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. - . y i " 'V; '' '''v 'V "j x i JH S3 THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, june i, 1920. ' qm ESTABLISHED ST JOSEPH rCUTZElt. Xubllihd Daily 'Clout Bunflar by 1h rrt Pub'.tihlnx Company. Nn. it f tt Park now. Kaw TVrk. . RALPH PUUITZCR, rrMtaant, 81 Park Row. ' J. ANDES Bit AW. Traaturar, e Park now. JOSEPH PUlilTZEIl. Jr.. Soorttur. 43 Park How. . lunmita or tub associated piikss. Tat AModtUd rrtu li tirisatrrlr tntltlrd to bt u foe rrpulillriilM I in m MrtickM vtdliMl to It w dm atktnrlM mlirl I taia iir ai lit tt lost am pabllihad hen la. ' IS CONGRESS WORTH ITS COST ? THE services of a United Stales Congressman are paid for by (he Nation's taxpayers. 4lJ The character of those services, together wiih ex penditure of public money for the personal aid an J convenience of the Congressman aside from his . salary, are matters of legitimate public interest. y The Evening World begins to-day a series of articles whi should help the people of the Un'ted , t States td determine whether or not they are get I ting their money's worth out of their present rtpre j schtalives in Congress. ; Representation in this case was supposed to in cjude especially the revision and reduction of war ; taxes, among other highly important legislative con j tributions to the pressing requirements of recon , struction. The country is still waiting for such legislation. Meanwhile Congressmen are drawing their sak ries and running up expense accounts for clerk hire and poshge. ' ' Why shouldn't these expense accounts be proper . objects for the attention of those who are expected to pay them? , The Clerk of the House of Representatives says ; such expenditures are matters between the Con j gressman and his constituents. ! ' We wire not aware that 'the constituents of each . 'district financed their own Congressman. If they did, would they not be far more insistent Jn demanding to know what they were getting for , their money? AT CROSS PURPOSES. TqAMUEL GOMPERS and Gov. Allen did not en f gage in a "Great Debate" if, indeed, their , efforts could be described as a debate at all. The speakers were unable to agree on phrase . ology of a question. No distinct issue developed in their speeches. They argued at cross purposes. r- Gov. Allen did not measure up to his oppor 1 tunity. Professing to speak for the public, he at ( tacked labor organization and leadership in a way which public opinion will not indorse. ; The public is not blind to the services of construc tive labor leaders. It recognizes that collective bar ' gaining on the whole has worked for good. It sees , ihat the trade union movement has ended many abuses and has assisted just and honorable ,employ crs in making reforms which they would otherwise jia've been unable to make because of cut-throat j competition by unscrupulous labor drivers. . . What the public seeks is not to curb the power 1 of representative leaders of labor, but to help the : lilvir mnvninf In rvnlr Inln n liMlr mrl mnr 1 1 constructive force. Gov. Allen would have been on stronger ground ' ha'd he confined himself purely to constructive'sug estions, to advocacy of the idea of judicial settle ment oi larjor disputes wnicn nas attained a strong liold on the imagination of the "in-between" public. ,Mr. Gompers, on the other hand, devoted most of his time to generalizations so broad and far-reaching ,asto elude the grasp' of the average thinker, except as they apply in specific cases. ln so doing he forced himself to disregard the strongest single point against compulsory arbitration. uonuemning tne wnoie scneme, ne couia not even A nrtmif In 9i Allpn rdan mitrru umrl- iru in nnn. industrial Kansas, where voters are generally intelli- sygent and progressive. He could not strengthen his own case by pointing that In Pennsylvania, for instance, a similar law become a source of unmitigated tyranny under the corrupt political system which now en- i aoies tne mine or steel doss to disregard the very fundamental guarantees of our system of govern ment, In Pennsylvania an industrial court would be- used as a new weapon of oppression by which lawless employers could legalize their present illegal 4 acts- Xne debate was a disappointment. It developed 1 1 1 li) 'I r ' more heal than light. What the public is searching for is som'elhing better than either Gov. Allen or K- K Mr rVvmniff am! Vrirtrl : ' Jill UVUipvt j UUllllKMi H . made necessary because there Is more traffic than is reasonable on the surface? How long before Nassau Street will be double decked to care for the noonday crowd? , Will Times Square be joined to Grand Central by underground passage to eliminate pedestrian con gestion at Fifth Avenue and 42d? Such suggestions have been made before. The pedestrian may follow the trolley underground. DRIFT OR FLOOD? IN IIS analysis of business during the month or May. the Federal Reserve Board finds "little real change In conditions underlying trade," butvad mlls that "a larger relative public demand for medium and lower priced goods" has "altered in some respects the general drift of development of preceding months." Is "drift" the word for the boldest, most merciless profiteering drive ever let loose' upon consumers in this or any other country? Was it only a "drift" that boosted prices and piled the burden higher and higher until public endurance gave way and people refused to buy? No doubt the Federal Reserve Board considers "drift" the safest term to apply to the rushing tor rent in which the Federal Reserve system itself has been swept along. Note, however, that the Federal Reserve Board finds "the financial occurrences of the month have been of first importance" and includes the following: On May 18 an Important conference be tween the Federal Ilescrvo Hoard and the Federal Advisory Council and Class A Di rectors of Ileservo Banks occurred In Wash ington, us the outcome of which agreement was reached to make a more caroful scrutiny of applications for bank credit with a vlow to granting those only which may be found to bo necessary. A desperate public having at last built its own dam against profiteering, the Federal Reserve Board decides it might as well build one, too. Why wasn't this agreement reached months ago when the speculative movement could still be called a "drift" and controlled as such? Why did the Federal Reserve Board let it become a flood? A MEANING FOR NEW YORK. , A DISPATCH from Baltimore to the elite! that ofiicials of the Cunard Stearnship Com pany will visit that port to-morrow on a tour of harbor inspection "relative to the development of foreign business" ought to have a meaning for New York. . ' No inspection tour of this port is needed to dis close what lias come to be the notoriously back- number state of its harbor, dock and transfer facilities. Baltimore Is spending 550,000,000 on new pieis and $2,000,000 on harbor dredging. Port development does count in keeping commerce. The Port of New York may realize it some day when all that's left of its prestige is a memory. PRIZE FLIM-FLAM. IF ANY veteran is foolish enough to register a vote of sratitude for a Representative wtio voted in favor of the Bonus Bill, then his vote will be evi dence of his foolishness. If veterans approve the tactics adopted by voting for or against the supporters or opponents of the bill on the basis of the roll-call, then the shifty Rep resentatives who voted for the bitf, will gain exactly what they set out to gain and the soldier will have lost his vote. Saturday's performance was one of the most elab orate pieces of political flim-flam on record. Fortunately it was so transparent that it ought not to fool many intended victims. Most of the ostensible support was diihonest. Most of the Representatives who voted for the bill did so with the single- aim of getting votes. The House "got out from under" and "passed the buck" to the Senate, where only a third of the mem bers are up for re-election in November. The eae-rule. invoked to orevent Jebite or nmenJ- " " ment, is the best single bit of evidence as-lo the in sincerity of the whole proceeding. ; t BURROWING ONLY BEGUN. . ? nxt,,- e . i ,i r i -. i f i oi a lunnci ior pedestrians uetween J the Pennsylvania Station and Broadway $narks an interesting and significant development in the" handling of metropolitan traffic congestion. A generation ago the horse-car and the surface . trolley proved inadequate and Father Knickerbocker I became a mole and burrowed underground to build the subways. The end is not yet. i As subways developed, New Yorkers learned to i walk underground In the long passages connecting i toe various branches of the subways. But the new focH subway just opened is different.. It was built not by the subway but by a railroad, a hotel and a . '? The, avowed pi the surface, ' I. Ihbr nnlu Iho fire I Lntiv I'ciiliufiu tMuill-" Wallowing ! cv-ihw, tew. mm&mm 'wWMmW 'ww VAsmiw' ivnT- - J :- k - r"' TTt i j Bi I - X o Bv . H. Cassel I hol.niioStnrtPS ... , . . ' of Great Novels m 1 ,Vt"' ' '.( ;. . Albert Payson Terhune '& f'.- j's tn tort iwrw! ! 1 FROM EVENING WORLD READERS Wliut .-nirf o letter do you find tnost readable Isn't it the one that ltv tjou the worth of a thousand words in a couple of hundrclt Then in fine mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in tryiny to iay much in a few words. Take time to be brief. Want Xo IlnnuN, To t! lititar of Tin EtmiIdi World' When thm country declared war on Germany, I felt that t owed It to my country to enlist Immediately. 1 did roi and wus fortunate enough to be uccepted by the marines. While 1 was In the service. I was obliged to send homo evciy ilollur 1 could paro (In addition to the ullotment the ;overnment bent each month) In order to keep my folks from starving. When I came back, with only a s-llRht scratch on my right leg from a piece of shrapnel. I 'earned that my family had to ko without u great many iiw-'essltlts while 1 was uway, but they did so cheerfully, because thoy realized that In time of war every one must make some sucrltlce. The day after I received my ills charce. 1 "ad to so right outi and look for u position, as I wasn t as fortunate as most rellows In Kettlnt? my old ono buck. Now attfcr working and saving for the. last eight months. I tliul that 1 am about as well oiT iii.f.np.nlK- mh I wu heforo the war and when 1 enlisted 1 did not hope for any better than this. Therefore, 1 eannot see any reaHon Why the Clov eminent should pay me a bonus, nor why uny ono outside of the men who wure disabled should think that this country owes them anything. I have the satisfaction of a duty welt done. 1 lovo my country Just as much now an on the day t enlisted, and t cer tainly will not try to put it In debt l y usklnfr pnynent for a service thai 1 took such delight In performing. AX-FUHO JOHNSON. New YoiU. Mny 26. 1520. purpose Is to lessen congestion on ABOVE THE WRIST. THAI French "rancor" against Germany is un derstandable, that Prussian militarism has sinned grievously, that "Germany can live only as a republic," and that "if she obtains anything at all at Spa, it will be only if the election shall justify faith in the peaceful inclinations of the German people," are reported declarations from the German Chancellor's pre-election speech at Munich. Herr Mueller is also quoted as saying that Ger- many is to make plain at the coming election that "die has had enough of war for all eternity and that no fool, crowned or uncrowned, shall drag Germany into a war of revenge." Just how many living Germans in Germany can echo these sentiments "from the heart out" is of course the Important question. The election iliould throw some light on it. Quite as significant and encouraging on all counts, however, is the apparent sporadic and spectacular futility of mllilariit revolts. The German sword-arm has undergone a nurkel and probjably permanent change above the wrist. Tlir Colonlnl ltonn. To U Editor of Tut :iidIu World. An article recently published In The Evening World stated that President Eliot of Harvard Unlvcrtdiy hud In a recent speech denounced the proposed '.Sotdlers1 IJonus Hill" as Immoral, and had pronounced It us btlng dla motrleallv opposed to "thoao high principles with which wo started when wo entered upwu wim oiiiunv,,.. Ills meaning Is not very clear In more than one respect, for f my mind those principles of which ho wpeuks htivo Absolutely no beat lug upon the "llonus lllll." If they have, I should request him to consult a copy of the "History of the fnlted States." There he will find that Oiforge Washington not only offcrtd but gave a bonus to his ragged, but vlcturluiu soldiers In the forut or uinii una money. Taking It for granted that tlcorge Washington was a Just man, and that the financial condition ftt the United Slates at that time was precarious In comparison to Its prent prosperity. It would seem that tho worthy Presi dent's statement was not unpreju diced. The writer volunteered t the nge nf nineteen, nnd served with tho IKSth Infantry (69Ui), through nil its battles and campaigns during the recent war. II. H1.AI)K. Now York City, May 1910. would rather tflioot his dog than have him treated in one (if them, all of which Is an Indecent slander In the opinion of this writer. I, too, have had two experiences as n non-paying patient in tho past ' three years nt tho New York and ' Kurd ham Hospitals. Two weeks at the former (operation), and five weeks at tho latter (pneumonia), and ' I had ample opportunity of noting, the conduct of doctors and nurses 1 nid I hnvo nothing but the highest' praise for them In living up to the . best traditions of the.tr honored call- J Ing during the period of my always conscious observation. When the angel of dentil hovered near and It seemed useless to continue thought they fought on nnd conquered nnd I would be an Ingrato were I to allow your correspondent's adverse criti cism to go unchallenged, Kvcn the much abused orderly de serves a kind word. His Is a most unpleasant task and he Is deserving (rf greater consideration than Is shown to lilm. While the money question controls our lives It is but natural that the orderly will appar ently cater inoro to the. patient whose friends are generous, but 1 have In variably found him ready to treat all without discrimination. Perhaps the experience of Mr. Iteltch and his wire Is true, but I'm suto it Is not typical. I urn Inclined to think they were llko a good many cascw of people who think when they arc in a hospital they have a perfect right to be rude and disagreeable on tho least provocation. In hospitals ns well as everywhere else like pro duced like and he who trim to be pleunant will usually have reciproca tion In kind. H. c., Lexington Ave., May 2i, 1920. Corrrctlnis Mr. M liltrlinuar. To ttr ihtor ul Tti Hirnint Woild; I would herewith like to dispute a few points In a letter wiltten by A. a. AS'hltehouse. Mr. Whitfipoue is trying to mal.e the Drltlsh Navy uppeur a bit too j glorious. Our President Is quite cor rect In accusing the llrltlsh Navy for not having had BUlllclent "audacity" In their opomtlous, 'as their lamentu blo showing during the Dardanelles campaign clearly show's. 1 wonder who told .Mr. Whltehouse that 50 per cent, of the U. H. troops were transported on llrltlsh vcbsoIs. Having personally made twelve consecutivo trips In nu American troop convoy, 1 believe I am' In poal .tlon to ridicule Whltehouse's asser tion. As for claiming a victory for Kng land's "formidable" navy. I believe any one with a sense of fair play known the neat trimming John Hull got during tliu Jutland battlef An far ns "getting around of Ueatty" Is concerned, 1 have yet to meet an Englishman who refused to tell of his Ulorlfjlng deeds! KX-8AHOn, V 8. N. New York. May 19. 1920. UNCOMMON SENSE By John Blake ICoDjrlcht. 1010. bj John Ulikr.i A .MAX IS AS OLD AS HIS 1JRAIN. Levi P. Morton died recently. He wus !I0 yeurs old. Up to the uge of 89 he had with ease directed business ttffuirs involving millions of dollars. His estate on the Hudson River was u model farm. Experiments made there taught fanners till over the country better methods of raising stock and growing crops. He personally superintended everything tltut wus done there. This Vermont Yankee, born in 18'Ji, wu.s successful be foe he wus twenty, nnd vastly more successful when he wait eighty which is the lesson of his life. He was past fifty before he entered public life and was elected Vice President of the United Slutcs. A ntnn with ninny millions, he led nu upright, useful, cheerful life a life that was always of service to his fellow countrymen. Many men are n succes.s at fifty. The man who is a success ut eighty is the exception. U.sttally at eighty the brain has censed to function keenly, the eyes are dim, .and the spirit is worn out. But u man need lie no older than his brain. If he uses it well and wisely if he keeps it in a body that is well eared for the brain will do its best work on the other side of fifty, nnd should be us good us ever or belter nt seventy. Mr. Morton was careful and methodical. He was never in a hurry. He seldom lost his temper. He built steadily and surely and his conscience ahvuys permitted him to get a good night's sleep. In his day the locomotive replaced the singe coach, Ihe telegraph superseded the pony express, the occults were bridged with great steamship lines, and three-quarters of the mechanical progress of the worltl was achieved. In the autumn of his life he was able to look back with a clear mind on three-quarters of a century of development u development in which he has played a useful purt. Mr. Morton nt eighty was younger than niuny a busi ness man of fifty to-day. He curly learned the secret of keeping young, which is to minister to the mind instead of to the appetites to know that the intellect is to be consid ered first, and the stomach afterward. 88 THE HAUNTED POOL: By George Sand. Germain's lounr wife died, leaving hint with threes llttlo children to look after. He went with his motherless babies lo live on the farm of 1H father-in-law, Maurice. Oermaln wus still under thirty, it was good looking and clever, sraurios urged him to marry again. lJut tho widower's heart waa broken, No other woman teemed to him worth marrying, now Ihat his adored lfo wan gone. Uut Maurice kept nagging at him: arguing that his children needed a r.eir mother and that Germain himself ought to have a wife to take care of hltn. And at last tho widower con sented to think It over. At once. Maurice set about malting a. match between Germain and a widow named Catherine Gucrln. who had money and who lived on a farm near Fourche, some miles away from Maurice' farm. Germain, urged on by Maurice, mounted his horse ono day to rid over to Fourche and meet tho widow, .lust as he was starting on his jour ney carrying along his llttlo son, Pierre for companionship old Mm. GuMlcttc, n neighbor, hailed htm. Mmc. Gullletto told Germain that her slxtecn-year-old daughter, Marie, was going to Fourche that day, wher she had rcccnUy found work, and aha asked Germain to escort the girl to her destination. Germain continued his journey with Mnrjo and llttlo Pierre. Their path led through a wood; In whose centre was a mysterious pond known as "The Devil's Pool." 'n Uiis forest they lost the way. And they were forced at last to camp for the night on tho brink of "The Devil's Pool." During this lone and lonely night Germain was attracted by Marie's gentleness toward his frightened little son and by her courage and sweet ness. Hitherto he had thought of her as a mere child. Now he saw alio was clever and womanly and sxveet. And Ms lonely heart felt a strange new warmth toward her. Truly, there must have been magic of some sort In "The Devil's Pool!" I On they rode next morning, reach ing Fouroho with no further mishap. Leaving Marie at her new place of employment. Germain continued his Journey to Catherine uuenn s home JJpt his. mind was full of the g.'l from whom ho had just parted. Hv cornparls'on VTf.li Marie, ho saw thn the widow was Insincere and a flirt She was In every way the opposite of Marie. And he was filled with dis gust at the Idea of marrying such a ( woman. Fate threw him again In contact with Marie, who fled to him for jrefuge from an Insult offered her by her now employer. Germain thereupon solved his own marriage problem bv proposing' to her. She hesitated for 'a time about accepting a man so I much older thun herself. But at last .Germain fon her. J Ten-Minute Studies Of New York City Government. HmpMnl Itn.ttltnlltr. , Tn Mm Bdilor rt Tin liln World: The above caption has Induced a "lliiml.lr Opinio.,." 'iAi.,ni mils rrtim vimi ..ftrrMiii it .iii.ll To tKr Kdllur rf Tfc Kitntlll WurM: Mr. Rsltch. that there is no sucn tntnc ?K mr numuie opinion you must nbnulUnr at this election as we dldTIn la to ity boiptUJ and that fa Uk great delight lu "knocking" the I itlMtll and U yatlA know wkt honiis bill and ex-service men In gen eral. 1 hope you dtrlve the necessary umount of pltature hecaiife I would not like to see ou disappointed. To make a lung story short, 1 am an ex-gob, enlisted May 1, 1917. and re leased March 4, 1919. serving over seas. What a difference In your tone Hlncc 1917-1918; at that time It was "Go Get 'Km!" and tu-duy you are shout inn "Go to h 1!" You sure have changed the spots on your hide, or was It only camouflage you had In 1017-1918? You seem to underestimate the strength of the ex-service men, but I will try In my simple way to express my humble thoughts: Woe be to the Congressman or Senator who makes a football of the bonus bill, and fin ally lays H at rest In sumo pigeon hole. Do not fur ono minute forgot that there Is u coming election, and It will be the ex-servico man' oppor tunity lo make u football of u C'on nraunmn or (senator, for I feel nosl- tlvo thAi we will swmu Buouiaerjto w ly1 a strength we possensed. In 1917-1918 you werojfull of cheers and to-day It it nothing but jeers. What n 'rtci ence a few years mean to a person. What hypocrltlral creuturcs the world posweases. Don't stop Writing anti bonus articles In your "valued" col umns beraUM Ihe boys will miss their little dally kicking around. Please copy, especially Washington papers XAVAI, RKHEKVIST. New York, May 26, 1920. j I)y Willis Brooks Hawkins This it the second article of a j Jtm'c (fefining the duties of the . oifminljfrafifc unci legislative officers and boards of t'e AViu ' Yorfc City Government. THE COMPTROLLER. AS head of the Department of Finance, the Comptroller li 1 tho chief financial officer of I the clly. He Is. empowered to borrow l money on the credit of the city, either 1 In nnllntrtflflnn nf ltd ..('.nil., I, meet expenditures under appropria tions or to sell 'city 'bonds and stock authorized by the Sinking Fund Com mission. lie has three votes In the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Is a member of the Sinking Fund Com mission, the Banking Commission, tho Board of City Record, the Board of ltcvlslon of Assessments jid lbev- Armory Board. He Is also ex-offlclo a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the three Public Libraries. The functions of the eight bureaus of the Depaitmeat of Finance will no ilt! lined In future articles of this he t ies. i The Comptroller Is elected toy the voters of tho city for a term of four ' ears, tho present term expiring Dec. SI, 1921. Ills salary Is $16,000 a year Jle may be removed by the Governor after a hearing. After receiving charges the Governor may suspend tho Comptroller for a period not ex ceeding thirty days pending on in vestigation to he conducted by the Attorney General. In case of a va cancy mo .nuyor is required to ap- Mmowt Marftnntril. IV h lJiUr of 'ttiti brtsilttj Wurkl Last yenr 1 bought a house In point somo one to fill It until the end .., ,iia.-v., ... ... (.in, every ining or inu yi-ur iiiiiuwing tne next elop- tho winter wus over 1 found that J was nearly marooned on an island. 1 am surrounded on three sides bv water with two feet of water lu my utverslda Drive. lion, at which a successor n),nii h elected. The present ComDtroller U I.. Craig, a Democrat, of No, no ins ornce Is on the f nr tiiiii vnu f ninu- iiia iii i.i. i i. h ,-w. . il. ' should fill this In or properly dritln llm Immediate .staff consists i A? the surrounding marsh as tone l. Charles F. Kerrigan. Secretary to th u d ten for draining puniusea about nomrtinnnt. Vr.ni, r nj.i : n Prim n h . .. chab Rnifni.eu. I iU3r -fSMIV TO Comptmll.r. OprtngfleM. UiVuTuu. IHbWrtot"1"