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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
A Glorious Record

The Treasury's statement for the
wear 1922 shows a fulhllment OF
hopes which long seemed too ex-
-travagant to be realized. Even last
December the Secretary Of the
Treasury looked forward to dehcit
ION the year Of S24,46s,OOO. But the
new machinery of saving kept plug
seing away. The fine spirit which
General Dawes has drilled into bu-
'reau and department chiefs mas
borne fruit. A surplus of ordinary
receipts over ordinary expenditures
has now reached the astonishing TO-
tai Of S313,OOO,OOO.
= Congress in the last three years
has fought heroically for retrench-
ment. In the first two Of those
wears it had to resist excessive de-
1mands from the Wilson Administra-
fion. 1t slashed estimates by the
Hundreds of millions. The fall in
outlay has been impressive-from
ss.5OO,OOO,OO0 in 1920 to $780,
s00O.O 900 in 192O-'21 and TO $685.
600 900 in 1922.
Taxes were reduced in the bill
passed last year. Some cuts went
into effect this year; others will not
90 into effect until next January.
Congress this yea again cut expen-
diture, but the diminished receipts
for the rev year will probably not
equal the Treasury's outlay. There
may be a deficit next July even
larger than this July's surplus.
However, within the last year the
public debt has been lowered by
s1,0l4,0O0,0O0. OF this amount
$422, 900 900 was taken out Of ordi-
nary receipts and allotted to the
sinking fund. The surplus Of $685.
100000 offset that much debt and
S277 900 600 has been written of the
net balance in the general fund OF
the Treasury. The Secretary has,
therefore, fortified himself in ad-
vance against any deficit occurring
this year in the course of adjusting
receipts under the new internal tax
law to the appropriation totals OF
this session.
In the field Of government fnanc-
ing the Republican record to date
has been extraordinary. Most critics
conveniently forget this fundamen-
tai fact when they attack Congress
for blunders and shortcomings. Why
not forget partisanship and give
Congress due credit?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
Educating Educators

In his interesting address before
the National Education Association,
wherein he criticized pedagogy as
currently manifest in this country,
Secretary Hughes did not discuss
enc phase OF his problem.
1t relates TO what should be done
toward securing the better education
of educators. We behold an ever
increasing educational establishment.
Public and private money is lavishly
expended. The number Of students
at our institutions Of higher learn
ing was never so large as now, fac
ulties never so numerous and equip
ment never so complete. Yet has
there been an equivalent gain in
educational voltage? 1t may be
doubted. President Garfield re-
marked that his idea Of college was
a log with Mark Hopkins sitting on
one end and a student on the other.
Many Americans pine for simpler
and better ways Of fostering learn
ing and learning's spirit.
Our vast foundations seem in some
danger Of becoming educational mon
arteries Of the type that once ailiict-
cd the church. Mortmain is still
mortmain and excellence Of original
intention does not guarantee good
results. Unless something is done to
quicken them there is danger of our
great universities becoming mere
dormitories for a profitless scholar
ship. Instructors and sub-instructors
are dilgent, but are they employed
on tasks worth doing? Social para
sitism is a favcrite theme Of the pro-
fessors Of sociology. VIII they sur
vey their colleagues and assess the
real social value Of their work?
A tendency even more dangerous
is in the increasing habit not TO edu-
cote at all. Egoism Of an oxtrava-
CANT kind has become a cult. Philos-
ophies Of life are built on it. Yet
education implies training, and
training means directing and prun-
ing. Who can dress a vineyard who
eschews the use Of a knife? II is
well to develop naturally, but some
thing more than natural growth is
needed. Yet the whole drift Of the
colleges is to emphasize the principle
Of doing as you please. Hundreds
of professors have become almost
fanatics with respect to the supreme
right Of self-expressionism.
Some day, perhaps, a multi-mil-
lionaire will endow an institution 10
educate educators into knowledge Of
what education really is-namcly,
the stimulation Of the love of the de-
sirable and the weakening Of the
proneness Of the human animal to
develop lopsidedly when not disci-
rlinpd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
A Forward-Looking Man

Senator A. Owsley Stanley. of
Kentucky, is not so blind as "The
New York Times" and 1.-THE New
York World" rs to the real mean
ing Of recent Republican primaries.
No statesman was ever dyed more
deeply in his Democratic color than
Mr.. Stanley; no Democrat was ever
more alert 10 see developments that
menace his party's success.
He knows that the Republican
party is most TO be feared by his
own when it is progressive, 80 IL is
against Republican progressiyes
that he centers his attack. In his
address at Tammany Hall Mr..
Stanley said:
"The great trouble with these
vociferous progressiyes is that they
are always moving in the wrong d.
rcetion. Their energy and ingenuity
are in the main confined to the dis
eovery Of some new method by which
centralized and omnipotsnt govern
ment may expand its inquisitorial and
ubiquitous authority over distant
eommonwealths and remote CON-
munities. and into every nook and
corner Of the moral, political and In
dustrial life Of the citizen"
Mr.. STANLEY knows well enough
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

that progressives are no more in
favor OF a centralized government
than are the Democrats. He knows
that never in. the country was gov
eminent more centralized than it
was during the Wilson Administra-
ton, when in truth "inquisitorial
and ubiquitous authority" made life
burden for the business man as
we'll as the private citizen.
But he sees in the nomination OF
Beveridge in Indiana and Pirchot in
Pennsylvania evidence Of the fact
that the progressive element domi-
mates the Republican party, ard IT
Is from fear Of this element that his
words proceed.
Democratic leaders and Demo
cratic editors have pretended to read
in the Bcveridge and Pinchot vic
tories a rebukc to the Republican
party, despite the fact that it was
the Republican party which nomi-
mated both men.
But Mr.. Stanley is under no illu-
sions. lie has read the primary re-
turns Alright. He knows that the
party is still progressive, and there
fore he comes to Tammany to rally
the rcactionary Democrats by rails
ing the cry Of Down with
progress"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
Italy's Great Dream

- Pursuing the intelligent foresight
which has marked Italian statesman
ship since the establishment Of
united Italy, the Italian government
ascending engineers to foreign ccun-
tries to study hydro-electrical de-
velopments. Mario Sslvini, gradu-
ate Of the University Of Milan, has
arrived in America for ten months
survey.
- Italy, for causes whose roots lie in
the distant past, and which the
World War merely stimulated into
ectivity, has suffered frightfully in
the postwar period. Though her peo-
pie are highly industrious and have
competent leadership, they are vic
tins Of bad conditions which can be
removed only slowly. Chief among
her handicaps is her lack Of fuel and
metals. She has been forced to rely
on imported coal, iron and copper.
To escape the pressure of this eco
nomic wise is the underlying objec-
tive Of Italian policy and explains
her desire for colonies and expan-
sion. The instinct for independence
contributed greatly to her partici-
pution in the war.
The fifteen hundred years OF
agony Italy has endured Yves due TO
irruptions from the north-to the
forcible intrusion Of kultur which
bold that men of light hair have an
isdefensible right to rule men OF
dark hair. Italy was the chief in
horitor and guardian of the classic
Civilization that bad grown up. on
che Mediterranean basin. Part of l.
came from Egypt, part from Greece,
Part from Judea and part Rome
indigenously developed. But il
was Of one sort. In ethics and in
general conceptions Of life the ele-
nients were so similar that they
apalgamated.
Then came the invading Teutonic
tribes, with ideas fundamentally diff
fetent and a preference for destruc-
tiQn and contempt for construction.
I6ly, not able to defend herself, be-
came almost a desert-her paved
roads broken. her waterworks
wrecked, her hills deforested and her
commercial cities thrown down R'ch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
Are We Drab Nation? BY Hadesnds HoDabons

banding cut Of pure love o. ri.-a
beauty 70 save cur frs forests szi "
scenic wobder spots.
Our Main Street IL lcng, and rest Z
IL Ia dreary. Along 10 1--we TIE rir
people whose chist eIeiteusrt n n
Is a mean gOsip, vhoSe deal q ~
dom Is oppression, whose love af ~
y Is a vacuum. TheY are ray ~
they adhere closely, and thess "a
have made them seem mere irrsrzn
than they are. Thsy lave ecc ~
70 affect public opinion strczgIy. ~
have made liberty Of thought AID "
ton as dimeult as they could hy psAs
ing laws Of repression and fsaE fsr
Of the nude in art. Of truth n tstisa
Of individual responsibility r a. az
in education ard training Bt Hn
Street Is not AmerieA; Il Is oaly a pm
Of America Il Is part tat vs W
DO not belong 20 it should esnss- -
yield 20.
The trouhle with the Ansra %
Is not Main Street Is that = s'ss''
uove in mass formation Il vs1'S
It's manifold pathways mere or |"
singly. Suppose half or a quarter 60
efert given 70 pronotirg ths ~
OF prohibition had beer sxps.en
promoting the spirit Of sdrei"'
There might have beer heartezirs y
suits. No one would be accusing y
drsbness then. !.
And IL isn't too late. Mech os'
done, for the material Is here ~
girls my friend observed In her vi"s
Maln Street may be tsught tAst es',s ,.
Is a thing TO be desired ard -"
need not be a dull ro5tirs IN 10
she is planning 70 begin this q !"
magazine
why not establish chairs 81 sew
ture in cur universi,iss' We -
End lecturers to hll them, never 49,
ttat. and students ercush. As ,
chair Of noneonformity holds o.
possibilities. Our Main Street pa'
teaching our young 20 think in rsr !.
otyped manner might Be Alter' =
teaching them 70 think then -
thoughts In their own way 'u"
the rubber stamp seems 70 be car az :,
ished emblem, hu, there are ens'r
US who don't swear BY IL 10 losssa y
clutch Of authority upon 10 II WI
And I. Is important that We ''',.
try. For II America really eos,
come a nation Of drabness, II
its sense OF adventure. its vin7
beauty. then Il Is dead ri'isn'
a dead nation will not be lsfs F" g.
Der the earth forever.
No amount Of proper hyg'''
rules OF behavior will nsn
man live. There must be = SPIT" -
In. and that spirit must % n.
scope. We have our spirit % ~ :.
nation. Let US see that II shines
eyes Of men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
The bloc" Bogey

From Washington again are COM
ing nervous rumors that earthquakes
may De expected in the political cos
mos. Some even 90 so far as to pre-
dict that new world will emerge,
in which the two old parties will be
no more, and in their place will
arise a series of blocs.
The term "bloc" has the advantage
Of being vague and thus impressive.
II has an alien flavor, and so sug-
gests learning and culture. Not to
be found in most dictionaries, its
meaning is guessed from the context
and from the sound. But indefinite
ness and foreignism have their dis
advantages. They arouse American
distrust and induce an image OF
something hard and unlovely. To
tag a group Of Senators advocating
a given measure as a bonus bloc"
or a farm bloc" or cotton bloc
sets them aside as If they no longer
belonged"
But it is a long step from such
labelling to the actual substitution Of
the bloc system for the long-estab-
lished two-party system. Those who
fear blocs for the greater part have
merely tagged with the name bloc
the evanescent groups constantly
forming to support some given in
terest and then dissolving.
Permanent political blocs are, as
a matter of fact, essentially alien &c
our ways and thoughts. BASED
largely on group interests, they have
abroad certain justification in his
torical backgrounds and tradition
Sometimes racial, sometimes re-
licious, sometimes regional, otter
representing so-called class inter
ests, they are a natural development
from conditions that are quite diff
fcrent to our own.
In this country the two-party sys
TEN is too firmly rooted and interests
arc too much pooled to permit the
establishment Of blocs. Even the
labor and farm groups cannot sepa-
rate their needs from those Of the
rest Of the country sufficiently &c
make it possible to form a perma'
nent farm bloc or labor party. How
ever much advocates Of class in
terest may try to foster group or
CARNATIONS their chances Of success:
are small on account Of the common
atty Of interest which bind the
people together.
Sooner or later one or other OF the
Old parties may be succeeded by a
new party. But there is no reason
to believe that this party will in any
way resemble the blocs Of group in
terests which have recently aroused
so much discussion. The mere fact
that Senator's Of different parties
~s =. - the advocacy Of measures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

plains became fostering marshes ns
men ruled who made fighting the Gu
preme business Of life-men whose
habit was not to produce by work
but to get by seizure. The poet DAN
nunzio in many respects is n ridicu-
lous person. but he knows and feels
the history Of his country. His mag
nation told him what was her i'm
placable enemy. From Venetia to
Calabria were hoof-marks of the
beast. and not IL he could help II
were they TO come again.
1t is impossible to make green
again the ridges Of the Apennines.
The trees are gone and the rushing
waters have stripped them OF soil.
But the torrents can be harnessed to
mans uses. The wasted power is
more than enough to turn every ltal-
ian wheel. When il is used it will
not be necessary for Italian govern
ments to promote immigration, and
Italy will be again that which she
once was-populated by peaceful
and contented people. The wounds
of centuries Of wars made in Ger
many will leave scars, but they will
no longer bleed. Italia will once
more be completely free. No won
der the Italian eye brightens at talk
Of electrical power as offering a way
to restore the felicity Of Roman days
before the Germans passed the Alps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
Yes, Sherman Said Il
+. ra,toy ~ The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Trieuns ~
Sir. In regard TO the -,
in your issue Of July 80
the heading Of "whst La ~,
man say?" wish 20 sts" !.
soon after the Civil War. be- 60 -
from Hartford. Conn, 10 ws''''s 49,
headquarters at Newburfh'
over the Hewburgh. pc'ens. -
Connecticut Railroad. Tho us% -,
ping at this station gave inc -
OF the village an opportunity - 4
the General. As my father, . ~ ~.
Quaker. shock hands with him. -
81 am glad to meet q Friend; y'1I -
principles are eorrsst. hs.s ,ss
I now repeat, that war Is hs .soss
Moorcs NH. N. Y. July = -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
Does Egg Farming Payp

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; The writer has for sorie time
contemplated buying a small farm near
New York 20 raise chickens and cell
the eggs TO New York consumers.
Before doing so. however. would be
pleased TO hear from some Of your
readers as TO the proposition and
whether or not they have found il
profitable.
The courtesy Of your printing this
letter will be appreciated.
A CONSTANT READER.
New York, July 5, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

"They lack" said my friend, "any
sense Of beauty or OF Joy. No one ever
tells them that beauty Is something
definitely worth seeing and feeling;
that II Is an actual creator Of happi-
ness. No one takes being happy
seriously"
This friend had just come back from
a somewhat prolonged trip through 4
large part Of Iowa, Wireonsln, Ohio
and Indiana. Editor Of magazine for
girls. her aim had been to get some
frst-hand knowledge OF the sort Of
girl she was attempting 20 reach. At
the moment Of speaking she was feel"
ing depressed.
"Tt's such a drab life" she con-
cluded.
Are we really a drab nation! Are
we educating and training our young
BOYS and girls toward drabness! Is
the longing for adventure, the delight
in beauty. past fer us7 As II happened
| had Just been reading several Of our
Younger writer's, or at any rate
writers in our younger manner. They
appear TO agree with my editor friend
Their well-done books are about dull
people, leading dull lives, making dull
failures or feebly aspiring TO dull sue
cesses. Even n book like Fitzgerald's
Beautiful and Damned" reveals our
youth as seeking stupid pleasures
stupidity. however loud the hullaballo.
Our intellectuals print their forlorn
conclusions in fat volume counseling
those who wish TO think, to do and TO
dare TO 10 TO other parts than these
Mencken blubbers hercely, wrung TO
his German soul by the pitiful
spectacle OF n sodden America. II looks
fairly hopelessl
And then heard another man ex-
press his opinion. He Is a writer, 4
writer OF adventure stories. And he
tells me that the demand for such
stories Is immense and Is increasing.
Dozens OF magazines struggle for such
stories; many are Supplied with no
other type. Many of them are badly
done, cheap, nlled with old stratagems
and stale plots, but at least they ex-
plot adventure.
I wanted TO know about this demand.
My informant thought that II was due
10 the immense dizziness Of our COM
mereinl, factory made life.
Thousands are kept at occupations
that are boring, monotonous, wearying'
They don't hope fer anything different
for themselves, but they want relief
They 70 to the exciting story OF adj
venture in surroundings that are not
known to them. They escape, you
might say, into fairyland." he remarked.
That's why the movies are so crowded.
People must escape from the eternal
dull routine somehow"
Hero then, Is at least a longing for
beauty, for high emprise Of kind
The outer wrappings Of America may
be dull, but within surgcs soul OF adj
venture that seeks It's food where II
can find IL. II not in actual life then
In romantic fiction. in tales OF million
aires on yachts and In palaces living
seandalously. but brought to better
things By some simple child OF the
people, who has somehow found the
path that leads to all the land OF won
der. II he has found It, then So too'
may any one among US. II this can
not be quite believed. at least II may
lend color TO the gray day OF aetuaiity'
But is the day as gray as II Is
painted
IT,. Main Street school tells the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

affecting their constituents is hardly
sufficient reason to toll the death
knell Of the two-party system in the
United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
Emphatically

II Jazz music. as is alleged, Is
still in It's infancy. We reafirm our
belief that children should be seen
and not heard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
But Not Now

De Valera made a fine president
when he didn't have anything to be
president Of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

This railroad strike becomes more
metaphysical every day. The Labor
Board says the striking 'nions no
longer exist, the unions say that the
board no longer exists, and railroad
trains act as il the strike does not
exist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
No Escape

II looks as il the tariff bill would
clap a big duty on returning pros
perty.
copyright b. James J. Montague)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

/; soon will he possible, we are in
form ed, TO make long-range weather
forecasts. People who predict rain
for the rest Of the summer may,
judging from present indications, get
away with it successfully, even now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

A still has been discovered in Sing
Sing Apparently lawbreaker has
somehow contrivcd to get into the
place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

~ vu,nrR or TIE ASSOCIATED rREss
Ii Associated Ifcss Is ffe'rsi.el, e.t,so '.
p 49, - a e~~,ot o,hsrwise credited N his
rlp<r snd abo the lccsi news q spontaneous "s'A
IN r,sA,s ~ repos,ie.:ion o. oil ether ns'tsf
ksftin also are icseffc4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
The. First Long Mile

from The Toledo Biass)
To many American ocean traveller,
tho frsr three -,ii-- 500 ~ longest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

yes cas- pafshs,s nsrsAs.eiss .es'r,e ~ ~.
~. s,s'',. \, a., case THE Tribune gumeh.
~, J. az ,our ncasy bach spsn rsavsst Ne -
fsoe Is raib,ino. W. fsfeas rre@puS wv
/. seWr.is.r foes ret.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

Mr.. Lowell. we believe, was all
wrong. After a glance out Of the win
dow at the rivulet called Frankfort
Street we insist with considerable as
surance;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

Eop is the high tide Of the year.
n r. V
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

Every time zoe feet inspired 70 moan
about our 10, ths~ days Te consider
thot zoe might have been an owner Of
az open air rovis-and don't.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
In Re Bookkeeping

Sir: The difference between borrow
ing a book from a friend and getting
il from the library is that the book
from the library mus, be returned.
MERvIN L. LANE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

Or maybe they'll prefer TO depict
General Sheridan roaring down on
Winchester in a roadster with the
speedometer ticking of every tenth OF
each OF the twenty miles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06

The marines have modernized Pick
ett's charge, and we suppose they'll
now be grooming a whippet tank for
1928 edition OF Paul Revere's ride
next 18th OF April.
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