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New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

Cermany's S Underselling
Analysed as Part of the Attempt to
Evadc Rcparations

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your comments on German
rcparations have been wise, conscrva-
tive and sane. The Germans did de-
spoil France and Belgium, stole their
machinery and ruined their factories
and mines with the deliberate intention
OF thereby gaining a business ad-
vantage when the war that Germany
created should end, and thus far This
iniQuity has been cminently successful
Some one must pay the cost of this
destruction, and obviously it must be
Germany, or else France and Belgium
themselves. Germany frankly intends
to avoid the consequences of her acts
If she can. The destruction in France
ana Belgium was not alone the act of
her soldiers, but Of tho whole German
people. who commanded and com
mcndcd it and from the beginning
shared in the spoils. do not believe
these facts can be denied or dis
proved.
To-day Germany is exporting many
articles at oNe-fourth of The cost Of
production in England or the United
States. When a business man cuts
prices it is ordinarily TO gain trade
and reduction Of modest percentage
VIII secure that result. II tho rcduc-
tlon Is such as Germany is now making
it is for some Interior purpose, and her
object is not far to seek. BY cutting
prices to fraction Of the cost of pro
duction she hopes to stranglc the bust
ness OF the world, thus forcing the re-
duction Of her just penalties, or avoid
ing them altogether, if possible Thus
far she has been successful in this, and
those whose business has been de-
pressed or ruined are beginning to say.
1T is because the reparatons claims
are too high If this argument is to
prevail. then German iniquity Will be-
come profitable and her thefts VIII be
safely absorbed in the Fatherland.
If Germany were determined to pay
her just debts she would see to it that
her exports brought the highest pos
sibe price, but if she were striving to
avoid her obligations she would do
just what she is now doing: trying to
wreck the commerce of the world un-
less her penalties arc permitted. The
German business man has been ac-
customcd to take his orders from the
government, and is obviously doing so
now. FREDERICK S. DICKSON.
New York, Feb 10 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
Sussex Victims Unpaid
Editor of The Tribune

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The writer is victim of thc
torpedoing of the steamer Sussex on
March "a, 1916. I have been an invalid
ever since and my daughter bears tho
marks of the explosion.
While the claims of other nationals
have long ago been paid, We Americans
are still waiting, notwithstanding the
fact that the alien custodian holds
over 100000, 600 Of German funds and
securities.
In view of the fact that Congress is
about to add to the already over
burdencd taxpayers billions Of dollars
for the soldiers bonus, it is only reason
able and right that we who have been
sufferers, even before our entering the
war. should be indemntied first for our
great losses and terrible experiences.
MRS. ANASTASlE FENNELL.
New York, Feb. 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

commercial community will pay
treble the cost of these in the losses
of single season. If business
improves without car construction,
car shortages will become acute
and congestion will be followed by
the usual economic arrangements.
Each periodic crisis, The Secretary
thinks, will cost the American peo-
ple about billion dollars to avoid
this loss. Mr.. Hoover believes the
government ought to lend it's credit
to the railroads.
Recently there has been a great
effort to persuade the farmers that a
recovery of agriculture is dependent
upon an extension Of credits to for
eign countries. Mr.. Hoover advises
farmers who arc looking to foreign
markets as an outlet for their sur
plus to consider that our home con-
sumption of meat decreased nearly
even pounds per capita in 1921.
mostly because of unemployment,
and that if this decrease could be
overcome it would be worth more to
the farmer than 35 per cent in
crease in exports He adds: Owe
5alk glibly of giving billions to for
eign countries to increase our farm
exports. I wish to say, with all re-
sponsibility for the statement, that
billion dollars spent upon American
railways will give more employment
to our people, more advance to our
industry, moro assistance to our
farmers than twice that sum cx-
pended outside the frontiers of the
United States-and there will be
greater security for the investor"
Here are two thoughts which
every one interested in economic re-
covery should take to heart. Self
help for America means immediate
help for the railroads.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
AS to Mortgage Investments

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR: All this talk about mortgage
investments by corporations such "a
the insurance companies (Which ,ous+
on occasion, have quick assets) leads
me to wonder where both the COM
pan'es and the insured public would
get off, if the companies undertook
TO follow Mr.. Untermyer's sugge estions
In this direction.
Along with some stocks and bonds
owned by an estate which I have re-
Gently been closing up (and which were
practically as good as cash in the bank.
and as easily transferred) was a guar
anteed mortgage upon property In
brooklyn, held by a recognized mort
gage guaranty company. The date Of
expiration of the mortgage is Septem-
Der, 1922.
In response to my request for a re-
sale or assignment Of the mortgage,
am informed by this company that it
Will take over the mortgage "if il is
necessary for you to have the funds
at this time on reissue charge. That
would be $40 for the first thousand
and 50 for each additional thousand.
This figure would be exclusive of draw
ing and recording the necessary as
signment"-$5 additional, I believe.
1t SO happens it is not necessary"
to have the funds at this time-not at
that discount; and we'll let the mort
gage run to maturity. But where
would the insurance companies be with
lot of similar investments?
o. H. HARRISON.
"estfeld, N. j., Feb. 9, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
Lincoln on Washington

10 The Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; May ask that you reprint for
all who love Abraham Lincoln the beau
tiful tribute which, in Springfield. Ill.
without preparation, young Lincoln paid
TO Warrington? | append Lincoln'y
words:
Washington is the mightiest name
on earth-lorg since mightiest in the
cause of civil liberty; still mighties st
IN the moral reformation. On that
name eulogy is expected. 1t cannot
oe. To add brightness to the sun or
glory to the name of Washington is
alike impossible. Let none attemnt
1T. In solemn awe pronounce the
name, and in its naked, deathloss
splendor, leave it shining on"
UNION.
New York. Feb. 10, 1922,
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
Books ,.,., R:,,n.,. 3:

flirting and loahng 1t deposits them,
naked and starving, in the gutter. "The
horse with tho horseman doth run
away" Al the front of the book a
quotation occurs from the epilogue of
an old play. this trifing in
terudc that before you hath been re-
hearsed may signify some further
meaning if it be well searched" "A
Little More" is as ricn with "mean-
ings" as it is with character and emo
tons. Jack Welby, returned from the
wars, wounded, decorated, destitute
and unemployed, confronts a profes-
sional philanthropist. There is no
need to raise your voice" said the
hard man. We are none of US deaf
Sorry. lost. my manners on
Salisbury Plain and had no time to
recover them in France"
wasn't it imprudent Of YOU to leave
the army"
Not so iinprudent IS it was to ioin
1T. That was the imprudence com
mitted by me and two million other
tools who believed their country would
be grateful to them after thev had
sweated and bled for it,"
oh. spare us that battered old
stereo," said the hard man with
frigld smile. II dare say you did not
eXude more blood or transpire more
freely st the pores than anybody else"
And Jack and his pregnant wife
were eNpeditiously elected from the
Settlement House.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

nizcs also that New York to-day is
indebted likewise to the person who
invented the tea hour on Fifth Ave
nuc and who brought the white
lights to Broadway. New York is
not only Cooper Union and the Jumel
Mansion; it is the Polo Grounds,
Greenwich Village and the movie
palaces. Some one ought to cndow
a front-row scat in the Town Hall
for Babe" Ruth.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
Turkcy. N. J., and Summit

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: just slight amendment, please.
to Mr.. Nosseller's interesting letter
about the incident which gave to New
Providence, \. j.. its namc.
He says that mot far from tho City
of Summit. in Union County. was a
small settlement called Turkey" What
ne means is, of course. that Turkey
was not far from what is now the CITY
of Summit. AL the time of the change
Of name from Turkey TO New Provi-
dencc and for many years afterward
there was no such place as Summit
What is now that beautiful "Ill City,
was merely a spArscly settled corner
OF Turkey, or of New Prov cfcncc Town
ship. called Turkey Hill" the few in
habitants Of which had to come to New
Providence to vote and to attend
church.
When the Morris e. Essex Railroad
was built station was placed on Tur-
key Hill, at the very crest of the steep
gradient over Watching Mountain, and
BECAUSE of it's location it was called
"thc Summit station Fifty-o years
ago sufficient settlement had been
made around the station to warrant its
being set Off from New Providence AS
an independent township, c:llcd Sum
mt; and 1t has now grown into a con-
siderable and very beautiful city.
while its parent community. New
Providence, remains half a rural town
ship and half a residential borough.
W. f. j.
New Providence, ~ j., Feb. II, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
Right, Not Might

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Can it not be said that the
Washington conference was the first
gathering of nations for the composing
OIL olherences present and to come in
"h'ch spirit of practical Christianity
was IN evidence, inasmuch as right not
might was largely the determining
iactor IN agreements arrived at? ].
Hngiewood, N. j., Feb. 8, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
He Usually Tucks His Napkin Into
His Vest

f. T. v: I lunchcd to-day with your
friend, Mr.. J. Throckmorton Cush.
When he removed his coat in the wash
room | noticed that he wore laven(ie
an garters. He called the waiter
George" and was scarcely seated be-
fcro he began to eiaculate: Little
service, here; little scrvice." He
ordered "Bluc Points on the half shell:
fcc-lay migyon and mcrngue glass. !"
EFAR.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
The Panic of 1893

To the Editor of The Tribune. ,..u
Sir: Your correspondent ~
H. Allen is mistaken in supposins
! was talking theoretically" aO0'.
Panic of 1898" | was talkihS y
about silver. Silver was "demone''',sy, -,
because it's price in terms OF gov IN
and because it was not possible " :,
tain silver coinage at par with s0,u' NV
THOMAS F. WOOUAo0'~
New York, Feb. 10, 1929.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
The lnterborough System

+. f. ": Knowing your unerrinr
instinct for fair play, I should like to
express through you an appreciation,
and ono which believe is generally
telt, of what marks the highest point
OF ciflciency yet reached by the subway.
| refer to the machinelike precisioa i
of the motormen of both locals and
expresses in moving their trains out
OF the station at the exact moment
when passengers on an incoming train
nave had time to cover three-quarters
OF the distance across the platform.
I0 be sure, on rare occasions the mo-
tormen fail to hear the rush of trans
ferrlng passengers, but this merely
gives an opportunity to the guards.
And they have it timed to nicetv.
AS the first would be passenger
reaches the train there is simultanc-
Gus clicking shut Of doors from one
end to the other.
1t may be that annual prizes are Of
fered for the guards and motormen
who succeed in allowing the fewest
passengers to slip from one train direct
into another. 1t is rumorcd that the
winning motorman is transferred to
the turnstile invention department.,
while the lucky guard is given car
on which none of the doors open, so
that he can study at leisure the faces
of the people as they beat on the doors
before the train pulls out. r. E.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
The Tower
THE PARTING


Dawn bound upon her feet
Sandals Of flame;
Up through the sulIcn street
April's wind came.
Wistful she passed us by
Like q lost child,
While a midsummer sky
Bent down and smiled.
You and the wind of spring,
Whore did you Co.,
Twilight is thickening,
We shall have snow.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

States than any other nation. What
strengthens Australia helps Amer
lea and creates closer ties between
the English-speaking peoples Of the
WORLD
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
More as Plenty

One thing is certain. There -"
going to be any shortage OF eoi'''
ences this year.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

Besides telling a good story in "a
Little More" Mr.. W. B. Maxwell per
forms notable allegations against pros
peritJ' as an instrument Of happiness.
Although it is generally known that
riches arc hell fruit and that all is not
gold that g'itters. Mr.. Maxwell in this
poignant fable adduces new and enter
tanning demonstrations. The demon
Wealth in "a Little More" does not az
IS customary, torment the avarcious
1t does not mock tho cruel, grasping.
spendthrift millionaire, with the gay
cares and the splendid discomforts. nor
yet the unsunn'd miser sitting gaunt
among the bags. The various guilty
greeds and rapacities which usually
suffer the punishmcuts Of excessive
solvency are not, in "A Little More"
considered. Moneys victims here are
some innocent well-to-do London folk.
who, full of kindly thought. content
ment and peace of mind, are suddenly
bcreft by merciless riches Of all their
constant joys.
Mr.. Welby, a simple and honest soul,
is iovial, big of~heart, sixty three and
something In the City. He is expan-
slvely sclfsatisiied as, at dinner. he
serves the soup. regarding with com
plaisance the maternal Weby, their
son Jack, and their daughters. Violet
and Primrose. Though TRANQUIL
household, safe and sound, there are
within it certain simmerinks vaguely
disturbing its serenity. They have
enough, it would seem, but still. there
are the beckonings Of little more.
The curate, Mr.. Carlton, ominously
quotes Browning: "The little more
and how much it is; the little less and
what worlds away" Jack could use
little more than his wage as clerk in
an insurance company, and he resorts to
the lotteries. And young Primrose
her allowance is not quite enough to
dress her adequately for the big
parties. Poor Primrose, though we'll
fed and well-shod, she fees to her
room, and there, in front of her mir
ror, regards her comely person as she
might be, had she little more. Mr..
Maxwell eyes Primroses legs in a
brilliant, pondering paragraph, de-
scriptive and full of cleanly medita-
tions, but in a manner too detailed
for suburban libraries or reproduc-
tion by a circLmspect and wary re-
viewer.
Affluenco thereafter spreads it's beet
ling wings over the Welby household
Old Nicholas, a satanic and alegorical
kinsman, arrives with money and
omens. Welby, distressed by his fam
ily's longing for little more, dreams
Of fairies, and says that if the devil
himself rang the bell he would make
him welcome. Whereupon Old Nick,
strange and terrible, bequeaths him
vast treasure. For time the Welbys
bask feverishly in the sun of what Mr..
Maxwell calls "prosperity." They be-
come snobs, fouting their old and
faithful friends and sweethearts. and
annexing new and false ones. Adver
sity ensues and they are reduced to
penury of the most ignominious sort
hunger, whimperng mendicancy, the
workhouse and despair
* y
Money, even in what is known as
real life. has seldom been more cruel
to its possessors than it is to the in
genuous Welbys in "a Little More f"
1t finds them pretty well disposed. with
shoes upon their feet, clothing upon
their shou'ders, food in the larder and
a roof over their heads, and after
short period of drinking, gambling.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

Our chief complaint against tho
weather these days is that you can't
discuss it in polite society
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
Rank Injustice

And you don't even get exemp',.
for the money you could make III
time you lose in fussing over youE -
come tax blank.
Waiting for a Real Opportun'u, ,,
Mr.. Bonaparte has declined INC
banian crown. He is probably
pecting some sort of an olfer i''
movie concern.
Copyright by James J. Moh'ss
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

While on the subject Of largcsse,
Achmed Abdulah contributes leaAct
cntitlcd "a Few Anecdotes and Slogans
From the Annals Of the Society of Log
Rollers and Back Scratchers, Inc.' At
the risk of agitatinc the timber stin
further, Nc'll concedc that they're ire
mendously clever. We know they're
clever, Tor we don't understand more
than half of them.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

As a columnist we are in danger of
losing our amateur standing. Nova
days when we get this far down in The
Tower we begin to worry about
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

No" that tho letters IN the .Stilin,nu
case hare been succeeded by tho letters
IN the Taylor case. 7cc BEGIN to 1coudcr
u ffc Telephone company is going To ig-
moro forever mis- hcnucn-scut oppor-
tun'tY for advertisements.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

The pretty nearly perfect optimist is
the man who always pauses before
passing through a featherweight gate
to look in the coin return box on it's
side.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

Since Smile Week has ended with.
out major disaster, one may ven
ture to point out TINT no sooner does
the price Of automobiles 70 down than
Congress Immediately proposes to in
crease tho tax on gasoline.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

EDITED AFTER THE SCR4PP!NG
'The Admirals daughter speaks)
Then his little daughter ansaccrcd
As she took her fathers hand
"Arcnt there gobs upon the ,ootey
Just the same rs on the lnnd?"
West Point. A. w G.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

'erhaps some day some one will ex-
plain to US why the man who refers
to his wife in conversation as "Mrs
Blank doesn't accord the same for
mallty 10 his mother and hrothcv~and
sister and the res. of his relatives.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

Houing drVnh from the bubbltuo
spring Of 9e"erosity 1cc'rc giving scrj-
ous Mought to the oduisabihty Of max
ing some discouyagipg rcmarks on the
trial OF living in Il city cpoYtmeat.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

Money, even in what is known as
real life, has seldom been more cruel
to its possessors than it is to the in
genuous Welbys in "a Little More !"
1t finds them pretty we'll disposed, with
shoes upon their feet, clothing upon
their shoulders, food in the larder and
roof over their heads, and after a
short period of drinking, gambling.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

This paragraph cxtolIs the great
heartedncss Of Z. II. Emmons. who has
been so affected by our moan concern
ing the lnspirational value Of the fur
nlshlngs Of our Office that he has sent
us coat hanger to replace tho hat
rack, a this years calendar to use in
stead Of last years, map of the Har-
vcy National Forest to substitute for
the one Of Modern Europe, and a pic
turc of Captain Jack Crawford to sue
cccd the portrait of Bsyard Taylor.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13
DAWN SONG

The dawn is drunk with victory.
His towers and turrets arc flushed
with clarct
His thousand pennons arc bur
gundy red,
And feckcd with gold and scarlet.
(7hc s"a IS dripping scipaitar
ff"G IN q currc Of cinnobor J
a cavalcadc with heads bowed down
And great shields battered
Rides down gray and purple scarps
With silver spears Shattered
(Eoch rides 1ccarily and far:
Eoch as q conquered stor J.
ALEXANDER JAWS.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-13

Tomorrow last line.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-27
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New Shirts

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white colar-auached Shirts-some are made with the buttondo~n
coilar-ohers with the new low coiar-they ire made of a good
quality light weight soisete finish material-very special at......-
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IsTAFF CORRESPONDENT l. ~ sERy1cE
WASHINGTON, May 22-Wrangel
Island, lying off the coast of Siberia,
though claimed for Canada by the
arctic explorer Stefansson- is In re-
ality the property of Russia ac-
cording TO the conclusion reached
today by the United States govern
ment following an investigation
started some weeks ago by III State
department.
the island during the past fifty
years. including two warships of the
American navy. but the title Of the
United States to ownership by right
of discovery is not clear. the inves-
tigation proved