The Washington herald., 1918-05-02

Mr. Brisbane. whom we are informed,
is to become the editor of the Herald
and Examiner at Chicago. has al
ready started his campaign for the
election of MediIl Mccormick, pres
ent representative-at-l from
Illinois, to the Senate seat now held
by J. Ham Lewis.
More disheartening news has not
come to many members of Congress
in many months. 1t was thought that
MIR. Brisbane would throw all his ed
itorial ability at the feet of Mr..
Lewis, and. seeking only to find out
where the latter would have him
serve, would try TO serve there. both
with distinction and energy.
But that dream mas dissolved now
J. Ham must go the path alone, or at
least devoid OF the support Mr.. Bris-
bane would give to him. What j.
Ham thinks of it we can only con-
jecture-we haven't the heart to ask.
So far as Mr.. Mccormick is con-
Cerned. of course. there is a feeling
Of elation within his bosom. lie feels
that having received now the initial
support OF Mr. Brisbane. his CAM
paign will become stronger as the
support becomes more continuous
and ardent.
After nationwide prohibition
what?
Had you ever thought of that?
Probably you hadn't. and certainly
! we had not. in the hurry and hustle
of earning three meals and a bed
room a day.
Enterprising New Workers.. how
ever. have figured it out. The mo-
ment national prohibition goes into
effect. a fleet OF schooners, yachts.
brigs. launches and all other kinds of
ships will anchor just outside the
! tnrce-niile line and will begin TO sell
IQIor to whomsoever is brave enough
to travel Overseas" to their line 10
ger it.
The business will become 50 profit
able. in fact. the New Workers men
tion, that the number of people en-
"Tged in it will be. exceedingly large,
! and the travel to and from the ships
will be almost continuous.
Day and night the ships will receive
and discharge their human Cargocs-
| and those human cargoes themselves
will additionally receive the "argoes
| for which they ventured foot off
the land.
Freedom of the seas" will become
more than a transient term then. 1t
| will be as applica BILE to the situation
| then as it is to the situation in which
we find ourselves willingly engaged
! now-and the spirit of democracy will
permeate all who ride the waves.
Several Republican newspapers
have pointed out that not a paper
mill has been established in this
country since 1913, and that sew
| eral of them. on the other hand,
have been established in Canada.
OF course. the papers do not make
the matter such a sharp tariff sub
ject as they might, but there are in
dications that they will do so ere
the ides of November are reached
on the calendar. The statement of
some of those who expect to use
it in this connection is that our
wood pulp is sent into Canada and
there made into paper and the paper
| is then sent to US at almost any
price the makers want to charge
Just now the statement il not liter
ally true. however, for the price Is
subject to fixing by the Federal
| Trade Commission. But in essen
tials, these investigators say. the
price has been fixed previously be-
cause of the failure of the Ameri-
can people to provide a tariff law
which would operate to the signal
| benefit of American newspapers.
The matter will sooner or later
be fought out by Congress. News
papermen who think they are car
| rying a very heavy load now pro-
pose to see that men are put iE
Congress who will cater a little
more to them. They are saying
frankly that, whereas in the past
they have been supporting men for
Congress who pledged themselves
to the accomplishment of other
| great reforms. now they propose to
support only men who will alleviate
| some of their burdens.
This is interestingly true. II
the newspapers take it in their
hands to get men in Congress who
will think about them once In
awhile it may be that . distinctly
pro-newspaper Congress will bs
found in this country one of these
days. The matter is nonpartisan
of course, but may turn out to b,
bipartisan or even bipartisan be
fore the prime movers get through
| with IL.
| Secretary OF War Baker Is sin,
| gle taxer and some of the men who
watched him on the stand. wher