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Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17

Tyr tu- 5imo the authorities complete rs1sctons and enforce. the laws .raa-ers of the state ought to be fair fa places for the patrons
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17

with hard coal miners asking for a .' ner cent. increase in wages tn face drop Of 27 per cent. in the cost e- living. the need Of getting President
 ne'a coal industry commission into .r0raa seems to be apparent
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17

--tnv people may be skating on thin . Ert Jha chap who is wise will re- 9T the ice till the chances Of Q De
 u"nge are passed.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17

Senator France Of Maryland is urging .- recognition of bolshevi15 Russia that nay obtain a. two billion loan here. bly, he will soon be advocating the taking over Of the Russian debts
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17

moro blessed to give than re- r salvat.on Army kettles ought -.aF implying several times s day.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17

.a on the corner says: There Ha.r no particular reason this week wanting to postpone December be- -f the weather.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17
SUFFERED WITH ITCHY PIMPLES
Also BIackheadS on Face. LoStSleep. CutiCura Heals.
q suffered with pinpies and blackheads for more than a year.

blackheadS for more than a year.
 vS. My face was just covered BI6S~;A with them. They were red 3ag sS end hard, and itched a V e.. great deal. I could not
 1 sleep at night on account N N of the irritation. / \ MAI "I tried all sorts of rem
 edies but without success. I began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment which helped me, and after using four cakes of Cuiicura Soap and four boxes of Cuticura Ointment I was completely healed" (Signed) Miss Mary Fusco, 545 Grand Ave. New Haven, Conn. Feb.1s, 1921.
 Make Cuticurs Soap, Ointment and Talcumyour daily ytoiletpTepsrations. Sample Each Frss by Mail Address: "cutlezra Lab orRsories, Dept. H, kAldsn 4s. Man" Sold every where. Soap25c. Ointment 2 snd6oc 1alcun Pc. EsES- Cuticura Soap slaves without mug.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17

Te LoGzwood committee is not only fs= job in New York but it is rn1fag to light rotten conditions building trades.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17
EDITORIAL NOTES

may it. He said Marshal Foch .. -a camo, he saw and he conquered. proud, Georgia must feel to send ike Watson 10 the United States
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17

saturday. oee. fs laa1.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-17
SUNDAY MORNING TALK

Norwich. Dec. Is. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
Labor and Capital
To the Editor OF The Tribune,

Sir: On April ~ tho daily papers
reported that Samuel Gompers, in adj
dFesslag the State Federation of Labor
at Albany, said: "The Legislature of
the stats 10 sndeevorins to establish
state OF slavery. They want to rivet
by law the concept Of the masters
ownership of thu woEksrs.p
Capital exists and thrives only as
the result Of laber asd the day has
passed VIXEN labor can be exploited in
any such sense as Mfr. Gompers would
have US helisys, That there are syils
to be corrected and that capital ID In
herently selfish are not denied, but 10 1t
not fact that during the last twenty
years the Viewpoint Of capital has
broadenad and that capital. as . whole,
recognizss the Fishts Of lsbes 10 =
greater axtsnt than does iahsp these
Of capitsll
Is 1t the desire Of labor to destroy
capital? What would replace It, Tbs
small savings bsak acsouas. thu iittls
Asms. he 'aiyssEs asssjust ~ much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20

couraging every sort of musical in
terest from the lowest to the
highest.
1t is the testimony of every OBJ
server that the mechanical musical
instrument develops taste for bet
ter and better music in every house,
hold into which it goes. Ultimate
~ it inspires the listener to the
study and performance Of music,
and upon such basis is built the
present musical development of the
community chorus. In the wake Of
this large, popular body inevitably
follows the smaller, moro musical
chorus. The notion that the marvels
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sounds would
wholly replace individual study and
individual performance is con-
tradictcd by the experience Of every
family. 1t is by hearing Kreislcr
play or Galli-Curci sing through a
record that the child of to-day is
oftenest inspired to learn the violin
or to study singing.
Unquestionably a truly musical
people must themselves play and
sing. We are still a long way dis
tant from any such goal in America,
but the present celebration is good
evidence that we are moving in the
right direction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
Reparaions

Germany is at last beginning to
realize the enormity Of the blundcr
she made at the London conference.
She had an opportunity there to
come to an agreement on PREPARATIONS
which the neutral as we'll as the
Allied world would have given her
moral and economic aid in fulfilling.
May l, the date for fixing the in
demnity, is close at hand. Berlin is
therefore feverishly casting about
for some means of appeasing the
Allies, who are threatening not only
to fix the reparation total without
consultation with Germany, but also
to collect it through military occu-
patton and a taking over of German
industries. The demand for trans
fer Of the Reichsbank' gold reserve
to Cologne or Coblenz has thrown
Berlin into a panic. Germany sees
herself lapsing from the position Of
a tolerated debtor into that of a de-
clared bankrupt.
1t is reported unoficially that the
Ebert government is ready to double
or more than double the sum it Of
fered to pay at London. The Ger
man is an adept at misunderstanding
any psychology but his own. He
could possibly have pulled success
full compromise out Of the fire a
couple Of months ago, but Allied
opinicn-and especially French opin-
ion--is SO distrustful of German
promises and so weary Of German
bad faith that what would have
seemed an acceptable offer then is
likely to be looked at coldly and
critically now. What the world
wants Of Germany is some convinc-
ing sign Of change Of heart. It re-
ceives none. Even to-day Berlin is
asking others to pay for her out Of
the proceeds of an international loan.
Germany has tried to make the
Allies believe that it is within her
will and power to pay or not to pay.
Until she drops that perverse mood
there is little hope for a friendly
settlement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20

every nation In Europe. 1t Is prof.
able that every strong nation has
been a cross-breed. The Greeks, for
example, were fusion Of raw bar
barians pouring in from the north
upon tho old Egean civilization CEN
tering in Crete. Modern Europe Of
the Renaissance was the product Of
the invasion Of the Roman Empire
by the Coths and similar tribes. In
each of these cases, that resulted in
gorgeous towering Of civilization,
the new breed went through. roughly
speaking, five dark centuries and
five centuries Of swift growth. It
would seem that once new and sue
cessful strain is established 1t de-
velops with amazing speed. Our
American race represents no cross
ing as diverse as that between the
component elements Of these older
races. That it has long been a dis
tinct breed is unquestionable.
No praise for the peoples who
made America q long while ago
should be permitted to blind any one
to this fact. 1t is not because they
bring other national characteristics
to America that fresh stock is well
coined, but because they can, if they
will. revivify and strengthen the
American characteristics at their
best.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
An Ancient Friendship

The kind Of Americanism pcrcep-
ton of which by his fellow-citizens
contributed to November's cxtraordi-
nary result shone through President
Harding's Bolivar address yesterday.
The speech might have come from,
Henry Clay. It's background Is that
liberty is more precious than pros
perity, however prosperity may just
ly be priced.
Our forefathers, possessed Of a
noble faith, believed they had hit on
a formula Of political life not
ephemcral. They were delighted
when South America caught up and
reflected back its rays and in Bolivar
furnished a rival to Washington.
Some who think themselves wiser and
more sophisticated, but may not be,
sheer at the Fourth Of July orator
and his sentiments, but not so a
President who feels glow as he be-
holds that not only to the south but
to the east and the west the essen
tial principles of Lexington and Con-
cord have gained never-ceasing,
bloodless victories.
So President Harding sees in the
Monroe Doctrine moro than nero
self-protection. He recognizes in 1t
sympathy with nations who would be
free. We were drawn toward the
children Of Bolivar because they
were republican and freedoms cham
pions--because they had broken
away from the then European sys-
tenn and had become our brothers in
spirit. Small things have since
arisen to divide, but at bottom the
lovers of Bolivar and Washington
are alike-respond to the same prin-
ciples, and only by mad folly can be
led into permanent suspicion and op-
position.
1t is most fitting that in the chief
city of North America should stand
the figure of Bolivar near that Of
Washington. Their lives were de-
voted to the same cause and in their
statues they are properly joined.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
Music for Manv

Only $4,000 New Workers. attend
concerts, according to the figures
compiled by the committee in
charge Of Music Week. That is a
discouraging figure, read by itself
But the accuracy Of the figures will
perhaps be challenged.
AT any rate, the widespread sue:
cess of the current Music Week dem.
onstrates New Workers are awake
unsteady and on the way to becom.
ing genuinely musical peopls,
even if the highest attitudes of
musicianslip are still reserved for
the select. 1t must be remembered
as starting point, that Americans,
as rule, have not been a musical
people. However fine an apprecia-
ton few musical centers have
shown, there is no deluding our
selves as to the broad fact. Our
best folk music is the negro spirit
ual, which is African in spirit, how
ever much its form has been moci-
fled by contact with the white
man.
The sound feature Of Music Week
IS that it recognizes the validity of
musical ambition and taste of every
rank. 1t is folly to suppose that a
taste for chamber music can be cul-
hvated In millions of unmusical
people in week or a month. or
sven many years. Musical appre-
'lation is thing Of slow growth.
The one way in which it can be
'ostsxpd il BY stimulating and en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
Americas Making

The criticism of a teacher unon
this page the other day Of the Amer.
lca's Making project held much
sound sense. We do not think the
advocates Of this excellent movement
10 present tbs contributions of vari.
Gus nationalities to the making of
our nation commit the error suggest
ed by this reader. But the danger
implied in every such demonstration
deserves pointing out.
The fundamental fact Of America
the fact which makes it a nation,
which makes it likely to endure and
count powerfully for many, MANY
years, is the fact that 1t is a new and
distinct strain of human being, with
fresh ideals. fresh character, fresh
ambition and general way of living
all its own.
Once this is agreed upon and un-
derstood there is no harm, there Is
every good, in recalling the different
national elements which entered into
the creation of this new race. Amer
leans can be proud Of each. We can
welcome fresh additions to our blood
from the proper sources and cele-
hFate them in pageants. But such
historical reviews should not be per-
'nitted to convey the false notion that
an American is merely an assembled
human being.
America is c4 mixed bread liks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
Aviation to the Rescue
(Frum Ths BOSTON T,enscytpt)

tff0n The BOSTON 1fGNScyfpt)
The threat Of q British transport
strike has demonstrated In a striking
manner tho value Of aviation as q
means of linking nation to nation. In
the hour Of national emergency the
aviation companies have seen their
opportunity and have determined, il
tho need should arise, to take full sd-
vantage Of it. French air companies.
according to dispatch from the French,
have perfected plans to put twelve air.
planes day in service between Paris
and London, if tho British railway
workers should carry out their threat
of tying up the British railway sys-
tenn.
Twelve airplancs q day would not,
OF course, begin to satisfy the needs Of
normal cross-channel travel. Obviously,
however, 1t is better than no means
of transportation whatsoever. In q
pinch an acroplane evexy hour during
the daytime would enable most persons
with really urgent business to go from
Paris to London. The pleasure seeker
and the week-ender would have to stay
at home; but the wnrld Of busine %
and the affairs OF state might suffer-
but little from the paralysis Of the
ordinary channels Of traffic. With
reason We may hc thankful that man is
SO fast gaining . mastery Of the air.
Transportation tie-ups may occur elss-
whore and the cry In other countris,
may be "the airplane to the rescus.a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20

The Legislature passed in it's
closing hours the Davenport bill to
correct an error in the administra-
ton Of the state income tax law, ex-
posed by 4 recent decision Of the
United States Supreme Court. The
new law does admit in part the
validity Of the principle which the
Supreme Court laid down. 1t con-
codes that no gain, taxable as in
come, can arise from sale of prop
erty at figure below it's actual
cost, and that no loss can arise from
4 sale at figure above actual cost.
|, The state law gave countenance to
both these paradoxes. 1t provided
tnat sales value should be compared
not with cost value but with market
value, however deprecated or ap-
preclated, on January /, 1919, in all
cases in which property sold was ac-
CURED prior to that date.
Common sense balks at the crea-
ton OF an arbitrary standard of
value to replace the actual standard
in measuring the difference between
purchasing and selling price. The
simplest thing for the Legislature to
do was to abolish the intermediate.
fictitious January /, 1919, valuation.
But bureaucracy is slow to confess
srrancy. The State Income Tax Bu-
reau wanted, apparently, to hold on
to its pet double standard. The
Davenport bill allows it to do so.
For all of the paradoxical features
OF the old system are not to be dis
carded. If both actual cost and fair
market value on January I. 1919,
Nre in excess of the selling price, the
basis for computing profit is to be the
,ost or the 1919 market value, which,
'ver is higher. Conversely, if both
actual cost and fair market value
ire in excess Of the value realized,
he basis for computing loss is to be !
nc price or the fair 1919 market |
'aluc. whichever is lower. Thus the |
cal loss or gain is open to distortion
n each class Of transactions.
This makes for more intricate
ookkcering and penalties one tax
aver ct The expense Of, another. 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
Washington, d. c., April 18, 1921.


War Loan Extension Proposal
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May I suggest modification
of the proposal, Endorsed by the lead
ing firm operating exclusively in bonds
of our government, that the bonds due
to US from foreign countries resulting
from or issued during tho lats war be
cancelled?
The argument for xhis donation is
that it would be a great factor in re-
building the world and would be a gain
to us in foreign trade, the profits from
which would far exceed tho loss Of
interest.
But the foreign nations want to
pay, as matter Of pride. Then why
not extend payment Of the PRINCIPALS
for term Of years, say ten or twenty,
without interest? L. D. AUSTIN.
Erie, Pa, April 10, 1891.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20

Recognition in the Schools Of Vario,u
Racial Contributions


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: "An American Teacher" obIssh
IN letter to The Tribune, to thst
feature of the coming celebratia Of
Americas Making" which leada he
school children to inquire into the co.,
tributions made to our civilization b.
immigrants of different races.
had the opportunity Of sttendiw
two of the preliminary conferences 1t
which the plans for this festival wsn
proposed by principals and teaehgs
We were told that the State Dspsr.
ment of Education had tried out il
Buffalo, Albany, Syracuse and Roehss'
ter a series of "Homelands Festivals
at which the arts and crafts brcugsi
hither by the immigrants were e.
hibited. We were told that the CO
operation of Americans of various
racial descents was hearty and wide
spread, and as an aftermath OF ns
festivals so large a number OF peops
of foreign birth took out citizensni
papers as to be remarked BY oil TIE
newspapers in those cities.
In my own Borough of Brooklyn, M
Peoples Institute, which has for some
years interested itself in welcoming
new citizens when they take out thsi'
final papers. has officially inacra'
/ "Amsrica's Making" and Is srEslglw
as part of the festival cersmappl
induction Of hundreds Of people ii''
full citizenship.
As teacher Of adults IN sasAAs
school, / have become acquainted VIZ
q large number Of foreign born. pnss
ing ia my work the idea expresses y
your correspondent that We spes'.
strive to obliterate all traces o. ls's
difference and change these peopis '3''
pure Americans, ! have come to esi''''
that this is false psychology, 1,'p
one knows Americans who nave Y,
not one jot of their patriotism tnl0as.
the affection they have retainer y,
their ancestors. Without it they VIEW
be unnatural freaks. do not see w.
any healthy woman's love for hs' -.
band is impaired by her canslps's'
affection for her mother.
General Pershing's address AZ 7.
Madison Square meeting, read in y.
schools by official order, seems "
to express the spirit with whisa :.
ought to enter this celebrstioh'
said: Eve have no quarrel VIVA III =.
leans Of foreign stock who cling w Z,
music, the art, the folklore aha
better traditions of the old lane' ~ :,
would be less than human, and W ss,s
be poorer if we didn't honor 'hs'"
it; if we didn't recognize our oOi's''
to all of these. 1t is the meiS''s J..
contributions that will make %
greatest of ali nations" -,
All the teachers ! have talSes '
feel that it is time for US Ans's
to compliment one another on ~" A.
ever we have contributed from ou'
World inheritance to making TIE 49,
lean world better.
BROOKLYN TEAcHES
Brooklyn, April IS. 1871
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
Lifting the Judicial Yoke

"The decision to-day" says JUS
t!ce McKenna in his dissenting opin-
ion in the rent law case, marks the
doom Of judicial judgment Of legisla-
tive action"
This sweeping declaration IS, Of
course, extreme. One can imagine
cases in which the decision will not
be followed. The Supreme Court
has not yet abandoned it's invalidat-
ing and voiding power. Yet the de-
cision goes far, in strict logic, toward
weakening prerogative which the
judicial department has zealously
guarded.
In the view Of many the creation
of judicial establishment to watch
over the integrity of the written
constitution and determine when it's
limits are passed is the most orig
iral contribution America has made
to institutional law. In no other
country. at least not to the same de-
gree as here, are the courts placed
above the law makers.
In the early years Of the Repub-
lie it was much debated whether or
not the Supreme Court could nullify
an act of Congress. Jefferson fatty
denied the supremacy of the Su-
preme Court, saying that each gov
ernmental department. was sole
judge of its constitutional power so
far as related to it's own action.
But John Marshall, when Chief Jus
tice, succeeded in getting his view
accepted, at least so far as con-
cerned Congress and state lcgisla-
lures. The Presidency, however, ef-
fectively evaded the judicial yoke.
The Supreme Court once ruled
against the legality of one of Jack
sons acts. but Jackson dryly re-
marked: Marshall has his decision;
now let him enforce it," The court
backed down, and since has been
careful to avoid coming into collision
with the Executive.
If what Justice McKenna saws
were acceptable at the letter, Mon
days decision would be epochal. The
American people would be left alone
with their legislatures.
If what they say is within their po-
lice power becomes ipso focto within
it or when they declare an emergency
exists it does so, then it will not
strain the ingenuity of legislatures
to make all laws court proof.
There is another and more prac-
teal phase Of the rent law decision
namely, its probable effect on the
supply of dwellings. Investment in
real estate appeals to the conserva-
two. In consequence realty earn
mGs have been small. But tell an
owner he will not be allowed the
market worth Of his property and he
Is unlikely to want to build or to
own.
The housing shortage in places
where there is not liberty Of contract
may be expected to increase, for in
the greater part Of the country there
IS liberty, and housing money will
HOW away from the restricted areas.
The great defect Of anti-profiteering
legislation, applied over a consider
able period, is that it tends to make
bad condition worse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20

With respect to Panama and the
Colombian treaty these things are
not so:
l. That either by craft or force
the United States partitioned Co.
lombia. Panama was never. In a
complete sense, an integral part of
Colombia--had only qualified and
often-interrupted connection there
with. Therefore, her people, aside
from the right Of revolution against
irreparable harm, possessed the
right to withdraw from the Colom-
bian union.
2. That there is no evidence that
our relations to South America
would be sensibly improved by an
unwarranted payment to Colombia.
The nations of South America have
recognized Panama as an indepen-
dent nation, and are not in the habit
of selling their friendship. What
they will think both Of US and Co.
lombia if the dicker goes through
can be easily imagined.
And if the foregoing are not so,
the following are:
1. That to make a payment to Co.
lonbia necessarily smears this ma
ton with dishonor. If we sinned, if
by superior power We seized the ter
ritory of weaker friendly nation,
the only way for us to clean away
the stigma is to suppress Panaman
independence and to hand back to
Colombia Panaman territory intact.
2. That among the property thus
to be restored is the canal built by
this country on the strip the only
title to which is derived from Pan
ANA. If the site of the canal is not
ours, then to demand that Colombia
now convey to US for a beggarly
$50, 100000 a public work worth
twenty times that sum is to add one
wrong to another.
On what ground any sum should
be paid is not explained. 1t is de-
MED that the purpose is to apologize
by gift. But no reason enduring
the least scrutiny is given. Gossip
has it that behind the treaty is a
longing by certain American compa-
MES for oil lands-that Colombia has
Informally agreed to grant conces-
sions if her public treasury is
flushed with $25,O0o,ooo. This ex-
PLANTATION is to be dismissed as I'M
worthy Of belief. Surely there is not
a member Of the Senate willing to
involve his country in dishonor in
order that private concerns shall get
concessions for nothing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20
The Truth About Russia

fFrom The Chicago Daily heSD a
Parlor Reds no longer claps, s.
"the truth about Soviet Russ's, -,
are eloquently silent whsn even - 8,
Communists and former as Il
apologists for Bolshcvism catese
declare the Lenine-T rotzky req
be an absolute and ruthless tyEsnas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-20

capital to their owners as the huge
aggregatiens which labor processes to
fear. Take away the incentive TO work
and you will get little if any work
done, Destray capital and you have
practically destroyed the incentive to
werk and then-well, it is ssid that
Satan finds mischief for idle hands.
A. C. C.
New York. April Is, 1921.