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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
Dry Retort
To the Editor of The Tribune.
c.; ,-,.o~. l:,

To the Editor oi The Tribune.
Sir; Every once in while some en-
terprsing individual sheds a few tears
over the way the country has gone 20
the dogs since the Eighteenth Amend
ment was adopted. In a recent issue
Of The Tribune some one signing him
SELF "Lote Captair L. 8. A, a f. + y
resenttully mentions .he terrible
prices one is compelled to pa boot
leegers for "hooch",
According to the late captain, almost
everybod not a booze advocate is
nocessarily an Anti-saloon undcrling or
else financially interested in some way
W I'll TIE enforcement OF the Eighteenth
Amendment. Isn't Il possible that there
are one or two homes. people left who
believe in the enforcement Of all laws g?
The theory that those who pay the
most taxes should tell every one else
where they get off is a peculiar one.
Why should citizen Of New York City
who pays 100000 in taxes have any
more TO say than man in Oil City.
Pa. who pays sl0.39 per annum?
Why is it that no one puts up an ar
gumeAt for the dope hends, gunner,
etc? Surely they are entitled to some
representation on the personal liberty
band wagop.
LATE BUCK PRIVATE, U. S. A.,
A. L. E.
Schenectady, n. Y, Dec. 2s, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01

Treaty Ratification "A Bitter Pill to Swallow"
Panama Chapter Now Closed

10 the Editor Of The Tr;buno
Sir: regret to state that vour com
rents anent the ratification Of ,ba
Colombian treaty NV Congress- of INV
country are utterly unfounded Pos
Sessing in lieu Of a strong army md
navy great armor Of right and Justice
and implicit faith in the honesty and
Sood viii of the nation guarantor Of
her sovereignty over the lsthmus, Co
lomoia was forced TO stand helplessly
ny while the very power in whom she
had placed all her faith and confidence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
The Colombian Treaty
Ordnance Costs

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
S.r: Trade with Europe IS now dc
moraiized. and how to restore it is 4
problem European nations have lost
credit TO such an extent .hat THEN
money is seriously deprecated They
need American goods. but have no
money to buy them. and besides they
cannot produce their accustomed COM
modites until their supplies Of raw
material ase replcuished and their
factories and labor rchabiiitated.
With Russia the case is different.
OF course. i is true thst the value Of
the ruble is exceedingly low at pres
ent. but the value Of exchange is in
TACT based on the productive capacity
Of the country. There - no limit to
the productive capacity Of Russia, a,
she used TO supply Tao whole world
with raw materials and has played a
great part in the world market. There
Fore, business Intercourse between the
United States and Russia Is desirable
and should be mutually profitable. Tn
productive ca7acity Of The United
States vac o,orr,o,..,..
i7e tho W. uon.o,. ~
20 tbc cbsos ..o 4,., ~ - s'',.' G's
,nd 70 Tho .csro..,. ..1 .,'''' ~,
~ tho ,s,, r,a.or.s, .'. -. e'S'
0ere forced 80 closn .h1,m e~s.' 49,
thus Greatly ,rcro.x;,~ .ho ..a..',,
ment in this count,r
II seoms - no 10. 49,. 4..:.,
States should look il, ths d;~oo.son
Russia. where navrcn. 20, ho ob.osoo1
oy direct EXCHANGE through tho ,.ro,,
quantities OF cheap raw material a,oil
able. am not CONSIDERING .ho ~
chase or sale OF goods for pr.
rublcs. in view of the extraordinary.
low rate of exchange ~ which ,rbl,s
now stand. an, onlv conteo,nia4., inc.
the direct exchange Of +he ooo3r -rbo
basis for prices should he +he A,oeri-
can market. and the American dollar
81 uld be the measure OF exchanrc
from the price o. tho goods in the
American market should be determined
the price in dollars which should be
paid for the raw material in Rnesia
Tor the manufacturing Of such goods
Inc operation VIII be profitable for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
Not Knots an Hour .
Redundant Term Has Crept Into
Nautical Phrascology
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In his effort TO correct previ-
Gus writer your correspondent James
Foreman ST. not only falls into error
but misses the whole point OF the mat
ter-the fact that the term "knot" as
used in nautical phta.eol9gy is not
mere measure of distance on either
land or water, but comr<-~-Hd measure
o. time and distance.
Mr.. Foreman explains in detail the
two factors that go to make up this
unit of sea speed-thc length, az meas
ured by the distance between certain
"knots" on line, and the time as
measured by sand glass. Neither OF
these alone will give the true knot
which measures the speed Of vessel.
If length or distance were the sole
standard and the distance between two
"knots" on the line is II feet 3 inches,
then vessel moving at ten KNOTS an
hour would actually run out l,2S6
"knots" II the line were long enough.
To make the matter entirely clear let
us start with the definition Of "nauti-
cal mile" which is $3.50 feet (longer
by 500 feet than land milc); "knot"
in it's primary meaning is the distance
between two marks on line AT feet
8 inches); complementary to this and
inscparable from it is the time" as
marked BY sand glass (2s scconds).
The "knot' in its larger and more gen
eral meaning is the combined unit OF
distance and time. as measured by both
line and glass. and may properly be
defined IS a nautical mile per hour
II this last phrase is exactly synony
nous with the term Knot and be
lieve that 1t is-then It is only neces-
sary 70 add to it The no words can
hour" to demonstrate the absurdity Of
Mr.. Foreman's contention.
will admit that usage, even OF ex-
nerienced seancn and writer's, i. by no
means invariably correct, and the ex-
preston KNOTS per hour" is perhaps
as common among them as II amt got
and ~ loa'5 think" are among lands
naen but this Of itself proves nothing.
Mr.. Foreman may be correct in his
explanation that tire "log line derives
It's name from the "log book cannot
at Tie present time prove the CON
trary, but am strongly of the oqinion
that exactly the reverse IS true. The
very term log or "chip' denotes it's
origin in the piece Of wood thrown over
the stern; the "log board" or which
the readings Of the Cog line were first
noted, and the Clog book" in which
they were permanently recorded 20
gether with other notes as to weather.
etc., apparently derive their names
from the clog" itself
W. P. STEPHENS,
New York Canoe Club.
Bayonne, n. j.. Dec. %, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
+ Russian Trade Possibilities
american Goods in Exchange for Raw Materials
Though COOPERATIVE Societies

tageous position, as far as the Euro
pean and particularly the Russian mar
ket Is concerned. In like advanta-
seous position in regard to the dollar
are the German mark and the French
franc. America should seriously con.
Sider the future of her exports On
account of the grea. difference in cx-
change with European currency cx-
ports from this country naturally will
decline. On the other hand, with cheap
er raw mater.a available and greater
employment thus offered 70 her work
men. the United States can easily
resume the manufacture Of goods on a
large scale. 1t seems to me that by
obtaining cheaper raw material the
manufactured goods could be sold at
lower prices without decreasing the
cost Of labor
( There is an urgent demand in Rus
s.a for goods which used to be i'm
ported into Russia in normal. peace
times and also for manufacturing ar,i-
cles which Russia used to produce.
but has not been producing lately.
Goods of diversified character can be
forwarded in large quantities for in
stance, all kinds Of clothing, shoes.
railroad equipment, automobiles, tex
tile and shoe machinery. metallurgical
and chemical products. agricultural and
mining machinery, fertilizers, etc.
These can be exchanged in Russia for
hemp and tow, leather, hristles. wool.
tobacco, wood products, crude oils and
kerosene, furs Gin north RUSSIA, or
large quantities OF raw ores.
Tbs exchange can easily be ar
ranged through the cooperative so
clcties in Russia. The Operatives,
knowing the pre- of imported and ex-
ported goods, car easily arrange trans
actions throu9n small local cooper
ctiYes or Cbsh'nss peasant commune
tics. The larae number Of ships now
available in the United States can be
successfully used for these transac-
lions
Besides the possibilities for trade
with Russia on this basis there is Il
vide fold open for engineering enter
prises. such as thc construction of
railways connecting different sec
tions Of the richest areas of Russia.
Companies could also be organized for
the erection and operation Of chem
ical works, sawmills, sugar mills, nr:i-
fetal leather ard silk factories, TIM
ncries etc. Tho assembling and the
erection Of the machinery could De
jntrustcd TO Russian worknen, but the
organization should be erintended
by Americans, and the use Of American
patents would be aought on an agreed
percentage Of net profit Concessions
on the operation Of metalifcrous or
coal mines can be established on thc
basis Of cooperation with their Rus
sian owners, as, due TO the recent poll
icy OF the Soviet, private property has
been rc-establishcd in Russia.
WOLDEMAR DE svESHNlKOFT.
Formerly with the Russian Depart
ment Of Agriculture, former
member of the Russian Military
Commisso to the United States
| Washington, Dec. Is. 1921
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
";ss%%":s%~ Letters to the Tribune's Editor
~dmpYwdp m,mm 4nanae

city. The Harding majority Of 1920
was merely the exception that proves
the rule caused by on overwhelming
disgust for Wisconsin and its dire re-
suits
do not need to state to any one who
knows me that in national and state
politics ! am a dyed lin thc-wool Re
publican But inpintain that IN mn
nicipal elections there IS but ono fact
to be taken into dcration-htness
for the job If an able and upright
Democrat stands better chance Of
election than a Republican possessing
the same characteristics it is up to all
intelligent advocates OF good govern
ment to nominate the Democrat
Those who represent advanced
thought in the work of municipal gov
eminent do not think that party poll
tics should dominate municipal cleo
tions.
All thinking. patriotic citizens
viii subordinate party affiliations to
the welfare and prosperity Of their
city.
1t behoovcs tnc men and women 1ho
want New York City to stand in the
forefront Of we'll governed cites to
unite, irrespective Of party, on strong
candidate who can be elected They
must present a solid front and put the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
The Starving Patent Office
A Question Nearly Related to
Economic Supremacy


To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIT: AS one of your readers, I de.
sire TO express my thanks for your
recent editorial entitled 1.-THE Starry
ing Patent Office I believe that the
most forcible comment that can be pre-
scnted on your editorial is in the form
Of the following extract from the No
vcmber issue. Of The Journal of the
Patent Office Socety":
The white mans civilization is an
economic civilization. 1t Is sustained
By economic supremacy and by that
alone. 1t is that which has given to
the so-called Nordic races their don1in-
ION over land and sea In point Of
numbers they are inferior to the
brown and yellow races. In point of
physical courage they arc likewise in
feror. for the Oriental races face both
torture and death with a resignation
and fatalism that the white man
either has never attained or has long
ago lost. In ability to endure hardship.
to exist on minimum Of nourishment,
the swarmng millions OF Asia are su-
perior to the European or the Ameri-
can. AS for intellectual power. dismiss
ing the uses TO which that powe, is ap-
piled, the Eastern mind has attained a
discipline and a subtlety of reasoning
that the Western mind has never yet
achieved
"It is the white mans economic &C
con? lshmcnts which have been the
magic carpet that has transported him
everywhere and the armor that none
can penetrate While this economic su-
prcmacy exists no other race can chat
lenge the white mans civilization.
Whenever that supremacy has been
weakened the white mans civilization
has been menaced' From Economic
Aspects Of Disarmament in "Atlantic
Monthly,' by Frank l. Cobb, editor
"New York World"
The economic supremacy of any ma
ton or race, conditions otherwise be-
ing approximately equal, is dependent
almost wholly upon its knowledge Of
the sciences and how to apply them 70
industrial uses. The white mans eco
nomc accomplishments mean the &c
suits Of invention more than the cma-
nations Of any othcr intellectual activ-
ity The interdependency of invention
and proper patent system is All &C.
ceptod principle of economic law. Tho
history of the advanced industrial ma
tions in recent years shows that those
governments which most stimulate in
vention through the operations Of an
enlightened patent system have the
most economic accomp lishmcnts to
their credit.
Your readers viii readily deduco
from the foregoing the irreparable ca
lamity that would befall our country il
the "starving Of the Patent Office
should continue. b. ROMAN.
New York, Dec. 81, 1921
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
Novels and Plays
Which Reflect More Accurately the
Spirit Of the Age?


frror, The London Horntr0 Posty
The undergraduates of Cambridge
have come to the conclusion-if we
may judge from the voting at their de-
bate-that the modern novel more ac-
curately reflects the spirit Of the age
than the modern drama. The debate
was interesting, with Mt. Drinkwater
and Mr. Walpole as the rival cham
pions, but the opposition between those
two forms of art seems to our mind a
little forced when we see our the atrical
managers turning more snd moro to
novelists for their plays. Indeed, it
almost seems q rule that plays are &C
cepted only from playwrights who have
novels to their credit The chances,
therefore. are that if novels represent
the spirit Of the age, so do the plays,
and that there is very little TO choose
between them in this respect.
~ - oouDl4ul IL inns terCency to
make the popular novelist the favored
dramstst is to the advantage Of either
the drama or the novel, for the chances
are that in most cases the motive
which leads the novelist to write plays
and the manager to accept them is COM
mercial. The novelist hears of these
handsome royalties which flow when
a theater is playing to capacity, and
the manager apparently attaches con-
siderable Importance TO the safety and
promise which attach themselves to
familiar name. Otherwise, it is hard
TO see how q writer could abandon the
writing Of a novel, with it. delightful
sense Of intimacy, Of mastery and of
complete control, for the writing Of
play, where between the author and the
anal production intervene the producer.
the actor and, above all, the public.
Mr. Malpole can say of his novels:
Good or bad, they are my own, and
alone | made them" Can Mr.. Drink
water say the same Of his plays?
From the intellectual point Of view,
the distinction laid down at Cambridge
is gradually becoming very slight one.
But at the same time the play differs
from the novel in this respect, that
when il does catch the spirit Of the
age the upheaval it causes is immense.
Have any novelsts ever produced
such disturbances as Ibsen, Strindbers,
Mr.. Shaw or NJ. Brieux? Has any nov.
ellst affected the methods and OUTPUT
OF other novelists in the way that Ibsen
Influenced the methods and OUTPUT of
other dramatists? The theater must,
to the delicate and impetuous novelist,
seem clumsy and restricted instru-
especially to the modern novel
st, who uses the novel for purposes
which would make Sir Walter Scott
and Jane Austen groan. But, clumsy
and restricted though it be, how power
full is the instrument in the hands Of
q master,
For the theater appeals rot to the
fastidous susceptibilities Of a reader
in an armchair, but to the emotions %
q crowd stirred to an unusual pitch Of
aesthetic sensiblity. That is, we pre-
sumo, why the state insists on such
safeguards as the censor. May we not
then conclude that the drama is curl
ously capricious regarding the themes,
the situations, the characters and the
emotions which IL will tolerate and
expose, and in that respect is unlike
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01

the novel. which is maid of all-uork,
ready to take on any task?
At the same time, the dranls produces
effects which arc more impressive and
more lasting. Almost any subject can
be treated in modern novel, and for
that reason it expresses much more ef-
fectively than ths play the restless,
inquisitivc ard somewhat superficial
spirit Of Our age
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
radc With Russia
City Government

professional politicians on the y,,
rout them aud snoihilate them h.-
the possit ~ Of rcsuscitation
IDA 2. GEDNEY
Brooklsn. D-c p, ~:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01
Involuntary Exercise

tFron The Indianapolis NetosJ
If the holdup men Increase the
people will have their hands in the air
so much that they can dispense with
their morning calisthenics.
The New York herald., 1922-03-02
WELLINGTON KOO SAILS;
SEES GOOD BEGINNING
Chinese Delegate Praises u. S
for Peace Conference.

DR.. V. X. wellington Koo. Chinese
Minister to Great Britain and head of
his countrys delegation at the Wash
ington arms conference. sailed yesterday
by the White Star liner Homeric for
Southampton with Mrs. Koo and Kai
Yuen. their girl baby born in Washing
ton. DR.. Koo said America was to be
congratulated on the success of the con-
ference: that the cause OF world peace
had won another victory, and that China
was gratified.
There were still some Outstanding
questions" in his opinion. but these
were expected in situation that had
arisen in the course OF eighty years
and could not be adjusted at q single
conference.
1.-THE important point from our view"
DR.. Koo added 'is that a good beginning
has been made and that the problems
are being handled in manner that
looks toward the complete rehabilitation
Of China"
The New York herald., 1922-03-02
EVOLUTION OPPONENTS
sENEMIES OF PUBLIC
Prof. PetrunkeUitch De.
nounces Bryan ct AL.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
NEW HAVEN, March 1.-Prof. Alexan-
der Petrunkevitch of the geological de-
partment at Yale University to-day is
sued statement In which he said tha.
opponents of the theory of evolution are
enemies of the public good"
THE recent attempt of some MEM
bers OF the Kentucky Legislature to
saddle on the people of their State a
law prohibiting the teaching of evolu-
ton arouses sad thoughts in the mind
of all who have at heart the welfare of
the growing generation" he said. 1T
is a manifestation OF ignorance, intoi-
erance and narrow mindedness sadly
at odds with the broad spirit of the
great trainers of the American Const-
tuition. While the political experiment
ers in famine stricken Russia tell their
teachers and professors: Teach Marx
ian doctrines and evolution or you shall
be put in Jail as counter revolution
lists our own political experimenters
say: Dare not to teach evolution OF
you shall be put in Jail as counter revo-
lutionists.'
Science Is not concerned with re-
ligion. 1t seeks the truth. and IL any
church finds that her own teachings are
at variance with the discoveries II
science, such a church should at once
revise in her own teachings whatever
is wrong. Or will Mr. w. j. Bryan, the
new champion of obscurantism, presume
upon himself the right to decide wherein
the Bible is correct and wherein 1t Is at
fault? Should the controversy about
Jonah be revived? And II everything
contained in the Bible is perfect. why
to teach science at all?"
The New York herald., 1922-03-02
UPHOLDS EVOLUTION
STUDY IN SCHOOLS
Columbia Professor Attacks
Bryan and Those Favoring
Dark Age Methods.

CHICAGO, March ATTEMPTS to sup
press BY law the teaching Of the doctrine
of evolution and other scientific theories
in the public schools were vigorously
opposed to-day by speakers before the
annual meeting Of the National Educa-
ton Association.
Recent writings and lectures by w.
]. Bryan, urging a "back to the Bible
movement" and efforts of legislators in
Kentucky to pass n law against the
teaching of Darwinism were viewed as
representing an attempt to- substitute
methods of the Dark Ages for modern
public schooling.
Opposition to the theory of evolu-
ton" declared Prof. Edwin r. A. Selig-
man of Columbia University. Expresses
the ideas of the childhood of society.
Now, If we are going back to childhood
let's so all the way. Let's teach that
the earth is fat and that the sun moves
around it."
He suggested as an effective proof of
evolution the preparation of an exhibit
containing the remains of extinct dino
saur and other exhibits of animal life
all showing the proofs or evolution
through the ages--be carried on spe-
cial train TO the DenlsIlteu seCtioiis VI
the country where it is most needed
Mr. Bryan was characterized by the
Professor as being "stll a medevalist."
"The effort to support and defend the
the Bible through legislation" DIR. Frank
Z. Spaulding, head of the Department
of Education of the graduate school OF
Yale University. declared, strongly
suggests a wavering faith on the part of
the advocates of such measures
Those who are sound In the faith,
he asserted, know that the unhampered
effort to extend the knowledge OF truth
in every direction can only confirm the
truths of the Bible that have stood un-
shakable through the ages.
IF we were to eliminate those studies
based on the doctrine of evolution from
our public school curricula, we would
have left no science at all in the schools.
1 think Mr.. Bryan and certain state
legislators and their supporters in this
matter are taking the wrong course.
Such methods lead away from the true
spirit of the Bible"
The New York herald., 1922-03-02
.INDICT UNION CHIEF
IN S21,675 THEFT
Grand Jurors Take Action on
Hogan, Who Charged Non
Unionists for Working.

William A. Hogan, financial secretary
of Local No. 3, International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers. upon whose
activities the Lockwood committee threw
light last December, was indicted yes
terday by the Grand Jury charged with
the larceny of s21.675. The indictment
was handed up to Justice Isador Was
servogel of the Supreme Court and a
warrant for Hogans arrest was issued.
The money constituted permit money
paid over to Hogan for the union by
non-union members for the privilege of
working upon union jobs. These nom
union electricians. according. to testi-
mony. were willing to join the union.
but were kept out on the excuse that
"the books were too full" The fees
were larger than the non-union men
would have had to pay IL they had been
union members, thus Increasing building
costs.
Four clerks were kept bnsy taking in
money between August l, 1918, and July
1, 1921, at the headquarters of the union.
40 East Sixteenth street. No cash
DOCKS were kept, HONtNeI, anu duh''oi .
testified it was impossible to determine
how much money had been taken in.
Assessments ranged from 81 week for
helpers to $3.50 a week for journeymen
electricians.
At the hearings before the Lockwood
committee Hogan was confronted with
the widow of worker whose $1,000
death benefit Hogan admitted he had
collected for his organization. The
worker was James +. Smith. who died
in Jersey City hospital in October,
1918. The union official admitted to
having collected similar death benefits.
Hogan testified that he received a
salary of SIS a week as financial sec
retary and $1,000 year as treasurer
of the national organization. He told
of several bank accounts he held and
said his home in Mount Vernon was
valued at $11 900.
Many of the men who had collected
the funds and turned them over to Ho-
gan testified before the Grand Jury yes
terday. The case was presented by Abe
Friedman, Special Deputy Attorney
General.