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New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
pawns in a Political Game

The plan to make a city Of the
County Of Westchester is the plan
of politicians Comparatively few
Of the residents of the cities, vii
lages and towns concerned knew
anything about it till they read Of
it in Mondays Tribune.
The proposed change in the form
Of government has never been pub
Gcly discussed in Westchester. Few
CT the local newspapers have CON-
mented on it cditorially, There is
evidence, however, that it has been
in process of formulation for some
time, and that the politicians who
are behind it, for reasons Of their
own, have kept it under cover.
The residents Of such cities as Yon~
Eors, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle
and White Plains, and wealthy and
prosperous villages like the Pei
hams, Rye and Larchmont, have
never been told how the change
would benefit them or whether it
would benefit them at ALL Most Of
them believe that its only effect
would be to increase taxation.
Even those who might have been
disposed to welcome better stand
ardized system of government re-
sent the secrecy that has surrounded
the whole affair. The fact that the
plan may be put into execution
without referendum inspires them
with the fear that they will be sad
died with a government without the
consent Of the governed.
1t is true that the old township
plan is cumbersome and archaic,
md that the Board Of Supervisors
has never functioned as such a
board should function. But if West
chester County is to become city
its taxpayers want to know about
it in advance and TO form their own
system Of consolidation.
The territory to be comprised in
the new city includes vast stretches
If country as wild as that in many
, Western states, great stretches of
farm lands, as we'll as woodland and
stone quarries. The prospect Of i'm
posing city taxes upon these lands
is not any more pleasing to their
owners than the prospect Of paying
for highways and sewers through
them is pleasing to the city tax
payers.
If the Legislature desires the ap-
proVal of the people of one of the
richest counties in the state it will
so amend the law passed at the last
session as to give them a voice in
any such radical change in their
/ social organization.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

Elias Tobenkin, the young author Of
THE Road" is little rescntful Of
some Of the comments by the journal
ists on his first novel. Writing from
rural Wisconsin, where he is finding
facts and impressions for his next
book, he says naively:
''ln my newspaper reporting. some
fifteen years back, you may recall that
the then Sunday editor, M. Handy,
made me 60 down to the foreign la
boring people and tell Of their lives,
bring to light their wrongs and griev-
ances. so that the American public
might understand the newcomers,
might adjust American conditions and
institutions to their needs and in turn
adjust the immigrant to American con-
ditions and institutions.
There were then many people who
looked askance at both the editor and
myself for doing this sort of interpre-
tatve work. A few years later, however,
almost every paper in the country was
doing this sort OF thing, going over
the ground that had already covered
You may recall that my writing was
then moved up from the semi-serious
Sunday columns to the dead earnest
editorial page Of the paper was
made editorial writer with social
justice for my special province.
II have in The Road done on a
big canvas what ! tried to do In those
Chicago newspaper articles and social
justice editorials on a small scale. I
have removed the nice top soil and
showed what is going on beneath the
surface in America. I have given in
This Road true and, believe, artis-
tic picture Of what large groups Of
people in tho unfortunately
we now have depths in America as
elsewhsre--feel and think and say.
There are people who look askance at
me for that. They think that such
things ought not to be talked about,
written about. ] differ with those pco-
pie most emphatically. In democracy
like our own not to take cognizance of
what large sections of our people think
and feel and resent. in these days of
world stress and struggle, is, to put
it most mildly, shortsighted.
"Sinca Jack London's death working
people and their problems have ceased
to figure as material for the novelist
IN America. except where the working
girl marries the boss and the section
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
Unwise Economy

While voting 100000 fol, free
seeds for Congressman. Congress is
now endeavoring to save $3.50 by
forcing the Inter-Amorican High
Commission to liquidate its affairs
by July /, 1923.
While the value of free seeds to
the people, and even to Congress-
men, is doubtful, there is no doubt
of the value of the Inter American
High Commission to the nation. Or
ganlzed in 1916 for the purpose of
facilitating better financial relations
between the Americas, it has done
much to increase mutual understand
ing and has facilitated commercial
intercourse between the continents.
With headquarters in the Treasury
building in Washington, the com
mission has subcommittee of Amer
lcan business advisers for each of
the different nations. who are in
touch with the Washington Office.
Each nation Of Latin America. in
turn, has an organization in its own
capital. which communicates with
the North American commission.
As a result of the commissions
activities during the last few wears
numerous treaties have been made ia
facilitate the work of commercial
travellers and make it easier to in
troduce samples. In several in
stances, owing to the efforts of the
commission, customs regulations
have been simplifed so as to ex-
pedlte the passage Of goods. So
also a American trademark
bureau has been established, and
much has been done toward bring
ing about greater uniformity Of COM
merclal laws among the Southern
nations, with the purpose of elimi-
mating some of the causes of fric-
ton between North and South Amer
lean business men.
That such an organization has
done and can continue to do work
which is Of genuine value TO Ameri-
can exporters is plain. Equally i'm
portant. however, is its effect uDon
the general relations between the
United States and the Lat:n-Ameri-
can nations. Animated by a genuine
desire TO cooperate, ii has already
helped TO remove in part the dis
trust of the United States which is
felt in SO many Latin-American
countries.
That work of this Importance
should be stopped for the sake OF
economy when ten times the money
SO economi2ed is squanderod in fool
ishness is unfortunate There is
much to be gained BY keeping alive
the InterAmerican High Commits
sion. To starve it into disintegra-
ton will only add to the series of
beneficial enterprises in connection
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
Foreign Debts and the Bonus

The proposal to link the bonus
with the payment of The foreign debt
makes sham of the one and in
finitely complicates the other. The
ostensible purpose Is to make the
soldiers feel that they viii be paid
through the repayment Of the debt.
Buo it ignores the probability that
10 adequate payment is likely to be
made within sufficient time 10 full
FIJI the requirements OF the measure.
It's advocates pretend that they can
pay cash by means of uncollected
bills the value Of which is disputed.
More serious, however. is the eff
feet upon the debt problem itself.
Already highly complicated, The
question Of the repayment Of the
foreign debts is iat1icately bound
up in problems Of ethics and justice
a we'll as Of finance and interna-
tional policies. Its settlement prom
ises to be one of the most difficult
taskc tbs Administration has to face.
AtSeete9 by international relations,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
Science and Sociology

The Carnegie Corporation new
institute Of economics, to sustain
which $l,600,000 has been set aside,
finds spread before it field of use
fulness which invites cultivation.
Sociology and political economy,
its cousin, are pseudo sciences which
are to-day in about the condition
which enveioped the physical sci
ences in pre- Baconian days. They
are afflicted with deductive spirit.
Few take the trouble to ascertain
their facts before reaching their
conclusions.
Those who pretend to knowledge
Of the social organism are too busy
propagating or defending precon-
celved beliefs, They don't bother
about Investigations or how human
beings act in society. Discussions of
what they should do are more inter
csting. We have an abundant litera
tute on what men ought TO do. but
little as to what they actually do
and are likely to continue doing.
John Stuart Mill on one side of O.
great dispute and Karl Marx on the
other are alike in being dogmatists
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
From Missouri
To the Editor OF The Tribuns.

TO the Editor of The Triouns'
Sir: sec an extract in 1.-THE hahs"'
City Star" in which you accuse sens'''
Reed of blstherskite impudsnes'
Brother Wilson, of course, IS all u n
with you. Why don't you say some
thing about The gall he showed ~as'
he tried to defeat Lenroot, o. ",s
consin, and also when he a'd al ~
could to elect that man Ford IN Mi'n'l
gan, who did not even know who esh''
diet Arnold was9
AS meddler and egotist hs has ~
equal; still you think that his la''.
are perfect. There never were -
many bonehead things pulled on gu,
ing any previous administration ~
Mexican policy, his league progf"''
his sugar board program, ana -
on. James Reed will take care v
Missouri and when you attack MN WV
are going against a bigger man 'a''
the Princeton school teacher.
G. G. soHAEFTER.
Polo, Mo, April 90, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
Berlin s Police Patrol

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Apropos Of the "crime wave "
there is an article by T. F. Dornblaser.
Of Chicago, III the current number Of
The American Lutheran Survey. y
which contains this account of police
methods in Berlin:
"The police in Berlin are alert and
we'll armed They patrol the streets
by twos. You seldom see one alone.
On certain days you may see them in
small groups, and occasionally lorry
bristling with thirty or forty bsyo-
nets, is driven through the principal
streets. Each policeman carries a
revolver on his belt and a carbine on
MS shoulder. Every pedestrian knows
what to expect should he resist their
authority. 1t is said the bullets thew
use will plow their way through a
file of six men. This has a dampen-
ing effect on any lawless demonstra-
tions.
"A few days ago a hungry mob OF
men and women made a raid on q
few small delicatessens which were
guilty OF oyercharging their Gus
toners. but in less than twenty
minutes the police dispersed the
rioters and sent them, browbeaten
to their homes"
Is it possible that New York can
learn lesson from the conquered
Berlin? W. FYSON
New York, April q, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
bOOPS BY Percy Hammond


h"4o oecon - a raiIr0ad prcs'deho ane
similar gIaa stun. thInK TINS tendency
70 'aooo "orA'ng peopic IN hctlon' except
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IVs apeN' am To-Day Sco'dod by some
cr'''cS lor haVlhg gwen an unVarnlshed
picture Oh certain states OF nina
among our masses IN ie" years OF
sooner other writers Will 90 the same,
out instead of beng ScoIded they VIII
De praised. ne pioneer rs always as
Sa'led' am grained that you have
retained 50 sympathetic memory Of
my early struggles as a young re-
porter
From Messrs. Boni and Liveright
comes the news that the five best sellers
in their Modern Library series are Os-
car Wildc's Dorian ,"''The ay OF
All Flesh WIlitman's Poems. Pepvs's
Diary and MADAME Bovarv." The
least popular are "Treasure Island :"
Soldiers Three and Diana of the
Crossways. Also that Lord
Grey is not John Paris who wrote
'himono. The author is evidently
another statesman whose identity will
be published after adjournment Of the
Genoa conference
Bert Lesion Tavlor used 10 saw
that his idea Of good time
would be TO read George Moore
ell night and kick him around the
block all the next day. 4 plaintive
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
The Bitter Bitten
1t seemed absurd when first |
heard

1t seemed absurd when first |
heard
That one can teach a trout
BY night to park in waters dark
And chase mosquitoes out.
"A trout said |. "could never
fly,
And could not seek his prey
Amid the air, and that is where
Mosquitoes mostly stay"
| learned ere long that WAS
wrong:
The trout need not have wings.
Nor move beyond his placid pond
To catch the pesky things.
They light in schools in mantling
To lay their little eggs
Whereon the trout comes dashing
out
And grabs them by the legs.
And so l caught and tanned and
taught
4 1.-THE and speckled beauty,
And turned him out to set about
This necessary duty.
"While I'm in bed at night ]
said.
His vigil he will keep,
And in July and August I
Shall get little Sleep
! have no doubt my little trout
Possessed the will to please.
But vain my hope that he could
cope
With insect pests like these.
Alas! | found he swan around
Through long and sleeplcss
nights,
And lashed his tail, without avail,
70 scratch mosquito bites!
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
Plain Apartment Houses
To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.

Sir: II there is not in our city gov
ernment some bureau, committee or
department, authorized to supervise
and approve or disapprove the plans
OF architects for new apartment
houses, there surely should be.
Formerly architects of large apart
ment houses were evidently instructed
by tho owners to have due regard to
good looks in making their plans, and
many handsome buildings were the
result. Now, immense buildings are
rapidly rising to a height Of 200 feet,
moro or loss, most Of which will be un-
worthy Of the fine sites they occupy.
Fronts of perfectly plain, homely.
brown brick walls, with almost count
less monotonous windows, without a
single balcony or ornament of any
kind to relieve their depressing same
ness, with poor little main entrances
and each vast mass surmountsd with
narrow excuse for a cornlce re-
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

Both are arguers from general as
sumption. SO sociology languishes
and public education concerning a
vital matter is neglected. 1t is dif-
ficult to say which element does the
greater harm - the conservatives,
who rely on tradition. or the radi-
Gals, who rely on dreams and as
pirations
1t is possible to diffuse working
knowledge Of what capita is and out
Of what wages arc paid. and Of the
relations Of cooperation TO pro
duction and host Of other asccr
tainable truths. Man is both
rational and an instructive animal,
sometimes is selfish and sometimes
unselfsh, is foolish and intelligent
by turns, and his social institutions
represent HIS contradictions. But it
is feasible to strike some averages
and thus to have a basis for pre-
diction Of future conduct.
If the tests Of induction provide
some interchangeable verities we
may hope in some degree to slow up
the profitless perpetual rotation
which most sociological discussion
now is.
Heretofore sociology has been a
preserve chiefly Of professors Of
Aristotelian or Platonian habits Of
mind. 1t is time to open it to men
Of a more scientific point Of view
who walk humbIv in the footsteps Of
Bacon.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
Horses in Decline
To The Editor Of The Tr;brps

10 The Editor of The Tribune.
Slr; The horses and mules are
rapidly being displaced by the auto
tractor and truck. In New York Citv
from 1910 to 1919 the number Of
horses decreased from l2s,ooo to
Io'ooo. In Ohio. from 1917 to 1919
from s65,ooo to s62, 900. In 1920 the
horses on farms in the United States
decreased S7S, 900.
In 1920 the average price Of horses
IN the United States dropped from
$94.42 to $S2.45. The horse marle+ ;s
very dull. Reports from the LARGE
cltaes show that values are very low.
Autos tractors and trucks arc in
creasing each month, and will continus
TO multiply. Therefore, the warning
should go out: Don't raise colts"
THOMAS H. GoRDNIER
Watts, Calf, April IT, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

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New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
D;srupters at Genoa

D;sruptcrs at Genoa
Premier Poincare said yesterday
tnat If the French delegation at
Genoa could not so ahead with its
work under the agreed conditions
France would reluctantly Withdraw
from the conference. The crises"
which fill the Genoa dispatches have
arisen chiefly from efforts to annul
the limitations laid down by the in
viting powers. 1t was decided in ad-
vance that discussion of existing
treaties ard Of German reparations
should be barred. But there has been
4 persistent effort to drag in these
forbidden subjects.
Germany and Russia sought to
amend the Versailles Treaty by kill
ing that section of it by which Ger
man reparatjons to Russia, if any,
should 90 into the Allied repara-
1ion fund. This brought on the first
crisis The two OUTLAW nations
we're clearly the offenders against
harmony. Germany was accordingly
cxiled from The commission dealing
with Russian settlements. The ten
Allied powers-Big Entente, Little
Entente and Poytuqal-rightly en-
phaslzed the restrictions put on CON
ference activities when they closed
The Russo-Ccrman treaty incident b.
saying: The undersigned expressly
reserve for their governments the
ri2ht TO declare null and void any
clauses in the Russo-German treaty
which may be recognized as contrary
TO existing treaties"
But there are still clements at
Genoa which want to bring in the
prescribed question Of German repa-
1ations. The ingenious Keynes says
IN The World; "The statesmen and
technical experts here assembled are
IN the childish position of having
promised not to discuss the one
question which Is both urgent and
important. and perhaps soluble"
Keynes accepts openly the German
Russian view that the conference
may discuss any questions it pleases.
Strategy IN these quarters seems di-
rected to violating the Cannes and
3oulogne agreements, breaking up
The conference, and then charging
france with obstructing the eco
uomic reordoring Of Europe.
NJ. Poncare is entitled to protest
against this strategy. France went
20 Genoa to sit in an economic con-
ference with limited jurisdiction.
She expects the conference TO be con-
Quoted IN good faith. If it is net
# German reparations are drawn in
she will be justified in leaving the
conference, She will not have broken
It up. The reparation amenders will
have broken it up.
Those who want to see Germany
relieved of her reparation debt to
the Allies always stage the same
situation. France is the villain in
the piece, prosecuting poor Ger
many and standing in the way of
European readjustmcnt-the sort Of
REIMBURSEMENT, Of course. which win
diminish Frances rights under the
Versailles Treaty. Treaty pledges,
conference agenda, diplomatic assur-
ances mean nothing. If they benefit
France they are not binding. If
France thinks that they are and acts
in that belief, then she is an in
curable 'militarist" and foe to
Europc's economic unity.
The Francophobes and Teuto-
philes are the real factor threaten
ing disruption ut Genoa.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
90 f1efty

That San Francisco Jury must have
regretted the fact that, being only
fourteen in number, they were ur
able to carry the film actor they ac.
quilted out Of the courtroom on their
shoulders.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

with our Latin American relations
which rave been abruptly and inex
plicably terminated to the prejudice
Of American prestige among the
Latin nations.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
The EXPLANATION

We hear little Of Babe Ruth. But
then he isn't getting around as much
as he used TO.
'Copyright by JAmss j. Siontasue)
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

Mr.. Dempsey astonishcd Paris in
twceds. He would have nstonished
it more a few years ago in khaki.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

The Assoc sied Press is eyc.llsveiy entitled to
tss U.s. fT capitalization q 81 nevs dispatches
-rrs1 ei - t noS otheytrsc credited in this
oGser Al1 81 tEe .1''z news cf spun;4necu rstn
uib shed .ssse,a
A rights = republication q a. othc- matter
asrv-u a.so -rc rc>svct
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
Disappointed

The Germans got to Genoa about
four years too late to get what they
expected TO get there.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25
What Readers Are Thinbing

semollng small fiat hat on the head
Of big fat man! y g
New York, April %, 1892.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

Few people in New York will be
disturbed by the report that here
after Senator James J. Walker is
to give all his time TO the motion
picture interests.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

feu csn purchase ms-chandise sdysvtt,ed in TEE
TRIBUNE Witt Absoiuts ssteSy-'or II oi,satisfac-
tor results sey cass THe TRIBUNE eusrsp-
ress 10 paS yeur Oeney haek request: No red
7a5e. No esi5b'lns We rsfurd predpt'Y u the
advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

The Chicago Opera Company had
a short life but a Mary.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-25

Burglars in Twenty eighth Street
paid boy baseball players twenty
FIVE cents each not to watch them
burgle. All Of the police were ont
Of reach Of similar temptation.