The Tomahawk., 1919-06-19

the permit will at once be issued.
Hines argues that this is the only
possible way in which the railroad
equipment can be kept continuously at
work at high efficiency, as it distrib-
utes the traffic before congestion can
start. /.
Berger Waits for Committee.
Victor L. Berger, the lone Social
list elected to the present congress, has
been given an Office room and the use
of the postal frank by common consent
of the house, although he is deprived,
by . resolution adopted on the opening
day Of the session, of his right to
speak or vote. He is waiting *or tho
special committee of nine m .mbers,
headed bYRepresentative Ds;linger of
Massachusetts,, to begin its inquiry
into his right to become a member Of
the house when. he is under sentence
for alleged editorial violation of the
espionage act.
Are your old friends among tho
Democrats and Republicans giving
you the go-by, these days?" he was
asked, as he discussed the constitu-
tional questions involvei in his case,
seated at his congressional desk in the
house Office building.
Far from it," replied Berger. Look
at those spittoons!"
The evidence of southern and west.
ern craftsmanship upon and around
the congressional cuspidors was un-
mistakable; a good msny statesmen
had been in to chat.
Jew-Baiting Hete Too.
Jew-baiting has been taken up as
a congressional pastime by Represen-
tative Albert Johnson of Hoquiam,
Wash, who has hitherto reserved his
anathemas for labor agitators, the
Bolsheviki and radicals generally.
Whether it be due to the fact that
Jewish wage-workers are almost uni.
versally trade unionists, or to some
other reason, Johnson offered these
remarks, delivered May 26 and print.
ed on page 2S3 of the Congressional
Record for the new session:
Il received today letter which
might be of interest to those who are
worried for fear too many aliens are
going out of the country. 1t describes
a meeting-mostly of aliens-held in
New York night before last to pro-
test against the treatment of their CO.
religionists abroad, and 1t is said to
have been a remarkable meeting. No
one could have studied the mass of
wolfish faces or have seen the stunted
says the writer, without
shock. He says If the committee on
immigration could have seen that
II members of congress could
have seen it, there would be no doubt
whatever of the immediate passage of
a bill restricting immigration" ZAP.
plause).
Antitrust Laws Attacked.
Farmers and wage-workers who
have watched the easy triumph Of tho
big meat packers over the attempt of
the federal trade commission to bring
them to time will be interested to
know that Secretary of Commerce
Redfeld is working for the repeal of
the antitrust laws.
In the Official magazine Of the Unit.
ed States Chamber of Commerce, the
June issue of the Nations Business,
he declares that more and more as
have gained acquaintance with tho
business of the country as a whole I
have become convinced that the ad.
vance in ethical purpose, in moral per-
ception, in a higher grade Of practice
in the business world, has separated 1t
widely from the actual conditions with
which the antitrust laws were orig.
inally enacted to DEAL"
! He also remarks that 1T is obvious
that there must be progress of law
side by side with the growth of bust.
ness ideals, SO that the former shall
not misrepresent the latter, and 50
that the commerce of the country may
have the freedom necessary for its ex.
pansion as a living force. We may
not keep the new wine Of trade in the
old bottles of the law"
"The obligations of business to the
public" he says again, took visible
form in connection with the war. Back
Of the armies and making the armies
possible lay the unselfish sacrifices
and efforts Of industry. Without our
factories we not only could not have
won, but could harry have fought at
al. The Industrial effort In the war
will some day be revealed, trust, in
its true proportions, and when 80
shown will 90 far to shame those who
retain suspicious Of the patriotism OF
IL any such are left. But
the effort of industry was eQualed BY
its sacrifices"
Secretary Redfield is making verbal
amends to big business for the failure,
for the moment, Of his scheme for
fixing high prices for steel, coal and
other basic materials of industry foH
the reconstruction period.
Moroccan Charm.
Moroccan wives have q recipe for
back affection. The suspic.
Ious wife draws line of honey from
to chin and collects the drip
v,suoo Thon sho rnha fhe tin of her