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The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Canal Fleet Needs Coal.
Ono Obstacle to the Fullest Use o
New York States Waterways.

To THE NEW York HERALD: Your edi-
torial article entitled How About the
State Canals7" 1s very interesting. II
tho canals are not Of benefit at this
time they are not likely ever to be Of
large value.
You probably will be surprised to learn
that the operators on the State canals
are likely In, a short time to be In as
bad q condition as the railroads on ac-
count OF the coal situation. At Buffalo.
II am not mistaken. the coal supply
is controlled by railroad concerns, ard
at the present day It Is almost impossi-
BILE to get any coal for canal use.
On Tuesday last canal operator
telephoned from Buffalo to tho Fox Coal
Company at Rome to save for him at
least twenty tons Of coal. as he couldn't
procure any at Buffalo for canal use.
At present the Fox Coal Company at
Rome has no coal on hand. while tho
canal operators depend on getting coal
at this coaling station.
Our company. the w. E Hedger-
jerks Company Of New York. has sew
eral fleets Of barges operating between
New York city and Cleveland. Ohio,
and Hamilton. Ontario. carrying sui
phur west and bringing grain east to
New York city. At present we have
two fleets near Buffalo. and I am very
much afraid that sufficient coal cannot
be procured at Buffalo to deliver car
goes at Cleveland and Hamilton.
am very glad to see THE NEW York
HERALD interested In New York's great
canal. and II the Superintendent Of Pub
lilo Works. Charles L. Cadle. sees that
the canal operators receive their share Of
coal at a reasonable price there is no
doubt that the barge canal will prove
to be q godsend.
MICHAEL WDrpNER,
President Individual Boat Owners Line,
Port Captain w. n Hedger-Jenks
Company.
ROME, August 5.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08

through the folly Of some Republi-
cans in Congress, Mr.. Cox should
have dragged the doadest of all is
sues from its tomb.
Mr.. BRYAN was never so blind as
Mr.. Cox must be II the Ohio man is
serious about American reconsidera-
tion of the league. Every time
BRYAN was beaten on an Issue he
abandoned 1t and hopped to a new
one. If free silver would not go
perhaps anti-imperialism would; and
when anti-fmperialism failed there
was still government ownership.
BRYAN knew when he was ION q
dead one"
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
EVENTS TO-DAY.

DR.. q. George Payne. lecture on "Eduoa-
tion in Accident Prevention: Methods and
Results" New York University. University
Heights, II A. NJ.
Red Men Of New York Stats. convention,
Hotel Commodors. . A. M. ai1S and $50
p. M. ~
Gyro Club. luncheon. Hotel Pennsylvania.
IL 80 p. M.
Export Managers Club. luncheon. Hotel
Pennsylvania. 1878 p. M.
Buyers and Sellers Conference. Hotel
Pennsylvania. I p. NJ.
New York and New Jersey Tunnel Com
missions. meeting. Hall Of Records. asa
p. NJ. il,
Aaron Levy Lodge. F. and A. M. meet
ing, Hotel Pennsylvania. 8 P. M.
Mass meeting in aid of the striking coal
miners of West Virginia. Beethoven Hall.
2I0 East Fifth street, p. NJ.
Union League Club of Brooklyn. bachelors'
shore dinner. liz Kenmore street. Brooklyn.
r. M.
Discussion. shall the United States Stop
Immigration for Five Years?" auspices OF
Tiger Post, American Legion. Town Hall,
8:15 p. M.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
TUESDAY. AUGUST 8. 1922.
Let the Railroads Stand Straight.

If the railway executives OF their
own accord should discharge or
otherwise sacrifice the men to whom
permanent places and seniority rights
were guaranteed by the roads when
these men stuck to the roads and
kept them running in the teeth Of
the strikers the pledged word OF
the railroads would be violated. The
loyal men who took the railroads at
their word in good faith would be
betrayed.
If the United States Railroad Labor
Board should throw these men out OF
the jobs that have been pledged to
them by the railway executives for
standing by the roads and keeping
the roads running. as it would have
the power to do under the proposed
plan, the pledges of the railroads
would be violated quite as much as II
the railroads themselves had violated
them. The men that stood by the
roads in good faith would be betrayed
just the same.
Even if the United States Govern
ment itself were to force a situation
that should result in throwing these
loyal men out of the places guaran-
teed to them by the railroads the
railroad heads would still be culpable
quite as culpable as II they of their
own initiative should betray these
men. The Government may have
the power to take over the roads and
do what 1t likes with them, but it has
not the power to take from men their
sacred honor. Throwing up their
Jobs Is open to the railroad heads
as a means of escape from dishonor.
Getting this view of the situation,
THE New YORK HERALD is satisfied
that the United States Government
will not ask the railroad executives
to put themselves in a position that
would make dishonor possible to
them through the action Of the Labor
Board in any effort at compromise.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Showers, fol-
lowed by clearing cooler to-day; to-
morrow fair. fresh shifting winds,
becoming northwest.
For New Jersey-Showers, followed
by clearing and cooler to-day: to-mor-
row fair with moderate temperature.
fresh shifting winds.
ror Northern New England-Clearing
ana cooler to-day; tomorrow fair, fresh
southwest winds.
For Southern New England-Showers
followed by clearing and cooler to-day;
tomorrow fair, fresh shifting winds.
TOT western New York-Fair and
cooler to-day; Tomorrow fair with rls-
ing temperature. fresh shifting winds.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.-Thcra hava
been showers within the last twenty
four hours In the middle Atlantic and
New England States, the Ohio and nm
per Mississippi Valley and the region
OF the great lakes and local showers
along the east Gulf coast and in Kansas
and the Rocky Mountain region. The
weather has become considerably cooler
since Sunday night in the great central
valleys. the region Of the great lakes
and the middle plain States and warmer
over the far Northwest.
In the middle Atlantic and New Eng
land States showers will be followed
Py clearing and cooler weather to-mor-
row and fair Wednesday and moderate
temperature on Wednesday IN the lower
lake region, the Ohio Valley and Ten
nessee. In the south Atlantic and east
Gulf States there will be local showers
and thunderstorms tomorrow and in
Florida on Wednesday. Storm warnings
remain displayed on the Atlantic coast
and north Of Delaware Breakwater.
Observations at United States Weather
Bureau stations, taken at s p. M. yesterday.
seventy-fifth meridian time:
The New York herald., 1922-08-08

troduced. but even these did not
prevent their beneficiaries from ar
riving in port in bad shape. Fre-
quently the lssses in cattle. which
natussAly do not receive the care
given to blooded horses. are la Re.
1t is declared that vessels TIED
with horoscopes will be kept an
even keel and live stock losses sould
be reduced to a minimum. Incl
dentally the use Of the gyroscope on
cattle ships should bring about a re-
duction in insurance rates on these
eargoes.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Cravath Says Germany Cannot Pay
Tells Institute of Politics Task Imposed by Allies Is
Impossible and Must Be Modified.

death, told OF q German of modest
means who invested his entire fortune
In incandescent electric bulbs, none or
which he needed for his own use. SIM
ply because he thought they were bet
ter things to have than paper marks
Prosperity based on this mania for get
ting rid of marks Is bound to be short
lived. 1t Will end now that the collapse
OF the mark Is so near complete.
1T is generally recognized in well in
formed circles in Europe that Germany
Is now on the verge of fiscal and eco
nomic collapse, II she is not already in
the throes, and that unless radical
measures are adopted by concerted ac-
tion of the solvent nations Germany
may soon go the way OF Austria. The
consequences OF such collapse, not
only to Germany but to the rest Of
Europe, are bound to be calamitous.
From ten to fifteen millions of Ger
many's population are dependent on i'm
ported food and imported raw mate
rails. With a complete breakdown Of
Germany's fiscal structure and the in
dustrial depression that would surely
follow 1t is difficult to see how Ger
many's credit abroad will be sufficient
to enable her to finance these necessary
imports.
Widespread privation-even starvation
would be unavoidable without help
from the outside. Germany might like
Austria. become dependent for a time
on the charity of her neighbors. No
one can foretell how far social unrest
might carry the German people under
such conditions nor how far that unrest
and its consequences might extend to
neighboring nations.
1T is now generally recognized that
the recent adoption OF a rational repair
alton program for Germany was the
necessary first step in any comprehen-
sive scheme for the economic recon-
struction OF Europe. There cannot be
a prosperous Europe without a prosper
GUS Germany. This is recognized even
In France.
"All Of the allied nations excepting
France seem prepared to face a radical
reduction in reparation demands.
France alone stands in the way. want
to emphasize that this Is not a criticism
Of France, but simply a cardinal fact
that must be faced. While the position
thus taken by France is unsound and
fraught with infinite peril, I do not
doubt that most of my audience would
believe In that position II they were
Frenchmen."
Raymond Recouly, French Journalist.
took part in the discussion, as did
Oscar r. Crosby. former Assistant Sec
retary OF the Treasury: Pierrepont B.
Noyes. former United States Commits
sioner in the Rhineland. and Philip H.
Kerr, former secretary to Lloyd George.
Tonight M. Recouly delivered a pub
lie lecture on the postwar evolution Of
Germany.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Let the Pledge Be Kept.
A Precedent for Protecting the Men
Loyal to the Railroads.

To THE New York HERALD: May
add my congratulations TO those you are
receiving on your splendid railroad strike
editorial articles? The moral issue in
volved in the demand for restoration OF
full seniority rights to the strikers is
likely to be lost sight of unless con-
stantly kept before the public.
AS to the pressure being brought to
bear on the railroad executives to con-
cede this point I'm violation OF specific
pledges to the new men who are so large
a factor in keeping the trains running 1t
may be of interest to note that a similar
situation arose in the marine strike OF
1921. To refresh the memory OF those
who may have forgotten and to inform
those who may not have sensed the sit
uation at the time. II should be recalled
that when the marine strike was defi-
nitely lost by the strikers the leaders or
marine union labor persuaded the poll
ticians to intervene in, their behalf.
The employers consisted OF the private
steamship companies and the United
States Shipping Board. The writer was
at the time director Of Industrial rela-
tions OF the latter organization. The
ships had been kept running by the men
who loyalty remained at work in defiance
of the orders OF their unions and by the
new men who had responded to the call
of the Shipping Board and the private
companies. As In the present case def
mite assurances had been given that these
men should be protected In retaining
their rights and positions.
Nevertheless the politicians endeav-
ored to coerce the private steamship In
terests and to direct the Shipping Board
to enter into such a settlement of the
marine strike as would have virtually
resulted in direct violation OF these
pledges The private shipping interests
very properly refused to regard their
pledges as scrap OF paper" To few
men in the Shipping Board who still
recognized the validity Of moral obliga-
tions fell the task OF averting such an
outcome. And we did 1t.
The present situation has therefore a
familiar ring. The sight Of the heads
of great Government departments en-
deavoring to force the violation of "open
pledges openly arrived att Is as shock
ing in 1922 as 1t was in 1921. Will not
the American people, with their basic re-
gard for fairness and Justice. rise in pro-
test against such an Industrial peace
with dishonor? DARRAoH Delaney.
WATERBURY,, Conn.,, August z.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Last Ditch Strike Methods.

Seven attempts to tear up consider
able stretches Of live wire rails on
the Long Island Railroad at widely
separate points, with the possibility
of wrecking several trains and kill
ing hundreds of passengers, is
method of strikers that betrays the
desperation of minds gone wild in
lost cause.
THE NEW York HERALD calls 1t
method OF the strikers, because there
is no reasonable chance that the das-
tardly work was not done by former
employees when 1t bore every sign of
expert craftsmanship and showed
every mark of intimate technical
knowledge of the particular construc-
tion tampered with almost at a
tragic cost of life.
And this dastardly work is the work
of men whose passions have swept
them out of all power of reasoning,
because anybody having had enough
intelligence to be employed in one Of
the highly skilled trades Of advanced
American railroading ought to have
sense enough to know that in this
country such crimes cannot be en-
dured and will not be endured.
There is a point beyond which no
minority. however much it has been
overindulged by trucking politicians
and supine public officers, can go
against the rights, the will and the
power of the American majority.
Strikers that will become train
wreckers and strike leaders that will
not prevent their followers from be-
coming train wreckers are, in the
last ditch not to know that fact.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YoRK HnRALp-
WLLIAMsrowN, Mass, Aug. Paul
ID. Cravath of New York. United States
representative in allied councils during
the war. opened the round table dis
cussion on rehabilitation OF Europe at
the Institute of Politics this morning by
declaring an early solution of the repa-
ration problem TO be imperative. Mr..
Cravath said the task imposed upon
Germany was impossible of perform
aEce. He succeeded Paul NJ. Warburg
as leader OF the round table.
"All well informed economists," Mr..
Cravath said. "have foreseen that the
policy pursued toward Germany at the
peace conference at Paris and subse-
Quently by the allied Governments, was
as certain to land Germany In her pres
ent economic plight as night Is certain
to follow day.
II do not doubt that Germany has
often been evasive and has fallen short
Of doing her best to make the largest
possible reparation payments. The
German Government has been particu-
larly remiss in not taking more effective
measures to prevent the flight of capital
from Germany to hiding places In other
countries.
But the task imposed upon an al
ready impoverished Germany of making
large reparation payments in gold on
fixed dates while her imports were bound
largely TO exceed her exports was so
far beyond her capacity that even IL
the German Government had Loyalty
done its utmost the result would not
have been radically different.
Tho task imposed on Germany was
impossible of performance. The strong
est Government with the best intentions
cannot force the German people to sac
rifice, work and save to carry out a
reparation program that they know will
land them In national ruin.
"A false impression regarding Ger
many's ability to make reparations pay
ments has been created by her apparent
prosperity. This prosperity Is tempo
rary. unhealthy and fictitious. One rea-
son for the large apparent profits now
being realized In Germany Is the ficti-
tious increase In the volume Of profits
automatically results from the fall in
the mark.
Measured by the gold standard. the
profits Of German industry and COM
merce have steadily shrunk in volume.
Profits in deprecated paper marks re-
sulting from domestic commerce are Of
no service In providing gold balances
abroad with which to make reparations
payments. The feverish activity In Ger
man production to meet domestic de-
mands that has prevailed in Germany
for some time Is due primarily to the
mania OF the German people to convert
their marks into tangible property Of
some kind while marks still have some
purchasing power.
''Dr. Rathenau. shortly before his
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Little Gardens.

Biersed tho little city gardens, where
Gay sturdy bits Of gorgeous color
bloom
Rose. hoiiyhock. blue larkspur. yellow
broom
Where myrtle ana shy periwinkle share
Tho shady spots that otherwise were
bare;
Where morning glory dull walls ami
mates,
And ivy wreathes about the shabby
That end the paths where friendly PAN
sizes fare.
Where children have happy place to
play,
And mothers Groom quaint folksongs.
soft and low.
And. after the long. dingy stress OF day.
To smoke their pipes. the toll worn
fathers go.
And where at dusk beneath the poplar
Lovers repeat their world old litanies.
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Atalanta Conquered.

Three golden apples-one by one.
You dropped them cleaning in the sun
What does It matter II choose
To win race or choose to lose?
And then they were such pretty things
AS If the moon had taken wings!
Three times stopped and by pace
You won, and had lost the race.
And yet. my dear Hippomenes.
Another with such tricks as these
Might well have lost, for you must know
You won because I wished It sol
The others never slowed my feet
Nor caused my heart to skip beat
Each lost the race and lost his life
And incidentally q wife
You were the winner from the start,
For in your hand you held my heart.
ABIGAIL CREssoN.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
on. Little Grain Of wnea.

FROM the Bucks County Daily NcDs.
Ono grain of wheat will produce 100
hexiiiion grains In tho tenth year. an agri-
cultural professor told q group Of visiting
farmers Mt tho Pennsylvania State College
to-day. He wasn't quite sure that hex
iilion'' was the correct word. but here II tho
way ne wrote II; 100000. 900. 600. .oo0. 900 600
oOO There would be wheat grains enough,
he said, to string four billion chains of II
from the earth to the sun. Indeed. tho
crop OF wheat. long before the tenth gem
GRAFTON, would be 30 large that the earth
would not be big enough to provide space
TO rcpiant the entire crop.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08

1t speaks we'll for the subjects OF
the Mikado's Empire domiciled in this
country that when a japanese convict
in Sing Sing wrote letter nobody
was linguistically equipped to read
and censor 1t. New York city has q
considerable number of Japanese in
its population. and If they were not
generally lawabiding Sing Sing would
house a sufficient number of the
.wrongdoers to justify the employment
of a Japanese interpreter. Such a
functionsry is not now required.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
REDS DENY APPEALS
OF HIGHER CHURCHMEN
Rule Metropolitan and Arch.
bishop Must Die.

Moscow, Aug. (Associated Press).--
The Central Executive Committee has
denied the appeals Of the Petroerad
Metropolitan Benjamin. Archbishop
Shane. Prof Novitsky and Laymaf,
Kosheroff, who were sentenced to death
by the Petrograd Tribunal for interfer-
ing with the seizure OF church treasures.
Those OF the higher clergy who have
carried on crimes against the state un-
der cover of the church and encouraged
their followers to disregard the Soviet
decrees must pay the penalty" reported
the committee.
Death sentences upon seven other
clergymen who were tried simultaneously
with the Metropolitan were commuted TO
long terms of imprisonment.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
A Freak Csctus.
From the Indianapolis Nesps.

In the Rlncon valley. eighteen miles from
Tucson. Arizona. Il . giant cactus. the sum-
nit OF which has been so deformed as to
make II an object OF curiosity to visitors.
The inhabitants of the valley are proud Of
their freak cactus and refuse to allow bots-
nists 20 cut the head In order TO Determine
tho cause Of the reformation. The botanists
think II Ii duo to the work OF insects. but
the country people believe that stroke OF
lightning was the determining cause. This
species OF cactus. the Csrcus. not infre-
auentiy develops strange forms. In this
case the head has assumed the appearance
OF a gigantic cauiifiower.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Cyroscopes for Cattle Ships.

Friends OF animals will learn with
pleasure OF the successful use OF the
gyroscope on boats in the live stock
trade between the United States and
foreign ports.
Horses and cattle carried on ships
have suffered greatly in the past
when the weather has been rough.
To protect thoroughbreds all precau-
tions that could be devised in the
way of padded stalls have been In
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
The Big Coal Problem.

Those most directly involved in the
coal strike now seem to be hopeful
that settlement is near. But when
ever the settlement comes and what
ever the terms on which the men go
back to work, merely to call of the
strike and set the unions to digging
coal again for the time being will
not and cannot solve this great ma
tional problem. The industry needs
and sooner or later must have COM
plete reorganization.
President HARDING's plan for a
commission to go into all the facts
and conditions of the coal industry
with view to establishing the basis
on which to work out the problem
permanently is the only way to be-
gin. Probably knowledge of all or
anything like all the facts is not
possessed by living man in the coal
mining business, much less In the
Government. The soft coal industry
all over the country is pretty much
confusion and decentralization.
Until the whole ground has been
gone over thoroughly with an as
sembling for deduction and practi-
cal use Of all the facts bearing on
varying mine capacities, production
costs, operating efficiency, shipping
conditions and every other factor en-
tering into the expense of digging
and distributing coal-until the men
in the business and the Government
acting with the men in the business
know what the problem itself is mo-
body is going to be able to work it
out right.
Certain fundamental principles un-
derlying this incessantly disturbed
coal situation, with its recurring con-
fiicts, supply shortages and public
hardships, are clear, as THE New
York HERALD sees them and as 1t
has urged them upon the attention of
the coal industry and the Govern
ment. One is that to get the industry
on more stable footing, with a
regularity of employment for miners,
a regularity Of supply for consum-
ers and a square deal treatment of
both in the matter of wages and
prices, the mines should be thrown
together in few great operating
groups. each of which shall be handled
as one economic, industrial, financial
unit.
The fat mine would thus help to
carry the lean mine. The mine of
high operating efficiency would take
some OF the curse of the mine of
lower operating efficiency. Consoli-
dated properties and centralized man
agements would cut down the burden
of fixed charges as applicable to every
ton that went out to the consumer.
The industry thus reorganized and
put on business basis would be
capable of enormous and lasting ben
efits to all.
These truths are obvious. But be-
fore the Government and the coal
industry can get down to the actual
business Of remodeling and recon-
structing that economic situation on
such lines they must know exactly
what the situation is, what it calls
for and what can be made out of 1t.
Early strike settlement or late
strike settlement, therefore, the
sooner the Presidents commission
goes to work the better for the coal
industry, the coal miners and the
coal consuming public.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08
Playing Politics illustrated.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Your edi-
torial article What 1t Means" and the
ether articles on the railroad strike have
been perfectly splendid.
At last understand the meaning Of
the expressions playing politics and
farmer politicians. r. H. w.
NEW YORK, August 7.
The New York herald., 1922-08-08

A Brooklyn youngster has run away
from home fifty-two times in the eight
years of his eventful life. He must be
almost a stranger to his family, a ia
miliar of the police. When he grows
up and Is tied down by responsibilities
with what regret VIII he look back on
the days OF his freedom!