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Evening star., 1927-10-13
Labor's Cooperation Policy
Noted as Marking New Era

attractive. Labor in Russia, it is
true, lives better than any other class.
But it lives far worse than labor in
this country" The Waterloo Tribune
holds that "class does not count in
the United States" and continues:
1--WE are petitioned by radicals to look
upon the experiment in Russia as
something new. 1t isn't new at all.
1t is old. 1t is founded on class hatred
and our forefathers did away with
class hatred long before they heard
of socialism and communism"
american labor has been compare
lively free from ultra-radicalism," says
the Louisville Courier Journal. The
proportion of reds on this side OF the
Atlantic is small. Though Communists
influences have been at work, they
have not penetrated to any appreciable
extent the great mass of American
workers. The well-being and pros
perity of the average laboring man
have made him proof against the
virus of anarchy and revolution" The
Buffalo Evening News concludes that
lit would help good many theoretical
thinkers If they could grasp as clearly
as does William Green the fact that
communism is not a doctrine that is
uplifting labor, but an experiment in
which the poor man is pawn, and in
practice has been sacrificed relent-
lessly to attain political ends"
Evening star., 1927-10-13
Ancient Code of China
Stresses Human Relations

tional solidarity in favor of family
solidarity.
The individual has been imprisoned
within the solidarity of the family sys.
tenn Patriotism, freedom for partici-
patton in a larger national life. has
been denied him. 1t was always fam
lily first" at the expense of every.
thing else. These are weaknesses OF
the "old man of the house" on the eve
of his retirement before the world.
wide revolt of youth.
~ %k
But Young China is not altogether
ungrateful to Old China. There are
many excellences in her past, and II
in the confusion of tOday's change
these may seem disregarded, they are
not forgotten and will never be tossed
into the discard. China still believes
that together" is more important
than go" And while we have sacri-
feed speed, we have In China more
companionship, less of competitive
hate and more of the tranquility that
comes from moderation. And We have
more implicity-simplicity in think
ing and in living. rather than bril-
liance-running true to the ancient
doctrine of moderation, Of uprearing a
guard against excess.
We are taught that the impetuosity
of the Westerner is not thoroughly
admirable: that it is more important
to know when and how TO stop than
how to start. Confusius said, 'If you
are in hurry you may never reach
your destination
Yet among these weaknesses and ex-
cellences of the old order and in the
midst of the turmoil of change toward
the new, there are constructive cur
rents at work, honestly seeking to
evaluate. adapt, scrap and preserve to
the end that the old house may be set
in order under a strong new manage
ment and again become the pride of
the neiphhorhOod
Evening star., 1927-10-13

Who would want the Unfinished
| Symphony" finished, or The Lost
| Chord" found?
| Those who believe in the perfection
of the unfinished will unreservedly
| commend the action of famous
! pianist who has protested the offering
| OF a prize for the completion of Schu
/ bert "Symphony in r Minor
! Such an attempt not only would he
desecration. since genius Is divine. bu;
| also would strike a severe blow at the
perfection of unfinished perfection.
| Perfection must not be tampereC
with.
! When a great artist. through tenn
permanent or death, fails to finish a
| masterpiece. there is no one so great
as to dare come along, whet her a yea,
or hundred years later, and attempt
| to complete what the master has left
uncompleted.
| The attempt may he made, but THE
chances are million to one that the
result will he failure, especially if il
he as the result of a prize offer.
| Some good things. il is true, have
| come out of such offers, but when the
total amount of greatness so realized
is compared with the huge stack OF
mediocrity achieved, the result is neg
lible.
Greatness is not secured by taking
thought. Hawthorne wrote a great
short story. known to every school
child called The Great Stone Face. =
In which the hero comes to greatness
by the route of elf-forgetfulness.
Now, | must compose something
great, no doubt says the musician, aS
he takes his sheaf of ruled paper and
a pen in hand.
lie is bent on finishing the TN.
tinished"'
Suppose he does complete so many
bars, so many sheets of paper, and
does it i'm a musicianly manner. Sup
pose even he surpasSes his own effort
Suppose the result is really great
Well, 1t will not he Schubert. That
great composer had a style all his
own. When he wrote the first two
and only movements of the symphony
popularity called the "Unfinshed' he
was in a certain mood.
Various legends have been told OF
that mood, all of which may be dis
counted, for such stories are general
ly fabrications, made up generations
later to please the popular fancy.
The fact remains, however, that
Schubert did achieve a distinguished
tone poem, even though he did not
realize it himself Those who create
in any of the arts know that often
the creation one likes best himself is
not the one that others fancy. Often
enough the work rejected by the
creator wins the human heart.
The composer, therefore, is not
always the best Judge of his own
work. The rich depth of melody, the
fine construction of the Unfinished, y
have endeared it to countless music
lovers of every land and age since
its discovery
There is in it such a blending of
real musicianship with an appeal to
the average musical ear that 1t de-
serves to be called probably the most
beloved of orchestral compositions,
certainly of the symphonies.
Beethoven's Fifth" many might re.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

sails. They are actuated by what Bis
marck termed Realpolitik--the politics
of reality. They are pursuing the
Grover Cleveland program Of confront
ing conditions rather than theories.
They know that by treaty between
Nicaragua and the United States this
Government possesses canal and naval
base rights in Nicaragua of inalienable
character and vital value. They are
conscious that American capital Is in
dispensable to Nicaraguan economic
welfare. They are aware, In the light
of costly and sanguinary experience,
that the strong arm of the United
States is the one reliable guarantee.
whenever it is raised, of domestic tran
quillity within Nicaragua's ocean
bound dominion.
This may he imperialism. II it is
Nicaragua's answer TO those VINO
charge il may well be Make the most
of It,"
Evening star., 1927-10-13
BY DIR. WILLIAM HUNG.

Dean of Yenching University. Peking. China
The difference between the char.
acteristics of civilization in old China
and in the West may be likened to
that between two explorers who set
out on the path of world progress
bearing the same motto on their
standards, "Go Together" But the
West has impatiently underscored the
one word Go, while the East has
heavily traced in red ink the word
Together.
The characteristic difference be.
tween civilization is wholly a matter
of historical emphasis on certain ele-
ments common to all, and not a ques-
ton of inherent unlikeness. Among
the three main relationships of hu-
man lif that of man to man. that
of man to nature, and that of man to
God, China has stressed the first,
mans scheme of adjustment to his
fellow man; the West has stressed the
second, mans empire over nature; In
dia, for example, is typical of the third
emphasis, faith, adjustment to the
universe
Such an emphasis as the cultural
history of China has resulted in the
development of a system of ethics, or
regulations for the contact OF man
with man, which has been one of the
strongest stabilizing influences in the
life of old China. But this insistence
on the structure of society and on the
importance of etiquette has led to
evils and weaknesses which young
China insists must be scrapped. 1t
has led to the neglect of the indiv1du'
ais physical welfare in favor of the
dema nds Of his many relationships; to
dependence upon tradition and the ex'
perience of others instead of upon the
critical faculties of ones own intelli'
gence, to the discouragement of per-
sonal initiative through family inter
dependence, and to the sacrifice of ma
Evening star., 1927-10-13
No Sky Robbers.
From the Ann Arbor Times-News.

From the Ann Arbor Times-N News.
Air express planes, though carrying
packages valued at thousands of dol
lars. will not be armed against BAN
dts, for the simple reason that the
aero bandit has not yet put in his
appearance.
1t seems, indeed, as though aerial
travel Is safe from hold-up men by
virtue of the apparent fact that there
Is no way for them 10 operate. How
ever, it is not yet safe to make the
statement that the aerial hold-up man
is an impossibility. 1t would not be
surprising, indeed, If the scientific sky
burglar ultimately makes his appear
ance.
Aviation is in it's infancy, and there
fore it faces no complex problems.
Such difficulties will develop, no doubt,
in time. There is bound to be an
aerial traffic situation calling for con-
troll, and numerous other problems Of
which there has not as yet been even
a hint.
For example. there recently devel-
oped In Grand Rapids a problem m
vOlving a church and Sunday aying.
The church protested that aViatcrs
flying over the edifice of worship made
so much noise that the services were
interrupted, and a request was made
that air travel in that particular lane
be prohibited on the Sabbath day.
That may be an inkling of what lies
In store for aviation as 1t expands on
q large scale. 1t seems unlikely that
all will be smooth sailing. even with
atmosphere for cushions. because
there never is progress without many
difficulties to overcome. Who knows
for sure, then, that the flying burglar
Is not to make his appearance? Let
US hope that he doesn't, but wherever
there may be valuables somebody usu-
ally finds way to get his fingers on
them, and when the air becomes filed
with flying men and women, well,
even the birds probably will not he
safe until, OF course, the flying cops
work out a comprehensive system of
protection.
Automobiles, you know, have Gre
ated serious problems in public and
personal safety that their inventors
never dreamed they were capable of
producing. Look ahead hundred
years in aviation and see il you can
even guess what difficulties-and ad-
vantages, of cOurse-are fated to ma
terialize.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

said about the lack of vitamin con.
tent
The superficial reader of such re-
searches will rush to the conclusion
that the thing to do is to throw
cereal foods out OF the window, but
the counsel of science Is to balance
our ration with foods that have the
nutritive factors that the cereal foods
lack-such foods as milk, meats.
nuts. eggs, fruits and vegetables.
And. meanwhile, / venture the
guess that it is only a question of time
until research, which has already dis
covered the principles. will have de.
vised a process for investing cereal
foods with the vitamin content they
may now lack.
Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1927-10-13
A National Party.

The Progressive Republican bloc,
now organizing in the Senate for con.
sideration of presidential candidates
and legislative problems, holds the
balance of power in the upper house
Of Congress. II the bloc organizes
solidly and acts in concert, it may
have far-reaching effect on the legis-
lative history of the coming Congress.
The Republicans have 4S seats in the
new Senate, including Senators-elect
Smith of Illinois and Ware Of. Penn
sylvania, whose right to be seated has
been challenged; the Democrats have
is clear that il the Progressive group
in the Republican ranks acts together
by joining with the Democrats, it can
defeat the administration forces when
ever it DESIRES
In the formal statement. the first
so far issued by the group since their
conferences began here last week, the
Westerners assert their purpose is,
not to form a new party, but to make
the East understand the Republican
party is national in scope, ssaS not
merely the party of the East. This
is laudable purpose. There has been
| too great an inclination on the part
Of Eastern leaders to ignore the West
and it's problems. 1t may be Of in
terest TO Eastern Republicans to ex
anime the history of their party In
this connection. When the G. o. p
has suffered defeat at the polls, it has
been because the Republicans of the
West rose in their wrath and voted
the Democratic ticket, or for third
party nominee. This was true In
1912, when the Progressive movement
under Roosevelt gained great head
way. 1t was true in 1916, when sew
eral of the Western States, ordinarily
Republican, voted for Woodrow vii
son instead of for Charles Evans
Hughes.
Progressive Republicans of the
West are threatening today to boil
the Republican ticket next year ant
vote for a Democrat, provided the
Democratic party nominates a PRO
gressivs.' They make this threat al
Evening star., 1927-10-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

/ gard as It's superior. but to most hear
ers there Is something at once
sprightiy yet sad, in the Unfinished
symphony that gives it a unique
place in their affection.
| If there is anything in music that
will legitimately bring tears to the
eyes of concertgoers it is the second
movement OF Schuberts "B Minor
SYMPHONY" as done by a great or
chestra, such as the Philadelphia
| Symphony, for instance.
An unfinished masterpiece, whether
in music or writing, is the work of
a certain mood of a certain man
whom the world has agreed to call
great.
1t is impossible for another to be
that man, or to put himself into that
| mood.
Any completion of the unfinished
work. no matter how well done, will
fail to harmoniZe, as 1t were, to sensi-
tive hearers or readers. This is the
practical reason why the "Unfin-
| ished symphony" should be left in.
| tact in it's incompleted greatness.
Charles Dickens Mystery Of Edwin
| Brood" which that great novelist left
unfinished at his death, has been com.
pleted by "other hands" but with no
especial benefit to humcnity.
| Joseph Conrad's incTmpleted "Sus-
pense," had better been left as the
master left it.
! If the Lost Chord" OF which Miss
Proctor sang could be found" would
we rather not leave it in it's present
perfect state of loSt:ness?
| In this world of ours, in which s0
many of us are una BILE to finish what
we begin, and where all of us must
at last lay down our tasks unfinished
| it is heartenng TO contemplate some
| thing great that was not completed.
| Such creations az those mentioned
left by genius in an incomplete or even
mutilated state. remind mankind of
his mutability, yet strengthen him with
| their inspiration. that they. despite
incompeteness. achieved greatness!
They came to perfection, although
imperfect; they realized greatness. al
! though but a fragment of themselves
| They have won the love of the
world despite the fact that they have
no arms, or are without head. or
have but two movements, instead Of
four. or have no ending at all.
| Thus these masterpieces are human
with humanness which strikes
| lHIOuSH All SUPERFICIAL Diuil, WHNH
would demand that every one and
everything he finished. complete. per-
feet, and show that often enough the
incomplete is the most complete, the
imperfect the most perfect.
Those who strive. with struggling
| hearts and weary hands. to be better
men and women. who too often fail,
! alas. or who are forced by fell circum-
stances to give over the struggle, may
take heart from these human master
pieces, left incomplete but glorious,
unfinished but divine. They point
unerringly to the old truth that life.
after all, is not measured by rule, but
is deep with meaning which escapes
us if we do not have love and pity i'll
our hearts. eyes that see through inn
| perfection. ears that listen for Heaven
through the incomplete melodies of
! this world.
Evening star., 1927-10-13
Reeds Hat in the Ring.

Missouri Democracy. as in 1912, is
to make A hid for the presidential
nomination. Dynamic, dramatic Jim
Reed is the "favorite son" today.
Fifteen years ago 1t was Champ Clark.
Speaker of the House, another forceful
and picturesque figure. Clark lost to
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey in
the Baltimore convention of the ma
tional Democratic party. 1t is the
shade of Woodrow Wilson which most
strongly hnders the presidential
progress of Senator Reed today. For
there are thousands of Wilson Demo
Gratis, particularly in the South. who
dislike Senator Reed because of his
attacks upon Wilson's pet policy, the
adherence of the United States to the
League of Nations.
why" say these critics of Senator
Reed. should we Democrats make
Reed captain of the ship he sought TO
scuttle the last time it sailed
triumphantly upon the seas?"
Whatever the opinion held by
Southern Democrats-and not all of
them are opposed to Reed-Missouri
Democracy has gone Reed" In the
short space of seven years, Jim Reed
has become the IDOL of his party in a
State which has for it's popular motto
"Show me-" and in which he was bit
terly attacked because he was anti
Wilson. The Democratic State COM
mittee has unanimously indorsed Reed
for the presidential nomination. Yes
terday he was accorded an ovation by
Is 900 shouting Democrats, meeting for
q party rally and barbecue at Sedalia,
Mo. His address at this meeting was
regarded as the real opening of a
campaign for the nomination. though
Senator iced himself made no refer.
ence to his possible candidacy.
In his speech yesterday, however,
Senator Reed indicated the line of
attack upon the Republicans which
campaign he might lead would follow.
He charged the Republican party with
"rottenness," with subservience to the
big interests, and recalled the oil
scandals of the Harding administra-
tion. He pleaded for return to local
government and for an abandon
ment Of bureaucracy. An old opponent
of the League of Nations and the
World Court, Senator Reed raised
aloft again the America first" stand
ard. This may not please many of
the Wilson Democrats who fought,
bled and died for the League of
Nations. On the other hand, Senator
Reed made no open demand for a
repeal of the eighteenth amendment,
although he is rated wet. and to
this extent was conciliatory to the
dry South.
If the L .mocratic nomination goes
finally to Jim" Reed, the party will
have placed in the field a bitter and
determined fighter, a man who will
carry the war to the Republicans from
the drop OF the hat. 1t Is doubtful
that any Republican candidate could
defeat him IN his home State, and
Reed woulo make an appeal to other
States Of the 1-est which AL Smith
Of New York, for example, would lack.
1t is in the East, however, that the
Missouri Senator must look for his
strongest opposition for the nomina.
ton, and after he is nominated, if he
be the party's choice.
Evening star., 1927-10-13
Urges Potomac Gorge
Be Saved From Ruin

20 the Editor OF The Star:
Nature lovers everywhere, as well
as in Washington, of course, are duly
heartened by the assurance that the
American Institute of Architects has
joined other organizations in the cam
paign, as The Star editorial of Octo.
ber puts it. Ito save the gorge of
the Potomac from ruin through power
development
Strenuous effort has been necessary
to protect Niagara and it's gorge from
industrial exploitation. and it Is now
the patriotic task Of the combined
idealists of the country to preserve to
the Federal City it's most striking
scenic feature. a gorge not less mag
nificent in its way than that of the
Niagara River itself.
In which connection it may he well
to note the obvious fallacy of the con.
tention that dams and bridges con.
structed in accordance with modern
engineering skill and good taste, in
stead of marring the scenic beauties
of the gorge would add to it's at
tractiveness."
1t is, of course, admitted that the
gorge's dammsd-up river flow might
form an exceedingly beautiful lake.
But even il the lake were actually
more attractive than the gorge as it
stands today, 1t would be objection
able for the reason that it would very
much impair the scenic diversity of
the city's natural environment NJ
Washington boasts a noble expanse
of water as it is. With the tidewater
Potomac on the south, with the park.
way of the AnacOStias on the east. not
to mention the encircling blue hills OF
Maryland and Virginia. the rocks and
rapids and cascades and greenery of
the Potomac above Little Falls COM
plete a marvellous and unrivaled civic
setting.
To interfere with that natural ar
rangement by inundating the gorge
would be sacrilege.
VIM. Upton TALBOT.
Evening star., 1927-10-13
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

It is nearing noontfme; under my
study window a crowd OF hungry ana
hilarious boys, guests of my son, are
bringing a Saturday mornings play
to an end, and, with that lovely tact
lessness of boyhood, they are hurting
one insistent question back and forth
across the yard--When do we eat?
1t reminds me that there are few
more important questions for the
American people to ask than this
How do we eat?
America does not yet face the prob
lem Of food quantity; but it must race
the problem of food quality. for upon
this the health and,th happiness OF
the Nation depend to a degree not
generally recognized.
There are no essential foods; but
there are essential food factors that
must enter into our diet or we become
an ill.nourished people.
The experts tell us that the Two
most important innovations modern
man has introduced into his eating
are as follows:
First, he has learned to cook his
food.
second, ne mas IndoS CcIediS O."
cereal foods the foundation Of his diet
Until recently science steered clear
of the kitchen, and we paid little at
tention TO what these two Innovations
might mean to our health and nap
piness.
We know a little about the eHects
Of cooking on foods, but not as mucn
as we need to know.
Cooking makes food easier to chew;
some foods taste better when cooked;
some foods are more digestible when
cooked; cooking sterilizes foods.
These effects of cooking are all to
the good: but there are other effects
not so good
Cooking reduces the vitamin con-
tent of foods; some foods stick paste
like to the teeth when cooked. and
cooked foods may produce acid fer:
mentations on the teeth.
We need the scientist in the kitchen
to tell us more about the effect OF
| cooking on our diet.
Research has uncovered the fact
| that cereals and cereal foods which
we consume in such great quantities
lack certain very important nutritive
factors--among these, most has been