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" 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.
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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.
Housewives Warned Against
Pseudo Upholsterer Here
Housewives were warned by de
tectives yesterday to he on. the look
out for a man poking as an uphol
stf rpr.
, Mrs. M. L. White. 1302 'South
Thirtieth avenue, told police thf
pseudo upholsterer frot 55.25 froi.i
her Wedcnsday. Police believe that a
Isrge number of West Side resident-,
have been swindled.
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