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The New York herald., 1922-02-21
The Road Building Industry.
The Call for Hard Highways Creates
Great Business.

From bulletin Of the U~ited states De-
partfneHt Of Agriculture. s,
Road building is one Of the nations
largest industries. according to statis-
tics compiled by the Bureau of Public
Roads. United States Department OF
Agriculture. and surpasses such great
Industries as the manufacture OF steel
and iron as well as the production, sale
and repair of automobiles. An army of
approximately 1000. 900 men labored last
year throughout the road construction
season in building and repairing the
country's highways.
Fifty million tons OF stone and gravel
will be required by the $4,000 miles OF
Federal aid roads either completed or
under construction in the United States
at the end of the present fiscal year.
according to the estimates of the Bu-
reau of Public Roads. Some idea of the
quantity is given by the fact that it is
equal to a million carloads. II the
material we're piled in one place in the
form of cube it would be approxi-
mately 1000 feet in each direction. or
nearly twice as high as the Washington
Monument.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
OPERA SOPRANO IN RECITAL.
Miss Maria Ivogun Heard by Large
Audience.

Miss Maria Ivogun. soprano. a member
of the Chicago Opera Company, gave
song recital yesterday afternoon in
Town Hall. In Germany and Austria
Miss Ivogun's recitals are famous, and
when she sings all seats are sold The
news OF her home triumphs had reached
this city, and she was heard yesterday
by large audience Her program began
with the once familiar air of the page in
Les Huguenots." This was followed
by Mozart's IRE Pastore" air, for which
Andre Polah played the violin obbligato.
A group of songs by Brahms was next,
and after them came miscellaneous
lyrics, including even one by Mr.. Mengel-
berg. the distinguished conductor.
Arditi's vocal waltz. "Par.a," ended the
list. Miss Ivoguns singing might be
made the subject of an extended discus
sion OF the art of vocal Interpretation,
but that must be deferred. Her fine in
telligence. her sensitive feeling for the
right accent, the right amount of force,
the right acceleration or retardation,
proved her TO be a singer whose inter-
pretative gifts and accomplishments are
of an unusually high order
Her skill in Interpretation is un-
doubtedy what makes her famous in the
Teutcnic countries. Unfortunately. yes
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
New York Against Bonus.
Public Opinion in This State Ex-
pressed mt the Polls.

To THE NEW York Herald: In 1919
the Legislature of the State of New
York, pretending TO find authority there
for in Article VII. OF the State Constitu-
ton, submitted to the voters a. PROPOSE
tion 70 raise s45,oO0,Ooo to pay a bonus
to those who had served in the world
war. The vote in. favor of this. PROPOSE
tion was 1,454,94o, and that against it
673.2s2
With two votes in five. which is not
far from an approximation. there were
10000 people entitled to vote upon
this proposition. if any one may be said
to have right to vote for an illegal
proposition. In other words. about one
half of the legal voters took part in the
determination of the bonus question. both
for and against it. while the other half,
relying upon the guaranty oe the Con-
stitution to protect their rights. did not
vote. Approximately third of the
voters of the State voted for the illegal
bonus law; the remainder either voted
against it or refrained from voting, so
that there never was anything like a
majority of the votes cast for 1t.
In 1921 Judge Andrews wrote the
opinion of the Court of Appeals declar-
ing the bonus law unconstitutional. He
was nominated by the Republican party
for reelection to that court. and at the
election in November he received 1146.-
337 votes. while his Democratic opponent
received 1,0311S5 votes. That is, there
were substantially as many votes cast
in determining the election of Judge Of
the Court of Appeals as were cast for
and against the bonus in 1919, and the
candidate who wrote the opinion con-
dcmning the bonus act was chosen by
about 114,000 plurality over his Demo-
cratic competitor
In the same year of the judicial con-
test a proposed constitutional amend
ment giving soldiers of the world war
the same preference in civil service ap-
pointments that had been accorded to
veterans of the civil war was duly sub
mitted to the people. The vote in favor
Of this amendment was 556.56o while
that against it was 1,027624, giving an
adverse ma jority of All ,064.
And the member of the Legislature
from the Nineteenth Assembly district
who had proclaimed a determination to
overrule the court with constitutional
amendment was defeated in the same
year.
These facts may be interesting to the
members Of the State Legislature as we'll
as to Senators and Representatives in
Congress, and may prompt some of them
to ''hasten to retrace our steps, and to
regain the road which alone leads to
peace, liberty and safety" as Mr.. Jeffer-
son suggests. BENJAMIN S. DEAN.
JAMESTOWN, February 20.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
On Living to Be 100.
Milk Objected To: Meat Approved
With Qualification.

To THE New York HERALD: There is
nothing surprising in DR.. James NJ
Peebles's reaching nearly to the century
mark. for he had good body and COM
paratively good habits M
Nix, recollection of him is that he was
not vegetarian. for he used milk. Be
ing a food suitable for babies and
calves. this helped to cut him short te-
fore his time had come. On the other
hand. his Reputation. of alcoholics and
tobacco doubtless contributed to his
longevity, although some live to niser-
able old age in spite of this abuse OF
their body.
His rejection of meat was help or a
hindrance. according to the alternative
Had he eaten flesh in the ordinary way
he would not have added TO his pros
poets and might have destroyed them
altogether; but proper selection and
preparation of animal products would
have been a different thing. On the as
sumption that he taxed his functional
economy by the ordinary use of indigas-
tlble and poisonous fruits. seeds and
vegetables, meat well chosen and care
fully treated to rid it of excess of OBJ
jectionable elements would have been a
desirable option.
Who lives longer than an eagle or a
parrot? How much longer would these
birds live il their meat were cleansed
before ingestion? And what is more
digestible than meat?
EDGAR DAYTON BRINKERHoFr.
EAST ORANGE, n. j.. February 20.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Why Fordney?

The most active promoter in Con-
gress of the bonus raid is JOSEPH
w. FoRDNEY. Representative of the
Eighth district of Michigan for the
last twenty-five years. Through the
operation of the antiquated seniority
rule in Congress Representative
FoRDNEY is the chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee of the House
of Representatives
American citizens feel justified in
expecting the head of the most i'm
portant committee on economic mat
ters in Congress to apply his ability
and influence to developing adequate
sources of revenues for the mainte-
nance of the Government and pro-
tecting the interests of all the citi-
zens that live under it. His. job is,
or should be, that of raising money
as we'll as saving it and not vast
ing it.
In the present financial and eco
nomic condition of the country a
conscientious and capable chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee
could render services OF tremendous
value to the people OF the country
in respect of this problem. Mr..
FoEDNEY is not doing so. He is the
recognized leader OF emaI but eff
ciently organized and very noisy mi
nority of citizens who are support
ing the bonus raid on the Treasury
of the Government and the business
of the country. He appears to be
less concerned with his legitimate
functions OF raising and saving
money for the Government than with
scattering it among tho prospective
recipients Of the bonus raid.
In doing this the chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee is run
ming true to legislative form. His
record in the House Of Representa-
tives has blazed consistent trail
of failure. Although he is serving
his twelfth continuous term there is
not one really important piece OF CON
structive legislation to his credit He
has probably caused more embarrass-
ment to the Harding Administration
and provoked more dissatisfaction
among the Republican leaders OF the
country than any other ten men in
the House and Senate.
FonDNrY was once described by a
keen political observer as "a babbler
who does not know wnat It S all
about" meaning the science and com.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

mon sense of both Congress under
takings and party policies. He is
given to extravagant statements, al
ways playing to the galleries" scoff
ing at and ignoring opinions opposed
to his own.
His lack of tact and his unintelli-
gent grasp of legislative projects are
deplored by his own associates on the
Ways and Means Committee. His
emergency tariff measure. designed
to alleviate depressing agricultural
ure. After six months of operation
the farmer is Just as discontented as
he was before the passage of Mr..
FoRDNEY's bill.
The American valuation plan spon-
sored by Mr.. FoRDNEY has been COM
pletely rewritten by the Senate
Finance Committee. 1t is doubtful
if any of his ideas on the subject
will be accepted.
the Ways and Means Committee
should know most about is lumber.
He has been engaged in it all his
life and has made money out of it..
Yet the lumber schedule, personally
framed by Mr. FoRDNEY, was rejected
cut OF hand by his associates on the
committee. in which action they were
supported by the House itself.
Intelligent leaders Of the Repub-
lican party who correctly appraise
the disastrous effects of the blunders
committed by Mr.. FoRDNEy regard
his as "a narrow gauged partisan of
small caliber," obtuse and thick
headed. Adherence to the seniority
rule alone prevented them from Sc
lecting for Ways and Means chair
man a man better fitted by business
experience. temperament, study and
sense of party obligations for that
important job.
Mr.. FoRDNEY has been the most
persistent advocate of the bonus raid
from the inception of the profes-
sional propaganda which has for its
object the trading of votes of Con-
gressmen for votes for Congressman.
He is credited with having per-
sonally prepared the so-called five
way plan" which, il adopted, will
cost the citizens of the country five
thousand millions Of dollars in the
form of gratuities demanded by a
small number of we'll organized ex-
service men, but opposed by the over
whelming majority of the American
people, including the real victims of
the world war--the wounded, sick
and helpless ex-soldiers.
Why FoEDNEY?
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Cats Under Indictment.
Specific Charges Made Against Them
Of killing Birds.

To THE New York HERALD: do
not believe that letter writing will do
much to help the cat legislation con-
templated in New Jersey, but a few
facts might be of interest to cat lovers
I have a record of thirty-nine different
birds observed from my back yard.
Twenty of these nested within two
blocks of my home. Cats are also nu-
merous The following is list OF their
murders:
Cardinal grosbeak. one brood. two birds
raised.
Rose breasted grosbcak. one brood. all
killed.
Indigo bunting. two broods, three raised
American godfinch. one brood, all killed.
Starting, one brood. all raised.
Song sparrow, two broods. six killed.
Robin, four broods. eight killed.
House wren. one brood, all raised.
Y. S. flicker. one brood, all raised.
Catbird, two broods, four killed.
yellow warbler. one brood, all killed.
Wood thrush. one brood two killed.
Tilldeer one brood, all raised.
The English sparrows also suffered.
Young rabbits as well as gray squir-
rels are destroyed by cats. / doubt
very much whether cats are able to
catch a rat in the open. I have trapped
ten rats on my property this season. not
withstanding the multitude of cats.
Any person WHO has observed a semi
wild cat hunting in the fields can realize
what bird life is up against.
H. L. Bowers.
TRENTON, ~ j.. February 20.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
smoking on Ferryboats.

TO THE New York HERALD: The
letter you printed in reply to your re-
cent editorial article on the carelessness
OF smokers was frank statement of
the apparent attitude OF the average
smoker toward the safety, comfort or
convenience of others.
1t is the fault OF the ferry manage
ment that smokers are forced TO smoke
In forbidden places, he says, because
the smokers are too numerous to find
accommodation in the places provided
for them Why smoke? Did IL ever
occur 10 the writer Of the letter that
it is not necessary to smoke anywhere.
and that Il is only the unwiIlngness of
smokers TO deny themselves a few min
utes OF indulgence that compels them
to become menace by smoking where
it Is forbidden? ANoTHER G. S.
New York February 90.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
The Reserve Board Report.

"We should not forget that the
ebb of the tide is always equal to
the flow and that the ebb in the
Bay of Fundy. where the tide rises
highest, is far greater than in safer
harbors where the tidal fluctuations
are more moderate
Governor w. p. G. HARDING OF the
Federal Reserve Board garnishes the
boards annual report to Congress
with this bit OF rhetorical exposition.
Doubtless there are many who even
now have to pinch themselves to
realize that the period Of depression
the country has passed through has
been real, there is so little devasta-
tion in evidence. Who ever before
heard OF downright, thoroughgoing
American business reaction without
a money panic and its attendant
inconveniences and evils?
But the Federal Reserve Boards
figures prove that there has been a
first class reaction without money
panic, and it is perhaps only by
reading once again the statistics COW
ering the progressive defiation of
bank loans, bank discounts and bank
notes in circulation that the i'm
mensity of the recession Of business
and finance in 1921 can be realized.
The peak of Federal Reserve note
circulation was reached in Decem-
ber, 1920, when the amount outstand-
frg was $3,404, 100000. In December,
1921, billion had been cut from this
figure, the note circulation standing at
$2,416,000, 900. The loans to member
banks against war paper were reduced
in the twelve months from s1,169,-
100000 to $476,161,O00 Total dis
counts at the Reserve banks were cut
from $2,730,36O, 900 to S1,1S5,432,0 900.
The earning assets OF the twelve
central banks of the Reserve sys-
tenn were cut from s3,313, 100000 to
$1,517 900, 900. And so on.
ne llON VI tire tiuS III i"io anu
1920, with the great push of war infia-
tion behind it. was mighty; mightier
than anything of its kind in pre-
vious human experience; it topped
the rocks in the economic Bay of
Fundy and broke over the uplands.
The ebb came in 1921, but the Fed
eral Reserve banking system stood
there as protecting wall; when the
waters rushed swiftly seaward they
left grave damage in their path but
not ruin.
In the Federal Reserve Boards dull
seeming figures and long explana-
tions the fundamental facts of the
greatest panicless panic are en-
balmed for the enduring benefit Of
future historians.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 81, 1922.
Our Bonus Congressman.

The man who has it in him to
acknowledge he has made mistake
has courage; the man who comes to
know he has made a mistake and
hasn't it in him to put himself right
is poor thing. Our bonus Congress
men would do well to apply this
standard Of measurement to them.
selves, floundering as they are in
their bonus dilemma.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Greenwich Village.
Locating the Old Swimming Hole and
Where Horace Greeley Spoke.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Mr.. Kerr
is somewhat in error i'm regard to the
center Of old Greenwich Village being
in Washington Square. / was born at 729
Washington street, between Park and
Hammond streets, now West Twelfth
street. on September a. 1855. The old
was in Amos street but it was not the
regular old swimming hole.
We boys of the old Ninth ward, which
is the real old village. went to the reg
ular old swimming hole at the foot of
Hammond street. The sand schooners
came UP from Coney Island and un-
loaded the sand, using wheelbarrows
running on single plank to the pier,
and in time they spilled so much sand
we had a regular sandy beach. and at
high tide we kids would swim there and
we were called sand feas.
The boundaries of the old village were
Sixth avenue on the east, Hudson River
west, ClarlSson street south and Four
teenth street north. The old Village
House stood at Bank and Hudson streets
and IL was run by a man named Lind
sley, and IL was the headquarters OF the
Hammond Guards. so that. to my think
ing. 1t was about the center of the vii
lage. I went TO the old Amos street
school where Miss Mead was principal,
but there was no grammar department
there, so next we went to the Grove
street grammar school. where another
Miss Mead was teacher.
I remember when there was slaugh-
ter house on the corner of Hudson and
Bank streets and when the first horse
cars ran through the village on Ninth
avenue. They were the old Twenty
third street stages but ran on tracks.
The first large tenement house built in
the village was on Washington street be-
tween Bethune and Troy. now West
Twelfth. 1t was built by man named
Weeks and was called weeks's Fort.
Another building I want to speak about
was at the corner OF Bank and Washing
ton streets and used to be the upper
Washington Market. Horace Greeley
made speech there one night. ] remem-
Der very well. The structure was after
ward turned into distillery.
Mr.. Kerr refers to Cornelia. Leroy,
Barrow and Morton streets being the
home OF the elite; he should remember
Bank street. waverley place and Charles
street east of Fourth. for they were en-
titled to the same distinction.
J. HARRINGTON.
BLOOMFIELD, n. j., February 90
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

Brigadier-General JACOB j. WoLTEgs.
who commands the Texas troops en-
forcing martial law i'm the oil boom
town of Mexia. has issued regula-
tion under which all habitues of DOM
ino parlors are classed as vagrants
In New York the game of dominoes is
an avocation of the sedate and thought
ful whose behavior would not alarm or
affront anybody. What a sensation
would be created IL General woLrERs
should come north and suppress the
Manhattan Club, the home OF skilled
domino players!
The New York herald., 1922-02-21

Senator William NJ Calder and James w.
Gerard .i VIII speak at the annual dinner OF
r. NJ. .f
Advertising Club of New York, annual
dinner and entertainment, Hotel Astor.
+. NJ.
club house. 81 West Fortieth street, s 80
p. NJ.
Major-Gen. James G. Harboard will re
view the Thirteenth Coast Defense Com
mand. G. A. C., N. G. n. Y. armory Sum
p. NJ.
Major William F. Deegan will speak on
The Needs Of the Ex,service Man" Ma.
tional Federated Workers for Disabled
Soldiers. Inc. Hotel Pennsylvania, r. NJ.
George N Sage will discuss "The Results
OF OF the washington Conference" Broadway
Tabernacle forum. broadway and Fifty
Reveille Post. No 127 American Legion,
meeting, III Clermont avenue. Brooklyn.
8 +. NJ
DR.. George NJ. Parker will speak on "Psy-
choanaysis and Social Control" Cooper
Union, p. NJ.
Marion Moseley win speak at the Ma
tionni Child Welfare Association 30 Fifth
avenue. r. NJ
New York section. Council of Jewish
Women. meeting, Temple Ansche Chesed.
Seventh avenue and i14th street. 2:t5 p. NJ.
New York Lodge. No. l. b. P. Q. e., dance,
club house. 10s West Forty-third street. 5 80
p. NJ.
Ida Hrst-Gifford, concert Bowery Mission.
Is p. NJ.
School for Printers Apprentices. annual
ball. Arcadia Hall. Broadway and Iasev
streets, Brooklyn. S:15 =. NJ.
Theater Owners Chamber of Commerce,
luncheon. Hotel Astor. p. NJ.
New York Diet Kitchen Association. an
nral concert, Waldorf Astoria. II A. NJ.
Edward Howard Griegs. lecture. Dante
Atter Six Centuries Town Hall. 1p3 West
Forty-third street. II A. NJ.
New York auxiliary OF the Southern In
dustrial Educational Association. Mardi Gras
ball. Ritz-Carlton Hotel 80 i. NJ
Prof. A. V. williams Jackson. lecture.
Travels In Persia" American C;eographicai
Society. Engineering Societies Building 80
West Thirty-ninth street. 80 +. NJ.
American Institute of Mining and Metal
lureical Engineers. annual meeting. En-
cheering Societies building 20 West Thirty
ninth street. all day.
National Association OF Paint Jobbers
meetings, Hotel Commodore. 10 A. NJ. and
= p. NJ.
National California Club, meeting. Waldorf
Astoria. 2. NJ.
Foreign Policy Association. conference
Waldorf-Astoria, p. NJ.
Ulster County Society. dinner. Hotel Bit
more. r. NJ.
Society Of Automotive Engineers, meeting.
Hotel Commodore. 1880 A. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
A Strange Tongue.

He left this glorious country bent
on rounding out his education
Away from home long years he spent
In search OF first-hand information.
He learned the lingo OF the Finn.
The Greek. the Spaniard and the Prus-
sian;
The parlez-vous he reveled in
And grew expert in Welsh and Rus
sian.
He chattered well in pure Burmese
And Turkish was not hard to master
Within a year he talked Chinese
And Dutch he got at even faster.
IIo when he reached his native shores
In English he could only stammer.
And now all day and night he pores
Der dictionary and the grammar
NATHAN NJ. LEVY.
The New York herald., 1922-02-21
Thomas Paine's Religion.
Evidence in His Works That He Was
Not an Infidel but n Theist.

To THE New YORK HERALD: ! read
with great interest the article on Thomas
Paine in the Sunday Magazine Section
Of your paper. There Is mistake,
however. that I would like to correct.
Thomas Paine was not an atheist or
an nfidel, as is proved beyond doubt
by his writings. He was devout be-
lever in one God. or what Is termed
in these days tneist or unitarian. Tho
truth is he was more than 100 years
ahead of his time, and therefore not
appreciated
He was great thinker and investiga-
tor and had a passion for the truth
as against superstition and hypocrisy
1t was the bigotry of the times that
prevented men from seeing his true
worth and greatness. His age of Rea-
son" should be read by all. 1t would
be a better world il all people worked
to improve the world, as did the great
champion. Of freedom. the man who
said "The world is my country. to do
good my religion"
+. UProN TOMBSTONE.
WOODSTOCK. Conn. February 90.