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New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
Diminishing Fire Losses

Even though as hackneyed warn
ing as Don't look for gas leaks with
a lighted match or candle" is in
cluded in the list Of slogans broad
cast by the supporters Of Fire Pre-
vention Week, many Of the other
rules and warnings might we'll be
borne in mind by old and young.
Not the least important is the eau
ton to smokers. Too many persons
are careless about throwing away
smoldering matches or cigarette
stubs. This is true In the country as
well as in the city. An unextin-
guished match thrown out Of Win
dow on dry summer day or into the
shriveled grass by the roadside can
do untold damage.
Among the other suggested rules
too rarely observed is the one advo-
eating keeping matches in a metal
or porcelain container and away
from the hands of small children. In
too many homes matches lie around,
readily accessible to whoever can
reach them.
These and many other cautions
and regulations are suggested by the
association and will form part of the
campaign Of education carried on
this week. By cooperation in the
neighborhood the chances of loss by
fire can be materially lessenad. This
has been well shown by the cam
paigns conducted in recent years, de-
spite the fact that the fire insurance
companies still are demanding high
rates. Much remains to be done.
however, if the fire loss in America
is to be reduced to as small figure
as it is in Europe. We have suffered
millions to go up annually in smoke
largely for the reason that we have
not troubled to be cautious.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
Coal Survey Obstructors

The soft coal operators who sur
rendered to President John l..
Lewis of the United Mine Workers
and hitched up with him in plan
for an inside" Investigation Of the
coal industry are now in an un-
pleasant predicament. They have
to decide how far they will go with
MFR. Lewis in his open hostility to
anything which looks like "outside
interference" with the powers that
be in coal mining.
Secretaries Hoover and Davis
sent telegram to the operators
now in conference at Cleveland
with Mr.. Lewis, asking them to SUBJ
NIT list of twenty men not asso-
ciated with the coal industry from
which President Harding might
choose one or more members of the
Federal coal fact-finding commits
sion. A majority of the operators
want to decline this invitation, thus
manifesting their indifference to
what the Federal Commission may
do. The Illinois group, however, Is
opposed to taking any action which
indicates hostility to the new Fed
eral law and the commissions work.
Mr.. Lewis is anxious to hold the
operators to the Cleveland agree
nent, made in the hope Of shutting
off Federal inquiry. This agree
ment provides for miners
operators fact-fnding body, which
is to say how the industry is to be
reorganized, if it is to be reorgan-
lied at all. The union dictator de-
tests anything that savors of arb;-
tration or Of advice from repre-
sentatives of the government or the
public. His theory is that the only
function of the public is to buy
coal on the terms on which the
miners and operators agree to-
gether to furnish it. In this he is
fighting for his own interests, since
a reorganization which would re-
lieve the coal consumer would shear
away large part Of his present
dictatorial powers.
The country looks for no benefit
from an inquiry which Mr.. Lewis
can influence or control. 1t wants
to obtain an impartial, outside view
of the workings Of this sick indus
try. Congress has created a com.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
By William Brown MeJoney

1t was not until 1889, thirty-one
years afterward, that an oceangoing
merchant steamer exceeded that days
work. The lightning, three years
afterward, was to come within six
miles of her own record, when, as an
Australian Black Ball liner, running
her casting down, she made 430 miles.
The Australian Trade
Foremost among the lines striving
for supremacy in the Australian trade
were the White Star, the same that is
plying the Atlantic to-day, and James
Baines's Black Ball Line.
To meet the advantage gained by the
Black Balls possession of the Sow
ereign of the Seas, the White Star
chartered the American clippers Char
lot Of Fame, Blue Jacket and Red
Jacket, the last one of the few great
Maine built greyhounds. The Chariot
of Fame, Mckay ship, went out to
Melbourne from Liverpool In sixty-six
days; the Blue Jacket, out in sixty
seven cilu 1iOulC AL
During tho next two years the Dom
aid Mckay yards contributed to the
Australian Black Ball feet such wonder
ships as the Champion Of the Seas,
James Baines and Donald Mckay and
the Japan and Commodore Perry. All
were record breakers; the Lightning
and James Baines the most famous.
The James Baines ran in twelve days
and six hours from Boston Light to
Rock Light, Liverpool; the Donald Nc
Kay from Boston to Cape Clear, Ire
land, in twelve days, making record
twenty-four hour run Of 42t miles.
On her first voyage from Liverpool
to Melbourne the Lightning did no bet
ter than the Sovereign of the Seas
seventy-seven days; but on her return
passage she hung up the record Of
sixty-three days, making a run Of 3,722
miles in ten consecutive days and do
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
aboard The Lightning
Miss Fitziu on Miss Duncan

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Isadora Duncan at Ellis Island!
The gods may we'll laugh! Isadora
Duncan, to whom the school of classi-
cal dancing in America owes its
foundation, put In the class of
dangerous immigrants!
Here is an American artist Of the
very first rank, woman whose art is
developed to a subtlety almost beyond
appreciation, dancer who puts into
her performances not only the eX-
quisite perfection Of rhythm and poetry
Of movement, but vivid and restless
imagination that is unsurpassed in the
realm Of the dance--put into deten-
ton pen!
And sall the trouble seems to have
arisen from the simple fact that Miss
Duncan has exercised the privilege Of
marrying whom she pleased, and that
her husband happens to be youthful
Russian poet. All those who know
Miss Duncan know that she is an
artist little interested in social and
economic problems and her husband is
an artist like her.
When we Americans reach a point
where wb are willing to disown our
own-for Miss Duncan is our own
when our own have contributed some
thing priceless to our. native art, it
is surely time to protest. ] do not be-
lieve that we have reached that point,
but as our immigrant officials ap-
parentfy do believe it, hereby register
my feeble protest. ANNA FITZIU.
New York, Oct. 2, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
The Republican Drift

There is good reason for increased
confidence in the reelection of a Re-
publican Congress. The chairman
of the Republican Congressional
campaign committee reports that
President Harding fully shares this
confidence. The President htmselfhas
contributed heavily to the record on
which Republican Congressman will
go to the country. He has neutral
lied the evil effects Of serious blum
ders made at the Capitol. His veto
Of the bonus bill, for example, has
relieved the Republican party of
the reproach Of practicing frenzied
finance and of authorizing a reck-
less dissipation Of the Treasury s
present and future resources. His
successful retrenchment program
and his able conduct Of foreign re-
lations are Republican assets Of the
greatest value.
Congress, with its big and restive
Republican majorities. committed
grave faults. Yet the country is
not ready to invite the Democratic
party back to power. Democratic
Representatives and Senators also
supported the bonus bill. A mere
handful of them in each house
were against it. On the tariff
only a minority of the minority
co-operated with the Republicans.
But the influence Of the Democratic
leaders was steadily exerted to force
a vote on the Fordney-McCumber
act at the last session. A contrary
policy would have carried it over
into the next session-perhaps into
the next Congress.
The new tariff law will do eco
nomic damage because Of its excess
rates and its unscientific construc-
tion. But the purely political reac-
tion to it will probably be very diff
ferent from the reaction to the
Payne-Aldrich and the Mckinley re-
visions. In 1890 and 1910 the agri-
cultural West was alienated. Re-
publican losses there were severe.
This year many Of the sections of
the Fordney-McCumber act were
written by the Western farm bloc.
The bloc; speaking for agriculture,
got everything it wanted. There is
no occasion therefore for an agra
rian protest.
The Democratic party offers prac-
tically nothing to those who have
grievances against this Congress. 1t
is inert and divided. The country is
still too close to the Wilson Admin
istration to idealize' Democratic pur-
poses or to have much faith in DEM
ocratic leadership. That explains
further why it is likely to prefer
what it has to what it has not and
does not want to have.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
The Optimiist

The Optimist
No wonder that the robins sing
When April's skies are gray;
The cheerful rascals know that
Spring
Is not so far away.
Who couldn't pipe a happy song,
However ragged the storm,
Who knew the world 'ere very
long
Would all be bright and warm?
But when the leaves, all red and
gold,
Are scattered round about,
When keen and glittering with the
cold
The frosty stars shine out,
Comes little Mr.. Chickadee,
Brim full of joyous cheer,
And chirrups: "Have smile with
me,
For winter'll soon be here!"
He knows, as we'll as you and T,
About the cold and snow.
He knows how bitter through the
sky
The biting billiards blow.
But, even though the silver frost
Is on his feathery wings,
He cries: "Cheer up! All isn't
lost!
Let's make the best Of things!r
It's little trouble to be gay n
And sing a cheerful tune
When one is sure that Towering
May
Will spread her carpet soon.
But he who chants his serenade
When winter gales blow rough,
And SHOWS come on apace, is
made
Of real heroic stuff!
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

competent journalist. She is also
woman of letters whose name is
trailed by honorary college degrees.
History should save minor niche
for the first woman Senator of the
United States--the first, probably,
of a long and distinguished line.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
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The Endurance Test

(Fro1n The Boston Hcratd)
The frazzled ending of the shop
mems contest with the railroads shows
again that the strike is as stupid q
means Of settling dispute as it would
be to give Judgment in court to the
party that could hold his breath the
longer.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
THE ALMOST PERFECT STATE

There will be very few laws in The
Almost Perfect State. Such laws as
there are will exist only for the pur-
pose of being violated, as people are
SO in the habit of violating laws that
1t would be pity to take that simple
pleasure from them.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

ing 412 miles for her best days vcii
On this voyage she carried s5,asssa
in gold and dust.
The James Baines, sailing on Dsss
Der 9, 1854, on the same passage, las4s
42o miles during sixty-three Gay n
She came home in sixty-nine days ii
sailing round the globe in 1872 i,ni
! The Baines was a marvellous sis s|
let her log Of an Australian aHaI
in 1856 bear witness:
June 16; At noon sighted /. 81
in the distance ahead; at ! Q. n. sst
side of her; at 2 p. n. out Of III
astcrn. The James Baines was gas:
seventeen knots with main skgal
set; the Libertas. for such was n
name, was under double-reefed Is
sails"
"June IT: Lat. a S., Long. ia4
ship going twenty-one knots with I'd,
skysail set" 1
This is the highest authentic ssS&;
ship record.
The Glory That Vas Ours 1
It must be kept in mind that drHs-S
all this brave, glorious period o
clippers represented but a small p's1
of merchant shipbuilding, not. only 4
this country but also in Great BrlstE
There were other trades, and proatsaz
ones, wherein cargo-carrying carstis
came before speed Our shipping ''
gagged in foreign commerce bad A
creased from 943,307 tons in iss nA
i 2,26s,196 tons in 1857. And. sh'uFE
the evening Of our greatness vas On VI
this total was to 60 on inarss'las y
to the outbreak OF the Civil Bih
The United States was tie ssses
Of the Seas. Ship for ship--ci'29asa
ordinary merchantmen = the IN
States dominated the commerce 'i
world. but as 1857 was the evel7
of the clippers. SO It was the aftensa[
Of our merchant marine In foNpE
commerce. The following year I
the cessation Of the postal supsi II
the United States had been Paying NJ,
a decade to maintain the starred
on the North Atlantic In compes,s
with Britain's subsidized Cuna's iE
Tho day of iron had dawnsa' sas
were not prepared for IT. '@l
economically or politically. Nh
John Willis Grifiths lived V B
come one of Americas foremoss y n
architects and long enough 70
the white-winged ships Of ms =
dreaming become no more thsa
memory among his fellow eouhs.
He died in New York In MS s,,
third wear. Ancient Greece would a
ranked such a genius Wisa n's
Archimedes. Rome would have nl
him riches. If he had been ~ Nh
Westminster Abbey would Pc as ss.l
ing place and English schcos eap Nh
would know his fame and Wsa" NJ
lands on his birthday. Bat % S
American and he is forgotten say &
a few lines in an occasional eng
pedia. ...s;s1
sails and skysails and moon go 81.
ringtail spankers and jamie u.s ss,,}|
jib-o-jibs; gone the tribe o ~ r
mariners that fretted the w.
seas with her spurning kee'.
than painted ship on pan
remains of the great mefens's'
they created. .,.l1l
Still, that painted ship is
in this hour of a helpless and ass .s
commerce--a challenge 20 4 ae
remember It's sea heritage aas
the Independence on the wsssa
earth which It once rissets
to establish.
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printed by permission from ,asa
Evening Post" Copgrigns,, i,hllasf
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published hereia
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herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
Rising in the World

fFrom, Ths Boston Transcript
Placing studios on the roofs Of New
York warehouses may be taken as evil
dense that industry Is eIeyating art.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

Russian gamblers sometimes fleece
patrons out Of millions of rubles,
but they always escape prosecution
because no money Is involved.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
Not So Cheering

The chief result of the ceal strike
is that we now get the bill before we
get the coal.
Copyright by James ]. Montague)
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
G u A n A MY

Yau can surehas. merchandise sdyertissd In TIE
IRlBUkE with absolute saicty-for ~ dissatstac-
tsn results In any case The TRIBUNE suarnn.
sset to pay yeur money back request. Ne red
tsps. No suihblnes We refund srompty II ths
advertiser does rot
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
A Cash Business

The unfortunate bootlegger is never
able to charge anything off his in
come tax return for bad debts.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
The Mistress of the Seas
The follosvtng Is the fifth INSTALL

The folloav{ng Is the fifth INSTALL
ntent of Mr.. Meloney's story of the
American merchant marine:
God bless her wheresoe'er the breeze
Her snowy wings shall fan,
Beside tho frozen Hebrides
Or Sultry Hindoostani
Whereer in mart or on the main,
With peaceful flag unfurled,
She helps to wind the slken chain
or commerce round the world.
Her pathway on the open main
May blessings follow free,
And glad. hearts welcome back again
Her white sails from the seal
So Whittier sang Of Yankee clip
per- The theme Of Longfellow's 'The
Building Of the Ship" was Donald Nc
Kay's Great Republic, which was turned
out at East Boston on October 4, 1853.
Upon the discovery of gold in Aus
tralia American yards began building
for that trade. Donald Mckay took the
lead, beginning by selling to English
owners the Sovereign Of the Seas, which
during. the eleven months that he had
owned her earned him 100000. The
Lightning followed her, and on her
maiden crossing from Boston to Liver
pool made run Of 436 miles in twen-
ty-four hours - steady average of
IS 1-6 knots, the longest authenticated
days distance over covered by wind
propelled vessel.
aboard The Lightning
What was happening aboard the
lightning ON that memorable day,
March 1, 1854, the initiate and the
uninitiate, too,, may imagine with this
abstract of her log before them:
"Wind, south. Strong gales; bore
away for the North Channel; carried
away the foretopsail and lost jib; hove
tho log several times and found the
ship going through the water at the
rate of 1S or 1914 knots; lee rail under
water and rigging slack
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
A cuEcY AND BALANcu

Any one who wishes to violate a
law, however, will be compelled to
withdraw to distance from his follow
men, SO that the violation will not in
terfere with them.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

The way to gain reputation for
geniality and good nature is to let
people see you could be mean as
HI if you took notion.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
CIVIC CENTERs

The asphalt obtained by boiling these
persons will be used to pave central
courts In the chief cities of the A. p. S.
Then persons Of levity and beauty
and understanding will come and dance
on the asphalt.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

We suppose King Constantine will
now write his Memoirs also.
DON MARQUIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
HOWARD DAVIS,

Business Manager.
Sworn 70 and subscribed before me this End day
OF October, 1922 WNI A. MODERY
Notary Public Queens County No SO
Certificate fled in New York County No
ESsAl1 222. Reg No. 4241 Kings County No
100. Reg: No. 4ll3. Commission expires
March 3oth, 1924
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

Every citizen Of The Almost Perfect
State will be a law unto himself. The
violation Of law, therefore, will be an
internal row within the ego OF each
individual; necessary thing If the in
dividual is to grow into something
better.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

Self-improvement will be one Of the
in-and sports Of the A. p. S.
but any one eoho talks about seU-im-
prouemcnt, npAft and so forth aUiU be
boiled IN asphalt.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

The Democracy Of Nesu York
State sits around and aoaits for Ms.p-
phy to make up has mind, Just as if
he had one.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

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HOW TO GET IT

Hug the thought to the solar plexus,
say nothing about it and nature will
do the rest.
=..,
Suppose nature doesn't?
Very sOeU, then, 7sCturc aUiN haze to
be changed.
e "
In tho creation Of new gods to as
sist us In the creation Of new species
we may some time stumble onto the
idea that we are the gods.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04

Some day Aunt Prudence Heckle-
bury and the Old Soak will meet in
our Office, and we will find it diff
cult to explain to the one what we
see in the other.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-04
ADVICE AND ADMoN1T1oN

II we should find that out, let us
not be too grave about it. Let US recog-
nize that our wings are to frivol with.
The goal Of all civilization, all re-
llgious thought and all that sort of
thing is simply to Have Good Time.
But man gets SO solemn over the
process that he forgcts the end.
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