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New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
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Market Commissioner O'Malley
emerged from the Kings County
Grand Jury room, where he had
been defending his department., to
announce that he was "highly de-
lighted" Apparently no emharrass-
ing questions had been asked, and
he had found it unnecessary to
plead his constitutional rights and
refuse to answer from time to time.
But, whatever the outcome of the
Brooklyn inquiry, Mr.. O'Malley still
has a great deal of explaining to do
to the public regarding the conduct
of his department.. Up to the pres
ent time neither the Commissioner
nor the Mayor has explained why
s52 annually, instead of s4, as for
merly, IS taken from The pushcart
peddlers. There has been no expla-
nation of the activities of the vast
army of collectors who take this
money and no effort to show how it
is accounted for, if at all.
Beyond the admission that onlv
10 per cent of it gets into the city
treasury, Mr.. O'Malley has nothing
to say about this money, which
amounts to about a million dollars
a year. Whenever Mr.. O'Malley is
asked questions by the newspapers
the Mayor writes him sympathetic
letter and tells him that the news
papers are working for the food
profiteers. But eventually he will
have to explain to somebody, and if
he does not explain to the public he
will find himself questioned by
legislative committee, with full
power to get the information it is
looking for.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
Stray Letters Of the Sea BY wauon MeFs-

There is something sinister in the
fact that the recipient Of love let
ter so often leaves ii where it is found
by a stranger. This refers to let
ters informed with authentic passion,
for curiously enough tho regulation
and standardized form letters which
are the currency of established and
lovers are very well
guarded. No doubt they use filing
cabinets.
Sailors and farmers are not SO care
full. 1t is the habit Of the present
writer to examine his desk narrowly
when joining a new ship. Down at
the back, where the roll top slides,
may often be found genuine human
document. This first happened a
dozen years ago, when he knew moth
ing of his predecessors on that skip.
a sheaf cf foreign" note paper. COW
cred with large, nervous handwriting,
was discernible jammed away behind
q NA hWSL' i iSliIlg IL Uul 10 ulECOSGr
its nature, it proved to be addressed
to one Jock. 1t came from the high.
lands of Scotland, and Jock was no
mortal man, to judge by these letters.
There was tone of reverence in the
woman's style as she tenderly asked
if he had killed that fellow with whom
he had, according to some former let
ter, quarrelcd. And how the whole
rage was illumined and set aglow with
her ecstasy as she hinted at the COM
ing day when she, too, could reach
America and stand in the kirk with
her Jock There was no question of
remaining "ths side of idolatry." 1t
was sheer alteration and, reading the
thing in very furtive and perturbed
fashion, the present writer tore it up
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

A deep note of sincerity vibrates
through the following passage from
an interview with John r. Hylan,
printed yesterday morning:
~ have just read Mr.. Hesrst's
statement with great care. The
article speaks for itself will not
under any circumstances accept a
nomination on the state ticket. The
people elected me, or hired me by
the election, and / am under con-
tract to serve them for four years."
Mr.. Hylan, to use an aged phrase,
appears to know on which side his
bread is buttered. Fe has q position
which pays him fifteen thousand
dollars year and keeps him where
the fierce light of publicity continu-
ally shines upon him.
To seek to become candidate on
the Democratic state ticket would
insure a row with Charles f. Muir
ply and result in the loss Of one
job while he was reaching for
another.
To become a candidate on third
party ticket, even if it were gener-
ously financed by Mr.. Hearst, would
be to risk everything for nothing.
Mr.. Hylan has never betrayed a
very keen sense of his limitations
as a statesman, but he has enough
political intelligence to know when
he is well off.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

into small pieces and dropped them
into the ocean. II was a car later
when he saw tham both, a gaunt Scot
ara his still more gaunt helpmeet. with
pale and lunatic blue eye, taking the
cir on C4fRal Street There was some
thing almost supernatural in the mere
notion that this formidable female
could have poured out SO fierce
lava iow OF emotion upon so unproris-
ing n eubject. And why did he, If he
valued such things, leave il in the
desk?
There was another ease during the
war of an Irish girl whose flaming
epistes were found in thick bunch
OF dustineSs behi ind drawer in desk.
she, too, had adoring moments. bue
there was scared apprehension at the
back cf her mind that Larry was slip
ping from her grip. Larry had al
ready slipped, in fact, rs was gathered
as soon rs he could be identified among
the officers of neighboring ship. She
pleaded almost frantically. One saw
her as big, fresh-colored. dark-eyeA
creature, impctuous and fundamentals
good, well aware how much more i'm
portant this business was to her than
to him. There were several letters,
each one growing more pitiful in its
abnegation ofea proud and generous
heart. She knew by instinct the dan
gers (to her) Of foreign service. And
at the last she quite openly prayed
on her knees to God to bring her boy
home to her." and ended in a smudged
and swampy mess of b'otted tears.
And obviously he, while he very like
ly went back later TO his Peg or Meg.
whichever it was, had no care of her
letters. And they, too, were sent over
board
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
Sharing Your Vacation

Before you lock your desk this
afternoon and run for your train
to take you to your vacation or
your week end in the country, or
get ready for your Sunday on the
beadh, will you take minutes
time to share your fresh air and
outdoors with some city youngsters
sweltering in the tenements? The
invitations for these boys and girls
are waiting for them. The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund will make all the
arrangements and attend to all the
details. All that you need to do is
to send the Fund check repre-
senting as much fresh air as you
can afford to give away, this to
cover the railroad fares of the chill
dren to and from the country.
These invitations are from
farmers and their wives who are
glad to give up the spare room to
couple of youngsters and feed
them fresh milk and butter and
eggs and other farm stuff just for
the pleasure of seeing them smile
and grow fat. They are a gesture
Of friendship from country to city
and they result in real bonds of
friendship.
1t seems great pity that these
invitations should be waiting and
the children be ready and the visits
fail for the lack of railroad fares.
Our readers have come to our aid
with rush in the last few days.
Will they please keep on with their
extra checks till the last visit is
provided for? Make out your check
to the Tribune Fresh Air Fund and
send it to the Fund in care of The
Tribune, New York City. And
please send it to-day, before you
leave, as time is short and the best
of vacation days will soon be over.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

Those whe are addicted 70 such reys
lations viii find a verv caaraiin- *.
ample in recent biography. "Ttfzn
De Morgan ard HIS Wife" II is tc
long TO quote in its entirety. bus j. rag
be mentioned that Mrs. dc Margsa
picked it up on the beach Of an Eas
lish town. This was ia 1881, and SECS
letters could be matched amoag the
same class to-day 1t begins:
My dearest Marcy
"i be very well end appsy % IN
inform you that BE- VERY wei! a.
present and j hope yeu be the sana
dear Marcy II be very sorry q he r
how as you don't Ike your quar,s~
as ! chant be able 20 laok % sgs
dear face so pfTen as havs tsss
dearest Msrey pure a7l holy nss
and loly lowell Rose of sharan.r
Ard this amasiay and heas.ita r.
of addre~s tn posr eouetry boz as
again end again in his 'e.ser F
after he tells her the great news ~;
his father
"is ~oinr 20 ee rs ts lds'ss ~
granny 4 lb note e. p ~ e y
such es washin stand 1 s
mouse trap AMI sore7
he has 10 como back ta t se
uond and ttf,,-,;, tf. s.s.s
with the gorgeous phra e.
and yct, AZ .hc a-t NJ ,.
is the uneasy neyplex.ty a
h5w this delicious Marcy ss~s
drop that letter or Sdn3u.b sa0es,
Did she marry him? We dost kass
Did she love him? We daas even
know that. Perhaps WHEN she cos ihie
the dairy at one and sSx7crcr wee
she turned her nose ~ II him ass isi
in love with some bnAl Csc.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
An /. w. w. Spokesman
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial in Thursdays
paper, "Unionism's Worst Foe" is so
totally unfair that felt certain The
Tribune would not have,printed it had
it had all the facts brought to it's
attention,
On August 16 | wired to Attorney
General Daugherty an answer to his
statement to the press. The substance
of my wire was that "the /. w. WIS
only connection with the present
strike was that we were giving them
cur moral support, as we considered
them In the right. This Railroad Labor
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; Lemuel Roberts in his hss.
in your issue of to-day conecrn'ss -
straw vote of "The Literary Disesss g
prohibition is in error when be sss'ss
that "a man can obtain as mans p'sse.
as he chooses ia spite Of ths 's1
he claims to have overheard saaa.as
who said che had already pus -
teen votes against prohibition.
The prohibitionisss, it seems ass .s
like the revelations Of the 'b'ss's's
Digest" poll because 1t shews ssa' &,
large majority Of the people g .s.s s
country who have voted want As '.. ss.
stead act either modified or eonsp'ssFT
annuised. ~ :
yonkers, N. Y, Aus. Is. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
Advice on Flag Etiquette

Advice on Flag Etiquette
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: have read with interest tas
letter of Douglas Brcsdhurst concern
ing the need for constructive work II
teaching flag etiquette.
Let me call attention TO She circular
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars 90
"The Etiquette of the Flag and 70 .
four-page pamphlet, prepared by S'a'
ney Morse, of the New York Graas
Lodge of Masons, on "The Origin aHa
Symbolism of the Colors," togetaes
with q paragraph on the observance =
respect due the flag and a weli'esi.
anced program for the celebration q
Flag Day,
The undersigned will be plessso =
mail TO any one interested copies =
these most excellent documents.
THEODORE D. GoTTLIEB,
Patriotic Instructor, Veterans q
Foreign Wars, Department. o.
New Jersey. 81 Clinton Street
Newark, N. j.. Aug. Is, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
The IogUer
DE sENECTUTE


A II, | shall hate you, Agel So
"A much / know.
Already you have robbed me Of my
gold
And given me pale silver coins
to hold.
hoard them now. I do not dare
to throw
Them in the game as bravely, long
ago,
My bright, new minted counters
clinked and rolled.
The seasons, too, find grow
bleak and cold,
And have always loathed the
sight of snow.
Oh, you will bring the philosophic
mind?
But who wants that? Your recon-
pense is cruel.
A woolen llightcap and cup Of
cruel
Shall / in these my last adventure
find?
Age, do you praise this as fit
ting end:
just to sit still and call each
woman friend?
Dtt,r rr A {trrrrn
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
Enver PasEaa

Enver Pasha was the most aggres-
sive and spectacular of the Young
Turk leaders who pushed Turkey
into the World War on the
Teuton side and thus paved
the way for the dismember-
ment of the empire. There is
little doubt that he was in German
pay before the war started. A secret
treaty of alliance with Germany was
signed in the first week of August.
1914, and was kept buried in the
archives of the German Foreign
Office until Karl Kautsky ran across
it. Turkey did not enter the war
until the fall, thus fooling the En-
tente Allies and gaining time to for
tify the Dardanelles and an oppor-
tunity to offer shelter as neutral
to the trapped German warships
Goeben and Breslau.
Enver was strangely Turkish
IN many of his characteristics.
He was a staggering gunman-
a rare figure among Ottoman
politicians, who generally pre-
ferred to hire others to do
their killing. Enver didn't en-
ploy Bashibazouks. He did his own
shooting, when it was necessary.
His skill and reputation as a sgun
toter' intimidated most Of his asso-
clates, who despised his abilities but
feared his enmity.
As a. statesman he was mere
swasllbuckler. AS a general he was
neither a strategist nor tactician
He studied military science in Ger
many, but didn't know how to apply
what was taught him. He was badly
defeated when he tried to turn the
Bulgarian lines outside Constanti-
nople by turning the right wing at
Bulair. In the World War he att
tempted Cannae development in
the Caucasus and was routed bv the
Russian army opposing him.
Alter the arnistice the Constan-
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
TREASURES

TREASURES
Within my memory / hold
A treasure, dearer far than gold:
A hidden hoard of lovely things
Caught from the years swift flying
wings
An apple orchard, laden down
With blossoms like snowy crown:
Twilight in gardens, when the calm
Of dusk is like healing balm:
The clamor of the whip-poor-w
Through trees at evening dark and still
The sea upon a summers night,
When moonbeams built road ofslight.
The west wind in my hair at play,
And on my lips the seas salt spray
These are the treasures which I hold
And count as misers do their gold.
H. E. M.
What with mosquitoes and heat and
dampness and cockroaches-th more
delicate minded call them "water bugs''
existence in a Manhattan fiat would
be almost as good as camping out
these days if it weren't for the pres
ence of the gas stove and the absence
of ants.
Liquor acGs eviI and aOe prohibited
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

with it, does not make him any the
less a law-hreaker. 2
Why does not the Prohibition Di-
rector restate clearly and simply the
circumstances under which an indi-
vidual is guilty of violating the pro-
hibition law? The public mind is
not altogether clear on the question.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
No thought about the public
Well Cared For

Read the new tariff bill and YOU
will begin to think that the Amer
lean sheep have all registered for
the next Congressional primaries.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
The Cafas of Yesteryear

Sir: / can't versify like Mr.. George
Taggart, but 7 have what think is
even q more romantic basis for a
retrospective poem.
A few miles from North Cohocton
(Which iafinitesimal hamlet seems to
get onto The Tribune's editorial page
with surprising frequency is the viii
lage of Dansville, N. Y. While dining
at its only hotel recently l was struck
by the strange familiarity of the fur
niture and tableware. Inquiry con-
frmed by suspicious. ] was in the
presence of those fixtures of the Knick-
erbocker Hotel which | had used so
frequently when an active member of
the famous Forty-second Street Coun-
try Club. Sic transit gloria mundi.
ROSCOE PEACOCK
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
No Demand

Engineers assistants on vessels
are called water tenders. They use
very few of them on United States
Shipping Board craft.
Copyright by James ]. Montague)
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
CHA e AMrY

Sea can purchase nerehandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE WITH ahsolats ssfety--ior II dissatisfoos
ton results in any case THE TRIBUNE guaran.
tees to pay your money back upon request. No red
tass. NO euisblng. We refund promptly II ths
advertiser does rot.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
Making Business

We suspect that it was some law
yer who evolved the idea that the
ownership of the air could be made
a subject for legal dispute.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
atF,fBER or THE ASSOCIATED pnEss

MF-MBEK uF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
ths use FOR republication Of ell news dispatches
credited to It or not otherwise credited In this
pspes, and also the local news Of spontaneous origin
published herein
All rishts OF republication II all other matter
haren also are reserved
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

The mark continues to dwindle, and
we can't help wondering if the Ger
mans aren't waiting for it to vanish
entirely SO that they can institute
brand new system of currency.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
PERLEY A. CHILD.

The rail strike continues; the coal
strife keeps right on breathing its last;
the tariff debate is unabated and the
heat is somep'n terrific. Yet soe carol
at our Work. Ma1 and Mnthilde haze
been reunited and 1Ue hope they nsa1ry
and hve happily and catyemely obscure
ly ever after.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

blessings never come singly-it
appears now that We'll get through
with this job before the papers start
to print the tale Of the Prince of
Wales's romance and marriage.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

The flight to Charleston of the
Brazil bound scaplane On Thursday was
a complete success except for the fact
that it didn't get to Charleston.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

Entered at the Pes.esaee at New York as secoaa
Glass NAH Matter
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
ENCOURAGEMENT

GESOoC W u ~
/ felt painfully small as gaztd out
to sea,
INSIGNIFICANT, triv;dl, humble and ace;
With the mountain peaks to4oering
frightf@Uy high,
l felt Just like an atom betwecn earth
aud sky.
But mite Of q 6ug came to rest on my
hand
Choosing me for seat out of sea, sky
and lard;
And said as fetched hin, whole of
q bat;
"Oh, guess I'm not awfm aamn little
at thdt"' MARJORIE
In these days of prohibition it's en-,
to learn from the Knicker
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
we are told:

"Whalen made it very plain that
while the existing condition is serious
one, it is in no way serious"
DOROTHEA CASEY.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
Seriously Trivial

Sir: The editor of The Saturday
Blade, published in Chicago, takes the
ruling of Mr.. Whalen seriously, for in
the issue of August IL. 1929, under the
| glaring headline of
FAMOUS BROOKLYN BRIDGE
AR0IIT THPII,,
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
Lines by a Plutocrat

How wantonly our statesmen
spend
The peoples utmost bean;
How little do they apprehend
What income taxes mean!
So utterly am / bereft
That, when my cellars dry,
| seldom have the money left
TO get a case of rye.
With bonuses and tariff bills
Our substance they exhaust,
Until, with apprehensive chills,
We shudder at the cost.
know | cannot get this fall
The rest that | require
will not have the wherewithal
TO pay my caddy hire.
They talk of subsidies for ships.
And public men in bands
Are going off on junket trips
In far and foreign lands.
LII have-to keep from going
broke
To sell at least two cars
And all | can afford to smoke
Are thirty-cent cigars.
No thought about the public
purse
Is in a statesman's mind.
He let's things go from bad to
worse,
To all our interests blind.
HE sees the nation go to pot,
Nor makes the least demur.
And presently | fear I've got
To be nv own chauffeuri
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

In these days of prohibition it's en-
Tightening to learn from the Knicker-
booker advertisements about all the
other things one can do with ice.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY man. tnciaaius
paessss. in THE UNITED STATES.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-19

The main trouble with these pre-
election pledges of candidates secms to
be that they are more honored in the
speech than in the observance.
The New York herald., 1922-06-16
Rnw SIX Price. Higher.

The local raw silk market has ad-
vanced sharply In sympathy with de-
cidedly stronger tone In all primary
markets and prices have entirely re-
gained their loss OF the last week and
in some instances gone beyond previous
high levels, says II. l.. Gwalter Co,
Inc. At the advance there was fairly
active buying by broad silk and ribbon
manufacturers, who were encouraged by
a decided Improvement In the fabric
market On the other hand the hosiery
trade still continues to hold back, al
though the mills are known TO be poorly
supplied with raw materials and are
likely to be forced TO reenter the market
at any moment. The turnover has been
considerable. with the demand bearing
on botR Japan and Canton silks. Yoko-
hama market resumed Its upward course.
prices advancing materially. Sharp ad-
vances were recorded In the Canton
market. Shanghai. Milan anf Lyons
report a firmer market.
The New York herald., 1922-06-16
Lumber Market Quiet.

Demand for lumber has slackened ap-
preciably at the larger centers of dis
tribution and consumption this week.
and the markets are generally quiet, ac-
cordlng to Lumber. The condition is
ascribed to a reaction from the effect
of rapid price advances and the tendency
to postpone buying until rate reductions
are accomplished. In yellow pine the
heavily Increased movement of unsold
transit shipments has strengthened the
position of buyers and has occasioned
the first recessions In prices for that
lumber since early spring. Price shad-
ings are generally small and confined to
the lower grades, which predominant In
transit shipments. Douglas fir has felt
some effort of shrinkage in demand. bu.
has shown no price reaction. There
has. I'm fact, been a tendency to further
strength in common grades. due largely
to scarcity of inland empire common
stocks. Improvement In hardwood de-
mand is re- -orted from several centers,
while others find a quiet market. Prices
are firm, with recent advances main
tanned.
The New York herald., 1922-06-16
BurIap situation PerpIexing.

puzzling situation exists in the bur-
lap trade at this moment. according to
a market observer. In letter to Gus
toner he says: There Is no guaranty
of June shipment or any shipment on ac-
count Of the dock strike in Calcutta, and
the first Government jute crop forecast
Is due in few days. The probable crop
showing may have already been dis
counted and prices might fall tempo
rarily. If the strike lasts all month
shipments will be reduced to 75,000,000
to 100.000.000 yards. resulting in a
shortage during July and August. With
the strike carried through July holders
OF spots might reap a harvest. Again,
the peculiar situation may arise OF ma
tive spectators being unable to accept
parcels due the latter part of this month
because they cannot ship them This ac-
tion would force goods on the Calcutta
market and tend TO depress values"
The New York herald., 1922-06-16
Garment order. Coming In.

The first batch of orders sent in by
garment statesmen has pleased manu-
facturers. Some are said to be doing
more business than was expected. Re-
tailers are buying mainly in the medium
priced ranges but are demanding good
values. Despite the higher cloth prices
women's garments for next autumn
show little change in values. In fact.
there are q few.cases where prices are
said to be lower than those prevailing
last year. Coats continue TO enjoy un-
diminished popularity, while suits re-
main in the background The demand
for mannish types of coats is increasing
and several manufacturers express the
belief that these styles will lead all
others in sales Considerable improve
ment in the sale of odd sized and stout
women's coats and suits is reported by
manufacturers specializing in this mer-
chandlse. Prices on these goods are
much lower than last year.