Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1921, Page 32

4 SHE EVENING STAR, ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTORN, D. C. SUNDAY..........June 12, 1921 DORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave e Tribase Boliding, g0 e: First National Oftice: 3 Regent St., Londc Sunday morning within the ety 17. 45 cents pee ¢ month. Or t the The Mln, Star, with the edition, is delivered by carriers 8t 60 cents per month: daily onl moath; Sunday only, 20 cents ders may be sent by mail, or telephone 8000 Collection is made by carriers & .88 of each month. . Maryland and Virginis. ly and Sunday..1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ Aily only mo., 5 unday only s am and Sunday ily only _acmday only 1 T ;.o The National Gallery. A commission of fifteen has been ap- pointed to undertake the development o the National Gallery of Art in this Fly. No funds are available for the purchase of pictures or sculptures. It 28 known, however, that many persons Swish to give or permanently “loan” to Whe gallery art objects from their own Trivate collections, and the purpose of ahis commission is to select from such sossible acquisitions the best avail- ‘lile in order to maintain the standard %of_the collection. The National Gallery of Art is a f§natter of only about fifteen years’ %|rowth. It began with the gift of the #Herriet Lane Johnston collection, ac- dommodated in a comparatively small Foom in the National Museum building. Mround this as a nucleus has grown present collection, which is valued Bt more than a million dollars. The “gallery” has outgrown its allotted #9ace and there are many more paint- fhgs on hand than can be exhibited. *be building was primarily designed for scientific purposes, for the display %S¢ specimens of natural history. The &%t gallery feature has been added and as proved one of the most interesting @nd important features of the institu- ®pn. Critics of art have pronounced it to be of the highest merit. =uThe natural development of the na- 3i5nal gailery calls for a separate build- 3ng. and the hope is that through the gommission just appointed will come guch notable acquisitions that a dis- %inct, specially planned home for it 32011 be provided by the government in the near future. Washington is naturally destined to e the art center of America. It has Yiow two galleries, the Corcoran and the National. A third, the Freer, will be opened in the course of a few Fonths. A fourth, the Phillips, is in Jrocess of organization and will prob- 7Bly be given a definite home soon. fhe National should not be housed “centinuously in spare rooms of the Museum building. The present col- ection, worth, as stated, over a mil- 3ion dollars, is now worthy of a dis- ¥hct emplacement, and the acquisi- Fions to be gained through the work of the commission just appointed are cer- ¥iin to be sufficient in themselves to justify an immediate start on the de- yelopment of & separate gallery build- ing- = More Water Assured. ~sAgreement by the conferees on the $3m of $200,000 for beginning work on the extension of the water supply system carried.in the Army appropria- 1ion bill assures that the project will e undertaken as soon as the measure FBecomes a law. This greatly relieves 4he public apprehension, although fjere was little reason to look for dis- agreement or dispute over the item. e necessity for the immediate ex- Fension of the system to assure more water for the capital community has Bgen so patent for several seasons that to obstruct the appropriation now would be to invite disaster wantonly. o8- |aids to effectiveness, and thirty runs on a side were com- mon. s Is this because the pitchers are less effective? Or is the ball livelier? Or are the batters more efficient? It fol- lows, of course, that if the pitchers are as effective and the ball is the same the batters must be keener-eyed and quicker-wristed. The pitchers have during the past season or two been deprived of certain extraneous such as the “emery” and. the !'shine,” but the salivated ball is still permitted, under certain restrictions. There has been no change in the rules governing arm motions. The pitching distance is the same. Fielders are as spry as for- merly. Undoubtedly this is what the public likes. There was 'much complaint ‘when the games werd small-scored and close. The *‘pitcher’s battle,” remark- able as an exhibition of sk#il and pre- cision, was a tiresome affair, compared with the bruising batting of the “wrecking crews.” Plenty of action is always relished by the average base ball “rooter,” especially when the ac- tion favors the home side. Those responsible for the conduct of the gante, it is reported, are somewhat concerned over the fact that the sport is livelier, the hitting is more free and the fielders are daily tired out chasing the balls. They need not worry. The i public likes this sort of sport. Rule | 1 makers may try to devise some way to increase the pitcher's advantage, but they will be wise if they take a look at the attendance records and be govern- ed by the evident fact that the game was never before so popular as it is today. Unionism in the Theater. The exertion of a beneficient influ- ence upon the quality of plays pro- duced upon the American stage was probably not the main objection in the minds of those whose activities in unionizing the acting business have recently been driving George M. Cohan and other producing managers to the brink of despair. The disinterested betterment of the lot of the public is, alas, too rarely a primary considera- tion of unionism. Yet the trend of re- cent developments along that quaint Manhattan thoroughfare which goes by the name of Broadway would seem to indicate that, as an indirect conse- quence of theatrical *'labor’ troubles— how the shades of Mansfield and Booth and Joe Jefferson must shudder at that term—the great playgoing public is to benefit materially. Actors and stage hands are, we are told, aggressively pressing their de- mands upon the producers. And though our sympathies.in the resulting strug- gle may incline one way or the other, | in the fact that a struggle exists there cannot but be general rejofeing. For auguries as to the outcome of the fray involve the following assurances —incidental perhaps to the contestants, yet of major import to the public at large: Musical comedy casts are to be cut and cut again. Their very number is to be reduced by half! There is to be a determined concentration upon the production of straight drama! None but a public dizzy, bewildered and helpless under the latter-day in- undation of well-styled musical ex- travaganzas can understand the full sweetness of any such prognostication. From the ranks of every lover of drama as an art which should ask of its devotees more than a dimpled knee or a facility for broadly humorous badinage arise loud cheers. Still es- sential as a relief from the serious aspects of life, a halting in their near monopolization of the American stage cannot but exert a heaithy influence upon the musical productions them- selves. Thys—in all seriousness—the stage, from fts industrial travail, may find for itself a proud regeneration. ——— The bolsheviki have threatened the peace of mind of every nation on earth. There is no reason why the Japanese should hope to escape their attentions as anxiety distributers. — The accompanying item of $200,000 t&:begin work on the development of the Great Falls power project has been rejected by the House conferees and @oubtless it will be eliminated from the DM on the ground that it is not, as in {6 case of the water supply extension, emergency matter and does not ‘rfivpefly fall within the scope of the Army bill. As a matter of fact, the water extension provision should have Deen carried by the District eppropria- tion bill, but when the case developed 11 Congress to the point of realization of the acute necessity of providing ¥ t the least delay for more water ife District bill had progressed beyond péssible amendment. The power ques- ton can be postponed without menace $o:the public welfare, though if there %% power enough in the Potomac at this Point after the water supply needs have been met to justify development and use further delay in its utilization i3 an economic waste. This question should be definitely settled at the next - gession of Congress. 3nMeanwhile there is reason for public réjoicing that the often broached and ¥ often postponed beginning on a greater water supply is now to be undertaken. —_————— The use of ship hulks for break- water material would not only do away lvi'.h the expense of guarding them, ‘but would enable them to be of value 'in guarding other property. ————eat—————— 2#Though not himseit a very respect- ful reader of the newspapers, Admiral Sims is one of the most interesting first page contributors. ~oi 20 o Plenty of Hitting. “Observers of the sport that has come ?{bereprdedume national game of dmerica, base ball, have been won- @oring of late if something has hap- Péned to change it. Day after day re- ports come of games in which one side \ @F the other makes ten, twelve, fif- féen or even twenty base hits. Teams ste beaten after making eight or ten ‘which formerly were sufficient to awin four out of five ball games. Home lyune are ringing off the bats in a ‘§ecordbreaking shower. Men are hit- :fil"hmcn"vmfcn:nflym-.- §fied with singles and occasional dou- " | Bies. The game seems likely to re- wrn to those conditions when twenty - The litigation in which Richard Croker is engaged is a reminder of how times have changed since his own word was law in New York. Fighting Prohibition. A representative of the Anti-Saloon League Friday before the rules committee of the House, in faver of a special rule for the consideration of the “tightening-up” enforcement bill, declared that certain brewers and men prominent in big city financial affairs have organized a bootleggers’ trust which spreads far and wide and has made law enforcement difficult. No particular heed was given to this charge, the committee adjourning without action until next week. If this is true, if there is a definite or even a loose organization of forces bent upon beating the prohibition law, it should not be difficult to bring it to light. The representative of the Anti- Saloon League is presumably in pos- session of specific facts. The prosecut- ing agencies of the government, though just now somewhat handi- capped by lack of funds, can bring the offenders to book if their opera- tions are so flagrant as to lead to this accusation. Unquestionably a determined effort is being made by certain interests to break down prohibition, to throw the law into disrepute, to devise ways of evasion, to encourage the people to get around or to leap over the barrier of the amendment and the statutes. But they are reckoning without con- sideration of the body of public senti- ment favorable to the amendment and the law. They are pursuing the same course as that which brought the saloon into disrepute in the days before the amendment and which finelly made its adoption inevitable. Despite the clamors of those opposed, the rejoicings that arise whenever the prohibition law is evaded or violated with impunity, the success which at- tends home brewing or distilling or smuggling, there is no reason to think that a change has taken place in pub- lic sentiment since the amendment was ratified. Opponents of prohibi- tion call loudly for a referendum. The only terms upon which it can be had are those prescribed by the Constitu- tion for its change, adoption of a re- pealing amendment by a two-thirds three-fourths of the legislatures of the| states. muster one vote more than a third In each house of Congress when the |’ eighteenth amendment was under con- sideration, and could not gain negative Votes in thirteen out of the forty-eight sStates, how can it now expect to’ get a two-thirds vote in each house and & majority in thirty-six of the state legis- latures in favor of repeal? The ques- tion answers itself. And meanwhile there is but one thing to do, and that is to enforce the law. And the people who believe in prohibition, who recog- nize its blessings and who dread the evils at which it Is aimed, will demand its full enforcement. ———c——————— Penalties for Thievery. Four joy riders were the other day sentenced to serve three years each in jail for the unwarranted taking of motor cars. The penalties were none too severe. They might with justice have been longer. But perhaps the serving of three years in prison may teach those who were guilty in these cases that the laws of property are still in force and may serve as a deter- rent to others who are inclined to be careless about the use of other peo- ple’s machines. The crime of motor stealing is only one shade removed from that of joy- riding. Those who take machines for purposes of enjoyment are not en- gaged in commercial theft. But they are in effect stealing the cars. There is no moral difference. The thief takes a car for what it will bring in some distant city, perhaps, possibly at some mart here at home. If caught he should be given the maximum penalty. Thievery has become so common re- cently, and the thieves have become so bold, that the average person who has anything worth taking is in dread continually lest it be taken. The most eccentric methods of theft have been de- vised. Holdeups are practiced in the most brazen manner. The other day at Evanston, Ill, a small squad of rob- bers entered a dance hall and with drawn pistols compelled all present to deliver their valuables. They se- cured many thousands of dollars’ worth of jewels. One woman saved diamonds worth $15,000 by dropping them in her coffee cup. The limit of the law is required for every person who is convicted of rob- bery. The joy riders are merely on the road to bigger operations, and the hope is that the District courts will henceforth apply the law with the ut- most rigidity to every one who is found guilty of any form of theft. Congress and the Order. There can be no dispute about the size of the order the present Congress has in hand. It is very large—the largest ever committed to a Congress in a time of peace. There can be no dispute about the commitment. The people spoke with tremendous emphasis. Such major- ities were never before recorded. The platform on which the battle was won was comprehensive and rea- sonably clear. 1In its general features the chart admits of but little dispute. But let us not deceive ourselves. That order cannot be filled while you wait. Time will be necessary to put measures in the proper shape. Every item on the card has an importance all its own. Nor if the order is filled as well as may be need we expect at once, or soon, any large portion of the relief all desire. A good start toward that end is the utmost that can be reason- ably hoped for now. There is nothing to be gained by closing our eyes to the real situation. It is not only unprecedented, but irk- some and burdensome. We should tackle it with full admission that it can be relieved anly gradually. We shall be some time in getting clear of its obligations. But there need be no doubt about the final result. By a steady pull, patiently and protractedly performed, after the fashion of a giant who knows his strength and how to use it, we shall in good time reach smeoth going again and score as formerly. —_———— ‘The Chicaga Board of Trade operator who made half a million out of wheat is one of the influences that make life on the old farm seem so0 slow. —_——— The Sflesian situation is not con- tributing any practical suggestions for a program of universal disarma- ment. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Only a Dream. I dozed while on the raiiroad train. Through miles of biissful ease, ‘The wheels clinked out & soft refrain ‘The languid ear to please. Attendants came without a frown, All noiseless and polite, And put the windows up or down, ‘Whichever I thought right. No cinder drifted near the eye. No vapor clogged the air. The diner prices were not high And dainty was the fare. “This must be heaven,” then I sighed. I woke amid the roar. “Not yet,” a weary porter cried. “It's only Baltimore.” Jud Tunkins says a jazz band makes him forget his troubles for awhile and then makes him so tired that it be- comes one of "em. A Choice Container. “Your constituents talked of giving ¥ou a loving cup.” ““They did better than that,” replied Senator Sorghum. “They came across ‘with large, elegant campaign barrels.” - Why It Fell. The tower of Babel insecure ‘Was from the start unlawful. Materials were very poor And the building graft was awful Imaginary Service. “Father,” said the small boy, “what is a lobbyist?”- “A lobbyist, my son, is usually a man who succeeds in making some large interest believe that he influ- enced legislation that went through strictly on its merits.” “De voice of conscience ain’ leud enough foh most men,” said Uncle vote in Congress and ratification by |Eben. “Dey needs an alarm clock.” If antiprohibition could not| Office and the Man.- Mr. Bryan makes no reply to in- quiries 85 to whether his change of residence will develop senatorial as- pirations in him. Maybe not. His long and distinguished service as an agita- tor hardly suggests the Senate as an inviting fleld for future activities. The agitator would not shade off success- tully into the legislator charged with reviewing House work and submitting well-reasoned propositions of his own. The calm routine would get under his skin and fret him. The Senate was once suggested to Theodore Roosevelt. But, as the story went, he waved off the suggestion. He could not see pleasure or usefulness in that body for a man of his tempera- ment and equipment. He had but a brief service in the vice presidency; and his admirers have often wondered as to the effect on him of four or eight years with the Senate’s gavel in his impatient right hand. Would the ex- perience have tamed him, or infuriat- ed the Senate? The late J. C. 8. Blackburn was a popular orator who appeared in the ‘House when young and fresh from stump triumphs. Transferred to Wash- ington, he soon became as conspicu- ous a figure in Congress as he had been in the Kentucky legislature. He spoke frequently, and on topics which insured wide circulation for his de- liverances. Presently he made a place for himself among his party's resources on oratorical field days. The success fired Mr. Blackburn's ambition for further honors, and he offered for the speakership. When one of his supporters approached Alex- ander H. Stephens, then a member of the House, for his vote, the venerable Georgian replied good-naturedly, in his peculiar treble: “I like Joe. But why does he want to be Speaker? The Speaker never speaks.” The Politician and the Fish. A familiar saying has it that a born politician—a man versed and reveling in politics—can no more live out of his element than a fish out of water. Richard Croker, now in the country on a visit, is disproving this. Surely, he is & born politician. He entered the field when little more than a lad, made his way to leadership, and for years ruled the big town of New York. Then he laid down the scepter and became a man of leisure and pleasure, finding his chief pleasure on the turf. “He'll be back,” was the common prediction. “He can't live out of politics.” But some years have passed, and he is still living, and still out of politics. Moreover, he shows no desire to re- turn. He no longer seeks the com- pany of politicians. They seek his company; more, however, to indulge in a look backward at the good old times than with a purpose to tempt him to renew old activities. Mr. Croker is eighty years old, and probably realizes the fact that he could not if he would retake his old place. The fish must live out of water. The New York he ruled is no more. The men who helped him rule are either dead, or, like himself, on the retired list and watching younger men play the game. The politiclan has shaded into the diplomat. Mr. Croker lives in Ireland, and the first question put to him when he landed the other day was as to the situation there. “You folks know more about it than I do,” was the re- ply. He will be back there soon; and this is not a safe time for a non-com- batant, so to say, to discuss Irish af- fairs while on his travels. Whatever he might say would find its way there, and confront him upon his return. The topic is “loaded.” —_—————— Jefferson and Roosevelt. Thomas Jefferson desired to be re- membered as the ““Author of the Dec- {laration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.” The appeal is made in lettering on his tombstone.- But will he be remembered by his countrymen for those achievements longer than for his purchase of the Louistana terri- tory? What a great achievement that was! Much discussion has played around the subject. Did Mr. Jefferson ap- preciate the full value of his act? Man of vision that he was, did he foresee the development of what in the way of territory he was adding to the new country? Both the railroad and the telegraph were in the future. But what he deserves, and gets, credit for is the fact of the develop- ment that took place, and that the splendid empire into which his pur- chase has grown rests upon his acumen and courage as a statesman. That empire is a large part of the ‘wonder of wonderful America. Theodore Roosevelt achieved many big things, as executive, as author, as traveler, as man of action, and as one in whom the young men of his day found an inspiring example. But will he be remembered for anything longer than for his part in the building of the Panama canal? What a great thing that was! How necessary just such a man was at that time to deal with @ situation where the interests of the whole world had become involved in a petty squabble for a petty end! If, in time, the canal, as is likely, shall do more than shorten trade routes by sea; if, as is likely, it comes to be a blessing above all trade con- siderations, Mr. Roosevelt's fame will share in that as in all else growing out of a stupendous enterprise under- taken in the world’s behalf. ./ ——eee After his experience with the traffic police in New York, Babe Ruth is ex- pected to be content with the speed he can put into a ball with a well ai- rected bat. —— et Every encouragement is being offer- ¢ Obregon to manage Mexican affairs’ in & manper that will realize the ex- pectations aroused by his early speeches.. —e——————— Ponsl says that prison fare does not agres with him. There is no chance of his improving the service by giv- ing market tips to the walters. 1c Crushers’ Assoc] of ‘who grow the cottonseed BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL. Former Vice President of the United States. HE only surprising thing about Haywood's case Is the fact that his own pals and dupes have acknowl- edged his villainy instead of fol- lowing the customary course of trying to cover it up. That his long record of hairbreadth escapes from legal punishment for crimes that he had committed should culmi- nate in a getaway just when prison doors were about to receive him seems almost dlabolic. 3 He is to be compared only with the man who avoids upen conflict even with a cripple, but sneaks up from behind In the darkness and uses a knife; or to one who hires & man feebler-minded than himself to plant a bomb. Haywood was brave only at meetings of the faithful before whom he would ex- pand his chest, preclaim anew his allegiance to the cause and pose as the bravest of its defenders. * % % x He is gone; let him remain. The air of the penitentiary is sweeter for his absence. One may have ad- miration for Ajax defying the lightning or for a lunatie defying the law. but even those who fol- lowed Haywood surely have only supreme contempt for him now. ‘Well intentioned persons do not al- ways stop to examine motives nor follow them to a conclusion in order to determine whether they are good or bad, but readily assent to the doctrine propounded to them and cheerfully give allegiance to the self-appointed leader. Haywood flouted the jurisdiction of law, yet he submitted himself to that jurisdiction; he condemned courts of justice, yet in a court he tried to make it appear that he Was a respecter of law, a believer in the justice of courts. Being con- victed, he forfeits his bail, hies himself to unknown climes and lets his pupils suffer the consequences of his teachings. No wonder they are cursing him in Hebrew, Chal- daic and Syriac and in any other language that holds a cuss word. * % % % Men might be moved, maybe not to the point of respect, but at least to the point of pity, if those who think they are going to overthrow organized soclety should say whon they come in conflict therewi!! “We deny your jurisdiction; we re- fuse to respect your laws; we answer to none of your courts; we shall not plead guilty or not guilty. Your cr- ganized society may have power to break our bodies and atill our tongues, but it has not power to wring from us confessions that we have violated your laws, for what you call laws we do not recognize.” Such conduct would inspire a cer- tain degree of admiration and would soon bring to conclusion the con- flict which now seems irrepressible, and many men who are heing fool- ighly led along devious ways might be saved from that punishment which is visited upon the unwary as upon the vicious and criminal. It is utter folly for men to join the red agitation in America unless they have no other object than to get their names in the newspapers and their bodies in jail. So open are the avenues of redress for all real griev- ances at the ballot box and so ap- parent is it that it is far better to endure slight injustice at the hands of organized society than to dwell in a wilderness with ravenous beasts that anarchy will never be able to do more than irritate the American people. s x %3 Many of these foolish views are fostered no doubt by dwelling too much upon individual grievances. 1 remember that as a college boy studying phychology I became im- pressed with the truth of the state- ment of Sir Henry Maudsley that every man is a monomaniac, that there is always some subject upon ‘which a man cannot argue coolly and deliberately. Touch that subject and at once his pulse beats quicker; he begins to see red. This perhaps constitutes the dividing line between prejudice and opinion. There has been since the dawn 3 - i ‘ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 12, 1921—PART 2. : W OLITICS AT HOME{Lesson for Loose Thinkers In Unmasking of. Haywood ¢ of .education a never-ending con- fiict between labor and capital, and a thoughtful mind must con- clude that while there have been grievances upon both sides, labor has suffered the more. Right- thinking men, whether they be- longed to the capitalistic or labor- ing class, have been trying to do what they could to reach a fair and reasonable ~djustment of con- troversies as they arose, but two clasres always have hindéred. One class is represented by the parlor bolshevist—the useless rich fellow who dreams that what- ever is is wrong; as he is too lazy to take any hand in the real work of the world, he utters foolish ad- vice to show his hatred of wealth and to help restore mankind to barbarism. If he would confine his talk to his fellow fools he might be eliminated from the equation, but he talks publicly and publishes as well. Like Haywood, he remains faithful until put to the test, and then he calls for soldiers to preserve his property and to shoot down the men con- verted by his speeches and writ- ings. * ¥ X & The other class includes the oc- casional working nfan, who proves his liberty by laying off on Satur- day and working on Sunday, be- cause it is a double pay day; by refusing to do an honest day's work for an honest day's wag by intimidating his fellow-work- man, who chooses to work in free America. This man has listened too much to the wrongs and griev- ances of labor; he has, no doubt, suffered himself, and when he considers his wrongs his pulse beat quickens, his brain whirls. It is but a step until he becomes a slave, not in the sense that any one owns his body, but in the sense that he is no longer master of his own mind or his own judg- ment or his own conscience. He absorbs the flamboyant talk of men like Haywood; he sees what he believes to be inequalities and what, indeed, may be inequalities; he is easily led because his own grievances and passions are point- ing the way. Innocent and harmless mono- mania are to be humored and laughed at in America, but when insanity becomes dangerous to life and property it must be looked after. Every man who knows himself knows full well that he can, if he will, control the current of his own thoughts. Those un- fortunate men who listened to the foolish talk of Haywood and did not control their own thoughts have now discovered that whether there is a God in Israel, there is yet left in America the strong arm of the law. * % x % If those who dream that ever there is going to be a soviet gov- ernment in America will just stand on the street corners and observe thoughtfully the passers- by they will soon detect a,differ- ent current to their dream. They cannot but be convinced, if their minds are open, that the pillars of constructive labor in this country are not to be torn down. Too many men have little homes sheltering wives and children who are dear. Orators in parlors and on soap boxes will have a difficult task to convince them that the laws of the country should be defied for these home owners, who are hus- bands and fathers, who know they can, if they will, take 2 hand in law-making; the orators may ad- vise them to destroy life and property, but these home owners constitute most of the 30 per cent of the people of this country who regard life and property as sacred from assault. A half hour on a busy street corner should cause a dreamer to quit brooding over his grievances, to cast off the shackles of class prejudice which is binding him and to join the millions of self-re- specting, hard-working, small property owners of America. Oopyright, 1921, by Thomas B. Marshall) Oil on Troubled Tariff Waters The fats and oils industry of the United States, which was one of the principal problems of Hoover's food aéministration during the war, has now come besieging Congress, and es- pecially the ways and means commit- tee, not to impose a high protective tariff, because it would ruin the in- dustry. To appreciate what this in- dustry represents one must consider the close relations between the manu- facturers of soaps and candles, var- nish cottonseed oil, copra, cocoanut and peanut oils, margarine and lard compounds. There are a total of 3.000 this appeal to Con- firms supportin s fthem prominent in gress, many o foreign trade. Only & enmrn!!vely few of the cot- tonseed ers are urging the high protective tariff, and the committee representing the entire industry, in- cluding 'the Interstate Cotton Seed e iation, are urging upon Congress that it is to the pro- tection of the cottonseed producers, the lncers hogs and the farmers s e corn to feed the hogs that there should be no tariff. They ed the hog figure that if the tariff is impos t! oil d in for- and the lard exported will have to sell eign ets for less than here. We have those oils avallable. If we put a high tariff on the imported vegetable oils it would seriously cur- tafl the supply of raw materials for all the llll::d h?n.t"e:i h’!’lke the margarine ustry, whicl s anut oil and in consumed more than _100.000,000 pounds. If we have to pay a duty on ococoanut ofl it will mel.n”rl ing ne consumed the ce of nut mon’?o the consumer, because under the laws they can’t make nut mar- ne without using nut oil. 80 nothing more than 80 per cent of the entire uno’nnt o;fl:‘;!:t‘mued oil produced in this cou sumed in the manufacture of lard mpounds. The surplus of approxi- : oy 00,000,000 pounds is exported. s exported for the reason that This it is too-high grade oil to be used for inedible or technical pu s and at the same time too high in cost. The oils and fats industry feels that Europe is anxious to see th United States impose a duty on im- ported vegetable oils, for it would thus destroy competitive buying in the orient, and ipso facto cut the market price in Europe for American oils exported. 'The Europeans would bid against our fats and oils along the same price basis that they can securs the bils which we a tariff upon. This gives them at the start a differential of just so many cents. The_old story is being propagated that Europe desires our lard and cot- tonseed oil in preference to other oils and substitutes for lard, but those who have been in closest touch with the industry during and since the war declare this a fallacy. This has been proved during and since the war, they say, when the consumption of butter and lard substitutes and vege- table oils has been increased enor- mously, They are now contemplating plants, and some are already being erected, for the manufacture of but- ter and lard substitutes in European countries in competition against our ho_lghh.rd. e average annual production of hog lard in the packing industry is 1,100,000,000 pounds, and the average annual exports of lard is 600,000,000 pounds, so that more than half is exported. Summarized, the argument that is being made to Congress by the soap, lard compound and margarine makers against a tariff on oils is as follows: 1. Every increase of 1 cent in the price of oils increases the cost of a cake of ordinary household about one-fifth of a cent, and the cost of one pound of lard compound and oleomergarine about 1 cent. 2. A high duty would reduce im- portations; would mean that the United States would compete less for oriental oils; it would to a con. siderable ~extent take the United States out of the oriental market as a buyer; would leave Europe the only considerable buyer; enable Europe to get oils for lower prices; would re- duce correspondingly the cost in Eu- Tope of soap, lard compounds and margarine; would make it impossi- ble for the United States to export those articles to Europe and to coun- tries where we meet European com- petition. If Europe got cheap oriental oils and thus became able to make cheap lard compounds, the difference in price would tend to turn European consumption from relatively high- priced hog lard to the cheap lard compounds. That would decrease con- sumption in Europe of United States hog lard. 4. We now export more than half of all our hog lard. If these exports fall off, this lard would be put on our domestic market. The price here would then fall. That would carry down with it the price of lard com- pounds, which always run about 2 cents & pound under hog lard. That in turn wil} seed oil is compounds. depress_cottonseed oil. |to pay 132,000,000,000. because 80 per cent of -all the cotton- |the Germans are lik HEARD AND SEEN[PIFTY YEARS AG0 IN Chief Clerk Mooney of the Post Of- fice Department hereby has his atten- tion called ¢o that elevator push but- ton signaling “up” on the cars on the east side of the building. The ivory top has been off that but- ton for several months, and many comments on the lack have been made by visitors to the department. It is rather difficult to signal to the cars, although some use pencils to poke into the orifice. Timid woman visitors to the depart- ment are afraid to punch the button in its present depleted state, one being heard to declare she was afraid she might get electrocuted. The broken button could be fixed in about two minutes. * * % Picking up conversational French while eating the morning cereal is one of the ways Postmaster General Hays has devised of saving time. After Andrew Louchiou. the Greek youth he “inherited” from Col. George Harvey, has ordered his breakfast for him, about 8 am., the Postmaster General starts in on his daily lesson. “Bread,” “egg, ater,” are some of the words he has mastered to date. his way into the h his teacher plans to start him on more elaborate work. * * ¥ A curious instance of the stability which a large surface, although it may be a fragile one, lends to the hu- man animal may be witnessed in the big department building presided over by Postmaster General Hays. The Washington city post office formerly occupied most of the first floor of the building, and over the en- tire center space there is an immense “skylight.” held in a frame of iron. Practically the entire “roof’ is { glass, with the exception of the cross- bars, about three feet apart. Out on these crossbars walk laborers to clean the glass and paint up. Now, if they had to walk on the crossbars without the glass there, many would fall off daily, but as long as the glass is there they walk per- fectly —sure-footed, without ever thinking of falling. Yet a misstep would plunge a leg through the glass any time. That hap- pens now and then, but undoubtedly falls would occur much more often if the glass were gone. * * % A ocolored woman who came in to help at a household recently was at- tracted by a statuette of Napoleon reposing on the mantel. “Who is that?' she asked themis- tress of the house. “Why, that is Napoleon Bonaparte.” replied the woman. I just washed the statue—doesn't it look nice?" “Yes, ma'm.” replied the girl. Then, with great pride: “I washed William Shakespeare once.” * * * At a recent public meeting a wo- man got very much excited over the conduct of the orchestra. Officials of the District, government and of the British embassy were present. When they first entered the orchestra played “America” Later, when one of the embassy of- ficials arose, the musicians struck up a familiar air. “There they go playing our na- tional air again loudly exclaimed the woman. “They might at least play ‘God Save the King: CHARLES C. TRACEWELL. THE STAR. A serious strike on the part of laborers engaged in street improve- ments, under the Communistic board of public o works, and cer- Strike Leaders. tain private en- terprise fifty years ago. tied up those works temporarily and led to some disorder in Washington. Agi- tators sought to inflame the strikers to violence, but the action of the authorities quieted them, and the strike, after several days, was ad- Justed. The Star, referring to a | meeting of strikers, said in its issue of June 6, 1871: “If the laborers who are now seek- ing an increase of pay do mot wish to lose all hold upon public sym- pathy, they will at once repudiate the leadership of brutal, ignorant demagogues of the Marcellus West stripe. The most bloodthirsty and incendiary utterances of the Paris commune” did not much exceed in atrocity those howled out at the meeting last night by this fellow West and_one or two of his col- leagues. He urged the excited au- dience to go seek the contractors and the aristocrats and ‘strike terror into their hearts’ ‘Let us have their blood,’ said this would-be cutthroat. “Take their heads off their shoul- ders” ‘Let our motto be blood” he bellowed. “Another orator, Thomas Maroney. also invoked terrible punishment upon the heads of the bloated aristo- crats. To be clean-shaved or wear a shirt collar. even if paper. was. in the opinion of the truculent Maroney, a sufficient offensive attempt at su- periority to bring gory punishment upon the offender. “Now. we advise the laboring men to discard these demagogues of the Marcellus West kind. who seek to ride on their shoulders for their own selfish ends. Let them organize for the protection of their interests into respectable labor associations after the fashion of the trade unions of the mechanics They will then be able to demand and enforce their rights in a dignified. self-respecting, law-abiding way. But let us have no rant about gore and the heads of the contractors. Let us have no more attempts to enforce their de- mands by mob law, no more attempt to drive other laborers from their work. “How the present mischievously managed strike is injuring the la- boring men is shown by our George- town column. The coal trade there is to be suspended, coal shipments from Cuitberiand by canal have been stopped and will be diverted to Bal- timore by rail The boats at George- town will be sent to Alexandria to unload. In this way the extensive coal business here and the varied business connected with it, giving gmployment to so many laborers will be cut off. The money put in circulation here by the coal trade will go elsewhere. And vet worse. the price of coal will be increased to every comsumer. This is helping the laboring man with a vengeance “Another instance: The project of erecting a block of buildings near St. Aloysius Church, for which plans have been drawn and the money for the prosecution of the work brouzht here for investment from Philadelphia. was today aban- doned by the projector and the money returned to Philadelphia. because of the difficulties and enhanced cost brought on by the strike. Others contemplaling extensive improv ments propose to them at least for this season.” DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS German “Pro-Allies.” If the somewhat remarkable article in the Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin by {have Robert Friedlander is an example of Wwhat is to be expected from the lib- eral elements in Germany, it would seem that a definite effort was being mede to swing the Germans around to a sympathetic view of the reparations policy. While the writer does not grant that it is an economic possi- bility to carry out the terms in ail their details, he urges that effort be bent toward this end., and with faith that “experts” will justly determine the exact limits of Germany's ability to pay based on future developments. Mr. Friedlander, who is one of the country’s great industrial figures, says: “Tne ultimatum for the reparations is hard, very hard. It goes to the very limit of the future and prob- able capacity of payment of the Ger- man people. It certainly goes beyond its present capacity of payment. But it is not unreasonable. Therefore it is acceptable. It can be accepted con- scientiously and unconditionally, in good faith. “The reparations ultimatum,” he continues, “is acceptable because it is possible to carry out. It is possible to carry it out under certain conditions which are evident in themselves and which for this reason need not be set down in a treaty. It is possible to it out on condition that the abllity to work, the ingenuity, the spirit of enterprise of the Germans is able to become again what it was before the war. It is possible to carry it out on condition that no new parts of German territory are detached and that there are not continual disorders on the frontiers. “Here is the spirit of the ultimatum: Germany must pay for forty-two years what she is able to pay, neither more nor less. This is what we have agreed to. For we have lost a big war and this is what e great many of our politicians seem to lose sight of. The obligation which results from this fact is sufficient. But the au- thors of the ultimatum, like reasona- ble men, made no allusion in their document to the question of respon- sibility for the war, thus they have adopted in practice the Simons' point that ‘this verdict will be left to his- tory.’ “Of course, it is possible to choose twenty points in this document and to show the impossibilities, the injus- tice and the unbearable character of it. But this is not the moment to dis- cuss that. It is our fault that pre- cious time which ought to have been devoted to negotiating has been lost. “Now we must put it off till later. When we shall be able to refer to reasonable experts who, presumably, will form part of the guarantee com- mission. and by adequate, clear and positive proposals we may be able to obtain modifications.” Herr Friedlander then compares the terms of the agreement proposed in London by the Germans with those finally imposed by the allies and shows the moderation of the docu- ment finally decided upon by the ulti- “Reasonable men.” he continues, “in the adversaries’ camp have felt for a long time that political and responsi- ble men who made it appear to_the people as If victory would bring fan- tastic material returns, had prepared | great disillusions. “Ultra posse nemo tenetur,’ no power on earth can force any one to give more than he pos- sesses. “So they were obliged to find a formula answering in some way to the expectations of overheated imagi- nations and at the same time take into account practical possibilities. "hi ur leaders had thought of this. -Efl“lmfl's submitted a similar positive proi in London, it is pos- sible that we should have got off bet- ter—or, at , we should have gained the moral advantage of being able to show to the whole world that we are filled rnh an honest desire to make reparations. - was not the case, the idea aa e in the minds of the v vive ;:lll e::“ incapable of .discernment, that the Germans offered 30,000.000,000 in London, but that when they were |[gTo threatened with sanctions they agreed for the Germans not only to accept the material conditions, but to carry them out. We can do 50 if our people remained _internally sound— which, I think, they have in spite of indications of illness in the last years —and if we can produce and put in the right place far-seeing. energetic leaders with creative minds and a conscientious will to attain the end But after the experience of the last ten years, and particularly of the last two months, it is doubtful whether we are capable of it. “The fate of Germany.” he concludes “her future, her reputation are in our hands. Forward, then, to work:" “Evils” of Open Covenants. Lamenting the absence of “the old- fashioned diplomacy.” which would permit France and England to set- tle the still mooted Silesian question in the privacy of a secret session, the Petit Parisien (Paris) urges that a “patched-up compromise” made be- hind closed doors would be far bet- ter than a bootless and unbridled dis- cussion from the rostrum and in the press. It says: “The old secret diplomacy had many fauits: but at least it had the advan- tage of permitting the heads of friendly and allled governments to settle their differences otherwise than in public. A few hours’ discussion behind closed doors. even if somewhat lively, between the British and French premiers would do more toward the settlement of the Upper Silesian ques- tion than a whole week of dispute on the tribune or in the press of the two great allied countries. “Mr. Lloyd George believes that it is to the general interest of Europe, to the especial interest of England, and at the same time pure justice to attribute the mining and industrial district of Upper Silesia to Germany. “M. Briand believes that it is in the interest of European peace. to the interest of France in particular, at the same time as the most ele- mentary justice to attribute this same region to Poland. “The Versailles treaty foresaw the possibility of such a dispute. It charged ‘the principal allied and as- sociated powers’ to interpret the re- sults of the plebiscite and to decide in the last instance. The principal allied and associated powers are the United States, France. Great Britain, Italy and Japan. Common sense indi- cates that Versailles meant that the allies’ unanimous ver dict would oblige France and Eng- land to make a patched-up compro- mise for the much coveted mining district, but is the whole Versailles treaty anything else than a patched- up compromise; that is to say. a mid- dle way between the different opin- jons of five great allies and asso- ciates? “Now that the allies think they have settled definitely the formi- dable question of the German indem- nity, the settlement of the Upper Silesian business is the last danger ch separates us from the much red peace. t Dloyd George and M. Briand are too skillful pilots to lose the ship which carries the Anglo-French alliance and its fortune on this rock it is about to reach the Revival of the British Beard. A young man about town walked down Bond street in London recently. and the sight so shocked the sensi- tive British public that the Londbn Daily Chronicle saw fit to run the item as a news item. He was elegantly dressed, says the aper, and carried the familiar cane of Piccadilly, while_a monocle reposed in his right eye. But his beard was the masterpiece of the outfit. It was a well trimmed little pointed beard. very dark, it recalled the pictures of the Stuart kings, and created a sen- sation wherever it was seen. i The young man, except for his , was unmistakably English. “] don’t think that beards for young men are likely to be popular outside the West End,” a hairdresser in the neighborhood of Bond street told a Chronicle representative. “But certain young men about town appear to be tired of looking like stage heroes, and have decided to w beards. A beard makes some men look younger, and a man who has A ‘That's what weak mouth and a chin which they w.fll say. :ll‘hfl)’ recedes llll:lllfl wear both “This ought to be a point of honor mustache and beard.’ { s S Tt 5 4 By 2