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New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
with the house owner for failing to
make his house fireproof.

with the house owner for failing to
make his house fireproof.
To make his defense complete
Baron Won Kissing states that the
Germans intended to restore Rheims
to perfect condition, and he ex-
presses regret that they could not
carry out their benefcent Intentions.
The world has thereby been spared
the spectacle Of one of the most per-
feet Gothic cathedrals beautified and
modernized by the most up-to-date
Berlin pretzel architecture. But
even this is no compensation for the
perpetuation Of the absurd ratiocina-
tions of unrepentant Germans.
The friends Of Germany should
censor the works of such men as
Won Bissing unless they wish to keep
open the wounds inflicted by Ger
many on France and the world in
the war.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Is Cents a Day for Food
Vitamineful Couple Well Nourished
on Less Than That

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In Mondays issue you have a
report of three prominent Boston
women making test Of living on IS
cents per day, or $3.50 per week for
food. If your report is correct, that
these young women failed, one giving
up on the second day and one on the
third day, it shows very clearly that
there was something very much wrong
with their health before they began
the trial. 1t is practically impossible
for persons in good health to feel i'll
effects in SO short time if the food
they eat has any nourishment in it at
all.
l do not consider the example is in
any way a fair test for the majority
of workers.. Something was wrong
with the food selected, or the food was
not selected for it's staying power and
the vitamines contained therein.
During the war, as a speaker for the
Federal Food Board, l frequently
showed how to economize on the pur-
chase of good sustaining food, without
the use Of meat in the dietary. l be-
lieve that some among my audiences
are protiting to-day from the informa-
tion given in my talks.
To show that it is possible to be we'll
nourished and live on less than 7S
cents day for each person, l will give
the net cost of one weeks food bill for
my wife and self as an average. This
week it amounted to $3.50, or 1925 for
each Of us. On this food we lived we'll
and SIMULTANEOUSLY and spared nothing
for what we wished. We are both
we'll and hearty. My wife weighs 128
pounds and I weigh 1873 pounds. I am
still putting on weight.
l may say that this Is not a short
experiment, as my wife has lived on
such food for fifteen years and I for
thirty-fve years. Both of us are
healthy, strong and vigorous. The
main principle Of such diet lies in
the selection of foods, taking as the
staff of support whole wheat bread.
|. +. L.
New York, Jan. 4, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07

If immediate and complete control
of her own customs system is &C
cepted as a desideratum for China,
the concessions made in the con-
ference's tariff agreement neces-
sarily seem small. China is held
down by treaties with foreign pow
ers to charging only 5 per cent
duties on imports. Present valua-
tions are based-also under the reg
ulations applying the treaty-on the
price scales of 1925, so that
duties which should have produced 5
per cent in actual values of imports
produced only 3i2 per cent in 1920.
The proposals brought in by the
committee Of which Mr.. Underwood
is chairman grants China an ef-
fective 5 per cent rate, which will
increase the customs revenues ST.
100000. A special conference will
be held shortly to abolish the likin
or interior taxes on commerce, and
also to bring into effect a surtaX of
2'n per cent on imports, which will
yield $27 100000. and an extra 5 per
cent tax on luXuries, yielding 50, ,167,-
600. China's customs revenue will
therefore probably be expanded from
$64,0O0,000 in 1920 to $110,0O0 900
in 1922 or 1928.
This is substantial measure of
relief. The committee thought it
unwise to go further. Mr.. Under
wood said frankly: "If China at
present has the unlimited control of
levying taxes at the customs, in view
of the unsettled conditions now ex-
listing in China, it would probably
work in the end to China's detri-
ment and to the injury of the world"
He added that if China should estab-
lish a parliamentary government of
all the provinces and should dispense
with military control she might easily
obtain the free hand in her tariff ad-
ministration which she asks and
which is due her as an independent
nation.
China has the power to be indie
pendent. but she must also show the
will to accept the obligations and re-
sponsibilities of such status. She
must do a good deal more than she
has been doing for herself if she
wishes to throw away the crutches
of foreign tutelagc and walk erect.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Broadening Prison Industry

In his message to the Legislature
Governor Miller made some con-
structivc suggestions as to prison
management. Development of the
prison industries, he thinks, goes to
the heart of the problem Of penal
discipline and reformation. He is
opposed to coddling and to putting
too much emphasis on prison sports
and relaxations. He believes that
the best results will be reached if
the inmates minds and bodies are
occupied in industry on a basis
somewhat comparable to that in
vogue outside prison walls. In
other words, he would like to sec
prison industry really industrializcd.
Under the laws the market for
the products which prisoners turn
out is limited to the needs Of the
state and it's political subdivisions.
At present this market is narrow.
But if the Governors plans go
through for the Standardization of
commodities used by the state and
for the creation of a central pur-
chasing agency, the outlet will be
widencd. After complete survey of
the requirements Of the state gov
ernment and the municipalities it
will be easy to determine to what
extent prison industry may be
expanded.
Prisoners now work for pay, but
what they get, the Governor says,
merely serves to create dissatisfac-
tion." The only real incentive to
work is the fear of punishment.
Governor Miller wants to have the
principle of market compensa-
ton more clearly recognized. Pay
should be measured, he says, by
work actually done and should
cover, roughly, the proceeds from
sales, less cost of operation, fines
for Sinking, insubordination, etc
The surplus in wages is to be held
for the prisoner until discharge or
given to his dependents.
An economic stimulus would
thus be furnished to prison labor
But, in addition to that, the moral
effect on the inmates would be sal
utary. The spirit and habit of
regular productive labor is what
most of them lack. The industrial
regimen would be educational and
reformative and thus in harmony
with modern prison methods. The
prisoners may learn the self-respect
which comes from honest work
They will, at least, contribute more
than they now do to the support of
their families and be of greater
service to the state, the counties
and the municipalities which pur-
chase prison products
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Alas, the Sxnura!

Gone are the bugs of Yesterday.
No longer will the synura and all
the little synura inhabit the Kensico
Reservoir. No longer will they come
to New York in millions, there to
die in our water pipes, and dying
give out a slight modicum of oil of
cucumber, or whatever it is that
they give out No more will the
drinkers of Croton water wonder if
some one left a bunch of flowers in
the water jug. Nor will they sus-
pect that the pitcher had not been
cleaned, or that the pipes are
poisoned.
For the synura and all the little
synur@ are no more. Public health
officers have destroyed them. The
papers have prepared alibis for
them, explaining that they are
harmless, either dead CT alive.
Scientists have rushed into print to
describe their blamelcss habits of
locomotion and digestion. Never
theless, the decree went forth for
their extinction.
Apparently, the principal objec-
lection to the synura is the multi
tude Of his descendants. In a few
minutes one becomes two, and two
four, and four eight, until the
synura himself and all the little
synura number millions. There is
no birth control.
All of which is reminiscent of the
vivid description Of the protozoon in
the "Outline Of History" Like the
synura, the protozoon multiplies by
splitting in two, which naturally
raises the question of whether on
becoming two the original ceases to
exist. The distressing fate that
awaits a protozoon is thus sympa-
thetcally described by one Francis
Whiting Hatch, poet, after reading
Mr.. Wells:
"Alas, Miss Protozoon!
What can the poor thing do,
She had date to dine at eight;
At five she split in two.'
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07

effect Of crime is Of more Immediate
Importance than the cause. The nec-
cssary thing is to stop it. Obviously
the present criminal-hghting machin.
cry is not adequate for this task.
Crime cannot be punished until it is
detected. We are weak on detection.
For the first time in many years
New Workers look apprehensively
over their shoulders if they hear
footballs behind them on the street.
The householder rctires wondering II
his home is to be the scene Of the
next forciblc invasion. The very
storekeepers view the entrance Of
strangers with uneasiness. When
matters have reached such an cx-
tremity every agency having to do
with the prevention, the detection
and the punishment Of crime must
cooperate.
1t is subject that should be con-
sidered earnestly by the conference
of district attorneys which Is to meet
at Albany to effect a closer organiza-
ton. If the police Of the various
cities cannot put an end to the crime
wave their efforts must be supple
mentcd by other bodies, to be recruit
cd, if necessary, from the citizens
themselves or from the army or
militia. Better the rule Of martial
law than the rule Of gunmen and
black jackers.
Low bail and abuse Of the parole
system are both partly responsible
for the outbreak of violence, but they
are not wholly responsible. Better
and more effective methods of patrol,
more drastic sentences, more ener-
getic enforcement Of the vagrancy
laws must all be put into execution.
Two men in every thousand would
be high estimate of the number Of
men who are committing the crimes
that have brought almost a reign Of
terror. The 998 other men can pro-
tect their lives and their property If
they get sufficiently aroused. II they
intend to do it at all they had better
make start. Criminals grow bolder
with every day. Zach successful
burglary or hold-up encourages men
of criminal instincts to 20 and do
likewise. Only organized warfare on
criminals, accompanied by a whole
some decline ir sentimentalism, can
insure the public safety.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
On The Tribune in 1873
MIR. Beebe Recalls Reporting Days
Needed Greelcy's Advice

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While your correspondent Mr.
Phcnix was busy in the printing de.
partment Of Tho Tribune in 1873 !
was occupied on the reportorial staff
of Mr.. Shanks, the city editor. l recall
vividly my activities at that time. l
remember the good old building, soon
to be torn down; the dingy staircase,
entered from Spruce Street; the scan
ming of appointments, posted at noon;
the interviews with General Benjamin
+. Butler and other Civil War vet
Grams; the attending Of functions at
Delmonico's, and the same night sim
liar but more modest affairs in the
Bowery; the securing Of copy Of DR..
Storrs's Centennial address at his
Brooklyn home before its delivery at
the Academy of Music; the reporting
Of DR.. Halls sermon, when after its
delivery l asked him for his manu-
script and he handed it to me, smiling,
written in shorthand and, of course, in
decipherablc by any one but himself.
l recall an Irishman on the staff who
was anything but pleasant to look at,
but who was equipped mentally with
all of the ecclesiastical phrases and in
formation covering church celebra-
tions.
/ had met Horace Greeley in preced-
ing years and seen him on the street,
with his trousers tucked in high boots,
and l was beholden to him for his ad-
vice in 1869 to 60 to Cornell as the
coming institution for the education Of
ambitious young men.
l was loath to leave Tho Tribune,
later to enter the practical business
Of engineering, notwithstanding that
the column or two Of matter I daily
furnished was regularly cut down to
a fraction of a column. The $12 or
SIS week I received represented the
first money l earned after leaving
Cornell in 1873.
! am still attached to The Tribune
as daily reader, and I heartily wish
for it greater future in its new
home. CLARENCE BEEBE.
New York, Jan. S, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
WITHDRAWING Ferry Houses

=" AAlc-I dlntlng erry Houses
10 the Editor of The Tribune.
sir; ] wish to thank you for the
many notices which you have printed
regarding the use Of white paint in the
ferry terminals of New York Harbor.
Publicity in favor of the general use
OF white paint in our gloomy ferry
houses, believe, induced Commissioner
"halen to order white paint "inside
and outside Of the ferry houses" The
work IS now under way at South Ferry
and ST. George, S. !.
The South Ferry waiting-rooms now
show the beauty of design and con-
struction. Commuters can read their
newspapers without carrying pocket
electric lights.
l trust that the city administration
will never go back to dark, absorbing
colors. Now am taking ND with
Commissioner Whalen the economies
achieved by this innovation. Experts
tell me that the general use of white
paint will save at least 25 per cent in
the cost of lighting the big terminals.
WILBUR r. WAKEMAN.
New York, Jan. s, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Schrecklichkeit at Home

Doubtless many causes contribute
to the alarming increase in crimes of
violence, not only in New York but
in every large city in the country.
One of them is unemployment. An
other, and more immediate cause,
is the sudden shortage of easy money.
The criminal who a few years ago
could graft" his living from people
who did not know how to take care of
their wealth is driven now to the
gun, the blackjack and the sandbag
as a means of livelihood.
Like many ether people, the crook
has become accustomed to affluence.
He is determined to acquire it by
force if it is not to be had by trick
and device. The evidence that he is
actively engaged in this pursuit is to
be found on the pages of every issue
of the morning and evening news
papers.
In the present acute situation the
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
French Naval Requirements

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: France is not getting fair play
in our press. A distinguished French
man who made an extensive trip
in this country recently writes me that
in the press Of our large cities he found
syndicated articles written by British
publicsts in which Frances position
was misrepresented. This campaign re-
ceived fresh impetus from the speech
OF Lord Lee of Fareham last Friday and
from the British statement yesterday.
The British policy at Washington has
been to force France to accept the
status of third rate naval power,
although France as a colonial power is
second only to Great Britain and
Frances requirements for naval de-
fense fully equal to those Of the United
States.
Why does Great Britain object to
French naval equality with Japan7 The
only possible reason would be fear
that France would join to make an
anti-British naval combination with
the United States, or that Great Brit
ain wishes France to be entirely at her
mercy as a naval power. Either reason
is entirely unsound.
l hope the day will come when by
agreement among Great Britain, France
and the United States both their naval
and their military power will be
trustecd for the maintenance of world
peace. Until that day comes each ma
tion is the best judge of It's own naval
requirements, and it is absurd to con-
tend that France threatens any one by
asking in effect for naval equality with
Japan. MAURICE LEON.
New York. Jan. 4. 1922
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New York, Jan. 4, 1922.
Meddling
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to express to Won
my accord with your editorial of Janu-
airy 5 on the subject of meddling with
the affairs of England on the part of
members of our Senate, who have sent
message of sympathy to the National
Congress of Hindustan.
Important legislation affecting the
comfort and welfare of our people re-
mains tagging in Congress. Our Presi-
dent and members of the government
are striving with all the energy and
means at their command to increase
the spirit of friendship and co-opera-
ton among nations and to lessen the
probabilities Of war; and in the midst
OF all this we are confronted by the
humiliating spectacle of members of
our highest legislative body not only
concerning themselves with another
country's private affairs without invita-
tlon, but taking sides with section in
open hostility and revolt against it.
1t is not to be expected that all the
people of our country can be of the
same opinion on all subjects. There
will always be some who are for and
others against. But it does not seem
that we should let our citizens, much
less our Senator's. help to foster dis
union in another nation by giving
moral support and encouragement to
the radicals of part of it. This helps
to keep alive the spirit of international
distrust. These men were not elected
to the Senate to divide nations against
themselves. They were chosen to safe
guard the welfare of the people Of the
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
A Return to Reason

The acceptance by labor leaders in
the building trades of the reforms
suggested by the Lockwood commit
tee should remove many of the diff
culties that have impeded a return
to normal building conditions.
Briefly the leaders agree to repeal
rules which were designed to curtail
production and efficiency. Initiation
fees will be lowered and the appren-
tice age raised, thus making it easier
for men hitherto barred from unions
to become members Of them. The
unions relinquish their claim to the
right to dictate to employers where
materials may be obtained, stipulat-
ing only that they shall not handle
materials from non-union shops.
Even the old requirement that a
plumber should be accompanied by
a helper on any job, however small,
has been rescinded, thereby destroy
ing the value of one of the oldest of
comic paper jokes.
The agreement is evidence that
the labor leaders recognize the need
of increased production. 1t IS to be
hoped that their unions vote to back
them. The Lockwood committee and
Mr.. Untermyer, its counsel, have
worked hard to bring this arrange
ment about. They as we'll as the
labor leaders are entitled to much
credit. Perhaps in time neither
member of the industrial partner
ship will play the fool.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
l 90 Much Reform

From the time the United States
Senate was founded
(We'll have to admit we've for.
gotten the date)
From the floors to the rafters The
chamber resounded
With free ard unlimited flow
of debate.
Whenever a Senator casually
stated
That he had, he believed, Just
a few words to say
His colleagues were usu;, y high.
ly elated
If he wasn't still talking the
following day.
If critical solons advanced a sug.
gestion
That the statesman who chanced
to be holding the floor
Should endeavor to speak rather
nearer the question
The speaker spoke further
away than before.
He sounded the depth Of all civil
lied knowledge,
Referred to skim ,..ilk and the
smelling of lead,
Discussed the decline Of the class-
ical college,
And everything else that came
into his head.
1t did us no harm, did this inno-
cent prattle-
AS matter of fact as a rule
we enjoyed
The average fierce oratoriesl
battle
Upon which our statesmen were
mostly employed.
They gave us ideas on variow
topics
AS we sat in the gallery hear
ing them spout;
We learned Of crude oil, and the
heat in the tropics,
Though we seldom knew what
they were talking about.
But now comes one Jones-wlth
a mean disposition,
A man who by nature seems
narrow and small,
And insists that statesman ac-
cept the condition
That he speak to the subject
or not speak at all.
No more shall the visitors gallery
witness.
AS often it has. our absorbed,
eager face.
If straight talk is the test OF
Senator's fitness
The chamber won't seem ike
the same dear old place!
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Following Suit

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: read in your issue Of JAW
ary 3 that the dry forces at "s'p]
ington are seeking to change the ns~]
of the Rum River in Minnesots v
Volstead River.
Might suggest that the card san'
"rhum," but pronounced "rum," pe 40,
changed to Volstead? We may y
we'll satisfy everybody and it msss'
no difference, anyway. NE"AHA
Newark. N. J.. Jan. 5. 1921
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07

United States. Should the time ever
como when our people elect men to
Congress because of their opinions on
the internal affairs of other nations we
shall have reached state Of decadence
where questions of propriety and ma
tional prestige will not make much
difference. But we have not reached
that state and it is sincerely hoped
that we never will
CHARLES G. WALL.
Brooklyn, Jan. 8, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
The Kew
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: am very glad that you take
the proper view of the French attitude.
In my judgment, NJ. BRAND is right
when he says: "The key to the whole
European situation is Frances safety."
regret very much that some Amer
'can troops were not kept permanently
on the Rhine. We would thus be guar
anteed against involvement in another
world war. BEVERLEY ROBINSON.
New York, Jan. a, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07

and that these conditions shall be
substantially uniform throughout the
Union. Perfection is not to be at
tanned. But an earnest effort will
result in substantial progress to-
ward it.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07

Ssv esl purchase merchandise advertised In the
raisuN with as.s'use sstety-fsr II dlssat,ssas-
tiea rssu II In any THE TRIBUNE suaraa>
tees to ~ your money back upon request. No nd
taps. Ne clubbing. We make good promptly II
the adv0 ttstr does not
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
Already Informed

Modern novels teach US that ycusa
is taking charge of things IN Inv
world. They teach us grown-ups'
that is. Youth has known it risn'
along.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
The Irish Of 1t.

fFrom The Toledo Blade
AS between Eamon de Valera and
Mike Collins we're betting on the
Irishman.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
One After Another

Between war fare and car fare tue
to catch up.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
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tie for republic alton OF ali dispatches
credited 10 It hot otherwise credited IN this
pspsr fpd also the local news Of spontaneous
origin 81 hshed herein.
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herein . so reserved
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lust a Prediction

1t looks like big St. Patriek'
Day.
Copyright by James J. Montague
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
TO EACH OF A DOzEN

TO EACH OF A DOZEN
Your head Is laid on my shoulder,
Your breath Is sOor7n on my chesk;
1t nsoy be I should be boldsr,
But toait, and yoY nsvsr speak.
Something has brought you to me;
Out Of the surge you come;
/ might presume that you knsso mo
But, for all that I kno,o, you are dumb,
We stand u1ad sve breathe together
We haze to, so close arc you pressed
And sit row and tconder Dhether,
As you lean on my burdemed chest,
/ should venture some comment gayly,
Or utter a chg "Aheml"
For gosh, ho,o you squeeze mo daily
On tho sub,oay at S p. m.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07

The Tower is noble fame;
Its battlements are high;
But We vociferate in pain
"The cellars awful dry"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07

Tho Subway Sun in its editorial
columns suggests that it's patrons
spend Boosters Week in boosting for
another subway, but with what breath
we have regsined since this morning
We protest that one is all we can stand.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07

Commissioner Hfrshheld's demand
for 100 per cent raise for tho Mayor
seems to have started Boosters Week
auspiciously.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ry NAH including
ecstasc IN TIE UNITED STATES:
GUARANTY

yn,e:ed at the ros'of'cc at New York a. Second
Cas- Mall Matter.