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The New York herald., 1922-12-21
1t Won't Cure the Trouble.

The members of Congress- who are
aiming at Constitutional amend
ment to prohibit the issuance of tax
exempt securities by the national,
State and municipal Governments
have not thought out their argument
to the bottom. They say this Ia the
way to send back into taxable pro-
ductive enterprises surplus capital
now fleeing from the confscatory
tax collector into the shelter of tax
exempt securities. But 1t is not the
way. 1t will not cure the trouble so
long as the taxation excesses and
abuses continue.
Free capital will not voluntarily
walk into tax confiscation, whether
there are tax exempt bonds or
whether there are not tax exempt
bonds. If free capital cannot find
Something somewhere, somehow, In
which to invest on tax terms that
are sufferable it win quit altogether.
That is to say, instead of productive
industry planning and working and
saving to put aside surplus earnings
for fresh activities and wider devel-
opment in new fields 1t will sink the
earnings as they come In the ex-
penses of its existing business or
dissipate them In similar ways.
The Congress lawmakers are ask
ing the States to deprive themselves
of their powers to issue tax exempt
bonds, are asking the States to i'm
pose higher interest rates uponA them
selves, are asking the States to make
II difficult for themselves Sand their
municipalities to borrow money in
times OF war or other financial stress
1.-The Congress lawmakers are asking
this under a total misconception Of
what the sound cure Is for a situa-
tion where active productive enter
prises do not now easily get the
new capital they need. If they will
look this purely economic question
straight in the face they will see
the truth.
The simple way, the sounl way and
the sure way for Congress to start
surplus capital flowing spontaneously
into productive enterprises Is for
Congress to enact sane, scientific,
fruitful tax laws that will encourage
capital to produce more, not less.
1t will thus automatically create
more tax revenues instead Of throt-
tling productive enterprise and thus
by the same operation automatically
choking off tax revenues. Capital
will go into active. productive busi-
ness Of it's own accord II the tax
laws will give It chance to live and
thrive there.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
A Straight Issue.

Behind the maneuvering OF Lau-
same commissions, the sudden
changes Of front on the part Of Tur-
key and the display of allied firm
ness on the straits question lies one
of those large and vital strategic
struggles that would have delighted
the mind of MAHAN. 1t is the struggle
between two weapons of policy-sea
power as represented by Great Britain
and land power as represented by
Russia.
Sea power seeks to exert all its
helligerent rights in the Black Sea
in the event of war, and with that
object in view would forbid the
Turks to fortify the European shore
of the Sea of Marmora and would
make restrictions on the number and
tonnage of war vessels passing
through, the straits applicable only
to peace time. y
Russian land power desires to be
protected by international under
standing against any pressure from
the sealalong the grain laden and oil
soaked shores of the Black Sea. Ac-
ceptance of the Russo-Tufkish pro-
posals would place the Allies. and In
particular Great Britain, in posi-
ton of decided inferiority in their
dealings with Russia. The closing
of the straits would deprive Britain
of one of her few points of strategic
contact with Russia. 1t would leave
unimpaired Russia's ability to use
her land force against Britain's East
ern possessions. The Russians are,
indeed, such firm believers in the
tlemilitarization Of the sea that
TourrcHERrN has Proposed that the
Baltic also should be closed to war
ships. Then, indeed. would the i'm
portance of sea power be thing OF
the past and Russia might well look
forward to the day when her land
power would give her dominant
position in the Old World.
CuRzoS has displayed at Lausanne
great qualities of patience and has
succeeded in breaking down Turkish
distrust Of Britain to consider
able extent. But on the last Turk
ish proposal he was bound to make
stand, for it strikes at the very
roots Of sea power upon which Is
based the whole British Empire.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
Railroad Regulation.
VIII South America Take Warning
From the United States2

To THE New YORK HERALD: read
with much interest your editorial article
entitled ~The IRON Trail in South Amer
ica." The article closes with the forci-
BILE truth that, THE railroads of South
America have ever been the advance
agents of civilization more than. any
other single thing. They have been the
great factors in the development Of the
economic life OF the southern continent
and of Its immensely rich natural re-
sources"
We were. and with the exception OF
some demagogues still are. of the same
mind as to the trails of commerce and
and encouraged the ven
ture OF, capital in their creation and de-
yelopment,.
VIII South America later on also
prove to be an migrate and proceed 10
hamstring these advance agents of civ
ilization and progress and indulge IN
cheeseparing them into poverty?
trust that South Americas memory
will prove more enduring than ours.
NEW YoRK. December 20. C. A. p.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
EVENTS TODAY.

American Radio Exposition, Grand Central
Palace. continuing through December 80
United States Daughters Of 1912. Sir Basil
Thomson ON My Experiences In Scotland
Yard" Waldorf-Astoria, II A. NJ.
Portland Cement Association, luncheon.
Hotel Bltmore, IL 80 p. NJ.
Exchange Club. luncheon, Dr. Carleton
s,mon on Criminal Narcotic Drug Addic-
ton. Hotel Breslin. 1880 T.. NJ.
Bronx Board of Trade luncheon. Conn
troller Craig on Home Rule" Hotel Com
modore. noon.
Ely Club. Miss Janet Richards on Topics
of the Hour" Hotel Plaza, 10:I5 A. NJ
Rotary Club. luncheon. Hotel McAlpin.
IL 80 +. NJ.
Haarem philharmonic Society. musicale.
Waldorf-Astoria. II A. NJ.
Waldorf-Astoria, p. NJ
National Industrial Conference Board.
meeting. Hotel Astor. o A. NJ.
School Chiidren's Welfare League meeting
Hotel Pennsylvania, Il. M.
Chidren's Aid Society, Christmas exercises.
Italian Day School, James Memorial Build
ing, Hester and Elizabeth streets. p. NJ.
Womans Law Club. discussion on 1.-The
immigration Law" Hotel McAlpin, 8 =. NJ.
Kennedy House Settlement for Boys bene-
fit bridge, Sherrys, 2;30 p. NJ.
Federation for Child Study, Christmas en-.
, tertainment Plaza Theater, Fifty-ninth
street and Madison avenue. II A. M.
Thursday Fortnightly Club. discussion.
Branch y. M. C. A.. Brooklyn. s:i5 p. M
Marquette Club "Our National Paris"
Hotel Plaza. Sis p. NJ.
New York County Lawyers Association.
meeting, Hotel Astor. S:15 II. NJ.
DR.. Henry c. King. president of oberlln
College, lecture on THE Scientific Approach"
New York University Auditorium 100 WASH
ington Square East. $50 p. NJ.
Sphinx Club. dinner. waldorf-Astoria.
p. NJ
Juan Riano, Spanish Ambassador. win
attend benefit of the Church of Our Lady
of Pillar, at which campaign for closer
relations between spain and the United
States will be, opened. Hotel Plaza. p. NJ.
Long Island Association, dinner. Hotel
Commodore, +. ~.
Dinner to Justice Greenbaum by his ssso-
ciates of the Appellate Division. Hotel Com
modore, L. NJ.
National Student Forum, dinner conference,
Hotel Breevoort. 1880 +. NJ.
Philharmonic Society. concert. Waldorf
Astoria. Il. M.
Zionist Organiza tion, OF America and ths
Keren Hayesod, memorial meeting for Peter
j. Schvcitzcr Cooper Union. y. NJ.
Alliance de Francaise, Pasteur Anniversary
celebration. Waldorf-Astoria. s:15 y.
Republican County Committed, meeting.
Bryant Hall. S:1b y. NJ.
Broadway tabernacle Church. ex-Gov.
Charles s. Whitman on Law aud Murder"
broadway and Fifty-sixth street. r. NJ.
Federation OF Jewish Phiianthropies. din
ner. Hotel Pennsylvania. $3.50 i. NJ
Milk Conference Board. dinner Hotel Penn
syivania, T.. NJ
Chatham and Phenix Bank Club. dance.
Waldorf Astoria. Y. Nj.
Columbus Hospital. benefit. Hotel commo-
dorc. r. NJ
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
indications at present are that this

indications at present are that this
will not occur.
The normal path of comet is a
straight line. II it passes near
enough to the'sun, or sun, its path
is bent into curve that may resem-
BILE an Of the curves known as comic
sections. When the attraction Is
that OF our sun and is great enough
to bend the path into an ellipse the
comet normally remains with us. A
comet whose path passes close to the
sun is likely to lose Its material,
some of which at least is driven away
from the sun and not drawn into 1t.
This happened to BIELA's comet.
which was discovered about $50 years
ago. After several revolutions 1t was
separated into two parts. In 1852
the parts gradually disappeared and
diligent search has not since revealed
them. 1t is not unlikely that a
similar fate has befallen TEMPEL's
comet. 1t Is possible that the famous
meteoric showers have been due to
the passage of the earth through the
fragments of lost comets.
When the spectroscope is applied to
the analysis of cometary matter,
gaseous substances having the spec
ira of hydrocarbons seem to be pres,
ent. This fact has been built into a
theory that life upon the earth is a
contribution of comet. The theory
is interesting as a romance: that is
the most that can be said for it.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
working days and earned s1,142 each

working days and earned $1,142 each
in the year. In Cleartield county,
where the average miner produced
only 4S5.22 tons at labor cost of 81
ton the men got an average of only
120 days work in the year and earned
only s971 each.
Even worse earning results were
the experience of miners in some
other counties. In Elk county Its
men averaged liz Nays of work each
and earnings for the year of sS5S.
In Bedford county 1,158 miners aver
aged only ninety-four days of work
each and earnings for the year of
$500. The very worst showing was
for 143 men in Blair county with an
average of only twenty-seven days
each and earnings Of $254.
On the other hand small group
Of 1877 miners in Lawrence county
averaged 291 days each and $1,257
each. In Venango seventeen miners
averaged 800 days each and s1,S1S
each. The highest average earnings
were made by 2,291 miners in Greene
county with an average of 191 days
of work and $1,433 each.
But even the foregoing figures do
not tell the whole story Of ton labor
cost differences and of annual wage
earning differences. Since the figures
are arranged by geographical groups
they show the range as between
county and county. Within the coun-
ties themselves, however, there are
ton labor cost differences and annual
wage earning differences among the
various mines exactly as there are
such differences among the county
groups Moreover there are still
wider differences as between Penn
sylvania mines and Tennessee mines,
or as between Illinois mines and
Wyoming mines. =
And this gets to the very heart OF
the problem-the question Of what
in a general rearrangement Of mines
by groups the fat mine can be made
to do to help carry the lean mine. This
must be considered both in respect OF
regular employment for the miners.
with annual wage earnings that can
support them and in respect Of an av.
erage selling price for coal that will
leave reasonable profit to the coal
business and give the coal consum-
ing public square deal.
This would involve a complete re-
organization Of the whole coal in
dustry under private ownership and
management but under Government
sanction and control But If. 1t is
not that, with the reorganized Indus
try on sound business basis, with
miners assured of decent living
at their calling and with the public
assured of its coal supply at fair
price, what is the choice? II It
is not that, in truth. the economic
disturbances now necessarily wrack-
ing the coal fields and the insuffer-
able consequences now visited upon
the public inevitably will drive the
country into naturalization of the
coal mines.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
Staten Islands Growth.
IN Anniversary Review of the
Progress of the Borough.

To THE New York HERALD: On Janu-
ary /, 1923, 1t will be exactly twenty
five years since Staten Island was In
corporated into New York city. Up to
that time this now prosperous borough
OF the great city was suburban dis
trict In a rural setting, made up Of
many little rising communities. with the
usual jealousies. political bickerings
commercial antagonisms and other
shortcomings which frequently charac-
terize q small community.
The change from the old Staten ISL
and to the modern Borough OF Richmond
has done wonders for this community.
CHE results become more apparent as we
draw comparisons between the old horse
car line Of the Richmond road which
unhitched the horses and tied them 20
the Back of the car while the car de-
scended Broad street hill at Stapleton.
and the introduction of the trackless
trolley between Castleton Corners and
Linoleumville. or between Richmond and
Tottenville.
The jump in population from $4,000
IN 1898 to 10000 in 1922 IS indicative
of the growth of twenty-five years.
A quarter of n century ago our water
supply came from a. private company.
The waterfront from West Brighton to
Howland, Hook, opposite Elizabethport.
had only a few struggling industries
along II. From st. George TO Fort
Wadsworth the cotton docks and one or
two small Industries were situated on
the east shore OF Staten Island facing
tha Narrows. A few oyster sloops
bringing in a supply Of fish and lob
sters on Fridays, a barge or two carry
ing sand or gravel. and the dock from
which the dead horses were shipped to
Rikers Island represented the islands 9
main Industries.
To-day the old brick cotton ware
houses have been replaced by modern
concrete structures and new modern
piers have been constructed by the
American Dock Company. Stretching
for n distance of about two miles 'front.'
ing the Narrows the city Of New York
has built twelve large thousand foot
niers in<order to facilitate the commerce
of the port.
Between st. George and Howland
Hook great Industrial center has been
built up. which has appropriately been
called the American Clyde.
To get the proper Impression of the
'-'and all one needs TO do Is to take an
Automobile and ride along the excellent
concrete roads Of the borough. or to
take trolley ride over the great sys-
tenn Of trol!eys. or a ride on the steam
trains.
Activities Of progress are seen IN
every direction. Hundreds Of houses
are being built. both large and small.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
Mans Correct Carb.
Question Raised by the Dlctum Of an
Authority on Dress.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The pres
ident OF the merchant tailors of Amer
lea writes that the Prince of Wales
would never offend against the conven-
tlonalities OF dress by appearing In
other than evening full dress wherever
and whenever ladies' were present wear
ing decollete gowns.
1t appears to me that in this age this
garb would be necessary for men at all
times In ordinary everyday life as well
as at social functions.
Women and girls In New York cer-
tainly make no distinction or dlscrimina-
tion in respect of decollete dress wear
ing 1t at receptions. In the office and in
the subway alike. The rule cited by
the authority who wrote TO your paper
would therefore condemn New York men
to wear evening dress all day long in
fact TO wear nothing else. l.. 7.
NEW YoRK, December 90.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
|Schola Cantorum in Christmas Program
Choir of Calvary Episcopal Church Joins Forces Under
Kurt SCHNEIDER in Delightful Music

have more vivid effect than If full
volume OF tone were poured out all
the time. The tenors Of this choir are
better than charal tenors usually are.
This constitutes valuable element In
the presentation Of part music. espe-
cially that which il given without ac-
compartment. In which poor tenor
quality seems to stand out so premi-
nently.
Concerts such as the Schola Can
forum offers are much needed in New
York at this time, when the attention
OF music lovers is likely to be, drawn
almost entirely to orchestras; and
operas. The beautiful Compositions Of
the ecclesiastic writer's and the rich
heritage Of peoples music should be
made known often in order that true
conceptions of musical beauty be not
replaced by distorted ideas.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
The Tinker.

A bell tolled in distant tower.
Dead Ivy tapped the pane.
The fire was dying on the hearth,
The moon was on the wane.
The.old year vanished in the gloom
With feeble footsteps slow.
And left trail OF broken things
Half buried in the snow.
Far OF the chimes began to play,
The fire lcaped up once more,
A great star twinlSIed IN the East,
A hand was at the door
And 1929 appeared,
A shiny little pack
Containing solder. tape and glue
Upon his sturdy back.
Hello my friend. come" no said,
I'm READINGS to fnd
The tumble OF assorted Junk
The old year left behind
The shattered hopes and hearts ant
lives
And regulations too,
For ! am here to mend them all
And make them good as new"
MfSNA IAvrNo.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Snow or
rain to-day, colder tonight; tomorrow
generally fair; strong easterly winds
ana probably gales shifting to northwest
by tonight
For New Jeysey--Rain or snow, to-
day; Tomorrow fair. not much change
in temperature. Strong easterly winds
shifting to westerly by tomorrow
For Northern New England--Snow
and slightly warmer to-day: tomorrow
cloudy strong easterly winds shifting
TO westerly tomorrow.
For Southern New England-Snow or
rain on the coast and snow in the in
terror to-day: tomorrow generally fair,
no decided change In temperature.
Strong easterly winds shifting to west
erly by tomorrow
For Western New York--Generally
cloudy to-day and tomorrow, probably
local SHOWS; colder to-day, slowly ris-
ing temperature. Strong easterly winds
shifting to westerly tomorrow.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-There have
been rains the last twenty-four hours
IN the Southeastern States and local
SHOWS In portions Of the lake region
and in eastern North Dakota. The
weather became warmer to-day in the
middle and north Atlantic States.
The south Atlantic disturbance vii.
move rapidly northeastward along the
coast. attended by precipitation almost
generally in the Atlantic States north
OF Georgia Thursday. and local SHOWS
are probable in the lower lake region
ana the extreme upper Ohio Valley. The
weather will be generally fair IN the
middle and lower. Ohio Valleys. Ten
nessee and the east Gulf. States to-mor-
rowland almost generally in the Wash
ington forecast district tomorrow night
and Friday. The temperature will rise
In northern New England. while some
what warmer weather is probable FRI
day in the lower lake region. the Ohio
valley, Tennessee, the east Gulf States
and the middle Atlantic and south At
lantic States.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
BANK BRANCH DANCE.

Officials and members of the staff Of
Branch Fl. of the Chaths m and Phoenix
National Bank at Fifth avenue and
Thirtieth street. will have their annual
Christmas dance tonight in the Wal
dorfAstoria. Officials of other banking
II stitutions will be among the guests
The employees of the Chatham and
Phoenix have taken a lead In organiz-
ing social activities and the result Is
seen In the harmony existing between
employees and officers or one han.
and depositors on the othef
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
Surgery for awoundcd a Eagle.

FROM the BethdRy tHo.) Clipper.
Dr. w. j. Harmed performed an unusual
operation at the Bethany sanitarIum last
week. Simeon Gutshall. who lives near Gil
man. caught an eagle on his farm about two
weeks ago. the bird being found with q
brokep wing He brought II to Bethany to
SEQ IN DIR. Harmed could repair the wing.
The operation required about an hours time.
The eagle was given a small amount of anms-
thctic and two men held It while the work
was being done. It stood the operation well
but became rather sick before tho work was
completed. II Is n fine specimen of gray
eagle. having wing spread Of about seven
feet. Its weight is estimated at fourteen
pounds and when standing upright the bird
Is about three feet high.
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
ny w. >. HENDERSON.

The Schola Cantorum gave the first
concert of It's season last evening in
Carnegie Hall. The energetic con-
ductor. Kurt SCHNEIDER, had prepared
a program of music generally appro-
PIRATE to the Christmas time. Nat
urally In doing this he had chosen
two Of the compositions which used
to figure occasionally on programs of
the now defunct Musical Art Society.
But he had found a goodly number of
new works, all interesting and some
especially admirable.
The first OF the two central num-
bers was Antoni Nicolaus "Alms for
the Christ Child,"-a Christmas legend
for six part chorus and boys voices.
In this the choir of Calvary Episcopal
Church was employed TO advantage in
the utterance of the >wailiffg measures
designed to indicate the weeping Of
the Infant Jesus. The boys sang beau
tifully. The whole composition, writ
ten in 1903 bxa Spanish musician, re-
vealed character and much skill In the
creation OF expressive effects.
The other extended number for
Gretchaninoff's "Ai dudu," Russian
songs to peasants texts. The music is
written for chorus of women's voices
with piano accompaniment. Some of
the other works heard were "Allons,
gay, gay. gay bergeres," by Guillaume
Costeley. who died in 1906; a Noel
Wallon," arranged by Albert Radoux,
now living in Liege; the >old French
noeb 'I.e Sommeil de rEnfant Jesus"
harmonized by Gevaert: "The Three
Kings" a Catalonian nativity song,
the setting by the Rev. Luis Romeu
of the Cathedral of Vich, and some un-
usual pieces from San Sebastian. In
THE Three Kings" the soprano solo
was charmingly sung by Miss Lillian
Gustafson.
Mr.. SCHNEIDER Is indefatigable in
seeking strange choral treasures in
rarely visited places In Europe. He has
unearthed some real jewels. 1t must
be admitted that program of so many
numbers, though no one- of them Is
long, ASSUMES an appearance Of dura-
ton which it does not actually possess.
On the other hand, it would be a pity
to lose any of such music as that heard
last evening.
The conductor Of the Schola Can
forum has developed an excellent
chorus. He has more than ordinarily
good material. The voices are fresh
apd vibrant apd tho sippera haya
learned to command wide range Of
gradation in dynamics Their fortes
are sparingly used and for that reason
The New York herald., 1922-12-21
Spelling Tests.
Judge ThOmas's List of Words
Raised Money I'm n War Drive.

Raised Money In n War Drive.
To THE NEW YORK HERALD; In your
editorial article on the recent test In
spelling which Judge Thomas offered TO
lawyers and others at Hartford you
say that III Judge Thomas did not look
them up In the dictionary before he
gave them, then he Is master of a field
of knowledge that. for years neglected. Is
now receiving more attention every year"
Without desiring to lessen the praise
due the Judge ] should like to describe
the method adopted by an official of a
certain Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion to raise funds for our boys on .he
other side during the war. This official
addressed many hundreds of thousands
of business men at various Young Mems
Christian Association hostels In the
United States and had to resort to STRAIT
egy to reach his quota In the drive.
His method was this: He offered to
pay to any person spelling ten words
used In almost daily conversation cor
rectly the sum of $40 provided they
would pay him the small sum OF ten
cents for every word they spelled in
correctly. understand that he COL
lected more than his quota In a COM
paratively short time. and the words
he used in his test were those used by
the learned Judge to the lawyers.
I have on several occasions used the
same set OF words among my acquaint-
ances, much to their embarrassment,
and have found that the average is less
than so per cent. though occasionally
an up,,sualiy bright individual might
spell six out of the ten correctly.
Incidentally. Pitman's Shorthand Die
tionary centenary edition) quotes the
word "repellent" as being spelled with
either an "e" or an "a"
c. r. WAxMAN.
BRoouLYN, December 90.