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New-York tribune., 1922-01-11

one hundred to every cubic ccnti-
meter of water. To-day the number
is legion.
The synura, according to those
who know him we'll, is n jolly little
beggar, microscopic in size, but for
ever rowing himself about with his
arms, which he is said to use az
oars. just why these should be
likened to oars is incomprehensible
to the layman. Having neither bow
nor stern, it is difficult to conceive of
his reaching his destination even
with the best Of paddles. He rows
and rows all his active life, how
ever, and not until he dies does he
achieve fame. On dying he gives
out trace Of oil which is so pungcnt
that one in twenty-five million parts
of water is enough to give n flavor
So successful have all the little
synur@ been in dying that the water
now not only tastes Of cod liver oil
but smells like the water front at
Gloucester. Take a shower and you
will see pictures of fish markets.
Not even the ukase of the city's
health chief has driven out this
tishincss.
Many complaints, Of course. have
come in about this taste. The health
authorities have repeatedly made it
clear that it is harmless. But not
even all the alibis Of the authorities
have succeeded in removing one
haunting fear from the minds of
Manhattnn's feminine population.
Even though harmless, the water
contains oil, and oil, it is well known.
is fattening. Does this mean that
to drink the water charged with oil
Of synurm may thwart the best laid
schemes Of banting?
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
The Tower

EYER since we were cvicted into
this minaret we've been graphing
with Ideas for jcsts at whatever hour
they came to us, subduing them and
noting them down for future refer
encc. We've just reformed.
Ours is not rctontivc mind. Ideas
visit it rarely enough in all conscience.
Such visitations are not infrequcntly
spectacular. Our efforts to write down
some finishing bit OF wit during our
rush hour journeys on the subway
have added considerably to the prob
lens Of Mr.. Hcdlcy's employees and
patrons.
We have burst from the bathroom,
our face drapcd in lather. fallen over
our small son and searched frantically
for pencil and paper to trap n grand
idea bcforo it vanished amid our of
springs squalls.
Somewhere in our church is a hvmnal
with the blueprint Of an admirable
wheezc on its hylcaf. We wrote it
/ down during the offertory, and in the
emotion aroused by putting so instead
OF our usual 25 cents in the plato for
got all about it until it was too late.
We might so back after it next Sum
day, but We won't.
We are off harvesting jcsts against
possible future faminos. Our prcscrv-
ing methods ara faulty. We've spent
enough time trying to figure out what
notations meant to fill half column
impromptu
The above is inspired by twenty
minutes of gazing at slip we have
just fshed from our pocket on which
is scribb!ed "Shopping-Ibcx.'
We never heard Of shopping for
ibexcs or ibiccs or whatever their
plural is. We never heard OF the
creatures going shopping. What our
note is about we haven't the least idea
in the world. There is something In
trigulng in the combination. We know
that here arc the main bones Of
mighty jest, but we aren't paleontoo-
gist enough to visualize the est Of tn,
skeleton.
Shopping and 1bex! 1t would have
been n magnificent joke. But the
trouble it has caused US this morning
has broken us of the idea tf harvest
ing any moro of them. Hereafter our
slogan is: From Brain to Towcy-Dircct
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
On Newberry' S Side
Defeat Of Henry Ford Regarded a.
Patriotic Service

TO the Editor Of The Tribune,
SIR: l am at q loss to understand
what appears to me to be the persecu-
ton of Senator Newbcrry now being
conducted by certain members of tho
Senate Of tho United States.
From what have read in the papers
/ gather that Newberry, through the
expenditure in perfectly honest and
upright manner of large sums of money
defeated Henry Ford in an attempt to
have himself elected to the Senate.
This act on the part of Newberry
was, IN my opinion, one of the most
patriotic Of the many patriotic acts of
many individual citizens of manv diff
fcrcnt countries during the great war.
The presence of Henry Ford in our
Senate during the war would, in nv
opinion, have been a real monaco to the
safety Of our country, and in accom-
plishing his defeat feel that Newbcrrv
rendered his country a real and lasting
service.
The contention Of his opponents. as
understand it, is that any money
which a private citizen may spend in
promoting his political views shall be
either limited In amount or hedred
about by certain restrictions or con-
dltions, and that any citizen who holds
government office shall have the
privilege Of using without limitation all
the patronage Of that Office and also
the power Of the governme ent which that
officeholdcr can command for the pur
pose of furthering his own political in
terests or views.
IT this contention shall prevail we
had better look for some other form
OF government. The rights of each and
every citizen to promote political
views should be equal and should b.
Just a. free and unrestricted as tho
right to promote religious views.
CLEMENT F. STREET.
Greenwich, Conn, Jan. 8, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
Enjoining the Constitution

The rights not only Of working
men but of all citizens were threat
ened by the injunction for which
the employers in the garment trade
applied to Justice Alonzo Hinkley
of Buffalo, now sitting in New York
This injunction would have forbid
den the holding of union meetings,
agitating a strike or contributing to
strikers. 1t would have set aside
the constitutional guaranty of the
right of peaceable ass mbly. Il
would have conhicted directly with
the recent decision of Chief Justice
Taft Of the United States that peace
full picketing is wholly within TIE
law.
Coming at a time when union
workmen in another line have freely
accepted the conciliatory proposals
of the Lockwood committee, an in
function Of this kind would have
been particularly unfortunate. There
is evidence that many union work
men are doing their best to adjust
themselves to altered conditions--as
capital has had TO do--and to work
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
Out of a Job

Ireland has voted for peace with
England. The United States is ready
to extend congratulations. A feud of
seven hundred years standing is
we'll along toward settlement; and
nobody seems to object but De
Valer1 and the enthusiastic but
housekeeping agitators who for more
than a year paraded him across the
United States as the President Of
Ireland.
De Valera's plight is pitiable
enough. He is leader without fol-
lowers. He isn't President Of Ire
land any more now that Ireland is
in position to have a president or
it's equivalent. He spoke for peace,
but, in tho language Of the song,
"Now that he has got it he don't
want It."
Yet his position is enviable com
pared to that Of his erstwhile sup
porters on this side Of the water.
They still demand that the British
Empire be completely erased from,
the map, and they still insist that
the Irish are the people to do it. But
none of the Irish, save De Valera,
want to do it. And his American
supporters long ago quarreled with
De Valera.
If they hadn't quarreled with him
they still would have a representa-
tive in the land they seek to save
from discreet distance. But they
cast him from them long before he
left these shores. And now nobody
else is sufficiently fond of trouble to
carry out their plans to overwhelm
England. Naturally, they don't want
to attempt that themselves. 1t would
involve personal risk.
Up to the last minute they indus
triously hoped for the worst; but the
worst stubbornly refused to happen
They can continue to view with
alarm the clasp of hands across the
Irish Sea, but they can point with
pride to nobody but De Valera, and
they are his enemy and he is theirs
1t is a distressing situation, and moth.
ing but the fact that perhaps they
may get back some Of the money
they invested in the bonds of the
Irish Republic can serve in the least
to alleviate it.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
Oil of Synm@

If ever the report of a death was
exaggerated it was in the case of the
synura family. In these very COL
umns the fact was recorded that,
thanks to a decree Of the health
authorities, the synura and all the
little synurm were no more. Since
that day the evidence has been cumu-
lative to the effect that the synura
and all the little synurm have in
creased in a most reckless fashion.
Fed on diverse poisons, they have
thrived and waxed manifold. A
week ago 1t was said that there wore
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11

favor Of bi-state compact provid
ing for "the creation of a port dis
trict and a port authority, with
adequate powers to develop the port
comprehensively." Former Governor
Smith, the most trusted Democratic
leader in the city or state, is men,
ber of the Port Authority.
A great measure Of economic re-
construction ought not to be smearcd
with personal or party politics. The
port needs to be modernized. Why
not modernize it in the way in which
the port area can be treated most
bcneficially--that is, as an economic
unit?
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
The kernell Brothers
To tho Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
sir: In an article in to-day's Trib-
unc James l.. Ford mentions Harry
and John Kernell. He is in error when
he states that they were not blood rc-
iatlons. They were brothers. ALTHOUGH
they were proud Of the Irish blood that
flowed through their veins, they both
were fortunate enough to be- born in
Philadelphia, which, would say, made
them Americans.
HARRY A KERNEII.
Son of Harry Kernell.
(Ihe "A. stands for Antonio. Tony
Pastor was my godfather)
New York, Jan. s, 1922.
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Still Waiting Der Tag

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
ST.: am wondering II ycu have 10
pencd to note the following in q
article in the January Atlantic AonF
"" (which Way Goes GermanyT Ea
Miles Bouton:
"The Thurfnslan government 3 ~
elalist, but the genda-rs ssrvs' ~
government faithfully, because .
the habit OF old gendarmes to se"
faithfully. But he viii be glad sns,
other men come into power anu ~.
gladdcr when there IS king v
kaiser at the head again. Nesn"'s !.
he is hoping that the next Wal VI ;,
France will comc before he Is w y
to take part.
$50 is Meinhard. So is afnsss s.':
man in Germany who has re'''''.
any spark of patriotism, includ'ns'..
many Socialists. III my weeks Of W. =.
dering have been impressed ' !,
tho terrible hatred which Fsanss ;,
here storing up against herssn . :. !,
the day Of reckoning. German! . N
day disarmed, but she has e0''s.I TN
to Frances ss,coo.ooO, higher w. !,
rate, more vitality, and INV. =
palmer food. She will not away, =,
as helpless as to-day. Franz -
Poles together are making "
difficult for any German !"
paciis..' ,.,s..
The answer to all this IS oOs~N !. 4,
wonder, too, if ID suggested isss,. .se
Eoutonl : W. a.
H.iedon, N. J.. Jan. Z. ,asA
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1.-The making of repertories at the
Metropolitan Opera House is Mr..
Gattis business, not ours. Years of
observation, however, have disclosed
that it Is Mr.. Gatti's policy to divide
his operas and stars as evenly as
possible among all classes Of SUBJ
scribers. Miss Bori resumed her ac-
tivities with the company on Decem-
Der 29. Since then there have been
two Saturday afternoons, at one Of
which Nine. Jeritza appeared, Miss
Farrar at the other-which can
scarcely be called q "lot" of either
BY the end Of the season we fancy
Miss Bori will have sung as often at
subscription matinees as her associ-
ates. Our correspondent should cu)-
tivate patience and a modicum of the
consideration for others which is
Mr.. Gatti's guiding rule.-Ed.1
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
Copyright. 1922. New York Tribune Inc.

superiority Of the plane as a gun, IN
comparison with ali other guns, is still
to be considered. The big guns Of a
fort, for instance, are fixed in position.
They cannot move. Their range Of
fire Is limited at most to ten or twenty
miles, and they cannot be used efFec-
lively at night at long range.
But the airpane can fly and fire its
projectiles at any point on the coast
Of the United States from Maine to
Texas or from Puget Sound to Mexico
All the airplanes in the United States
could be concentrated in q few hours
against an enemy at any point on the
Atlantic or Pacific Coast They can
attack feet hundreds Of miles at sea.
Mobility
In the same manner the big guns Of
a ship are fixed in the ship and are
hampered in their range and useful
ness. The ship has a speed Of from
fifteen to thirty miles, and its guns
are limited in effective range to If
teen miles. But the plane, even when
transported on board ship, can carry
its attack to distance of one or two
hundred miles.
This element of mobility is all I'M
portant. It must be realized that the
airplanc is a gun which flies hundreds
of miles through the air, far beyond
the range of any other gun, and when
it reaches a point near the target it
fires its projectile, with q good chance
of hitting, using the shell which may
be most effective under the conditions
existing.
Even layman can readily grasp this
subject-that the airplane is in truth
super-gun of greater power, range,
and usefulness than any other gun in
offensive or defensive warfare. Is It
not, then, the duty of army aud navy
officers to recognize demonstrated
fact and to develop this gun to the
utmost?
Space forbids n discussion Of othe,
uses of the airplanc-its great value
as scout, and the possibility of using
1T at might in attacking forts and ships
under conditions which give them nc
warning and little hope Of defense
even when the plane flies low to droy
its bombs with certainty OF hitting.
The more we study this question
with intelligent appreciation of the re
cent bombing and endurance tests will
alrplanes, the clearer it is that az,
power will dominate sea power ane
exert controlling influence in future
war on shore and at sea.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
The Return Of an Old Friend

The Return of an Old Friend
We find but scant reality
In dramas @ rascaIty
Which lack the bold vitaltv
OF loudly spoken speech.
When crooks, their luck forsaiing
them,
Their friends and fortune shaking
them,
Find fate is overtaErg them
We Ike 70 hear EN- screech.
When maidens shrek appealingly.
When infants cry out soueaGngly,
And villains curse unfeelingly,
We're always moved 20 tears;
The clarion note OF bravery,
The suffering hiss of knaverv,
We deem extremely favery=
They're music TO OFT ears
The movie play amuses IS,
But always il refuses Us
The heart throb that enthuses o
To hoarse, approving hocta
It may be educational,
1t often is sensational,
But its not insp;racioral
To watch a lot of mutes
But now we're going TO htn
again.
The Mss in full career again.
And We may sit and cheer again
As loudly as the claque.
The hero's str;denr spIurtering.
The villain 5 mordant mutterng,
Well hear, with hearts a-futter-
ing
The melodrama's hack.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
Port Unity, Not Dismity

Governor Miller has asked the
Legislature to approve the colnpre-
hensive plan for the development Of
the Port of New York submitted by
the Port Authority. This plan con-
Germs 105 separate municipalities in
cluded within the port district.
These lie in two states-New York
and New Jersey-which have made
q port treaty. The legislatures Of
these two states are the only bodies
competent to approve the compre-
hensive plan and to direct the Port
Authority to execute it.
New York City is the one munich
pality in the port area to stand out
against the plan. The Board Of
Estimate has consistently fought the
unifcation scheme, the hi-state
treaty and the engineering project
worked out first by the New York
New Jersey Port and Hsrbor De-
velopment Commission and later
adopted and improved by the Port
Authority. The board has never pro-
duced an opposition scheme worthy
Of serious consideration. Its atti-
tude has been essentially obstruc-
tive. The treaty doesn't attempt
to take control Of its waterfront
from this or any other city. 1t i'm
poses no financial burden whatever
on our city government. But the
Board Of Estimate comes forward
with proposal which would ado
1925, 100000 to the city debt and at
the same time would sacrifice al
the advantages Of cooperation with
the 104 other municipalities within
the port limits.
The city government is not suit
able agency to undertake to recon
struct the port or to coordinate the
terminal facilities Of the trunk rail
roads, most Of which reach tide
water on the Jersey side of the
Hudson River. 1t is hardly worth
while to argue that point. On thu
other hand, the Port Authority, ere
ated by the two states and actine
with the sanction Of the Fedora
government, able to finance itself
and equipped with practical, care
fully thought-out plan, is at once thu
most suitable and only competent
agency. AS Governor Miller says
it is "the one existing agency hav
ing the power, the capacity. tht
public confidence, the necessary con
facts with other agencies, municipal
state and national, and the knowl
edge Of the problem required fol
the inauguration of prompt meas
ures Of relief"
Relief is urgent. The cost Of
living in every port area community
is inflated by our archaic port facili
ties. Congestion, delays in handling
waste effort and excess delivery
charges take a toll from every New
York business man, shipper o,
manufacturer. The city govern
ment's obstruction, Governor Miller
says, is partisan. 1t cannot bt
economic. 1t cannot spring from ar
intelligent desire to protect the city's
interests. Even so far as it is
partisan, 1t Is unrepresentative and
inconsistent, for the Democratic
state platform Of 1920 declared in
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To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Saturday afternoon onera
subscribers seem to be getting a lot of
Farrar--welcome, Of course; and Of the
absurdly overpraised Jeritza, perhaps
we'll enough as something different;
but it is my belief that more of Bori
and Easton would please many. Will
you print this, as an individual vote ?
The allotments of men singers appear
to be satisfactory. MATINEE.
New York, Jan. 10, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
The Newberry Case

Whether or not Senator Newberry
know or ought to have known of the
SUMS expended in his behalf when he
contested with Henry Ford for the
Michigan Senatorship is a question
az to which there may he difference
Of opinion. Mr.. Newberry, though
absent from his state, was aware of
the heat Of the Michigan contest aud
knew that wide canvass necessar-
lily costs money. His claim that he
gave nothing himself and was igno-
rant Of details Is to be accepted az
true, but, on the other hand, his curl
osity must have been aroused.
But this is a side issue. The main
case against Senator Newberry is
not what he knew, or ought to have
known, but whether he broke the law
or was guilty Ct corruption. AS to
the hrst, it has been judicially de-
cided that he did not violate the law p;
as to the second, in judging it ele-
mentary fairness requires that the
whole record be considered
In 1913 this country was engaged
in war and the Senate was almost a
tie. The Michigan Senatorial vacancy
was important Henry Ford, of
peace-ship fame and pacifist of an
extreme type, offered himself as a
candidate In the Republican p1ima-
rias- He was reputcd the worlds
richest man, had powerful business
associations, was widely advertised
and employed many thousands in
Michigan. Possessed Of these advan-
tages, the supporters of the war
greatly feared Mr.. Ford's election to
the Senate through the power of
money.
A diligent search was made for a
candidate to enter against him. The
choice fell on Mr.. Newberry, then in
war service He consented to being
drafted, though he stipulated that
he should not he asked to take off his
uniform or to take an active person
al part in the contest To attain sue
cess large sums were needed for pop
ular education. SO the supporters OF
the war gave literally Will any one
say that the contributions were un
clean or corrupt? On the contrary
when have men or women given tC
political education with higher mo
tives?
Mr.. Ford had not only his vas
fortune to help him, plus the i0direc
influence which flowed from power
full business associations, but tn
then Washington Administration
with a great army of place-holder
and would-be profiteers responsive t.
it, saw fit to participate in the Re
publican primary. 1t threw its powe
to the side of Mr.. Ford Senate
Newberry's friends truly Tough
with beasts at Ephesus. and, fortu
nately. Michigan responded to thei
appeals for help.
When the votes were counted |
was seen that ham-strinring pacifsr
was beaten. but by q narrow margin
But, aside from the particular fact
of the Ford Newberry contest. tn
present clamor is offensive becaus
of its hypocrisy. When the direc
] primary system, substituting pub
licity for secrecy, was ostablishe
the people knew what they were dc
ing They were not ignorant of tn
costs Of publicity--were aware tina
the bills for meetings, for parade.
for organization, would be large. T
charge that high Offices are auC
toned when political expenditure
are heavy is dishonest-promotc
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
What Food for 1926 a Week ?

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: Win not 81. +. L." please tell
something more about proper, suhs;an-
tlal food at cost of 1925 a wcc:. 70 q
person: an sure many of your rad
ers would like to know more definitely
ow to choose a right diet at 40. cost
and would be very thankful for TIA !u
formation. r =
New York, Jan. 8. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11

In his "birch- bark" charter, writ
ten on scraps Of Hawatha paper
during the spare minutes of busy
Canadian vacation, Mr.. Craig dc
votes a page to the Mayoralty and
five pages to the Comptrollcrship. 1t
Is the boast Of Mr.. Craig that he al
ways sees things in their true pro-
portions.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
An Improbable Event

(from The San Francisco BulletinJ
Wall Street not alarmed at stories
of German synthetic gold Time enough
to worry when Germany makes suspi-
ciously large payments in specie on her
reparations bill.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
A Circular Process

(Fro" The Washington Post)
Inquirer wants to know what ia don.
with the money prohibition savea. r.
Is used by the government to save pro-
hibition.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11

~ uan p~rchsss mcrchandas advertised Ia THE
THi0gNe with absolute safst5--fos d'ssstIsfac-
sioa rsssfts Ia aey ThE TRIBUNE av<rrr.
tsss b pay y~Yr meeey bach upon REQUEST. No reo
taNA No aaihhiise- va nAhA soeo promptly u
the n4vWfhef does sot-
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

VOUR card said: May the coming
year be bright,
May all your dreams como true!"
No, no! Why wish mo such a sorry
plight?
Take my realitiesI They're dull
and cold.
The thing achieved no longer lures and
CLEANS.
Facts pail and wither and grow
old
Only in dreams youth fingers, hope
is new.
Spare mo my dreams, and let them
still be dreams.
The Joy that has no aftermath of pain;
A public man by love Of power un-
marred;
Friendship that gives and gives, and
seeks no gain;
A lover who has told his love no
lies;
Households where life Is peaceful as
it seems;
A pretty girl whose words are few
and wise,
Whose eyes are kind, whose voice
is never hard
These all are dreams and ever must
be dreams.
From small details we build our prison
walls,
But dreams arc windows looking to
the stars.
Through them we hear the distant
surf that calls
To mystic islands and a turquoise
To maidcns dancing in the sunset glow
And things that never were and
cannot be-
New life, new worlds unvexed by
greed and wars.
Dear, deathless dreams, will not let
you go CHARLES PRATT.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
A Good Start

Anyway. Francs has signed ,
pledge 10 keep the peace in tas
Pacific.
Copyright by James J. NcnsaSaA
New-York tribune., 1922-01-11
Room for Extension

New Workers think thst disSYmt
uent ought to include the cis-elbsw-
ing OF the subway guards.