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New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
The Administration Bloc

lnasmuch as Comptroller Craig
is the ablest member Of the city ad-
ministration his announcement that
he intends to join the Mayor IN
blocking the construction Of new
subways is a little surprising.
Mr.. Craig is not bus line pro-
motcr. He has not in the past been
an experimenter with municipal
ownership. he has never, as far as
we knew. received the promise Of
support of the Hearst newspapers
for higher Office in return for play
ing the Hearst game of obstructing
everything that was not by. for end
Of Hearst
Being intelligent. Nh, Craig mus;
know as veil as other intelligent
men DO that The only way to get the
subway system extended is to CO.
operate with the Transit Commits
SION. The Transit Commission has
been upheld by the courts and it
will be functioning long after Mr..
Craig and Mr. Hylan are political
figures.
Why. then. the Comptroller's op-
position? Has ne joined with Mr..
Nylan. with whom he formerly dif.
fered frequently, to form an admin
istration bloc-or. more properly
block
Has he decided to become part
Of the Hearst II an-Murphy ma
chiHc That is being organized in an
effort TO swing the next state
election?
MIR. ilylan's attitude on the sub
ways. if not praiseworthy, is at least
understandable But Mr.. Craig
knows better, and his tactics will
continue mystery unless his future
conduct betrays the fact that he,
tco, is hafboring secret and lofty
political ambitions which only
Hearst and Hylan car further
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
Bonds for Bonus Payment

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: If it is just that the nation
should pay its soldiers a bonus, and if
the payment Of such bonus is danger
Gus tax upon the nations financial re-
sources, why would it not be best and
safest to make the payment in govern
ment bonds-that is, in the same in
terest-bearing government promises to
pay with which the government paid all
OF It's war expenses? The stay-at home,
protfteering wage Garner was induced
to use his money and his borrowing
power to absorb such bonds. Why
should he not be used as a medium
OF payment to the soldier who is de-
manding what he and many others con-
slider his due? JAMES T. PREBBLE.
New York, Jan. %, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
St. Laurence Route Fal[acies
Fancfu Claim That the Project Would Bring the Northwest
10 Cents Bushel Closer 10 Market
1922. New York Tribune Inc.

10 cents bushel closer to its mar
that time carry grain for 10 cents
bushel less than the Erie Canal can
carry it. 1t may confidently be pre-
dicted that by the time the St. Law
renee route is available grain rates OF
the Erie Canal will be as low as or
lower than prevailed prior to 1915. not
alone by reason of decreasing costs due
to return of normal conditions. but
through use Of the modern barges Of
large capacity and of economy superior
to any hitherto used.
But even on the basis of present canal
rates Governor Harding's assumption
is an impossible one. Ocean rates from
either Montreal or New York to Liver
pool arc identical and therefore need
not be considered in the comparison.
Any possible saving must arise from
the remaining parts Of the routes.
Through lake and canal wheat rates
from either Duluth or Chicago to New
York averaged during the season Of
1921 approximately 965 cents a
bushel, including all subsidiary charges
Of every kind
1t is self-evidcnt that out Of total
cost Of 9.65 cents saving OF 10 cents
connot be effected. J. G. WHITE.
Acting President The Merchants Asso-
citation of New York.
New York, JAN 2S, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
The Worrell Sisters

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: If my memory is not at fault.
and some Tribune reader will con-
tradict me if it is. the case of the
"Worrell sisters" stage stars in New
York and "the toast of the town" many
years ago, furnishes a fine illustration
OF the uncertainties Of theatricals.
There were three Worrel sisters.
who made a sensation by their youth
and beauty, appearing together as
Broadway stars. One Of them, Jennie,
married a wealthy man and retired
from the stage to a life of affluence.
Another, Sophie, married Georro S.
knight, the comedian, who, after
period of great success on the stage.
met with serious financial reverses and
ultimately became demented, dying, I
think, in an asylum in PHILADELPHIA.
The end of the third was described in
James l.. Ford's "Forty-Odd Years in
the Literary Shop" as follows: "After
period of drought in the Coney Island
nelghbohood she lost her way, and
through spark from a cigarette which
she was smoking the grass was
set on fire and she was burned to
death"
The history of the stage i. a record
OF extremes-adulation and prosperity
on the one side and disappointment and
even penury on the other.
+. r. RICHFIELD.
New York, Jan. 2s, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
The Police Blackjack
Should Be Prohibited, Says Former
Ambulance Surgeon

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In one of the many charges
Of police brutality which have been
fully sustained by the courts-t is
perhaps in the public interest to call
attention to the not uncommon police
practice Of carrying blackjacks. AS
a former ambulance surgeon of one Of
our large city hospitals. | have seen
many policemen who openly exhibited
backjacks. and ] have seen also many
serious injuries rs the result Of their
use, although have never seen
policeman use one. But the fact that
policemen do carry them is prima facie
evidence Of their intent to use them
in an emergency.
The blackia Jack is favoritc weapon
of thugs and has nothing in its favor
except that it is easily concealed. sf-
icctive in action and will produce
knockout without leaving much cv
dencc. The black jack consists o.
lump OF heavy metal, cncascd in
tcdCHel .JChet Oi COVERING VI SOlitc
other relatively soft material, and is
attached to flexible handle. usually Of
leather. with n central steel or whale
bone core. A slight jerk on the handle
Of the weapon imparts a tremendously
increased force to the lump of metal
at its end. sufficient to fracture
skull or break .bone and without
laccration Of intervening soft tissue.
As police weapon it is certainly
most dangerous one. particularly
in the hands Of brutal policeman. No
matter what we may think Of the po-
lice AS an organization. it certainly
docs include, as any such organiza-
tion must include, men who cannot
control their brutal tendencies.
have as much admiration as any one
for a good policeman, but thugs on
the police force should be dealt with
as thugs elsewhere. Any policeman
found with a blackjack in his posses
sion should be required to explain,
and if his explanation is not salts
factory he should be punished not
by mere suspension from duty, but by
Imprisonment as menace to society.
DIR. CARL t. McCOMRS.
New York, Jan. 2S. 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
Mishts

ne water path at the foot of the
Palisades is dotted with camp fires.
and the crisp air carries tang Of
bacon and coffee.
New lork's winter carnival ground
extends this season as far as Bear
Mountain. Why 60 to Saranac or
Montreal when there are snowy hill
sides and DARK. frozen lakes, all laid
out in free pleasure ground. within
an hours journey from home? Miss
Ruby NJ. Joliffe, superintendent of
the camp department of the Pali-
sades Interstate Park, has arranged
sleeping accommodations in the
shadow Of Bear Mountain for those
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
Swift and Efficient Justice

The conviction Of the murderer
Boldly q little more than two weeks
after his arrest proves that the pro-
verbal laws delays do not hamper
a competent District Attorney if he
is allowed to proceed in his own
way.
District Attorney Banton TOOK
over this the most important task
that came TO him since his election
and disposed of it with energy and
ability. In doing so he set an ex-
ample which ali district and state 8
attorneys can follow profitably dur
ing the continuance Of the crime
wave.
Even in cases like that of Boldly,
where guilt is indisputable, there
has been in the past disposition to
postpone the bringing Of criminal
to justice Till The calendars have be-
come clogged and the jails in which
e''1 oNNO OSCN SN all ~ Idl CIOWQCU De-
yond all reason. This has happened
in New York perhaps oftencr than
in any other large city, because of
the necessarily larger volume of
criminal business here.
In The Boldly case the grand Jury
was given the evidence promptly
an indictment was found without de
lay, the date Of the trial was fixed
forthwith and a quick conviction fol-
lowed as q matter of course.
Judges always may be found
who arc willing to speed up the lis
charge of justice. but they cannot
try criminals till the cases are pre-
sentcd to them. it is the District
Attorneys office which determines
whether justice shall drag or move
swiftly. New York is fortunate in
having for its District Attorney
man who shows he does not be-
lieve in needless delay and who
knows how to prevent it.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
Lives That Can be Saved

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The earnest thanks of every
worker in the great field of effort look
ing to the ultimate extinction of the
tuberculosis scourge in this city are
due to The Tribune for its admirable
editorial in to-day's issue headed
Tuberculosis and Housing"
Not only, as you Justly point out, has
the total Of deaths from this cause
been very greatly reduced during re-
cent years. but there has been a cut
ting down Of 1S per cent in 1921 as
against 1920.
Of course. this is cheering news to
the public generally and highly en-
couraging to all engaged in fighting
this needless scourge-we saw "need-
less" because tuberculosis is prevent
able and an, thing that is preventable
is surely needless. Yet it is APPARENT
that the utmost remedial and cduca-
tional efforts must still be put forth.
Six thousand deaths year in this citv
from this cause are 5000 too many. The
work OF cutting down the total must be
kept up INCREASINGLY.
For the good Of New York we shall
be glad to give helpful information.
without charge. to all who may inquire
Of US.
NEW YORK TUBERCULOSIS AS
SOClATION, 10 East Thirty-ninth
Street
New York, Jan 20, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
The Tower
THE germ OF Spanish influenza has

TNHE germ Of Spanish influenza has
been isolated-comparatively. We
haven't been able to crowd him into
test tube or smear him on a micro
scope slide. But we have taken him
and his whole family out Of broad
and boundless universe and confined
him in a space some six feet in length
and broader than it should be.
In so doing we have lost all SYM
pathy for the efforts of those scientists
who have been striving to isolate him.
It's easy enough to do, but .lftor three
days of intimate association with the
marooned bacilli we haven't yet been
able to find single valid reason for
doing it.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
Pilfering in Soviet Russia

Te the Editor Of The Tribune -.
Sir: Your "Echoes from ADros' :.
always interesting, but tho ''e -,
titled "Pilfering in Soviet Hus'' H.'.,,
your issue of January 22' p.ls., ~,
moves me to seek further fn'o' ~
If American shipments OF 10o I'D
are looted it makes little v
difference to the American "A
whether the looting Is done ~ ).
nary thieves or by those acs'Hs :, j
lusion with the government 4
case the officials of the Ame,~
lief Administration must s :,
those thefts. Have they WY c,sj
complaint with their own OF Wv 4
government?
New York. Jan. 25, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
The Pearson Memorial Fund

DC col SUI lflOlllOIlctI NiiO
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the letter recently
published by Lady Pearson, inviting
American subscriptions to the Arthur
Pearson Memorial Fund, may be al
lowed to add my appeal to hers?
The truly great work done by the
late Sir Arthur Pearson for the blind
WAS international in its bcnchccnt as
poets and results What he planned
for and organized out of the great pity
of his heart, ont of the lessons Of his
own af1iiction and out of his genius as
an executive has proved an invaluable
boon to the blind throughout the world.
Those in America who may feel gen
crously moved to give financial aid to
the Arthur Pearson Memorial fund will
not only honor the memory Of ono who
has deserved wcll Of all humanity. but
they will further the work of ST.
Dunstans, which is model and labora-
tory for all efforts on behalf Of the
blind, and will help to enhance the well
fare, happiness and usefulness of the
blind in all lands
Contributions may be sent to and
will be gratefully acknowledged by
either Lord Richard Nevill Plaza
Hotel. New York. or myself at 90
William Street New York.
OTTO r.. KAHN
New York. Jan. so, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31

rather than over the fundamental
relation between Great Britain and
Egypt. An Egyptian state, both in
dependent and allied to Great
Britain, is within the range of both
British and Egyptian conceptions.
The trouble is to find formula
satisfying Egypt's national aspira-
tions. Many elements in Egypt ap-
preciate the political and economic
advantages of the association with
Great Britain and would undoubt-
edly be glad to preserve them under
regime of substantial independ
cnce
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31

The flu germ is hermit at cart.
BY force Of circumstance he is cos
mopoitc, globe trotter. Yet in his
soul there is a deep yearning for n
which he may withdraw and upend his
days. And once he docs get in he's as
hard to get out again as homeless
dog or your cousins from Pittsburgh.
AS for these hcartlcss scientists who
continue their efforts to isolate him in
test tube all we have to ay is that
it's dirty rotten thing to do even to
test tube
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
Lake rate Canal rafA

The average ocean rate, New York to
Liverpool, during the same period
(ornittng 1916 because Of the abnormal
war conditions) WAS SIS cents bushel.
The rates cited include all the fol-
lowing charges:
|. Elevator charge at upper lake port.
2. Lake cargo insurance.
3. Lake transportation to Buffalo.
4. Elevator charge at Buffalo.
8. Five days free elevator storage at
Buffalo.
8. Canal cargo insurance
Z. Canal transp ortation to New York
8. Elevator charge at New York.
8. Three days free storage on canal
barge at New York.
10. Five days free elevator storage
at New York.
IL. Ocean cargo insurance.
IL. Ocean transportation to Liverpool
1t thus appears that under the normal
conditions prior to the war the total
cost (including charges Of every kind
Of moving wheat from the head Of the
lakes to Liverpool, via the Erie Cana
and New York, was 1918 cents a
bushel.
Governor Harding proposes to reduce
this cost 10 cents a. bushel by sub
stituting the st. Lawrence route for the
Erie Canal route. This would leave but
about three-fcurths Of cent to paw the
entire cost of movement from Duluth t.
Liverpool via the St. Lawrence routei
We are aware that the advocates q,
mat route are extremely sanguine. but
we did not think them as saneuine a,
that.
Only little further flight of fame,
and the St. Lawrence route will carr,
grain for nothing and perhaps evcr
pay bonus
1t may be objected that Governo,
harding's assumed economies are baset
upon present rates and not upon thos,
prevailing prior to 1915.
Not so! Those economies can be-
come effective only when the St. Law
renee route is completed; say, in fv
TO ten years. To "bring the Northwes
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
1t Must Not Happen Here

Investigations Of the Washington
theater horror viii not bring back a
single life nor case the pain of
single sufferer. If there is blame,
as there must be, it can perhaps
be fixed by an inquiry. But fixing
the blame or Furnishing the guilty
or crimnally ne& igent will not in
,he least mitigate the calamity.
If the dead could come back they
would join with the living victims
IN demanding that such a horror be
never repeated no matter what
Was It's cause. Preyentablc acct
deuts are always incNcusable, and
the collapse OF d theatcr roof whose
strength is insufficient to bear all
strains is preventable.
The knickerbocker Theatcr in
Washington was new theater. 1t
was built in a time when steel was
available for supporting trusscs,
when engineering skill was available
to figure strains and provide specifi-
cations which would meet them.
Heavy SHOWS Rad fallen in WASH
ington before. There was every
likelihood that they would fall again.
1t was possible to construct a the
alter roof that would bear the weight
of SIX feet of snow as we'll as of
two. 1t was possible to provide such
factor Of safety that no snowfall
in human experience could tumble
the theater in ruins.
All that can now be said about
The Washington disaster is that this
was not done. 1t can be done here
after. however, not only in Wash.
inrton. but in every city in the
country.
New York, with more movie the
aters than any other American CITY
must learn lesson from the Knick
erOecker's collapse. And it mus
pat the knowledge it has gained t,
Immediate use.
Every theater. every place wher,
people congregate, ought to be in
>pectcd by the Buildings Departmen
hot this winter, but this week. 4
snow as heavy as that which visite,
Washington is likely to fall here
particularly in February and March
Every public gathering p'ac
which Is even suspected of fault,
construction should be closed till i
is in condition to meet any possible
strain. If this is done immediatel,
such an accident as that in Wash
lneton cannot happen here. Theate
tires arc bad enough. but there sr,
times when these are not foresee,
or toreseeable. Properly construct
ec theaters cannot collapse. And j
IS Ut to the Buildings Department O
New York City to make sure thai
every theater in the five borough.
Is properly constructed.
The desire for entertainment j.
as natural as any ether desire
Every community owes it to it,
members 10 protect them from dealt
or injury while induleine in it.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
The Real impeachment

4 couple Of months ago Chancei-
or Wirth told the Roparation Com
mission that Germany could not
nay thc rcparation installmcnts tor
1922 The commission took this
statement with large grain Of salt.
H.. asked the Chancellor why tho
German budget hadn't been bal
anced. Why he huge bread subsidy
was continued, Why the state rail
roads We're being run al heavy
loss, Why German capital vas al
lowed 70 hide abroad and why Ger
man taxation vas lar lower than
French or British taxation. 'Ioe
french tax per capita. for i..stance.
IS @45.GZ The German is only
.l3.8S lroignt charges in France
Tor ten tons carried 900 kilo-
oeters are sl7s.5o. IN Germany
hey are only $50.
Chancellor Wrth now answers
she-e questions partially. AIc says
.ha. the internal budget Viii be bal
aaceG. that railroad rates and taxes
viii oe raised that the bread sub
sldy Viii be reduced ana hat an N
'orral billion mark gold loan viii be
foa,ed lie thus admits that his
pic for leniency months ago vas
not we'll founded. He confcsses that
Dermsrt can pay more than 81 mas
been paying Nevertheless ne again
a~.s for concessions Oh the rcpara-
tcas due this year
C'omnaN imporuritics ale always
oesea ou an alleged Inability to pay.
a Reich would haze he Al5es be-
he>e taaf this Inability is physical
aaa cconom'c But the trath is that
~ is mo'al Germany has no rca!
lelirauou TO meet her treaty opu-
cations. She is more recaicitrant
t-an She is insolvent.
3c'r W.r'h sand the other day. in
presenting his excuses for delayed
PREPARATION payments. that no Ger
man government Won think of de
ilVerine up th. German war crimi
rails. These criminals were large !
rumerial in fastening war dam
agos on tne German people. They car
ne delivered at negligible cost. But
q government which grumbles about
set.lme for the outrages they com
"'ttcd Is READY TO DEFY the Allie:
aud bring ne" penalties on Ger
many I'M order to avoid surrender
ing thcm
Here he true German attitud,
toward the fuiilmcnt of treaty OBJ
.iga' oas is revealed II is one O
'mepeHtaut resistance. Good faitl
IS scandalously lacking. The eco
nomic impeachment is constantly en-
.afgec upon rs means cf attract
inc foreign Sympathy Bat The rea
Mapeawent is moral 1t is more i
need of beng enlarged upon.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31

We're looking forward to the time
WREN our throat gets so sore that we
can't swallow any more remedies.
We've gargled so persstently that wa
trill every time we try to speak. Sum
dry liquids with names that sound like
golf links have bubbled and swashed
around in our esophagus. They have
had little effect except to get our palate
into so hysterical state that the little
dinkus hanging down from it BEGINS IN
vibrate like the clapper of telephone
bell of its own accord now. everv tim.
we open our mouth.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
The Praise of Ignorance
From The Kansas cit, y,.,oc,

fFrom The kdnsas City TlmesJ
President Harding's view that the
army should not be reduced below
10000 electives probably will call out
more laments over the failure of +ho
Washington conference. But it is much
more important that the national do
tense should remain unimpaired than
that few persons who don't know
what the Washington conference was
called for' or what it has accomplished
should praise it for unwisdom.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31

daring was not for spectacular pur-
poses. but for careful study and ac-
curate filing up of the blank spaces
on the map of the world, and his
temperament and demesnor we're
such as would be an honor to hu-
manity in any station or undertak-
ING
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
TO the Editor of the Tribune

j
Sir: Ex-Governor w. L. Harding
OF Iowa in an article entitled "Solv-
ing the National Transportation Prob
lem" published in the January issue
Of Kalamazoo Commerce"), in sup
port Of the st. Lawrence Great Lakes
improvement, made the following
among other statements:
"It was thoroughly demonstrated
in the testimony taken (by the In
ternational Joint Commission that
an all water route from the Great
Lakes ports to the ocean would
bring the Northwest 10 cents Il
bushel closer to their market"
This, of course, is intended as a
claim that the projected st. Lawrence
Improvement would effect a saving of
10 cents bushel in the cost of
transporting grain from the head of
the lakes to its foreign destination.
In the six years preceding and in
Guiding 1915 the average cost a
bushel of transporting wheat from the
head of the Great Lakes to Liverpool,
via the Lake and Erie Canal route,
through Buffalo and New York, was
1913 cents, as shown by the official
records Of the New York Produce Ex-
change.
The average rates for each year
during that period were IS follows:
RATES PER BUSHEL OF WHEAT,
LAKE AND CANAL. HEAD OF THE
ThrouRh ra I a
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31

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Tiie Associated Press er,'usi,e'y eatit.ed -
. yse fof rca,.an a,ioa o. Al ne"s sps'esrs
,-steea 10 il or TO, ohe-slss credited IN It's
s...- -na also ssc icca nes, n spoa'snso's
~, Jus .ae5 fsfsiH.
A. asis % sepasie4tiop o' a. oinef matter
tei.f 49, -tseeed
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
WE'VE TRIED HOT BATHS AND
SWEATS

There's one thing the matter with
our construction. We need grease cups
installed above every joint in our
frame. We might try a tumbler or so
Of motor oil. It's about the only thing
we've neglected so far.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
WE'VE TRIED PHENACETIN AND
SALOL

If We could smell the smells other
people smell we'd feel more COM
fcrtablc. Or, if they could smell the
smell we smell all the time. there would
be little balm remaining in Gilead
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31
WE'VE TRIED ASPIRIN

incidentally, we're employing to day
not the Editorial but the Bacterial We.
While microbes roam, our body M1'0ugh
And on oar cdrdru'ns drum,
We wondcr i zoe are a zoo
Or an aquarium.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31

Never did we imagine the time would
come when we'd have any sympathy for
a landlord, but seventy-two hours Of
playing apartment hotel for bscilli has
at the very thought of rent law
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31

tss pvrehass merchard,se advertised in 1ht
- sUAt VITA sasoiute sa'e's-fcr II disasi'iae-
tea results ir any cs.> IHt TRIBUNE suAran-
'-rs 10 fas your money back upon request. No rsd
are No nDtssns ~e axe aood promptly "
Lie advertiser aees ro,
New-York tribune., 1922-01-31

After all the advice that has been
volunteered to US on how to euro
cold, we suppose we ought to be CRATE
full that we haven't got rheumatism
too.