Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1923, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, ‘With Slll!d!viMorfllng Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY. . .January 3, 1023 THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th § New York Office: 150 3 5 Chicago Office: Tower Building. Buropean Otfice : 16 Legent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, s delivered by carriers within the city at 80 cents per month: da )5. 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mail or telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday Dally only Sunday only. ., T0¢ S0¢ All Other States. Daily and Suaday..1 vr., $10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ Daily enl 1yr., $7.00;1mo., 60c Sunday onl 1yr., $3.00: 1 mo/, 26c Member of the Associated Press. The Associntes Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- natcho credited to it or not otherwise credited his and_also the local news pub- 1 rights of publication of ved. Warns Against Coal Strike. There is asse a confer ond repr miners the led in Chicago today mine owners ntatives of the organized the al fields ange | to take | cen n bitun purpose of whict ar er scale con- st day of | riext Ma have fail general Prelimi d to result in agreement on principles necessarily under- lving a new wage agreement, and if no better success attends the confer- ence which began today the country will be w three months of the deadly menace of another coal strike. That the situation is one which may result in most serious consequences is ecognized by the United States Coal Commission d by Congress to inquire into all phases of the coal in-| dustry, inc e prevention of strikes. J Hays Hammond, chair- man of the commission, has sent a committees consti- tuting the Chicago conference, urging of promptly vising some plan to avert the pos- lity of another suspension of coal production. “E Its while in doubt as to you and awaits with anxiety and success- | " he wired, oncluding sentence which well may give both the opera- and ners food for serious thought: “Your agreement will spare e commission the necessity of fixing the blame for failure to adjust your differences.” Tf the operators and miners will not adjust their differences, and if another coal strike is permitted to occur at the beginning of April. it will be fortunate for the public that this commission is in existence to fix the blame for fail- ure to reach an agreement. If an- other coal strike is permitted to occur the wrath of a long-suffering public is going to be a terrible thing to reckon with, and it is necessary that that wrath should not be ignorantly directed. During the last strike pub- lc opinfon had difficulty in determin- ing whether the mine owners or miners were the more to blame, but no such difficulty will exist next April. The commission headed by Mr. Ham- mond. and of which former Vice Presi- dent Marshall and other confidence- inspiring men are members, will pro- ceed to fix the blame, and the public will accept its findings as against all the camouflage and propaganda which either side may put out. That is why it not only is a timely but a very solemn warning which the commission has wired the conference sitting in Chicago. hin cre e “obvious necessi the speedy of your labe a ful outcom: and added | America and Japan. The ambassadorship to Japan, now vacant, is one of the most important of our diplomatic billets. Our relations with that country, for awhile somewhat strained, are today in satisfactory condition. The mischief- makers have lost their power. We un- derstand Japan and Japan us far bet- ter than for some years. Tt 18 desirable that this condition be maintained. The orient is a developing aquarter of the world, and Japan is the most advanced country in that quar- ter. We have a stake in that quarter. Our orlental outpost is under thor- oughly competent direction. Governor General Wood at Manila is familiar with the whole eastern question, and has the full confidence of the Hard- ing administration. We shall be well served, therefore, so far as the east is concerned, if a man as competent as Gen. Wood at Manila and as our am- bassador at Peking is sent to Tokio. Charles B. Warren, who is return- ing from Japan, has acquitted himself well in his place. Private business has forced his retirement from the public service. A man of his caliber succeed- ing him would continue the good work he has performed. It so happens that a new ambas- sador from Japan to this country is now en route to Washington to take up his duties. So that with @ new man representing Japan here, and & new man of ours representing us at Toklo, Japanese-American relations will take on & new interest. —_——— The history of conferences has proved that a change of climate does not necessarily involve a change of sentiment. From Car Checker to President. One of the great packing corpora- tions of Chicago has just been re- organized, to relieve the head of it, long identified with the company, of the pressure of active administration, and e new man has been named presi- dent. Twenty-seven years ago he en- tered the employ of the corporation as @ car checker, an humble position requiring no special talent, but exact- ing scrupulous care and fidelity. Some one observed his attention to duty and gave him a promotion. He made good ‘wherever he was placed, as he went higher up the line. Finally he became n salesman, and was soon noted as one of the most efficlent men in the or- ganimtion in this respect. When the war came he handled all the huge THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON orders of the government for the sup- | should knew that the breaking down ply of the troops. Now, at less than fifty years of age, he is the head of the works. ‘This man’s career tells its own story of the value of sticking to one line of work. Had he become dissatisfied with his environment and his immediate occupation and drifted off to other em- ployment he would probably now be a car checker or a subordinate in an- other department, or perhaps & poorly paid assistant in some other line of business. A man of twenty-three is apt to see things in & narrow perspec- tive, despite the supposed broad vision of youth, and to be impatient with the relatively slow procedure of promotion in a great organization. But F. E. White had the unfortunately excep- tional ability to stick. He learned the business thoroughly, and now as presi- dent of & corporation of enormous capitalization and activity he has reaped his reward for persistence. Most of the great American suc- cesses have been scored by such quali- ties. The record is full of such in- stances of men rising through the ranks to positions of command. They have made good, in most cases, by fol- lowing one general rule, to do as well as possible whatever work is assigned, and to be willing to do more. Wise em- ployers are always on the watch for such men, who do not shirk extra duty. who turn in a little more than a full day's work, whodo not watch the clock and who regard their employ- ment as a privilege rather than as a zht. While not all can rise to the top, those who show these qualities never remain at the bottom. The Toll of Tuberculosis. Statistics made public by the Dis- trict health officer show that despite the advances made in the conquest of tuberculosis that disease took @ larger toll of death in the capital dur- ing the calendar vear 1922 than any other. Of the 6,268 persons who died in Washington, 488 succumbed to tu- berculosis, out of 1,333 cases reported. Tuberculosis is preventable and curable. Sanitary science has greatly aided in its conquest, and medical science has advanced in its treatment { until with proper precaution and suf- ficlent warning sufferers may be saved. Right living conditions are requisite. however, and the main effort of those who are enlisted in the campaign | against this disease, which formerly held humanity under terror, is to cor- rect insanitary conditions. Fresh air, clean surroundings, good, wholesome food and proper exercise are essential to health. Poverty is the primary aid to tubercu- losis. Many persons who become infect- ed with the germ of this disease cannot afford the change of climate or the change of diet or the correction of liv- ing conditions that must be had if im provement is to be gained. They must keep at work, if adults, until they wear themselves down in vitality and give the insidious bacillus a chance to develop and multiply. If they are minors they perhaps must work when they should be resting, or they are neglected because there is no money for their proper treatment end care. Thus the fight against tuberculosis, which the community must wage rather than the individual, requires funds. Recently, as in other years, Washington provided means to carry on the organized work by purchasing “health seals.” But liberal as were the donations through this means the fund is not large enough. The statistics given to the public by Dr. Fowler show that more money is needed for this District-wide work of proper nutri- tion, of clinics, of sanitary supervision, of diet aid and finally of nursing and medical treatment. Neglect is one of the main causes of tuberculosis spread. A highly con- tagious disease, it 1s imperative, if the community is to be safeguarded from {t, that everybody be instructed in the need of scrupulous care in at- tending to the first symptoms and the need of precaution against spreading the disease principle. In every way possible it is necessary to carry to every person in the District the direct word of warning. The organized agencles for this service require and deserve the fullest financial support. For the fight against tuberculosis is for the preservation of the health of everybody, and those who are well today owe it to themselves and their families to lessen the chances of the development of the disease anywhere in Washington. B e T The German republic is reported to be In danger owing to a general col- lapse of economic conditions. The pessimism which inspired so much German philosophy has been vindi- cated, bt Col. Harvey is at work orf & report. Curiosity naturally arises as to ‘whether he will meke it a cold pre- sentation of facts or relapse into his old-time fondness for making every sentence snappy. ————— So far as the coal supply- is con- cerned France continues to predict a hard winter for her neighbor on the east. e e Gov. Sproul’s Strong Words. The non-enforcement of the prohibi- tion law is a9 conspicuous in Pennsyl- vania as elsewhere, and in dealing with the subject Gov. Sproul, on the eve of retiring from office, says in his final message to the legislature: Bootlegging has become a business of astounding proportions, and un- doubtedly much of the banditry and other crimes which now are h ing the country have their gen n the school of outlawry fostered by the fllegal trade of intoxicants. We are rearing a fine brood of criminale ‘which it will require siern measures to suppress. Young end inexperienced men are meking of this matter a sort of “lark” —making it partake of the nature of a schoolboy’s prank with the police— dodging the “cop” and committing some small offense as a joke on him.. They do not reflect on the connection between viclating one law and an- other—are not aware of the fact that in patronizing and encouraging the bootleggers they are in a way and to @ degree encouraging criminality in general. But this excuse cannot be offered for men._of mature years, experienced in | affairs, and fully responsibie to the public for thelr acts and all the con- neotions end consequences. They of respect ‘for law cannot be localized or limited in effect, but must, and does, run a long and disastrous course, The man who cannot se¢ how this subject is developing and that it will cut an important figure in next year's national campaign lacks vision, or is closely occupled with other subjects. ———————— Gov. Smith’s Inaugural. {In a well considered inaugurel ad- dresg, Gov. Smith safd Albany Mon- b g 'We have in this state, as we should have, party government under repre- sentative democracy, The only vehicle for #scertaining the public will and then giving it force and effect after- ward is party government, After describing the line that action should take, the governor continued: In order to accomplish this, here, in this public place, today I ask the co- operation of the legislature. If they think T am right, T ask them to eco- operate with me. If they think I am wrong, T ask them to confer with me, Gov.' Smith is nat expecting, and could not assist in producing, millen- nialistic conditions. New York is New York, the theater of intensive politics, and he an alert New York politician, all the year round. The coming months at Albany will show some spirited political maneuverings. At the same time he is doubtless sin- cere in his overture to the legislature, the lower house of ‘which is republi- can. There must be agreement be- {tween the legistature and the ‘execu- tive in order to secure action, and the governor asks a conference whenever agreement is lacking Our politics, state and national, would be greatly improved if less at- tention were paid to putting the other fellow “in @ hole.” It is luring and exciting sport, but may easily be, and sometimes is, carried too far. It is not fair or safe to assume that the other fellow is always wrong, and when he 1s right he i entitled to co-operation. In soliciting conferences Gov. Smith sounds the right note. President Hard- ing has sounded it here. Rough streets in the District of Co- lumbia might make more of an im- pression on several members of Con- gress if they had to ride over them on a campaign tour. l Having spent extravagant sums in cafes to see the New Year in, the pub- lic will now revert to the discussion of the high cost of living. f The forestry service has doubtless preserved many trees, but it has from time to time caused the political ax to fall. ! His anxiety to get back from Europe is consistent with Bergdoll's inclina- tion to keep as far away from wars as possible. # The ex-kaiser says he was advised to commit suicide. That was at least one piece of bad advice he did not take. l Friends of old John Barleycorn con- tinue to assert that prohibition ought to be used in moderation. f Russian dancers and musicians are doing all they can to rescue popular taste in this country from jazz. ? A few of the war profiteers may be money was practically forced on them. f European parleys move from city to city in the hope evidently that change of scene will allay nervous tendencies. Prohibition agents announced New Year resolutions and kept them rigor- ously. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Kind-Heartedness. Bill Bliggins is a miscreant, and yet To blame him never was the slight- est use. In every instance he has promptly met An accusation with a good excuse. ‘Whenever he was placed beneath ar- rest ‘The officers would sigh and stand apart, As he declared that he had done his best ‘To show a generous kindliness of heart. He robbed & bootleg bréther of his wares And shot him up, alarm. He said he hoped, by means of such affairs, To lift the mortgage from his father’s farm. He looted shops because his mother dear Desired some samples of the jewel- er’s art. Bill made the hardest-hearted shed a tear For such & noble kindliness of heart. creating much The Money’s Worth. “Your constituents say your speeches ere not as entertaining as they used to be.” ““Well,” replied Senator Sorghum, “they ought to be reasonable, and re- member & man in my position doesn't draw the salary of a great public en- tertainer.” Jud Tunkins says there are people who would rather be gossiped about than net be noticed. ‘The Friend Indeed. The friend most pleasing to the sight Is not the friend most trusty. The snow Is beautiful and white. Good coal is black and dusty. Held to Earth. “Your boy Josh seems to be tal- ented.” “Yes,” said Farmer Corntossel,” and T'm sorry for it. It don't seem right to expect & boy to do chores when any- body can see he was cut out to be & bank president or & motion picture star. \ “Al lot o' folks," sald Uncle Hben, “hes already fohgot about Happy New Year' an’ is now engaged tryin’ to make somedody mis‘able.” tempted to put up a plea that the| 1 e ——— Washington D. C., WEDNESDAY,- Observations BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. “American Individualism,” Herbert Hoover's much-discussed new book, is not the Secretary of Commerce's maiden effort in literature. Twenty years ago, when he was a young min- ing engineer, he collaborated with Mrs. Hoover in a translation of Agricola’s “De Re Metallica,” long since become a standard work among disciples of metallurgy. Not many people know that Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, while both were single, were fellow students of mining at Leland Stanford University. The Commerce Secretary’s first venture in book writ- ing was in 1908, when he produced a treatise on “Principles of Mining."” Among his numerous claims to dis- tinction, Mr. Hoover is probably America’s champlon holder of "uni- versity degrees. He is entitled to call himself a doctor of Brown, Pennsyl- vania, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, George Washington, Dartmouth, Boston, Rutgers, Alabam Oberlin, Liege, Brussels, Warsaw, Cracow, Oxford, Rensselaer, Tufts, Swarthmore, Wil- liams, Manchester and California. The sheepskin Hoover is sald to prize most of all is his certificate of honorary citizenship of Belgium. Maj. Gen. Hatsutaro Haraguchi, imperial Japanese military attache in ‘Washington, survived a New Year day experience which convinced him that American women are past masters in the gentle art of repartee. The gal- lant soldierman of Nippon had par- taken of his ration of egg-nogg at an afternoon party—somewhere in the northwest. It was his first introduc- tion to the traditional, if proscribed, American holiday concoction. He was much intrigued by it, and, as he bade good-bye to the charming lady who had done duty at the bowl, he said: “'Adleu, Miss Egg-Nogg.” To which Eh?(l tly rejoined: “Au revoir, Gen, Besldes making the acqualntance of a shrewd financier, Washington will greet a skillful politiclan in Stanley Baldwin, M. P. the British chancellor of the exchequer, who will be here in a day ar two to talk debt affairs with our government. Mr. Baldwin was one of the engineers- in-chief of the coalition revolt which overthrew David Lloyd George. He was Bonar Law's right-hand man in the celebrated Carlton Club meeting in London on October 19, at which the conservative members of parlia. ment wrote “L. G.s” death warran The chancellor of the exchequer in- carnates the scholar in politics of the type which always has distinguished BEritish public life. A “Harrow boy' and “Cambridge man, Mr. Baldwin | 1s in his Aft vear. He is of | the “strong silent” mold_and wastes little verbal motion. Brit- Ishers in Washington who are cus- tomarily In the know aver Baldwin is not coming to sign on any dotted line, but at a psychological moment will_produce a plan of his own. A Sherlock Holmes sort of Briton in looks, he is a family man who would have gladdened the heart of a Roose- Yelt. being the father of two sons and four daughters. It is an open secret that Woodrow Wilson is conslderably distressed over some of the revelations in re- cently published posthumous me- moirs. Robert Lansing’s “The Peace | Negotiations™ caused the former Pres- ident little perturbation, because Mr. Wilson already had excoriated his erstwhile Secretary of State for “dis- | Toyalty,” and the Sage of S street was prepared for the slings and ar- rows which the Lansing book hurled | in his_direction. But the Walter | Hines Page and Franklin K. Lane | “letters” have caused Mr. Wilson no | little anguish. Upon both the late | ambassador and the deceased Secre- | tary of the Interior Mr. Wilson looked as unqualifiedly devoted assoclates. Their frank speaking about the wa time President, even though not in. tended for the eyes and ears of the world at large, has produced disap- pointment—to put it mildly. Incidentally, the reason for the dis- solution of Woodrow Wilson's law partnership with Bainbridge Colby is becoming known to the intimate friends of both. It would appear that the association did not measure up to Mr. Wilson's expectations. from a strictly business standpoint. His per- sonal relatfons with Mr. Colby were cordial and friendly to the last, and still are. Those who are acquainted with Mr. Wilson's motives in forming the partnership two vears ago say that he was confident a Jlucrative practice would accrue to the firm in the realm of international law. In that branch a large number of at- torneys in Washington, like Mr. Lansing, have bullt up a world-wide and highly profitable clientele. ~As anticipated results did not ensue for Wilson & Colby, the partners agreed to part professional company. Dr. Wilhelm Cuno, the German chancellor, who bulks big in the con- siderations of the reparations ocon- ference at Paris, was in the United States for several weeks during the summer of 1920. Then functioning as general director of the Hamburg- American line, Dr. Cuno's purpose was to form a working alliance with the Harriman shipping interests. An agreement to that end was eventually effected, with the blessing of Admiral Benson, who was approaching the end of hisl career as chairman of the United States Shipping Board. Dr. Cuno made a favorable impression on the bankers and business men he met in New York and on government officials in Washington. = With the possible exception ~of that other bl'ls(nvu! man-statesman, the late Walther Rathenau, Cuno was probably the ablest personality at his country's disposal in the stern emergency in which Germany finds itself. A Ham- burg patrician, he was the long-time confidant of Albert Ballin, the creator of Germany's mighty pre-war mer- cantile marine. Naming of William N. Runyon of New Jersey to one of the new United States district judgeships in that state—the twenty posts on the fed- eral bench created last year by spe- cial act of Congress are called “pro- hibition judgeships”—is the Presi- dent's first lame-duck appointment since the November cyclone. Judge Runyon was the defeated republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey. { His claima to fame include the pos- session of a rich baritone voice, which has always served him to advantage in political campaigns. Hundreds of thousands of Jers: voters have heard Judge Runyon sing “The End of a Perfect Day,” which Is one of his star numbers. As that ballad is Mrs. Harding's favorite among the popular melodies of the day, the new federal jurist may sometime be in- vited to warble at the White House. Lame ducks are almost certain to comprise the fleld from among which President Harding will make two major appointments during the com- fng spring—successors to Secretary Fall and Ambassador Warren. Mr. Harding’s announced desire to ele- vate Mr. Fall to the Supreme Court bench surprises no one familiar with | the President’s regard for the Sec- retary of the Interior's talents as a constitutional lawyer. In the cab- inet-making days of 1920-1921 Mr, Harding considered the selection ofy the then senior senator from New Mexico as Secretary of State. Late: |in the remote event of Mr. Hughe retirement, a Fall succession wa commonly predicted. Before entering the Senate Mr. Fall was twice at- torney general of New Mexico and ser the state’s supreme court. (Copyright. 1923.) THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM. New Year is stock-taking time,| the period for inventory, not only for store, mill or plant, but for salarled| man as well. It has been thus for| many years. It was so some fifteen. | twenty—maybe more—years ago, out at the University of Wisconsin. A tall, rangy man with a studious| bent sat himselt down to total up his| capabllities and his prospects. ‘Here 1 am,” he said to himself, “a professor in the Unlversity of W consin. It's a pretty good job." And then he began to cross-exam- ine himself about as follows: Q. Do I like the job? A. Pretty well. Q. Do I like anything else better? A. Yes; my fiddle. f Q. Do I want to stay in this job all| my life? | A. T think not. | Q. Do I want to fiddle for a 1iving?| A. Heavens, no. Q. What, then, do T want to do? Between that question and answer there elapsed an Interval of many days. Finally the answer came: “I guess I'd like to boss the rall- roads of the United States.” And so it came to pass that the lanky professor picked up his fiddle and bade his professorship farewell and rode down to Madison, the capital of the state. There he sought out the raflroad commission. «I want & job,” he sald, presenting himself to the chalrman. “Name, please,” asked the chairman, “Meyer,” the young man replied, “Balthasar Henry Meyer.” “Why should we give you a Job?” asked the chairman. Being prepared for that question, young Meyer answered it. He an- swered it to such good affect that t the job. h‘A:: he learned about ul}roldln; there. After a few years Meyer concluded that he would like to learn about the raflroads of Europe. So he left his job again and went to England, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and elsewhers. Sometimes he rode, but often he walked. It is related that he tramped over most of Burope, studying transportation. So .when he came back to the e knew & lot about roading. And it wasn't so very lr::lt Defore-he reslized his ambition and obtained & berth on the Inter- state Commerce Commission. On the first day of this month he was elected chalrman of the commis- sion. His dream has come true. He g boss of the rallroads of the Unlited Btates, ‘But he still likes music better than anything else, At his home In Waash- ington ean be found the finest musioal library in this section of the country, He reads musio as you and I read print. And down onoe in & while he takes the he flddlo—an prtist's pot name for his violin—ard spends an even- ing playing for his own amnsement. But if you ever saw him on the bench presiding at an Important hearing you'd never suspect his hobby. Chalrman Meyer is not alone in his musical tastes. At least three other of the eleven commissioners are mu- slc lovers, Commissioner Aitchison conducts a male chorus of about forty volces. Under his direction it has become one of the finest choruses in the city. Aitchison would rather sing than eat. He has a fine baritone voice. Every man in the chorus, save one, is an employe of the commission. Th name of the organization is the In- Com-Co Men's Chorus. The one ex- ception fs @ newspaper correspond. ent, A. E. Helss, who has “covered” the commission for his paper longer than most employes have been on the pay roll thera. It was with Helss that Altchison talked over the proposal to form the chorus. At first it was a mixed af- fair, but the women dropped out after & time, Commissioner Eastman complished planist. But Mark W. Potter, perhaps, comes closest to the average small boy’ idea of a great man. Back in south- ern Illinols (they call that section Egypt out there) Mark Potter played & silver cornet in a brass band. Then he becwne the leader of the band. They say he was a hot sport as he marched down Main street with the band tooting and the town follow- ing at his heels. But you'd never know it now. He haw forsaken his old hobby and adopt. ed another. The newer one is the raising of hogs for market. One day the owner of the country's biggest chain of popular restaurants came to Potter. “Mr. Potter,” he bl ‘What's the matter?” asked Potter. “It's the pork chops,” the restaurant owner replied. “They don't come the same size.” “Neither do feet,” remarked Potter, “but why cry about it?” “Well, you ses, it's this way: We've advertised pork chops at 30 cents a portion. Now, if they come too small our customers complain; and if they are too large we lose money. What shall we do?” “Have 'em all the same size,” ad- vised Potter. “Give me the order and I will deliver to your restaurants overy day hogs of & uniform iz Then your pork chops will all be the same sise, and you'll make money."” The bargain was made, the hogs ‘were dalivered as agreed, and the price of perk chops in that chaln of postaurants pemained constent at a figure that ylelded a prefit, is an ac- 14, “I'm in trou- b a term as associate justice of | JAN UARY 3, 1923. Politics at Large 'Y N. 0. MESSENGER. In & little more than a twelvemonth now the country will be in the throes of.the campaign for the presidential nominations, Selection of delogates to the two national conventions will begin right after the next New Year {s ushered in, and will continue dur- ing the late winter and early spring months. 'The conventlons will prob- ably be held.in June,-and afterward the great contest will be on between the two well matched old parties. ident Harding's renomination will not be contested, mor is it ex- pected that there will he a bolt by progressive or ingurgent republi- cans. - The progressive boom which swelled up Tright after the recent glections seems to be gradually de- flating. 4 4 2 iglg The ‘only contingency which might menace the renomination of President Harding would be a combination be- tween southern delegates and dele- gates from a few of the radical pro- gressive states—and such a contin- gency is so remote as to be regarded as impossible. The southern delegates are not likely to swap their birth- right for & mess of progressive pot- tage—said birthright being the hold- ing of federal offices at the disposal of the President The tendency of all but the most radical progressives is expected to be to go along with the regular party organization, for there is but scanty allurement to practical politicians in anything the radicals are likely to have to offer. A The main consideration which will probably engage the progressives and all republicans is that the re- publican party will have to fight for its life in 1924, with the present state of vigor of the democratic party. Repetition of the upset of 1912 is recognized as the sure penalty of any disintegration of republican solldar- ity, with an indefinite spell of demo- cratic rule ahead. The chief aim of the elder states- men of the democratic party now and In the future is to keep harmony in their own ranks and present a solid front to the enemy. They realize that the odds are more favorable to pow- der magazine explosions in the re- publican party than in their own, and that only ordinary precaution is suf- ficlent to avold a split in the democ- racy, while the republicans will have to exercise extraordinary watchful- ness. It is assumed that the embarrass- ments of the wet and dry issue will be about equal in both parties. With the republicans, some of their number will complain If the party does not squint toward the wets, with the democrats there will be protest that the tendency is too much toward the wets. Republican leaders are aware of the efforts of ome of the radicals in their party to “bluff” President Harding jout of standing for renomination. They say it cannot be done. Charges that he is a reactionary are refuted by his utterances on policies and legisiation, they say. Assertions i that he is weaker {n the country now {to an extent which would threaten his re-election are proved to lack foundation, by the reports which are constantly received from the listen- ing stations. s s The two national committees will meet In this city next Décember and issue the call for the no ventions, at the same time fixing the representation in the conventions and prescribing rules for the selection of delegates. Then will come the scramble in the the presidential nomination in view, and the open season for candidates will be on. this time foresees possibility of a split in the party growing out of that con- | test. i * % K % Pomerene of Ohio, Cox of the same state, McAdoo of Californ Ralston of Indiana, Gov. Smith of New York, Senator Reed of Missouri and Henry Ford of Michigan are expected to be the principal contestants for the democratic nomination for the pres- idency. Some “dark horses” will no doubt emerge and loom at the proper time. It will cost a pretty penny to conduct the next campaign and the financlal resources and back- ing of candidates will be taken into consideration. * % % % Whom will the southern democrats favor for the nomination? As the south will be called upon to supply the largest single bloc in the body of presidential electors, that section will expect to have a say in the se- lection of the candidate. Woodrow Wilsor, it is thought, will be consulted by the southern democrats as to his choice of a can- didate. He could readily name a man or two whom he would not favor, but may have hesitation in openly sin- gling out an indlvidual upon whom to_bestow his benediction. Mr.” Wilson, it is sdid by demo- crats, will not hesitate, however, when the time comes to give coun- sel and advice freely upon policies and platform. He is known to have his heart set upon the success of the party at the polls in November, 1924, and will exert every effort to keep the party from making mistakes in policies. “Progress” Cited as the Lesson in Stones Behold the Baluchistherium come again Into public notice after laying down his wearied bones possibly two or three millions of years ago. He was built, say the paleontolo- glsts who broke open his resting place, after the general design of the modern rhinoceros. His skull was five feet long, and from this you can make a falr guess as to his total size. Mentally the Baluchistherium was reactionary. His skull was al- most entirely bone. The brain cavity was hardly larger than a cavity which might have formed in -one of his back teeth. And because he car- ried conservatism to its farmost lengths he and his kind perished from the face of the earth. There came a period in the career of the J nus when environment greatly altered. The weather may have grown colder or warmer. An arid climate may have succeeded a humid one. Marsh may have hump- ed itsel? up into mountains or high- lands bécome depressed to stagnant levels. Whatever the 88 _were, the Baluchistherium did not change With them. He dld not 8t himself o new circumstances. A reac born, a reactionary by breeding an temperament;, his eyes on the past rather than on the ;nnnt and “the future, he committed racial sulcide, Nature became impatient with him and, save for his skeleton—~now b come the wonder and pride of sci- ence—wiped him oue, The moral in the anclent Baluehi therium for us, dear readers, is this; March with tI times. Am environ- ment. ug.rlkm-ko ourselves suitable to It ol l;a:&lnu‘- “|u uu: own instead of mourning about days ating con- | i democratic party for delegates, with| None of the leaders at: i | { | CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. In his New Year messige to the public, the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Albert B. Fall, says: Every tract of land improved and disposed of, every reclamation proj- ect placing water on otherwise worthless arid lands, and every oil well discovered and coal mine opened upon the public domain adds to the materlal welfare of the nation. There are some conservationalists taking issue with Mr. Fall's broad €eneralizations ‘as above expressed, although what the Secretary says is| the orthodox doctrine usually accept- ed, As I gather from the arguments of the conservationists, they run some- Wwhat along these lines: The mass of farmers at present are in ‘the dumps,' not baving prospered Oh their developed farms in the last three years. Tt is conceded that land values of the old farms were | | boosted beyond reason during and| following the war, and there is no| hope that these values will be main-| tained nor justified by crop yields, therefore land is on the edge of a seripus decline and farmers who have been holding on at a loss are restless. | What will be the effect, then, say | the agricultural economists, of intro- | ducing in competition with these es- | tablished farms, with their tottering | valuations, a vast area of “reclaimed” desert land to be exploited with flam- | boyant claims as to productivity and | opportunity to acquire quick wealth | oF competence, in contrast with the| proximate conditions of drudgery and poor recompense? The economics Involved ars the same as are found in manufacturing, for farming is manufacturing. Thers is an overproduction of a certain line of goods: does the manufacturer then say that the ‘ay to strengthen the quotation of his stock 18 to create greater competition, or to flood the market with an fncreased output? Build more factories, because the fac- tories now existing are on the verge of bankruptcy? Because the govern- ment bonds are falling on Wall street, would _Secretary Mellon advocate flooding the market with additional securities? o ox % These are the questions that are being put out by the opponents of spreading out new irrigation projects to lure farmers away from their pres- ent developed farms onto new land which cannot begin to produce crops until two or five years of develop- ment and which Introduces new ex- periments for the old farmers. If the new projects created new farmers, and left the old farms still producing, that would be beneficial, but so long as they aimply leave “abandoned farme,” for every new farm opened, there is no increase of food produc- tion and considerable increase of ex- pense and risk of failure for the rest- less farmer tolled out perhaps after a Dot of gold that he never finds. The vital thing needed today is not more land, but more profits for all who are on the land, according to not only conservationists, but experienced | agriculturists. * % % x Practically the same principle ap- plies to the coal mines. Secretary | Fall argues that “every coal mine opened on the public domain adds to the material welfare of the nation.” How about the present oversupply of coal mines and miners, 'so that they | average only about 200 days a year of activity and some only 100 daye?| Is there any benefit to the public so long as output is limited lest the public get its coal too cheaply? Coal | consumers are asking the Secretary o explain further in detail where their benefits come by the opening of more idle mines—mines that remain idle or that close competing mines. The benefit would come, they say, if | coal output increased to the con- sumer—that is the crux of the “ma- | terial welfare of the nation.” | As for “every ofl well discovered adding to the material welfare of the | nation,” there seems to be a tempest in & teapot when the oil consumers | ask for detalls. * ok ow ok | There was a time when that same | doctrine was taught to farmers— that the one polnt for them to keep in mind was production—increased production—the more the better. All | known ‘that farming, COLLINS. that the Department of Agriculture considered was increasing the acreage and yield. Today there aro many farmers who advocate cutting dow» their acreage, purposely, and limiting their yields, and holding back their products from market, as they claim that they get more net profits from reduced crops than from “bumper crops.” ¥ Perhaps Mr. Fall will answer that that is only from the selfish stand- point of the farmers, and not from the standpoint of the “general wel- fare of the nation.” but the advoeatés of crop control are ready with their answer that farm prosperity today’ is 80 essential to maintaining food pro- duction that it is the one vital con- sideration for the “material welfare of the nation.” and cannot be Sepa- rated from general “material wel- fare” " Of course, that argument brings ts right back to the policy of inflating land supply just when farms are already being abandpmed for lack of profitableness. The Department of Agriculture no longer stresses great- er yleld more than it does net profit on “what is produced, for it js now like any other cturing, is subject to ne economic laws as high finance and steel production Oversupply of land unbalances land values, and in this critical condition of farm prosperity it iz more im portant to find a way to make presen line of manufa exactly the [ farm values stable than to undermin¢ their stability and substitute a deser with a ditch for a farm with a marke at hand. Still there are land ex ploiters Who do not agree with tha conservative doctrine. I In a bulletin just issued by partment of Agriculture it is st “The era of free first-c s land i the United States is passed. Nearl half the area of continental United States is not in farms. Of this area 40,000,600 acres are absolutely desert or too rugged to cultivate; 270,000,000 acres are occupied by forests and cut- over land, and 600,000,000 acres are 1 the semi-arid west and suitable only for grazing.” PR The above does not mean that the Department of Agriculture condemns 21l irrigation land as “suitable onl for grazing.,” but it states farmers will no long to increasing competi homestead land. like the ri of the middle west opened to settle ment & few years ago. New opened requires vast exper gation before it can be converted into productivity * Thousands of farms being equipped with radios and the farmers receive crop news, market reports and entertainment of all kinds by wireless. Arrangements are now be- ing made by the Department of Agri- culture to exchange radio crop news with Egypt and ali such data will be broadcasted promptly all over conti nental America for the benefit of the farmers who listen-in. Every farme: thus equipped at a cost of from $25 to $250 will have the equivalent of a terminal of the Atlantic cable in is home. Verilv, farming iz not what it used to b * are The United States Post Office subsidy for 1921 was $15 000; for 1922 the subsidy was only $60,815.000 and for the current vear Postmaster General Work thinks he can get along with a subsidy of ‘only. about- $31.750,000. Once Wpon a time a'maf came alons who ofered to take the whole mail service in hand as a private enterprise, and said he would make a profit cut of it. e was bluff- ng, probably. * Secretary of Labor Davis says: “One thing is ciear as a result of our expe rience last year. The American people are tired of strikes. Public opinion wi not countenance any general suspensfon of work in any of the basic industries upon which all th e of the natfon are dependent in v life.” What are you going to do about it? Sh-h-h! Does he not know—has he not heard—does he not compre there will be another coal strike Aprii 1, 1923, unless—well, unless. It is open ly threatened. Why, the world war armistice is four vears old and the na tions are still amending it. What can we expect of tne coal armistice less than one year old? Now is the time tc begin thinking of our coal bins for 1923-24, This summer temperature Is not guaranteed for next winter, oh, ve shorn lambs. Stolen Sponge and Newspapers Prominent in ROM lock-up to Congress, and from selling stolen newspapers to individual head of one of the largest skate manufac- turing plants in the world is the| progression of Representative Samuel E. Winslow, now chairman of the committee on in- terstate and for- commerce, | which fncidentally { (rames all railroad | legislation, Representative Winslow admits all this. When | some of his col-| leagues were re- | calling incidents, humorous and pa- thetic, that helped make them what they are today, he told the following story of how he was arrested and kept behind the bars: “When I was five years old and went to school in Worcester we used to have slates and hard pencils and we had to keep those slates clean. One day my mother sent me to the drug store on an errand, and I saw in a blg gold-fish globe a lot of small sponges. So when my errand was done I put my hand into the globe, transferred a sponge to my pocket and walked out. I was happy in mind, for I had visions of how well that sponge would keep my slate clean. “But my joy was short-lived, tor the proprietor of the drug store had seen me. As & good joke he told my father, and father couldn't quite see the joke. There was a big French- Canadian policeman named Harper in our nelghborhood, six and a half feet tall, with & great woolly beard. When I was eating dinner that night Har- per called at our house and asked for me, My father sent me out and Har- per sald, ‘Come on with me.’ He led me down to the police station and locked me up for stealing a -penny sponge, And I stayed in the cell for. two and one-half hours, until my father thought I had learned s lés son, Them he went through all the motiony of getting me out, and after! REP. WINSLOW. 4 i This Life Story a lecture from the city marshal the bad habit of swiping things, T was allowed to go home. Since that time 1 have made it a habit not to stea! anything—while people were look- ing." But that wasn't the only time he was apprehended with ill-gotten gains, and made to pay for his wan- derings from the safe and narrow path. But to get the real plcture onc must know that Representative Wins- low's father was very wealthy and for thirty years was head of the skat: | manufacturing plant that bears his name, while Representative Winslow has been head of that same concern for thirty-six years—making a total of sixty-six years that monster plant has been in one family and under only two heads, which is something of « record. “This story also sticks out in my memory,” recalled Mr. Winsl in response to an urge by his amuged coileagues: “When I was about seven years pld I noticed & boy going up our .strlet taking papers from a bag and throw- ing them up on the doorsteps and plazzas. I'd never seen that done be- fore, 8o I followed the boy around for awhile and then asked him, “What ¥lo you get for doing that? and he re- plied, ‘Three dollars a week.' ‘Cap't you make money faster than that? I asked again. ‘Sure, I'can, and I'm go- ing to do it next week. You can doji: now If you want to,’ and he grew can- fidential. T.declded to follow his coun- sel, with the result that as fast as the threw & paper on anybody’s pla; 1 sneaked up and took’it.and sold itito some one else. I kept that up for three or four nights. When I went home our own paper had been missed and the neighborhood was aroused The expose came when I was going to bed and as T took my trousers off a stream of pennies fell out of the pockets and ran all -oyer the floor. 1,didp’t have to confess—my mother guessed what T had been up to. “First'I had to pick up these pen nies and 'then take from my bank enough .to make up for what I had spent, and the next three weary da: were_spent in retracigg my errant footsteps, Paying back at each hbuse. 'for the papers I had snitched”