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Would Help Monopoly.
The commission presented the
question of the standardizing of
mines upon the basis of their eco­
nomic productive capacity and re­
garding the closing down of mines,
which by reason of their natural
limitations fall' below the standard.
"Competition would itself elim­
inate the higH cost mines, because
they would be unable to compete in
pric^ of their product with those
mines in which the cost of produc­
ing coal is lower," assert the offi­
cials of the mine workers' union.
"We believe this ide|, properly
applied and fairly carried out,"
continues the statement, "would not
only reduce the number of mines
and the number of miners in this
country, but it would, also give the
American public assurance of cheap­
er coal, because the coal would then
be produced by those mines whose
output is produced at a low cost per
ton.
Effort of "Competition.
"In addition to keepiijg down the
price of coal to the consumer, be­
cause it comes from low cost mines,
such competition would close" many
high cost mines and thus conserve
their resources for the future. We
believe conservation of our coal re­
sources is one of the most important
propositions to which the American
people should give their attention.
There will come a time when coal
will be less plentiful than it is now
and the population of the United
States will be much greater, thps
calling for a heavier supply of fuel.
Anything this commission can do to­
ward conservation of coal for future
generations should be done.
"It would manifestly be unconsti­
tutional for this government to at­
tempt to eliminate any number of
coal mines from operation by any
sort* of selective process. It COttld not
assume to say to any .mine owner,
'You shall not be permitted to op­
erate your property,' and at the flame
time permit sbme other owner- to
continue operation of his mine. Nor
could the government legally or con­
stitutionally say to any miner, 'You
must quit mining coal and set an­
other job,' and then allJ*v another
miner to ^continue at mining coal.
Therefore, we have no suggestions
to offer in regf.rd to the possibility
of closing down any number of
mines, unless this end can be
brought about through the itieans
of encouragement of open competi­
tion among coal producers.
Railroads Arc Blamed.
"In order that such competition
might be encouraged and aided, ^e
suggest that eveiy possible effort
should "be made to improve transpor­
tation facilities and the most effi­
cient utilization of the transporta­
tion systems of the country. A way
should be found to enable the rail­
roads to equip themselves with a
sufficient number of coal cars and
locomotives with which to move the
coal from mine to consumer. This
commission will, in our opinion, ac­
complish great good if it can find
a basis upon which to predicate a
recommendation of a method by
which this feature of the nation's
transportation problem can be solved
with equitable freight rates.
"We do believe, however, and we
recommend to this commission, that
some means or method should be
found to prevent the opening up of
any new mines in the United States,
at lefst for a considerable period
of time. There $re too many mines
in this country now. If the mines
now in operation or that are ready
for operation were run to their ca*
paciyt they would prodiloe at least
40 per cent more coal than is re­
quired to ^ieet all requirements of
domestic and export trade.
Too Many Mines.
"There is no need for any more
new mines. Because a set of'men
own a /railroad is no good reason^
(Continued on page 2)
EDITOR WHITE IS HAVING
HARD TIME 6ETTIN6 TRIAL
Attorney General Hopkins of Kan­
sas declares that the Attorney Gen
eral's office will not participate in
the trial of William Allen White,
Emporia editori for displaying "fif
ty-lSfty" posters expressing sympa­
thy for the strikers during the shop­
men's strike. Mr. White Was arrested
iJho^tly after the poster incident and
charged with violation-.Of tHe state
industrial court act. His close friend,
Gov. Henry J. Allen .of Kansas,
brought about 'the arrest, but the
case has never come to* trial.
The attorney general says he did
ndfc bring action and will nofcfprose
cut©it. Mr. White, however, de­
mands trial, and, is depending on
Pgyernor Allen to give "him an op
ptft'tunlty to test his point in the
Teaching Is
ONION DECLARES COMPETITION
IN COAL MINING IS ONLY CORE
URlteil Mine Workers' Officials Hold That High Cost Mines
Will Eliminate Themselves it Monopoly Power Is Deprived.
"If the proper kind of competition among operators of coal
mines can be established and maintained through the efforts of
the new United' States Coal Commission no standardization will
be necessary," declare the officers of the United Mine Workers
in a statement filed this week at Washington with John Hays
Hammond, chairman of the commission. The statement was made
in answer to a request made of the union by the commission rela­
tive to its position on standardization.
Civilisa­
Handicap.
TO PRIVATE LIFE
Old Guardsmen Lose Heavily,
Election Return Show.
Labor came out of- the recent elec­
tion with colors flying. The defeat
of Beveridge in Indiana was no small
victory. The former senator ran in
the primaries as a prgoressive. After
he was nominated he pleaded the
cause of reaction. He attacked or­
ganized workers, and declared in
favor of pending reactionary' legis­
lation. His attacks on labor were
answered with interest. This apos­
tate wiH continue a private citizen,
and bis presidential nomination two
years hencp is no. longer a possibil­
ity.
Senator Sutherland of West Vir­
ginia was aldo defeated. He is re­
sponsible for the appointment of
George McQlintic, a corporation law­
yer, to the federal judiciary. The
new judge made judicial hfstory by
enjoining miners from living in their
tent colony, which they maintained
in Mingo on private land, leased by
them.
Senator Poindekter of Washing­
ton, advocate of handcuffing labor
who will Btay at home after inarch
4 next. Senator Myers of Mpntan£,
another handcuffer/- "sensed" tfie
coming storm and .declined to be a
candidrtter aftetr'Sewinjf,. 12 years.
Senator Kellogg of Mftinesota ad­
vocate. of "protection.to alie'ns," was
defeated. He introduced a bill
which would permit federal authori­
ties to invade a state and take
charge of a strike "when it invblved
even one single alien.
Governor Allen of Kansas and his
"can't-strike" law .pass out of the
public eye with th€ defeat of his
candidate for governor and the elec­
tion of a governor who is pledged
to repeal this l^w.
George Hunt was elected governor
of Arizona. He held that office in
1915 when miners supsended work
in the Metcalf-Morenci copper dis­
trict. Governor Hunt notified the
copper barons at that time that they
could not import strikebiWkers or
gun men into the state. The miners
secured a settlement.
Governor Sweet, the new state^ ex­
ecutive of Colorado, is committed'
against cossack rule in strikes.
BAR ASSOCIATION
Committee Has Plan to Check
Arbitrary Acts.
The American bar association's
committee to prepare a code—a set
of working rules—for the judiciary
includes Chief Justice Taft of the
United States supreme court.
It is stated that lawyers and judges
believe" certain arbitrary acts of
judges are not within the -law and
have become so common as to be a
menace to the proper administra­
tion of justice. This, the lawyers say,
threatens to' develop in the public
lack of resect for- the court's1 de­
cisions.
Instances are cited where Judges
are clearly outside the legal func­
tion of a judge* There are numerous
incidents of this kind which are not
only extra-judicial *and unauthorized
by law, but dangerous because the
Judge, who is held to be at all times
bound, by the la,w aftd to Interpret it,
puts.himself above the lawand- goes
outside of it to "invent a punishment.
Che lawyers' .complaint sounds
like a trade unio nresolutiofa.
MENTAL TESTS ARE "BlIlfK."
"Almost all intelligence tests are
'bunk,'" declares Prof. Kingsbury
of the psychology department, Uni­
versity of Chicago.
"Psychology arid the intelligence
test, especially," he said,: "have. suf-.
fered from exploiters and -faddists.
Unfortunately no general test has
been devised to measure the ability
of an adult. We can only make
vague classifications."
These are the times that try men's
rolls.' \.
This emulation of Newberry and
acceptance of \the legal- opinions of
President Harding's attorney general
have already cost Edwards a consid­
erable fortune in addition to the for­
feiture of his citizenship, |)ut he an­
nounces that he is about to'make an
attack in the courts on the consti­
tutionality of the act ^under. which
he was convicted. His attorney has
already moved an appeal to the state
supreme cou'rt^
"I was gjven to understand, by At­
torney General Daugherty in Wash­
ington that the Newberry case had
settled the corrupt' practices
to
If the trade board' d?es not im-.
mediately appeal" the case teethe su­
preme court, the r.ttorneyfe fort, the
farmers are prepared to go .to 'the
secretary of agriculture to ask,, en­
forcement'of the Capper-Tincher
law which would, they say, Wive them
their desired membership.
Last Tuesday the trade board, re­
fused. membership to the Grain
Growers after months of waiting.
The seat on the Board of Trade here
is asked in the-nbme of E. H.1 Cun­
ningham, president of the United
Grain Growers, as an individual, and
his application for membership is
said to be in conformity ^ith»the
usual requirements of tlie board.'
By LEVI STEVENS LE\^IS
In a.recent issue of the Dearborn
Independent, Henry Ford's weekly
magazine, the story of "How Wall
Street 'Milked' One Railroad," is
told.
The railroad was the Missouri,
Kansas knd Texas, otherwise/ known
as the "Katy." Like" railroads in
genial,' this one "earned annually
a large slirplus over all expenses and
charges."
"It .b§pa*ne entirely free from
floating debt."
"Not onice ih all its years* had it
incurred deficit."
There is nothing new Jn this par­
ticular story of.: "one" railroad be­
ing "milked" by Wall street. It's the
old, lod familiar story the looting
of American railroads by 'The Weal­
AMERICAN LABOR
Who Took
Fine.
following the advjee of Attorney
General Daugherty' is offered by
Frederick Edwards 'of Huntingdon,
W. Va., as his. excise in his state by
spending '$96,000 Jn' his campaign
for the, Republican nomination for
United States senator^ Edwards has
been fined !l,0t}Q and disfranchised
for. three years by Judge D. E. Math­
ews of the common pleas court of
West Virginia.
:'afc£
and
that I had nQthing to fear so long as
my expenditures were not«of a cor­
rupt nature," Edwards said to a
newspaper correspondent. "I expend
ed'more money than that state seems
have permitted, and I do not ^ejiy
it.. I h&ve no aperlogies to make, and
I 'will accept any verdict .that the
court directs." .-
In addition to defeat, fine. and.
disfranchisement, Edwards suffered
a betrayal of his political interest
.and a misappropriation of about
$59,000 of his -money, according to
his attorney, John S. Marcum.
After stating that an accounting
had been made by some of Edwards'
managers of $37,500 of his campaign
fund, Judge Marcum .said:
"The remainder of the $96,000 was
given to a group of political leaders
to organize the northern congression­
al districts and the farmers for Ed­
wards, and investigation by some of
his friends havQ failed to disclose
that the money was expended for
the purpose, intended."
Farmett' Demand For Seat on
Efforts tp prevent the United
Stated Grain Growers Sales com­
pany, organized, under auspices of
the American Farm Bureau Federa­
tion, from getting a seat on the Chi­
cago Board of Trade, must now be
carried t» the United States supreme
court, according to a statement from
Farm Bureau attorneys, who suc­
ceeded in setting a dismissal of the^
Cappe^-Tincher case from the dis*i
trict court in'Chicago.
Judge Carpenter dismissed the bill
of complain', foi^ want of equity,
making it necessary that the B^rd
of Trade*carry the case-to Wash-,
fihgtori or permit a representative
of the Grain- Growers, company to'
become a member of theft board
DUJLUTH/^ NESOTA, NOV. 25, 1922.
Although Senator Robert
M.
issued a call for a meeting December 1 w^diingtcm of all P/o-f
gressive U. S. senators and national house members, including
Senator-elect Shipstead of Minnesota, and for a meeting of"-pro­
gressive citizens, including three Minnesota leaders, for December
2, he will take no part in any movement now for the creation of
a "third party." La Folltte has clipped a leaf from the A. F. of
L. He is for -thie balance of power idea.
Minnesotan Invited.'
Senator-elect Shipstead, John F.
Sinclair and Benjamin Drake of .Min­
neapolis, and Mrs. A. R. Colvin of
St. Paul, will attend -the Washington
meeting called by the Wisconsin
senator to be held under the aus­
pices of the People's Legislative
Service league, of which they are
members.
The political situation will be dis­
cussed at this meeting, but La Fol.
lette's formal statement- which was
^regarded, as .unmistakable notice of
his intention to take no notice of the
"third party" movement at this time
eliminates the possibility that it was
called for the formation of a. new
national party.
Combats Administration. Plan.
"I am not chasing any will o',the
wisps," said La Follette, in a formal
statement today, declaring that in
his judgment the immediate duty of
the progressive republican group in
congress is to "combat the announced
legislative program of the adminis­
tration" for the extra session.
Senator La Follette's utterances In
Minnesota on' the subject of a' third
party mqve arje recalled when his
statement: was-received. Speaking in
the St.. Paul auditorium Pn the Fri­
day night before election, Senator
La Follette made it very clear that
he believed the most feasible method
of procedure, was
vtoT
"capture the
machinery! of the existing party by
turning out the. bad leaders." His
statement today indicated he has
given further consideration to the
political lineup as. marked, out by.
the .progressive victories at the re­
cent election, land is convinced that
working within the rei#fc|Hcan party-,
both in corigressandptft, i9 the moiit
•effec#*. '.£3-^:I'
:"-."-
v~y:
.... v. Ao^jist' SMtr'&utosidy*
T&eifceisage of President Harding
on the ship. subsidy bill has-not af­
fected Senator La. Follette.' He- served
notice that he:Would be' found bat­
tling side by sfde/Krlth Borah of Ida­
ho,' Norris of. Nebraska, Ladd of
North Dakota, and, other progressive
senators for the defeat of the sub­
sidy and the repeal:of the transpor­
tation act, He cited the election of
new senators lik6, Shipstead of .Min
ijesota,Brookhartof Iowa and Fra­
iler of North Dakota,., as a fitting
jllimax to jiis triumphant victory In
his own state. He handled the ship
subsidy with all his characteristic
WALL STREET FINANCIERS
WANT CONTENTED
At a conference of bankers and
others in New York, President
Cromwell of the New -York stock
exchange expressed alarmi- over the
discontent of farmers. Mf. Cromwell
suggested that investment bankers
"bend their efforts toward cultivat­
ing the confidence of the farmers."
He said this sort of business might
not be profitable at first, "but bank
eys-are in honor bound to do some­
thing for the rural people."
The speaker said there exists "a
strong suspicion" on the part of the
farmers that they have been handed
the hot end of the poker. This sus­
picion, it was. declared, was founded
"almost" entirely upon misunder-.
standing.
VACCINATION LAWS LEGAL.
The IJnited States!supreme court
has ruled that vaccination laws are
legal.
thy Criminal Classes," those, "who
live by gambling In money and pub­
lic securities/' It's the same old
story of the Erie, and "Colonel" Jim
Fisk, and Jay Gould, and "Commo­
dore" Vanderbllt, and Daniel Drew,
and Chauncey Vlbbard, and in later
years the plunderers —not the wreck­
ers, by any means—of the Rock lsl-,
and, the New York, New Haven and
Hartford, the Chicago anrd Alton, and
"the C. H. & D. bubble" and many
others.
9
But there is another story that
someone more familiar with all the
circumstances than I, should write.
"The surplus that had accumulat-• Jt's the story.of How -"one" railroad
ed in the treasury of-the 'Katy* since
1906 amounted to $'T,980,000."
Like the generality of .American
railroads, "the 'Katy* was intrinsical­
ly a solvent proposition."
Nevertheless/ in September, 1915,
the Katy. 'Hhuridered into bank­
ruptcy with a fuhded'd^bt" of ?173,
000,000
and tdfaTobligations in a far
greater sum.".
"milked" Wall street, or rather how
it "milked" the treasury of the Unitr
ed States which, needless .to say, Is
practically the same thing. This
story. Is yet to be written. The writer
of these lines probably\knows as
much about the transaction as, any
other living being except those who
did the- milking, but that's-not very
much.
Sfimetime: early.: in 1918 about
June first, or a week or two earlier
or later, it was editorially pros
claimed in Senator Hitchcock's jer
&9nal "organ," The Omaha World-
TtMjfW mWNSLAVED
La Follette of Wisconsin hits
fiery condemnation of a legislative
measure of'which' he strongly dis­
approves. He branded it as a pro­
posal (1) "To sell government owned
and constructed ships to the 'ship­
ping monopoly' for 10 cents on the
dollar (2)
"To
tax the people to
pay the 'shipping monopoly* a sub­
sidy of millions of dollars a year.for
10 years to operate the ships and
charge, the public as high transpor­
tation rates rs will satisfy .its greed."
Raps Monopoly.
"In other words, give the govern­
ment'^ ships to the- 'shipping n4p
nopoly' and pay it a fat subsidy to
operate them," said La Follette.
"This is President Harding's ship
subsidy scheme. Administration
spokesmen in congress did not dare
to put it through before the recent
elections. So •'.hey persuaded the pres­
ident to let it over. He has now
called congress into extra session
for the avowe^ purpose, of jamming
the' bill throup and saddling the
people with another backbreaking"
tax.
"IX. has b&en an easy master to
manage, the shipping business ^so as
to prevent Uncle Sam's ships, from
making money for the. government
or from being operated in success­
ful competition with private.' lines.
This has been openly and' brazenly'
accomplished* by tying, up, molt of
the government ships in port of by
leasing the few' operated under the
Universally condemned graft system
of 'cost plus Contracts', by the terms
of which the government pays the
cost and the operating steamship
company pockets tlie profits.
"Verily 'there be land pirate^. and
water pirates' in these^ times, and It
does not. re.^piirV a. very .high 'prdejr of
talent to die credit ^dbesjnir^^oy-.
bpeKS.tion: of anything- from railroads
to steamships under such a buccan­
in
Capper in Agreement.
Senator Capper also poured the
VLSLIS
of his unqualified disapproval
upon the. ,ship subsidy. He agreed
with Senator La Follette that it
would be "another back breaking
tax." .....
"I do not think we shall.get any­
where in our effort to rectore con­
fidence in the government by piling
150,000,000 .a year on the public's
back In ship subsidy in addition to
Its present heavy burden of taxa­
tion," said Capper.
WALL STREET CONFESSES
PRIVILE6E WAS FAVORED
Does W^l street intimate that
public officials are partial to spe­
cial ^privilege?
One correspondent throws out thfl*
hint. Discussing the effects of the
elertion, he says the idea/seems to
ptevpil in business circles th^t the
election is a protest against "the
tendency to.favor special rather than
general trade,* interests."
Asv an indication, of how quickly,
"frail street can swallow a bitter
dose, the correspondent says that
the. reduced majority of the domi­
nant party in congress will check
"reactionary- tendencies in legisla­
tion and lead-to a more liberal and,
efficacious 'handling of business
problenis."
M'NUI/TY ELECTED.
.. Frank McNulty, .^former president
of the Brotherhood yof Electrical
Workers* waS^elecled to
from Newark,' ."N."1 J.
congress
Herald, that *13,000,060 had been
"advanced" from the treasury of .the
818,000,000 had. been advanced,
whereas,^ according to advices ffrom
Washington, only £9,000,000 hah
then been advanced. ^.
But sixty days later, another $*.7
500 000 was advanced/, making the
sum. totail half a million dollavs njore
than, the senator's figures.
It would be., interesting to-learn
what the senator really knows about
'these transaction's., 4 -.
Unltjed States to. tb€ New York
trtil "in compensation for operating
losses."" As a. matter of fact, tfiei^f
has .never ,been-..va year since it wis
incorporated^ in 1851 when the
Yo^k Central irtcurred a deficit.
Haying at iMiad a pretty^are^iliy
yrepared sche8«iidcit the Incom^Jie
interest paid .([which means thft^JH
terest received) the increasi^Qf
stock, and the. lncream of fumed
debt (whlch really means an ini
of assets) which-schedule was
piled from th^ sw6n official rejMrts
bf the New York Central on ,:$^ .at
Albany every' year since it -*^*. con
soiidated ^llh^ th'e ollmudlio^
tisilroad" in lljil every yearl^ho|ii
Says Price Fixing Has Deen
Practiced For Years.
Washington, Nov. 23.—Charles
Schwab told: the Federal Trade com­
mission Saturday in its hearing in
the Pittsburgh base complaint "that
#e practioe of basing s.teel prices
throughout the country on ^hefmar­
ket. quotations prevailing at Pltts
rfcyrfh was a matter of business^ con
ypoience,
Like E. H, Gary, who had testi­
fied previously, Mr. Schwab tOOk the
position that Ahe Pittsburgh base is
'adiieired to only as far as the law, of
supply and demand operates and has
no arbitrary effect on prices.
formally questioned as to. his oc­
cupation when he took the stand,
Mr. sehwa^) replied: "No definite oc­
cupation," hut -as an aftsr thought
he added^ *4I aih nominally chair­
man iOf,vthe |oard. of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation -practically I am
a retired steel ih^nufacturer."
Mr. ^Schwab declared that it was
the practice to foirm pools as far
baeX ^s^9
0 0 to obtain fair prices.
''Wej^^ools always successful in
fixing1^prices?" he was asked.
"Not affrays," he'.-replied.
When the commission's' attorney
asked about a "plate association"
the-witness-replied:
"Let nrfe-remind you that^there is
no such tlrtrig as the plate ayocia
tion. There'were many temporary
associations at .various times in the
plate'and other branches of the in­
dustry."
"I mean the one you originated,"
it was explained.
"l .was. the originator- of most of
them/' Mr. Schwab replied.
Altogethsr Mel Sphwab was on the
stand only about, an hour, and then,
the commission adjourned untii Mon­
day.
MinneapoA, Nqy.:-2J.-?—Despite the
cl^im of W. I. Nolan thkt' he would
be re-elected speajter it the house
"insurgent members" today predict­
ed that- Oscar S^enson of Nicollet
County would finttjlyjrecelye/ the sup­
port of the farmer-labor forces and
Be eieeted.
It is .pointed opt b^ the- supporters
of Mr. gwenaon ihat many, members
resent the moveW the GK- O. P. lead­
ers to attempt tslcontrol the election
of a, speaker at a conference called
so far in advance of the meeting of
the legislature (and will rally to-the
support of ..the .Nicollet county rep
senatiye.
v^he farraerlftbor group have not
called, a conference and, according
to leaders,not do so until the
day before opening- session of
the legisiat:i^$
."Of (?o\ynsfti We jshall oppose Speak­
er Nolan,"Jone of the farmer-labor
membenr s^ld'today.
'He did not give
us a Vquar^ deal last session. We will
^iVf oucgijfljlflprt to any member who
will ple4v^a%^ness. have no par
tip^lart cu^d^iite/ but will center our
support sktoepne th^t .wUV be falr
to «S if we think he has a chalice"
to win.'V'
Frlep^ of Swenson predicted that
the faster,-iab?)r^groiip- would
IOOt
1
May Unite
1
line
tip "Republican -insUtgentsll
and insure the election of the Nicol­
let representative.
O & E I S E 6 A
"Headed bj»*iri llage officials, citi
'zens: of ibly^ant, Pa., seized four
car loiils of coal to. supply churches
and schools that*have been without
ctyf 'M&r weeks, blyphant is located
^ve'^liesfrom Scran ton and is biiilt
oiVfte epal: mines.
excFpfJort, aiid other data, I had of
flcjWf^vidence that there had never
a year in all Its history when
ik Centra) had sustained any "op*
|Mting losses" whatever.^
c6bnse4uentJ^
I ^onderediwhat the
IjftitPtancemeftft referred, to in Sena
ror, Ifitchc6ck's World-Herald really
v" -. y::
$o'l asked for, an explanation. And
.no explanation was forthcoming.
-. T^e fact that advancements to the
NeW/ York Central had. been.made
f^om the treasury department -was
cbnf|rrtied, .bt^t for what particular
specific purpose, I was unable to
a 1
1?h^ amount "advanced" was spe
cifted .'by '^iay and dat^ aS follows^
I *2,000,90V on April 16, 1)18
*t00M^)0 pn April 23^19,18
1: 15,000,00^,/on April I9*t
1
theSetretaiybf thetrreasuty, Andr«w Mcllob,"inau^
r^te the present ^stMk^tyiilencl and melon-cutting fe*a) Congrei^
man James A. Frear tff \^iscdnsin charges that he did. Hf is sdlt
propounding .to the treasuiy chief a series of questions which
dignitary is finding it. quite embarrassing to answer. The leadin#
question askewl of Mr. Mellon relates to his own company, the Gulf
Oil Corporation, which led the melon-cutting movement with "it
200 peir cent stock ,dividend.
It Is.
"now of never" with the ship
subsidy bill and every effort, will
be made to pass this license*to loot
before the present congress expires.
The bill can not. be passed by- th
next congress. ThCre are too-'niah
members fresh from the people Who
are opposed, to it.
President Harding's message to
coMrfess^ Tuesday had the- effect of
tallying all supporters to the ship,
subsidy bill, but it at the saTfiae time
stiffened up, the opposition.
Chairman Lasker recognizes that
if the bill can be jainnied through'
now. it is doomed'for egiod.. This.cp.n-'
dition makes It Jleces^ary to pass
the bill before March 4. It can ,be
jammed through the house in short
order, as: the house rules permit of
closing debate, and. bringing a meas­
ure to a vote* quickly. if the'major-,
ity is so inclined. The number of
"lame ducks4' seeking federal ap­
pointment and. 'the' large majority
in the house makes a gag rule poe?
sible. In 'the senate fre^ .^is^flsiin.
ia t^e rulei, except by a. :three-fti||jrths.
it®tu'The opponents the- ^bili ^#ili
nof^ ajfrce 1^|^^deWtfe.^tils
ifcti&A
4 )|itter filibuster .which! ^iay tl^e^t4
vert^«a^ge.ot thB
impprjtant a^ro-
pristioii billsi in that event an e^tra
session c/f tl)e' new congress %rould
have, to be called. The new congress
-is as popular with reaction as a
smallpox sign/ and 'no standpatter
wants: that congress i^ session one
minute more than is absolutely ne­
cessary. "this would indicate that re'-
ac'tion will throw. the.: ship subsidy
bill overboard if it finds that' the
filibuster endangers^ the appropfra-*
tion bills.
Opponents pf subsidy, point, to. the
recent election. They, insist that the
haste with which tlie bill is urged
and, the special session called for
that proposal cannot stand .investiV
gation, and that the',new cpngress,
With its mandate, from the people,
would defeat the.bill.
Subsidy advocates decline to dis­
cuss the details of thetr plan to loot.
They just, howl for a merchant mar
rine and-would create
:the.
Urges Workers to
Fight
and.^ treatment,
tiente and in* the^1
A
oh ^Uly 81, 194*^
M^®ticieabi
e- tfiat the sutftactu
.ai^-viKiyncagd' from t)js treasury, at
.thetime of senator HUcho0pic'a. an»
n£uh^%enft wika 1^^00,000 less than
.j^'e^se|ji^i^«::f^iires.. -.'
impres?-
sion that any one who opposes them'
is against an American merchant
marine.
"The organised fight agaihst t\i
berculosis meany much, to t^e work-,
ingman, said Samuel ppmpera- in
letter to 'organised,-lali^- inmporting.
the Isale of Christmas seais^t^r tlie.
yarious societies for the*care and,
preventipn of tuberculoJs.
'''Statistics show that the -death
rate from tuberculosis,^- v^ntinue^ you
Mr. Gompers, "hias''declthed^ rapidly.
within the-last 15 years a.mong thp#e
lhrge occupational whei^ it
has been highest.^ "fhis reflectf
vorably upor. the organised act^ltjr
of the National and State Tubercu/
losis movement in the establishm erirt
of facilities for ther discovery, car^
srculo#is-i«i
ation of\the
ppbllc on therev.e^^6f th|i ^s--
*t*Therr are still *«^th»
frqpi tube^lostoj^ef^ year Ithis^
coulfliir^aiia^Q^lrt^i^y.^
r|uaKj?ra.-$f^
'Thetneld:fot
.par^at.
ft
SealTsale*^
an ppportunlt
eyeryJwork^ii
ps ttany Glii
an*
.thiw
I
4^^HiMj|^i^tted:the'..senatorhad
pHh
n&ifenp.r%o 'be
tlihi/aifr-
i^ons|i)lUty-for
to:sl»reitft tWC
sayinr
arei^neiraIy^lnjS d/* -.
about lUiirir to^t
l3Utt
V'
TOtfEGENTS.
Mellon's ,Company Led.
Co^Sressman Fr.ear, to back up hia
fehargg, against. Mr.. Mellon, calls kte
.attention to' the" following statement
from "Investment Opportunities" ttB
Novertiber which states:
... "Since we were last privileged
address,. ypUi two doniinant fact«r*
in -world finances have made deci
stye .moves. Andrew Mellon, banketv
oil magnate.'and capable -secretary 'Of
:pur -treasury,: controlling the im­
mensely wealthy Gulf Oil Corpora­
tion,^inaugurated the stock dividend:
and melon: cutting era of. 1922-1923*
Gulf Qll led the movement withia
2*00 per cent stock dividend. TOe
Stock jumped from .$400 to $800.
Standard Oil Follows.
"The Rockefellers followed imme­
diately by deciding to distribute the
Standard Oil surpluses. *!^he Standard.
pils-r-Kentucky, California. N§p
Jersey, New York and-Vacuum fMs*
'Idwed w|th the distribution from 100
ijPfr^gent Jo-4,00 per centv Nearly thflf-'
%9 ikore^ Standard- Oils are 'possibles-*
The American Radiator and Nation.-"
al Biscuit companies were doubtless"
influenced'.i^nd also declared large
stock dividends. Many others Will'
jr
•Our last-issue indicated thesefpo^
MWUtie^ The ^probable effect on fu-
txvjfe American markets is not exagr'
gci'ftte^. Nothing like it has eyeirr
happened before— it is unlikely "to
happen again j.. a generation."
DivtdcndsPilcdUp.
Th^r secretaryfs attention also is
calledc to the^. following from the of-,
ficial report of:t the Standard Oil
cojmp&fiy, The ,Lamp:
"In ten yearst- from 1912 to 1921..
ificl^isiye tthe company..' New-. Jer­
sey Standard Oi subsidianr). lt^s
shown ^t ^gBlngs -betore^ taxes of
fpi taxes
#222,-
reprMknts aggregate did-
Sends and |4 3 0,8 s.7 -has been ab
Sorb^d^by tl.e needs of the business.**
Commenting upon this. Congress­
man J$rear says:.
"This shows, if interpreted cor- «.
rectiy that-Standard Oil of New
Jersey, Jhe sulsidiary company un
^er discu»sion,^ made in profits for
ten gears '7T*5-per. cent or .77% per
cent annually that: after paying
taxes it dirtrlbUted .220 per cent in
dividends or^Z^ per cent annually to
its ^tockholders, and in addition to
t)itt enormous}
profit ^t laid by ih
sijfpluses. 8417,580,357. or 44 per- cent,
profit syery:ryear.
•y .Escape Taxee.
.".V'On tWs ^hpwing I ask you, is' it
i^wsiUiOlart you ^annot. find ques
tioh pjind for the impost
iion -^:jjf^al.ty p^oyided'.in Sectiok
Jf20, itt not] a fact.: that-your
-cornhaisslpner has'^failed to demand
^pf Standj^d ~il a statement of Its
'needs. ln business,*- and .has refused
tp :«n{onee tlie. penalty .jprp^ided A*
#^tjx»n 'tz*, actirig under your ad
vice.-in jtfee matter 1^ it-, not 'prima*
faci^'- evidence that the purpose gSf
setting aside 487 per cent surpluses
ten ^eaiti was to prevent the im
tioiii pfVtfie individual surtax .01
«tpc^hplder®' you claim it is
tHe'it indeed, congress has a duiy-to
perform. reaching by law the iBC
disrttbuted. surplus that thus avoWs
individual SHrtdxes.*',
•'X Wra)d Enforce Law.
"Only secret records, and secret
adrnfiiistration, of. »e law makes t^V*
startling -situation possible," says
G^Bjgressman Frear, who also .n^^
that thiS y^ar's tre«tsury deficit ^ftl
reach 8«70.00d,000, due in large part
to the $i5d '0&0,0d0 excess profits t*x
.repeals urged' by Mellon.
Hairing in minil Jfellon's melons,
COngreissma-rv Frear closestlr extift.
prdinary indictmentfWith the follow
Jngjsfhtencef-
"Renewing .my observation that^lt
|s an in congruous Sltual^on\that
to enforce^Section
®20, but
urging "a 'strict imposition --th«.
penSlty therein provided^ to reach
abnormal surpluses. am, etc."
SAYS I. W. W.
Many Talfr^^ men on Hnes lea#
Ing tlito^I^rtiiind ate ijfcb^^iWnC^.
Ing «...
be a a
,free~rJdes. in freighV trains,
Ba)ter, ^maypr 6f Por^and,
befgf4^the. tax, re^iilatin^.
.conservation colrimission, in-explaln-,,
inl^^tito^i^SteV-froht^^^triW*tft^tW»/c
W^e evidence that fc ifcf
casefi W.^ fsrds servied as tic"
!io Jpottllind/'vhe toiertied.
,,8oWi
tHe viil^ndt-' a^pw
'iiednpitb biut /t]h^^ho ciSj^
Y^^rds-'rifcre --gl'vefa,. traijpipi^tt^
-ha*ev epin*^ wfPbftfttttfl
WW^ctfthe- ftai" tjiey^beea
The mayor asserted that in
r^ce iS cas^s ^oupfe had
:.%k