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New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
The Bears and the Detectives

Herbert c. Hoover remarked cas-
ually the other day that polar bears
came under his jurisdiction, while
grizzly bears were under the Secre-
tary of the Interior and brown bears
under the Secretary Of Agriculture.
1t is much the same way with the
sleuths and crime trailers who work
for the government. The United
States Secret Service, proudly senior
to all the other aggregations, is un-
der the Secretary Of the Treasury.
1t is responsible for the safety of the
President and the prevention of
counterfeiting. The Treasury has
other constabulary forces at it's COM
mand-the moonshinc distillery raid
ers of the Internal Revenue Bureau,
the customs inspectors, the coast
guard, the income tax inspectors and
the prohibition Enforcement agents
a formidable brigade.
The Department of Justice main
tains its marshals and deputy mar
shals and its Bureau of Invcstiga
ton, detective agency which grew
to gigantic proportions during the
war. The Interior Department has
It's national parks service, the Agri-
cultural Department its foresters
and the Postoffice Department it's
small army Of inspectors on the look
out for illegal users of the mails.
The President and the Cabinet are
said to be considering a unifcation
of the crime preventive and detec
tive energies of all these groups. If
the crazy quilt of Federal admins
tration is to. be scissored, here is a
good place to begin. Reorganization
is stiff job, for the deorganjzed
and reorganizcd always gag at the
medicine. Possibly it would be wisest
to experiment first with the bears
and the detectives. They may growl
loudest. But a successful operation
may put the rest of the menagerie
in a less bellicosc mood.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
C'est la Guerre

Why not Federal Department of
Domestic Relations, duly represented
by member Of the Cabinet? Or,
perhaps, bureau in Secretary
Hoover's Ola podrida might be de-
voted to regulating the commerce in
husbands and wives. Or, better
still, the experts of the Department
OF Justice, skilled in unscrambling
corporations, but now largely idle,
might occupy their energies in un-
scrambling the complexities of the
often welded.
The outbreak Of seconds taking
on thirds and thirds trying again
with No. is a veritable Pelee
eruption. There is an epidemic Of
triumphs of hope over experience.
The society editor, as he writes his
notices, writes down d'autrofois
where formerly he wrote nee. At
Palm Beach the last bulwark of con-
vention has fallen and successors
meet predecessors calmly. 1t no long
er seems good form to be disturbed
by the presence of a cast-off. He or
she is chatted with pleasantly. His
or her good qualities are mentioned
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Internal Tax Revision First

1t is agreed that the chief work of
the extra session Of Congress will be
a revision of the tax laws. Whether
'or not the net burden of Federal
taxation can be greatly reduced
within two or three years, there is
all acute demand for a revision of
the war tax schedules and moditi-
cation of forms Of taxation which
have become relatively non-produc-
tive and are at the same time a clog
on business.
There has been some dispute at
Washington about priority as be-
tween internal revenue revision and
tariff revision. But it is clear that
the country is thinking more about
the former than the latter. Mr..
Mondell put the matter mildly when
he remarked, after an interview
with the President: II want to say
that the business of the country is
as much dependent upon relief from
the burdens Of war taxes as upon a
revision of the tariff laws" He could
have said, Car more dependent"
Congress passed an emergency
tariff act at the last session, intend
ed to give relief to the farmer; but
it had been loaded down with need
less amendments and lost its emer-
gency character II it is desired to
check importations in some of the
schedules a simple emergency rem
edy would be, as Mr.. Mondell sug-
gests, to enact an anti-dumping law
and an administrative amendment to
the tariff law valuing importations
at the port Of entry instead Of at the
port of shipment.
Revised tariff schedules cannot be
expected to bring in more than a
small fraction Of the revenue which
the government requires. They will
supplement internal taxation. Our
tariff policy has also been funda-
mentally affected by the conversion
Of the United States from a debtor
ration into q creditor nation. A
creditor nation, with huge surplus
of exports, cannot adopt an attitude
of economic exclusion.
The public therefore has it's mind
concentrated on the internal tax
problem. 1t wants to get rid Of
vexatious and Improbable taxes and
to see the burdens of the next few
years lightened by more scientific
adjustment. The tariff can easily
wait until more pressing internal
revenue revision is out of the way.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
A Vision of iaducts
To Embellish Sixth Avenue, Colun
bus Circle and Maybe ft0th St.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Where there is possibility ..
combining beauty with utility in thi.
monstrous city why not accomplish X
This has been done at the Grand Gen
trail Terminal. There is Il proposition I:
this mornings Tribune from Or. Jot;
A. Harriss, special Deputy Police Con
missioner, to build a viaduct along
side the elevated railroad tracks O.
Sixth Avenue between Bryant and Ger.
tral parks. Stores may be built facin:
the surface Of the viaduc. and tas
stores on the street level would be q
though they were in an arcade.
Why cannot some such scheme NJ
carried out at Columbus Circle sal
possibly al 11Oth Street at the psa
entrance? The viaduct might not NJ
needed there for traffic. but a nls'|
uniting beauty and utility could y
worked out something like this:
iHilHeui1tt4S Oh tiir NliC4e teesl y
the height Of buildings to six or sevef
stories. Let these buildings from SUI
tieth Street around the Circle crosslns
Fifty-ninth Street, Eighth Avenue anf
Broadway be connected by bridges, iaf
roofs of these buildings and tns
bridges to be used as promenade spac'E
Back of these buildings could be erec''
ed others of many stories, like M'
Gotham Bank Building, which WOULD
of course, have street entrances. i'
upper stories Of the tall building
above the lower buildings which fs'i
the Circle would make wonderful hosT
and apartment houses, with promena'l
in front. From hlese Circle rampar'J
could be observed parades and ma'I
public spectacles to much greater al
vantage than from the crsmped io''I
ton at the Public Library. Isn't 'nf
a suggestion worthy the conslderatl'1
of our city planners?
ELIZABETH s. BALLlhL
New York, March Il, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
A Briggs Cartoon
0rom The Kansas Cits STAR


Briggs had cartoon in the pare
the other day that attracted vide .
tention. 1t was the pictorial story y
a man going through the sleeping c''
of long train to the diner. When q
arrives he finds long line ahead '
him waiting for seats
Teas of thousands of persons lo0'''
at the cartoon and laughed. le' ~
idea was simple one, and at ~
sight not particularly funny. "hs'
there so humorous about man 'e''
ing car Chicopec, and going thr0''
the Valhalla, Naiad, Venus and b'''
ingham?
Several clements combined to ma
the cartoon. Pretentiousnes Of !"
names of the sleeping cars. the u
ficultlcs of the journey on the iu'r
ing train, the disappointment al =
end and finally the clever drawing
faces and figures, all helped to cree
sense Of the ludicroIs. iAe o.,
was wide because everybody mas -
the same experience. Each person y.
himself in the place OF the man s''~
bling through the train.
The universal experience IS
foundation for effective work. "he'",
IN art or lteature. 1t Is the sec.
Of the appeal OF novel like the m''
talked of Main Street. Mos, o.
know Gopher Prairie, Minn. We 10
heard its characters talk. In the 80,
way We all get the interest IN y
series of Nv hen IA Feller NeeoS
Friend" or Our Boyhood AmbitioaS
or the Grand and Glorious feeii"s
When our own experience giVes
the key to understanding a picture
piece of writing, then We are "
pared to enjoy it.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
The Colombian Treaty
Would Roosevelt Stand for 1t Now
Read What He Said

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t is surprising indeed that a
Republican Administration should now
be engaged in trying to force the pas
sage Of the Colombian treaty. Is the
friendship which can be bought for
cash worthy of having? When the
Wilson Administration WAS trying to
minority report stated "We cannot
afford to purchase cordial relations
with any country. We cannot afford to
answer a blackmail demand. Once re-
spond to such a demand and we shall
be held for every fanced wrong by
other countries" which statement is
as true to-day as it was then.
Senator Lodge, reversing his former
opposition to the treaty, is quoted as
saying that if Roosevelt were alive he
would not object to the passage of the
treaty. l advise the learned Senator to
read Roosevelt's article on "The Pana-
ma Blackmail Treaty." few passages
of which are as follows:
liz pay ii1eAtt can oHly DC JuSCl1eu
upon the ground that this nation has
played the part Of thief, or Of a re-
ceiver OF. stolen goods.
"The attempt WAS blackmail then,
and to yield to it now is to yield to
blackmail.
In point Of good sense and sound
morality, the proposal is exactly on a
par with paying n discomfited burglar
heavy sum for damages done his
feelings by detecting him and expell-
ing him from the house."
GEORGE II. HORNE JR.
Woodhaven, N. Y, March 8, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
The Worlds Common Estate

President Harding and Secretary
Hughes, by reaching the sound de-
cision to give full protection to all
American rights accruing to the
United States as result of the COM
mon victory Of the Allied powers,
show themselves not only good pa
triots but wise and far-seeing inter
nationalists.
There is but one enduring basis on
which world union can be built. 1t
is the principle of community and
equivalency Of right among the ma
tions drawn together by great ne
cessity. This principle does not rest
for solidity on any treaty or written
agreement. Whether or not this
country signs the Versailles treaty,
or whether or not it enters any for
NAL league, is not of primary conse-
quence. The principle derives its
force from deeper sources than paper
instruments. 1t antedates and pre-
cedes such things, and its integrity is
not impaired by appearance or non
appearance at particular council
tables.
To discriminate. to make title to
common rights depend on formalities
and ceremonies, is to stimulate sep
aratist spirit that is bound to give
birth to discord among natural part
-nerS. II Japan asserts special rights
in Yap or Great Britain In Meso-
potamia, inevitably other nations, as
they have opportunity, will post SIM
liar "no trespass" signs, and only
with difficulty can collisions and
quarrels be avoided. Hence, Prcsi-
dent Harding and Secretary Hughes,
when they plead for American rights
on the ground that the rights of all
are equal, are championing highly
important general cause.
imperialism in its sinister aspects
is energized by the delusion that it
nays nations to be selfish and to
grab. This is war r-making-cannot
be anything else. The new Admin
lstration by setting its face firmly
against this policy in cases wherein
attempted exclusiveness assails it's
special interests, and thus gives it
excuse For speaking, commits itself
to course which has far-reaching
Implications. If it has its way be-
ginning may perhaps be made toward
recementing a union which happily
existed in 1918, but which since
through a variety of untoward in
fiuences, has become perilously
broken. 1t need scarcely be pointed
out that we espouse the doctrine
that there is common estate which
must be guarded, together with the
companion doctrine that all are in
terested in making common de-
fensc Of it.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Two Men
70 the Editor of The Tribune,

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Two men returned from the
World War. One found his homo as
he had left it, its furnishings intact;
his wife and children met him on the
threshold. He sat down to table to
eat, he slept on a comfortable bed
If his home was in village, his vege-
table garden was hourishing, his trees
and vines were loaded with fruit, he
could give thanks for his safe return
in the church in which he had been
baptized, confirmed and married.
The second man returned to find his
home in ruins, everything stolen or
destroyed. From the wreck of his
home his wife and children crept out
timidly, the little children, for the
first born son and daughter were miss
ing, either dcportcd or become the toy
of an invader. This mans table q a
stone, his bed the ground, his church
obliterated
Can these two men call for the same
amount of sympathy? Yet it is the
first who has wrought the ruin of the
other, who smites his breast and gives
thanks that he is not like other men.
unjust or cxtortionatc, or even Ike
this poor homeless wretch bercft of
his all
When man or woman goes to the
operating table with smile on his
face he wins the approval Of doctor
and nurse, while the poor wretch who
asks for sympathy receives none.
Now why does not Germany follow
the example of the man with the smile.
even if keeping the peace treaty is in
the nature of a heavy major operation :?
1t will gain her the esteem that at
present she is forfeiting.
Why does not Germany, instead Of
being the whining bully in the facs of
defeat, become dead game sport"
pay her indemnity and reinstate har-
self among the nations? The world Is
Oh, so weary Of trickcry and shallow
excuses!
ELIZABETH B. ROGERS
New York, March 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Leveling Up

The nomination of Mr.. Fred Morris
Dearing to be Assistant Secretary of
State Is another illustration of the
workings of the new rule of merit
aud fitness which Secretary Hughes
has established for State Depa rtment
appointments. Mr.. Dearing has come
up from the bottom in the foreign
service by virtue Of character and
preparation. He began as a Young
man by studying foreign languages
ana worked for time as trans
ia'or IN the Postoffice Department
ana the Department of Agriculture.
lie took postgraduate course in
Jurisprudence and diplomacy at Co.
lumbia (now George Washinrton)
University, in Washington. He went
to Havana IN 1904 as private secre-
tary to the American minister there
and two years later was appointed.
after examination, to be second Sec
retary of legation at Havana. Be-
tween 1906 and 1911 he served as
second secretary at Peking, again
at Havana, at London, and at Mex
leo City. For nearly two years he
was assistant chief of the Division
Of Latin American Affairs in the
state Department. Then he became
secretary of legation at Brussels,
secretary of embassy at Madrid, and
later secretary of embassy and coun-
selor Of embassy at Petrograd, where
he remained until November, 1916.
Mr.. Dearing has, therefore, had
a broad experience in the actual
work of diplomacy and is a COM
petent observer and adviser. He is
the type of man on whom the gov
ernment must count to build up
permanent and technically trained
corps. There is more
need to-day than ever before for an
foreign service staff which |
AN compete on equal terms with the
diplomats of other countries. We
,ave travelled far beyond the stage
L L ~
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
A Protest to the Mayor

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The following resolution of
protest is being sent to the Mayor to-
day by the Overseas Service League:
1t was resolved at the meeting 81
the Overseas Service League, Thurs
day, March 10, that most emphatic
protest be registered against the per
mission granted for the holding of
the Horrors on the Rhine meeting.
"As American women who served
overseas, we denounce any agency
which introduces alien propaganda,
and have no words strong enough to
express our resentment of the treat
ment Of our exseryice men at that
meeting"
ALICE HILL CHITTENDEN.
President.
MARY A. BOGERT. Secretary.
New York. March II, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14

issues They know how quickly any
tale Of outrages arouses Indignation.
"The horror on the Rhine" Is cry
that will echo and rcecho in credu-
lous ears.
The American Legion, knowing
we'll how false it is, has arisen
bravely to the occasion. Other pa
triotic' organizations are joining in
the work Of rebutting pro-German
ISLANDERS. But all good citizens
have duty in this respect. Let the
meetings in behalf of the truth be
held wherever the ugly lie raises it's
head. We have reached crisis full
Of menace. Wake up, Jonathan!
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Wake Up, Jonathan {!

The meeting of loyal Americans to
be held at Madison Square Gar
den next Friday is proper answer
to the challenge of the hyphenates.
There is to be a similar meeting in
Philadelphia during the following
week. In other cities the impor-
tance of clearing the air of poison
gas is just as great.
The enemies of the Allies are our
enemies; they should have no aid or
comfort from us. To ignore them
is to give them precisely this. They
are determined and persistent. They
know how easily the public may be
y
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
ELIZABETH B. ROGERS
New York, March 10, 1921.
ardy Concert Givers
To the Editor of The Tribune

o the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t is time vigorous protest be
made at the increasing atcness of con-
ccrts. The opera begins punctuallv as
announced, whereas concerts are anv-
where from ten to twenty-five minutes
late. This is not only discourtcous. but
lnexcusable, and means that many pco-
pie, especially commuters, are OBLIGED
TO lose the latter part of the concert
Our audiences are not TO blame for
arriving late, as long experience has
taught them that the concerts never be-
gin on time. These same audiences.
once they understood that the music
would begin as scheduled, would very
soon make their arrangements to ar
rive punctually.
ms condition OF affairs has been 90
ing on for several years and it is high
time that it should be stopped. I hone
the matter Will be taken up by music
critics and the newspapers, and a much
needed reform instituted.
MRS. j. WEST ROOSEVELT.
New York, March II, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Gotham Gleanings
lf6Is SI Sliz iIzzllSalIa

Mrs. L. Hoyt OF here was in tltc
Hub (Boston) last wk.
Walt Trumbull has accepted q
position with Frank Munscy.
Wilt Hays OF Sullivan, Ind. has
gone TO the Natl Capital to live.
Miss Zona Gale left Fri. for
Portage, Wis, for. protracted So
journ.
Harold Ross gave birthday
party in hon. OF yc scribe Saturday
cvc'g.
Ring w. Lardncr Of CT. Neck
celebrated his birthday quietly a
week ago yesterday.
Mrs T. L. Holiday put i'll last
wl helping her husband make out
his income tax schedule.
Thursday was pleasant day
hcreabouts and our townspcoplc
were out i'll great nos.
Charley Beck OF Philada, Pa.
Fridaycd in Gotham as one OF the
guests Of Art Samuels.
--Clarley Dc Camp and Geo
Walker were buying a blue and {
brown suit respectively Thursday
afternoon.
Mr., and Mrs Lee Wilson Dodt
are wk.-cnding with their kinfolI
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Henry Scidc
Candy.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14

you want to talk over old times!"
sweetly remarks No. 2 as she retires
out of earshot to permit t6te-d
t6te with No. /. And that there may
be no lack Of material for future
happy social reunions correspondents
are named in droves and even
trackless forests are ransacked for
dusky witnesses.
The explanation is, of course, the
usual one-C'est la guerre. Bellona's
back is broad and equal to any bur-
den. The bridegroom may never
have seen khaki and the bride never
have driven a motor ambulance, but
psychological influences are perva-
sive. The Freudian doctrine may
soon be archaic through lack Of sup
pressed desires. Everywhere the
glad philosophy prevails that it Is
better to walk unshacklcd in green
mea dew than be bound to a thorn
hush. The only obeisance paid to the
past is in the institution Of alimony,
which represents the mid-Victorian
assumption that marriage implies
permanent obligations.
But the evil, if it be regarded as
such, will probably work it's own
cure. 1t promises to be unconven-
tional to have life relationships, and
when this time arrives of course
those who insist on being unconven-
tional and different at any cost will
demand that chains be riveted tight.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14
Slackers Still at LARGE )

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: think it is time for the
United States Marshal to hunt up the
slackers. Why doesn't the government
look this up? There are thousands Of
this class, l believe, in New York Just
as bad as Bergdoll. Either convict or
acquit them and close up the govern
ment Offices in that line Of work.
HENRY ADAMS.
New York, March s, 1921.
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By
Heywood Broun

vey any adequate idea Of the scope and
purposes of Patriotism and Popular
Education, by Henry Arthur Jones,
without reading past the first page but
on the second one may find, "After
fifty years of popular education it is
almost impossible for a lower or mid
die class family to get a drawer that
will slide, or a window sash that will
work easily or a door that will close
properly. The carpentry work in our
cheap modern houses and apartments
is for the most part abnormally bad,
inconvenient, trcacherous and perish
able
Still, perhaps, this review is insult
hcient, giving as it does only the mega
tive side of Jones's theories The posi-
tive side will take the reader all the
way over to page 3. The authors
ideal is first introduced to US on page
|. HE was carpenter in a small
provincial town. He had received a
very limited education, I suppose at a
national school of those days, which, I
dare say, ne left at the age of twelve" :"
On page 3 we find: "To return to
my carpenter He read very little,
scarcely anything, except the local
weekly paper on Saturday, and on other
days and chiefly on Sundays the Bible
and The Pilgrims Progress. Thus ne
had very close acquaintance with
some of the best literature and was
quite ignorant Of trash. This was evi-
dent in his daily talk, for he often
coined a sentence not wholly unworthy
to appear in either of those books. He
worked very hard, often twelve or four
teen hours day, and he gave his light
evenings to his garden. And being
temperate and fully occupied with his
work he lived to a good old age. |
cannot remember whether he had any
political opinions"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14

be passed out to deserving Demo
crats," or to deserving Republi-
cans" Fortunately, the State De
partment, under its present manage
ment, is taking scrupulous notice of
the fact.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-14

In Baltimore coin-operated auto
matte shoe polishing machine is about
to be put into operation, but until it
has device for tucking the laces into
the polishee's ankles and tickling him
to the point of suffering, we shall re-
main loyal to the o. f. Italian or Greek,
as the c, m. b.
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