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The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Progress in the Virgin Islands.

Government of the Virgin Islands,
of which the United States took pos
session in 1917 from Denmark, is
carried ON now by the navy and will
be conducted by it until the councils
: of the islands adopt codes of civil
law and Congress enacts legislation
completely to set up civil instead of
naval government there. The coun-
ell of st. Croix has already adopted
a new civil code and the councils. OF
st. Thomas and st. John are ex-
. pected to adopt ciyl codes within
two months.
The navy has been active in MAX
ing improvements. Governor KIT
TELLE reports the completion of a
water system on st. Thomas; I'm
proved transportation facilities be-
tween the Virgin Islands and Porto
Rico; improvement in schools, both
mentally and materially speaking;
a satisfactory bi-weekly interisland
mail service; the opening OF quite
a good little library" in st. Thomas,
where at is most interesting to
see how IL is crowded with eager
children"
On the other hand, the substitution
of United States currency for that
now in circulation awaits action by
Congress; the bunkering question
"is in bad shape; the harbor bar at
Christiansted is still very trying and
dangerous to mariners" the judicial
question "is still somewhat in flux."
The most annoying condition po-
litically. and one for the cure Of
which Senator KENYON has devised
an amendment TO the navy bill, was
brought about when the Virgin ISL
ands were taken over from Denmark,
by a provision that any resident who
preferred to retain his Danish citizen
ship could, by certain procedure. so
do. Only twenty-five or thirty Danes
took advantage OF the privilege. At
least one Of these Danish citizens
has obtained membership in coun'
Gil. The Kenyon Amendments
provides.
''rhat no person owing allegiance
30 any other country than the United
States OF America shall he eligible
to hold Office as a member Of the
colonial councils OF the Virgin isl-
ands. nor 70 hold any public Office
under the government Of said ISL
ands."
II is also provided that the In
come tax laws now In force IN the
United States shall be held to be
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
SUNDAY, JUNE 5. 1921.
..irck Punching the Public.

prA of the many costly notions
y sruder Government operation of the
railroads was to allow workers one
hour Of extra pay week for punch
ing the clock" when they went on
and off the job. Maybe they worked
a full week, maybe they worked only
half week, maybe they did not work
a single minute in whole week and
so did not get a chance to punch the
clock at all, but they got their allow
ance for punching it just the same.
Right at the very start this clock
punching luxury cost the roads mill
ion dollars a month. And Of course
as day labor wages were put on the
rating of skilled labor by the Govern
ment operators and then the wages
Of all were raised and raised the
clock punching scheme became in the
aggregate a massive chunk Of
plunder.
Another remarkable performance
in the Government operation of the
roads was letting the productive
piece workers comfortably down to a
minimum level fixed for the hourly
workers, with guarantee that hence
forth they would get it whether they
produced or not, while they could not
get any more no matter how much
they produced. Thereafter the old
piece workers did not produce, their
!. output decreasing all the way from
H9pto 40 per cent.
Ss hrn lat no man in the country,
as.rysylng laase examples of incom-
petert. RECKLESS aud disastrous man
aeemonl Of tns railroads under Gov
ernment apsrssioa. forees that it was
the Amerscau people lack of the
railroads who were then and still
continue to be the 4ctims of the
squander and pillage. 1t was the
public pocket paying the freight,
which was clock punched in hun
dreds of ways and to an extent which
before the final accounting is held
will total billions on billions of
dollars.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
In the Ballad Age.

GEORGE l.. SPAULDING, who died on
Wednesday, was most successful
balladist in one of our great ballad
periods. He belonged to the Charles
X. Harris age of sentimental song.
HARRIS started the avalanche in 1892
with after the Ball." and the half
dozen succeeding years were filed
with sugary ballads. Most Of the
young persons who sang SpAULDING's.
1.-TWO Little Girls in Blue" are in
the forties now and perhaps COM
pletely devoted to ROBERT FROST and
DEBUssY. GEORGE SPAULDING could
and did write songs with more sense
and less slush in them, but he knew
what the street corners and front
porches of the '90s wanted and he
wrote 1t for them. They desired
crude material, just the kind that
SPAULDING embalmed in Take Back
the Engagement Ring:
'sTake back the ring you gave me,
take II Dach, JACK, S<ty
Wearing it would deprave me more
than I am to-day.
To make me your wife would wrong
you; grief to your heart
'twould bring
SO take 1t back, I beg of you, Jack.
take back the engagement
ring"
Terrible stuff, if subjected to cold
examination, but not any worse than
the Cutie songs and the disjointed
music with which the very young
persons of to-day seem to be salts
fed. The elders of twenty-five years
ago used to fear that they would go
mad from hearing after the Ball"
whistled. but we cannot recall that
it was more exasperating than the
repetition to-day of "The Love Nest"
There are no absorbing ballads now.
Perhaps those whose mental chemis-
try demands large quantities of
thick, sweet sentiment find them
selves able to sop it up from the mo-
tion pictures.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Expansion Of the Problem.

To THE NEW York HERALD, Let us
complicate the hunter and squirrel prob.
lem.
Put your tree and squirrel on an isl-
and and give the hunter his rope with
squirrel attached. Now let your hunter
wade in the water and around tho ISL
and. Has he or has he not gone around
the island. squirrel and tree?
question Of relative motion. A man
may be at rest as regards a train yet
move as regards the earth.
piston may move backward as 70.
CARDS the engine. but forward as re-
CARDS the track
Wheels connected with cogs also pre-
sent q relative study, depending on the
reference point. FRANCIS CARrrR.
NEW YORK, June 4.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
What Birds Eat.
Evidence in Behalf Of Their Useful.
ness in Destroying Insects.

uODo
To THE NEW York HERALD: A c.
Weeks says birds are mere ciphers IN
the destruction Of insects. Why, the
mereet child knows that birds are by
far the greatest enemies that insects
have and that II all were exterminated
man could not exist much longer. w.
r. oates, State Fish and Game War
den. places the value OF the birds OF
Michigan at s1o,ooo.ooo a year.
Mr.. Weeks's assertion that birds do
not consume gypsy and browntail moths
f. also inaccurate. I quote from Mr..
y. II Forbush. Massachusetts State
ornithologisti
About fifty species OF birds feed on
the sypsy moth and the brown tail moth.
Instances have been recorded where
flocks OF cedar warnings have freed
many elms from the leaf beetle. Every
bird that Is useful In destroying all
these insects is found on the list OF
the cats victims.
Mr.. Forbush says also regarding the
utility Of cats. Tho good that cats ac-
complish In the destruction Of field mice
and insects is of little consequence be-
side the ravages that they infiict among
insectsvorous birds and other insect cat
ing and mouse eating oreaturea"
The state law which Mr.. Weeks would
like to be repealed was not passed at
the instance of pothunters but at that
Of bird lovers who would like to reduce
the annual bird mortality at the claws
Of cats, which amounts to about $780,
600 in New York State.
DBwAH srMoNs Sd.
DoNeAN HILLS, 8. T. June Z.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Deeds Of the Cid.

Spain has recently honored her
early medieval hero, RODRIGO DIAz,
The Cid, by the transfer of his bones
from the Town Hall of Burgos to the
Cathedral of Madrid. The legendary
exploits OF this hero of CASTLE have
a large place in Spanish literature.
The poems concerning him, the ear
Hest of which was written within a
few years of his death, endow him
with national virtues and overlay
the truth concerning his deeds with
a stratum of myth which still partly
covers it.
The Cid won his early title Of Ell
Campeador, or Lord Conqueror, by
killing in single combat the rep
resentative chosen by SANoHo of
Navarro in the war against Cas-
tile. He served under FERDINAND,
and won Leon for CASTLE. He mar
ried X7MENA. granddaughter of ALI
FoNso V.
Sent to collect tribute from the
King OF Seville, who was at war
with ABDALLAH, the Moorish ruler of
Granada, he routed the forces of
ABpALLAH and returned to Burgos.
Then he incurred the Kings jealousy
and became a free lance, fighting In
differently under Christian or Moor
ish banners. In 1904 he captured
Valencia with a force of Mosleps
and Christians and set up a king
dom for himself, but five years later
he was crushingly defeated. His hui
initiation hastened his death, which
occurred in 1899. The revival of
memories Of his rugged times by the
ceremonies OF his reinterment has
produced a stimulating effect on the
sentiment Of Spanish nationalism
to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
A Missouri Giant FelIed.

From the Excelsior Springs STANDARD.
The biggest aim In this part Of the State
was cut down and sold at auction south Of
Excelsior Springs recently. The monsy is 10
be used In the road fund Of the district.
The auctionser gave his services free and
the residents OF the place cut down the
tree and prepared II for sale The stump.
cut at the ground. measured twelve feet
across. SIX feet above the ground II wns
twenty feet in circumference. The main
part Of the trunk had 10 be rolled into a
ditch. as II was too big for hauling or for
an ordinary saw TO cut. One of the limbs
was thirty-two inches around and II was
estimated that there were from seventy-fivc
10 n hundred cords OF wood in tho whols.
II took two days and half 20 cut the tree
down and about ten days TO cut II up. Only
about half the wood was sold. The tres
~AeeA n ne sHt461e % tbe fpaA.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Louis the Querist.
Supreme Spirit Of the Spheres Offers
Some Posers.


To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Allow
me to ask Mr.. Edison the following
questions:
How can a man propel his own cleo
tricity to another human body. some
ten feet away, who is not aware OF the
presence of the experimenter7
How can he, when In control OF said
person, influence said body to act ao-
cording to the thoughts of the expert
menter7
All this can be done II one knows
how.
How can an artist produce on canvas
with three colors the brittleness of rock
and put on It the actual sheen OF sun
light7
How can a painter invest his picture
with an actual semblance Of delicate
moonlight with the use Of only three
brushes and five oolorsf
What magical properties has the to-
bacco leaf7
How 10 the why Of the what changed
into the wherefore OF the plausibie of
the impossible7
He forgot these important items In
his list of questions.
LOUIS M EnsHrMrvs.
NEW YoRK. June Z.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

likewise in force in the Virgin ISL
ands, except that the proceeds Of
such taxes shall be paid into the
treasures of said islands.
Senator KENYON, who visited the
islands and studied their resources
and condition, said THE possibilities
of the islands are marvellous" But
those possibilities the Senate thought
would the sooner be realized If more
of the "rich planters of the islands"
began paying a just proportion of
taxation.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
A Fee for Campers.
The Interstate Park Charges 81 for
Permits to Pitch Tents.

To THE New York HERALD: Two
little boys. about IL and IL, were trudgs
ing along the beach trail in Interstate
Park the other night at 9 o'clock. I
met them up toward Alpine ferry on
my return hike to Dyckman ferry. They
were encumbered by back loads. The
way was rocky and dark and shadowy.
asked where they were going.
They replied that theyShust go way
up. They had pitched their little pup
tent several miles below and had been
visited and dollar fee demanded. They
had no dollar. They were told to get
out They moved about two. miles up
to where they thought they would be
immune. Again they were routed ou,
and told to move. So accosted a late
arrival and asked him IL he had paid
this new tent fee, and he showed his
receipt from Interstate Park Commits
sioners," and 1t was numbered 1O4. But
my estimate was that along some si1
miles Of shore and trail I purposeiy
traversed to observe there were about
$50 tents. and all but about twenty Of
them OF the little pup type of mea-
crest shelter against possible rain. Many
of them were apparently Intentionally
hidden.
estimated that counting week ends
and holidays. the whole summer might
yield the Park Commission about $4,000
from taxing these tents. But the In
terstatc Park is owned and maintained
by general taxes upon New York's TO-
100000 people and New Jerseys 3.0o0,-
600. Yet probably not more than one
person In twenty-five of the entire
100000 makes use OF the park, ana
certainly not enough wish to tent there
to mako It necessary to bar the little
boys by imposing an unannounced toll
saw no notice at Alpine ferry. none
at either end Of Dyckman ferry. The
JOY OF those youngsters come out of q
big city for a night under the stars and
then this deterring policy OF exactinn
the dollar Two thousand dollars a
year is too little extra revenue to war
rant two populous States In discourage
Ing small boys from venturing out Of
the crowded streets for one night 10
the open. Can't we get that tax res
moved from the small boys pup tent7
NEW YORK. June 4. ARCHIE Rrcn
We understand this fee is charged
not to produce revenue but to regu-
late and Identify those using the
camping privileges of the park. 1t Il
highly unfortunate that anybody
particularly two small boys with whose
desire for out of door life everyboE
sympathizes-should have remained
ignorance of It. No doubt the Par
Commissioners on learning of this in
cident will take pains to see that the
fee Is well advertised.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
June Days in Massachusetts.

Dedicated to e. L. A.
All. have treasure of the radiant June
Where over Worcester hills the morning
wind
Like tabled. Ixion rolls unresting wheels
or nmpid sunlight interbarred with
shade.
And coolness as Of Tyrolean peaks
Is poured from full urns OF the blue
zoned west
II I could sing a carol for this dawn
One-half as rapturous as the aubade
A bobolink Is warbling as he flies
From post to post of this barbed-wire
fence,
Swift little ferry-boat with song for
steam.
7 might convey some hint of Ioveliness
That robes these drumlins In their green
and gilt,
To where far in the north Wachusett
It's moulded breast-curve Of the Milo's
grace.
And bloomy as tho giant-clustered
grapes
The spies brought back from Eschol.
purple-ripe
And you. dear friend, whom I shall
meet no more
On this near shore Of the eternal sea,
Do you remember how we climbed that
day
At Allerton. to summit of the Dunes
High bastions piled almost like Albion's
cliffs.
And tapestried with sward and daisy
throngs
That star the green In snowy myriads7
And how we talked Of our loved seers
and poets,
deep
So yearned for through long span Of
inland days,
Tc where like rondure OF wide-clasping
arms,
Agleam through azure silk, the horizon
shone?
While to the beach below the surf rolled
in
With solemn thudding and the whisper
Ing spread
OF glistening foam along tho russet
sands.
And to our grassy ledge tho heavy scent
OF salt, and stranded seaweed, was up
borne.
Then crossing Boston Harbor. home
ward bound,
We watched the sunsets nare Of car
dinal
Through mists that blazed before the
mighty torch
Like robes of ximenes or Richelieu,
Until Fort Warren's gun smote its
sharp stroke,
The ripping flag was lowered, and far
borne
Above our steamers rushing paddles
sang
The bugle-call, sweet as thrush's note,
Where on the wall the player stood,
and caught
Keen glints of twilight on his FURNISHED
And you. dear friend, who took the
longer voyage
SO soon thereafter. still see you stand
With that rich glow OF sunset on your
face
hear above the rush OF my swift days
The high call Of your courage, daunt-
less. free,
To signal all is we'll. and from the walls
OF that strong fortress you have won.
a flash
OF golden splendor on your bugle leaps.
ELIOT WHITE.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
The Revolving Squirrel.
An Appeal to the Dictates of Old
Fashioned Common Sense.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: AS to
tho hunter and squirrel problem IN your
daily letter columns, 1t seems to me
that the smallest amount of common
sense would enable one to appreciate
the fact that the hunter in making his
circuit of the tree In which the squirrel
was lodged walked around" the squir-
rel and everything else within the
circumference he traced. and the only
way the squirrel could avoid It was BY
jumping out Of the circle. r.
NEW York. June 4.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Introducing the Fourth Dimension.

To The NEW YORK HERALD: Mr..
Palmer's squirrel problem presents
combination Of theory and fact which
do not always agree with each other.
Theory is essential for logical think
Ing. whereas fact is required for actual
experiment In actuality four cannot be
subtracted from two. but algebraioally
this operation is logically possible. Tho
fourth dimension is another illustration
of something that is correct in theory
but absolutely devoid of fact. In theory
the hunter walks around everything
within the circle. but as a matter of
fact he does not walk around the squir,-
rel. F. A. KUHNs.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 4.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

of these horses have some blood and
within the next few years they will
be thoroughbred, as the Remount Ser
vice has distributed 100 clean bred
stations and many mares in the va
rious breeding zones into which the
United States has been divided.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
A Poem OF Places.

The man who thinks his part Is
To make his desrs content
Says home Is where the heart Is
And grows most eloquent.
Another man. replying,
AS his broad smile expands.
Says that there's no denying
Homes where the batter standa
NATHAN M xwE
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

Kansas City has decided 10 allow
spooners to have a kiss or two in pub
llo without arresting them. This is
advertised as q concession 10 lovers:
actually, what smitten man or maid
would not risk arrest for n l1iss7
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

Splash week begins tomorrow. with
the hope that all who under it's urg-
ings first enjoy the pleasures of bath
ing will make every week a splash
vxoalr
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Gifted Arkansas Dogs.

Whortow corresYondercs Modkso~ County
(Ark.) Democrat.
We desire TO enlghten those who have
been passing Joe Bolinger's place and won
derfng what the queer looking structure was
on the hillside. No. It Is not sang"
patch. IT'S Joe's dogsone doghouse. He
owns four fox dogs. Either OF them is
the fastest dog In the county.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

Seventy years ago to-day the No
tiondt Era. a Washington. d. c.,
weekly. began printing serially a story
called Uncle Toms Cabin" 1t turned
out to be quito popular-in some
quarters.
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

Mr.. PoNzr, the great Boston inan-
cier has asked the Federal court 70
let him stay in Jail all summer. He
probably feared to face not his en-
ragged creditors but the vacation prob
lem
The New York herald., 1921-06-05

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitls1
to tire use for republication Of all news deA
patches credited TO Il or not otherwise
news published herein,
Ali rights Of republication Of -sp>ciai dec
patches hsrsSa are also $bervvA ~
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Rather Airish.

From the Konsos CITY stur.
fright breezy yesterday. wasn't nY' asked
an acquaintance.
''Eh-yahi' replied sandstorm Smith od
Rampage. okla "Blowed my bulldol
through the memorial window OF the Camp
bellite church"
The New York herald., 1921-06-05
Beyond Control.

From fhs GALVESTON Nssos.
And sometimes II looks like our running
szpensss ere sroesdins tta spesa AmiAs
Evening star., 1921-01-09
BY DANIEL WILLARD

helpful and in the public interest II
those who originate and ship large
quantities of freight would endeavor
to anticipate their future transporta-
tion requirements and utilize so far
as possible the facilities of the rail-
roads when there is a surplus of cars
and other equipment This would not
only enable the carriers to maintain
their organizations. but would relieve
to some extent the burden which
they will be called upon to carry
in times of business activity. l hap
pen to know that at the present time
many large shippers are endeavoring
to do this very thing.
Chance for Readjustment.
Tho present recession in business
will give the carriers an opportunity
to readjust their operations and to
re-establish their methods more in
harmony with conditions as they ex-
listed before the war, and it Is highly
necessary that this should he done
Personally, I believe that the rates
and charges approved by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. and now
largely but not wholly in effect. are
generally high enough. although the
net results of the carriers operating
on the new basis of rates in October
and November were distinctly disap-
pointing. In my opinion, however,
this was not due to the fact that
the present basis Of rates is not gen.
orally high enough. or that the vol
ume of business was not great
Evening star., 1921-01-09
THINKS NEW GIANT STAR MAY
BE TWICE SIZE FIRST GIVEN

the 100-inch rejecting telescope at
Mount Wilson. gave it a real diane
ter of twenty feet.
"Prof. Nicholson determined accu-
rately the angle at the eye. To de-
termine the diameter at the star in
miles. however it is necessary to
know it's exact distance from the
earth. or it's parallaX. OProf. Michel
son accepted the parallax measured
by the Yale heliometer-a small six
inch lens) His measurement OF the
angular diameter of Betelgeuse is
accurate within ten per cent
''The task of actually measuring
the distance or parallax of Betel-
geuse was assigned to the observa-
tory of the university one year ago
and this parallax, determined by a
series of Photographic measurements
extending over a period of two years.
will not be known until March, 1922.
ut is obviously impossible for any
astronomer to work out through trigo-
nometry the exact size of star until
the parallax Is knokn. Betelgeuse may
be 300 light years from the earth
instead of $50 light years. If the lat
ter statement is true, the diameter
of Betelgeuse may be 520.000,000 miles
instead of 260.O0o,000.
Evening star., 1921-01-09

The official figures. when published.
will undoubtedly show that the rail-
roads handled. during the twelve
months which will, end December 81.
1920, a larger volume Of business,
measured in ton miles. than ever be-
fore during a similar period OF time,
and I believe the railroads will be
able, even with existing facilities. to
move a still larger volume during the
fact. am not at all certain that the
railroads could not. with their exist
ing facilities. handle the normal busi-
ness of this country. provided 1t came
to them uniformly throughout the
year. but. Of course. that is exactly
what does not happen. and it Is very
clear that the railroads. with their
care of the possible peak loads which
they are called upon to carry from
time to time. nor will they be in posi-
ton to do so until they have largely
increased their facilities.
How Shippers Can Help.
While the railroads .as a whole
have bought some new equipment and
arranged for some enlargement of
facilities during the present year.
expenditures of that character have
been much less than they should have
been IL the carriers are to be put in
position to take care of the peak
load of commerce at all times. Until
such time as the carriers can in
crease their facilities, 1t would be