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The New York herald., 1922-10-30
EVENTS TODAY.

Mrs. Douglas Robinson Will speak. meeting
of Woman's Republican Club. Plaza Hotel.
IL A. NJ.
Luncheon to. Henry M. ooldfosle. Hotel
Commodore, p. M. =,
Tho Founders, meeting. Hotel Astor. ,
p. NJ
''Erance and Her Neighbors.' lecture for
public school children, American Museum OF
Natural History. $3.50 p. NJ.
women's Conference for Study and Service.
s. E. c.. meeting. DR.. Henry Neumann on
Can Human Nature Be Changed?'' Ethical
Culture Meeting House, West Sixty-fourth
street, 3 p. NJ.
Brooklyn Institute OF Arts and Sciences. Lee
ture, ''Giotto at Padua" Charles Theodors
Carruth, Academy of Music, p. NJ.
New York Employing Printers Association.
dinner. Hotel Astor. p. NJ.
The Police Reserve, dinner. waldorf-As-
toria, p. NJ.
New York Area Methodist Episcopal
Church. dinner. Hotel Commodore. 6 P. NJ.
Reception TO Irish Republican delegates.
Lexington Theater. 8 p. NJ.
American Legion, New York county COM
mittee. meeting. Hotel Pennsylvania. p. III.
American -women's Association, meeting,
Hotel Pennsylvania, p. NJ.
Unity Society OF Practical Christianity, pub
Building, Broadway and Fifty-seventh street,
S:15 +. NJ.
Society for the Advancement of Judaism.
Al West Eishty-sixth street. Professor
julius Drachsler on Jewish Life In Con-
National Association OF Audubon Societies.
public meeting. addresses by Ernest Thomp
Seton, DR.. Frank NJ. Chapman. r. Gil
bert Pearson. Museum OF Natural History.
seventy-seventh street and Central Park
American Birth Control League. meeting.
Carnegie Hall, & 80 p. M.
The New York herald., 1922-10-30
Imports Rushing in Despite New Tariff
Million Day Customs Receipts in New York-People
Seek What They Want Even if Prices Are Higher.

The wheels Of business at the Custom
House are whirring as never before in
the history of importations at this port.
where more than rs per cent. OF the
duties Of Uncle Sam are collected. In
the words of Henry c. Stuart. acting
collector, who las inducted dozen or
more politicians OF both parties into the
office that he holds In emergencies with
the genius Of veteran, Business Is so
big that we have no time for analysis"
This Is one of the reasons James Car
roll in charge Of the bureau Of statis-
tics. cannot supply figures and facts ac-
curately depicting just why every man
and woman in the customs service here
has been on the jump since the new
tariff went into effect on September 21.
That importers are bringing in vast
quantities Of merchandise Of many
sorts regardless Of the higher duties Is
indisputable. Why do they do It? Mr.
Stuart himself says his many years Of
observation have inspired him to be-
lieve that the American man and
woman have acquired a habit of having
what they want no matter how much
10 may cost.
In fact, sometimes the higher cost
appeals to them on the ground that one
cannot get really good thing with
out paying high for 1t. II was begin
ming to look as 'hough the American
consumer regardless Of cleSs has dis
carded the idea that paying more
money for q thing tina. he ardently de-
sires was going to do him any harm. >.
AS an official Of the Government the
acting Collector does not give express
sion to partisan opinions, but he clear
ly intimated that he believed the high
tariff might help the prosperity that he
sees coming our way. The duties paid
on imports here are averaging nearly
a million = day. TO illustrate how the
higher duties combined with increased
importations have affected the revenues
Of the country Mr.. Stuart showed by
figures that the daily average thus far
Of the fiscal year ended Jr-e 80. 1923,
was nearly 100000 larger than in the
same period last year.
It is noticeable that importations for
Immediate consumption recently have
been very high. averaging in one recent
six day period nearly 100000. The
Withdrawals Of merchandise from
bonded warehouses have been light since
the change in tariff. The experts In the
Custom House agree tnat there has been
a gradual increase in almost all sorts
OF importations. The influx OF toys,
particularly from Germany, has been
heavy. and earthenwaro. which includes
pottery of all sorts. Is coming in In
greater quantities than ever.
Mr.. Carroll regretted that he could not
The New York herald., 1922-10-30
Firewood Wasted.
Discarded Railroad Ties Should Be
Gathered and Sold for Fuel.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Lying
alongside the roadbed and In bitches
not far from the railroad tracks on the
New Jersey meadows may be seen
largo numbers OF railroad ties which
have served their usefulness and been
discarded.
Sometimes these discarded ties are
permitted to remain where thrown until
they rot at other times they are placed
in small heaps and set afire.
What an awful waste of perfectly
good fuel the abandonment or burning
of these discarded ties Is! On account
of many Of them being soaked with oil
they make excellent f1rewood when cut
up and split into short lengths. There
are many people who would be very
glad of an opportunity to procure them
for fuel purposes.
In view Of the fact that there is a
scarcity of coal for domestic purposes.
and our fuel administrators, Government
officials and others are exhorting people
to use substitutes for coal. would 1t not
be the part Of wisdom and good policy
for the railroad companies to have some
of their laborers gather up these dis
carded ties, place them on fat cars and
haul them to points where people could
purchase them and have them carted
to their homes?
The railroad companies could sell them
at what It costs them for labor and
haulage, or they could even add little
profit to the cost. In that way they
would be getting a small revenue for
something that is now entirely wasted.
No doubt there are thousands OF cords
OF railroad ties wasted in the above
mentioned manner yearly all over the
country. Their salvaging would not only
help many people in our present fuel
shortage, but might help conserve some
of the trees which are now being cut
down for flrewood.
II. r. p. LrsHNER-
TEANEcK, N. J.. October rs.
The New York herald., 1922-10-30

est citizens of their votes and deprive
the election officials of authority.
But the Mayors bogey. which he
makes out OF the 1000 watchers who
will be assigned to the polls In this
city, is not going to terrify anybody.
Every honest citizen would be glad
to see 10000 watchers assigned to
the polls in New York il that number
were necessary to insure decent
election.
Mr.. GILBERT has uncovered enough
evidence of carelessness or conniv-
ance in the course of registration to
call for sharp watching on November
7, and vigorous prosecution Of the
cases which his investigation has so
far turned up.
The New York herald., 1922-10-30
Teachers Who Can Also Do.

JOHN STEPHEN WoRLEY. q New York
consulting engineer who has been
highly successful in his profession,
gives up his practice to become pro-
fessor OF transportation and railroad
engineering at the University of
Michigan. where he will receive a
salary of less than $4,000 year. He
does this because he believes he can
render greater service by training
young men in his profession than he
can by continuing his practice in
New York.
Mr.. WoRIEY's case is interesting.
He is still young man, 46, who
might count upon at least twenty
five more years in the active pursuit
of his calling. Most professional men
do not strike their full stride until
they have reached Mr.. WoRLEY's age.
He could look forward confidently to
greater professional recognition and
increased material rewards.
But he has seen something bigger
than either of those things. and he
has grasped it. Mr.. WoRLEY must
feel the impulsion TO teach or he
would not give up what he does.
That means he will carry into his
teaching the enthusiasm without
which teaching is dead thing. And
teaching by a man who knows what
he is talking about can get worth
while results.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW said sting
ingly: "Those who can, do; those who
can't, teach" That is far from fair.
Among teachers are many whose ca
pacity for instruction is great, and
who would also be great performers.
It would be fine thing for profess
sional education IL more OF those who
can would also teach.
Occasionally a medical school or a
law school or an engineering school
obtains tie services OF n man OF par
ticular ability in his profession who
is also gifted as teacher. No mat
ter how distinguished that mans SER
vices may have been in the actual
practice OF his profession, society
owes him greater debt for what he
can do as n teacher.
The New York herald., 1922-10-30

give out figures for a week or more, as
the. newness as we'll as the vastness Of
the business was hampering his statisti-
clans. The new tariff has been long
enough in operation to indicate that
there will be a great increase in I'm
ports. the experts say, much OF which
will be brought In American bottoms.
Sugar, which was the chief source OF
revenue In the summer and early fall.
has now fallen off. this being the slack
season. AMI the duties therefrom average
only about $4,000 day. Tho largest
receipts are from wooden goods and ap-
parel. silk and silk apparel. cotton, iaces,
toys. jewelry, mostly diamonds. and
chemicals
Sugar will reappear at the top of the
revenue earners with the beginning OF
the new season and 1t Is expected that
million dollar days thereafter will be the
rule rather than the exception. as they
were last year. OF course, the con-
tinuation Of the big business depends
somewhat on conditions In Europe.
The New York herald., 1922-10-30
Labor and immigration.

At the seventh annual convention
of the Associated Industries in Bos-
ton a resolution was passed which
calls attention to the existing short
age of labor throughout the country.
Statistics are cited from Government
records to show that large share of
the responsibility for the present sit
uation rests with the immigration
restriction law.
The records show that the net i'm
migration gain of the country during
the last fiscal year was 110,S44. OF
these arrivals 68 per cent. were
classed as persons of no occupation.
Most Of them were women and chill
dren. The net gain OF presumptive
producers was about $4,000, figure
which undoubtedly would shrink
when reduced to terms of applicants
for jobs at actual manual labor.
But there is a heavy Offset to be
placed against even this small access
sion to our labor forces. During the
year when these recruits were COM
irfg In about 10000 workers were 60
Ing out, leaving the country. In
other words, in the face OF rapidly
growing labor needs we were left at
the end of the year with certainly
little more and probably less avail
able labor than we had at the years
beginning.
In view OF this situation, the reso-
luton of the Associated Industries
favors cooperation with other organi-
zations in a thorough investigation
OF the immigration problem. With
the results of such an inquiry spread
before the country II is expected that
constructive immigration policy,
reduced to concrete legislative pro-
posals, may be available for preseuta-
.tion TO Congress.
Unhappily the causes Of our labor
scarcity do not begin and end at the
country's immigration gateways. IT.
respective of individual capacities.
temperamental and physical, increas-
ing numbers of American youths are
turned loose every year to swell the
already overcrowded ranks of those
for whom real work in the sense Of
physical exertion is something to be
avoided, not sought. Even in those
employments. such as railroading In
which paths leading from the bottom
to the top were once open to demon
strated individual energy and execu-
tive ability. the roads to promotion
The New York herald., 1922-10-30

aroused the resentment of the race to
which he, was attributed because he
was called typical. No stage per-
formance. it is almost unnecessary to
say, would to-day dare to caricature
other races to a greater extent than
native Americans.
Opposition has removed these re-
minders of an earlier and cruder
phase Of taste. But will any degree
Of agitation help the sensitive pos
SCISSORS of English first names who
are said to be planning to seek legal
protection against the gibes of the
comedians who make sport of this
more or less florid nomenclature?
Their injured pride is assuredly per-
sonal. No national traits are In
volved in the ridicule Of names which
differ from those common here. So it
Is doubtful If, with such grounds for
protest. the movement to compel re-
spect in the treatment of all names
that may to the uneducated suggest
the dandified, the finical or the ultra
refined will meet with success.
The New York herald., 1922-10-30
MONDAY, OCTOBER so. 1922.


A crowd back OF AL SMITH is de-
nouncing Governor MILLER for main
tanning order and protecting life with
State police in upstate riots.
II is strange, in view of the candor
and courage attributed to AL SMITH,
that he does not come out and repu-
diate the men who attack Governor
MILLER because MILLER did his duty.
IT Is unlike AL SMITH not to say,
publicly and as often as MILLER is
denounced for having put down riots,
that MILLER did only what he, AL
SMITH, did and would do again.
As Governor, AL SMITH sent State
police to Rome in July, 1919, to quell
the riots incidental to the brass
works strike.
Governor SMITH sent the State po-
lice to Olean in August, 1919, during
the street car strike.
Governor SMITH kept the State po-
lice at Lackawanna for three months
during the steel strike In the fall
of 1919.
AL SMITH did the right thing when
he used the State police to suppress
disorder that had got beyond the
strength of local authority. He was
doing what Governor MILLER did, and
with the same kind Of courage. He,
like MILLER, did not then fear the
criticism of trades union agitators.
Why that same sort of courage
does not impel AL SMITH to disavow
the cowardly political tactics of some
OF his followers is a mystery. He
permits them to create the impress
sion among union labor men that
Governor MILLER used the State po-
lice to make war on their union.
That is not like AL SMITH.
The New York herald., 1922-10-30
D Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Fair to-day
and tomorrow little change in temper
ature ; fresh northwest and north winds
For New Jersey-Fair to-day and to-
morrow little change in temperature |;
northwest and north winds.
For Northern New England-Fair to-
day and tomorrow little change in
temperature; fresh northwest winds.
For Southern New England---Fair to-
day and Tomorrow little change In tenn
perature; fresh northwest winds.
For Western New York-Fair to-day
and probably tomorrow little change
In temperature fresh northwest winds.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Pressure re-
mained low to-day over the Canadian
Maritime Provinces and the Gulf Of
Mexico and over the middle and south
ern sections west of the Mississippi
River. and high and rising over the north
Pacific States and the northern Rocky
Mountain region and from Hudson Bay
southwark over the lake region and tn,
upper Ohio Valley.
- The pressure distribution has been at-
tended by showers within the last twen-
ty-four hours in portions of the plains
states and along the east Gulf coast,
and snow or rain in the Rocky Mountain
and southern Plateau regions.
The outlook Is for generally fair
weather Tomorrow In the lower lake
region, Ohio Valley, Tennessee and the
Atlantic and Gulf States, except that
showers are probable In the extreme
soutn. The temperature will not change
materially east of the Mississippi River
curing the next two days. ~
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The New York herald., 1922-10-30
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANuATTAN AND THE BRONX.

MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.
Trend OF the Times" by Prof. Nelson p
Mead. at Washington Irving II. s., Irving
place and Sixteenth street.
Trend OF the Times,.-by Mr.. Arthur D.
Rees. Mt Morris IL. s.. 106th street and Bos-
ton road, The Bronx.
Book OF the Hour. by Prof. Carter Troop.
at Pilgrim Hall. Fifty-sixth street and Broad
way.
Songs OF the Moment" by Miss June Mui-
lin. at p. S. 46, 1JGth street and st. Nicholas
avenue; vocal selections. m
THE Nature of Light and Color" by Rob
avcfue and 127th street; stereopticon views
and experiments.
How Great Public High school Prepares
It's Girls for Career in lrdustrial Art by
1osth street, near Broa vay; stereoptican
views.
Education and Heradity." by Frederick
schleiter Ph. D.. at labor Temple. -Four
tccnth street and Second avenue.
Folk Songs OF Many Lands," by Mmf
Bertha Van vliet, at St Columbia Hall. 343
West Twenty-fifth street; vocal selections
"sir James Barrie MS a Great Constructive
irvine, at Evander Childs II. s.. ls4th st.
and Field place, The Bronx; dramatic read
inrs from what Every woman Knows"
BROOKLYN AND QUEENS.
Current d., Thc,ufhts b. DR.; - Alexander s,,,
avenues.
Trend of the Times" by Mr. Sydney n.
Ussher. at Eastern District H. s., Marcy
avenue and Keap street
Trend OF the Times" by Miss Myra l..
Grant, at Greenpoint Branch Brooklyn Pub
lie Library. Norman avenue and Leonard
street. ar tFN.
Trend OF the Times" by Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Lease. at Richmond Hill II. s.. Stoothoff
and Ridgewood avenues, i,chmoud Viii, l.. J.
Trend OF the Times" by Mr.. George A.
Hastings. at =. 8. 80. Gleane street and
Britton avenue, Elmhurst, l.. I.
"Romeo and Juliet" by Miss Mona Nor
gan. at Bushwick II. s.. Irving avenue and
Woodbine street; dramatic readings from
principal sccnes of the play.
'sonya." by Miss Gladys Lott. at Erasmus
Hall III. S.. Flatbush avenue, near Church
avenue. the first OF three dramatic readings
Of Stage Successes OF 1e2f-22."
Folk Songs and Modern Songs OF spaIn,''
by Miss Maria Pnz Galnsborg. ut Manual
Training II. s., Seventh avenue and Fourth
street: vocal selections.
american Life In the Philippines" by
Mrs. Frances O.. Houghton. at r. s. o.,
Eghty-fifth and Shipley streets, Woodhaven,
l.. l.: stereopticon views. fY
The New York herald., 1922-10-30
The Achievement.

From the Montreal Gdsetfe,
He sought for fame. His life he spent
To rear a fitting monument
Unto his energy and skill.
He cleared the land. He built mill.
Careless of comfort and of health
He called for labor and for wealth.
And soon far DER the hilltops rang
The echo Of the iron ciang
And men and women gathered round
And childish laughters joyous sound
Was heard amid the mighty din
As trade and fashion hustled in.
At last he said with pride. Now this
Is truly n metropolis
Which men OF future days shall see
With deep respect and think of me-"
The train speeds through. We hear
with shame
The brakeman mlspronounce its name.
A damsel says. while chewing gum.
This jay old burg is on the bumi'
And though its Office buildings rise
And seem to penetrate the skies.
Upon the map. as we explore,
II seems fiyspeck-nothing more!
The New York herald., 1922-10-30

American Municipal Law and the
Rights Of Foreign Ships.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: one OF
the paradoxical situations created by the
ruling OF the Attorney General extend
ing the application of the nom possession
clause of the prohibition act to foreign
ships In American waters Is that 1t at
once both asserts and denies the same
principle in international law. or domes-
tic law, as one views 1t.
The ruling holds that American ships
are at all times American territory and
economy of such ships the laws of the
United States are not suspended in for
eign waters. II this proposition be
sound It follows necessarily that in the
case Of foreign ships in American waters
the same rule applies and that the In
ternal economy of such ships. in SO far
as It does not involve q material wrong
either to the United States or to sub
Ject of the United States. Is not subject
to American municipal law.
In effect, however. the American Gov
ernment denies the latter PROPOSITION by
holding that American laws are always
supreme in the cases specified on Amer
lean ships while repudiating the princi-
pie in the case Of foreign ships in Amer
lean ports. This, of course. is a position
that no government could successfully
maintain no matter what its courts
might decide in the premises Either
the prohibition act is suspended on
American ships In foreign waters-and
these include all non-American waters,
such as the high seas--or 1t does not APP
ply to foreign ships in american waters
in so far as 1t Is attempted to forbid
otherwise lawful possession and other
wise innocent use by ships company.
Conversely. II foreign ships are subject
to American municipal law in such a
case while In American waters It can
only be on the theory that native laws
are suspended on a ship when she leaves
home waters as In tho case OF an indi-
vidual, and the American Government
has no lawful authority to compel It's
ships to be dry beyond the three mile
limit.
II prohibition alone had been the pur-
pose Of this ridiculous attempt by the
Administration to inaugurate the prin-
ciple of "heads. I win; tails. you lose"
in international relations it would never
nave Deeu hcdTu VI. Due' oSSoA N''Ao ~
the Government officials. the true pur-
pose is the Interior and dishonest one OF
depriving foreign ships of an advantage
which. being derived from their own
laws. 1t is an abuse Of reason to describe
as unfair. One might as justly say that
the advantage which fast ship has
over q slow one. or which clever per-
SON has over a stupid one. Is unfair and
that it would be lawful to damage the
one or otherwise injure the other In or
der to remove the disparity.
In the meantime we may leave 1t to
the Administration to decide on which
horn Of tho dilemma confronting 1t 1t
will choose to be impaled.
+. J. DUNDoN.
PARIS, France. October II.
The New York herald., 1922-10-30
Personal and National Pride.

Sensitive persons have usually been
successful in accomplishing any sort
OF stage reform to which they de-
voted sufficient attention. The green
whiskered Irishman disappeared
from the vaudeville halls long ago
but his departure took persist
ence on the part of those who found
his antics discredit to national
character. Irish comedians who
were once highly popular retired
from the stage in chagrin as result
OF active opposition.
Sensitiveness to these grotesque ex-
aggerations of national traits was not
personal The same Is true OF the
opposition to our old friend shylocL
which has so far shown itself only In
the schools. His pcculiarities have