Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1921, Page 6

| . ITHE EVENING ‘With Sunday Morning : WASHINGTON, D. C. . THURSDAY eeeee. March 10, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor i The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. ! > ork Office: _ Tribune_Building. 3 ational Bank Building. Regent St., London, England. | - The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning @dition, Is dellvered by carriers within the city at cen! month: daily only, 45 cents per th s Guly, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent {y mail, or telephoue Main 8000, Collection Is made by carriers at the ead of each month. + Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1y . Daily only Sunday only . 2 All Other States. ily and Sunday. ily only. Bunday only = | RBailroad ‘Wage Reductions. * For some time past it has been ex- pected that railroad wages would be materially reduced. The railroads, it 12 plain, have been running behind. In the adjustment from war time to peace time and the transfer back to pri vate management the finances of the roads have not been balanced. Oper- ating expenses have exceeded in many cases the income, in some cases the gross income. Business has fallen off to such a degree that hundreds of thousands of cars are idle. This is a reflection of the reduced industrial production. It has been recently said that if « the railroads made full reports of lm-n" condition many of them would go into the hands of They are, it is believed, kept “solvent™ only by a virtual moratorium on floating debts The first step toward a general wage reduction has been taken by Penn- sylvania railroad, which has direcicd its executive officers to give as ecarly as possible proper notice that it is th. intention of the company “to reduce the salaries and wages of officers and employes to accord with economic con- ditions.” T! order will affect ever person in the system from the yr dent down, nearly 215,000 in all. $ther lines, it is expected, will foilo.s this example. The New York Central has plans ready for adoption that will, it is stated. cut off $500,000 a month from the pay roll, chiefly through reductions of the executive and clerical compen- sations. The attitude of organized ‘“thor toward these reductions is a nStter of keen public interest. Will these men, the operatives, engineers, fire- men, conductors, brakemen, mainte- nance of way workers and shopmen, receivers. accept the pay cuts involved in this, wholesale program of economy” If they do not a strike may come if a strike of the indicated proportions comes the country will be in the grip of a most serious economic disaster, the end of which cannot be faretold. ‘The present hope is tha! the em- . ployes of railroads, executi®e, clerical and operative, will regard these wage cuts as a necessary part of the gen- eral readjustment that must come eventually. 1f the economies are not effected the rafiroads will fail to meet | their fixed obligations. Floating debts | ean be postponed and adjusted, but * bonded indebtedness is not thus to be bandled, and receiverships are immi- ment in the case of some of the “soundest” lines in the country. A general railroad receivership would be disastrous in its effect, not merely upon the industries of the country, but upon the working forces. Ac- | ceptance of these wage cuts, which are proportionate and affect all cla: es of railroad workers from the top { to the bottom. will make for speedic return of prosperity —_——— The old-time copybook including the . Mne, “Honesty is the best policy, - might be advantageously restored to use as preliminary training for men entering upon business careers at small salaries. The simple maxim might prevent an immature mind here and there from being misled by un- reasonable hopes of judicial sympath —_—— European statesmen who admit frankly that they terested in American politica have recently applied the subject with attention. ——— A German statesman naturally feels that his standing with the populac depends on the amount of opposition be can make to the payment of any . kind of indemnity. ung affairs themselves 1o the most studious A High-Pressure System Needed. Some years ago a plan was devised « and strongly urged for adoption 1o | relieve the regular water service fr | undue depletion in the fighting of fires l in the business section of Washing- ton. It was proposed to establish a 'M‘h-prenhure system supplied ) Pumps taking the water from by th river. It was estimated that this + } would cost about $100,000 fur pumps and mains. The matter was | ! geriously considered, but for “econom i feal” reasons was postponed by Con- gress and Washington has continued 10 use for firefighting purposes water from the Great Falls dam, conduited to the reservoirs and sent through In point of “economy™ the filtering costs of the water that has been used since the high-pressure plan was pigeonholed aione represent a heavy rate of interest upon the $100,000 for have been installed at the proposal. It is now proposed, in connection ‘with the increase in the water supnly, to establish special mains for fir time of its of pressure at the hydrant points such mains are laid it would be fur better to connect them with a rive side pumping statioy. which, taking the water directly from the stream could send it at an even higher pres sure to the points of use. Since the high-pressure plan was broached costs have risen so greatly in all Jines that it is probable that the special fire pumping svstem would not be instalicd now for less than five times the original estimate. This ar. STAR, Edition. Andi the filtration plants into the mains. | which the high-pressure system could | service in order to gain the maximum | 1| pressure plan was pending before Con- gument was repeatedly brought to|pay cash down. His credit is good, bear upon the case while the high-|but he does no business on tick. This situation is causing Chairman gress, and it was pointed out that the |Fordney of the House and Chairman truest economy would be the installa-| Penrose of the Senate to wear their tion of the system at once, inasmuch | thinking caps right along. Both have as costs would certainly rise—though been in harness on Capitol Hill a it was not then thought that they|long time. Beth have. participated in would rise so high—and particularly | some pretty difficult revenue contests, as it was recognized that in a very|but in none so difficult as the present few years the regular water supply would relatively fall to a point of dan- gerous margin. That point of dangerous margin has now been reached, and a project is under way for increasing the supply. 1t is quite appropriate in connection with the pending and it is to be hoped l(mly briefly postponed plan to urge again the establishment of the special high-pressure system for the fighting of fires in the more congested parts of the city—the business area. This matter has two aspects, first that of the economy of the filtered drinking water and second that of the protection of the city. Washing- ton has never been visited with a great contlagration, and it is hoped that it never will be. But there is no guarantee against it today. With the high-pressure fire service installed covering the area of possible confla- gration in the business section, the occupied by the government ! buildings as well as business estab- {lishments, Washington would be as well protected against such a disaster s possible. The fact that mo such {fire has ever occurred here is no a: surance of permanent immunity. | best assurance is provision of plenty | of water. area | Porto Rico. There is a movement in Porto Rico {in favor of independence. It is diff | cult to understand why. The affairs |of the island have been well admin- | {istered by the United States. Im- The | jand the bus one. ‘When the special sesslon opens, the revenue question will be put at once to the fore, and kept there until dis- posed of. The public interests de- mand this. Business is on its toes. Taxpayers want to know thelr assess- ments. The people will pay, but many must make special arrangements to do 80, and they are entitled to every consideration. Coming, But Not Here. Miss Spring will be in Washington when she arrives! She has sent many advance notices that she means to be here carlier in the season than usual, and in honor of her coming, and with intent to give her a gay greeting, the grass has turned green, the elms and maples have put forth little leaves, the cherry, pear and apple trees are putting on their embroidery of bloom es in the public parks and te back vards—lilac, for- and many other lovely in the priva sythi; pire: things —are touching themselves up with green. Pussy willows are waving their fuz tassels and hyacinths, tulips ses, jonquils and all their bulbous friends are in a state of high excitement and stand ready to break forth. if not in cheers, at least in bloom. All the things that grow in field and wood and garden are waking up, or are awake, because they have heard the cheery song of coming Spring. The fajr young lady is on her way, i but lust night she stopped off some- { provements of all sorts have marked | Where down in Southland. When the | | American Conditions were ihu"k»\';n’d when we took charge. The; re decidedly forward today nd like- {1y 0 continue in that direction while iwo remain. 1 Weo are increasing, not diminishing, control. | our inusrests in the West Indies. Sinceito advance. He said to Rain and lacquiring Porto Rico from Spain we ! North Win Things look soft for us { have acquired the Virgin Islands from |at Washington: the month of March | Denmark, and improvements are in|iS in control; she has a weakness for | | progress there, according to recom-|flarebacks and she will welcome Cold endations made by a congressional | Wind and Rain. jcommittee after an investigation. The matter need not too has been made that eat Britain and nce reduce theic war indebted-| ss to us by transferring their West Indian posse ions. The suggestion } shows that the i i this i is some sentiment in | ountry in favor of raising the! Stars and Stripes over all the islands | tin that quart, As an independent country Porto| could do nothing for herself | that we could not do better for her.| he so small we should be obliged stand by and give her the benefit! of our shield. We have quite enough of that sort of thing now in the case of Cuba, where independence is not working exactly like a charm, and where our watchful eye is too often needed. |Home Sentiment and the Sessions. Senators and representatives will have a month at home before as- | sembling here for work. In that time ment on the subject of the situation and what it calls for. The people have read and digested the inaugural mes- sage. It has conveyed to them in general terms Mr. Harding's inter- ! pretation of the November mandate, jand they are advised as to how it The size of the November v ctory | | they can absorb the latest home senti- | lagrees, or differs, with their own. } onsidered. but the suggestion |Sald by those clo L “Here i news of her delay rried to feeble and decrepit old Winter he cried out, a chance for me to come back.” and then he sent a message to Pluvius to bring forth his rain tanks, and another message to North Wind That is how it happened. consensus of opinion But “the and it ¢ to the administra- tion,” etc., that merry, gracious Spring is on her way. is, ——— The idea advanced by Secretary Hoover of grouping related responsi- bilities in the government department best equipped to meet them will be a disappointment to the tape as a form of official decoration. ———— Optimism concerning the business of the world is expressed by Charles M. Schwab. All that is needed for rapid attainment of prosperity is for big business men the world over to feel just that way about it. —_———— The mere fact that Pancho Villa can be kept from breaking into politics again is an assurance that Mexican affairs are progressing safely and sanely. ———— It would be impossible for the Hohenzollerns to escape the impres- sion that Ebert is not a very good president. —————— There are still several weeks ahead | during which base ".all will be famous chiefly for its law ap¢: literature. —_———— Great lawyers become great states- men, and the rule often works the | was a surprise everywhere. That the | Other way very satisfactorily. ‘publicans would win was the guess | Jf nearly all trained political observers, That the winning would be of a sub- stantial character was the calculation of a smaller number. But it prob- ably occurred to nobody that an ava lanche was approaching. { But an avalanche of republicanism swept over the country. Republican !states piled their majorities higher [ than ever before. Close states slid {into the republican column with ease. Kven in states unshakably demo- cratic the democratic vote showed a remarkable falling off. When the Congress chosen at that { election assembles for business the e ublican power on Capitol Hill will be greater than the party has ever Ie'xervxm-d there: and on that account it must be exercised with all care. { Next year the party must answer at the polls for its legislative perform- {ances, and if the decision is adverse {the party will enter the ring in 1924 with a black ey 1 —_——— i 'he American farmer is still cour- | ag endeavoring to secure the lenormous yield necessary to meet the | statistics of grain transactions on the I Chicago 1 of Trade. | —————— | After exercising a personal super- i n over the soviet z Lenin is inclined to turn the glory over to Trotsky and let him struggle with the | liabilities. i 1 —_——— If all the historic books in contem- | plation are written a five-hundred- foot bookshelf will have to be de- signed. —_————— | Kerensky has managed to hold a great deal of influence in Russia for some time without the assistance of {a press agent —— e Revenue. | The ways and means committee pre- pares revenue measure: i, the and after the Senate financ ! House has | committee reviews the action taken and reports its action to the Senate. | This gives great im ance to those, committees, and assignments to them re much ¢oveted, They are badges: 1 of distinction. Finding revenue is not an easy task at any time. It is an exceedingly dif- ficult task at this time. The govern- ment n t amount—far more ! than ev The war has forced us to think in billions, and to raise d spend billions. The m be found. Uncle am must have his rations, and must s a grea before. must | i | SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Spring Fashion. Sunshine smilin' “Howdy do!"— Snowstorm come a-streakin’ through, Sayin' “Sunshine, clear the way! Winter’s here and here to stay Winter's bluster raged so high, Blew the clouds clean from the sky, Left the sunshine with a smile, Saying, “Storms are out o' style.” Jud Tunkins says you can't always tell whether a man has a naturally bad disposition, or whether he is tryin’ to make out his income tax return. A Discreet Forbearance. “Hiram,” said Mrs. Corntossel, “‘you don’t talk politics as much as you used to. “Nope," replied her husband, “we've elected our public officials. Public of- ficials are servants of the people an’ my experience iy that when you've got a good hand anxious to settle down to work it's a bad plan to worry him with idle conversation.” After the Campaign. With joy undiminished We're toiling anew, The heckling is finished. The thinking is dye. Bosses. “Do you think,” inquired Mr. Meck- ton, “that a man ought to undertake to be a boss in his own home?"” “Certainly not,” replied Senator Sorghum. “A man who undertakes to be an uncompromising boss in his own home is pretty sure to find him- self in embarrassments similar to those of a statesman who tries to be bigger than his party. The Thrifty Outlaw. fany bootleggers get rich “Yes," replied Uncle Bill Bottletop. “The only complimentary thing you can say about them is that they don't waste their money hanging around and treating the crowd.” ——————— A physician remarks that yeast will cure many things, but not a grouch. It might relieve a grouch if properly mixed with malt and hops. —Baltimore Sun. The impression is that Coolidge de- sires to shun the limelight. He has ¥ot into the right place to escape it now.—Omaha World-Herald. The new sweet pea to be exhibited at the flower show next week is to be named for the President's wife. Obviously, a Harding annual.—New York Tribune. is| lovers of red| Editorial Digest The Passing of Woodrow Wilson. ‘When Gen. Smuts placed the name of Woodrow Wilson beside that of ‘Washington and Lincoln on the roll of America's great, a large number of the newspapers of the country agreed with him. The majority, how- ever, seem to hold with the Pitts- burgh Dispatch (independent) '.lhAl neither this “ideallzed estimate” nor the “denunciatory crlllyism of hvs’ more rabld opponents” will gauge the | { retired _President’s true place in his- | tory. More democratic than repub- lican papers, naturally, are vocal. Time must elapse before cool 3us»‘ tice can be done to this American President, whose work and aims| araused so much of controversy and | | stirred_such depths of partisan hat-| red. The cotemporary mind must | disappear, indeed. from the earth be- fore a true balance of judgment cam be reached concerning Woodrow Wil- | son.—Springfleld (inde- | Republican i pendent). N We aro glad to have had the use of his strength of egotism and wil when it was needed. We are sorry for| {the tendencies he has strengthened in a natlon badly composed to Dbe subjected to them.—Chicago Tribune (independent republican). e is one of the very small number of great men who in great times have done great things. and in the| j history of the world war no figuts | il be more commanding than | Woodrow Wil nn.v—Ph(lnd:-(!ph)u Rec- |ord (independent democratic). | %" As' the ‘head of tho nation during a world war and as the champlon of || b he o an id:al of international peace i which the aspiration of the world | have rall vilson has written | He can await ture with equa- a record of S the verdict of the New York Evenlng Post (in-} nimity dependent) . No other American has made S0 ot s Woodrow Wil- ch world history Non. " No other American hus ev Yulked so large in the affairs of civ ilization or wielded so commanding an influence in shaping their ends.— |New York World (democrat History may say that he was not a succeserul diplomat. But it was his irare privilege to put in words as the iaspiration of Ame a principle which the world ha cepted as ts standard.—Milwaukee Journal (inde- g endent). PHistory will write Mr. Wilson down las one of the outstanding world fig- |lires of all time.—Houston Post (dem- ocratic k His h‘Lp"Ti!fl('Ps offer a much longer I record of errors to be avoided than of examples to be emul ated But it is @ue to him to say that he earnestly |Wished to make the world a better iplace to live in—Buffalo Express (in- |dependent republican). . \!\'“h the |n£).‘<s\ng of the Wilson :Ad—- {ministration there goes the noxious that any man, however hvuhly' -in speak for all of us at ail Himes and places. There disappears the idea that the President is som Vow above and beyond the peo stead of being their temporary Airectly responsible to them.—I'Tov dence Journal (independent). . He stands with the most achieving of those who have served the world.— | Atlanta Journal (democratic). Yet we have faith to believe that because he was an idealist, br ause he | first 8tood before men as ' hampion of an internationalism that was sim- ple Christianity, Woodro/ Wilson's fame will grow with ihe sucteeding |years—Chicago Post (ir/.ependent). Ours has been =) Inevn leader, but one whom far fistant generations fwill acclaim among the best and truest servitors of man.—Omaha {World-Herald (independent). 1 "It Woodrow Wilson, like Lincoln, | had died shortly after re-election, his name would have gone down into his- tory as that of a great and successful President.—Baltimore Sun (independ- lent democratic) Wilson will stand out in that long perspective as one who sought at least to raise men higher, which is jtrue greatn Whether we like it or {not, whether we like him or not, the name of Woodrow Wilson will fill a large place in the records and in the thought of the future—St. Louis Globe-Democrat (republican). Any impartial study of the cologsal failure will show that it was due al- most wholly to defects in the char- acter or the temperament of the President.—Philadelphia North Amer- ican (progressive). The broad pages of the achievement stand. Woodrow Wilson has been a ! great President of the United States— great not only in spiritual purpose, but in practical accomplishment— Rochester Times-Union (independ- || ent). | | He was always the leader and his leadership was invariably toward the right. His faults were never those of i infention and will soon be forgotten. || He becomes a citizen, but he will be America's first citizen so long as he || shall live. Nothing can wrest that distinction from him.:— Worcester || Post (independent democratic). In creating this world-wide senti- || ment for brotherly international co- operation and pointing it toward a definite goal no other man has ex- d an influcnce in any way com- able (o that of Woodrow Wilson.— Columbus Dispatch (independent). History has a habit of pardoning | faults in men who have accomplished big things. Probably it will be kinder to Woodrow Wilson than.most Ameri- cans of his own time expect it to be.— Cincinnal Whether Mr. Wilson will take his place among the great Presidents of the nation it is too early to tell. Our own opinion is that he will, although we do not believe that he will ever stand upon the same pedestal with Washington. Lincoln, or even Roose- || velt—Buffaio. Commercial (independ- || ent). Possibly never in the history of the United States, certainly never since the days of James Buchanan, has any President retired from office so gen- erally disliked and so thoroughly dis- credited_as Woodrow Wilson.—Fort Wayne News and Sentinel (republi= can). Woodrow Wilson ranks with Lin- coln and Webster in the lofty" ut- terance he gave to the soul of Amer- ica. He expressed in words of glori- ous distinction its reality as a land of dreams. of high purpose, of the brotherhood of man. Yet he lost the leadership of this nation more utter- ly than any one who ever possessed it in such measure.—New York Mail (independent). He has laid his contribution into the exchequer of the common good and has passed straightway into im- | mortalit Charlotte (N. C.) News (democratic). He ermined to have his own way with the world and make it over, and the world, which has small patiénce with tyros, pushed him | aside as in the end it always pushes || aside those who get in iis proper || and natural pathway.—Detroit Free Press (independent). Numbered with the mighty who mankind.—Richmond wrought for (independent- (Va.) News - Leader democratic). | Tt is highiy probable that historians will beless interested in his statements of principles than in the extent to which those principles werc put into effect. When his achievements are measured by that uncompromising yardstick it is not at all likely that posterity will be overwhelmed with awe—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (republican). His ideals live. and when history deals with Woodrow Wilson he will be given a place among the great men the coun- try he loves so well, or the world, has produced ; perhaps the greatest intellect ! the United States ever throned in the presidential chair.—Saginaw News- || Courier (independent). H ‘Wilson Spent Last Evening Study- ing Bills.—Headline. So "did we.— Arkansas Gazette. “That's what I call giving some- | thing for nothing,” said the husband as he viewed his wife’s new evening gown.—ElL Paso Herald. A United States Treasury official says there are millions hidden in the United States. Well, they can search us.—Springfield (Ohio) News. Gardening would be more popular if one had a caddy to carry his spade, hoe and rake.—Jackson Citizen-Pa- triot. 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