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1 v THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. MAY 6. 1921. TheOmaha Bee . DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publiihtr. MEMBER Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS t IttKUud Pnn. of whifJ? Tha Bat If nambar. ! ataairali aa tilled M Um uaa lor rublioiloo s( til nam dlapauilua nfUM I U or nat otkarwlaa cmllud In ihli txpw, tad iIm tha laaal aawa publUhad Sarata. All rifbu of puliUgaUoa of our aracial acKta Jm naamd. . ( . BEE TELEPHONES Flint Bnafib Suhinin Aik fur Tvlo 1 HAA rr Nlfht Calls Aftar 10 p. m.t Mlltrltl Daoartreant T!tr 1(1001. Cvauliuoa. IHpartinMit .......... Trier liwwr, arwtlalS IHpartmmt TjlOT 10031. OFFICES OF THE BEE Main Office: 17th aad Faniam OtWed Bluftl IS Bcotl St 1 South Slda. a35 Soutb 54W It Out-f-Town Office: KlW Tork il Fifth Av I WaiMntton 1111 O Bt CMM Staiar Bldg. I Part Franc. 4:0 But St. Hoaura The Bee's Platform . 1. Nf Union Pastsnger Station. 2. Coatinuaal improvaraant of tko N Vruka Highways, including tha pave fnent of Main Thoroughfare leading ' into Omaha xrith a Brick Surface. 3. A akort, low-rat Waterway from the 'm. Cora Bait to th Atlantic Ocean. A. Homo Rula Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. " Poland's Mistake May Be Costly. . An unruly and ill-advised element of the Poles has set about a course that promises no good for their country. In undertaking to over turn, by force the result of the plebiscite in Upper Silesja this group has set itself in defiance of the pqwers of the world. The Treaty of Versailles made provision for the settlement of the nation ality of Upper Silesia according to the wishes of tha inhabitants. A date was fixed far enough in advance, it was thought, to permit the cooling out of certain fires that had been lighted by the war. Poland, it had been planned, would be well es tablished as an independent power, with govern ment organized and ordinary operations of such functioning in order, so that the election could bf held and the decision rendered in accordance whh the will of the inhabitants affected. ::-in much' of this expectation the world has Veh disappointed. For various reasons Poland hat not yet a stable government, such as would entitle it to the confidence of all powers. Dis putes with neighboring nations over boundaries, as Veil as internal dissensions, have occupied a great deal of time and occasioned the expenditure oi considerable energy that might better have .been used in consolidating the position in which the treaty placed the formerly submerged nation. ve as these things have affected the greater problem of the world, they are of not much mo ment. t But Upper Silesia is 'a world-question, and not a minor one. Unless the engagements made between the great powers can be effectively car ried out, then treaty-making amounts to nothing. It isaa wrong for the Poles as it was for the Germans to deal with a treaty on the scrap-of-paper basts. Whether or not the voting in the regions affected was fairly carried out is not in point. If the Poles can prove their allegations f gross fraud, on part of the Germans, they have recourse to the appeal granted them by the Cobncil of the League of Nations, or that or ganization is of no service whatever. More over, they have the guaranty contained in the presence of British, French, and Italian troops, which involve the governments of those coun tries, that the election will be just. To under take to enforce by arms their claims, under these conditions, is the height of foolishness. 'The Poles will have to learn .that the first qualification for free government is self-control. Untcss they are capable of greater restraint than they have so far shown, they will miss most of wljat is good in the boon of human liberty. When they have mastered themselves, they will be much happier, even if they do not hold posses- . sion of the rich mines they now so eagerly covet. - " Children Who "Don't Behave." . A small boy in Omaha loves horses. So pow erful is their attraction for him that at the age "pS 8 he has a record of having stolen four of them. The judge of the juvenile court, instead of sending him into segregation, has advised his father to buy him a pony, and says that if this is not done, he will sec to it that the lad is given a home on a farm where he can ride a horse without breaking the statutes ; In this decision Judge Sears has exhibited a profound understanding of human nature. To aay that a child is sullen, unruly, truant or thieving and to proceed to treat the case in such a way as to make it least harmful to the com munity without considering- the result to the child is still quite the usual thing. The problem, however, is really one of mental hygiene. : Some children are what is scientifically called "maladjusted." That is to say, their conduct at home, at play, and in school does not fit them into their environment. Sometimes the reason il' physical sometimes mental, or a mixture of both. Sulkincss, laziness, lying, stealing, deceit, ' solitariness and quarrelsomeness, qualities which often are not removed or modified by punish ment, often give way to just such treatment as that suggested by the judge for the little victim of "horsemania." - To a certain extent children's clinics, under the direction of psychiatrists, are relieving jjVenfle courts of their responsibilities. Diffi cult children are regarded now as problems for tha physician and the mental specialist In Ne braska this has been recognized by a law passed by the present legislature providing for a clinical psychologist under the supervision of the board of control, which has care of all delinquent, de pendent or neglected children, with power to as sign them wherever it shall be found best. h zt.i - A Paradox and the People. :;: One of our local correspondents confesses njmself discouraged over the outlook for human ity. Particularly is he downcast because the governments of the world are. unable to solve the great. Intricate problems of the day. This natur ally does tend to depress one, for the govern- ' meats of today largely .represent the people, and any failure of government is essentially a failure of the people. Moreover, we have free govern ment in about every conceivable form, from the constitutional monarchy down to the irresponsi- ' blf anarchy of bolshevism. Individuality gets . opportunity for expression, and mass desire finds itrlple scope for exercising its whims in control. I! our lugubrious brother fails to note in these circumstances any ray of light for the race, then he is doomed to despair, for we can not con fine of thtVpeople relaxing any of the grip they now have on government. It is one of the para doxical manifestations of our common nature, perhaps traceable to our arboreal ancestors, that we start many things and finish but few, and no where is this tendency shown in greater perfec tion than in the habit of rushing off to the gov ernment to secure relief we should find else where. However, the people rule, and the w orld is not standing stilt. Administration's Disarmament Plans. In deciding to omit the Borah amendment from the naval appropriation bill, the senate com mittee has shown a disposition to go along with the president in his dealings with foreign affairs. The question of disarmament is an important one, far-reaching in its bearings, and especially vital in all its aspects to a world so harassed by war that it is crying for relief, especially from the burden of expense. Speaking to the officers and men of the Atlantic fleet, President Harding voiced the dqjiout wish that they may never have to fire a gun in war. Yet the exigencies of the times are such that the president does not deem it yiae at this moment to declare for immediate action along lines extreme advocates of world peace present as a policy. Recent events have demonstrated conclusively that all the passions that flame to destroy hu manity have not been quenched, and that justice yet requires force to support its decrees. Eng land and France are soon to have employment for their navy and army, and the terms of the peace treaty, it develops, can not be carried out without them. Little flare-backs, like that in Po land, do not call for the use of extensive arma ments, but they are the tiny trickles from under the cover that show how fiercely the lava of strife is bubbling below. A great many matters are yet unsettled, and, no matter what our future disposition may be, for the present safety lies on the side of caution. Mr. Borah's attitude toward disarmament and the League of Nations shows an odd contrast. Irrevocably committed to isolation, which for it self demands defense, he is equally an advocate of defenselessness, with the exception that he plans to provide protection by having other nations equally without arms. He is sophist enough to harmonize these divergent views, and politician enough to keep them continually turned right side out to the public. Back, of all of it one might suspect an intention tp keep the adminis tration constantly apprised of the fact that the senior senator from Idaho is not without a mind of his own and some weight in the senate. The president, however, will probably hold to his own views as to the proper policy to pursue in deal ing with the other governments of the world. This, however, will not interfere with the pleas ant little play of politics that is going on in some parts of the United States senate. America and the Immigrant. In voting to restrict the flow of immigration to 3 per cent of the number of people of each respective national origin that were' here in 1910, congress wisely limited the duration of this emergency legislation to fourteen months. In that time it will be possible to know exactly what the effect of such legislation will be. Within the nation is a great difference of opinion, and this will be accentuated if the conference agrees to the elimination of the exemption for those fleeing religious or political persecution. Leaders of great industrial. enterprises have in general desired the open door for cheap labor from Europe, and organized labor has favored exclusion. In the event of tariff changes which will cut off a market for European goods, some of the industries abroad will cease to provide opportunity for work. In other times these la borers were free to remove to America and com pete with native employes directly instead of in directly. A tariff without an exclusion act might thus cause serious consequences. There are students of the immigration prob lem who predict that by diminishing the supply of common labor, the social system of the United States will be made more stationary. They explain that the advent of laborers from abroad has acted to force native Americans into higher po sitions and thus hag prevented the sort of stag nation of opportunity to rise that exists in Great Britain and other nations. According to this view, a constant supply of foreign workmen is needed to fill up the ranks of common labor, and. unless this is assured, enough Americans will have to remain in these basic occupations to form a permanent class. Experience may reveal that under the 3 per cent rule this need will be met, or mechanical im provements may be devised .to meet old needs in a new way. At all events, in a period of un employment, when. America is scarcely able to care for its own, congress has done well to take the step it did. ' Belittling Patriotism. When Dr. Johnson exclaimed that patriotism was the last refuge of a scoundrel, he must have been thinking of such tactics as those alleged against two men who have been arrested in Bea trice. The charge is that of preying on the loy alty of the public by selling subscriptions tot a patriotic magazine that does not exist. It is to be suspected that these men are not the only ones striving to capitalize the love of country that lies in the hearts of all good Americans. Patriotism, which exists in all parts of the world, perhaps with the exception of Russia, may sometimes be too unquestioning. The flag is used to cover a multitude of poor stage acts, political ambitions and, as in the present case, the dubious project of a "defense league" with a magazine which has no actual existence. All such perversions of one of the greatest emotions are hurtful to the national welfare, capable of harm just. as if the same amount of effort were hitched to some revolutionary enterprise.. The Illinois politician who is out with a de nunciation of civil service regulations which keep incompetents out of office even though they may be deserving party men ought to be shown the statement .that by eliminating the spoils system the expenses of government could be cut 40 per cent-r-but that probably is of no moment to him. . .. .. Next to being brakeman on a steamship, tne softest job is that which has gone to the Michi gan man who has been appointed director of the census, which is not to be taken again until 1930. George Kelly, the home run fiend of the Giants, may yet make Babe Ruth look like an infant. . Daylight and the Law How "Saving" Has Caused Much Confusion in Connecticut Towns (From the Boston Transcript.) Material for the exercise of Gilbertian humor is found in the situation which has arisen in con nection with the beginning of the year's season of daylight saving. In Massachusetts, the attor ney general points out that the failure of a group of towns to set the clocks ahead involves an in fraction of the laws of the commonwealth. In Connecticut, the adoption of daylight saving in the city of Hartford is solemnly declared by a resolution introduced Jn the legislature to be an act of rebellion, warranting the suspension of the charter until such time as Hartford people acknowledge the error of their ways and prom ise to make them conform to the law. New Hampshire, stern in adherence to the old time, has passed a law which forbids the railways to run their trains in accordance with the new, but finds that it has no way of enforcing the statute There is confusion within the cities as well as within the states, as was illustrated by the ex perience of churchgoers in a Connecticut town who arrived as the services were drawing to a close. In a lecture at Yale university last week the statement was made that the orld needed a stupendous joke as a relief for the tension under which it had been living. Confining that ob servation to New England, perhaps here is ma terial for the joke. Yet it would not be fitting to limit considera tion of the existing situation to those aspects of it. The plight of Hartford and other Connecti cut cities, is no laughing matter. They arc ex pressly forbidden to adopt daylight saving. But the schedules of the railways which serve them have been made to conform to it. The general adoption of the system elsewhere makes it prac tically mandatory that it be adopted in many lines of business in Connecticut. There is no doubt that a majority of the people of Connecti cut cities want it. Therefore, while Hartford is forbidden to adopt "summer time" by formal decree, the people are advised by the city au thorities to conform to it and apparently intend so to do. This is the situation that a zealous legislator has defined, without right or reason, as rebellion. Here is an example of the folly of imposing upon the majority of the people of Connecticut the wishes of the minority. The people of the cities in these eastern states constitute a ma jority of the population. They are in favor of daylight saving, but in many cases, under the provisions of the state constitutions, it is possible for representatives of the minority to control the framing of the laws. That is what appears to have happened in Connecticut with the result that there has been imposed upon the state a system which is unfair, in that it runs counter to the majority sentiment. It is an arbitrary ex ercise of power to defeat the predominating pub lic sentiment of the community. It is un fortunate not 'only in the confusion and the hardship which it causes, but also in its tendency to bring the law in general into contempt. The Connecticut legislature, if it is wise, will remedy the condition which it has created by its short sighted policy. What of the outcome of all this conflict and confusion, not only in Connecticut but in other states? Perhaps answer to that question may be found by recalling the opposition which devel oped forty years ago when the railway time zones were established. There were then exhibitions of resentment comparable to those which are in evidence now against daylight saving. There were towns and cities which obstinately, and for long, refused to accept the new order. But it was so evidently based in common sense, and served a purpose obviously so useful that objec tion to it decreased year by year until it disap peared altogether. The daylight saving system is equally founded in common sense. Its pur poses are beneficent. It has already demon strated In practice the claims of its advocates. It is supported by the majority sentiment in many states. These being the facts' of the case, it is a reasonable prediction that it is here to stay, and that, as in the adoption of the time zones forty years ago, it will be found that the confusion and the' opposition" are troubles that will diminish until they- reach the vanishing points. How to Keep Well ' ' By DR. W. A. EVANS Qutitiona coacarninf hytiena, sanitation and pravantion at aUaaaaa, aubmittad to Or. Evani by raadara of Tha Bo, will b answarad axrasnaJly, auajact ta proper limitation, whan a atampad addraaaed envalopa ia ndooad. Dr Evana will not rnaha diaf noaia or preacribt for individual dlaauaa. Addrwa lattara in cara at Tba Baa. Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans Gompers' Fight for Americanism Probably the only way to cure the American radical who still sentimentalizes over Russian communism would be to send him over to enjoy its effects. We cannot deport on any such scale, and apparently no evidence will convince the zealot who prefers his theories to the facts. Of course, the answer he holds up as a buckler against disillusionment is that Bolshevism, or Marxian communism has not had a fair chance. It can only have a fair chance when all the world is communized. This is an easy method of avoid ing a demonstration of failure. But what does the common sense of the American labor move ment make of it? . It is true Lenin's fanatical internationalism has kept Russian in continual warfare and shut her off from the aid she might have had from foreign capital and from democratic peoples. But Russia is an economic unity and a world in it self, with an enormous population and a full equipment of all the resources .necessary to mod ern society. Nevertheless, we have the ruin of its great cities, the progressive demolition of its commerce and industries, the decline of the Rus sian people to a stage of primitive economic pro duction, and the restoration of a tyranny over the individual worthy of czardom at its worst. In this communist experiment the trade union and its champion have been handled as ruthlessly as if it were an agent of capitalist tyranny. Per haps American radicals think that was justifiable, but hardly' the rank and file of free American workers. As to the expediency of recognizing or refus ing to recognize the bplshevik party rule as a de facto government, there may be honest differ ence of opinion, but the attacks upon , Mr. Gompers and other leaders of American trade unionism for their opposition to recognition. comes from men who have no respect for the American ideals of human freedom and repre sentative democracy. Mr. Gompers has, and his fight within the ranks of labor is for American ism against reactionary Russianism. In this he deserves the moral support of all Americans in or out' of the ranks of the wage earner. Chicago Tribune. WOMEN ASK FOR WARNING, In the course of an article on the nervous housewife, I somewhat in cldentally quoted a warning to the romantic male of the human species written by Dr. Abraham Myerson. The helpless of my sex were warned against the women with the large shiny pupil, the very animated face, and the complexion which changed rupidly from pale to pink. The type was designated the woman with the neuropathic eye. Here are samples or the responses which came turn bling in: A Reader writes: "While your article may interest those defense less members of your fraternity' it appears to me that you might de vote some space at least to those of the female sex and give them a few words of warning as regards the ap proaching springtime and also the male of tho neuropathic eyes. I am qifite iiure that such Information will come in handy to those of the species who wear galoshes and yet keep their eyes open. When it comes to warning 'defenseless mem bers of our fraternity to be on their guard why not tip us ladies oft? Goodness knows we will" be the greater losers so far as value re ceived is concerned." Ij. writes: "From your article. 'Science the Iconoclast' I wonder if there are women whose physical de scription would rate a high per cent mental and moral condition. In my work with them I cannot imagine being able, just by exteriors, to dis cover the dross from the gold, as T find that the 'colonel's lady and Sadie O'Grady are Bisters under the skin' almost Invariably, including myself." A. S. writes: "I was much In terested In your article. It carried a warning to the 'defenseless mem bers of your fraternity' for which they should be deeply thankful. T wish you would publish a word of advice to the members of the weak er sex. Tell them how to choose from among the hibernating males who will soon go a-courting. How are they to know whether or not this defenseless creature ts a moron and how are they to tell that he hasn't something as bad or worse than the neuropathic eye hidden away? I do not think I am a moron and I believe my eyes are normal, with the exception of a little nearsightedness. Therefore I am anxious to choose a husband who will not he the father of morons and cat-eyed young ones. Please answer soon. If I am not misfaken there is a hibernating male headed my way and I don't know how to judge him." Tomorrow I will tell of my search for what these ladles charged me to And. , Lt Chlorine Alone. A. L. S. writes: "I have been troubled a great deal with rats and have been experimenting on how best to get rid of them. A friend of mine, a soldier, advised me to try chlorine gas. Now, is that seffe, and what is chlorine gas? How is it made, where can It be bought, and would you advise using it? Would it kill any other animals which might come In contact wtlh it, and would It be dangerous to 'humana?' " REPLY. Chlorine gas would kill rats but it is not practicable to use it for that purpose. It is sold In metal tubes. The gas might bo blown down the rat holes. It is very irritating and would prove highly objectionable to thoso living around, and it might be dangerous. The first poison gas used by the Germans was chlorine. Trapping rats can be done with fair success. Rat poisons are fairly successful. The use of bacteria to kill rats is not as highly thought of as formerly. Cats and dogs as rat catchers are not worth their hoard. Investigations made in India Indicate that no method of rat control is per manently successful except ratproof building. Two branches of the fed eral government are very much in- terested in rat control, write to tne United States department of agri culture and the United States public health service for free bulletins on the subject. Quit Worrying. Reply to A. G. M.: There is noth ing for you to do. Tou are in no special danger from consumption or from any other serious disease. Quit worrying. Quit listening to crape hangers. Take plenty of exercise in the open air. Get plenty of Hleep and keep happy. Send a stamped, addressed envelope for pamphlet on "Personal Hygiene for Women." Kxercis More. Mrs. S. M. writes: "I am 40 years old, am 6 feet tall, and weigh 185 pounds, and am continually gaining. Please give me instructions on how to reduce. "2. Are Turkish baths good? "3. Do you think that a person continually spitting has catarrh or just a cold, for it only happens In winter? "4. Will smoking cubeb cigarets or tobacco stop it?" REPLY. 1. Exercise more and eat less. Eat no bread or foods made from flour, no cereals, and no sugar or foods or confections containing sugar. 1-3-4. No. Subcommittee Favors Passage Of Packer BUI Federal Live Stock Commis sion Clause is Stricken Out Of Kenyou-Kcndricks Control Measure. It Won't Help Vou. B. O. B. writes: "I have been told to take one teaspoonful of peroxide three times a day to relieve asthma. Is it beneficial or harmful?" REPLY. It will do you no good. Girls' Weights. G. G. S. writes: "Please give me the proper weight of to girls. Annh crnftA 'ViAoltll Ann A VdftrR nirt and tht other 7. The younger is S reet s s-4 mf'iies ran, ana ine uiuer U 4 feet and or.f-half inch tall." HE PLY. Six yearfi old, about 39 pounds. Seven years old, about B0 pounds. ox . The sales tax apparently has not been sold to Secretary Mellon. Mr. Wilson may yet see his record as note writer beaten. Nature's Grim Jest. Radium has .indeed a force which is as ter rible as it is wonderful. It can be carried from place to place only when encased in a receptacle having leaden walls several inches thick. Even then the carrier will do well to swing the recepta cle as he walks, lest holding it in a still position should permit the powerful rays to find their way through the lead and into his body. When radium rays are applied, the radium is placed in specially prepared room with a slit in the wall wherebv the rays are made to fall only upon the precise spot desired. The handler of radium, if he desires saiety, must wear gloves nnea witn icaa, and if he would avoid injury to his eyes he will wear spectacles of glass containing lead salts. Even armed with cumbersome lead-lined gloves, radium salts must be touched only with pincers and must be handled only uoon wooden tables lined with lead. This,, then, is the character of the substance which a delicate French woman brought forth from a mass of waste ore and which she has tamed until it is accepted as the most wonderful curative substance the world ever has known. She has tamed it, but grim old unsentimental nature, in characteristic jest, while letting mankind have knowledge and use of it, in that same moment of generosity, lets him feel as well how terrific is the force with which she let him play. Hartford Times. One Wage That Hasn't Been Cut. The wages of sin. be it noted, are not being reduced. Jopli Globe. Wants Lower Food Prices. Omaha, May 3. To the Editor of The Bee: The price of everything in the food line is down to prewar prices and then .some and yet in the face of this the retail prices for fooo. show no corresponding reduction. It is the retail dealer in food, groceries, clothing and shoes who is refusing to take the necessary cut to bring back normal times. In view of the criminal profiteer ing the retailers did during the war they should be compelled by public opinion to sell their goods now at replacement value. Some central disinterested body like the Chamber of Commerce should advise the peo ple daily through the press what the replacement value plus the fair re tail profit is on the necessities of life. It is a reflection on the common sense of the general public to pay the present retail prices. The city would be justified in selling the ne cessities of life at a fair retail re placement value in order to compel the retailers to come to time. The public is entitled to protection, SUFFERING PUBLIC. Fallacy of Free Trade. York, Neb., May 2. To the Editor of The Bee: I read your editorial in today's paper with the striking headline, "A Condition, Not a Theory," with much interest. It harks back to th days when a "Peerless Leader", of the "Great Common People" said he had no use for the Yankee that could not "com pete with the slow-plodding Ger man." But when it was tried out under his theory and found wanting the head of his party had the honest candor to admit the theory would not work out as he thought it would, saying he was just as sincere as any of his party in advocating it until it failed utterly. Then he 6aid, as he looked out over closed shops. "It is a condition, not a theory', that con fronts us." For this statement he was assailed most bitterly by his own party as having "denied the faith and gone over to the republicans." Now, if to admit one has been mistaken is denying the faith, then perish such a faith. One "set in his ways" democrat, when asked why he did not correct a mistake he made, said, "I never back track, that looks like going back on one's own judgment and I don't think anyone ia very smart that will do that." Can you beat it? Yet that is the kind of leaders we have had lately. When in 1912 we were belabored with the cry of high prices caused by high tariffs, then we were given free trade (up north) until the wood pulp paper Industry was put out of busi ness by it. which just moved across the line into Canada, hiring Japs at less .han one-third the wages they paid our own labor but sending it here free of duty but not free or cost, as the users of it will remember right well? Did the free trade bring them down? Ask the printer. Yet it put out our fires and the money paid for the goods went out of the coun try to pay other labor so they could buy of other producers and all pay tax to another country without pay ing anything for the privilege of our high market. Is it fair, is it right? Why hark back, you may say, be cause the past Is a looking glass, by looking into it we can see what is ahead. If you don't, believe it look back to 1910, when the exports so far exceded the Imports that our country was getting rich and yet what Im ports that did come in helped pay the country's expenses In running the government that furnished them their good market, and was not that right? Then came a change and the change grew until the balance of trade was goln so against us that this country was being drained of its capital, and labor idle, and unable to buy the products of the country, and the government income was so far below its expenses that in time of peace we went behind, so we issued treasury certificates to pay every day expenses: with failure fol lowing failure until the number of failures for the first five years of Wilson's tlmp Rvernsed 50 per cent more for five yrM than that black year of I!t07 I'mler Roosevelt. Did they, in face of such a record, admit their theory had failed when tested? Not on your life did they admit it, but said it was a condition of the mind and that everything was all right if they thought so. Yet even mental science cannot keep you alive if you lose your head. Even your thinker could not believe that. Then the war came to our rescue. A sad, sad remedy, yet it was our salvation. Now they tell u.s the ex ports are far in excess of imports, yet the government gets but very little revenue out of what comes in, and the exports are decreasing while the Imports are increasing in rela tive amounts, and will increase in that way as the allies get on their feet until we readjust ou" industrial ana revenue laws. Does labor think it can train with that bunch and keep its M'ages where they areaand still do business here without a yard rail up to keep the importer off tha grass or else make him pay good rent, if ha does he has a great think coming. I am not wrong or revengeful when 1 say I would like to see a few leaders of labor and democracy have to compete in labor, hours, pay and living conditions of the Jap until it cured thorn of some of their thoe ries. . FRANKLIN POPE. One Road Among Many (From the Baltimore American. The Pennsylvania railroad not only conducts the greatest single transportation business in the world but contains the savings that suo port an army of widows and orphans. me reduction of its dividend de Drives some 1S5.000 stockholders of. one-third of their income from thW! source. This forms in itself a great calamity. It must affect the support of half a million persons, counting the stockholders dependents. In the case of this company an exception ally high proportion of the stock holders are believed to rely on their holdings as an only or a chief means of support. The steadiness of this company's dividend rato has put it almost in the class of a mortgage security in respect to stability. Only an up heaval greater than any other in this century could break the rate as it has just broken. The incident fur nlshes a symptom of the affliction that has befallen the entire industry of which this system forms a mem ber. The investor does not do all the suffering, nor yet the chief part of it. His loss at the present rate would run to ten millions of dollars a year. But the railroad has reduced its payrolls in the past six months so heavily as to cause an aggregate loss, to the rnen drooped or part- timed, of oyer fifteen millions per month. To Bo sure, the reduction in eluded removal of many superfluous employes left over from days of government operation; but, in addi tion to dropping sheer superfluities, the railroad must have let go a host of men It had rather keep. Trafflt has fallen so that nothing remained for these men to do. Now, a discharged worker has the better of a widow and orphan, whose Income is cut off or severely reduced. He can find other work, even If at less pay, for he stands well above the bottom in average of skill and bodily fitness. Yet in the aggregate the hardship, to the employes ex ceeds that to the stockholders by rea son of the far greater money total involved. A. peculiar trick of fate has made the railroad employe the fellow-sufferer, and indeed the chlet sufferer, in the deal that was to have given him the best of the railroad situation. The remedy fbr'stoekholders and employes on not only this one sys tem but the railroads as a whole is plain. The country must reverse ths process of pyramiding traffic rotes and transportation costs as it did to give the railroad employe a fancy scali of pay that brings him no work. It must reduce expenses, wage scales and traffic rates till business springs! up again nnrt the roaas earn their! way at a tariff level thst encourages j normal uamc Washington, May 5. Legislation to regulate the meat packing indus try took another important step for ward yesterday when the senate ag riculture subcommittee made a re port favoring prompt passage of the Kcnyon-Kendricks bill, with sora; modifications. The entire membership of the ag riculture committee probably will meet in a day or two and report the bill to the senate. "Packer legislation will be passed at this session; that is a certainty," s;iid Senator Kcnyon of Iowa. The most important change made by the subcommittee was the elimi nation of the provision creating a fed eral live stock commission to regu late the packing industry. As the bill stands now, the regulatory pow ers would be vested in the secretary of agriculture. Representatives of independent packers in Cleveland, Detroit and Baltimore were heard in opposition to the packer bill before the house agriculture committee. They re garded the legislation as unnecessary, but they pleaded with the commit tee, if it was 'determined to recom mend such a measure, to make it less injurious to the packers. The "big five" packers have thus far shown little interest in the hear ings. Bankers Plan National Campaign Against Wave of Robberies Pinehurst, N. C, May 5. Plans for a nation-wide crusade- against bank robbers was decided on by the executive council of the American Bankers' association, in session here. Ways and means of stamping out the prevailing crime wave were dis cussed and the opinion expressed unanimously that never in the 47 years of the organization's history were its 23,00(1 member banks in as urgent need of protection from bur glars and holdup men as today. The protection department report ed that an average of four criminals a week had been convicted since the department was established. Pres. John S. Drum of the asso ciation told the council that the problem of American business was "to create credit machinery to make possible the absorption of our excess of manufactured jroods and raw ma terials in foreign markets." U. S. Officials Abandon Hope Of Mediation in Ship Strike Washington, May 5. Representa tives of the marine workers failed to meet today with Secretary Davis to continue conferences looking to a settlement of the shipping wage controversy, which has resulted in crews of some American merchant craft walking out. Mr. Davis said the conference would not be held and that he did not know whether the meetings would be resumed. Government officers apparent!..' had about abandoned hope that tba controversy could be settled at this time by federal mediation. Wages of Union Miners Won't Be Cut, Says Lewis Indianapolis, Ind., May 5. Wages of organized mine workers will not be reduced, John L. Lewis, president of the United , Mine Workers of America, declared in a statement to day refuting reports of such action. Mr. Lewis pointed out that the miners now are working under a scale of wages fixed by the United States bituminous coal commission and that the agreement does not terminate until March 31, 1922. He said coal consumers should not delay pur chase upon the theory or with the hope that any reduction of wages will be accepted by the miners. Chaos If Rail Wages Cut, Says Rail Labor Head B. M. Jewell Tells Rail Labor Board Many Railroad Men's Families Are Undernourished, Chicago. May 5. Charges that many railroad men's famiiics wcra undernourished and assertion that a wage reduction order would bring chaos in the transportation industry were made before the railroad labor board today by B. M. Jewell, presi dent of the railway employes' de partment of the American Federation of Labor. The employes' arguments against the railway executives' wage decrease proposals were summed up by Mr. Jewell. Insufficient Pay. Mr. Jewell's exhibits, designed to show that many railroad employe.-, were not receiving sufficient pay to properly support their families includ ed one table which compared amount of food recommended by Prof. M. E. Jaffa of the University oi Cal ifornia for a family equivalent to 3.35 adults with actual purchacs of 50 shop crafts workers' families in 15 states, each of which was tlic-equiva lent of 3.88 adults. It showed that the workers at the end of each month had had f0 pounds less of meat, fish, eggs, milk, etc.. than Prof. Jaffa outlined; that they lacked 40 pounds of flour, cereals, rice, etc.; 40 pounds of potatoes, vegetables and fruits: 7 pounds oi butter, oils and fats, and three pounds of sugar. All Occupations. "My final table represents the ab stract of expenditure accounts for February for 118 employe scattered through stales west of the Missis sippi river," said Mr. Jewell. "The returns cover practically all occupa tions covered by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerk'. "The average earnings tor the US men were $108.81, with which thev met average expenditures of $108.79. In these figures there is an apparent saving of 2 cents a month possible, annual savings of 24 cents, and thi hope that aitcr a century of toil $24 would be saved for a rainy day." A request that the ra;!road labor board dismiss the case of nearly 100 railroads which arc seeking wage re ductions for their employes, on the grounds that the roads have not pre sumed "any evidence warranting a loiver rate of pay" was' made today by B. M. Jewell, representing the r.vUvav labor unions, in concluding his rebuttal testimony. 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