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The New York herald., 1922-02-25
Out in the Open for the Right.

The kind of man who shines In
public life as in private life is not
the man who shakes in his boots at
threats; not the man who cannot
change from an unsound course to
sound course in the face of abusive
criticism. He is the man who fears
to BE wrong more than he fears criti-
cism and who dares to correct his
mistaken attitude so as to be right.
Such a man is Senator MOSES of
New Hampshire, who stood up in the
United States Senate yesterday and
announced that although he had COM
mitted himself to support the bonus
measure he must give notice to those
to whom his promise had been made
that he could not now go forward
with 1t. This is splendid, it is the
real stuff, and is an example for
men like Senator CALDER of New
York and Senator FRELINGHuYsEN Of
New Jersey to follow.
1t is a great thing to be in first
in doing the thing one should do,
however awkward it is. 1t may be
easier for the other fellow to follow,
but he will have no distinction.
Bearing on the thing Senator MOSES
has done, THE New YORK HERALD
said on February 21:
'The man who has 1t in him to
acknowledge he has made a mis-
take has courage; the man who
comes to know he has made a mis-
take and hasn't 1t in him to put
himself right is poor thing"
Senator CARTER GLASS of Virginia
is the kind of man who merits and re-
ceives~the admiration Of political sup
porter and political opponent alike.
Senator GLASS, never for the bonus
measure and with nothing to daunt
him in the performance of his duty
to vote against it, answers brow
beating constituent in his State that
he was not sent to the Senate to be a
sounding board for any particular
group.
Senator MOSES of New Hampshire
is a Republican. Senator GLASS of
Virginia is Democrat. And in
these two examples of rugged courage
and fine loyalty to principle who dare
all to be right and fear nothing but
to go wrong, the country beholds the
lasting truth that in the minds of big
timbered public officials patriotic
duty cannot be tied to a partisan
hitching post.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
A Woman Disappointed.
She Had Looked to Her Sex to Help
I'm Enforcing Laws.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: was
somewhat disappointed at my sex when
I read of the discussion of prohibition
at the Woman's Democratic Club. At
this meeting Miss Elisabeth Marbury
was quoted as saying the Volstead act
Is not enforced and never will be.
What are the thirty or forty women
who were at the meeting doing to help
enforce the law? Was 1T passed for
good citizens to break by making home
brew? AS to the light wines and beer,
which some of the club members ia
vored, why should they be so selfish as to
indulge In such things? Why not re-
frain from forbidden beverages for the
sake Of law enforcement and Of those
who are weaker and cannot resist the
temptation?
I always expected good law enforce
ment when women got into politics.
but now 1t seems to me that some
women are in politics for selfish reasons.
not as law abiding, law enforcing citi-
zens. LAW AIDING CITIZEN.
NEW YORK, February "a.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25

national financial consortium. COM
posed of capitalistic nations to
finance extensive equipment~for the
Russian farmers and to rehabilitate
the railways and river transport.
The Soviet Government. in return
for the aid of foreign capital. would
grant immense timber concessions
and oil mining rights, and would
lease to foreign corporations vast
tracts of land in the steppe country,
where the black loan is fitted for
wheat farming and plantation pro-
duction on the scale familiar in the
southern and middle western sec
tions OF the United States.
The new scheme does not envisage
the return Of properties in Russia to
their former private owners, even. in
the case of large industries, because
these have been divided up and dis
tributed among new owners from
whom It would be impossible to get
them back. But "if the leaders of
European and world capitalism can
show sufficient craftsmanship to con-
clude an agreement for the economic
regeneration of Russia on condition
Of receiving normal pre-war capital
ist profits we may expect to see a
series of successful economic under
takings which in a very few years
will allow Russia to become what
she ought to become-the granary of
Europe"
Foreign investors who constitute
world capitalism may have their
own opinion of scheme which on
the one hand offers them the oppor-
tunity to sink more cash Eat pre-war
capitalist profits" while on the other
hand it dismisses with a single ges-
ture the rights of previous investors
who did exactly what world capital
ism Is asked to do now.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
The Accomplished Soya Bean.

Cast a seed to the winds and see
what issue good or i'll comes forth.
Then regard the history of the soya
bean, the leguminous pride of the
Orient. Not until 1908 did the West
ern world gain adequate knowledge
OF the virtues of this useful plant,
though for ages it had been favor
ite article of food in China and ia
pan. Thirteen years ago the fame
and utility of the soya bean were
little known except in the Far East,
despite its marvellous potentialities.
Ten years ago, says a bulletin of
the Chimes Governments Bureau of
Economic Information, the exports Of
the bean were infnitesimal, "but by
the 1920 customs report it was found
that in point of value the commodi-
ties grouped under the heading Of
beans and bean products occupied the
first place among Chinas exports"
Originally valued only for its oil
content and not imported into Eng
land and America in quantity until
after the Russo-Japanese war, the
soya bean now contributes its juices
and it's meat to multitude of varied
uses. BY grinding. pressing and mix
ing it is conjured into a vegetable
food resembling marrowfat peas; it
serves as meat substitute, a choco-
late substitute, macaroni prepara-
tion. a coffee substitute; from It are
made artificial milk, cheese, -four II
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
The Butchers Share.

The retail butcher now begins to
get his vindication and get 1t from
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. A survey by the Depart
ment reveals that in the cities, New
York included, the local distributors
labor cost OF selling his meat after
he has bought it from the wholesaler
is so high that nothing else, rent,
interest, profit or whatever it may
be, very much counts.
Out of each dollar paid by the con-
sumer to the local butcher S1.14
cents goes for wholesale cost of the
meat to the retailer. OF the 1886
cents remaining to him about two
tenths of cent goes into heat, light
and power; about half cent into
interest; about three-quarters Of a
cent, wrappings: a shade more than
three-quarters of cent, ice and re-
frigeration; one and a third cent,
rent; about two and a quarter cents,
profit; about two and three-quarter
cents, miscellaneous expenses, and,
the one big item, ten and quarter
cents, wages.
The wage cost Of retailing S100 of
meat in 1913 was $14.S2. The wage
cost of retailing the same quantity
of meat last year was $27.S7, or very
nearly twice as much. 1t is not
shown in the Departments report
what the retail butchers profit was
in 1913, but as it was only about two
and quarter cents out of every dol
lar of business done in 1921 ii could
not have travelled far aloft IL it had
gone up to that much all the way
from nearly zero in 1913, something
it certainly did not do, as the re-
tail butchers Of the country could
not have been carrying on their
business at no profit at all the year
before the war.
The important thing for the De-
partment of Agriculture to determine
now is what becomes or the S1.14
cents which the retailer pays to the
wholesaler out Of every dollar taken
in by the retailer from the consumer.
When it is known what part of the
wholesale S1.14 cents out of the re-
tail dollar goes to railroad labor,
packing house labor, stockyard labor
and farm labor. then, with the 1925
cents added that goes to labor out Of
the retailers 1886 cents after he
pays for the meat, the American con-
sumner will be able to see where the
food costs are made up for him to
pay.
Meanwhile, the often abused retail
butcher has the satisfaction of feel
ing that at last the Government gives
him his due.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1922.
The Bludgeon.

When a cause reaches the bludg-
con stage it is lost. The bonus cause
has reached the bludgeon stage; it
lis lost.
When the bonus propagandists saw
an enraged and aroused public
wrenching Congress support from
the bonus they seized the bludgeon,
in desperation, and started in on a
campaign of coercion.
HANFoRD MAcNIDER, the national
commander Of the American Legion.
fell upon the President Of the United
States with the bludgeon, virtually
commanding him to put pressure on
Congress to pass the bonus bill. And
the bludgeon tactics did not stop
with the President.
But the bludgeon tactics are to-
day in evidence everywhere through
out the country. Merchants, manu-
facturers, newspaper publishers, men
in public life-men of every line de-
pending on public support are threat
ened If they come out in opposition
to the bonus.
This is blow at the very roots
of free and independent citizenship,
a blow at the self-respect of the citi-
zen. No man of spirit will submit to
organized coercion; no man Of spirit
exists who doesn't revolt at organ
ized coercion. Not even Congress,
subservient to the vote as it is, will
stand for such coercive tactics. The
bludgeon has never scared an aroused
nation; the biudgeon of the bonus
propagandists Will not scare the
American people.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25

sao;Ke Alfred SEE, Chinese Minister n
Washington. and Y. X. Wellington koo VIII
discuss China and Her Part in the Confer
ence'' at luncheon of the Lawyers Club.
115 Broadway, ! p. M.
Woman's Press Club. birthday anniversary
luncheon. Waldorf-Astoria, IL 80 p. M.
Wayne County Pennsylvania Society. din
ner, Hotel Commodore. p. M.
Representative Ogden l.. Mills and Judge
W. l.. Huggins of the Kansas Court OF In
dustrial Relations will speak on Industrial
Relations" at luncheon OF the National
Republican Club, 81 West Fortieth street.
/ =. NJ.
Israel Orphan Asylum. annual ball. Madi-
son Square Garden. S:15 p. M.
Siberian Veterans. second annual reunion,
Hotel Commodore, 7.30 p. NJ.
Demonstration of unemployed and organ.
lied labor. auspices of the Unemployment
Council, Franklin Monument, Park row and
Spruce street, p. NJ.
Lions Club dinner. Hotel Plaza. 1880 p. NJ.
Dalcassian Boat Club, annual reception
and entertainment, Palm Garden, Fifty eighth
street and Lexington avenue, $3.50 L. NJ.
Sixty Club. ball. benefit Actors Fund. Hotel
Astof, p. NJ.
American Committee for Relief OF Russian
Children, costume ball, Seventy-first Regi-
ment Armory. Park avenue and Thirty-fourth
street. $3.50 p. M.
Stewart Browne will discuss THE Origin
of Private Property at a forum of the Sim
gle Tax party, POI West Thirteenth street,
SID L. NJ.
New York League of Girls Clubs. annual
concert, DE witt Clinton High School, Tenth
avenue and Fifty-ninth street, 10 +. NJ.
Royal Cortissoz will lecture on John Ia
Farge," Metropolitan Museum of Art, z. NJ.
Harriet May Mills will lecture on "Should
n Woman Run for Officer League for Po-
litical Education, Town Hall. 123 West Forty
third street IL A. NJ.
Cooperative fashion exhibition. Civic Club.
IA West Twelfth street. 10 A. Nj. to +. NJ.
Uniformed Officers Association. dinner,
Hotel Commodore. p. NJ.
American Physical Society, meetings. Scher-
merhorn Hall, Columbia University. 10 A. M.
and L. NJ.
Wholesale Stationers' Association. meet
ings, Hotel McAlpin. all day; dinner. z p. M.
League of Women Voters. luncheon, Hotel
McAlpin. IL 80 p. NJ.
National Institute of Inventors convention,
Hotel Astor. all day: dinner. p. M.
Carnegie Institute of Technology. dinner.
Hotel McAlpn. p. M.
Illinois College Alumni. dinner. Hotel As
tor, Z. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
Names Island Possessions.

There will be no more bargain
counter sales of Maine islands. The
Dirigo State has just completed an
inventory Of her stock of insular pos
sessions and has decided that for the
present at least what islands she
still has she will keep.
Taking stock of the islands con-
tiguous to the Maine coast was an
intricate and laborious two years
task. The United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey maps reveal 1900
distinct islands ranging in size from
Mount Desert, the largest, with its
$4,000 acres, to mere dots on the
surface of the water. Titles to many
of them had been conveyed by Mas
sachusetts prior to March 10, 1920,
when Maine became a State and
ceased to be an appendagS of the
Bay State.
1t was in 1924 that Maine as a
State sold her first island. From
that time on for more than fifty
years there were desultory sales av-
eraging less than one a year until
forty-one. had been disposed Of. 1t
was not until 1876 that Maine went
into the island selling business in
earnest. In that year, by order of
. Council, there was what might al
most be called a bargain counter
sale of islands.
Sixty-six were sold within a few
days. The prices realized we're in
many instances derisory. Some ISL
ands brought as little as twenty-five
cents. The highest price paid for any
Of them was $445. A group Of thirty
four brought S. each and less. Ten
more sold for from s. to $40 each.
The total money return to the State
was only S1,1O9.15, hardly enough to
. meet tho marketing expenses.
In 1877 islands off Washington
county, the extreme eastern END of
the State, were sold in blocks to
. seven purchasers lne OtaJe Receiving
1851 a block. From that time until
the present a few islands we're sold
from year TO year, until now a settled
policy has been adopted by which
the islands remaining in the posses.
sion of the State will be reserved for
public uses.
How important a feature are the
islands in the physical geography Of
the State is revealed by the fact that
they, with the shore indcntations. in
crease the Maine coast line by more
than 1900 miles. Measured as the
crow flies Maine has waterfront
Of Els miles; measured 10 include
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
BY w. j. HENDERSON.

A new organization called the Sym
phonio Ensemble gave its first concert
yesterday afternoon In Aeolian Hall.
Visitors to the hall learned that q
symphonic ensemble was Just q small
orchestra which might perform as a
whole or in parts as various and sundry
chamber music combinationso or as an =
compartment to a distinguished soloist.
In short. its possible fields of employ
ment seemed to be numerous, varied and
inviting.
The program presented yesterday as
an illustration of what a symphonic
ensemble might do consisted OF Bee
thovens eighth symphony. his g major
piano concerto. two short orchestral
pieces by Delius. Zandonai's Medieval
Serenade" for strings. two horns. harp
and solo cello. and two pieces by Mar
tucci. The solo pianist was Oscar Zieg-
Ter. the cellist John Mundy (first cellist
Of the ensemble) and the conductor John
ingram.
1t was not only interesting but re-
freshing to hear Beethoven's little
eighth" played by an orchestra OF
twenty-eight men. The distribution was
planned on a foundation Of five first
violins and two double BASES. The
volume, balance and quality of tone
sounded we'll in Aeolian Hall.
The performance raised anew the old
question of the correctness Of perform
ances of the classic symphonies by
monster orchestras in huge auditoriums.
The eighth symphony gained by presen-
tation as we'll grown piece Of chamber
music. Mozart and Haydn would in all
probability gain by similar treatment.
But the theme is hardly worth discus
sion. Star conductors cannot let their
light fully shine before men In small
halls. The great orchestra and the rapt
thousands will continue to attend Bee
thoven functions.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
NAMARA SINGS THAT'S.
Takes Role Made Famous by Miss
Garden.

VakcH ItOle N1auo FAMOUS ny Miss
Garden.
Massenet's ''Thais" was repeated by
the Chicago Opera Company at the Man
haitian last evening. This performances
might be permitted to pass without COM
ment but for the fact that on this occa-
sion the representative of the fair Alex
andrian was not Miss Garden. but Nine.
Marguerite Namara, who had not ap-
peared before in the course Of the sea-
son. Much has been written about Mas
senet's cpera, and Its heroine has been a
subject OF discussion. When the mass Of
opinion is reduced to solid remnant all
that remains Is tho belief that there Is
very little in That's except the singu-
larly interesting personality Of Miss
Mary Garden.
Nine Namara looked very well In
deed. She has the figure and the face
for tho part and she wore and took off
some good clothes. She strode about
the stage vigorously and made many
wide armed assures. And she sang
with thin, acidulous quality of tone
which coldly resembled that of the
general director. Nine Namara ap-
parently made no special attempt at an
imitation of Miss Garden. yet being
That's and having length without
breadth. circumambient arms and an
icy tone. she could not prevent a super
ficial resemblance.
The outward signs. however. did not
indicate an inward grace. When she
sang "Dis-moi que Je suis belle" 1t was
not difficult to think Possibly" When
she sang "L'Amour est unvertu rare" II
was easy to think 'Unqrcstionably." The
warmth and potency O. SPELL were want
ing. 1t was a commendable assumption.
1t was not a convincing Interpretation.
1t left behind 1t further proof, If any
were needed. that Massenet's "Thais" Is
a weak and waterys opera, which requires
the wine of life to be poured into 1t by
a woman Of subtle dramatic skill.
The associates OF Nine. Namara were
those heard in the previous representa-
tion Of the opera. Mr.. Dufranne gave
the audience sincere impersonation of
Athanael. Mr.. Ritch as Niktds again
produced the impression of a tenor more
generously endowed with arms than with
voice. The audience was not large. but
1t was kind.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
Helium and the Roma.
Opinions Of m Officer Of the Army
Air Service.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: I should
like to point out what 1 consider 10
have been some unjustified statements
and conclusions in your recent editorial
articles concerning the Roma disaster
II was not possible to use helium
In the Roma for the same reason that
IL was impossible to use 1t In the zR-2.
So much emphasis has been laid upon
the fact of helium having been produced
in this country and of It's advantage
over hydrogen as regards infiammabil-
ity that tho public does not realize that
the amount actually produced and avail
able for use has been exceedingly small.
There Is not enough in existence to IN
flate a ship the size Of tho Roma; tho
only time that IL has ever been USED
I'm a dlrigible has been in navy ship
of the c type with cubic capacity
OF less than quarter that of the de-
stroyed craft. The use of helium un-
coubtedly has an interesting future. but
Il Is still so much of a rarity that II
cannot yet be considered as being In
much more than an experimental state.
I do not propose to enter into n die
CugG1On Oh LlC HltIlhJ VI liEhtNh ehe'A 49,
craft. The writer of the editorial article
In question, however, implies that moth
ing whatever has been accomplished ex-
cent a succession Of failures. He for
gets that the R-34 was the only aircraft
TO make a round trip crossing OF the
Atlantic. and that the German naval
I,-bs in the fall of 1917 made the even
more remarkable trip from Bulgaria to
mid-Africa and return, distance OF
ever 1000 miles, in nlnety-six hours, to
mention only some OF the outstanding
performances of this type.
Tho policy OF the navy and army In
buying alrshps abroad cannot we'll be
considered susceptible of criticism. The
larger size ships are the product of slow
development. Germany had shown the
greatest ability in their construction and
operation. Great Britain had followed
in her steps and had achieved consider
able success. Until Tuesdays disaster
the Italian semi-rigids had presented n
record of high accomplishment. What
was sought was to build upon the expe-
rience of others--to develop in time an
American type, but not to sacrifice rea-
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
Would Go Back to Riva.

I would go back to Riva, and would
have you there.
You would so love the winding streets.
the quaint old market square.
And the chatterihg mountain women folk
with kerchiefs on their hair.
Above bluff Monte Baldo the morning
would aspire,
And fling on La Rochetta flood OF
golden fire
Until it burned against the blue as
would a mighty pyre.
And up from Desenzano the monday
wind would blow,
And crest the turquoise ripples with
wreaths of crumbling snow;
With sheen Of sudden silver the olive
leaves would glow.
High to the ancient bastion there would
be paths to climb.
And long and cool the shadows would lie
beneath the lime.
While mellowly the bell tower would
mark the feet of Time.
There would be boatmen singing be-
meath the ocher sails,
And In the laurel copses the hidden
nightingales,
AS tenderly the twilight let droop It's
violet wells.
But what were all this beauty without
some one to share
The flower of its perfection, the world
In wonder wear?
I would go back to Riva- and 1 would
have you therel
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
The Puritan.

We now must ban
The Puritan
At least so DR.. Eliot's thinking.
a pot or can
The Puritan,
II seems. was much too fond of clinklng.
lie sang loud glees;
His pious knees
Instead of long in prayer bending
He'd stretch abroad
Meath festive board,
The wide and woozy wellsin rending.
From Santa Cruz
He got his booze
The puncheons like loud thunder d yam
mer
And Medford, too,
Would largely brew
A liquid full of lurch and stammer.
In short II seems
From certain CLEANS
From DIR. Ellot's lucubration,
That to the score
We add one more
OF idols smashed by education.
And so the host
Who used TO boast
OF purtanic inhibitions.
Must now start in
And try 60 win
Fresh honors under new commissions.
MAURICE NORRIS.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25

the frontage OF the islands and in
dentation 1t has a shore line of
2,4S6 miles.
This combined archipelago and
mountain picturesqueness has made
the Maine coast one of the most at
tractive resorts on our shores. If
the sale of Maine islands has brought
meager monetary returns this is
very heavily Offset by their perma-
nent value to the State as an attrac-
tion to the thousands of summer
who go there every year.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York-Fair to-day
and tomorrow no change in .empera-
ture; modest west winds.
For New Jersey-Fair to-day and prob
ably tomorrow; no change In temperature;
moderate variable winds.
For Northern New England--Fair to-day
and probably Tomorrow; no change In tenn
perature; moderate westerly winds.
For Southern New England-Fair to-day
and probably tomorrow; no change in tenn
perature; moderate westerly winds
probably tomorrow; no change n temper
ature.
WASHINGTON. Feb. "a. - Tonight the
pressure was high over all regions east OF
the Rocky Mountains. with the maximum
over Montana and IL was relatively low on
the Pacific coast. This pressure dlstribu-
ton has been attended by rains in Cali
fornia. Texas and the Carolinas. and light
local SHOWS over the western plateau regions,
the middle plains States tho upper Missis-
sippi and Ohio valleys and the region of the
great lakes. In other parts of the country
the weather remained fair.
There has been a decided fall In tempera-
ture since last night In the interior of the
Tennessee and the Ohio Valley. Tempera-
lures are now below normal in all parts
Of the country except the south Atlantic
States.
The outlook is for generally fair weather
Tomorrow and Sunday in the States east
Of the Mississippi River The temperature
will be lower tomorrow in the south At
change little elsewhere east of the Nssis-
sippi River through tomorrow and Sunday.
The New York herald., 1922-02-25

Because politics takes too much of
woman's time from her duties as
housewife" Mrs. MAUpE ARNOLD and
Mrs. HELEN LuDKE, members of the
City Council of Three Oaks, Michigan,
have resigned after serving a year
as city lawmakers. Unfortunately, a
good many male politicians would not
have anything as important as house
wife's duties to engage their time il
they quit Office.