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The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Our Yap Island Protest.

Our State Departments protest of
the Pacific islands mandates cannot
be seriously regarded as trap to
inveigle Mr.. HARDING's Administra-
ton into Il recognition of the SUI
preme jurisdiction and final author
ity of the League of Nations. 1t
cannot be fairly described as evil
dence of President WILSON'S repudi-
alton of his own covenant. 1t can
not be reasonably viewed as an elev-
enth hour effort to save Mr.. HARDING
from the consequences of an all but
fatal error committed by his prede-
cessor.
The State Departments act, as we
see 1t, is an opportune, businesslike
impressive procedure to remind for
eign Powers that American interests
in the Pacific cannot be determined,
whether by the Allies in a League of
Nations, or whether by the Allies out
of League of Nations, without the
participation, sanction and authority
of the United States
This Government, us we understand
it. never assented to the arrangement
proposed in behalf of Japan as TO the
general matter of mandates over the
Pacific islands and the particular mat
ter of Yap On the contrary, the sig
natory Allies were advised before
that in any matters touching our in
terests this nation could consent to
no action that did not meet our views
md conform with our rights. Now
when the subject is up for further
treatment, our State Department re-
minds the League representatives on
the job of what the American position
is. has been and will be.
This looks to us like good admins
tration and efficient craftsmanship,
and we are glad so to write it in
the record.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Fast Flights With the Mail.

Bringing the mail from San Fran
cisco in thirty-three hours and twenty
minutes was fine performance by
the men Of the air mail service. II
was a feat performed in bad weather
and partly at night. That it was
dangerous we know from the killing
of Captain LEWIS In Nevada and the
narrow escape from death Of KNIGHT
in Iowa. Brave men, all fliers, and
none braver than these.
Coincident with the triumph of
these courageous fliers comes de-
pressing admission by the Post Office
Department. In the period Of the
air mail service, something less than
three years, twenty-six men have been
killed. We doubt whether the bring
ing of mail few hours. or even days,
more swiftly compensates for such
great loss of life. We have never
heard of a case where the air mail
saved a life, or a reputation, or even
considerable amount of money but
we have heard over and over of the
killing Of the fllers.
When this newspaper referred last
year to the evident waste of valuable
human material in peace time ven
turc not compensated by great public
service we were assured by Mr.. Bur
LESSON and his assistant, Mr.. PRAEGER,
that the air mail service was doing
great things for the science of ayla-
tion. We looked naturally for some
valuable discoveries. There was n
discovery last October, following the
killing OF several fiers in a short
time 1t was the discovery that these
men had been killed because they had
been sent out i'm bad machines. The
experts of the Post Office Department
and the Army discovered" the defects
which were so bald that cross
roads mechanic could have observed
them-after the fiers we're dead.
Surely that should have ended the
entrusting of men and mails TO bad
machines, but it did not. Recently.
in one month. seven men were killed
while trying to fly "a,new type Of all
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
High Gas Bills Explained.
Other Causes Than Inaccurate Me
ters Suggested After Inquiry.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In regard
to complaints about gas meters: Last
December the Public Service Commits
sion tested for accuracy 369 out of
913.155 gas meters in use that month
in the boroughs of Manhattan and The
Bronx. OF those tested 1S5 proved to
be correct, 103 were slow or not meas
uring all the gas those 103 customers
had used, 73 meters were a trihe fast.
five of the meters were entirely inoper-
ative, In that they did not allow any
gas to pass through them, and three
meters did not register any of the gas
that had been used by those three con-
toners. The figures for January are
in like proportion. OF course the gas
companies are always in readiness to
test meters free of charged for customers.
1t should be borne in mind that no gas
meter is installed until 1t has been
proved accurate by it's manufacturer,
then the gas company and finally by
the Public Service Commission, which
places its seal on every meter before
it can be installed.
In their letter to THE NEW York
HERALD James Kyle & Sons said they
cannot help but think that the fault
is in the mechanism of the meter or the
desire Of the companies to increase their
revenue unjustly." There may be sus-
picion as TO the accuracy of the mech
anism, but there is no warrant for the
statement as to "the desire of the com
panies to increase their revenue un-
justly"
Investigation of high gas bills COM
plants almost invariably shows care
lessness In the use of gas for cooking,
lighting, heating and in connection with
I gas water heaters. The gas Is often
lighted and permitted to burn when not
needed.
In many instances complaints are
made about high bills by customers who
arrive at their decisions by comparing
their own bills with a neighbor's. OF
course such comparison is of no value.
because efficiency in one home or busi-
ness should not be a standard of COM
parison with an ineflciently conducted
home or business.
Occasionally customers will overlook
number OF unusually dark days and
protest that no more than the usual
amount OF gas had been used that
month. Many will forget that they had
an unusual number of home entertain
ments. including elaborate dinners, and
seldom. If ever, do they remember that
there was illness In the home. when the
gas water heaters. lights and gas ranges
were kept in continuous use. All Of
these and other reasons are accountable
for so-called high bills.
ROBERT Il. LIVINGSTON.
Director Of Public Relations, Consoli-
dated Gas Company Of New York
New York, February "a.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
The Feminine Paradox.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The fe-
male of the species should be deader
than the male. but she isn't.
on Monday morning when wore high
army boots 20 keep out OF the snow /
saw any number OF young women wear
ing low shoes and no other foot cover
ing except cobweblike hosiery. How do
they survive it7 II. r.. b.
EAST ORANGE, N. j.. February "a.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25

published in Spanish and Portuguese
is rendering valued assistance in ce-
menting a bond of good feeling be
tween the breeders Of the United
States and those of countries where
these languages are spoken. AS q
further aid in the spread of informa
ton It is the intention to have copies
of the various stud books for refer
ence in all Ei'Cdmpo's foreign offices
so that blood lines may be traced
without delay by intending purchasers
of live stock.
This foreign live stock business Is
worth cultivating and should develop
amazingly with the right kind OF
fostering.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
EVENTS TO-DAY.

1.-THE Irish Situation: Past. Present and
Future" lecture by Sir Philip Gibbs. Car
Bairbridge Colby, Secretary of State. and
Or. Harry A. Garfield will speak at the
annual midwinter reunion OF the alumni OF
Williams College, Waldorf-Astoria. =. NJ.
Mass meeting of landlords and tenants.
Morris High School Boston road and 1e6th
street. The Bronx, p. M.
Everett Dean Martin will lecture on
Cooper Union. p. NJ.
Changing Situation In Russia" Town Hall.
New York Section of the American Insti-
tnte Of Electrical Engineers, meeting. En-
gineering Societies Building, P. NJ.
Andre Tridon will lecture on What Il
Psychoanalysis?'' Rumford Hall. so East
Forty-first street. $3.50 p. M
Borough President Henry H. curran will
speakcen CITY Problems Of To-day" Kings
County Republican Club. 202 Patchen avenue,
Prof. Emory b. Lease viii lecture on
Mystic Numbers: Their Relation to Litera
ture. Religion and Folk Lore" Recreation
p. NJ.
Miss Eleanor Markell viii lecture on .'The
Turkish Settlement Still the Problem OF
Europe Hotel Plaza. II 80 A. M.
Justice Samuel y. Levy WIN sneak on
Parent and Child" Temple B'Nai Jeshurun.
Broadway and West Eighty-eighth street.
Inaugural demonstration under the aus
pices of the National American Ballet, Inc.
p. NJ. 80 '''' - y ''''''' ''V
James o1eal will lecture before the Work
ers Educational Forum, 1235 De Kalb avenue.
Brooklyn. +. NJ.
Cashiers Section Of Stock Exchange Firms.
dinner. Aldine Club/7 p. NJ.
Acting Capt. John II. Ayres will lecture
THE Work OF the Bureau of Missing Per
sons" University Club. Lafayette avenue and
South Oxford street. Brooklyn. T. NJ.
Franklin Simon Post. 5g4 American Legion.
entertainment. Unity Council. knights Of Co
lun1bus clubhouse. Webster avenue and Ford
ham road. The Bronx. s:1J r. NJ.
Japan Society. annual meeting. % West
Forty-third street, T.. NJ.
Section Of Obstetrics and Gynecoiogy. meet
ing. Academy of Medicine. II West Forty
third street, 8 30 =. NJ.
OF the Charity ORGANIZATION Society. 105 East
Twenty-second street. +. NJ.
Society OF Independent Artists. exhibition,
Waidorf-Astoria. all day.
Insurance Society, Of New York, dinner.
Young Republican Club. meeting. Hotel
Pennsylvania. T.. NJ.
Friends Of Irish Freedom. meeting. Hotel
McAlpin, s p. NJ
Academy Of Pathological Science. buffet
supper Hotel Astor p VI.
T.. ROGER Miller win lecture on /" Is II Cen
orally Conceded That co Per Cent. Of the
People Are DisgrultIed7" at the Harlem Y.
NJ C. A. at S.15 y. NJ.
Safety 20 life In Ship Construction and
Operation'' will he discussed nj meeting or
the Society OF Safety Engineers at 20 West
Thirty-ninth street, at y. M.
Mrs. M. Claire Finney VIII speak on FROM
Patagonia 20 Panama" at the WOodstocls
library, T5o East ieo,h street. The Bronx.
IL y NJ
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1921.
Equality Before the Law.

The sentence by Judge MAYER of
sixty days in Jail for contempt OF
court stunned Comptroller CRAIG. 1t
startles the public. Yet if this coun-
try is to have the only kind of gov
ernment under which democratic in
stitutions can endure-a government
of laws and not of men-the courts
which interpret those laws must have
the respect of the public and the
power to protect themselves against
unfounded attacks That power is
commonly exercised through the au-
thority possessed by the courts TO
punish for contempt.
In the case of Mr.. CRAIG Judge
MAYER gave him every opportunity to
withdraw his contempt. Mr.. CRAIG
refusing, nothing was left for Judge
MAYER to do but to punish him.
For one of the highest officers of
the greatest city in America to be
sentenced to jail for contempt of
court is a shocking and distressing
thing, bur it is not as shocking and
distressing as would be a situation
in which CHARLES l.. CRAIG could
escape the penalty for contempt of
court because he is prosperous in a
material way, educated, trained in
the law, powerful in politics. OBJ
scure, ignorant, uninfiuential men
who get in contempt of court are
sent to Jail. Conspicuous and power
ful men who get in contempt of court
should go to Jail. AS long as the
courts treat highly placed individuals
like Mr.. CRAIG in the same way they
treat, say, striking miners who vio-
late injunctions. no charge of favorit-
ism can be successfully maintained
against them.
We are sorry for Mr.. CRAIG, as we
are sorry for every man and woman
who runs afoul of the law, but there
Is something more important than
his comfort to be considered. 1t is
q vital principle of American insti-
tutions: equality before the law.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Foreign Trade in Live Stock.

Foreign breeders of live stock are
complaining that they are in danger
of losing their South American and
Australian markets through the ad-
vance in freight rates, which adds so
greatly to the cost of Importation that
purchases for Argentina, Australia
and New Zealand are virtually at
standstlll
This is the chance of q lifetime
for the breeders Of the United States,
and the fact that experts from the
Department of Agriculture, headed by
d. $. BULLOCK, are now in the Argen-
tine on a campaign of education indi-
Gates that the Federal authorities are
awake to the opportunity for com
mercial expansion which the new
conditions afford.
Mr.. BULLOCK took with him more
than a thousand lantern slides show
Ing typical specimens of thoroughbred
horses, among them Man o. War, his
sire Fair Play. Broomstick, Peter Pan,
Hourless. Omar Khayyam, Ballot and
other great performers, as we'll as
pictures Of pure bred cattle, sheep,
swine and poultry. Lectures will
he delivered and these slides shown
at all the agricultural colleges in Ar
gentina. The commission also took
along copies Of the Stud Book show
ing the genealogy Of various thor
oughbred families, in addition to the
stud books Of the Clydesdale. Hack
ney and Percheron tribes. Copies of
the Saddle Horse and Halfbred Hunter
Registries and the annual report Of
the Jockey Cubs bureau of breeding
we're also included.
South America has for many years
been liberal purchaser Of breeding
material. When breeders there learn
that the United states has the types
they require in the development Of
their studs. Hocks and herds much
Of the flow of gold will be diverted to
this market.
Education is going to play an all
important part in this programme.
When the breeders Of the Argentine
and other South American countries
have confidence In our methods the
rest Will be easy. The unwillingness
on the part Of many business men TO
follow shipping and packing lnstruc.
tons before the war caused the diver
s<on Of much trade IN general mer-
chandise 10 Germany. The lesson of
that period was costly and It should
not be forgotten
OF course in any live stock transac.
ton 1t is important 10 see that every
purchaser gets full value for his
money. One satisfied customer be-
gets another. IN Campo, a magazine
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Martha washington's Bead Bag.

When long ago she went to church
Upon her arm II hung,
A dainty tride wrought OF beads
BY sldlful fingers strung.
No doubt II held a silken purse
with money for the plate.
And snowy. perfumed handkerchief
With broidcry ornate.
I fancy that Il still must breathe
OF lavender and rose
wish that II could tell but half
The gossip that IL knows.
The ancient bit Of finery
That dangled once upon
The lovely lace berutlled arm
OF Martha Washington.
COMPANION Of her ficdu. cap.
And maybe brooch OF gold
George washington perhaps admired
The quaint design Of old.
Time garnered many "A treasure rare
But left the bag behind
A souvenir Of all that stood
For gracious womsnkind.
MrNNA IRVING
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Making Trousseaux in Office.

Senator SMooT has discovered that
some young women employees of Gov
ernment departments "have been
known to make their trousseaux dur
ing working hours"
This shows a waste of Government
money, but not the most discourag-
ing kind of waste. For we assume
that the young women, having COM
pleted their marriage garments, quit
the Government service. Unless they
are succeeded by other girls who
presently fall victims to Cupid's dart
and begin making pink chiffon break
fast caps the wastage is stopped at
their particular desks.
1t would be q fine thing for the
American pocket if the Government
could see all the superfluous women
clerks married off and all the need
less men in the departments taught
to know and like the ancient and
honorable trades of plumbing and
carpentry. We should then have a
larger population and more houses
for it to live in.
1t is not the making of trousseaux
at the desks of the lady clerks that
is the prime cause of departmental
extravaganza. The gentlemen at the
heads of departments, bureaus and
commissions who have been making
their political trousseaux in Office have
been the real wasters. Preparing to
wed some impossible ambition, they
have spent the nations money on
fads and patronage.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New YorS-Partly cloudy
to-day and tomorrow; not much change
IN temperature; fresh north and north
west winds.
For New Jersey-Increasing cloudiness. to-
DAY; possibly light snow in south portion.
tomorrow fair; not much change in temper
ature; fresh uorth and northwest winds.
For Northern New England-Fair to-day
10 morrow cloudy: not much change In tenn
perature; fresh northwest winds.
For Southern New England-Fair to-days
Tomorrow CLOUDY; not much change In tenn
perature fresh northwest and north winds.
For Western New York-Cloudy to-day.
probably light snow near the lakes; to-mor-
row generally fair, with rising temperature.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The storm that
was central over the lower st. Lawrence
Valley last night moved eastward to New
foundland. the northwestern disturbance
moved rapidly southeastward to Alabama.
where II was central tonight, while a third
disturbance moved inland from the north
plains States. the Rocky Mountain and
plateau regions and the Pacific States.
Light snow lfas fallen within the last
States. the region OF the great lakes, the
Ohio and upper mississippi valleys and Ia
eastern and central Tennessee. and light
rain in the middle and lower Missouri VAL
ley and northern Alabama. Fair weather
prevailed from the plains States westward.
me temperature has fallen in the Allan
tic. States and it has risen in the middle
and west Gulf States. while unseasonably
warm weather continues over the western
half of the country. At Los Angeles. Cal,
maximum temperature of 30 degrees was
registered to-day and at Havre. Mont, GO
degrees.
The Alabama disturbance will move east
northeastward, attended by unsettled weather
and light precipitation tomorrow in the
Carolinas and the southern portion of the
middle Atlehtic States and snow flurries,
probably in portions of the lake region.
The outlook Is for generally fair weather
Saturday In the States east of the Missis-
Stppl River. The tCmQprattIre will fall In
the east Gulf States and 1t will not change
materially elsewhere tomorrow, but the
weather VIII become warmer Saturday from
the region of the great lakes southwark
over the Ohio Valley, Tennessee and the east
Gulf States.
Observations at United States Weather Bu-
reau stations taken at 8 p NJ Yesterday
seventy-fifth meridian time:s
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
One-third Saved by New Meter.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: In your
comments on tests for gas meters you
failed 90 tell how to get refund
for overcharges
After three months of complaining on
my part-September October, November
the Consolidated Gas Company in
stalled a new meter for me. Since that
time my gas bills have been two-thirds
what they we're for those months.
The report OF the test of the old meter
stated It to read 100 per cent. correct.
II Il was correct how do you explain
the decrease in gas bills OF one-third7 ?
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Mime. Samaroff's Concert.

Mime. Olga Samaroff continued her
journey through the realm of Beetho-
ven's piano sonatas yesterday afternoon
in Aeolian Hall She played the G
major. opus 81. No. l, the A fiat. opus
&c, G major. opus as. No. 2, and G.
minor (the first number of the same
opus) and the E fiat, opus 81. No. 8.
The arrangement of the succession of
sonatas was obviously made for the pur-
pose of enlarging the variety and con-
trast of the list.
Nine. Samaroff's husband. Leopold
StolzowslSi, conductor of the Philadelphia
Orchestra, delivered some comment on
Beethoyen's middle period. The under
taking which Nine. S.marotf IMPOSED
upon herself in this series OF recitals
was formidable and aroused questions as
to it's reception by the public. The out
come has been felicitous. The pianist
has thus far discharged her duties with
fine artistic devotion and insight, while
the audiences have been sufficiently large
to evidence a wide interest among teach
ers students and serious music lovers.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Union Rights and Wrongs.

When the American Federation of
Labor leaders at their conference in
Washington demand public support
of the right of workers to organize
into trade unions they demand some
thing which there is no need to de-
mand. 1t is theirs. The fright to
and practice of collective bargaining
is theirs. "The right to work and
to cease work collectively" is gener-
ally theirs. At the same time of
course ii is the right of those who do
not want to join trade unions to
stay out Of them. 1t is the right of
those unwilling to do collective bar
gaining so to abstain from 1t. 1t is
the right of those wanting to con
tinue to work so to continue, though
others collectively refuse.
SO long as the unions stick to their
legitimate purposes and practices of
cooperating to increase their wages
when they are too low. to better their
working conditions when they are
not right. to improve economic re-
suits and to stabilize industrial stu
ations they not only, in truth. are
entirely within the rights already be-
longing to them but are in useful
and justifiable business.
When, however, SAM GoMPERs's S
conference of union leaders and poll
ticians declares for the deliberate de-
fiance of court DEGREES and the wan
ton violation of regulatory laws il de-
clares for knock down and drag out
with the national and State govern
ments and the American public. And
when Mr.. GoMPERs's or any other or
ganization thus assumes to set itself
beyond the authority of representative
government and above the power of
the whole people such a clustering
body is not headed for an extension
Of its rights and privileges; it is
headed for an experience from which
it will emerge pulveriZed.
Before anybody can get a special
exemption from the conspiracy and
anti-combination laws" of this ma
ton, as GoAIPERs demands, the ma
tion itself will have to be dissolved
For any Gompers conference te
dream that such thing is possible
is sheer lunacy. Before anybody car
make himself immune from the State
prison penalties of "a fiat refusal t.
recognize or abide by the terms. OF
injunctions" the American people
will have to be subjugated. For any
Gompers aggregation to press to its
ultimate consequences the fulfilment
of that law violation and court def
ance challenge would be suicide.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Your sug-
gestion TO have test made of a sus-
pected gas meter sounds very fine, but
as a practical plan it does not seem to
work out at all for the very good reason
that the inspections always result in the
meter being "all right, lady" according
to the inspector. SO you are out your
half dollar and get no satisfaction.
have tried that method too often to
place any confidence in it.
BROOKLYN, February "a. MRS. E. 3.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
The Winds Grief.
Front The Athenaeun,

FROM the Athendeun.
The wind is grieving. Over what old
woe
Howls II as though
It's very heart would break?--
The rowing wind, who merriy did make
A song all day in woods and meadows
gay,
Grieyes in the night.
Is II for olden evil 1t hath done
Meath moon and sun
Since first It roved the world?
Brave trees uprooted. ships and sailors
hurled
To stormy death? or for the passing
breath
OF flowers bright?
r. w. HARVEY.
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Fritz Kreisler SoIoist.

A programme Of very familiar and at
tractive features engaged the attention
of a large audience at the concert OF the
Philharmonic Society IN Carnegie Han
last nieht. Fritz Ireisler WAS the solo
is, THE numbers comprised Franck's
ID minor symphony. Beethovens violin
concerto and TschailSovsky's "Marche
Clav"
The New York herald., 1921-02-25

Apparently 1t is more Of a crime to
steal the name of liquor than the
liquor itself. A court has refused to
entertain the latter charge. AS for
the labels. why does not the old maxim
"Caveat emptor"-Let the buyer be-
ware-apply to moonshine as well as
TO licit articles of trade?
The New York herald., 1921-02-25
Canounagc.
From nc Kansas city stor.

'Looky yur. Runt.' stsrnly said Gap
johnson OF Rumpus Ridge. Ark. what
In thunder do you mean by trying to sneak
off TO Sunday school with a face on you
as dirty as the bottom of an iron pot? Co
on back now and wash II. Wash II good.
or I'll slap you downi"
II don't wanteri" snaricd the child. ''pve
got a black eye. ana itil showi"