davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
The High Cost of Hylan

There is nothing surprising In
the announcement of Chairman Nc
Aneny of the Transit Commission
that the extension and consolidation
of the transit system under Mayor
Hylan's plan would cost the city
more than billion dollars
81 ,063, 900, 900, to be exact.
Mr.. Hylan attempted to make no
careful estimates when he gave out
his plan. He or somebody drew
lines across the map Of New York
to represent new lines and guessed
that their construction and CO.
ordination with existing lines would
cost about s6o0,0o0,o0o.
When the expert engineers Of
the Transit Commission took the
trouble to determine the actual cost
! of the enterprise they found it
would be more than billion dol
lars. They found, further, that un-
der the program Of construction
proposed by the Mayor half bill
lion dollars of the cost would fall
on the city within FIVE years
{ 500, 100000 year added to the
city's debt.
Of course, the city could under
take no such work. It could not, as
Mr.. McAneny has pointed out,
1 finan-e one-quarter Of this sum.
However, that fact will proba-
bly, not disturb Mr.. Hylan. His
mission is to make political capital
out Of the subways, not to build
them. He must, in fact, be aston
ished at his own moderation in not
mentally constructing a subway
system to cost 100000, 900, ,oo0--
the money for which would be as
likely to be provided rs is the bill
, lion required for his present plan.
Mr.. Hylan. it must be remem-
, bered, is not as other men. His
, vision is not limited by mere money
& Sordid facts annoy hin1--they are
e for engineers and taxpayers anc
0 people who must do the work and
pay the bills.
e Nevertheless, there is no doubt
that ne would build these subways
Q II ne were permitted to and increase
r the debt burden of the city beyond
endurance. Not many years age
the term "billion dollar Congress-
/ was the utmost expression of publ,
] extravaganza. The Mayor of Ney
York seriously proposes a plan tha
e would add to the expenses of tn,
I people Of the city for a single iten
r OF construction more money tha,
!. the government Of the whole coun
] try not so long ago cost in tw,
:, years.
i 1t is an excellent thing for M,
: Hyian' as well as for the city, tina
n nc has not possible chance of com
i mitting the people of New York /
4 such a calamitous expenditures.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20

been reached. Ii may be accepted
that higher speeds can be attained.
But the machine which accomplishes
the task will be the product Of inf
mite pains and tenacity in its devel-
opment, precisely as was this craft.
Moreover, the human element will
have to receive new consideration.
On the flight previous to that over
the measured course Lieutenant
Maughan won the Pulitzer trophy
over course Of 16S miles, when his
average speed was better than 200
miles an hour. During this fight
he was several times unconscious as
"a result of the combined forces which
nature brought to bear against him.
It would seem, therefore, that before
greater speeds can be obtained in
the air special arrangements must
be made to permit the aviator to re-
sist these natural forces. In all
probability they will be along the
same lines as those adopted in alti
tude flights. Undoubtedly it will be
necessary to inclose him in cabin,
where the terrific rush of air will
not directly affect him, and the cues
tion is whether the addition Of
cabin will not materially reduce the
effective speed of the machine.
The value of such speed both in
peace and war cannot be measured
in words. Every epoch-making adj
vance in rapid transit has brought
in its wake an increase in national
and international industry by per-
mitting a better distribution of in
creased production. The pride in
the achievement lies in the fact that
America, the birthplace of aviation,
by this latest success now leads the
rest Of the world in every branch of
the art of mechanical flying.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
The Dirge Of the Ultimate Consumer

The Dirge Of the Ultimate Consumer
Another shortage soon will come
In something that I need
In tooth paste, fountain pens. or
gum,
Or stamps OF chicken feed.
From worry l am never free;
I'm troubled and perplexed;
The question that is puzzling me
Is: Who'll be striking neXt7
I haven't got the funds to buy
Big stocks of suits and shoes,
Or purchase half years supply
Of everything I use.
Like others, am short of coal
And / am growing gray,
For / can't guess, to save my soul,
What strike is on the way!
1t may be bread that can't be had
At any price at all;
1t may be ham, or pie or shad
That will run short this fall.
If I but knew I'd stock myself
Completely in advance,
But l cannot invest my pelf
Upon flimsy chancel
Oh! workingman, if in your heart
You've made a solemn vow
That you will presently depart
The place you're filling now,
Pray feel for me one pitying
throb,
Before you rise and fit,
And kindly tell me just what job
1t is you're going to quit!
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
The Ideal Solution

President Harding, it is reported,
is considering consolidation of the
Railroad Labor Board and the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. This
consolidation has been too long de-
layed. 1t is one of the fundamentals
of sound railroad policy.
Divorce of the two functions Of
rate making and wage scale making
il fagrant offense against busi-
ness management. Government con-
trol guarantees the roads net re-
turn of at least n per cent on the
value of their operated property. To
earn anything on operation roads
expenditure and income accounts
must be adjusted in common-sense
way. 1t is an absurdity to delegate
to one independent body the determi-
nation of rates, and consequently Of
income, and to another the determi-
nation of wages and working condi-
tions, and consequently Of expendi-
ture.
Not letting the right hand know
what the left hand is doing is fatal
habit in highly organized Industries.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has time and again reduced
rates without taking into account
increased fixed charges and operat-
ing costs put on the carriers by Con-
gress, state railroad commissions
and state and Federal arbitration
boards. 1t has refused to concern
itself with the results of wage regu-
lation. Only recently it lowered
freight rates, although admitting
that the reductions were not justi-
fed by the state Of railroad earn
ings. The pious hope was expressed
that the Railroad Labor Board
might later, by debating wartime
wage scales, repair the injury done
to the railroads in the interval.
Such inconsequence and lack of
team work in Federal policy are dis
heartening. Why must the govern
ment carry those kindergarten
methods into economics? Rates and
wages are interrelated. They should
be treated as coordinate factors in
the same problem. They are the two
arms of an economic scale. A just
balance cannot be maintained if
weights may be dumped into one pan
or removed from it without any re-
gard to what is happening in the
other pan. To be effective. intelli-
gent and fair, Federal rail regula-
tion must be centralized and unified.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
Complete Border Disarmament

Cynlcs may say thai the removal
of the four naval vessels of one hun
dred tons burden each which have
constituted the naval defenses of
this country on the Canadian border
is q matter Of but small moment.
But this action, which is expected to
follow the signing of a new treaty
between the United States and Cam
ada to replace the Rush Bagot agree
ment of 1917, will give an even
greater Importance to the moral
value of this unarmsd border. It is
true that the four ships of each ma
tion are merely navy in form. But
. if they are removed and not even a
single ship of war is left on the hor-
der the disarmament will be coma
piete in form as we'll as in fact.
Revenue cutters, of course will
remain. But these cannot he con
sidered in any sense as ships of war.
There is smuggling on both sides of
the line TO be prevented and there
are customs regulations to be en-
forced. The Treasury Department
has been provided with the Revenue
Cutter Service for this especial pur-
pose.
Modern history has shown no
other instance Of such an arrange
merit on the border between two
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
-Four Miles q Minute

When Lieutenant R. L. Vaughan.
of the United States Army Air serv-
ice, flew at speed Of more than
four miles minute at Detroit this
week he shattered all previous rec
ords and he raised two questions.
The first is the natural query, Have
we reached the speed limit in the
air? and the second, Can the frail
human body withstand the terrific
strain at this speed, and SO continue
to maintain absolute control over the
machine which human ingenuity has
evolved?
All the experts who witnessed the
thrilling flight agreed in the opinion
that the limit Of speed had not yet
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
The Canal Needs More Barges

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t is reported that 10000 900
bushels of grain are waiting at Buff
falo to be transported to the seaboard.
There are not enough canal barges to
do the business, and the canal rate from
Buffalo to New York is IA cents per
bushel for wheat. A 450-ton barge
carrying $1,000 bushels, or ten full car
loads, would receive s2,1oo in freight
for single trip eastbound.
That is high rate for canal carry
ing, when Scent rate pays hand
some profit.
It shows that the canal needs moro
oarges and it also shows that there
IS big money in the canal business.
FRANK S. GARDNER.
New York, Oct. Is, 1892,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20

ever. were as Indifferent to the pigs
az they were enraged at the criti-
eisms of the travellers, and not until
the city entered upon its enormous
expansion after the opening OF the
Erie Canal in 1895 we're effective
steps taken to keep the pigs in their
place.
If the Secretary of Agriculture
had visited New York century ago
would he have sung as glowing
praises of city pigs as he does to-
day Of country pigs?
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
Lloyd Georges Fall

Lloyd George is the last 20 go OF
the Paris big Four" Orlando did
not survive the peace conference.
Clemenceau was retired to private
life in January, 1920, and Wilson
on March 4, 1921. The little Welsh
Wizard lasted nearly three years
longer than Frances "Pere Vietoire"
and a year and half longer than
the author of the Fourteen Points.
The British Premier was an
adroiter politician than either
Clemenceau or Wilson. He had
much more to show when the peace
conference was over than they had,
either separately or collectively. He
also possessed an uncanny gift for
holding on to Office. Yet, granting
all his agility and adaptability to
circumstances, he probably would
rot have lived through the postwar
turmoil as long as he did had 1t not
been for the life rope of the British
Coalition.
In France the "Sacred Union of
Parties was dissolved after the
armistice. In the United States
tNre had been no such union, Mr..
Wilson dreading the restraints it
light impose on his personal free
I'm of action. But the British
s,ajo- parties coalesced to sustain
the war, and the present Coalition,
Cor servative, with q Liberal attach
mr. mt, victoriously met the test Of
TIE post-armistice election. 1t is
Lard to break party coalition
which has been in power for years
and which makes o iudicious divi-
zion Of patronage. 1t is human
sature for average party leaders to
accept office on a sure ffty-ffty
basis in preference to taking chances
on 100 per cent or nothing.
Lloyd George was not unhorsed On
several occasions only because the
controlling element in the Conserva-
tive party was content not to raise
the question Of replacing him with
a Conservative Premier. He seemed
to have many lives. But he owed
them to something else than the
fertility and magnetism of his
leadership. British politics was
simply not ripe for the change back
to normal party operation. But
when the moment for that change
arrived personal qualities and
adroitness of craftsmanship could
not stay Lloyd Georges fall.
No estimate need be attempted
here Of the Preniier's political
achievements. He filled the war
stage and the peace stage in his
time. He played practically every
interest in Great Britain against
every other interest, and every in
terest in Europe against every other
interest. He boxed the compass for.
ward and backward, and ALWAYS
with Parliamentary success. In tn,
last year, however, the Genoa fail
ure and the Greco Turkish failur
sadly depleted his prestige. And o.
the eve of his fall large sectiol
even Of tie British public has com
to believe that to him, more than t
any other statesman, could be lai
the breakdown Of the Paris peac
settlements and the political an
economic confusion in which Europ
finds itself nearly four years afte
Armistice Day.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20

great nations. The peace that has
already endured Cor over hundred
years has every prospect Of endur-
ing forever, for this withdrawal of
the last ships OF war on the boun-
dary symbolizes the drawing to-
gether of the Canadian and Ameri-
can peoples even closer than before.
Most important Of all, however, it is
an example TO the warning world
that nations van live side by side
without even SO much as rifle be-
tween them to keep the peace.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20

executive board of the American
Engineering Council Of the Federstea
American Engineering Societies at iss
regular meeting, held in Boston on
September 8. The complets report y
now in the hands Of the printer, VIVA
the expectation that it viii be avail
able in book form shortly after NO
vember l. l. p. AAse1D.
New York, Oct. 13, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
Unexpected 1'imidity

A post-season series game tied in
the tenth inning was called on ac-
count of darkness. Evidently the
umpires thought the players would
be afraid to go home in the dark.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
Supporting the E.ight-EIour Day

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: NY attention has been called
to an editorial in your issue Of
October s entitled Hours Of Labor &
lrlasmuch as ! am member 81 the
committee Of engineers which prepared
this report on the twelve-hour shift
IN American industry, am gratified at
che stand that The Tribune has taken.
However. will YOU permit me TO corr
rect one misapprehension Your fnsl
paragraph raises doubt as TO the ndcp-
zion oE the report. Az matter of
fact tss raport wss Adoptsd BIZ the
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
Deaf

Senator Smoot said the other day
that the tariff on wool ought not to
increase the cost Of clothing. Up to
date none of the clothiers appear to
have heard him.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
Vacant Honor

a Georgia woman was appointed
United States Senator on condition
that she didn't go near the Senate.
Copyright by James ]. Montague)
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20

tea eas eusshase refshsEaise sesefttsed Ia IAE
fAsaUkE with ahscgts safety~-tef y dtssstisfte.
tea results IN amp Ease THE TRIBUNE eqsraa.
tsss % pay seEf Hsnes BACK upea reassst. Ne req
tase. No salahtEas. Va rtfant efsngtis II the
etyesfistr eete apt.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
,rr,.nrn os rnr AssocrArEn rnEss

The Asssrsassd p.esp Is cxeiusiseiy rutdted to
siss Use for republication OF ell news ikpaSches
credited 10 .s or not otherwise credited In thss
spsef ard slsc local Of spsn;sneous origin
published hefefu
xi rights Il republication ss al other mss.ss
herein sise ere reserved
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
auARAArY a

nntsfsd At q Psstofscs Al New fosk - ssesa'
Glass Mall Mater.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-20

as follows:
Lazy and slow, through the snags
and trees,
Move the sluggish currents, half
asleep;
Around and between the cypress
knees.
Like black, slow snakes, the dark
tides creep
How deep is the bayou beneath the
trees?
"Knee deep! Knee deep! Knee
deep! Knee deep!'
Croaks the big bullfrog Of Reelfoot
|s Lake,
From his hiding place in the
draggled brake.
What is the secret the slim reeds
know
That makes them to shake and to
shiver so,
And the scared flags quiver from
plume to foot?-
The frogs pipe solemnly, deep and
slow;
"Look under the root! Look under
the root!"
| The hoarse frog croaks and the
stark owl boots
OF mystery moored in the cypress
roots.
Was it love turned hate? Was il
friend turned foe?
Only the frogs and the gray owl
know,
For the white moon shrouded her
face in mist
AT the squirt Of a pistol red and
bright
At the sound of shrek tha,
stabbed the night
And the little reeds were frightened
and whist;
But always the eddies whimper and
| choke,
And the frogs would tell, if they
IL could, for they croak:
Deep, deep! Death deep! Deep
/ deep! Death deep!''
And the slow tide slides and coil.
and glides,
Like Q nloccasin over the secret i,
hides. DoN MARQUIS.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-17
NICE PAYING JOBS
IF You CAN DO IT

Secretary J. NJ. Walker, Of the
local civil service commission,
has received the following from
headquarters about openings for
well paying jobs:
The collection Of the income
tax becomes a complicated af-
fair after it passes the point of
figuring the return of tile aver
age wage Garner. That part, OF
course, is simple.
The technical staff of the Btu
reau of Internal Revenue at
Washington is in need of valu-
alton engineers in general min
ing, coal mining, oil and gas
and the forest industry. The po-
sitions pay from $4,000 to $4,000
a year. The United States Civil
Service Commission will receive
applications until October |. No
written examinations will be
given; the ratings will be based
upon education. training, expert
enGe and physical ability.
The duties involve estimation
OF quantities, market values, val
ue of equipment, cost of develop
ment etc. Full information and
application blanks may be secur-
ed rom the United States Civil
Service Commission. Washing
ton, d. C., or the civil service
board at the post Office or custom
house in airy city.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-17
Sc Miles of Road Are
Turned Over to State

Frankfort, KY, Aug. 15-Fis-
cal courts in eight counties to-
day turned over 90 miles of high
ways to be reconstructed by the
State Highway Department as
their expense and taken over
by the State for maintenance.
Before the state may accept for
maintenance any part Of the
primary system, not constructed,
either BY state or federal aid, it
must be i'll acceptable condition,
subject to standards fixed by the
state These counties proposed
| that instead of repairing the
roads themselves the state agree
to repair them at certain price
and take them over, the county
paying the price fixed. The
Highway Commission today also
accepted number of improved
county roads and took over for
maintenance several projects re-
Gently completed.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-17
Lose Baby Daughter

The hand of the Master touch
ed tie life OF little Mildred Du-
vail Strachan Friday, August Y,
whose spirit winged its fight in
to the heavenly portals to- be
come one of{the bright gems in
His crown. Little Mildred was
born Aug. 7, 1920. She was the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. O..
Strachan, Of Berea. She was the
idol of her parents, who in their
hour OF bereavement. have the
sympathy of many loving
friends. May they find comfort
in the words of Him who said,
Suffer little children to come
unto Me and forbid them not, for
of such is the Kingdom of He
ven." The little body was inter
red in the cemetery at Berea
Saturday. afternoon.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-17
| PAINT LICK TELLS
OF WINNING BALL GAME

| The Paint Lick baseball team
defeated the lHarrodsburg team
last Friday on the latter's ground
by the score of 4 to 2 in a very
fast and exciting game, which
was featured by the excellent
pitching of Lackey and the gen
eral all round play of his team
mates who had only one error
Charged against them.
Harrods5urg got away to a
flying start, scoring two runs in
the first inning on a walk to
Sutherland and home run by
Rowan. This, however, did not
dampen the ardor of the Paint
Lick players or fans who we're
there iii large numbers and who
kept yelling like wild Indians
for our boys to put over a rum.
Up to the fourth inning Paint
Lick could not get man past
first base. This proved to be the
lucky inning as Lewis, the first
man up, singled and advanced to
second on Duerson's short sin
gle back of second. AS Rogers
came to bat the home fans yell
ed nightly for a hit, but his
best effort was three healthy
cuts in the ozone. The yelling
did. not cease when big JimI
Laekey-i4ftlehed up to the count
ing station swinging his trusty
bat Jim lifted a long high fiyI
to right which fell into waiting
bands alf1 tliings8 did mot look
So rosy HQwevsrn # Eiarrods |
Burg thought things had easedi
tip they faded fo3 take Unto CON
sideration the prowess-o J. 81
Lackey, who now stepped to thef
plate, apparently full of conf
dence. On the first ball pitched
lie hit clearly for TWO bases and
scored Lewis and DuerSon, andl
thereby hangs a sad story for
ITarrodsburg, for it was the be-
ginning of the end for them.
Lackey took third on the throw
to the plate and scored a mo-
ment later on a short passed
ball. Faithful George Ginter
was next up. With the bases
empty he hit a clean single thrr
the box and raced home on Hen
5ley's triple to left. Hensley was
left on third as the next batter
grounded out. In all it was a
great inning and gave the boys
the feeling that victory was
theirs. Paint Lick fans yelled |;
hoarse.
Harrodsburg fought hard ali
The rest of the way, but Jim
Lackey had the batters swing
ng wildly at his fast shoot or
boxing the slow ones to the in
ielders. i
This ended a much discussed
game as it had been said that
darrodsburg would beat Paint
lick on their grounds.
The game was without argu-
nent, as the decisions rendered
~ umpires Duerson and Jenkins
we're without question. The at
-endance was Approximately l.
700. Time of game 1:53. i
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-17
Democratic Prosperity VS.. Republican Disaster

The estimated wealth of the United States when President
Wilson went into office i'll 1913 $1S5O00000OO0; it in
creased to- $3000000O0O eight years of Democratic rule
gain of 15000000000 The present wealth of the Unit
ed States is $225O00O00000a loss of 5000O00O00 in f
months under Republican rule.
Since the Republican party voted into power in Nov
ember 1920 the American farmers alone have suffered loss
of nearly $300O0O00O00.
Some Republican Broken Promises
The Republicans promised the country PROSPERITY;
they have given it ADVERSELY.
They promised to stimulate agriculture and business they
have given industrial panic and destroyed foreign
markets. Foreign trade declined from $13O0O00O00 in
1920, to near $6OO0O00000 in 1922.
They promised reduce taxes they have shifted of
the munionaire and proeering class the smaller
payers without lifting reducing them Repeal of the
Excess Profits relieved the Big Interests of paying $780,
100000 in reduction of the higher relieved then
of paying Sol, 100000.
They promised to reduce the high of living they have
given Prohteer tariff bill which increases the high cost of
living and makes the farmer pay S. everything he buys
for each 81 of protection he gets.
They promised to reduce the expenses Of the government
they have increased the expenses of running the
partmens of the government lo23 budget) three years
after the $536O0oOoo compared 1915 three years be-
fore the with estimated deficit of $5O0O0OO00 in adj
diton-or $l00QOO0O00 increase.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-17
An Earnest Seeker for
Truthful Statistics

According to the Howell County
(Mo) Gazette, the following let
ter from al incipient distiller to
a company ordering electric
washing machines for sale, might
indicate that vendors of washing
machines are overlooking a fer
tile field:
Puritan, Mo-, Dear Sir: your
machean she look good to me.
How many gallons will she hold
and how much money will it cost
to put pipe for cooling? Does
she work OH wheat or barley Or
corn? You work great bluff on
wash machean. I laf. You let
me know what it take to fix me
up"