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New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
The Super Dope

OF all bonehead activities that
marked the recent worlds series the
greatest Of all was the behavior Of
dope. According TO the most scien-
tific of the dopesters, the Yankees
were destined to win in straight
games. Only one word was wrong
in this prediction, but it gravely
altered the result. Put it that even
Babe" Ruth had batting average
of .11S. The dope batted exactly
900.
AS result, and as happens in the
wake of every such disaster, the
wrathful losers are condemning all
dope. Anything that will keep from
betting those who cannot afford to
bet is to be encouraged. But justice
to AN ancient institution and not
bad universe bids us be fair. The
dope is neither villain nor a traitor.
1t means honestly, and it is right far
oftener than it is wrong. Let the
world march on gently, missing no
step and not altering it's course, and
the wise man with the statistics can
forecast almost anything from ball
game to wheat market.
The trouble comes when the world
reaches a crossways or turning,
trips and misses step or goes am
bling off at an untoward angle. You
would think that the dope. might
allow for such larger swings of
events. But it just doesn't. The
point seems to be that these COM
plete oyerturns of fate come from
hidden causes beyond the reach of
statistics. There is always some
such incalculable item in any dope
ster's balance sheet. In the late
worlds series you might hold that
McGraw leadership was such an
item; OR, in q larger view, that for
several years the American League
had been losing ground and the Ma
tional League gaining. In either
case there was an item that no dope
could reduce even to rough proba-
bilities, let alone accurate percent
ages. When such an item is ripe
and explodes you cannot find trace
of the dope that looked so neat and
incontrovertible a few minutes be-
fore.
The speculative stock market is
not SO different. Any fool can make
money as long as a market is on one
Of it's broad swings up or down. The
difficulty comes in calling the turn,
in knowing long swing from a
short one, and getting out somewhere
near the top or bottom. Statistics
are becoming wiser and wiser and
help the speculator more and more.
His greatest success still comes from
a hunch above and beyond all dope,
that he can neither explain nor de-
fend, and that, at the crucial mo-
ment, makes him act in the teeth of
all the figures.
Perhaps some day we shall become
so wise that all things will be pre-
dictable and the crowd at the Polo
Grounds will have a box score in it's
hands before the first ball is pitched.
But it promises to remain toler-
ably unexpected universe for several
thousand years to come.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
The 7ogoer
csps.. Nsw rork Tribune me-. lss,

Kipling says he did not aay
what Glare Sheridan reported him
as saying. But there seams to be
general feeling that he must
have said something, whether she
quoted him quite accurately or
not. And the phrase, "Thev kavo
got tho gold Of the iDoyld, bat no
hsve saved our souls," is q very
Kipling utterance.
There are plenty OF Americans,
there are plenty Of Englishmen,
who are greedy gold-grabbers and
who would unhcsitatingly imperil
civilization for selfish ends; there
are plenty of Americans and plenty
of Englishmen who have Saved
their souls" In both England and
America there always has bean,
and there will continue to be, the
unceasing struggle between the
things that are base and the things
that are generous and noble. Kip
ling is not SO stupid nor so insular
that he is unaware Of that fact.
AS to morality, hypocrisy, mob SEN
timentality, self-complacency, brag.
gadocio--as to streaks of gener-
osity, occasional moods of genuine
idealism Gotten misunderstood
humors of exaltation, backslidings,
recessions from decency, brutali-
ties, recoveries Of the spirit--as to
these things there is very little
to choose between England and
America; it is six of one and half
dozen Of the other. There are
types in both countries capable of
making themselves peculiarly OBJ
noxious to ali osher peoples on the
face of the earth, and sometimes
with an astonishing ignorance, an
Innocence, of what they are doing.
1t would be silly, indeed, If the
phrase quoted above were to call
forth series of retorts in kind
from Americans, followed by still
further retorts from Englishmen,
all leading to an old-fashioned
rag-chewing festival. For there are
SO many obvious remarks possible
on both sides, most of them so
lamentably true; and none of them
the whole truth.
REFERRED TO THE PUBLISHERS
Sir: Literature on the 7:43 is some
hing else again:
WAS We at the pitchers last night
-. yen Good, amt it
they're gettin' the pitchers out in boo
'orm now, Knighthood in Flower an
III. Somebody oughta get out Mont
Jhrista in book form; bet it'd go big!
DICK HOLLYWOOD.
H. J. W. thinks he has got somethin,
ON" Capt. Peter Fitzurse, who los
hree OF his fingers some years ago. H
ends us this quotation from "Througl
he Shadows with o. Henry" by Al
'ennings:
81 was given a job in the postoffice
billy Raider, another train robbel
vas chief postoffice clerk.
Bill Porter, Raider and I cemented
that lasted until, the death
lrst of Porter, then Of Raider. Raidle
vas the most beloved man in the pen
lie had been the terror of the India,
Nerritory. in his outltw days. Yet h
vas slender, fair-hairo !. soft .voiced a
! girl. He had an i'm sh wit and th
most obliging nature Of any man eve
net. IN the last fGht NTH the mar
hots he had lost tree fingers of hi
light hand"
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10

Mr.. Meioney's series of articles on
the American merchant marine, of
which the foito,oing is the seventh,
aoiH be concluded ,uith "To Regain
Our Heritage"
Up to November, 1914, American
shipowners, shipbuilders and students
of shipping felt that Of the war was
to be born new era of commercial
independence of the United States;
that the changes wrought by the cat
aclysm would bring native capital, so
long denied to marine enterprise, back
to the sea; that once more the nation
through its maritime genius would be
enabled to enter again into it's estate
in the deep waters and maintain the
place and power to which destiny has
committed it.
Yet in moment when this prospect
was never so bright the cloud Of gov
ernment ownership loomed out of
Washington, and the La Toilette
Alexander bill was passed. And five
months afterward that bill, become a
law by President Wilson's approval,
was driving the Dollar Steamship
Company of San Francisco back to
British registry, driving the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company out Of busi-
ness, compelling the American mer-
chant marine to strike the flag in
the western sea, forcing nation to
abandon it's freedom Of traffic with
half world--to abandon 1t TO Japan,
people whose doors our guns opened
only Atty years ago for the extension
of our own and the earth's commerce!
Perry must have turned over in his
grave. One can almost hear his sea
warriors spirit groaning IN the an
guish Of humiliation.
Class Legislation
The La Toilette Alexander seaman 3
law is piece of class legislation; no
more and no less.
From 1905 to 1909 Germany, Great
Britain, France and Norway, in the
order named, responding to the de-
mands Of the decades Guickened spirit
Of social evolution, took account Of the
well-being Of their sea laborers by the
enactment and amendment of certain
legislation governing their respective
merchants marine. Great Britain, Ger
many and France brought their sea-
men under employers liability and
compulsory old-age insurance laws in
keeping with similar Italian, Russian,
Spanish, Swedish, Austrian and
Greek legislation. Great Britain, Ger
many, France and Norway notably
provided for improved vessel housing
and sanitation and Increased food
scales.
The United States, during that time.
the sea being beyond it's peoples VI
sion, did none Of those things. In the
matter Of housing . and sanitation
American vessels down to the late
nineties had been models.
It may be stated as a general prom
osition that prior to the summer Of
1914 the food cost Of an American
deep-water ship ranged from 5ol to
66 2-3 per cent ever foreign vessels,
AS to wages in deep-water American
ships, they stood on q par with food
over those paid by the other maritime
nations. For example, 1t cost for labor
alone s$10,464 q year more to operate
q 5,ooo-ton steamer under our hag than
in British registry.
The WILSON BuI
m 1911 Representative Wilson, later
Secretary Of Labor, presented 4 bill
at the instigation OF the Seamen's
Union which purported to have for its
purpcse an unbuiiding Of an American
merchant marine. Stripped naked,
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
The La Toilette Lau
By William Bropn Meloney

this bills purpose stood revealed to
be the upbuilding of the power of the
Seamen's Union in the protected coast
wise traffic regardless of what hap
pened to American shipping in nn-
protected deep-water commerce. The
bill, however, passed, and in 1918
President Taft, understanding its in
nate class spirit of selfish rule or
ruin, scotched 1T.
In the mean time the Titanic had
been lost. The disaster evoked a uni
versal demand for an extension of
provisions for security of life at sea.
The result of this demand was the
calling by Great Britain of a congress
Of the maritime powers of f>the world,
the international Convention for
Safety at Sea. But taking no account
Of the deliberations of this congress
and the equitable issue thereof, La
Toilette revived the Wilson bill in the
Senate and Representative Alexander,
OF Missouri, in the House, adding to
its alleged purpose of ssupbuilding" a
merchant marine that of safety at sea.
1t was passed on November A, 1914, to
become effective as to American ves-
sells one year from that date and as
to foreign shipping one year from the
date Of its approval by the President.
Mr.. Wilson approved it on March 4,
1915.
The Lao in Brief
Summarized, the La Toilette Alex
ander laws salient provisions are:
l. That American seamen in foreign
ports and foreign seamen in American
ports may desert at will and may de-
mand half Of their earned wages. 2.
That seagoing steam vessel of 100
tons or over shall be manned by O crew
Of whom not less than rs per cent in
each department shall be able to un-
derstand the language of their Off
GERS. 8. That The deck crew shall be
composed in the first year after the
passage of the law Of 40 per cent Of
rated able seamen, in the second year
OF 46 per cent, in the third year of 55
Per cent, and thereafter of 65 per cent.
exclusive of officers and apprentices" !"
such on,r @ sftsr svansn thsa. snall s ee rated as
sea and upon certiication Of his sew
ice and Of their physical capac;tv bv
the Department Of Commerce. & Thai
q passenger carrying steamar nav.
eating more than twenty ,n;,as ~
shore shall carry boats in davits cana
Bile Of accommo dating not less thsn
rs per cenA ay ;.s .n,s,sa.. s :,
boats or pontoons or rafts e.nah,a
Of accommodating the rama;ndar :
That such boats sna,, hs r,aaaaa =. =
certified .lifeboatmann - -
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10

should he worry because few more
trillions are added to the domains
at the end Of the telescope with
which he has fabulously strength
ened the eye that nature gave him?
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10

legislation TO call twas wrought Il
wisdom. The reasons that gnderiay Il
are worth understanding. It wss en-.
acted not in behalf of the masters o.
vessels, nor of seamen, nor Of shfs,
nor of owners, but in the just ifters
of all. 1t was masters assanaa
against the desertion of a crew hi
foreign port where other sea labess
unobtainable; it was seaman's an
ance against being beached becsnsei
masters whin or parsimony srk
cause the master could ship neg att
smaller wage-a sailors inviolaM
guaranty from government thai !
vessel must bring him back from ihs
ends of the earth TO the port Of n
parture Or another port in the UnisM
States; it was vessels assufsnoe
that she would not be left helpless;
it was an owners assurance that y
property would be reasonably ttst
ocioS0 at Oil tliueS CElu stdi AS Nvss
be permitted to perform his legal ~
tracts.
A Bloc to Commerce
The provision requiring that ass
less than rs per cent of each degast
ment of steamers crew shall anaf-
stand the language of their ofiess
was what struck the flag in the Pstiat
The Pacific Mail Steamship Csn.
pany lasted as long as it did hessssA
in the matter of labor at least i Fss
able to meet the competition 3 ~
subsidized japanese lines through us
employment of Chinese detk. ars fosn
and stewards department cfsEs. ~
have attempted to continue in ssfvs's
to the Philippines, China and 'spsn
would have cost it sSoes0Oe . yeas
And in addition to competing vita tss
Japanese lines the United States Asmy
Transport service has been its pusf
hSSS IaNal ever SIAcS Wa
of the Philippines.
The certification of fable seamss
prescribed in the fourth provision, =
labor union limitation Of the supN
of labor. It does not take three yssss
nor one, to produce the sailor Of sns~
times. The physical test Is iafsA
The writer knows Of one case, sSao@
others, In which the government ~
refused a certificate Of physical e
pacity to man lacking thumb. az
this man is sailor Of twenssssW
years. experience, one OF tae ..
equipped bos'n's that ever pus ~
on a ships deck. incidentally ae '
his thumb helping to save . vsssA :
her owners.
ExcessiUe Requirements
AS to the lifeboatman prosisieh ~
the manning Of the lifeboat eaaassas
] the requirements are excessivet psss Ri.
all the practice Of experiences sns
decision of the international Cas
tion for Safety. These rsQuifs y.
are not applicable to the ships 2 .... IS
principal foreign conapetstcrs esss IS
of reciprocal agreements ccneess 81.
passenger-carrying tonnage. Nsss.s ~
less American shipping must nsss 80
additional burdens.
A British Ministry that weuiS .sl
any Law as inimical TO It's naSs &.
commerce as the La Follette-A Z s1sss.7
legislation might just as well fss'.s s
A Board Of Trade that would s0ssssss !
the driving Of out Of busiasss s. M
British steamship corporation ss,ss 81
spending ia sire and ifnroftsfee = s 's
Pacific Mail would be drHmnea
Of ofiiees 'sss
fFroin 'Tha Heritage os Tyre' 80
lishea BY the Macmillan Consps g y. ssa US
printed by permission from eIhs go ~
ssentng Post. \ Copyright. lsss. q .vss
curtis Pubiishinx Company Phi'ess'k
PIE.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10

A Great Service to the City

4
the plan for squeezing the water out
of the Interborough financial struc-
ture brings irto bold relief the Miller
method of approach to a complex
economic problem, as contrasted with
the Hylan technique.
The acceptance by representatives
OF the various owners of INTERIOR
ough securities of program provid-
ing for scientific financial manage
ment instead of improvident use Of
bounteous earnings in good years
followed by threatened bankruptcy
in lean years represents practical
victory for the Transit Commission,
which was created at the suggestion
of the Governor. While Mr.. Hylan
spoke romantically about the main
tenance Of five-cent fare and Mr..
Miller was charged with tricking the
public into an eight-cent fare, Gov
ernor Miller lifted the essential ques-
tion of New York intracity trans
portation out of the mire of dema-
gogic politics into the realm of con-
structive craftsmanship.
Even sovereign state under
American law cannot impair the
sanctity Of contracts, and the OBJ
jectives of the Transit Commission,
which were unified transportation
system and a five-cent fare, involved
certain theoretical conflicts with the
rights of Interborough and Manhat-
tan Elevated shareholders and bond
holders. The possibility Of receiver
ship in the event of a failure to
effect mutually beneficial arrange
ment gave security owners an in
centive to make concessions. That
they have agreed to an arrangement,
conceived by the Transit Commission,
in the interest of the whole people is
a tribute to the brilliant effort of
Commissioner McAneny and his as
sociates to reconcile wide variety
Of conflicting groups TO plan that
ought to assure better service to the
people of the city.
While Mr.. Hylan Intellectually ex-
pressed pious hopes in behalf of the
masses, Governor Miller's Transit
Commission induced adoption Of q
virtual new charter for the Inter-
borough lines, involving an honest
capitalization, protection Of the bond
holders against recurrence of ex-
travagant and unwise dividends to
shareholders, continued operation
of the "L" by the Interborough COM
pany without the continuance of a
financially ruinous lease, and public
representation on the Interborough
board Of directors-an unprecedented
device for safeguarding The rights
OF straphangers and other passen-
gers. In broad essentials the pres.
ent program was revealed to the
public last May. Since that time ar
overwhelming majority of those hav
ing property rights in the trans
portation system have assented tx
the scheme, which provides for tn.
complete effacement Of the Interior
ough- Consolidated Corporation,
bankrupt shell, and points to a re
yitalization Of the finances of th,
operating company.
The reorganization, which will b.
y the subject of public hearings nex+
week, seems near accomplishment
and will mark one of the rea
achievements of Governor who pre-
fers to render service rather thar
give irredeemable promises. Tn,
clearing up of the critical INTERIOR
ough situation will pave the way fol
the broader reforms which the Tran
SIT Commission contempiates.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
It's the Way Things Is

An "aristocracy Of brains" may be
desirable at the colleges, but as long
as football is played it will never be
quite as aristocratic on the campus
as the aristocracy Of Drawn.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
A Hard Life

These long gaps between strikes
make it difficult for Samuel Gompers
to find anything to talk about.
Copyright by James j. Montaguel
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
Horati Carmina

Horati Carmina
1IT--21
Q blessed jar Of ancient wine,
The sunlit vintage of whose birth
Was in the self-same year as mine,
Whether. thou bringest sighs or
mirth,
Loves mad career or easy sleep,
Whatever gifts thy depth and worth
In secret keep,
Descend now from thy garret height,
For thou art worthy of this day,
Corvinus dimes with US tonight,
Released from tiresonAe work to play,
And bids me, with a secret sign,
Bring forth and at his place array
My mellowcst wine.
Sseepcd though he is - wisdom's lore,
He is not one to be so rude
AS to forget or Slight thy store
OF JOY and hospitable mood
For even good old Cato stole
Some hours that failed not to include
The flowing bowl.
The grave reflections Of the wise,
The secret counsels of the heart,
Unarmed against thy swift surprise,
Thou dost reveal with subtle art
Hope for the hopeless thou shalt find
And from it's burden spur apart
The jaded mind.
The gods to whom thine affairs rise,
BY swaying lanterns cleaning
bright
With dance and song and loves dark
eyes
Bless and prolong thy life tonight,
Until astride his rolling car
The golden sun shall put to flight
The last clear star.
8. M. DENNIS.
Says a headline: Nations Bank
Heads Arrive by Thousands" !"
Whereupon Romeike remarks that it
looks as if Tallulah were holding a
family reunion.
/. B. writes us: "Apropos your
recommendation of D. H. Lawrence's
'Psychoanalysis and the Uncon-
scious' | would refer you to the sim
gle line review Of that book in Social
Hygiene for October, 1921: THE
rhdpsodsc product of al, atescientifc
mind" Mr.. Lawrence should treas
ure this criticism as an additional in
dorsernent Of his book. Mr.. Law
renee is original, and probably ex-
poets that the conventional scientific
mind, usually dogmatic and second
rate, will have none Of him iust now
Imagination and rhapsody are al
ways the discoverers.
!. French Without 4 Struggle
One night in swell restaurant T
seen
A guy talk to a dame; he said, .Eh
bien!n
f. +. M.
In a story submitted to film
company, G. S. H. informs us. the
author states that the hero Of the
play "soon after the death Of his
wife sold all his proprieties.' kind
ly advise" requests our correspond
ent, whether you think the censors
would interfere if a picture based on
this story were to be produced"
1t is cur opinion that it might
have to be revamped Il bit.
DON MARQUIS. &
New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
No Wonder

Sir Thomas Upton says he hopes
he Is good loser. With all the re-
hearsals he's had he ought to be.
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