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Hartford. Conn., says there is Hom
ing new about “daylight saving." It was
practiced in that city seven years after
the town was founded. An order dated
October 1643 provides that a bell be rung
toy the watch every morning one hour
before daylight There shall be In every
bouse one up and some lights within
one-quarter of an hour after the bell
Is ringing. For default is to forfeit one
•hilling and sixpence to him that, finds
him faulty and sixpence to the town.
A London cable to the New York
Herald says: “The traditions of the
king's bench (rot such a shock this
week that *Jie headpieces nearly fell
from the crowns of the bewigged bar
rlstors w'hen one of three women Jur
ors. sitting In court for the first time
In Its history, calmly took out her knit
ting and thus occupied herself while
listening to the evidence.”
The British minister of labor has de
cided that an “employed person,” as
classified for the purposes of unemploy
ment Insurance, does not mean a doc
tor's domestic servant who does house
work and also answers the door for pa
tions, a farm tractor plowman, thresh
ing engine driver, steam plow foreman,
•team plowman, or farm tractor driv
ers.
The Liclnian law, effective 275 B. C.,
forbade any ono to own mora than 500
acres of land and more than 100 large
cattle, or 500 small animals. Another
law of the same name, 56 B. C., imposed
a heavy penalty on those who organized
clubs for massing power at an election,
while another law, 103 B. C., limited the
funds one might expend supplying
bis table.
Forty states at present are considering
asking for appropriations to meet the
federal allotment provided In the Cham
berlln-Kahn act for the control of
▼enereal diseases. North Carolina and
Tennessee have up laws prohibiting the
marriage of Infected men. A New Jer
sey law requires a physician’s certificate
•hewing absence of the disease for both
parties.
Labor correspondents of various Lon
don newspapers assert the cost of liv
ing has declined in Great Britain and
that a reduction of wages is inevitable.
They report decreases in wages already
have occurred In cases where sliding
•cates of pay were based on the selling
prices of the goods produced.
Iowa Is lacking In one of the most ef
fective legal measures yet devised for
suppressing crime and controlling vene
eal diseases, says the American Social
Hygiene Association. The law which
the state needs, says the association, Is
one making It an offense to live tt the
earnings of prostitutes, or off other
lawdnesa.
A Mr, has been Introduced in the Wis
consin legislature to give husbands the
same dower rights In their wives’ es
tates as are now shared by widows In
their husbands’ properties, with the pro
vision that a married man or woman,
who, without Just cause, has lived upart
from his mate for a year ©r more, loses
all dower rights.
The average of fir© deatructlion during
the last five years has been $283,000,000
per year, which means that wo burn
down at least on© out of every 10 new
buildings we erect. An average of 889
homes are destroyed by fire on every
working day of the year..
Students of economic subjects assert
that at Ictst 6,000,000 Germans are pre
paring to laavo the "Fatherland” for the
United States, Mexico and South Amer
ican states as soon as they are able to
raise passage money, or obtain admis
sion In the case of the United States.
A movement has been started at the
University of Virginia to give the title
©f "doctor” only to medical men, and
to abandon that of "professor” for jazz
band leaders and ex-prize fighters.
Hereafter the faculty of the university
answer only to "mister.”
A writer in the Chicago Tribune is ad
vocating "building bees” to ameliorate
the housing condition. Tic suggests that
th© workers get together and build their
own homes, especially as there are at
present about 36,000 of the 60,<K)0 building
trades workers in that city Idle.
Following telegrams from the mayors
of Denver and Portland saying that the
lecture given by Lincoln Steffens in
those cities were “appeals to the radical
un-American element,” the mayor of
Long Beach, Cal., has refused the us©
of the auditorium to the lecturer.
Th© legislature of New Jersey is called
upon to determine whether the state
•hall pay a farmer $126 for tho loss of
a heifer which died through eating dyna
mite left along the road by the state
highway department.
Roland Rohlfs, former diolder of the
world’s altitude record, has quit flying
forever, he says. He has gone into the
automobile business. The decision was
due to no fear of the perils of the air,
but the pleading of his mother.
One member of the Connecticut legis
lature appealed to his colleagues last
week to provide a closed season for the
skunk. His proposal seemed to meet
with the approval of the legislators, pro
vided the skunk would reciprocate.
A wife is a good investment nl Ger
many, for all persons recently married
have been placed on the preferred list
In the government’s housing bureau, and,
according to investigators, two can live
In a house, cheaper than one in a hotel.
Presentation to Great Britain by Vlr
glnla or a copy o: tne ramous statue or
George Washington, which now stands
In the rotunda of the Virginia state
capltol, will take place this spring.
The first day after Great Palls, Mont
had provided employment at the pump
ing station for the unemployed of the
city at a daily wage of $5, the federated
labor union called the men out on strike
for $5.50 per day.
A chef who cooked for Mrs. Caruso,
Wife of the singer, for two weeks last
summer and was then discharged for al
leged Incompetency has been awarded
$770 damages, as the court held the
en competency was not proved.
A toy balloon, flopping from the wind
ehleld of an auto in New York. Is a si
lent protest against the price of gaso
line. Business of peddlers has taken u
sudden boom.
Yvonne Weber, 12 years old. of Pitts
burgh. was graduated from high school
a few days ago. She speaks four lan
guages and teaches physical culture and
dancing in the high school.
The farmers of the United States own
nearly 2,000.000 automobiles.
Because of the mild weather and the
energy of the nation's hens. It Is esti
mated $15,000,000 has been lost by the
egg speculators of the middle west since I
January 1.
Some $225,000 worth of flannel, a gift
from America, has been placed In the
bands of the American Red Cross In
Paris, for distribution In Gemany, says
the London Times.
It Is claimed by the British business
eommnnlty that since the government
took over the telephone service from the
Motional Telephone company the service
has grown Incs^-^ggiy Inefficient and
; THIRTY-TWO NEW ”
MEASURES PASSED
Nebraska Legislature Has Ac
complished Nothing Radi
cal—Bank Law Impor
tant.
Lincoln, Neb., March 15 (Special).
—The two months and a half that the
legislature has put In on the job have
yielded just 32 new laws. Each house
has been so busy passing its own bills
that It has had little time for bills
from the other house, and this ac
counts for the unusually small num
ber that have gone through. None of
tho laws so far enacted have radical
changes, if there may be excepted the
two giving the state banking depart
ment power to say whether the public
convenience and necessity will be
served by any new banks and which
require each executive officer of a
bank to secure a license from the de
partment that is revocable whenever
the chief thinks the banker is not fol
lowing the straight and narrow.
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GAS USERS DEMAND
INTEREST ON OVERPAYMENTS
Washington, March ]5.JLlncoln.
Neb, has filed with the supreme court
Its brief opposing the view of the Lin
coln Gas and Electric Company that
gas consumers of the city are not en
titled to interest on the funds to b«
paid them for overcharges.
The dispute over the interest grew
out of a suit in the supreme court, in
which the “dollar gas” ordinance of
tho city was upheld and the company
ordered to make refunds.
TdNCOLN—In an effort to restock the
state with ring-necked pheasants, the
state fish and game department has
purchased 200 full grown birds for gen
eral distribution. George W. Koster, de
partment chief, purchased the birds
from a Kansas game farm. Twelve of
the birds have already been delivered
and have been entrusted with responsi
ble farmers of the state.
SPALDING—Peter, 2-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Gilroy, was
drowned when he fell in the creek at
their home. The child had attempted to
follow his father across the stream. The
father was unconscious of his presence.
When the mother missed tho boy, she
found him lying In a pool of water two
feet deep.
SHELTON—Charles, the year-old-son
of Mr. and Mrs. Italph F*lnes, was fatal
ly burned when he fell into a tub of
boiling hot water.
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♦ FOLLOWS HARDING ♦
l TO WHITE HOUSE J
Charles Lee Patton.
Washington, March 13 (Special).—
Charles Lee Patton, known In Marlon,
Ohio, as “Uncle Charley,” arrived in
the White House recently at the re
quest of President Harding. Mr. Pat
ton, who is SO years old, has long
TO PICKET WHITE HOUSE.
Cleveland. Ohio, March 14.—W. M.
Fiegenbaum. of New York, publicity
director of the socialist party national
organization, who addressed a meet
ing here last night denied reports
that the socialists planned to picket
the White House immediately and
continue it indefinitely until Eugene
V. Debs was released from prison.
The picketing he said, would lake
place only April 13 and 14.
INDIAN BURIED ALIVE?
Redding, Cal.. March 14.—Charges \
that William Taylor, an Indian affUc^j
ed with smallpox, was buried alive on |
Hat creek two weeks ago were held
today to District Attorney Carlo for
investigation. The allegation was
made by Chief Samons Grant, of the
Hat Creek Indians, who stated that
he had received hie information from
his daughter, Mrs. Lela Rhodes.
There were 915 people killed by auto
mobiles in New York state In 1930. and
23,731 injured Automobile thefts in the
state were 7,006, with 3,998 recovered.
Blues Har Heart.
From Pearson's Weettly.
Little Girl-Papa, It's raining.
Papa (whoso temper is somewhat
ruffled)—Wei!, let It rain.
Little CJlrl (timidly)—I was going to,
papa.
Georgia negroea were told they could
pay letter postage with farm produce
if the republicans assumed control of
the poatoffleu, It developed the other
day, when a negro gtrl brought an egg
with which to pay the postage on a
latter.
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Farmers Near Beatrice, Neb.,
Make Complaint—College
Authority Says Damage
Not Extensive.
Beatrice, Neb., March 14.—Farmer*
In this Ticinity report that the weevil
is working in the wheat they havu> |
been holding for higher prices and
that they will be forced to market it
at once. One farmer marketed 500
bnshels that was slightly damaged.
Myron H. Swenk. of the Nebraska
Agricultural college said reports had
been coming to the college of some
damage to wheat stocks held by
farmers by the grain weevil, but the
condition, he said, was not alarming,
and the complaints were no more fre
quent for this state than in past
years, and .hardly as frequent as last
year.
Mr. Swenk said the remedy lay in
fumigation. He questioned whether
there is any panic among farmers
having wheat.
GIVEN SURPRISE ON
THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY
Bloomfield, Neb., March 14.—Mr.
and Mrs. Aug Onewuch celebrated
their 25th wedding anniversary, 20
families of neighbors and friends sur
prising them on that occasion. They
are still living In the house in whlclr.
they were married and Rev. A. Ollen
burg, who performed the ceremony,
is still their pastor and was present
at the anniversary doings. This is
the first couple married by the Rev.
Mr. Ollenburg.
Chauffeurs Tell Stories of Mil
lionaire’s Young Wife’s Ad
ventures with Other
Men.
BY TERRY RAMSAYE,
U. S. Special Correspondent,
New York, March 14.—The line ot
peek-a-boo what-did-you-see testi
mony in the Stokes divorce suit on
hearing before Justice Finch, Friday
came from the point of view of the
garage, instead of the back stairs and
maids’ rooms, as in previous ses
sions.
Evidence offered scintillated with
testimony of New York and seaside
life as seen by the keen-eyed sharp
faced young men who sit at the steer
ing wheels of rich men’s luxurious
motor cars. Usually chauffeurs are
disciplined to profound silence, but
this was chauffeurs’ day in court.
The lights that twinkle late on
Broadway, artists’ sudios, certain
matters of posing foridaring pictures,
mysterious apartment addresses and
the like entered in the testimony
which counsel for W. E. D. Stokes,
the millionaire hotel man, is introduc
ing in the action against Mrs. Helen
Elwood Stokes, daughter of Mrs. Ar
thur Smiler, of Denver.
The locale of the chauffeurs' day
narratives ranged from the towering
canyons of financial lower Broadway
to the White Light belt uptown and
took In a gay cafe at I.ong Beach on
fashionable Long Island and the
Stokes' seashore residence at Long
Branch on the coast of New Jersey.
Francis Harold Baird, formerly a
racing chauffeur and once employed
by the Stokes, now a victim of par
alysis, was carried to the witness
stand, and he said:
Tells of Kissing Scene.
“I was in the kitchen after lunch
and a man drove up, Mrs. Stokes ran
down tho steps and threw her arms
around his neck and kissed him.”
Then Baird testified, he went up
stairs for continued observations.
Valetine A ICubicke, chauffeur for
the late S. Montgomery Roosevelt,
artist and a general for Scotch
whisky, according to the witness, took
the stand. He related movements,
studio parties, and the like, first set
In a period of some 60 days of the
early summer of 1917, in New York, a
time, when according to earlier evi
dence, Mrs. Stokes was said to he in
Colorado. Considerable confusion re
sulted as to days, dates, times and
seasons.
In Artists’ Studios.
Kuhicke mentioned a woman vari
ously known as Mrs. Yerkes and Mrs.
Kearney, as a friend of Mr. Roose
velt, who figured often in the move
ments of the motor car and various
trips to cafes, hotels and the Roose
velt studio with Mrs. Stokes. Kubicke
asserted that he had once picked up
George Schroeder at No. Ill Broad
way to add him to a party and the
chauffeur related having taken Mrs.
Stokes to the artist's studio alone
four times. Pertaining to one of these
times, the driver described a scene
which met his view when he entered
the studio, thinking is unoccupied.
After a sparring of attorneys, Ku
bicke was permitted to continue, say
ing, "Mrs. Stokes was sitting smok
ing a cigaret.”
“Did you see her smoking a cig
aret?”
“She was holding one and it was
smoking."
The case was adjourned to Mon
day.
WET ‘‘JUNK’TvORThT
MORE THAN $100,000
Chicago, March 12.—One hundred
thousand dollars worth of liquor, dis
guised as junk shipped to the Pioneer
Rag & Metal Co., was seised by fed
eral prohibition officials in the New ■
York Central railroad yards Friday
night—but not until the authorities !
had fought off a band of gunmen.
The shipment was from Plymouth, !
Pa., and consisted of 24 barrels of |
12-year-old whisky.
PRIMA DONNA IS
NEBRASKA NATIVE
Attendants at Teachers’ Con
vention Will Be Entertain
ed By Gifted Singer.
Holdredge, Neb., March 12 (Spe
cial).—The Southwest Nebraska
Teachers Association will convene
here March 23, 24 and /25. Prepara
tions are being made to care for 1,500
visitors. Miss Velma Lois Sutton,
formerly of McCook, Neb., now prima
donna of the Philadelphia grand op
era company, will be the musical at
traction of the gathering. Her father
is H. P. Sutton, of McCook, director
of the Burlington band for the past
20 years.
CORRESPONDENCE MARRIAGE
ANNULLED BY COURT
Omaha, Neb., March 12.—District
Judge Sears annulled the "marriage
by mail” of Fred E. Williams and Jes
sie Deering.
Williams is a farmer at Llewelyn,
Neb. He was lonesome, and wrote
about It to the Rev. Charles W. Sav
idge. Rev. Mr. Savldge showed the
letter to the ex-Mrs. Deering, and she
wrote to Williams: “I am a young
widow, very good looking, '39 years
old, black eyes and black hair, and
could marry a city man, but prefer a
farmer.”
As a result of 19 letters inter
changed, they were married at North
Platte. Soon Mrs. Williams found
she didn’t like the country, and re
turned to the city. Williams could
not follow. She sued for divorce.
Judge Sears found "generally for the
defendant,” but annulled" the mar
riage on the grounds that six months
had not elapsed since her divorce from
Samuel Deering, an Iowa farmer.
OUT OF ONE TROUBLE
BUT INTO ANOTHER
Omaha, Neb., March 12.—Assistant
United States Attorney Magney
Thursday filed informations, charg
ing violation of the Volstead prohibi
tion enforcement law against nine of
the prisoners recently ordered re
leased by Federal Judge Munger at
Lincoln, who ruled in accordance with
a circuit court of appeals decision
at St. Louis that persons cannot be
legally convicted under revenue laws
when their cases are fully covered by
the Volstead act.
TAKE DEPOSITIONS IN
CRONE DIVORCE CASE
Hastings, Neb., March 12.—Deposi
tions of six wtinesses for <R. B. Crone,
former president of Hastings college,
now defendant in a divorce suit pend
ing in Johnson county, la., were taken
here by E. E. Danly, commissioned
by the district court of Johnson coun
toy to take the testimony. A short
time ago Mrs. Crone with her attor
ney visited Hastings and interviewed
a number of people whose testimony
may be taken. It is understood here
that the trial is set for early hearing
in the Iowa court.
Was Shot by Roomer at Her
Home When She Spurned
His Attentions—He
Is in Hospital.
North Platte, Neb., March 10 (Spe
cial).—Mrs. W. Lenton is dead at a
hospital here as a result of wounds
received a week ago when she was
shot by Victor Moss, in a quarrel.
Moss was a roomer at the Lenton
home, and became infactuated with
his landlady. When she tried to
check his advances, Moss shot her
and then turned the gun upon himself.
Both have since been under the care
of physicians at a local hospital and
Moss, who seems to bo recovering
from his wound, does not know of his
victim’s death.
Mrs. Lenton was the wife of a
Union Pacific railroad switchman.
She leaves two small children. Moss,
30-years-old, is an employe of the
telephone company.
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REDUCE PRICES OF
BUILDING MATERIALS
Omaha, Neb., March 10.—In order
to stimulate building in Omaha, sev
eral local building material men last
night agreed to reduce the price of
several of the more important mater
ials. The announcement, however, did
not include brick and lumber. Wheth
er there will be a further reduction
is conjectural the men said. Sand,
crushed stone, plaster and other ma
terials are mentioned in the an
nouncement.
NEGRO DANCED HIMSELF
AWAY FROM PENITENTIARY
Omaha, Neb., March 10.—George
Minott, negro, today literally danced
his way from under the shadows of
the penitentiary walls when, in po
lice court, charged with stealing a
snare drum from a cabaret, he put
on an exhibition clog for the judge.
"I just can’t resist dancing right
up to a drum when X sees it,” he told
the court, and proceeded to demon
strate. He was ordered to jail for 30
days and more serious charges or
dered not filed
GOVERNOR APPOINTS"
BANK SUPERINTENDENT
Des Moines, la., March 11 (Special).
—Governor XCendall today sent to the
senate for confirmation the appolnt
1 ment of W. J. Murray, of Eldora, as
superintendent of banking, to sue- 1
ceed M. V. Henderson, jr., whose term
expires July 4. The senate went into j
executive session Just after the noon
hour to consider the appointment.
The appointee has for many year«| |
been a banker at Eldora. <
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'.National Crop Improvement Service.]
BUILDING the weather out is t
fully as important as maintaining
a tire in the furnace. In the old
days when we scorched our faces and
froze bur backs at the open fireplace,
we went shivering to bed and breathed
icicles on the coverlid.
“It was common practice,” says Mr.
Frank Baackes, Vice Pres. American
Bteel and Wire Co., “to bank the foun
dations with manure boxes to keep the
cellar from freezing and to put on
storm windows and yet the cold whis
tled through every crack and crevice in
the weather boards and around the
door frames.
"The Europeans, because lumber was
scarce and high, began to use planter*
on their houses inside and out, buti
in this country, where we had no stonai
walls, we found that the plaster,
through expansion and contraction,
would break and scale off.
"But the introduction of triangular*
galvanized steel reinforcement and the*
improvement of outside plasters, has
corrected this evil and a house now
could be tumbled end over end and it*
plastered walls remain intact.
“The use of modem reinforced stucco
is economical in the first instance, and
is doubly so because the house never
has to be painted, something which ev* >
cry home owner will appreciate.”
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| The Mythical Flood.
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Francis H. Sisson, in Bulletin Guaranty Trust Co., (N. Y.)
We should guard against hasty and ill-oonsiderea action inspired by un
justified fears of an Immigrant inundation. It is imperative that we ex.
amine the facts in the case and avoid loose thinking and unsound conclusions
We have heard, for instance, that 10,000,000 people plan to come to the United
States as soon as' possible. We have read that 8,000,000 want to come from
Germany alone. In another statement it has been announced that 5,000,000
in Italy would seek admittance here; still another has declared that 1,000,000
plan to leave Poland for the United States, and smaller groups of prospective
immigrants are reported from Spain, Austria, Syria, Sweden, and elsewhere.
I have no sympathy with the hysterical fear expressed by many that this>
country is about to be invaded by hordes of radicals who would destroy our
institutions, and by the victims of disease who would undermine our health.
Surely such extremes are easily subject VO regulation, and if there be threats
of such invasion the fault would lie in government administration and not in
any necessity of the situation. I should regard it quite as supposeable that
conservative and intelligent Europeans would seek to come to this country as
a refuge from bolshevism as to believe that only the bolshevista could b»
attracted to us, and that the healthy and industrious may desire to come her*
to seek a proper reward for their efforts, out of the atmosphere of a sick and
ailing homeland in which their fullest achievement would be impossible.
Before we become unduly alarmed and close the gates entirely, let us con
sider that there are transportation facilities for the arrival of only 1,000,000
immigrants a year, and arrivals since the armistice do not bear out the
prophecy of any tidal wave of immigration. The total net gain in popula
tion by immigration through the port of New York in 1920 was about 266,000,
or about 50 per cent, of the yearly average for the 5-year period preceding
the war. Furthermore, it may be well to bear in mind that prior to the war
we received on an average about 1,000,000 Immigrants a year, but during tho
6-year period of the war we received a total of only 1,880,000. This repre
sents a loss to us of 3,500,000 immigrants who would, in all probability, hav*
come to our shores had there been no world war. A comparison of 1912-18’
arrivals and departures with those of 1918-19-20 show that only one Bohem
ian is coming now, whereas 42 arrived before the war; that three times as
many Slovaks as arrive are going home; that only one Jugoslav to about 17#
before the war is arriving; that seven times as many Poles are going home a»
are arriving.
I believe that it is generally recognized and conceded that the United
States would not and could not have been as fullx developed and as power
ful as it is today if it had not drawn so liberally upon the populations oi
Europe as it has. We must, in fact, acknowledge our great economic debt ta
immigration. But I doubt if it is generally realized that immigrant workmen
today mine three-quarters of our output of iron and coal; that they constitute
the majority ot the laborers in our lumber camps; that they are used almosf
exclusively to lay our railroad tracks and build our roads and to keep then»
in repair; that in all forms of our construction activities they predominate,
and because of the shortage of such workers the building of houses in this*
country is seriously handicapped. It is quite possible, in fact, that unless
immigrant labor is obtainable in the proper quantity and quality when need
ed, some American industries may have to set up factories in countries where
labor is available on a basis that will permit such industries to compete withe
those of rival nations, for certain of our industries are almost wholly depend
ent upon immigrant labor, as it is impossible for them to obtain an adequate
supply of native born laborers at any price. The first responsibility of Amer
ican industry to itself and to the nation is to make sure that it has a suffi
cient supply of labor to maintain production with a fair margin of profit, and
at the lowest possible price to the consumer.
Furthermore, this country—the richest of all in nati*Kil resources—is un
der-developed ana unaer-Dum. nunureas oi years win elapse oeiore we W1I.
begin to exhaust our resources. And today it is conservatively estimated that
we need 2,000.000 homes in the United States, while the proposed plans for
state and federal highway construction call for the expenditure of $1,000,000,
000. Our railroads urgently demand new construction and extension, as wel'it
as repairs, on a large scale. Despite the present temporary lull in industry
and the consequent more or less widespread unemployment, there is a vast
amount of work to be done and it cannot long be deferred.
Reviewing the resources of our vast country many years ago, Lord
Macauley estimated that not until our population had reached the figure of
20,000 per square mile would we reach the danger zone of sufficiency. To
day our population averages 35 to the square mile. Texas alone could ab
sorb the entire population of Germany and France, and still not be so thickly
populated as Italy. It is estimated that the southern states could today ac
commodate an additional population of 250,000,000 and still have not exhaust
ed their supporting powers, so any danger of over-population is too far re
moved to warrant serious discussion. There is a further consideration which,
the situation compels, and that is the economic problem of the world as a
whole in its relation to our own. In many parts of the world consumption has
overtaken production and, in order to add to the world's economic develop
ment, there must be some redistribution of population. The world needs tho
produets of our land and we would be denying to the world its legitimate
claim upon us if we closed eur doors to it’s proper expansion. We must be
international-minded in our outlook on this question and realize that no na
tion, as well as no individual, liveth unto itself alone. So any spirit of rigid,
exclusion on our port would be both economically and socially wrong anfl
in the long run we would help bear the penalty which such a policy would
assure.
But it is patent that we have progressed to the point where the unregu
lated flow of immigration is no longer needed or desired. More scientifio
handling of immigration is demanded now for the most successful future eeo
nomc development of this and other countries. We must find the means to
accomplish the efficient economic assimilation of immigrants. Therefore, any
constructive legislation must deal not so much with restriction as with selec
tion. and any proper selective method will require the services of officials
abroad which in turn will necessitate arrangements with other countries to
permit such officials to conduct their investigations. .Such treates to regulate
the migration of international laborers already exist between various Europ
ean government, notably France and Italy, France and Span, France amt
Poland, Italy and Brazil, England and France, and the United States and'
Japan.
Depression in Diamonds.
From the Boston News Bureau.
An Amsterdam diamond trade paper
s authority l'or the statement that in
he week of January 22 last, 7,9-6 per
sons out of 10,800 employed there in the
liamond cutting industry are out of
employment. In addition, possibly 800
more—brokers and the like—are also
seriously affected.
The cause is the cessation in the
"consuming” demand, particularly in
:he United States. The business de
gression here has practically closed a
market which normally takes say 70
jer cent, of the Antwerp and Amster
lam production. Which means praeti
;ally the world's production of cut
i tones.
Unemployment Insurance.
Can American employers be compelled
mder the constitutional principles of
heir national and state governments to
jay unemployment insurance benefits to
heir workers? Can a statute force em
jloyers to organize mutual insurance
jompany and pay to men laid off. or
sven discharged, because of adverse
msiness conditions, certain wages for
k maximum period of 13 weeks?
These questions are raised by an elab
irate bill now before the Wisconsin leg
slature. The hill was drafted by 1’rof.
lohn R. Commons of the University of
A’lsconsln. a noted economist and cham
>lon of welfare labor legislation. It is
lupported by the American Federation
if Lat»oi.
Another War Casualty,
From the Boston Transcript.
Mr. Paderewski returns to the United,
States, his “second fatherland," evi
dently with joy to be here, but with oc
casion for sorrow in his heart. After
having sacrificed his artistic career ora
the altar of his native country, so that
he is constrained to say that “piano
playing is a closed chapter in his Iife,’r
he also sees his political career virtually
at an end, with his beloved Poland suf
fering from privation and hunger, anti
desperately threatened by its enemies.
The great artist, abjuring his artistry
for public service, returns to America
with heart saddened, as his locks are
whitened by the stress and sadness of
the five most terrible years of the
world's history.
From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
It is announced that the world's sav
ings, if equally divided, would give
every man, woman and child $13 58. But
it isn't an equaJ division that the aver
age advocate of equal division really
wants.
A club lias been started in Oxford uni
versity by undergraduates who think
it would be advisable to get educations,
not from books, but by asking head
masters and" councilors and other edu
cational authorities to submit to in
formal interviews and cross examina
tions.