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a situation which should not be ig
rored or disregarded.

"A New York Specialist" owes 1t
to his fellow New Workers and to
Americans generally to make good on
his charge by laying the evidence be-
fore the authorities. The road Is
open for him to 60 to the President
of the United States; the United
States Government is concerned in
the suppression of the drug traffic.
The road is open for him to go to the
Governor of the State Of New York.
The road is open to him to go to the
Mayor of the city Of New York.
Among them be will find more than
one man who will use all the infu-
ence Of his powerful once to punish
the despicable scoundrels described
by "A New York Specialist"
Unless "A New York Specials"
follows this course THE New YORK
HERALD will conclude that he made
a baseless charge.
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Child Labor.
Conditions Not the Same in All States
and All Families.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The agl-
tation to pass an amendment to our
Federal Constitution that would give the
important police power for the regula-
tion Of child labor to our central Gov
ernment may be viewed as disquieting
to those who foresce dangers and per-
plexities to the home. The advocates Of
such an amendment reason about the
desirability Of q uniform law respecting
child labor.
Should there be uniformity In the diff
ferent States upon the subject? Child
labor in different States may be as di-
verse as the conditions of labor itself
There are farming communities COM
mercial communities. manufacturing
communities. The conditions of child
labor in these communities will be Diff
ferent. Each State is now best quail
fed to judge its own needs Of all kinds
Of labor.
The trouble In this country at pres
ent is more accentuated in the idleness
than in the labor OF youth.
Again, are the parents to be allowed
no discrimination In the employment OF
their children? Must they be subjected
to a horde Of officials duly authorized 20
enter their homes and make all sorts OF
inquiries and regulations concerning
their children? Sometimes parents are
in distress and use more the labor OF
their children than they would in condj-
tions of comparative prosperity. The
discretion Of law in such matters would
be merely the discretion OF office
holders.
No doubt there should be laws to
guard against the evils of child labor.
But let us believe for the present the
several States are the best judges OK
what ought to be the law on such sub
1ects. D. H.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. July 13.
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An American Name.

The new national open golf cham
pion OF the United States bears the
name Of Saraxen. and the blood OF
Italy flows through his veins. He
came to his triumph honestly; a
caddy at Apawamis in New York. n
player on the public links at Bridge
port. Connecticut, professional at the
Highland Club at Pittsburgh, Penn
sylvania, he worked himself from
bottom to top by his own skill, his
own strength. his own persistence.
Below his on the list OF those
whose names are inscribed on this
roster OF golAng distinction in the
great competition GENE SARAzEN won
are such names as Jones and Black,
and Evans and Campbell. Among
them at first glance SARAzES wears
an exotic look, but when the list IA
more carefully read there are found
besides Bolesta and Godchaux and
Baumgartner. Perhaps golf was once
a Scotch game and then an English
game and then British game but
the list OF those who enrolled them
selves with the masters at Skokie
shows that II Is game no blood mo-
nopolizes. a game in which no race Ia
by Inheritance preeminent.
Indeed, the roll GENE SARAzEs heads
might be taken from the membership
of a fraternal organization, or tran.
script of a subscription list Of once
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In the Trim Shed.

The time for you to go has come at last
And you. you leave me unconcernedly,
Not dreaming what your going means
to me.
count the precious moments ffyins
past
And little foolish words rise to my lips +:
Have you your ticket?" and rs your
train late?"
But-oh, my heart is marking time
with Fate,
And at it's deepest core pain tears and
grips!
Yet still 1 chatter on: There is a diner
--yes,"
you'll find the journey interesting,
know
And dumbly pray that my eyes do-not
The pain feel-the pain you do mob
guess
The guard calls out: Express here on
this track!'
And carelessly you murmur good
"Good-by good luck to you!"I lightly
And pray to God that you will not
look back
RosELLE MERCER MONTGOMERY.
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Another Hall of Fame.

At the entrance to the choir in the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine there
has just been emplaced parapet OF
marble of various colors containing
twenty panels, in nineteen of which
are Gothic figures carved in wood
each one of the figures representing
the outstanding man of his century
among those who have contributed
most to the moral and spiritual
growth of mankind in Christendom
The twentieth panel is left empty and
so 1t will stand for at least seventy,
eight years. Eventually the Cathedral
authorities will select the man who
in their opinion, will have done the
most for humanity in this century.
This churchly hall of fame is not
given over exclusively to ecclesiasti-
cal figures. LINCOLN was selected to
represent the nineteenth century
WASHINGTON the eighteenth, SHAKE.
sPEARE the seventeenth, Archbishop
CRANMER the sixteenth, CHRISTIE.
PIER COLUMBUS the fifteeAth, JOHN
WYCLrrFE the fourteenth, st. FRANCIS
of Assist the thirteenth, st. BERAAisI
the twelfth, GODFREY DE BoUnLoN the
eleventh, King ALFRED the Great
the tenth, ,~CHARLEMAGNE the ninth
CHARLES MARrEL the eighth, st
GREaoRY the Great the seventh, st
BENEDICT the sixth, st. AUGUSTINE OF
Hippo the fifth, ST. ATHANAsIUs the
fourth, st. CLEMENT of Alexandria
the third, st. JUSTIN Martyr, the sec.
ond and st. PAUL the first.
Thus the church, war and the
orusades, kings, exploration and lit.
erature have all served to contribute
typical figures to the second hall oi
fame to be set up In New York. Oi
the selection Of the nineteen existing
figures ut can at least be said that
each figure is representative of the
icea back of this hall Of fame. Spec.
ul11ion as to who will fill the TWEEN.
tieth panel Is idle now. For who
could have foreseen In 1922 or In
1922 the places that LINCOLN ant
WASHINGTON occupy in mems minds
to-day?
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PYTHIANS CONVENE.
schenectady Mayor Addresseso tho
Gathering at Alexandria Hay.

Special Dispatch TO THE New YoRK HsRALp.
ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y, July IT,
George r. Lunn. Mayor OF Schnectady.
made the opening address at the
convention of the grand lodge Of
the Knights of Pythias convened at the
Thousand Island House 1900 strong.
At the election of officers to be held to-
tomorrow 1t is believed that ]. Park Of
Buffalo will be elected grand chancellor
and Delos s. Radcliffe of Oswego grand
vice chancellor. Those In the field for
grand prelate are Isaac Mendelsoh.
Henry Nathan and Leo Phillips of New
York; for grand master at arms, John
Miller of Baldwin, L. l.; for grand in
ner guard, Judge II. Cooper OF Syra-
cuse. The Oswego Pythian band Of
thirty pieces furnished the mus.c.
Wednesday the members of the convcr-
tion will go by automobiles AMI boats
t. Ogdensburg, N. Y. to take. part In a
parade and dedication of the new 500 :
600 annex to the Pythian home there.
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Commons Upholds Honor List System
Hears Lloyd Georges Defense of Peers Appointment,
and Refrains From Vote to Curb Covernment

nlitted 1t was not absolutely perfect.
He warned that an attempt to abolish
system that was centuries old might
result in replacing 1t with something
infinitely worse.
The debate proceeded quietly. except
during the speech Of Ronald Mcneil.
Unionist, who adversely criticized two
Of the recent peeraGes created'-Lord
Waring and Lord Williamson.
Lord Waring was present In the visit
ors' gallery and violated the rules OF the
House by shouting. THAT is false
statement" when MI. Mcneil accused
him Of doubtful business transaetions.
Mr.. McNeill charged Lord William
son. who Is a member Of Balfour. Will
hanson q Co.. with doinG business In
South America, especially Buenos Aires
and Valparaiso. with ''laxfty in rela-
tiop to trading with the enemy" and
asserted that complaints on this score
against the firm had been investigated
through the Foreign Office.
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The Garden and the Gates.

Yes. sweet the garden. have found II
SO.
I have been all about II. row on row:
There Is no blossom that do not know.
And fount and mase--I have beheld
them all!
And, thrown around It. is the high
raised wall.
1t has two gatcs-thcse two. What lies
outside?
once did the one for me stand open
wide;
The other. closed and barred, is yet un.
tried.
When yon eastern gate long since
came through
MY misty eyes saw not the outer view.
or which 1 know not more than Ger 7
knew.
One day--or night, II IT be soon or late.
Shall outward swing for once the west
ern gate.
Then shall 1 front q prospect wide and
great?
Or shall again my misty eyes see not
How 'tis but one more small, sweet gar
den plot.
With this forever closed and we'll for
got?
Forgot? Then wherefore to my spirit
eyes
These flceting flmy glimpscs that arise
OF garden places-lost as primal Para
disc, Eptrx N. TxcNAs,
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Laywomen on The Bench.
The Theory That Lawyers Are Best
Qualifed to Administer Justice.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Your
editorial article on the proposition tc
nominate to the bench OF the Children's
Court a woman who is not lawyer
suggests the old idea that in some mys-
tsrious and undisclosed way those who
have never studied law are better capa-
BILE of administering justice than the
lawyers and judges. In other words,
that Justice IL something superior to
law and that the study of the laws OF
the land embodies some species Of dis
qualification not quite clearly explained.
The idea found lodsmsnt in Pennsyl-
vania, where there was In the old days,
previous to the Constitution Of 1874. an
associate judge upon the bench beside
the other. though not a lawyer. ! may
add that the inherent absurdity of the
situation was its own cure. even before
its formal abolition. and that I never
heard an associate judge open his
mouth.
The greatest attainment In system
OF laws is certainty. Even system
designed to be Ideally perfect would be-
come an intolerable instrument Of op-
preston IL underlined and uncertain as
compared with much less perfect one
which was sharp. clear cut and def
mite; in such system bench and bar
both know and can advise and admin
lister the law, and the citizen Is aware
OF his rights as we'll as of the restric-
tions upon his liberty or. conduct.
One OF the most striking dissenting
opinions ever pronounced in Pennsyl-
vania was once given by Judge Jere-
miah s. Black wherein he criticized a
decision just handed down. saying that
the uncertainty that would result would
reduce the system Of the State to the
level OF the opinions of . Turkish cadi.
To make layman = Judge. to put
upon the bench woman so as to dis
pense sympathy instead OF law. order
and Justice to attack courts and judges
for deciding the law as it is and not as
i: ought to be; these are all part and
parcel Of the same thought: that there
is or ought to be something in public
administration superior to the law of
the land. 1t Is by no means a new or
untried thought; William Penn pro-
vided for it in his laws; all States Of
the American Union, I believe. have
provisions for the settlement Of cases
out of court or by arbitration instead
OF by litigation. Indeed, the common
law of England has as one Of its best
known and settled maxims one which
says the law discourages litigation.
Yet, somehow. all persons, or most at
least. prefer the adjudication of a regu-
lar tribunal and the certainty that at
taches thereto to the well meaning but
often misguided attempts Of the sort
mentioned: and if man comes into a
court Of justice with a claim and de-
mapds an adjudication. just who shall
or can say him nay?
The attempt to put a laywomanupon
the bench is only little more absurd
and iniquitous than the others; that is
all.) The principle Is the same pre-
cissly. D. G.
BROOKLYN, July IT.
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ltaly's Political Problems.

The report that an effort will be
made in italy to form a national
Cabinet, in which all living former
Premiers will hold portfolios, reflects
more than the internal difficulties to
overcome which the kingdom Is
struggling. 1t discloses once more
the determination of the people to
find some means by which to escape
from the turbulence which has
marked their public affairs since the
close of the war.
A Cabinet made up Of men as an
tagonistic as those who would be
brought together in ministry of
former Premiers would, in the nature
Of things, be short lived. It could
be held together only by the pres
sure of national emergency, in
which men were willing to sink their
personal political PHILOSOPHERS and
cooperate unquestioningly for the inn
mediate restoration of order and to
lay the foundation for normal po-
litical controversies and accustomed
political divisions in the future.
This foundation laid, the Cabinet of
Premiers would of course dissolve.
That Italy's domestic troubles are
serious there is no attempt to deny.
The Fascist have Of late undertaken
new campaigns Of violence, which
have been bitterly resented by their
opponents. How tense the strain
is in the peninsula is shown by the
report that numbers of Socialist Dep
uties dare not return to their con-
stituencies to explain their course.
These lawmakers fear their persons
would be endangered were they to
visit the voters whom they repre-
sent in the legislature at Rome.
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LONDON, July II (Asscciated Press)
There was sort of anti-climax to-
night to the House Of Commons debate
over the method Of distributing honors
and decorations. 1t was believed the
Government would make the question of
accepting a royal commission to assist
the Prime Minister in his recommends
tions to the King concerning those de-
serving honors a matter Of confidence.
but after Premier Lloyd George had
spoken IN defense Of the present system
Of awarding honors interest In the de-
bate dwindled considerably. and finally
the motion for the commission was
talked out. no vote being taken.
Thus the Opposition's demand for q
committee OF investigation fell to the
ground 1t is presumed the Government
will appoint the royal commission which
the Premier suggested, as the House of
Lords tonight almost without debate
accepted a motion for q royal commits
sion.
The Prime Minister told the House OF
Commons that the Government was
quite prepared to assent to any reexam-
ination Of the question Of the bestowal
OF honors which would be satisfactory
to the House.
For the last twenty years, said the
Premier, there had been the same
charges as were now being made of traf-
flclSins in honors, the employment Of
touts and scale OF charges. In the
last six years there had been exceedingly
heavy lists because Of the war and the
part the civilian population has played
in it.
There never was a time when the
honors list was subjected to such care
full and organized scrutiny as now" con-
.tinued the Prime Minister.
The Premier announced that the Cow
ernment was prepared to appoint royal
commission to advise on the procedure
to be adopted in the future in assisting
the Prime Minister in making recon-
mendations to his Majesty of the names
Of persons deserving honors. The COM
mission would consist Of men of inde-
pendence, integrity and experience.
He denounced any trafficking for titles
if such had taken place.
On the whole the speech OF Mr..
Lloyd George was strong defense of
the existing system. although he ad-
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mates buying a wedding gift for the
bride of one of their fellows, or the
names of the gtvcrs OF an endow-
nent to a hospital in any American
town. Thus 1t illustrates once more
the diversity OF the racial strains
that have entered into the making of
America and it bears warning to
those who too narrowly circumscribe
the influences that react on Anleri-
can national life.
The New York herald., 1922-07-18
A Great Drug Delusion? ?

In an article entitled "The Great
Drug Delusion," attributed to "A
New York Specials" and printed in
London in the Ncw English Rerieu
for July. the subjoined astounding
charges are made in the course OF q
generally calm and sensible consid.
Grafton of habit forming drugs and
addiction thereto:
"In Harlem. district OF New
York corresponding roughly to a
combination OF Bayswater and Brix-
ton, there arc. by police statistics.
over 1900 school children addicted
to heroin.
In this particular case the cause
Is simple enough. An cntcrprieing
firm Of doubtless God fearing chem
ical manufacturers sent out agents to
distribute the drug gratis to the chill
dren. Having established the habit
the agents demanded an ever incrcas-
ing price. and when they had cx-
tracted the last mill from the tor
tured innocents, told them to steal.
rob and murder In order to-gct the
/ 'mazuma' for the dope (The 'ad-
dict is notoriously fertile in expcdi-
ents for obtaining supplies of his
drug.)"
THE New YoRK HERALD does not
believe there are 1900 school chill.
dren in Harlem or anything like that
number of school children in New
York city who by the greatest possi.
HE stretch of the imagination could
be classified as drug addicts." II
the allegation made by "A New Yorl
specialist" we're true the city would
know the facts, and there would bt
an uprising of indignant citizens that
would end the traffic in day. But
the publication OF such charge. be
i; based on truth or not, in pcriodi'
cal OF good repute, with the implied
Endorsement of that periodical as tc
the reliability of its author. produces
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TUESDAY, JULY rs. 1882.
The West Virginia Battle.

In the outbreak of striking miners
and a frenzied mob at Cliftonville,
West Virginia, yesterday, there was
: violence and there was slaughter
But, thanks to outstanding manhood
. and unflinching authority. there was
s rot the unspeakable butchery and
: there was not the official infamy
which have left an indelible stain on
Herrin, Illinois, and on those of that
Z community charged with the uphold
ing of public authority and the en-
forcement of American law.
On the contrary, the West Virginia
J Sheriff and his deputies, outnum-
bered though they were ten to one III
the general battle and forty to one in
some of the side struggles, fought
with courage and honor. lighting to
the death, until the mob was driven
off, 1t is, men like these on whom
depend our institutions and all the
hopes of sane world.
1t is a sickening travesty on en-
J. lightened human beings that such
I things as the West Virginia mob vio-
lence must be anywhere in civiliza-
tior, and it is modification Of the
American spirit that they can be in
this country. But at least even such
an outburst is not an inexpungible
blot on the American name when
officers of the law give up their lives,
as Sheriff DuvAL gave up his life, in
= the fight for the duty he was under
oath to perform and for the law it Is
the sacred obligation OF every Ameri-
K can citizen to maintain against crime
and violence
n And while the nation feels its
{. proud gratitude to the dead Sheriff
and his deputies who never faltered
in dc.clce Of American law. principle
( and tradition, THE New YORK HERALD
again reminds all inAthe seats of au-
thority, Federal, State and local. that
the place to check lawlessness is at
it's first step beyond the bounds, at
coal mines. on railroads or any
where.
The time to uphold the majesty OF
sovereign law is before it ever has
: Leen dragged down into the mire. The
way to be American is to resist mob
violence at the start as Sheriff
DuvAL of Brooke county. West vir-
ginia. resisted it at the start, and to
3 die as he died, when death it must
be, in resistance to the end.
! There is no other way-for the
man in the humblest path; for the
man In the loftiest post.
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He who Hath Singing Heart.

He who hath a singing heart
Shall walk tho ways of grief,
And he shall see against the sky
A cross in dark relief.
But he shall hear before all else
The rush. Of angels wings
And never taste the acid cup
That poisons as It stngs.
Beneath harsh voices closing round
Shall sound sweet refrain;
From deeps beyond the night the dawr
Shall bring him peace again
ARTHUR WALLACE PEACH.
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Russia Still Eying the Loan.

! Russia Still Eying the Loan.
The Soviet rulers do not like break
ing up the Hague conference IS
much as they seemed to be willing
to have the other Powers think they
did. They want money, and each
time it comes to the test they do not
withdraw beyond shouting distance
OF their only chance to get it. They
cannot smack their lips over the
loan; they still want to eye it.
This only chance is an interna-
tional loan based on the Soviet Gov
ernment's acceptance Of Russia's OBJ
ligation to pay when and as she can
the old foreign loans repudiated by
the Lenine-Trotzky regime and to
recompense foreigners for the confis-
cation of property they owned in
Russia. Nothing else will do. No
matter what they say, the Soviet
rulers know nothing else will do.
There is some force in the conten-
ton Of the Soviet representatives,
first at the Genoa conference and
next at the Hague conference that
their Government cannot tell in exact
terms what 1t can do and how 1t will
do it in the way of reassuming the
old obligations until IL knows what
help II can get from abroad to set the
Russian industrial machinery in mo-
ton again. But that does not alter the
fact that 1t would be q very simple
thing and the only responsible and
honorable way for the Soviet Govern
ment to say, I'VE do acknowledge our
just and bounden obligations. We
want to meet them. We are going
to meet them. But we must work
cut with you the details Of the pay
ments and other methods Of restitu-
ton in accordance with our means
and ability as determined by the ex-
tent of the help we can get from
abroad to put us on our economic
feet again."
AS a matter of fact, the foreign OBJ
legations of Russia are not large,
measured against her huge popula-
tion, vast national wealth and poten-
tial productive capacity. There is
good reason for believing that the
claims of France. Great Britain and
Belgium do not exceed $4,000, ,060. 900
gold francs, and their claims cover the
great bulk of all Russia's foreign OBJ
legations.
This sum OF $4,000. 100000 gold
francs is in round numbers four bill
ions Of dollars. Russia could not, Of
course, pay four billions of dollars in
gold for many years. Russia might not
be able to pay in gold the mere inter-
est on four billions of dollars for sew
eral years. But If Russia got time, and
she would have to get time for the
settlement of these debts, it would be
mere child's play for so great a
population of such stupendous ma
tional resources to begin making sub
stantial payments in raw materials
and other commodities within COM
paratively short time after an inter-
national loan enabled Russian indus
try to dig itself out of the ditch and
proceed on it's way. And that is what
the creditor Powers of Europe need
raw materials and other basic COM
modities.
1t is all question of faith, honor
and sense-the sense to know that
nations and individuals will not lend
money to anybody that repudiates his
obligation to pay. The Russians as
a race have the faith and the honor.
The Soviet rulers must have the
sense. II they haven't it now they
must get it before they can get their
loan.