The Tomahawk., 1919-07-03

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ployment service: a public works com.
mission to provide jobs for the Unem.
ployed in emergencies; old age. sick.
ness and accident insurance; voca'
tional training for mutilated indus.
trial workers as we'll as for mutilated
soldiers; land settlement project 10
relieve congestion in the towns, and
a permanent industrial relations com.
mission to collect and coordinate all
data on wages and conditions of EN-.
ployment. .s., ia. -. !. -, q
An Acre Worth $4,000, 900.
ID $4,OOO,OOO an acre fair price
for land? Vincent Astor thinks it Is
not too much-when he is selling It..
The Farmers National Single Tax
league furnishes the following details:
When Colonel John Jacob Astor lost
his life in the. Titanic disaster he left
to his son Vincent: by his first wife.
along with other great wealth, piece
of New York real estate. 200 feet on
Broadway by 207 feet on Forty-third
and Forty fourth streets, improved
with buildings and bringing an annual
income of $4,000. This property
had been in the Astor family for three
generations and was probably a part
Of the old Long Acre farm. During
all the years since the original Astors
immigrated to America and managed
to secure large part, of Manhattan
island, this property has been grow:
ing in value with the growth ani de-
velopment of the CITY,. When the bare
ground sold the other day for about
$3,5OO,O00 the people Of New York
made young Vincent Astor present
Of that princely sum. ID" ~
Republicans Face Deficit.
J The aviation section Of the wa:' &c.
partment asked the present congress
for $S3,OO0,O00 to spend during the
coming year. The committee in con.
gress has decided to let it have $15,.
100000. BY careful study of that brief
news item any one may obtain the
key to much that will figure in the
foreign and domestic policies Of the
United States during the next IL
months. From all sources of revenue
now in operation and reasonable pros.
pect, the government will collect S..
OOO, 100000 this next year. Senator
Smoot and others figure that Uncle
Sam Will have to spend no less than
$12, OOO;OOO,OO0 during the snme per.
riod.| a.s.>. #. r., --,,.....
The missing $1,000, 100000 is giving
politicians headache already. 1t is
perhaps source of secret satisfaction
to the Democrats that they are no
longer directly responsible for rails.
ing revenues. The Grand Old party
has come to bat just in time to enjoy
that postwar burden. -. ~ 49,.
The greatest consolation may be to
compare our lot with that of others.
When France adds all the German Ia:
demnity in sight to her present
strained income she will still have to
add 1900, 0,OO0,0 900 francs of fresh taxa
tion to pull through the fiscal year. All
that. provided the franc continues to
be worth 10 cents It is actually worth
less than 10 cents abroad, and that is
why the French government will not
allow the French manufacturer to go
abroad for materials to resume indus
trial operations. Italy is in the same
plights And unless industry is re.
sumed in both countries very soon .
sure collapse is in sight. #a
u Government Insurance..
Through the war risk insurance bu
reau the government has written
about $4,000, 100000 in life insur
ance for soldiers and sailors. That 10
more than all the private insurance
companies combined have written.
That is why the private companies
are desperately anxious to have the
government turn the business over to
them, free, gratis and for nothing.
That desire may not be gratified, how
ever. Theswar risk bureau has pre-.
pared new policy to be substituted
for the wartime contract, one that
IL said to contain all the advantages
possessed by any private company
contract and others besides. The dc.
partment of Justice is now examining
the new contract, and II 1t be approved
congress will be asked to provide for
permanent business Of government in
surance. s..t -. .a
The Berger Controversy.
Victor Berger, Socialist congress
continues his fight for .
seat in the house. The special com.
mttee Of nine began early in June to
hear arguments from his counsel and
the attorney for the Democratic can
didate, Carney, who ran second to Ber.
ger in the fifth Wisconsin district
Berger contends that he has violated
no law and has not been finally CON.
victed of any violation. Carney claims
the seat on the ground that Bergers
alleged disloyalty made him ineligible
from the start. Everybody expects
Berger to be kept out and nobody ex.
pects Carney to get In. The house
h AGAINST both Of them, though for
different reasons.
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In Africa q crop Of the blacklist,