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The New York herald., 1922-02-09
Case of the Railroads.
Mr.. Wilson'S Promise TO Investors
and Mr.. McAdoO's Testimony.

To TIE NEW York HERALD: The tes-
timony of William G. McAdoo. former
Secretary of tho Treasury and Director
General of Railroads, and Of his sue
cessor as Director-General. Walker ID.
Hines. before the Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce Is now before those
vitally interested in our railroads, the
50.000,000 of our people directly and
Indirectly interested through savings
bank deposits, insurance policies work
and investments.
Many may reconcile the statements
OF Mr.. Hines when he protests against
Government ownership OF our railroads.
Tho experience of twcnty-six months
or Federal control of our railroads was
a lesson which has led to increased
taxes on the already burdened people.
Tho security holders Of our railroads are
evidently in a similar frame of mind,
if conversational testimony in different
parts OF the country is evidence OF their
convictions. But how can Mr.. McAdoo's
testimony be made to Jibe with the
statement of President Wilson when he
took possession of the roads December
81, 1917:
Investors in railway securities may rest
assured that their rights and interests
will be as scrupulously looked after by
tho Government as they could be by the
directors of the several railway systems.
If his promise was kept why was
It necessary for President Wilson to
sign on February 2s. 1920, the new
transportation act, passed by a Republi-
can House and Senate? The purpose OF
this new transportation act was to guar
anteo to the railroads certain conditions
which would eventually benefit the in
ycstors In railroad securities and the
poople Of the United States as well for
we must remember those 5o.00o,000 and
more OF our people interested. directly
and indirectly. in the welfare of our
railroads.
The railroads we're returned to their
private owners by President Wilson on
March /, 1920, two days after he signed
the new transportation act. In relation
to President Wilson's statement that the
rights and interests OF investors in rail-
way securities would be scrupulously
looked after by the Government. and in
view OF Mr.. McAdoos testimony quo
tation from the article Of Floyd w. Par
sons in the February number of the
Worlds Work Is OF interest:
That any abnormal sums Of money were
spcnt for equipment and maintenance dur
ing Government control or since then an
pears improbable IN view OF the facts
available. During n test period OF Time
prior to the taking over OF the roads by
the Government the carriers that were
taken under Federal control placed annu-
ally on their lines average OF some
thing over ao.00o.00o ties. 2.00o,ooo tons
OF rails and II. .0o0o 900 cubic yards OF bal
last. aud hardly any one would be bold
enough to say that the roads prior 10
the war spent more money on mainte-
nance than WAS necessary.
Yet during the twsnty-slx moaths OF
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Tanning Savage Bulls.

Savage bulls and i'll tempered stall
lions are nearly always products OF
close confinement. This and teasing
on the part of mon and boys are the
chief causes of the outbursts Of
temper which lead them to attack
keepers and other persons.
A New York farmer has developed
, a plan for keeping his Jersey bull
good natured. While he counsels the
exercise of caution at all times in
handling bulls and stations he
believes the treatment which has
4. brought good results In his case will
render these animals more contented
and more tractable.
This particular bull is kept where
he can see tho other members OF the
herd and take note Of all the happen
ings in the barn. lie Is also provided
with plaything which has given
, him great satisfaction. This is a
round log of wood about two and a
half feet long by fourteen or sixteen
inches In diameter. The bull rolls
this about the floor Of his stall for
an hour at a time.
Sometimes he works it to the
boundary OF the pen in which he is
kept and finally tosses II into the
aisle OF the harm. This feat Is al
ways undertaken when visitors are
present. It's accomplishment is the
signal for demonstration on the
part OF the huge animal, which
frisks about the inclosure aud rushes
TO the boundary for pat of ap-
prevail OH his broad neck from his
Keeper. NaTnf
While the wise man takes nothing
for granted In the handling Of breed
Ing animals II Is probable that close
confinement with nothing 70 occupy
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Federal control 1t is estimated that the
Government failed to mako the same re-

Federal control It is estimated that the
Government failed to make the same
placement of ties by over $4,000, OO0
failed to make the same replacement OF
rails by over 600, 900 tons, and failed to
make tho same replacement OF ballast
by over a,ooo.000 cubic yards.
In the matter of equipment 11.5 per
cent. OF tho companiss locomotives and
5.2 per cent. of their cars were in bad
order when they were turned over to
the Government. When the carriers were
returned to their owners Is? per cent
of the locomotives and 6.5 per cent of
the cars were in bad order. This indi-
Gates an undcrmaintcnance amounting 10
about $500 locomotives aud approxi-
mately $4,000 freight cars during Gov
ernment control.
For twenty-five years many of tho
politicians of the two major parties. fol
the sake of cxpediency and self-in-
tercst. have attacked the railroads OF
our country, and in many instances tho
people have been misled by these poll
ticians. The railroads in times past
like most human institutions, have made
dreadfully punished for these mistakes
so have been the security holders who
in good faith invested their savings IL
our railroads.
1t may be recalled that some of oul
voters hayc supported the demagogic
attitude of politicians against their owr
personal interests. their own properties
and thus put in jeopardy their hard
earned savings. They have. as it were
walked up like sheep to the butcher.
only to have their throats cut. Many
believe that the people have become al
last personally interested in the fate
of their securities and the demagogic
politician is reckoned TO be on the slide
at least in his attacks on the railroads
the properties of the people.
1t takes the American people some
time to awake. but when awakened they
become rather ruthless in their anger
especially when they become convinced
OF the truth--thst our railroads are ~
necessary to tho business life and homes
Of this nation as breath to the human
body. prtrtrp Irxo
WASHINGTON, n. c.. February s.
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New Jerseys Cats.
What Would Happen II License
Law We're Enacted2

To THE NEW York HERALD: Refer
ring to your editorial article regarding
cats in New Jersey lot me say IL the
license bill passes and the determination
of stray cats takes place the State of
New Jersey will lose millions and mill
ions of dollars caused by the damage
done by rats and mice.
Pet domestic cats are bountifully fed
and are not inclined to forage on full
stomachs. 1t Is the poor underfed cat
which frequents the haunts of these
rodents and keeps their numbers down.
The birds seem alert and able to take
care OF themselves as regards attacks
by cats.
Why interfere with natural law
when We are protected against rats and
mice, pussy's natural prey? E. NJ.
EAST ORANGE, N. j., February s.
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stroyed. 1t had scarcely more than
begun to recover when the disease
appeared among the plants.
The Bulgarian Department Of Ag-
riculture is making a strenuous ef
fort to find a remedy against the
plague which is devastating the coun-
try's rose fields, but it has so far
had little encouragement. Many of
the rose growers contemplate the
cultivation of tobacco; their fields
have much the same soil and expos
ure as the southern slopes of the
Rhodope, where the famous Kavala
tobacco is produced, and they believe
that change of crops may result to
their advantage. 1t is not unlikely
that the Valley Of Roses will lose
much of its beauty and that in the
course Of few years much Of it will
become a new Bulgarian center of
tobacco cultivation.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
The Word Makers.
Enforcement OF the Rule Requiring
Continuity.

To THE New YORK HERALD: In the
solution to his puzzles rs. A. p" seems
to have violated his own rules about
jumping letters. If you compare his
formula u S N o III T. r A II, which
does not work with my formula II Il r.
A o N u 5 !. you will find the latter
gives an exact endless chain. though /
admit Hera. a proper name, and Herat.
name Of politically important city,
should be excluded. Ny words are he.
her, era, rat. at, a, tat, to. tot, ton, on.
non. onus. us. is. sis. she, which can
be arranged in circle. @. Il. d.
NEw YORK, February 8.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX.

MANHATTAN hlND ihb btspANN'
.'Trond of the Times Dr. sydney N.
Usshcr, al Labor Temple, Fourteenth street
and Second avenue. 50
.srrend Of the Timea.'' George A. Hastings.
at rvapder Childs ". s., 1Sith street ana
Field place, The Bronx.
Book OF the riour,y. rrof. j.. g. Carter
Troop. at Pilgrim Hall, fffty-sixth street
and Broadway.
..pemocracy and Educaiion." Ernest l..
Crandail, at Washington Irving ". -, SIX
teenth street and irving place. Illustrated.
"Abraham Lincoln. Who Rounded out the
American Ideal of Freedom Garrett i.
seryiss. al y. $. 90. is6th street and ST.
Nicholas avenue. Illustrated.
"vocai and Instrumental Concert under
the direction OF Miss Marcia Schupac, 7. y.
-. Broa dway and Academy street.
..M,racles IN stonc.' Eli Benedict. at r: s..
70. o2S last Fifty-sevenih street. Illus
trated.
"Bis Game Hunting in Africa Mi-, Ida
v. Simonton, Y: ,. oz' hes'er anu h,ssoN
streets. Illustrated.
.,only 49," Dr Henry r. Rose. at 7. 8. o3.
Amsterdam avenue and Nine'y-third street
illustrated.
..usmIet," Miss Mona Morgan, at r. s.
t6s. 225 West 10sth street.
.crhc Younger Generation In Jewish Litera-
,ure s.amuel =. Crossman, N. V. u. H.,
Tompklns Square Branch. 33i East Tenth
street.
..rhe Man Who Made the Golden Rule an
c,ffice Rule" Sveto2ar I. Tonjoroff. Young
Women's Hebrew Association, 81 West fi0th
street
governmental Results Of the World War, .
Charles W. Bacon. Norris High school. i68th
street and Boston road. The Bronx.
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No Time for Dreams.
An Objection to the Proposal to Have
XacatiOnlesS Schools.

To THE New YORK HERALD: should
like to add my voice to Helen Elmira
Waite's in regard to vacationless schools.
II Is indeed an infamous idea.
Life In this present age is becoming
moro materialistic every day. If we
cannot or will not find time to let our
souls expand, to build the dreams that
made our great men OF old, let us at
least give our children the opportunity.
the right to build theirs, lest there be
no more Tcnnysons and MacDowells.
Rob children OF normal childhood,
which the .yacationlcss school would do.
and VIC fail as parents and educators.
M. Il. u.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. February 8.
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The Gem Flower.

The leafiess woods are silent yet
Save for the phmbe's cheerful call
Unbroken are the crystal seals
On brook and pond and waterfall;
No merrymakers haunt the grove.
No traveller waits beside the ferry,
Still Winter rules the earth although
1t is the first OF February.
But in tho greenhouse where the glass
Makes mimic summer in the snow
A beauteous flower of fragrance rare
venturcd this morn to bud and blow,
A purple petaled violet
(Sweet prophet of the springtime
Merry,
The living amethyst that lies
Upon the heart of February.
MINNA IRVING.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09

side OF the earth. making money and
winning fame, England was still his
home! In flash the Hon. Mr.,
MoREToN of Waratah, Queensland,
became the titled landholder of Tort
worth Court. At IS, after two gen.
erations of patient waiting in an
other continent, he was an English
man going back" And there is the
whole story of England's power, ex-
ercised in foreign lands through
those of her sons who look forward
always to the day when they shall
set sail for home"
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
Reviving Old Plays.

One of the beliefs of the New York
theater manager used to be that the
public could not be interested in re-
vivals Of once popular dramas. When
the old stock companies, such az
Wallack's and the Union Square,
passed out of existence the taste of
playgoers for the dramas they once
enjoyed seemed to disappear with
them. Even the stars were no longer
able to interest their admirers in the
older plays. Sir HENRY IRVING on
his visits to this country always
brought along one or two new plays.
Yet he was able to keep alive the
interest in productions so familiar
as "The Bells" THE Lyons Mail"
and Louis XII"
The theater of Shakespeare was
always in his repertoire, just as to-
day it is found in the repertoires of
SoTHERN and MARLowE, FRITZ LEIBER,
WALTER HAMPDEN and ROBERT MAN
TELL, who confine their appearances
exclusively to the works Of the great
Elizabethan. The question of what
they shall present to the public never
troubles these actors. They do not
have to hunt for new plays every
season. This independence must be
one of the happy features OF the
Shakespearean stars artistic lot
Managers have learned that. out
side of Shakespeare, there is nothing
more important to the, public than
novelty in a drama. 9hero are of
course many other Qualities indis-
pensable in successful play, but
the call for novelty is most insistent.
1t may be that one generation of
playgoers change rapidly-is
altogether unfamiliar with the work
that is revived The indifference to it
is, nevertheless, just as complete as
in the case of the elder playgoers.
Even the presence of a popular star
may not awaken the interest of audi
ences in an old work. ETHEL BAR
RYMoRE could not make the public
heedsul OF PrNERo's delightful "Tre-
lawney Of the Wells" although it
had not been seen for long time.
In the strange uncertainties and
tribulations of the present theater
year the dramatists have not distin-
guished themselves by any notable
contributions to stage literature. The
managers with their theaters to fill
thought of the possibilities Of reviv-
ing former successes. 1t is true that
such experiments in past years have
seldom turned out we'll. But man.
ayers reasoned there might now be
different feeling toward the plays
of the past: so various successes of
former years were tried once more
with the most popular actors availa-
BILE to impart new life to them. A
few met with return of their first
favor. But the majority did not.
The old fame could not be rekindled.
After all, human nature had not
changed.
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Counting.

Now sleep comes
Down her stair OF stars:
Her hands are moonlight,
And her hair
Has caught the scent
OF cedar boughs
That tingle in the frosty air.
The fires burn low.
The wind has stopped
on velvet feet
The cold creeps in;
The shadows wall
The room about
The edge of night wears sharp and thin.
And will she come
or pass me by,
This phantom, sleep?
do not know
lie and count
The starry stairs
And watch her coming soft and slow.
ABIGAIL w CREssoN.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
Not the Thing for New York.

! Senator DUELL's industrial court
measure introduced in the Legisla-
! ture to prevent strikes and lockouts
has teeth in it; there is that to be
said for it. But the power to enforce
legislative purpose is one thing, the
wisdom Of conferring upon any gov
ernment body such power as Senator
DUEL proposes, even though it
should be constitutional, is quite an
other thing. His measure, in truth.
aims to cover so many industrial dis
putes and attempts to go so far with
them that the State of New York will
make no mistake to reject it.
In the State of Kansas Governor
ALIENS industrial court has its
functions more judiciously confined to
industrial establishments like coal
mines, railroads, lighting plants, &C.,
the free operation of which in the
main is imperatively necessary to the
comfort and well being, in some in
stances even the life, of the public.
Yet it still remains for the Kansas
industrial court to prove it is sue
cess within it's narrower and safer
lines involving comparatively small
population not engaged in widely
diversified occupations. Kansas, as a
matter of fact, is still struggling
with the problem of trying to make
the law against strikes and loekouts
work out as those who passed the law
intended it should work out.
Senator DUELL's measure, on the
other hand, travels so far afield from
absolutely essential services to the
public and embraces such limitless
economic possibilities that in this
great State, with its vast multitudes
of population and of all manner of in
dustries and businesses, it would
make almost to certainty for chaos
with our institutions, our methods
and our systems, while TO dead GER
tainty it would cast itself into ir-
reconcilable conflict with fundamen-
tai economic principles and laws.
Senator DUELL's bill, for example,
is based upon the theory, as it SO
states, that capital invested rein
| (any employment subject to 3 aot)
shall be. entitled to receive at all
times a fair rate of return to the
owners thereof" But, as sound think
ing must ever hold, capital, for the
most part, is entitled only to full
and fair opportunity to make re-
turn to the owners thereof. 1t rests
with the brains, ftision, policy and
ability of the managers of such capi-
tai whether it wins Or loses.
The minute you accept Senator
DUELL's self-asserted axiom that cap
ital must receive fair profit
whether is earns it or not, whether
in word, it deserves II or not, you
plunge headlong into the domain of
pure socialism where il profits are to
be fixed beyond peradveuture, prices
to assure the profits correspondingly
must be fixed. When the consuming
public faces such a general PROPOSE
tion as that ii is about the same as If
it faced firing squad
But, aside and apart from the So
cialistic pitfalls spread through his
measure. Senator DUEu.s plan is ia
tally defective because nobody wants
the State to be to all intents and pur-
poses the absolute dictator of the con-
duct and acts OF its principal indus
tries and occupations.
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The Big Muddy Hardens.
From the Richmond conscrpotor.

Ff0W INC Ftchmond CONSERVATION
Inc missouri River is reported to be lower
at this time than ever remembered by our
Oldest citizen. There Is hardly any water
In the channel and the fcrrybost has been
discontinued at Lexington. The channel Is
said to be hardly any wider than street
In this town. Those crossing tho river go
out on the sand bars aud sort of fiat
boat nas been riggcd up TO ferry them
acrnsN. The river has piled immense sand
bars efr the Ray county side and Is leaving
for the Lafayette county side and some are
wondering n the treacherous stream Is go
ing 10 let US alone and make those on tho
other side suffer. Thousands OF acres OF
fine lands have been washed away In this
county. II Is an old river saying that sooner
or later It always returns what II has taken
away.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
Japan Americas Friend.
Two Points Emphasized in the State
ment by Baron Kato.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The noble
sentiment expressed by Baron Kato in
TUE New YORK HERALp OF February G
should emphasize two important facts
|. The far reaching success OF the
Washington Conference.
2. That Japan Is ready for the new
order of things" andsis tho friend of
America and the wonderful civilization
for which America stands.
JOHN A. WYErH. NJ d.
NEW YoRK, Tebruary'S.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09

The ancient Jest which represents
bargain hunters as losing all control
of themselves at the sight OF n display
OF goods marked down in price had its
justification In Harlem Tie other day
when n crowd OF shoppers became so
dense it smashed show window. two
women being injured in the accident
Those who scof at jokesmiths must
revise their judgments in the case of
the riotous bargain hunters.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
The Day of Reckoning.

To THE New York HERALD: Thank
you for the editorial article entitled
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue
Sea- have voted the Republican
ticket for more than forty years, but /
believe there are a good many of us
who Will know what TO do next fall to
the members of Congress who have been
too busy playing ward politics TO at
tend to the serious affairs OF the nation.
G. X. r. II.
BOUND BROOK, n. j.. February s
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ny w. j, HENDERsoN.

The Schola Cantorum presented Bach's
b minor mass at its concert in Carnegie
Hall last evening. For the performance
of this famous old masterpiece Kurt
SCHNEIDER. conductor, had assembled in
addition to the chorus and orchestra OF
the Symphony Society the following arr
ray of solo singers: Nine. Florence
Easton. soprano; Mime. Merle Aleock,
contralto; George Maeder, tenor; Giu-
seppe de Luea. barytone. and Fred Pat
ton. bass. Lynwood Farnam played the
important organ part.
The work had not been heard in this
city since April 5. 1901, when 1t was
given by the Oratorio Society under
Frank Damrosch. On March % of that
year IL had been sung for the first time
In it's entirety by the Bach Choir of
Bethlehem, Pa. directed by DIR. j. Fred
Wolfe. 1t has since remained almost
the exclusive property of that organiza-
tion and has been 4 feature of all the
famous Bach festivals in the Lehigh
Valley city.
This imposing composition cannot be
given often. II Is not for the pleasure
of the concert going multitude, but
rather Tor the intensely religious mind.
the introspective nature of his genius
had reached its full development and
he had ceased to vex himself with the
problems of practical performance. He
wrote therefore out of the plenitude of
his inspiration. He dared to be him
self with that prophetic vision of genius
which saw posterity understanding it.
Made for n King. Favor.
The mass, to be sure. was not a spen-
taneous conception nor designed for
Catholic cathedrals. 1t was made to
court the favor Of a King and for use
IN Protestant churches. But it went
down to the roots of that Protestant
spirit which broke the soil of Catholic
ism itself. 1t voices yearnings which
lay in Rome's own heart and ultimately
found their expression in the Reforma-
ton. 1t embodies the Fundamental sig
nificance of liturgy and the vitality
of faith common to both churches.
1t Is a colossal elimination of CEN
turies OF development of the Italian
mass. shaped and colored by Protes-
tant feeling, which was the rock bottom
Of all Bach's church music. Above all
II is the most triumphant proclamation
Of a musical personality whose eeaseless
attitude was one Of worship and whose
NOhsiiudi SiiuCdfOt was " WHY
gies by the most splendid architectural
enshrinement within the reach Of mu-
steal art
A searching examination of the per-
formance would involve the reader in
the labyrinth of opinions as to the COR
rect method of Interpretation. questions
OF style, the irrepressible conflict of the
tempt and the pathless jungle of the ri
tardando. Bach was not profuse in
marks Of expression and tho editors
have rarely been sure of themselves.
Masters Choral Works.
Certain traditions have long been as
sociated with the performance of the
old masters choral works and certain
indubitably erroneous notions have ac-
quired the endurance of authority. These
need not be cataloGued. nor is it i'm
portant that Mr.. Schindler's direction
The New York herald., 1922-02-09

The Census report showing that the
number Of blind persons in the United
states decreased from 57,272 in 1910 TO
52,617 in 1920. although the population
rose from a1,a72,266 in 1910 20 1o5.71o,-
$40 in 1920. reveals most gratifying
Improvement. In the ten years which
elapsed between the two censuses
much attention was given to educat-
ing the public in the prevention and
cure of blindness. The statistics show
how truly worthwhile the effort was.
The New York herald., 1922-02-09
M,coRMACK TO SING SUNDAY.

John Mccormack returned to New
York yesterday from his Western con-
cert tour. during which he was obliged
to cancel appearances in Detroit and
Minneapolis on account of cold. D. r.
McSweeney, his manager. said yesterday
that the reports Of the tenor's indis-
position had been exaggerated. He is
we'll again and will give his concert at
the Hippodrome next Sunday night as
announced and will sing some new
songs