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The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Growing Wheat in Alaska.
Recent Farming Experiments Near
Arctic Circle.

From Department Of Agriculture Bulletin.
The Alaska experiment stations of the
United States Department OF Agrcul-
ture have demonstrated that it is possi-
BILE to raise locally large part of the
wheat needed by those who have settled
In the Territory.
A recent report from the agronomist
in charge of the five Alaska stations
states that in the summer of 1921
crop of $500 bushels of spring wheat
was produced in the vicinity OF the Fair
banks station. Most of this wheat Is
being ground into flour in a small mill
recently installed at Fairbanks. The
quantity available will supply the 1900
people living at or near Fairbanks.
This wheat is the product of a selection
made from a small sample OF grain re-
ceived from Siberia in 1914, The grain
Is hard and the flour of excelle. quality.
About 1000 bushels of wheat were
produced in the Matanuska Valley In
1921. One field of wheat at the Ma
tanuska station yielded forty bushels
an acre. At the Rampant station the
varieties OF wheat developed from ST.
bieran stock and most of the barley
hybrids and oats selections ripened.
while their parent plants did not fully
mature. Farmers In the Tanana Valley
produced 1000 bushels of wheat. 1000
bushels OF oats and nearly 1000 BUSH
els of barley. oats and barley. in addi-
tion to wheat are being grown in very
considerable quantities every year in
the interior valleys from seed developed
at the Rampant and Fairbanks stations.
The aim OF Alaskan agriculture is
chiefly to increase local food supplies.
The main sources OF income for Alaska
are mining. fishing and timber. II has
long been the belief of those in charge
of Alaskan experiment station work
that It is entirely possible TO grow food
in sufficient amount to supply those en-
gagged in all industrial occupations in
the Territory.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Does Boston Dislike Strangers :?

A espondent-evidently wom-
an, for the letter is signed mo
body's Fool which should be suffi-
cient identification as to sex--writes
to the Philadelphia Public Ledger
that New York woman temporarily
resident in a Boston suburb was in
formed in a store of that city, Of
which she has been a liberal GUS
toner, that New Workers are not
liked by New Englanders.
Now of course" remarks the Pub
7ic=zLedger's correspondent, "it is
matter of common knowledge that
commercial rivalry Is at the bottom
of Boston's hostility" This the cor
respondent would be willing to over
look provided the hostility stopped
there. But it does not stop there.
She AYERS that it is carried into So
ciaf matters and directed against in
offensive persons making prolonged
stays in New England.
She asserts that in the Boston sub
urbs no attempt is made to conceal
the prevailing animosity toward per-
sons from other parts of the country.
She quotes a fellow exile as saying
that there is no other place like 1t
between the Hub and Chicago, an
opinion in which she cordially con-
ours. And then she closes with the
warning that New England will
never gain friends until II learns to
respect strangers"
These are amazing accusations.
That i'm this specific instance there
must have been some foundation for
them can hardly be doubted. Evi-
IDENTIFY the writer was what they de.
scribe in New England as call het
up1 when she took her pen in hand
to write a letter to newspaper
about her grievance. II she was in
dixnant some unpleasant experience
must have been the cause.
And yet her sweeping allegations
- hard to accept. Why should the
sryfyh on nvsron be prvud as against
New Workers? To be sure there are
occasional municipal happenings here
which sadden the judicious, but IL
Boston immune from similar polit
icaf afflictions? II would take all the
perfumes Of Arabia to sweeten some
OF the political stables the Hub has
been cleaning out of late. For hei
energetic housecleaning Boston Is tC
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Early May.

Now are the hills of kirkland fair
again
With the green mantle of the flower
ing year;
From shady banks the shy wake-robin
peer.
And the long stemmed blue violets star
the lane.
Now may one bark the phoebe birds
refrain.
Deep in the denser thickets one may
The pheasant's sharp staccato keen
and clear.
The river stretches like silver chain
Upon the bosom of this smiling land
Where May winds laugh amid the
meadow grasses
That wave their thin green fingers as
one passes;
Come, Memory. and take me by the
hand.
Give me back all for which my
heart is fain
Now that the Kirkland hills are
fair againA
ELISABETH SCOTLAND.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Russia at Genoa.
A Protest Against Dealing With the
Soviet Authorities.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: If a
Ruskin were to write on the Genoa con-
ference one Is constrained to think he
would reiterate. "The aspect Of the
years that approach US is as solemn as
it is full OF mystery, and the weight
OF evil against which we have to con-
tend Is increasing. The blasphemies OF
the earth are sounding louder, and its
mseries heaped heavier every day."
At the very moment when Christians
in Russia are condemned to die for the
defense of the holy things OF their
sanctuaries the British Minister urges
for Soviet Russia "a probationary Pc
riod in which they will enjoy full diplo-
matte recognition" Surely they have
polluted the sanctuary of strength, have
taken away the daily sacrifice and set
up the abomination that maketh desc
late! Daniel xiii, ~ At Genoa, in
the words of Ruskin, they have denied
the Helpful One and the Just. and
desired a murderer, sedition raiser and
robber to be granted to them"
Were the voice of America heard in
the councils of Europe it would be in
the 1erHls, Diilslte JustitidiH qui Juui-
catis terrain" eye who Judge the earth,
give diligent love to justice). OF those
who made covenant with this monstrous
thing gnawing at the vitals of Russia
let 1t be said, For God shall spoil the
soul of those that spoiled Iher1. The
inspired pages OF the fathers of inter-
national law declare: Government and
cooperation are in all things the laws
OF life; anarchy and competition, the
laws of DEATH" Genoa cannot wash Its
hands of these things. 1t will be sum-
moned to Judgment and in that day
shall Michael. the great prince" stand
up. and the mysterious forces that have
enacted this hideous drama pay to the
full their debt of blood and spoilation.
JOSEPH WHIrLA SrINsoN.
NEW YORK, May 10.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Mid-Victorian.
A Note on Women That Might Have
Come From a jeremiah Of 1922.

To THE NEW, YORK HERALD: Social
critics tire not in bewailing our alarm
ing departures from the model manners,
ethics and dress of Victorian days.
Huh Read this:
When women can't keep themselves
from idle talking with strange gentlemen
they are very far gone on the road to
the devil That's my notion. And that
was every ones notion few years ago.
But nov. what with divorce bills and
womens rights and penny papers and
false hair. and married women being
just like gigglng girls, and giggling
girls knowing just as much as married
women. when a woman has been married
year or two she begins TO think whether
she mayn't have more fun for her money
by living apart from her husband.
And who wrote that and when? II
Is comment by sturdy Miss stanbury
a character in Anthony Trollope's novel
or English life, HE Knew He Was
Right" The edition from which / copy
was published by Strahan & Co.. Lon.
don. in almost the exact mldyear OF Vic.
,oria's reign. 1869. HIIhIs IpE.
MoNTcIArR, N. j.. May 13.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Settling Without Lawsuits.

The general arbitration plan now
launched to settle countless civil dis
putes without all the delay, expense
and red tape Of lawsuits will make
strong appeal to American common
sense. American common sense
looks with disfavor on lawsuits. 1t
has no patience with legal hairsplit-
ting and technicalities. 1t will be
glad of any practical method to get
quick results and simple justice.
Cancellation and arbitration have
been practiced for years in this coun-
try in labor disputes, and this prin-
ciple of leaving the decision to an un-
biased umpire when the interested
parties have failed to agree Is now
thoroughly implanted in our national
industrial system. 1t ought to be
possible to do even more successfully
and expeditiously in the minor civil
cases what is done with more or less
success in the great labor ,controver-
sizes. The experiment is decidedly
we'll worth trial.
One flaw which frequently has i'm
paired the smooth outworking Of
labor arbitration has been the lack
of a constantly existing and regu-
larly sitting body to which differ
ences must 60 automatically. Since
labor arbitrators have to be agreed
upon by both sides either side can
delay actual arbitration indefinitely
by deadlocking on the selection Of
the arbitrator. There also have been
in labor arbitrations some unfortu-
nate results where disputant either
refused to accept or failed to carry
out in good faith the decision of the
arbitrator.
With the proposed arbitration of
civil cases, however, it will be sim
pie matter to overcome the difficult
ties which have marred some of the
important labor arbitrations. The
very mass of cases arising every day
would naturally require large and
more or less fixed number Of arbi-
tratprs- agreed upon as may be ar
rangt the members OF the Arbi-
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Making Good an Old Saying.
A Figurative Expression Which Some
Persons Now Take Literally.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Ever
since Shakespeare's apostrophe 20 War.
thou son of hell - and Lord Clarendon's
simile, I'VE cannot make more lively
representation and emblem to ourselves
Of hell than by the view of king
dom in war;" and Shermans terser
"War Is hell" 1t has been the custom
to speak of armed conflict in some such
terms as Lady Astor used the other
day. letting hell loose"
Now that so much interest has been
awakened or intensified in sprtism by
the campaign of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, it may be of interest to some of
your readers to learn that, in the opin-
ion of not a few judicious people-some
three hundred and odd millions scat
tered over the world-hell is literally
being let loose by Sir Oliver Lodge. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle and all others who
engage in spiritistic practices. That the
overwhelming majority of the phenom-
ena produced at spiritualistc seances
are mere trickery and fraud may be
readily admitted, but serious judges are
inclined to believe that there is residue
of supernatural or preternatural occur
rences which are diabolical
If spirits really do have any part in
such seances, It is obvious to any Chris
tian that they must be evil spirits, since
1t is repugnant to common sense that
the spirits of the just or angels of ligh.
should lend themselves to such puerill-
ties as these seances disclose. The his
tory of spiritism shows that more than
a few mediums, tricksters at first, have
been caught in the tolls of the "con-
trolls" they have unwittingly evoked and
have paid the penalty of insanity or
suicide.
AS for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his
eminence in other fields gives him no
authority whatever on this particular
subject. Macaulay's statement still
holds good: "As to the other great ques-
tion-the question. what becomes of man
after death-we do not see that highly
educated European, left to his unas-
sisted reason, is more likely to be. in
the right than a Blackfoot Indian. Not
single one of the sciences in which
we surpass the Blackfoot Indians throws
the smallest light on the state of the
soul after the animal life is extinct"
A. B. O'NErL, c. 8. c.
NoTRE DAME, Ind, May IL.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14

To the question What should a
husband earn to begin married life?'
put to the girls in Delaware Univer-
sity, seniors and juniors answered
s2,500, sophomores said $4,000 and
freshmen $4,000. Now, is 1t that
freshmen-latest recruits from the
outside world-are affected by the
most modern opinion as to what Mr..
Younghusband should earn, or is 1t
that seniors, as they closely approach
their fields of conquests. like gener-
Gus generals. modify the terms of sur
render they intend to impose?
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Students of Screen Art.

A year or two after the motion pic
ture fever set in a story was told to
illustrate the effect 1t had on the
population of the United States. A
dramatist who was entertaining a
friend from England could not per-
suade him that we had changed from
a nation of dollar chasers to nation
of playwrights. ASK anybody you
see," challenged the American. The
Englishman boarded the first street
car that came along and walked for
ward to the motorman. "How's your
scenario coming on?" he inquired.
"Fine!"I said the motorman; "Pll fin
ish the third act tonight"
According to dispatches from Los
Angeles, the desire of every Ameri-
can to be a motion picture dramatist
has been the source of great profit
to the schools which teach by mail
the art Of the scenario. The Photo
Playwrights League of America has
asked the boss of the screen, WILL H.
HAYS, ito avert another scandal" by
curbing the operations of the scenario
schools, which are alleged to be col
lecting millions of dollars from per-
sons who think they can write for
the lens.
1t is hard to imagine how Mr.. HAYS
could exert authority in that direc-
tion even If he wished to do So.
Surely 1t would do the motion pic
ture industry no pecuniary good to
throw wet blanket over the hopes
of thousands of persons who, while
studying the art of the scenario, un-
doubtedly attend as many screen
plays as their purses will permit.
OF course the scenario schools may
be taking a little money from per-
sons who will never have a plot ac-
cepted, but how are they to know?
The beauty parlors have patrons who
will never be beautiful. The golf
schools receive pupils who will never
be more than hopeless buffers. The
dancing schools are patient with
those doomed by nature never to be
able to get out of their own way.
Why grieve over the money that will
never be repaid in the actual result?
If the pupil is having fun let him go
to school,
From the intellectual side the see
mario schools have it. If they are
able to turn the pupils mind even a
little way in the direction of read
ing, research or writing, that mind
may find a channel of which it has
not dreamed, a channel far from the
motion pictures and yet more useful
than the mastery of cheap scenario
would be. The wisest men have
never frowned on low class fiction
it breeds desire for more reading and
the chances are that it will lead to
better reading. If a youth starts out
to be another d. w. Griffith and fails
but winds up with love for Shake
speare his experience with the see
mario school has been profitable
enough.
Everybody over the age of 10 has
in his head or his heart one short
story or one scenario. That is say
ing in the professions. If it is true
let the treasure come forth. Ger
tainly the motion picture business
needs new stuff all the time.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Pepper and the Bonus Looters.

The bonus bludgeon is being aimed
directly at the head of GEORGE WHAR-
roS PEPPER, candidate for the Repub-
iican nomination for United States
Senator in Pennsylvania. This able
and courageous citizen of the Key
stone State has. affronted the bonus
claimants by opposing their auda-
cious raid on the United States
Treasury. Wherefore the bonus raid
ers have arrogantly demanded his
defeat by the men and women who
will vote in the Pennsylvania prima-
ries on Tuesday.
Here is the declaration of princi-
pies of the American Legion touching
ON political activities:
The organization shall be nom
political and, as an organization,
shall not promote the candidacy of
any person seeking public office"
In view of the insistent and impu-
dent demands on Congress for the
JULIUS iOOl, III view VI luc udLlOu-
wide pressure on men in political
and public life to support the de-
mands for the bonus; in view Of the
specific and concentrated attack on
Senator PEPPER of Pennsylvania be-
cause of his conscientious and hon.
orable opposition to the bonus, the
bonus propagandists of the American
Legion have prostituted the high pur-
poses of that organization to the
plane of sheer greed and selfishness,
and in the delirium of this greed and
selfishness they stop at nothing in
their raid on the Treasury.
But in spite of the bludgeoning tao
tics of these insistent propagandists
THE New YORK HERALD confidently
believes that the serious, sound think
ing people of WILLIAM PENIS great
State will stand in solid phalanx on
primary day for that fine, clean, able
son of old Pennsylvania, a gentle
man, a scholar, clear thinker,
a man of courage. distinguished
lineage and patriotic purpose, GEORGE
WHARTON PEPPER, than whom no
State in the Union has sent a better
man to the United States Senate in
many years.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
His Garden.
II have a little garden spot"

II have a little garden spot"
Said Percival McGee.
'I've planted it with beans and peas
And beets and celery.
And rows Of onions succulent.
In which take delight
When they are served with bread and
salt
Upon a warm spring night.
'T've also planted cabbages
And radishes and corn.
And parsley, which is pretty STUFF
Some dishes to adorn;
And cucumbers and cantaloupes.
All growing like the dlckcrs,
But won't be satisfied until
! plant my neighbor's chickens"
a MiNNA IRVING.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Civic Soldiers.

The annual parade of the police
force of New York serves two pur-
poses. 1t supplies a fitting back
ground for the bestowal Of awards
to members of the force whose con-
spicuous skill, devotion and bravery
have marked them for especial hon
ors among their fellows. 1t gives to
the people of the city an opportunity
to see what kind of men make up
the force. 1t is not vain display
or a mere pageant to amuse. 1t is a
seriously instructive exhibition of a
vital municipal department.
The men who marched through the
streets of New York yesterday were
splendid specimens of what police
men should be. Their physical fit
ness was evident in their trim bodies,
their light step, their alert and con,
fident bearing. Their professional
training was disclosed in the excel
lence of the lines they maintained
which was remarkable because po'
licemen, most of whose work is done
as individuals, not in military for
nation, do not have much opportu-
nifty to drill. This year the extra
duty all members Of the force have
restricted the time spent in polishing
up for the parade.
The body of men New York in.
spected yesterday presented an i'm.
pressive sight. The comic artists
fat and heavy jowled policeman Of a
quarter of century or so ago was
not in the ranks. Instead the force
turned out body of athletes,
equipped in spirit and materially to
meet successfully the difficulties of
their task. II in the days of old
New York the guardians of public
order, the agents Of government in
control of unruly, boisterous and vi
cious human nature, merited the
name of "The Finest" that praiseful
designation is far more clearly de
served by the fine force which New
York cheered yesterday as, dignified
and impressive, 1t passed in review.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Squeaky Shoes at Church.
Mr.. Beecher on Good Shoemakers
and the Wearing of Sandals.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: 1 recall
an incident that occurred at Plymouth
Church one Sunday at the morning SER
vice. 1t was the last Lords Day in
June prior to Mr.. Beecher's vacation.
/ was seated in one of the front pews
and near me was a man who seemed
to be from the rural districts. He wore
brand new suit and 1t was no doubt
the first time that he had been to hear
this renowned preacher. Mr.. Beecher
had commenced his sermon. The man
in the pew got up to go out; as he
started down the aisle the squeaky
shoes he wore were much in evidence.
The congregation could plainly see
that Mr.. Beecher was greatly annoyed.
he having paused in his discourse. The
man continued on his way. When half
way down the aisle he hesitated. He
was confused as well as embarrassed at
the great silence that pervaded the
church. all on account Of him. He was
undecided whether to continue his walk
to the door or return to his seat.
The silence was intense. The man
decided to continue on and 1T was
squeak, squeak, squeak down the aisle
to the door. which he closed quietly
after him. The profound silence was
then broken by~Mr Beecher, who said:
God bless the shoemaker who can
make shoes that won't squeak going out
Of meeting, but this is not a part OF
my text" and Mr.. Beecher continued
his sermon.
In saying good-by at the close of the
Nr ov-1ra Cd
the day is not far distant when we can
wear sandals to church in the summer.
the same as were worn during the Bible
times; they would be cool, comfortable
and certainly never disturb the dom
inie." GEORGE WILSON JENNINGS.
BROOKLYN, May 13.
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Looking Ahead for the Metropolis

The plan of the Sage Foundation
for the development of the metro
politan area is a recognition Of the
fact that New York city Of the future
cannot work out its great social and
economic problems alone. 1t is de-
pendent on it's neighbors, just as
they, to a greater extent. are de-
pendent upon New York city.
New York without its neighbors
would be impossible. From or
through them comes most OF the
city's food and fuel. They furnish
suburbs in which many city workers
build homes. 1t is through their
roads that the city dweller passes
on his way to recreation. The COM
muting zone has become so closely
interviewer with the city that it is
almost impossible to think of New
York in which all the workers were
residents.
The various cities and counties
which now comprise Greater New
York were compelled by force of ne
cessity to consolidate in order that
they might all enjoy coordination in
mutual service. No such political
amaIgamation seems to be contem-
plated in the Sage plan. 1t seeks,
rather, such joining Of interests
as was recently shown in the agree
ment of the States of New York and
New Jersey in the Port Authority.
II the plan proposed by the Sage
trustees had been put afoot twenty
years ago it is likely that there
would be to-day tunnel or a bridge
by which motor cars and freight
could pass between New York and
New Jersey. 1t is possible that the
subways, instead of ending at the
northern line of the city, would be
extended into the important cities OF
Westchester.
New York is not fortunate in all
ways. IL is port and railroad ter
minal Of vital Importance to the ma.
tion. 1t is a great factory town and
the show window Of the continent
But the island of Manhattan is no
longer a place where those in mod
crate or poor circumstances can find
normal housing; and Brooklyn and
The Bronx are filling rapidly. with
out guiding plan," says the brochure
OF the Sage trustees, what of New
York 100 years hence?" What, in
deed, of New York twenty or thirty
years hence? Its problems OF hous
ing, food. transportation and educa
tion ought to be considered now.
Cities have laid too much emphasi:
on their large populations. The New
Yorker proudly says that his towr
will soon leave London far behind
He does not add that two millions o
the six millions are packed more
closely together than any other col
lection OF human beings on earth
what is It to child, leaning out ol
The New York herald., 1922-05-14
Civic Virtues Props.
Could a Human Being Stand in The
Pose of the Statueg

To THE New York HERALD: To think
that all our famous artists passed IA
vorably on "Civic Virtue! Have they
lost their heads just because the sculp-
tor happens to be a celebrity?
The figure Of the Rough Guy is all
out. No man can twist his right leg as
he does and at the same time stand
erect while holding a heavy saber on
his shoulder. 1t is impossible for the
muscles to do this stunt.
The arms are too long; the right arm
too large. The head is too small for
the chest. The right leg is too heavy
and broad for the body.
1 am sorry for the sculptor. But no
artist is perfect in his work all the time.
It isn't his fault.
LOUIS M. EILsHEMIUs.
NEW YORK, May 13.