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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
A Speculative Business.

The farmer is in highly specula-
tive business. Only few days ago
the possibilities looked like dollar
wheat for the crop of this year, and
not so bad at that, because the Amer
lean farmer had not been compelled
to put into raising his crop this sea-
son the inflated cost he had to put
into raising his crop last season.
But on Tuesday an American wheat
grower could have sold his crop in
Chicago for $1.15 a bushel and at
one time yesterday he could have
sold it for S1.16 a bushel. On mat
ter of some S00,0O0,0O0 bushels of
wheat difference of from 10 to Is
cents bushel is difference in total
selling proceeds on the whole crop Of
$50, ZOO, 900 to 100000. Not bad
winning on a quick turn.
Corn several months ago was worth
in Chicago only As cents bushel.
Several days ago it was worth 60
cents bushel. But on Tuesday a
corn grower could have sold his corn
crop in Chicago for about SO cents
bushel and yesterday he could have
sold it for about the same price.
On crop Of two and three-quarter
billions of bushels in round numbers
difference of 9 cents a bushel on
corn, as compared with few days
ago, is a difference on the whole
crop of more than a quarter Of a
billion Of dollars. A difference OF
"a cents bushel. as compared with
few months ago, is difference
on the whole crop Of approximately
three-quarters Of billion Of dollars.
1t is shifts of that sort that make
the farmers business so much Of a
gambia very thrilling gamble for
him when it goes the right way.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
Conditions in Germany.
An American Woman Saw No Sign.
of Poverty There.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Having
heard so much Of the great poverty Of
the Germans I wish to give a simple
statement, based on personal observa-
tons there.
Going. as was obliged to do, to
Carlsbad, Munich, Wiesbaden and many
other cities. taking in all about three
months, never saw the slightest sign
Of poverty. The children were well
dressed. wore good shoes and had a well
fed appearance. I only wish the Amer
leans looked as prosperous.
In view Of the cries Of poverty and the
collections made for the poor / was
utterly astonished at the amount of
building going on. Heidelberg, Ems.
Coblenz. Munich were among the cities
where hundreds OF houses. large and
small, were going UP on all sides. The
activity extended to the repairing Of the
castles on the Rhine. The opera house
at Wiesbaden has been lately done over.
in contrast to the opera house hero In
Paris, which sadly needs attention.
The crops Of grain. fruit and all
kinds of vegetables are Of the bumper
variety. The roads are in superb condi-
tion when you see the force OF men
working on them you cannot wonder.
This is simply a statement Of facts
from an American whose only son
fought in the war. X.
PARIS, France, September IS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
Harding Predicts Farm Prosperity
Declares Trend Is Strongly Toward Better Conditions
and Deplores Any Movement Restrict Production

seasons are proof or this. we may at
tribute it to that very individualism ana
self-sufficiency OF the farmer to which
i have referred.
Agricultural production is very near
ly restored taking the world as a whole.
but agricultural prices are so low that
1t Is apparent to all of us that the
farmer is not being adequately compen-
stated. The Washington Administration
has recognized this condition and has
done everything in its power to restore
q normal balance between prices and
costs of production. A great deal has
been accomplished. and I am glad to say
that the trend is strongly toward better
conditions for the farmer. He has been
the leader In the difficult task of bring
ing the whole Industrial world back to
normal conditions. and that contribution
Is everywhere recognized
"Our own country. as evidenced by
every index Of business and commercial
conditions, is on the way now to new
era of activity and prosperity. In that
new era we can be very sure that the
farmer will be among the first to get
the substantial recognition which he
needs and must have for what he has
done to make these improved circum-
stances possible"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
Setting of a Tragedy.
The Phillips Farm Near New Bruins.
wick Attracts the Curious.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The Phil
lips farm house, just outside Of New
Brunswick, around which the recent
tragedy in New Jersey centers. is to-day
the Mecca Of the curious. Vehicles of
almost every description turn from the
asphalted roadway of Easton avenue
into dusty and rutted De Russy lane.
The parked automobiles in the adjacent
fields suggest q race course or a moving
picture show. And the people who ar
rive are study in psychology. They
stand silent and gaping on the spot
where the bodies of the Rev. Mr. Hall
and Mrs. Mills were found. This is
snarked by gunny sack thrown over
limb of stunted crabapple tree.
The farm house is a type of an aban-
doned derelict. ! have seen many like It
In my tramps. 1t Is rectangular, was
once painted yellow. but time and its
storms have reduced it's appearance to a
drab mixture Of faded color and dirt.
The front porch. pillared, faces toward
the west. This IL in fair condition, but
the boards of its back stoop have been
in places torn away and the steps lead
ing to II are forlorn ruins. One of It's
cellar doors has been removed and the
room that 1t once barred is a tumble of
rubbish.
This not altogether repellent struc-
ture Is surrounded by all of the evil
dences OF decay and neglect. The bushes
are untrimmed and between it and Eas-
ton avenue a paved and much travelled
highway a stones throw distant. Is a
tansle OF underground and trees that
screen It and make 1t as remote as IL in
the heart of a wilderness. With the ex-
ception of a good sized barn in appar-
emily perfect preservation the outbuild-
ings have fallen into ruin. The dis
carded farm implements. milk cans cor
roded with rust, wheels and the dis
mounted bodies OF farm wagons strewn
around combine to make IL n picture of
rural abandonment
In sharp contrast 10 this appearance
OF the Indifference OF It's owner are the
order and appointments of the interior Of
the house. Shades and lace curtains are
at the windows. From the back stoop
enough may be seen to make an observer
lous care taken TO preserve It's habit
able upkeep.
The front room or parlor has a hard
wood floor. A center table with a lamp
and some drawing room furniture OF fair
appearance and in good preservation arc
In Il. In .the room to the rear Of 1t are
a piano, music rack and an almost
modern sofa. The room beyond. or 1t
may be hallway. has in 1t an appar-
emily little used substantial leather COW
cred couch. Nowhere is a speck of dust
visible to tho scrutiny of the hundreds
Of people who gaze In Its windows and
comment on this juxtaposition of neglect
and care.
A visitor TO this ncighborhood cannot
rssssin loom spsoulatinG 9a Whist may
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
Your Revolver Permit.

Many city jewellers who do not ordi-
narily trouble themselves about re-
volvers think that when they are
in the country they ought to have
one. They obtain permission from
the proper rural authority to keep a
revolver in the country home or camp
and they bring it with them when
they come back to the city. They
have no legal right to do this.
A resident of Brooklyn who OBJ
tanned a pistol permit from justice
of the peace in Oyster Bay was ar
rested in Brooklyn with the revolver
in his possession and convicted of
possessing it without license. He
and the decision in his case,
recently handed down, affirmed the
judgment of conviction.
AS the laws of this State now read
c. permit to carry or possess re-
volver must be issued either by the
Police Commissioner in New York city
or by Judge or justice Of a court Of
record outside New York city. Mag
istrates no longer have power to issue
permits. The court held in the case
of this Brooklyn man that the Police
Commissioner has exclusive authority
to issue permits to residents of New
York city, and that all applicants for
permits must go to the recognized
authority in the district in which
they reside.
If you have in your possession a
revolver for which you obtained a
permit outside of New York, although
you are a resident OF this city, you
are liable to arrest. A visit to Police
Headquarters and the fling Of an APP
plication may save you serious
trouble.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19

Grouchy patrons of the telephone
who like to exhibit their bad temper in
reproving Miss Central because their
friends do not respond promptly to
calls will find the field for their dis
plays OF anger greatly circumscribed
by the new mechanical operating de-
vices now revealed to Manhattan in
the Pennsylvania exchange. The line
on which the call is made and the line
called are linked together by a slender
brass rod. and, obviously. nobody can
get much satisfaction out of calling
brass rod careless or inattentive.
And what will the man who wants
Cos Cob 10000 but forgetfully dials
Coney Island 10000 blame for the error
he now almost invariably attributes to
the unseen operator?
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sent. The capitulations were thus
in force even before they were reaf-
firmed by the provisions of the
Sevres treaty.
The treaty, however, aimed at a
modification of the extraterritorial
judicial system in Turkey. Changes
have been made elsewhere in the
East. In Japan the extraterritorial
privileges of the consuls were abol-
ished in 1899, and in Egypt the con-
sular courts were replaced in 1876
by mixed tribunals usually called in
ternational courts. While these
changes have been found satisfactory
there is no reason to believe that the
conference will go so far as to agree
to an immediate extension to Turkey
"of all the elementary rights Of a
sovereign people, the same as are
enjoyed by other nations" =
HAND Bey's statement that all
populations of Turkey will be the OBJ
jects Of governmental care and affec-
ton, whether Moslem. Christian or
Jew, will be submitted to test before
the world will accept 1t as true. The
Turk has said the same thing many
times before and remained the UNI
changed Turk. The West may in
some respects modify the capitula-
tions but it is not yet ready to turn
those of its people who may happen
to be in Turkey over to the unre-
stricted Jurisdiction Of the Turk.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
MY Secret.

There is a secret hidden in my heart,
Sweet as the scattered petals OF q
flower.
Hued as the rainbow is. and hour on
hour
II grows in lovelincss II is part
OF life. yet could never let one share
This radiant perfection. II might ma r..
AS too close scrutiny would dim star.
SO only may know that IL is there.
What words could tell IL? Shining as
the dew,
AS graceful as a swallow on the wing.
Glecful and glad as some bright day
In spring.
The secret hidden in my heart is you
El1SApETH SCOTLAND
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19

After reading GArTI-C AsAzzA's out
line Of the coming season at the
Metropolitan Opera House it is hard
to realize that there ever was state
of things which suggested that ex-
elusive rights to certain roles were
granted to favored singers in the old
fashioned operate contract. 1t has
not been proved that such reserva-
tion was ever made in contract form
at the opera house. 1t is probable,
however, that there was more or
less binding oral assurance to the
same end.
Mr.. GATTI-CAsAzzA follows the con-
trary policy. Instead of allowing
only one prima donna to sing the
heroine of such an admired work as
Madame Butterfly" he proudly
boasts that there are three sopranos
in the company equal to the task.
LUcREzIA BoRr will be the first Juliet
in the revival of GoUNoD's opera, but
other singers will follow her in the
role. The impresario is opposed to
the closed shop in opera.
Singers Of the past never struggled
to hold for themselves roles in un-
popular works. They made their
fight to appear as heroines beloved Of
the public. Both Juliet and Mar
gnerite used to be storm centers when
the two operas of GoUNoD were 80
successful in the repertoire of the
Metropolitan. The wise manager did
not withdraw popular singer from
a role with which her fame was
associated. That would have pro-
claimed his incompetence. Nine.
CALvE, for example, never had to fight
for the part of Carmen. Other prima
donnas were, however, less mani
testify destined to sing roles in popu-
lar works for which they pinned.
The privilege was survival of the
reign of the prima donna absolute.
This may be said to be rather the
day OF opera than of the interpreter,
powerful as the adored singers at the
Metropolitan sometimes are. Ger
tainly Mr.. GATTI-CAsAzzA, who ad-
ministers New York's opera at the
corner of Broadway and Fortieth
street, is the implacable enemy Of the
first lady when she tries to control
his company of singers instead Of
allowing him that privilege. He is
careful to fortify his position, more
over. by having several interpreters
of the first rank for every important
role.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
EVENTS TO-DAY.

National Association of Box Manufacturers
joint convention with Eastern Shook and
Wooden Box Manufacturers Association and
North Carolina Pine Box and Shook Manu-.
facturers Association. Hotel Commodore,
$3.50 A. NJ. and 80 p. NJ.
Society OF Industrial Engineers, conven-
ton. Hotel McAlpin: inspection trip to Bush
Terminal, 10 A. NJ: board of directors meets
p. M: convention session, AS L. NJ
dinner, r. NJ
New York State Association Heating and
Piping Contractors convention. so Union
Square. 10 A. M. meeting at Building Trade.
Employers Association 80 West Thirty-third
street. 2:30 p. NJ, followed by dinner and
entertainment In evening.
International Catholic Truth Society. meet.
ing, Hotel Commodore, =. NJ.
American Asiatic Association. meeting
New. York State Chamber of Commerce, ;
p. NJ.
Col. A. b. Barber, u. s. A., will speak
before the Polish American Chamber OF Com
merce. 100 broadway. $50 p. NJ.
Bronx Board Of Trade, luncheon, Castle
Hall. 140th street and Walton avenue. Tho
Bronx. 10 80 p. NJ.
Metropolitan Museum OF Art, talks for high
school classes. "A Greek Festival Alice
T. Coseo. 2 p. M.
THURSDAY RI, ~ Club; luncheon. Hotel Pennsyl-
School Chldren's welfare League. meet
ing, Hotel Pennsylvania, . p. NJ.
New York State women's Republican Asso-
citation. meeting. Hotel Pennsylvania. r. NJ.
National Industrial Conferences Board.
meeting. Hotel Astor, 10 A. NJ.
Civilian Club, luncheon. Hotel Aston, noon.
Junior Auxiliary. Council OF Jewish Women.
meeting. Hotel Astor, r. NJ
Daughters of the Empire State meeting.
Waldorf Astoria. T. NJ.
Dixie Club. meeting, waldorf-Astoria, 2
+. NJ.
United Ladies' Aid Society. bridge. Waldorf.
Astoria. . p. NJ.
New York Southern Society. smoker. Wal
dorf-Astoria. 3 p. NJ.
Mettco Club. dance. Hotel Aston. 3 +. NJ.
Federation OF Hungarian Jews, meeting.
Hotel Pennsylvania, i. NJ.
Gen Louis w Stotesbury will lecture on
Robert Norris West Side Y. NJ. &. A..
31s West Flfty-seventh street. r NJ.
Dr. Charles y. Steinmetz. Farmer-Labor
candidate for State Engineer. will speak.
Arcadia Hall. Halsey street near Broadway.
Brooklyn, +. NJ.
Association of Foreign Press Correspond
ents dinner 20 Sir William and Lady Berry.
Hotel Brevoort. Z Pm
Society OF Automotive Engineers Metropol.
ftan Section, meeting. Automobile Club OF
America. 247 West Fifty-fourth street. s:i5
+. NJ.
Frank p. Walsh win speak on Present
Conditions in Russia Catholic Club. 10
Central Park South. p. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
Turks Would End Capitulations

The extraterritorial privileges en-
joyed by foreigners in Turkey and
secured for them years ago by treaties
called capitulations are again ques-
toned by the Turks. ENvER Pasha
and his Government abrogated these
privileges in 1914 at the time OF
Turkeys entrance into the world war,
but they were revived by express pro-
vision Of the Treaty of Sevres and
have since been in force. The Turk
ish Nationalists now ask that the
capitulations be abolished and will
formally present their demands to
this effect to the coming Near East
conference.
These privileges, more generally
referred to as capitulations, date
back to the beginning Of diplomatic
and commercial relations of western
Europe with the Ottoman Empire.
Venice, when great maritime Power,
had them embodied in her treaties
with the Sultan; France secured
them by treaty in 1851 and Eng
land ten years later. The Turkish
Government granted them to Ameri-
cans soon after they began trading
with the Turks and American mis-
sionaries and educators began estab-
fishing schools and colleges in the
Ottoman Empire. We were reminded
of this fact short time ago when
FUAD Pasha on becoming King of an
Independent Egypt agreed to recog-
nize the extraterritorial privileges
which had been enjoyed by Ameri-
cans when Egypt was still part of
Turkey.
These extraterritorial privileges
grew out of what appeared the neces-
sity Of Western Governments to with
draw their subjects or citizens from
the jurisdiction of native courts in
Oriental countries. The difference
not only in the administration Of JUS
tice and legal formalities but also in
habits and religions between, the
Asiatic States and the nations of
Europe and America brought these
extraterritorial courts into existence.
Great Britain established consular
and vice-consular courts throughout
the Ottoman Empire and consul
generals court at Constantinople.
The power Of the consular courts OF
America are based upon acts Of
Congress.
HAND Bey, the Turkish Nationalist
representative. says that Turkey will
go to the conference with a clean
slate in view of the fact that all the
old treaties are null and void. I'VE
propose to build" he says, ION an
entirely new foundation all conven-
tions relating to our contracts with
the Western world" He recognizes
the important fact that the capitula-
tions are a contract, something ENvER
Pasha and his governmental clique
failed to do in 1914. They denounced
the capitulations and declared that
they we're imperative; but this be-
ing merely one sided reputation
the Powers of Europe protested the
action and refused 10 give thsis ~
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rights to stand up for a schooner dis
barred as Mayfiower has been. 1t
was only natural that the owners of
the Henry Ford should have accepted
Mayfiower's challenge. and Nova Sco-
tia showed its sporting blood by fol-
lowing the same course.
Keen as will be the interest in the
Bluenose-Henry Ford series which
begins on Saturday off Gloucester It
looks as though this contest will be
overshadowed by the race in which
the Boston schooner will have the
chance she has been seeking for two
years to show how fast she can sail
in a real fishermen's race.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
The CT Disaster.

The War Department is going to
investigate the destruction of the
army dirigible balloon CO, wrecked
Tuesday near San Antonio, Texas,
just as it started on an exhibition
fight which was to have taken it over
the city. Because Of the circum-
stances under which the accident to
the CO happened nobody was killed,
but eight of the eleven persons on
board we're injured.
Yet the elements of another terri
BILE balloon disaster, with shocking
loss of life, were all present. Disre-
garding the lesson Of the 2 R-2, which
sent forty-three men to death on
August "a, 1921, and Of the Roma,
in the destruction Of which thirty
eight lost their lives on February FL,
1922, the aviation authorities in
fiated the CO with hydrogen. the in
fiammable gas against which so long a
list of killings is already scored. Had
the CO held together few minutes
longer, nothing short Of miracle
could have saved her people from
death.
The country was spared another
awful accident at San Antonio by the
fact that the dirigible was SO weak
ened on leaving it's hangar it went to
pieces before it rose high above the
ground.
The nation knows from bitter ex-
perience the ever present danger re-
sulting from the use Of hydrogen gas
to initiate balloons. The, records OF
the army and of the navy give sor-
rowful testimony to its fatal potency.
In an emergency. when national
safety dictated it, the use Of this gas
might be justified il no other were
available. But in peace there is no
excuse for using it. Helium. non
explosive, non.infammable, safe. is
available, and helium should be used.
II costs more than hydrogen, but the
dollars of extra expense It would in
volve are as nothing when they are
weighed against the lives OF Amerl-
can soldiers and sailors.
The official investigation into the
CO disaster should not be limited to
the mechanics Of the dirigible and
the physical fact of its destruction.
1t should go to the bottom Of the
official management that persists in
using dangerous hydrogen in aviation
instead Of a safe substitute.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19
The Bootlegger'. View.
In His Ell Dorado Light Wines and
Beer Are Not Found.

To THE New York HERALD: an
wondering II the Paul Boyton who has
been studying bootlegging and who
writes Of his experiences so entertain
ingly In THE NEW YORK HERALD Is the
Captain Paul Boyton whom I helped
to land from the ice flowing Allegheny
River at Emlenton. Pa. in the early
spring Of 1873 on the occasion of his
trip In his lifesaving apparatus from OIL
City, Pa, to st. Louis
Emlenton is forty three miles from Oil
City. by river and he arrived long after
dark. having had great difficulty in pilot
ing his way through an Ice foe, which
at times threatened his destruction.
James Creelman Of THE NEW YORK
HERALD stan reached town by train
ahead of him and we had a-bonfire along
the margin Of the river to light the
way in. and tho way that. man con-
sumed Irish whisky for the first half
hour after his arrival at the local hotel
warrants me In assuming that he APP
preached the bootleg survey In an in
diligently sympathetic frame Of mind.
If the Democratic statesmen had con-
suited Paul Boyton before writing
their platform they would hardly have
included the light wines and beer plank !:
that is boomerang. AS Lord Bacon
remarked in the interval between HAM
let and the Sonnets. 1T is not posi-
BILE to find remedy for any mischief in
the commonwealth but It will beget
some new mischief" and so-called pro-
hibition has opened the way for the
bootlegger and the accumulation of for
tunes, with a lure equal to that Of Ell
Dorado. The man who wants light
wines and beers is no friend Of the
bootlegger's business. and he is arrayed
against the public policy Of the United
States--a situation impossible to polit-
ical equilibrium BENJAMIN 8. DEAN.
JAMESTOWN. October II.
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are not workers enough to do the
work of the country.
The circular says: Business hes
itates and profits change to loss be-
cause there is no definite legislative
policy or program" This talk means
nothing. 1t is straight bunk and
such utterances are disgrace to
the Democratic State Finance Com
mittee.