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New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
The Cause of Crime
An Observer of Army Cantcel
Holds Prohibition Responsible
70 the Editor OF The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: l have seen in The Tribune
and other daily papers OF large cite.
much wonderment as to the cause Of
the crime wave passing over the
country.
Il astonishes sno that the people
cannot see that prohibition as it Is
being carried out is the main cause
When the rich men decided to use the
power OF money 10 close saloons and
take away spirits, wine and beer from
the poor man they closed the doors o.
the only place where the poor man
could go and sit in a warm room, Iook
over daily papers and perhaps have
little talk with q comrade before
climbing the narrow stairs to his bed
room, where he would probably turr
into his cot with his clothes on t.
keep himself warm.
1t is mistake to think that all o.
the men who sat in the saloon were
drunkards; many Of them had no
where else to go. Had there been one
spark Of humanity in this idea Of
keeping drink from the poor man, the
men who gave so freely of their gole
would have established community
house in each ward in every city. Il
would have cost less than paying the
spy 70 search the people, and mel
would have had place to spend their
evenings, where there should be pa
pera, books, games Of all kinds, and
kitchen. where light, wholesome fooo
could be served with light wine OF
beer. This could all be arranged b.
having tickets, so that no person
could obtain enough TO cause intoxi
cation.
Just such place as this each gar
rison in our army had some year
ago, and it wiped out all drunken
ness and crime, and the men had
comfortable, happy time with some
thing TO interest them after the day
work Con the frontier) was done; bu
along came the fanatics who canno-
live and let live" They thought tae
soldier too comfortable and the goH
ernment committing crime in givire
the men light wine and beer and &c
in time the canteen was ended, an
drunkenness and crime because rsm
pant because of the villainous whisk.
they could procure, the same as they
do now.
So from years or experience in IN
teresting men and making them com
Portable after the days work is done
l. believe II community houses were
established Zone in each ward where
the poor live) the crimes Of the pass
few months would soon lessen. The poor
man sees the rich man can have what
he wants TO buy. IN the way Of spirits
wine or beer, ard it naturally causes
dissatisfaction. Do let rs try to 90
back few years TO the dear old dsEs
Of independence and free ccuntrs.
and not let us sit still and wonder a.
the crime, but try to make the poor
man in our midst 4 little happier anc
more comfortable, even il it means
giving him a glass Of beer. The laV
prohibiting spirits is an excellent law
bat let us make it easier to carry ou'
that law by establishing communit!
places for the poor man who has nc
home.
ELLEN MCGOWAN BIDDLE.
Washington, d. c., Jan. 1. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

tinues with dignifed confidence. One
thus known might meet and talk and
play with folk just shade off color
or even wholly astray in the matter
Of tint, but one could never mingle
with them. The mere public will
watch the progress Of this impor-
tant case with profound and re-
spectful interest. Plainly the finest
shades of aristocratic ways and man.
ners are to be defined for all time.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
The Way Out

The Way Out
Governor Miller's first message
has the salient merit Of discussing
the states financial predicament
effectively. He writes like a read
Juster called in to go over a sick
balance sheet. He isn't afraid to
prescribe for the state the same
regimen as for any other concern
with an overload on the wrong side
of the ledger. If the state has esti-
mated resources for 1921-'22 Of
$4,000, 900 and budget demands
amount to $201, 100000 he sees
that the simplest and surest remedy
is to cut $59,O00,OO0 out of the
budget Albany will pull through
the present year with appropria-
tons of $145, 100000. 1t must
tighten its belt, if necessary, and
live on the same allowance next
year.
The appropriations for 1920-'21
We're S40,000,000 larger than those
for l919-'2O. The increase was 40
per cent. The new budget figures
involved second increase of
80 per cent. That way lies
bankruptcy, unless new taxation
is piled up in q year of falling
prices and income. If the budget
demands should be granted the cost
of tic state government next year
would be more than twice as great
as it was in 1919-'2O. Such rake's
progress is out Of the question at a
time when all other costs are being
Dictated
The Governor shows that the
states fixed charges now eat up
S92, 100000 annually-$11, 100000
more than The total expenditure in
191S-'19. These charges have
been swollen by the unwise policy
Of authorizing capital construction
in excess of appropriations. Con-
struction authorizations, to be met
out OF current revenue, will amount
next year to S25. 100000 In order
to get the state finances back on a
sound basis the Governor wisely
suggests that no new construction
be authorized until the present
projects are completed and that
new construction be chargeable
hereafter to capital account-that
is, covered by bonds or otherwise
before it is begun.
Sticking to that policy will event
ually reduce fixed charges to per
haps so per cent Of our future
budgets. But as fixed charges sink,
running expenditures can also be
brought down The Governors re-
organization plans aim at perma-
nent economies in administration.
Overlapping and duplication ere to
De done away with. Printing abuses
are TO end and various ornamental
agencies are TO be abolished. Off,
/ cials who create deficiencies will be
removed. Administration will be-
come better as we'll as cheaper after
engineering common sense has been
infused into H.
This is not IN ideal which appeals
to oiiceholders and politicians.
Many of them are appalled, at the
roughness with which the Governor
has laid hands on the ancient
enplos of political patronage. They
don't understand that the cnthu-
siasn' which inspires him is shared
by the great mass Of citizens. The
public, which pays the cost of gov
( .ernment, wants to see that cost
standardized and balanced by re-
suits.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

Red Nike" and rebuke for an un-
pleasant expression of the face when
the names of Hirschheld and Solovei
are heard. The Mayor is the Mayor,
and he must be respected if Com
missioner Enright is required to use
all of his six hundred new policemen
to enforce the regulation.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
BALLADS DE BONNIE >-nuVElIE

(l1rristV MathewSon is Yscoucr;rq)
All loudly hail the welcome news
The telegraphc wires tell:
Amidst tho rot We must perua-
Hero Is one item that IS swell;
Apart from all the front page SINE.
I scent an odor ft for men:
Chris Alnthewson ,s getting well
Big Six Is coming back again.
The world OF sport has got tho bluey
Some say that baseball's heard its knell
because It got an awful bruise;
Some call It but 3 jcu dc shell.
Eut sportsmen truc may now dispel
The gloom that hangs around them wheo
They hear this message nonpareil:
Big six is coming back again
What does It matter II we loss
few who sadly, weakly fell
For silver they could not refuse,
Caught In the gamblers hook and snelp
For hen return to hear the yell
Tho same old bunch makes in It's den
Up in the shadow OF the l.
81; SIX is coming back again
on Mat.y, You're the only s.eil
globuli We really ken.
o"i Joy as more tnan We can quelA-~
Big SIX is coming back again
ELMO p. AsprArr
There is in our mind 8 reasonable
doubt that the Reverend, as the phrase
goes, Cornelius Densel may not have
written those letters. Gents like tho Doc
usually write "P. S.-Burn this letter ,
Little Bertha Green, the two-year.old
girl who had been missing for twelve
hours, was found by Patrolman Daniel
Moynihan. 1t brings back vividly the
picture on the cover Of one of opr
favorite songs, "The Little Lost Child. y
which began:
A passing policeman
Found little child.
She walked beside him.
Took his hand and smiled
Addition (Peter Jimmie's) to the In
somniacs:
Arma virumque cano. Troin qui primus
alb oris.
Herman's Kings Highway Bazaan In
fants' Wear, Dry Goods and Notions.
Kensico. the Permanent Burial Park.
Advertisement.
"No accommodations for tronsiants o.,
asks Jadeo.
Investment problems hedge us about.
but Scripture comes to our aid. We shall
Sell our American Cutlery and buy In
ternational Harvester.
Turning, MS you might say, our swords
into plow shares.
-
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

Tho new traffic regulations for the
Theater district are highly successful.
and we are strong for them. 1t is
easier for the pedestrians to go to The
theater; and the new reg Jlations viii
make pede trians Of motorists who now
nave no place to park their cars. This
adds greatly TO the enjoyment Of q play,
for' az Prof. Briggs pointed out one
day, You cant enjoy show while
you're worrying abort the theft of the
car.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
How Much Graft?

/: Senator Lockwood, whose good
faith and conservatism no one Ques-
: tions, tells the public that his com
mittee struck the trail of 81 100000
i. graft in a single $l,800,000 court
house contract and that those with
knowledge were ready to testify if
insured personal immunity.
( This statement, made openly on
the floor of the Senate, is slcncing
Blow to those who maneuver to head
:. off an effective investigation of city
affairs. 1t should quiet those schem-
ing to keen the facts under cover
a and shock out of Indifference those
> whispering that the demand for q
farming on Of Light is born of po-
=, litical motives.
# on q $l,S0O,000 contract it was
expected to knock down $1.000,0O0
!. no great mathematical powers are
needed to figure out the probable
: profit on the gross sum of the city's
contracts Tweed seems outdone,
: and those who have access to the
!. inner precincts of the City Hall need
y not boast Of their moderation.
8, The City Hall ever since. the Lock
. wood committee began its work and
:. the management of the Police De-
.partment fell under SCRUTINY has
been suspiciously eager to smother
g., an inquiry. First it tried to start a
: backfire by announcing that the
:. Board of Estimate would conduct an
= inquiry Of lis own. When this fzzled
and the Legislature was about to
/ assemble it next called on District
v Attorney Swami to do something.
, He responded by ordering 4 grand
{. Jury investigation
II is not worth while to waste far-
+. ther time over the whcrefores Of
r. controlling this zeal to keep public
: affairs dark. Il is sufficiently
.evideAt 10 ali why MI Swami, whose
Office is also under fire, wants to in
>. vestigate himself and the Hylan ad-
'. ministration. The attempt to escape
publicity is TOO transparent in pur~
pose TO deceive.
Nothing short Of an investigation
; which Will get at the truth VIII SUI
n ice, 4 probe by grand jury, even
though the District Attorney could be
"a trusted to make it thorough, would
Z be necessarily secret. It would
.. deal only with criminal offcnses,
4. whereas the purpose Of proper III
vestigation is not only to expose evil
., doing but to lay foundation OF in
- formation for remedial legislation.
=. Moreover. is it safe 10 allow the
present District Attorneys Office to
distribute immunity baths?
- There should be action at Albany
aad at once. Any other course VIII
y keep from the taxpayers of New
q York knowledge they are entitled t.
:. possess. The day for jockeying OF
= lodging is over. The call is to fnc
= out the reasons why crime IS an
checked. why taxes keep mounting
!. and why the city administration iT
practically all departments is gross
= y inefficient. And there is but one
- way; that is t. open the books anc
<. force those with guilty knowledge tC
: answer interrogatoria..
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
No Objections

tsron The Pittsburgh Gcse.sa-.'s.ea!
Attorney General Palmer says ~
Will be glad 90 get back to private he
IL was not public protest against h's
resignation that kept him in Office
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
A Parallel Case
investigation of Our Negro Problem
by England Welcomed by Reader


10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l note in to-day's issue Of The
Tribune quotation from The Portland
Press, under the heading "a Parallel
Case" in which the American state Of
mind is speculated upon in case Of a
self-appointed committee Of Englislmen
coming here to investigate our treat
mont Of the negro. So long as such J,
investigation was conducted upon strict
" impartial lines, and witnesses from,
both sides-wbite and black-carefullv
questioned, l do no. think we should
object. The truth in any matter is not
thing to he disguised or hidden.
And suppose, to carry on this parallel
case, that this self-appointed committee
found that the negro was being treated
with vindictive savageness which
equaled, if it did not eclipse, that Of the
Germans in Belgium, all simply because
he wanted 30 be free, what then .
Should we refuse, for no reason but that
oS our own smugness and personal
comfort, % face unpleasant music?
J. FREDERICK Kelly
New Haven, Conn, Jan. 1. 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

To Contribs: The easiest and best way
TO achieve eligibility to the Contrbs'
Dinner is to write piece that lands.
Some Of the time spent on appeals &C
companying contributions might better
be squandered in polishing the verse or
planning the prose.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

Secretary Daniels has graciously
relaxed in favor of the balloon voy-
ayers to Hudson Bay his embargo
on talk by navy men. Says The As
sociated Press:
Secretary Daniels has wired per
mission to the balloon officers to re-
late their experiences to newspape er
men, but not until they have first
filed short official account to Wash
jngton."
Is not the Secretary taking q fear
full chance? Naval officers are not
used to such liberty.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
The Wav to Saw II

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: With Europe and China begging
for material expression of our sym-
pathy, would it not be wise for the
United States to say it with nours?
NJ. W C.
Nh. Nnrl. L.. 100.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

How much potter is the salesman try
ing to sell shirt for s1.S5 than he used
to be when you were begging MIN to
take S7.85 for one!
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
for It's Always Fair Weather

WtNtHcT
From the Norris County (N. .7N Press
Announcement has been mado OF The en-.
gaeement Of Miss Gertrude B. Goodfellov
formerly Of Movristown, but now Of West
Orange, \. r.. to Arthur y. Goodfellov. OF
East Durham n
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
UAGkNTY
ssxslprn oe rnx ASSOCIATED prEss

Ihs Associated Fress IS exclusively entitled TO ms
ase fcr rciHOic arrn Of alt dispatches
credited 10 is Otherwise credited in this
and also the i,cu 1ews or spontaneous origin puo-
lished herein.
Al si.h,s e republication Of all other matter
herein also aIY reserved.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

a number Of readers have taken pity
on us because of our confession that
we invariably failed to find escape
from inhibitions in alcohol. "That Won
should only have experienced the sor-
ro"1ul and somnolent phases Of alco-
hollsm,' writes C. N. T.. "i1dica+se
that You have confined your inhibitions
to one kind of seduction; probably, if
may diagnose generally and with a
lack OF sufficient data, the Scotch 70
which you refer later. 1t is unfortu-
nate that at this stage Of your devel-
opment you should be surrounded
by circumstances rendering your fur
ther education and progress difficult
II not impossible Of accomplishment.
But were the means and environment
obtainable, how willingly should some
of your connoisseur friends assist YOU
III forming finer acquaintance with
your subject"
If you're not trying to be funny"
writes y. ". L., you're losing a lot
OF life"
Ray Lone suggests more specifically.
III somebody in your Office has left
bottle Of sherry near radiator for
week and gives you q tumblerfu1.
you wont feel your typewriter KEYS
for nearly an hour"
Here is suggestion with which we
are willing to cooperate. We will do
our share. We have a radiator. We
Will provide a tumbler. The door Of
Room 323 is open and we arc waiting
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
The Center Of Interest

(rrom Ths To,cGo siaGc,
Marion, Ohio, TIC melting pct
opinion.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

Doubtless Mr.. Foote approves OF In
diana Ravenue and Banana Rice Cream.
as one to the mama bawn.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

Investment problems hedge us about,
but Scripture comes to our aid. We shall
Sell our American Cutlery and buy In
ternational Harvester.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
TheConning ower
GOPHER PRAIR1Es vox PoPUL1
n Sam Clarke: you remember me

I'm Sam Clarke; you remember me,
l keep the hardware store Main Street.
And what I've sot to say is this:
There's nine Of ME to every OF Carrie
kennicott;
There's nine who like my style Of movie,
With Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle,
And The Saturday Evening Post and The
American Magazine
To one who cares for this here Dunsany
And that Sim Fein Socialist, Shaw,
And The New Republic and all the rest OF
that highbrow by-pamby stuff
That don't get you nowhere.
Now, what license has the one got to say
her type of thing
u better than the thing which the nine like
What is this thing they call Democracy,
anyhow BRET.
First" special deliveries Mr.. Sterling
T. Foote, "'calm' and arm are perfect
rhyme" And he cites STANDARD Eng
lish Pronunciation" which says the or
in "arm" is not pronounced. "second-
ly,' adds Mr.. Foote, who probably
means second" "the only possible crit
icism Of your second example CConstan-
"a and 'dancer) could be in the length
of the penultimate and the quality Of the
consonants y and c. The 'er' in
dancer sounds the r. only when fol-
lowed by word beginning with q
vowel We stick to our story. Calm"
and "arm' is rotten rhyme; and SO is
"Constanza" and dancer" The "r'' in
"arm" is sounded, and so is tho sr' in
dancer; and il "Standard English
Pronunciation says otherwise, it's
wrong.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

OF course, he has US nailed fairly
and squarely. Our notion was not so
much to attain jauntiness as to give
the impression Of a reader looking
back at an early portion Of the book
from far removed vantage, such as
the last chapter or thereaboqts. We
feared that readers would believe we
had gone to page II and no further.
And we did read it all. Aside from
this, it is possible for US to do no more
than throw ourselves upon the mercy
OF the court.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
By
Heyuood Broun
D..

A7, or thereabouts' Now. the question
arises, if the critic was copying directly
from the book, why in the name of
heaven didn't he look to the top of
tho page before him and make sure
of its number-surely less Of task
than writing or thereabouts'? Or did
he put that in to lead US to believe
he was quoting from memory? Surely
not that, for with such memory
he easily could have recalled the exact
page. [ think I've got him. And un-
less he shows some good reason for
1t, Or frankly pleads guilty to base
and purposeless persi1age, in q mis-
taken effort to add jauntiness
Say. Why not start campaign against
that sort of thing in literature-now
that you've made it so not for the Phil
lstines that they don't dare speak of
the weather lest the multitude shower
them with copies Of Main Street and
Miss Lulu Bett and scream 'Bromide,'
at them ?"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

Turning, MS you might say, our swords
into plow shares.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

There - in our mind reasonable
doubt that the Reverend, as the phrase
goes, Cornelius Densel may not have
written those letters. Gents like the Doc
usually write "P. S.-Burn this letter.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

Kensco. the Permanent Burial Park
"No accommodations for transients 81
asks Jaideo.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

Addition (Peter Jimmies) to the In
somniacs:
Arma virumque cano. Troin qui primus
alb oris
herman's Kings Highway BazaaH In
fants' Wear, Dry Goods and Notions,
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

New York, Jan. 8, 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
Paradox as Prophylaxis

In few days New York is prom
ised a triumphant refutation Of the
saying that nobody cares for fat
man. Gilbert K. Chesterton, whose
girth makes him n Betelgeuse
nn1npcs xa,o, &c ch011% 70 no,,,o "a
New-York tribune., 1921-01-07

=
Daily picayune., 1921-03-25

by all the statesmen and prelates in the country" exclaimed Mrs. Curfew. II don't want to be a sunbeam, expe- rience having taught me that can get along better and have less trouble and tribulation. when I look as much like a meatax as possible.
 Last evening before I went to bed l was reading book called Sunshine Susan.' It was about a woman who just made up her mind to be happy no matter what happened. Then her husband was brought home with a broken leg. and the two children had a number of measles simultaneously, and the house burned down, and the bank in which she had deposited her savings closed its doors, and In spite of everything she went around singing and dancing.
 If I had thought 1t over I might have realized that 1t was too good to he true No human woman could be gay and happy in the midst of so many ealamities. But l was in a sentimental mood, and when I turned out the light and went to bed thought that l ought to be ashamed of myself for not being like Sunshine Susan and l made up my mind I would turn over new leaf first thing in the morn ing.
 "So l came downstairs smiling, and I was singing all the time I was get ting breakfast. and when Mir. Curfew came down he said 1t warmed up his whole being to see me in such cheer full frame of mind. It reminded him of him of the time when ! was sweet
Daily picayune., 1921-03-25
.sponsihilfty of properly using it.

responsibility of properly using it.
 But rhese young men in refusing an unearned heritage were moi quite ~o short sighted as q mature south. crn farmer who recently was seen to he refusing au earned heritage This last man iS one of the comparatively few men of the Sourh today who con- tinuc tn burn their corn stalks year after year This man was burin'S the Stalks-hiS stalks. heritage that he had earned The corn had been grown solely for the grain and the leaves or fodder The stalks may hc said to be T heritage left by the corn crop and inherited hy the farmer.
 This heritage, the stalks, properly used. plowed into the soil, makes richer soil, more humus, and soil with greater water holding power and less subict to drouth That means bet Ter yields of crops not only this year. but the next and next and many there after. And We all know that under wise management those things mean nor profits. better equipment for the farm. and more comforts for the home.
 But unlike hte case of the young that we do not refuse any heritage that will add to the comfort of our families and those who follow us.-The Progressive Farmer.
Daily picayune., 1921-03-25

seventeen, and as pretty as a red wagon. Then he gradually drifted into a story to the effect that he had a great opportunity to make the finest horse trade of his career. All he need cd was s7 in cash to close the trans action, and he would make at least S15 by 1t.
 "He knew had s7 put away Tn the clock to buy myself some clothes need the worst way. I had saved that money. a nickel and dime at time and was looking forward to the time when I would have enough to go shop ping and buy myself an outfit good enough for the queen of Sheba.
 Mir. Curfew had been trying to bor- row my savings for long time, offer ing to give me his note as security and before I read that Sunshine Susan book I always refused him, and nearly snapped his head off doing it. But that morning I was anxious to make every body happy, so I handed him the money. and he went and made his horse trade and brought home an old crowbait that has been sick ever since, and he spends all his time out at the barn, feeding 1t pills and powders, and I can't get him to do any of the chores around the place.