Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-10

Of clerks and working girls daily. has
been obliged to put up its prices. All
egg orders. pies and coffee have been
increased cents. and genuine suffer
ing will result. This means. not that
the customers of these restaurants
will pay more for their meals. They
haven't got it to pay. Il means that
they will eat less. despite the fact
that many Of them are under-nOurish-
ed already. On every side the cost OF
living Is increasing by leaps and
bounds, and many who had gained in
creased wages as a result of the Eur
opean war. and believed they had at
tanned some measure OF prosperity,
now find the increased pay INSULT
cient to offset the increased cost OF
living; that they are even poorer than
before.
Cabling Carranza.
Secretary Lane Indignantly denies
that he has made any demands on
the Mexican delegates TO the Atlantic
City conference to reimburse the
Americans who have been robbed OF
their all in Mexico. And simultan-
eously, representatives of the Admin
istration in Washington deny that
Villas increasing strength and the
shooting of Americans by Carranza
soldiers has led to a determination on
the part OF the Administration TO
keep Pershing's force in Mexico. The
Mexican delegates reiterate in the
plainest terms they can command
that the conference was convened for
no other purpose than TO provide for
the withdrawal of American troops
from Mexican territory. aud assert
that all the talk Of the American del
egates about claims against the Car
rama Government the internal at
fairs Of Mexico, etc. is simplw bunk
put out for its political effect in this
country. and wholly unwarranted by
the facts. But even this bunk must
be curtailed or Carranza will call on
the conference. and if he does that
It is feared his action will be accom-
panied by an insulting message to
Mr.. Wilson
Democratic Desperation
Many Of the wildly eXtravagant
charges which the Democratic man
notably Vance Mccormick -
are making against Governor Hughes
arc doing their cause more harm than
good. because they are Interpreted by
peoplc generally as indicating that
the Democrats are growing increas-
ingly desperate One such charge is
that Governor Hughes is Wall
Street candidate. Mr. Hughes record
as Governor. the intense opposition
OF Wall Street. which he incurred
during the insurance Investigation
that first brought him 10 the knowl-
elge Of the general public. and his
entire course as Governor. when he
fatty refused TO do anything what
ever TO gain Wall Streets good wilt.
are all so well known that il is hard
to understand what Chairman McCor-
mick hopes TO gain by spreading
a cannard. The enthusiastic endorse
ment Of Mr.. Hughes as a friend of la
Dor by the official organ Of the Fed
GRAFTON of Labor in this State, also
serves. indirectly, but not the less
certainly, TO confound the opposition
in any effort they may make to fix
upon Mr.. Hughes the stamp of Wall
Streets approval. From all sections
are coming reports which clearly in
dictate that President Wilson has
failed to attain that support OF labor
fors which he strove when he butted
into the labor controversy and pro
cured a material wage increase for
the Brotherhoods and the wall
Street candidate cry is supposed 70
be an outcome OF that disappointment
Compulsory Service.
Evidence increases that the rail
ways will endeavor to produce legis-
lation whereby Congress will con
tinue to fix the wages OF railway
trainmen and will also fix the hours