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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
Discussing Prohibition
The Ayes Have 1t in This Group of Letters-One
Who's Not Yet Decided

The eight wine and beer sugges-
ton is musty with age and has like
wise been smashed to smithereens by
the Supreme Court in numerous de-
csions, notably in the decision in the
Rupert case. as we'll as in the unani-
nous decision covering the amendment
as whole and the Volstead acts def
milton limiting the alcoholic content
to one-half Of per cent by volume.
The per Gentle per cent sugges-
Jion not only bumps up against the
Constitution and the Supreme Court
but also against the experience of all
ages that wine and beer are intoxicat-
ing liquors.
All the drunkenness in the world for
the hrst 5000 years of history was
caused by light wines and beer. The
drunkenness condemned in Holy Writ
the bacchanalian revelries described
in ancient history were the direct ef
feet Of light wines and beer, Distilled
spirits were not invented until the
eleventh century, and the fortified
wines of to-day could not be made
without spirits. Fourteen per cent is
the highest possible alcoholic content
of fermented liquors.
| Will Mr.. Browne explain how Con.
! gress can authorize the manufacture
and sale Of such VIGOROUSLY "intoxi
eating liquors" for beverage purpose;
|
such manufacture and sale. 1t can't
be done; and were Congress to BIZ
elected sufficiently venal to enact such
a law it would be promptly pulverized
by the Supreme Court.
There is only one constitutional
method for getting booze back-repea
the Eighteenth Amendment.
SAMUEL WILSON.
Jersey City, N. j., July H., 1921.
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To the Editor Of Th. Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In last Sundays Tribune d. r.
Browne, chairman of the Self-Deter-
mination League, suggests what your
caption terms Wine and Beer Com
promise" to solve the prohibition prob
lem.
Mr.. Brown waves aside the sugges-
ton of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment that the amend
ment be repealed snd very wisely asks:
"How! When! Who're :" 1t can't be
done without the concurrence Of thirty
six states. and with thirty-three stAtes
that have adopted bone-dry laws al
their own initiative, apart from Federal
law. the chances for wet success by
that method are indeed remote.
Equally impossible, it seems to me
is Mr.. Brownies compromise sugges-
ton, because it would be direct null.
likcation of the Constitution.
He says: "Relegate to the several
states the power to determine what i,
an intoxicating beverage, which applies
to such harmless and health giving
(sic) drinks as light wines and betr
the alcoholic content of same not &c
exceed IL per cent for wines and not
more than ~ per cent for beer"
Right here the Self-Determinatior
Leagues chairman bumps IN against
the United States Supreme Court, which
has decided unanimously in the New
Jersey and Rhode Island appeals un.
der the Concurrent power" section Of
the Eighteenth Amendment that .
state has no right to legislate on thi.
question in conflict with the laws oil
Congress and that it would lead to end
less confusion for each state to max.
its own Interpretation Of Fedora
constitutional provision, and that Fed
eral law is supreme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
Freedom of Appeal
To the Editor of The Tribune.

40 inc Cu1toT OIL Inc tribune.
Sir: Aprepes the agitation for men
to go without coats and hats here is
my status:
| wear hat on Sunday only, and
then to church only. On other DAYS |
go to the theater and to other public
places without one. If any one is Curl
Gus don't care.
When | wish | go without a coat. On
week days I frequently 90 on the SUBJ
way or to other public places wearing
a gray Palm Beach coat, with odd
trousers. On the street l do not care
whether l wear one or not.
Why cannot other men dress for
their own comfort rather thar for cca.
vention?
INSTRUCTOR IN ONE OF THE
LOCAL COLLEGES.
New York, July Is, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17

i, master and the cook cannot enjoy the
eight-hou day. and every ship owner
and operator in the business consider
that when they have good master,
mate and cook the ship will get along
with the engineer, either shop expert
enced or shovel. There is no doubt
that in short time the engines will
be stopped and started from the wheel
house and the engineer displaced with
crew Of machinists. and filters who will
obey the orders Of the master and
thereby make ship property once more
profitable.
The underwriters when they write a
risk on ship must know who is going
to be master Of her, and all of his his
tory from the time he got certificate
to date. If his record is cloudy they
will not take the risk, and he thereby
loses his job. The engineer is not I'M
der that necessity. His ticket is free
from that. In case Of disaster, where
total or partial loss is suffered, or even
where general average loss occurs, the
engineer would have lot to learn, and
where bottomry bond is needed to
raise money to pay for repairs at a for
eign port l am sure the bankers would
hesitate before they would consent to
advance what was needed to him.
In fact, the master of ship is re-
sponsible for everything on deck, in
tho Au~sna0rto ,%>
ments Of ship, and should get re-
port from them at the change of every
watch. That is what the owners of
the ship, the owners of the cargo and
the insurers of both, all of whom he
represents, expect of him.
w. J. SMITH.
Brooklyn. July II. 1921.
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four years by the following figures
1000, ITO. so and 40.

four years by the following figures
1000, ITO, so and 40.
The decline from flush to settled is
conclusive evidence that we are not
suffering from over-produetion created
by the old and now existing wells. but
that the industry is jeopardized by new
and flush production only.
The curtailment or reduction in the
drilling of one well may cause 112
producers to shut down, making them
lose their oil irrevocably, while the
curtailment in drilling in this new we'll
Gees not reduce it's potential quantity
always provided, Of course, that the
producers confne themselves to their
own land.
There is no incentive for producer
to drill for his own oil at 81 barrel
Only the fact that he is getting oil
outside of his own domain iustifies
drilling at the present time and price
". F. SUENDER.
New York, July IS, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17

residence few miles across a.
border?
1t looks as though New York st.,.
was playing the Indian giving .r;ss.
of giving adjusted Compensation ).
those who will give it back to tho s.....
and to be SURE Of this pa must l,eI
In the state, on a certain date. wb..
about one who is entitled to the bonn.
and moved out Of the state on Noy.n
Der 3, 1920? rs piece IF petty ls,;.
lation to tie apron strings to born.
1t should be given to those who se-v.dy
their country and their state, with ~
thought Of getting it back again.
EX-FiRsT LIEUTENANT. :,
Rutherford, y. j. July II, 1921
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Zio ai.m
Pr . hi b 1t 10 n
Voted tor President Harding but Not for Protection
london Bankers Views on Trade Restriction
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: was much interested in your
description of Mr.. Fordney's defense
OF the proposed new tariff, in which
you quoted Mr.. Fordney as saying:
The Republican party has taken it
for granted that the people spoke out
loudly Tor protection"
voted for President Harding, but
certainly did not consider was sneak
ing out loudly for protection. do not
know how many other voters. in this
country voted the Republican ticket
without meaning to imply that they
were in favor of high tariff.
In this connection, wonder if YOU
have read the July monthly circular of
the National City Bank of New York.
will refer you to pages nine and ten.
whereon is printed most interesting
appeal signed by the leading bankers of
London. II quote the following para
graphs:s
"it is, rs true as it was a hundred
years ago that foreign commerce
conduces to the wealth and prosper
fty of country by enabling it to
import the commodities which other
countries are best able to supply.
and to export in payment those
articles which from its own situation
1t is best adapted to produce; that
freedom from restraint be calculated
to give the utmost extension to for
efgn trade and the best direction to
capital and industry and that the
MAXIM of buying in the cheapest
market and selling in the dearest,
which regulates every merchant in
his individual dealings, is the best
rule for the trade of the whole ma
tion. ~
"The policy Of trying to exclude
the production of other countries,
with the weh-meant design of en-
couraging our own, cannot increase
the volume of commerce or the total
volume of employment here. But it
may we'll compel the consumers who
form the bulk of our population to
submit to .priyations in the quality
OK quantity of the goods they buy.
The Importation of foreign goods
does not diminish the activities Of
our people, because such goods can
only be paid for by the produce of
British capital and labor. The advo-
Gates OF restrictive system are too
apt to lose sight. of the elementar
fact that nations, or rather, individual
members Of nations, buy foreign
goods because they need them, not to
oeneht others, but to benefit them
selves, and pay for them by produc-
ing goods which The foreigner in his
turn requires. We cannot limit in,
ports into this country without
limiting our export trade and strik-
ing a grave blow at the worldwide
commerce on which this island king
dom principally depends. g..
TRADE is exchange No nation
which lives by trading with others
can prosper unless other nations
prosper too. We hold to-day great
stocks of goods We are ready to
manufacture more. There is a large
and insistent demand for then,
abroad. But owing to the paralysis
of Continental commerce-due in
part to the restrictive barriers which
the new states have set Up between
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
Glove Makers Protection
Claim of Superiority for American
Manufacturers
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In answer to w. C. Smiths
article in The Dry Goods Economist Of
July 9, dor Gods Sake, Gentlemen. Be
Reasonable" we also repeat the same,
For Gods sake, gentlemen, be reason
able" Give the 10000 glovemakers in
this country a chance. Tell Mr.. Smith
that if the tariff puts out 400 people in
his factory in France we have 400 peo-
pie to put to work in this country. Tell
him we can make better leather here
and as good gloves.
We will call his attention to the fact
that the men never suffered by paying
unreasonableprlces when the high duty
was put on mems gloves The Ameri-
can manufacturers see to this. The
higher the duty the lower the price Of
gloves. Why? The American manu-
facturers' have always cut each others
N'--~~sS ~Ao viz PCoVlc nave received
the benefit. There are no rich glove
manufacturers in this country, as
riches are counted to-day.
We did build up the mems glove
trade with high duty, and gave them
better gloves than they ever got from
Europe. Give US chance on women's
gloves. We won't use the cheap alum
tan that is used in Europe, where -four
and egg yolk are scarce. These alum
tanned gloves to-day are maxine the
women mad, because every time the
gloves get wet they have to buy another
pair.
Give our people work and they can
pay our. heavy taxes. The men in Eu-
rope don't pay our taxes. Give us a
chance to build up our glove leather
and glove industry, and the statistics
show the people will benefit and get a
much better article made from up-to
date chrome tannage which can be
washed, and washed, and washed.
JOSEPH E. W0OD.
Gloversyille, N. r., July IL, 1921.
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themselves-the would-be buyers Of
eur goods have not the means to pay
for what they want.
eve have to build up the market
that we need by encouraging Con-
tinental nations to export to us. For
it is only by exports that they can
reSstablish their credit and provide
funds for. the payment of their debts.
In such a situation we believe that
all expedients to control and hamper
imports into this country, whether
by licenses, tariffs or any other
means, can only retard Improvement
in the Continental exchanges and
prevent the natural recovery Of
trade.
Legislation Of this nature, while
it may increase the profits Of a few
selected industries, cannot fail to
check our output as a whole and to
increase the costs Ct production to a
level which may make it increasingly
difficult for British traders to com
pete successfully with others in the
markets Of the world. With party or
political considera tions We, as bank
d. .ers, are not concerned. But in the
interests Of British industry and
commerce, now menaced by anxieties
which it would be a profound mis-
take to underrate, we desire to enter
a respectful protest against every
restrictive regulation of trade which
tends to diminish the resources of
tho state"
What these English bankers say ap-
plies also tosthe situation in this coun-
try.
Iowa yearly imports thousands Of
cattle, which are fattened on Iowa corn
and then shipped to Chicago to be
slaughtered. Would it help the State
of Iowa to impose q prohibitive tariff
on the importation into that state Of
csttle? u
New York State consumes large
quantities of small grains grown in
the West. Would it help New York
State to pu. tax on Western grain i?
OF course not. New York, Iowa,
Texas and other states in the Union
produce within their borders the things
which their population and soil are
best fitted to produce. They then sell
them in the best markets.
Thee argument that holds so clearly
as, between the states of this union
holds to a. great extent between the
countries of the world.
I think Mr.. Fordnsy is wrong, and ]
an. rather inclined to think that there
are great many people who voted the
Republican ticket at the last election
vho did SO because they preferred
Harding to. Cox and who gave lttla
thought to.the tariff. Personally it has
always seemed great opity to, me thai
the Republican party should be appar.
entity tied to and committed to false
economic doctrine However, they
seem to have, as rule, the best m en-
AZ the head of the party, and l fo,
enc preferred to vote for the man
rather than the policy.
1t is encouraging to think that al
least some Of the Republicans in Con.
gress can remain Republicans and YET
be- opposed to protective tariff. Lei
us hope that this new light will b,
strong enough to make an impression
DISSATISFIED REPUBLICAN.
New York, July IL, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17

Missed Bonus By a Week
New Yorker Who Moved Feels
Injustice of Residence Limitation

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In an article in Sundays issue
you say that CRITICISM has been some
what untimely" concerning New York
State bonus legislation, in so far as it
affected non-residents. / feel that you
will agree with me that in certain
cases rank injustice has been done.
For example, | was born in New
York State, was raised and educated
in New York State, served in New
York State division and upon my dis
charge returned and lived again in
New York State. However, for purely
business reasons | moved to New Jer-
sey about week before November 2
1920, bringing my family with me
Nevertheless, still continue to do
most of my business with New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
The Coal Puzzle

fFrem The Cleveland Pic;n Desler)
If you don't buy your coal now, the
price may SO up later; if you buy it
now. the price may go dovn later. Let's
talk about something clss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
A Reformed Country

(From The San Francisco Chronicle,
Mexico has gone in for baseball n.
use clubbing, we wsll have to rec,.
rize that country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
The Life of Oil Wells
Study Of Decline of Production
During a Series of Years

During a Series of Years
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In letter by E. B. Reeser in
your issue Of July IL find a touching
appeal for the small producer as
justification for duty on Mexican oil
imports. 1t is we'll to remember that
the small producer of to-day was yes
terday's large producer and that no
discrimination is made between the
large and small producers as to post
ed price. Thus the apparent injustice
operates against the small producer at
all times. it may cost $40 per we'll per
month to operate series of wells, and
this irrespective of whether the guam
tity lifted is twenty barrels or 200
barrels; the cost per we'll is the same
while the cost per barrel is ton times
as large in the one case as the other.
Irrespective of imports, this condition
is static.
You cannot legislate to remedy a
natural economic condition Of this kind
by an import tax. The basis Of all
selling price is cost, but not nacessar-
lily your cost; at times Of shortage in
commodity the highest cost in the
industry may govern; whom demand
drops and the large producers cost is
used as the basis Of selling price the
small producer must Of necessity suf-
fer.
The following figures are typical Of
production per we'll per year in the
mid-eontinent; they do not necessarily
represent either barrels or gallons, but
represent relative quantity:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17

Eight is contained in 1000 ll21s
timss. Refraining from drilling the
one new we'll now prolongs the exist
cice of the eleven-year-oid we'll for an
additional 1la1s years, or will allow
1l2sa wells of this ealiber to operate
EN- additional year. One we'll less now
will create vacuum, equivalent to the
production Of twenty seven .year-eld
wells. What could be simpler?
So that you may not think I have
taken an extreme example | will state
tat have knowledge OF production
which is represented over a period Of
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-18
THE TULSA RIOTS.

bloody Oklahoma brings home again
to the that civilization
religion and culture
and determination seems to be swept away great wave Of hatred
whenever there is
On such occasions the the whole is
up by religious discipline
unable situation
than the assertion
Robertson
enforcing authorities of Tulsa for their failure
and authority
the outset might have the carnival boohd
carry
izenry
or conditions that permit such an outbreak latent
Had the desire for law order been with
than the inclination bOodshed minority
he o Tor peace would have prevailed But seems to be fault of
human that will judgments
ardo and miltancy they will their animal instincts
The Tulsa will
dictment will be by because Oklahoma,
ue sS'erhood " states essentially western border commonwealth
ing pronounced hatreds
Inc ola souh occasionally has racial clashes but when these
is directed
Even mob in the old south would and shoot
simply because OF the color OF their skor the very good reason
judgment
centered solely the guilty of the crime.
depoabe they
converted into future both the whites
themselves the double that contained the
win clash with whites
Negroes
possible
the immediate issue but also does he suffer vastly
realize that only
in the rights to which he entitled.
whites
realization
establish their ancient
questioning through the their
tiles
Of mental moral determination.
For both whites and Negroes there should full
the truth
for
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-18
FARM LANDS

For Approximately half million people to have accumulated
of land valued at $50 in half century
is remarkable and inspiring And less startling is the fact
shown by release that the past ten
than million valued at approximately IL mil
lion dollars.
These figures represent the holdings and increases of the
Negroes of Texas These facts should be gratifying They de-
note progress
Men who farms and homes contribute largely to the well
fare of the communities in which they live They enter largely
into the scheme Of production They doing their share of the
work of the world
Farm ownership is worth while.
But with this ownership there increased duty to
become efficient.
few days extension worker spoke OF the
fact that Negro farmers and producers did we'll individuals
but group they failed of that intelligent cooperation which
made possible the marketing of their products under favor
able conditions
While is definitely known that marketing organiza
the membership of Negro producers it is reasonable
suppose Negro communities could employ their mod
methods of production and marketing to great advantage
What is true of Texas is true of Negroes in all Southern
states
aggregate owned by the Negroes 16 south
states totals Al 346943 valued at $23906279O
There doubt but that the products OF these farms to-
tails a staggering yearly
Producers with aim and idea become factors
worthy recognition in the great business of determining price
and labor cost
The speculation in terms of what the efficient control of that
vast amount of land could accomplish is interesting.
IAnd do not consider it waste of time to engage IN
them.
The lemon citrus and orange growers of California have be-
national institution controlling the price OF their products
all the field of their distribution This made possible
by cooperation and specialization.
The application of this spirit the Negro
of these millions of result in good to them and those
whom they
We all take pleasure and derive profit the possession of
these farm lands But it is no less the duty OF the owners to
specialize and improve marketing methods to the end that these
acres may become productive of more good to Them
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-18
A PROBLEM-CHIEFLY WHITE.

The racial maadustment that responsible
for the riots Chicago
civilized
for both the white and black but chiefly
However the
may dislike such division responsibility
of Turkish
opposite spngn
fundamental conception that
lead
for the slaughter Ireland
American riots viewed from the distance of Paris
given the
When thirty
unable handle situation
historical girl and yellow journal something
mentally with police
is back of that The
end Negro without
maintain police departments
nas
opinion would
girl to her home physician
That the Tulsa police department permitted
attack depart
criminal indifference which
dschargng their obligation lead
and less highly civilized racespeaking broadly
an earlier day planted on this continent.
In the age of hy there current the doctrine nobes obe
1t has its application today America
centuries the white will
a of American civilization If that civilization
nching mob violence
majority that monopol its positions power
Norfolk Vhgnan
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-18

In our own city very recently, judge sentenced 'oo ~
the wokbou while a pleading and begged LOT her o!
Again Hebrew boy Reform School H 'ne SAM Jus
a for the release OF her sun
same week. another young gentle, you please pu sY
theft of five automobiles admitted that he changed e engine nun
the instruments "'
found person his plea of guilty ana MS u ~
boys arm ana paueu l' " syn
be The same JuuSe i''N
he and the churchmeh VINO 'en'u
testify as confessed CRIMINAL ahu a " U
mother ana cotnueu '
future dispose of the case IN hS same C'u
Coored wokhouse for six months aer p
shirts while Wife soon 10 ne H
prayed the father OF hor expected O
should be paroed.
hold to the beaten PAIN Oh GER
seeming, Is II real ulat justice
upon Hebrew with definite certainty ana
criminal appears for Jce Does SYM
patty interest the tread OF justice Is JUS
and shapened with con-
enent Pittsburgh