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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
Parcel Post Betterments.

One great trouble with the parcel
post business has been that in prac-
tically all post offices no, or but few,
facilities beyond those for handling
ordinary mail have been installe. for
handling parcels. 1t Is ms II this we're
but an extension Of business al
ready carried on, needing no rev
system, no new devices for prompt
and economical movement, no new
class of workmcn.
But the parcel post business Is not
an extension of the business Of hand
ling first and second class mail. let
tiers, that is, and newspapers and
magazines, generally speaking A
new business has been taken u by
an old organization whose physical
facilities are i'll designed, and such as
they are, inadequate for the success
full conduct of an express business.
Not only that, but the injection OF
this new business into system not
too we'll equipped for It's original pur-
pose, the handling Of ordinary mail,
has been an actual interference with
the old organization, a letrlment one
Of the. causes Of certain failures the
postal business has recently shown.
To put the parcel post business on
a basis Of efficient management fairly
comparable 10 that OF commercial
organizations practically everything
which has been done in the past must
be ignored A fresh start with new
layout OF operation, devices and meth
DDS: new organization of SUI
pervisory officials, new methods Of
despatch and transportation are
needed. II should be forgotten that
this mountain OF freight moved and
distributed daily was ever misnamed
mail. Because parcel post matter
- by habit thought OF as mail n
can OF varnsh. cardboard box OF
dainty millinery and sharp and I'm.
wrapped piece Of automobile ma.
chInery are thrown In the same
pouch Why pouch1 Why not ham
pers instead1
There have been heavy losses or
parcels By theft and damage: there
would be much less If rehandline ter.
mlnals were larger. cleaner, better
lighted and more readily under ob.
servation This Is post Office business
only because II Is conducted IN post
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
CAM Plays With Nationa, Symphony
Swiss Pianist Is Cordially Received by Large Audience
in Carnegie Hail.

The programme OF the concert OF the
National Symphony Orchestra In Car
atgie Hall yesterday afternoon was not
one OF absorbing interest but If the
season had not been so crowded with
orchestral performances perhaps II
might have served to attract a larger
audience. The numbers offered for con-
sideration were the overture TO The
Marriage of Figaro" Beethoven's eighth
symphony. Tschaikowsky's piano con-
rto in 3 flat minor and Smetana' s
'Bartered Bride" overture.
The solo player in the Tschalkowsky
number was Rudolf CAM. the Swiss
pianist. who Is to be the conductor of
the st. Louis orchestra. provided, Of
course, that the musicians of that city
&c not succeed in Staying the proverbial
ioose OF the golden egg. Mr.. CAM was
cordially received by the modest audi
cree and applauded with vigor. Mr..
Badanzky conducted and the concert
seemed not to demand elaborate de-
scription.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
Costs Should Be Cut.
Mr.. Gompers's Responsibility for
Present Business Conditions.

To THE New YORK HERALD: In the
title of an editorial article you say 'Raii
ates must be cut" / would like TO
know how they can be cut as long as
Mr.. Gompers prohibits any cut OF the
kinds OF labor.
IN closing this article you say. "Ail
production costs. and this includes trans
portation costs, must come down heav-
!ly before the deadlocking brakes can
be thrown off American industry, ousi-
ness and employment" How can pro-
ducton OF any kind be carried on at
profit or freight rates come down when
Gompers prohibits any cut in the pres
ent inflated war rates and when our
Government allows Gompers and his
American Federation OF Labor TO rule
us7
Every American must plainly see the
present deplorable condition OF our
great railroads. which made and devel-
oped our country from ocean to ocean
and from Canada TO Mexico Under
Government control and Gompers dicta-
torial labor rule and the wasteful and
extravagant Administration OF Woodrow
Wilson millions were added TO the pay
rolls to pay for useless labor. Shall we
allow our railroads TO be further injured
by Gompers and his followers Of COM
munism?
The Davies Warfield plan may some
what help conditions for the railroads.
Senator Calder OF Brooklyn is right on
the question of freight rates on lumber,
but he must know that to pay from 81
to $40 a day for all kinds OF labor that
does only a half days work prohibits
home building and causes housing short
age and exorbitant rentals everywhere.
Every American must wake up to the
fact that this Gcmpers deadlock must
be broken and his rule ended. Then
every one viii have employment at an
honest wage rate. our factories will
work on full time. our mines will work
with less cost OF production. our ships
will sail the seven seas with full cargoes
instead Of being tied to piers as they
are to-day.
Until we end Gompers rule this dead
lock cannot be broken. The American
Federation Of Labor should understand
that It's better to have steady employ
ment without strikes than be half the
time idle. WILLIAM OSBORN.
SHELTON HEIGHTS. N. j.. April /.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
The Invitation.

Come walk With me In Apr!ls wood
AZ rode down to-day
AT every turn Love smiling stood
To cheer my lonely way;
And by white pools messy edge
A golden flower grew.
A kingly cup in which TO pledge
Spring. Happiness and You
Come walk with me IN April's wood
There a winged company
Finds crimson checkerherries good
And 80, my dear. shall we
FRS and their kindred miles on miles.
Send down the gentle breeze
Such spice as III those baimy isles
That brooch the southern seas
Come walk with me IN April's wood ,
Your cousin german fair,
The violet IN purple hood.
VIII chaperon Us there
And II my dull ways do not win
Your heart 10 ecstasy.
a friend you'il fnd--nay, alster-ip
The sweet anemope
EDWARD W BARNARD
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thrown Count KAEoLYI's republic,
BnA KUS's communistic experiment,
Archduke JosEPH's democracy. aud
has been scarcely more than endur-
ing Admiral HoRrHY's regency. The
people are said TO favor a limited
monarchy, but they are divided over
the question OF monarch. with none
of the factions so far openly fayoring
the return of CHARLES.
CHARLES is confronted with d.
vided loyalty in Hungary, the disap-
proval Of the Allies. the opposition OF
the Balkan States. and the threat of
military inva sion by the States form
Ing the Little Entente. His syring
fantasy seems to be less matter OF
seasonal excitement than serious
politics
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
Clipper Beat Steamer.
4 Trip Of the Grey Eagle Of Baltimore
% Rio in 1870.
Grand Jurors.
NEW YORK. April /.

70 The NEW YoRx HERALD: Refer
ring % last rips II american clipper
ships ! would call attention 10 The oasSs
Aquidneck and josephine. Belonging o
Thomas wh!tridge 4 90. and (. Norton
Stewart 8 Co. respectively, when an
between Baltimore and Rio de Janeiro
in the 7Os. These boats on several occa-
sions made the trip from and TO the
capes OF Chesapeake Bay in nineteen
days and less, covering a distance OF
nearly 5000 miles
AS curious incident might mention
that when passed THE capes In No
vember. 1875, on a British steamship.
the captain OF the full rugged clipper
ship Grey Eagle-whitridge's
NE farewell and shouted from his vessel.
Il shall wait for you In Rio" My
steamship, the King Arthur. took thirty
three days the Grey Eagle arrived three
days earlier Louis SEL1csBERG.
NEW YORK. April l.
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SATURDAY. APRIL 3. 1921.

Z STATEMENT OF the ownership. manage
ment, circulation. &C.. required by the AZ,
HkW YORK H II fIs' published he'd every day
At New York. n. y. for April l. 1927.
State OF New York. County OF New York. IS.
Before me, Notary Public In and for the
State and county aforesaid. personally APP
peared Erwin Wardman. who. having been
duly sworn according 70 law dsP9 Gs Ss and
YORK HERALD. and that the following is.
20 the best OF his knowledge and belief,
true statement OF the ownership, manage
ment. circulation, &C.. or the aforesaid pub
llcation for the date shown IN the above cap
ton. required by the Act OF August -. 1912.
embodied In section AS. Postal Laws and
Regulations.
1. That the names and addresses OF the
publisher, editor. managing editor and bust
ness manager are: Publisher, Erwin Ward
man. Editor. Edward P. Mitchell: Managing
Editor. Charles NJ. Lincoln. Business Mana
ger, IL. D. Halsey. all OF so Broadway. New
J .. That the owners are The sun-Herald
Corporation. $50 Broadway. New York city;
Sun Printing and Publishing Association. $50
Broadway, New York city: The New York
Herald Company, $50 Broadway. New York
Company. $50 Broadway. New York city. in
which Frank A. Munsey only holds l per
cent. or more of stock.
3. That the known bondholders mortgages
and other security holders owning or holding
] per cent. or more of total amount OF bonds,
MORTGAGES or other securities are None.
4. That the two paragraphs next above,
giving the names OF the owners, stockholders
and security holders. ~ any. contain not only
the list of stockholders and security holders
as they appear upon the books of the com
pany. but also, in cases where the stockholder
or security holder appears upon the books
of the company trustee or In any other
fiduciary relation, the name of the person or
corporation for whom such trustee is acting.
is given; also that the said two paragraphs
contain statements embracing affiant's full
knowledge and belief as TO the circumstances
and conditions under which stockholders and
security holders who do not appear upon the
books of the company trustees, hold stock
and securities in a capacity other than that
of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has
no reason to believe that any other person.
association or corporation has any interest,
direct or indirect. In the said stock bonds
or other securities than so stated by him.
.. That the average number of copies OF
each issue of this publication sold or dis
tributed. through the malls or otherwise, to
paid subscribers during the six months pre-
ceding the date shown above is ZOE. 0SS.
ERWIN WARDMAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fst
day of April. 1921.
fSeal.1 s. *. MERINGER.
Notary Public for Queens Co.. 2151. Ger
tificate filed in New York CO., 375.
My commission expires March 30. 1923.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
Great Chinese Engineer.
Ta-yu Controlled the Floods Of the
Hoang 1000 Years Ago.
jacques ". Red,cap IN EcoiooD

The Hoang Is the largest river of
northern China. The Nile possibly ex-
cepted. II has been more intimately con-
nected with the economies Of the world
than any other river.
According to the Shu-king. the books
of history edited by Confucius. most
destructive food followed the bursting
OF the lcvees OF the river about 1900
y. c. The work of restoring the revet-
ments and adjusting the channels to the
volume OF the water made the name
Of the engineer. Ta-yu. famous for all
time. His engineering ssil has not been
surpassed or even equalled by his sue
cessors. and his method of river control
may be needed by engineers OF to-day.
II Is practically the method adopted
by the engineers OF the Mississippi River
cmmission--namciy, the adjustment OF
The velocity OF the current TO the maxi
mum load Of silt whh:h the water car
ries. Tho hydraulic engineer VI to-day
accompishes this By impouudlns the
excess OF water during Hood Seasons ana
Ta-yu accomplished the same result by
the construction OF additional channels.
In the lower part OF the riain min.
additional channels were constructed.
Any number or all OF them could be
thrown open 10 a food any number OF
them might be closed as necessity de-
handed. Thereby uniform volume OF
water and constant velocity Of tic
current was insured
II was task ~ thirteen years. Thrice.
according 10 The Shu-klng. Ta-yu passed
hts own door without e"er staying to ca
ress hts child. ilis efforts succeeded, ana
the name of Ta-yr W.T. ne,cr pass to tn.
unknown. Incidentally. his father be-
fore him had been the engineer In charge
and for failure TO control Wild flood
had been permitted to become his own
exccutioner.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
Gambling With Sinking Funds.

Ignorance and incompetency can be
no more successful in public business
than in private business; they can be
more dangerous. If the municipal
administration In New York but were
permitted to tap the sinking fund for
money to be lent as building loan
mortgages on new houses, either each
loan would have to be 50 low as to
give no worth while help to the bor-
rover, or the loan would not be Sc
cured, the sinking fund would be de-
pleted and the city, defaulting on its
own obligations, would become bank
rupt and be ready to be thrown into
receivership.
Mortgages on sound building mate
rails are usually placed on the basis
of loan on two-thirds to three-cuar-
ters of the actual value Of the l,rop-
erty. But as THE New York HERALD
explained the other day. when $685.
600 war price house represents $15,-
600 Of imitation aud $4,000 of nor
NAL value, there Is In the house only
$500 of sound value out of every
$1,000 of face value. A properly Sc
cured mortgage, therefore, on the Gus
tomary basis would permit loan Of
only about $3.50 on every $1,000 put
into n house on the basis Of war In
fiation prices. This. OF course, would
be Of no help to any borrower.
For the city, on the other hand, to
lend sinking fund moneys on the basis
Of 20 per cent. Of the war lnfiation
cost, would be TO lend them at the
rate of 20 cents on 40 cents Of value.
The city, compelled to foreclose and
dispose at forced sale of property
thrown on its hands, would find itself
getting back on the sinking iIlnd
moneys it put out only some 50, 60
or 60 cents on the dollar.
SO If Mayor EYLAN or anybody
else would do anything like that with
the city's funds, accumulated to meet
its maturing debts, ne would gamble
with the integrity Of the sinking fund
itself. AS the foundation under the
city's bonded debt Is the unlmpalred
sinking fund and as 1t Is the whole
support OF the city's credit, 10 propose
to gamble with any of its moneys on
that basis Of possibly getting back
only go cents for n dollar of such
trust funds is to propose to dynamite
the credit and the solvency of the
city of New York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
EVENTS TO-DAY.

NJ. Rene viviani will be guest or honor
cnise. Hotel Floza. r. NJ.
THE Little Entente sii be discussed by
Jean II. koree, Dr. Niadislav Savic and Eau
gene s. Bagger at a luncheon OF the League
Of Free Nations Association. Hotel Commo-
Guaranty Club OF the Guaranty Trust Com
pany. annual dinner and dance. Hotel Com
modore, T.. NJ.
''our Parks Local and National" VIII
be discussed by Comptroller Charles l..
Craig and William r. Wilcox at a luncheon
Of the weman's Leagr,e for the Protection
of Riverside Park, Hotel McAlpln, i. 80 Isl.
New York Public Lecture association.
luncheon. Hotel st. George. Brooklyn, PM.
Louis X Anspacher will lecture ,.n 81, on The
Forty-third street. II A. NJ.
John L. Jones vii speak on The Trir 10
Alliance and Its Attitude Toward the Irish
Situation" ct the camaraderie of the New
York Alumni Chapter Of the Intercollegiate
Socialist Society. civic Club. IA West
Twelfth street r. NJ.
There viii be informal tea for the
American members OF the intercollegiate
Cosmopolitan Club nj the Nippon Club. fs1
West Ninety-third street. $3.50 p. NJ.
luncheon. Ifutel Pennsyivanis. II 80 r. NJ
The Hamilton College Musical Clubs. tn
nual concert. Hotel Plaza. th's evening
Workers Education In the United States"
win be discussed at u conference under the
auspices OF the National Workers Educs-
tional Bureau. 4sS West Twenty-third street,
beginning at r. NJ.
The Italian Chamber Of Commerce. dinner
Hotel BiltmOre. p. M.
The New York chapter of the Hindustan
Association Of America will give Hindu
Night at Brinckeroff Theatre. Columbia
University, Broadway and 10th street. 8
r. M.
Or. Lindley M. Keasbey win lecture on
THE Nature Of the Prospective Social Sate'e
at the Labor Temple. Fourteenth street and
Second avenue, S:f5 +. NJ.
The older graduates OF Seward Park Junior
High School win hold meeting In the audi
torium OF the school. Hester and Essex
streets. 8 r. NJ
The fourth annual brooklyn Industrial Ell
hihit will omen IN the Twenty-third Regiment
Armory. BEDFORD avenue, Brooklyn, this
evening.
Motion Picture Directors Association,
da nee, Hotel Aston. q 30 =. NJ
Hurfer College. luncheon. Hotel McAlpins
p NJ
New York chapf-r. United Daughters Of tho
Crnfcderacy, luncheon. Hotel Aston. =. NJ.
Maine Women. meeting, Waldorf-Astoriss
. r. NJ.
Pcrshing Club. dance. Hotel McAipin. 8
Eastern Printing Company. dinner. Hotel
Aston. p. NJ.
Z =. NJ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
New York's Insane Wards.

A summary of conditions as to in
sanity in New York State Just made
public by the State Hospital Commits
sion is very encouraging document.
1t indicates progress both in proven
ton and cure of mental disease.
The figures are for the fiscal year
which ended on June 80 last and they
show total reduction Of the parents
In all the hospitals of the State. In
the year 46,11S were treated in the
civil asylums, 1,611 in those for GRIM
inals and 1.641 in licensed private
institutions, total Of 1886. There
were altogether 1912 new admissions,
but these are balanced by 4,64S dis
charges and $3.50 deaths. leaving a
net reduction Of 1.236. The number
of inmates at the close Of the year
was 40.7S1.
Among those discharged from the
civil State hospitals 1873 persons
Were regarded as having completely
recovered, $50 were much improved,
AsVDO Nflt lIiHipNtu ANU al were UIO-
nounced not insane. These numbers
give rate Of cure on first admis-
sions of 2J.5 per cent. and on all cases
OF 1913 per cent These favorable
figures are surpassed when the work
OF preventing insanity Is considered.
In this field recent figures show an
unmstakable improvement. In 1917
the ratio of first admissions wns so
TO 100000 Of the population; in 1920
1t fell to 63.3.
Prohibition Is credited with dis
tinguishable share in this result In
1917 there were a94 first admissions
diagnosed as alcoholic while in 1870
only 122 were so classified. The in
ference as to the cause Is apparently
strengthened by the fact that of these
122 cases ~ reached the bosn'tals
before January 10. The date when
constitutional prohibition went into
effect or course this takes no nc
count of the prior war restrictions:
the commission merely suggests Tint
Il Ind some influence.
As regards the general reduction Of
mental disease however, other causes
we're at work. The type due to infec-
tion fell Off slightly, hut probably
much more was due to the system Of
free clinics for mental diseases. 10
which the state hospitals cooperate
with the Commission for Mental ne
fectives and the State Health De
partment- These had 3,S00 patients
making nearly 10000 visits for adj
vice and treatment They deal with
backward and delinquent children. in
fected persons and others who fear
or whose conduct suggests mental dis
turbances. 1t is thought they avert
much absolute arrangement.
Despite the reduction of admissions
the commission carried on consider
able building at Einghamton. Brook
lyn, Central Islip Hudson River.
Kings Park. Mlddletown and Utica
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hospitals. This was rendered neces-
sary by the overcrowded condition Of
the existing structures, which had
on June 30 some 5,421 inmates more
than they were designed TO accommo-
date. There is an appropriation for
this year OF $2.O0o.00O with which
additional room for 1920 patients
will be provided.
During the year the hospitals were
hampered by shortage Of help. At It's
close there were sixty-seyen vacancies
on the medical and .2sS on the nurs-
ing staff. nearly 80 per cent. of the
places covered by that years appro.
priation. This years allowance by
the Legislature is calculated TO reduce
the personnel from one doctor to $50
patients TO one to 200. and the attend
ants from one to eight to one to ten
The commission pleads that the cur
tailment Of service will cause deteri-
grafton, but fails TO reconcile the
point with the actual shortage Of the
expired year.
One old wrong figures insistently in
this report. The care Of the insane
cost the State $11, 434 329 In the year
covered. But 1o,O95 patients were
aliens; that is. 26.4 Of the entire num-
Der. The commission does all 1t can
to effect repatriation of these: but IN
recent times the conditions have been
very unfavorable. But the Federal
Government IS responsible for the adj
mission OF these unfortunates to the
country. Why. then. does II not under
take to provide for them when they
become incapable OF self-support?
Why have the overburdened taxpay-
ers Of New York to go down into their
pockets to maintain foreign der end
EMS &C an expenditure OF three mill
ion dollars year?
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Jim.

Man, say the biologists, is living
machine composed Of cells and en-
dowed with certain instincts without
which he could not have come through
the age old battle with his natural
enemies And the first OF these in
stincts IS self-preservation. Print
lively this is expressed IN flight. with
the coordinate emotion Of fear.
jim is one of these cellular ma
chimes. While In hall on the fifth
floor Of building he snelled smoke.
He opened door and found man
whose clothing was IN flames and
who plunged headlong through WIN
dow toward the street. JIM grabbed
the mans feet, pulled him back. beat
out the flames Then, as the room
was ablaze, he helped the burned man
out of the window am dragged him
along two inch ledge TO the win
dow of a room in which there was
no fire. He broke tho window and
showed the man In TO safety.
Now where. says the cheering citi-
zen in the street to the biologist, do
you get that self-preservation stuff?
What put into JIM's cells motiva-
ton that is not In the oyster or the
ape? What is there in JIM's chem
istry that made him go for a walk
along a two inch window ledge for
the benefit of perfect stranger?
The biologist is rather dumb at this,
but the psychologist replies that this
phenomenon of courage is the result of
generations of the triumph of reason
over instinct in the highest form of
human life. The courage of the Cru
saders, he adds, was astonishing to
the Moslems; they could not under
stand it. But JIM isn't the descend
ant Of Crusaders. His forefathers
came from the region Of the Congo.
One English philosopher wrote of
heroism that it could have but two
sources. One was religion; the other
was the sacrifice of one kind Of self
love to another. As JIM LEFT the scene
without giving his name or waiting
to be thanked or photographed COM
mon vanity cannot be credited with
inspiring his act. That leaves the
field TO religion.
A minute investigation Of the case
of JIM might lead to the discovery
that he is not consciously religious.
although many Of his race are deeply
50. But the fact Is that most Ameri-
cans are pretty well saturated with
religion. If JIM could not quote from
John xv., 10: Greater love hath no
man than this, that man lay down
his life for his friends" at least he
had the idea. And jim went beyond
the text. The man for whom he was
willing to lay down his life was not
even an acquaintance.
But the puzzle with which we
started remains. If the biologist
thinks that the germ Of self-sacrifice
has crept into those once strictly
selfish cells when did it enter and
through what influence? Why, in the
eyes Of pure science, does one human
creature rush to save the life of an
other who is nothing to him?