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The New York herald., 1921-12-02
Foresters Do a Finc Job.

The finest achievement in fire pre-
vention ever accomplished in the
United States has been the protection
of the six billion feet OF hemlock and
spruce timber blown down in the
Olympic Peninsula Of Washington by
the terrific tornado of January 90
Recent heavy rains in the 1000
square miles OF the tornado zone
have rendered 1t possible to discon-
tinue the work till spring, and the
guardians may now take a breathing
spell after their labors.
In this area was the greatest fire
trap ever known. Private and pub
lie roads, trails and telephone lines
we're obliterated by the wind storm,
and the fallen mass of timber con-
stituted an inextricable tangle. The
authorities we're gravely alarmed lest
some accident should ignite the de-
bris and turn the whole region into
great furnace. Fallen timber is
highly inflammable when dry, and It
was certain that the danes would
not only destroy the S12.500,O00
worth of down timber but spread to
other areas in the Olympic National
Forest. which had suffered a loss OF
one billion feet of timber through
the tornado Properties OF individ
uals, firms and corporations adjoin
ing the devastated territory had also
to be protected.
With admirable promptness the
Federal and State foresters estab
lished a field patrol by land and air
Congress and the Washington State
Legislature each voted 100000 for a
protective campaign, which was by
far the most intensive ever conducted
in this country. Inspections were
carried on by airplane and motor
car. and reports we're made at fifteen
minute intervals throughout periods
of greatest hazard.
Ninety-ive miles Of new wires were
installed. Forty-fve men constituted
the ground patrol. which made two
complete inspections of the lower
area and one OF the higher region
daily. The pilots of the Ninety-frst
Aero Squadron were on the job con.
tinuously. That nothing should be
neglected TO detect and extinguish
fires the motor corps patrolled the
region from Forks to Mora and from
the Olympic Highway to Callam Bay.
Its members kept the fire fighting
organizations informed by wireless
Of smudge. lightning bolts and other
indications of FIRE reported anywhere
on the peninsula.
During the summer guards were
stationed on highways and trails into
the tornado zone. All persons enter.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
New Railroad Working Rules.

The full text OF the United States
Railroad Labor Board opinion revis-
ing some of the working rules is not
yet at hand, but from the details
made public the changes appear to
be excellent from every point of view.
They free the carriers from shackles
end burdens which have not only
wasted money but hampered opera
tion. They protect the workers in
all the legitimate improvements IN
conditions they have gained, and have
gained deservedly, through the years
and generations
Nobody in his economic senses, not
10 mention sympathetic and humane
considerations, wants to see Ameri-
can labor get anything less than a
thoroughly American wage or return
TO best working conditions. Nobody
has keener interest than the intelli-
gent and competent employer in see
ing his employees make continuous
progress to higher and better things
along sound economic lines. And no.
body has been more scornful of some
of the unfair and grotes1ue results of
tinkering with the working rules un-
der Government operation than the
railroad wage earners themselves. 1t
was the railway worker, not the rail
way manager, who applied the term
"McAdoo mechanic" to day laborers
who became skilled workers at skilled
workers pay, not through training
and proficiency but by an executive
order reclassifying and remaining
them as artisans.
Under the new rules a day laborer
will not resume the occupation of
day labor. He has been there under
the Government operation rules. He
will stay there. But he will resume
the rating and pay that belong to the
job OF d1, labor. A highly skilled
locomotive engineer will no longer
ne compelled to sit around doing
nothing until shopman arrives
to tighten a nut which anybody
could do. He can now do it him
self or have his fireman do it,
It will no longer be required
tha. a first class carpenter, at a
skilled carpenters high pay. have the
exclusive right to knock to pieces an
old box car for the scrap heap; an
ordinary workman can do It. IL will
no longer be necessary to put half a
dozen men-a mechanic, his helper.
an electrician. his helper and some
other journeyman and HIS helper-to
open a headlight, look at the inside
of it and then shut 1t. A single
helper may do 1t.
These and similar restorations of
rational working rules are a good
thing for the road. which can get
better work for less money. They
are good thing for the skilled work
man, who is entitled to a much
higher rating than the unskilled
workman. They are a good thing
for the public, which can get better
transportation at lower cost than il
was possible to get when railroad
workers were paid not for what theJ
lid but for the way they were classi-
fed to give them big money for what
they didn't do.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
Burning Corn for Fuel.
Fan From Riches to Poverty 0i
Farmers I'm the Northwest.

To THE NEW York HERALD: ! have
read your editorial article regarding the
burning Of corn for fuel.
or course It is peculiar condition
taat makes the burning of corn for fuel
a thing to be considered even. but II
YOU were a farmer I do not think that
YOU would hesitate to burn corn for
fuel II you wanted TO cook or keep warm
and you didn't have money to by coal
or other fuel and couldn't get enougn
from the sale of reasonable amount
Of corn to buy sufficient amount OF fuel
70 do the business and you did have a
field OF the corn. We might call IL
starving TO death in land of plenty or
freezing TO death surround ID by fuel
Many editors in cities do not know OF
the conditions existing In the Northwest
where we live. From riches to poverty
in two years Is our record, and we hav"
Just as intelligent business men UP here
as there are anywhere on an average
with the vast expanses OF territory we
have production possibilities that are
beyond ordinary estimates In good
crop year. During the war limit pro-
duction was urged on our stockmen and
farmers and they were milked dry each
season for high taxes, high interest, high
wages, high rrices for implements. Red
Cross subscriptions. Liberty and Victory
loans. excess profits tax and many other
demands which were made upon them
for the reason of their paper profits.
The great Northwest was like sleep
Ing giant. II took II quite while to
4 4 ftttl II
ened II couldn't be easily put to sleep
again, and the powers that were running
the machinery jumped off the engine and
let II run wild. Then the financial de-
partnent of the nation pulled up the
track and derailcd the giant and practi-
cally wrecked the great Northwest.
There are many fine. intellieent people
out in this country. which Is principally
American, vino have not the necossiiies
Cf life and who have been very prosper
Gus and who would never let their friends
fnow OF their predlcament II they could
help II.
They probably have some corn and
some cattle with n mortgage on them,
and some horses that wouldn't brir q
anything at n sale, and they probably
haven't had money enough to pay their
taxes. so their land Is advertis d for
eae for the taxes. What shall they do7
II corn is so cheap because OF ov"rpro-
duction. why should the overproduction
not be dlsrosed Of in an economic way?
If coal is scarce and the price high. why
rot give Il a chance TO accumulate and
thus even up the supplies OF the two
commodlties7 The coal miners can't
freeze the Northwest so long as Il has
corn 20 burn. and 1t has that in unlim-
tied quantities, and farmers are burning
II not only In their own stoves but In
the school house stoves and In many
power plants.
Doctors are scarce out here and they
charge very high for trips out into the
country and many trirs cost as much a >
$50 and s75--that is, for single trip
and there are doctors who will not go
The New York herald., 1921-12-02

oan cover the same distance In the
same time without burning up reve-
rue twenty-four hours a day. The
skipper steps on the accelerator or
travels with the breeze, as occasion
permits. His is the league Of oil,
water and wind.
Before the war the coal burning
tramp was the backbone Of the Brit
ish, Dutch, German and other sue
oessful merchant navies. Motors and
trade winds in partnership suggest
the possibility Of a new rule by q
fleet of lurching maritime corner cut
ters, fiivvers of the sea propelled by
the urge of air and wind-with an
occasional thimble of medium oil.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1921.
Pessirnis:;c Speculation.

The pessimism flowing from Wash
fngton just now is in part reaction
from the hilarious optimism that.
since the opening of the Conference
has kept newspaper writer's treading
on air. The work OF the committees
is not moving fast enough for them.
The scarcity of definite knowledge
Of proceedings in the committees is
starvation to their insatiate appe-
tites for something thrilling. Hence
the more OF less indigo tinted specu-
lation of the last few days.
THE New YORK HERALD does not
share these pessimistic views. The
fact is that the committees have an
enormous amount Of work to do and
that the problems before them are
too far reg ching and too intricate to
be solved as by sleight of hand.
4 Moreover, the disturbing utterances
from our visitors from over the sea
emanate chiefly from technical men
whose Job in life is war. and the
findings Of the Washington Confer
ence will not rest with them but with
statesmen.
Fighting men see the world and
the worlds problems through mill
taristic glasses. They are highly tech
nical and strongly intrenched in their
own particular conclusions. The
lighting man has no thought for in
terpreting the people. Their senti.
ments and longings do not get to
him. 1t Is the job Of the statesman,
on the other hand, to interpret the
people. The statesman is the rep.
resentative of the people and this
Washington Conference is a peoples
Conference.-The peoples of all the
world. And so it will be the states.
man who will make history, great
history, In the Washington Confer
ence, not the man whose job is under
attack.
: This does not mean and must not
be taken to mean that THE New
YORK HERALD holds the professional
fighting man lightly. On the con.
trary it admires him greatly, but
the fact is that everything in life
is from the point Of view. and the
point OF view of the fighting man is
not that of groaning treasures or
OF the pulpit or the forum or the
mothers of soldiers.
THE New YORK HERALD sees no
occasion for depression or sombre
speculation over the Conference. The
work must be done with greatest
care and with the conflicting ideas
and interests of different nations
must necessarily proceed slowly
slowly In comparison with the gal
loping pace of the opening days.
Naturally each nation will make
a strong stand for its own conten-
tions, and to get together in mutual
agreements calls for patience ana
skilful handling. But that the ma
tions OF the Conference will get to-
Eether In agreements that will make
this international gathering oae of
the greatest of all time We hold Is
certain
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
Where Quality Won.

II costs time and money for Ameri.
can mills and factories to turn out
export products which represent high
est quality and workmanship. But
the policy of quality first pays in the
end.
An incident has Just been closed In
the Argentine with the rather sur
prising climax of a Presidential dc.
cree awarding an order for eighty
five locomotives and a large guam
tity of spare parts to an American
company. The value of the order Is
$6,5O0,000. An order of the same
size has been awarded to an Ameri-
can car building concern.
The Presidential decree was caused
by the propaganda carried on in Ger
man controlled newspapers, accord
ing to the Department of Commerce.
German firms had submitted several
bids cutting their prices 25 per cent.
under the American quotation. But
the reputation Of the American firms,
their ability to make prompt deliv-
cries and to meet exacting specifica-
tions. won the order Instead of alb
rogating the contract and awarding
IL to the German company at lower
price the Presidential decree gave 1t
unqualified approval.
This incident proves what has 40
often been preached to American
manufacturers: quality is the key
which opens world markets and
keeps them open.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
The DecOy.

The woodcock in the window sits
Made up oe wood and scraps OF
feather
And from his mooring never fits
Despite the season; time or weather.
Quite calmly on the passersby
UnwinlSing and remote he gazes
Yet magically to the eye
Can paint a picture that amazes.
You see a field. patch Of woods.
You feel the wind whip down the
dingle,
And tho gh around silence broods.
1t sets the racing blood atingle.
Bronze statues tensely stand the dogs.
Then whirring wings are wildly beat
ing,
The gun against your shoulder shogs-
All time for slaves was ever feeting.
You start-then smile and turn away
From where you lately fingered
dreaming.
It's only a decoy. they say.
Yes, decoy in more than seeming!
MAURICE MORRIS.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
Tramp Ships of 1921.

On the horizon OF the old fashioned
tramp steamer--that is, old fashioned
in this year 1921--there appears the
doughty figure OF new kind of com.
petitor In the carrying trade on and
off the highways and byways of sea
borne commerce. The newcomer is n
hybrid sailing vessel not only show
ing one, two or three and sometimes
four masts, with sails spread to the
breeze. but fitted abaft with a piece
of business known as an oil eating
Diesel to shove the vessel along In
seas where the ordinary windjam
mer would be becalmed or turned off
her course nv headwinds.
Lloyd's Register listed only 2S7
deep sea motor vessels in 1afi, with
tonnage of 234,2S7; in 1921 it lists
lab such ships, and out OF this num-
ber of oil burners II has classified
1inety-fve of the new type combi.
nation motor and sailing vessels.
These ships range from 1900 TO
5000 deadweight tons and most of
them are traversing the sea lanes as
trHmps. They have obvious advan.
tages over the ordinary sailing YES.
sci because they can move out Of port
under their own power. they can nav
igate at FIVE to ten knots through
barrow seas and canals, and they
lose no time in the equatorial dol.
drums. They have the edge on the
coal consuming tramp because they
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
New Honors for JezainvilIe.

THE New YORK HERALD is in receipt
of letter from NJ. THoM rs, Mayor Of
'ezainyille, in the Department of
Meurthe ct Moselle, France, inform
ing us Of the great honor which has
come to his village. Jezalnville does
not appear upon the ordinary maps Of
France. But it had more or less i'm
portant place upon the war map for
it was not far from Nancy, st. Mihiel
and Pont-a-Mousson, it was on one OF
the routes from the German border to
verdun and it was in the region Of
the American advance from st. Mi
Mel. It was occupied by the Ger
nens In September. 1914, II was fire.
Iukntly bombarded and fought over
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
$9,753 FOR RARE BOOKS.
Works Once Owned by RoyaIt,
Are Sold Here

The final session at the Anderson Gal.
leries yesterday afternoon In the sale OF
rare books with historical interest fea-
turing number Of works once the prop
erty of royalty, brought in total OF
S4,624.75. The books In this collection
were from the libraries of the Duke of
Kent. Philip Earl De Gray. Thomas
Foley. Lord Foley and others. The en-
tire collection sold for $9,753.75.
A beautiful copy of the Fourth Folio
Shakespeare brought the highest price
OF the afternoon. ling to J. F. Drake,
Inc. for $3.50. An example on large
paper of Dom Bernard de Montfaucon's
Les Monpmens de "a Monarchie Fran
coise," Paris. 1898, with arms of
Nine. de Pompadour. was bought by e.
r. Cole for $3.50. Charles Scribner's
Sons paid S145 for the first edition Of
Samuel Rogers's poem. ITALY" in a
'ire binding by F. Bedford. and a set of
az Europe Savante." in twelve volumes.
went for $3.50.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
Trims That Pass IN the Might.

To TIE NEW YoRK HERALD: A train
oach day leaves New York for San Fran
cisco and each day at the same hour a
train leaves San Francisco bound for
New York.
How many Of such trains does the
New York train meet and pass between
departure and arrival, each taking six
days for the journey? 81. SLY.
WoPowoa. Conn. December L.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York-Increasing
cioudiness, followed by rain. with mild
temperature to-day; tomorrow, clearing
and colder; increasing south and SOUTH
west winds becoming strong and shifting
to northwest by tomorrow.
For New Jersey--Increasing cloudinerr. fol-
lowed by rain to-day and mild temperaturei
tomorrow clearing and colder. increasina
south and southwest Winds
For Northern New Notwithstanding
in Vermont tomorrow rain. with moderate
temperature. increasing south and south
west winds.
For Southern New England-Increasin
cloudiness and warmer to-day. increasing
south and southwest winds.
For Western New Yorls-Rain, with mild
colder. probably light rain or snow. strong
south end southwest winds.
WASHINGTON, Dec. i.-Pressure con-
tinued abnormally low to-day ,ver the
Canadian Me ritime Provinces, am dis
plains States lat night moved rapidly nor'll-
cast with increasing inteprity. and was
central over Eastern Iowa Thursday night:
Pressure wa again falling rapidly tonight
over the Far Northwest.
There have been rains within the last
twenty-four hours In the upper lake region.
the great central valleys and the Gulf S'a'es
and over middle and northern acctions from
the Rocky Mountains westward TO the Pacific
coat. The weather continued tar to-rey
In the Ea~tern States. The temperature was
con"iderably above normal almost generally.
The iowa disturbance will move rapidly
northoaTtward, attended by rain almost gen.
orally cast OF the MiT-issippi River within
the next twenty-four hours, and II Will be
followed by clearing weather. except in the
lake region. the extreme upper Ohio Valley
and New England. where there will be local
rains or SHOWS on Saturday. Moa .snl-
perature will continue in the Atlantic States.
the lower lake region and the upper Ohio
Valley tomorrow, while colder weather VIII
overcpread the upper lake region, the Ohio
Valley, western Tcnnefsee and the east Gulf
States Friday and practically all sections
east of the M!ssi-sippi River on Saturday.
Storm warnings are displayed on the great
lakes.
Observations at United States Weather Btu
reau stations taken at r. NJ. yesterday
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
An Exchange Gold Pool.

II it were as simple as it is desir-
able and urgent to curb wide huctu-
ations in foreign exchange caused by
reparations payments in dollars the
conference in Europe to which the
Federal Reserve Board will send a
representative would make short
work of the job of exchange stabili-
zation.
The private and commercial banks
Of England, France and the United
States have combined reserves of
more than thirty billions Of dollars
and approximately one-fourth of this
cash is controlled by the central
banks of the three countries. 1t is
proposed that these central banks.
with the Government banks of some
other countries. exert their influence
to prevent exchange from jumping
the track when Germany makes her
next payment in January, 1922.
The procedure in ordinary times
would be for the central banks to
expand their portfolios by buying
long bills payable in the currencies
which showed a tendency to get out
Of hand. These bills would be held
to maturity or distributed as the
pressure on the particular currency
lessened.
In the crisis after the beginning
of the war gold pool was formed
as a means of relieving the pressure
on dollar exchange. At that time
$100,000,000 supplied by Europe
turned the trick. Germany's case is
not exactly analogous to ours seven
years ago. Her payment of 500,000,-
600 gold marks in January could be
taken care of with gold pool Of
s125. 200. But this would pre-
sumo that, as in the case of the dol
lar crisis, there were securities
enough in hand to release the cen
trail bank funds within a short time
and permit return Of the money to
liquid reserves.
According to DR.. HELpHAND, the
German Majority Socialist party's &C.
onomic authority, Germany can give
$4,000, 100000 as security in return
for loan of $4,000, 100000. This Sc.
curity, however, would consist of
railway and industrial mortgages, in
no way suited to become the basis of
liquid reserve in central banks 1t
ought to be easy enough to provide
the s125. 100000 gold pool for the
January payment. but by the time
this had liquidated itself the April
and May payments aggregating the
same amount would fall due. Unless
the gold loan were renewed the Ger
man Government would again be
compelled to resort to currency de-
probation to obtain gold balances
abroad.
Until Germany can obtain long
term loan instead OF temporary ad-
vance the annoying up and down
movements in exchange are bound to
continue and with them the great
Inconvenience to trade which results
in an unstable medium Of exchange
and measure of value. The gold pool
would be only temporary measure
but it would afford time for consid-
Grafton Of a permanent remedy.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
The ChiIdren's Ambassador
Significance of DIR. LOrenz's Pres
ence I'm America.

To THE NEW York HERALD: am
very deeply impressed by your editorial
article "The Children's Ambassador" /
wish everybody could read 1t.
In these days of sentimental emotion
alism, falsely called idealism; of prop
aganda, falsely called democracy; of
the glamour OF booming cannon and mil
itary guards, 1t is beautifully refresh
ing to see the great appreciation OF a
simple, splendid physician for our help
to his people. to see gratitude. real
gratitude.
Coming from our erstwhile enemy as
It does. there can be no thought of fu-
ture benefits through cancelled debts and
guarantees.
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and contrite heart.
MARY STEVENS FARRAND.
MoNTcLAIR, n. j., December l.
The New York herald., 1921-12-02
Getting Woman Jurors In Missouri.
From the Macon Chromioie-Heroid.

From the Macon Chronicio-Heroid.
Moberly has had lts fret woman jury. A
well known Mobcrly woman was recently ar
rested for speeding and reckless driving.
and Policeman John Carroll was sent to
subpoena the jury, which was to be com
posed OF women. At his first attempt the
door was slammed In his face, and after
several other vain tries he finally secured
three housewives and three millIners. Mr..
Carroll declared II the hardest Job he had
ever had The women wanted 10 know
who else was going to serve on the jury,
what they were going 10 wear. how long
they we're going to be there and would they
make any one mad at them. Immediately
after the trial. where they voted to I TO
acoult the reckless driver Immediately the
case wns put In their hands. the woman
Jurors then besieged Policeman Carroll, de-
mandng that he pay them for their SER
vices, as he was the one that brought them
to the Jury bcN