Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1921, Page 34

| - * , THE SUNDAY STAR, “WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 24, 1921—PART 2. ~4HE EVENING STAR, With Sunday M Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. veveeea. April 24, 1821 ¥ f{x:::onx W. NOYES. . . .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 3yBusiness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. e New York Office: Tribune Bullding. Chicago Office: First National Bank Building. European Office: 3 Regent St., London, Englaz every possibility for escape from pen- alty. . Some of the® people making up the total of 1,800 arrests have been arrest- ed two or three times, through re- peated violations. They have prob- ably thought that the whole thing is a bluff and that nothing will happen to them. Enright's proclafmed purpose is convincingly to the contrary. It is not surprising to find this attitude erning | O the part of the lawbreakers. Not earye, Eyening Star, with the Sandsy Beuity | only in New York but elsewhere some at 60 cents per month: daily only. 45 3:" BeT | persons seem to think that prohibition oath; Sunday only, 20 ce0ts P ephosc Main | i3 but a gesture without sincere pur- 5000. Collection Is made by carriers at the |, qq phehing it. But as seizure after seizure of liquor is made, amounting end of each month. “‘Rate by Mail—Payable in Advauce. [to thousands of gallons and bottles, and aggregating an Immense sum in | Daily and Su':::y ':r..‘:fl:':'m..m value, the truth is gradually coming ~rdaily only [157..$6.00:1mo.,.50¢ | to their consclousness that enforce-; Sunday only 1yr.0 82400 1m0, 20¢ | ont iy no joke. : All Other Statds. Much has been said since prohibition +$10.00: 1 mo., 88¢ | ¢ into gffect about the reaction that $7.00: 1 mo.. 60c <« .. 25¢ | would swing the country back and jcause the repeal of the enforcement > The Water Increase Item. jact and possibly of the eighteenth “ In its present_state the redraftedjamendment. Prohibition P‘ms \.nov:s. % Army appropriation bill does not carry | however, been in effect over v:n_ _t:a " the item of $200,000 for preliminary |under the amendment and nearly three "% work for the development of the Dis- |Years under the war-tifie law. There| Sl ;. This item was in |iS Mo reaction yet outside of a very! :.hl:th‘::mn:,:xu plei)lod of passage last|limited sphere and to a restricted de- * month. It belongs there as much as|8ree. There is no sign whatever that “*anywhere else, save, perhaps, the Dis- | If the matter were put to a vote there tri;g bill, which is technically the|Would be a majority in favor of u:ie oper measure for such an appropria- repeal either of the law or the amend- s . ment, let alone two-thirds in Congress - -tion. But that bill has become law ! : and cannot be utilized for this vitally against the amendment and three 3 fourths in the states. " fmportant provision. e i : If the $200,000 item is not carri by the Army bill, which must be en- The Floral Show Place. acted before July 1, it has small chance| In consideration of the Botanic | of passage at the present session.;den, now under discussion, it must be '’ No one can doubt its absolute need.|borne in mind that Washington has a All reports that Congress has received | reputation throughout the world as a on the subject of the water supply un-city of floral beauty. Its trees nre] mistakably indicate the critical im-|famous. 1Its parks dre renowned. portance of starting at once to in-| When visitors come here there should crease the volume of water. The 108 |be available for their inspection and .of another year—which would be the |enjoyment a botanic collection of va- “'Fesult of waiting for the next District | riety and interest. Most of the tour- -ppropriation bill—would lower the|ijsts to the capital cover only a limited | thargin between supply and use to the | portion of the territory. Many of mem.| " danger point. For Washington is|indeed, go no farther than between the growing and the water supply is not|{'nion station, the Capitol and the ‘increasing. Relatively, it is diminish- | White House. To them the Mall is the . AnE- most striking feature of the visit. Iti 751 The $200,000 item was added in the | should comprise, therefore, something | “*'Senate at the last session and was ac-{of horticultural beauty, as well as| cepted by the House. There should;architectural attractiveness. “Te no punctilio about the matter. The! The Botanic Garden is not “in the | paragraph should be written into the { way" of those who would develop the bill now. This can be done before the | Mall beyond its present condition. “Rill is reported to the House Monday. | True, the old greenhouse that is the - “There is no objection to it on anylchief feature of the easterly reserva-| ‘#core; not even on the score of econ-|tion is intruded upon the central Hne! -omy can it be opposed: As a matter | of vision. But it could be replaced by of fact, immediate passage is in the |an attractively designed house of glass interest of economy, for the cost of |to the south of the central vista space, “this work will rise with delay. especially if the Mall were enlarged ", This is a matter that should appeal at that point by bringing into it the to Congress directly and convincingly. |space now used as propagating | L Phe welfare of the individuals com-|grounds for the Botanic Garden and! arprised in that body is involved. If the jthe reservation lying immediately | ““water supply falls by a break in the |west, which is the purpose of the bill conduit or any other accident to the now pending in the House, introduced | o Qresent system, in which there is noiby Representative Langley. This en-| -napeserve, the members of the Housellargement would cost the government "“and Senate will suffer along with the | nothing, for the ground is already I other residents of the District. xcm-!o“ed, An appropeiation would be "~ ing is gained by postponement savelneeded, of course, for the building| Daily and Sunday.1yT. Daily only 3 Sunday only = -} H = | b - i added peril. itself and for modern heating units| and Jumu“ equipment. Troublesome - Zeal. ! establishment of a national L ® 2 arboretum and extensive botanic 7+ Thorough investigation should be iy ‘Bad in the case of the 3nnoyances to 3.:Which Dr. Alexandff Gréham Bell was I7subjected at Vanceboro, Me, on his *® feturn to this countty from Canada. 2+ The case as he has sef it forth appears 3to be not exceptional, but character- & sstic at that station]’_An immigration >°'fhspector has created much friction by his manner of matntaining a guard mever the entrance of undesirable aliens. #at is’ necessary, of course, to keep ‘watch at these points, but assuredly | there is no reasan whatever for rais- grounds -on some large tract such as {at Mount Hamilton is a matter of; magnitude. It would take tine! Thej projected site for this would not be suitable in any case until the com- pletion of the Anacostia reclamation work, when it will be a natural de- velopment. Meanwhile the public! should be given the benefit of a suit- able botanical display downtown in an accessible place. There is no place more suitable than that now occupied by the historic Botanic Garden, and no = 2 Isubunnual reason why Congress dng a question about members of @, ,.19 not permanently identify that 1 arty headed by S0 Well known a man i g o¢ tne Mall for the government's' “as the great American scientist, whojpel P00 P { *has passed over that route frequently. | . L e Every branch of the government is likely to be affected harmfully by | Bonus and Basic Pay. } “Pverzealous, unwise and sometimes| Senator Sterling,.author of one of -petty people. They make mountains|the reclassification bills, declares that ,out of molehills. They are rigid “red-{he will press his measure at the extra _s-iapers” They take themselves and|geesion and will particularly urge the “Their offices too seriously. They {abolition of the so-called bonus of $240 ause difficulties for the public and{and the substitution of at least the ~for the responsible executives. That|equivalent of an addition to the basic _would seem to be the case in this in-{pay of the department workers. The stance. A wholesome example should | banus should be abolished. The gov- > be made in the affair just brought to|ernment workers should not be paid Jight, assuming that the case is as it |on the basis of a gratuity. They should has been stated. A government serv-|be given compensation equivalent to “.’ant who makes trouble with the peo-| their work and their requirements. " ple of a friendly neighboring state isa| Every year since the bonus was be- "~ penace as well as a nuisance. gun it has been subject to question in —_—te— IHoun or Senate and great anxiety ~.: . A dwarf welghing sixty pounds ’,}hu been caused on the score of its - éredited with having whipped a speciaj ; COntinuance. Had it been dropped at - policeman welghing 180 pounds in an |8nY time from the beginning it would "encounter in a New York place of|have caused grievous hardship and amusement. Fortunately for the fame | the bare poasibility of its fallure of &f the dwarf, there was & prees w.irenaw&l brought intense apprehension , present instead of a referee. among many thousands of people who . were dependent upon it for their main- tenance. Prohibition Enforcement. The basic pay is low. It should long Since the New York law making the | ago have been increased. The govern- -+police forces of the state agents for i ment has been the only employer in *”the enforcement of the federal pro- | thie country who has not for the bulk hibition act was passed there have|of the workers advanced the scale. The Jpeen in the city of New York 1,800 bonus cannot be called a pay increase, arrests for violations of the law in va-|for it has been voted annually, grudg- irious degrees, 130 indictments and|ingly, and doubtfully, and has at no one conviction. The great disparity jtime constituted a dependence of in- T n arrests and indictments is.come. When the basic pay is in- !rgi‘; the fact that the district at-|creased it should be by more than the ™ forney’s office has been suddenly con-|amount of the bonus, which at no gested with these cases and the grand | time has equaled the increase in liv- Jury has not had time to dispose of ; ing expenses. .all the presentations. The fact that ! ——— . ‘- omly one conviction bas been had is| It has become s European custom .@ue to the inability of the courts to!for each country to rely for its future “reach the liquor cases, which are just| advantage on something the other now coming to trial. Police Commis- | countries may do. ‘sloner Pmright declares it is the pur-| e pose to proceed vigorously with thei A few of Col. Harvey's literary .. Mrresting of all persons caught In any | critics are likely to become as famous degree of law violation, whatever hap-i., rough writers as the colonel mm_l pens to them after he has turned them 'goi¢. . qver to the courts. He feels that it; will require only a few convictions to not to quit until et miokcpert. e g S "o g ot - -gers and the Hllicit distillers to under- | oo,y stand that the law is to be fully en- forced. i One of the troubles encountered in »~ghis crusade is the uncertainty as to ~"Yhe precise meaning of the law and the . mxtent to which the police can go in “* enforcing it. Decisions are expected +0n these points shortly, so that arrests that cannot possibly lead to conviction . will be avoided. Meanwhile counsel for accused persons are busily enter- _ iag pleas of all sorts to gain time and L The Cult of Bad Manners. 1s there a achool of bad manners in Washington attended by the young they are taught to ignore the precepts of politeness? Is there a new cult of men and youths of the capital, where | circles as a steam rollei conduct among the younger genera-|Eben, tion besed upon the ides that it is|rather go wifout dan have any mo’ smart and proper to be indifferent to|such successful crapshooters as de other people’s comfort, to trealt wom-!lsat one.” ‘tn contuse the isuses and to exhaust|en with disrespect and as Wolthy of no special consideration? Surely, there are evidences of such teachings. In the street cars and other places of public assemblage and association these ideas prevail to a degree that distresses those who still hold to the notion that youth should be polite and that women should be given courteous attention. At any hour of the day in this city the spectacle may be witnessed of young men sitting in the cars while women stand in the aisles. These young men have perhaps—have prob- ably—dashed into the cars at the stop- ping points ahead of the women, springing on the steps without regard for even the outgoing passengers. is sadly true that it is exceptional to see a young man arise and tender his | ol seat to a woman. Sometimes he n do so for a young and pretty girl, ac- companying his act with a smirk of pointed suggestion, while older women stand and wait for the spirit to move 1t} | Thomas R. Marshall qualified for the b of Indiana, he made POLITICS AT HOME Journalism and Politics. Attention of late has been directed in several cases to a successful change from journalism to politics. Men who had qualified for newspaper work. and | were performing it with profit to them- | selves and benefit to the public, turned to the law and through the law to politics, and succeeded in the venture. Could not a man trained for the bar and for politics, and successful in both fields, turn to journalism and hope for equal success there? Why not? There is a case at present in point. ! r, and succeeded. He entered |m1~| d succeeded. Elected Governor s0 strong an im-! pression in that office, his party at! home instructed for him for President;’ itic and his merits were so well presented | some masculine mind to follow the I«‘l! Baltimore in 1912 he was nominated | practice of other times. What is by some called feminism is | ¢ight years. for Vice President, and held the place ! €1 v, a successful often cited as the reason for this new |lawyer and politician. attitude. “The women demand the vote and the right to take part in business,” say the apologists for the sitting male. Let them take their chances with all others in the public conveyances. They cannot have their cake and eat it, too.” But that quite misses the point of the matter. It is not a question of whether the women are entitled to seats ¢ cupied by men. should forget their manners, and good manners requires consideration for women, whatever may he their status in political or business affairs. One feels sorry for the sitting youth, not for the standing woman. Interior America. Branch offices of the Shipping Board | are soon to be established in the lead- ing cities of the south, the middle west, and the great lakes region. This is given as the explanation: “Through agents working in the in- terior, the board plans to show each production center the advantages to be gained from shipping goods on American ships and to suggest the port throw which a given com- modity can be shipped most economi ally. "At the same time. he said, data will be supplied as to the most favor- able foreign markets.” Business-like and praiseworthy. The interior of the country is naturally not so well informed about foreign mar- kets and how best to reach them as| are the sections lying along or near the seacoast. Everything, therefore, should be done to supply those in need of information with all that may be necessary to spur their interest in for- eign trade and enable them to par- ticipate to advantage in the movement to secure for our people a much larger share of it. The interior of America is. and from | the first has been, very much alive. It has registered only succes: day presents a most insp! 1t to- ing picture jof energy well directed and develop- ment well deserved. Both raw mate- rials and finished products are found there in great abundance; and when enlarged markets are found, these rich possessions will take on greater value. The whole country has a stake in the American merchant marine, and all sections alike will benefit when it takes its place, as it is destined to do, among the foremost of the bufness agencies of the world. —_——— The only way to remove from cer- tain types of mind the impression that Wall street is full of capitalistic f:on- spiracies would be to make the.stock market easier to guess. ———— ‘There may be a few occasions i1 an | 1. W. W. man’s life when an energetic | impulse may cause him to seem actual- ly in a hurry. ——————————— “Phe International Seamen’s Union is ' confident that unless present cond tions change shipping will be left high and dry. ———— The fact that islands in the Pacific are very numerous does not imply that there are enough of them to meet the entire demand. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Wisdom of the Ancients. We're often called on to admire ‘The ancient wits and sages ‘Who gave a touch of classic fire To literary pages. / And yet today if Shakespeare came And tried to get a book in The modern publication game, He wouldn't ‘get a look-in! ‘The lobbyist of days gone by ‘Who told new jokes and treated No longer seeks his trade to ply; His ruin is completed. It legislative halls he sought, And tried to put a hook in By methods that his grandsire taught, He wouldn't get a look-in. A lot of heroes long gone hence, And villains, too, in numbers, Could they live now, would soon go hence, Returning to their slumbers. ‘The old-time sleuth was shrewd enough To run the old-time crook in. Now each would seem a sorry bluff. ‘They couldn't get a look-in. Seeking to Terrorize. “Do you think we ought to put up the bars agamst immigrants?” ‘Maybe,” said Uncle Bill Bottletop, “the best way would be to discourage them by making it perfectly clear to them that the bars have gone out of business.” Intellectual Confusion. Congressional debate doth leave The intellect a-rocking. Some statesmen state what they believe And some are simply knocking. As the World Rolls On. “Why don’t you assume a command- ing pert in politics?” “I have too much money.” replied Mr. Dustin Stax, sadly. “A bank roller is as unpopular in some political As a skilled laborer,” 'm entitled to a helper, but I'd L N ! 1t is whether the men | said Uncle 1 | i ! I { | ]made his “jack” as a resident of the done in the other fields. {them with cqual good fortuue, had he {ents such he would have made his {anywhere in any circumstances? Idle, but interesting speculation. able, after ‘'a successful venture into casioned surprise. lagain, and give his whole time to a Since retiring from office, Mr. Mar-| shall has been trying hand with | his pen for the newsp: and with | success. He writes a good story, and in the newspaper style. His stuff is very readable in that line. While in office he was taking notes, and now printing them. They show the obser- vation, not of a man absorbed in solemn affairs, but of one with keen | eyes for the humorous as well as for the serious side of affairs. He sets things down, not in malice, but in good nature, with the point on. And that is successful journalism. Busy with Mr. Marshall's future, ! ip has assigned him to the bar| n, and to political office again. | Why not to journalism? He could| take, and fill, an assignment “with| the best of 'em.” and might enjoy life in that field more than he has ever | The Wanderer Returns. Woodrow Wilson has returned to his first love—the law. In his young man- | hood he qualified for the bar. and| “hung out his shingle.” But the| shingle was not on view very long. Bither clients were slow about mus. | tering, or Mr. Wilson for some other reason experienced a change of pur- pose. He abandoned the law, entered the field of education, developed talent | as a writer, entered then the figld of | politics, sought and obtained office, ! and in office came to world-wide dis- tinetion. Now, in his early sixties, he hangs out his shingle again. The law, | in the end. triumphs. The wanderer | has returned. ‘Would Mr. Wilson have found oppor- | tunities of cqual value, and improved tal- | ay remained at the bar?' Were his He began practice in Atlanta, and | had he adhered to his first purpose | might have remained there. He might have entered politics there and achieved high distinction. But not high enough to become a presidential quantity. Presidential candidates are not taken from the south. The locality | would have barred him. i He obeyed his hunch. Other pur- suits beckoned, and he followed. They took him to a new field, and one open to all of his aspirations. And as a citizen of New Jersey he became avail- | state politics, for the highest honor his party and the country had to bestow. ‘This latest choice of labor has oc- The public was ex- pecting Mr. Wilson to take up his pen subject—the world war, and particu- larly America’s part in it—which is now, and for vears will remaw. of commanding interest. New York and Leadership. Gov. Miller is acclaimed a leader. He dominated the legislature at the session just closed. His whole pro- gram respecting legislation went through. In particular, some notable economies were accomplished. 1t is a good time for the display of political leadership in New York, whether in one of the old parties or the other. The demoecrats are almost in a strait. Former Gov. Smith is their one outstanding national figure. True, there is Mr. McAdoo. But some- how, he is not accepted as a New Yorker, but ranks and rates as an ac- complished politician who has simply | state. He is a southern man by birth and training. The republicans are somewhat better | off. They had two men of strength and | popularity before Gov. Miller scored— Senators Wadsworth and Calder. Now they have three. Mr. Root is seventy- six, and in retirement. Secretary Hughes as a member of the Harding administration is not, for the time,| strictly a New York quantity. Former Gov. Whitman is no longer in the political calculation. The situation is unusual. As a rule, New York shows a surplus of men dis- tinguished for political ability and achievement. Only a few years ago Cleveland, Hill, Whitney, Flower, Lamont and others were in the pic- ture on the one side, and Roosevelt, Root, Platt, Depew, Hughes, Sherman and others on the other side. At each of the two principal national conven- tions the Empire state cut a wide swath. E The old time may come again. Let us all hope so. New York is a great state—great in area, resources and achievements—and, when in form, she plays politics with a skill that keeps everybody else up to the mark and on his toes. ——— Emma Goldman’s gtatement that she would rather be in a United States jail than in the best hotel in Russia evi- dently made no impression on Bill Haywood's tmagination. ————————— The fourteen people who understand Prof. Einstein's theory of relativity ought to be a great help in solving some of the problems whose dimen- sions relate to simple geography. ————— may be almost as disastrous asa frozen fruit crop. Fuel Famine Next Winter BY SHELDON §. CLINE. AILROAD men, industrial leaders and others whose business it is to keep their fingers on the pulse of economic conditions are alarmed at what may be the consequences of the “buyers’' strike” now re- sponsible for the most serious stagnation the coal trade has konw in a generation. "If the ex- pected industrial revival comes along in the late summer or early fall they fear there will be a coal crisis worse than that of two years ago. The coal profiteers are being punished with a vengeance, but in the end those who now are inflict- ing the punishment’ may be the worst sufferers. If there is an acute coal shortage next fall and winter, buyers will be in the mar- ket bidding against each other. prices will soar and the profiteers will line their pockets with profits which will more than make up for the lean months of spring and summer. And it ni ry to take into account the actual physi- cal suffering—even sickness and death—which are inseparably as- sociated with a coal famine. * ok ok k The slump in coal production and distribution has reached stagger- ing proportions. Latest figures able at the bureau of rail- way economics in Washington show that at the beginning of April 000 open-top cars—the kind in which coal transported—were standing idle on side tracks. This is represents approximately one- fourth of the coal cars owned by American railways. During the month of March the production of coal showed a progr: the number of idle c 000 greater at the end than at the beginning of the month. Never be- fore in the history of American railroads were many freight cars standing idle, and the slump in the coal trade is the factor most largely to blame. About ten million tons less coal was mined and loaded on cars last month than in March a year ago. The result was that more than 600,000 miners had work only one to three days a week, and prob- ably 100,000 were idle throughout the month. Official figures for the three weeks in April are not avail- able, but informal railroad reports show that fewer cars are being loaded now than was the case a month ago, so that the number of idle cars and the number of idle men must be considerably greater than the figures given above. * K %k % There still is time, the experts say, to avert a famine next fall and winter, and two ways in which it may be averted. One way—a way no one wants—is for the pres- ent industrial depression to con- tinue. If factories remain shut down, of course, there will be no scarcity of coal next winter. Do- mestic consumption uses up so small a proportion of the nation's coal output that it could be sup- plied even in the coldest of weather through utilization of only a frac- tion of railroad equipment. The other way to avert a famine is for users, large and small. to begin buying now in anticipation of future needs. Here is where the rccent history of the coal trade interposes itself. It has been dis- closed that last winter there was shameful, or shameless, profiteer- ing in coal. There has not since been any such reduction in prices as to convince the consumer that profiteering has been squeezed out of profi In other words, the “'stri of coal buyers has not accomplished the results achieved by buyers' strikes in other lines. And coal buyers are determined that theyv will not buy, except to meet urgent present needs, until results have been achieved. Unfortunately, from the stand- point of the interests of the con- sumer, the case of coal is not on a footing with the cases of clothing and other commodities where re- fusal to buy resulted in substan- tial price reductions. It pos- siblé for a man to wear his old clothes, but he can’'t burn his old coal. Putting aside the equation of idle industries, a certain definite amount of coal is necessary for commercial and domestic purposes, the amount being variable only according to the mildness or sever- ity of winter weather. The clothing manufacturer and d er, for example, knew that bus lost as a result of the buy strike was very largely busine lost forever. The mine owners and coal dealers, on the contrary, know that busines 1o now will in large part be made up by increased business later on, and very likely at prices that will more than com- pensate for present loss of profits So the coal trade is in position to sit tight and let the “strike” run its course It works out ax a possibility, therefore, that when the coal year ends next spring the consumer will find that he has paid out an equal- 1y large sum for a smaller amount of coal, and that there will have been periods when he desperately needed coal and didn't have it. The coal man, on the other hand, may be as well off financially as he would have been had the mines been kept in operation through the spring and summer. He may be as well off financiaily, for the time being, but his day of reckoning will be very much nearer at hand. For, if the consuming public finds that the coal man cannot be brought to time through a “buy- ers’ strike,” as other lines of busi- ness can, the consuming public is going to find some other way to handle him. * ¥ k% Next to the consumer, the coal miner promises to be most hurt by the present situation and the rious condition which it threatens. Through the exertion of organized strength the miners have fortified themselves with a high wage, but their wage isn't high enough to make possible that by working one to three days a week their fam- ilies can be adequately supported. Idleness this summer means that next fall and winter the demand for coal will exceed the capacity of the regular miners to produce it, with the result that outside labor will be drafted for the mines. So that the yearly earnings of the all-year-round miners will be less, probably, than if they had been kept steadily employed at a lower wage throughout the months. Some mine owners have sought to justify present coal prices by pointing to the high wages of their men, but the public isn't inclined to show much patience for such an argument. There is a very broad and general acceptance of the view that the miners cannot be expected to accept a reduction in wages for the purpose of stimulating buying until the mine owners and dealers are willing to reduce their profits to the same end. * k x * Priges of bituminous coal have been reduced to a greater extent than"have the prices of anthracite, but:spelief is strongly implanted in public mind that.the prices of Bth-still are too high and with- out’'&ny just relation to the costs of production. The public refuses to believe there is any good reason why, coal should not come down ‘alonE with other commodities. And s0_long as prices do not come down, cvery: order’ for every ton of coal thalis placed will Be piaced wi relgitanee and resentment. N&“man is wise enough to foresee what the outcome will be. But it Wdoesp't require a prophet to gortell that if conditions result in a derigus coal famine next winter, thie coal trade is going to have a * mighty. volume of public wrath to o Féckon with. (Copyright. 1921, by The Washington Star.) NATIONAL WORLD TRADE PARLEY ‘World trade problems and the meth~ ods by which American business can ex- pand this country's To Be Discussed foreign trade are to 5 . be discussed in a in Convention. . 0" meeting at the ninth annual convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Atlantic City this week. The American section of the Interna- tional Chamber of Commerce wiil en- deavor to bring out the American view- point on economic problems in the fleld of finance, production, distribution, ocean and land transportation, commu- nications and the restoration of devas- tated areas. The purpose is to formulate a world trade policy for the guidance of the American delegates to the first annual meeting of the international chamber, to be held in London the latter part of June, and also to get a vote on tariff policy propositions which may be of as sistance to Congress in framing a per- manent tariff bill. Committees have for some weeks been making an intensive study of these general subjects, 50 as to make worthwhile reports at the foreign commerce conclave in Atlantic City. Because the position of the United States in international trade is insepa- rably invelved in the solution of the grave economic problems facing the country today, it is imperative that there should be formed a greater concep- tion of the part our foreign trade plays in_national industrial warfare and de- velopment, in_our shipping program which was emphasized by President Harding in his message to Congress. * * In view of the fact that our Amer- ican products in great variety are available for ex- To Focus Brains port. and our man- o ufacturers are keen of Business. , supplying for- eign markets, and by keeping our fac- tories busy turning out the myriad American products that the world needs employment can be furnished to all those who need it, this confer- ence promises to focus the best busi- ness brains of the country upon a program that should benefit directly and personally every person in the country. Former _ Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield, who is president of the American Manufacturers’ Ex- | i national ~sentiment toward the im- portant export and. import needs of the country and also discussion of the part played by the foreign trade de- partments of specialized national trade bodies. In this way will be concentrated and summarized valuable information and conclusions which American chambers of commerce have gathered. These in- dividual chambers have developed for eign trade departments which are to- day rendering valuable assistance to local foreign trade interests in meet- ing the changed and rapidly changing conditioms confronting exporters and importers. . No less important is the work be- ing done by banks, railroads and ex- press companius in meeting the for- eign trade situation. In the co-opera- tive efforts of these bodies lies hope for the speedy solution of our foreign commerce problems, the business leaders of the country believe. The foreign commerce department of the national chamber has been working for months to co-ordinate properly all these agencies for relief and to develop the best permanent general world trade policies. ‘The interest of b s leaders and organized business men throughout the entire country in world trade prob- lems and the development of an Ameri- can forgign trade policy is reflected in the many resolutions proposed by mem- ber organizations for consideration at the Atlantic City conference. These resolutions touch the subjects of the work carried on by American chambers of commerce abroad, the work of the International Chamber of Commerce, the need for better communication faclities, particularly cables; the im- portance of long-term credits in re- viving foreign business and the effect of that revival upon the American mer- chant marine, the demand by American residents abroad that they be relieved of taxation burdens which handicap them in competition with foreign mer- chants, and the important bearing of tariff policy upon America’s future (4e eign trade. * 1could call it—er—er- ! ecclesias | tention of establishing a very small She was an obviously well Wwoman, from whose lips the honest butcher never expected to hear “cuss words” issue. On his block lay a fine leg of lamb, sprinkled with parsley, garnished iv\ilh crisp lettuce leaves. the whole ensconced in some tremendous leaves |of the cabbage. | The whole made a pretty picture, {one that recalled to the woman scenes | from Charles Dickens, notably from {the “Pickwick Papers.” where good ilhlnl- to eat, or, rather, the descrip- ixmns of them, v with Mr. Pickwick, :J(u' the Fat Boy nd others for the |interest of the reade | Moved by her recoliections, the lady I,qu:- to the butcher. “That looks like Dickens A pained, surprised look came over lthe face of the butcher, but it wa !rot until the lady was on her way jhome that she realized what that {worthy thought she had said about the leg o' lamb. * x | He dropped into a downtown candy store to make an inevitable pur- | chase. 2 “What will you have?" asked the young lady behind the counter, smil- ing at her various chocolates, creams, carameis and others too numerous to { mention even in the advertisements. | The purchaser happened to be esp | cially fond of a certain sort of choco- late-couted cream. Pointing at a pan of these, he said: “Put emphasis on | this.” The girl looked blank for a moment, then replied, gravel “I'm sorry, we are all out of that.” * ¥ Tennyson and Browning should have been present the other after- noon. They would have found what { they themselves strove to be. | A woman in one of the government for about a year, having suddenly found out that she has some aptitude along that line. In showing her work, some one ex- pressed surprise that she was writing verse. “l didn’'t Know you wrote poetry, he_said. The woman smiled sweetly: “Qh, 1 write perfect poetry,” said. she - * ¥ The city postmaster likes his joke. A resident of Quincy strect came in to see him recently about missending !o( mail to another Quinecy street or place. It seems-as if there are three streets in the District named “Quincy,” ac- cording to this citizen, who was quite indignant at the lack of imagination on tne part of those who had io name the thoroughfares. “When they wanted to get another street beginning with ‘Q’ they | couldn'y think of anything but Quin- icy,” said the resident. “Why, they “Cucumber,” replied Postmaster Chance. 3 eC).‘IAK.L'I'ZS E. TRACEWELL. bred | * she said. | departments hus been writing verse | ———l\__—__l___.————-—*—_—“ Idle Coal Mines Threaten [EEARD AND snsu{vlm YEARS AG0 IN | THB STAR. ! The first election dnder the District |lerrllor|ll law took place April 20, 1571, following |First Voting Under » lively cam- | : paign between i Territory Law. (157 0 ane [ An@ che democrats The totul regis- tration for the emtire torriiory was 28528, The offices voted for were those of delegates to Congress and lmemberi of the house of delexates | The republican candidate for dele- gate to Congress was Gen. No n P. Chipman, and the democratic can didate was Richard T. Merrick < Gen, { Chipman d by 4057 plu- | ra and the republicans olected {fifteen and the democrats seven embers of the house of delegates | The election was order and tl re- |sult was indicated carly. The jof the same day, April 20. foreca {the result. though by a smailer ma- {Jority than he actually scored. In ue of the next day. April 21, »d this fact. saying hough the difficulty of obtaining turns was increased in the election vesterday, in consequence of the jof o jEreat extent of ground to be cov- er With sixty-three polling pre- {cincts. scattered over the entire new {territo embracing Washington, “1 eorgetown and the county, yet with {the labor and energy given to the | task we were able at 2 pm. to give jsufficient data to show the eclection ot n. Chipman by a very large | majority. and in the next edition, at |4 p.m.. to unnounce the exact status {of the new house of delegutes, ff- teen republicans and seven demo- crats. The result is no disparagement 1o Mr. Merrick, who has concededly the ability and the character to grace the position of representative; but the decision of the people is simply that Gen. Chipman, in accord with the majority in Congress, can serve | them more effectually than could Mr. ! Merrick allied with the minority. : = * % result of the election further the confidence of the peo- ple of the territory in lxeaning of the national admin- istration and in our Election. e riorial government. It shows that they mean to heartily sustain the territorial government in its purposes to reform abuses and 1o carry our improvements in the in- terest of the whole community on & scale comprehensive. systematic, thor- ough, and which shall insure that the money of the people is not squan- dered in purposeless jobs of dirt-dig ming and gutter-scraping for the henefit of party “strikers.” It i vir- ¢ a triumph of the class of eiti zen: who wish to see Washington take its proper rank among the at- tractive cities of the world, and be no longer a name of repfoach. The fifteen republicans elected to the house of delegates were Solomon G. Brown, Joseph T. H. Hall, John L Cox, Charles L. Huise, John F. Mur- ray, James A. Handy. George Burgess A5 Solomons, Peter Campbell, Johr: W. McKnight. Frederick A. Boswell William R. Hunt, Joseph G. Carroll Lemuel Bursley and Madison Davis The seven democrats elected werd william D. Cassin, John F. Ennis Thomas E. Lioyd, William Dickson. John C. Harkness, William W. Moor and John Hogan. “The shows DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS VIENNA PROMPTED KARL. The motives behind ex-Emperior Karl's abortive attempt to regain the Hungarian throne are still a sub- ject of speculation. Jhe Hamburger Nachrichten makes some interesting comments on them, though in one irespect, in saying that the French press was unanimously in favor of the Hapsburg, it is mistaken. There was apparently an effort in certain high French circles to swing opinion in that direction, but several of the most influential journals, such as the Temps, refused to follow. Per- haps one explanation of this is that the attempt seemed from the first doomed to failure through clumsy handling—certainly there is in French officialjom no extreme antipathy to Karl. The German paper Says: “All the enlightened Hungarians and jamong them the most faithful patriots and.'the most convinced monarchists condemn the rash act of King Charles just as last year the action of Kapp in Germany was regarded as a mis- fortune for German patriots and mon- archists. = “During the war we were all able to estimate this weak mind, accessible to all bad influences, not even shrinking from the betrayal of allies. It must be asked them how this weak mind could decide on such a bold stroke. At Pranguins, where he enjoyed Swiss hospitality, he was under many dif- ferent influences, particularly the French. First of all his brother-in- law Sixtus, ready for all sorts of mean dealings to satisfy his personal ambition, and then the Empress Zita, the most clever schemer of the Bour- bon family; then the wires of the plot pass through Vienna, where some in- itiated person had prepared a lodging and a motor car to drive to West Hungary. It is worthy of remark that at Steinamanger, the bishop im- mediately opened his house to him and hoisted the Spanish flag on his roof. * % ¥ ¥ “The French prexs scems unani- ousl: to agree to a restoration of {!‘harley.\‘ to the throne of Hungary. Italy and the Jugo-Slavs oppose ener- getically the restoration of King “harles. Perhaps France and the o riastical authorities had the in- Austro-Hungarian monarchy under the pecially Catholic and conservative. and even some republican circles, have always been against the destruction of the dual menarchy, and that since the conclusion of peace they are. in principle, in favor of a restoration of the monarchy in Hungary. Moreover. personality. of the ex-emperor and king is by no meany antipathetic here, where the anti-German senti ments of the Empress Zita, who hax a great influence on her husband, are well known. There are also many people who declare that the entente governments did ot take enough ad- vantage of the desire for a separate peace which the Emperor and King Charles manifested in 1917, and who still reproach M. Clemenceau for the famous insult of ‘rotten comsciences which he threw u:-lchlrlu of Haps- burg and Graf Czernin. Al that," says the writer, “naturally creates a favorable atmosphere for | the most ingenious and absurd storles, and as it is.sure that the Vatican favors the cause of the ex-sovereign it is possible that some influential French Catholics, in words at least, are of the same mind. It is said, wrongly or rightly, that if Charles of Hapsburg believed he had the right to declare on arriving in Budapest that he had France's support it was that he be- Meved it because of the reports that he had received about the tendencies of French political circles concernings him. It is even said that it was Prince Sixte of Bourbon who contributed greatly to giving his brother-in-law this _conviction after conversations which he had had here with important personalities, but without official re- sponsibility. There is no certainty on the subject, but however it may be, it is sure that Charles of Hapsburg must have been informed by amateur iplomatists, who did not make the necessary distinction between the tendencies of certain influential per- sonalities and the policy of the French government. | | l * % % % “It could mot be difficult, however, to understand that in no case would the republican government favor a resto- ration of the monarchy in Hungary in esent circumstances as long as the Franco-Italian relations could be af- fected by it, and that the powers of the ‘petife entente,’ to the constitution of which France had contributed so much and which she considers as a safeguard to her own policy in central and oriental Europe, might think them- selves threatened by the fact. “Ir_ Rome, in Prague, in Belgrade and Bucharest, where formal assur- ances were received spentaneously. there was no thought of it for { moment, and homage was rendered to { the loyalty of French diplomacy. As {10 pretending that we wished to shut our eyes here, and that, as certain agencies declared, Charles of Haps- burg could have easily passed through | Alsace to go to Austria, this is abszrd, |25 the ex-soverelgn was provided, it id said, with a proper passport in the name of a Spanish nobleman. “In any case,” concludes the writer, otther comment in the Indepen-|«the ex.emperor is and has been dance Belge of Brussels follow: deceived by his intimate friends and “Now that the rash act of Charles of ; counselors about the tendencies of the Hapsburg has come to an end and it| entente governments, in Paris as well is sure that no armed conflict will take | a5 in London, and about the chances place as first consequence of a res- of his enterprise which may be de- toration of the monarchy in Hungary.| scribed as unpolitical and foolhardy. it is time to refiect on the conditions ' He was even deceived about the Hun- and circumstances in which this ad-|gurian spirit of sacrifice, as it appears Yenture was attempted. In Paris there | that a simple warning from the cabi- was much preoccupation on the sub-|nets of London and Paris sufficed to Ject because Charles of Hapsburg, onimake Admiral Horthy and the Hun- arriving in Budapest, thought he was in | garian national assembly decide tg a position to assure the Hungarian |gisavow the act of the ex-emperor. regent Admiral Horty that he was sup- e of his apostolic majesty. ::c:n%leex:uy the Bishop of Steinamanger worked hard for the success of the enterprise and sought for allies in West Hungary. Steinamanger is very well situated for that, as it is only forty kilometers from the Austrian frontier, while Budapest is ninety. “So it is certain that this attempt | on the part of Charles was supported by people in high places in Vienna. * % For consideration of the tariff prob- lems and the closely allied taxation problem a special Special Session session has been ar- ranged under the Is Arranged. foreign commerce group. George Ed Smith, chalrman of the foreign commerce department com- mittee of the national chamber, will preside. Tariff policy is to be discussed not only regarding its bearing upon the phice of imported commodities, but also port Association, is to preaide over|in its bearing on foreign exchange rates, the foreign commerce grouj The topic to be discussed sanised Effort.” There will be a con- sideration of the work of the national session. | the liquidation of foreign loans and s “Better { upon possible retaliatory legislation by Farmers fear that ‘“frozen credits”|Foreign Trade Methods Through Or-| foreil countries. Alexander W. Smith, member of tha national chamber's com- mittes on prineiples of tariff legislation, Loreign trade conventions in directing ' will IM the discussion on this subject. A ed by France and that the German Pkve hustened to spread all sorts of Fumors which made it appear as if France was cognizant of the adven- “There is no doubt, however, that the monarchist idea is uppermost in Hungary and that If under normal f the ex-emperor and was dis- tp:::dolo allow, if not to help it. The conditions the question of restoration aim of this German campaign was|was again raised, all guarantess being evidently to shake the confidence of given to the neighboring countries, the & entente’ and Italian govern- r‘:‘:mp-.gl.!r-nch policy, but it is suf- | return of Charles of Hapsburg ‘would to note that it was the Paris|be regarded ‘differently by the entente g:l‘:i::l ‘was the cause of the solemn |than, for instance, the impossible re- warning te Hungary by the conference | tirn of the -Hohensollerns; but oer- of ambassado! just as it the ! tainly the ex-emperor was on the French commissioner in Budapest who | right scent and was wanting in the notified Admiral Horthy that the en-|most elementary political sense. It fente would- not tolerate the re-estab- [ will be dificult for-him to smooth over lishment of Charles on the throne. This [the effect of such a mistake in the is suffclent to show the absolute| eyes of Ry former people, for L.:zo..:: France in the business. one may be ‘anointed of the 3 il * e xx u king by divine right. the ridicule 0 con: “What evidently contributed ta cre- [ Such & pitiful sdventure kills the cont ate this legend was the fact that|r, = not evervbedy certain Fremch political circles, trom Euster (