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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: NOVEMBER 7, 1920.
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The Bee's Platform
1. New Union Penger Station.
2. Continued improvement! of the Ne
bra.ka Highway!, including the pave
ment of Main Thoroughfare leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A hort, low-rate Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
- NOBLE WORK FOR GIRLS
Much lias been written of the pitfalls that
await the unwary in a great city, and particu
larly the dangers that beset the girl, newly come
from a country home. Fitiful talcs have tilled
the newspapers of the land, telling how some
tender, inexperienced maideu hat been lost in
the maze of life to which she is unaccustomed,
but into which she is frequently necessarily
thrust because f having to make her own way
in the world. In many instances .the careful
home training the girl has received actually
proves a handicap to her when she encounters
those things against whih she has been warned,
but from which she is unable to defend herself
adequately.
Girls have come to the cities by thousands
within the period lince war disturbed the nor
mal life of the world. They have been invited by
the industries which needed them, but which
made little or no provision to provide for their
wants beyond furnishing them a place, to work,
and in some instances certain accommodations in
connection therewith. Industry , did not exhibit
much concern about the girl it had caught up,
as to how she lived outside the shop, the office,
the store or the factory. That ,was her lookout,
and a mighty big problem it proved to many.
Before the war an extensive agitation swept the
country in favor of a minimum wage for girls
and women, one of the most frequently heard
arguments being that the "white slavers" re
cruited their victims from among the poorly paid
working girls. This was, as The Bee said often
and emphatically, a gratuitous insult to the
girls. This paper then and now contends that
the girl's greatest danger arises from the fact
that she has difficulty in finding a decent place
to live."
The Young Women's Christian Association
has undertaken to remove this difficulty. It
maintains many activities in the way of service to
these girls, one of them being the management
of a home, provided by the Scottish Rite Masons
not a boarding house or an institution, but
a real home, where a girl finds those things she
left behind. This is being put on a self-supporting
basis, the girls who live there paying to
maintain the home. At the main building down
town the "Y" has emergency rooms, to which
are sent strangers who become bewildered and
who may there rest safely until they get their
bearings. At the depots last year in Omaha,
481 of these were picked up and cared for by
the vigilant and tactful "Y" workers.
The summer camp, the educational work,
the cafeteria, the extension work for the colored
girls, all these are on the program of the Y. W.
C A. In Omaha 10,082 young women and girls
are employed; of these 2,218 live away rrom
home. These must be cared for. Recently a "Y"
worker walked the streets for hours, looking
for a respectable place' to lodge, a young colored
girl. That is the problem, and it will not be an
swered in an off-hand way.
These Christian women are coming before
Omaha people this week, asking for help. A
city which has given f o liberally to Red Cross
work, to help for sufferers abroad, to the Boy
Scouts, and, to similar enterprises, may reason
ably be expWted to support the splendid work
the "Y" isdoing for the girls who have em
ployment but no homes in Omaha. It Is a noble
iwork, sustained by the loftiest of sentiments; U
is far better to give a girl a home before she
gets into trouble than it is to furnish her relief
after she has fallen. Think it over.
No Indictment is a Halo.
A cynical reference to American justicevthat
is not good to see is displayed by a New York
bank president, who is quoted as saying that a
federal indictment is a recommendation for any
business man. "A government indictment shows
that he has been making money. If he has not
" been indicted, he is probably losing money." In
' this somewhat humorous fashion the banker
illustrated the way he apportioned hi j loans, on
the basis that business houses accused of break
ing the law were better risks than those operat
ing without a Jegal cloud.
Public opinion does not hold with the man
who claims that commercial concerns are pen
alized for success. It is the common belief that
a few unconscionable profiteers have taken ad
vantage of the consumers and have unjustly re
flected discredit on many branches of industry
conducted in honorable manner. The charge
has also been made that eastern banks have
been more ready to make loans to speculators
who were running up the cost of living than
to producers. Loose talk' discrediting the legal
processes of the American court is to be con
demned, from whatever source it comes,
or Leslie's Weekly recounted numerous in
stances of loss due to men carrying large sums
about with them. He told of a foreign-born
workman, brought up injured from the bottom
of a mine. Under his left arm was found an
oiled silk bag containing $450. There are un
doubtedly great numbers of men who carry their
fortune about with them in such ways.
In addition to the danger of loss, there is
added the failure to receive any income from
hoarded savings. Money is useful both to its
owner and to society when, it is at- work. The
existence of so many fake speculative enterprises,
of course, is a matter of discouragement to un
trained investors, but responsible authorities al
ways can be found, and there are plenty of solid
places for investment or deposit that will do
away with all peril or fear of loss.
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Paderewski's Silent Piano. '
Taderewski has sold his piano,! and it is
doubtful if he will ever again touch a keyboard.
The nervous worry over affairs in his native
country of Poland, together with a form of
neuritis that has painfully' swollen his knuckles,
may cost the' music loving public one of its idols.
All America knew Faderewski; those who
did not hear him play made his name a house
hold word on account of his longhand tousseled
hair. It may be that in addition to his othr dif
ficulties as one of the leading public men of new
Foland he is growing bald, for he is now 61
years old. Even this his audiences could for
give, for once he touched the keys, his freedom
from affectation, and his wonderful rendition of
the great masterpieces drove all thought of
extraneous things away. -With justice has
Paderewski been called the greatest pianist of
his day.
When fold recently by an American corre
spondent that the people of the United States
hoped soon to hear him again, the' pianist held
up his swollen hands and said: "I never shall
touch a piano again. Not only does the situa
tion of my country make me unwilling to con
tinue my career as a public entertainer, but the
shock of the repeated misfortunes to my coun
try has so affected my nervous system that I
am unable to touch piano keys even for private
satisfaction. I am hoping that the' treatment I
am now receiving in Paris will improve my fin
gers so that I can occasionally play for Madame
Paderewski."
It is possible to admire the patriotic efforts
of Paderewski, but s'till to feel that the world
needs good musicians more than mediocre states
men. From his first tour of America in the early
nineties he was a power, for satisfying the de
sire for good music. In some measure his pop
ularity may be gauged by the receipts from a
three months' tour in 1895, when he received
the net sum of $200,000. Out of that he gave a
fund of $10,000 . to encourage American com
posers. Other and younger virtuosos will come, but
just as the world likes the old songs best, many
of us will cherish the echoes of Paderewski's
piano above most other musical memories.
A Line 0' Type or Two
Hew to the Line, let the quip fall where th.r may.
CONTRIBUTIONS to this department ar
rive in envelopes with the printed address,
"Fred W. Upham, Treasurer, buite Conway
;u;nr rhiratro." These directions are i
crossed out and "B. L. T., Tribune," substituted.
But it was Mr. Upham's idea, in sending out
these envelopes, that they were to contain con
tributions to the Republican campaign fund,
;., tv,; mlmim The worst of it is. some of
the inclosed wheezes are at the expense of the j jwsa,dVn
Kepuniican candidate.
"THE maddest man in Arizona," postcards
T U H., who has got that far, "was the one
who found, after ten miles' hard drive from this
hotel, that he had picked up the Gideon Bible
instead of his Blue Book." Mill, they re both
guide books, and they might be interestingly
compared.
Topic In Grief.
Sir: The Harding-Wilson French quarrel
mai oul, mai out not.
The "vin blanc" purveyed these days should
be spelt "vin blank."
What has become of the old boys who used
to idebate, "Poes prohibition prohibit?"
Men formerly beat their wives; now they
take it out on the world through Vox Pop.
The Peace Conference adjusted the pieces
of the world jig-saw puzzle, to fit comfortably,
but not in the right places and now look at it!
Q. A. R.
THE Indians rather overdid their summer
this year. Unless you believe that Indian sum
mer, like making love to a widow (as the aged
wheeze hath it), can't be overdone.
A DESERVING CANDIDATE.
Dear Sir: Let's see, wasn't it Thoreau who
wrote: I have a great aeai oi mieiesuiif,
company, particularly in the morninfr, when no-
But what l started to say was, me
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
QitMtioni concerninf hygi.n., .anitation and prevention of diaeaae. aiibwltted
to Dr. Evan, by raider, of The Be., will ba an.wered personally, eubiect to
proper limitation, where a .tamped, add..d envelope i enclo.ed. Dr.
Evan will not make diagnosi. or preacrib. for individual di.ease. Addre.s
letter, in care of The Bee.
Copyright, 1920, by Dr. W. A. Evan..
IN DYING PETROGRAD
If you have any desire to glimpse
how society can slip back in two
farther than it has crawled
30U years, then read a
storv of life In Petrograd. recently
printed in the Saturday Evening
Post.
If the experiences of your lifetime,
spent behind the. protecting walls
of medicine and sanitary science,
have made a Follyanna of you, pon
der over this story. If you feel any
desire to revile the men and insti
tutions that have brought you se
curity, study tin teachings of this
storv and repent.
We read that the death rate of
Petrograd, whichMs normally about
22 per 1,000, rose to 43.6 in 1918
and 74.9 in 1919. In the latter year
there were about 74,900 deaths. A
population of 979, G80 was estimated
for Petrograd in 1919. the basis of
the estimate being the number of
food cards issued. The writer of the
story says the population was prob
ablv less than 700,000.
Now, let's see what 74,900 deaths
among 700,000 people means; that
almost oner-ninth of the entire popu
lation died that year. The death
rate in this counrty Is about 14. The
Tetrograd death rate was six times
as high, assuming that their popula
tion did not exceed 700,000. Our so
cial machinery was fearfully strained
during the influenza epidemic. The
Petrograd death rate or was
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Democratic candidate for Congress solicits my more than four times as nigh as our
inconspicuous vote, mailing a card announcing
that he-was born in 1879, graduated from the
Chicago public schools, and lives with his wife
and family of eight children. How can I resist?
J. F. B.
A LADY of 57 is in hospital as a result of
("take it from the City Press) "tripping on the
hem of her shirt." Did you know they wore
'em so long? Or skirts, for that matter?
No, That is Beyond Normalcy.
Sir: "The physical benefit and the mental
and manual training which goes with the naval
service is of incalculable value," says Harding.
We trust the instruction includes grammar.
W. S.
Reading for Winter Nights. ,
It formerly was the custom to enumefate the
six best sellers in American bookdom each
year, but it has remained for the1 Writers' club
of New York City to select a list of the six
best novelists, which is a vastly different thing.
Theodore Dreiser, Edith Wharton, James B.
Cabell, Booth Tarkington, Gertrude Atherton
and Willa Sibert Cather were chosen, with the'
three first named far in the lead.
Half of these are men, and three may also
be classed as westerners, with the exception of
Tarkington, who sometimes writes in romantic
vein, all are realists. Dreiser, in a remarkable
series of novels, of which "The Financier" is -j
one, has given a strikingly clear picture of some
phases of American life that may become a per
manent part of literature. Cabell has come into
prominence in the last year through having his
whimsical novel "Jurgen," banned by the
Society for the Suppression of yice. Dreiser
also has had his clashes with these same good
folk, hut the others have been free from all
such criticism.
Of the women writers, Miss Cather is prob
ably least known, but in some ways the most
interesting to Nebraskans. She was graduated
from the University of Nebraska in 1895, and
has frequently used this part of the middle west
in her stories. Her fine novel, "O Pioneers," is
a story of Nebraska life that should be better
known.
The choice of these six novelists was made
by men and women, who also are writers, and
it is debatable whether they are better or worse
qualified to judge than the reading public. The
list, however, is a good one, and full of promise
for those seeking a list of good books for
these lengthening winter nights.
"Back Talk" that Helps.
"And don't give me any of your back talk 1"
Somehow, the, spirit of domination, of dis
regard of any other point of view, indicated in
those words, is not much in evidence, these days.
There is no king who can say that to hit
subjects; no elected or appointive official who
can tell that to the people he is called upon to
serve. Wherever it may be, whether in politics,
industry or any other department of life, sug
gestions and criticism are received with more
respect than was once the case.
Merchants who send out the wrong goods,
or sell an article that does not suit the need for
which it was bought; are glad to rectify their
errors. In many factories boxes to receive
ideas from the employes on improved methods
are relied upon for many' useful suggestions.
Through every activity of life there is a willing
ness to confer and to listen that is full of prom
ise for better relations.
"Talking back" need not be acrimonious. It
is indication more of a thoughtful attitude, a
knowing what you believe and , what you want
It is by the clash of ideas that issues are settled,
and it is for this reason much better to take
"back talk" than to smother it until it bursts
forth in other and less reasoning forms.
A SCIENTIFIC expedition will hunt for the
missing link in Asia, and may find it. But it will
never be known whether the m. 1. was capable
of the popular songs which one sees in the win
dows of music stores, or whether it could have
done something better. '
KANKAKEE NOTES.
Sir: Our Republican candidate tor vjircuu
clerk is running against a woman. His name
is Charles F. Skinner. Do you suppose he will?
Another thing I wanted to tell you was that our
local bakery has a new delivery truck, lettered
in gold as follows: "Economos Bros. River
view Bakery. Quality Bakery. As High As We
Can Make It." KANKAKEE.
INVITATIONS to Join the Arts Club of
Washington have disturbed a settled belief that
there is not enough art in the national capital
to sustain the smallest of clubs. The Oasis
would seem a better name for the association.
"I Know What I Like."
(Jules Lemaitre, "18 Contemporains.)
How then ran literary criticism be set up as
a doctrine? Works of art defile before the mir
ror of our minds; but since the line is long, the
mirror is modified in the interval and when, by
chance, the same work returns, it no longer
projects the same image. Each man may ex
perience that In his own case. Once I adored
Corneille and despised Racine; today I adore
Racine and Corneille is almost indifferent to me.
. . . When I strive to be sincere and to ex
press what I truly feel. I am appalled to ob
serve how little agreement there is between my
Impressions and the traditional judgments held
on very great writers, and I hesitate to speak
all my thought.
It Is because that tradition Is almost entirely
a matter of artifice and convention. One re
members what one has, perhaps, felt oneself, or
rather what venerated teachers have declared
one should feel. It is never by anything ex
cept such docility and such agreement that a
body of literary Judgments can be formed and
can persist. Some minds have enough force and
assurance to establish these long sets of judg
ments and to rest them upon unchangeable prin
ciples. These minds are, by will or by nature,
less changeful mirrors than the others and, if
you please, less inventive, and in them the same
works are always reflected in very nearly the
same fashion. But one cm easily see that they
have nothing within them by virtue of which
they can impose themselves on other intelli
gences, and that they contain nothing, in the
end, but personal preferences grown rigid. One
judges that to be good which one loves. There
is the whole matter.
lontVi r.it in 1918
There were American cities which
were not able promptly to bury their
dead on certain da in October,
1918. The average daily death rate
for 1919 in Petrograd was more
than twice as high as ours of Oc
tober, 1918.
There was a time when Chicago
was so unheaithful that some
thought the site would have to be
abandoned. An irmy sent by the fed
eral government against the Black
Hawk Indians upon reaching Chi
cago was taken Pick and never was
able to go farther. The Petrograd
death rate in 1919 was twice that of
Chicago in its worst year.
Manv more died among the 700,
000 in 'Petrograd in 1919 than were
killed in our army of several mil
lions in the great war in almost two
years. The highest death rate Petro
grad ever had prior to 1919 was in
the great cholera epidemic in 1848.
The death rate of 1919 was about
one-third higher than that of 184S.
The normal birth rate of Petro
grad is about 28 per 1,000, being at
least 3 points higher than ours. By
1918 the Petrograd tate had fallen
to 15 and in 1919 it was 13. The
death rate Is about six times as high
as the birth rate.
Sanitation is unspeakably bad,
communicable diseases are wholly
uncontrolled, the sigk are not cured
for and the well are hungry, dirty
and lousy. 4
The article is an appeal to the
world for help through the Red
Cross. They must have help or they
must change thoir government, or
they must abandon Petrograd and
scatter out or a ittlo more than 10
years will see the- Petrograd popu
lation wiped out. Will the 20th cen
tury have its Sodom and Gomor
rah? ' N
excessive crime rate. If Hit- offenses
of our foreign ami colored races
vero stricken from lite calculation,
cur crime ivonr-l would still greatly
exceed the roco.-.l of western Eur
ope. With all iu kindliness and
good nature, the temper of our com
munitlis contains u strong strain of
violence. Wo condone violence and
shirk its puiiisimu t. We lack a high
instinct for oiiWr. Wo lack a sense
of the dignity of obedience to re
sliaint which is demanded for the
common good. We lack a certain
respect for our own security and the
terms upon which civilized connnu
rilies keep the pence.
" 'There !s probably moro undis
ciplined, egotistic, mischievoua force
;n the United States than In any
country of first lank In the world."
This Indictment, framed by an in
('U;nant newspaptri , is scarcely ex
aggerated. There Is hardly a com
munity where its accuracy is not
vindicated. It Is little wonder,
therefore, that the task which we
have set before our police, has all
but proved impossible
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ODDS AND ENDS.
n ....r xnuitui ii.dit at Norway kit
the beginning of 1H20 was 391.11
crowns. At par of exchange this 1
$104 82, against .09 20 for Sweden,
573.1 7 for Denmark, and $235.34 for
the I'nlted Sta'es.
Consul K. S. Patton reports from
Belgrade that the metric system is In
general as well as official use
throughout the whole of the klng
trom the Sorbs, Croats and Slo
venes. With the exception of the
oke (about two and three-fourths
pounds), which it used in southern
rierbia, no units other than the me
rle units are tis"d; even locally.
National committees, so called,
made up of empbwers nnd employes
and Including representatives of the
ministry of labor, have been so suc
cessful In sottllnfr labor disputes tn
Belgium that they are being formed
In increasing numbers In various In
dustries. They were exceptional in
Belgium before the war. Union labor,
which first regarded them with dis
trust, now favors them.
Yes, It's Dangerous.
H. B. writes: "1. Will you please
tell me the caus.i of gallstones? I
am 42 years old and my doctor has
told me an operation is necessary.
2. Is an operation dangerous? I
have trouble in my gall bladder.
REPLY.
1. Gallstones ure very frequently
found, especially in fat women past
40. Not one person in 10 who has
gallstones suspects the nature of the
trouble. Gallstones are one of the
most frenuent causes of dyspepsia,
stomach trouble, indigestion, acidity,
and "gas on the stomach." While
there is much about the cause of
gallstones that is not known, the fol
lowing are accepted a among the
more important causes: Attack of
tvphoid fever, infection of the gall
bladder, lack of exercise, laziness,
obesity, overeating, eating a diettoo
rich in fats.
2. Yes.
Case Not Hopeless.
R. F. D. writes: "I am 43 years
old, a victim of prostatitis for nearly
five years. I have taken both medi
cal and osteopathic treatments. Is
recovery possible? I am married.
Is my case honeless?
REPLY.
Many cases of prostatitis are ben
efited by massage; others by heat
therapy. More of them would be
cured by operation. Prostatic en
largement is far from being an in
curable condition.
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Comparative Amount of Crime in American
And European Communities
Idle Money.
Aa Immigrant girl died the other day in the
effort to save her sister from drowning. A belt
heavy with money pulled her down to her death.
It would be an unfair inference that this young
woman thought more of her money than of her
life. Her fault was only the all too usual one of
not knowing how bfct to take care of her sav
ings. Accidents, fires and robberies, frequently rer
real, the fact that the modern conveniences for
ensuring the safety of securities and cash are not
deauatel used. A writej in a recent number
Germany and Austria are asking for ad
mission to the league of nations, thus elimina
ting the. charge that by staying out the United
States would be in bad company.
Kentucky democrats who charge fraud in the
election perhaps suspect that negroes were
allowed to vote.
Soviet Russia is said to b'e tottering again.
So is General Wrsuigel's outfit. Teeter-totter,
as it were. '
It begins to appear doubtful if even all the
democratic stump speakers, voted for Cox.
IF Faguet were writing his w. k. book .today
he would find plenty of material, in the presi
dential campaign, to point his moral and adorn
his tale.
THIS WILL MAKE YOU ONE.
' Sir: The ultimate in service is achieved at
a south side movie where mothers are allotted
parking space in the lobby for their offspring.
T'other evening without interruption of the pie
fight, which was being waged with custardary
vigor, this slide was flashed upon the screen:
"Mother! Your baby is crying." Can you beat it?
If I were a complete contrlb I might head
this: "No. but Mother Probably Did."
C. F. Q.,
REMINDS us of the recent announcement
concerning the First Methodist Church of
Evanston: "Miss Tillie Brown will keep quiet in
the room where the babies sleep while the pas
tor preaches."
Ask Kelly, lie Knows.
(From the Freeport, Tex., Facts.)
Notice To my patrons, friends and the
public in general, I am NOT an umbrella
fixer. I am NOT a lawnmower sharpener.
I have NO general repair shop. I have NO
pardners in my business. ! will furnish
vou an estimate on your pointing or paper
hanging on short notice.
T. M. Kelly & No Co.
Ask Kelly.
OVERHEARD by M. H. R. on the Boule
ward: "Is she staying at the Moron Hotel in
Highland Park?" "You mean the Moraine, don't
you?" "Oh, isn't it French?" .
AIN'T IT TERRIBLE?
Sir: Overheard this InNFrankfort, Ind. First
Lady: "Oh, yes, my husband has been working
steady for ever so long. Is your business work
ing?" Other Fair Voter: "No, he's been look
ing around for over three weeks, but so far
ain't found nothing." "Well, that's the Demo
cratic administration for you. Ain't it terrible
the way they've ruined this country?"
R. A. V.
PRTNCE PAUL of Greece is said to be a
good dancer. He ought to know the Volcano
Two-Step.
ONLY THOSE WHO KNOW THE RULES
MAY BREAK THEM.
Sir: And they pav Riq to teach paragraph
ing and capitalization at the U. of M. Dlo mio!
Add advantages of a college education.
EUCIE.
"WILSON Has Echolalia, W. B. Hale de
clares." Headline.
Interesting. Now if we only knew what ails
William Bayard?
Every Little Helps.
(Wisconsin Corporation Record.)
Oesterrelch-Ungarlscher ' Franz Joseph
Gegenseltger Kranken Unterstuzungs
Verein, Sheboygan; name change to Na
tional Aid Society of Sheboygan.
ON the menu of the Woman's City Club:
"Scrambled Brains." Do you wonder, my dear?
WELL, girls, summer is over. Time to roll
'em up again.
EXIT davlight saving time,
dance 1
And good rid
CLjT. I
New York, Nov. ?. The bureau of
social hygiene makes public today
in part the results of an exhaustive
study of police conditions in Amer
ica to be presented in the forth
coming book, "American Police
Systems," by Raymond B. Fosdick,
formerly under secretary general of
the League of Nations, and during
the war chairman of the commission
on training camo activities of the
War and Navy departments.
The installment made public to
day deals with the comparative
amount of crime in American and
European communities. On this sub
ject Mr. Fosdick pays:
j "The police of an American city
are faced with a lask such as Euro
pean police organizations have no
knowledge of. The metropolitan
police force of London, with all its
splendid efficiency, would be over
whelmed in New York, and the bri
gade de surete of Paris, with its in
genuity and mechanical equipment,
would fall far below the level of its
present achievement If it were con
fronted with the situation in Chi
cago." f .
In explanation of this situation,
Mr. Fosdick gives as one of the
Teasons the preponderance of crime
in America. He says:.
"As to the fact of our excessive
criminality, the statistics furnish
startling evidence. London in 1916,
with a population of 7,250,000, had
nine premeditated murders. Chi
cago, one third the size of London,
in the same period had 105, nearly
12 times London's total. In the year
1916, indeed and it was not an ex
ceptional year Chicago with its
2.500,000 people had 20 more mur
ders than the whole of England and
Wales put together with their 38,
000,000 people. The Chicago mur
ders during this year total one more
than London had during the five
year period from 1910 to 1914 in
clusive. In 1917 Chicago had 10
more murders than the whole of
England and Wales and four more
murders than all England, Wales
and Scotland. In 1918 the number
of murders in Chicago was almost
exactly six times the number com
mitted in London.
"But Chicago is not exceptional.
Other American cities suffer equally
from comparison with crime condi
tions abroad. New York City in
1916 had exactly nix times the num
ber of homicides (murder and man
slaughter) that London had for the
same vear, and only 10 less homi
cides than all of England and Wales.
In 1917, New York had six times
more homicides than London, and
exceeded the total homicides of
England and Wales by 56. In 1918
New York again bad six times more
homicides than London, and ex
ceeded the total homicides of Eng
land and Wales by 67. This con
trast cannot be attributed to the per
culiar conditions in London inducefl
by the war. In each of the years
from 1914 to 1918 inclusive New
York had more homicides than oc
curred in London during any three
year period, previous to the out
break of the war in 1914.
"Equally significant is the com
parison of burglary statistics be
tween Great Britain and the United
States. In 1915, for example, New
York City had approximately eight
times as many burglaries as London
had in the same period, and nearly
twice the number of burglaries re
ported in all England and Wales.
In 1917 New York bad four times as
many burglaries as London, and ap
proximately the same number as oc
curred in England and Wales. In
1918 the burglaries which the police
reported in New York were approx
imately two and a half times those
in London.
"While w-sr conditions undoubt
edly served to heighten this con
trast, they were by no means en
tirely responsible for it; in 1915
New York City had more burglaries
than occurred In nil England nnd
Wales In 1911. 1912, or 1913. Chi
cago in 1916 had 532 more burg
laries than London; in 1917, 3.459
more; in 1918, 866 more, and in 1919,
2,14 6 more. Detroit and Cleveland
generally report several hundred
more burglaries per annum than
London, although London Is seven
or eight times larger. In each of
these two cities In 1917 and 1918 the
number of burglaries averaged one
fourth the numbor committed tn all
England and Wales. The annual
burglaries in St. Louis always ex-
coed those in London. !
"The disproportionate number of
burglaries occurring in American
cities as compared with English
cities Is reflected in the prevailing
burglary Insurance rates of the two
countries. Due to differences In
insurance practices and methods, ex
act comparisons are impossible, but
enough has .been gathered from
careful investigation to warrant the
general conclusion that burglary
rates in American - municipalities
are from 15 to 20 times higher than
in the principal cities of England.
"Automobile thefts ' are much
more, prevalent In America than in
Great Britain, as is shown by the
following table:
"Thefts of automobiles reported
New York 5,527
Chicago 4,316
Detroit 3,482
St. Louis 1.244
Cleveland 2,327
Buffalo 986
London 290
Liverpool 10
"Comparative statistics as to the
number of automobiles in America
and England are impossible to ob
tain, but it is probably a fair as
sumption that the proportionate ex
cess of thefts in the United States
far exceeds the admittedly larger
supply of machines in our commun
ities as compared with the commun
ities of Great Britain."
Mr. Fosdick discusses the relation
of our heterogeneous population to
our excessive crime rate and comes
to the conclusion that preponder
ance of crime in America is greatly
augmented by the presence of un
assimilated or poorly assimilated
races. He says:
"It must not te supposed, how
ever, that our foreign and colored
population is the sole cause of our
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