Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1921, Page 6

"THE EVENING WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.....November 18, 1931 JTHEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor e — Z {fhe Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office. 11th S¢. and Pennaylvania Ave. ¥ New York Offiew: 100 Nasean S¢. Chicago Office: First Notions) Hank Bullding. Baropean Office: 2 Regent 8t., Londen, England. o Evenin; thin the 45 cents ronth, gy oalY, month; only, T only. 0" ecta g manth. - Be- be went by mall, or telephone Main ders m, 5080. Collection 1s by carriers at the o2a ot cach mimn 243 DY Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginis. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $8.49; 1 mo., 70c Daily only. 1 yr... $6.00: 1 mo., 5 Sunday only. 1yr. $2 40: 1 mo., 26¢ AR Other States. Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10. Daily enly... 1 7. Stnday only. $3.1 —_— mo., 85¢ mo., 60c mo., 25¢ = 1yr., - Lowering Freight Rates. Agreement by the railway execu- tives to effect a voluntary reduction of 10 per cent in freight rates on agri- cultural products is a wise move and & necessary one if the railroads are to continue to have public support in their efforts to struggle out of the Minancial morass into which the war and the period of government opera- tion plunged them. The announce- ment comes none too soon nor is the . measure of the reduction any greater .than is necessary to satisfy public expectations. Had the railway man- agements gone ahead with their plans to press for further wage reductions without any concessions in the way of cheapened transportation it is more than likely that when another crisis came in relations with their employes they would have found a much dimin- ished volume of public support back of their contentions. Every reduction in freight rates is hound to result in increased business and increased revenues for the car- riers, and the swing of the circle will Jbring lowered costs of equipment and materials for replacement and low- &red cost of living fér railroad work- @rs, so that gradual wage reductions may come logically and without in- .Justice, and the public has a right to @xpect that this process wilt continue until the cost of transportation is brought to a level of relative equity in respect to the cost of other commodi- ties. ‘When on October 22 last the United States Steel Corporation announced a reduction of $7 a ton in the price of steel rails—a matter of direct concern to the railroads—Judge Gary preached a little sermon which the railroad managers might well take to heart. In .the course of it he said: “Present costs of production do not justify this ac- fion, but it is hoped and expected re- ductions in . freight rates znd other- _wise, together with larger operations, will soon have a beneficial effect upon bur costs.” In those few words is said all there is to say about the only practical process of deftation. And it is a *process in which the railroads neces- sarily must share, despite the fact * that government control deprived them *5t all opportunity to participate in ex- cessive war profits and at the same ,time burdened them with tremendous operating costs in the determining living income, especially for a man|our use of it systematic and unerring. «, With Sunday Morning Editlen. fenp o family. Not until the wer| But, big and difficult as the task is, came and costsr of living advanced sharply was there any material relief system was adopted, eonditions that it was possible to ob- tain the services of better men. But still the seale of pay remains too low, lower than in most other citles. The process of correction is by no means , with the l:hl morning | complete. ‘When it is realized that upon the fidelity, skill and bravery of the fire- men depends the security of the com- munity, the low scale of pay that pre vails ig little short of shameful. These men are the safeguard of the lives of half a milllon peeple. The fact that 0C | during the greater part of the day | they have nothing to do is of ne mo- ment. When they are summoned to duty they must work to the limit with- out thought of their own safety. In- deed, the less they have to do, the mare time they spend in the fire en- gine houses, the higher their efficiency. The ideal state would be a high-paid fire department that never had to go to a fire. The physical comditions in the fire department of the District have been improved in recent years, but there remain some arrears. Some of the old buildinga used for fire quarters should be abandoned for new ones. The me- chanical apparatus is excellent. The men are given the best possible facili- ties and they make the best poesible use of them. With a higher pay scale and some building replacements the District’s fire department will rank with the best in the country. And that is what Washington should have in every branch of its municipal or- ganization. ———————— Views as to Submarines. The differences in American and British views as to submarines ought to lend themselves to speedy and amicable adjustment by the delégates to the armament conference. The whole tone of the conference has been one of such generous consideration for the interests and necessities of others that it is inconceivable that serfous stumbling block. war, it is easy to understand British aversion to that weapon, but the mere fact that an instrument has been abused is bardly warrant for abolish- ing it if it has possibilities of proper usefulness. Such a rule of procedure would put out of existence some of mankind’s greatest blessings. Tne thing to do, it would seem, would be to outlaw the submarine as a ‘‘weapon of the assassin” and to limit it to uses which are proper and humane, so far as any weapon of warfare can be said to be humane. The American naval experts hold that the submarine is necessary to proper defense of our extensive coast line. But defense of coast lines does not call for submarines with cruising radiuses of 3,000 to 5,000 miles, so that feature of the British contention might be conceded. Limiting sub- marine tonnage is much more im- portant from an economic than from a military viewpoint, for once & na- tion went to war ail limits would be of ‘which tihre owners of the roads had | o¢r and submarines can be built quick- no voice. The Special Session. Iy end in large numbers. On this phase of the contention the logic of the argument is in favor of the Amer- position. If America needs ican The special session is drawing | gy pmarines for defense they must be a close. It began in April. A recese|, . .mcient numbers to guard against of thivty days was taken. Six months, then, measure the working period. How about the record? The democrats affect to like it. a surprise attack in the early stages of a war. Great Britain's oppesition to submarines is that an enemy would use them as weapons of offense, so They claim to see votes in it, and @ty , . ats from a tonnage limit predent are talking about controlling the next House. 1t is not the record the republicans swere expected to make. It is not the one they tried to make. It falls short of last year's campaign promises. But it bas good features, and they afford good texts for campaign oratory. 'However, the next House will not be chosen on this record. If the record of the regular session is up to the mark; if business revives under it, even measurably, and the outlook next fall is bright for the business 't.xflfl‘“ the record of the special ses- sion, no matter the use made of it the ‘opposition on the stump, will '&)nq{fixure on election day. The vetens~will comgider their surround- il it they are satisfactory the power will get the benefit. t oy “it will be necessary to make later, the redeeming, record ex- gly good. There was a chill in (eek's election returns, though would continue only until the enemy had time to build. The nations parties to the confer- ence now in session might well agree that attacks without warning on mer- chant shipping by submarines was without the pale of civilized warfare, and when the nations remembered the fate of Germany it is extremely un- likely that any combatant of the fu- ture would’outlaw itself by resert to such a barbarous practice. ————— The great lesson taught by the un- known soldier who was buried at Ar- lington is the need of & world under- standing that wil] call for no similar ceremonials in the future. The man is lheld in sacred memory for seif-sacrifice in the combat of civilization against greed and ignorance. —————————— The local chieftaincy of police rep- resents one of the numerous instances issues were nowhere in evi-| wognington D. C., affords of & very dence. and no mention was made of | 00 job with a rather small salary. Mbo Sixtyeighth Congress by either pardyy, In some of the local contests 1democratic majorities were large sadsgwoduced a heartening effect on +meg, Who only a year ago were burled ompder an avalanche of republican 9, i, Those men are up and about ‘agatr and preparing for ancther en- sagement. .. Without naming any names, the presents itself that an im- At candidate for the Nobel peace prize will be & gentleman whose in- itialsare W. G. H. -y ndbe District’s Firefighters. #esAdvocacy of better pay for the Dis- | service is to be wholly American. trict firemen was given emphatic ex- .J@ssion last night at the annual smoker of the City Firefighters’ Asso- by & member of Congress, the tary of Labor and the Engineer Commissioner of the District. All of thedd officials declared their willing- #eew to assist the firemen to get higher compensation. Actually only ene of the three is disesZy in a posi- tipn 0. effect this result, the member of tha House of Representatives. Mr. ,Q/Brien has a vots on matters of Dis- JArict appropriation. The Commission- erp may recommend increases, but it i up to the House, and the Senate following, to appropriate the money. ‘The Secretary of Labor exercises only & moral influence in the matter, but it ,should be a.potent influence, as he is *§n a position to measure the value of Wervices. ‘While the treatment of the Dis- triot’s firemen has been liberal in the ——— e 1If battleships are on the verge of obsolescence in warfare, taxpayers the world over will see all the more reason for dispensing with them. —_——————————— The motto of the diplomatist who seeks to solve problems of fmpartance to mankind is, “Go near east, young ——— e e Americans for American Service. The vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation announces that by January 1 all allens in the foreign service of the corporation will have been eliminated. After that date the This statement accompanies the an- nouncement: Reports from abroad show that on June 16 the European personnel con- sisted of 539 employes and an annual pay roll of $980,000. This had beer re- daced on November 13 to 424 and & pay roll of $780,000. The latest fig- ures_avallable show that on Septem- ber 30 177 Americans_were employed by the corporation in European poi as against 272 aliens. This proportion has been greatly. lessened since then. This is good policy. Our whole sea service, of whatsver description, from top to bottom, should be performed by American citisens, who have the country’s interests first in mind and at heart, and who may be relied on to advance those interests in every way in their power. Putting America on the water again 80 as to realizs popular expectation is a big task, and calls for hard work and teaemwork. We are bucking a strong line. Among those composing it are nations with many years of sea recent past it has not been liberal | experience, and great success to their (s ris, wes & time when the | credit. We cunnst hepe to hold a it iz net beyond cur powers, We are accustomed to success in our under- ‘takkings. We have-reached our posi- [tion in the world by lookimg things squarely in the face and tackiing them without trepidation, no matter their size, and the spirit is umex- hausted. p ————————— Turkey Prices. * Just why turkeys should be selling | 30 cents a pound higher in Washing- ton than in Baltimore seems to e ane of those things, as Lord Dundreery said, no fellow can find out. Appar- ently it just happens, but it happens so regularly that it begins to look as’ if somebody has picked Washingion out as an easy mark. In this present case the local prospect is that turkeys, now selling at 50 cents per pound alive and 56 cents dressed, will go h?:ubum papers, of course, T3 cents a pound this year. At the same time the Baltimore praspect is STQR .lml"’ indeed, that it was hardly a wmwuflmhwm. Editorial Digest Is There a Turning of the Tide? ‘When a senator fram New Mexico and = representative from Massachu- setts were elected on- the republican ticket by a comfortable margin about two months ago, most of the demo- cratic and all of the republican press regarded. the results as indicating not.only that the political tide had not turned, but that it was still running strongly in republican favor. Since thren ldcal elections have been held in several states, resulting, broadly speaking, In democratic victory. Now the democratic papers are convinced that “the {ide has turned,” and a num- ber of republican papers are inclined to think they are right about Iit. Writers of both parties who Interpret the recent elections as an unmistak- able swing toward democracy hold a ilatory Congress and broken cam- aign progises responsible. Snm(!;"ro‘; n their colleagues are easily upset and that the democratic spokesmen are wazxing strong on very slight nour- that the selling price will fall. This|ishment. mesns one of two things, that mare “Ome political extreme usually leads to another,” the Lincoln (Neb.) State turkeys will be put into Balttmare|joyrnal (independent republican) ob- then are now available in the market, ar that turkeys will be held out of the ‘Washington market. If there is any square dealing in the turkey trade r'those Baltimore turkeys ought to flow into the Washington market to get the higher prices. In which case, it the law of supply and demand has any force whatever, the Washington price would fall and the Baltimore price rise. The Secretary of Lahor, noting this tendency toward excessive turkey priees, declares that he will eat corned and cabbage for his Thanksgiv- ing dinner rather than pay 79 cents a pound for cold storage turkey. This is good talk, and it would be a most inspiring example toa submissive buy- ing public if Mr. Davis were to resort to this change of diet as a protest. There will be many to follow him. But why should ;such a protest be neces- sary? Is there no way to correct so flagrant an abuse? Surely no one can possibly justify a difference of 10 cents a pound between Washington and Baltimore in the retail price of a this secondary issue should become a | food commodity that is just as avail- able in the local markets as in those Having in mind how the very life | forty miles away. Here is ‘white meat of Great Britain was menaced by Ger- |for somebody in the Department of man submarines during the world | Justice. —_—— Henry Ford says there is one man employed for every horsepower of ma- chinery in a factory. How much man- power is employed after the ma- chinery is delivered to the public is still a matter for computation. But there is obvigusly enough to warrant the belief that it is manpower upon which the world must depend, no mat- ter how ingenious and complex the mechanical devices may become. —te——————— The Washington conference pro- ceeded in a manner which permits the plain, everyday reporter who vera- serves, and “seasoned politicians of both parties knew that the elections of this year would have to show some measure of political reaction from last year,” and the returns “suggest that ‘the back-sweep of the tide is strong enough to promise a hard fight next year.” Indeed, the developments In the recent elections are “dangerous to the republican party” and the Sioux City Journal (republican) thinks it should be warned “by these upsets that it will have to bestir itself be- fore the congressional elections roll around.” The country “has grown im- patient,” the Knoxville Journal and Tribune (republican) concedes, “under the delay on the part of Congress to pass a tax law,” and it suspects that therein lies “the chief trouble” in the republican reverses. But the Duluth Herald (independent) Ands “little political significance in these elections,” since “reaction from he tremendous republican landslide of 1920 is inevitable,” and, in the opinion of the paper, “wholesome” as well, “if it does not bring in 1922 the curse of a divided government,”. although it, too, ‘ecls that the returns cannot be inter- oreted_to mean “that the republicans san afford to grow careless, for they an't” There is “no more palitical sig- aificance” in the results of the state slections “than there was in the enor- mous republican majority of last year,” as the Muskegon Chronicle (in- jependent) sees it, for now that “that gesture of irritation has been made” it @ perfeetly natural “that there shou'd be a swing backward to normal” and while “on the face of the returns the minority party scems entitled to claim a1 success,” nevertheless, there was more national significance in “the el tions of the earifer fall in Mas chusetts and New Mexico”: a point which the Milwaukee Sentinel (republi- an) develops further. These were the only elections last year, it says, “in which national issues were involved and which could in any way be regarded as_indicating sentiment toward the re- publican party or the present admini ration,” and the result was “unmistal able indorsement,” while the later elec- tions “cannot be regarded as an index 5t sentiment as to mational issues for he same reason that in none of them 1id national issues cut any figure.” The Arizona Republican (Phoenix, independent progressive) does not regard the returns as being indica- tive of anything, least of all a demo- cratic coup, and the Hartford Courant (republican) thinks “it is early to worry over republican losses ciously presents the news to be more | have not yet oceurred, or to crow interesting than the most adept lit- tersteur who devotes himself to specu- lative ecomomics. —_————— The efforts of soviet Russia to so- licit funds do not secure results cal- culated to reflect much credit on Trotsky’s efforts as & prospectus writer. ——— ‘It is recorded that Gen. Pershing led the applause in the parley. A born leader will be recognized, no matter what the cireumstances. ——— It is possible that the ex-kaiser's mood bas softened sufficiently to per- suade him to take up golf instead of woodchopping. —_—————————— Some of the mare conservative theatrical managers are disposed to favor a program of legs limitation. —— A long time ago Col. House advised the world to tranquillize. It may be that his advice will be followed. Lenin appareptly realizes that ter- rorizing the world is no way to per- suade it to lend money. —_—— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Lobbyists. I used to know a lobbyist— And that was long ago— ‘Who shook you blandly by the fist; His voice was sweet and low. He handed you a big cigar And took you out to lunch, Or bade you lean gzainst the bar, The coffee grains to munch. He showed a great selective skill In ordering fancy fare. He'd break a new ten-dollar bill And never seem to care. The problem which he sought to solve ‘With mild persuasive stress, A million dollars might involve, But, 2s a rule, much less. The lobbyist who works today Makes billion-dollar deals. The greeting affable and gay No longer he reveals. An opulent, exclusive elf, He'll solemnly insist On calling notice to himself As a philanthropist. Hours and Minutes. “Your constituents regard you the man of the hour, do they not?” “They used to,” replied Senator Sorghum. “But at present I'm lucky if they stand for a twenty-minute speech.” Jud Tunkins says you have to watch the man who is always telling you not to worry. He may be trying to put something over on you. Varying Impressions. On racing it is wrong to bet. Qur moral tone we must exalt. But if a winner you can get - It's hard to realize the fault. Wise, Indeed. - . “Soloman was the wisest man." “He was,” assented Miss Cayenne. “He knew how to manage a very large numl of wives without & sin- gle divorce Red - “I tends to my business,” said Uncle Hben, “and I ain’ got no use foh one ©* dese fussmakin’ agitators dat tells me I ain® got no business tendin’ to my bustneme | g A over democratic gains not yet real- fized. “Local issues,” the Baltimore Sun (independent democratic) states, “al- ways supply explanations when no others are available”. but, it asks, “if there had been elections in forty states instead of five, who can say whether these ‘local causes’ might not have been.just as pronounced?” The elections were of “minor im- portance,” the Springfield Republican (independent) concedes, the returns “displayed an unmistak- able democratic drift,” which, the Utica Observer (democratic) remarks, “can give no comfort to the gentle-| men who have full charge at Wash- ington, where promises have been thrown to the winds,” and which “must cause the national adminis- tration to wonder if the people are not becoming dissatisfied.” The War God’s Friends. Just now the forces and the inter- ests that live and profit by war are dazed and reeling from the tremen- dous impact of the American pro- posals. The white-hot enthusiasm with which the world is welcoming the proj destruction of existing armadas and. the ten-year building truce has cowed the selfish. They have bowed to the whirlwind that but—— These proposals of America strike at jobs and careers, at dividends and industrial dreams; at great plants and wintera on the Riviera, and at mighty yards and mills and shops and at private yachts drifting under Caribbean moons. They will wipe out men's future and dwindle fortunes made or in the making. In them there will be a far-reaching readjustment of many of the world's greatest in- dustries, and the distur of cient and vested interests. For these roposals will cut through one of the oldest, thickest and deepest of the taproots of war. their logical end, they will make old institutions and ancient crafts no more than a song that is sung or a tale that Is told. These vested interests and their allies will fight. If the more impres- sive and powerful machinery of war at sea is to vanish, it will go because the vested interests of war cannot hinder its going. The men who-lay keels, forge rifles, roll armor plate and hammer out gun turrets cannot be ex- pected to welcome the ending of their day. Nor can the men who point hese guns and command these ships. —Philadelphia Public Ledger (inde- pendent). The Farmer and His Markets. A delegation of stockmen at Wash- ington complained of the low prices which the grower is able.to get for his cattle, and predicted that unless given the protection of a high tarlff. within the next- two or three years. But what the farmer needs is not a high tariff; rather, he needs an exten- sion of the market for what he pro- duces. The chief problem is how to enable Europe and other parts of the old world to buy and éventually pay for American products—agricultural or other. new ones? The emergency tariff act, which has just been extended, and the proposed permanent tariff bill threat- en to deprive American farmers of such markets as they now have. There are demands from every side for higher tarift duties, and some of the interests clamoring for more protec- tion could easily manage to thrive with less than they now have. Little is heard in Washington about more trage with Europe and ‘freer inter- change of goods. ing for a higher tariff wall to shut forelgn goods out of the American market. It the live stock men at Washington would have a concrete example of tariff wall futility they should con- sider what the emergency tariff has done for the farmer in the matter of the price of wheat.—St. Joseph News- Press (independent). That's what we built the ships for in the first place—to scrap.—Boston Herald. ‘ Executive: Any man who has sense enough to pick able men to do the work.—Baltimore Sun. Headline: “Grave Announcement May Follow Meeting With Ulster- ites.” Whose grave?’—Columbia (8. C.) State. i It you save Four) 'Q'.lhlh;‘!l. louag care e wi aks your will.—Burliagton 5"1-. an-! Carried through to | the country will face a meat famine | What is congress doing to expand | America’'s foreign markets or open; Everybody 1s call- | THE E’VKKING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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