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The New York herald., 1921-05-18

ioke-makers and the formation or
sundry rainmaking companies and
individual enterprises. many of which
the Government found ii necessary to
denounce as swindlcs.
The Dyrenforth method of rain pro-
duction was by means OF high explo-
sives and was apparently based upon
the popular belief that rains followed
volcanic eruptions and battles accom-
panied by artillery firing. Mr.. HAT
FIELD does not assert that he can
draw rain from clear sky, but he
declares that he has acquired the
science Of tapping moisture laden
clouds. He has set up his apparatus
for this purpose AT Chappice Lake.
near Medicine Hat. Precipitation
gauges by which the test is to be
judged have been erected at six points
in the territory artificially TO be
rained upon.
Sir NAPIER SHAW, the leading Brit
ish meteorologist. has apparently little
faith in either Of these two methods
or. in fact. in other methods to pro-
duce rain or 10 control the weather.
He admits that many laboratory ex-
periments have been successful but he
is doubtful of their application on any
useful scale. In discussing the recent
attempt of London to rid itself of fog
he pointed out that clouds were al
ways drifting and that the consump-
ton of energy required for the clear
ing OF an aerodrome 400 yards wide
would be from 400 to 500 tons Of coal
an hour AS with fog so with rain
and hail. he said. Until some new
source of cheap energy is discovered
he asserted, efforts at weather con
troll are likely TO be defeated by the
huge scale upon which the operations
would have to be conducted
But if man could regulate the
weather in whose hands would he
place the control and get satisfying
result? The cities could get along
with limited amount Of rain If the
reservoirs holding their water supply
were not affected. The wheat grower
would want clear skies when his
neighbor the corn grower would de-
mand heavy rains. One commuter
would pay for shower on his lettuce
patch and another ask for sunshine
on his chicken yard. While the farm
ers smiled at the downpour which
made their crops the picnickers would
rail at it for spelling their only day
off. We can be happier by trusting to
the almanac than we would be worry
ing If the board of weather control
would give us our allotment Of rain
on the day when we wanted 1t.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
Two Modern Artists Hold Auction Sale
James N. Rosenbergs Pictures Bring $l026 and Mars
den Hartley's $49l3-Many Artists Are Spectators.

An art auction sale of unusual interest
was held last night at the Anderson
Galleries. when two OF the younger and
ayowedly modern painters. impatient
with the slow process cf finding market
for their work in the ordinary course OF
events. or finding the high cost of living
too severe an obstacle TO their further
existence. tried the experiment of put
ting up their entire works at auction.
The artists were James y. Rosenberg
and Marsden Hartley. the former rep
resented with seventy-flve works In oil
and pastel and lithograph. and the latter
with III. The interest of the art world
III the experiment was attested by the
presence of an audience of painters. crit
les and collectors which coupled every
seat in the hall. In spite of the lively
interest of the spectators the bids were
merely nominal. Mr. Rosenberg's pic
lures totalled S1,026. and Mr.. Hartley's s
s491S.50. making the grand total for
tho sale s5,939.5o.
Two oil paintings by Marsden Hart
ley, Autumn, Lake and Hills, Maine.
19OS,' and "Storm Clouds. Maine, 1905
sold to o. D. Steiner for 5000 each. The
Daniel Gallery paid SIZE for an oil, DE
serton. Maine, 1909" A pastel. Land
scape. New Mexico, 1919" sold to w. S.
Williams for S105, and an oil, Move
ment. Bermuda. 1916" went to A. c.
Barnes for 500. Paul Rosenfeld bought
small still life In oil for sl00 and Miss
Florene Stetheim acquired a still life in
oil for the same price.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18

at hard knocks. They have wit and
native shrewdness. honesty grounded
on honor and informed by good sense.
Probably SCoTTY had somebody de-
pendent on him, and his customers
would never have suspected from his
demeanor that he bore burden Of
responsibility. He asked no charity
and sought no aims To go on the
town was a possibility that never en-
tered his head He had head 10
think with and a body to work with,
and he asked no odds of any man.
And with all this. beyond doubt.
ScorTY was as lively a youngster as
Brookline offered for inspection,
ready for any deyiltry that would
worry The peace officers of the Mas
sachusetts town-peace officers who.
like New York ;. possess skill. expe-
rience and shrewdness. and for whose
good judgment and sympathy many
a mischievous youngster has cause TO
be thankful.
He saw his duty and he did IL: did
il in war MS he did ii in peace; did
il in France as he did it in Brookline,
and Brookline and the President of
the United States and all the rest
of rs will do well TO honor him as 4
type Of sturdy, self-reliant, manly
American boys.
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Scotty, a Ncwsboy Of Brookline.

There is something very hnc in tho
decision OF the people Of Brookllnc,
Massachusetts. 20 erect tablet In
their Town Hall IN honor Of SCorrY.
newsboy Who nj - entered tho
1O1st Regiment. md AT Epicds held
q pass single handed. killing thirty.
one OF the enemy before he was killed /;
there Is something very fine in rrcsi-
dent HARprNG's purpose to attend the
ceremony n he possibly can.
Brookline. once the Hamlet of
Muddy River" is a city in numbers,
the home Of n rich and favored popu
lation. VI will not Incorporate rs q
city, but clings t. the town form Of
government Its Town Hall Il real
town hall II cing~ 10 the best New
England traditions: and tho news
hovs. of whom SCoTrY--ALBERT En-
WARD SCorT--was typical. personify
those traditions. They take care Of
themselves, they work hard, they grin
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
Germany's Grip on Russia.

Before the war Germany, by treaty
compact and trade agreement, trans
port facilities and banking and ex-
change arrangements, was not merely
4 heavy buyer of raw materials from
and proftinG seller of finished prod
immense. teeming, prosperous clearing
house of Russian products outward
bound for the world beyond and of
the commerce Of near countries and
far continents inward bound on its
way TO the millions of consumers
within the Cars vast European and
Asiatic provinces
What Germany seemed 10 lose for
all time by going to war with the Al
lies was her strangle hold, so 10 speak.
on the Russian nation. which. meas
ured by its resources of grain. lum-
ber. minerals. livestock and wool, was
the greatest economic force in the
Old World.
IT develops now that in the Russia
Of the Soviets. as in the Russia of the
Czars. Germany since the war has in
trenched herself deeply on the old
strong lines Of commerce and indus
try. Germany is ahead of Great Brit
ain in this respect not merely as to
time but as 10 range. Her trade ar
rangement is more far reaching. her
relations are closer. and her grasp Is
firmer. Indeed. If the details of the
compact are accurate. both Germans
and Russians may dwell in either
country do business in either country
and hold property in either country
under the ordinary protection and
terms of accepted international laws
and customs.
Most striking Of all is this outcome.
according TO The New YORK HERALD's
Berlin Bureau: The agreement ac-
cords Germans in Russia an exclusive
position over the subjects of all other
countries and privileges in her bust
ness dealings far beyond those ac-
corded even 10 Soviet citizens them
selves
1t is this reestaoishment Of old
German relations in Russia which en-
phasizes the grave danger which the
best Judgment in America and Eng
land always foresaw in heaping ex-
treme penalties upon Germany in the
indemnity settlement. Always natural
economic allies. Germany and Russia
might very easily have been welded
into a political and even national
whole had France and the other Allied
nations driven Germany too far. And
the truth cannot be blinked that the
ultimate power of Germany and Rus
sia combined, measured both by pop
ulation and by natural wealth. would
vastly outweigh all the rest Of the
countries of Europe put together.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18

Lockwood Housing Committee meeting.
City Han, 1880 A. NJ.
Thirty-fourth Street Board or Trade meet
ing Hotel Astor. S:1o =. NJ.
Meeting of American Association of Uni
versity Women to welcome Nine. Cufle'
Carnegie Hall, p. NJ.
New York state Nautical School grad
uating exercises. Maritime Exchange, ~
Broad street, p. NJ.
Tax party headquarters, 32 East Thirteenth
street, 3 +. NJ.
National Association OF Manufacturer,
o 80 A. NJ. and .: 80 +. NJ Herbert Hoover
will speak ut banquet al ! =. NJ. Waldorf
Astoria.
National Coniurers Association spring
meeting, 100 West Fifty-fourth street,
Annual dinner, Base Hospital 81. Castle
Cave, Seventh avenue, between Twenty-fifth
and Twenty streets, 80 +. NJ.
Major(;en. Bullard will review the Rs-
serve Officers Training Corps OF New York
University. University Heights. 7. NJ
Charities and Corrections. United Charities
Building I05 East Twenty second street.
+. NJ: Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, ~
Court street, 10 +. NJ.
Dinner BY the Mems Club Of Temple Israel.
Hotel shelburne. Brighton Beach. 1880 ?. M.
Central Trades and Labor Council mass
meeting. Cooper Union. L. NJ.
Meeting. section of genito-urinary surgery,
New York Academy of Medicine. II West
Forty-third street. $40 p. NJ.
Or. r.. u. Higgins VIII give an illustrated
lecture at the Bowery Mission. 80 Bowey.
5 =. NJ.
Convention. Linen supply Association of
America Hotel Pennsylvania
Reunion and dance, Belieau Woods Post,
Veterans OF Foreign Wars. Hotel Pennsyl-
vanis, 4 r. NJ.
Overseas Service League rummage sale.
I01 Madison avenue.
Emanuel sisterhood luncheon. Hotel As
tor. 1 p. NJ
Foreign Commerce Club. dinner. Hotel
Astor, r. NJ.
Unity Society meeting. Hotel Astor. s p. NJ
of North America. annual meeting, Hotel
Algonquin, 10 A. NJ.
National Board OF Marine Underwriters.
annual meeting. ~ Beaver street, II :3n
A. NJ.
Manhattan Matinee Club luncheon, wal
dorf-Astoria. IL 80 r. NJ.
National Coal Association meeting. WAL
doff-Astoria. all day.
Rockefeller Foundation dinner, Waldorf
Astoria, y. NJ.
Board of Education meeting, Park avenue
and Flfty-rnth street. y. NJ.
Democratic Club OF Westchester County
dinner. Hotel Commodore. & 80 p. NJ
Westchester County Chamber Of Commerce
dinner. Hotel Commodore. @ r. NJ
Mount ST. Ursula Academy dance, Hotel
Commodore. =. NJ.
Kiwanis Club luncheon. Hotel McAlpin,
Il 40 y. ".
Retail Clothiers Association luncheon,
Hotel McAlpin. 1890 =. NJ.
Prudential Insurance Company luncheon.
Hotel McAlpin. IL 80 =. NJ.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
The Right to Tax.
Power Of Congress rs TO Sources Of
Income Now Exempt.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The first
power granted 10 Congress in Article l.,
Section 8. clause l of the American
Constitution is "the Congress shall have
all the power 10 lay and collect
taxes" This is followed at the end OF
the section by the specific power ITO
make all laws which shall be neces-
sary and proper for carrying into exc
cution the foregoing powers"
This power was limited in Article J.,
Section .. clause 4. by these words, NO
capitation or other direct tax shall be
laid unless In proportion to the census
or enumeration herein before directed
10 be taken" 1t was under this clause
that the Supreme Court held that this
first income tax law was unconstitu-
tional. To overcome this was the reason
the sixteenth Amendment was proposed
and ratified. 1t says, THE Congress
shall have power to lay and collect taxes
tthis simply repeats power already
vested in Congressl on incomes from
whatever source derived 1.-THE broad
power already covered this specific
powerI without apportionmcnt among
the several States and without regard
10 any census or enumeration"
This last clause amended and re-
poaled the limitations of Article L., Sec
ton Q, clause 4. already quoted. Thus
the taxing power of Congress stands as
originally found In the Constitution
without any limitations or qualifications
whatsoever. Congress, then, has the
power to tax the income from all eecuri-
ties, national state or subsidiary gov
ernmcnts. the income Of Individual, no
matter whether In private or public life ;
the gains or profits in any form or
manner which Congress may see fit to
ADOPT. No further amendments to the
Constitution covering these specific items
are necessary.
You cannot add force to the absolute
power to lay and collect taxes by emu
merating the sources In detail which
may be taxed. There Is no escape from
the conclusion that tho failure of Con-
gress 10 tax income from state socuri-
ties and income from oficeholders is not
due to any lack OF power on the part
OF Congress, and tax exempt securities
ar. only such from motives OF policy.
and there II no legal standing for a
claim that they are exempt under the
Constitution.
Any additional amendments TO the
Constitution. like that proposed by Rep
rcSentative McFadder, to make these tax
exempt securities taxable Is without
reason or necessity. The power Is there
and always has been there and the Six
~
tocnth Amendment only had 10 do with
the method OF levying tho tax.
HOWARD IRVING
NEW YORK, May IL.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
Electrical Power.
From, Tie Edison Noathlv

From the Edison Wohthtb.
The Nation Builder, silent. titan power !;
A mighty pulse that throbs from coast
to coast.
And flows through wheels of industry
thai whirl
And leap to life The hand Of man is
armed
With strength undreamed Of in the
sleepy past.
He flies TO dizzy regions Of the air;
His words fash out across the barren
seas,
And when night spreads its shadows
Ger the land.
Vast cities blaze against the armament.
AS symbols of his progress and his skill.
The Nation Builder, from the rock
ribbed bills,
The waterfalls, and caverns of the earth,
From out the silent centuries 1t comes
To do its task among the marts of men.
Hale understood yet granting more and
more.
The Nation Builder, may Its work go on,
To lift against the futures tinted dawn.
A structure perfect. as the home OF
man.
GEORGE 3. STAFF.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
Wit Uttered in Vain.
Actors Requested to Face the Audi
ence and Speak Up.

TO TEE NEW YORK HERALD The
young men and women Of the stage
seem TO forget that they are speaking
to an audience which extends long
distance beyond the first three or four
rows OF seats. and talk to one another
In the same tone that they would use
in a drawing room. thereby destroying
the interest and pleasure of a large pro-
portion of the audience. ! am not deaf,
but there are lines In many OF the plays,
for which have paid much money to
see and hear. which | have entirely
missed. In current play the wit which
causes much laughter in the front rows
Is entirely lost in tho tenth and further
back.
Managers should remedy this condition,
which has become a very general COM
plant. In another play the convcrsa-
ton is almost inaudibie. Actors should
speak with faces turned to the audiences
in more distinct tones.
EMILE RICHARDSON.
New YORK, May II.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
Teachers Miserably Paid.

In special report on teachers sal
aries the United States Commissioner
OF Education. r. =. CLAYTON, remarks
that in some parts of this country the
teacher is paid less than the people
of the county pay for the feeding of
a prisoner This was true of tens of
thousands of teachers in 1918. and it
is true of thousands still.
In some of the States the aver.
age yearly pay is miserable: North
Carolina, $2S4 a year: Mississippi,
S291: South Carolina, $315; Alabama,
$345; Kentucky, 1854; Georgia. 1896 ;
Tennessee. $50; Florida, $3S3; Vir-
gina. 1885: Arkansas, 1887. These
ten States pay the least in the Union.
Louisiana and Texas are more liberal
than some New England States. Mary
land and Delaware are relatively gen
erous. paying better than the suppos'
edly intellectual Kansas and Wiscon-
sin. The average salary of teacher
in Kansas is only S513.
California is most liberal of all, with
S1.O12 the average for all teachers.
Her high school teachers receive
81 .451. an average which is exceeded
only in Arizona New York ranks Sec
end 10 California. paying an average
OF S916 10 all teachers. But our rural
teachers. with S554 as compared with
S1.03l for city schoolma' ans, are
badly recompensed. The country
school teachers of Maryland, Okla
homa and Missouri are paid more lib
orally than that. not to mention
princely States like Massachusetts
| Isl, ,442) and New Jersey (S1.0O3).
All in all il is wretched showing
Some States. of course. are poor and
the rural communities cannot spare
large amounts for education. But 1t is
shock TO find country teachers paid
| 1887 in Wisconsin. SAT- in Kansas,
S439 in Iowa, SASS in Indiana and
scarcely more than that in Illinois
and New York. What do parents in
rich farming States expect TO buy for
their childrens brains with such
pittances:
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New york--Fair to-day
tomorrow partly cloudy moderate tenl-
perature gentle. variable winds.
For New Jcrsey--fair to-day and probably
tomorrow, gentle variable winsd
For Northern New Fngand-Fair today,
unsettled tonight and tomorrow. no change
IN temperature, southwest winds.
Southern New Ensland--fair to-day, to-
morroy cloudy. moderate southwest winds.
For Western New Iork-Cloudy, probably
showers In north and west portions to-day.
Tomorrow partly cloudy. not much change
in temperature. moderate southwest winds
WASHINGTON, May tT-Pressurc Is high
over the middle Atlantic States and the
northern plains States, and IL remains low
generally west OF the Rocky Mountains and
over the cast portion OF the Gulf OF Mexico.
The disturbance over the western plateau
has not changed the position OF LIS centre
IN the last twenty-four hours, and u -
srsdually losing it's intensity. There have
been showers Within the last twenty-four
hours In Florida, the upper lake region. the
upper Mississippi Valley and at widely scat
tered points In the Rocky Mountain ana
plateau regions and the Pacific States. Tho
districts east OF the Rocky Mountains and
in the far northwest. Cooler weather pre-
Nails over the western plateau region ana
Southern California.
The outlook is for unsettled weather and
occasional showers along the northern border
from the great lakes eastward. and IN
Florida and fair weather elsewhere east
ol the Mississippi Rivor tomorrow ana
Ihurscay. Moderate temperature viii pre-
YAH over the eastern half of the country
curing the next forty-eieht hours
Observations at United States Weather Bu-
reau stations taken at l.. NJ yeserday
seNery-iifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
A New Rainrnaker.

From Medicine Hat. Alberta. no.
torous as the place where news of
approaching winter gales. bliZzards.
snowstorms and arctic weather orig
mates, the Toronto Globe has re-
ceived despatch saying that
over q territory 100 miles in radius
within which CHARLES NJ. HATFIELD.
the rainmaker, began operations on
May ] one inch Of rain fell in ten
days. This the Globe considers n
good start in that Mr.. HATFIEID's s
agreement with an Alberta organiza-
ton known as the United Farmers
Association is for maximum rainfall
Of eight inches during the months OF
May. June and July. for which he Is
To receive 81 900 an inch.
The experiment Is followed with
considerable interest in those districts
of western Canada which have suf-
fcred from drought for several sea
sous Mr.. HATFIELD is said 10 have
met with unusual success in produc-
ing rainfall. His efforts are the first
attempt nd rain making 10 attract
serious attention since the expert
mcnts al Government expense which
we're made In Texas in 1891 by
RoBERr G.. DYRENFoRTH a bill intro.
duccd by Senator FARwEIL Of Illinois
appropriated $4,000 for the expert
mcnt and tho amount was subsc-
qucntly increased to $4,000.
This corps Of rainmakers. which
included two balloonists with assist
ants. several weather sharps. Mr..
DyRrNronrH and his mon ladcncd
with his elaborate outfit Of appa-
ratus for firing heavy charges Of high
explosives. made tho dry region
around Midland, Texas. the scene OF
ils operations. \ heavy rainfall &C.
tually followed the discharge of ex.
nlosives by the balloonists IN their
third ascension. I'm, about all that
really came Of The experiment was y
vas; deal Of discussion ~ 10 its
scientific aspect, considerable
amount or fun over The whole pro-
ceedings by the newspapers and
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of significance. since 1t Is capital In
vestment which almost without ex
ception holds open the door to com
mercial markets.
This relation between investment o
capital abroad and the accessibilit,
Of foreign markets was dwelt upon b.
the Brazilian Ambassador, Mr.. DI
ALENcAR. in his speech at the conven
ton of the National Association O
Manufacturers
"One great handicap from which
American exporters suffer in Brazil
is the fact that the investment of cap
ital is so insignificant as compared
competitors. II must be. observed
that the investment of capital carries
with it much more than simply the
dividends. When English. French
or other countries place money into
enterprises the return Is not only the
return on investment. but they obtain
large orders for materials and sup
plies of all kinds. thus developing
foreign trade. The people OF the
United States have never avaiied
themselves as they should OF this
means of extending their political and
commercial influence in South
America"
The Brazilian Amba ssador has here
put whole volume of economic WIS
dom into q few words.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
AndOrra Overlooked.

To THE New York HERALD: Your an
swer to the first or Mr.. Edson's ques-
tons seems incorrect. Apparently Mr..
Edison stuck In n trick question.
II you will look closely at = good sized
map OF Europe you Will fni the little
republic OF Andorra stuck away in the
mountains. This little republic ia GER
tainly one OF the countries bounding
France. l.. L. BEEGLE.
NEW YORK, May II.
The New York herald., 1921-05-18
Women as Vestrymen.
st. Paul Cited Against a Proposed
Episcopal Church Change.

To THE NEW York HERALD: In read
ing the account Of the diocesan conven-
ton in this city was interested to learn
that women are trying to gain a place
In the government OF the Episcopal
Church. in the affairs OF the parish.
namely as vestryn,cn. Now l am a
woman. also an Episcopalian, yet ! say
that / believe they are wrong.
God never intended woman to usurp
the place OF man. nor TO leave her own
important duties and sphere to enter
that of man. Especially Is this so In
regard to the church. St. Paul, whom
We look on as our especial missionary,
said, Let your women keep silence In
the churches" EPIscoPALIAN.
NEw YORK. May II.