Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1921, Page 6

/ THE EVENING STAR, With Sundsy Morning Bdition. i e imioges optmTY WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY . ee-. ... .June 14, 1821 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editer The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office. 11th St. and Penneylvania Ave. Bvent: , with the Sunday morning s debivered: by carrlers within the city month; daily coly, 45 cents per cents per month. Or- 20 lephone Main i S Daily and Su:::.f:.;!.. $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ All Other States. Daily and mw: = l}gl:gg- 1 mes 85c The Flag. A flag that is 144 years old holds in this era of changes in the world’s history a unique record. The Stars and Stripes as a national banner remains the same as at the time of its adop- tion and yet not the same. It is a different flag from that sewed by Betsy Ross, for it carries more stars. But it is the same flag in the principle upon which it is designed, a symbol, through its red stripes, of the sacri- fices that founded the republic; through its white stripes, the purity of the American ideal; through the stars set in the blue of heaven, guidance of divine influence in the maintenance of the republic. The flag has grown merely in the number of the stars. There were thirteen at first and now there are forty-eight. During the years of that wonderful progression great changes have occurred. No stars have been *jost.” No stain has been put upon the banner. It has been carried proud- 1y and honorably in war. It has been unfurled always in a good cause. It stands today as the token of & noble purpose, of a true democracy, of & progressive people who have from the . beginning gladly aided those less for- tunate of other lands. TUnhappy, indeed, is the man who eannot realize the meaning of the flag. Sad s the state of him to whom / the banner is but a bit of colored cloth to denote an official place or to make a ceremonial occasion. For he lacks the spirit of citizenship of which the flag is the symbol. If through its frequency the flag becomes common- place there is need of stimulation of the higher national motive. War sup- plies that stimulation. But what of peace? This annual observance of the dirthday of the flag., the commemora- tion of national memorial days—these are stirring factors. But for the great- er part of the vear the flag flies un- noticed. This should not be. Every American should pay a salute daily to the first flag he sees, recognizing 1t as the sign of the power that guides and protects him. ' The President and the Tariff. A strong effort is being made to dfaw the President into the tariff tangle on Capitol Hill. Will it suc- eoed? He does not set up for a tariff ezpert, and is not being appealed to a8 one. What is desired is the exer- cise of the influence of his office, which, ot course, is great. Mr. Wilson, according to report, had some experience of this kind in the ‘White House. He liked the.Under- ‘wood tariff measure as it had passed the House, and would have signed it in that shape. So that when the Sen- ate took the measure in hand and showed a purpose to make many changes, his influence was sought to dlock the purpose. But as he was not a tariff expert he refused to be drawn into the con- troversy. There was no question of the Senate’s right to review the House's work, and make whatever changes it pleased. Hence, Mr. Wil- son kept hands off, and let the war- ring democratic factions have it out between themselves. The controversy proved to be warm and protracted. The Sendte kept the measure under its reviewing glass for five months, searched it closely for defects, corrected all it found, and Mr. Wilson signed the measure as corrected. ‘Whether the Senate improved the measure was a question, and remains one. The House leaders did not allow the Senate’s contention, while the business world thought that both House and Senate had fallen down ‘with the job. Then the war came and changed the subject. 0 e l Among the leftover material found by the present administration is a quantity of red tape that is not regard- ed as promising a high valuation. —————— Another thing the practical farmer s looking for at present is some kind of organization that will guarantee a sufficiency of help at harvest time. Federal Road Supervision. Favorable report has just been or- dered by a Senate committee on a’ bill to create a federal highway com- mission that will establish an inter- state system of public roads. The pur- meager appropriations and without any definite plan, being content mere- 1y to keep up & few “pikes” that do not link up with the road lines of other states. It should be possible to travel from one end of the country to the other on good roads in any direction, through any combination of states. The de- velopment of the motor car has cre- ated a demand for such a system. States that have recognized this meed and have provided good roads have been included in the touring itineraries of travelers, and others have in neglect- ing their roads caused themselves to be neglected. There are states that no motorist from afar will enter, so bad are the highways. There are other states that motorists will eagerly seek, so good are the road lines, so depend- able the surfaces and so few the detours. One reason for & national system more comprehensive than the present $2¢ | is the need to standardize the work of road construction and maintenance. A wide variety of standards now. pre- vails. There are narrow roads and wide roads, raised roads and sunken roads, roads of all possible materials. And there are all kinds of road-building methods and of road-maintaining plans. There are states in which no detours are tolerated in the recon- struction or maintenance of roads, and others in which contractors are per- mitted to close long stretches of high- way for repalrs, meanwhile throw- ing tourists far out into the country over the most dangerous trails. Evidently .only through federal co- operation and standardization, effected by means of annual allocations of money, can the interstate road system be developed. Passage of the pending bill at this session is desirable, for motor travel in this country has be- come Sso universal that the develop- ment of means of country-wide touring is decidedly in the interest of the pub- lic welfare. Mr. Harding’s Health. The President's physician reports him as in fine health. The handshak- ing, the speechmaking, the frequent conferences have not feazed him. He has had an experience of three months, with every day of the time diligently put in. ‘The handshaking feature of a Presi- dent’s place is sometimes criticised as superfluous. Why grasp the hand of every caller, especially when there is a long line of callers? Why not a smile and a bow, and let it got at that? Such a greeting would chill. The people would resent it by staying away. A President should not be & lonely man. He ought to keep close to the people; and in order to do that he can afford a swelled hand occasion- ally. Better that than a swelled head and a resentful public. And there are those who would bar a President from the stump. They seem to think that the man who en- ters the White House should leave his voice behind. Why? Why, if the people want to hear him, and he has a message worth delivering, should he not address them on their invita- tion? And why not conferences and many of them, with men in office and men out of office, on the many questions a President has to deal with? What bet- ter way of ascertaining public senti- ment? and who stands so much in need of such information as the man at the very top of affairs? Mr. Harding is on the right track, and one may well wish him the abun- dant health and strength necessary to his task as long as the task lasts. ———— Mr. Glover's Retirement. Retirement of Charles C. Glover from the presidency of the Riggs Na- tional Bank does not wholly sever his connection with that institution, which has continued for fifty-five years. Mr. Glover will remain in a responsible capacity as chairman of the board of directors and will doubtless preserve his active identification with this in- stitution throughout his life. In his association with this bank Mr. Glover has witnessed many momentous changes In Washington. He has aided materially and conspicuously in the development of the capital. He has exerted his marked influence for the public betterment. He has placed in ‘Washington's annals a fine record of achievements in adornment of the cap- ital and in promotion of the city’s ma- terial welfare. —————— 1 The fact that Col. Bryan does not fully approve of Admiral Sims cannot in any way be construed as a threat- ened breach between the Army and the Navy. ————————— Carpentier wears silk pajamas, but Dempsey expects that on at least one occasion, the famous French fighter will be put to sleep without them. —ree——— Henry Ford has a little railroad of his own. A locomotive makes a pleas- ant plaything when a man grows tired of motor cars. —te———— The versatile commercialist, Mr. Washington Vanderlip, is at present specializing on an extraordinarily large scale in real estate. _ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, T. U, TUESDAY, bors do not like to complain. For that often leads to local warfare. Yet some- times these conditions prevail with no screen of solid fences to hide them. They are to be noted behind picket fences. Rarely are the householders Who permit these conditions on their premises owners. They are, as & rule, tenants who take no pride in the ap- Pearance of their lots and who need sharp official reminders of obligation to the public healith and general wel- fare to effect reform. If every Washingtonian who knows of such a condition would tip off the health officer it would greatly assist in making Washington clean. The citizen must overcome his natural re- pugnance at reporting his neighbor. His own health may depend upon it. Certainly there will never be a clean ‘Washington until all these back-yard trush piles are cleared out and every breeding place of insects destroyed. The Next Campaign. The republican national committee will get to work at once under its new head preparing for the next campaign. That campaign will take place next year, when a new Congress is to be elected. The republicans will have need of that body. A failure to control it would be claimed by their opponents Editorial Digest Chicago Sets an Example. The ‘“relevance to most American cities” of the defeat of the “high-pow- ered Thompson machine” in Chicago, which, as the Dally News (independ- ent) of, that city says, “developed en- gine trouble” in the judicial elections just held in Cook county, probably ac- counts largely for the widespread edi- torial comment following a compara- tively unimportant local election. The many newspapers which discuss the victory of a non-partisan coalition against the municipal machine agree that the “big popular revolt,” as the Providence Tribune (independent re- publican) calls it, can be explained by the fact that Mayor Thompson made a “fatal error” in attempting to bring the courts under political control. Thompson has been tolerated, the Philadelphia Bulletin (independent re- publican) points out, “in spite of ad- ministration scandals, pro-German de- flance of public sentiment during the war. and a general misbehavior which would have consigned the ordinary of- ficial to oblivion long ago.” But when “he went one step too far” and at- tempted to extend his dictation to the circuit bench the city which had seem- ed, the New York Post (independent) s4y8, to be “his vassal,” finally rose to the “defense of the one safeguard left it, and asserted itself in the spirit of ity pometimes forgotton motto, ‘T win “Bossism” in_politics exists largely because the people allow it to, the as a condemnation of the record of the | Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent present Congress, and hailed by the opposition as a forecast of 1924. On the other hand, republican con- trol could well be interpreted as evi- dence that the country is still with that party, and as counseling further legisiation along recognized republican Iines. The work of the committee will, it is 'said, be directed in the main from this town. It is a wise arrangement. Washington is headquarters, and the best place for surveying the national field. Now and then the opposite opinion is expressed. We are told that Wash- ington is a poor place—maybe the poorest—for such a survey; that public gentiment is not ascertainable or ao curately assessable from the capital; that something prevents. What that something is somehow escapes definition. The critics of ‘Washington content themselves with shaking their heads, talking vaguely, and warning party managers away. Nevertheless, Washington is head- quarters, and a good deal of prelim- inary campaign work can be very ef- fectively done here. . f Prudent Filipinos do not desire in- dependence unless it can be accom- panied by some form of insurance. \ The recent history of railroading has spoiled a great deal of the old-time enthusiasm for government owner- ship. 4 Russia’s vast natural resources are causing Lenin to pass a great deal of time taking stock and affixing price tags. ! Necessarily some time is required to get all the propaganda waste bas- keted, so that the desks may be cleared for regular business. i The relapse of the Hohenzollerns may be regarded as complete when even their scandals are no longer con- sidered matters of interest. f Bergdoll remains prominent in the news. He never aspired to be a pub- licity dodger. l There is still an element of Euro- pean population whose conception of true patriotiem is & readiness to fight all comers. ? A millionaire may cut a young wom- an out of his will, but he cannot de- prive her of a fame that may be valu- able for picture purposes. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. H oil. Deep within the earth are flowing Fountains vast of preclous oil. Men imagine them bestowing Youth and pleasure, free from toil. Sleepless nights, scheming, 'Mid the battle's fierce array, Fill the brain with fevered dreaming As the oil flows on its way. days . dark with Oil was made for lubrication. But, alas, it has been found Adding friction to creation, As this old world rolls around. An Enthusiast. ““What is your favorite pastime?” I am more interested in golf than any other form of relaxation,” replied Senator Sorghum. i “But I never see you playing the game.” “No. But it's the one most of my influential constituents are interested in. So I have studiously made it the j Subject of my most enthusiastic con- versation.” Jud Tunkine says nature puts enough scales on a fish to give it more of a bathing suit than some human beings wear. 2 Financing the Farm. The situation now appears Confused and quite alarming. The farmers all are financiers And financiers are farming. Berfous Moments. “The life of a sailor on shore is usually happy and carefree.” “It is,” replied Miss Cayenne. “Un- less he happens to be & naval officer with a turn for after-dinner speaking.” Pose is to establish a commission by| There are still some very dirty spots presidential appointment, each mem-|in Washington, notwithstanding the ber to receive a salary of $10,000 a{work of cleanup week. They were year, this rate being provided to en-|there at the end of the week. There able the government to secure thelare places where refuse has been services of men of high capacity. The|dumped virtually in the street and al- plan is to continue the annual appro-|lowed to remain. These odd corners priation of $100,000,000 to aid the states| seem to escape official eyes and also in building roads on the condition that|the searching, penetrative looks of the sums allocated to the states must | volunteer cleaners. It is desirable to be expended on interstate roads. go through the city with a fine-tooth Obviously it is necessary, if this|comb and get the trash all scraped country is ever to develop & system of |away and rounded up and destroyed. roads that will permit safe, comfort-| Thers are plenty of back yards that able travel from state to state and over | can be materially improved under in- long distances, for the government at|spection. There are places where least to supervise and co-ordinate the|trash has been piled in corners and road work of the states themselves.|literally weed-grown in the course of At present some of the states are much { months of neglect. more progressive than others in the| A leisurely airplane flight over way of highway building and main-| Washington, covering every block in tenance, Some are spending large|the city, would reveal some painfully sums annually and incidentally get-|dirty conditions behind the fences. As ting returns on their investment|a rule these conditions can be seen through increased travel within thejr |only from the back windows of the|years womummm;rmwmu b “Dar’s always disappointment ahead,” said Uncle Eben, “foh de boy who goes through college wif de ex- pectation of learnin’ enough to land him in a loafin’ job foh de rest of his life.” ‘In a.way detachable eyebrow: like cuff links. To ]viz n:e .ol": air 18 as bad as losing both.—To- ledo Blade. What will the papers print fifty of the golden 80 freq! from now in place democratic) thinks, and while “every | voter is armed with a brick to use he cares to, too often he does not care. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (dem ocratic) agrees that the American peo- ple are “usually too complacent and in- different to right and wrong when party is involved,” but they can never- theless ‘“usually be counted on to arouse themselves when the bench is the object sought by crooks.” Accord- ingly, the Philadelphia Public Ledger (independent) relates, “Chicago put its back to the wall when the judiciary was about to become Thompsonized,” which proved to the New York Globe (independent) that “demagogery can be cast out whenever the people are given an issue that really concerns them.” The greatest Interest in the elec- tion results to most writers lies its demonstration of the effectivene: of coalition in smashing part; chines. The Bitmingham Age Heral Aindependent democratic) rejoices that “democrats and republicans got to- gether for the common good” and thus “gave an inspiring example of the way partisanship can be set aside to beat a .powerful political machine,” and the Springfield Re- \publican (independent) feels that not only has “bossism” in Chicago .been badly crippled, but the whole “fiction of machine invulnerabllity has been exploded.” The victory of the coalition shows clearly to the Boston Post (independ- ent democritic) “that the mere politi- cal name is less potent at last than the reform spirit that was back of the fight,” and In that, the Post feels, lies “encouragement to every city in the land.” because, after all, as the . Indianapolis ~ News (independent) ®Ather ironically remarks, ‘“there ireally Is no reason why the people of a city should not manage their own affairs.” The “aignal triumph for decency,” as the New York World (democratic) calls the Thompson defeat, the Lousiville Courier Journal (dem cratic) declares, “a triumph of de- mocracy over one of democracy's evils.” that of permitting the growth, “under a party banner, of a power- ful political machine 'which El the moral of the Thompson defeut is that the secret of the s of such political organi- aations “the apathy that exist among those whom politice does not affect personally.” The New York Times (independent tic) draws this moral con- “This disaster of a sordid party ‘machine shows the power of awakened civic consclence. It shows that only by union of all the ele- ments that desire clean, effective con- duct and administration in all de- partments of a municipal government can such administration and conduct be obtained.” This “arousing of a public con- science,” which worked such reform in Chicago, “is an excellent sign for the whole country,” the Boston Tran- script (independent republican) be- lieves, and should afford “encourage- ment for the people of all cities stru, gling under &imilar conditions.” The defeat of the Thompson machine is indeed “the most hopeful thing the country has seen.” in the opinion of the Milwaukee Journal (independent) because it proves that in one place !;d'l;“l ‘(heh Ifmit of reaction and indifference has been reacl m’f“nudfmh“ turned.” fediand e Chicago Post (independent) i generous in" according full eocar to the new woman voters who contribut- ed materially to the result. “If it is true that the women of Chicago were chiefly responsible” for that remsult, the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (inde- vendent) feels that “woman suffrage has Scored a home run which cun hardly fail to please even many its opponents.” © PR RS Reason Toward Mexico. The objections of the Mexican v ernment to the terins laid down i {he {American memorandum turned on one main point. That President Obregon, in making & treaty, couid not over- ride provisions of the constitution of 1917 was oo sound doctrine not to command respect in Washington. It would be an amazing policy, in be- half of American oil interests in Mexico, to insist that he take matters into his own hands and exceed his constitutional powers. For the firm position he has maintained he should receive not unfriendly criticism, but the fullest approval. The Latin American states, including Mexico, have long needéd less personal “Bov- ernment and more regard for funda- mental law in high places. With certain fair modifications in the terms of the United States, the assent of Mexico would seem to be reasonably certain. The Obregon gov- ernment has given evidence of its willingness to comply with any de- mands with which it can compiy. It {has even gone to the trouble to indi- |uu through Senor Panl, secretary of foreign relations, that amendments to the Mexican constitution cannot be made by presidential decree, but 'in the regular way must come as the |renull of action by the senate. Our i8tate Department may not have lack- ed this information, but it is time that it should be recalled to the at- tention of persons disposed to over- ‘hastiness. There should be better progress to- ward an early understanding between {Mexico and the United States, if after agreeing that certain ends were to be sought. it were left to the Mexican government to adhere to methods not at variance with its constitution. In the demands originally. made on President Obregon throtugh Charge d’Affaires Surmmnerlin at Mexico City too little regard was had for Mexico’ rights as a nation. It is not a ques- tion of imposing upon a meighboring country conditions of a treaty pre- scribed in advance, but of according to Mexico the standing of a sover- eign state in theé negotiation of a treaty.—New York World (demo- cratic). U Illinois insane man became sane as s00n as his' teeth were drawn. 80 did Germany.—Saginaw News- Courler. Nature must have been grouchy when it invented the polson ivy.— Sioux City Journal. ‘When a doctor treats a patient these days the matter takes on a new significance.—Seattle Post-Intel- ligencer. “Rainfall Relleves Famine in China—Millions of Chinese Lies Have Been Saved!"—New York Times Stet!—Wall Street Journal. Astronomers tell us that only 5,000 ordinary stars can be seen with the speaking. nearly naked naked “eye. 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