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New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Breaking Down the Army

General Pershing and Major Cen
eral Harbord, chief and deputy
chief of the army General Staff, are
right in protesting against the re-
duction of the enlisted strength of
the army to 115,000 men. The
House CT Representatives insisted
on this reduction when it passed the
army appropriation bill. That it
was moved more by pacifst and un-
preparedness leanings than by econ
omy is to be Inferred from the fact
that it voted so per cent increase
of the rivers and harbors appropri-
alton recommended by the Budget
Commission and the House Commit
tee on Appropriations. There is a
bond Of brotherhood, apparently,
between the pork -barrelers" and
the anti-preparedness advocates.
The chiefs Of the army staff
rightly say that the House bill will
undermine the best peace basis
military system which the United
States has ever had. This system
was established to link the armvs
peace activities with its war ac-
tivitles. The lack of such a link
was the costlicst factor in our con-
fused effort to make war in 1917.
Our war debt is in part legacy Of
our lack of foresight before the war.
Yet the size of the debt and Of the
interest service on it is now made
an argument-not, perhaps, very
sincere one-for destructive econ
omy. AS General Harbord put it
systematically: "The size of orr
debt, incurred through unprepared-
ness, brings a demand for economy
and we continue unprepared. Thus
unpreparedness brings the debt, and
the debt continues unpreparedness. :"
The House is unwilling to break
out Of this vicious circle. It has
made provision for 115,00O men and
1000 officers, when 10000 men
and $4,000 officers are really needed.
1t has cut allowances for the train
ing Of the reserves and the state
guards. 1t would throw out of gear
the peace machinery which the army
reorganization act of 1920 had in
view and which the War Depart
ment has set up.
The Senate ought to repair these
blunders. An understood, skeletonized
military establishment is an unprofit-
able investment. The money spent
on it is mostly wasted There is no
plowing ahead, only discouraging
sSagnation. The true test in such
natters-eficiency corresponding to
COSTS ignored. The army we
maintain in peace time should be,
above all things, a going concern,
building intelligently for the future
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Professor and Brakeman

70 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The controversy Of the "hand-
worker" with the "brain-worker" came
up recently at the income tax Office,
A brakeman and university professor
reported their years salary In immedi-
ate succession. The professor was in
his twentieth year of service and re.
cclved representative college salary
which, however, was only four-ffths
Of the brakeman's.
When. in view Of this disparity, the
professor called attention .to the fact
that he had devoted eight expensive
and unpaid years of study to preparing
for his work the brakeman replied
That was his privilege" implying
that time and money spent in prepara
tlon ought not to be considered in the
salary. This, of course, interests the
lawyer and the doctor.
Really the professors situation was
more unfavorable than it appeared. He
had had to teach nineteen wears be.
fore receiving a sum more than three.
fifths Of the brakeman's salary and
thirteen years before receiving more
than two-tifths.
CURTIS c. BUSHNELL.
Syracuse. N. Y. April /, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03

To meet this prospective deficit in
soft coal production and that of less
than 2,000 900 tons of anthracite there
are above ground and in the hands of
consumers to-day something over 63,-
| 900 900 tons of bituminous coal and
around six or seven million tons Of an
thracite in the hands of producers and
retail dealers.
The country is so chockfull Of coal
that for several days before the strike
began the producers had great diff
Guilty in getting takers for their prod
uct, and in many instances were noA
able to run the mines because no one
would take the coal. Never in the his
tory of the country has there been so
much coal mined and ready for use.
So plentiful has coal been the last
| three months that the prices have been
falling every week.
There is no emergency as regards
coal supply now confronting the people
Of the United States. There Is no occa-
sion whatsoever for any one to become
alarmed. At least two months. accord
ing to government statisticians, must
elapse before any shortage can be felt.
Every one--public, miners and oper-
ators-has been making ready for this
strike. Out in Illinois last week the
men turned to and one after another
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
The House of Lords

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l trust that my British critics
Martha Leonard and Peter Ruddiman
do not deem me professional tail
twister Of the noble lion across the
water, nor hostile to the land from
which my ancestors migrated q few
centuries ago. I conceive, however,
that the political institutions Of any
nation are objects for legitimate
criticism, that other nations may profit
by successful and be warned by un-
successful examples.
The "turnip seed politician" is the
result of neglect Of democratic re-
sponsibility, not a natural product Of
democracy. The euro Of an imperfect
democracy is moro democracy, not
less. In fact, the whole Of Macaulay's
classical and unanswerable argument
on liberty, in his essay on Milton, may
be with equal validity transferred to
democracy.
A few great men belonging to a
hereditary aristocracy deserve all
honor, but their presence does no.
Justify the principle of hereditary
aristocracy possessed of special privi-
leges inimical to the interests Of the
rest Of the citizenship. If an elective
legislative body is tempted to con-
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
The Way to Harmony

Mr.. Mondell's protestations that
the concord between the House lead
ers and the President is as deep and
unruffled as q tideless ocean are
doubtless meant to be convincing.
They at least advertise a perception
of the desirability Of concord. which
some of the Houses actions haven't
successfully advertised. The public
got the idea that the harmony which
it taxes Mr.. Mondells supply of
Pollyanna vocables to describe has
not on occasions been as deep as a
we'll or as wide as a church door. 1t
is gratifying to learn on high au-
thority that this unpleasant impress
sion is open to. revision.
There is such a thing as protest.
ing too much. Was it, in fact, per-
feet exhibition of heart-to- heart un-
derstanding for the House to pass
an I. O. U. bonus bill, when the Pres
ident had said that he wouldn't ap-
prove a bonus bill which didn't pay
its way through a sales tax attach
ment? Is it a mark of soul part
nership that the House should be
cutting the enlisted personnel of the
army and the navy below the limit
which the President regards as the
minimum Of safety? Does it testify
to oneness Of view that the House,
after slashing appropriations for the
army and navy, should increase the
budget allowances for rivers and
harbors so per cent?
These disagreements seem to Mr..
Mondell to be purely imaginary. He
is for harmony with the Administra-
ton and is willing to regard the
Houses record as null and void if it
conflicts with harmony. This is a
hopeful sign. The country is with
the President, whose leadership it
respects and relies on. If the House
can bring itself into unison with the
President it will gain strength with
the country. Mr.. Mondell knows
this. That is perhaps why he tries
to force balance Of cordial cooper
alton with the White House.
But his words would be more con-
vincing if he were able to present a
real balance instead of a forced bal
ance. In the next campaign what
the President has done will count
much more than what the House has
done. If the House leaders were
wiser they would accept the Presi-
dents judgments more readily. Then
there would be less need Of eager
protestations on their part that they
are following his leadership.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
The Airsllip

Alert and keen and sternly proud,
He glides across the azure air
way,
To dive, head on, through yonder
cloud
That slowly drifts below the
stairway.
A speck upon the vaulted dome,
With every watch-tick still re-
ceding,
He views the fading spires Of
home,
But holds his skyward course.
unheeding.
Now fast and faster comes his
breath,
AS like a rocket he goes sailing
And battles, unafraid, with death
Beyond the upper hallway rail
ing.
One sudden gust, one fatal slip,
And, half an awful minute later
To earth a crushed and huttering
ship
VIII plunge fearless aviator.
But past the trouble zone he
scars,
To volplane down with easy
motion
Toward where the surf line marks
the shores
That curve about the rocking
ocean.
The engine stops-one long,
smooth sweep,
With spray the trailing smoke
is blended
He settles gently on the deep,
And 10! the daring voyage is
ended.
He briskly taxis up the bay,
To seek his mooring in the
river,
Observing in a casual way,
Good airship that! One trusty
f1ivver"
+
And we, who stood below the stair,
Where we were told to take
our station,
Saw but child stride a chair
But then, 20e lack imagination
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
West Side Car Lines
To the Editor of the Tribune.

To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: Not immediately affected by the
proposed transit changes on Columbus
Avenue and Central Park West, l am
In position for impartial Judgment.
On the east of our somewhat
neglected park the beauty is unspoiled
by the palatial border of Fifth Ave
nue.. Is it not fitting that the park be
equally we'll framed on its west side
The architects skill has been we'll en-
ployed in the buildings on Central Park
West. The removal of the rails now
encumbering this avenue presents
little difficulty because of the connec-
tion on West Fifty-ninth Street with
Broadway. merging into Columbus
Avenue at Sixty-ffth Street.
Columbus Avenue is devoted almost
exclusively to business. The pro.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Radio Marvels

Thomas A. Edison recently ex-
pressed feeling, or perhaps it was
hope, that with the development
of radio telephony we humans
might be able to "hear ants talk" !"
William Beebe and other naturalists
who have studied these highly social
forms of life report jungle con-
claves that indicate strongly that
these tiny creatures employ some
means Of long distance (for them)
communication. Is it wireless?
What would Henri Fabre have
said Of such an idea? Man has a
poor memory and is likely to forget
that the word antennm meant the
''feelers" of an insect long before
it was adopted as a part of the
nomenclature Of wireless telegraphy.
Science has established that many
forms Of life develop electric en-
ergy. Given this and antennn,
why should not insects broadcast
news of food or amorous desires?
Here is a task for the radio bugs
Develop instruments sufficiently
delicate to pick up the messages
sent from an ant hill. Perhaps we
could some day learn how the ant
queens avoid unemployment prob
lens, stif1e birth control agitation
and deal with their Mayor Hylans.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Railroad Self Enhancement

t The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has found that the Pennsylvania
and New York Central railroads had
locomotives repaired in 1920 by out
side shops at much greater cost than
that at which they could have been
repaired in the railroad shops. The
dlrectorates of the roads are ab-
solved of any improper motive in
incurring this extra expenditure.
The commission significantly sug-
gests that such errors of judgment
be avoided in the future.
1t is undoubtedly within the COM
missions functions to inquire into
the details Of railroad management,
since unnecessary expenditure enters
snto the question of adequate rates.
But such Investigations have rarely
been made. Granting good faith, a
directorate must have a certain lati-
tude and discretion, and if initia-
tive and judgment are narrowly
hedged about private management
Of the railroads is almost deprived
Of meaning.
If a directorate is not allowed to
make an honest mistake occasionally
without reprimand, what incentive
will it have to do things which may
be of material benefit to the prop
erty, but which involve prompt and
vigorous action? Are the boards to
he reduced to inertia by fear of the
commissions criticism?
There is, Of course, another side
to the question. Railroad ownership
is highly diffused. The directorates
are not always in close touch with
the stockholders. The supervisory
power Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission may at times be used
with benefit to protect the interests
OF stockholders as we'll as railroad
rate payers by holding directorates
to higher standards of efficiency.
Yet here is an inherent drawback to
diffused ownership. If the commits
sion exercises too intrusive guard
ianship on behalf of owners, listiess-
ness and routine caution come 70 the
Sfont in management. The railroads
which have been most successful are
those with which large measure Of
authority has gone along with a
large measure Of responsibility.
In the particular case on which
the. commission reported the roads
went wrong in company with many
oli1ar big enterprises. They antici-
patel a demand for more rolling
stock and took what they thought
was the best course to increase their
equipment rapidly. The demand
didn's come, and they had to live up
TO high cost contracts. This was an
incident in postwar readjustment
and In the adjustment Of the car
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP.
10 M4NaCEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC.
:. REQUIRED BX THE ACT or con
GRESS OF August ~. 1912, OF THE
NEW YORK TRfEJSE, PUBLISHED
). DAILY AT NEW YORK, \. ", FOR

State OF New YORK County Of New YORK. sa.:
.. Beforc me. Notary Public IN and for the STATE
Iravis. who. having been duly sworn according 10
Jaw. depoees and says THAT he IS the Business Man
sset o. the New York Tribune. ard that the io'-
loving is. TO the bcs of his knowledge snd belief
tfuo statement OF the ownership management and
circulation. etc. OF the aforesaid publication for
N, date shown IN the above carlton. required by
III, Art Of August "a 1919. embodied IN Section
AS. Postal Laws and Regulations to wit:
. ]. That the names and addresses Of the pub
AsheT. editor. managing editor and business man
sger Publisher. New York Tribune. 15A Nassau
street New York City: Editor. Ogden Reid. l5i
Julian q. Mason l5i Nassau Street. New York
isty Business Manager. Howard Davis, l54 Nassau
Street New York CITY.
e~a. rhat the owners New York Tribune. Inc.
"a New York corporatoul. l54 Nassau Street. New
jTork City; that the and addresses Of stock
.soders owning or holding per cent moro OF the
{51, Madison Avenue, New York City: Ogden Reid
'I5i Nassau Street. New York City: Ogden j. Mills.
IS broad Street New YORK City; htaiS Of Joseph
f94 Nassau Street. New York CITY, Inez f ].
'fheney, Litchfeld Conn; Estate Of J. C, Aver.
lowell Mas.
: 2. That the known bondhoders. mortgages and
'5ther security holders owning holding per cent
OF more OF total amount OF bonds. mortgages OF
ether seTirt'ies Elisabeth Mills Reid &5l
Madison Avenue. New York City: Ogden Reid, i5i
Nassau Street New York CITY; Metropolitan hfe
Insurance Company. New York City.
4. That the two paragraphs next above giving the
danes OF the owners. stockholders and security
holders II contain not only tho list o, stock
holders and security holders they appear upon
The books OF the company. but also. IN where
the stockholder security holder appears upon the
books OF the company trustee In any other
-fduciary relation. the Of the person cor
pbraion for whom such trustee ia setting s given
also that the said two paragraphs contain state
inents embracing atlantis fun knowledge and belief
"a 70 the circumstances and conditions under which
stockholders and security holders who do not appear
upon the books OK the company trustees hold
stock and securities in capacity other than that
81 bons htie and this aif1ant hse no reason
10 believe that any other person. association
pcration has any interest, direct Indirect In the
said stock. bonds other securities than as sc
stated bg him.
I'D 5. That the average number of copies
of each issue of this publication sold OF
distributed through the mails or other
wise, to paid subscribers during the six
months preceding the GATE shown above is
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03

posed change Of Columbus Av'as' !
surface cars to Amsterdam, Avenue ""
surely prove disastrous TO the long :"
tabiished business Of Columbus a..
nue. without any perceptible gan
the business of Amsterdam Assa'.
Why make it? The lines ara is'a :
the interest of the people. In be1.'
ing the people the traffic corp0'.., ...,.
also is benefited. find no percsp~,,, !,
gair and a large loss to the pe0p'' :
making such charges. -,
HARRIET S. PHILLif0'
New York, March 81, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Coal Operators Case HSs; Es E F. ~dss 5sSHEH z3s

The biggest strike ever called in the
coal fields of this country has arrived.
All the anthracite mines, employing
100000 men, and two-thirds of the soft
coal mines, employing around 100000
in operation the non-union mines, at
which there are about 100000 men.
These non-union mines can produce
million tons Of coal day-they did
it during the last big strike, in 1919
or 100000 tons a week. This coun-
try is now consuming around 100000
tons week
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03

of the national government The
Cabinet takes the place of the party
committee and conducts the affairs
Of the nation as a board Of directors
conducts the affairs of corpora
ton. With Harding at the head of
the committee table and Hughes and
Hoover as consultants, the affairs Of
the one hundred million and more
stockholders are in pretty safe
hands.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
What Readers Are Thinking

slider political expediency, a hereditary
body has the irresistible temptation to
act in behalf of a privileged social
class regardless Of the larger rights
Of the nation. Democracy makes its
mistakes, but It is forward looking.
The aristocratic principle keeps It's
face to the rear.
JAMES r. MORTON JR.
New York, March 20, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
The Bootlegger's Accomple'

To the Editor of The Tribune -.
Sir: In to-day's Tribune .
signed "Prohibitionist" states sa. ~,
is not a crime to buy bootes ~" IN
from a bootleggsr. Tho man sns' !,
bootleg cannot do so until SOM. s.,s.
ready to buy, and a person tina. :. = !,
ingly luys bootleg to-day IS 'a' ,
guilty as the seller. If by law y. i,
crime to sell, it must be cruz, .,.,,l
buy, as one cannot be acs0''p
without the other. - IN
If the above is true, tninA h.
number of Criminals" thefe hefe-..ss s
day--some crime wave! y.
Meriden, Conn, March ~ 49,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03

riers to conditions of private man
agement. 1t in no way impeaches
the capacity Of the roads to conduct
their affairs better than these were
conducted under government man
agement
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Slightly Handicapped

(F'rom The Washington PosD
With the exception of the fact that
the intield is weak and the outfeld
crippled and it hasn't any pitchers, the
Democratic Congressional team looks
Ike strong contender for the
November pennant.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Nothing New

Narratives in prehistoric manu-
scripts recently unearthcd In Greece
are of little interest. Most of US
have heard them all in gfter dinner
speeches.
Copyright by James T. MONTAGUE,
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
137.425

r HOWARD DAVIS,
Business Manager,
~ sworn 20 and subscribed before me thi
lie. day Of April 1922
. lSeall VIM. A. MODERY,
Notary Public Queens County No $40
Certificate fled in New York County No o29
Rec No 424I
Kings County No 100, Reg No. 41l5
= Commission expires March GOTH 1874
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Convincing Evidences

Mr. Bryan is probably right in con-
tending that he did not descend from
monkey. There are excellent rea-
sons for believing that his ancestor
was a parrot.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
Suspicious

Rats cost Chicago $8,OOo,O0o last
year. Whoever let the contract for
them must have cleaned up.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03
,lr-,tnrR or rrR Asso,,iArrp rnEss

. The Associated Prees Ia eIclUslyciy entitled tS
tae use for republication of all dispatches
credited TO Il or rot otherwise credited in this
pspr and slso the local Of Spontaneous origin
pabisiacd herein.
All rights OF republication Of all other matter
terr!n sleo reseryed
New-York tribune., 1922-04-03

Nothing's tho Matter; the 1886 Just Got In
! Will speak of the cracker Jack train
that stops hero every afternoon, the best
afternoon train running between Atlantic
! City and New York?
/ After a run of 10 miles from Atlantic
| City via Winslow in about IS minutes this
! train pulls UP to the big water tank Just
below the station to take e. big drink OF
water. While the tank Is being filed up
the car inspectors running around the
sides of the train tapping with their ham
mers. sort of inspection which Is the
custom of the company to make of it's
trains hero as they pass through. Then
the engineer stops out OF his cab walks
out to the front OF his big iron horse, at cps
I to the ground, walks around with his big
! long oil can and oils the big putting mon
ster that is singing bass after its big
task on the rails, Climbing back into his
cab he awaits the signal to proceed He
pulls his train into the station to receive
and discharge the passengers which are
quito numerous. We then get a better
! glimpse of this beautiful train with it's
| four big steel couches, We note tho num-
ber OF the locomotive which Is 500 and
SEQ the brave, courageous engine driver,
a man who has by far passed the period
stocky chunk Of humanity. with brain.
muscle and nerve. for 1t takes all this to
do what he has Just pulled of
Mail and baggage ars unloaded in q
1iffy. The Philadelphia Bulletin has ar
rived. the jitney men are loaded up and
the Big Pine Tree bus driver is full of
smiies We hear signal for the train
to proceed. the levers are pulled, the bir
monster throbs and the sand sives tho
! wheels tho rail grip and our cracker-tack
train Will soon stop at Lakewood tho
oeautiful, then proceed TO the big gothom
| city. Ever SEQ the 8:35 como In? Well
1t is worth while.-Lakehurst Co,rsspond
enoe. Lakswood "Free Press"
Maybe we could revive our tagging
interest in the proceedings of pugilism
II the Garden management would take
tip from the circus and stage three
ring prizefghts hereafter.
CARNATIONS
Sometimes 7 ecear carnations, rod and
1ohite,
And burn my heart ,Uith re4nem
bered flame.
Their breath is stoeeter than sea ,eind
at night
! Their presence gracious. like SONS
fair, proud dame.
The red ones for the happiness / k,,e,o
Through d@ys sroto With glad oo,.-
tent;
Tho ,Ohite ones for tho foith Keep
sUith you,
Proud-poised and fatr Whsn its rose-
joy Is spent.
CHARLOTTE VAN DE WATER.
Efficiency is gripping Westchester
County, for the New Rochelle "Daily
Standard" headlines:
ELECT CORONER AS
TRUSTEE OF HOME
FOR AGED PEOPLE
Numerous persons who have hither-
to regarded themselves as trout fisher
men now understand why the ironic
powers that be decreed that the season
should open on the first day Of the cur
rent month
The coal strike seems we'll under
way at this writing, and, Of course,
the rallying cry Of the miners as they
quit work Saturday was