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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
To the Rescue

The railway shop workers con-
tinue on strike; the coal miners re-
main obdurate, but the film opera
tors union has sunk its differences
with its employers in Difference to
the public welfare and announced
that it will stick on the job.
This is particularly cheering news
just now. The public, because of the
railroad strike, may have to remain
in the old home towns; the lowly
matched cottage may be uninhabi-
table because there is nothing in
the cellar that one can afford to
burn, but the movies" will still hold
out to entertain and instruct.
Life is hard at best, what with
high food costs and little fuel, but
life without movies" would be un-
endurable.
To Mr.. Hays, to whose genius as
pacifer the decision of the film
operators is no doubt due, the coun-
try ought to extend an enthusiastic
vote of thanks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Citizens Union Endorsement

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the editorial in
your issue Of the 18th inst, entitled
Endorsing Tammany," wherein the
Citizens Union is criticized for it's
Endorsement of James J. Walker. Of the
18th Senatorial District, New York
County, l desire to point out that the
Citizens Union always indorses the
Senators and Assemblymen who have
given support to measures approved
by the union.
The Citizens Union is, as you know
the self-appointed regulator of Iegis-
lation and legislators, and fearlesslv
indorses its friends and condemns its
enemies, without regard to party
affiliations and also with little regard
to merit. 1t is after results.
was member of the Assembly Of
1920, and the Citizens Union said of
me: New member of some indie
pendence. Indifferent to city legis-
lation and with very poor record of
votes" 1t did not explain what con-
stituted the indifference or what made
up the poor record of votes.
Without going into the detail of my
alibis, l have to say that what struck
me most forcibly about the Citizens
Union was an invitation to visit it's
office for the purpose of being shown
the criticism before it was given to the
newspapers, and at the same time
was given to understand that the
criticism would be materially modified
and that l would receive the unions
Endorsement if l would promise to be
guided by the Citizens Union if re-
elected. I declined the invitation and
told them that if reelected l would
vote as I thought right without advice
from them.
Another member from New York
City who was also criticized, and who
did go to see them, Informed me
that he also was given to understand
in very plain English that his criticism
would be modified if he would give
similar characterization he refused
II you will have one of your clever
reporters interview those Senators and
Assemblymen who have been criticized
by the Citizens Union I think you
will find that III many instances, if
not in all, similar overtures have been
made to them-if candidates for re-
election. OSCAR ]. SMITH
New York, Aug. 7, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09

dependence, her real partnership
with her husband, the outdoor life
for the children, the good living, the
community life among neighbors
and many more reasons were given
for preferring a farmer for daugh-
ter's husband.
The telephone. electricity, gas, the
automobile, better roads, all have
improved the lot of the farmers
wife. Indeed, because of them the
attraction Of the cities will disap-
pear. Then, it would seem, there is
no longer any real reason now why
life on farm should not be as COM
plete and satisfying as life in the
town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Coal Facts Wanted
9 Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Due to the "smoke screens"
thrown out by both sides in the coal
strike, we poor consumers know that
we are being crushed without having
more than hazy idea of the facts in
the ease. We all know that there is
only a certain amount of available
coal in q mine, and that when it is
mined and sold, unless a fair per-
eentage of the price received is put
aside as reserve, the operator will be
in the class with those who, having
lived on their principal, find them
selves facing starvation.
Can you tell us what would be a
fair average reserve, SO that we may
form an opinion Of how much we are
really being gouged? We are willing
to pay fair price, but we do not like
to be ssdone." L. T. REED.
New York, Aug. T, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Stopping Shipping Losses

A reader Of The Tribune has asked
it to set out simply but with some
defniteness how much the present
method of administering the Ship
ping Boards feet costs the public
treasury and how this sum compares
with the cost under the subsidy plan.
The accounting procedure followed
at Washington is Of such a nature
that it is not possible to make de-
tailed answer except at great length,
but the following statement can be
submitted as approximating the
truth:
Without figuring hull and engine
insurance or providing for replace
ment, with no allowance for depreci-
alton and paying only for current
repairs and meeting no interest on
investment, the Shipping Board is
costing the country about S50,000,-
900 q year. Of this about $4,000, 900
is chargeable to the maintenance of
1aid-up vessels. Possibly another S.
100000 is chargeable to overhead ex-
penses in connection with port activ-
tiles of the board. So the direct
operating loss on the 437 vessels now
on the active list is somewhere in the
neighborhood of $40,000,000 a year.
The AIT vessels, if subsidized on
the basis Of the pending shipping
bill, would draw from the Treasury
Approximately S8,500,000 per annum.
1t is not feasible to state the exact
sum, for no one knows how many
vessels would be leased or what
routes would be selected. Moreover,
the ship operators would get COM
pensation for mail transport. But it
is not far away from the truth to
say that the cost to the Treasury is
four times greater than under the
proposed subsidy system.
If allowance be made for the items
excluded in this computation, such as
insurance, depreciation, interest, etc,
the divergence would be much great
er. Yet the argument of one side at
Washington proceeds on the assump-
ton that a plan is afoot to raid the
Treasury. AS matter Of fact the
plan is to save the taxpayers huge
sums Of money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Come and See

To settle the dispute between the
American Legion and General Saw
yer, in charge Of the government
hospitals for war veterans, the
Legion invites the General to make
personal tour of inspection. If the
charges of gross overcrowding in the
I'd District, which includes New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut,
are untrue, and if it isn't true that
the provisions for tubercular pa
tients and mental detectives are in
adequate, General Sawyer can quick
ly confound his critics, On the other
hand, if the Legion's informants have
not exaggerated, it is inconceivable
General Sawyer will refuse to rectify
conditions. The General should come
and see for himself.
The three members Of the Legion
who are asking DR.. Sawyer to make
a personal investigation are not
given to making careless charges.
Foremost in the labor for the
welfare of the veterans, they are
acquainted with conditions in and
about New York. DR.. Sawyer, on
the other hand, has been enmeshed
in red tape at Washington. More
over, his duties as the Presidents
physician have been in the way of
tours of inspection. But a time has
come when he should snatch few
days from his other work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09

freedom to be wrong. A vastly
higher average of spirituality seems
to be in the Oxford which honors
Shelley than there was in the OK
ford which condemned him. In his
case, indeed
the hooting mob of yesterday
in silent awe retArn
To CLEAN up the scattered ashes into
History's golden urn.
Such PREPARATION furnishes further
evidence of Il deeper appreciation of
Il mans inner spirit and less empha-
sis on the letter of his expression;
q tendency less strong to treat un-
mathematical things as If they were
mathematical.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
The Alternative

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In Scrap Heap or Subsidy for
Our Ships" by Arthur Chapman, you
have very interesting article on the
shipping subsidy problem, giving what
general readers would like to know. ]
congratulate Mr.. Chapman on a hand
some piece Of newspaper work.
WINTHROP L. MARVIN.
New York, Aug. a, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Control OF German Finances By Observer

BERLIN, July % (By Mail).-The
French idea of controlling German
finances as primary condition for
restoring Europe to economic health
will appeal to all who know the real
temper Of Germany to-day. The
thoroughly disturbed state Of the Ger
man fiscal system is patent, but the
causes of the disorder are not so clear.
These are moral even more than ma
terial, and nothing is harder to cure
than moral disease. And of all all
ments those to be traced to moral
causes need the greatest amount Of
care and supervision to render them
endurable.
The talk of a loan to Germany is
certainly heroic remedy-heroic on
the part of lenders surely--and it has
already had evil consequences. One
result will not be understood very
easily by the outside world, although it
is plain enough to any one who lives
in Germany; it has provided a mold
into which the fberless national con-
science and the fberless national
Elasticity may run without the neces-
sity of having a Bismarck or q
Hohenzollern to forge shapes for them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Meddling With Literature

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial "Meddlinr With
Literature" IS quite right. We, as
a people, want to exercise our own
right as to wnat we shall read.
People grow along any line only in
proportion to the responsibilities thew
assume in life.
1t Is human nature among a certain
class of youth to want to talk about
that which is branded by their elders
BIS bad. This class would make CEN
sored literature as suggested popu-
lar topic.
MAXWELL PARMENTER.
Corinth, n. Y, Aug. 6. 1922
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
AU-Ennbracing Distrust

The security for such loan would
be doubtful, despite all precautions.
The war and its consequences have
Slapped the principles of the nation to
an incredible degree. Distrust is q
prominent feature Of the German
character, distrust that is expressed in
ways as strange as they are mis-
chievous; distrust that is all-embrac-
ing, vitiating the social and business
relations of the people with them
selves and the outside world; distrust
of their government, their money and
their laws.
Law, as understood in countries like
France, England and the United
States, is unknown and undeveloped in
revolutionary Germany. Statutes there
are, and innumerable ordinances, be-
sides the mass of undigested juris-
prudence that swells the German con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
The T'ower
CUPID AND PSYCHIC
V Z OaaV
ron first looking into T,idon's "Psycho
gnuy,,a,a ory a,,rpl

CUPID AND PSYCHE
ron first looking into T,Idon's "Psyoho-
analysis and Lope')
An, LADY, when on me you
~. deign to smile,
Don't credit to yourself this
bard's condition;
Hearts filled with passion, dear,
are out Of style.
It's not your charm. It's just
an inhibition.
If you could see the workings Of his
mind,
If all it's thoughts by you were
supervised,
/ hate to think what awful things
you'd find.
You'd be, oh, lady, dear, you'd
be surprised
Don't think because I thrill to have
you near,
Or tremble when / touch your
slender hand,
I'm loaded up with sentiment, my
dear.
It's only my pituitary gland.
-,
e..
~, :. :.
rhyme.
| told you wrong. | find that my
desire
Springs from my thyroid, working
overtime.
7 said r,d <aoo 81, ner,,s ara.d for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
The Acme of UndesirabiIity

Ground bV B. c. c. m The Sum
One of the passengers on the ship was
Mrs. Louise Melse 70 years old. who lived
in this country ffty-three years and then
returned to Germany with the intention Of
dying in the land Of her childhood. She said
that conditions we're so unfavorable there
that she gave up her plans and consequently
Is returning to her home at 149 East Thirty
first Street.
business" says Uncle A bimelech b.
gardus, Of Preahness, N. d., us somep'n
that used to be good and is gonna be
good again, bat, man and boy, amt
neper seen any one who'll say it's fine
right noW, ttnLess he 1oontS TO sell out"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
I always pass him by.
Unavoidable DELAY

1t is reported that one of the
United States Shipping Board YES
sells was tied up at her dock for two
days because nobody had qualified
in the civil service examination for
ships bartender.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Warning Mr.. Harding
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your Washington dispatch in
to-day's paper is amusing to me in its
effort to let the President slip out, as
we'll as to try to find soft spot for
the labor unions to land. Has Mr..
Harding 30 soon forgotten the fate
of Wilson politics? People are awfully
sick of that stuff, and they are going
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09

We suppose the papers that daily
print opinions of operators and union
leaders on the rail strike have consid-
cred using quotes from representatives
of the public as well, but abandoned
the scheme because of the difficulty
Of printing them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Improving

New York's Police Commissioner
says he found a great deal of crime
in Europe-which is more than he
has ever been able to do in New
York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09

Who are ace to moan oUer the work
of filing column daily aohen President
Harding has undertaken to furnish the
papers each morning Uith q new strike
settlement plan worthy Of three or
four column hend2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Better lines

There is less unemployment in
Connecticut, probably owing to the
fact that this is the season for max
ing campaign cigars.
Copyright by James J. Montague)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
,rr-,,nrn az - Assoc1Arrn pRrns

TIE Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
TIRE Use for republication Of ali news dispatches
rFsdted TO &; or ues otherwise credited In ms
seQer arc also the local Of spontaneous origin
published herein
Al rights Of republication Of ali ether matter
aef1'7 s8so geeerved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09

You can pcrchsss wsrchaseise advertised ln THE
TRIBUNE with absolute saieiy--er II 1is,atistaa-
ssen rosuIss il any eass ThE TRIBUNE suarsn.
tees 10 eas year sspHey back apSn request. No red
tape 80 eBiboiins. We refund prnTpts II tbs
advertiser daes not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
By Observer

rent figure on the day Of deliver
which IS almost sure 70 be fay sbe7,
that current at the date when the Coz.
tract was signed. are principles ia 70
speak recognized by law and custom.
The sanctity Of contracts when ona
signed has fallen into complete disrs.
pute. The reservation as TO error ID
Of great Importance: it is rule msc.
in vogue ct the banks
The ease Of conscience With whica
the German man Of business has g.
cepted and propagated these fshy n.
ventions Of commercial life is rsnaa,k.
able, and were it not for the gravity Il
the principles at stake and the evil rs.
suits to mankind the list Of reseTs.
tions would make one Of the absurds,.
jest books possible, illustrative Of the
credulity, falsehood and imagination
Of Germans, particularly in their rsls.
tions with ToreIc-a~s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
EU0ding Contracts

ErGdEng Contracts
In connection with an international
loan, and certainly as regards financial
or business stability, the law Of CON
tracts, if faithfully observed, is an i'm
portant asset with which d nation is
credited. But it ought to be clear and
it ought to be sharply defined by the
courts in cases of obscurity. This is
precisely what the German bench has
failed to do, and in some instances
that are now historic
At the present time the German law
of contracts is the best possible Illus
tration Of the German business charac-
ter. In making contracts the average
German-there are of course excep-
tions-is accustomed to think less of
ITS promissory element than of the
question of expediency. His obligation
is binding so long as it is profitable
and not moment longer. In course of
the fluctuations of the mark it is rare
indeed if some sort of prejudice to his
interests Is not created. Such preju-
dice happens often enough from other
causes, such as a rise in wages, in
freights and cost of materials, all Of
which easily induce contrary course
to that which the contract dictated.
In the German practice OF business
it is customary and legal to meet these
unfavorable cases with reservations of
various kinds. Reservations which
leave him free to postpone delivery.
reservations which leave the price IN
fixed, which enable him to avoid re-
sponslbllity for loss and damage. and,
what Is more curious still, for his own
mistakes (Irrthum vorbehalten), but.
above all, the reservation as to price,
so that he can watch the market and
demand the "Tagespreis, or the cur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Need for Supervision

sScS0sf
An instance Of their manner II re-
garding public contracts was supplied
recently at g meeting Of msnufactur.
ers TO discuss the increases IN postal
and railway rates and export prices
In the course o. the debate cOmps-
tent economist pointed out that thass
higher rates, which were acknowledge
TO be the main cause OF the financial
disorder. as well as disorder Of The
export trade, were introduced in tie
most summary manner, even wishc1'
the consent of the Reiehstag Mirg
asked, but assumed as granted %
proof of the need for control and ssrsF- ,
vision and Of the business Of inc
French contention nothing bettsr q
clearer could be desired. Il gFeHI
manufacturers and great industn
concerns can thus raise the eoss =
everything by q stroke Of the pei y
without legal authority, contracts ..
course, made on the basis Of the ni'
figures. become improbable; and y
long as human nature is what It Is Us
losing party will avenge himself WIZ
more craft than honesty, and break as
agreement.
Besides the utter demoralizati'n u
business due TO the general hshis o.
breaking contracts, the results o. ~
creases in freights and export ptfss
are a complete dislocatica OF 0e
many's export trade and s rise IN lns
price of goods 20 q point above 'na'
of the worlds markets. The conss
quence is that Germany has lost u,
foreign markets and the chief means y
paying her reparstions BILL :,
The government, OF course, is W.
aware of these things. The oaess~.
arises, Is the increase in export pi's, :,
part Of deliberate scheme TO avs
payment and obtain moratorium
is quite conceivable that TINS IS =
secret policy Of Germany, and " Is
tainIy in perfect harmony WITH y
German character. But wheihe1
liberate or not, the unlawful iness''.
in railway and expert rates seauA'
investigation, and how Is this 30 % ' !,
complished save by the consroi
German fnances7 These are Oss-
dering tangle at the best. but the W !.
mans are not the ones to rnaks !.
smoother. The craze for foreign r..
possesses all classes, TO the exeius ..
of wiser and better methods OF ge4 -
the money. There should be no - !.
sions about such loan, il niaas' s.
would be accepted greedily, DUE s.,
reservations, explicit or mental :,
would transform il into its real go
"a gift or means Of keeping ths s.
ance even between the Preparations
the debts which German fancy cia III,
up 60 the Allied nations, espss'
Americk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Kindred Souls

Kindred Souls
She babbied to the barber man
This maiden. young and fair
81 thank you for the style you've shown
In roberting my hair"
The great tonsorial artist smiled,
And much more human grew.
''I'm happy, Miss, to tell you this;
! am from Boston, too"
EDWARD E. KIDDER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09

The Irish have cut the cables to
America. Now, IL they'll only burn the
Posxofficel T.. y. v,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09

financial spectators playing and
the mark fall beyond their control
and beyond their power to restore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
The Super-Caddy

he Super-Saddy
It's not the boy that finds that
ball,
Howe'er you slice or hook,
Who marks it down by tree or
wall,
Or grass empowered nook;
No matter how insure your aim,
The pellet he pursues'
With subtle craft-but just the
same
He's not the boy l choose.
It's not the boy that knows the
ground,
And whispers in your ear:
THE brassie'll bounce it off that
mound;
I'd use mashie here"
He has a brain beneath his
thatch,
! readily agree,
But when I'm betting on match
He's not the boy for me.
It's not the boy who holds his
breath,
Who keeps his eyes tight shut
And stands there like mask Of
death
The while you make a putt.
The widest f1ub won't make him
grin,
Or even bat an eye,
But when I'm on the course to
win
always pass him by,
But when amid the rough 1 put
A long and vicious clout,
And with sly and furtive foot
A caddy kicks it out;
When always on a perfect tee
My worst shots seem to light,
And when the caddy winks at me,
know that he's all riUht
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09
Add PHOTOGRAPHERS Triumphs

Sir: l sincerely hope that profess
sional jealousy was not responsible for
your failure to make comment upon
"'The Daily News's' Unique Discovery"
in photography, "The News" devotes q
full page to announce that one of its
photographers had discovered he could
take two photos at once of the same
subject upon the same plate. Several
illustrations were shown, and I am in
closing one of the same so that after
due consideration it cannot be said
The Tower failed to congratulate
worthy successful contemporary
In this picture you will note that
the first photo shows the girl as she
leaves the springboard, clad in q one
piece suit, slippers, stockings and gar
tiers. The second photo, taken a frac-
tion of second later as the girl is
about to enter the water, shows her
minus the slippers, stockings and
carriers.
Surely, there is no knowing what the
inventive mind will do next, and it
leads one to wonder what we may ex-
pect when "The News" discovers q way
to take three photos at once of the
same subject. CULLEN.
Oar chief complaint about the present
building boom is that the erectors of
neao apartment houses seem filed NTH
sympathy only for the poor homeless
NeaO Yorker with sec, oo0-a-year IN
come.
Skirts are to be longer, Paris an
nounces. But Judging from newspaper
photographs Of women returning from
Europe, the intelligence must have been
cabled exclusively.
Hearst wants to be Governor and the
tong men of Chinatown are shooting
each other up once more. With such
reminiscent echoes out Of the past
crying in our ears it's all we can do
to keep from starting up town for
lunch at the Cafe Martin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-09

stitution. But in the conception Of
what law really is, of the citizens re-
sponsibility, in the clear sense of
equity that is one Of the traditional
virtues of the Anglo-Saxon race, the
German citizen, who is as yet only in
the pupal state of his existence, is as
anarchic as the Russian.