner. The former habitually finds
IN nature metaphors and illusions
wherewith to adorn his speech. The
skies and hills Of Wales have often
been brought under tribute. Chatham
constantly adorned his speech by SINH
lar illusions. In November, 1855, ris-
ing in the House Of Commons, Horace
Walpole tells how "his elcquence, like
torrent long obstructed, burst forth
with commanding impetuosity." George
III had made fresh move in his IA
vorite policy of substituting his be-
loved Hanover at the expense of Eng
land. Chatham did not actually op-
pose this act of spoliation. desiring
unity Of the kingdom and the elec-
tqYate. But he thought it might be
brought about in better way. II re-
member" he said, "that at Lyons /
was taken to see the confiux Of tho
Rhone and the Laone-the one q gentle,
feeble, languid stream Of no great
depth; the other boisterous and I'M
petuous torrent. Different a. they are,
they meet at last, and long may they
continue united to the comfort Of
each other and the glory, honor and
security Of their nation"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Now for Tree Planting
Time of the Falling Leaf" Brings
a Letter from MIR. Culver


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: This Is the time of the falling
leaf, as the Indians called 1.-THE sea-
son for tree planting. Since spring
days the trees, awakened to renewed
vigor, have budded, leafed, lowered and
fruited, all in their characteristic way,
and now in orderly sequence Of Dame
Natures proceedings comes defolia-
tion, our first safe signal that the
planting Of deciduous trees and shrubs
may be undertaken.
Our water supply quito generally
so far has fallen short Of normal, and
the wonderful sap has been materially
accelerated in it's subtle decline by the
lack of moisture in the ground, for we
have had no frost Of consequence, and
this condition probably accounts for
the generally earlier falling Of the
leaves. 1t is evident, too, that Jack
Frost did not have anything to do with
the beautiful coloring Of the foliage.
Scarcely ever are the trees more at
tractive in aspect than in these days
of their gorgeous display, q sort Of
pour prendre congo of the trees. Nor
is it too late to visit and view nature
in this gala form. For this our citi-
zens have rare resource throughout
the broad stretches of hill and dale
and extended wooded areas Of in
digenous trees which compose our
incompatible water shed /. in upper
Westchester and Putnam counties and
our fine accession of an extended pic
turesque and rugged territory on the
other side of the Hudson.
Here, too, are beautiful natural
lakes and others akin to these-great
artifcially constructed areas of i'm
pounded water boldly Stimulating
gemming the very landscape
and delighting the eye and the sense
by their beauty. Threading their
silvery way through wood and dell are
many natural streams that aid ma
terially in the ceaseless flow of pure
water to our metropolis-a part of the
500,o00,000 gallons or so which this
little world requires for it's daily use
On such a journey as l refer to and
on others elsewhere, near about New
York, are many substantial nurseries,
any one Of which it would pay to visit
on the way and any one Of which will be
found to be specially interesting to the
young. As I often have opportunity to
say to the readers of The Tribune, this
part of our country is richly endowed in
the extent and variety of its indigenous
trees and shrubs, to which may be
added large numbers and varieties of
acclimated material, which almost be-
wilders choice and selection, ell
adapted to every kind Of taste and
service for which trees and shrubs
may be used.
The government and allied forestry
associations have In recent years made
tho intelligent public familiar with the
urgent need for countrywide tree
planting, and no enterprise for the
property owner and those engaged In
the Improvement Of public grounds can
be found more compensating in it's value
as an asset and its yield OF beauty
and attractiveness than tree planting.
For the city, and especially for the
more or less populated areas of ou,
outlying boroughs, many opportunities
for fall planting may be found, and
property owners are earnestly invited
to engage in it. JOHN Y. CULVER.
New York. Nov. 4, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
The Majority's Decision

The Majority's Decision
By what process the voters reached
the conclusion registered yesterday
is mystery there is no present need
to explore.
1t is enough to note that the peo~
pie have spoken and not uncertainty.
TO the decision all must bow with
respectful Difference. Any disap-
pointment felt is to be suppressed in
the spirit of true sportsmanship.
Cheerful acquiescence in the duly
ascertained popular will is a vital
principle in republics, and considera-
Hon of it is recommended this morn
Ing to all bruised Of mind or feeling.
Not for an instant is it to be be-
lieved that the voters Of New York
in any conscious way have voted
against decency and honesty. To
think this would be to kill hope for
the future. The people who are the
victims Of bad government surely do
not want bad government. There is
no reason for hopelessness among
those who earnestly desire better
things, but who sometimes forget
that those who would uplift must
make it clear that they have placed
themselves underneath.
Moreover, progress is seldom
steadily made; commonly progress
proceeds by waves, and the present
happens to be period Of levity and
Of public responsibility. We have
q right to expect a different judg-
ment when this mercurial mood
passes and there Is more disposition
to applaud specific performances
and less to listen to vague promises
or to appeals to baseless prejudices.
To Mayor Hylan, now again May
or-elect Hylan, The Tribune extends
its hearty good wishes. May he re-
fute all the adverse things said of
him and may he lead all others to
forget them. His is the high privi-
lege Of being the chief magistrate
for four years moro Of the greatest
assemblage Of human beings ever
brought together on the planet. His
constituency Is population not only
numerous but possessing beneath it's
superfciality and eagerness for
change Z solid citizenship which is
tho supporter Of more good things
and good institutions than are
crowded together in any equal num-
Der of square miles. Let no one de-
spair Of the great city. The call is
merely for deeper popular education.
To the gallantry Of the struggle
carried on against adverse circum-
stances by Major Curran and his
associates even his opponents will
testify. Though defeated, he energies
from the campaign stronger in re-
pute than when he entered it. Born
a New Yorker, having always lived
In New York, and glad to continue
New Yorker, he will be, as he has
been, a strong personal force for
good government without respect to
its party source.
AS to the causes of the landslide
which gives Mayor Hylan plurality
which promises to reach an astonish-
ing total, the chief one was the
spread of the idea that in some fash,
ion he was to be trusted to protect
the interests of the poor. This claim
may be devoid of foundation, but it
was successfully exploited.
The Old School
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Courteous and Prudent
(From The Washtnoton stn~,

0TTom Ihe Wdsh9n0ton Stdr9
Decision Of delegates to observe
strictly the prohibition laws Of this
country indicates not only fine sense
of diplomatic courtesy, but, in cases
where only local products are avail
able, prudent appreciation Of the
maxim "safsty frat"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Harvcy's Strange Americanism

VIC NSACSt Will <1IlDdSSdUOI I1aC-
vey's recent speech wherein he in
voked Washington against support
of general peace by this country
was that it was bad advice. Another
defect was that it was bad history.
1t involved a perversion of the
words of Washington.
The truth concerning the Fare
we'll Address has been brought out
many times, but when an important
diplomatic officer is so ill informed
as Mr.. Harvey reveals himself it is
perhaps time to reaffirm it.
Explaining what led him to issue
the Farewell Address, Washington
wrote: with me predominant mo-
tive has been to endeavor to gain
time for our country to settle and
mature its yet recent institutions,
and to progress without interruption
to that degree Of strength and con-
sistency which is necessary to give it,
humanity speaking, command of it's
own fortunes"
What is subsequently written
must be interpreted in the light Of
this preliminary declaration. The
country was weak, its institutions
were experimental, the French alli-
ance had raised up against it power
full enemies, it's life was threatened
by domestic factions and foreign
hostility. So Washington prudently
said: "Let's grow up before ventur-
ing to take the risks of manhood"
The great men who founded
this nation had no spirit of aloof-
ness. They had vision that emf
braced the world. The principles
of freedom and peace that they re-
vered they believed were universal
ly applicable. They were mission
aries; their faces turned as much
outward as inward. When an op-
portunity to promulgate the Mon
roe Doctrine came, and to safeguard
it by what was tantamount to an
alliance with Great Britain which
meant joint war with her if the So
called Holy Alliance had not
backed down, it was eagerly seized.
To save the new continent from
one kind Of war there was an en-
tente with Great Britain while
memories Of 1912 were still lively.
If to protect Latin America from
attack we were willing a hundred
years ago to cooperate with Great
Britain, surely here is a precedent
for helping to protect France and
the civilization she represents from
future attack.
Aloofness is not in the American
character. The capitulation at
Yorktown had scarcely been signed
before every shipyard wns busy cre-
ating carriers Of commerce. Our
gates turned inward to the inmi-
grant and outward to sailors and
merchants. Denying to other nations
the right of isolation. Perry opened
the ports Of Japan. When Greece
and Italy and Hungary and Poland
struggled for liberty every red
blooded American said their fate
concerned us. From 1914 to 1917,
like & rising flood, swelled the de-
mand that we should not dwarf our
moral stature by refusing to acquit
ourselves like men. We fought not
so much because our special interests
were assailed as because we wanted
to respect ourselves.
Ambassador Harvey has learned
his Americanism in strange school.
This he revealed last spring when
he ascribed our participation in the
war solely to frightened selfishness,
and this he has revealed again by
his unwarranted appeal to the Fare
we'll Address. Washington was
neither Manchu mandarin nor q
Japanese shogun.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Our Own Memory Course

Sir: Can you be interested in En-
cheney? Well, it is not Efficient in one
to drink so much. particularly when
the quality is so doubtful as. it may
be these days, and besides have not
many bottles left. And 1t would be
we'll to make it last longer. So - eep
large knot tied in my handkerchief
to remind me not to take drink. The
plan cannot fail, for when 1 have
tapped the bottle, out comes the
hanky to wipe my mouth, and that re-
minds mo I should not have taken
that drink. C.. 81. F.
In the Evepost's Lit'ry Review, Mar
garet Armstrong speaks Of Coleridges
"sonorous lines describing The mi. ,hty
pleasure dome Of Kublai Khan" We
remember them. "Where Alph, the
holy river, ran through caverns meter
less to man, down to a shady sea-"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09

That afternoon he had bought copy
Of Roget's "Thesaurus," without which
the literary life is mere vexation.--
From "The Briary Bush," p. 80.
Even with it. though, the literary
life is often mental suffering, pain,
dolour, ache, smart, displeasure, dis
satisfaction, discomfort, discomposure.
disquiet, ,noloise, inquietude, detection,
annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction.
visitation, plague, bore, bother, stew,
modification, chagrin, care, anxiety,
solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, cark,
dole, fret, burden, load, grief, sorrow,
distress, affection, woe, bitterness,
heartache, unhappiness, tribulation, in
felicity, wretchedness. incubus, pang,
anguish, agony, hell, and, even if you
use. employ, and bend to your will
March's "Thcsaurus" also, it-still
meaning the literary life-is hard
work.
Time is lacking, not to say the pa
tient energy, for the construction of a
ballade; but we have the title, which
is Ballade After Considering the
Various Forms Of Larceny That the
Desk This Is Written at Has Suffered
From; and the envoy, which is:
They steal my shears, they steal my
paste,
My bonds, my novels, and l1y purse;
MY pen, my pipe, my cotton waste
They never steal book Of verse.
No matter how successful the Con-
ference at Washington may be, there
are certain others whose convening is
not within likelihood's periphery. There
will be no Conference, for Instance, on
the Limitation Of the Number Of Sub
way Trains to Run During Rush Hours.
And highly unlikely. is the calling Of
a Conference to Limit Newspaper Cir
culations.
Yesterdays Conference on the Limita-
tton OF the Powers Of John F. Hylan
wasn't 30 successful. F. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
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New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Three Statesmen
Chatham, Chamberlain and Lloyd George
By Sir Henry Lucy

Gladstone was a principal agent in
the rapid advance of Lord Randolph
Churchill to leading position in the
House of Commons. If from the out
set he had ignored the young leader
of the Fourth party it is doubtful
whether Randolph would have sat In
his seat on the Treasury bench after
having snatched the leadership of the
Opposition from the feeble hands of
Stafford Northcote and maneuvered
Gladstone out of office.
In varied manner, but on the same
principle, Chamberlain brought the
young and obscure member for Carnar-
Won to the front. His keen eye dis
cerned the rare parliamentary capacity
Of the obscure Welsh solicitor, recog-
nizing in him a foeman worthy of his
steel. He made a point of personally
replying to his attacks on the Unionist
government which We're persistent and
effective. Lloyd George, shrewdly per-
ceiving the advantage opened to him.
whereon to sharpen his blade.
Between the two there was an under
current Of political sympathy. Also
strong resemblance in their style Of
speech. In the recess Of 1909 Lloyd
George went down to Limehouss and
delivered famous address that dut-
tered the Volscians In Corioli. IL was
denounced by the party standing Tor
law and order as "the most discrsdit-
able platform utterance made by .
Cabinet minister within living
memory" 1t would be difficult to an
prove on that sentence in the way of
crystallizing the angry resentment
created by this bolt from the blue.
Yet there is nothing new in the per-
formance. In the ear of those familiar
S0s, the Limehouse speech instantly
struck chord Of memory. What Lloyd
George said was proclaimed by Cham
berlain from the platform twenty four
years ago, and, to tell the truth, in
more finished form.
a Comparison
The sentence selected for severest
condemnation is that in which he
threatens landlords. "The ownership
of land,' he said, "is not merely an
enjoyment. 1t is q stewardship. 1t
has been reckoned as such in the past
and, if landlords cease to discharge
the functions conditionally attached
to the ownership, of land, the time
will come to reconsider the conditions
under which land is held in this coun-
try" Compare that with couple Of
sentences from a speech delivered by
Chamberlain in Birmingham on
January S, 1885. "What ransom will
property pay for the security it en-
joys? What substitute will it find for
the natural communal rights which
have ceased to be ,ecognized?" Here
we have the touch OF an Incompatible
master hand. There is not super
fuous word. 1t is Lloyd Georges
scattered fusillade compressed into =
thunderbolt.
While it is possible to point to this
and other incidental resemblances be-
tween these two statesmen, find the
closest parallel between our present
Prime Minister and the Great Com
mcner who dominated Europe in the
otherwise despicpble and disastrous
reign Of George III. 1t is bold COM
parison, but it is capable Of justifica-
ton. Frederick Of Prussia said Of
Lord Chatham, before he accepted 4
peerage: England has long. been In
labor and has suffered mucksato pzo-
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
The Coming owcr
RIVERS

RIVERS
I've travelled the Thames in barge,
And the Seine in q shallop,
Have watched St. Laurent in it's
large
And magnificent gallop.
The. Mersey, the Clyde, and the
Dee
/ know all their story,
But my old homo river to mo
Has glory.
Mississippi is mighty and grand,
Missouri more sluggish;
The Chicago goes reekingly stag
nant, is filthy and
Druggist;
Yet weary nostalgia whenever
travel besets me,
For there's something about our
gray, muddy old river
That gets mel
So sing OF the Rhine, or the Rhone,
or the Rio,
The Euphrates, the Dnieper,
Or the Nile! They mean nothing
to me. oh,
My love it is deeper
For that dingy old, sticky old pest
That goes lazily flowing
Through the rich prairie lands Of
the West,
And it's thither I'm going.
ANCHUsA.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09

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Perhaps the most comical thing in
American life is the seriousness with
which some Of US 60 to the polls, as
though it mattered how we voted;
and perhaps the most tragical thing in
American life is the cynical levity with
which some Of US go to the polls, as
though it didn't matter how we voted.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Wherein Peter Flynn, Jr., Says q
Libraryful
LFrom The Rhinebeck Cazette1

[From The Rhinebeck Gazette1
Rhinecliff, N. Y, Nov. 3, 1921.
The Gazette, Rhinebeck, N. Y.
Mr.. Editor: Referring to item in
your paper Of Oct. 29th concerning
Mrs. Kipp calling on Mrs. Peter Flynn,
Jr, wish to say, Mrs. Kipp did not
call on Mrs. Peter Flynn, Jr., on
Wednesday, Oct. 26th. to see her son
who Is stopping at Mrs. Peter Flynn's,
Jr. Mrs. Peter Flynn, Jr., and Charles
were in Kingston that day. Mrs. Kipp
called on Mrs. Peter Flynn, Sn Some
people say too much when they don't
know what to say.
Peter Flynn, Jr.
It may interest Mr.. Charles Dilling-
ham to know that Macmillan, friend
OF Nate Salisbury, Caldwell, N. j., IS in
town. Oh, yes. Macmillan Dollars a
Year. Mr.. Salisbury adds that he is
working on a play with Michael.
Michael who7" we asked, afame with
curiosity. "Michael Laborator," an
swered Baron Ireland, for it was in
deed he.
After a Performance of "The Circle''
Dear F. P. A.: It seems to me,
Despite tho fne philosophy
OF that neurotic. pagan cuss,
Tho ". X. Mare Aurelius;
Who argued SO convinctngly,
The seerat Of content 70 be
A high indifference which kills
Reaction to all worldly thrills,
We miss . lot unless we've learned
A line that Antoninus apurned;
It's one great life, II you SEQ At,
To weaken just little bit.
CARVEL.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09

Yesterdays Conference on the Limita-
tion OF the Powers Of John F. Hylan
wasn't 80 successful. F. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-09

And highly unlikely.is is the calling Of
Conference to Limit Newspaper Cir
culations.
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