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New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
No Job for the Police

1t would not in the least solve the
problem of auto bandits or reckless
drivers to turn the issuing of Ii
censes over to the police, which is
the course suggested by Commits
sloner Enright. Automobiles, wher-
ever owned, are sure sooner or later
to wander far from their own pa
rageslde. Inasmuch as there is no
way to put them under national reg
ulation, state regulation is the best
substitute.
1t Is perfectly true that the pres
ent method is bad--at least in prac-
tice. Granting unknown men licenses
to drive cars and taxis, with only a
farcical test of their skill and with
no examination as to their character,
is little better than granting patents
OF piracy. " has resulted in an
army Of criminals a-wheel in New
York, whose existence as a part of
the crime wave Mr.. Enright now ad-
nits-for the first time.
But the police force has no time
to spare from its duties to take this
matter in hand. 1t is the business
Of the state, and the Commissioner
is right when he says that it ought
10 be better done by the state than it
is done. Perhaps if he would offer
q cooperate it could be better done.
No license to drive taxi ought to
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
Not Too Solemn

To the Editor of. The Tribune.
Sir: Boyden Sparkes's "Hay Burn
er" story in this mornings issue Is a
classic and the man on the desk did a
good job when he marked it for the
front page. But it seems to me that
the makeup man was mighty stingy
with his leads. A tale like that de-
serves box
AS you remarked yesterday, two COL
umns west Of Don Marquis, The
Tribune tries not to be too solemn, and
may that be your policy as long as
Park Row is Park Row. 1t is such
human-interest. stories that make The
Tribune so doggone companionable. /
am willing to lay little bet that
Sparkes is one Of those fellows one sees
in New York's streets rubbing truck
horses muzzles, patting friendless
dogs on the head and scratching stray
cats backs. EX-CUB.
New York, Sept. 13, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
The Lessons of the Strike

The settlement Of the railway
shopmen's strike leaves Mr.. Jewell
IN the role Of a defeated general
who, after disaster, retreats with
such forces as he can, abandoning all
his guns and most of his men. Little
enough is saved. The shopmen sur
render utterly on the wage question,
which caused the walk-out, acceptinp.
the reduction in wages ordered by
the Labor Board. The seniority
issue on the roads accepting the set
tlement is left to an arbitration
which can hardly ignore the un-
doubted rights of new workers
Worst of all, from the union point
of view, the piecemeal settlement
breaks the solidarity of the. strikers
front and leaves their leaders with
greatly weakened prestige.
The public has felt no sympathy
with the strikers and will receive
the settlement with approval. It
was clear from the start that the
strikers were i'll advised by their lead
ers. A sincere effort had been made
In the Esch-Cummins law to protect
both labor and the public, and the
reduction of wages against which
the shopmen struck was viewed as a
necessary post t. war readiustnent
such as the great bulk of the coun-
try, including the railroads, had al
ready accepted. To reject the order
was to fight not so much the rail-
roads as the government and the
people of the United States.
Unfortunately, the law gave the
Labor Board no sufficient power to
enforce its orders. Inconsistent de-
clslons further weakened it's author
ity. The result was that, despite the
new machinery of the Esch- Cum
mlns law, the country found itself
the victim of great strike and
threatened with the blockade of the
necessaries of life. In the final re-
suit the order of the Labor Board
was upheld, but its prestige is sadly
lowered. The question of seniority
on the roads accepting the settle
ment is not even left to the Labor
Board for decision.
Plainly constructive change in
the law is urgently needed. It
should be made while the mind Of the
country is fresh from the dangers
barely averted. The attempts of the
Administration to settle the strike
We're none too happy, but in obtain
ing the strike injunction it brought
FACTOR into the problem which will
deserve careful study. The questions
whether the Labor Board shall be
continued or whether its functions
should not more properly be placed
IN the interstate Commerce Commits
sion and how the decisions Of the
government with respect to labor
shall be enforced must all be recon
sidered in the light of recent events.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
More Truth Than Poetry
BY James j. Montague
On the Wrong Tack
Wa never ware etrono fo,. %hn :,


We never were strong for the up
lift;
Our brow must be dreadfully
low;
We do not care much for the Ib-
senesque touch
In dull psychological show.
We would rather be thrilled to
the marrow
BY plays that are charmingly
rough
Than try to make out what
dramas about
That is packed full Of Freudian
stuff.
And therefore we read with small
pleasure
The news that our friend Mr..
Hays
Has set his young heart on inn
proving the art
Of producing the cinema plays.
He is placing a ban upon shoot
ing;
The vamp is held under re-
straint,
And the villain must act with po-
likeness and tact
And look-on the screen-like
saint.
The cowboys that used to fore
gather
And shoot up the Cactus House
bar;
The gambler who dealt with
gun on his belt
And chewed a gold-banded
cigar;
The black hearted Mexican
bandit
Who murdered whomever he
could,
Must all be effaced, that they
may be replaced
By folk who are noble and
good.
If we see Mr.. Hays we will tell
him
That the oId-fashioned plays
were all right.
The shows where a lot of the
actors got shot
Were drawing big crowds
every night.
He will not do thing to reform
them,
If he'll take most excellent
tip,
Or endeavor to start any outcry
for art,
But just give them little more
zip!
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
Part Cancellation of the Debts

Bernard M. Baruch, who has giyen
more thought to the question of the
Allied debts than most Americans.
has made material contribution to
the eiarification of this problem by
celebrating the idea that that por-
tlon Of the debt which was spent in
behalf of the common cause should
be written off as part of Americas $
war expenditures. Mr.. Baruch has
endeavored to indicate what general
class of expenses might be considered
IN the common interest, and has thus
brought out the difficulty of drawine.
any such line of demarcation.
Money spent for munitions cf war.
for example, according to Mr..
Baruch, clearly belongs in the cate
CORY of expenses for the common
good. The money paid by the United
States to Great Britain for the
transportation of American troops
was equally expended for the COM
mon good and should be placed on
the credit side of our account. Money
spent for building British ships he
believes was not so much for the
common cause as for the permanent
advantage of Great Britain. Food
purchased by England and resold to
the civilian population falls in yet
another class, also not deductible.
The records of the Allied purchas-
ing Commission and the Treasury
Department will show, according to
Mr.. Baruch, for what the various
sums of money borrowed by England
and the other nations were expended.
By careful examination of these
data, which never have become pub
lie property, it should be possible to
arrive at general principle for the
separation of the debt into the two
classes.
1t has been estimated that if all
moneys spent in the common cause
should be deducted from the respec-
tive debts and written OFF by the
United States as part of her war ex-
penses the debt of France to Amer
lea would be cut to about 40 per cent
of its present amount and Eng
lands debt to about so per cent.
But these figures are only rough ap-
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
A Tale Of DufFerdom
To the Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: Royal Cortissoz's article in to-
days issue Con Dufferdoms reminds
me of an incident in the days when
Braid, Taylor and Vardon were at their
height as the big Three
Two members of the Sunningdale
Club were playing friendly game
when they noticed a crowd across the
links following q couple Of golfers.
They abandoned their own match to
Join the crowd when they found tha,
the occasion was a money match be-
tween two Of the s'Big Three After
watching few holes one of them said
TO his friend, Come on, Jack, let's go
back and play golf. I'm tired Of watch
ing !. miracles"
G SCOTT DALGLEIsH.
New York, Sept. IS, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
The New Horizon

We give elsewhere on this page
the gist of a plea by Elihu Root
for the education of the voters in
diplomacy. 1t is taken from the first
number Of new quarterly review,
"Foreign Affairs" published in New
York. and designed to promote the
discussion of world politics. To be-
come internationally minded is about
sthe first duty of every intelligent
American of the present era, and
the appearance of this magazine,
offering solid basis for interna-
tional study, is to be heartily well
coined.
The editors have no particular
theory or policy to promote in the
magazine. "Its articles" the open
ing editorial statement reads, "will
not present any consensus of beliefs.
What is demanded of them is that
they shall be competent and we'll in
formed, representing honest opinions
seriously held and convincingly ex-
pressed"
Among the writer's for it's first
number Foreign Affairs" includes,
besides Mr.. Root, Andre Tardieu,
Charles W. Eliot and Edward Benes.
Thanks to the wide experience and
knowledge of its editor, Archibald
Cary Coolidge, for years professor
Of history at Harvard University,
the material selected is admirable.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
What Readers Sau
"Uplift Stuff"

TO the Editor of Tie Tribune.
SIR: A careful reading of the let.
ter in your issue to-dey under the
heading "A Field for Social Work.
ers" suggests the thought that the
writer OF it is suffering from sudden
rush OF socialism to the head.
1t Is my thought that the worker. il
ne has any self-respect, would right.
iuiiy resent an unwarranted attempt
on the part of his employer to study
ms home life and conditions. The
greatest help that can be given to the
worker is to teach him the respon.
sioiiit'es of citizenship, which involves
self-respect. Given the possession oi
that quality, the worker will speedily
acquire faculties that will enable him
TO plan his own life without interfer.
ence
Looking at the subject from tbe
larger standpoint of one who is both
worker and employer, the greatest
present need is for return to the
sogicai bus non-union-iike viewpoint
shas labor is most certainly COM
modify The worker sells his labo,
and the employer buys it, and the re-
sponslbilities of each in the other
wholly cease with the contamination
OF that transaction.
The present attitude of labor is yery
largely that the individuai should be
pailed along by the strong tide Of his
Fellows. It is all wrong. Each individ.
ual should stand on his own feet. with
ms eyes fronting forward, his purpose
concerned wholly with the function Of
seif-advancement. Social workers Will
not be necessary to such as arc
aesirous Of working out their own
salvation.
| The average man is getting very
s'rea of the ceaseless propaganda II
Denaif Of the worker The farmers,
Wn0 are the finest working class in the
whoie world, manage to get along With
out any of the uplift stuff. and 1t viii
not be questioned that they Are the
backbone Of this country.
SUM cuIQUE.
New York Sept l2. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
Ten Points of the Law

Very properly, woman is never
satisfied with the mere possession of
her rights. She demands the other
point Of the law, which is recogni-
tion Of them.
This demand the bishops of the
Protestant Episcopal Church have
row done all within their power to
grant. They have struck the word
obey from the form of marriage
ceremony employed in the service of
their Church.
of course this word has been ac-
cepted with mental reservations by
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15

(copyrsEht 1929. New York Tribune Ine.)
A Communication From Archy the
Cocisrotch
you may not
believe 1t boss
but Il is the solemn
truth that sometimes
you humans
are just as ridiculous
to us insectH
as we insects
are TO you humans
archy
The Sentimentalist forgives the
devil, and the devil finds q use fol
the Sentimentalist.
O,,~ Oxvu Wall Mottoas
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
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New-York tribune., 1922-09-15

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New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
OF Course

We read in morning paper that
the coal strike is unpopular in the
country. Naturally. A strike is never
a hit.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
Plea in Extenuation

This much may be said for the
bootlegger: he is never as bad as his
liquor.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15

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gsspss sticn Pusiis!aca daily Ogden Reid. frsss-
asat; q. Werner acssr. vice-Pmsidsnt hslsn
asssrs fsess ssesstssy: n "A Msxiead Tssssares
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gazk Tsispncae. geskman saas.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
Ask ANY Central Girl :

The greatest need just at present
is an ireless telephone.
Copyright by James J. Montague)
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
sTRs-RfpTYaS RATES - ~ matt snesvdins


Battered at tne pcasrsnee as New York as Second
caaas Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15
THE HEIGHTS, fsY GREAT MEN
REACHED AND KEPT
WERE NOT ATTAINED
BY SUDDEN rLrGHTo-
OTHERS TorLED FOR THEM
WHILE THEY SLEPT,
AND DID THEIR ROUGH WORK
DAY AND NIGHT

The current revival Of spiritualism
has raised a question Of Propriety
in Aunt Prudence Hecklebury's
mind, Aunt Prudence being one of
our leading Puritans. Is 1t proper,
Aunt Prudence wants to know, for
single lady to be haunted by a
Billy-ghost, or for bachelor to be
haunted by a Nanny-ghost? Per-
haps some of our amateur moralists
will be able to soothe Aunt Prue's
twittering perplexity.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15

We have been on this job but four
days, and already we are three
weeks behind in our correspondence.
DON MARQUIS
New-York tribune., 1922-09-15

From the foreign correspondents
we CLEAN that if France and Ger
many fight again it will be because
they are afraid Of each other.
Milford chronicle., 1922-11-24

THE RECENT ELECTIONS IN DELAWARE should
be remembered by the Republican party OF the state "hen
dealing with negro in campaigns of the future AT the
last elections many negroes dsregarded the Republican
marty in all sections of the State In the City OF Whining
on alone approximately three thousand negroes failed to
voe and in the districts the total coored vote VINO
did likewise The negro voter mas clearly
indicated to step from the fold OF the Repuphc
party the State Of Delaware; and IN so DONG ne snou
be made to bear the responsibility for his acts 1t Is now
time that the managers the Republican party In all
sections Of State should stop toadyng to THIS Voe
The negro as class should be ignored when the next
campaign starts in the Diamond State and be mace 10
understand his position and responsibilities.
To those who are informed in matters political IN
Delaware it is wel-known fact, that large portion OF
the negro voters must sufficiently urged financially to
induce hemto register to qualify voters AFTER ns "ork
has done, the negro of late years mas heo e "P
hand the party leaders, by threats OF pong anu ue
featng the ticket The Republican party had no money
at the recent elections the negroes in many instances
failed to vote Milford, responsible Democrat Is
authority the statement that an oher was mace 70
him by negro deliver fifty negro votes to the Demo
cratic party for fifty dollars The offer was turned down;
but more than that number of negroes failed TO vote In e
Second Election District of the Tenth Representative Dis
trct of Kent county, which district the offer was made
With this condition of affairs the Republican party is
much better off without the black vote than WIN IT. when
the next State primaries and conventions are neo tne
negro as Republican unit will have to be ignored Let
him vote the ticket of and after experience
learn what the Democrats will do for him once they gain
control of both of the legislature and the COVER
norshp The negro voter which side Of his bread
the butter is on and independence by Republican
party leaders, will find the colored voter lining up be-
hind the Republican party as he did in years past In
any business enterprise dissatisfied director or employee
is liability and the enterprise employing such is better
off when relations are severed The thing applies to
the Republican party and the negro voters the colored
voters are disgrunteled-re them; they are liability
when thew must be bought We are very glad to that
majority of the negro voters Of Delaware are loyal to
their political creator-he Republican party-but the
statement of facts as made them above, applies
to very large percentage Of negro voters Unless the
latter does not change their attitude Of the recent
campaign-it will have very important bearing upon
their racial standing political affairs in Delaware There
is for them parting of the just ahead-and which
road they will follow up to the race themselves
Milford chronicle., 1922-11-24

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY is not in the habit OF los
ing it's head or throwing fit Of Mysteries at every un
expected happening The extent of the reduction IN Re
publican representation in the National legislative Douy
was an unexpected happening and some people tnnK II
will be followed by marked change in Republican poll
es The proper course Republicans is summed up IN
that portion of statement by Chairman John l. Adams
of the National Committee in which he says:
"The party will remain seadfast to those underlying
principles of all enduring governments
According to one of the leaders of the Democrauc
nress the Congressional election victory for rad-
calism and triumph Democracy Assuming that this
democratic claim is true that the Democratic Party
and the radicals enjoying identity OF interest," ne
Republicans will neither leap to radcaism nor resort 10
an extreme of conservatism The Republican party mas
been the saney progressive party in the past and so
will continue in the future.
AS Mr. Adams points out and as the recorus VIII snO"'
the Republicans stood for Amercanlsm as conCasC
ed with internationalism they have made remarKaDle
record in the reduction of the high scale OF expenditure
adopted by the preceding administration they stand now
&c thew have always stood the protection OF American
industry from unfair foreign competition and tney nave
provided for the orderly and intelligent moolncauoh Oh
the tariff law as changing conditions seem TO oemanu'
thew stand for equality the law and the preservation
of peace and personal liberty.
These are a few of the fundamentals and the Repub-
1ican Party will not be stampeded by temporary set
back that seems to indicate departure from the prln
cples mentioned
AS matter of fact, there may be considerable doubt
whether the election indicates trend to radicaism as
our Democratic friends insist An analysis of the results
will show that in certain states the wet and dry issue was
dominant and that the tremendous losses in those
states the Republicans would have in the next congress
more than normal majority and as large majority as
was expected Whether the of the recent election
really means that country has turned radical cannot
be determined until newlyelected members place their
programme before the next Congress and thier course
been passed upon by the voters in the election OF 1Sz
In the meantime the Republican Party will "reman
teadfas to those underlying principles Of all enduring
governments"
Milford chronicle., 1922-11-24
DIG DITCHES WITH DYNAMITE

The dynamite ditching demonstra-
ton held on Lee LaytOn's farm, near
Frankford, in cooperation with the
dupont Powder Co., the Extension
Department of the University of Del
aware and the Sussex County Farm
Bureau, on November 18th, was at
tended by more than $50 people. Far
mers throughout all parts of Sussex
county were notified Of this meeting
and more than ten communities were
represented.
Mr.. Layton has been cutting new
ditch, 20 feet wide and feet deep,
with a walking dredge machine at an
approximate cost of % cents per lin
ear foot, which is probably the most
economical way of doing the work.
However, the dynamite was used on
an old ditch, about the same size that
was very near filled up, where it was
impossible to use a machine at a cost
of Csc per linear it., with the dynamite
there were no banks left to be remOv-
ed or left on the land. 1t was demon
started to everyone present that dyna-
mite could be advantageOusly used in
cleaning out old bitches and in cut
ting new ones where it is impossible
to use machinery.
Milford chronicle., 1922-11-24
LOSS IN SELBYVILLE
FIRE TOTALED $4,000

Damage to the extent of $4,000 was
caused by fire at Selbyville on Tues-
day, according to IN estimate mace
on wednesday. The old MetnodlsC
Episcopal Church which had been
converted into school building was
burned to the ground and the new
Methodist Church, the Red Mems Han
and the home of c. T. Rodger were
damaged.
The fire burned fiercely for more
than two hours, and for while 4
number of properties in the central
section of the town were threatened.
The Selbyville Fire Co. was summon
cd soon after the blaze began but
could do little because Of defective
hose. The fire companies OF George
town, Laurel and Berlin, Nd were al
so summoned. g.,
About rs children attended the Sell
bvville school. With their teachers'
Miss Helen Matthews, Miss Edltn
MONTY and Mrs. Florence Evans, they
marched in an orderly manner out OF
tbe building as soon as the fire was
discovered. What will be done to sup
nlv the loss Of the school has not been
decided upon as yet, but it is likely
that classes will be conducteo IelnpO-
rarily in a local building.
Milford chronicle., 1922-11-24
DELAWARE COLONY

Last year was the first Christmas at
Delaware Colony and the first in the
lives of many of the children OF our
State, now being cared for in their
new home, near Stockley. Last year
there were twenty-nine, this year the
number has grown to fifty.
Wednesday of each week is open to
the public for inspection. Any one who
has visited this home can not help
wanting to give something toward
making Christmas all that it should
be to the less fortunate. The annual
membership fee of one dollar which
everyone is asked to give is for per-
manent needs in the home.
At present the call for Christmas
comes nearer our hearts. The differ
Milford chronicle., 1922-11-24

CANDIDATES AND ASPIRANTS for the clerkships
and other offices in the legislature which will meet in
January next at Dover keeping the members OF both
the house and senate we'll reminded of their aspirations by
personal solicitation appeals from friends procamng
their merits as sterling and smeonpure Democratic work
ers This novel thing for the Democrats to experience
in Delaware The Republicans who would have been ac-
lively employed in this wor-had that party have won
are looking on with mixed feelings sorrow over
balances their regret the time To the Victors be-
long the spoils of ocego to it, but play far-and let
the best manipulation win
Milford chronicle., 1922-11-24

ent organizations; the Kings Daugh-
ters. Caulk Club, Sunshine, Grange
New Century Club, W. c. T. u, all
gave literally, and will no doubt help
again.
The Home Missionary Society OF
Wyoming gave ten dollars for stock
ings, which C. D. Abbott & Co. fur.
nish at wholesale price. A barrel OF
apples is promised and handkerchiefs
for all.
Anyone wishing to give aprons or
any wearing apparel, toys, fruit can
dy, nuts, records for victrola, In tact
whatever you think child would en-
Joy may consult Miss Ida p. Rosa
who is one of the board Of visitors an
organization working under the SUI
pervision of the State Commission for
the Feeble-Minded.