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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
The Hard-Pressed Railroads

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The Hard-Pressed Railroads
The few anti-railroad irreconcila-
bles in the Senate were unable to
deny consideration to the Winslow
bill directing the Treasury to make
partial payments on sums which it
owes the carriers. Refusal to make
partial payments, in spite of the
recommendation of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, has worked
great hardship. Settlements among
railroads have been held up-manu-
facturers Of railroad material can
not collect on their deliveries.
The railroads haven't received
the returns which the government
guaranteed them when their opera
ton was taken over by the Federal
Administration. That Administra-
tion also burdened them with the
excess cost Of improvements made
and new equipment contracted for
at peak war rates. 1t raised wages
enormously and left the carriers the
evil legacy of an extravagant stand
ardlzation of wages and conditions
of employment. To cap the climax.
business slumped soon after the
roads were restored to private oper-
alton. Most roads have been oper-
ating recently on a very narrow
margin of profit Some aren't even
making operating expenses.
Senator Kellogg, supporting the
Winslow bill, noted the cumulative
difficulties with which the roads
have had to contend. He said he be-
lieved that the let-down in traffic
was only temporary, In so far as It
has been caused by increased rates,
the roads would be glad, Of course,
to lower rates to more productive
level. But other establishments are
necessary if real economy and ef-
ficiency in operation are 10 be at
tanned. "One of the great mistakes
made by the railway Director Gen
eral," the Senator said, was stand
ardizing all wages in the United
States. A man who is working on
the track in country district in
the South does not need in order to
live the wages required by one work
ing in New York City. A station
agent on a railroad having one train
day should not be paid what an
agent gets who devotes his entire
time to this work in thickly popu-
lated district having heavy traffic.
This has cost millions of dollars"
1t will take time to recover from
the many grave blunders made by
the Federal railroad administration.
Congress shows disposition, how
ever, to lend helping hand. The
Interstate Commerce Commission
has at last grasped some of the
fundamentals of the situation. Three
Federal judges in this state dem
yesterday Attorney General New
TONS plea for an injunction to pre-
vent intrastate passenger fares, au-
thorized by the Federal commission,
from going into effect. The same
plea had already been denied in the
state courts.
The country wants to see the rail-
roads developed into. q solvent, 60
ing system, capable of expansion to
meet national needs. Congress, the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
the state railroad commissions, the
Federal Labor Board and all other
agencies should direct their policy
steadily to that end.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
The Plan Of 1894

City faced traction difficulties even
more grave than those which now
give concern.
Transportation facilities were
wofully inadequate, and the city
/ government, then as now, was not
trusted either by citizens Of the city
or of the state.
What was done? Chapter 752 of
! the Laws of 1894 furnishes the an
swer. The act of 1894 created a
special state body to take charge
and to eject the city government
from control. A commission of eight
members with dictatorial powers
was set up, consisting Of the Mayor,
the city's Comptroller and the pres
ident Of the state Chamber of Com
merce, in virtue Of their places, and
five private persons named in the
act, to wit, William Steinway, Seth
Low, John Clafin, Alexander E.
Orr and John II. Starin.
The commission was to lay out
routes, and after securing the neces~
sary constitutional consents Of abut-
ting property holders to cell at auc-
tion, for the city's benefit, if the
city determined by popular vote
(Which it did to build on its own
account, the right to operate the
proposed railway.
The commission was to fix fares,
and it was mandatory on the city to
sell such bonds as the commits
sion should certify were necessary.
Finally, the commission was author
lied to change or modify contracts
entered into should it deem such ac-
tion in the public interest.
The resemblances between the act
of 1894 and the Lusk-Adler bill are
apparent. They are alike in their
creation of a state body to take
charge, thus suspending city rule.
They are alike in giving the state
body fare-making power and author
ity to sign contracts binding on the
city.
But there were dissemblances.
The Governor would refer his COM
mission plan to the Board of Esti-
mate for examination even though
there is no absolute veto. In 1894
there was no such reference, and
the city could be compelled to sell
bonds, while the Lusk-Adler bill pro-
vides that the city is not to be
coerced into using its credit.
Of different quality are other dis.
semblances. In 1894 representatives
Of the city, although in a minority,
personally participated in the plan.
making, while now they are not to.
In 1894 the commissioners eminent
citizens of New York in whom there
was local confidence, were named in
the bill, with power to choose their
successors, and thus not responsive
to the Governor, while now commits
sioners are to be designated by the
Governor and are thus to be his
agents.
Opinions will, Of course, differ as
to which is the better organization
that Of 1894 or that Of 1921. In
favor Of tho former It may be urge a
that it proved good on trial. while
undor tho latter another Governor
could do great damage. Moreover.
IN 1894, though the state technically
assumed control there was less open
affront "a local feelinrs
Perhaps che conclusion ia justified
that during 9ie consideration ~ lhp
l5nsh Adlot hiil Legislators woula aa
well Ga slu8y the eAreHsent ues1 ln
1854 ta aehiesv a imHe IS ilsss
Hat M&w8t
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

To the Editor Of The TnbDns
Sir: What a splendid example 81
provincial ignorance is chat letter q
C. L. N. in your issue Of this morning
/ wonder where thar gentleman o' -
tional ideals got his ideas from abes
that bit Of real estate 70 the neria .
the U. s. A. Does he realize hat :"
little plot he refers 20 eTiends over
more square miles than his own L. .
A.? And ia IL ret remsfkhhls esb
eidence that England direct share
he 10000 coo .0oo wsr laAebisdat'
amounting go sAoGoooo o0o. should =
accurately agree Wth J.. Ns
aginary purchase prre for Lsasa'
II, as be says. Canadians ere me'
st one with ua tfa wlta ihe hhf''~
can he saUsfas'art rpIa,b eng
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
The Diary of Our Own Samuel pepv,

February 10 With H. Broun to play
at squash, which I never had payct
and he trounccd nc roundly; and
for q swim with him, and with
Woollcott to hear Miss Morini play the
violin, which she does with skillful
power; and met j. Cushmun, and he
told me how he had crossed the ocean
with Mr. Chesterton, and how he had
made Mr.. Chesterton read my verses.
But how he liked them | do not know.
To Mistress HiIda's for dinner, and
with G. Gaige to !. Tooheys and
played poker all evening and l won
50, and so home and to-bed.
20-To my Office, and to Mistress
Hilda's for luncheon and l.. Dodd come
in the afternoon, and c. Gaige and we
three shot craps, and had great sue
cess. To the Authors League elmer,
and saw Miss Gwendolyn Mcleod there,
and she said, You do not know who
am, and said, No. Which is not
strange, forasmuch as I saw her but
once, and that on a dark night in
SAlooAhiO4INt anu I4u NV tNCt ldht HtL
home, but allowed Captain Hayes to
DO so. So home, and read in j. c..
Squires' Life and Letters" fine criti-
cal essays.
21-All day at my desk, and with A,
Woolcott to dinner, and with my wife
to see "Blue Eyes wherein my favo-
rite comedian, Mr. Lew Fields, was as
droll as he could be with the ordinary
stuff given him; and the rest dull, and
Miss Mollie Kings charm, to me, only
that of her appearance. Home by cab,
which cost me So.
22-To my dentists, and SO to the
office, where all day at this and that
and in the evening to II. O'Higgns'
for dinner.
"1 don't think" E. V. McCauly con-
fesses to the revered Daily News.
"there is anything moro interesting
than to watch a pretty woman smoke
a cigarette Nonsense! Watching her
not smoke one is even more fasciras-
ing.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
The Great allure

IN ms remarks to the SIX young
men from Harvard yesterday Presi-
dent Wilson said that he would de-
vote the remainder of his life to
advancing the cause of world peace.
Surely there can be no nobler
purpose for any whether one
that is beginning, or one that has
passed its meridian but still holds
age has its honor and it's toll.
But how? There's the rub. 1t is
not enough to have a purpose true,
Fruit must crown the paintings of
desire. AS faith without works is
dead, SO is aspiration unless it links
self to progress toward a goal
No one has better reason to real
re this sad truth than President
Wilson, His wish to make the great
war the final one is testified to by
the severest of his critics. He
vaguely dreamed of establishing
peace on frmer foundations. But
here was no realization.
Instead, we find him confessing
his failures. The last months of his
Administration have been marked
by efforts to enlarge the army and
ihe navy of his country beyond a
ize formerly deemed adequate. He
contends it is more than ever need
Lul to be armed.
So Mr.. Wilson should be the first
,q admit that a good intent may be
barren. His experience should con-
vince him there was something fatal
" defective in his methods and in
struct him to warn others against
following his precise example.
The watchword of all the Allies
was the same. 1t was, Never Again !
The war to end war. "When we
finish with this" wrote Alexander
NcClintock as he went into action,
there won't be any necessity for
soldering. The world will be free
of war for long, long time-and
"a Gods mercy, that"
The great hope loomed large
when the armistice was signed. 1t
faded during the peace conference
and faded more after the treaty was
ratified, and is now we'll nigh ex-
tinet
Why? Largely because of TIE pol
cy which President Wilson saw fit
% adopt and in which others became
cnmeshed. This policy, in brief,
Was to show distrust OF the good
purposes of our allies. The path
TO peace lay through making firm
The union among them. Imperfect
though the Allied peoples were,
they were the best the world con-
tanned. If organized peace did not
come through them, how could it
come at all?
The eyes of President Wilson
were unfortunately sealed to this
ANAis AAN A4dIi \ DSllGNC III q SDe-
elal trusteeship by some-of-us. He
wanted union, he said, of all-of-
us--of those who could and those
who could not be trusted--and re
was so insistent on this that he con-
tributed to breaking up the har-
nony that was.
Not in generation is any states.
man likely to have such an opportu.
nifty as was spread before President
Wilson. The old machinery OF dis
cord is once more at work. The
alliance sealed in common blood has
lapsed. Artful propaganda sees
90 II that suspicion shall everywhere
be sown. The tares will not be
easily uprootod. AS President vii.
son studies the causes of his great
failure let us hope, when he comes
o speak or publiah, that he will have
The eouFsgo to be candid.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

There will be services at the church
until further notice. The pastor and Miss
Mary Egan of Syracuse were the weekend
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Moran.
When Keats was twenty-three Years
Of age he said he had little knowledge
and middling intellect" at is true
he wrote, that in the height oG en-
thusasm have been cheated into
some fine passages; land that, to our
notion, is one Of them but that is
not the thing" Also hc thought that
if he should die. he would leave NO
immorta! work behind him--aoth!ng to
make his friends proud Of his mem
ory; "but if had time ! would have
made myself remembered Probably
time would not have added anything to
Keats We have ceased Do fool our
self about time, environment, tran
qnillity or climate. We never used 20
see "a large, cleon desk in auie, raom
that We didn't think. "lf olv eou.U
work undcr such conditions might
Pvt Il Over" HAt $50 aHao f.at tacr
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their animaaee upoH Are a0
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
Canada Would Say No
In Answer 20 a Prepoaerow Sd
for Annexation

for Annexation
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: A very interesting questloa vs,
raised by c. L. n. in your columns .hh
morning in Offering q suggestion thr
the United States take Canada az psy
ment of the British war debt II,
writer seems to imply tha. many Cans
dians would welcome the idea.
] wonder il C. /. N. has ever lived Il
Canada +? ! have, aad in nay Whole ss
perience there I never met C1aa5a
wao wished 20 see his country b, VOL.
part of the United States To iBu
ways the Canadian Ike aa Amer
but politieslly he British 70 the est
Canada has "a very high regard for Der
southern neighbor, and Americans ere
always welcome in Canada. but Us,
motto Canada for the Canadians" Is
writ large IN the minds Of all soas q
the Land Of the Maple Leaf Canaa
has no desire TO become a part Of ~
"world's melting pot"--she Is 700 !ssi'
Gus Of her Anglo Saxon brthriebt
No, G. l.. ~. Il the unitei States
wants TO take par; or fall payment 2
British real estate Hc mBst loes
some other direction taps Gle nera
WILLIAM NEWMAN L}ER
Brooklyn, Feb. a. 1925
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

foa can purchase merchandise advertised in THE
TRIBUNE With absolute safety-ssr II dIssatisfae.
tsR results Ia any THE TRIBUNE suaraa.
tees 70 pay Seur meHeS back upon request. Ne red
taps, Ne auihbling. We mako seea premstly IL
the advertiser sees not.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
me use for republication OF all news dispatches
ccedited 10 it or not otherwise credited In this
paper. and also the local news Of spontaneous
origin published hsXen.
Al rrms OF regubiication Of all other mattsz
herein Also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

We are go 'nguist aud We despa r.
Of learuiag tnis American languae
which was discovered, as a Language.
by Henry NcncAeu srd is new being
used to good effect by J V. A. Weaver
n his book of short rnowp called Ia
American. Ring Lardncr. tse Freafest
practitioner OF the language. has beer
called upon 60 rcvlcs Weaver booh
tn the current pookma8, nnd esner
ally he finds FOR the author. although
hs notes few exceptions The satr
cete aa'4re ST thta American language
me- be lodged frar the fellow ne o..
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

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ff ef faHts afsHss tAAau u8@
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
Books u.yv.5S s9 B,,..

Reviewing must have been q good
deal easier few years ago, when
Freud was still unknown to American
novelists and authors. Then, if the
heroine fell into the heros arms she
loved him, and if she slapped him in
the face she didn't, and that was all
there was to it, Nothing like that OBJ
tains to-day since ambivaleuce came in.
Only the other day we read a most en-
crossing novel in which the heroine
gave the first indication OF the extent
Of her love for the hero by breaking
vase over his head.
Literature is going on beyond US 1t
Is in the hands of men and women who
keep notebooks OF frst-hand observa-
ton, and we have fewer characters and
more cases TO deal with. Now if the
critic objects that some character or
other is not true to life he is promptly
brought up sharply with the question
"Do you know just what peculiar men
tai processes possess the woman Of
forty-dve?" For our part we are sicI
to death Of it. When we cry That's
sheer nonsense we are told But you
forget she is forty-fve
The White Villa and Diff'rent
are both based on the supposition that
there are ages which are laws entirely
to themselves And so we wish summer
were here and we we're done with all
the problems Of morbid psychology and
had nothing but musical shows IN
which ther@ isn't any psychology at all.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

However there comes "a time ,u the
'tt OF every dramatic critic, We trsst
h 80 stiil few years phosd az W, Ira
"aieh Ho ber 20 feel lke the youne
01Nu.dof trem lbe Southern League
''o waa signed hy ths Nes york
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New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

This, we trust, VIII prove an ex-
planatlou to those readers who have
written to inquire about a somewhat
cryptic passnre n last Sunday Tlib-
rne. uac or two seemed 20 have gath.
cred tbo impression that sc were about
TO leave the world 90 assume mo,astie
orders.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1921

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Corporation. Published daily Ogden Raid. Pres.-
dent: q. Vernon Rogers. vics-Prcsident; Helen
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yezk. Telephone. Beekzan 5000.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

Many are the comments made by pas
sengers after reading the "UP Town
for Queens" sign in the Fifty-sevcuth
Street B. r. T. subway station. Ought
l." H. NJ. says +. r r wants to know,
leave my address and telephone nuns
Der, so as TO be more specific"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
SUBSCRIPTION RATEs--Rs exn. inciudsnI
POSTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES.
auARAMTN

Entered AZ the Poetonses at New Yark a. sseond
Class Mail Matter.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
The PuritanicaI Church

tFrom tho Mexico (N. - Independent
There will be no services at the church
until further notice. The pastor and Miss
Mary Egan of Syracuse were the weekend
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Moran.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

1t is this self-ssme wizard Miramon
who tells Manuel some things about
love which were yet new to the swine
herd. Love, es I think, is an instant's
fusinS Of shadow and Of substance.
They that aspire to possess love utterly
fell into folly. This is fcrbidlen-you
cannot. The lover, beholding that
fusing move as golden-hued goddess.
accessible. kindly and priceless. woos
and iN-fatcdly wins all the substance.
The golden-hued shadow dims in the
dawn Of his married life, dulled with
content, and the shadow vanishes. So
there remains, for the puzzled hus-
bands embracing, flesh which is fair
and dear, no doubt, yet is flesh such
as his; and talking and talking and
taking; and kisses in all ways desir-
able. Love Of a sort, too, remains. but
hardly the iove that was yester1ay's"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23
The Coming 7'ower
Uptown Bus, Nineteenth 60 Fortieth, lt
A. NJ, February is, 1921.

Uptown Bus, Nineteenth 60 Fortieth, 10
A. NJ, February is, 1921.
"We do not need Ouijs or Yogi
from afar''-
Q. Lady reading verses there, wonder
who you arel
I'm reeling with your rhythm, and l
like your little thought
u'm looking o 'er your shoulder, though
l know hadn't ought).
For golden waves your wayward hair,
your eyes are heavens blue;
And coral pink your fingers-what a
morning glory you'll
o Fate. please skip the Forties! Let
me float upon this air;
/ would not toll while I can quaF such
nectar. All! But there
Old habit wins. I push the bell.-I1l
never see you more,
Unless, perthance, so fond OF verse,
you add this to your store.
0 Lady, read this column; else, to find
out VINO you are,
I'll have to call Ouija or Yogi from
afar. Al.
Among the slashing reductions cur
rent none is more relentless than Ru-
pert Hushes's so per cent cut, as in
dieated in Beauty" i'll the February
Red Book "Finally," the story runs,
"Clelia spilled the dice. bent to glare
at them, then shrieked and rocked
with triumph as she pointed to. the two
fours she had called for:
Read 'em and weep! Little Joe
is workin' for his lady love-
Many are the comments made by pas
sengers after reading the up Town
for Queens" sign in the Ffty-sevcnth
New-York tribune., 1921-02-23

ace in which the lovely lady whom he
is to rescue Is confined. He presses
into the throne room Of the wicked
aorcerer, and when that villain looks
up TO meet his challenge Manuel dis
covers to his intense surprise that the
aorceror is none other than the mild
hammered stranger.
Pressed for an explanation, the
wizard replies, "The meaning and the
upshot clearly are that, since you have
the charmed sword Flamberge. and
since the wearer Of Flamberge is ire
sstible, it would be nonsense for me
to oppose you" When the boy presses
him still further with the fact that II
was he, the sorcerer, who supplied the
sword, the wise man replies. And how
else was to get conquered"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-02-19

Lewis Collen of <Aitkin spent Fri
day in the city on business.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-02-19


there was not single dead motor on
the line and the first-pursuit forma-
ton was already out on the f1eld
ready to take off. They were followed
by three other Sc. formations; then
the De Havilands rounded off. The
formation circled the field and passed
over the reviewing stand. The high
est formation was 1000 feet, the low
est 500. = .tt5s-}LLf e.. >ifs:i
There was d TYPICAL Texas norther
in action, withEa, thirty-five-mile> wind
on the ground, and naturally itswas
little bumpy. You who haze flown in
Texas know what that means, but the
/ formations were all close and; some
excellent stunning was carried on de,
spite conditions. i. 4,
|, The A. S. NJ. S. contributed pilots
to a pursuit and bombing formation.
Both formations. We're low and close
and the mechanics school men showed
that though they we're supposed TO
| be more familiar with the monkey
wrench than the joy stick, when occa-
sion demanded they could handle both
in a more than passing manner. -
American Service Bulletin.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-02-19
TENSTRIKE PRESBYTERIAN

The boys and girls junior class es
last Saturday afternoon visited their
teacher at the manse, bringing their
lunch baskets. The contents were
eaten by all after which the remain
ing time was spent in games. This
is very interesting class numbering
sixteen in all, half girls and half
boys ..,.,.
e. A fair; sized CONGREGATION greeted
the pastor last Sabbath night. In
view of the effort the Board OF Home
Missions is seeking TO have regular
services it. would be nice for those
who see interest in the welfare Of the
community to give encouragement
by their presence. Preaching a. the
church every Sunday night.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid So
ciety of, Tenstrike will meet with
Mrs. Roland Fellows Thursday AFTER
noon at 2:30, February Gath. A
fifteen cent lunch will be served to
which the public is cordially invited,
the proceeds to go to the benefit OF
the church. An interesting time Is
expected.