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New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Another Bursum Bill

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As 70 your editorials and eorre-
spondenee on the rights Of the Pueblo
Indians menaced by the Bursum bill. in
our Indignation against the injustice
10 the Indians let Us not forget the
greater injustice 20 the American peo-
pic OF the other Bursum bill, which pro.
poses 90 establish an call year" ma
tlonal park in New Mexico in a dozen
separate pieces, several Of them thirty
eight 20 ninety miles apart.
The injustice In the latter bill is that
4 would introduce into the national
park system seven or eight different
kinds Of special privileges in irrigation.
waterpower. hunting, grazing, mining,
leasing Of privileges, numbering and
the authority Of the Secretary Of the
Interior 10 choose and by inference
to surrender park areas.
The most serious evil IN this is tho
certainty Of the precedent that any ono
Of these special privileges would form
for similar Entertainments in othor na-
tional parks. Il Is hardly possible 20
exaggerate the danger Of this. Il might
mean In the long run the practical
ohliteration OF many Of our national
parks as self-eontained units. Any en-.
eroaehment would be the thin end Of
a wedge into the whole system.
National parks are not alone in be-
ing continually thfostoned by the In
roads OF those who wosid destroy the
rlghis OF the n.Any TO- tAe privilege
Of tie inhnitosimAi few. hAsv 7arss
Of other olsssFs also are In similar dan.
gur or may be soms dsy, and Il Is suly
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Shining and soon withdrawn.
Y.. Mr nrar. IsN.T n.

SIR: ] was seeing New YORK
to-day. I stood for a momont AZ
the corner of Center and Chambers
streets
In ;he immediate foreground
loomcd the bulk Of the brooklyn
Bridge a." platform, IS green a
rcstfal olive N the gray. Close
beside ris lowered the Municipal
Building. IS roof invisible in the
SNOW. its graceful curve giving i
an air Of bestowing blessings on
tho square. Back Of the Il" plat
form was a deep cavern Glled with
fy;-a snowdskes, the World
rvsCyl ios, en- ore side, its
80. a., SSaA LAinz its glitter IN
q, hEss sns Veai!as a coat Of soft
orange; on tho other side stood
the straight, symmetrical bulk Of
tho Sun Building. The buildings
along Park Row lost their Jagged
edges In the gray haze; their out
lines we're softcned into charming
curves. Even tho street sounds
were subdued; a soothing hum re-
placed the usual shrieks and elai-
ters. In The shadow Of tho mag
niaeert Wcolworlh Building-its
eatAedral-like tower lort in The Ky
nestled eo1lly the City lia.L
Over al The softly falling 'noW
was spreading a eomfort!"s white
blanket.
1, was downtown New YoIA at
its best-somber and tender 70 is
beauty. Only one jarring note
msrred its perfection. Above the
ton Of the ID" platform (which hid
the sigma below I'D rose huge
bold announcement: DON MAR
oUIs IS NOW WITH THE NEW
YORK TRIBUNE" Was IL at this
that Horace Greeley. in his arm
chair, peercd so quiTEieaily7
A whale Of a spot for adverii'-
ing. Don. but rather a shame TO
sound n false note in a sonata.
Yours very truly,
-ELINOR.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Preserve Historic Trees

The nationwide pleas and pro-
tests in its behalf did not, unhappily,
avail to save the famous old oak
tree near Cape May, n. J. Tho
considerations which led the local
authorities 10 destroy it were pre-
sumably Of the ordinary utilitarian
kind. A tree, however fine, that
seems to stand in the way Of WIDEN
ing or Strengthening a road is gen.
orally doomed. True, there are COM
munltes in which for the preserva-
ton Of trees roads have been slight
~ diverted from mathematically
straight lines, and the people have
gloried in the fact. But such intelli-
gence, taste and public spirit are
doubtless too much to require Of an
average board Of chosen freeholders.
The incident has, however. served
70 show how great and widespread
q public interest there is in historic
trees, and thus, we may hope, to
bring step nearer the enlightened
day when such irreplaceable monu-
ments Of nature will be adequately
guarded and cared for. The tree in
question is said to have been about
two hundred years old. Thus it must
have been Of stately size before the
French and Indian War was fought.
and a noteworthy landmark in the
days Of the Revolution.
New Jersey will do well 70 have
a care for her other great trees, so
that they may not suffer a like fate.
The most noteworthy Of them all Is
doubtless secure. That is the Wash
ingtoh oak, at Rasking Ridge, which
has been called by good authorities
the largest white oak known 70 ex.
ist in the world, and is estimated 20
be between three hundred and four
hundred years old. As it stands in
the graveyard Of a church, whose
members prize and cherish It as their
most precious possession. there 10
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20

little fear Of its destruction or mu-
tilation.
The scarcely less famous big sas-
safras. between Chatham ano Madi-
son. n. j., is less secure, since
Il stands on The margin OF public
road. II has been deslaredby United
States government experts to he one
of the largest two sassafras trees
ever known IN the world, the other,
Of almost precisely The same gigantic
proportions, being in Missouri Such
a UNIQUE wonder Of The sylvan world
may well he the object OF civic proc
and guardianship. 81. every com
munity can endow itself with
Parthenon or a TAI Mahsl. But one
which Is 50 fortunate as to be en-
dowed by nature with living me
mortal Of colossal stature, vital and
vigorous with the strength Of cen
turies. should surely conserve it at
least as jealousy as Il Wonld any
structure Of mems hlnd-.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
Education

Doctor MeCluck Of the western
State L.
Knows Terence and Plautus by
rOtc. 49,, e.
He can easily speak in both San
scrit and Greek
And the Syraic poets can quote
Rut the college eleven was wal
loped this year
Il was weak in the oacKs anu
the line
Which being the case, u Is per-
fectly clear
That the Doctor has got 10 re-
sign.
Chancellor Bluff wouldn't setvery
far -..a
On degrees that he's managed
10 win.
But beyond any doubt he's a reg
ular star
Al raking endowment funds IN;
But the game that the college hao
counted as cinched -,
Proved, on playing, a Mucous
rout. -, -,
And the Chancellor, rather than
stay and be lynched,
Has made up his mind 70 get
out.
For twenty-five years has ola
p,.;Jort Reau
Been the head Of McGonigle
College:
A scholar Is he, with a nina ciear
and keen, -
Ard master puryeyor Oh
knowledge. ,n
But the team lost came anu 'H'
sport writers said
The tackles and guards were
too light
So the president now must go Deg
for his bread, ,,,
For the regents discharged him
that night.
James Boscom. DID, LID
Ph.D.,
Has forgot all the lore 'haV NC
knew, r.u
His only concern through 'ne laii
was to see ,a
wen' through. -,
Wherever It played the eleven
won out,
And was hailed rs bear ana a
whale, -,
And the prexy, 1t widely Is Iu-
mored about,
Is soon going 70 Harvard OF
Yale!
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
prnnortional Representation

To ,bs Edltor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your account Of the spessh
., Henry De Forest Baldwin st the
twenty-Afth Annivertary Of the citi-
zen. Union you proceed as folloEsi
~The Board Of Aldermen would be
more truly representative, he said II
the members Of the majority party
were limited 20 a certain proportion OF
the whole and the rest Of tho board
were made up Of candidates Of the
minority parties who received the most
votes"
II he had said this you would have
been justified in using as you did the
eaotion Baldwin Advocates Limit 70
Aldermanie Majority" But I did not
hear him sag this. What understood
him TO say in that connection was that
he vas in favor Of proportional rep
resentation; that AZ the present time,
OF the e,o0O,O00 people Of our city,
only about 100000 were represented.
because the rest voted for minority
candidates who we're therefore not
elected.
Proportional representation. es
understand Il, does not arbitrarily
limit the majority party 10 a certain
proportion Of the whole. but auto
matieslly gives Il its fair proportion,
according TO the number Of votes that
psrty's candidates received OF the
whole.
Would Il not be well 10 give the
readers Of The Tribune a more detailed
understanding Of proportional repre-
seutation, IN view Of the advocacy Of
Il By the chairman Of The Charter
Commission and the many eide prob
lens he and other men in pabl!e life
believe Il would solvel
HARRIET B. LAfDLAv.
New York, Dee is. 1895.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20

Captain Fitzurse on the Fair Sex
This modern feminist movement
does not spring from a real desire
on the part Of women to escape the
primitive club. II comes from the
wish 70 gain wider freedom In the
selection Of the wielder thereof.
No normal woman asks for her
"rishts" when she can get romance
In a sweetheart a man requires
beauty, charm, etc.
In wife, common sense, and more
especially the capacity for self-sac-
rihce.
Which may explain why he often
selects different women for these vo-
cations.
II a spade is a spade why should
a rake 70 be called a roW6f
The man who marries has there
after two consciences TO live up to
or kill.
The weakling sentimentalist makes
as much trouble in the world as the
old-fashioned villain Of melodrama'
The woman who can be call things
10 ell men" before she marries is
frequently the woman who fails TO
be anything to one man afterward.
The woman who demands compli.
ments reeeivos-oh, merely compli-
mentsl
II is 70 be hoped that the women
who read these paragraphs will par
don any criticism which seems 70 be
unfair. II you write the truth about
women, telling them how uniformly
lovely they are, il does not interest
them. They have heard it all so
many times before. The only way
TO gain their attention is by being
unjustly critical, by denying them
those traditional exeellences OF which
they so complaeently, one and all.
believe themselves TO be possessed.
And | should much rather have a
woman amused az my mistakes about
the sex than uninterested in my CON-
pllments.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20

Hoover gives TO satisfactory an
swer. He makes a pien for iis con
tinuation and stresses its value to
the world. But he says nothing TO
show Why the very fact that the
conditions have passed which pro-
dceed This system does not mean
tAst tho htness Of the system itself
may also have passed. To classes
there viii remain. OF course the
old American opposition. But can
,he old individualism survive un-
modified? II 50. by what forces
and through what needs Of society,"
Every admirer Of the older America
would be glad TO find an answer.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
|. Individualism Passing?

Mr.. Hoover, turned social philos-
opher, proclaims himself a cham
pion Of individualism in his new
volume, American Individualisfn."
There is, says he, a particular brand
Of individualism which Is distinct
lively American, which Is the prod
uet OF America and which should
be preserved as an American COM
tribution 10 social philosophy.
The existence Of this American
indlviduaiism has been proclaimed
by students Of the history Of the
West ever since the frontier began
moving inland from the Atlantic
coast. It Is a product Of the from
tier. It is the personal philosophy
that was the natural outgrowth Of
a life in which self-reliance was
essential for self-preservation. The
frontiersmen were necessarily de-
pendent upon their own proves.
Judging others by themselves, they
were more impressed By what q
man could do than by what he had
been. They scorned classes. For
the established social order they
had neither reverence nor toler-
ance. OF specialists they had a
genuine distrust. Their notions Of
government included the theory
that the less It interfered with the
individuals affairs the better II
was The candidates whom they
elected to Office were chosen be-
cause of their popularity rather
than their fitness, and rotation in
Office was considered desirable, as it
gave "the other felier' q chance to
serve.
This individualism developed into
belief in fair play and dislike
Of the rigidity Of hereditary classes.
1t had no patience with collective
economic reforms, although in ex-
tremities It experimental with
them. Despite this individualiFm
there developed some Of the falla-
cies Of populisrn, it Is true; but its
political expressions were for the
greater part sound and progressive.
The days Of the pioneer are now
gone. however, and the continent
which they seized for civilization is
now entering upon a new era Of
community life. The individual
70 longer has the same needs or the
same rights Of sslf-assertion. Does
this mean that the old indiyiduslisn
Is doomrdf To this question Xr.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
4 New NaUal Policy By Quarterback

feet; the development Of bonbiag al
the perfection Of the torpstoplass ri
among the triumphs Of this bsrssl rs
next development viii to1btB b
that Of mine laying b. aiFplisa Elia
these three weapons-ths b,ub, he
torpedo and the mine-the iif iofst q
our feet will not only give proper pro
lection 20 our surface navy BAT VI
constitute the frs. line Of rs oaeE'l
siye poweT-without which IL woule ID
quite helpless. sentenced 70 defeat @
10 stay In our harbsrs in time o. vsr
Free Speech
The new naval policy outlined IN he
report OF the Secretary and In lat
Heet reorganization viii be rees1ss
with more pleasure and eona-git
because Of the seeretary's declared d
eision "to give 20 the public al B.
formation rot incompatible viih uii'
tary secrecy" This is IN hns sin
the policy put IN force when the pre-
ent Administration arst cans iii'
power-to remove the sag and rsT-H
free speech in the navy. Naval o.
feers, IN their love Of tie service iii
their ever present desire 70 ts''
,esdy for the eountry's defense ia''e
never again be thros.led ss thsy ~"
In the past.
Il was By such 9 political ard 'y"srs
cal process Of suppressing tEuia q"
the false statement vas Sics " ~
people Of this county that -Ss ''
was ready from stem 70 stern ""
We entered the World War Ia' "'
wanted % be ready and tired . F"
ready, but II wss not psr1in" "
get ready. and Il was eonr'''sJ
ready-in orgsnisstion, IL pas,
personnel and In the aest -, -.
Of Ambassador Page. Frashs = -
and Admiral Sims give % s'''''"
ing proof Of this fact ne ~,
we're deceived. They should r''" !.
deceived again. They must In''
truth. Our naval sun Is rising
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
In Emergeney oaieers' Behalf

III LilCt bCAiCJ OAlNClo DCtloiA
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Bursum pension bin deals
with a matter which should be Of
much interest 60 Americans. This bill
was passed BY the Senate nearly ten
months ago aud went 70 the Commit
tee on Military Affairs Of the House.
where It has remained since.
The emergency officers who are be-
ing Disseminated against. pnd whom
the bill is designed TO relieve, sup
piled more than "a per cent Of the Of
fsers In the lato unplsussntness.
wonder how many persons realize that
The majority Of company and platoon
commanders Of regular army outfits
we're emergency army officers. Yet
they are not entitled 20 retirement.
This may appear a small matter. but II
there Is any truth IN the saying that
the United States Of America. for
which we fought and were crippled for
life. always stands fof a square deal"
there should be immediate passage Of
this bill by its House OF Representa-
lives. GRANT SHEPHERD.
Ex-Captain n. A. Commanded G
Company, ESD United States In
fantryi wounded July IS, 1913;
30 per cent permanent disability.
New York, Dee. IS, 1927
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
What Germany Planned

What OcInloiiJ
To the Editor Of The Tribune -, a.
Sir: A srsa. many persons " VIII ..s -
asreeably long memories VII = -. u.
that IN justifying the invasion o.. q =, =,
Tium IN the latter days Of isi' -. y
local German friends insisted that ~. I'd.
many had no intention Of violating ~. 4.
riap neutrality until she found y.
France was planning to 90 ''' -
thing. =.
/. Is now refreshing 70 ha,' '..... y
srin,ed word Of Moltke, iAs snl''.,
prussisn general. who bad eAA,.' I. !,
,bs preparations which led up %
war. tha. the sehliefien military 4.
which was the basis for ins
srations AZ that time, eOnsemP . a'.' -,
only the violation Of Belgium '''
Of Holland as we'll a.
One By one tie highest CeFn's -,
thOrltles are justifying sss 49,,
taken By the United States y y. ID
herself with the Allies agaia'' 10
HIshes. and his advisers. ...vs
plslpasld. N. J., Dec. IS, 1874
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Not Whnlen

Grover Whalen, once secretary TO
Mayor Hylan, is now Commissioner
OF Plant and Structures. Mr. Whalen
has had full charge Of the bus lines,
operated by private owners under
permit from the city. Presumably
he is fully responsible for their
conduct.
An investigation into the bus lines
by Clarence ]. Shearn. counsel for
the Transit Commission, resulted in
a number Of significant disclosures.
II was testified by a certain "Fish-
hooks" Mccarthy, friend and for
mer partner Of Charles F. Murphy,
that he (MeCarthy) had secured q
permit for operating the most re-
muneratiye Of all the bus lines and
that he had employed e nephew Of
Murphy as a collector.
Il was testified by Thomas II.
O'Neil, another Tammany man, for
raer. Under Sheriff in Bronx County,
that after securing a permit FOR the
operator Of q bus line on the City
Island route he had received 25 per
aAot Of the profits. He rendered nc
service whatever TO the operator,
save in securing him the permit,
which was granted after confer
cree with Commissioner Whalen.
Il was testified by other witnesses
that still another Tammapy man,
william J. Flynn, Commissioner Of
pEhlis WORKS ot The Bronx. has bean
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
What Readers Are Thinking

perpetual watehfulness that saves
them. Any one who opposes the Bur-
sum bill Is helping TO maintain the In
volatility Of all kinds Of parks ell
over the country.
HAROLD A. CAPARN.
New York, Dec. is, 1892.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20

THE Navy has good reason 20 cheer
Il up,n as Admiral Sims says. Il is
once more to be modernized, organized
end mobilized, after q gloomy era Of
decentralization and disintegratioL
begun under tho seatterbraih
regime Of the previous Administration.
when preparedness for politics ruled
our naval policy, when readiness for
war was never considered and when
the fundamental principles Of tactics
ard strategy were ignored with brazen
impuuity. Under this depressing sys-
TEN the United States, with hundreds
Of ships and eighteen dreaduoughts'
had no real "hcet In being" modified.
trained, drilled and ready 70 meet an
enemy. Every unit Of the feet was
divided and separated By n distance Of
5000 miles into two distinct frag'
ments, with the Panama Canal between
them. One bomb in the canal locks
would keep them apart and insure
their defeat in detail
The battleship force was Ike foot
ball team. with seven men ut San
Francisco and four at New York. a
navy department that would deliber-
ately prepare and train It's team" for
battle-morc properly for defest-in
such a manner could we'll take lessons
IN strategy and tactics from any boys
high school in the land.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
ybv to bridge the Hudson

To the Editor Of The Tribune .,..,
Sir: Besides your other saes'',
concerning traffic. wont you y, -,
Hudson River Bridget Il ~ould -. -.
available much high land TOT u..i .,S q.
and in tho event Of strikes "o'', ..,u
sure a food supply brought in'' 80
on trucks; the tunnel viii ..'.., ~. ..rx
help. -.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
With No Strings 10 1t

Sir. Morgan has told the German
Ambassador that a loan 10 Ger
many on a banking or business
basis is no more practicable now
than Il was last summer when the
international bankers conference
in Paris ended. The reparation de-
fault stands in the way. Cermanys
present obligations and her present
altitude toward them make a Wall
Street investor look askance az
what Germany has 70 offer in the
way Of security. Only after the repH-
rntions have been scaled down and
German will to pay has been re-en-
forced by Allied control win a Ger
man loan seem 10 the impartial
fnancier anything more than pour
ing money down a rat-hole.
But that does not kill the loan
project for people whose first and
controlling interest is not in coupon
cutting but in relieving Germany.
These people have been working for
a couple of years 10 rehabilitate the
Reich at the expense Of France and
Belgium-especially of France.
They want to see the French repa-
rations bill scaled down. They
would rejoice 70 see il filed safely
away in a case labeled "uncOllect-
ible assets" Treaties and inter-
governmental commitments make
reparation cancellation difficult.
Yet il is still open TO those who
want 20 lift Germany's war diss-
bilities from her shoulders TO do so
directly and at their own cost and
risk.
II we look back through the files
Of "The New York World" for 1896
We find that our neighbor. obiectlng
70 the floating of Treasury gold re-
serve loans through the house Of
Morgan, volunteered to promote
popular gold reserve loan on better
terms 20 the government. II offered
20 subscribe 81, 100000 as a starter,
and through It's efforts, as its edi-
torial and news pages show, large
part Of the S100,OO0,000 needed
was quickly promised.
Why could not "The World" and
the many other sympathizers with
Germany's desire to evade repara-
ton payments unite now to carly
through the private loan idea?
There is apparently a public here
which Is ready for Il. Was il not
"The World" itself which recently
demonstrated that se0o,000,o00 or
more Of good American money was
invested In German paper marks?
Bonds. especially gold mark bonds,
sre better security than paper
marks. and Il Is On ineurable foible
Of human nature TO send good
money after money that has turned
bad.
The Friends OF German Freedom
(from war debts and penalties) are
numerous In this country and also
prosperous. They have talked
earnestly and volubly in Germany'I
behalf. Here is a chance to do
something more than talk. Who il
going 10 put down the first millior
for q German relief loan, viii
no reparation reduction or othel
strings 70 il?
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Our Own Foreeas,

Winter weather win be had in
many parts Of the globe, especially
IN Greenland. Iceland ard snvrons
Of the North Pole.
A certain amount Of weather may
be expected in several portions Of
the globe simultaneously.
Rain et lziy WI be the order OF
the dag IN many local;:.s7. 1t Is fear
lesaly prsdicied
Weather No be had.
DoA MARQUIS.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Funny at a Distance
Iron 7ke pr9vl4e.os .fou,r.

Iron 7hs Pr0vtdesos sosvroii
Mayor Hylan suggests that Chicago
should solve its transit problems By
~fnlling in line with New York" Mayor
Hylan is thus raised By a single re-
mark 20 the ranks OF eur leading
hunor.StA
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Wall Of Colleen

My nan has gone aud left me
To loneliness, like on empty jug.
The tang Of his pipe has gone o"'
from my house
And the roftors ache for his oursin' ;
His mug stands nuteiy on the she'i
And lis gun looks useless in tho cor
ner.
on, iehy did he 90, tho big man,
Avay from mo irhO loved the coarse
ness Of his beard
And the smcli Of his old jdeket'
There Is nothing to do noio
But cry.
The mug can be filed
TIE gun is not useless-
The raltsrs are pditiH0.
DWIGHT TAYLOR
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20

# was singular that when Cover
nor Allen referred to The Ku-kiuS
as clandestine he neglected TO spell
N with q K.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Golden Opportunity

We nYe expecting any time noW 70
rsad Nicolai Lenine's signed recon-
nspdation Of the patent medicine
that snatehed him out Of the jaws oi
the grave.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-20

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New-York tribune., 1922-12-20
Beyond Endurance

What With soft drinks and SOFT
eosl. the East Is getting little Joy out
Of existence.