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New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Evidence Of Debated
Enthusiasm at Con
vention; Effect of the
Depression Is Felt

chamber was moved to express it by
the proposal Of bills in the last Con-
grass to put the government in the
coal and the packing business. "Less
government in business" was the means
of expression of the chambers aver
sion to state socialism.
\ The other half Of the shibboleth.
More business methods in govern
mcnt," involves less controversial mat
ter With few annotations overy
one can indorse it, without regard to
differences of social opinion and aspi-
rations for the ultimate state OF So
ciety. In so far as it, means more ef-
ficiency and better management in pub
lie life it deserves universal approval.
To cfface any opposition it ought to
be amplified to read More good busi-
ness methods in government"
In SO far as government initiates the
methods Of business it will be we'll for
| it to avoid some of the evils from
which business has freed itself or is
emerging. There has been plenty of
,.. =" p'o
i' aAe' especia'.s wherc ohiclals OIL
corporations act in their own interest
rather than in the interest of the en-
| tity which is intrusted to them.
| Men in business have too often been
seleceeo because OIL connections ana
'A4uoloes 'ia'hef snan On lneIis' nusi-
ness has been too much conducted be-
nlnu o4oSsu uuoi ooipvia's,oAs liaHe y.
IVY iVnk hau uiiecsols Wno uo 10y VI
rece' Dus merely uncraDlcal'y aoiiow
ons ~ p"s ut..s'oi Ne sNsep s,oNe' W
ls.a.'ss. 1.soiahig 'he uusesil's in.sn-
ous 3 BUSINESS she Eoselilhe''e nl'sn.
| W.. c0ii ?, slaer sus suss ess'oi, silsa's
msoe Dy Si1resloeht riar1lng, lhaS sthere
pc more business mesno9h an govern
menu. Supstlsutlng oascretlon ana per-
sonar lnl1laclve Tor olho'hg ruies ana
req tape IS one Important manner III
which government could prohtaply fol-
low the ways OF business. ihe aaoption
OF Duaget ana tne 'apsorpeiol ol
more lmpelling desire TO ehmlna1e un-
necessary ana unproouctlVe expehol-
lures are others.
! Through the myriad OF speeches ana
| Informal conversations which made
up the convention the yearnlng for
better understanding between gov
ernment and business permeated. The
feeling was widespread that knowl-
edge that the government was ready to
encourage business would seem like a
fragrant breath of spring air.
Although optimism was restrained,
if not repressed. at the conferences
there was no prevalence of extreme
pessimism. Delegates from many dis
tricts confirmed the view that many
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
~ UCKING the tide of depression
II and fighting to overcome it,
rather. than alln1uif1n Il tn

~ UCKING the tide of depression
and fighting to overcome it,
rather than allowing it to
overcome business, is a policy
adopted by the National Cash Reg
lister Company in the present
emergency. The policy has been sue
cessful to the extent that sales have
been increased beyond those of last
year without the necessity of reduc-
ing prices, which is an unusual ex-
perience in this era of price cuts.
The attitude Of business toward the
depression has shaped itself into two
schools or classes of thought One is
submitting passively to what is con-
sidered the inevitable--duH business.
The other believes that constructive
work, largely IN the form of more
intensive salesmanship, will solve
many of the problems that the world
wide readjustment has thrown in the
face Of business men.
The experience of the New York
sales Office Of the National Cash Regis
ter Company during the last six months
is typical Of the company's business as
a whole, and provides an illustration Of
the value of a constructive policy bet
ter than agencies in some of the other
cities, inasmuch as New York in the
business world has been widely her
aided as a Sink of pessimism."
No Easy Road
Business men," said c. A. Snyder,
manager Of the New York district for
the company, "have forgotten the old
truism that there is no easy road to
success. The boom period rolled busi-
ness into their Offices without their
working for it. They forgot that hard
work is an essential for business sue
cess. Like other concerns we enjoyed
a period of false prosperity, but, un-
like many others, we saw that it would
not last and that preparations for the
reaction were essential
when the slow-up in business began
to be. apparent in our sales we pur-
sued a policy that many firms would
consider ruinous, Instead of retrench-
ing we began to expand. We increased
our advertising, we put on more sales
men and began working our sales ter
ritories more intensively. | am not at
liberty to quote sales figures, but can
assure you that SO far in the present
year we are ahead of last year"
The chief feature of the constructive
sales policy as outlined by Mr.. Snyder
is the more intensive training of sales
men. The National Cash Register Com
pany always has been noted for it's
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
n. Y. Retail Trade More Complex
Greater Variety of Uncertainties Presented to De-
partnent Stores Now Than When
Prices Were Slumping

The purely luxury goods, such as
jewelry furs, expensive dress trim
mings, ETC., are relatively inactive, too,
showing, the merchants say, that the
spirit of economy is still strong in the
makeup of the average customer.
This change in the buying temper of
the public has forced retailers to keep
an ear close to the ground which the
consumer walks. The slightest change
in the character Of merchandise de-
manded is noted, and purchases are
made accordingly.
The large department stores main
tain that they have cleaned out all
their high priced merchandise and that
their present stocks now consist of
new goods purchased on lower market
levels. Unless prices decline still fur
ther, which the retailers consider un-
likely, there are now losses to be taken
on stocks in hand. However, this does
not relieve the merchant of the neces-
sity of guarding against overstocking.
Although losses are unlikely through
price declines, the overhead, consisting
of rent, light, heat, insurance, interest,
etc, which has shown no reduction, is
still too high to be applied to large
stocks. The safe theory of operation at
present, as revealed by conversations
with store executives, is to speed up
turn-overs without increasing stocks.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
.sKaty's'' Checkered Life
History Again to Fore
Heavily Mortgaged Southwestern Roads
Ups and Downs Broug ght to Light in
New Capitalization Program
By William E. Hooper

IT~HE Missouri Kansas has hands ,c.
The have recently
- the Capitalization with Interstate ca
Of the plans have not public
present and the history
ixation throws on situation
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Many Difficulties

No one could adequately describe
the difficulties that stood in the way
of a more scientific operating program.
Labor in the Southwest was so scarce
that it was a farce to fire a man, be.
cause you had to hire him back the
next week. There were laws that pro-
hibited heavy long trains-the ore
most obvious and scientific way of re-
ducing railroad operating expenses
and there were laws which were SC
petty that, had not the aggregate sc.
riously interfered with railroad opera.
ton, they would have been delightfully."-
funny.
A locomotive engineer was by law
compelled to blow his whistle when he
crossed the state line of Texas. One
type of screens was prescribed for
passenger car windows in one state and
an entirely different type in the adjoin-
ing state. Can't you see the conduc-
tors and brakemen and Pullman car
porters trying to take down Arkansas
screens and replace them by Oklahoma
screens while the Katy Limited wal
passing over that imaginary line which
separates the august majesty Of The
sovereign state Legislature Of Arkan,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

a professional Chamber Of Commerce
executive, who has been prominently
identified with the machinery Of the
body almost since its birth, more than
nine years ago; and by Joseph H. De-
frees, the president Of the national
body. Mr.. Defrees IS Chicago attor-
ney and he brings to his leadership
the finest traditions Of the legal pro-
fession. He and Mr.. Goodwin made
out q good case in defense of the
propagandist efforts Of the chamber;
they insisted that the organization
functioned wholly in the open with the
freest publicity, and that, further, busi-
ness had a right to be heard, il not
needed, in the councils of government.
To the extent that the chamber
brings into the open the desires and
wants of industry in politics, it is
serving a genuine purpose. Business
cannot be muzzled, and it is better for
| it to articulate through responsible
body with full publicity rather than for
| individual men of business secretly and
privately to gain the ears of legis-
| latures. The attacks on the chamber,
in so far as they are sincere, originate
from the premise that business is in
herently bad and should be suppressed
"a theory which when frankly for
mulated collaDses from its inherent
stupidity. Under the present organi-
zation of society, it is essential that
the yardstick of legislators by the gen
eral public good. In establishing q
technique to attain this ideal, it is
enorm mously helpful to get the ideas and
opinions and facts from various in
terested groups, such as labor organi-
cations and business organizations,
whenever they are offered in good
faith.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Don't Expect Legislation

The business men do not expect
every suggestion they make to be
translated into law. They merely hope
that their recommendations will re-
ceive consideration.
In the slogan of the Chamber Of
Commerce convention, definite social
philosophy was summarized. The
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Slight Upward
Trend Felt i'm
Steel Industry
Gain Not Sufficient, How
ever, to Indicate Amy
Great Business Recovery; !;
Trade More Confident
Cost Readjustment Next
Steel & Tube Head Thinks
Settlement of This Is
All That Checks Business
Special Dispotch TO Tho Tribune

JVeCtHt
PITTSBURGH, April 3O.--~A slight
Improvement mas marked the week In
the stoel industry in the Pittsburgh
and Youngstown districts, indicating
an upward tendency to the demand for
various steel products, but not suffi-
cient to justify the prediction that
business is about to resume.
What increases have occurred have
not been large enough to justify in
creased operation. Whether the ten
dency to swell will continue or not
cannot bo predicted, but there is GER
tainly moro confident attitude upon
the. part of many operators. No one
feels that normal condition will re-
suit for some time, but the conviction
is gaining ground that no further re-
cessions in price need be looked for
and that this will eventually result in
bringing out orders
President James A. Campbell of the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
says there is an improved tone in plates
and pipe, largely due to demand from
oil we'll interests. Mr.. Campbell looks
for seasonal dulness in July and Au-
gust, but pickup and gradual i'm
provement after that. The Sheet and
Tube Company believes that cost re-
adjustment to normal basis is all that
activity seldom equalled in this coun-
try.
Believe Prices Steady
The company feels that prices are
now near the level on which they may
De expected to remain for some time
and that there is nothing to prevent
general resumption Of business EXCEPT
fallure by the public to comprehend the
situation. adjustments have taken
place in agriculture, in the textile in
dustry and in the steel industry. par
slaiiy In the building trades, while the
railroads are making progress in this
direction, 1T is explained.
ihese readjustments have not af-
iected the buying power of the public
because they have not been acocmnan;ad
by proportionate reduction in the
cost of living" it is stated.
w. "A. Thomas, a member Of the exec
utlve committee of the Brier Hill Steel
Company and its former president, be-
ileves that conditions will approach
normal before fall.
Most Of the current businesy ema-
mates from automobile interests. The
|'Ford Motor Company has issued an in
curry FOR 5000 tons Of black sheets,
winch IS now circulating among Mahon-
ing Valley makers. Ford is reported to
have recently placed 10000 tons with
maker in nearby territory, with prom
Use of an additional 5000 tons when
the initial order is rolled. INQUIRIES
are also looked for in larger volume
from the General Motors group.
An indication of the improved situa-
tlon in the sheet market is the enlarged
rate Of operation this week, which is
virtually 80 per cent of capacity, the
Lest rate in many weeks. Next week the
Sharon Steel Hoop Company will start
a number of sheet mills at both it's
Sharon and Lowellville works, officials
ANNOUNCE. Its sheet mill units have
teen idle for two weeks.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Enroys Cling to Tradition

Following the storm of business nd
versity, envoys of the counting rooms
and the mills were disposed to cling
closely to tradition and to the good
old-fashicned ways. There was less of
the atmosphere of intellectual adven-
turesomeness which made the recon
struction Congress and the Interna-
tional Trade Conference III October,
1918, new chapters in the history Of
trade associations and conferences.
To degree, the participants in the
deliberations felt on the defensive.
Business men are still waging an up
hill, defensive battle against the blind
forces making for instability and inn
paired confidence. Moreover, officials
Of the chamber felt called upon to de-
fend 1.-THE most representative mouth
piece Of the American business man
from the attacks launched by it's critics.
Senator La Toilette had recently paid
his respects to the organization by
calling il pernicious lobby; Matthew
Woll, vice-president Of the American
Federation Of Labor, and the whole or
ganization had assaued the chamber as
an anti-lsbor body, because of its atti-
'tude IN respect to the open shop;
principal spokesman for the farmers at
Washington had spoken unkindiy Of
the efforts of the chanabsr so Influence
public opinion.
The task of meeting these criticisms
vas undertaken BY Elliott G. Goodwin.
resident vice president Of the chamber,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
The Musical analogy

1t is hardly fair, Of course, to Judge
product by standards to which it
does not aspire. None of the captains
or privates of industry who threw their
ideas into the moving stream of dis
eussions consciously thought Of the
musical analogy, and are not to be
blamed for falling short Of the stand
ards of Beethoven or of Wagner.
And yet, even measured by previous
conventions of the Chamber of Com
laerce, the sessions of last week do not
stand preeminent. There was more
.grayness and less color at these par
leys than at any important congress
sponsored by the Chamber since the
signing Of the armistice. Eleven
months of intensified depression per-
haps played part in clipping the
wings of those who were vocal.
There was evidence of Debated en-
thusiasm.
There was, too, less of the revolu-
tionary strain. At the reconstruction
congress in 1918, for example, meister-
singers Of industry were chanting
fresh songs regarding the advent of a
new world, in which industrial rela-
lions between employer and employee
you'd be raised to new plane and in
which cooperation among trading ma
tions throughout the world would sup
plant rivalry, jealousy and small
mindedness. Last week no one could
say, surely that the men of business
had receded from their earlier views
which were shot through with practi-
cal idealism, but it was obvious that
there had been change Of emphasis
After the bumps of depression dele.
gates were inclined to focus attention
on more earthly things, such as reduc.
ing costs, including wages, on tariffs tc
shut out unwanted foreign goods, or
lower taxes, or at least less disturbing
impcsts, on cheaper railroad service
and other marerial things. Again q
footnote seems necessary to prevent 8
misreading. Many Of the things dis.
cussed and indorsed on Wednesday
Thursday and Friday of last week were
wholly consistent with the specific
policies urged in 1919, but the genera
attitude and outlook were changed ane
problems were viewed in changed
rsorvra~fix,o
The New York herald., 1921-04-09

able to afford it, IL was a favorite
joke when in company or friends to re-
fuse to make a purchase OF some cheap
article, and tell the salesman that he
could not afford II. Notwithstanding
this we'll known characteristic, the same
statement made in the last year Of his
life Is presented as a delusion evidencing
senile dementia: the joke of middle life
becomes the tragedy OF old age.
ANY opinion that a man has not
sufficient testamentary capacity TO draw
a will has but little force If he has
drawn a will that shows that he had
capacity TO comprehend the nature and
extent Of his property. the nature of
the act he was performing, the name
and identity of the persons who were
the proper objects of his bounty and
his relations to them.
Reviewing all the evidence and Civ
ing due weight to that produced by
the contestants. in my opinion any in
ference that might be drawn therefrom
adverse to the testators capacity is
overcome by the actual demonstration
OF his mental process as shown by the
evidence. He undoubtedly had some
weaknesses and infirmities. but pos
sessed to the day Of his death strong
will. business capacity, discernment and
Judgment.
New York University receives a be-
quest OF s250.000 under the will. SINH
lar amounts are left to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. the American Museum
of Natural History and the Associa-
ton for Improving the Condition OF the
Poor. The General Society of Mechanics
and Tradesmen was left s1.500.000.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
ENO'S HUGE GIFTS
ARE HELD VALID
Columbia University Will Get
$12,5O0,0O0 Under Appel
late Division Decision.

Amos r. Emo. who drew up a will
disposing OF an estate of $2o,0oo.0oO q
few months before he died on October
q. 1915. in his 18th year. was competent
TO execute the document, the Appellate
Division held yesterday. The will left
residuary estate amounting to si2.-
$4,000 to Columbia University and ST.
50o.0 900 to other educational and char
table institutions and relatives. OPP
posing It's validity were numerous
lam P. Emo. brother of the testator;
Antoinette E. Wood, sister; Henry L.
Emo and Clifford and Amos r. E.
Pinchot. nsphews; Antoinette john
stone, Florence C. Graves and Mary
r. Emo. nieces. The document divided
s450oooo among them, but It was exc
cuted as a substitute for a, previous will
In which the real estate owner had left
nearly all his estate to the relations
The Appellate Court opinion reversed
a decision Of Surrogate's jury that Mr..
Emo was incompetent when he made
his will. and ordered a new trial. It
reversed also an order OF the Surroga tes
Court denying a motion to set aside the
jury's verdict Though all the Appellate
justices concurred in the verdict OF COM
potency. two opinions were handed down.
The majority one, by Justice Page, said
In part:
During his whole life he was ready
70 say as an excuse for not doing what
he did not want to do that he was not
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
100000 IN DRUGS
SEIZED BY RAIDERS
Narcotic Squad Descends on
Mott Street Importer Early
This Morning.

Drugs worth 100000 were seized al
2 o'clock this morning by detectives
working under DR.. Carlton Simon. Spe-
cial Deputy Police Commissioner. in a
raid on the apartment Of David Botti, an
importer of olive oils, who lives one
flight UP at 10 Mott street The de-
tectives believe that the batch seized
this morning Is from the same source as
the S250,000 lot which was discovered In
Brooklyn two weeks ago.
For some time Lieut. Mooney and De-
tectives Boylan and Cruger of the Mar
cotic Squad have been trailing Bottl. A
short time after midnight they saw him
go into a grocery store at 119 Mulberry
street, where. the police believe, the
wholesale drug vendors have maintained
a sort of distributing centre. Detective
Cruger stsopped Botti and asked him
what he was carrying on his hip.
Not thing" said Botti. But Cruger
searched him anyhow and found a pack
age of cocaine.
Papers found on Botti led the detcc-
tives to his fiat In Mott street. They
gained entrance with a key which they
had found in Botti's pocket. Over the
protests of Botti's wife and daughter
they searched the flat and finally found
the package of drugs hidden in recess
In clothes closet
The package apparently had not been
opened. 1t came from Darmtadt. Ger
many, according to markings on Il, and
DIR. Simon said he believed II was a
part of a huge consignment which has
been srnuggled into this country recently.
Bottb according 10 the detectives,
has had a lrage clientele among the up
town drug vendors. especially in the
Italian districts. The drugs were taken
to Police Headquarters and Botti was
locked up.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
REPUBLICANS PUT IN
CLAIMS FOR u. S. JOBS
State Committees Headquar-
ters Besieged.

New York Republicans seeking Fed
eral jobs at the hands Of the new Ad-
h1inistration at Washington foregatl,-
ered yesterday from all parts Of the
state and put in their claims at the
neadquarters of the Republican Sta te
Committee. They were heard there by
'.nlted States Senator'S William M. Cal
Ger and James w. wadsworth ana
George Glynn, chairman of the commit
zee. For a part of the day the callers
We're SO numerous that the line extended
outside the door of the building.
senator Calder is expected to confer
next Monday with President Harding
upon the distribution of patronage in
New York State, in order that that
question may be settled as early as pos
sib'e and be ready for final disposition
When Congress convenes.
Among the callers yesterday were
Philip Elting, Ulster county leader. !.
Jesse Phillips. State Superintendent OF
insurance; William Barnes and wiz
lam D. Cunningham. Court of Claims
Judge. who is said to desire a United
States District AttorDeyship
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
WOMAN IN ELEVATOR
ROBBED OF PAYROLL
Polite Stranger Forces Oper-
ator Out and Escapes.

Mrs. T. Hogan. bookkeeper for the
Union Bindery, stepped yesterday morn
ing into the elevator of the building at
AS West Thirty-seventh street, where
the company is located. with little
black bag in her hand containing a
S1,527 payroll.
After her stepped a tall dark COM
plexioned man, who politely removed his
hat. On the way up the tall man re-
sumed his hat. produced revlover and
seized the bag. He then forced the op-
orator to run the car - the eighth floor.
There he showed the lift man out. lifted
Mrs Hogan, who had tainted. after him.
ran the car to the ground floor and
ESCAPED.
The New York herald., 1921-04-09
WOMEN RECLUSES LMMURED
3 YEARS IN HOBOKEN HOTEL
Finally Taken to Hospital When Pile of Cans Fire
Escape Reveals Their Strange Mode of Life
All Shopping by Mail.

Sunderland obviously very i'll: sick
dog lay groaning on tho floor. and the
two rooms which the women occupied
were piled knee high around all their
walls with empty food cans and boxes
Miss Sunderland refused to talk al
all, but Mrs. Miller. after considerable
urging. said that they had cut them
selves off from the rest of the world be-
cause they had to-" and that che would
discuss that point no further. Their
home, she said. was in Manhattan. and
they had moved to Hoboken suddenly In
January. 1918.
Since then. she stated, neither Of them
had been out of their rooms, and what
food they had had they had ordered and
received by mail.
Mrs. Miller told Police Inspector Dan
iel Kiely that she had been involved in
lawsuits concerning an estate Of 500. .OOf
left her by her husband in Kansas City
for many years. She said that until
recently payments had been made her
f,om the estate by a cousin in Kansas
City. Then the money stopped coming
and she undertook to find out why.
Miss Sunderland was found to be suf-
fering from tuberculosis after both wom-
en- had been taken TO st. Mary's Hospi-
tai. She will be kept there until her
case has been Investigated fully. Mrs
Miller was allowed to leave the hospital
after she had been there few hours.