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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Letters to the Tribune's Editor

saloon, and would not have it restored
for anything. An equally overwhelia-
ing majority is opposed to the drastic,
iniquitous, liberty-cramping extremes
to which the prohibitionists have gone.
Nine-tenths Of the people in this coun
try are for the free use Of light wines
and beer in the home, and pretty good
proof of that fact is that nine-tenths
of them oday have got wine or bear
or both in the home, and those that
have not got them are making them.
We must remember that hard cider is
form Of light wine.
Nine-tenths of the people in this
country are opposed to tying the hands
OF the medical profession SO that a
doctor cannot, without breaking the law
and becoming q hootlegger and making
himself liable to heavy fine and i'm
prisonment, prescribe and administer
alcohol to a patient who has swallowed
carbolic acid in time to save the
patients life. Nine-tenths of the peo-
pie in this country would exonerate a
physician who should break the law
and administer little brandy to help
revive person rescued from drowning.
Nine-tentlls of the people in the United
States would sanction the act of a
physician who should break the law to
save a mother, by the liberal use of
alcohol for internal irrigation where
nothing else would do.
For Temperance
Nine-tenths Of the people in the
United States are for temperance and
are just as much for temperance in
Legislation as they are for temperance
in matters aimed to be suppressed by
legislation. Nine-tenths of the people
are opposed to the enactment Of any
laws that cannot by any possibility be
enforced.
DR.. A. A. Brill, the we'll known alien
list, has shown that practically all alco-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Southern Commerce
A Labor-Capital Plan
Our South American Trade
Brighter Side Seen in Brazil's Imports
Share World Commerce
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is with regret that note the
head given an article appearing on the
first page Of The Tribune dated August
11-"Germans Win South American
Trade Of United States" Please note
especially references therein to de.
pressed trade in Brazil. The story
that follows is condensation Of q re-
port from the commercial attaeh& of
the United States in Brazil, dated July
27, published in Daily Commerce Re-
ports of August /.
The Tribune's Washington bureau,
credited with this story, has picked all
the depressing features Of the CONNER
c;al attaches report - competitive
prices offered by the Germans, the
closing Of important American Offices,
etc. 1t is unfortunate that no notice
was taken Of the printed statement Of
the statistics Of the actual import trade
of Brazil, which were also part Of
the commercial attaches report.
Are the Germans winning the South
American trade of the United States?
Please note that the commercial at
tache says that for the first three
months of 1921 imports into Brazil
from the United States were valued at
sS,799, 1923; imports form Great Brit
ain e4,757,9 18; imports from Germany.
S1,757.6 29; imports from France, ST.
676,759. Germany, which hardly beats
France, shipped to Brazil just about
one-ffth Of the value Of goods which
Brazil bought from the United States
Few Americans seem to remember
any export business except artificial
war trade exports, fictitious commerce
from every point Of view.
Exporters complain Of dull trade. In
the month Of June, 1921, we exported
merchandise valued at $685. 1913 900. In
the month of June, 1914, we exported
values Of s157,072,000. June, 1914, was
a normal month. No one then dreamed
OF any war in Europe. In 1913 and
-~~~ W. ''~@~ UOtAS "HoV We tncu
thought was tremendous export bust
neso. We were breaking all records Of
this country and, fact not generally
known, We were the second largest ex-
porting nation in the world. We ranked
next to Great Britain; we did larger
export business in domestic goods than
Germany did.
We thought our trade in 1918 and
1914 was something wonderful. We
ere to-day, in spite of depressed inter
national commerce, doing about double
our export trade of 1914 in money
values and a considerably larger busi-
ness than in 1914 if weights or other
units of export commodities are only
considered.
Did Any intelligent man ever believe
that the artificial wartime export trade
Of the United States would be or could
be continued Indefinitely? Are we not
prepared to reconcile our minds to the
fact that we cannot be the only export
ing nation on the face of the globe i?
Are we not ready to reassume our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Hudson Maxim's Second Volley
Further Expression of His Views on the Subject of
Prohibition and Its Enforcement
!, the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
rect statements made by Samuel Will
son in his letter published in to-day's
Tribune, in reply to my letter to The
Tribune Of the 31st ult.
Mr.. Wilson states that I admit that
alcohol is toxin, but absurdly
claim that "in doses of from to Ii
per cent, as in beer and wine, it is no
more poisonous than potatoes or
hominy."
I did not say anything of the sort;
besides, the statement is sheer non
sense, for how could doses be gagged
by percentages? Let me quote exactly
what l did say. 1t is this: GAS a mat
ter of fact, light wines and beer are
actual food AMI are no more poisonous
than potatoes or hominy." I said moth
ing about s per cent beer or ID per
cent wine in connection with potatoes
and hominy.
Wine and beer are liquid food and,
in moderate quantities, may be taken
with no more harm than potatoes or
hominy. 1t is only in overdoses that
they become poisonous or harmful, just
like potatoes and hominy. 1t is not
the quality of them but the quantity
of them that hurts-it is not in
diligence but overindulgence that in
jures, and it takes a most extravagant
use of light wines and beer, long con-
tinued, greatly to injure a strong man.
Mr.. Wilson expresses qualification
that I admit the fact that light wines
and beer were the alcoholic intoxicants
Of the ancients, and this he considers
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place as one Of the biggest exporting
nations, triving, it is true, to get as
much as we can, but pleased with our
legitimate share of the worlds COM
MERGE?
In The Tribune Of August 12 l find
letter from a correspondent bearing
the head "South America at Stake:
Richest Plum Of Commerce Being
Plucked, but Not by Uncle Sam"
There seems to be an impression in the
minds Of some people that we are not
getting all Of the business of South
America that we ought to get When
you say '"export trade" about nine out
Of ten Of the people with whom you
talk Immediately rejoin. ooh, you
mean South America"
South America is undeniably large
market for us, even If not so promis-
ing a market as people who have not
investigated it thoroughly in a COM
mercial way would like to have US be-
lieve it to be. But it is worth remem-
boring that we do not make everything
in the United States, that we do not
make some things so we'll as they arc
made in other countries of the world.
On an average about 25 per cent of the
total imports Of the Latin American re-
publics consist of textiles. A certain
part Of this textile business is open to
American manufacturers; a large part
,, Of it Is not
We, ourselves here at homo are very
largely dependent upon foreign sources
of supply for linens, silks, woolens,
hessians and certain cotton fabrics,
notably those from fine yarns and spe-
cialties in that line. 1t is precisely so
in Buenos Ayres and in Rio de Janeiro
just as we import these things from
Great Britain, from France, from Ger
many, from Japan and China, and so
OF, so will Latin American merchants
import similar supplies.
In other words, 1t is simply unthink-
able that 1t is possible thing for the
United States to control all of the
trade of Latin America or any other
part Of the world. AS our export sta
tistics for normal times have for years
past shown, we have enjoyed a very
creditable share of the trade Of these
markets.
What about the German scare?
There is no more reason to fear Ger
man competition to-day or in the future
than there was for fearing the same
competition in the years prior to 1914.
In fact, it seems to me there is less
| reason for fear to-day. In spite Of
German competition, American exports
Of quality goods, never sold on a price
basis, we're increasing rapidly before
the war. The most notable increase in
all classes Of our exports was that in
manufactured goods, which before tho
war amounted to about ~ per cent Of
the total, German competition did not
stop our progress. 1t never will.
B. OLNEY HOUGH,
Editor American Exporter
New York, August IT, 1921.
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end to The death your right say -Votaire 10 Hepeus

Harry Lauder among them would sing
IF We can say it's Draw, BRIGHT,
MOONLIGHT NIGHT, the NIGHT weel, ye're
a'richt We KEN
While the hard drinking Nordics
were molding the world into thing
of beauty in their great hands, what
were the non drinking races doing
What were the teetotaling Moham-
medan Arabs and Turks and the Bud
dhist East Indians doing? What were
the abstemious Chinese doing? What
were four-ffths of the rest of the
human race, who were abstemious in
the use of alcohol doing, while these
Nordic sots were conquering savage
races, reclaiming wild domains and
building empires? I, for one, am will.
ing to risk for the sake Of good fell
lowship and good time, a little of
tho light alcoholic stimulants with
which the great Nordic people soused
themselves for thousands Of years
without apparent harm.
Mr.. Wilson denies that the majority
of the American people are opposed
to prohibition in its present forn,,
but he is wrong. He would, doubtless,
like to be right, but he is in the wrong
cause and cannot help being in wrong.
4nti-SaIoon Sentiment
1t has been amply proven, over and
over again, ty undeniable and unim
peachable evidence upon the subject,
that the great mass of the American
people throughout the country are
overwhelmingly opposed to the present
type of drastic prohibition. We must
remember the name of the chief prohi-
bition organization--the Anti Saloon
League. Whenever prohibition has been
put to the vote it has won through en-
phasis on the suppression of the
saloon.
Nine-tenths of the people throughout
the United States are opposed to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21
Beginning to Penetrate

From The Providence Jourrci)
Ex-Emperor Charles il said to have
abandoned, "for the present at least"
his attempt to regain HIS throne
which suggests the old story of the
man who, on being flung out of house
two or three times. finally remarked: II
get the idea; they don't want me-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-21

proof that light wines and beer were
responsible for frightful manhood de
stroying ravages of drunkenness of
our predecessors prior to the discov-
cry Of distilled liquors in the four
teenth century. Since that time, ac-
cording to the prohibitionsts, the
havoc has gone on like a permanent
pestilence.
4 Race of Drinkers
The towering Nordic race of physi-
cal and mental giants, comprising the
Germans, Scandinavians and Anglo
Saxons-the big-headed broad-shoul-
dered, big-cating, big drinking and big
fighting swordarm men Of the North
were the architects of the modern
world. They were the old Vikings who,
before Columbus, ferred the Atlantic
in an open boat They were the con-
querors of Imperial. Rome. That race
of men has civilized, enlightened and
uplifted the entire world, banished the
ages of darkness and savagery, and re-
placed them with this age of invention,
discovery, enlightenment and human
well-being. But that was race of
boozers, -bibbers and beer-drink-
ers.
During thousands of years the Morse
giants, with the divine old brutality
of the cave-man in them, had their
nightly wassail and carousal around
the oaken table, in the glare Of the
great fire and under the fare Of the
torches, where they drank to one an
others health and well-being until
they fell under the table; while some
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
NEW YORK CHURCH.
RECTOR TO MARRY
Prominent Society Woman
to Be the Bride; "400'
Is All Agog

NEW YORK. Aug s--socie,y
waH ngog today following the report
that the baby waif found on his
doorstep and adopted Ivy Row Dr.
Perry Stickncy Grant, rector OF the
Church of the Ascension, was going
to have n mother.
Mrs. Phillip NJ. LydlR, beautiful
ana brilliant. ana twice divorced
young society woman, has announc-
ed her engagement to the famous
pastor. who is III years old.
Mrs. Lydig. who has been proml-
nent In welfare work long. has been
a friend OF Doctor Grant. whose re-
cent adoption OF waif had effect
ed profound change In his life. he
declared. she was formerly Miss
Rita Hernandez Y de Alba de ACos-
Ia. Her first husband was w. Il. d..
Stokes. multlmillionaire sportsman,
whom sne married when she was ! 3.
Aftor her divorce, seven years later.
she was awarded custody OF son,
but rc!lnquIshcd the boy to his faith
er after her second marriage, which
was with Major Phillip Lydlg,
She was divorced from Iydig In
1918. the degree being obtained I'm
Paris on grounds of incompatibility.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
EMERSON SCHOOL
TEACHER BROWNS
Miss Myrtle Blakely Dies
While Attending State
Normal in Kansas

Miss Myrtle Blakely, u teacher In
Emerson school here last year, was
drowned noar Emporia, Kan, July
~, her sister said upon her re'uNi
a few dHys ago from Madison, Wisp
whore she attended the funeral.
According to reports reaching
here, Miss lilakely had gone with
friends to Cottonwood river. near
Emporia. 10 20 in bathing II IL
thought that her heart failed her
~ shc was a good swim mcr and was
rescued soon after going down. All
efforts ~ rrsusCitatc hcr f1ilcd
Mics BlaEcly was attending the
Kansas state Normal school at En-
poria at the time uf her death. she
held lifc teachers diploma and a
H. A. degree from the Kansas state
normal she had taught six years
Decides doing two years government
work az Washington, ID. &.
she leaves besides n mother, Mrs
" nlakcly Of Madison WIS. tive
brothers. Franz and Almcr Blakelv.
and three sisters, Mrs. Fred Pecs, all
uf Madison. Wis, and Mrs. Ella
Kaiser Of Carlsbad y NJ, and Mrs
W. NJ Price OF SIS South Troost ave-
nue. Tulsa
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
EUROPEANS WANT CLOTHING

Special to- IN. World

BAKTLESNGLLE, Aug. c Tho
women of Washington county Will
have TO begin making over old
clothes" declared Mrs. ~. *. Dun
can, secretary ~ the Washington
county chapter ~ the Rcd Cross. In
commenting ON the urgent calls be-
ing received for clothing to be scut
10 the suffering people % Europe
this fnll \ special drive for old
clothing viii 10 made in WashiuRt'
county early In tho fan aud plans
are now being perfected to soc that q
complete assortment - obtained
The Immediate task facing tho
local organization of the Red Cross
IL 20 provide ice and milk FOR the
poor children of the city, and a com
nittco 10 being organized TO handle
the -tributiun uf the milk 30 fam
nios In need Of IT, Some OF the local
dairics have offered 10 provld" the
milk at Wholesale prices, while ic"
viii hc provided At cost. owing to
tn" tact that the mothers Of infants
for whom the sunmcr camp In the
city park was g0vidcd dld not avail
themselves ~ the opportunities of -
forod II is deemed necessary 90
carry on the work of providing milk
tu tho bdhirs by means of "a new sys-
ten which is now being worked ont
and viii be put In operation within
"A fpW dlVs
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
NEW ACADEMY HEAD NAMED
Tulsa University Ia Have Capable
Man for Secondary Department.

EToUtlOn OF T y. \, QuaIl ~
Tishomiugo as principal OF the
academy of the University Of Tulsa
and Instructor OF mathematics and
physics In the academy has iuat
been announced Mr.. Quaid will
come to the local institution highly
recommended from his experience
In the rural schools OF oklahoma,
as high school principal and county
superintendent OF Johnston county
for four and hair years ana super
intcndcnt OF tho Tishomingo public
schools for the mast three years.
The new academy head holds n
bachelors degree from the West
minister college of Texas. u diploma
from the East Central normal school
at Ada and bachelors and masters
degrees from the University OF Ok
lahoma.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
YOUNG PEOPLE STAGE RALLY
Methodist Epworth Lcngucrs Of
Tulsa Group Ia Hold Big
Meeting

A rally OF the newly organized
Tulsa group. Epworth league, con
sisting of the young peoples soci-
eties of Methodist churches In Tulsa,
Bixby, Sand Springs, Broken Ar
row, Jenks. Park View. Rose Hill
and Owasso, has been called for
Tuesday evening. August 9. In the
First Methodist church OF this city.
Tho board of directors In eNccu-
tive session the past week arranged
the program into periods for do
vouonals, an address. u social hour
and routing for the state Epworth
league institute at Guthrie August
20 to Sept. 4.
The union was organized In July
to facilitate Epworth league work
by means OF n unit smaller than the
district. Officers OF tho Tulsa grouI
are II. u. Carter, president, anc
Miss Mildred Corning. secretary
both being from Grace Methods
church of this city. while on tn
board OF directors are II. +. Lash
First Methodist church, and Mis
Pearl Clarke. Orcutt Memorial
Paul Hartman. Broken Arrow; Lloyt
Havens. West Tulsa. George easier
Bixy; Rev. Forrest Fields. Park
View; Rev. Jean Beatty, Owasso
and Rev. G.. w. Crabtreo, jerks.
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LOUVAlN, n.lelum, Aug. G-Au
event Of pleasant International sig
uificnuco occurred horo recently
when the cornerstone ~ the new
library OF the University OF Louyain
was laid bY Dr Nicholas Murray
Butler Of New York with ceremonies
IN which Americans. Iolgians
French ana British participated.
Tho now library " 10 replace the
ancient Institution destroyed by tho
Germans n lDlI and is financed
with gifts from tho American people
Tho University of Louyain dates
back to li2G ana became a world
famous scat OF learning. numbering
at one time G.O0O students. The IL
hrnrN MhInh tho GnrmAn InNhhor,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
SERVICES HELD IN CITY PARK
Churches Unite for Opcn-Air Meet
ings Rest Of Summer.
InI L., Mr.rId

DRUMRIGHT. Aug. 6.--By nm ar
rangement which will be put into
effect Immediately, the recently
opened downtown park will hc de-
voted each Sunday evening to divine
services. The first service will take
place next Sunday evening.
The plan was promoted by the
Rev. j. II. Coffey. pastor OF tho
First Christian church The serv-
tees will be evangelical in nature
and the adherents OF every creed
will be invited TO take turns In con
ducting them.
Discussing tho innovation. Rover
end Coffey said. 1T IL tho duty OF
the church to he OF real service to
all the people all the time. Having
this In mind, 1t has been decided to
hold open-air services In tho park
every Sunday evening during the
remainder Of the summer"
The congregations of all the
churches will unite In the formation
OF q great choir, and singing viii he
the leading feature of each service.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
BATTERY F TO FORT SILL
New Ada Company Goes for Too
Weeks OF Regular Drill.

Special TO The World
ADA, Aug. 6.--Battery f. ~ 'le
oklahoma National Guard stationed
at Ada. will leave THURSDAY Au...,
II, for a two-weeks encampm,r, "a,
Fort Sill, local officers n1... noe
nounced. The men have been going
through regular drill and HI. Dob =
fine condition for the trip. they saiA
The Ada battery was only rn..nt1l
organized and this will be i'- lr3
enClmpmcnt. only a part uf 30
equipment has been received uu ..
this time. but more OF Il is expected
daily. The enlistment here is o.. 81
the maximum. records show
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
GRAIN GROWERS SIGNING up
Contract Signing Campaign Gulnr
cover the Top" Nicely

ALNA, Aug. 6.--Nine co-Uu.rIfi-o
elevators and 200 individual -,.u.rs
have signed contracts with 'U. d. a
Grain Growers. Inc, at the D'... ~
last week, according to {. 81 II.la
state organizer. The coptru.t atn.
ing campaign is Continuur and
seems going over" In good .naps
he says.
Walter y. lessee appeared .afors
the directors OF the Co-uI.rt'...
elevator at supply week a-. nd
they have agreed to sign the elevator
contract.
Eight stockholders Of tho elevator
at Carmego signed individual ..r.
tracts after the directors OF 'as .r.
vatur there signcd the elevator .. ,.
tract, according to Mr.. Hyde.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
IS DISTRESSINGLY HEALTHY
Locality Experiencing Much Less
Sickness Than WnS Expected.

special TO Inc Nofli
ADA. Aug. G.--Gcncral health
conditions In the city and county
were described by local doctors to-
day To be unusually good for this
season Of the year. No contagious
disease has been reported In the
city there are few cases OF con-
tinucd fever and other forms Of III
ness are limited to isolated cases.
doctors declared. II has been years
since no nearly free OF contagious.
fovers and miscellaneous sickness IN
August as now, they said.
Typhoid fever has not reached nn
epidemic state in the city. II IL said
a few cases that have been report I'd
during the past two weeks are under
careful attention un1 every necessary
prccaution is being taken to p~vent
It's spread. TO good drinking water
and generally good sanitary con.
ditions about Ada are attributed ~
some OF the reasons why health IL
above the average during the hot
months.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
BRIDGE PLAN IS ABANDONED
County Virtually Backs Out of Shar-
ing Cost of structure.

pAWItUSKA, Aug. 6.--The plan
to construct $4,000 bridge
across Bird creek on South Usage
avenue was definitely abandoned by
tho city com missiOners this after
noon after further conference with
county commissioners and engineers
Al former conference with county
officials plan was favored where
hv the cost of the atecl bridge was
to bs borne equally between county
and city and the city commissioners
included the t2l.000 item IN a call to
The citizens to vote tJs7,000 in bonds
for municipal improvements.
This item was Withdrawn when the
county officials definitely decided
that they could bear only that part
~ the expense proportionate TO the
.ongth of that portion OF the bridge
which would extend beyond the city
limits. This would have placed
practically the whole burden on the
city.
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were pleased lo destroy contained
100000 Volumes.
Th, now library ls 10 hc AWori-
cas- pict tp IA, nation which held
back tho tide ~ German horror In
the dark GUNNER seven years ago
and all but gave W it, lifc in tho
taak
Among other things Doctor But
Ter said at tho ceremony. "Amorica
viii watch his splendid structure
rise Ike the Phoenix from its ashes
to boar witnoss 30 the unhroaknhle
bonds that bind America to Bcl-
gium. TO France. to Great britain
ana to all their allies. a nation cam
not do baltic In a great cause or
for a noble ideal without receiving
"A new hnptiqm of apirit."
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-07
Inspector Meets with
Tulsa County Dairymen

Requirements or the health de-
partment for dairymcn were cN-
blamed and DISGUISED yesterday
when Il. r.. Cass. city dairy iuspoc-
Tor met with the Tulsa County Dairy
association in the court house. The
tac, that milk should be cooled iust
as soon as IL is drawn was stressed
NV the inspector. Luncheon was
served TO the members OF the asso-
cation at noon by Mrs kathcyn
II Jackson, county home domoustra.
tion agent.