Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1923, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday. Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY . :July 18, 1923 THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor The Evening Sfar Newspaper Company and Penpevivania Ave. vening Star, with the Suniay morning is delivered by carrisrs within the city 80 cents pes moath; v, 45 cents per o cats per men:h, L or telephone Main by carrlers: at th eud of each mopth. Rate by Mail—Payabie in Advance, Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday .1 yr., $10.00 Daily 7,0 Sunday only. Member cf the Associated Press, The Assoclated Press is exclusivels entitled to the vse for republication of all news dis- patehias credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- 1ished “herein. All of publication of A Proposed Canadian Embargo. A situation of keen interest and great fmportance to.the paper con- sumers of the United States has arisen vecently through the action by the house of commons at Qttawa, Canada, authorizing the Dominion government to make regulations prehibiting the export of “freehold” pulp wood, used v the paper mills of this country This, as has been stated in @ protest sent by the American Paper and Pulp Association to the Secretary of State, is the legislative culmination of a movement started in Canada about four years ago as a threat td the pa- | per manufacturers. of this country who, by virtue of the Underwood reso- lution of Congress, sought a restora- tion of thefr rights in certain crown- land leases. - Those leases, had, it is held, been urbitrarily end illegally taken from them by the province of Ontario in 1900, the province of Quebec in 1910 and Brunswick in 1912, The American manufacturers had acquired and paid for the pulp wood reserves in the crown lands of the three provinces named. The annulment. of thefr rights brought the growth of the newsprint industry of the United States virtuaily to a standstill in 1910, and as re- sult of the reciprocity act.of 1911 and the tariff law of 1913 the .Canadian paper industry boomed. In 1910 this country supplied prac- tically the entire demand of the news- paper publishers of: the United Stat Canada supplying but 25,000 tons. Twelve years later Canada exported to the United States nearly ‘one million tons, or about one-half of the consump- tion. Nearly 90 per cent of the product of the Dominion found- its market here. - The obvious purpose of the proposed embargo upon the puip wood from the freehold land in Canada fs to complete the process of developing Canadian paper manufacture at the expense of paper manufacture south of the boun- dary, virtually to concentrate paper- making in Canada. The effect would undoubtedly be to increase thé cost of paper in the Unifed States. It has been estimated that newsprint wou)d have to be sold for §$10 a ton more than the present price, putting an add- ed charge of $25,000,000 a year on pub- lishers in" the United States, which, of course, would be reflected in - retail prices. The importance of this question is shown by the fact that there are in thé TUnited States 36,403 papermaking nts. employing at latest figures 9.875 people, with annual wages ag:- gregating $565,000,000, with a total in vested capital of two and a half bil- lions, and a total“annual product ex- ceeding a valne of three billions. This immense industry is threatened with destruction by the proposed move 10 prevent the export of freehold pulp wood to the United States. The question has ‘been raised whether such an:action’ by the Domin- fon; of Canada ‘would mot justity a counter-embargo upon . Some of the products of this country fow -largely impotted by Canada from the United States,-such as coal, oil, sulphur and many other supplles upon which Can- ada depends for the maintenance of her industries.. That suggestion' has been advanced, and is now under con- eideration by the Department. of State The mere possibility of so crippling an action by this government should give pause. to the government at Ottawa before it.moves to complete the proc- ess of destroying the American paper- meking ‘industry by cutting off the supply. of pulp.wood upen which that industry now so largely depends. ——— Statement by M. Poincare ‘that France would. like to forget, even to forgive, would’ be. more soothing if there Were not a little matter of one hundred and thirty-two billions of gold marks which refuses to be buried in the subconscious mind. A diamond salemian complains. that he was robbed-in ‘Detrolt: of: $200,000 worth - of jewelry. ‘Tri v,'ellng' foen &hould remember that Détroit is'a big town’ now. Army-Marine Foot Ball Game. ‘Washington wifl be in the limelight as the scene of big foot ball nmext fall. ‘The Marines have chosen the capital as the scene for the next game be- tween ‘elevens iepresenting the Army in the 3d Corps Area and the east «odgt. pxpeditionary force of the Ma- ringiCorps at ‘Quantice, ' The -Army- Marine Corps game has conie to be one of the nétable games of. the foot Dball season, and it is believed that the contest between the great elevens will he the athletic event of widest interest ever staged here. Nearly §0,000 people saw the game of the soldiers and ma- rines at Baltimore last fall, and it is thought' ‘that there will be as large attendance at the Washington game. 1t was recently said that the manage- ment of .the Washington base ball park had guaranteed to provide seats £or-'40,000 or 45000 spectators, and now that the marines have picked Washington as-the_ battleground the perk management is laying ‘plans to take care of the erowd- THe capital will be interested in'the the province of New | preparations for the game, and in the way the demands which will be made ‘upon the city will be met. There is no doubt that accommodations and proper entertainment will be furnisked for the throng. It will be Washington's first major foot ball game of nation.wide in- | terest, and it may mark.the beginning | center. Washington has the ambition to be- come the athletic capital of the United ! States, but to realize this ambition it must have a stadium as iarge as those Iin other cities and those which are the i property. of several universities in the cast and west. There have been many to date the project has seemed . too large and too speculdtive for ithe city to undertake. | Itisa safe prophecy that a natlonal | tional Capital, and that many of the > | highly important athletlc contests will ! be held here. Until the time Is ripe fory] | the ‘building of a national stadium the ibase ball park, with its big field and | capacious stands, must serve. Wash- !Ington will welcome the Army-Marine { Corps game, and the struggle of the elevens will be seen here by a larger number of men connected with the armed service of the nation than could city. ———— A Victory for the Open Door. The policy of the “open door” has been successfully defended by Ameri- !can diplomacy at Lausanne. The im- mediate result of | there between the allies and the Turk- ish government, with the American representative, Joseph C. Grew, con- States, has been to halt an effort by {the British to have recognized in the treaty of peace with Turkey claims of the Turkish Petroleum Company to al- leged vast oll concessions in Mesopo- tamia. It halts another attempt to gain further control of the great ofl reserves of the world. The United States government, both {in the last administration and in the present, has contested the efforts of i(he British to have recognized the Turkish petroleum concession, said to have been granted a British company of that name. Practically the only basgis of the claim to this concession kas been a letter written by the grand vizier of the old Turkish government. Such a letter, the United States gov- ernment has maintained, cannot prop- y be construed as a grant of such a concesslan, even if the old Turkish government were still in existence. The American government has always scrupulously observed the principle of vested rights, where vested rights have existed. But in this case its conten- tion has been that no such rights could be found. Moreover, the present Turkish gov- ernment, established at Angora after the old government had negotiated the treaty of.Sevres, in which were terms | that the Turklsh nationalists refused to stomach, has never had control of the territory of Mesopotamia, in which lies ‘the oll concession referred to. Why, then, asked the United States, should the. British seek to have in- cluded in a treaty of peace with the new Turkish government recognition of an alleged conceesion in territory which that government has never held | rand may not in the future control? The result of the negotiations at Lausanne, therefore, has been to leave Company in statu quo, still to be de- cided. The:government of the United States is ready to bring the mgtter to arbitration, provided the British are +also willing. And in the event of such arbitration the claims of the British, it is beHeved, would fail.. But the Ameérican’ government is unwilling that' the British, taking advantage of victory over the Turks in the world war, made possible through the en- trance by the United States into the {war against Germany, should in the peace settlement with Turkey bring about recognition-of this alleged claim. The' settlement of peace at Lau- ish government is a matter of con- j 8ratulation. The new treaty, while in a sense it does not supersede the treaty of Sevres, for that treaty was never ratified, really takes the place of the former pact. It minimizes the threat of war in the near east. FPhe Turks have for many months occupied a strategic position. After driving the Greeks out of former Turkish territory, which was placed in their hands under the terms of the armistice with Turkey, the Turks have held on: None of the allied nations was willing to undertake the burden of a new war—a war which might have brought into arms Mohammedans generally—necessary to drive the Turks out again. The negotiations have been protracted, with the Turks refusing to yield on many points. The new treaty, it is sald, does not settle thé eastern boundary of Turkey, That is left to future discussion. If Turkey becomes a member of the league of nations after the ratification o treaty of peace, as it is supposed she will, then the question of the recogni- tion of the mandates established under the treaty of Versallles and the league covenarit may be taken up. The United States was never at war | with Turkey during the world war. For.reasons often explained, this gov- ernment did. not declare war on the Ottoraan empire.. Névertheless, today negotiations are upder way for a treaty with the new Turkish government, call it a peace treaty or whatever other name, may be desired. Such a pact is necessary, it is explained, in view of the new conditions existing. —_——— According to several economic obs servers the soviet government is at least a, sufficiently well established in- :slitution to require an investigation, —_———— Silk Thefts. “ Six men pulled off a daring daylight robbery in New York yesterday by an expedient that leaves no shame at- taching to the custodians of the goods taken. Two men were driving a truck. 10ad of silk from the mills at Holyoke, Mass., to the offices of the manufactur. ing company in New York. On the ‘outskirts of the latter city they were halted by a party of men in what ap- peared an official police motor car. of the capital’s career as an athletic | stadium will be constructed at the Na. | attend the game if held in any other ! the negotiations | i tending for the position of the United | the claims of the Turkish Petroleum { sanme between the allies and the Turk-‘ ¢ the | form’ witlt a badge. He demanded of the truck driver his “bill of lading.” Because none was forthcoming the truckmen were ordered te leave the truck and get into the mokor, and members of the “police” party toek charge of the load of silk. After a short drive the truckmen were turned out of the motor car and told to “beat it.” The “policemen" were, of course, { fakes, and at latest accounts they had disappeared . with the. truck and the {sillk, which it is estimated is worth | $50,000. . This is but the latest of a series of fsnu thefts which have been committed iin and around New York during the plans for building such a stadium; but | past few years. Some of this silk has | if District committe {been recovered, and some ' of the | thieves have been taken. In most i cases the gpods have been stolen from ! warehouses and stored. The thieves have not found a ready means of dis- Slik can Only dis- | honest dealers will buy fiom’ question- :able solirces. But that there are dis- | honest dealers is evidenced by the fact | that some at least of the silk that he: |been stolen in the past few years has utterly disappeared, and probably has gone Into trade.. One reason for the | selection of this commadity for theft is that it is a concentrated value. Thus in the latest case in New. York one truck carried $50,000 worth. It would seem that on such a long haul as from Holyoke, Mass., to New York, the trucks would be protected by armed guards. Possibly after this experience the silk trucks will be put under es. cort. I posing of the stolén goods. be traced and identified. | —_——— Farmers contemplate the withhold- ing of wheat from the market as a necessary move in self.protection. If the trick proves too easy a group of them may attempt to try it again just { for the financial fun of the thing. ———— Germany, having attempted the role of irresistible force, now assumes that of immovable body. Both are more or less related to the superman notion of her prose poets: It is the fate of the modern prize- |ring champlon to find interest in him | largely concentrated in the hope that- some one can be found able to whip Rim. ——————— Pennsylvania _keeps Mr. Gifford Pinchot so busily occupied that he may find little time to renew his solici- tdde ~about natural resources in Alaska. Every effort has been put forth by Mr. La Follette to make - President | Harding like Alaska betier than Min. i nesota. | Like ciner statesmen, Mr. Magnus Johnson cares more for ballots than books, though few are so c: avowing the fact. New York tenants might feel bette: if the landlords always succeeded in making the roofs as impervious as the leases. . Minnesota has had the distinction of being as closely obseérved by the fore. casters as Maine herself. | The Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora- tion is still sufficiently in evidence to make a large splash from time, to time. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON When Susie Sings. The precepts father offers, The warnings mother speaks, Oft find us idle scoffers As each his pleasure Seeks: But there's no ¢hance of missin’ One joyous vocal fling. The family has to listen { When Susie starts to sing, | H i { { What aunts and uncles mention In praise or in attack Does not command attention, Authority they lack. But we-cease the joyous ructation And form a siflent ring, When she plays the introduction - Which denotes she's goin’ to sing. ! Our manner is devoted And a trifle overawed. ‘We know it will be noted 1f we laugh and don't applaud. The talent she's displaying Oft spoils our simple mirth, But for lessons he is paying Pop wants his money’s worth. Suffieient Indorsement. “Do you feel that your efforts to serve your country are appreciated?” “I don't complain,” replied Senator Sorghum, “so long as the folks keep {on re-electing me. About all a good many of us can hope for these days is an admission from our constituents that they might have done worse.” | Poetic Feet. “Laneing is the poetry of motion,’ said the clumsy man.” AR “Yes,” commented Miss Cayenne: “but 1 don’t like the kind of ' poetry whose feet step on one another.” ' Standardized Production, If poets were made and not born The result would make many forlors, For there isn't a doubt : : ‘We'd be turning 'em out 1In fact'ries, noon, midnight and morn! National Beverages. “I understand Paris is suffering-for a lack of beer this-summer,” remarked the storekeeper.” Rt s B “Well,”. observed, ‘Uncle Bill ‘Bottle- top, “'that helps’to’even things up a little. The cost of champagne in' Ber. lin is prohibitive.” ¢ g Jud T inkins says the man who goes lookin' 1 r trouble neveér gets the kind he can . ictually enjoy. 2 Collections. “The ex-kaiser is accused in Berlin of dodging his taxes.” “Maybe he isn’t dodging;” comment- ed the French officer, “but only adopt- There is a new movement making headway In the District of “Colum- bla. It is a bit puszling to one who has not yet been llet Into the ‘seerst of the “big idea. o Some one proposgs to have-the Dis- triet of Columbla adopt.the forgat- me-not as its flower—emblem of all that the capital and the District stand for. e s Doubtless it would be appropriate ‘#hould present to every member of Congress & mod- cst cluster of , th pretty . flowers, upon the day Congress convenes, next December. Let committees from all civic bndies proceed to grow the: throughout the summer, In anticipa- tion, for there is more joy in antici- pation than ever comes through real- | 1zation. » 3 * ok k¥ | The suggestion of adopting the n,flowar is enthusiastically indorsed by { the Anthony League, and its presi- |dent glves the reasons for that com- mitment. Among them is the fact that “this eplendid natlon—splendid in potentiality rather than achieve- ment—was the first of all to break away from that imperial domination which ruled the earth. The forget- me:not would remind us of that act.” ometimer one ties a string around a finger, and later forgets what it reminds him of. Would the tiny blue flower be suré ot remind us of the Declaration of Independence? (om. pare it with the sunflower. Whicl looks most independent and selr: | sertive? . * ok * “Agajn,” says the champion of the dainty 1ittle blue blossom, “we should not be allowed to forget the tremen- dous energy and unselfiah love of freedom. that enabled the founders of the republic to institute a demo- cratic ‘government of the.people, by the people and for the people’ of this new world.” Tt John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and George Wash- ington beat Lincoln to that kind of a government, it Isn't a_ forget-me- not that will best typify the deed; it a daisy, for they kept it secret until Lincoln’ let it be known. * ok k% “Again,” reiterates the forget-me- not champion, “we should be reminded that this country has been the asylum for the oppressed, the field of oppor- tunity and the great hope of the fu- ture of the nations of the old world.” Maybe so—mayhe so—in the nast. But now that we have restricted im- migration, how about “four o'clocks.” vhich close up eariy? Graat hope of the nations?" Rather the snandragon: arcordine to the nres- ent conception of the United States by the Furovean natlons, jealous of our accumulated wealth. Could we convince Europe that modaaty is our middle name. even with the pratty ard diminntive forget-me-not? The conceive this country as a#yoatehn if not a narcissus, dying from self- admirntion. Borides, very | forget-me-nots grow best mofet_ pail. and we tell the hat the United States iv the s0il on_ eartl—then try to it with a flower of the swamn! True. there is an Alpine variety, which has learned to stop drinking, but that is a “sport.” or at least not an original ‘forget-me-not. * ook ok There is.another reason why the good ladies will go slow before com- mitting themselves to the forget-me- {rote, but perhaps it would be cruel to tell it. If anly we eould confine the variety to the kind which shines out on the fizg—which Freedom from her mountain h ht used, when she “tore the azire robe of night. and set tha tars of glory there.” it would be all rizht. for Longfellow says: ilently. one by one. in the Infinite meadows of heaven Blossom the lovely stars, the forget- me-nots of the angels.” * ok ok ok However, that is not the kind which {blooms in our swamps and well fterea gardens. This kind. indorsed {and championed by the ladies of Af thony League. is known botanically as “myosotis” and that name will cause a scampering. for it 1s derivéd from “mus.” a mouse, and “otos,” an ear, In allugion to the resemblance of the shape of the leaf to & mouse’s ea: in Public Opinion Has Forced s For- ward Step. A “step forward,” at least “triumph for public opinion. That about sums up the view of the editors on the original announce- ment by Prasident Harding that he !had been ‘assured by the steel cor- | poration that the twelve-hour day was to be- abolished, and the later {statement by Judge Gary that the | work of doing so will commence In !five weeks. There has been much debate on i just what was meant by the “labor” clause in the original letter to the President. Many editors believe that it was designed to attract attention to the manner jn which enforcement of the immigration laws has kept {down any possible “surplus” in the | ranks of the unskilled workers. But, even so, the editors insisted that | there would he no “letting down the | bars” to a flood of immigrants. | and a “Despite the qualified form of the cceptance,” says the Brooklyn Eagle, it means a step forward,” but.it is “not merely in the steel mills that the twelve-hour day will have to go.” the New York Post is convinced, and “in the long run the-change will be justified -from -the financial point, of ‘-‘;:.e o are great ““technical diM- culties” to be overcome in making the change. the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph points out, “but the trend of the times is toward & shorter da: And if the “man problem,” is the chigf obstacle, the Springfield Re- publican suggests labor methods must be simplified “to the utmost by the introduction of * labor-saving " ma- chinery and improved-modes of pro- duction. The American steel industry ought to be so advanced that it could lead the country in the progressive- ness of its industrial methods.” As an example of what is possible to be attained the Wichita Eagle calls attention to the manner in which the eight-hour. day “saved the situation n Colorado” and Insists “‘when the lblrbll‘l)ul twelve-hour day finally succumbs before the march of civili- zation in this country it will be be- cause the lgur-el\umh report started the ball rolling which was to over- whelm steel barbarism eventu. ing a policy of passive resistance.- *“Book learnin’ don' keep sqme men{ f'um makin’ big mistakes,” sald Liele Eben. “Ignoratceain’ no excuse, but it comes-néarer bein’ one dan-educa- One of them was in patrolman’s uni-{tion.” . 2 &% ¥ indust will adapt itself to- condi- Plain Dealer says, “and proceed forth- with to the eight-hour basis.” Roanoke World News in turn asks |t hether “the-steel operators are pro- pos! ’n‘;{omlhgggh the’ Ewelve-nour day ly if- -Congress. w| o] e Ml{s to a flood of cheap L bg“' insists “until the cause gets i 1 1 | “If it.means what it says the steel | untenable position. |in Trafalgar square, within a mile ! Because of this the Sentinel Obviously the forget-me-not, alone, ‘would never do. but rather than dis- appoint the ladies, why not mix in &' few cat-tails? ‘“Safoty first!” * ek ' Dr. Ales Hralicka, the head of the department of anthropology of the Natlonal Museum, has published the result of his long investigation into baldness. He warns Americans . who are descended from any of the “old families” that 98.§ per cent of them Wil be bald before they are thirty Years old, and that in a few -years women, as well as men, will be bald, and that high school boys who are not ball will be exceptions, Alsc 75 per cent will be completely gTay by the.time they are sixty-one years old. i The only trouble with Dr. Hrdlicka's warning 1s that it lacks a sequel What {8 the use of being ‘“snatched baldheaded.”. as it ‘were, without his recommendation of an effective hair | restorer? Why does he not leave “pure science,” buy a few billiard balls and experiment in raising hair? That is the uusual trouble with pure sci- ence—Iit misses the practical applica tion of knowledge. From Germany comes the sclentific information that poultry ralsers are experimenting In methods of chang- ing the color of poultry by selecting certain feeds. The exact féed for making a red hen is not published, but if they can change a “white feather” to red, why not let expert cooks fecd carrots or yellow turnips when the blond type of man is wanted, or giv a it of cloves and “the dark meat to_would-be brunettes? These suggestions are not guaran- teed scientific; that is left to the pure seience -folks, bearing In mind that “civilized men cannot live with- —nor, dye either, scientifi- %X X % Ever since the last coal strike there have been thirteen of the most promi- nent coal dealers of Washington under indictment, and out on bail. That is neatly two years, yet no effort had been made to bring them to trial, nor had there been any motlon to dis- miss their bonds. Now that & new coal crisis is before the country, and a Consumers’ League has been organized in Washington to insist on the rights of citizens to a square deal, the prosecuting attor- ney of the District plans to bring the coal cases to trial within the wuext week or tyo. “There'll be a hot time in the old town"—if we can afford coal. R The geological survey reports that the anthracite output for June, 1923, was 8,665,000 tons. That exceeds, by 14 Per cent, the average for the eight vears, 1914 to 1921, inclusive, and sets a new record for June. Yet the consumers have been 0 nervous over the threatened strike that orders have been pouring in upon the de ers, and they have maintained mid- winter prices through June and July This has kept the dumps clear. and facilitated the output, but the dea ave been insisting on winter prices— $16 to $17 a ton for ve size, but little of that size d d, \\’l_\llt\ egg and nut are sold at $13 to $135. Bituminous. this year, exceeds pro- duction by 25 per cent for the 1919, 1921 a but the output foi 1918 und 1 The Consumer. gue intends to ‘watch the results, and esp: ally the evidence of conspiracy, in the prom- ised trials, Barking back to 1921, in the hope of getting leads as to pres- ent methods. * ¥ ¥ ¥ A cable from London says the Brit- ish protest against the statues of Americans in London. Thats _all right: they Just ought xe . some fhat Americans have end in America The chief protest is against permitting a the “rebel.” George Washingion. (o stund o one of the patriot, Maj. Andre, which is honored in Westminster Abbey. It was on Gen. Washingtow's order that Maj, Andra was hanged. He was in liaison with that other Gen. Benedict Arnold. 3 ‘Query: What would the United States do if England were to present us with a herbic statue group of Ar- nold and Andre? Would the statue 80 to the basement of the Capitol, with the glacial group of Frances Willard and company, or would it be byried in the cellar of the Corcoran Art Gallery, together with the bust of <aiser Wilhelm? (Copyright, 1923, by P. to to e in _London statue of V. Collins.) EDITORIAL DIGEST advocates slightly more disinterested than Judge Gary the country needn't worry about ‘the prospect of a greatly increased Influx of unassimilable for- eigners.” Inasmuch as the “Fed- erated Engineering Societies have re- ported that the twelve-hour day is not economically nec W i~ that mills can be run at a profit with the shorter working day.” the Youngs- town Vindicator vinced “the change to a shorter work day should be satisfactory all around Because this is an excellent start that has heen made the St Globe Democrat suggests “there are other evils against which the moral power and influence of the Chief Mag- istracy would be superior to acts of Congress. Forms of child labor that are made a subject of legislation have greatly diminished in recent years. Might not objectionable forms of labor by children be put in the way of abandonment in the same nanner in which objectionable_twelve- | hour labor by adults is put in that way-and without Constitution amend- ing. Why might not a White House dinner, followed up by further pains- taking executive effort, do for the twelve-year olds and others of almost |as tender an age?’ The reduced hours “is a victory for public opinion under the leadership of the President.’ Milwaukee Sentinel holds, and “show: what such a force can accomplish would have “public opinion settle the prol lems of other industries such as coa The Christiafi Science Monitor,-how- over, questions the good faith of the stee] leaders and says “It is hardly credible “that the President of the United States can regard the response of the chairman of the steel corpora- tion- to his letter as anything other than dilatory and evasive.” This view is not that of the Syra- cuse Herald. however, which paper feels the offer “is a fortunate de. velopment. but it does no more than confirm, in a mighty sphere of pro- duction, the general drift toward a more rational day. of labor. Tt is a reasonable and a welcoge drift, but, like other good things, it must not be overdone.” The President's part, as the Harrisburg Telegraph sees it, “Is a greater céntribution toward peace in the steel trade than the most drastic anti-strike law Congress could have passed. The President is a real triend of labor.” The commitment “of the overlords of the steel indui try to a shorter working day is an indication that.they.have read aright the signs of the times” the Newark News holds. “The twelve-hour day. 1s doomed. That is flat. Its passage, however, is postulated upon a larger labor supply, somewhat increased pay rolls, and perhaps a, willingness to buy steel at higher prices.” Then, agailn, the Omaha World Herald argues, the “steel industry held an It told the truth when it declared that public senti- 8 it finds.them,” the Cleveland | ment is against a twelve-hour day. And its action in accepting that fact The | convinces the Lansing State Iohrnl‘ ol “there is additional proof th8 arrival of the era of good feeling, of co-operation in industry. This s uatfon can continue to’ improve and and “remain if we can keep the radicals few out.” Louts | * the | Politics at 'Wge" ST. PAUL, Minn, -July 7.— Last Monday's election for the United States senatorship in Minne- ®ota, resulting in the election of Magnus Johnson, candidate of the farmer-labor party, by an-overwhelm- ing majority a great movement going on -in this country ‘of unrest:and radicalism. Thls movement s not confined :to Minnesota. alone, but extends through- out the ‘northwestérn states and 'is creeping into the intermountain r 8lon and reaghing out into Oklahoma, Nebraska and 'Kanses. Thers are 8igns of its creeping into Towa. It exlsts in Wisconsin and may be ex- pected to enter Michigan.” For the central states and the east to scoff at it and even ignore It s the worst | The outstanding’ features of the movement are the intent to overturn and destroy the old political parties to substitute radical doctrines for conservatism; to assall the Supreme Court of the United States; to urge government ownership and patgrnal- ism; to attempt political and economic experiménts which ‘have been tried before and have failed; to try to sup- plant natural economic laws with legislation. From the viewpoint of experience, an effort to 1ift one's self by the boot straps. But it is wors: than that. It contains all the ele ments of destruction and nothing of constructiveness, * o ok % What are the underlying causes of the movement?. TUnrest, resulting from economic and natural conditions Which are not susceptible of cure through . political agitation nor by legislation, in the light of history and experfence. The practical politi- cal results which have thus f; accomplished, startling 'as they are are ominous, have heen attained by a union of forces between the farmers and certain sections of organized unlon labor. They have been con- vinced by political agitators that :5::;03!";: are analagous and can be 4 Y unio; ol fon of forces at the The result in Minnesota show officials can be elected to omg'elhli.y‘ guch a combination, but it is yet to be demonstrated how conflicting atms can be attained in legislation. The combination of votes can turn out r!m old parties, but the new party Which comes in will find itself work. ing to opposite obje, tion. Labor wants higher pric the Products of “labor, which the armer must-use. The farmer al- foady complains that he has to pay a e buys but only T what he sells, fcal rather than of the situation t out to discuss, But it s the s polit| the academic phase which this chapter se present-day olitical the country. "o TR conditions in * ok % obvious indications of a great inde- pendent and revolutionary movement in “politics. 1t looks like a drift toward a third party, a party of pro- test rather than of construction, a party that is dissatisfled with condi- tions and groping about for means of changing them—changing them to gomething hardly yet.definablo, but at Teast repres 8 Tesota and-North Dakoia hage: shamn absolute deflance of old party lines and have torn them to pieces. Min- state and %0 was North Dakota Partv lines have disappeared in these states in the verdict of majoritie neither of the old parties could coun- jtenance are represented in the super- | seding majorities, It may be considered doubtful whether all who voted for the farmer- labor party and the Non-Partisan League candidates fully subseribe to all the.tenets embodled ‘in the plat- forms of the-new organizations. It may be that they do not all believe in the hampering of the Supreme Court's power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional. not all of them in government ownership and other radical propesitions that have received the approval of the voters of Minnesota by a great ma jority, but. they are’all agreed in demanding a change in “existing po- litical rule in this country. That is it. a change; and, of course, a change in the existing political allgnment, both -democratic and republican, on economic policies would necessitate the creation of a third party. * % x ¥ In the east Willlam R. Hearst has suggested a third party and has rec- ommended Henry Ford to head it. Mr. | Ford'’s managers -and backers have intimated the possibility of his tak- ing the leadership of athird part ‘Will the result in Minnesota encour- age the movement for a third party j which would take in all the restless and radical elements of the electorate? A distinction should be drawn be- The majority rolled up in Minnesota by Magnus Johnson, the candidate of the farmer-labor party, is more rest- less than radical. That was evidenced at the joint meeting in Chicago be- tween the farmer and the labor ele- ment, which was captured by the radical labor element, resulting in the withdrawal of the more conservative farmers. - The votes that went to Magnus Johnson last .Monday came from a element of citizenship which ought not be classified as radical. They were German. Norweglan and Swede, solid and conservative people, owning their lands and with a stake in the country's welfare. But they wanted a change. The: were suffering from certain economic allments which they were told by agitators were attributable to poli- ties and to the political party in power. They could see no outlook in the future for amelloration of condf- tions. They were led by a man whom they considered one of- themselves, a’ “dirt farmer,” and ‘who assured them that he and others like him, if given the power, would change all these things. And they believed him. * * % x The radicals, it may be -assumed, want a change mainly for the destruc- tion of the existing order of things—a change in the entire social and po- |litical fabric. The farmers expect {The radicals count upon a change to tear Bown everything that exists and | supplant it with a reign of socialism and in the end communism. 1t will be a powerful combination if. the two elements can continue to work together and If the success of their efforts encourages emulation in other states. - It _is nat to be presumed for a mo- the United States is In sympathy with this movement of restlessness and change or that it inclines to socialism or communism. It is a fact, however, that the great mass of the people are too incredulous of and indifferent to the ferment and distemper which ex- ist and is belng manifested in' in- creasing volume in many, sections. It was evident to the ‘neatral ob- servers who came to write ‘on “the Minnesota _campalgn, that even among Minnesota republicans there was skeptictsm of the extent of the movement go] in the state and indifference to jm| ce of ft to the nation. Many republicans here cannot be underesti- | {mated In importance as indicative of | political and economic folly possible. | ctives in legisla- |, cost of § the application of current events fto | Here you are facing practically thel Desota was once a banner republican | and doctrinés and principles which | of railroads | tween the restless and the radicals. ithis change to build up prosperity. | ment that the majority sentiment of’ ANSWERS=TO OUESTIONS By Fredertc J: Haskin: -~ Q. Why was the Tidal basin built?— A LM g A. It was planned for the purpose of flushing the Washington channel. There would not have been enough tidal action to keep the channel to the wharves free from sediment. The Tidal basin takes in water from the Potomac river at high tide and re- leases it through thq channel at low tide, thus making frequent dredging unnecessary. Q. Why aren’t the letters of the in- scriptions in the Lincoln Memorial made of bronze?—S. R. T. A. It was originally planned that they should be, but a change was made when It was decided that a cer- tain amount of dampness which must pervade the building might affect the {metal and stain the walls. Hence the letters were chiseled into thg stone nd darkened to simulate metal let- 'tors. Q. What proportion of the automo- biles and trucks used in the United States are owned by farmers2—Y. R. A. Tt is estimated that there are 3,500,000 motor vehicles, 3,300,000 pas- senger cars' and 200000 trucks on farms. in the United States] which is more than 25 per cent of the total registration of automobiles of all <inds. Q w American Legion?—R. W. F. A. At the latest report the Ameri- can Legion's membership was nearly 1,000,000, distributed in 11,151 posts. O. What is a boat-tail buMet?—J. F. H. A. The boat-tall is the naw bullet developed by Army experts for use in rifies and machine guns. It is so calied because it has a 6-degree taper at the tall. giving it greater range, tests chowing_ 4,800 yards, as com- pared with 3,450 yards, the maximum range of the ammunition which the Army has used heretofore. Q. What state produces the most apples?—T. A A. New York led in the production of apples last year with a crop of 26.000.000 bushels. Washington was second. with a yield of 25.678.000 bushels. E. Q. What is the earllest popular mu- sical work of which there is a rec- ord?—J. J. W. A. Loiiis C. Elson, in a monograph on _music, says that a musical play called “Robin et Marion” is so classed It was written by ear. Q: What was the-last thing George Washington wrote?z—3. N © i AL In the Library of Congress there is exhibited the diary kept by Wash- ington, opened at the page for the record of December 13. 1799. journal entry is prebably hi writing, died the mext da last Q. What does it cost Great Britain to administer her mandated territo- ries of the world war?+1. 0. W. A. According to a report of the chancellor of the exchequer. expendi- tures on mandated territories of Great Britain from April 1, 1919, to March 3171923, were estimated at {1 000, or approximately $719,160, ! | The Federal City. L Dallas, through a group of citi- zens, is to share in the work and dis- | tinctidn of formulating plans for {such wise building of a greater Wash- Ington as will make the expanded jcity conform tn the standards set by { the builders of the original city. In fewer words, the interest of the nation is to be enlisted in making the nation’s capital what it should be, {The effort is wholly warranted. and {is well designed. Washington is the | people’s city, and -what it shall be {in the future s a very proper con- cern of the people. This organized movement should quicken interest in_the history of the Capital city, Washington has long been classed as one of the most beau- {tiful and most unique cities in the | world. Haphazardism didn't make it {that. Washington is perhaps the first | definitely_planned city in the United States, “The great Hresident after whom the-city is named to be cred- ited with much, even.with initiating the movement for a well planned fed- leral city, but he is not to be credited | with planning it. Most Americans are famiiar with | the story. But the call for more ecity planning justifies a retelling of it. The designer of the Washington we have known up to this time was a French-American _engineer, Pierre Charles L'Enfant. He came to Ameri- ica with Lafayette. During .the revo- lutionary war and afterward he es- tablished for himself a reputation as a designer of skill and vision. Wash- lington and Jefferson selected him as the man to plan the new federal city. ! Jefferson: favored a chess-board type jof city. L'Enfant didn't. He broke the monotony of squarenéss and reg- jularity by cutting across parallél streets with avenues &t acute angles Americans. who know Washington, know how greatly this Heparture from regularity has contributed to the city's appearance. The story of how L'Enfant suffered injustice, as a reward for his service —or how he thought he did—is some- thing else. It need not be retold here. His experlence was not unlike that { which many modern city-planners with vision and genius have under- gone. The outstanding thing is that Washington, the city, is his monu- ment, his memorial. Its_beauty is a national possession. It should not be sacrificed now, it should not be marred by unwise plans for thé greater city’s construetion. or hazarded by no planning at all. The fedeal city ha stood and should stand thoughout the vears as an object lesson in city planning.—The Dallas Journal. were cherishing old grudges growing out of past campaigns, and others were moved by political - considera- tions for 1924 and by jealousies. They lost sight of the deeper issues involv- ed, and they will pay the penalty in seeing the entire staie go over to the {control of the farmer laborites in next year's state elections. - * %k k¥ One effect of the Minnesota elec- tion is likely to be seen in Congress at the very next session, in the stimu- lation of interest in behalf of radical legislation. Many congressmen are likely to see in the result here a set in the wind toward radicalism and trim their sails for it. The radicals, for their part. will become embolden- ed, and, believing they have an in- creasing sentiment in the _country behind them, redouble their efforts-to establish a balance of power in the House and increase it in the Senate: There. is one lesson to be learned by on, It is & warning to them to be saretul how they traffic with the radi- oals in breaking up strict party lines in the Senate on reorganization and legislation. For the moment the dis- integration of parties in Minnesota will work to the advantage of . the democrats in embarrassing the repub- lican majority iin the Semate. But the radicals have ' no more use for the democratic party than for the repub- lican party, &nd when ‘the opportu- nity should serve would turn on the democrats just as rapidly if it should it their purposes. ““The only way to fight this move- ment for a change is té preserve the integrity of the old parties and when occasion serves to unite against the radical movement, at is the memhership of the | His | the democrats in the Minnesota elec- Q. What countries &L amount- of wily A. According’ Oddie of Produdé %fl'e the great- ordmA. G Tepbre of Senator e Amcricas the world's ANNuol UL S Anounts to be. tween 17 9 and 0,600,000 ounces of sifver annuall, Mexico, the United States and Cagada producs in the order named. Q. Of what shellfish ar, 1 but- tons mader—J. A, T, o Poorhbut A. Fresh-water mussels are t} principal source of material for pea buttons. More than 17,000,000 gro. of fresh-water pearl buttons a manufactured yearly from these shell- fish. The value is placed at approxi- mately $9,000,000. Q. What causes tornadoes?—L, A. A tornado is the result of running together of air masse widely varying temperature. Q. T wish to make an electric lamy How can a hole be made in the hot jtom or side of a heavy ch without cracking the chin: A. An ordinary twist drill may used for drilling china The d should be sharp and should hav low pitéh. The china should be k wet with turpentine. : Q. How long has the domestic post ge rate applied to England?—M. W A. Since the internataio r | went into effect in 1908 letter . (Bge has been the same on m | England that it is within our ! ders. Q. Tell how to renovate raneld but ter’—J. A, F A. Rancid butter may be rest {or. at least. greatly improved {melting it with some freshl and coarselv powdered animal cha {coal ~(which .has <been thoroughls {reed from dust by sifting) in a water bath and then straining it through clean flannel. A~ less . tpoublesoms method is- to- wash the butter well | with some good new milk and next with cold spring water. Butyric acid on_ the presence of which rapcidit begins, s freely soluble in fresh milk A. Please suggest a form of grace to be used at mealtimes.—L. A. S A. The blessing spoken by Shei Tiderim in the Grove of Palms, s re lated in “Ben-F is a happy one “Father of all, God, what we have i of Thee. Take our thanks and bies us, that we may continue to do Ti wilL” Q, How many air Itnes has Fra A. There are fourteen French line | operating to Africa. London. Amsterdam. T « Genoa and other point: they carried 14,397 p 216 pounds of parcels pounds of, mail, traveling a 2,146,234 miles. Q. Kindly tell what the Constit of the United States-was w on?—R. L. A. Thi5 documert is in the mar script division of the Library of Con- gress. It is written on five she of parchment 28% inches by 2 inches in size. With the approva Congress, an_hermetically sealed with glass front has ordered. so that the document may be viewed by the visitors. A (Send wour questions to The Star formation bureau, Frederic J. Hask director, 1220 North Capitol street. Be sure to write your_ full name and ad- dress, so that the -information may be sent direct, The only charge for th service is 2 cents in stamps for return postage. —_———— for Animals. Plead To thé Editér of The Sta The keynote of education ing: emphasis iy now being brought to bear upon the humane educatio: of future citizens—the boys and girls in our public chools. Dr. Luther | Gulick says: “Things related to th |heart and the home are fully as i Iportant as those related to intellec- {tual cducation, and the heart canmot | come to fruition without instruction’" It is not possible to overestimate the benefits of judicious humane in- | struction. A man who ia kind to his |antmals will be kind and thoughtful {to nis family. It has been found that punishing a man by fite or imprisonment for is chas i lor relieving the anim E {or protecting it in the future, so Ic |as the ‘man_has no conception of {rights of the anfmal or a belief i jts capacity to suffer pain. To over come such conditions time and money |are being spent by 4 throughout the country educate the children now in the s who are to be the men and women of the | future. | “Every gooa citizen. whether or woman, boy or girl. should his or her influence to see that a mals are properly protected from u necessary cruelty and neglect. Ther lis nothing so helpless when it comes to taking care of itself and obtaining |a living as the domestic animal in a {large city or town. There should he shelters or animal rescue leagues t which. sick and unwanted antmals {may be taken, where they imay humanely disposed of if good homes |cannot be found for them Humane education is the founda tion of all reforms Fortunately, Washington has Animal Rescue League. located a 4% street - and Maryland avenuc. which -humanely puts to sleep al such animals beyond their means to provide good. homes or maintain them in comfort at their headquar- ters. To those who think this method is cruel, let them examine themselves as to whether it is right to kill (or have. others do that which they will not do’themselves) lives that wish to live for needless food and the wearing. of furs. The first law of nature is «e preéervation; thus it s wrong take a life except in self-defon | Since we have been ages strayi from love and truth it wil t v long time to return—and we never will unless cach of us do our best. though ft-be a “bit” toward, that end. ' The belpless animals in the streets are yours, and it behooves you_ “to open thy mouth for the dumb™ " (Proverbs) for those help- less in the hands of cruel or thought- less owners. The co-operation of others will help put the Animal Rescue League and all other humane organizations on a higher plane: and, remember, ‘the law prohibits turning animals’ out upon the world homeless and friend- less. Help enforce the law. H MARIE LOUISE ROGERS. to ools. man lDry Vessels Seem ., To Satisfy Sailors To the Editor of The Star: 53 bt One of the most amusing and at the same time gratifying things that have occurred in the controversy over prohibition is the fa¢t that British sailors deserted the ships of England to work on the Leviathan when she made_ her first trip across the Atlan- tic. We all recall the outcry of pro- test from those who (ostensibly) had some interest in ships, “We will -be unable to man our vessels, the men will not sign up for work on ships from which Hqulorii barred. oreign ships will-not only, %‘e nopoly of pansenger'(?ll‘fl ut %" e our most able seamen.” s Let ushave a fewid§el more to work out our great experiment in al- lowing men the use of all their God- given faculties and the; £ there still remuin - some who are- not convinced of its benefigence.-let-them migrate: to those countries that still cater. to the baser appetited of n. We can get along very will without them. $* A. M. GARDNER. ’