Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1921, Page 6

e ™ THE EVENING . STAR;, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921. Editorial Digest mHE EVENING STAR, the building trades unions felt the ef-| World and the soclalist party and to . With Fact: form a new secret pgrty.. They are 3 y I I‘ : Sunday Morning Edition. Probably very few of the members |to promote strikes, to increase discon- sol Herzo o « “"WASHINGTON, D. C. of the unions amalgamated under the [tent, to establish sovlets among the Picking on the Packers. s 5 ¥RIDA 1921 | leadership of this now convicted man |soldiers and sailors, to break down ¥eomvn o February 4, had the slightest knowledge of what |the American Federation of Labor, and ‘Editor | Was being done, or any intimation. | to insure that the “revolutionary sol- They were told to strike and they |diers who leave the army must keep Government regulation of the pack- ers, as proposed in the bill recently passed by the Senate, has met with small support from the newspapers which comment upon it. Even those; Ninth and F 4 'THEODORE W. NOYES ;. . v- kers beyed. A specious case of “griev-|their guns. who grant that perhaps the pac! Fhe Evening Star Newspaper Company | ©56Y have been guilty of sothe economic \ Business Qffice, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. | ance” was presented to them as a This last suggestion of the dis- “sins” show their sympathy for gov- ernment “interference” with careful restraint. The St. Louis Star (independent) is one of the few papers which say flatly that “the packers should be brought un- der federal control” Their power is “too great” it declares, “and they have abused it” The New Orleans Item (independent) suggests that ‘no doubt many thoughtful people have won- dered, apart from the economic as- pects, whether the Unifed States should let such a gigantic Industry grow unregulated to the point where l New York Office: Tribune Bullding. reason, and their representatives|charged soldiers and sallors walking Chleago it { e Rt Naticnal D Bagiad. | higher up went through the motions |off with their arms is, of course, ludi- Whe Evening Star. with the Sunday morning of negotiation and failure to secure|crous. It is important, however, as et e O« wiihin the cit? | concessions and the strike order came. | showing the manner in which the 690,50t per month; Gally cnly, 45 <888 P¥| \ypon sirike threats were made that|Russian radical mind works. And, in may be seat by mail, or teleplone Main | wore not actually carried into effect | truth, it works just as falsely in the ot Soliection ta made'by curriers at ¢l en in the ranks were given to|matter of estimating the American : — understand that they were being im-|readiness to accept sovietism. * Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. posed upon and that their representa-| It is possible for the Third ‘Inter- Maryland and Virginis. tives were fighting for them. Of the | nationale, which is the official name Daily and Sundu.ler.. .40; 1m0, 70| it transactions in which money |of a revolution-promoting, bolshevik ¥ : Take Warning! Iy onty $6.00: 1 mo., 50c 3 it would bo too powerful to regulate” , == s % ASSEl v kne i ganization, through agents scatter-|and, it adds, “the packing industry is . Sunday only . 1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20c | passed they knew nothing. organ 3 eSO “ 2] = v a ¢ H 3 h = All Other States. The Trindell case, like the Parks| ed through this country to cause much | Bt the only one raising this query in Sales” with us are not a continuous performance. ~ We hold them for a pur Dafly and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., §5¢ [ case, is really of more importance to | trouble, much destruction of property > only . 1yr., $7.00: 1mo.. 80, o ised labor than to the public. | perhaps, possibly some bloodshed, and yonly ......1yr. $3.00: 1mo. el ") s that the members of the|it may be some augmentation of the unions should be always sure of the |industrial difficulties. But there can ! Reorganizing the Democracy. |intesrity of their leaders and rep-[be no revolution. The American peo- Chairman White of the democratic | resentatives and agents. In their de-|ple are too intelligent, too wise to the national committee is still on the job.|mocracy they should be themselves lr_‘di;«l.\' that has been enacted in Rus- He has appointed an executive com-|continually alert to protect their or-|Sia, too confident of their own capac- mittee of sixteen, composed of mem-|ganizations from graft that in the ity for self-government through the bers of the national committee, “to|long run works heavily to their own | existing agencies and formulas to be advise and counsel as to reorganizing dvantage and loss. beguiled or stampeded into any re- the party's machiner: This com- bellious enterprise. mittee will meet in this town on the 17th instant. The party’s machinery f smoothly in last year's campaign. It did not function successfull that was quite impossible. No ma- chinery, however perfect, could have elected Gov. Cox. He was beaten from the start. He did his best and the party’s managers did their best, but against an ir tible tide which on election day swept everything be- fore it. Still, the disaster afforded some | gus (independent democratic), while it makes plain that it “believes that the development of the packing in- dustry has been a public benefit,” concludes that, “In view of the un- pleasant position which the packers have held in the public eyes these past few years they ought to invite rather than oppose the law that is now upon its passage in Washington.” The feeling is “widely held” that the appointment of a commission for which the bill provides is “a further intrusion of the government” in pri- vate affairs, the Buffalo Commercial (in- dependent) ‘believes, and while the crea- tion of “such a powerful bureaucracy’ may not bother the packers, “it is a delegation of power over private en- terprise not to be lightly regarded.” It is “in principle” that many others protest the bill. Says the Baltimore Sun (inde- pendent democratic): “When the Senate voted in favor of the Ken- drick-Kenyon packer bill, it was pose—and stop them when that purpose is attained. This HALF-PRICE Sale is Going Back to Work. A survey recently completed by the Department of Labor showed that 31,352 fewer persons were employ- ed in American industry at the end 0 than at the beginning of the This does not necessarily mean, department’s bulletin is careful !to state, that that number of workers are idle and unable to obtain employ- ment. It is assumed that a consid- erable proportion of those who have | ] L been displaced have found places in | €XPIoit When he is restored to liberty. agriculture and in other lines of ac- e pointers as to campaigning, and Pre-| ;oo pos inciuded within the survey.| Reports from Detroit leave it in sumably Mr. White wants them tick-[onaqoope o o 5 tl Bt it re.| doubt as to whether Wall street will eted and filed away for future UsC. |4ing 4 fact nevertheless that the|take a hand in running Henry Ford's Among the members of this execi-| nner” oe the unemployed is dis.|business or Henry Ford will take a tive committee Homer 8. Cum-| o o and perhaps needlessly | hand in running Wall street. mings, Mr. White's predecessor in|p, go “The nation cannot afford the | —————ee the office of committee chairman. | oo ae ool B althoreating | With Mr. McAdoo's assistance the Some regret was expressed when Gov. |, cop rapresented by even one or two | Mexican railways may arrive at a D — As time goes on, Mr. Frank Vander- lip may tind the citizens of his model village holding meetings in order to suggest improvements on his estate calculated to render the landscape more agreeable to them. ————— Before reaching any definite plan for international finances it might be well to investizate any new proposi- tions that Ponzi may be preparing to Yes—the Styleplus and Stratford and other famous makes of ours— serauss Now $20 to $37.50 -» Odds and Ends of Overcoats. Sizes are very broken—but they are all splendid Over- s -75 coats—and of grades up t0 $60. Look 'em Up.....ccieniiiictiiieiietoniieiomottcccsnanass Half Price for Shirts B ... $1.50 t0 $7.50 | All Manhattan and all Sol Herzog & Co. Shirts—Silk, Madras and Many German economists are ap- parently of the opinion that the ulti- mate victory rests with the people who can manufacture the cheapest and sell at the highest prices. e very near its end. Tomorrow will be your BEST opportunity. only expanding and_confirming the — | Wilsonian policy as laid down seven | years ago, but in doing this it was | again revealing an instability as re- | economic policy in the United States an almost hopeless task.” In defending this same argument the Worcester Gazette (Independent) grants that the packers, “like all other pro- volved for a_newspaper which de- fends them, but it adds: “Whether we like the packers or detest them, [ I any one engaged in a_business great I zody walk along a chalk line drawn 4 L | X i : 2 y ‘a government commission which | Cox failed to select Mr. llumml;;k-\ te i million idle workers, nor can any per- | state of efliciency which will enable ;J‘vl‘ll uleck to make its pattern suit po- 3 manage his campaign. But the se-l o 00 e from reduced | them to serve as object lessons for |Mtical contingencies far more often Bction o e Wilte e 0 phiec| than {t will try to accommodate the 3 lican) of St. Louis agree that rendered all the service possible. on hysteria, the descent to lower “law enforcement,” not regulation, Now Mr. White makes this 1s could and would have been ac- i o heremed ) forpwiones ant overture, and harmony see 5 i eriantng | e b Thaay ron et o iany hed without so impoverishing other business,” the latter states, be the watchword. Harmony is al, ..o very useful thing in politics, and at} " pu¢ reports of the current week in- Chronicle (independent) thinks that “should this bill become a law, it will make an end t principle that makes the direction of many sins,” and notes the risk in- | against this policy of making every- took the stump for the ticket, and |y ;o0 yeen for an impulse bordering | T it e PO est of public welfare.” The San Francisco all it can command. Mr. Bryan has|g “tne huvter of unemployment ana| Vashinston's climate has held a this country as the ‘land of libert ‘The “fundamental objection,” it believes, is the indica- tion of a purpose in Washington “which in the end will result in_the regulation of everybody.” The New York Tribune (republican) considers the bill “an experiment in business de- centralization,” of doubtful value when regarded in the light of Federal control of oil products and tobacco and the government control of rail-; roads. The possibility that “three $10,000-a~ year men, picked by the President,” could run the packing industry “with its hundreds of millions of assets” is acoffed at by the Chicago Post (inde- pendent), for the commission, eventu- ally, at least, will be composed of a reorganizing scheme in hand, and| .. thore has set in a definite, though | P2 that promises to make the date it can hardly be reckoned as in ca- hoots with Mr. White's. of an inauguration a matter of in- difference so far as weather is con- not rapid, movement toward better {times. Word comes from Detroit that automobile plants which have |cerned. Cabinet Talk. been idle are to resume operations T e Gen. Dawes has taken himself out{on a 30 per cent basis, putting scores| Should German and Russlan auto- of all cabinet talk. He was at one|of thousands of men back at work, and | cratic influences attempt to combine time very prominent in it. In several]from several steel centers it is an-|there is likely to be a sharp clash be- quarters he was slated for the Treas-|nounced that mills which have been |tween W. Hohenzollern and N. Lenin. ury Department. His position in the {shut down are to resume operations ————e financial world, his geographical po-|with orders booked to keep them run- sition, and his pronounced republican-|{ning 50 to 75 per cent - capacity. ism united to make him a good bet | Easier conditions in the money mar- Mathematical research has not ‘yet arrived at any definite figures as to where all the liquor that continues 2 ' . “politicians wh h. "“T:;;“’;‘“‘ :;‘"”;- Ty :‘e“b""fl:‘"m’ i saber ety "‘_"""“: to be available comes from. noisted out of ether jobs by the ter Percales. | r. Harding is having “a!in bank reserves, give promise of ing public.” B : - Si. | time of it” in choosing the members|more liberal credit, which will make '—""“"’"—'_ g DtA'::wm\erolces l;!trn.lud in support A small lot of Neglige Skirts with laundered cuffs. Sizes c ‘ of his official family is very likely.|{or a resumption of Industrial activ-| Too many of the country's intel| o the mossure, but suen these with He wants a strong cabinet. An|ities. Withheld farm products are|lectual volunteers are inclined to abundance of good material is avail. | being marketed gradually, and though | think that advice giving ought to. be able. The abundance, indecd, is part {the prices are far from satisfactory |Fated as a salaried gccupation. of his embarrassment. But, in the|the farmer will be in funds again and nature of things, we shall never know | Will buy to meet his necessities. In-| A grim alternative suggests itself ‘what operated in this man's favor and | dications point to an early increase|as between completa disarmament or ,ua.huz that man in the maneuver-|in foreign trade. The reconstituted |unlimited superarmament. llngs that marked the period of prep-|{ War Finance Corporation has ap- —_— oo aration. jproved its first loan, a matter of $10,- —_————— 1000,000 to finance the export of dairy Expert calculations of the terrific|products, and the Foreign Trade cost in lives and money that another | Financing Corporation, organized by war would involve reach into figures| American bankers, placed its $100,- ' Wanted—An Extra X-Ray. 80 large that the problem of averting | 900,000 of capital stock on sale this|Men are throughout the world agreed, conflict ought to interest the entire | Week Wwith every prospect of oversub-|Another war we do not need. human race. {scription and early beginning of op-|For every war that man has known S e { erations. (independent republican) thinks that “if a specfal watch is required on the packers” probably the plan adopted by the Senate *is as good as could be devised,” and the Richmond Times- Dispatch (democratic) calls the bill “a 'long step in the direction of govern- ment_control of a big industry, and its effect upon the interests affected will be watched hopefully.” 135, 1414 and 17 only. Were up to $4.00.........% "~ Half Price for Ufi&;rwear 1 All two-piece garments of the winter’s stock—Duofold and other makes. $1.50t0 $4.50 75¢ to 5225 Half Price for Neckwear =~ |, SHOOTING STARS. “Suitching on a Kid.” —_— Judge Ben Lindsey may be the great and noble humanitarian his ad- mirers claim him to be or he may be the deep-dyed villain his enemies in Colorado profess to believe him to be. That is something as to which it is hopeless to look for a judgment so authoritative and final that it will be BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. universally accepted. Of course the Has proved a failure, we must own, |judgment of the Supreme Court of A successful career by Mr. McAdoo| ' ih this more cheering outlook|That cpused new angers to upstart, as & Mexican railwas director eughe| " (e business world, it would seem | And rankle in the human heart, 1o do a great deal toward dispelling | "2t the Only thing needed to assure | Now science works with methods firm the unpopularity with which many |\ eturn to full prosperity is sta-|To catch and conauer every germ, sections of Mexico Insist on regard. | 7Aton of prices. That prices|And with an Xray sharp and strong ik Jian cititnn. should be stabilized is more impor-|Look through each frame and see : tant now than that they should be what’s wrong. AR AT { further reduced. Once belief becomes | On, science, go ahead and find o 2 | general that the bottom has beenlAn X-ray for the human mind, lkely. to-have long and covr}nllcaledi reached in price deflation buying is'wWhich will reveal each motive low sersfond If they insist on going intohound to set in. The Liverpool cot-{Which every sordid scheme will show, { details of all the expense accounts. |ion spinners have stated that if they | That animates Ambitions plan could be assured there would be no|For harsh dominion over man. Brindell's Conviction. | further price declines for thirty days|1f selfishness is thus discloses, Some months ago evidence appear.| 1¢Y WOUld buy largely, and that if INo devious tricks can be proposed od. that building operations 4 xew | the Price could be stabilized for six|That Sclence. cannot swittly trace YOtk ‘gieatly mecded as a means op|MONths the entire surplus American | As treacherles to the human rase. Tl the®Hou j cotton crop would quickly be absorbed. | Go to it, Science—do not shirk’ % shortage from | : < B 5 : | The same business economics that ap- ! which ‘that city suffered, in com i Let ¥ ered. I COmmON |y 4o cotton apply to all other goods the United States will be accepted as final with respect to the judge's quar- rel with the Denver court which ad- judged him in contempt, and he will have to pay a fine or go to jail. He says he prefers either indignity to the impossible alternative of “snitch- ing on a kid.” Every boy in the land will know what that means and will form his own opinion of the man who accepted the confidences of a young- ster in deep trouble and then kept faith with him, even to the point of going to prison rather than “snitch.” This is something about Ben Lindsey All Cut Silk and Knitted Silk Cravats—of our notably exclusive patterns. 75¢ to $3.00 38¢c to $1.50 _ Half Price for Hosiery j Makes you know—Monito and Holeproof—Silk and Lisle. 65c and $1.25 33c and 63¢ | Senators who want statistics are that will be remembered long after the controversies over his hectic ca- reer in Colorado and his encounters with “The Beast” are £ utterly for- gotten as day before yesterday's funny strips!— Philadelphia Publie Ledger (independent). Did the 8-Hour Day Help? the New Xray get to work! In 1920 foreign-born students at- tending evening school “Americaniza- | with_all others, were being held L e tion classes” in this state were more { by a combination of extortioners in | iE: | the building trades, unions and the A Marvel of the Age. than twice the number enrolled in e “Rafferty,” said Mr. Dolan, *was|191%- Nobody ventures to raise a possi-jyou ever to a circus?” Jhe figures given by the immigrant ,conuactar& An investigating com- ! mittee was named and uncovered a flamentable condition. Several indict- | ments were brought as a result of 1 these disclosures in this investigation. A millionaire builder was the first 'brought to trial. The jury disagrecd and the defendant is now awaiting a new trial. Yesterday the president of the building trades council was con- victed of extortion, with sentence of fifteen y bility in punishment. Thig, conviction is the first tangi. @it of an inquiry which, apart fromypoesible legal proceedings, has prison cars as a possi accomplished much good i the stop- this country, which was printed Yes-| yeights instead of measures. Some ping of a system of graft that was costing the public an enormous sum. Bujdlag costs were increased very greatly -as a result of these extor tions, 2which were similar to those $44ic8@ by Sam Parks and his gang some years ago. Operations were blogked. and delayed. Accommoda- 074 Yor thousands of people were kept from construction and much suf- fering pesulted, with an enormous in- cidgntal loss to those who were thus ied housing. he method employed in the Brin- dell case, just closed b similar to that practiced by ble issue of veracity by assuming to discuss the number and size of the catch in one of the President-clect's fishing trips. —_——— | Candor must suggest that “pink tea { diplomacy” has proved no greater | failure than TNT and poison gas negotiations. | The Red Program in America. It is possible to accept with full credit the letter of instruction from M ld“ scow to the American communists gned to promote a revolution in | terdas {ence in The Star's Paris correspond- erything in the text of this remarkable document conforms to the i known purposes of the soviet govern- yment and its subsidiary organization of propaganda. If this letter is a for- gery, as it may be, it Is assuredly true to the spirit that prevails at Moscow. Unfortunately the date of this let- ter of instructions is not known defi- nitely, but it is believed to have been written within the last three or four months. This is a point of impor- |tance. If the “Third Internationale” Moscow now thinks that the United tates offers a good field for propa- “Many a time.” “And what was the most wonderful thing there?” “I was. The way I kep’ shovin’ money into the window to see the same old tricks has kep’ me_ mar- velin’ at myself more than I ever did at the elephants.” Precious Materials. “The fact that a gown s not large does not prevent it from being expen- sivi “I should not be surprised,” rejoin- ed Miss Cayenne, “if we changed our méthod of buying fabrics and used of the weaves are s0 precious that they might as well be sold by the karat.” - Unlimited Bestowal. George Washington, when precepts clear You penned to favor human rights, I'm glad no publisher drew near And nailed you for exclusive rights, Jud Tunkins says that a soldier ought to use profanity the same as a gun; wait for extreme provocation and then take the most accurate aim possible. deserve serious and detailed study by social workers and those interested in Americanization work. What were the reasons for so 18- factory a development? Was it fud- den thirst for learning? Was it due to more adequate schools to meet a demand which had existed without proper recognition in. other years? ‘Was it the result of an awakening of a patriotic_appreciation of America as the result of the war years? Another possible explanation sug- gests itself: In, 1920 working hours were generally more favorable to workers than ever before, More work- ers enjoyed the eight-hour day than in previous years. Did this have its influence in the school attendance? Were the foreign-born workers less weary after their day of labor and better able to enjoy the night school? This last question should be an- swered. It has an important bearing on the proposed legislation to abolish the twelve-hour day in the steel in- dustry and others employing foreign- born ~ labor.—New York Evening ‘World (democratic). Justice isn’t so blind that she can't wink one eye.—Toledo Blade. Everybody who has tried to save has noticed the “if” in thrift.”—Louisville Post. Naturally, the farther the dollar goes the farther one has {o €0 to get the dol- lar.—Columbia (8. C.)' Record. ‘When the enforcement agent wishes to make peace with the moonshiner he doubtless suggests fourteen pints.—Bal- timore Sun. makes we handle. $2.50 to $5.00 Half Price for Hats All styles and all makes, including Stetsons—Felts, Velours and Beavex:-s. $5.00 to $11.00 $250 to 55.50 l | | | | | | Half Price for Pajamas Plain and Fancy Domet and Cotton Pajamas—those comfortably fitting Extra Specials GlOVCS Reefers Quite often you find a 'rgnh young stenographer who thinks she's running the business. And quite often she is.— Nashville Tennessean. Coast range mountains are slipping, it 18 reported. Maybe California is moving mountains to keep out the Japs.—Jack- son (Mich.) Citizen-Patriot. As & result of the perfect discipline | ganda and possible revolution it is — exercised in the organization it was|well to understand this as a present possible for this offi ing trades council to : A big assortment of sev- Silk Reefers—full length eral patterns in Caps of and in a variety of hand- the very newest models. uncertain sections.—Providence Journal Broken “sizes, but practi- cally all sizes in the iot. The nerve of some doctors! Every Il time they write a prescription they H try to horn in on the nmy.—nrl':l(o; | port Telegram. >~ ~ 5 = o = e LR Bl Such as Dent’s, Perrin’s, Fownes’ and contempora- neous makes. Cape and 2 : Suede. some striped effects. The Perpetual Smile, of the build-| menace ins of something that has| *“Do you disapprove of pink tea all a strike prac-| been tried and possibly abandoned. | diplomacy?” tically at will. And this power to}Since Martens’ deportation angry, “I don’t know anything much about call a strike made it possible for him | threats have come from bolshevik | diplomac replied Uncle Bill Bot- to extort money from builders and|sources of reprisals upon the United |tletop, “except that it depends on @ owners. Of course, the money thus|States. The letter now quoted ante-|man's suavity and his ability to con- obtained “went into the bill” It be-|dates the eviction of Martens. ceal his feelings. I should say any- came part of the cost of construction The instructions themselves follow | body who could drink pink tea and and eventually the tenant paid it with | certain well defined lines, somewhat go on pertendin’ he was havin’ a per- interest. And rents were affected gen- | familiar. The agitators are to work|fectly pleasant time ought to have erally, and i turn every member of | through the Industrial Workers of the | the makin’ of a good diplomat.” “Business Improving in Certain Sec- tions of the Country.”’—Headline. Now what we want is for it to improve in the | | | | | | | | | | | | | | lgurds fundamental conviation and lmomrs of big business,” are “gullty of i |gage in business should rise in protest 5 M £ {living costs achieved by so enormous | several systems in this country. public weal.” did not embitter Mr. Cummings, Who |, o, rifce of national wealth. Had — e The - Post-Dispatch (independent) “that demands correction in the inter- this time the democracy has need of lginre that bottom has been reached