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New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
No German Sea Law

In his remarks on Thursday to the
delegates TO the Washington con
ference Elihu Root said:
~wc cannot Justify ourselves in
separating without some declaration
that viii give voice to the humane
opinion of tho world upon this sub
ject, which was the most vital, the
most heartfelt. the most stirring to
+he conscience and to the feeling Of
the people of all our countries OF
anything that occurred during the
late war. | feel to tho depth of my
heart that the man who was respon-
slblc for sinking the Lustania COM
nnittcd an act OF piracy. | know that
sll my countrymen with whom I have
had intercourse feel the same, and !
should be ashamed to go on with this
conference without some declaration,
some pronouncement, which will give
voice TO tht feeling and furnish an
opportunity for the crystallization Of
The opinion of mankind in the cstab-
lishment of rule which will make it
plain to all the world that no man
can commit such an act again with
out being stigmatized as pirate"
Mr.. Root is not an eXcitable per-
son. His habitual discourse has the
GOODNESS of that Of an eminent law
yer. 1t was no small or negligible
issue that aroused his fervor. He
saw danger Of an adjournment of the
conference without clear charac-
terization Of the quality of the act
that sent the Lusitania to the sea s
bottom and tumbled her passengers
and crew into the ocean.
Whether or not it is possible 70
use submarines as commerce dc
stroyers and at the same time re-
sspect international lazy is an argu-
able question on which men may dif-
fer. But that the law must be re-
spected under all circumstances is
ssot arguable. 1t must be made plain
that "no man can commit such an
act without being stigmatized as a
pirate
And the welcome assurance comes
that no shadow Of doubt is to re-
main. One of the things that the
Paris conference strangely failed to
do is to be done. The five great ma
tions whose representative are as
sembled at Washington are not to go
70 Germany for their sea law. And
no nation will long dare to refuse
adherence to the Root resolution.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
French Vital Statistics

This years French census natu-
rally reflects French sacrifices in the
war. There has been an actual de-
crease of more than 100000, despite
the fact that Alsace and Lorraine
have been restored to France with a
population of about 100000. The
number of persons killed was slight
ly greater than the population Of
those provinces, and, besides this,
the war reduced the birthrate for
more than half the decennium. Ex-
cept for the war, the French popula-
ton, leaving Alsace-Lorraine out,
would probably have increased about
a million.
This gives France no cause for ex-
ultation nor for CONSERVATION, but
rather for persistence in the thought
ful consideration which for many
years past she has been giving to the
subject of the birthrate, with a view
to effecting its increase, up to the
standard of other comparable ma
tions. Her chief consolation and
encouragement may be found in the
obvious fact, notably demonstrated
during the World War, that a declin-
ing birthrate IS not accompanied by
a decline of the physical, mental or
moral stamina of the people.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Debt Cancellation
York, Dec. 80, 1921.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial on cancellation
of our war loans to Europe was very
timely and logical. 1t will probably be
necessary to educate public opinion on
that question, since very few seem to
realize the injustice of exacting full
payment of the loans, which, as you
pointed out, were far below normal in
purchasing power.
1t seems the least we could do in
justice would be to cancel the interest
until, say. 1925, and reduce the princi-
pal to the equivalent purchase value in
normal times.
The conference at Washington has
been making fine progress toward dis
armament and peace. 1t would surely
be an aid toward world peace and eco-
nomic stability to also reduce the
moneybag fortifications which at pres
ent isolate this country and paralyze
foreign trade. L. E. S.
East Orange, N. j., Dec. 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Well Worth the Money

Our neighbor "The Times" ap-
pears to be unduly exercised over
the large sums OF money spent by
the colleges on athletics. "The
Times" regards these expenditures
as not only excessive, but harmful
10 the undergraduates. 1t speaks
darkly of 'undisguised commercial
ism" and concealed professional
ism" 1t views with alarm the fact
that only winning teams will attract
the crowds willing to pay for ad-
mission tickets.
AS far as "undisguised CONNER
cialism" is concerned there is no
difference between charging gate
receipts for a football game and
gate receipts for an undergraduate
performance of play by Eschylus
or one of Percy MacKaye's captivat-
ing masques. If college boys, either on
the gridiron or on the stage, can give
q worthwhile performance. people
ought to be willing to pay to see it.
Concealed professionalism" exists
only in a few colleges, and these
have got such bad repute because Of
it that they are giving it up.
College athletics are as much a
part of colleges as class work, and
contribute in due proportion to the
training of young men for the busi-
ness of life. Furthermore, they Gre
ate rampant spirit that could
hardly be attained by debating
teams or amateur theatricals.
The college boy is enthusiastically
for his football team, and that helps
him to be for his college. Whether
he is a player or cheer leader, or
Just one of the students, he gets
wrought up to high pitches of ex-
eitement at every game. Excite
ment is good for the young.
Good football teams cost money,
Of course, but the money is well
spent Any one who has observed
The recent drives for more salaries
for college professors knows how
much more readil. the money
flowed into the fundso the schools
.l.at lid good teams. Thus athletics
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
As to Alinonv
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings Tribune
Sheriff Knott is quoted as advocating
the abolition OF 'The Alimony Club,
in the Ludlow Street jail. There is one
way in which it can be accomplished
effectively. That is by destroying the
root of the alimony evil-uamely'
divorce.
If there were stringent laws for
bidding divorce there would be fewer
hssty marriages. The sanctity o.
marriage and the home would be rs'
stored. We would not have so many
of those fiy-by-nisht marriages, wh'e'
happen in most cases because OF
temporary infatuation and also y
cause the contracting parties knes
they always have the divorce court y
q ready resort.
Destroy the marriage state. and yoS
destroy the very heart of civilization
destroy divorce, and the country WI
get rid of disease which is Slowly
but surely dragging the world dcH'
to a state of moral corruption. Tnel.
are anti-saloon, anti-smoking, sns'
this and that leagues, but have nss''
heard of an anti-divorce league
ALLEN F. HETHERINGToN'
New York, Dec. 27, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
More Truth Than Poetry
BY James ], Montague
FIRST
BY Way of a Grievance

By Way Of a Grievance
I've heard that literary lights
Who do our writing for Us
Achieve their bravest, finest
fights
BY using a thesaurus.
When they are stumped 10 find .
word
They go thesaurus cleaning,
And presently turn up bird
That nicely fits their meaning.
For words I frequently am stuck,
Which makes me fuss and
worry,
And that is pretty sorry luck
When one is in a hurry.
| turn my torn thesaurus DER
By force of ancient habit,
Which does not help me any more
Than-so to speak, rabbit.
It's filed with words, and nice
ones, too.
Like CORN" and "calibra-
ter"-
Fine lovely words l wish I knew
So might use 'em later.
AS through the indices | run,
All sorts of words l read Of
But never do I find the one
l have especial need Of.
They say the devil wrote book
A method necessary,
AS he believed, to help him hook
The guileless and unwary.
And, as it was his wont to DO,
The work he placed before Us;
And I'm convinced this tale wasl
true
The book was a thesaurus.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
The Stop Watch in Court

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t took forty-hve minutes, &C.
cording to "The Paper for People Who
Think" and fifty minutes, according to
the palladium Of "Truth-First-to-
Last" for Mrs. Mccormick to win her
divorce decree. These sporting events
should be recorded moro accurately.
and it is to be hoped that stop watches
with split seconds will be used in fu-
ture.
If we are out for world records let's
make 'em snappy! HIGH LIFE.
Bagdad-on- -the-Subway, Dec. 80, 1921
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

proved Of direct benefit to class
rooms.
Furthermore, if the college itself
wants good football team and is
willing to pay the price 1t will have
it. The judicious "Times" may
grieve, but it will not be able to do
anything about it.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

forcement of certain provisions by
the Chinese government.
But China is started on the right
road. She is on the way toward a
brighter future. In proportion as
she cleans her own house she may
expect further assistance from the
rest Of the world. In the past there
has been too much interference with
her internal affairs. These can best
be Strengthened out by herself.
In her foreign affairs the Wash
ington conference, however far short
it falls of her hopes, marks dis
tinct advance. Another time she
will fare still better.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
The Dog in the Manager

1t is perfectly plain to all intelli-
gent citizens that Mr.. Hylan will
never be able to put any Of his trac-
tion plans into execution. Whether
he approves of the Transit Com
mission or not, it is here 1t is a
legal body, charged by the Legisla-
turc with the duty Of working out a
comprehensive transit scheme for
New York City. This duty it is
bound to discharge.
Naturally, it cannot accept plans
which not only conflict with it's own
but make impossible the adoption Of
any uniform and complete transit
system. Mr.. Hylan's transit activi-
ties. therefore, accomplish no result
save wholly to block all progress.
A discussion Of the wisdom Of q
city government that is exercised
partly from the City Hall and partly
from Albany is not pertinent
Enough to say that the final author
ity in traction matters rests with the
Legislature. This authority has
been exercised. Mr.. Hylan has no
means of thwartlng it without
changing the law. which he is in,-
potent to do.
Why, then, does he continually de-
wise one plan after another, all in
direct conflict with the unificaton Of
transit which has been undertaken
by the statc-creatcd boardo He can
accomplish 10 possible Improvement
by so doing. His legal advisers
surely know that not one Of his plans
will be adopted by the Transit Com
mission. This fact must by now
have begun to dawn even upon Mr..
Hylan. Delay, and more delay, and
final stagnation will be the sole out
come. Meanwhile the population is
swiftly outgrowing existing transit
facilities.
If Mr.. Hylan is really dcsirous of
doing something for the people who
elected him there is a way. 1t is a
way that will sacrifice none of the
credit for which he hungers so in
satiably. 1t will not even nccessi-
tate the abandonment Of his five
cent-fare slogan.
He need only meet the Transit
Commission and harmonic his plans
with the plan they are seeking to
carry out. There is no disposition
on the part of any Of the members
of the commission to rob him Of
glory. What they want is to give
the city better transit, and to do it
as soon as possible. They would
gladly welcome him as a co-workcr.
Indeed, we feel sure that they would
name one Of their branches the John
+. Hylan tunnel if by so doing they
could escape his constant inter-
ference.
If there were the most remote pos
sibility that Mr.. Hylan could build a
single transit line without the COM
missions approval he might at least
make little political capital among
his followers out of his tactics. But
there is no such possibility. His
present course will not enable him to
do anything constructive, and it will
prevent the commission from doing
anything whatever. 1t is merely the
attitude of the dog in the manger
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

is not shared by delegates at confer
ences? Is it unnatural to imagine
Mr.. Balfour drawing pictures of
submarines as his speech is being
put into French, or Admiral De Bon
shading battleships? And what
could be more fitting than for Sena-
tor Lodge to be making little
sketches in the most approved Gau-
guin style?
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Peaceful Methods

AS guaranty that she has no
thought OF fighting for lands TO be
occupied by her superauous populs-
tion, Japan has sent for Mrs. Margaret
Sanger.
Copyright BY James J. NfontaKue.2
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
A Full House

From Tho Cleveland Ploin Dealer)
AS guests at the wedding of the Prin-
cess Mary will be the Kings of Spain,
Belgium, Norway, Italy and Denmark.
In fact, about all the kings that are
loft in the deck.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

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the use for republication of all news DISPATCHES
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rarer. ard also tho local news OF spontaneous
sr'Ein published herein
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herein sse reserved
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
GUAR Ty

fau car serrhsss merchandise advertised In TIE
rRlBUkt with absolute sateu-ior II dlssatlsfae-
tssn results In TAs TRIBUNE eusrsn.
,ees to psy money back upon request. No nd
ssps No aubhlIns. We make GOOD promptly II
the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
A Good Story
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l want to express my appre-
citation Of that really admirable gem
Of humor and covert satire that ap-
peared in your issue Of this morning
on Hirshtield's 1O1 per cent American
history. 1t gave me continuous
laugh from start to finish, and I feel
personal sense of obligation to the
writer for the amusement he furnished d
ME.
1t doesn't seem to me exactly fair
that Ding, Briggs and Grantland Rice
mirth provoking as their lucubrations
unquestionably are, should get all the
bouquets that are thrown in your di-
rection. Pass mine along to the con-
tributor of the Hirshfield article, whose
genius scintillates as brightly, though
perhaps not with the sustained bril-
liancy, of the trio mentioned.
Also it seems to me that a word o.
approval would not be amiss in recog
milton of the corps of accomplished
writer's who make the editorial pag,
of The Tribune a marvel Of wit, wis
dom and, brilliancy and of solid gooe
sense and sound thinking on all tn,
questions of the day c. 0. Y.
Milford, Pa, Dec. so, 1921.
1.-THE story of Hirshfield's 1O1 pei
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Deadly

Since we have been sanpling moon
shine we begin to understand why lie
on our satellite has long been extinct.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Her Own ault

Germany ought not to complain q
the depreciation Of her marks. She vas
tho first country to scofF at the value
of scraps of paper.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
A Reprisal

fFroa. The SAT- FRANCISCO Bu'lstsn
Boston dry chief attends q vet c',' :.
ncr. But think Of all the wet rh's''
compelled to attend dry dinnsss'
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

The city might start the New Year
brightly by inviting representatives of
the police and Of the bandits union
to conference on the limitation of
ornaments.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

snssed a; Ss. pcsto~e- at New York ss Second
Casa Mail Matter.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
The Towcr
MERELY EXPLANATORY

Neither by strategy keen nor assault
Have we achieved the command of
The Tower.
Pcace-loving persons, when portly,
don't vault
Eagerly into the saddle of power.
All too familiar to us is this height,
Memories of it are pregnant with
pain.
If we wall hoarscly and long at our
plight,
Know all attempts at repression
were vain.
(Voice in the crowd "Gosh, is HE
back again"O
Simeon Stylites, the popular saint,
Built him tower and sat on its
top. He
Never was heard to give voice to
complaint,
No printer clamored: "Hcy, speed
up the copy'
Never obscssed by rhyme he'd for
gotten,
Simeon sat there and grabbed all
the credit.
Nobody wrote that his column was
rotten;
Nobody asked him. "Who SAID you
could cdit?'
Would we swap places? Oh, kiddo,
you said it.
Not in the least as conqueror comes
Tramp VIC Il parapct recently left;
Hailed by no Hylancsquc rufl1cs Of
drums;
Only the roars Of the lately bcrcft.
Here in a most uneXultant of states
We are now placed by hcartlcss
decree,
Signed by our boss and endorsed
by The fatcs.
Morbid and bleak is the weird that
we drce
Chased like coon to the top Of
Ours not the chair that one recently
quit.
Ours is the task, if SO long we sur
vivc,
Simply to guard It and keep the fires
lit
For a real humorist, soon to arrive.
We're the hiatus; the stop-gap.
We're like
This here young Dutch boy, who,
stupid but good,
Thrust his small self in hole in
the dyke
Lest Slight leak should give birth
to a flood.
Bowing politely-wc stick in the mud
Dropping into prose with gh Of re-
lief, VIC proceed to muse with our
cousins, the wholly unemployed, on
the hoodoo that keeps a man away
from real work these days.
Still, we comfort ourselves with the
thought that night city editor doesn't
look any funnicr-strange might be
better word-as 4 column conductor
than Mr. Hearst does RS a sclf-appoint
ed ally Of the French.
When for enlightenment thirst
On problems Of tho day,
read tho sDords Of Mr.. Hearst
And think tho other scoy.
The city might start the New Year
brightly by inviting representatives of
the police and Of the bandits union
TO a conference on the limitation of
armaments.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

When for enlightenment / thirst
On problems Of tho day,
read tho sDords Of Mr.. Hearst
And think tho other scoy.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
In Sympathy for Mr.. Havs


Yes, we are going to run it for
eight months or less, and if we can
stand it, it does seem as if you should
be able to.
Suppose you DO miss him? Think
of the way we feel and refrain from
adding to our dolor.
If you must tell some one how
futile The Tower has become tell
our boss. We know it already.
+. F. V. isn't our attempt to boast
of spurious ancestry. They're the
only initials we've got.
A man so handicapped can't be ex-
pccted to see much mirth in the fact
that Mr.. See is an optician and kim
dred phenomena.
Good limericks have grown so rare
that we hereby declare a permanent
closed season. You can't send the
good ones through the mails, anyhow.
We esteem the customers almost
as fervently as we abhor labor; but
don't, oh, deeply venerated, send
stamps. Whatever We don't use
within one week after its arrival
won't be used at all.
But If you must send stamps, don't
affix them to envelopes. Soaking
them off is tedious and very damp.
A veteran columnist is, we imagine
person at whom tho rest Of the Of
flee has stopped shouting: "prett,
soft!"
II the column be not say,
Raise no loud protesting cry.
Loyalty we shall obey
(lt the column be not goy)
When enforcement agents say
EDen Towers must be dry.
III the column be not gau)
Rdise no loud protesting eay.
IT prohibitions hosts can only max
the New Year as arid as they hop,
the submarine question may settl
Itself automatically.
A bruised mid-section drives US t
ask if it won't be all right for q coupl
Of days to drop our nickel in tho slo
and then climb over the featherweigh
gate.
After oil, you might expect that q con
corn t0hieh calls the things you sit o
an its cars "cushions," uould christie
its tuTnstiles "feothes1ueight."
After having worked our way so ia
1t seems only polite, in view of ou
present mental state, to wish all tn
customers
A happier New Year CF "
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
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A happier New Year.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

After having worked our way so far
1t seems only polite, in view Of our
present mental state, to wish all the
customers-
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

THE story of Hirshfield's 1O1 per
cent Americanism was written by
Robert B. Peck in collaboration with
Harry kingsbury-Ed.]
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

Stll we comfort ourselves with the
thought that night city editor doesn't
look any funnicr-strange might be a
better word-as 4 column conductor
than Mr.. Hearst does RS a sclf-appoint-
ed ally Of the French.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

Dropping into prose with sigh of re-
lief, VIC proceed to muse with our
cousins, the wholly unemployed, on
the hoodoo that keeps a man away
from real work these days.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

A veteran columnist is, we imagine
person at whom tho rest OF the Of.
flee has stopped shouting: "Prett1
soft!"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02

After oil, you might expect that con-
corn which calls the things you sit on
IN ats cars "'cushions," uould christen
its turnstiIes "feothssweiaht."
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1922-09-14
PHOSPHATE NEEDED ON
10000 MINNESOTA FARMS
Crop Rotation a Rapid DepIetor Of
Natural Phosphates.

It is probable that phosphate can
be used with profit at present on at
least 10000 farms in Minnesota, says
DR.. F. J. Away, chief of the division
of soils at University Farm.
The phosphate content Of soils in
general is low, he finds, and most OF
those in Minnesota form no exception.
Further, phosphate is sold off the
farm in the form of grain, milk and
live animals. To replace that re-
moved in the bones Of an ordinary
COW, for example, requires the pur.
chase of 125 pounds sack of ordinary
acid phosphate. A good steer removes
much more, and young animals make
heavier draft upon the land in pro-
portion to the feed they consume than
mature animals.
One of the most rapid methods o.
exhausting the phosphate supply OF
farm is the use of good rotation, says
DR.. Away, which includes clover, the
feeding Of all the produce to cattle,
and the return of the manure to the
nelds. One of the most progressive
livestock farmers in the state, who for
thirty years has devoted himself tt
beef production, treated strip five
rods wide across five fields of his
farm. Clover alone of the crops
showed a very marked response in
the first year, but on this the yield
from the phosphate treated land was
four times as heavy as on the I'M
treated. The sold was typical black
silt prairie loan.
About twenty years ago phosphate
rock was found in Utah and later in
Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, but
not until about 1908 was the great ex.
tent Of the phosphate fields recog'
nized. In that year 1000 square miles
were withdrawn from public entry
with the result that now the worlds
greatest reserve Of phosphate is to
be found on land belonging to the fed
eral government. Minnesota is the
nearest prospective market of any
considerable magniture for this west.
ern phosphate.
1T would appear" says DR.. Away,
that every progressive farmer would
be wise to try sack or two of some
readily available phosphate, applying
1t IN long narrow strips on his fields,
and then keep the experiment under
close observation for 4 few years.
From the response Of the crops he
can decide for himself whether he
can use phosphate with decided ad.
vantage. It is importont, however, to
emphasize that the question must be
settled on the individual farms, as
many may find little or no effect on
his land although on his neighbours
drops it has proven very profitable.