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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1921)
O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN OTJeTlU NEBRASKA Mill i f-wwnnwirirr" 1 —.' STiarks In ^ ^ waters along the British Columbia coast are to be turned into leather, liver oil, fertilizer, jewelry, and finally dollars by the Consolidated Whaling Company. The reducing plant will be erected on the Albernl canal. Fishing for the sharks will bo carried on after the fashion of whaling with harpoons shot from guns. Livers of some of the big sun sharks, which are 60 to 65 per cent oil, yield up to 20 gal lons of the finest shark oil, which is used for medical purpose and lubrication of delicate mechanisms. The fins are al most pure gelatine. Membranes and In testines are turned into gloves, glue and gut, blood and flesh into chicken food and fertilizers. The head is a solid mass of cartilege glue. The most valuable part of the fish is the skin, which has the toughness of vulcanized rubber. The outer surface is as rough as sand paper. This is taken off by acid treatment and the skin tanned. Something new in the form of aid to Immigrants is a booklet just Issued by the Canadian department of immigra tlan and colonization. It is called "A Manual of Citizenship" and fits In the vest pocket. Its purpose Is to acquaint new arrivals with salient facts concern ing Canada and help them to appreciate the advantages of becoming Canadian citizens. "Remember," says the booklet, "that every country has Its own meth ods and in Canada you may find farm and workshop different from those to w'hich you are accustomed in the old country. Try to adapt yourself to the change. Don’t carry a revolver in Can ada. It is not only against the law but unnecessary." Canada has spent over $84,000,000 in the establishment of returned soldiers on tho land. Under the law any ex service man eligible from a military standpoint, having seen service over seas, may apply for loans up to a maxi mum of $7,600 for tho following pur poses: For the purchase of land, $4,600; for stock and equipment. $2,000; for permanent Improvements, $1,000. If on encumbered land, tho ex-soldler Is en titled to loans amounting to $5,000; if on free dominion land, to loans amount ing to $3,000. In the case of purchased land the settler must pay 10 per cent, of the cost price of the land as a guar antee of good faith. A new collection of world war statis tics show’s that there were 22,000,000 blankets provided for the United States soldiers and 100,000,000 yards of cloth for overcoats and uniforms. There were more than 800,000,000 square yards of cotton textiles used In this country dur ing the war. The United States soldiers ete more than 1,000,000 pounds of flour, 800.000. 000 pounds of beef, and 26,000,000 pounds of jam. The army possessed 46.000. 000 safety razor blades, 10,346,000 spoons, 4,000,000 pairs of rubber boots, and 9,250,000 brushes of different kinds. A cable to the Chicago Dally News tells how German manufacturers out witted some Japanese visitors who had gone through the factory, taking photo graphs of secret processes and of each operation they saw. As they left the Germans politely Invited them Into the X-ray room, seeing to It that they carried their cameras with them. The current was turned on, and all the ' plates were ruined. The Berlin government Is trying to halt a gambling fever which has been sweeping Germany for many months and which authorities say continues to spread at a surprising rate despite hun dreds of arrests, the confiscation of mil lions of marks, sentencing of Bcores of persons to Jail and the imposition of heavy fines. The undeveloped state of America’s chemical Industry, due to this country’s dependence on Germany for medicines, is said by experts to have cost $100,000 to 150,0000 lives in the influenza epi demic, when the German supply of medicines was cut off by the war. Amer* loan chemists have since evolved ars phemanlne, a treatment for pneumonia. Although formerly most immigrants Into the United States seemed to stop In New York city, of late years they have been traveling inward. The hist census showed that 85 per cent, of New York’s increase in population was na tive whites. From 1900 to 1910, Its in crease was about 50 per cent, immi grants. Speaking of taxes, the French people must pay a tax on all paper used in the transaction of business in that coun try, 10 per cent, on railroad on berth tickets, more than double the pre-war postage, 10 per cent, on hotel bills, on theater tickets, and on race track bets. The tobacco tax Is tho most profitable for tho government. It brings an annual revenue to the government of 812,000,000 francs. The Ontario government has com-' menced a campaign in Great Britain to place 5,000 British farmers on 5,000 On tario farms. A brilliant social season Is expected of the White House this winter, beginning with the cabinet dinner, December 16. The New Year reception sill be revived. The yield of wheat In France. Includ ing Alsace-Lorraine, Is estimated at 118,603 thousand centals of 100 pounds, os compared with 112,153 thousands In 1920. Over 1.000,000 rick, crippled, aged blind, insane, orpnaned and otherwise unfortunate or defective persons are ordinarily found In some 10,000 Institu tions In the United States. China is the only country which pro duces tea oil In large quantities. The oil has a variety of uses. It Is used In the preparation of tobacco, It is a kind of fuel, and 4 Is made into hair oil. An advertisement In tho Kansas City Star says: "Elghteen-year-old will marry any man who will pay $5,000 for education, university or travel; will study to be his business assistant If de sired." Agriculturists have Just discovered that the hop apis produces 13 genera tions a year, the average . number of young produced by each female being 100, the greatest enemy of which are birds. The rise of rye Into unprecedented popularity is the great surprise of the year in western Canadian agriculture. Last year the surprise was the sudden fashion of raising sunflowers. ' Chicago police records show a falling off in murders during the past year, and also in the number of urrests for drunkenness. Mary Piokford Fairbanks, after her first half day of Paris shopping, has Conounced the Paris modes "too wide.” ary didn’t buy a thing. The social democratic (majority so cialist) party In Germany now claims a total membership of 1,221.000, an in crease of 40,851. over last year. Despite the fact that 4,000.000 indus trial workers are repClM idle, no one will yet buy the cheaper cuts of meat, •ays the meat packCMf Institute. The former empeSOT William la atlll conferring, from hlfi retreat at Doom, the order of the HctHe of Hohenzollern *“>*wne ofJji* adherents in Germany. Disease Said to Be Spreading At Rapid Rate in Many Parts of Northern Ne braska. Norfolk, Neb., Oct. 18 (Special).— Hog cholera has broken out In many parts of northern and western Ne braska, according to word received by County Agent Stewart from state veterinarians who have just returned from Infected districts. The early re ports from these officials indicate that many animals are dead or are suffering from the disease. It is feared that the disease is spreading to many herds in Madison county. NEBRASKA BANKERS ARE CALLED INTO CONFERENCE Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 18 (Special).— A conference of Nebraska bankers has been called by Governor Mc Kelvie to meet at Fremont October 20 to prepare a program for pro posed changes in the regulations of federal reserve banks. Members of the committee are: C. E. Burham, Norfolk; Secretary J. E. Hart, de partment of trade and commerce; J. M. Flanagan, Stuart; Bert Wilcox, Omaha, and Ilan Stephens, Fremont. Governor McKelvle will attend the conference of western governors at Des Moines next Tuesday at which he will urge changes in the opera tion of federal reserve banks per mitting extension of greater credit to Nebraska farmers and cattle rais ers. —f BELIEVE VIOLIN MAY BE OF GREAT VALUE Columbus, Neb., Oct. 18.—A vis itor to a gun and sporting goods store ir. this city was attracted by an old fiddle that lay In a dark corner of a wall show case. Asking to examine it, lie called the attention of the pro prietor to the inscription, or label pasted on the inside of the back. It reads: "Niekoli Cremonlan, 1690." r-he proprietor stated that the instru ment has been laying in that show ease from the time he bought the ( tore 10 years ago and he had no idea of its age or its value and is still in the dark ns to its history and its probable value. A local musician, v.'ho tried the instrument, asserts that its tone is of wondrous beauty, and an investigation is being made tc determine if it is a genuine Cre monlan. WAS SENTENCE DAY IN COURT AT ABERDEEN Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 17 (Special).— Judge Frank Anderson passend sen tence on three criminals found guilty at the present term of court. Charles Miller and Harry Jordan, both con fessed check forgers, were sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls, while Robert Pierson, 17, confessed autoathief, was commit ted to the state training school at Plankington until he attains the age of 21. Louie Akim, found guilty of assault, was fined $75 by the court. Oscar Schmitt, confessed slayer of Martin Britt, will be sentenced later, it was announced. WAI.LACIS—1The 14-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Doyle was drowned when ho fell into a jar of water. The baby was unconscious when taken from tho jar and died shortly afterward. WEST POINT—The St. Paul’s Luth em church of West Point, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary this week. Golden jubilee services were held and sermons preat bed by former pastors of tho church. ALLIANCE—Gus Tobias, a Greek, is partially paralysed as a result of drink ing too much home brew, he admits. Physicians attribute his condition to poison contained in the liquor. OXFORD—Keith Slater. 4 years old, son of Dave Slater, was killed when struck on tho streets of Holdrege by a ear driven by a farmer. COLIIMRUS—The state W. C. T. U. yesterday elected Mrs. Lela G. Dyar, of Boone, president. New Kind of Flat. From the Philadelphia Ledger. They are erecting in the borough of the Bronx, in New York, an apartment house of a differetn sort. The accepted order today among such multiple dwellings seeks to ban the baby and the four-footed household pets as well. But the new sort, as planned, will have roof gardens and playgrounds, a foun tain and even a “patio” for the cats and dogs. There also will he a “commu nity” cook, who presumably will devote her time to preparing community sponge cake, lollipops and ice cream. There is Just one drawback. Ap parently, parents are to have the un restricted run of the establishment. The * babies, dogs, cats, monkeys, parrots, rabbits, and white mice should have a distinct understanding as to the par ental latitudes and \ogitudes. Other wise parents are liable by their loud alarums and incursions to poison the happiness of ibis earthly paradise of primeval innocence. The parents must be kept strictly within bounds. They must understand that they are admitted only on sufferance, and they must not disturb the dignity and decorum of in fantile existence or the fixed appoint ments of the canine and feline calen dar with unwelcome and lll-tlmed as sertions of authority. If parents can bo kept in their place, undoubtedly the new hostelry will enjoy the patronage of discriminating infants and the favor of fastidious quadrupeds as well. There are 425,022 persons 10 years of age and older living in the state of New York who can not write in any language. HIGHTOWER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LIFE United Press. Redwood.City, Cal., Oct. 15.—Will iam Hightower, itineflSnt banker and philosopher, today was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder o' the Rev. Father Patrick Heslin, kid naped Colfna priest. A new trial was denied Hightower. Superior Judge George Buck, of San Mateo county, passed the sentence. BUTjim Smooth Sioux City Individual Gets the Best of Bunch of Pender, Neb., Men on Liquor Deal. Pender, Neb., Oct. 15 (Special).— Local bootleggers are smiling to themselves over the sad story of one of their number v*-ho was victimized by a smooth stranger who is sup posed to live in Sioux City. The Pender vender of booze was offered a barrel of alcohol for $265, which is a discount of almost 50 per cent., by the unidentified man. The latter had a "sample’’ bottle of the beverage. It was sampled and announced splen did. The Pender bootlegger took a couple of friends in on the de»l and the coin was paid over, the stranger promising to stay nearby to see that the barrel's contents came out cor rectly. The barrel was tapped and the first draw was fine. Then it stopped flowing. Investigation showed the artist who sold the Pender men the "hooch’’ had filled a bottle with alcohol, fitted the mouth of the bottle to the bunghole of the barrel, and braced it from the side and end so it would stay in place. The rest of the barrel was filled with water. Before this discovery was made, the stranger had hopped into his car and was off toward Sioux City. X DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS BEGIN TO MANEUVER Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 15 (Special).— The desire of Senator Hitchcock for an unopposed primary nomination has led to the opening of negotiations with the progressive wing of the dem ocratic party whereby the latter is to be allowed to pick a candidate for governor, who will receive the Hitch cock support. Former Representative J. N. Norton, of Polk county, is the man the progressives have informally picked, and he will be given a pre liminary tryout at a conference to be called soon. The Hitchcock people were willing to take former Federal District Attorney Allen, a brotherin law of the Bryans, but he wouldn’t accept. They barred C. W. Bryan. They have let it be known that Nor ton will be acceptable to them. Norton is a Polk county farmer who has served three terms in the house as a democrat, and has a good pro gressive record. He was in charge of th prohibition bill when it was made a law in 1917. He has been engaged for some time in farm bu reau organization work. He is being pushed to head off the third party movement that nonpartisan leaguers are fathering. The league intended, in the beginning, to enter a ticket In the republican primary next year, I but found that union labor, Its ally, ' would not take part. When the lea guers discussed entering the demo cratic primary the German members revolted. So a third party movement was begun. —f— GIRL MISSING; MAY BE WITH HER FATHER Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 15. — The 15-year-old foster daughter of a Mr. Bacon, residing at Ravenna, is re ported to officials here to be missing since shortly after 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, when she was seen enter ing an automobile. The father and mother of the girl had separated and the court awarded custody of the girl to Mr. Bacon. It Is stated that the father of the girl was seen in Grand Island Saturday. confederate^ eterans TO HOLD BIG REUNION 'XSMSMfSaw. Gen. K. M. Van Zandt, of Fort Worth, Tex., who will preside at the reunion of the United Confederate Veterans at Chattanooga, Tenn., October 25 to 27. General Van Zandt is commnnderinchlef of the organisa tion. SNOWSHED, TRAIN BURNED. Reno, Nev., Oct. 14.—Five hundred feet of snowsheds, one locomotive, four cars of a construction train, an offlco building and five smaller structures were burned on the South ern Pacific company's road near Sum mit station, in a fire in tunnel No. 6. Traffic to the east was blocked but westbound trains got through before the flames were seen and it is expect ed to resume traffic by noon. Fire is supposed to have started from a pas senge rtrain that was held in the sheds. SECRET SOCIETIES ARE ME MB Nebraska Commissioner Warns Members of Boards ! of Supervisors Must Com ply With the Law. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 17 (Special).— State Tax Commissioner Osborne has been notified by the commissioner of the Union Pacific railroad that the counties of Greeley, Howard, Jef ferson and Lincoln have exceeded In their tax levies, the 3V4 mills on the actual valuation, as established by the last legislature. The railroad says it will withhold its payments in all counties where the boards have gone beyond the legal limit. Commissioner Osborne has sent word to various county clerks that members of the boards will be held responsible on their bonds for omit ting to make assessments against buildings owned by Odd Fello^: and like secret societies, whether used in whole or in part for lodgo pur poses. NORFOLK LIVE STOCK PRIZE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED Norfolk, Neb., Oct. 17 (Special).— The annual exposition of the Madi son County Duroc association ended here Friday. The show was largely attended. The junior and grand champion boar prize went to Ed Uodekohr, of Battle Creek; the senior champion boar prize was won by Edgar Taylor, of Norfolk, who also won tli$ grand champion prize. The prize for cham pion sows went to Edgar Taylor. The exposition Is the stepping stone to district live stock shows which will be held here each year after the Nebraska and Iowa state fairs. ANOTHER SURRENDERS TO COURT AT OMAHA Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.—C. W. Burk land, indicted by a special grand pury that investigated stock and other transactions in Nebraska, surrendered Friday on an indictment charging con spiracy with others to commit a felony and was released on bond. De tails concerning the charge were not made public because others named in the indictment have not yet been ar rested. Introducing “Pogo.” J-Tisf hi lly^btz-sio^ When Miss Billye Weston was to Europe this summer she saw the kid dles there playing a new jumping game they called “Pogo." The game made quite a hit with Miss Weston, so she brought several Pogo sticks with her on her return and is now I teaching some of her little friends the game. The photo shows Miss Weston in Central park. New York, demon strating “Pogo” for the benefit of a group of youthful spectators. CATCH ALLEGED ABSCONDER. Phoenix. Aria., Oct. 15.—Patrick T. Brennan, who, in company with two other enlisted navy men, is charged with absconding with $72,000 from the paymaster's office in the navy yard at Norfolk, Va„ on December 22, 1020, was arrested here today. Bren nan's story was told in a written con fession made by the prisoner, accord ing to agents of the federal depart ment of justice. KENTUCKY MEET ENDS. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 15.—The 49th annual meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders’ association closed Friday afternoon. The 2:05 trot and the 3:01 pace proved good closing contests, Jane the Great win ning the trot after losing the first heat to Kilo Watts and Sanardo cap tured the pace after finishing third in the second heat won by by Hal Ma» hone. The final heat of the meeting was married by a bad spill when Sir Roch and Senator Wilkes went down while rounding the first turn. i Readjustment After War7~l From an address by Alexander D. Noyes, before the convention of Ameri ran bankers, In Los Angeles. MR. NOYES pointed out that we are not today hearing the fleet prediction of a ruined and bankrupt world, that it Is not the first time that economists have proved that the tvur could not be paid for, but the predictions he said, had not heretofore come true. On the contrary, history testifies that after the period of recuj>«ntlon, belligerent nations have become richer and more powerful than ever, and prosperity and accumulated wealth greater. “Nobody In 1861 would have ad mitted the possibility of the American people, without impoverishing them selves in the process, paying aggre gate annual taxes 13 times greater than they were. But the American people did it. France was declared io be economically ruined three times Within the compass of two centuries. “I am quite aware of the danger of historical analogy. Because an un precedented economic burden proved to bo bearable 50 or 100 years ago, tt does not necessarily follow that a similar burden 10 fold or 100 fold greater will be bearable today. Some where there may be a breaking point. Germany was nearly a century in re covering from the 80 years war, and the downfall of the Roman empire was followed by six centuries of an industrially paralyzed Europe. We cannot therefore say that such re sults are Impossible. But If we ask why the results followed in the one case and not in the other, we shall come across one exceedingly inter esting fact in the history of the last century—namely, that the producing power, the wealth accumulating pow er and the tax paying power increased after every great war faster even than the huge burdens which have been piled on the shoulders of progressive nations. "Surely we have no right to over look the fact that it was seven years after 181,5 before the bank of Eng land had resumed gold payments and its notes were quoted again at par. It was 14 years after the ending of the American Civil war before the re sumption of specie payments. Not only had our irredeemable paper cur rency been inflated further during that interval, but a strong political party was opposing any further re turn to gold values. More than four years after the surrender of Lee the American dollar was openly quoted at a depreciation 14 per cent, greater than In April# of 1865, and a wild speculation for the fall In the dollar and for the rise In everything else, exactly similar to what has lately been happening in Germany, ended in the collapse which the markets long remembere-d as Black Friday of 1869. “Paper currencies have been can- . - celled before this when they had beenr inflated to a point of intrinsic worth lessness. It is a strange perversity which has blinded so many people to the fact that these very states of ours, now In the American union, were al most the first of all to try the paper experiment of Germany and Poland and to repudiate the paper when it had sunk to nothing. We know their subsequent history under the sound - money and the sound government of the constitution. The 40,000,000,000 francs of paper money issued by revo lutionary France was entirely repu diated, yet France, under the sound money government of Napoleon less than 10 years afterward, became tha most powerful and prosperous nation of the European world. "These facts only prove that tha real wealth of a nation lies in its nat ural resources and the energy of its people and that a nation cannot be economically ruined so long as it con tinues to possess these resources. But the facts do not prove that a govern- / ment can resort to repudiation without forfeiting its right to govern, and they do not in the least set a pattern whose Imitation great European nations such as England, France and Italy can consider. "Real economic stability will pos sibly have to wait until the centra* European states come to their senses in the matter of the suicidal trade embargoes which they have been Im posing on one another. It may have to await some agreement on reduc tion in national armaments. “But what American financier, looking at the group of bankrupt and quarrelsome American states of 1786, nearly at war with one another and confronted Internally with armed re bellion against enforced payment of debt, could have Imagined the Ameri can union of 1789, assuming the fund ed debt of the several states and en tering Its own great career of solvency and pretige? "What political economist, studying the economic plight of France In 1871. with its armies surrendered. Its capital seized by communists, its government overthrown, its rich Rhine provinces torn away from It, a Prussian army encamped on its territory, and a war indemnity of 5,000,000,000 francs, pay able In cash within three years, im posed on It by the conqueror, would have ventured to picture a France which 10 years later would turn out to be the largest foreign Investor in British treasury bills and which In 30 years would be, next to England, the most important Investor of any market In the world?” 4- HERBERT QUICK’S “AIR ♦ 4 LAMES” REGULATED 4 4 4 4 This little comment on a bill to 4 4 regulate air travel is of interest 4 4 to all those who read Herbert 4 4 Quick’s fantastic novel, “Vir- 4 4 ginia of the Air Lanes” in 1200. 4 4 No longer is Mr. Quick’s vision a 4 4 fantasy. He dreamed of things 4 4 now actualities. Collier’s says: 4 4 “Senator Wadsworth’s bill t# 4 4 regulate traffic on the 6,000,000 4 4 miles of overhead trackage trav- 4 4 eled annually by our commercial 4 4 airplanes is an unusual bill in 4 4 that it regulates constructively. 4 4 The bureau of civil aeronautics, 4 4 which it creates, will not only 4 4 regulate air travel so that air- 4 4 craft may not fall in'city streets 4 4 and on crowded arenas, but it 4 4 will also map ©ut air routes, build 4 4 landing fields, carry on research 4 4 work, operate signaling systems, 4 4 and maintain a weather service. 4 4 Pilots, and the men who build 4 4 airplanes like the bill. It’s a 4 4 good bill. We need it.” 4 4 4 ♦♦+4444444444444444 The Tired Tiger. From Leslie’s Weekly. "Have I told anyone I wished to re enter politics?” replied Clemenceau, the Tiger, to a recent inquiry. “I ask only one thing—to be left alone.” And such, we may infer, is the pro found desire of Woodrow Wilson in his mute retirement. Of the great figures who shaped the destinies of the world at the climax of its great upheaval only three short years ago Lloyd George alone still grips the reins of power, but largely shorn of his glory. These men remained supreme while the work of destruction continued. But once the work of construction began, the old legend of the Tower of Babel was re-enacted. In the confusion of tongues they lost their popular prestige. The Tower of Peace they sought to build to surmount any future flood of war remains unfinished, and their weariness bespeaks their sense of frustration and defeat. But though individuals are spent, the race must carry on. And w’hat it needs most now are leaders who will make peace with the same force and singleness of purpose that animated our wrar mak ers. Betting Against a Press. From the Brooklyn .Standard Union. Terhaps you remember—those who be came much interested remember uncom fortably—the advertisements a year ago picturing alluringly the profits to be obtained by speculating in German | marks. Bring in $50 and buy a big pack age of them. They were bound to be I valuable some day, the advertisements I suggested. although advertisements * were very prudently careful not to promise anything. A good many people, It Is said, did buy In New York. They have got the marks al! right. But they take up a good deal of room, and string for tying them up in neat bales Is expensive. The trouble with speculation was that as soon as a little demand for marks sprang up here the German gov ernment put in a few more printing presses. The presses have been going busily ever since, because even at the present rate of exchange, a 100 mark note Is worth more than the paper on which It is printed. Not so very much more, to bo sure, but enough to pay for print ing. And of course the presses are easily changed over to make them 1000 mark notes if necessary. There are many exciting speculations but betting against the productive cap acity of a printing press Is a pretty dartmr plunge. A resolution was passed this week by the national association of state high way officials pOtNmlng '.'resident Harding to distribute *o the states for use In road building 1JKO five-ion cater pillar tractors from Hie war depart ment's surplus of 4,000 - Lieh tractor,!. Slandering the President. From the Milwaukee Journal. Washington correspoftdents show Ift« tie respect for the president of th£*> United States when they give as hit-, reason for asking that the Panama tollfc bill be delayed, that he docs not want the Senate to act until a.ter the die* armament conference. The Senate hat agreed to take up the Borah bill Oc tober 10. “The president has not changed hi» position upon the advisability of ex empting American vessels from canal tolls or the right of the United States to do so under the Hay-Pauneefote treaty,” says a Washington dispatch. It is noted that Great Britain "could not easily overlook the repeal of tht canal tolls” and that the attitude ol the British representatives "might hav* some influence on matters of greatei import at the conference.” The presl. dent’s attitude is defined as being “that nothing should be done at this time that might give offense to any of the governments to participate in the Wash 1 ington conference.” This attributes to the president an at titude absolutely Impossible for the president of the United States. The president of the United States does not keep an ace up his sleeve when he sits in a friendly card game. He is not an oil stock shark w’ho doesn’t care whether the oil well conforms to the prospectuf because there will be a new crop c\~ suckers tomorrow. It is impossible 11 think of the president of the United States as being without common ever? day honesty. The success of the disarmament ccn* ference depends on the good faith and honesty of purpose of the nations that take part in it. America, with its tra ditions and its purposes, can enter the conference with clean hands. America does not w’ant free canal tolls for it3 ships unless it is right and just. If it is right and just America can lay its cards on the table. But America does not W’ant free canal tolls if it has to get them by dealing from the bottom of the deck, and no president of the United States could possibly so misin terpret America as to think cf It. Beauty by Taxation. From the New York Tribune. The republic In Germany lias not been in vain. A project lias been sub mitted to the finance minister to lax waist lines in excess of normal at the rate of 500 marks for the first inch, 1,000 marks for the second, and so on. The measure Is urged not only for econ omic but for aesthetic reasons. It is hoped thereby to beatulfy the race. On these grounds it is highly desir able. But is it practical? It will be necessary to define the mathematical normalcy of waist lines. In determining the standard, are measures to be made before or after supper, and can they be revised? Imagine a man wtio on tax day had a waist line of 85 inches and two months later had shrunk to S3? Would he receive a rebate? The Intent is good, but the execution would be complicated. Why not fol low the simpler method and tax thi wrinkles In the beck of th* neck? The Overworked Banquet. From the Boston Commercial Bulletin The public banquet with Its series of uninteresting speeches Is not unknown In England and In France, but It K not so overworked there as it is win ns. In every city that Marshal Foci, visits he will be Expected to attend f banquet, make a speech, and shake hands with a thousand or more peo ple. There will be formal toasts: The presi dent of the United States. The presi dent of France, and Marshal FoCb Someone must respond to each toast, and the governor and the mayor would fe 1 Blighted if not given an opportunity to speak. Such a program may not be fatiguing for a single night, but think of havla* to mdure it for two months, with almoaC all the speeches In a language that t nol your own tongue! II arshal Foch Is a hero. He dcsem* oui admiration and our .jivcwthy