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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1020
T" Wi"S Mn rlrt'y '<>?? who
never dim be as rarely falls.?Wfiittier.
T A Selected Population.
HE wisdom that is being shown by the officals
of ,he new Palestinian state and by
?he JorH0-*"" ?f,tht JeWi'h or?a"i"'ions of
IvL il *hoprov,de 'he sinews for nation-cre*'*
*" *?'*?t?g settler, extorts the admiration
of onlookers Character, physical health, knowledge
hairy:1 wor,h - ci,i"n* ?f ?>?? * *
P d will be a model community, are all being
investigated. There are no "unguarded gates" for
,nd'?""nmate rush of aspirants., however
Pious or racially loyal to push through
,h? ?W A1"' T'l bC 8n>v?u?'.v disappointing to
thousands and hundreds of thousands of perd?.?
Z tnOW<m?re than eve?- ^fore want a
place of refuge for oppressors and who want to
woe SV" ?f famine- Persccution and
? But since the new land cannot begin to
support all who might want to come and since
it ? not the intention to make the state a sanitarium
or a "city of refuge." the edict has gone
forUi that there shall be discrimination with the
Highest civic ends in view.
This experiment -tn selecting a high-grade citnenr>,
in keeping the ratio of consumers equal
to the productivity of the land, and in making
certain that persons acquiring citizenship shall
sympathize with the ideals of the nation's founders,
will be watched with intense interest. In the
Lnited States just at the present time, when
Congress is about entering upon rectification and
stiffening o? the laws governing immigration, it
should be meditated upon soberly. For many decades
of our national history wc avoided all considerations
of the kind that the Zionistic state-has
considered fundamental. We fell far below the rationalism
of Canada and of Australia. We had
the "open door." and we drew no distinctions
between the healthy and the diseased, the honest
and the criminal. We conferred citizenship as
and the criminal. We conierrcd^itizenshipas loosely
and unimpressively as we permitted debarkation We 1
did nothing to distribute the incoming flood, irflow- j
>ng it to go where it would or stay where it
would. We assumed a sincerity of purpose on the
part ot the immigrant as to his motives for coming
that was beautiful in theory but often far I
rom the truth fact. We expected assimilation i
[VIZ and invariably without!
Ku,dance or any inspection to see whether it
came to pass. We let European governments shift
to us their undesirables and defectives, and we
den, TlmrUt ,0",in ,ax" for ,nst',utional burdens
that Europe thus escaped.
Ii perchance voices of protest' were raised by
persons or by organizations that thought the
policy unwise and endeavored to induce Congress
to establish standards of admission, they had to
K al!2^lLr,tatJrOS,rt by ,he pr"'aiIi"?
let alone policy. Sometimes these opponents
ot relorm we*- persons who looked upon labor
as a commodity and wanted to get it cheaply;
sometimes they were transportation companies
owned by alien capitalists who were growing
rich by carrying emigrants hither; and some
bmes 'hey were friends of would-be immigrants
who wanted for their kindred the economic gains
that residence here brought.
Along the early part of this century public
opinion of the country began to harden against
?e traditional policy of laxity. Some barrier,
began to be erected. The ideal of a seI(.cted
population began to take nebulous form
have came to disclose facts^that
tihe J5 S,i" lunb" educating
the public, and it is safe to predict that Congress
from this time on Will act much more independently
: <TS that 11 used t0 conciliate. In sheer
self-defence the nation must stop drifting and
,,s. stand *? ethical justification for such a
course is beyond dispute. Some higher slandards
must be set up, and they must be more than
m?y,t'Ch! M P"SOnS Wh? are ^mi.t?l
must be placed inland, not dumped on the eastern
seaboard and left there. Debarkation in Gulf
and Pacific coast ports must be arranged. Citizenship
must be earned. Discrimination must take
the place of mdiscriminatenefcs. Vague, emotional
altruism must surrender to clean cut, rational self
interest. The national house must have a back
door for ejection as well as a front door for admission.
Open or secret enemies of the national
ideals must be ferreted out. The immigration service
should functio. abroad as systematically as
do the consular or the diplomatic, and with full
authority to aid in the process of selection We
have a right to probe the motive for migration
hither as well as the capacity for assimilation
after arrival.
In support of such a policy there will be as
hearty support from the sincere American born
abroad as-comes from the native born. The war
that showed the disloyalty of representatives of
many races and many lands also showed the
loyahy of other representatives of the same
froops. The fundamental distinctions that now
have to be framed are net based on grounds of
^nativity or creed or economic utility. They rest
on the original assumption that a nation has
the same right to choose its civic children as a
family has to decide who its guests and who
its kindred by marriage will be. Temporary hospitality
in case of personal need may demand
the open door. But permnnent residence hi the
circle is quite another matter.
Remerkf a Local Disgrace.
When the clyef of the federal child labor bureau
savs that chiH-Iabor conditions in the District of
jColumbia are 4 disgrace to Washington she. inferential]./
means a national disgrace also The
nation defines the law under which present defective
conditions exist, and Congress atone can
alter them. That h will do so at an early date,
and along the lines of the Curtls-Gard bill is
devoutry to be hoped.
Fortunately there is IKS Indifference or lethargy
concerning the matter id the orgaaiaations dedicated
to social welfare within the District; and
Miss Boardman's presence on the Board of District
Commissioners and her emphatic adherence to
the reform program will be an asset of much
value as the fight proceeds. Nor will the school
authorities under the lead of Superintendent Ballou
be oUt of the contest.
What is needed now is 'practical aid from
citizens of influence, men and women with a
humanitarian spirit and community pride. The
forces arrayed against reform are relatively weak
compared with those in cities with larger industrial
and commercial interests. There is no large imponderable
element of the population intent on
exploiting the child for the sake of dollars. But
there are elements of the population that have
to be taught that indifference to illiteracy and to
premature labor by youth are wasteful and shortsighted,
and that it is a 'penny-wise pound-foolish
policy to add to family income by keeping
children out of school to satisfy immediate needs,
actual or assumed. Indeed the startling \evidence
secured by local investigators points clearly to the
fact that far too many parents will seek permits
for school attendance exemption who want the
additional income, not for the necessitfaft of life,
but for the luxuries.
"The Sovereign Lookinf the Dollar
Straight in the Eye."
The British premier tells his countrymen that
if they do not like the present rate of exchange
between Great Britain and the United States and
if they "want the sovereign to look the dollar
straight in the eye" then provision must be made
for diminished imports of food and a higher rate
of production at home of the stapl* commodities
of nutrition and. physical existence.
His prescription for a restoration of conditions
that will enable the motherland to live in safety
is concession by parliament to the Board of Agriculture
in times of peacc of power to enforce
proper cultivation of crops. To deny it will be national
weakness and national folly, and indeed,
as he says, a national scandal.
Conditions were not ever thus,* even in the
palmiest days of free trade, when it was argued
that exports of manufacture could always induce
adequate imports of food. The drift until comparatively
recently has been away from the lind
to the cities, so that fifty years ago saw J.ooo.ooo
more workers on and about the land than there
are now. Then the vast landed estates were
unassailable. The political theory of individualism
was dominant. For tht state to step in, as is
now proposed, and compel rural productivity
would have causcd a revolution. The landed
gentry and aristocracy ruled the state But times
have changed. A theory of social "valuation" of
all conditions has come to rule. Genteel poverty
? forcing land on the market. The necessities
of national preservation compel the action that the
Premier urges. Moreover, it is by no means certain
that Great Britain can sell her imports untaxed
to her own children in the ponies and in
the dominions, as she used to do. and if she
cannot, she must the more certainly rely on home
produced food.
The situation is not quite as acute in this,
country, but we now have more consumers than
producers. We also have got to learn intensive
cultivation of the soil. We likewise have to devise
a way by which urban life can draw unto itself
a population now seduced by the fascinations of
the city. We see on the horizon a time when we
may have to quit exporting foodstuffs.
British Aristocracy Becoming Democratic.
British aristocracy is losing its caste exclusiveness.
The announcement recently of the engagements
of two peers, one in England and one in
Scotland, to young women "below their rank" has
set society gossiping, says the Kansas City Star.
A marriage between ranks is considered far more
romantic than a marriage within rank. '
The Master of Kinloss, the Rev. Luis Chandos
Francis Temple Morgan Grenville, is to be married
next June to M^ss Katharine Beatrice Jackman,
daughter of a village blacksmith at Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
The Master of Kinloss is son and heir of the
Baroness of Kinloss, who is a daughter of the last
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. His engagement
to Miss Jackman is the result of a childhood
friendship. As a youngster he used to bring his
toys to the forge to be mended. He met Miss
Jackman there and frequently took tea at the
smithy.
An interesting aspect of the engagement is that
the Master is the prospective brother-in-law of his
own chauffeur, who is Miss Jackman's brother.
John Jackman, the father, still works at his forge,
although he is nearly 70 years old. The Master is
3t years old and his fiancee 28. He was ordained
in 1914 and is curate of St. Sepulchre's Church,
Northants. ?
The peer does ifot think his approaching marriage
is apything out of the ordinary.
"People say I am doing an extremely romantic
thing," he said, "and of course I am. 1 believe 1
am only the second peer of the realm to take
such a step, but I am certain that it will be justified
by my future happiness.In these days of
democratic marriages I see nothing unusual in this.
Fortunately my mother has been splepdid over the
whole matter, and I have in her a powerful advocate
now."
The Scottish peer, Viscount Melville, itf to
marry an Edinburgh shop assistant, Miss Margai>t
Todd. Lord Melville, who is 77 years old, met her
at the shop, a perfume and hairdressing establishment
'
This will be the third marriage of Lord Melville.
He has fbur sons and two daughtfrs. Another
son was killed in action at the Dardanelles in
1915. Lord Melville succeeded his brother in the
peerage in 1904.
In spite of the Republican landslide, Samuel
Gompers is apparently convinced that labor succeeded
in its purpose to defeat most of the candidates
for the minor political offices whom it deemed
hostile to its interests. If, however, as he says,
fifty Congressmen hostile to labor were defeated at
the polls, most of them must have been Democrat*.
TWhen
the ouija board is working again, the
Mustcogee (t)kla.) Phoenix wants po ^sk Solomon
how he perauaded his wives to vote the right ticket
Pests wanting to analyze the election for u? are
now abroad.
TOUBS PRISON'
GHASTLY SPOT
&
Mausoleum of Hopes and
Home of Living Dead,
Says Mclntyre.
r ?. o. nmu.
If aw TORK. Not. U^J-a few klocka
north of Brooklyn Bridge on Ufty tta
(treat I* a hue*, sinister ptlo
of stoae hMnti la by a wall of
rook twenty foot tilth. Pedestrians
catching the faint glimpse of Ita
outline at night can acarcely suppress
a shudder. There la something
?bokt Its breedlaa presence
that trips the emotions?depresses.
It la the Tombs prison The
Tombs! A name bsstowsd by a
Park Row reporter with aa uncanny
sense of word valuea. No
building 1 havs svsr sesa Is so
tloomy looking or frlves the Impression
of baiat tho tray* W llvlnt
dead men.
ol lllht come from
tho little barred windows that mark
each tier. Ths entrance Is an archway
aad Inspection reveals two
masslvs black Iron doors that slide
open to admit the mornlnt aad even
nt arrival of the Blaok Marias
filled with tltht-llpped men. abiect
m their hopeleesaesa and genrsily
cuKslat with sacM breath.
Two man have scaled the outside
XJXJW t0 tH* tr*?t ?">'y
to find thrflr limbs broken from the
N-? ?""?<? sentinels pacs
*?. . on ,h* ,0|) of the
*?ll. It Is not necessary. From
.?V. th* *l,"? I stood
"etching the forbidding mausoleum
of hopes the earle silence was
broken.
'' oounded more like the gruff
roar of some wounded beast. A
aoft scurrying of foot-steps, the
?'*n.k ?J ?n Iron door and silence
?hf ? . ,rom ,he Tombs Is
the Criminal Courts building across
H1','1";' '? the Bridge of Sighs
Handcuffed prisoners walk across It
to hear their fate.
Some of the world's most notorious
prisoners have trod Its concrete
flooring^ Nan Patters,*. Hatty
Mo,,ne?u* and a host
of others whose crimes loom large
ah .pa**" of criminal history.
AH during the day ,he Ton)b. ?
stre.'t ? ? tf"' "r of thousand
a?ir.. K^r"*nt truck"- hooves
agalrst cobble-stones, honking moI^favlllt1]!?
!"* But Mt n,"ht
th. , #et <>own to
1:' ?u,f? of * country church yard
a If Tombs men either sleep
souls' b*u1'* wlth th"'
.r'"h! ""dering. took me
from the gloom of Uifa.vette street
to beautiful Riverside Drive. At
night It is at Its best. Bathed in
soft moonlight the asphalt driveway
unwinds like ribbon. On either
side are magnificent elms?as state,r
? below the shimmering
Hudson flickering from rays of
electric light and across the ever
majestic Palisades half hidden in a
light tog. Then up over the hill by
Ems1 " n'"h'd ?" ? P*-'i-g
l?ghts. They came on with a rush
.V" ? faint snatch of song
and high pitched laughter. Out of
* "i * "treat came a mighty poppity.
pop-pop The chase was on for ?evcurl
?k Then "" tfrew ?l> ?t a
thlm >h !" fnotorc>,o)<' cop handed
off-anH '",mmons *n'1 each drove
oir and one party very slowly.
Frank Ttnney is leaving off the
f8Uce 1?.?,^, "?>""? white
race l? the black face comedian to
lng"Plnf wUEd5" C"t0r '? "Pf""
,ace at the Winter
when Ai i"," *re rumors that
"He" Al Jolson next comes to
And*??W\yHh* Wi" be ' "bite face
Mef.. Ten wh0 songs a
otCCtZr Cantor's
n?mbe^??dUrA^JolwB^ '.onTtu
this season i. "Ofleving For You
wT,!r.rm.,t:,h?reiri;
very ight mulatto, is shortly to an*
make-up* *trii?hl comsdy without
SKY PILOTSGET
FLEET OF GAS BOATS
ind In'
lated ,t0i ,".mb*r camps and isoeVtabnrnhfn
I"dlan v?>?ges. has been
I'l t ,, ' 'hf Methodist mis ion
In British Columbia
In former years the large sea-gntroll.8|a^h
Thomas Crosby patrolled
the coast, distributed literamerne
a?*ddeth? un'?" ?f Indian
logge*; lufnt?** ht,d *ervif,'? for
tr? I!' lumber?"e?. natives and
&3>'^.r^ulr'eV V;.eVc",
T, l?n ,8mal1- launch boats,
can nrea^h b>- ? n>?n who
ifd ivith o VarKue' and *lve "ret
n.ss ?dh Ua treatrn^ft.*'10 ?f "rk"
IMPERIALWIRELESS
CIRCLE PROJECTED
Preparatory to building a huge
between Ca ' IT f?r communication
Marcon? w?n*,da and En"l"d. the
da hi. ' Company of Canawes
?M. T>.urr',a?ed twenty-three
Toront00f ' "ine mile" troa>
flr't 't "nderstood that this is the
witr ?hUk i.? ,? w,ri*|e?s stations
Canada i>!li "P'cted to dot
empire encircle the British
250,000 Bushels of Wheat
Grown in Western Canada
materf1" wi?'?0.# bu"h#I" ' the eitlWollern
? , ?r?P ?f th* lhree
Western provinces of Canada, acthe
a?Jl|t0i ,he ?m<^' estimate of
i agent of the Camatevl^
Ral'*?y The e.ME'UXin.V"
"" bushels
in d ^ ? f or Al be rt a *
I DAILY LINE 0* CHEEK
By John Kendrick Rang.
A PREFERENCE.
A pedestal la good enough
St a.T,rWJi0 tha? *ort ofstufr.
Whl I K m* th* "treat
Where I can atand oh my own reot
And on the level ever be. '
s xr
Can You Be;
) DOH'T HAHCf 1
( OH nvco^rK W
& r
itold>6u ^ it
"to hang on ( w?
YoufcnoT
Mthe herald
AIL BAG
Ti.' B*.r*M ? MUrttoitaM tram
1 its rfilm oa currest too.cm -a
pakUak Urn wklek .r,
"7 " worli and Host bsar rks MM
"f. ,ti^rTw ** writsr. sltkoagb thu
will Mt ka pakltsksd If It la m dsairstf
caa lot be gives to tka puklication
of amateur vara*.
WANTS UKMMTIO> OK -RAKER.
To the Editor. Tha Waabluftoa Herald:
Soliciting the views of your cut
toners on public questions, etc
may mine be considered as prop.within
that sphere. Recently I re*
| in The Herald that somebody, wh
as usual minds everybody's busines
(but his own. demanded that th
sale of hops and malt should b
placed under control of the prohibi
; tlon law as a criminal act. with
proviso that he. in order to get hi
daily bread, exempts such sales t
I bakers and confcctioners. Wh>
jthen. Is a baker or confectioner
Me who answers a few schoolbo
questions at a civil service examl
nation? With that view I differ i
I claiming that he or she is a bake
iWho proves efficiency in practicn
baking, regardless of quantity or
civil service certificate. Now as i
many millions of families, .special I
I all those on farms, they bake dall
.*' n br*ad' bl"cults, pies, etc
would It not be a great wrong t
deprive them of the ingredients ?he
I need, such as hops, malt, etc? Th
mode of living of other people i
I not our business, the President sal
some time ago. and if others do no
| live aa the meddlers do. or war
im.TH, i0.."10' lhey may ?el alon
much better In this world and sc
l!...8<?d. ",mple the meddler
land kickers.
J. S. HENRT.
OS THK RED CMOS* AI'I'KAL.
To the Editor. The Wuhlattoa Uerald:
had for tlm
through the press urgent calls froi
Mr. Hoover, looking to the telle
of tarving ch.ldre,
The Red Cross Is once more solicil
ing subscrlptins. We read that I
New York* the Central Federate
r?V to lK.nore ?" America
c'?? appeal " for support b(
~ 'I*? ?rRaniM??n had been in
>?m. . ,reland At one and th
JS* "*" ** 'he Knights t
from J?" diV'r.,lnr fund?- collecte
I' ."" Kpubl|c 'or humanit.rla
IthI *?* . y offering the same t
th? American Legion for a build
' k ? / from themselves! Wh
j Red Crosa* appeal w'STSl? $
availaWe'' /""" h fU"d" *hou,d b
po?s* humanitarian pu.
W.^hl"gtEon,TE DU POMT ''EBscrubcownears
world milk recori
A scrub cow. without even ih
J^'pra0' h" nam'- Vlo??'ng t
V r^"' a Br,U?h C'o'urr
Hi has chieved a recor
?,1"h' ? 8 r?>?' Holatein or Jer?
might be proud. In a seven.h*
test she produced 348 pounds t
milk, containing ?.S per c^^ oVbu'
throughout the" year' would"'
from the world s record. The coi
Is Just scrub, with no social st.ni
Ing. her sire ynd dam unknown 8h
Jif, SeVe# td ."y care- and rustle
for. her food in a fort,
Nh? bV" "heU<r,d her at night b?i
h" '?B"y eud '"""t
Tk? Jm? lUat Bt ReUtwl.
. w? ?re having quil
a lot of fun with Uncle J6e Canno
on account of hi. falling down ?e?
breaking his wrist inKinnui
Ing he was looking after u,e lut J
? JflS {?nfcl?r>- ?h>^ re"l^
us ot an Uncle Jo# whn iiuoo i.,
Mlwln* the"*1"'? m"e* from her
M,M|n* th? first step he struck th
neat with hi, head, the "next wft, w
the whi?? h?,,un to tht hmttom. a
the while holding at arm's length
cut flats pitcher to protect it froi
damare if possible. As h* lay o
the cement floor, broken and bruise<
gasping and blpeding, prayina fo
hfm th# ~?T* qu,ckly *"><1 rellev
Sf th. "me to the to
"Jo. rti/ !! land cal|cd sweetl;
Jo?. did you break that pitcher:
th* 'ast ounce of hi
falling energies he aprune to hi
fcjjt and roared. "NoI But. by (Jod.
flllrltiaR ',A , h* vdl<l )rtunsUraphlL
Oakley (Kansas
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Y DO YOU KNOW
OUR BIBLE?
15 And the bramble said unto
the tree*. If la truth ye anoint me
king over you. then come and put
your treat in my shadow, and if not.1
let lira come out of the bramble,
and devour the cedar* of Lebanon
1? Now therefore, if ye have
done truly and slncenely. In that ye1
have made Ablmelech kmc and If,
ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal
and his house, and have done unto i
him according to the deserving of
his hands:
IT (For my father fought for
you. and adventured his life far. and
delivered you out of the hand of!
Midlan:
18 And ye are risen up against
my fathers house this day. and
have slain his sons. threescore and
ten persons, upon one stone, and
have made Abimelech. the son of hia
maidservant, king over the men of
Sheer em. oecause he Is vour
brother;)
1? If ye then have dealt truly
and sincerely with Jerubbaal and
with his houae this day. then rejoice
ye in Ablmelech. and let htm
also rejoice in you;
20 But if not. let lire come out
from Abimdech, and devour the
men Of Schechem. and the house of
Millo: and let tire come out from
the men of Shechem. and from the
house of llillo. and devour Ablmelech.
21 And Jotham ran away, and
fled, and went to Beer, and" dwelt'
there, for fear of Abimelech hia
brother.
" f ^ ben Abimelech had reign-,
ed three years over Israel.
23 Then God sent an ev?J spirit
between Abimelech and the men of
Shechem; and the men of Shechem
dealt treache ously with Ablmelech:
24 That the cruelty done to the
threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal
might come, and their blood be
laid upon Ablmelech their brother,
which slew them, and upon the men
of Shechem. which aided him in the
Willing of his brethren.
2J And the men of Shechem set
i*ra In wait for him in the top of
the mountain., and they robbed all
JLa i'.*"" alon" ,hat *?> ?*> '"em
and It was told Abimelech
tf And tlaal the son of Ebed
came with his brethren, and went
J!lf.ll> Shechem; and the men of
fchechem pu, tht.lr confldeace
mm.
27 And they went out Into tha
nelda and gathered their vineyards.'
and trode their grapes, and made
merry, and went into the house <.f
thilr god. and did eat and drink
and cursed Abimelech.
to bb coxtikcbd.
>how, as they have shown, an utter
the "ul>"c generally.
"There are some cool men who
ve always recognized what seems
LO me to be the proper point of
itcw and It is nt>t my desire that
|hH^'frad? should
be included In anything I have aald
but the majority have apparently
iTke th* V'*w1?lnt "? ?? ? ! to
lake the very last ceat."
pHETTY. strong talk from such a
"?*n M *fr- Thompson, but who
outside the coal circle, would dls?gree
with him?
There Is going to be minv a person
this winter who will damn the
E2 ^?P,C J"* ?'? be bitterly
win "whWh'J shIverlng peraons
will ask why they ahould be made
the victims of unconscionably greedy
men. '
In Philadelphia, which is close to
115 a??' bedTl.",?V' co" above
for such , price** '* "? * ????
.There is , charity In Philadelphia
which. among other proper I isa
owns anthracite coal lands The
Income of tfcls charity from ita coal
mines is said to be ITOu.OOO greater
? k*V th" ,Mt Th* amouat
the charity recaivaa is based on the
price of the eo?l at the mouth of
the mine That I. had It tend, ta
Increaae the burden of the public..
High costa of co?l hurt the poor
more than the rest of the peopfe.
Punishing the poor to add to a charIty'a
overflowing moaey hoard la
queer business
Where doe. the salaried man who
has to put In aix or eight tons at
roal g?t off? His fuel bill for tha
winter would ha from IIS to |i||
That may mean t or I* per cent
of his Income. The
higher the coot of eaaT tha
leas there lis for foot, for clothao.
for everything that entera Into Uv
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Sudden Shift to Unemploy-i
ment Over Country Is
Perplexing Problem.
Br RICHARD HPI Ll.A N K.
rj-pHIS i* a country of kaleidoscopic 1
< i * chugn. Not long isn the Job j
? | waa seeking the man. There seemed j
e to be no limit to the need of man
e power. Today the man ia seeking
" | the Job. From all parts of the coun*
8 I try come reports of reduction of
0 ; working forces and of increase in
>. unemployment.
? Not long ago th?. Job was a thing
y ^to be considered lightly. If you
. didn't like It. or the boss didn't
njbooMt your pay as bften as you de-T
ri sired, you could quit and go out and
kl , get something more to your liking. I
a , There never was such a situation
nj before and It probably will be a long;
y I long time before there is u? like,
y ; again.
! With the hectic days there was '
<> murh shirking Men loafed on the
y ! job. Not so many loafed, however, as
r were accused or suspected of It.;
f> i ^ lbe various dislocations caused
d j by the war there was the impair-!
,t!ment of well-balanced organizations.!
it' In nothing was this loss greater
K than in reduction or scattering of
t well-trained foremen. Few persons
appreciate the real importance of;
i the foreman and how large a part j
! he Plays in production.
But labor lagged on Its Job It?
.could dictate, it took advantage of
\ opportunity In many. many instances.
e If you doubt that It lagged, one
? instance within the area of metro1
politan Philadelphia may change
1- i your opinion.
" | In one large establishment 1,400 j
n | men were laid off recently. The pro- J
d duction the following week with the
n 1 reduced force was fully up to that'
; of the full force.
i" What does that mean to you? Two '
e things. One. that there had been a1
'f good deal of slacking in that plant!
d and. that those retained have an ar-:
n dent desire to hold their Jobs.
0 . No wonder they want to hold their'
I- jobs.
y . A job has suddenly become somee
thing to be cherished.
,e pvO yo? want nationalization of
L) the coal mines? You'll have it
j if the plundering ot the coal users
! is not ended. That's certain.
One of the largest users of coal
jin this country is the froup of j
'properties made up of the United }
);Has Improvement Company and Its ,
iallied interests.
i The I". G. 1. is sick and tired ol |
'coal gougers. 1
* I The V. CI. I. and its asH'?clates use <
_ j from 2.000.000 to 2.500.tH>0 tons of \
'" coal a year. It has suffered as have ' I
othars. ?I
* 1 Head the following, which if the ?
expression of Paul Thompson, vice t
. president of the U. CJ. I.:
' j "The Riiggestion by Senators Cali
der and Edge of a Senatorial invesK
tication which might result In a
' plan for the nationalization of the 4
^.coal mines of the country, or of
i some real way to protect the con- -,
" snmer on this vital necessity, aeems ,
. j to me to be about the only way left ,
-to insure to public utilities a sup|
ply of fuel at reasonable pricca. in ,
. ! order "that they may continue to j.
| supply the public at reasonable,
; rates with the service which is r?- !.
' Quired.
"The public service commission- '
e 1 ers fix a rate to the utility based
n on normal prices of raw materials.
I- If the coal suppliers manipulate
Ujj their business so as to take fo? 'J
f themselves inordinate profits, then 1
Is. the utilities who must buy coal '
is must pay to the coal men this exe.J
cess profit or discontinue serving 1
e i the public.
is, "I do not Mice the idea of any 1
II governmental control of busineaa.
a j and if the coal operators were only'
nj moderate in their demand* I would
n | have no comment to make. But
1.1 when they are entirely inconaiderate 1
>r|of the public it ae*ma there la only
one remedy and that la some |ov
p I crnmental control whereby a fair
r.j profit Is aecured to them, but it la
made impossible for \hem to Impose
a j unfair burdens on the users of their1'
is commodity. They are but one step!*
1 removed from the public utility j
II field, which is controlled by guv- I
# ? rnmental agencies vrhey should be I
included in it if tfcey continue to i
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SOLON FAVORS '
HIGHER TARIFF
^ewly Elected Senator F rom
Louisiana Seeks Revision
Upward.
?r umomum nut mum.
The "protection let" aentlment of
m New iMtt. much lacretH^ by
-he exporleaooe of the war. la to
lave aa ardent champ loo la the
?*? enator from UiIiIim. Ktfwm
I. Brouaaard He la nothiaa If not r
horoughgoing "I am." hr >a)>.
for a top to ^ottom miaioa of
he tariff. I am again* t the tinv - M
ton o red Southern poiir* ,,i 'urii
For revenue only.- for I know tolay
that a fiw trad* aatloa cannot
ontlnue Ita ezlatenee. Th? lartlT
ihould b? taken entire! y out of
polltlca and made a national policy
?nd put In the handa of a board
arhlrh will formulate r*fu!at>naa to
conform to bualneaa amaaHlra. not
the political eilrenrlea of thla Ballon."
Not the leant Important datall
of thla atatrmant la Ita rhamBlonahlp
of a tariff board with
?o*er that la mora than advlaory.
IB Meaaory of Mb Alfard Braabear.
Tha next martins of tha Amman
Society of Mechanical Engineer*
will feature a memorial nerv.
Ic? In honor of Dr. John Alfred
Braahear. a aclentlat and In hla day
the eountry'a moat famoua maker of
LStronomlcal Inatrumenla Prealdrnt
Prltchett. of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advanceim-nt of Teaching.
la to be the euloiclat Mr will
have abundant materia'. Braahear
came up from the rank* of laboi
through aheer ability and character
to the atatua of an international *
?ure and he adorned the itfe of
Plttaburgh while he lived much
more than Ita maatera of th.- iron j
and ateel Induatry did.
* WadM-al of the Old <M-hoal.
..K.l,l,ty ?' ?*" ago Manila W
Kicker waa born in the village of
New Durham. K. H. and the other
day ah, died fa the city of Dovrr In
aa m? State. W Bahlnatoniana of
.. "** *"d ^call her
" ' for ahe won aome notoriety b\
being admitted In !?* to practice
law la the Dial rut and ninr >eara
later ah* waa admitted to prartk.
before the Federal Supreme Court.
She waa an early advocate of equal
euffragi. forcing th? i*au< upon th.
' ew Hampshire lfgiaUturf by her
importunate petition* Her large
fteartednev* early won her inter* *t
in priMonera and eape? tally friendless
one? who tarn# forth to suflvr
from the taint: and iong before
Maud Ballington Booth t?*ok up thin
work as a life c*rcer. Mi** Ricker
waa alert to the need. Heterodox
In religion, an intense admirer of
Thomas Paine and of Robert O.
Ingersoll. and not at all bskwsrJ
l? proclaiming her rejection of the
dominant creed of her fel!ow countrymen
and countrywomen, she had
to pay the penalty.
* "' r Wkn |? m *eleatl?i.
If Wisconsin had * iected l>r. Paul
Reinsch aa ita jarm.r I'mted States
Senator the nation would haw had
mm expert in know led*. ?d conditions
In the Far East where
could have been useful Aa it ? ^
now <*hina will continue to profit *
by hi* advice. North L'akota. homier.
haa mana? d to put Uithin our
House of Lords a l*irnu\er wno.
when it comes to dealing with problems
of agriculture, economics and
rural well-being, will speak with
authority The president of th*
Massachusetts Agricultural folleg*
Kenyon F Butterfield who u not *
radical, has b-en telling N>w Eng.
landers to quit worrying about Senator-elect
L?add. who has come to
the Senate as a Republican with
nonpartisan league affiliation*
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He calls attention to the fm* t
that Senator laadd was b..rn in
Maine, graduated at the State university.
is a chemist of eminence
and a man who is essentially a
scientist. Hi* mind is keen hut
sympathetic in temper and h* is
judicious in counsel, with a "solid
sense of the realities" of th*- farmers*
economic difficulties, which he
will try to remed> Preaident Butterfield
tells his Massachusetts fellow
citltens that the league is a
rather extreme expression of an
afrarian movement that is setting
under way very rapidly; that it is
not to be trifled .with: that it will
not be downed by abuse, and that
It can only be checked by construe- '
tlve legislation Recent uttersnce?
by conservative <iranc*> ofT1ci.il- .
New England indicate mat
farmers of that region are g^ttin*:
ready for radicalism if something is
not done soon by Congress
Belllroae ( asat okuat
The most distinct threat of *ar
by Japan on the l'nit*d States mafl
by any man of eminence Strang* :
enough cornea from Count Oku ma.
the old 1 .iberal leader and at .-ntime
far more friendly to the I nr. .'
States than any of the lead~r^
his generation He hax tnen t?nding
toward a more martial and
strictly nationalistic spirit of lat.^the
psychology of th
change It Is interesting to *p. , uiBte
about However, eld. rl>- l.lhTm"
. *r' rmr* Tlmea flight, dtallluslonment.
the* lrrever*n< ? of the
new (eneration for the old d.afi
or frlenda. and arleroaia of the
chaanela of the aff-ctloaa aimoat alwaya
make the ynun( l.lh'ra! and
e'derly Reactionary.
BRITISH TO UNCOVER
WALLS OF ASCALON
_ Ascalon, once the l?ase of th<?
British Crusaders in the Hol> la*nu ?
ia going to be excavated b> L \ >rpool
University scholars, ao-ording
10 ?ritl,h **o*raphtcal authorities
The famoua cit> has been a ruin
for more than (i?o yurs. U wa?
one of the ?re principal towns of
the Philistines and belonged to the
Tyrians and the Ptolemies before
It *as captured by the Romans under
whom it reached Its seflith Herod
the Great was bom there, snd ha
beautified tha town with baths, gardens
and wondrous fountains.
A CHANGE OF HEART.
T I were rich." aaid Goodin
Tent. "I'd be ao stneroualy
bent that lota of money would
?? out to worthy cauaea all
about."
"Ita more than I can underatan4
why wealthy folka throughout
the land. In riving are ao ?ery
tow. and door aad atmry with
their dourh.
But wait?at iM, th#r, ,.<m. ,
day when fortune atepped in
Ooc<?lo-? way. Me gathered
ffreenbacka by the batch? but ,
clear forgot hla "firlaf" hunch.
"" 1 **' rtch aaid Goodin
T*"- generoualy I'd b?
fc*?t. Bat when at laat good
fortune cobm.. like naay folka ha
loat hla aha.
N A u rBv?ikin
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