Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1921, Page 6

THE EVENING sT AR’ source of information compares for With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D C. accuracy with that of the men in charge there. When the President and the major- ity in Congress are of the same party FRIDAY..........July 29, 19231 | ;poir relations are very close. They share between them responsibility for THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor | the exercise of the law-making power. A Evening Star Newspaper Company The veto gives the President the right of review; and this suggests consuita- Business Office, ut"nm at. l‘v;:‘ Pennsyivania Ave. | tjons while measures are in the shap- New York Office. Chicago Office: Firat European Office: 3 Regent 8t., The Evening Sta «dition, s dellvered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per mont Londou, England. s T ‘ationa) Bank Butieing. | Ing. The way between Capitol Hill and with the Sunday morning | the White House is open now, and the lally only. 45 cents per | distance not great. Why, then, should month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. OF | ot the President and those in charge ders m: 5000. end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40: 1 mo,, 70¢ Daily only. 1yr., $6.00: 1 mo., 50c Sunday only 1yr.. $2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; 1mo., 85¢ Daily only. 2 00: 1 mo.. & Sunday only De went by mall, or telephone The Southern Sanitary Situation. Promptly upon the announcement from the White House that President Harding had addressed communica- tions to the head of the public health service and the American Red Cross, calling upon them to organize for the relief of the people of the cotton sec- tions of the south, suffering from in- adequate food and from pellagra, pro- tests arose from that part of the cquntry! There was no famine in the south and there was no more than the usual prevalence of pellagra, stated governors and state health officers and representative citizens. A conflict of fact appeared. The President based his letters to the public health service and the Red Cross upon re- ports received by him. Yet it was to be assumed that those who spoke so promptly and vigorously for the south- ern states were fully acquainted with conditions and could be expected to know as much about them as any fed- eral official. Now a conference has been called, to be held in this city on the 4th of August, at which the whole situation will be discussed. If the public health service is wrong and there is no un- usual prevalence of pellagra and no exceptional lack of wholesome food among the poorer people of the south the figures will quickly demonstrate at the meeting.. And the country will greatly rejoice. It is of no moment particularly how the official reports on which the President based his letters originated. It is, of course, of moment to the south if those reports are un- warranted. And it is of special mo- ment to the country at large if aid is not needed. It cannot be—indeed, it is not denied | ~—that the cotton market is in a most unfavorable condition, and that this seriously affects the southern economic situation. Whether it has gone so far as to cause suffering among the people of the cotton belts for lack of whole- some food should be a matter of easy | demonstration. And if this condition exists there should be no hesitation | about admitting it. If the resources of the states are not sufficient to pro- vide relief for the sufferers from this unfavorable state of the market for the great staple product of the south it is the duty of the federal govern- ment to aid and the people of the country will gladly respond to any call for assistance. Let there be full information on this subject. If an injustice has been done by the executive announcement no harm has been inflicted. If, on the] other hand, there is an abnormaj de- gree of suffering for lack of good food, it there is an unusual prevalence of the disease that comes from eating unwholesome food, let there be no con- cealment of the fact, but a speedy ac- ceptance of such aid as the situation requires. ——— Laymen and Experts. The average layman, puzzled ang puzzling over the Fordney bill, finds comfort in the fact that even tariff experts are at odds over the measure as it now stands. Some predict it will promote, others that it will dis- courage, importations. Some put the revenue figure high, others low. Some see it easy, others difficult, of ad- ministration. This is simply another reminder that we h&ve entered upon new times and conditions. We are all, including the experts, a little at sea. We are not following a charted course, but heading, all hope, in the right direc- tion. There is comfort likewise in the fact that if mistakes are made they can be promptly: corrected. If the measure as law fails in operation, it can be put right in such particulars as operation shows necessary. The demand is for & law that will accomplish two things —produce a liberal amount of revenue, and encourage business. Revenue we must have, and only revived business conditions can produce it. It the measure is defective to any considerable degree the fact will soon appear, and, appearing, force a remedy. The country wants, and needs, a tariff law on straight protection lines. The had{of j¢, Collection 8 made by carriers at the |l in Congress meet frequently if not regularly at the council table and ex- change news and views for the good of the order? The Playground-Safety Fund. Prompt response by the citizens of ‘Washington to Commissioner Oyster's appeal for funds to open the school playgrounds to the children during the summer indicates that the community is keenly alive to the importance of maintaining these places of juvenile recreation regardless of the season. Indeed, it is generally felt that the playgrounds are more necessary in summer during the vacatign period than at any other time of the year. Little doubt can be felt that enough money will be subscribed to open all the grounds and maintain them until the reopening of the schoois. It is a queer condition that calls for | this resort to the public purse in order that the children of Washington should have proper recreation space at the time when they are most in need ‘The school playgrounds during nine months of the year are available to them for certain hours of the day. But of general public playgrounds, supplementing those school spaces, there are not enough to meet the re- quirements. Large areas of the city are unprovided with them. Some of these public spaces are privately own- ed and may be closed at any time by the reclamation of the grounds for building purposes. Only by opening the school playgrounds can the sum- mer sports and plays of the children in safety be insured. ‘Washington is very much behind other cities in this respect of protec- tion to the children while playing. It started tardily to provide these spaces and the provisions for them have been meager and halting. Yet there can be no doubt that playgrounds save lives and limbs by taking the children off the streets, where they are in con- stant peril. Instead of curtailing the playground facilities in summer the city should increase them. There should be within a few blocks of every home in Wash- ington a space where the youngsters can romp and play their games in security, with equipment and appa- ratus, and with supervision. As it is there are at least 25,000 children today in the District who cannot safely and conveniently reach a public play- ground. And if they could all do so those spaces would be jammed beyond tion. The result is that thousands of these children are in the streets from morning until night, exposed to the perils of traffic. A check sent to Commissioner Oyster may be the means of saving a life. Send it quickly, so that no more time may be lost, for time lost means an increase of the danger to which the children of the capital are hourly exposed. ———————— No amount of discussion or climatic warmth prevent a suthmer immediate- ly following that of a presidential cam- paign from seeming comparatively restful. ——————————— A government concerned for the happiness of the people cannot ignore the fact that the railroads are regard- ed as indispensable both to business and to pleasure. ————————— On a hot summer night it is im- possible to secure the proper degree of sympathy for a person who has no place to sleep except outdoors in the park. —————— Base ball fans who grow tired of the grandstand or bleachers can fol- low interesting points of the game in a cool, shady courtroom. Suggestions for future revision al- ways arise while a tariff is still in course of construction. ———— The Greeks in Asia Minor. ‘The Greek campaign in Asia Minor is progressing far. beyond western ex- pectations. The forces of Constan- tine, following up their initial success at Kutala, next took the important railway junction point at Eskishehr and have pressed onward along the railway line toward Angora, the Tark- ish nationalist capital. It has been reported that the nationalists, fearing inability to hold Angora against at- tack, have removed the capital to Sivas, about 225 miles in air line east people so voted last year, and this Congress is In session to obey those in- structions. If at first it falls to suc- ceed, it must try again, and in the two regular sesslons will have the time. ' The I. W. W. is being encouraged as a great movement. Wherever it pauses 1t is invited to move on. | ———ee—————— The President and Legislation. of Angora. The Turks suffered heavy losses at both Kutala and Eskishehr and in the retreat from the latter place. Even the Turkish accounts ad- mitted a serious depletion of Kemal Pasha's army, though in a late dis- patch from Constantinople the nation- alist prime minister was quoted as as- suring the national assembly that though the Turks had been obliged to ‘vield ground the Greeks had suffered terrible losses themselves. A report was current soon after the the possibility of any sport or recrea-; The President stands to get full in-|capture of Eskishehr and the begin- formation about the congressional sit- | ning of the Turkish retreat from An- vation. Leading republican senators|gora that Kemal Pasha had opened dined with him the other night, and |negotiations for a cessation of hostil- leading republican ~répresentatives|ities, approdching the allied powers dined with him last night. On both|with a request for intercession. This, occasions thé congressional card was | however, is now-denied in official ad- the topic, the legislatord reporting on | vices received at London. These dis- measures now before them and those | patches minimize the moral effect of scheduled for early presentation, and |the Greek successes on the Turks and the President giving his views as to|also the losses inflicted. But there is what should be done. no discounting the fact that Constan- ‘Why should not this become a regu- | tine’s army has pressed fully 100 miles ‘lar thing? The cabinet meetings yield | eastward of Kutaia, the point of the information about departmental mat-|initial successful encounter. This ters important for the President to|throws them so far to the east of have. Would it not be well for him |Isémid, which lies on an arm of the sea to be kept as promptly informed about |of Marmora about fifty miles from congressional matters? It is important { Constantinople, that further Turkish for him to know the progress of af.}occupation of the city and the penin. fairs on Capitol Hill; and, of course, no | sula-.is. rendered dangerouss A de-, i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. cision to evacuate the penirisula is reported, the Greeks having. started & column toward Adabazar, which lies only about twenty-five miles east of Ismid. If Kemal is not speedy in get- ting his troops out of this pocket it may be closed upon them and another heavy loss inflicted. Whatever may have been the mis- takes of the first Greek campaign in Asia Minor, they are evidently not be- ing repeated and a bright prospect appears for a large measure of success. Two Tariff Law: The Gorman-Wilson low—1894— heads the list of failures in our tariff legislation. The man under whose direction it was drawn and passed through the House favored a very low tariff—was almost a confessed free trader. The measure, however, even under his shaping, carried a smart de- gree of protection. When it reached the Senate for re- view it fell into the hands of a con- fessed protectionist. Mr. Gorman made | no secret of his tariff views, and he applied them to the Wilson bill. He not only gave a twist to the protec- tion the bill already cargied, but added new protection features? Failure was inevitable. A hodge-podge of that sort cannot succeed. The Dingley law—1897—heads the list of successes in our tariff legisla- tion. It was a straightout protection measure. Those who drew it in the House and those who reviewed it in the Senate were members of the same tariff school. They differed as to some details, but were working to a com- \mon end—the protection of American {industries and American wage scales and standards of living for wage-earn- ers. The work thus turned out suc- ceeded beyond the expectation of its authors. It was a symmetrical act, and bound to win in operation. The authors of the Fordney bill and the men who will review it in the | Senate are members of the same tariff school. They ought to work, not at cross-purposes, but to a common end. If they do, and turn out a symmetrical law, they may have their reward, and the country through them its reward, as in the case of the Dingley law twenty-four years ago. l Little encouragement is offered Lenin's hope that capital for recon- struction purposes would make a rush to see sovietism first. l Statesmen and capitalists evidently enjoy an outing that permits them to about the weather like other people. f Counterfeiters of revenue stamps are doing everything possible to make the outside of the bottle as reprehensible as the contents. i New York state assembly is dis- ! turbed because one of its members ac- cepted the gift of a silver service | worth a little over $1,100. So small a | donation would appear to be in line | with a discussion of the tipping evil. ! Railroads need cash capital to en- able them to profit by experience. ————— Limitation of arms is perhaps the largest item possible in a world pro- gram of practical economy. l ‘When universal peace has been at- tained Col. W. J. Bryan may point with pride to the fact that he was al- ways in favor of it, as he was in favor of that other successfully conducted campaign which resulted in prohibi- tion. l The automobile is relied on to pay the tax almost as much as the for- eigner used to be. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Ships and the Man. A sailor man While on the sea Pursues a plan From sorrow free. ‘When for a trip On shore he goes, His foot will slip, He stubs his toes. Ships on the wave All know, ’'tis clear, How to behave, And where to steer. But when on land The shipping strays, A mix-up grand It seqms to raise. Economy. “Economy ought to be an easy mat- r ““The only difficulty about economy,’ replied Senator Sorghum, “is the be- lief of the individual that everybody else ought to practice it and relieve him of the necessity of bothering.” tel Stops En Route. “Have you allowed for the stops in your contemplated tour?"” “Not all,” replied Mr. Chuggins. “We have a list of the hotels, but there's no reliable way of figuring on the station houses and repair shops.” Agricultural Elegance. Beneath the touch of wealth appears A landscape very charming. The farmers now are financiers. The financlers try farming. Jud Tunkins says that whenever he commutes he wishes he was a boy|which are to be removed. again, so he could regard riding on a railroad train as a way to have a good time. Disappointed in Charles. “Charley, dear,” said young Mrs. Torkins, “I am sorry about the way you acted at the base ball game.” lciency. dismiss extraordinary cares and talk| {tive jmiss _Editorial Digest The Ship Board Deficit. When Chairman Lasker announced that Uncle Sam must pay a $380,000,x 000 deficit to salvage the Shipping Board, it left the American news- papers little to do. but express their indignation at the bad news and their ihope that the new head of the board, whom most of them praise-for his frankness, would make the best of it. There are few suggestions, ex- cept that offenders be punished and that present expenditures be cut down. There is a tendency on the part of a number of writers to accept the deficit which “astounded” the Presi- dent as a matter of course. “All that ever happens when the govern- ment sets its hand to any business is that the public gets poorer serv- ice, pays a very high price for it in the first instance, and, in the sec- ond instance, is submerged by tidal waves of taxes to wash out the stag- icit of ruinous government This opinion, expressed w York Herald (independ- einforced” by Mr. Lasker's } by the report. The Philadelphia Bulletin (repub- lican) believes that this view is soon to be accepted by the general public: “The vision of a great government owned and operated merchant ma- rine, bearing the flag over the seven seas and establishing a primacy for American _carrying trade, solely through the magic of government ownership and management, has largely passed. 1If the delusion still lingers in any mind, the sooner it is dispelled, the better.” The Springfield Union (republican) likewise believes that “it is no longer a shock to the public to discover that the government cannot do such things without losses public treasury. This is due to the fact, the Union belicves, that “the human equation loses much of its value” in government enterprises; but the Birmingham Age-Herald (inde- pendent democratic) attributes it to more sinister causes. A merchant ma- rine. it declares, “will be a liability {instead cf an asset as long as it is {controlled by politicians, time-Servers and governmental misfits.” Thus “the only door to a merchant ‘w York Tribune (re- blican) declares, is “private owner- hip and operation with government assistance, if necessary.” The Boston Transcript (independent republican), asserting that “the evils of govern- ment ownership when applied to great systems of land transportation” have now become evident in the failure on the high seas, concludes with the plea: “Let the government get out of the shipping business it retired from the railroad business.” However, not all the writers are content to dismiss the matter simply on the basis of Uncle Sam's_inefli- The New York Evyening Post’ (independent) lays down *three fundamental reasons for the shipping tangle. First, it was built at war cost. Second, “it is now thrown on a broken-back world marke and in the third § “the former Shppi Board administration sinned agains intelligence and courage” by selling ships “at home and abroad on attrac- terms before the market began to fall” and by not tying up ships where operation involved a lo: “however hard a blow that might ha been to our pride and our aspira- tions.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (inde- pendent). aiming at the same point, touches on the political aspect of the situation: “A republican Congress has been in power more than two years. There has been both change of party and change of condition, with recently a change of administration, Why not a quicker change of system? Not a cent more of public money should be voted to a_public merchant marine operation until the system has been changed.” The New York World (democratic) hopes the experience will serve Chair- er as an example. “He will it remarks, “to rely no more upon Congress for assistance in his treuble than the law requires, lest he find himself worse off than before.” The Philadelphia Public Ledger (inde- pendent) declares “there i8 no excuse in businesslike America, where we pride ourselves on our fiacal science and our financial astuteness,” for this “hit-or- accounting. Punishment, it con- cludes, “of those guilty 6f proved dere- Iction may be taken for granted.” The people of the United States, as the Bal- timore Sun (independent ' democratic) remarks in a similar vein, “are thor- oughly sick, tired and disgusted with such exhibition of crass incompetency, or worse. in Washington. They are in no mood to hear any apologies for them.” Railroad Valuations. Nearly a decade has passed since the Interstate Commerce Commission embarked on what it belleved to be a frontal assault on the railroad problem—the valuation of the car- riers. That work is still being car- ried on. From time to time state- ments have been issued by the rail- roads saving that the official valua- tion fuily - vindicated their book values. Outside of that they have con- tributed nothing to the current study of the transportation problem. Many of the high hopes held out for the result of this great constructive work of valuation have faded and vanished. The nation has spent more than $16,000,000 on a valuation of its rail- roads only to find that the fluctua- tion of money during the war infla- tion, and after, has practically rendered it valueless. If a valua- tion is zned to ascertain the original cost of building the carriers, it 18 not necessary, for that fact can be ascertained by consulting _the books -of the roads themselves. If it is designed to ascertain the repro- duction cost, the whole issue re- volves around the time at which the valuation is made. Certainly a re- production cost based on war-time values would be decidedly favorable to the roads. The same issue enters into an effort to ascertain the so- called “fair value,” which is the mean { between the original construction cost and the reproduction cost.—Baltimore Sun (independent democratic). Three-Cent Postage. Internal tax revision now before the House at Washington. involves the provision of new taxes,‘as well as the abolition of excessive burdens| now borne. No administrative econ- omy possible will offset the loss of the excess profit taxes and the re- duction of the eXorbitant surtaxes which are now driving capital out of business into tax-exempt refuges, and at the same time cover the reduction in the general income and corporation tax receipts which is inevitable. Revision must, to a considerable degree, mean the substitution of more equitable taxes for some of the un- reasonable taxes imposed during the emergency of war. All new taxes are objectionable. ~Therefore substitutes which_are proposed are to be judged only in comparison with the taxes It is not a question whether a new tax is or is not desirable. Is it less undesira- ble than the tax which it may re- lieve? The suggestion of a return to three-cent postage and the imposition of a stamp tax on bank checks Is to be considered in this light. There is no clamor, or even applause, for either.. But the extra cent on letter postage will produce $100,000,000 in “You refer to the fact that ¥ threw|reévenue & vyear, and the stamp on a couple of oranges at the umpire?” “Yes. It was inexcusable. You not only destroyed some perfectly good fruit, but you missed ‘him both times.” ——————— In the pending beer bill issue Wayne B. Wheeler's admonition to Congress is “Drink to me _only with thine ayes.”—Philadelphia North American. - ‘We see at once the foolishness of attributing the crime wave to women and costumes. Adam did the same thing and failed to get-away with it. ~—Portiand-Oregonian, = bank checks as much. if not more. The burden will be widely distributed. It will not be bmk~brel¥xlng for any individual or interest. These taxes will not be a permanent part of the revenue system, but ‘merely emer- gency resources, which can be aban- doned readily. The natfon is not ready for the general sales tax, or the spending tax, which Congressman Mills of New York has devised, either of which would make the problem of tax revision fairly easy. And until it is, rellef levies of the kind referred to, all more or less nuisance taxes, among which the less are o be sought out in preference to the ater, must be utilised.—Philadelphia Bul- letin (independent republican)e hat come out of thej RIDAY, JULY 29, 1921. ey “Without the treacherous help | of cathartics” A simple food which gradually replaces laxatives In addition, because of its freshness (you get it fresh daily) Fleischmann’s Yeast helps the intes- tines in their elimination of waste matter. Fleisch- mann’s Yeast was tested for this purpose in lead- ing medical institutions. Chronic cases of con- stipation, some even of years’ duration, responded. Fleischmann’s Yeast is by its very nature better suited to the stomach and intestines than the ordinary laxatives, and being a food it cannot form a habit. Eat 1 to 3 cakes of Flcischmann’s Yeast a day. Have it on the table at home and on your desk at the office. Eat it plain, spread on bread, or dissolved in milk or fruit juices. You will like its fresh, distinctive flavor and the clean wholesome taste it leaves in your mouth. It is assimi- lated just like any other food. Only one precaution: if troubled with gas, dissolve ycast first in boiling water. This does not affect the efficacy of the yeast. Place a standing order with your grocer for Fleischmann’s Yeast and get it fresh daily. Send 4 cents in stamps for the interesting booklet, “The New Importance of Yeast in Diet.” Address THE FLEISCH- MANN COMPANY, 701 Washington St., New York, N. Y. E who can control chronic constipation without the treacherous help of cathar- tics makes a ‘booster’ of his patient.” This quotation from a doctor’s essay on con- stipation carries a message of great significance to thousands of men and women. It is now recognized that cathartics never re- move the causes of constipation. Indeed, one physician states that the indiscriminate use of cathartics is probably one of the most frequent causes of constipation. For many years there has been pressing need for some simple food that would help restore normal conditions. And now scientists have dis- covered it in the familiar little cake of Fleisch- mann’s Yeast. First came the startling discovery that Fleisch- mann’s Yeast in itself is a wonderful food, rich in the mysterious water-soluble vitamine. Then it was found that Fleischmann’s Yeast builds up the body tissues, keeps the body resistant todisease. A food—not a laxative A noted specialist in his latest book saysof freshcompressed yeast: “It should be much more frequently given in illness in which there is intestinal disturbance, especially if it is associated with constipation. In cases of constipation remember that Fleischmann's Yeast is a corrective food, not a laxative. It should be taken over a period of time from two weeks to a month in order to restore normal habits. Do not discontinue the customary cathartic abruptly. Reduce it gradually. To help the body eliminate waste and restore normal conditions eat 1 ta 3 cakes of Fleischmann’s Yeast a day. Out today New Victor Records Augdust 1921 hie Brasla %rico&rm: Number Size Prire 64967 10 $1.25 88635 12 1.75 6494¢ 10 88636 12 64968 10 64969 10 87327 10 64970 74692 12 74691 12 64971 88637 64972 45248 45249 13753 18762 18769 10771 18772 18773 18774 Girometta (My Sweetheart) T’ m’ Arricordo e Napule (Memories of Naples) Dream Faces Masked Ball—Morro ma prima in grazia (I Die, Yet First Implore Thee) CounhLDnnce (Contredanse) (Beethoven-Elman) Violin Swing Low, Sweet Chariot When the Roses Bloom Spmu ance, No. (Romanza Andaluza) (Sarasate) Scheherazade—The Young Prince and the Young Valse in D Flat Major (Chopin) Piano Falstaff—L’Onore! Ladri! (Your Honor! Ruffians!) Madrigal de Mai (Madrigal of May) Mother Machree SHc:a.zo in E Flat Minor (Salvi) ming anion etta !ll"h ghe.ForefstY (Sous Bois) inking of You - Carolina Lullaby Star of the Sea—Reverie et M tion Drowsy Head—Medley Waltz Isle of Paradise—Medley Waltz St. Louis Blues—Fox Trot Jazz Me Blues—Fox Trot I'm Nobody’s Baby—Fox Trot Listening—Fox Trot All By Myself Anna in Indiana Violin Harp Harp [ e s s sl ad e v 8 Rakaal B8 Hawaiian Guitars Hawaiian Guitars B &R VICTOR TAL Dovml;omler Don’t You Remember the Time? Little Crumbs of Happiness amsen—fox Trot Song of India—Fox Trot to Smile— Fox Trot Learn Oh Me! Oh My!—Medley Fox Trot Stars und Stripes March Forever—| Golden Star . 18775 18776 18777 18778 35709 I and His Orchestra Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Sousa’s Band Sousa’s Band 5 Camden, New Jersey - beraask KING MACHINE COMPANY