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New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Rash and Inopportune

Washington dispatches have it that
the tariff revision bill will be report
ed to the Senate by the end of March.
The difficulties inherent in rewriting
permanent tariff in period of
worldwide industrial and economic
unsettlement have held the present
measure up for a year. A new COM
plication was brought in when the
House changed the basis Of valua-
ton, substituting the domestic whole
sale price for the foreign wholesale
price.
The Senate Finance Committee has
decided to go back to the foreign
valuation basis. But in making this
change it has raised House duties
correspondingly. The new perma-
nent bill, as it goes to the Senate,
will evidently be very high protec-
tive measure. The agricultural bloc
is as set on stiff duties as many of
the Eastern and Middle Western
manufacturers are. But industrial
and economic conditions are still con-
fused. Rcadjustment isn't over in
Europe. 1t isn't over in this coun-
try. The Fordney theory Of tariff
making also ignores the fact that the
war transformed the United States
from debtor into a creditor nation.
Why should Congress hurry the
tariff along? The time isn't ripe yet
for a permanent revision. From the
political point Of view a revision
made just before a Congressional
election means almost certain defeat
for the party in power in the House.
Witness the elections of 1890, 1894
and 1910. The cour| TRY as a whole is
not greatly Interested in tariff revi-
sion at present. 1t is much more in
terested in an economic settling
down. A tariff revision this wear
would probably do more to unsettle
business than to improve it. Why
shouldn't revision wait?
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

OF their theories is incredible. To
save their faces they may claim
otherwise. But the very skill and
shrewdness which brought them to
the top now show them that their
system failed because it transgressed
the fundamental law of possession.
When the Russian peasants, prom
ised goods in return for the food that
they had labored to raise, received
nothing. they doubted. When, the
next year, their surplus was again
taken from them and they had no
rccompense. they were bitter. The
third year they raised the bare
necessaries for home consumption,
and guarded them jealously and
fiercely.
No wonder the autocrats at Mos
cow bluff. They have seen the hand
writing on the wall and are still
seeking to have it interpreted.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
The Big Fact at ALBANY

Governor Miller has signed reg
ular appropriation bills totaling
S122,025, 1913. The $5,500,000 needed
for the New York New Jersey vehic-
ular tunnel and a few other excep-
tional expenses will probably carry
the appropriation for 1929 up
to 1929, 100000 or $4,000, 900. The
Governor says that but for "excep-
tional requirements the Legislature
could have held expenditures below
1928, 900, ,000-the goal which he had
set for it in his annual message.
One of these requirements was an
increase Of $2,417,365 for schools.
What the Governor has done for
retrenchment and administrative re-
form in this state is only feebly sug-
gested in the above summary. When
he took office in January, 1921, the
spenders were in control at Albany.
Wartime pressure for bureaucratic
expansion and go-as- -you-please ex-
penditure was unabated. A $780,
100000 budget was on the point of
being submitted to the Legislature.
The appropriations in the last year
of Governor Smiths term were
about $145, 100000.
To hold fast against imitation
under such circumstances was an
extraordinary achievement. The
Governor did hold fast. The Legis
lature was induced to keep appro-
priations down to S143, 100000, and
the actual expenditure for the year
VIII not run much over $l35, 500, 900.
The painstaking reorganization of
the state machine which made this
swift reversal of the states financial
policy possible has steadily con-
tinued, and appropriations for next
year will fall below $4,000, 900.
About $l5,000,000 of last years
state direct tax will be stricken
from this years levy.
The Governor had both insight
and faith He knew that extrava-
gance could be checked by dogged
political courage. He had faith in
the common sense Of the public,
which will always support a sincere
effort to put efficiency into govern
ment service. His administration
has pulled New York out of deep
slough of improvident management.
Albany, long the despair of the engi-
neer in politics, will remember him
as the Governor who first brought
business methods into its careless
jungle life
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Pedestrian Arcadx

There is a full stride toward the
perfect state in the bill passed bv
the State Senate authorizing the
regulation of pedestrian traffic in
New York City "in the same man
ner in which vehicular traffic is now
regulated,' as the Albany dispatches
naively put it.
What a vision for the future
slow-moving pedestrians, dowagers
loaded with diamonds, "happers''
trailing galoshes, elderly gentleman
with an eye for the ladies-all these
shall stay close to the curb.
Fast-moving pedestrians, poets
moving rapidly to keep warm, dap
per youths dodging creditors,
women who have heard of bargain
sales, young girls harried by COM
plexes-all these shall have the in-
side track.
But there are battling questions.
What shall the speed limit be? Shall
left-hand turns be prohibited? Shall
excessive smoking be a violation Of
law?
And yet, these are minor matters.
The important thing is that when
pedal traffic is thus speeded UP and
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Vendetta

"Get Lodges scalp!" is the word
passed around among the Democrats.
AS arch-enemy of Wisconsin he
heads the list Of those upon whom
vengeance is to be wrought.
Did Lodge, through his knowledge
of foreign affairs, render his country
invaluable service? 1t counts for
nothing compared with his disservice
to Wilson. Is Lodge the best qualified
candidate for the position in Massa-
chusetts? He must be defeated to
avenge the defeat of Wilson. Did
Lodge urge the passage of the treaty
with reservations, while Wilson OBJ
stinately opposed such ratification?
This is sufficient proof that Lodge
was wrong and Wilson right, for
which the only redress is Lodges
scalp.
From East and West and North
and South, therefore, the Wilson
forces are to be imported into Mas
sachusetts to wreak their vengeance
upon the Senator. Instead of resting
their case on his fitness for office or
on his past service or present ability
they will seek to punish him for op-
posing their chief in the hope that if
successful they can twist their VIC
tory into vindication of Wisconsin.
They will proclaim Lodges defeat
an evidence Of popular disapproval
in the fight for ratification of the
Versailles Treaty with reservations.
Crying wisconsin triumphs." they
will exhibit Lodges scalp to exultant
followers throughout the country.
Lodge has made mistakes. 1t is
charged that he is an inefficient party
leader in the Senate. His action on
the Colombian treaty brought him
censure; but he knows international
affairs as do few of his colleagues
and contemporaries. Through a long
career in the Senate he has been one
of the most intelligent advocates Of
wise American foreign policies. His
experience on the Foreign Relations
Committee is invaluable to the coun-
try. There is no one in Massachu-
setts able to fill the peculiar position
he has made for himself in the Sen
ate.
To allow him to be defeated, there
fore, just to satisfy the Wilsonites
thirst for vengeance would be mis-
fortune for the country. His serv-
ices entitle him to reelection.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
The Public First

The Transit Commission seems de-
termined to get the best possible
service out of the Intcrborough, de-
spite the plea of that institution
that the best possible service is more
than it ought to be expected to give.
The commission rightly holds that
the question now involved is the wei
fare Of the citizens of New York
and not the fate of the INTERIOR
ough. 1t was not moved from it's
position by the hint of the counsel
for the traction company that serv-
ice betterments might force it into
the hands of receiver.
This has been limited at before,
Indeed, there was time when it
was generally believed that the In
terborough directors would ask the
courts to administer the affairs Of
their corporation until the Legisla-
ture granted them relief from the
five-cent fare fixed by their contract
with the city.
1t is not, of course, the desire of
the Transit Commission to force the
lnterborough or any other public
service corporation into bankruptcy.
But the job which was committed to
the commission by the Legislature
was the job of giving the people bet
ter service. It has no recourse but
to insist that this be done to the
utmost limit of the Interborough's s
ability.
The present dissension between
the commission and the traction
company is likely to hasten the solu-
ton of the problem that has baff1ed
all attempts Of the city authorities
since the city outgrew it's transit
facilities. If, as the commission as
serts, the company has more cars
which it could put into service and
the means to manufacture power to
run them, these things must be
done. The question of the COM
pany's financial ability is secondary.
The commission has the authority
to enforce it's orders 1t evidently
has also the courage to enforce
them.
The situation that has arisen
must afford small comfort to Mr..
Hylan. He has insisted from the be-
ginning that the commission was the
creature Of the Interborough. and
that the law establishing it was
passed to save the Interborough
from his own stern measures of law
enforcement.
His best campaign argument was
shot to pieces when the commission
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Ireland's Day

The shamrocks grow a deeper
green this year-or if they don't
they ought to. lreland's day never
has dawned brighter, never been
so little tinged with frustrated men,
cries, never so full Of promises for
the future. 1t is no longer so largely
a symbol Of abiding faith in things
unseen and immaterial, of hope and
Of constancy to an entity within. 1t
Is a symbol of engrossment with an
ideal, long devitalized, which has
taken form after centuries of en-
chanted sleep. The nationality
which has lived in Irish hearts, un-
renounced, undespaired Of, has bur-
geoned at last under the open sky.
Ireland and Poland are two wit
nesses to the invincibility Of the ma
tional instinct. If this instinct is
rooted in the souls of men no ex-
ternal force can vanquish it. 1t has
its own Immortality. Who could
have dreamed ten years ago of a
resurrected Polish nation and an
Irish free state? Yet they are here,
and so natural is our belief now in
their inevitability that we do not
wonder at the miracle.
The new Ireland in the flesh may
seem very different from the old
Ireland of day dreams, which was at
bottom spiritual efflorescence. Ire
land would not be Ireland without
domestic contentiousness. 1t is in
the Irish nature to dream deep and
act impulsively. But the Free
Staters and the irreconcilable repub-
licans both follow the same vision
that of an Ireland, all her own, liv-
ing the life which best responds to
the needs of the Irish temperament
and heart.
a people which is strongly indi-
vidualistic must have idiosyncrasies
and idiosyncrasies make up char
acter. Ireland's chief impulse is tc
be free. She is free to-day, and it is
within her rational choice to remain
free. By securing the freedom with
III her grasp she can best prove tt
the world that she is qualified tc
function as nation. It is this cir
cumstance which distinguishes this
st. Patrick's Day from other st
Patrick's Days. The non-Irish minc
is impressed by it. What must i
mean to Irishmen, to whom Irish
freedom is the realization Of cen
tury-old cravings and hopes?
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Lincoln as Storekeeper

To the Editor Of The Tribune. y.
Sir: Charles T. White. IN 3 letter
in Sundays Tribune, says; "Lin'0''
never kept 4 grocery store anywfe@iss =
in the world :,
On page ), Vol. VI. Messages ans s
Papers of the Presidents puonsns'
by authority Of Congress, by James =, :.
Richardson. we find: Abraham les'
his father as soon as his farm va va
fenced and cleared and hired hiInSss5l u
to man named Denton 0tfut'' ]
Sangamon County, whom he assis'sD
to build a fatboat; accompanied '"'
to New Orleans on trading N0y'ss
and returned with him TO New Saie'1, 4
Menard County, where oHutt 0pen0ssp
store for the sale of general pss
chandise. Mr.. Lincoln remained V'~
him for time" II L. KARPhl4f'''9 .
Newark. n. J., March 18, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Rlumng Bolsheviki

The autocrats of Russia are blus-
sering about Genoa Trotzky's we'll
fed troops are marshaled impress
sively in the background, as though,
should Russia not attend, she might
strike new blow at Europe. Worse
sstill, one Of the Russian news agen-
Bcies broadcasts the threat that the
Russians might Of their own accord
refuse to attend the Genoa meeting
All of this confirms the truth of
the report about the bluff that the
Bolsheviki have been putting up.
Desperately anxious for recognition
and fully conscious Of the break
down of communism as an economic
system, they are striving for outside
help, but naturally are unwilling to
make too great sacrifices to obtain
1t. Hailing Genoa as an admirable
opportunity to make new friends.
they yet feel constrained not to ap-
pear too willing to be present, and
feel that they are bound to give an
impression of independence and
strength before the world
And yet what have they got? An
army estimated at a million and a
half soldiers, which means, in fight
ing forces, probably half that num-
her. According TO best reports,
these troops, in Moscow and other
-centers, are we'll clothed and we'll fed.
Their discipline is as good as that of
the old Russian armies. They are
imbued with an ardent spirit of Rus
sian nationalisnn, contrary to the
professions of internationalism made
by their leaders. Just as the Red
army in Hungary hailed Bolshevism
as the best means of preserving
Hungarian national integrity, so the
Red army of Russia is ready to fight
The foreign foe, whether proletarian
Or bourgeois.
But behind the army there is lit
lie. Transportation crippled, indus
ny dead and famine in the agricul-
dral districts-these are the fruits
# communist teachings. That Le-
line and the others do not appreci- |
~ to the full the desperate failurs |
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

IS not wine. Would thst be assertion
in any arrogant, Legitimate sense.
wouldn't it De rather mid sta.eneas~
of fact? II AT as It has been knovni
for some thousands O. years is al
then modernism remains plain nods.-
ism, totally different thing.
1t springs largely from mental e.as
fusion. The army tests showed 4
out of multitude Of candidates II
military service there was certsin s
tonishing percentage Of adult Ealsss
with the reasoning poeers d a rni {.
It is courteous 70 assume that the dels
cate and beautiful az. of thinking .
universal attribute, but everybody.
knows perfectly Well thar there sE4
quantities q nominalIy intelligent
humans going about, creatures we'd
born. well educated. solvent and res
sponsible, who in their moments dis
play the mental power Of trepanasd
rabbits. The central error Of modern
ism is this inability 70 think things
out II deAes the lessons Of the past
1t announces that two ard two make
three with the ap,on.b Of 5eHeaeeH'
discovery. It is. too, terribly At ease
in Zion. It comes 10 improve upon ard
displace al that it scorniul'y humps
under the cpithet Of Conservatism.
There was squabble n the Socie'y
OF Independent Artists recently wniei
from the reports that leaked cut rage.
around the delectable mysteries &
publicity" l. a specimen PrononHce-
mont received from thae organization
we are told that public interest IN itS
shows ard in favorable sales q moa,
ernist art proves that the academy
ard the jury show are dying 0f 0''
age" We are asked TO note the os-
| ginning Of the twilight Of the sens.'
gods Of academism n art VIVA
accent is this but the accent OF ~
hocks heading toward the melting pot
1t is the accent Of Ellis Island az
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
10 Stop Motor "Get-Awavs

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In view of the many robberies
facilitated by the attending motor
car it is suggested that city ordi-
nance be enacted prohibiting run
ming motor where the car is standing
at the curb, or in any other position.
excepting when stopped by traffic
or by the police, and that, further, the
driver be compelled to leave his wheel
after an intended halt. The object is
TO prevent a quick getaway of thieves.
1t may work a relative hardship to
honest drivers, but it is nothing new
for the innocent to suffer for the acts
Of the guilty and it may help in the
capture Of some of the crooks.
B. J. HIRSHORN.
New York, March ID, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Still, Another Old Song

To the Editor OF The Tribune. :,
Sir: That somebody knows the %.
songs, old poems and verses tna' ~ ~
now almost forgotten is evident IRON m
the responses from your readers -, :.
requests for the "oldtimers. .
going to tax the memories of the o'u,
singers for song which / know cry
in grooming way. 1t ran;
For grandma herself might have oieO
old maid,
I'll me 1. ii me a. ,,ad Al
For grandma herself might have u'se
old maid" xxtMI
MRS. c. T. HILLMAlstII
New York, March Is, 1922 4
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

it's knots untangled New York will
save thousands Of hours each day.
And having saved them on the
avenues New York will spend them
on the side streets watching demon
strations Of devices for transform
ing defunct shoelaces into dental
creams. following intently the prog
ress of an ordinary sign painter ply
ing his trade, or gazing earnestly
for comets that do not exist.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
More Truth Than Poetry
BY James ], Montague
The Bug Triumphant

AiC lug iiluil.'.fdali
We fly about in airplancs
Two hundred miles an hour;
We run our mills and heat our
stills
With old Niagara's power;
We overturned a mountain
For ore to make a gun
With which we shot-and hurt
lot
The much astonished Hun.
But yet when a mosquito
Drops in some summer night
Well, we admit we have to sit
And let the varmint bite.
We mold tremendous vessels
That mock the raging seas.
Our buildings rise and scrape the
skies
Put up with practiced ease.
We ask no aid of wires
In talking through the air
By day or dark the speaking
spark
Flies swiftly here and there.
But when the weevil tackles
Our cotton or our wheat
We have no way his nav to
stay
We merely watch him eat.
We've bluffed the bear and bison,
We've tanned the prancing
horse,
The tiger knows what power flows
From mans hypnotic force.
The elephant we've harnessed,
The lion we have cowed,
The widest beast long since has
ceased
To snarl at us-out loud.
But quite despite our efforts,
However hard we try
With hand and brain, We seek in
vain
To lick the little fly,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Light From the Past

fFron' The Philadelphia Evening Burletiu)
Discovery at .Thebes, the ancient can
ltal Of Upper Egypt, of papyri of the
Ptolemies is of timely Importance The
records relate to the finances Of the
realm at that time, are said to include
some tax lists, and it may be that thew
will bring to light forgotten process OF
taxation without burden, which NAV
solve the pending bonus problem at
Washington, -
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
A Price on Bandits
o the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Let there be reward. dead
Or alive" varying from 5000 to $500
according to difficulty and danger of
the capture, for any armed bandit or
hold-up man. The hold-up men are
at war with society and it is foolish
ness to try to treat them otherwise.
The capture or killing of any one
OF them is we'll worth the reward
named, either from the standpoint of
the risk involved or the value Of sncb
capture to the business of aw-abidine
citizens. J. f RFRCSTE1N
Brooklyn, March 13, 1922
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

Bill Haywood's lawyer says he ex-
poets him back in this country
shortly. He has been reading in the
newspapers that Lcnine has ordered
"Big Bill' to go to work.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

announced it's purpose Of preserving
the five-cent fare. Now that it de-
mands better service and invokes
the law against the traction "inter-
ests," the Mayor is left without any
argument whatever.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

Manufacturer of the new bullet
proof vests will have to rush produc-
ton in order to supply the demand
in the New York market.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Pretty Iougl

What is the "napper" going to do in
spring, when the weather won't permit
her to wear galoshes to leave un-
buckled?
Copyright by James j. Montague)
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

Bread cast on the waters is not
the only thing that will return after
many days. There is the income tax
report mailed to the collector Of in
ternal revenue, for example
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Out Of the Question

The Senate Will discover presently
that it is impossible to please both the
country and Mr.. Borah.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

If England asks waivers on Lloyd
George Uncle Sam cannot do better
than to offer him a permanent
contract.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
Better Qualified

Congress had better leave battleship
scrapping to Mr.. Hughes. He knows
where to stop.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

If the Patagonian pcsiosaurus
turns out to be a glyptodon it will
have almost as much significance as
the discovery that the shark was
boojum.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

1t is now announced that Babe"
Ruth isn't going to get any bonus
Evidently Mr.. Fordney las never
heard of him.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
A Handsome Offer

fFron. The WaShsa9toa STAR |,
1t is gently intimated by uef""'
that she would rather not pay any Il
demnity at all than have it cause @a'll
feelings among the Allies. Il
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
MFsfsEe OF TBg ASSOCIATED PRESS

To Associated Press u exclusively entitled to
she foT republication o. all news dispatches
credited n it or not Otherwise credited In this
osyrT and also the iors news Of srouta origin
published herein
AL rights Of republication Of sn other matter
hefoin also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17

yen surchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE With absolute ssfety-for N olssatlsfac-
tees 70 cay your money back upon resuest Ne red
ssse No ouibhlinr. We refund promptly II the
severfSsr does
New-York tribune., 1922-03-17
By His Tie Ye Shall Know Him

f. f. ". Mr. j. Throckmorton Cush
r;dicules the wearing of green and tells
Mrs. Cush that one of these DAYS he's
going to the office with an orange tie
on. Mr.. Clsh will wear a green tie to
the Office this morning. BARNEX.