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The New York herald., 1921-07-01
The Pessinist.
He Foresees the Early Fall OF the
United States Government.

To THE New YoRK HERALD: A local
Journalist advised me the other day that
in the course Of his profession he called
on a certain corporate chief in Chicago
for an expression as to business condi-
tions and outlook as to the future. The
man visited replied:
"I have spent six months In inquiry
into various lines and 1 know how to
INQUIRE and where. and 1 have spent
s25,0o0 in my search. and I have come
TO the conclusion that this Republic
is at the end of Its rope. 1t makes
no difference 70 me, for I have enough.
and my opinion Is neutral--this Gov
crnment cannot stand it is near its
fall"
I said to the journalist: 81 do not
know who your man IL, but will stake
my head on II that none Of his blood
fought for the flag in the late war"
The answer was that I was right.
then said:
"Your man Is a mongrel--a yellow
dog. Four boys I helped to mould
signed the roll as volunteers the frs;
day after war was declared by the
L. S. a. Three came out with chevrons
and one with the d. S. c. Needless TO
say we all believe in the old U. S. A."
CHICAGO, June 30. p. J. O'KEEFFE.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
Prude's Talk.
1t Obscures Meanings and Hides the
Truth In Discussions.

To THE New YORK HERALD recent
editorial article in THE NEW York HER
AID on the Tulsa riot scored the ridicu-
lous use of the word assault" as hav-
ing been a cause of the trouble.
I attended a dame school as little
boy and can well remember how our
spelling books and other school books
were gone over and words blacked out
that might corrupt our morals. and how
we got our heads together and tried to
read them through the backing out
One would suppose that this absurd
ity had passed with the years, but still
our newspapers muddle the meaning OF
news by using words out of their proper
meaning to avoid using some word sup
posed to hurt the delicate sensibilities
of the "unco' guild" Assault" means
TO attack. literally to jump at, and to
read about that case in Merchantville
where the body of the victim showed
traces of an assault" is sickenng. Then
there is that murder Of the woman on
Long Island recently. The criminal ad-
mits attacking and killing the woman.
but denies that he ASSAULTED" her.
Marryat in one Of his stories makes
great fun of some American girls that
were too delicate to speak of the back
OF their gowns and always said the
western side. If THE NEW YORK HER
AID can help break down that absurd
prudery 1t will add one more to tho
public services it has rendered.
COMMON SENSE
TRENTON, n. j.. June 30.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
No Smoking, Wholesale.

The largest mo smoking" order
ever issued has gone out from the
Secretary of Agriculture. Nobody, not
even Uncle JOE CANNON, may smoke
In the Olympic National Forests cy-
clone swept area except in improved
places Of human habitation" and 'im-
proved picnic grounds" The order
applies to $4,000 acres.
Where now, o we Novelists OF the
Broad Open, is that stuff about the
freedom OF the forest? Here we have
a wilderness, jungle of fallen trees,
a tangle of seven billion feet of tim.
ber--end the city man out for free.
dom is no more free from the rule
against smoking than If he worked
in a powder factory.
In the sanctity of the home, even
there, man may smoke. Once again
the home scores a victory.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
To-morrow's Fight.

That the greatest crowd on record
for such an event will witness the
fight on the Jersey meadows to-mor-
row is now certain. Whether the
spectacle will be worth the hardships
which must be endured by the spec
tators in the arena is matter the
future must determine.
A majority of the experts have
placed limit of from one to five
rounds on the contest, DEMPSEY being
the favorite. While every element
save that of footwork seems to favor
DEMPSEY, it Is a fact that boxing ex-
perts have been notoriously wrong in
their representations for long time
and they may be wrong now.
When it was disclosed early in the
week that the ring would be IS feet
square some of those who thought
CARPENTER had fair chance of win
ming were inclined to hedge.
The curtailment of the fighting area
favors DEMPSEY. Protests against
the use of small ring have poured
in from abroad. DEscAMPs appears
to have made mistake when he
signed articles calling for ring from
Is to "a feet square. If a 24-foot
ring was the accepted standard in the
days when men battled with bare
knuckles and wrestling was permis-
sible there would seem to be no good
reason for abandoning it at time
when science has in q measure super
seded slugging.
If the majority of the boxing ex-
perts have accurately grasped the
situation it would be we'll for spec
tators to keep an eye on the ring
from the moment the fight starts.
The turning of the head to ask for
a light for cigarette might result
in missing the sight of the delivery
of knockout punch. Those to whom
such misfortune came would be in
the position of the American racing
Ildn WIZ oil nlS lIlc Hdu NdHltu
to see the Derby run at EPSON.
He finally travelled 5000 miles and
reached the course atop coach on
which generous luncheon was
served. The day was warm and he
fell asleep, only to be awakened by a
rousing cheer. He asked the cause
and was told that - had won by
head.
On the eve Of the contest there are
many rumors concerning it, some of
them of nature which will do the
cause of boxing no good. 1t is to be
hoped that the contest will be clean
one and that the visitor will receive
the sort of treatment to which his
record as a soldier entities him.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
Turn the Squirrel Around and What
Happens2

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Aside
from those hopeless ones who bring into
the discussion the Woolworth Tower.
truncated cones. speed and such ridicu-
lous assumptions as that the hunter
travelled as close to the bark of the
tree as the squirrel, there is a certain
amount of interest in trying to get the
viewpoint of those who contend that the
greater circle OF the hunters path does
not circumscribe the smaller one OF the
SQUIRREL IL It Is motion and its direc-
ton which affects the result, will not
some of these contenders state what the
effect would be IL the squirrel went
around the tree in the opposite direc-
tion from that of the hunter and he with
held his fire. of course?
II n man sailed around Manhattan
and never headed one OF the old Belt
line cars travelling in the same direc-
ton would any seriously minded person
claim that the boat had not gone around
the car?
After all I more than half suspect
that as between the relative foolishness
of those who think the hunter does not
go around the squirrel and those who
think It worth while to argue the point
with them II is about fifty-hfty.
J. II. NErTLEroN.
NEW MILFORD, Conn, June 80.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
A Mosquito Ar1nistice.

The drought from which south Jer-
sey has suffered SO severely hits that
regions far famed mosquito hatch
cries body blow. The 1921 south
Jersey mosquito crop is the smallest
and most satisfactory in years. All
along the coast from Cape May north
ward the soothing lullaby of these
nocturnal warblers is missing. The
long stretch of rainless days and
nights dried up their breeding places.
The fresh water puddles and pools
wherein billions OF the larvae were
heretofore deposited, ultimately send
ing forth obscuring clouds of the
melodious insects, became parched
and baked earth. Even the larger
swamps, pools and lakelets notably
receded. Altogether it is record bad
year for Jersey canaries.
To be sure this collateral drought
gain is but a mosquito bite compared
with the drought loss. Yet the heart
of large portion of Jerseys popula-
tion is not sad. The vast swarms OF
seashore campers and cottagers are
joyful. They may have to pay higher
truckers bills for poorer goods. but
they can sleep O. nights. The strident
torment of the buzzing mosquito en-
tertainment committees which have
made Jersey famous no longer keep
them awake. The Jersey mosquito
has not surrendered by a jugful, but
he has consented to an armistice.
What drainage and oil spreading
only partly did in restricted and scat
tered areas, the drought has done and
done thoroughly over wide regions.
Not that anti-mosuuito engineering is
discredited. On the contrary. the
soundness OF its theories is only the
more fully confirmed. The drought
has furnished a large scale demon
stration of what may be done by a
wider and closer application Of arti-
ficial methods of shutting off the mos
quito supply at its source.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
Unveil Washington Statue in London
Lord Curzon, Accepting Virginias Gift Says Two Ma
tions Will Never Fight Again.

LONDON, June 30-The bronze copy
Washington. the original OF which
stands In the rotunda of the State Cap
itol OF Virginia at Richmond. was un-
veiled In Trafalgar Square to-day--the
gift OF Virginia to Great Britain. The
gift was accepted by Earl Curzon. Brit
ish Secretary of State for Foreign At
fairs. Miss Judith Brewer of Virginia
pulled the string which released the
Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes
forming the veil which covered the
statue.
The members OF the Virginia delega-
tion. headed by Prof. Henry Louis
Smith, president OF Washington and Lee
University; viscount Bryce. former
States: Lord Desborough and j. Butler
Wright, counsellor Of the American En-
bassy. representing Ambassador Har-
vey, were on the platform.
prof. Smith. during his presentation
address, said:
"On behalf of the American parents
who grieve over the loss of their boys
In the war, know / can say that those
boys did not come to Europe to save
America primarily. but because the ris-
ing tide Of moral Indignation would not
permit America longer to remain out
side, and she came in to prevent civiliza-
ton being murdered"
Prof. Smith said Washingtons match
less character combined and concen-
trated the qualities and characteristics
OF both Great Britain and America at
their best. Such character, lie declared,
enrichcs and ennobles the whole world, as
such memorial adds lustre and distinc-
ton even to Trafalgar Square, where
have been gathered the treasures of a
thousand years OF culture. Prof. Smith
said Virginia's plea and that of the
thinking millions of America is that the
English speaking nations Of the world.
so recently united in war, shall unite
again for the more complex task Of
peace. and in the closest and most un-
selfish cooperation enter at once upon a
Joint programme of world leadership
and reconstruction.
Lord Curzon. the Foreign Secretary
In accepting the statue said he ven
tured to remark that the features OF
George Washington were better known
than those of any great man of past
generations, except, perhaps. those or
the first Napoleon, and that the people
Of England stood no chance of becom-
ing unfamiliar with his figure. He
then mentioned the recent unveiling OF
the bust of Washington In st. Paurs
Cathedral. the picture Of Washington
in Downing street, similar likenesses
in Sulgrave Manor. and now the life
size statue in Trafalgar Square.
more speeches about him have been
delivered than about any one, with the
possible exception of Bobbie Burns"
Lord Curzon said. 1.-The United States,
not ordinarily silent country, each
year breaks into praise Of its first citi-
zen. No one would have hated this
more than Washington himself"
He proceeded to cite an illustration
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
HARVARD GLEE CLUB
WINS PARIS APPROVAL
VIII Sing Tonight Before
Audience Including President.

Special Gable to THE NEW YoEK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921. by THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. June 30.
The Harvard Glee Club again scored
an immense success tonight at its Sec
ond concert in the Sale Gaveau before
French and American audience. The
club will face the biggest crowd ever
gathered to hear foreign musicians to-
morrow night when President Millerand
several Ambassadors and members of
the French Cabinet have promised to
attend. The Club has accepted an invi-
tation from the italian Government to
visit Milan. Florence, Venice and per-
haps Rome as soon as the French tour is
completed.
The Glee Clubs appearance here has
given the French n new idea as to the
Importance OF chorus work. one critic
commenting on the fact that the Ameri-
cans have shown Europe what can be
done with we'll trained but unprofes-
sional voices and urging the formst ton OF
glee clubs-to be known as such--in all
French academies and colleges.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
Unsatisfactory Tests.

The bombing of the Iowa may not
have been conclusive test OF the
airplane's ability to hit moving
ship from a reasonable height. 1t
certainly was not completely satisfy
ing to those who have followed Gen
eral MITCHELL Of the Army Air Ser
vice in his contention that revolu-
tion in naval warfare was at hand.
For more than three hours twenty
two planes pursued the radio con-
trolled Iowa and dropped eighty
bombs. Only two of these hit the
skip. What would an armed battle
ship have done to the planes in all
that time? On this page the other
day FRANK M. LEAvrTT, the torpedo
inventor, suggested simple way of
learning. without loss of life, what
the ship would do to the plane while
the plane was attempting to bomb
the ship. 1t would have been much
more satisfying if the Iowa had been
manned with Photographic guns, as
Mr.. LEAvITT proposes for such tests.
Then we should know whether the
two planes which hit the Iowa with
their bombs were or were not theo
retically out of business before they
scored
These bombing tests bade fair to
be OF worldwide interest Particu-
larly did they seem to be of impor-
tance to an America which wishes to
reduce its naval expenses as low as
is consistent with safety. But they
are not as satisfying as they might
have been.
For one thing, the public had ex-
pected from the army and the navy
both cooperation and contest. The
experiments grew out of challenge.
An officer of the Army Air Forces
contended that his planes could find
and sink warships. But when the.
day came we find only navy planes
bombing navy ships. 1t is explained
that the army planes were unsuited
for the battle, not being equipped
with pontoons.
There is no doubt that the navy
fliers did their best to bomb the Iowa,
but the army was looked upon as
the champion OF the theories ex-
pressed by General MITCHELL. And
if nothing kept the army airmen out
of the fight except the need of pom
toons. why were they not put on?
AS in the attack on the submarine
last week, there seems to have been
lack of careful preparation for the
event. Neither side of the contro-
versy is convinced. Let both depart
ments of the national defence go at
the problem again and more scien-
tifically. The United States must
learn as much as any other nation
regarding the offensive powers of the
air. And it ought to learn it at first
hand and speedily, but not hastily.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
Travel in Czecho-Slovakia.
Officials Want to DO Away With In
cOnyeniences mt the Border.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Our at
tention has been called to an article
entitled Travel to Vienna often a Hard
ship" which describes the difficulties
experienced by a man travelling from
Czecho-S -Slovakia to Vienna. We do not
claim that such hardships and incon-
venieuces did not occur, but we wish to
state that his experience was an excep-
ton because the procedure on the
Czecho-Slovak borders is brief and the
delay caused by the examination of
baggage Is the shortest possible.
We would appreciate very much If
you would state that the Czecho-Slovak
officials are doing all in their power to
expedite the procedure at the borders
and that visitors need have no fear Of
delay or inconvenience.
MILAN GETTING,
Director Czecho-Slovak Press Bureau.
WASHINGTON, June 80.
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of Washington's modesty. Lord Curzon
said the statue was symbol and mark
of the fact that the two branches of
the great English-speaking race now
are indissolubly one.
I'VE none of us are proud OF that
war or hundred years ago." the
Foreign Secretary continued. Some
Of us are ashamed of it. but we never
can fight again. We can also do a
great deal to prevent other nations
fighting, and that Is the main function
and duty which devolves upon US in the
future. We should endeavor to see
that the peace of the world is preserved.
1t Is a great and powerful weapon that
has been put into the hands of these
two nations. We ought to be able to
use that weapon for the inestimable
advantage of mankind.
Gladly and proudly accept this
effigy of one of the greatest Englishmen
who ever lived"
The participants in the ceremony
then proceeded to the small green lawn
in front of the National Gallery. where
the unveiling occurred. 1t revealed the
familiar likeness of Washington stand
ing erect with head uncovered and
dressed in military clothes with sword
laid aside. From the statues position
directly in front of the National CAL
lery, near the lofty monument TO Lord
Nelson and near the heroic marble cross
and statue to Edith Cavell, Washington,
one-time British rebel. occupies a posi-
ton of the highest honor in England.
being the only statue of a foreigner
placed in Trafalgar Square.
After the unveling the Government
entertained the Virginians present and
other guests at luncheon, over which
Lord Lee OF Fareham, First Lord of the
Admiralty, presided. King George,
President Harding and the Virginians
were toasted. Sir George Perley. Cana
dian High Commissioner in London.
and DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler. presi-
dent of Columbia University, New York.
were among those present.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
DR.. Graves's Big Job.

AS Commissioner of Education of
the State OF New York FRANK p.
GRAVES may make himself the most
important educator in the United
States. The latest available estimates
those for 191S-put the number
of children between and Is in
the country at 27,676,476. OF these
2,421,2 ,2Ss were in New York State and
i,6e6.5S9 were in the public. graded
and high schools OF the State. In
New York State private high schools
and academies there were 1899 pu-
pills; in public normal schools $3.50
pupils; in colleges and schools of
technology 36,126 students.
In the public schools of the State
when these figures were compiled
there we're 59.1S9 instructors, not in
cluding superintendent, supervisors
or principals. The private high
schools and academies had 1903
teachers. the public normal schools
492 teachers. The universities. col
leges and schools of technology en-
ployed total of Ella instructors
and professors.
The total expenditures of tho State
on the public schools in 1918 are
given as SS1 ,O5s,361. The total re.
ceipts of the universities, colleges
and schools Of technology. exclusive
OF additions TO endowments. for the
same year were $16.5S6,360.
Practically a tenth of all the in.
fants and youths of both sexes in the
ration study in New York schools,
taking courses from the kindergarten
to post graduate work of the most
highly specialized kind; and all these
pupils as we'll as their instructors
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
Fordney's Tariff Good and Bad.

Chairman FoRDNEY's tariff measure,
as introduced in the House, provides
for various and varied duties, regula-
tions and exclusions that will not
stand. Some of them will be nego-
tiated, battled and modified in the
House itself. Some of them will be
remade in the Senate. Some of them
will be compromised in the joint con-
ference committee.
In the meanwhile the Fordney bill,
with glaring exceptions, may be
judged as experimental framework
which will be reconstructed to ma
tional advantage.
In so far as it proposes in the dye,
chemical and similar schedules to pre-
serve within the country the tools,
supplies and conditions that are es-
sential to the safety of the nation
when attacked from without it is a
wise and necessary measure.
Again, in so far as its aim Is to
enable the wool and clothing indus
tries to thrive on their merits with
out preying upon the public 1t is jus.
tifable from the point of view of the
American consumers and it is fruit
full from the point Of view of the
national Treasury.
Still again, in so far as IL tries to
appraise the value of imports in
American coin, rather than in the
thirty-nine different varieties of for
elgn currencies worth all the way
from so cents on the dollar down to
a tenth OF a cent on the dollar, 1t Is
sensible and it is fair.
And in so far as it broadens the
power of the President to use the
tariff duties as an instrument to gain
foreign trade equalities or advantages
for us it is progressive and IL is
astute.
But in so far as the Fordney bill
tends to shut out entirely the prod
ucts of some of our best foreign Gus.
toners. thus depriving them of their
only means to pay for billions of dol.
lars of the output of our mills and
factories now manufacturing for ex'
port. Il is an invitation to suicide.
In so far as it threatens to drain
the country dry Of its already rapidly
disappearing oil supply with a dam
against the inward flow Of foreign
oils when oil has become as cardinal
a necessity to our national power MS
coal or steel It is rank stupidity
And in so far as Il might try to slir
back into the tariff an extortionatt
duty on lumber TO devsstate what Is
left OF our thinned out forests and tc
promote domestic piracy against
home builders, rent payers and Other
American consumers of lumber Il
would be sheer butchery.
Furthermore, whether the new
tariff schedules would collect $4,000,
oe0 day ct the custom house, al
Mr.. FoRpNEY wants IL to. or half tha'
The New York herald., 1921-07-01
Reviving Business.
Talk VIII Not Bring Prosperity Back
to the Country.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: There is
a saying in Wall Street that the market
is never advanced by talk, that buying
is what puts it up-meaning money.
There is now going over the country
an idea that business can be talked up
and various slogans are being used to
help business get up from its sickbed.
It's all talk, and talk never paid for
dollars worth Of goods.
Business will quickly get over its
sick spell when the labor element see
the light and accept their fair share
Of the burden in a decrease of wage for
an honest to goodness days work
Then there will be no groups talking
up business. They will be too busy
selling goods LOUIS DE WOLF.
NORFOLK, Conn.,. June 80.
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A Midsummer Picture.

Gray sky which bends above the blue
gray hills
And curtains them in f1lmy clouds of
rain;
Soft winds which rise and fall. to rise
Scented with clover blooms the cool air
thrills
To hidden harmonies; bird note fills
Ethereal vistas where ones feet would
fain
Explore. and so exploring. there re-
To wander on amid the fields and rills.
Midsummer's gentle spirit broods anew
over the silvery reaches stretching
far.
And ere day passes like soft caress
Comes twilight with its touch OF ten
derness
Turning the clouds to roses; one clear
star.
A golden lovc-light shines from out the
ELISABETH ScoLLARD.
The New York herald., 1921-07-01

sum. or quarter OF it, is anybody's
guess so long as our foreign trade,
outgoing and incoming. continues to
fade away even under the existing
low duties Of the Underwood tariff.
But rational, practical. successful
tariff can be worked out. If to get
such legislative result it should
become necessary to mend and tinker
the Fordney measure from top to
bottom, then the thing for Congress
to do will be to rebuild it all over
again.