Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE TUESDAY MORNING The --latest Critic-Sho- ws Established April 15 Iseued (very morning by Balt Lake Tribune Publishing Company He Salt Lake City Utah Tuesday Morning November Juvenile Delinquencies Due to Parental Carelessness “ Approximately 90 per cent of crimes committed in Salt Lake City” cording to a statement recently given to the public by R W Morrison of the local cjime prevention association ‘‘are perpetrated by juveniles with only 10 per cent chargeable to adults” Available data indicate that most of the adults have barely emerged from the juvenile stage From the peaceful prosperous progressive city of Logan always regarded as the people comes a model abode of report that 16 offenders arrested there last week were all youngsters of ages ranging from 12 to 17 years The chief of police in the Cache metropolis is calling upon parents' seeto "cooperate with his department by suitable are given ing that their children outlets for wholesome activity Tather than allowed to wander around the streets of the city performing malicious pranks” Other cities are confronted with perplexThese ing problems of a similar characterto go undepredations cannot be permitted about-givinchecked but officers are reluctant mischievous boys and girls court records or throwing them into jails where into young malefactors are apt to develop habitual criminals It is a delicate situation the cause of which should be studied in order to determine an effective remedy At a conference of reformers held in an eastern city not long ago it was ascertained that ‘‘a large proportion of crime throughout the country is traceable to irresponsible was placed youths” while the responsibility on parents who between the demands of business and society do not take time to train their offspring properly Environment an influence' in the molding of character more potent than any other factor in life is not seriously considered There is too much leniency and not enough discipline too much precept and not enough example too -- much indulgence and not enough restraint and not enough contoo much homes in genial atmosphere Most of the conversation overheard by youth of the present day is calculated to lessen reverence for authority and ideals At an age when the ego is flowering and character is forming these embryonic citizens hear criticisms of everybody every official and every policy every position taken by the public the politicians the lawmakers and its enforcement agencies They reach conclusions that everything is wrong from the constitution to traffic regulations and that everybody is unworthy from the president down to the dog catcher In the homes where unfolding minds are gathering strength and notions lie the cause and the remedy "It is a fatal error" said Dr Lena Sadler to the Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs not long ago "to ignore the stage of youthful development when character is in a formative process of development it is in the home and in this critical period that parental influence is law-abidi- joy-ridi- paramount” Cheese Week Now Observed And Cheese Eating Counseled This is cheese week and Mayor E B Erwin has put Salt Lake City in line with an official proclamation urging citizens to cheese-minde- d forget their differences and be for the time being Care should be taken to avoid confusing cheese week with weak cheese “As the production of cheese constitutes orte df Utah’s important sources of wealth it has an equally vital place in the diet of the people of this state" runs the official appeal to mix patriotism with provender Cheese may be defined as "a product obtained by coagulating casein of milk and incorporating therein a generous proportion of fat” It is both a staple and a delicacy and may be taken before or after the main exertion of masticating a meal It is the oldest prepared food known to man and has come down from the earliest ages some of it seemingly out of the original batch gaining strength as it came JThe epicures of all eras have been very particular about the taste and flavor of their fgvorite curd compositions— more than jwith their teasas much as with their wines By sniffing pressing with a finger tapping for ripeness and touching with the iongue these gustatory connoisseurs can determine the age origin and nationality of cheese the kind of pasturage on which the lactat-in- g animals fed and the atmospheric conditions surrounding the f actory that turned it into an' article of commerce ' Over 500 varieties of cheese all made from milk but given different treatment are er consumed by gourmets of the world Roquefort- Stilton Camembert Parmesan Gervais Edam Cheshire Schweitzer Gruyere Cheddar and cottage are among the more familiar kinds encountered on menus and in the markets ' ' Lim-burg- - 'Kreethmisand'eesg'IacTofies inffif United States turn out an average of pounds per year An assortment of brands shapes" aromas and flavors enables all classes and conditions of consumers to experiment until satisfaction is found Cheese is-- healthy and nutritious article of diet worthy of a wider use than has been given it in this country The Swiss Dutch and FrenchJknow how to prepare apprecw ate and consume cheese "and this week is g to be devoted to further education in a cheese-batin- Sir Thomas More applauded an unscientific claim lhat “the moon-i- s made of-- greeny cheese” He would have indorsed the proc- lamation calling for observance'”©! cheese ' " week The Japanese Accomplice Aspires to Decide the Case Sino-Japane- The coroner’s report on motor vehicle accidents in the elapsed nine months of this year offers a plausible although not a dependable check on some popular notions about traffic hazards A large number of persons if not a majority would subscribe to certain axioms — that women are less reliable drivers than men that kids should not be trusted with motor vehicles that hazards naturally are highest in the rush hours that liquor is one of the chief factors in accidents that haste on the Saturday before and the Monday after the day off increases the danger Dr Leland's report shows that of 93 drivers in 83 accidents only three were women in the same number of fatal accidents only one driver was 18 or less that a greater number of accidents than in any other of an hour occurred between 8:13 and 8:55 p m with 10 killed the second worst peiod 11 to 11:35 p m with eight killed that fom 5 till 7:45 the cocktail hour and going home after the cocktail roughly three hour periods a total of 14 were killed Saturday accidents caused 15 deaths Monday accident eight deaths but Wednesday Thursday and Friday accidents 14 16 and 12 respectively For such discrepancies with popular views on these subjects there must be certain allowances We must know not merely what proportion of women and youths under 18 were driving but their mileage and comparative conditions of traffic we must know how many cocktails were consumed and whether they were reinforced in the dinner hour before the theater As in all such reports there are vital factors unobtainable that might change the whole basis of comparison This holds true evenitt the matter of fatalities of which there haye been 96 to date compared with 82 in the sqpio period last year It may be that there have been more actual accidents but without the uncontrollable factor that makes a minor accident fatal a worse one nonfatal One fact however does claim attention: This is that for 14 persons this year more than last traffic accidents have been irrevocably hazardous Greater care $111 prevent some if not all accidents the Increased congestion of traffic does create added hazards To induce drivers to use more caution to correct so far as possible the street conditions that add to jeopardy these are two sidee of a problem that presses upon civic conscience — San Francisco Chronicle three-quarte- three-quart- Just a Minute By Irvin S Cobb SANTA MONICA Cal— A dictator is something else again In the old days a king could get away with the job by being a figurehead— even though as frequently was the case he cut very little figure and had no head to speak of 4 And in some countries a president has only to sit by twiddling his thumbs and lot nature take its course The president of Switzerland is like that Some people here— such as Mr Hoover and Mr Ham Fish and privately Uncle Jack Garner are probably wishing the Swiss might trade presidents with Justice Black thrown in to boot But a dictator must always be prepared to go into hla dance The moment he takes off his make-u- p the moment be quits dramatizing" himself quits cooking 'up a crisis or dishing out a war threat he’s on his way hence —and often feet first It makes me terribly-tire- d sympathetically I mean— every time I see an action picture of Herr Hitler And as for Signor Mussolini -- and his trained performing under-jawwell I can see the poor man even in his sleep still jutting it out jut by jut Copyrightl93LfflCjrheTrihun left theory the re Chinese government and to wait for the world to walk into Japan's strategic parlor in the Far East The Japanese general staff are no fools and“They have undoubtedly accumulated reserve stocks sufficient to keep going for a Will Pay years for Action assume that we can avoid hostilities that our navy is strong enough to control the Pacific and that Japan will be powerless to injure oqr cities and our commerce Who will pay the cost of “sanctions?" American-Japanes- e trade Is today our greatest stake liyittae orient and constitutes the largest element in Japan's foreign trade Wpkre say the British to stop buying raw silk from Japan This means unemployment In our silk industry and perhaps when the smoke clears away we will discover that the British have recaptured control of the great silk trade We ought of course to stop selling raw cotton to Japan our best foreign market for this product if w go in for “sanctions” The south already faces a dangerous cotton surplus and - this additional sacrifice would still further injure our agriculture Finally how about Spain? The Japanese have been doing little in China that the Germans and Italians have not been doing in Spam: Sinking ships bombing cities killing women and children all without a declaration of war England- took it al pretty calmly and even today is more indignant over Shanghai than over Guernica or Madrid Won't Solve Problems “Let’s -- - of the post war decthat even the most successful act of military and economic repression (we starved and killed the Germans into abject surrender in 1918) is poweHess to solve the problems arising from economic and social inequalities in international relations If Mr Roosevelt tries to lead this nation into another international Ku Klux flogging of an aggressor he may find himself like Wilson stripped of liberal support at the mercy of the tories and with his domestic reforms discredited and postponed for another generation He would probably be prepared to pay this price if he is convinced that it 4s the cost of American survival If Mr Roosevelt is a great statesman however he will ac- THE PUBLIC FORUM is company his threats of democratic reprisals with an offer of —economic appeasement and political satisfaction for the social seintercurity of the “have-nots- ” nationally as well as in domestic matters This means that he must per- suade the British French Dutch and Portuguese empires to exclusive colonial policies and to give Germany Italy and Japan a chance to earn a living for mod-'-if- y d Husband: “Do you there’s only one course for Just cheese?” mean to say dinner tonht? Wife: “Yes dear You see when the chops caught fire and fell Into the dessert I had to use the soup to put it out”— Boston Transcript Unassisted An English tourist traveling in the north of Scotland far away from anywhere exclaimed to one of theyiatlvea 'rWhy what do you do when any of you are ill? You can never get a doctor" “Nae sir" replied Sandy “We’ve just to dee a natural death”— Montreal Star Raps Economic System Editor Forum Rules Tribune: splendid editorial in a local daily discourses eloquently on the cause of peace Among other fine things it said: ‘We are coming to a time when we can have a dream of peace which has in it the promise of fulfillment” This id true but some qualifying statements should be made I say without fear of successful contradiction that there is no possibility of a lasting peace being brought about while the present economic system prevails There never has been universal peace under it and there never can be Why? Because it is warefare in As long itself— social warfare as profit is the sole motive as long as the strong prey upon the weak as long as one class despoils another class as long as wealth is so unequally distributed there Thought is the property of those only who can entertain it — Emerson The poetic observations of Edward R Tuttle of Kanab have stirred the muse in the breasts of In the same three contributors mail came the following outbursts There must be something in telepathy after ail TO EDWARD R TUTTLE You’ll get gray hairs my friend Or lose them all I vow If "Life” is worrying you— It’s why and when and how true we love life well Else why our fear of death But does it not suffice To draw a steady breath ? ‘Tls i Our puny intellects Can never solve the plan It seems ths wiser course To live the best we can But I’ll admit it’s fun To wonder and to stew And since I read ydur pome You’ve got me worrying too! — Sancho IF SO THEN WHAT? “I love life!” shouts the singer ‘Why is it?” cries Mr E Tuttle have pondered in The gray-bearvain Not one has replied In buttal iaJMZueation-eteraal- re- - rising ly it liberals who elected him Copyright 1937 for The Tribuile never can be peace And further poverty and crime will 'always stalk among us as long as we frighten? The history of One should con- -' vlnce us If ’twere granted one mortal to know' — By Ham Park He’d surely be stoned from the housetops 'Cause the world to belief is too slow — Filosofizlng Fanny CREDO This guy Eddie Tuttle Is distressingly subtle To force painful thought is his trend He asks What is life? I say storm and strife With a grave yawning wide at the end So why think and fret When it’s sure a safe bet That oblivion’s just around bend? the Just live while you may Fast carefree and gay ‘Til your cortege to graveyard doth wend — I M A Mused P S — If your cold is better won’t you say a few words on the Now is it viot enough To have life good or ill? To take it as it pomes Enjoy its mystic thrill? awe-strick- en the Lettera appearing in Una column not express tbs views ot ihe tribune 'they are tbe opinions o! contributors wttb wmcb In viount may or may not agree Abe following rules govern contributions 1 Letters limited to 3U0 words Preference given to abort commu Write legibly and 2 mentions clearly on one side of tbe paper only 3 Religious and racial discussions barred Partisan comment can be printed only with true name of writers 4 Personal aspersions pro ft Poetical contributions bibited not wanted 6 Letters msv-d- s barred for obvious misstatements ot fact er for atatemsnis wbtcb are not tn accord wttb fair play and 7 The Korum is not an good taste advertising medium 3 Writers must names true and addresses in sign Ink Letters unless partisan will be carried over assumed name H In all cases writer so requests bowew true name and address must be attached to coramuntca tton 9 Tbe Forum eannot consider more than one letter from tbe same writer at one time do Senator From Sandpit And trailing off into' the Sistatus quo lence This means that he must persuade the Soviet union to adopt As we gaze with eyes social and economic policies which At life with its grandeur and will permit its fascist neighbors violence a share in Russia’s great undeThis means veloped resources vast sleeping horde of ths that he must persuade the con- Of—thedead— gress to make major concessions oneha I lurnedto : en- cn American tariffs immigration-polici-es lighten and foreign investments If this is what the president has If weinknew would we shout out joy? in mind I am with him If he is Or caw with the knowledge and simply falling into line in another British coalition against those who- - havrrhallerrgeO thr'empire he will not get much support from by Our Readers - - Contributor The lesson ades i I The debutante heiress Gloria Baker has become one of the most extravagantly publicized maids of tbe season And a choice target for the gossip writers If qhe visits a night club and applauds the orchestra she is chronicled next day as mooning over the saxophone player “Mimi" as she is known to her intier mates uses the same technique as her Alfred Vanderbilt She is attended by a different donzei every time she steps out It is a matter of record that young Vanderbilt was never seen with the same lady two nights in succession An accomplished turfman he plays the field half-broth- of couple of O O McIntyre Windsor Tie Scores Again ' The flowing Windsor tie" such as the sartorial trade mark of Morris Gest is in again It was a high favorite in the Robert W Chambers novel days A recent film featuring artists who appeared with Windsor bows helped to perk up a new Interest in a vanishing style Russell Patterson the artist wears a Windsor now and then and so does Joseph Hergesheimer But hat manufacturers say A1 Smith has spiked all chances of reviving the brown derby It used to boh up for a seasonal flare every five years or so but cannot get going: any more Smith’s benny has been too widely kidded and cartooned for anyone to wear it with dignity A1 remains about the only person who can wear the brown derby and still be taken somewhat seriously of the president's theory of prevento kck they are strong enough to lick you Under this theory the immediate injury is less to be considered than the ultimate danger and in a democracy the excuse for such cynical foresight is always tinctured with strong moral sentiments This happened to us in 1917 and as one of the generation which let itself be persuaded that the struggle to crush the central powers was a crusade to “make the world safe for democracy” I distrust the process and remind the nation that it is ineffective expensive and dangerous to enter other people’s quarrels overseas It is true that we are being told that it will all be safe and easy Japan they say will capitulate in 60 days before the might of “sanctions” It is far more likely that the threat will make Japan hasten to crush Chinese resistance to make quick terms with what is The By n t NEW YORK Nov 8— It would not likely happen in any other city That is the combination of barriers that have kept BUI Corum the sports writer and I from knowins? each other save through an occasional hail that we exchange through our newspaper columns We live across a few foof tops from one another— he in a hotel and I in an apartment house— In New York’s mid town We came from Missouri whistle stops only ar'tew hours apart and in the recent merger of two metropolitan newspapers found x ourselves articled to the same journal At least a dozen of his close friends are friends of mine — several times I have missed him by an eyelasb'at this party or that One of his hangouts an estaminet into which I sometimes drOp on my infrequent rounds of the town by gas light Eyey night nearly I walk the dog by CorUm’s hotel — sometimes as late or early as 3 a m and as I would know him from sight-- ' by his photographs I am certain I have never seen him coming— or being carried—Jn It Is just one of those things meant that the new deal administration is prepared to join in moral and economic hostilities against Japan Lick 'Em in Time Idea speech is tive war Highlights and Brightlights Of New York i litical Tragedy Newly-we- er Brown threatening a preventive war "aggressor nations” of whose International conduct we happen to disapprove The meant Chicago speech either nothlngln which case it will expose us to contemptuous snubs from the "aggressors” and will encourage other nations to embark on aggressive policies under the false impression that we shall support them — or it oath-boun- Higher Hazards By against se Other Points of View Move merit m By Jay Franklin WASHINGTON D C— President Roosevelt must writhe with embarrassment when he sees how some who have opposed his reforms most bitterly are still aphis Chicago plauding speech - 9 1937 Whether China is willing to have Hitler act as mediator in the lethal controversy or would rather leave it entirely "to the mikado is matter of conjecture in oriental circles Ever since Germany d triItaly and Japan formed an umvirate for the purpose of acquiring real estate in Asia Africa and Oceanica at the expense of any unmilitary government in the eastern hemisphere the world has been wondering what overt act would mark Hitler’s actual intrusion in the far east If the trainer financial backer and business manager of a prize fighter should offer his services as a referee in a contest between his protege and an adversary the case would bear a striking Similarity to that of Hitler acting as arbiter in the Asiatic conflict One may now expect Mussolini tp tender his good services in the Spanish massacre since der fuehrer has set such an unselfish example of disinterested desire to curb the orgy of bloodshed in northern China Japan demands the decapitation of China’s military power as a condition precedent to a settlement In other words any agreement must be satisfactory to Japan whether it is to China or not That is something it seems to a casual observer the Japs might safely leave to Herr Hitler’s discretion Backdo-the-Far- Danger in Japan Policy 1871- - Tribune Is a membeMSf the Associated Press The Associated Press Is eicnufterjT'ehtUled td' the use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also i the local news published herein NOVEMBER 9 f937 —— subject Senator? (I think it’s better I’m coughing much louder) NOTES ON THE CUFF DEPARTMENT Speaking of colds Cesare has given me the recipe for a cure that seldom fails he said tried It yet but-PIit have’t "pass on to you anyway Here ’tis: Take a bottle of Bdrgundy wine add lemon peel and sugar and boil Then light a match to the mixture and burn off the alcohol Then go to bed and drink a glass of it every half hour You will perspire profusely Cesare shys and when you wake up next morning it (the cojd and the cure will be gone Well It Wasn’t My Grammar Anyway “Senator: In your Sundhy column Benjamin Franklin paragraph you said that at the time of his marriage there were only two printing offices in the United States "At the time of his mar-riathere was no UnIted StateS —just 13 crown colonies if I’m not mistaken Or were you just some-- '' giving the thing to aim at?— Lockman proofroom" ” Nofe It was Just a slipoFUie" typewriter Fraqklin was mar ried In 1730 quite some time be1 wonder fore ths revolution what I have editors for? RI-ne- tti toivJ-suppos- ge sharp-shoote- 4-- cling unconditionally and unchangingly to this system There are many who believe with the editorial writer that the church can make men and women what they ought to be and thus establish peace But they will find as it always has been found that unless we make men and women free economically and establish them in right economic relationships there never can be a worthwhile peace on this earth No matter tghef fete© thoughts we are led to indulge in at religious meetings much of their effect is ironed out of us when we come back to the daily nightmare of our economic system which is as contrary to the principles of true Christianity as any two things can be contrary to one another We have got to take the greatest step ever taken by the human race — a step upward into a soeiql realm or state that has but been dreamed of and seen only on the horizons of our C N Lund hopes Deplores 'Enslavement' Of Poor by Rich Editor Tribune: Here are a few words of thought for the poor wage earner and slave of this supposedly free country the words quoted from Lundberg Wall Street financial writer: "The United States is owned and dominated today by a hierarchy of its sixty richest families buttressed by no more than ninety families of less wealth These families are the living center of the modern Industrial oligarchy which dominates the United States functioning discreetly under a 'de jure’ democratic form of government behind which ‘a de facto government’ (meaning these sixty families) absolutist and plutocratic in its lineaments has gradually taken place since the Civil war This de facto government is actually the government of the United States it’s informal invisible and shadowy It is the government of money in a dollar democracy” These words are verily true g they cannot be refuted people who have attended schools and seats of learning actually know this to be true Then where Is tbe freedom in this country? It’s a government of money dominated- - by a few rich families Just think of it— some 100000-00- 0 souls enslaved-t- o make more money for some 300 souls in ail Think of it for a while Then here the president of General Motors comes out and says the wage earner shouldn’t strike for higher wages Of all the intestinal fortitude these rich parasites have I hope and trust to God the day comes when people shall see a light The' day shall come too when slavery shall be done away with in this country This ik ths United States H H Wilson ” Qanine Barometer Our cousin’s Sealyham is amazingly storm conscious A half hour before rain lightning or thunder comes up the dog begins trotting around panting and trembling Just before the deluge it hides in a closet or under the bed The severity of the storm is indicated by the ahimal’s fright Every now and then our household is upset by harking back to the long ago This morning at breakfast we let loose a gale of guffaw — my wife and I— recalling the times we used to butter our hands for the taffy pull The St Regis has made an" entrance off Fifth avenue to its King Cole bar where Maxfield hangs the original Parrish portrait It was done originally for the old Knickerbocker bar owned by the Astor estate and when Vincent Astor took up the active direction of the St Regis he had it moved there The King Cole canvas and the Ben' Hur electrical chariot race sign were two of the Broadway high spots when I came to town King Cole was the topic for much banter in the vaudeville skits and gags in the saloons I first saw it with Bob Davis and Ray Long but was more' interested in living figures at one of the tables— Caruso talking to two gentlemen I recognized as Weber and Fields And later into the room came Rex Beach in a hunting coat just back from lassoing polar bears with Fred Stone in Alaska Did my eyes pop? Lois Long tells the story of the two swlshy boys who stopped at a roadhouse for liquid refreshments One said he would have a coca-coand the second said he’d like ginger ale with ide The third ordered: “Plain water for me Pm doing the driving” Copyright 1937 for The Tribune rs Verily! Verily! Why ere ail the- - tragedies at the day displayed prominently in the 'newspapers?” demanded an essayist They aren't the racing results are nearly always tucked away at the back — Exchange ' I over-exploit- off-col- la Off the Record With China posting a nominal reward of $1450 for any Japanese general brought in we suppose the captor of a second lieutenant would be fined Only a volunteer fireman piling out on a February night can know the feelings of a congressman answering a special session alarm Bright-thinkin- Primitive Instinct First Aid Mon— Did you hold a mirror to her face to see if sbs was still breathing? 1 Assistant— Yes and she opened her eyes gaspedrand reached for her powder puff— Windsor Star I Judging by the picture pages Ed Windsor is in need of a useful calling as a fellow can’t make a career of just getting out of cabs One story is that when Vesuvius went into violent eruption lately Anthony Eden drew up a reply absent-minded- Copyright WELL 1937 I’ll 8 ly for The Tribune Tell You BOS BURNS The other day I wrote-wha- t I was a pretty clever article I went onthought to say that the farmers’ wives were much more fortunate than their city sisters be-- a cause they could work right alongside their husbands in the farm work and be a part of the business while the business man’s wife has'ta sit in the background and can’t take part in her hus' band’s business That afternoon I paid a visit to a friend cf mine who lrthtresI(Jeril“bf a'big While I was corporation there h!s business manager came in and said Td like to use your telephone because my wife told me to ask you for a raise today and — The president said “Well you go ahead and ask her and thpn I’ll call my wife and ses if she’ll let me give it to you” Copyright 1937 for The Tribune i |