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New-York tribune., 1921-05-23

that the obvious benefit to the empire
and to the world from coordinated ac-
ton of the nations composing the en-
plre will be so apparent that all diff
culties will be overcome. Should this
not be SO, the only course open seems
to be breakaway of one or more, with
probable disruption of the empire.
The question of defense is dependent
on the efficacy of the League of Ma
tions, and we earnestly trust that it
will succeed in the purposes for which
it was created; in which case defense
will be a comparatively simple mat
ter, but while the league is on trial
the empire must not neglect to pro-
vide the means of defending itself
preserving its lines Of communication
and backing its diplomacy, and the
duty of providing these is common
to all
Coordination in peace and unified
control in war, if war were threat
ened, are essential Coordination be-
tween navy, army and air service is
also essential. It would seem that this
may be secured through the medium
of British nations general staff at
the service Of the Imperial Council
from whom advice on defense matters
could be rendered to each of the en-
pires members.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
The Necessary Well-to-Do
Old Business Mans Opinion that the
"Tdler" Is No Menace

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Many years ago perhaps thirty,
your paper came out with a statement
which undertook to show how closely
the average business man was forced
to operate. 1t demonstrated two things
the keen intelligence and experienes
necessary to steer the frail bark called
business, also how heavily the PEI.
centage was against the player.
In the statement I refer to the de-
duction was made that it took 90 per
cent of the average mans business to
float his expenses, the remaining 10
per cent being the margin Of safety
out of which 10 cover his own drafts.
I applied that to my own business and
found it to be exactly so. Shortly
after l had It brought home, to my
sorrow, how q mans capital would
shrink by the simple process Of a
shrinking business--a plain mathemati-
cal proposition.
My real reason for writing is to re-
fute, if possible, an argument muca
used, that the idler is menace. Only
recently I read such q letter in your
paper. I mean by the idler the man
living on his income. To go back to
period forty years ago in my line =
was conceded that Boston afforded the
best, soundest market for our goOds'
The makers enjoyed certain freedom
from cut-throat methods which had 70
be employed elsewhere. 1t was naturs1
tc inquire why.
About that time the fact was made
known that Boston was unusually
b.essed with an abundance of weil-to-
do families, with capital ranging
around the 100000 mark and the pro-
verbal $4,000 a year income IN
truth, wealth there was better dls-
tIibuted than in any other large Guy
in the Union. Ask any first class
dealer of the old type in any line o.
goods who are his most valuable Gus
toners, who make for the very touh'
d4tion of his business and give y
steadiness, the prerequisite.
Destroy the wealthy class or rendes
them impotent, and you have Russia;
you have anarchy. There is room q
the top, none at the bottom. The m0E'
numerous the well-to-do class. the bes'
ter the conditions are bound to be i0s
those who toll. 1t is folly to think o.
making general conditions better by IN
creasing the ranks of the poor. A ~
drction by deportation Of at least
million of unnecessary workers IN oSl
midst would be the greatest boon tnS
could strike New York City to-day, O
an increase of 100000 in the well-tO-e'
classes. B. FITCH.
New York, May IS, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
An Educational Bureau

Protests are raised against the
proposed merger of government edu-
cational work in the work of a Pub
lie Welfare Department. These
would seem to be we'll founded if
the proposal means what some be-
lieve, though it is quite possible that
it means or would mean no such
thing.
There has for years been de-
mand for the elevation of the Bu-
reau of Education into full Cabi-
net department. Now there has
arisen demand, so strong that it
seems likely to succeed, for the ere
alton of a Department of Public
Welfare, to take charge of santa
ton, public health, etc, and it is sug-
gested that the Bureau of Education
should be transferred to it from the
Department of the Interior.
1t is pretty certain that two new
Cabinet departments will not be ere
ated, and also that there is far more
likely to be one of Public Welfare
than of Education. In that case the
question will be whether to transfer
the Bureau of Education to the Pub
lie Welfare Department or to keep
it in the Interior Department.
The former would seem to be the
logical course. But it may be fairly
asked that the act be transfer and
not merger in the offensive sense
of that term. That is TO say, the
Bureau of Education should remain
just as purely and distinctively edu-
cational as it is now, and should no
more be merged" with sanitation
or public health than it is now with
patents or the land office. In chat
case it might not be any better off
than it is at present, but it certainly
should be no worse
There is need of educational work,
and there is need of what is, for want
Of more specific term, called wei
fare work. While the two may be
coordinated, they are and should be
kept separate, neither sacrificed nor
subordinated to the other.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23

Wadsworth Camp, we find, has done
almost as much for Princeton in his
novel The Guarded Heights az Meade
Ninnigcrode has accomplished for Yale
in The Big Year.
George Morton might never have gone
Sylvia Planter. He was enamorcd of
her from the very beginning when Old
Planter engaged him TO accompany his
daughter on her rides, but his admira-
tion did not become articulate until the
day she fell off her horse. She seems
10 have done it extremely we'll. "He
saw her horse refuse" writes Mr..
Camp. Strengthening his knees and
sliding in the marshy ground. He
watched Sylvia, with an ease and grace
nearly unbelievable, somersault across
the hedge and out Of sight in the
meadow beyond"
1t seemed to us that the horse should
have received some of the credit for
the ease with which Sylvia shot across
the hedge, but young Morton was much
too intent upon the fate of his goddess
to have eyes for anything else. When
he found her lying on the ground she
was unconscious, and so he told her Of
his love. That brought her to and
she called him u-you-stable boy"
And so George decided to 90 to col
lege.
His high school preparation had been
scant and irregular. He went to
Princeton, and after two months cram
ming passed all his examinations. Foot
ball attracted him from the first as
means to tho advancement which he
desired. with surprised eyes," writes
our author, che saw estates as extrava-
CANT as Oakmont, and frequently in
better taste. Little by little he picked
up the names Of the families that
owned them. He told himself that some
day he would enter those places as
guest bowed to by such servants as he
had been. 1t was possible, he prom
ised himself bravely, if only he could
win Yale or a Harvard game"
The requirement seemed to us un-
usually severe, but perhaps Mr.. Camp
is accurate in his observation. More
over, 1T may serve to explain why one
meets so few Princeton men socially.
Like Mr.. Minnigerode, Mr. Camp en-
ploys symbolism in his story. In the
Yale novel we had Corliss evidently
standing for Coy. Just which Prince,
ton hero George Morton represents we
are not prepared to say. In fact the
only Princeton name which comes to
mind at the moment is that of Big Bill
Edwards, who sits in the Custom
House and throws them all for loss.
Morton can't very we'll be intended for
Edwards, because it seems unlikely that
anybody would ever have engaged Big
Bin to- ride horses; no, not even to
break them. little further on, how
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
lesia and 60 make partition there.
Americans would certainty prefer
settlement favoring Poland to d set
tlemenS favoring Germany.
COMPENSATION Insurance

The backbone OF the workmen's
compensation law, which protects
thousands Of injured employees and
their dependents who would have
received nothing through negligence
suits at law, is the requirement that
employers shall take out insurance.
Failure to secure such insurance is
a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine
of not exceeding $500 or by inn
prisonment up to one year, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment.
The Industrial Commission has
sought in every way to secure COM
pliance with this provision of the
law. 1t has secured heavy fines, and
in number Of instances severe Jail
sentences against employers who
failed to carry insurance and whose
employees were killed or severely in
jured. The commission also has
been most jealous in enforcing the
payment of awards against unin-
sured employers, having collected
last year upward Of S135,000 in that
connection.
Despite all these efforts there are
numerous cases every year where
compensation awards cannot be col
lected. because employers, fnan-
cially irresponsible, have failed to
carry the insurance. Widows and
orphans and crippled workers have
been thrown upon public and private
charity. 1t is not only great social
wrong, but fosters among victims a
spirit of discomfort, for they cannot
understand why the compensation
system has broken down in their
cases.
Publicity is the greatest cure for
this condition, for uninsurance, it is
found, is due not so much to wilfuI
violation as to indifference and to
ignorance of the law. Small employ
ers often are ruined financially be-
cause they have failed to carry in
surance. The wage workers Of the
state should be educated to ask their
employers, as a matter of routine,
the question: 'Do you carry work.
mems insurance."
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
Balm for the Forgetful

Professor Einstein could not an
swer offhand what is the speed of
sound. The information, he said,
could be found in a book. And he is
to-day probably the most famous liv-
ing physicist This is the first COM
fort that has come to forgetful edu-
Gated folk since the shock of discov-
cry Of the faccidity of their memo
ries, following the publication of the
Edison questionnaires. What is the
speed of sound? Who does not count
when he sees the lightning flash and
waits to hear the thunder's roll?
Probably not one of the thousands of
piano tuners in the world knows the
velocity of the ethereal vibrations
set up by the wires he tightens or
loosens.
But there are people with photo
graphic minds who do remember the
speed Of light, the speed of sound,
the formula for force, the value of
pi, the dimensions of Betelgeuse, the
repertory of Lillian Russell, and the
year Mazzini was born-a widely
assorted stock of facts, and usually
they are not scientists or professors
or encyclopedias: professionally
they are conversationalists and the
awe of their audiences is their great
reward. Other people specialize in
one or few subjects: baseball sta
tistics, the electoral votes, the stack
colors of every steamship line, the
dates Of the notes of ex-President
Wilson, and Greenwich Village is
supposed to be peopled with dilet-
tanti.
Our memories are grateful ser
wants. They retain what suits US,
and what suits us usually pleases
us. If we are self-sufficient and
neither gracious nor polite, our
memories decide not to remember
names or faces Of acquaintances.
Some Of us cannot carry tunes or
poesy or story plots with any fidel-
ity, and this may mean that there is
neither melody nor romance in our
souls or that we are such abundant
creators ourselves that our memories
ask, "What's the use?" A good
transcription of an old apothegm is
''Tell me the sort of things you re-
member and I'll tell you the sort of
person you are" If you remember
murder and divorce and other NOR
bid news, you are morbid and small
minded. If you remember boxing
bouts, or the lengths of fish you have
caught, or the hardest fought tennis
match you ever saw, then your heart
turns to sport. To remember any
thing about cinema stars might mean
lack Of sapiency.
But it is only fair to allow that a
man is better citizen who renem-
bers the capitals of every state in
the Union, the year Mckinley was
shot, and the method of enumerat-
ing the United States divisions in
the World War. We cannot depend
entirely upon books. otherwise our
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23

IL Will be generally conceded that
the domlnions have become autonomous
nations with the fullest freedom, the
one binding link being the Grown. Not
much has been said, however. about the
very anomalous situation arising from
one sovereign ruling over half a dozen
Tree nations, but some of the practical
difficulties have already become appar-
ent. No doubt the patience and COM
mon sense characteristic of the British
race will enable US to solve the prob
lens, provided we accept one another
on trust and fully discuss among our
selves the difficulties as they are pre-
sented. The problems may be classi-
tied under two headings:
/. The relationship of the several
free nations to the one sovereign.
z. Provision for defense in case of
danger from outside.
With several dominions, one at least
of them before long to possess a popu-
lation greater than that of the moth
erland. it is clear new method must
be devised to preserve the SOVEREIGN
from the impossible situation which
Will arise should he receive from some
ADVICE which was not in accord with
that submitted by others A solution
of the problem is pressing, because
South Africa in lcgslating for its man
dated territory has adopted different
procedure from New Zealand and be-
cause South Africa did propose to
communicate direct with the League
Of Nations.
Apparently the covenant of the
league does provide for this direct
communication; but it seems obvious
that difficulties will arise if there ia
no means of avoiding diverse views in
the communications if sent direct. A
solution is pressing also because Can
ada and Australia have under consider
alton the appointment of ambassadors
to the United States of America. The
larger issue centers, however, about
foreign relations and decision with re-
gard to peace or war.
The title Imperial Cabinet" came
into existence during the war, but the
change from imperial conference.
though it may imply more intimate re-
iationship between the prime minis
ters of the empire, does not make sat
lsfactory provision for the new condi-
tions. The expression Imperial Cabi-
net conveys wrong impression, end
1T has been suggested that Imperial
Council" should be substituted. Is it
not feasible that permanent advisory
Imperial Council" with secretariat.
should be constituted, available at any
time to advise the sovereign on ques-
tions of peace or war and foreign re-
lations?
To this council might also be dele
gated the appointment of ambassadors
and the responsibility to advise on
matters of defense. OF course, there
are difficulties to be met-difficulties
arising from nossible difference of
opinion, difficulties the representatives
from overseas will have in keeping in
touch with their parliaments, Difficult
ties in securing acceptance by the ma
tions of the advice tended by the coun-
Gil ORe mag exDreas the ieryent hops
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23

memories would end in atrophy, the
key to books would be lost, and we
should fade as civilized beings, go
ing through the stages of oegeneracy
until we had forgotten it is wrong
to murder, ii is harmful and hurtful
to touch fire, and, finally, it is un-
pleasant to collide with a hard OBJ
ject, The adult amnesia victim is
probably the most pitifully disabled
of men, for memory is the tower we
erect to view the world. The lower
it is. the less exalted is our view.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
Horse Watering Stations

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the article "Susie Proves Her
Belief in Brotherhood of Beasts" in this
mornings Tribune, an account of the
work of the pet orang- outang owned by
Mrs. Martin Johnson (the only white
woman who has ever penetrated the
wilds of Borneo, where the monkey wax
born), in collecting money for horse
watering stations operated by the Wom-
ems League for Animals, an uninten-
tional injustice is done a sterling friend
of animals by the statement that "sim-
liar stations of the American Society
Tor the Prevention of Cruelty TO Ami
mails supply the only other water avail
able for horses in the city streets"
The Work-Horse Relief League,
founded four or five years ago by Mrs.
"A. Gibson Allis, has three horse water
ing stations which supply free water
from June to September. These sta
tions are located at Fulton Street and
South Elliott Place, Flatbush Avenue.
Just north of the Plaza, and Eastern
Boulevard and Washington Avenue,
Brooklyn.
GEORGE FOSTER HOWELL.
Brooklyn, May 20, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
Campus Memories

Sir: The chorus Of the first song I
learned in Hulteen's yellow farmhouse
in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota,
about seven miles from Gopher Prairle,
in the middle '80s before the district
school house was built, went, as re-
call it, like this:
/ love my neighbor as myself
As this roorId 90 travcling through;
Bit meVer depend on the arm Of q
friend,
But paddle my ot0n canoe.
The other day I passed P. S. No. 80,
Flushing, and heard a number of chill
dren of about kindergarten and first
grade age piping:
It's raining; it's pouring.
The old man is snoring.
He went to bed 1Oith bump on his head,
And he can't get up IN the morning.
l leave it to you whether in practical
culture Gopher Prairie in 1885 was not
ahead of Flushing, N. Y, in 1921. |
regret to add that my carefully nur-
tured young daughter, aged five, ap-
pcared to be leading the community
chorus about the snoring old man.
f. L.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
Marine Engineer striks.
Thinks He Is Asked to s,..e
Too Much for AlI-of.ls.'

'ih'e5 rae Is Asked to Sae,;e.
loo Much for All-of-(jsS f(S'''''
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Your editorial ap,a,
American Ships" presents the .s.s sssns
as it appears to the average t,aa"l ta''i'l
but | would like to give a few s.,'af s.,
Of the case as 1t affects a strive. 1s-''
1t is agreed that it is the rl..,..
duty Of all Americans to maipts;s g. I.
merchant marine, but the onoss 10
Juat how rnrch sacrihce shoois .s u g,
ism exact = each citizen In r.. ''''
formance Of this public duty? !, psi' !.
first place, Americans are s,ts @s
ship and sail on American sbins-..,.'' .
isn't very great hardship 7.
second place, Americans are ..l., 70
operate these ships at wages vbias +"
scarcely afford living. The ea;,... -.
states that in defeating the ...s
"All-of-us, represented by the Co.. ...As
ment, seem TO be winning" Now I ~. W.
to point out just how much An.
are winning, and just .ow pacb
another American, am losing
1t has been estimated that
represent Is per cent of the eo,,
operating steamship. Now, the o..s
ating cost Of vessel IS only sboa. :,
per cent Of the total cost Of ~
freight, since the cost Of losdjn. =
loading, Offices, agents and ovs,,s., !, -
charges make up the remaining "a :.
cent. Hence, reduction in ways, =, :,
as much as SO per cent could rsd.'
freight rates by no more than ~.
per cent. This gain distributed a,a..
AIl-of-us would be very insignis,.r..
sum.
On the other hand, I have been ..t.,
to acceE. an apparent reduction !.
wages Of Is per cent-but is the ,sdr.
tion really Is per cent? Under III. IA
scale Of pay I, as an engineer n.s.
S17o a month for working e;ybt
hours oay. Under the PROPOSED
scale I am to work ten hours a dsv
seven days week, for sl25 a mont
On an hourly basis this is a redpe.or
Of 43 per cent-a very different 6wrs
from the advertised Is per cent.
! Now, I am a graduate of Cornell IN
engineering and have studied marina
engineering for several years. am
willing to make some sacrifice to uer.
petuate the merchant marine, but isp't
it asking a little too much Of %. tn
require that I work ten hours dsy
in hot engine room, assume responsi.
bility for the safety of the passengers
and then put in lot Of oyertime-sl
for 1925 month?
Am to accept 43 per cent reduc.
ton in wages in order that All.otus
may win by an amount which will
mean nothing to the average American!
If street sweeper is paid 500 month
for a forty-eight hour week how much
should a marine engineer be paid for
a seventy-hour week? I am offered
$I25 a month. Should I accept?
ENGINEER
New York, May 81, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
Two Classes of Immigrants

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letters of G. C. S. S. and A.
De Winnie on the question of DENYING
citizenship to aliens attracted my at
tention on account of the fact that the
immigration situation at the present
time is presenting a problem that is
national and as yet unsolv4d. Roughly
analyzing the situation it appears to
me s follows:
There are two classes Of immigrants.
One class invades this country to ac-
cumulate money and eventually to re-
turn to their own country.
The other class come here to settle
down permanently.
The first class generally eongreeate
in cEques of their own nationality.
They are largely responsible for our
foreign settlements, which are detri-
ments to any city. They are largely
responsible for labor uprisings and
IN many instances are either the CEN
ter or breeding places of Reds or agi
tators. They haven't our country ar
heart because it is not their intention
to become citizens.
If restriction we're to be placed
on the second class it would virtually
place them in the same position as the
first class. Probably small minority
would be law-abiding, but they would
practically be without country. To
be citizen of the United States is the
great object of the second class and to
take it away would be fatal to their
ambitions.
The majority Of the first class are
undesirables and am in favor of plac
ing restriction on that class barring
them from admission into this coun-
try. CHARLES FARRAND
New York. May 21, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
A Polished Villain
fFrom The Nebra,ka State Jouyr

N'rom The Nebraska State Journal
In spite of all that has befallen him
the Turk, we are reminded, has re-
tanned his good manners. The good
manners of the Turk constitute one Of
the barriers to the adoption. Of good
manners in such countries as ours.
They make the world suspect courtesy
as the veneer of barbarian. The Ar
menians would doubtless be exactly as
happy to be murdered by dndisguiscd
EaYages Al h6 the afEahle Turk.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-23
Of World Concern

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you permit me to thank
you most heartily for the two editorials
in to-day's Tribune: "Of World CON-
Germ" and "The siIesi.n Aftermath ]
They express with cogency what haSs
been saying emphatically TO every ohe
meet, that the Silesian question is n0s
one of boundaries but one Of vital III
terest TO the whole world. which QUE
country ought to use all It's influence y
bring to right settlement; also thss
Lloyd George, by his constant sntago'
nism to Poland, is directly responsio"
for the present serious crisis and tns
threatened rupture Of the Entente
"A. HENRY.
Morristown. N. Js May 20. ls2l 4