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The New York herald., 1921-11-14
American Valuation.
An Argument Against the Adoption
Of the Plan.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In an
editorial article on valuation OF imports
you apparently assume that an article
with a British value OF 500 and 80
per cent. duty might have an American
value of $40. / think I need hardly
elaborate this proposition to show Its
mathematical incorrectness.
AS a matter Of fact an article bear
Ing 80 per cent. duty based on foreign
valuation will sell in this country at
from so to rs per cent. above the for
eign value If bearing the same duty
on United States valuation 1t will be
from 20 to 80 per cent higher. figured
on foreign value. In other words. the
duty at the same rate based upon Amer
lean valuation will be from 60 to 100
per cent. higher than when based on for
eign value. 1t has been claimed that the
Fordney rates have been readjusted TO
III the American valuation. but this is
not true, as they are generally as high
as and In many cases even higher tina"
under the present tariff. AS matter
Of fact the Tordney tariff bill Is largely
prohibitive.
You appear also to be under the Inn
preston that this country can attempt the
very large task OF adjusting by means
Of our tariff the advantages which one
country may have over another through
its local conditions. Certainly no tarin
ever before passed in this country has
attempted to adjust anything but our
own affairs, and ! fear that you have
not followed this problem to its logical
L.. tx,C n
AS o matter OF fact your own argu-
ment that charging the same duty on
similar goods from every country would
adjust the difference between costs OF
manufacture at home will not stand the
test OF examination, as 1t must be ap-
parent that the only result would be to
leave the two foreign countries with the
exact difference between them that they
have from their differences in local costs.
That Is to say. should you charge the
same amount OF duty on goods from
England as from Germany and should
Germany be able to produce those goods
at q lower cost you are not balancing
the difference but leaving Germany with
her full cost advantage. However. this
proposition is hardly worth following up.
as the most ardent tariff advocate would
hardly attempt to regulate the affairs
OF the world In that way.
There is one point which very few
Of the advocates OF the American valua-
tion scheme have had the courage to
touch upon, and that Is the fact that
hardly any two articles are Identical.
and therefore to attempt to decide what
American article exactly matched the
imported article would lead to unlimited
litigation. In fact It Is very improbable
that the same appraisement would be
made at different ports on any one artl-
Gle. ALBERT w. PELL.
ppOnur Navn,-,ho~
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
The Sky Express.

The spirit of the British aircraft
manufacturers Is undaunted. Before
the tragedy OF the big dirigible that
was destroyed on the eve of its depart
ure for America is forgotten there
comes an announcement that an Eng
lish firm is building a giant mono
plane for transatlantic fight. II is
50 have a speed OF 1870 miles an hour,
a wing spread of 400 feet and a
carrying capacity of $50 passengers.
It's proposed time table Is London to
New York from one noon to the
next.
Nobody will say II can't be done"
IN the face Of the fact that two men,
AIcocK and Brown, hoped from the
western continent to the eastern in
a plane. Yet there will be those that
will doubt until they see persons who
have lunched in England on Monday
taking their MONDAY meal In the
United States on Tuesday--assum.
ing, of course, that twenty-four hour
flight at 1870 miles an hour leaves the
passenger with appetite.
What possibilities the story of this
proposed venture suggest England,
with such sky expresses at her com.
mand, would be put in much closer
touch with her colonies. Her Canada
would be a day away instead OF a
week. Her India could be reached
without long, hot and weary travel
Her Australia would be place for
Englishmen on short holidays to
take a look at.
AS for ourselves, we too are an
empire OF magnificent distances. Our
own land is as broad as the Atlantic
Our Pacific possessions are so far
away that weeks or months must b5
devoted to visiting them. And ouI
sister continent, that South America
OF which the United States knows 80
little intimately, is very far away
when distance Is measured by the
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Public Health Exposition, Grand Central
a,ace ph,c ,,o,. opening this afternoon. American
Astor. beginning P. M.
New York State Hotel Association, conven-
tion,. opening with luncheon. Park Avenue
Hotel Mems Exposition, sixty-ninth Regiment
Armory: kexington avenue and Twenty-eighth
Japanese business delegation viii be guests
at luncheon OF officers and executive COM
aittce OF the Chamber of Commerce OF the
State OF New York. Bankers Club. i2o Broad
THE st. Lawrence Ship Canal and Power
Project Will be discussed by Gov. Henry J.
Alien Of Kansas. former Gov. w. L. Har-
cling OF Iowa and others at forum, En-
Eineering Societies Building. 20 West Thirty
ninth M street. P. M.
and Traders. Inc. dinner, Waldorf Astoria.
Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn win speak on
Man. at a meeting Of the section of biology.
American Museum Of Natural History, sew
snty-seventh street and Central Park West,
Gustav Llndenthal will discuss bridging
:hc Hudson River Mt New York" al a meet
Ing ns, Of the he West End Association. Hotel An.
Dr: q. Alfred Lawrence viii speak on .'rns
Employment OF Intelligence Tests In tho Con-
Medical Jurisprudence, New York Academy
of Medicine. II West Forty-third street. 80
Netiona, Horse Show. Squadron A Armory.
Madison avenue and Ninety-fourth street.
opening day.
National Industrial Council. conference Of
vania. beginning 10 A. M.
State conference ri Probation Officers,
wo'dorf- Astoria, o;s0 A. NJ.
New York State Association of Dyers and
Cleaners. annual meeting and exhibition
Ho'el Pennsylvania. o A. M.
Food forum exhibit by department Of foods
building. Teachers College, 525 West 12oth
street. beginning II A. M.
Queens County Chapter. American Legion.
Annra, Marine Exposition. Central Mercan-
tile Rui'Ning. AZ West Eighteenth street.
Bissop E. H. Hughes and Bishop Luther
Y wilson will speak et the area conference
cf the Methodist E,isccpa, Church. Carnegie
Alice r. Cn-eo win talk 20 high school
classes on "Enriand IN the Time Of Shave
sprare." Metropo'itan Museum OF Art. 4 p. M.
Daughters OF Ohio. meeting. waldorf-As-
societv Of state Women. meeting. Hotel
we" womens q $ Civic ct Committee. meeting. Ho.s,
Commodore, S.,H p. NJ.
ronteirer club. meeting and luncheon.
s,sI New btrore Ynrs CIV .y' Moss.Ts. a rs Club meeting
r-nped Real E-tats ovrcrs' Association.
mss.irs, s, Hotel & 4stGr .,ris p e,rN.- ~ w..o,
Una caic win lecture on ''Tne Evolution
q rr,ndsfp village osf9rr .rrc the hrooyn Rrooyn
Academv OF Music. 4 p. NJ.
Dr. John Bowler viii deliver a public
lecture on "Tre World and u.s." Erasmus
Church. avenue. Erooilvn. s:th p. NJ.
'Evolu'icn Of the Modern Productive sys-
r,vander chfas Hich School. ls4th street and
Field place, Tho Bronx, s:15 y. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14

An exhibition of paintings by two
Numanian artists. by name Rubin and
kolnik, was formally opened yesterday
Ill the Anderson Galleries by the Ru-
n.anian Minister to this country, the
I1inoe Antoine Bibesco. A large COM
pany attended. including many prom
i.ient In art. musical and literary circles.
Both Prince Bibesco and his wife. who
hos just arrived here, spoke. The Prince
s,.oke humorousy Of his youthful days
When he was supposed to be ~ school
but was really In the art galleries max
.rg acquaintance with the Srest inter-
national figures In art. He adced that
while politicians were vainly 'rying 10
construct league of nations the srea'
e., lists had already formed one consti-
titing true bond between the nations.
The Princess Bibesco, with much OF
tile vivacity of her famous mother. Mrs.
Herbert II. Asquith, raped the critics,
La rticuarly those who thought art ought
to stand sti j. Her remarks appeared to
greatly please the group OF modernists
~ sent headed by Alfred Stieglftz.
The two artists, Rubin and kolnik, are
yorng, pessimistic and modernistie. They
have been deeply a. ected by TIE great
TAR. and most of their canvases depict
rt asants WHO are bowed down with suf-
f,ring. In style the two men are mucr
alike, and RI bin, who seems somewha'
tho more forceful of the two and is
mystic. frankly confesses that he has
an influence upon kolnik."
Both artists use light pale'tes and
+, tn show the result of an acquaintance
~ ha Of (.0RA
md the Swiss artist Holder. Rubin
leans strongly toward decoration In art:
Kolnik more toward realism. Tine COM
rary present, which was markedly cos
nopolitan and spoke many languages,
&c va close study To the sad pIctures.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
Legal Terms Misused.
There Is No Penal Code Now, and
Only One Kind Of Writ.

To THE New YORK HERALD: It is a
common error to refer to the Penal Code.
The Penal Code is not In existence any
more. as II was superseded In 1909 by
the present Penal Law.
notice statements that writs Of man.
damus were granted against the Board
Of Estimate and Apportionment. The
writ of mandamus was abolished when
the civil practice act went into effec.
on October /, 1921. and mandamus Is
now granted by order. so that the proper
way to state II is that an order Of man
damus was granted.
notice the statement that the Mayor
was served with writ in contempt of
court proceedings. He was served with
an order. II Is interesting to note that
the only writ now In existence In New
York Is the writ Of habeas corpus
ALEXANDER NJ. JAREcKiE.
NEW YORK. November IL.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
Our Tense, Stern Faces.

To THE NEW York HERALD: We folks
from under the Southern Cross through
an excess Of sunshine are a laughter
loving people. and the first thing we
notice about our American cousins Is
their unsmiling attitude. They live In
a wonderful country with every advan-
tage and plenty of cash. but their ex-
preston is tense and stern. To be
adorned with a grin is not the Idea. but
a relaxation of the facial muscles, which
will soften the expression and even the
eyes.
Americans have everything but the
smile which makes one kinder to ones
neighbors. SOUTH ERN Cross.
NEW YORK, November IL.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
Disarmament.
John Fiske on Counting Heads and
Breaking Heads.

To TIE NEW YORK HERALD: Your
contributor Frank j. Goodwin of Litch-
field, Conn, quotes General Greedy as
saying: II will believe In the disarma-
ment Of nations when our cities have
reached the time when they no longer
need police force"
Kindly allow me to call his attention
to the fact that John Fiske has outlined
way and packed 1t in a much smaller
nutshell. He says-I quote from MEM
ory: "As long as our voting strength
Is the index to our lighting strength we
can continue to count heads instead of
breaking them"
Had our Southern States not counted
so per cent VI their negro population
as part Of their fighting strength. but
a large part Of their fighting weakness,
we might have avoided our civil war.
e. s. B., Sr.
BROOKLYN, November IL.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
A November Picture.

There is q calm sad something IN the
air
Which BODIES OF brown November's
lowering wings.
Ger far field q lonely crows cry
rings,
And deep within an ancient orchard
where
The apples drop broods silver stiffness
The waning wind Its showers Of red
leaves flings
And to the last bright flower one gold
bee clings.
The land lies wrapt in peace as sweet
as prayer.
What message manifested may one find
In quiet rapture Of the resting earth
Communing with its maker not In blind
Or thoughtless alteration, but ir ways
Fraught with true understanding. for
since birth
Nature has worshlpped God with silent
praise.
\ I1LrzABErH ScoLLAnp.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
PRESIDENT WILL LAY
VICTORY HALL STONE
Structure to Rise in Honor of
American Heroes.

Special Despatch to THE New York HzaALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c., Nov. Is.
Years Of effort to provide Washing
ton with a great convention hall will be
crowned with success tomorrow when
President Harding lays the cornerstone
of the National Victory Memorial. a
$10.00o.000 structure. which will COM
memmorate the deeds of American
heroes from Washington down.
Secretary Of War Weeks will preside
at the exercises. the President laying the
cornerstone and using the trowel which
was employed by George Washington
in laying the cornerstone Of the Cap
itol. Following the Presidents address.
Gen. Pershing and Admiral Robert e.
Coontz will speak. The Right Rev. AL
fred Harding, Bishop Of Washington,
will deliver the invocation. Seats have
been reserved for 1900 special guests.
among whom will be many OF the for
eign visitors now in Washington.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
Stage Superstitions.
No Quotations From "Macbeth," No
Carrying Of Makeup Boxes.
From the Ne,o Statesman

It was announced the other day that
the name of new play. '"The Golden
Moth," was to be changed because the
company believe that the presence Of
the word golden" In a title Is unlucky
agement OF the theatre had decided to
defy superstition and that the play is
to be produced with the original title,
after all.
The stage Is, perhaps, the most super-
stitious institution In England, after the
racecourse. The latter is so supersti-
tious that to wish a man luck when on
his way to race meeting Is considered
unluciSy. Instead of saying Good luck ="
you should say something insulting,
such as. May you break your leg 7"
We have known an Irish racegoer's day
to be clouded because some one wished
him good fortune. Actors and actresses
have not only all the ordinary super
stltions. such as the picking UP of pins,
the dread of breaking looking glasses
and the horror OF certain numbers--
they have also number of professional
superstitions. 1t is unlucky, they say,
for instance. to quote Macbeth" Ac-
tors dare not say to each other at part
ing "wnen shall we three mee' again?
No actress with soul would advise a
nervous fellow artist to screw her
courage to the sticking point"
1t is unlucky, again. during rehearsals,
to quote the catchword of a forthcoming
play In casual conversation. II is un-
lucky to carry a makeup box, like an
amateur actress Then there are GER
tain theatres that are regarded as un-
lucky. and the superstitious actor is
depressed at the. prospect OF having to
appear at one OF them The luck may
turn. we understand. II the name OF the
theatre Is changed this was probably
the cause OF the change Of the name OF
one London theatre. which has since
been successful.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
Reason for Flight,
IRON the Kansas or star.


'T know as we'll as you that the Grand
Jury hain't In session now" said a citizen
of the Rumpus Ridge, Ark. region, whom
Gap Johnson while coon hunting had found
ensconced In cave. II keep posted on
the march Of events better than that I'm
hiding out simply b'cuz my wife Is the most
peculiar woman in seven States--flops right
up In the tree tops over nuth'n a-tall.
Night before last I was settin' there. not
lookin for trouble any more than n suckin'
dove. when wife spoke up and said that
next day was the twentieth anniversary of
our weddin. ! never believe In argyin', and
so Just let II go at that. But when she
said we'd better kill the lame hog and in
vite In the neighbors. l Gays. What do you
want TO kill the lame hog for7 The pore
varmint hain't 10 blame for somethin' that
happened twenty years ago. And then-
well. I lust sorter came away"
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
MONDAY, NOVEMBER IA. 1921.
Americas Practical IdeaIism.

The heart of the world has leaped
at Secretary HUGHEs's announcement
Of Americas explicit programme for
reduction of naval armament, not
because he has banished or could
Danish with a mere dictum the intol-
cradle burdens of militarism and the
unspeakable horrors of war. The
sane world, whatever It is suffering
as the penalties of past conflicts and
enduring as preparedness against
future conflicts, knows nothing of
the kind is possible.
1t is not In the power Of the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of State. even
with the assent and support of the
United States Congress, arbitrarily to
determine the basis on which the ma
tions of the Old World shall begin to
beat their swords into ploughshares.
II is not in the power of America,
even with the assent and support of a
fraction of the peace loving nations
of Europe, arbitrarily to do this.
The force Of the Hughes proposal
which has swept civilization off it's
feet, is that it declares for doing
something as big as 1t is concrete,
and as feasible as 1t is definite, and
for doing it now. It declares for
doing 1t with what the French
press so aptly calls Americas prac-
tical ider lism.
While other governments before
and since the war have talked about
the wisdom and humanity and neces.
sity of restricting the temptations to
war, and while nations and races
have prayed through the genera
tions and centuries for the elimina-
tion of war, no great country until
now has stood forth with a specific
plan to do the actual work of push
ing war itself steadily into the back
ground by gradually removing from
the hands OF nations the weapons of
war.
Again the force of the Hughes pro-
posal, as the whole world gets it, is
that II comes from country which is
better able to build and support stu
pendously costly military machines
than any other country is.
And so when the United States
shows, as Secretary HUGHES in it's
behalf does show, that this thing OF
tightening the military load and of
getting further away from war can
be done, when 1t shows how IL can be
done-when the United States offers
for its part TO go further than any
body else in the doing of 1t, all
humankind thrills at this message of
q new life for men and nations the
world over.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
Rumanian Paintings on View Here
Prince and Princess Bibesco Open Exhibit of Works
by Rubin and Kolnik.

this furniture. which forms the collec-
tion of George wills. OF London. will
also be shown as part of the same
collection old English. Waterford and
Bohemian glass. mirrors. crystal side
lights. mantels, needlework and the con-
tents of an old English garden including
lead and stone figures. seats. &c. A
group of the now much sought ship
models. some marine paintings. and rare
tapestries also are included.
Rare old views OF New York city Will
be exhibited In Keeler's Art Galleries,
10 Vesey street, tomorrow. and will
remain on view until November 81 and
90. on which days they will be sold at
auction. With these views will be shown
a full set of Valentines Manuals and
a small library of books relating to the
early history Of New York city. collected
by the late Edwin A. Cruikshank. and
q collection OF European and American
paintings representing varied schools.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
No Tickets to Florida.
Experience of a Man Who Wanted
to Take a Trip South by Sea.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: What
has become Of our American shipping?
Having been ordered by my physician
to take trip south I called at one of
the large tourist offices with the object
in view Of going to Florida.
A polite ticket clerk told me that they
did not sell any more tickets to Florida,
in fact did not know anything about it,
but he did know about every place else
out on Mother Ocean. He finally con-
vinced me that Bermuda was the place
to go.
From what information I could get
out Of the ticket clerk the American
lines have no agencies and the clerks
boom English Islands. JAMES WILSON.
NEW YORK, November IL.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
Profit From the Golden Hoef.

To THE New York HERALD: Why
abandon sheep farming? Twenty dollar
sheep are now selling FOR IS each. Had
we n breed Of sheep that wore hair or
bristles instead Of wool II would pay
to raise them at present prices of NUT
ton and lamb.
Almost no other farm operation re-
quires so little labor. and the sheep Inn
prove the land.
Feed the people, clothe the people
with the product of the golden hoof and
you win. DUTY CLARK KENYON.
CARBoNpALE. Pa. November 10.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Rain and
warmer to-day; tomorrow rain, fresh
southerly winds.
winds.
For Northern New Engiand-snow or rain
to-day; Tomorrow cloudy. probably some-
"nat warmer; moderate southerly winds.
For Southern New England-rain or snow
and warmer to-day; tomorrow rain. moder-
ate southery winds.
For Western New York-Csoucy with local
SHOWS to-day; tomorrow somewhat warmer.
fresh southerly winds.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.-Pressure is high
IN the. Atlantic States and on the north
Pacific coast and 1t is low over all regions
between the Mississippi River and the Rocky
Mountains with centres OF minimum pressure
over Texas. Pressure Is also abnormallv
low over the Canadian maritime provinces.
There have been SHOWS within the last
,wenty-four hours In the region Of the great
lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley and
local rains In the Ohio and lower Mississpni
Valleys, tennessee and the east Gulf States
Rains also are reported from Montana ana
north wyoming. Temperature has risen over
tne great central valleys. the region of the
gIeat lakes and the south Atlantic and Gulf
states and II has changed little in other
parts OF the country since last night.
Ihe outlook for unsettled weather with
rains ana snow along the north border and
rains elsewhere ca st of the Mississippi River
tomorrow and Tuesday The Temperatures
WI %i.i rise to.mosrow throughout the Atlantic
states, the upper Ohio valley and the lower
lake region and 1t win fall Tuesday in the
lower Ohio and lower Mississippi Valleys
Observations at United States Weather Pm.
reau stations, taken at p M vnatard,,
The New York herald., 1921-11-14
LEGION OF HONOR FOR
MR.. AND MRS. TUCK
AW0rd u in RECOGNITION Of
Their Work During War.

PARIS. Nov. t3.--Mr. Edward Tuck. n
retired American banker. who lives IN
Paris. has been made Commander OF
the Lee,on of Honor. and Mrs. Tuck, who
was Miss Julia stell. an ofYicer OF the
legion. in RECOGNITION of their work In
caring for the wounded during the war.
Mr. Tuck. who was born In Eyeter. N.
H.. In 1s42. founded and maintains the
steII Hos-itai at Rueii. and Is a rner-bcr
Of the advisory council Of the American
Red Cross In Europe.
The New York herald., 1921-11-14

Definite figures not available.
A surprising feature Of this analy-
sis is that the enormous imports OF
gold have reduced the foreign debt to
us by only s1SS.OO0,0OO, while the out
ward remittances by immigrants
footed up more than eight times as
much, or more than billion and a
half of dollars.
The interest on private debts to
this country amounted to 1895, ,000,-
600, no account being taken of the
interest on war advances by the
United States Treasury, because little
or none has been paid. But II this
item were added the credit balance
of this country would be enlarged by
about s500O00,000.
The balance sheet does, however,
include the post-armistice advances
by the Treasury to foreign nations.
This total is put at $3.50, 900, 900,
and because 1t represented an export
of capital it is properly treated as a
debit to this country. although in the
long run, assuming It Is repaid, It
will be entered up as an additional
credit.
The slump IN the earnings of our
ships, it will be noted. became acute
in 1921. Normally feet Of 10000
900 tons flying our flag in the foreign
trade should return us at least $780,
100000 net each year.
Among the items not included In
the balance sheet are the sums owed
this country on the liquidation Of
war materials and the private bal
ances held abroad which will not
be returned to this country until ex-
change rates take a more favorable
turn.
Our chief trouble, however, is not
the size of our foreign credit balance
so much as its nature. Most of the
credit balance Is represented by oh
legations of European countries.
which In many cases are unable to
fund their floating debts here or to
pay them off. This prevents the free
and unobstructed turnover OF capital
employed in foreign trade and is one
of the difficulties yet to be overcome
before international commerce can
again restore its equilibrium.