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New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
The Public's Turn

One of the last acts of the session
was the passage of the conference
reports on the coal investigation and
anti-pro6teering bills. In these two
measures Congress met President
Harding's request for authority to
make sweeping Federal investiga-
tion of the coal industry and to re-
strain the ''bootleggers," as Mr..
Hoover calls them, who stood in the
way of fair coal prices.
These latter gentry will be con-
-trolled through the vigilance of
Federal Fuel Distributor, who will
have the assistance of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in denying
coal cars for interstate use to oper-
ators trying to squeeze the consumer.
Conrad E. Spens, vice president of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad, has been appointed Fuel
Distributor. He is we'll qualified for
the post, having served during the
war as chief of the transportation
division Of the Federal food admin
istration.
The work of the Fuel Administra-
tor is that of a policeman. 1t will
stop when the present emergency is
over. The work Of the finding
commission, on the other hand, will
probably affect the coal industry and
related industries for many years to
come. There is hardly a more seri-
Gus national economic problem than
that presented by the unsound con-
ditions under which coal is now
mined and distributed. These con-
ditions are archaic and their waste
fulness is drag on all users of coal,
So many forces within the industry
are cooperating to perpetuate them
that reform can come only from
the outside. BY exposing the facts
the commission will be able to bring
enough public and governmental
pressure to bear to force moderniza-
tion and a reduction of padded costs.
This inquiry should be intrusted to
the most competent commissioners
obtainable. The President has wisely
insisted that it shall be untrammelled
by the opportunities of workers or
operators. These are not to be
Judges of their own case. The only
interest consulted is to be the long
neglected public interest. Men who
are qualified to defend the public
and to restore economic efficiency
and better and healthier working
conditions in mining should alone sit
on this board.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Back to Barharisrn

The beating or mistreatment of
one man by number of others,
whether by a Klu-Klux mob or
mob of college hazers, is an act of
cowardice. No member of such
mob would face his victim alone.
The student body at Lafayette Col
lege, at, Easton, Pa, is taking the
wise course in hunting down the
perpetrators of such an outrage on
a seventeen-year-old freshman who,
despite the fact that he was just
recovering from an operation, was
so cruelty beaten that he may die.
Hazing of the brutal sort has for
tunately vanished from the great
colleges. Only at comparatively
small schools does it occur.
1t is always cowardly and always
brings college into disrepute. The
sooner the young ruffaans who tor
tured this Lafayette lad are found,
expelled and punished by the courts
for assault the better it will be for
everybody concerned.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

Others commonwealths have contin-
ueo the system, with the result that
as autumn approaches their citizens
are healthier and happier and richer
because they have had more time for
play.
1t is quite true that any human
being can rise an hour earlier in
the morning if he chooses to. ire
spective of what the laws of the
state may be; but if the vast major
ity of his fellow-citizens remain in
bed after he is out of it he has moth
ing to do with the time he saves.
Legislation, state or national, was
necessary to make the custom uni
versal
New York City wisely continued
it through the summers following
the war, and will. it is to be hoped,
continue it throughout the years to
come.
A complete return to 100 per cent
use of daylight which our ancestors
practiced from necessity is too much
to expect or hope for. But daylight
saving has abundantly demonstrated
its value and is we'll worth perpetu-
ating.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Miller the Economizer


The economy or extravaganza of a
given administration cannot be judged
by the amount which it either ap-
propriates or expends for fixed
charges" contributions" and capital
outlays,,' unless the merits of each ap-
preparation be first considered. The
only effective way to test the economy
Of an administration is to inquire how
much it appropriates and expends for
the current operating expenses Of gov
ernment.
The vital question is, How much is it
costing the taxpayers to pay the SAL
aries Of officers and employees, and to
defray the current running expenses
of the several departments, hospitals,
prisons and charitable institutions, in
cluding food, fuel, clothing, etc, and to
support the normal and agricultural
schools?
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

fFron TAs chesboosj
$oMEfIMES youth, stepped from
the Golden Age,
With cap thought aslant. ros. h.b,rS
eer,
A cloak most debonair, lined nsseh az
flame,
One slim hand TO the hip; loveloek an
brow;
A lovely. careless boy, the world n.
jest,
And every heart his quarry, yet disdsin.
sometimes jester, all achims with s,ell.
Striking swift sparks from that Old
granite, life,
With wild bauble, while his haun.ss
eyes
Belle the quips, the colored points. III.
bells.
Sometimes gallant, spanglsd Hsrle.
quin,
Knowing his sword a toy, his tiussl
trash,
But laughing through his black mask'.
mimic gloom
win Who cares for tomorrow? Here's
to-day"
AND sometimes pale, fantaAtical Pisrro..
hoon-stricken poseur, tender-heartnd
NARcIssE WOOD.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
The Right of Citizenship

The signing of the independent
citizenship bill by President Hard
ing removes for al! time an injus-
ticc under which American women
have long chafed. 1t also removes
the automatic right to citizenship
hitherto granted to alien women for
no other reason than that they have
married American men.
Alien wives must now obtain citi-
zenship by naturalization, as for
eign7born men and single women are
obliged to do. They need not wait
the regulation period Of five years,
however, but may take out citizen
ship papers after one year. So
much is granted the Americanizing
influence of the husband. But in
country where women exercise the
right of suffrage it is only fair that
they should independently assume
citizenship duties and privileges, re-
gardless of whether or not they have
husbands.
American women have not been
happy over their. expatriation by
reason of foreign marriage, whether
they remained in the homeland or
followed their husbands across seas
and borders. The right to retain
their own citizenship or declare in
favor of another is just as dear to
women as to men.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
International or Nova Scotian ?

If the deed of gift which pre-
scribes rules for the international
fishermen's race requires from Gfou-
cester and Boston conditions which
they cannot fulfill, the deed of gift
should be changed, or the race should
be limited to Nova Scotian entries !;
SO much seems plain. There cannot
be an international contest if one
contestant is to be handcuffed.
The Mayflower, Halifax comedies,
is the finest type of fresh fishing
vessel sailing out Of New England
today; but, adds Halifax, she is not
at all the type which is most useful
in the salt fishing business, which is
Nova Scotia's speciality. Against
this is the contention Of Gloucester
and Boston that the lessons taught
by the Mayfower will be embodied
in future New England designs;
that new vessels will be even finer
and faster than the Mayfiower, be-
cause fine lines and speed pay best.
1t seems obvious that if the May
flower is barred now these new craft
must be barred in the future. What,
then, happens to the international
aspect Of the race?
If the Nova Scotia trustees of the
trophy so wish it they have a per-
feet right to insist that only vessels
of the Nova Scotia type shall be per-
n1itted to enter; but in order to sup
port that contention they must cross
out the word international" and
substitute "Nova Scotian" in their
description of the contest. 1t hardly
seems worth the price.
Surely a more satisfactory solu-
ton would be SO to alter the deed Of
gift as unequivocally to define the
essential requirements for stanch
and seaworthy vessels of both types.
Otherwise the international fisher
mems race seems to be in danger OF
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Natural Things

(From Broorsl
RECAUSE the clustered stars or the
pallor Of dawn
Can make the heart break. the sves
sting,
bend my soul to q will "a tightly
drawn
AS a nocked bow-string.
Because whisper Of leaves can cruelty.
A mist arouse the lions in my blood.
keep my lip curled my head high
In scornful hardihood.
Because there Is love in ma like q naked
knife
Grasped hotly in the hand.
Dumb IN dream seem TO move
through life,
My language dry as sand.
Too fine the whetted edge Of my desir.
Teo keen are the wounds I bear
From the moons reluctant silver. the
moons fire,
The unappsrent air.
WILLIAM ROSE BENer.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
By William J.. Maier
State Com ptroHer

thatsto $5s,800,00o, and in 1922 he still
further reduced IL to $51, 800 900. Here
we have the unusual situation of an ad-
ministration not only arresting a gem
eral increase in the cost of government
but actually reducing it, not by small
amount but by major sum.
Governor Smith, in his last year,
signed appropriations to pay the sala-
ries and wages Of all officers and en-
ployees of the state, totaling S2a,1s7,-
600. In 1921 Governor Miller signed
appropriations for the same purpose of
S25,779,o00, and in 1922 for SIG, ,29A, 900.
During the last year of the Smith ad-
ministration there was expended from
the treasury s135,O00,o0o for general
purposes, while during the first year of
the Miller administration such expendi-
lures were limited to $12s,ooo,Ooo. In
this case an analysis shows that of the
expenditures by the Miller administra-
tion $2,400,000 more was invested in
capital outlays than was so invested by
the Smith administration. This being
so, it indicates the Miller expenditures
were S11, 100000 less than those of the
Smith administration for current ex-
penses and for fixed charges and con-
tributions.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
More Than Barely Existing

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: One Of your correspondents
asks some one to explain TO her "why
the government, philanthropic organi-
cations, schools and various other
agencies expend time. money and
energy to raise the standard Of liv-
ing among the laboring masses, when,
on the other hand, the government,
through it's labor boards, authorizes
wage scales which make q bare
existence barely possible"
But mas the labcring man, especial
ly since the war imitation, received a
bare existence wage? The following
item from "The Wilkes-Barre Sunday
Independent" answers the question:
Banks Of the valley reported. April
/, savings accounts, most of them
those of miners, aggregsting nearly
$4,000, 900. As an. indication of how
religously this great element of our
population has refrained from buy
ing, il is fact, discovered through
an investigation undertaken by
THE Sunday Independent that only
about 10 per cent of these savings
has been withdrawn from the
banks since April /. The figures
further show the financial sound
ness OF the men who have achieved
the greatest victory in the history
of the miners union. and, through
their financial stability, the sound
ness of the city and valley from
every viewpoint.
with the suspension ended, thou
sands who have foregone even some
of the necessaries of life In their en-.
deavor to cconomize for whatever
may be ahead may now draw freely
on their reserve, knowing that the
mines will soon be at top production
and wages will be at the same level
PATIENCE WATERS.
Pittston. Pa, Sept. 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
The Sauing TO Taxpayers

The Miller administration has sctu-
ally reduced the expenses of The state
government by $5,3o0,o0O in its first
year, and will reduce them an addition
al million In the second year, making a
total for the two years Of S11 500, GOO.
Or, to state it another way. if Cover
nor Miller had maintained the current
expenses Of the state on precisely the
same level as he found them upon en-
tering Office, there would have been ex-
pended, during the two years of his re-
sponsibility for the financial program
$11 100000 more than will be expended.
The important point for taxpayers,
direct and indirect, to know is that the
Miller administration reduced the state
pay roll during Its first year by $685.
000. This is not appropriations; it is
the language Of dollars paid out of the
state treasury.
The receipts into the treasury for
general purposes during the first year
of Governor Miller's term were S125,-
| 381 900, and for the last year OF Cover
nor Smiths administration S147,312,-
900. That means the Miller adrninistra-
tion has taken, in it's first year, OF the
people and of corporations, by direct
and indirect taxation and through other
revenue means, s21, 100000 less than
was exacted by the Smith administra-
tion in its last year. Of this sum the
Miller administration claimed s12,9oo,-
600 less through the medium Of the
general property tax.
Finally, Governor Miller's financial
plan for the current {his second) year
provides for an actual reduction of
Sl6,ooo,0o0 in general property taxes,
and an estimated reduction of s1e,o00,-
900 in special taxes below the actual
receipts for the last year of -ae Smith
administration. If the program works
as planned the surplus at the end of
the year will be s22,oo0,0Oo. Now,
| just what does this mean? Stated
bluntly, 1t means the Miller administra-
tion will have taken from the pockets
] Of general property and special prop
erty taxpayers ss4,ooo,o0o less than
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
AUTUMN CHANT

NOV for the autumn shuddsrs
In the roses root.
Far and wide the ladders
Lean among the fruit.
Now the autumn chambers
Up the trellised frame.
And the rose remembers
The dust from which q came
Brighter than the blossom
On the roses bough
Sits the wizened, orange.
Bitter berry now;
Beauty never slumbers.
All is in her name.
But the rose remembers
The dust from which IL cana
EDNA ST. VINCENT MrLLAY
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
The Gigantic Image

(From YoicesD
FAINT sighings sounded, not OF wind.
amid
That riven waste of boulder ard cactus
flower;
Primeval sand It's sterile eoverlid.
Unchecked eternity its passing hour.
Nought breathed or stirred beneath SIS
void of blue,
Save when, in far faint dying whisuer.
strained
Down the sheer gteep, where not even
iichen grew,
Eroded dust, and, where it fell, re-
NAMED
Hewn in that virgin rock, nude 'rssase
the skies,
Loomed mighty Shape--of granite brow
and breast,
It's huge hands folded on unseeing syas.
Its lips and feet immovsbly at rest.
Where now the Wanderers who this
Image scored
Fer agelong idol here Death? Des-
tinyg Fame?
Mute, secret, dreadful, and by man
adored;
Yet not mark in the dust TO tell its
name.
WALTER DE La MARE.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
tuning the Tables or, Tirne

.aere are, as Mr.. Arnold Bennett
.sssa 'ss out in an interesting and in
'iVe essay, exactly twenty-four
49, IN each day of human exist
Men are born to different sta
to different spheres of activ-
s., ~, and are variousiy gifted with
Sun But they must take their
.s. Share and share alike--none
i as an advantage over his neigh
.l.sa ar BENEFITS essay was written
]. = the United States of America
~. war measure found means of
~ 'lns little more daylight time
= the day than some of her sis
nations. Unfortunately, this
sas has now been abandoned by
lion and by most of the states.
sv cities of New York and of
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Cutting Government Cost

The history of the state finances
shows there is tendency for the cost
of government to increase annually. If
an administration merely succeeded in
preventing an increase in its current
operating expenses, it should be highly
commended therefor.
An examination Of the states fnan-
cial history fails to disclose an in
stance, prior to the inauguration of the
Miller program, where an administra-
ton has succeeded in materially re-
ducing the living expenses (cost of
government) Of the state below the
level established by the adn1inistra-
tion Immediately preceding. That
Governor Miller has succeeded in do
ing so is an established fact.
1t is claimed by the Republican
party that the Miller administration
has effected large and practical eco
Monies in the management Of the
stase's finances. The Democratic party
denies this and offers, as proof, the
statement that. Governor Miller has
signed appropriations totaling $47,-
100000 more than those signed by
Governor Smith. This Is not true.
The fact is that in the second year Of
Governor Smith, appropriations in
creased $4s,OOO,ooo and reached the
high water mark Of s145,o0O, ,ooo-the
highest ever reached In the history Of
che state. II was at this point and
with the state operating on the basis
Of $145. 100000 financial program that
Governor Miller entered Office.
Had Governor Smith been re-
elected and had he signed appropria-
tion bills as literally in his second
term as he did in the last year of his
first term, the increase In appropria-
tions would have been s4s,o0o,000.
But barking back to what has been
said about the purposes for which
money is appropriated and expended
by the state, may it not be we'll to
analyze the situation and see just what
has happened7 The first noticeable
thing, Is that fixed charges and con-
tributions have materially increased
during recent years. During the Sec
ond year Of the Smith administration
it was decided that the state should
contribute a greater sum toward the
salaries of school teachers. AS this
arose in his second year, Governor
Smith signed but one appropriation
for that purpose. Governor Miller has
signed two. Because of that, Governor
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
"A Return to Mature"

fFrom Ths Lowdon MsrcvgyD
THETIS
IN her bright title poets dare
What the wild eye of fancy sees
Similitude--the clear, the fair
Light mystery Of i,nsges.
Round the blue sea love the best
The argent foam, played, slender,
feet;
saw--past Wordsworth and tho sest-
Her natural, Greek, and silver fess
ALICE MEYNELL.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

would have been extracted hsa therc
been exacted the same amount in each
Miller year as WAS drawn out in the
last year of Smith, and, moreover, the
surplus will have been reduced less
than S22 900 A reduction Of s22,-
100000 in surplus does not look bad
when taxes are reduced $4,000, COO.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Clio and DulIness

It is charged in the literary re-
view of "The Evening Post" that
Lytton Strachey is entitled to fame
not as writer Of biography, but
as master of the art Of drawing
character, can art neither historical
nor biographical, but literary"
The true biography, it appears,
must contain all about the man
from every point of view. 1t must
not reflect the personality of the
biographer. The character sketch,
on the other hand, is primarily the
reaction of the writer to the per-
sonality which he describes. 1t is
therefore essentially self-assertive.
The distinction is subtle and
tends to minimize the responsible
ties Of the biographer. Boswell's
johnson, held up as a model .biog-
raphy, is interesting primarily on
account Of Boswell's treatment of
his subject. Had he employed
methods less vivid. and effaced him
self, it is doubtful if his work would
have achieved such lasting fame.
F. S. divers biography Of Alexan-
der Hamilton, certainly one Of the
ablest pieces of biographical writ
ing of recent years, owes it's value
largely to divers treatment. 9th
ers have written of Hamilton more
fully and there have been sundry
studies of the Federalist epoch in
our history, but divers work is
supreme because of its living
qualities.
This vividness is one of the out
standing features of strachey's
style. Whoever can breathe life
into the cold form Of Prince Albert,
whose popular reputation before
Strachey's time was based largely
On the architectural monstrosities
in London associated with his
name, possesses a gift that should
be coveted by historians as well as
by biographers.
AS matter Of fact, however, the
real contribution of Strachey to the
literature Of biography has been his
method Of weaving about his char
acters picture Of customs and
manners of the times. Most biog-
raphers are lost in the ego of their
subject or are overcome with the
weight of political complexities.
Strachey has done as ,Thackeray did
in his "Four Georges" and has
painted with unusual brilliancy his
central figures, and then used them
to illustrate the times in which
they lived. Thanks to his Wit and
to his sense Of the dramatic, he has
removed biography from the shelves
of books that ought to be read to
the table Of books that are read
with delight. Were there moro
Stracheys among historians and
biographers Clio not only would be
popular, but also effective as y
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

Two Lyrics

Wo Lyrics
fFro'n TIE Yale Rerseg)
SONG FOR THE LAMP AND THE
BELL"
EAf me a crown Of blner metal.
Fret 1t with stones Of foreign
style:
ne heart grows weary after a iltfie
Or what 1t loved for little while.
weave me robe Of richer abre.
Pattern its web with a rare device.
Give awsy to the child os a rcisbhor
This gold gowA 7 was glad in sw,ua
but buy me a singer 70 sing ore song
Song about nothing - song about
sheep
Over and over, all day long;
Patch me again my threadbsre sIeso.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
A Harding Policy

"A F1arCiE1g OtfGy
In any long perspective Of Presl-
dent Harding's Administration his
vision of the needs of American
slipping and his labor to persuade
the nation to meet them will surely
rsnk among his great constructive
volicies. Just as the Spanish War
md the Administration of NC
ginley mark in our own histories
be opening of American eyes to
world policies, so the Administration
Of Mr., Harding promises to stand
for the carrying of the American
flag upon American ships to every
harbor of the world.
Partly the World War was re-
sponsible for the new day in Ameri-
can shipping. Mr.. Wilson deserves
sud will receive great credit for his
interest in the shipping problem and
for all he accomplished against the
traditional policy of his party to
Increase American tonnage. But
the legacy that his Administration
left was unsound in fundamentals,
especially in the reliance upon gov
ernment ownership and operation.
That policy is to-day costing the na-
ton far more than would be the
cost Of the subsidy proposal, to con-
sider which Mr.. Harding has called
Congress in special session on No
yember 15 Only when American
shipping is being pushed by private
invention and ambition, supported
BY far-seeing government policy
Of aid and subvention, can the
American flag return to it's old su-
premacy on the, seas.
Just what action Congress should
take Mr.. Harding has expressly re-
trained from laying down. His re-
spect for the constitutional struc-
ture of our government may irritate
the hotheads at times; it is certain
to be applauded by the bulk of the
nation. 1t will be the duty of Con-
gess to consider ,slr the proposals
that will come before it, including
the Greene bill, and construct there
from the measure best calculated to
offset the corresponding measures
OF other nations.
Mr.. Harding will face chiefly the
conventional opposition of the Demo
cratic press and party. He need
not worry over them. The country
is no longer thinking in terms of
Mat little America so dear to the
hearts OF a party that would
nave kept America a backward
agrcultural nation, without man
fractures or fleets or .com-
mefce, and which has consistently
FiSAed to haul down the American
nag Wherever it was hoisted over
ssss' The era of domestic expan-
son is ending. The years of world
Oa''ook and world commerce are be-
panlng. That does not mean that
! are to have a finger in every
1afopean pie, big and little.
sae'her it concerns US or. not II
Yves mean that we are to resume
gaF place as a great trading nation.
si'h keels in every ocean, with our
.as respected and protected in
very harbor of the world.
u was so in the '4Os and sos of
Me last century. 1t will be so again
T 'ae '2os of the present century.
= the story of that great revival
name of President Harding
fshk. 'oaii''"ildiss