The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1924, Page 6

Aas ATIF mMMeNeTATES ' THE BISMARCK TRISUNE T OUR WAY EN Ee er ee ce OEE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, "1924 Agriculture must be placed on | permanently profitable basis where itean enjoy economic equality with other industry. “Much discussion has been made regarding the government policy of deflation, There has been much debate whether rais- ing discount rates by the Fed- eral Reserve board up ‘to seven percent was the reason for the collapse in- farm values. 1 do not wish to consider that ques- PAGE SIX Sports COX TAKES C0) of their yearly tax of some $600,- 000,000. In the thinly settled agricultural regions this would ‘make an increase of thirty per- cent or forty percent on local taxation. Measured by our ex- perience, by efficiency of ser- vice, by rate of wages paid, we have everything to lose and nothing to gain by public own- ership. It would be a most per- ilous undertaking, both to the welfare of business and the in- WORLD RECORD |GARRISON | By Williams | FOR KOPPISCH) — CANCELS GAME ’ aiid SAAN, You aHocuT AN CREAM “Tine?! WHT THIS VERE IDEE O Kickin’ - ME ONTH’ SHINS THETAWaN ? I. CAME HEATON EATNOT “OH BE KICKEDIOM DEATH! | The Garrison High School football team, scheduled to play in Bismarck [Saturday afternoon, has cancelled ithe game, according to information lveceived this afternoon by Bismarck | [High School authoritie | jo o GOLF TITLE « Wins Handicap 1 Tournament at Country Club FB. B. Cox and E e dividing the Bismarek Country Recently Ve: in the club’s annual ship event. But th came back in the H. volt Club this year. perman finals L. honors at the ed out open champion week, the latter of the annual handicap match and defeated Vesper man tin the clubhouse honors for 1924. Cox defeated ai6-hole hand Swith eight Vesperman The golf roll of the up ada in nine latter handicap of four strokes on 36 holes Both shot pretty golf, Vesperman’s second and except for nine holes, it was real championship golf. the ve arandion the Vesperman 28th hole; 28th hole. 42-48-43 | Cox 39-41 DOLAN PLANS HARD ran Takes Another Step to C lear | Himself in Baseball € New York, stook another clear hit implicated with to Oct step office who Commission baseball, In the *allon, organized th dis and related his onversation which took place resulted ring which shment. The his denial of any alleged bribery his innocence Dolan also d hearing before in blows when in a he commi of sioner Landis G. rus shed rer dis in elf of charges thi Jimmy O'Connell in| bribe | shortstop. of his counsel, intends Dolan scene of the examination by former Giant coach reiterated knowledg any josed th Landis he be ted verbal excl across at me are Dolan fight to | he was | his. Heinie Sand, | Ww. J to bring Landis re an- of the at the in his ban- version { | | \ | and reasserted | wrongdoing. t bis final | most ended ame involved ange with the Rough the room, jan (aad thin The | ured in recounline | the deta the commissioner's m not guilty; thi at other and preted my him and he ‘If you fight, get out’.” After’ Dolan had an hour by Fallon de ttitude nid: f men, ed his legal efforts to clear store him to good standing in b ball of and obtain for the World's expected r four prsent we is going the O’Connell-Do- | ball ows because ame here been 1 score of newspaper- series to of what took place during | closing e ange. | I don't remem- | it,” each nter- threatening | as looking for questioned he would pres him his money file days. share He! papers | are being told | to the bow- episode at New York. Baseball, like se whether it ness, will alw dishonest persons When some bank yand breaks the compa ‘no lose faith in the > stitution. Because iers go wrong s-yeeg cashiers crooke FF now many bank yus the st one or do every he So, fail, place v.fmoney provided we hav Big corporations every other enter- amusement or | have certain | nected with it. ashier absconds people do bank as an in- more bank cash- n't make all regardless of | we regard it} to put any to put. now “then have their scandals when some Lig official is There have been found cases ; deacon in the church has turned off | dishonest. where the Jinto the crooked path. ‘ of the 500 active major league baseba huve been accused Gealing and declared ine entire fabric of the ‘not make the ere crooked. in 19 O'Connell and Dolan are just two in li. Because they | h participants of disnones gible does seven members of the “Chicago White Sox made certain | mistakes, strayed from the straight path. ‘These seven players were barred forever from baseball. however, sterling of these players, way affected such ters as Ray Schalk, The actions in no charac- Eddie Collins, Urban Faber and the other mem- bers of the Sox at that time, Because every now and then a certain few players through ignor- ance, do something dishonest, .it in no way reflects on the many other fine game. Dishonesty However, people get more is hard to it is a fact that cert satisfaction characters connected with the explain. n over pulling some shady transaction than accomplishing it through honest ¢!- fort. 4 ja o| the | | Brooklyn Dolan, re- le | being offe | with our | and | Vesperman | | So both names will find places |B the WALTER KOPPISCH Iter Koppisch, Perey Haughton in the midst of Koppisch inetion of m for th captain and Columb t a world’s 4 i the unique aptaining: t Columbia third year} | enjoys dis successive s fourth “When Columbia, was permitted to his fine in alts s revived at} freshman, | us apts Koppisch, play. work he was electe n versatile, He can hit runan-end, Very: fast,| ist ut receiver of forward | He can also throw them and most of his team’s punting. — | A rather handy young man to have, | | ithe nit pass | doe should | ed to the Li The limit. not going to the bow- aith that the public h as a national institution by the attendance and | enthusiasm at the recent world crie Incidentally the ies, while showing trong, ever for the game, made it apparent that they did not ap- | prove of dishonesty. New York Giants, unfortu- | under a cloud of suspicion n, we ived coldly, ‘The had thumbs down on them for time being. Baseball is far too big to have a few dishonest performers wreck the game. True, such acts do not help it but they are certain to break out at stated intervals. It is too much to believe that all people are honest, even though it is a nice thought. VANCE ONCE SOLD FOR 50 DOLLARS NEA Service fai the they; were at ser- as the Dolan said } e stood facing dis apparently By ger John ants with Hc y of York says he would willingly part 100,000 for Dazzy Vanee, Charle, tts, owner Eh club, amount wouldn't te star pitcher, the sin the s These of the s twice that pt him for h sation of the ma- st closed. bulous amounts I player makes the origina i anie ot duel niweranicus » loom up as the one best laugh of the da Ten years ago Vance the Superior club braska State League. so-so pitcher At that time Hastings, of Vance, was in the He decided it would be in the old home asked the manage club what was: “If some offered me §} real money they could have yo Vance peeled five tens from h bank roll and joineq the Hastings club. Originally sold for ent employer isn’t int offer of $100,000 for h BOB MARTIN RECOVERED, SEEKS BOUT y NEA Service | w York,: Oct. Bob Martin wants to come bi Martin is the nung Virginia youth who won the weight championship of the A. ., turned professional, and en- joyed fair success mingling with sec- ond raters. Martin sustained a slight coneus- |sion of the brain about 18 months ago, and was finally forced to retire from the ‘ring. At first Martin pected the trouble centered in his eyes but when treathhents designed to better his vision failed the soldier fighter submitted to a thorough ex- amination, It was then revealed that he bad been injured about the head by some heavy blow received in the ring. Martin retired following a pathetic in He was just a the home same leagu nicer to play When he Hastings the reply to of the he was worth one 0, his pres- ested 24, k. the aftermath of which was an of ring commissioners barring him from future participation in the ring. Martin went back to his home in Virginia, joined the state police as a mounted officer and started out to vegain his health by activity in the open al Se || The Nut Cracker | 1, | jin so o: Pigskin Primer | eel is the meaning of the term cutback? Cutback has reference to the course fof the man with the run who suddenly changes his dire tion and “cuts back” instead of con- | tinuing in the direction he started. If this happened in the open field and the runner ntinued in the changed direction would be led “reversing the ” Explain iMegal Illegal interference where fens players, other than the carrier, use their hands or arms ex- cept close to their hoaies or attempt to block opponents by throwing their fect high in the ai Pulling pushing the man with the ball a | so illegal. it of- Dall py the game needs is more men Peckinpaugh 2 ean exchange said this, not: MeGraw. Ww Epinard’s record of not worse than second in any race sured Narazen will only opponent next time out, is as- be his In many ways the world does change but you can’t prove it by the billiard item which announces a re- turn meeting between Schaefer and Hoppe, There pitchers This m were issued in the world se y explain how Coolidge en. passes, yszko divorced his wife on grounds of cruelty. It is umed she kept on reminding him a wrestler, A Princeton cheer leader has bob- bed up with a broken proving the introduction of th hasn't ited all from the the brutality It is proposed to put baseball under federal control to prevent future If your sense of humor isn't completely out of joint you ought to get a hoarse gulfaw out of that. Young Stribling has gone back to school but by now the already knows the one-two punch has nothing to do with mathematics, Coz the Gi found it the same.’ man” of y always s, TU have Dolan was the “y its. His y td say, * Cobb writes that greatest slugger Can it be that Ty slugging Ehn spring? Hornsby is the ever saw. has forgot the him last as entered the bi +. But any Washington will tell’ you he al- looked like ready money. The Marquette eleven is just be- ginning to realize a yess agent is more important than a fast back- field and a flawless line. FAILS TO STAR ON GRID Hills, Princeton’s great weight- thrower, is not so successful on the gridiron, He seems to have failed for the second time in making the varsity, BIG YEAR FOR ROCKWELL Coach Fielding Yost expects Rock- well to be a big sensation Ten football. Rockwell is the young man who took the place of Uteritz when he was injured and became famous over night by his great run ‘against Wisconsin, In the last census 1,758,303 wid- owers were reported in the United States, Latest Lightship | i i] | ( ball making a| call. | and? finishing in Big! NE ECONOMY, PEACE, FARMER AID, PLEDGED (Continued from page one.) for adherence tothe permanent court of international justice. He anno ced opposition, however, to partici- pation by this government in inter- national conferences discussing ques- tions of ‘purely our own domestic affairs;’ to the cancellation of w: debts owed this nation and to the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations.” No other “sound and practical” policy in foreign affairs has been presented, Mr. Coolidge declared, adding that “we have been willing to assume the responsibility for leading the nation and the world in this direction, without first seek- ing through a costly, futile and un- constitutional ‘referendum whiethem it would be popular.” Ready to Help In agriculture, the President said, he was ready to open the investiga- tion into farming conditions he had proposed as a means of determining a legislative program of aid. This had been withheld temporarily, he said, at the advice of farm leaders, lest the investigation become in- volved in partisan politic Recalling benefits he said had ac- crued from the existing tariff law, Mr. Coolidge insisted that without a protective tariff ‘American indus- try cannot exist, American wages annot be paid, the American stand- rd of living cannot be maintain- ed.’ ‘This is an organization formed to promote the economic welfare of the United States. In its purpose it is thoroughly representative of Amer- iesn life. It is my opinion that a true economic development of our country can only rest upon the broad foundation of ministering to hum welfare. It must contribute to p abroad and must be supported by cur industry, economy, cha education and religious convictions at home, It eannot ,thrive upon sectionalism of privilege, but take into consideration all questions of the land und all the elements of society. Favors Peace “I am in favor of all the arts of peace, but I cannot be obli- vious to the fact that the most miserable failure which ‘a gov- ernment can inflict upon the people is a lack of order and security. Unless a government he strong enough to maintain public confidence in the obser- vance of the orderly processes of law, we not only “have no economic development but an immediate cessation of* all en- terprise and a substantial de- struction of all values. We must have local” police protéctien, supported by such an army and navy as will insure domestic tranquility at home and a whole- some regard for the rights of our citizens abroad. We do not maintain armed forces’ as a threat or menace to any except Wrengdoers. With us they are purely instruments of peace and good order. We have a well-defined foreign policy known of all men. who will give it candid consideration. It has as its foundation peace with inde- pendence. We have abstained from joining the Leagne of Nations main- ly for the purpose of avoiding poli- tical entanglements and committing ourselves to the assumption of the obligations of others, which has been created without our authority and in which we have no direct interest. Under our constitution we cannot, by treaty, pledge or limit the future action of the Congr But we have not refused to help, we have not refused to cooperate, we have not | which must | THE DAY THE SCHOOL MAM HAD GHUCH WITH THE BOYS WAS A MIGHTY POOR TiME “To TRY ANO TEACH ‘CURLY’ TABLE ETIQUET. German loan. All these acts have heen practical, effective methods for the restoration of Europe. We pro- pose adherence to the permanent court of international justice under limita- eem practical and it can reasonably be antici ed would be agreed to by other interested nations. Such action would give our support to a tribunal before which we could never be brought without our consent to international disagreements could be voluntarily submitted. “We stand committed to the policy of international confer- ences, as specific occasions arise, to consider definitely stated in- ternati I problems, to provide further limitation of armaments, and to propose plans for the codification of international law. But this government is opposed to the discussion in ‘any inter- national body or conference of questions which . concern . our own purely domestic affairs. Personally, I view with. favor the attempt to devise constitu- tional covenants which would look to the outlawing of aggress- ive war. We are opposed to the cancellation of the debts due to us from abroad and shall con- tinue to seek their further liquidaiton. “No other sound and practical poliey has been presented., In its pursuance we have maintained our ancient traditions; we have secured peace; we have limited naval arm- aments; we have provided a plan and furnished finances for a Euro- pean settlement; and we propose to continue our efforts to promote in- ternational justice under interna- tional law, through international conferences, advancing towards the goal of outlawing aggressive war. We have been willing to assume the responsibility of leading the nation and the world in this direction, without first seeking through a costly, futile and unconstitutional referendum to find out whether it would be popular. The government is willing to be judged on the re- sult of these stupendous accom- plishments, either according to the standard of financial advantage or of moral purpose. “The prosperity of the people is intimately bound up with the finan- cial policy of the government. To my mind, the practice of public economy and resistance upon: its ri- gid and drastic enforcement ‘is' a prime necessity of the people of the United States. In fact, the neces- sity is world wide. That nation which demonstrates that it has suf- ficient self control to adopt this course will immediately become the leader in the financial world. That leadership is easily within American grasp. But to secure it requires prompt action and constant ° vigi- lance. Great Debt “Recent compilations disclose that the present yearly cost of national and local governments has reached the staggering sum of over $10,000,000,000. The ma- tional government pays out one- third, the local governments two-thirds of this amount. This is gbout the sum that, all the American farmers receive for their output for a ye: It is percent-of all wages salaries of industrial plants in the cen- sus Of manufactures, national debt and reduce the tional expenditures. 1921, the national gayernment has reduced its yearly Sewillaus, rene or tte SERVES, mC) a H 2 sole object the benefit of all the people. Just prior to elections a great deal of talk is made about the taxes of the rich and poor. It can fairly be said that the national gov- ernment does not tax the earnings of the poor family. Earnings of $2,600 are entirely exempt snd on $5,000 they would pay but $37.50. The claim can scarcely be made that the poor are obliged to pay direct taxes to the national government. AH talk then about taking direct taxes off the rich and leaving them on the poor is simply misleading. But every student is wel aware that the public in general, which is most- ly made up of people of moderate means, do and must indirectly pay the expenses of the government. Money From People “The great corporations, the banks, the railroads—all the great incomes —do and must collect their money from the people. Al our food, cloth- ing, shelter and fuel. pays a tax to the government and. the people who earn the wages of the nation do and must pay the taxes which they buy their necessaries. This simple fact determines what must be a sound policy of taxation. It should be at a rate which will produce the lar- gest amount of taxation from large incomes, and by doing the utmost stimulate enterprise and business af- ford the wage earners ample em- ployment with good pay, in order that they may better bear the bur- den of indirect taxation. All ex- perience shows that a larger’ amount of money can be collected from large incomes at a moderate rate than at a high rate. When the rate 1s too high, large incomes disappear, leav- ing all the burden of taxes on the wage earners and people of small means; getting all we can out of the rich by making rates moderate and stimulating business to provide work and increase the earnings of the poor seems to me to be the com- mon sense method of taxation. The estimated income and expenses of the governnient for the coming fis- cal year indicate that we can have a further reduction in taxes. But we can only secure this result by continuing our policy of drastic economy. “A very material part of ‘our rev- enue comes from the tariff which is now running at the rate of about {$550,000,000 per year. This is, not withstanding the fact that we have the lowest tariff which the Repub- lican party has enacted since 1890, and that it is even lower than the Democratic tariff of 1894. Nearly 57 per cent of our imports on the free list, while the average duty on all imports is less ‘than 15 per cent. Under it, in spite of prophecies to the contrary, our foreign trade has greatly increased. It has been con= stantly ‘asserted that what the farm- er buys is protected and what sells is not protected. Almost ev- the free list, thing that the farmer raises is pro- tected, from the nuts and citrus fruits of the Pacific coast through the sugar, grain and animal prod- ucts of ‘the central we: and tobacco products of the east Without such in buying power of ‘the Aj lions of dollars of its debt and|tained without a protective tariff. reduced its annual interest by over It is estimated that’ $130,000,000. Peace and Economy “Under this policy of peace, econ- he erything that is used in the business of farming as a matter of fact is on while ‘almost every- , to the dairy protection many of these farm products would be des- troyed by foreign competition. When we turn to our industrial life, we find that the wages both in rate and erican *"|workman are more than twice that “The-firesent policy of the govern- | of the best paid foreign labor. Com- ment bas been to pay off the 1921) pared to 1913, the advance in the na-] wages of union labor is 99 percent Since June 30,|while in the ordinary living costs it is only about 69 percent. American expenditures:| industry cannot exist, American wa- about §2,000,000,000. “It has paid off|ges cannot be paid, about. two and three-quarters bil-; standard of living cannot be main- the American tion. But I should like to have it made plain that this action took place before this admin- istration came-into power, and whatever damage there was liad already been done. It has been the policy of the present admin- istration constantly to favor the reduction of discount rates. This has been done, until they now range from 3 per cent to 4% percent. This administration has constantly sought to pre- vent further deflation by en- couraging all kinds of business in order to restore prices of agricultural products, to a point where they would show a fair profit. The general business de- pression had reached its lowest depths in the spring of 1921, and since that time there has been a gradual recovery which has now spread to agricultural prod- ucts. If a mistake was made, it was not made by this adminis- tration. The government is now proceeding in the. opposite direc- tion. Must Provide Relief “Advantage must be taken of the present period of relief to provide, by the adoption of sound business methods and sound legislation, against the recurrence of such dis- astrous depression. This is not a political question; it is an economic question. It is not a sectional ques- tion, it is a national question. It does not relate merely to the wel- fare of those who live on the farms, it influences the welfare of all the people of our country. I have with held the calling of an agricultural conference on the advice of some of the leaders in the farm organi- zations, But I stand committed to this proposal. I believe it holds out the best promise of a wise solution and the best method of a substantial agreement among the farm organi- zations themselves, of what they de- sire in the way of government ac- tion. I therefore propose to call such conference, to consist of some of the leaders in the farm organiza- tions and some of the prominent representatives of farm economics in our agricultural colleges, to for- mulate a program for legislation to be presented to the congress which’ we can all support. The farmers have suffered enough from those who have attempted to barter their votes for unsound remedies. I want their business but on a sound basis by thorough and = scientific study, where it can exist on an equality with other business. “What we may hope for in this direction is illustrated by our pres- ent foreign trade. In 1913 both im- ports and exports were but $4,200,- 000,000. After the war the trade of the whole world collapsed, but we have brought ‘our foreign trade up to about $8,000,000,000, Translated into pre-war prices, this would be about $5,200,000,000. “When we look for an example of benefitting consumers we shall find it in the bituminous coal industry. Three years ago there were about 9,000 mines, or 30 percent more mines and miners than could be given regular employment. The de- partment of commerce found there was need of more cars, more summer storage and more industrial peace. These have been accomplished, with the result that while in the prof- iteering period of 1920 run-of-mine coal averaged $5.64 a ton, notwith- standing the strikes of 1922, it aver- aged $3.67 per ton, and for the year ending June 30, it averaged $2.23 per ton, This industry has been or- ganized but not monopolized, it has between 7,000 and 8,000 competing mines, and no person or group con- trols more than two percent or three percent of the production, Country Sound “It is impossible to escape the conclusion that the general econom- ie condition of the country is good. While business and agriculture have not fully recovered the losses caused by the world wide depression which always follows war, they are now on a fairly profitable basis. It would be natural to suppose that every well wisher of the country would be* anxious to maintain the present established order of things, which has given to the people of America a position superior to that ever before held by any people on earth. But in spite of the extra- ordinary results which have been ac- complished, there is not only a large amount of criticism, but proposals to make at least two of the most revolutiunary changes. “It has always beeh the theory of our institutions that the people should own the government and not thet the gbvernment should own the people. This policy cannot be mai:- tained unless the people continue to own and-control their own property. The most important property of the country is transportation and water- power, It is not only very tare in amount, but is of the greatest strategic value. “It could be used in such a way as to assume ‘virtual control of all other busine: importance. It is proposed these properties shouldbe brought under public ownership. - “Responsible public commis- ’ sions have valued these at about 35,060,000,000. Such a cost would tiore thati double al! our public debts. Any deficit in earnings would have to be made up out of taxes. We’ di: that during dependence of the people. For Judiciary “Another principle in which the American people have always strong- ly believed, and which they have stoutly maintained, is a judicial as against a political determination of causes. When our constitution was adopted it established the supreme court of the United States to be the very citadel of justice. Its members are appointed for life in order that they may be devoted entirely to the administration of justice according to law, and as independent and im- partial as it is for men to be. One of their chief duties is to protect that rights of the individual. Our government is anythigg but abso- lute. It is strictly limited. It has only those powers which are con- ferred upon it by the constitution. That constitution distinctly declares that the president_and the congres are prohibited from doing certain things; the central thought of which is that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. There is provision against unlawful searches and seiz- ures, in order ‘that the people may be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, also against mak- ing any law respecting an establish- ment of religion or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, and including the right to trial by jury, with many other provisions for the protection of, the individ from positions which other govern- ments had constantly inflicted upon them. This is in accordance with our theory that the people are born with certain inalienable rights which no government should have any pow- er to make from them. Safe-Guarding Individual “The same privileges that he- long to the individual are like- wise guaranteed to the minority and to the several states. We have our constitution the su- preme law of the land, and whenever the congress, the pres- ident, or a state legislature or governor, violates it anyone who is injured has the right to ap- peal to the supreme court and have such violation prevented. What better method could there be for preserving the rights of the people and of the states? It is not necessary ‘to prove that the supreme court never made a mistake. But if this power is taken away from them, it is nec- essary to prove that those who are to exercise it would be like- ly to make fewer mistakes, “It is proposed to place this pow- er, which it must be remembered is that of life and death, in the hands of the congress. That would give to that body power to violate all the rights which I have just mentioned, the power to destroy the states, abol- ish the presidential office, closq the courts, and make the will of the congress absolute. Is it supposed that in the exercise of this power they would be more impartial, more independent, than the judges of the supreme court? It seems to me that this would be a device more clearly calculated to take away the rights of the people and leave them subject to all the influences which might be exerted on the congress by the power and wealth of vested inter- ests one day and the passing whim of popular passion on another day. The poor and the weak would be trampled under foot. Under such a condition, life, liberty and property, and the freedom of religion, speech ani the press, would have very little security. In time of national peril our government would have no bal- ance wheel. If this system should be adopted und put into effect, the historian would close the chapter with the comment that the people had shown they were incapable of. self government and the American republic had proved a failure. If we are unable to maintain the guaran- tees of freedom, in this land, where on earth: can they be maintained? “Our present system is the only system that is adapted to the needs of free republic, the only one which holds out any promise of providing the security and stability necessary alike for our economic development ‘and the protection of the poor and the weak. “There some by which I be- lieve the economic welfare of the people of our country can be ad- vanced. The government can help to maintain peace, to promote econ- omy, to provide a protective tariff, to assist the farmers, to leave the people ih the possession of their own property, and to maintain the integrity of the courts. But after all, success must depend on indivi- dual effort. It is our theory that the people make the government, not that the government makes the peo- ‘ple. Unless there abides in them the spirit of industry and thrift, of sacrifice and self. denial, of courage and enterprise, and a belief in the reality of truth and justice, all the efforts of the government will be in vain. I believe in the existence of these virtues. I do not think the fathers of the land are going to barter away their property or their liberty. I do not think the mothers of the land are going to abandon the rich heritage that belongs to their children. The American people have faith in themselves. It is jus- tified by their history. They have faith in their government.” the taxpayers of this country, by|omy, reduction of ‘taxes and protec- these “actions bave been reélieved:|tion, the business of the country each day by about $6,000,000.'It is|has very generally revived’ and anticipated that in spite of some new)| brought us into an era of more than items ‘of cost the budget of next|average prosperity. © Agriculture, year can be considerably less than | however, not only suffered tirst, and the npn aS Es of thé * present:}in many respects most, but Kas been year, In 1920, the per tapita tax|the last to recover. In spite of the was nesthy in 1924 it was -un- | fact that prices for the great staples der $30, nnd ‘by 4926 it should be|of wheat, corn and animal products under $27.. That means that so far/are now at a much more eiicottag- | as the national govetnment is con-|ing level, nevertheless the farmer cerned the burden of taxes has been | has net heen able to restove in one feut dn, two. séason the lonsés: he “has ‘encounter- “Aa policy of economy has as its {ed in the four preceding seasons. the war at a cost of $1)600,000,- 060. “With the ‘goverriment in possession of such a great en- gine, with two anf three quar- ¢erd'mififons of employes, ‘spend- ing $9,000,000,000 or $10;000,000,- @80 each ‘year, ne ‘virtually the power of life and Geath, what ‘chance woul the rest of the le of this country have! It would appear to be perfectly Obvious thst if ‘these’ properties are ‘tiken ‘off the tex Hst by public -dwnership, ‘the ‘other property of the nation must pay Martin now is of the opinion that he is his old self again and hay writ- ten Jim Bronson, his former man- ‘ager, to get him a fight here. Bron- son is hoping Martin is tll right again but will not match him with any one until positively assured by physicians that the A. E. F. hero is fully recovered, Martin’s most“noteworthy perform- ance in the ring was against the late Bill Brennan. Martin did not get the decision but experts were unanimous |he deserved it. refused to act whenever circumstan- ces have arisen under which we could render assistance, Washington Conference “An outstanding exemple of such action on our part are the treaties which resulted from the epoch-mak- Here’s.your Ynele Samuel's newest ing Washington conference. Another sentinel of the sea, the “Five Fath-;is our participation in the London om Light.” Just completed at Tomp-| conference, which resulted in the kinsville, Staten Island, it 1s 146 feet! adoption of the Dawes plan, for the long and is equipped with a powerful financing of which our private cit- radio and’ two mast lights which jzens :subscribed many times over. jwarn ships that pass in the night. ithe amount necessary to float the Baseball is a big business invotv- ing hundreds of men. Just so long as there aréy dishonest people in the world it is possible they may become affiliated in some way with “buseball. That being the case, ther ig always a chance for dishonesty. Possibly. it is an insult to the thinking American to ask him to! 4 gbelieve that O'Connell and Dolan “eoneeived the plot to ‘save the) £ Giants. ‘That is a matter to be determined “In all probability there will be more ‘The “squamaria”, a colorless, scaly plant found in England, sucks the life from the roots of other plants. OU ye ‘throat and emall att chest ad—