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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-18
SENATORIAL PATRONAGE.

senator Shields before leaving the Washington
whee ms vote Will be needed for the
treaty. on which he has made public expression
we know TO republican newspaper that Parks Woey Is
gong to be appointed United States
that he going to be confirmed by the States senate
And what are you going to do about i These words
not the senator's though they
cerebeum he announcing the intended
pursue.
This incident ought bring before the American people
more wildly the situation to senatorial patronage
within the range of possibility evidently for United
ato who political boss of his state and of whom his
stands to select for appointment any Office
made and who has been publicly indicated and having
dehed public sentiment and insisted the appointment
made and having secured Endorsements high officials
seeking governorhips judicial Offices he position
owing to the peculiar system that has grown up put
The department of justice through unwingness
fend SENATOR unlikely put obstacles in the The
dent is too busy to look into such The
hang such appointment One may be needed for
the league of nations.
Other the United States senate hug their own
senatorial patronage their bosom They jealous
rights of the senate They much inclined the
atora courtesy to back confree how
be the nominee
So privilege and patronage above the rights Of the
people
Some day the of the United States the
purity and decency will dvest itself of patronage of this kind
of senatorial patronage which smells high
The interest of Tennessee securing official does
honor to the Office and the state.
The of the democratic party the
ing appointment that be defended.
But the interest of the nation in abolishing system by
which the executive and the bound together
which may public scandal by Of indie
cnsible appointment.
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SCHOOL TEACHERS.
IN. e. Al

=. IN. e. Al
The most useful public service is that
OF the school teacher.
That we as a public do not appre.
ciate this is proven by the fact that
we are underpaying them.
In, many quarters we have allowed
our public funds to become of such
low estate that teachers have gone for
months without any pay at ALL
There is not a private business or
institution of any sort that does not
regard the meeting of its payroll as
its first and most sacred obligation.
Many of the best of teachers are
being forced out of the school through
our failure to meet the economic in
ducements of other trades and profess
sions.
Recruits to the teaching profession
are becoming alarmingly few.
tits all well enough for us to talk of
new and improved methods and re-
forms in our educational system, but
the whole system, like in other institu-
lions, is dependent upon the brains and
personalities of those who comprise
their human organizations.
Our first duty to our educational sys-
tenn Is to keep what we now have
keep it by retaining the brains and per-
sonallty of those who now comprise it,
and by raising their pay.
And by this same act we will be re-
cruiting more brains and personalities
to enter the professions for future serv-
ice, and better system.
1t may sound paradoxical, but the
pay of teachers is one service in which
we can afford extravaganza.
The more the pay the more brains
Will be retained and recruited in the
profession.
The more pay the more the teacher
can afford upon his or her training as
a teacher.
Let us make education sur national
extravaganza!
1t is the one place where extrava-
gaace will be an investment.
All reforms begin with education.
The school teacher is the true, the
basic reformer. and we cannot over
pay the school teacher, as a profession,
as an institution!
1t requires some imagination to see
the economic wisdom of investment In
public education, for the returns are not
come with the matur-
ity of the child, when it takes its place
in full citizenship, but the returns are
large, permanent and certain.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-18
GERMANY AGAIN ARMING
No Halt TO Production of War Material
Since ArmlstIce.
(By Paul Williams, in Kansas City


Coblenz, July 2.-During the seven
months between armistice and peace
there has been no let up in Germany
in the production of cannon, rifles, air.
planes and other war equipment. The
manufacture of munitions has been so
large that today Germany has in part
replaced the artillery she lost during
the last two months of the war and
that which was turned over after the
armistice.
Germany has replaced the airplanes
which she surrendered and has trained
Gent equipment for 100000 soldiers.
Ignore Limit Set by Allies.
The treaty limits the German army
to 200,0 900 men. The German army to-
day boasts of the following numbers
of the reichswehr:
Gruppen kommando l, about SO. 900
Gruppen Commands and 3D.. 800, 900
Gruppen commando 4........ 80, 900
In the old corps districts. ....... rs, 900
Iotal relchswehr .............. Ass, 900
Miscellaneous freiwilligers. ....... 25. 900
Total available troops. ....,.... $40, 900
remnants OF old army units.... $4,000
Home guards ............,......3 800, 900
The home guards are developing into
an organization similar to the national
guards in. the United States. Their
total number will be much more than
100000 before October /.
LhNoC llS hlCo, WHICH OI1lCldl, 90
not take into consideration 100000 Ger
man soldiers whose status as prisoners
of the allies soon will be changed by
repatriation.
French Know the Danger
The world at large has heard little
Of the reorganization of the German
army and has perhaps an idea. that
there is no such thing, but the French
will tell you one not only exists, but
s growing Justify into a formidable
force. With every nation at war with
Germany convinced that it was Ger
nan militarists that started things five
1ears ago and brought the catastrophe
% the world and itself, perhaps 1t is
to know what German mill
arism has been doing since November
/. Following the armistice demobiliza-
ion of the old army began This was
completed in April, At this writing
'nly a part of the active officers re-
main with the colors, no men being
leld in compulsory service.
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SOUTHERN TABLOlDS

Sergt. Barton Eates, of Flushing
Long Island, was killed at Americas
Ca, during an aerial circus being held
at Souther field. Sergt. Eates. who
down at the time.
aire manufacturer, died at Charlotte.
N. c. He had extensive textile mill
interests in North and South Carolina.
Walter Bishop was declared mot
guilty by reason of insanity" by a jury
at Bay Minette, Ala. He was charged
with first degree murder as result
of the shooting of Frank Foukal to
death in Jail, June %.
Charles Cannon. a nonunion mill
worker at Columbus, Ga, was acquitted
by jury of charges of murder in con-
of a 17-year-old boy and the injury
of five others May 81, when a street
meeting of union strikers was fired
upon.
With the vote of one small precinct
missing, L. B. Rainey, of Gadsden, Ala.
with lead Of first and second choice
votes over Maj. Harwell G. Davis, of
1T, is the apparent nominee of the
democrats of the Seventh district to
succeed the late John l.. Burnett in
congress.
The Avondale mills, of Birmingham,
OF which B. B. Conner, former governor
of Alabama, is president, has announced
the purchase from e. c. Riley. of Bos
ton, of the Pell City cotton mill. Alex
ander City mill and Sycamore mill, all
in Alabama, the price paid being ap
$4,000 900.
Blacksmiths, boilermakers, car men,
machinists, electrical workers and sheet
metal workers on sixteen railroads in
the southeast will go on strike August
/, unless their demands on the railroad
are met by July 81, it
was announced at convention of AL
lied Shop Crafts at Atlanta.
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A WINNING ISSUE,

An exchange admits that 1t may be
trifle wearisome, but thinks an
early airing of presidential booms
may not be an unmixed evil. 1t may
not only prevent congestion in the
last months of the campaign, but may
also afford a more thorough winnow-
ing of the issues so that the electo-
rate may the more intelligently make
its choice.
This contemporary declares that no
@sue yet raised strikes the popul.r
'ancy. 1t thinks probably the league
t nations and the question of who
ION the war may not be considered
important when voting time rolls
around, but suggests that something
like a consumers league to combat
the high cost Of living may come
into great favor.
But the dilemma is like one of st.
Paul's. To will is present with us,
but how to perform is not apparent.
1t is possible that an almost unani-
nous vote could be polled for lower
ing the cost of living, but it is not
at all certain it would, thereby be re-
duced.
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PLEASED But Not Over omplacent"

also the vast benefactions 10 mankind.
He said, in his statement given out IN
Paris before leaving for home, from
which we have quoted the above pass
age: -. III
that we had hoped for. 1t could hardly
be expected to be.
"If ii still holds some Of the distrusts
and hatreds of the war which Germany
had full well earned for herself, II its
construction has been hindered by
memories OF secret pacts and promises,
II must be borne in mind that 1t car
ries with II the evident purpose 10
throw off old methods Of international
intrigue and plotting.
But the present treaties are but the
starting point Of world reconstruction
the cleansing and healing pro-
cesses that shall really make good our
hopes and aspirations"
He recognizes that many problems
remain unsettled and many questions
unanswered. But he sees also that 1t
is the business OF the league to solve.
In due time, these problems, to answer.
in due time. these recurring questions.
World statesmanship will be sorely
tried in the next few years. Two
things are essential. first, an alert, in
telligent interested public opinion. and,
second. cooperation of the nations.
II 1t is true that one nation can de-
story the equilibrium of all 1t is all
the more true that each nation Is
bound by it's law Of self preservation
to cooperate with the others to check
troubles before they get their Roadway.
1t is good. as we began with saying,
to have this calm commentary upon
the work and purposes and hopes of
the great conference and of the mag
nificent fruit of its labors in the league
of nations. We are pleased" and quite
''complacent'' at being able thus to
set the words OF this dispassionate
statesman and astute diplomat by the
side of the more ardent and evanescent
views Of Mr.. Wilson-to place, as It
were
..... the Statesman's great word
Side by side with the poets sweet
comment.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-18
The TRACTION SITUATION

The truth is coming out; Guy f
Trip, chairman of a committee of
one hundred, representing the Amer
lean Electric Railway association,
declares that a profit was never
made on street railway traffic at the
flve-cent fare rate, but followed this
with the paradoxical statement that
great fortunes had been made Ivy
street railway corporations. How
was this accomplished? "Hopes were
capitalized and hopes were sold"
Precisely. Mr.. Trip confessed that
dishonesty in over capitalization,
stock manipulation and the use of
corporate influence in the past were
in large measure responsible for
the difficulties now being experienced
by the traction companies" Just
about as we suspected.
Another magna;e estimates that
about S1OO0,OO0.O0O of new capital is
needed annually by American street
railway companies to cover extern
sions, improvements and refunding
or debts, but that 1t cannot be had
under present conditions. There is
little market for street railway secur-
tiles. All Of which suggests that the
traction interests are practically at
the end Of their row. 1t was even
predicted that many OF the larger
electric companies would be in bank
uptcv before the investigating COM
mission completes its hearings.
The watered stock charges are ad-
mitted, but that gets us nowhere
now. Mr.. Trip suggests that the
water be squeezed out. So have
others. But how? It is a condition
which confronts the cities OF the
country. One of the alternatives rec
commended is municipal ownership.
On this theory it is presumed. the
city treasury would make up deficits ,
from street railway operation some |
what as is now done for the railroads /
by the general government and in the |
same fashion as the city keeps up |
streets and pays for lighting them.
Those who have studied public own |
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-18
cuReINo HIGH PRICES

Mississippi has apparently discov.
cred the secret OF making effective
its antitrust laws. A news item
from jackson states that three ice
companies in that city, which are un-
der indictment on charges OF unlaw-
fui combination. have agreed 20 a
compromise whereby the price of ice
prevailing in 1917 is to be restored,
the pooling delivery system aban-
doned and separate business re-
sumed by each member OF the al
legged combine. 1t was agreed on
behalf Of the prosecution that the
indictment would be held Up pend
ing q test of the good faith Of the
Ice companies in keeping their
promise.
Putting prices back to the basis of
the 1917 level would be a popular
slogan for the whole country. both as
affecting ice and other products. but
unfortunate the tendency is not in
that direction. New models In prices
--as well as in automobiles--fo each
season and on progressively higher
levels, Is now the order Of the
day. Food. clothing and shoes
have already reached dizzy heights,
but the upward going is still good.
Prices Of shoes threaten to force a
considerable portion OF the country
TO 30 barefoot Unless there is an
statement Of pronteering. there will
be great popular discomfort.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-18
LABOR AGAINST BOOZE.

The National Labor Tribune, which
Is in its forty-seventh year, is pub.
iished In Pittsburgh and is the Off.
cial organ Of the American workmen
denounces the efforts of Samuel
Gompers to make 1t appear that the
workmen favor booze and beer. "Nc
Booze Makes Better Workmen and
Brings More Efficiency is the head :
line in large type in its issue OF
July II.
The Tribune says.
1.-THE destruction of the booze In
dustry brings to manufacturing in
dustries Of the country the greatest
era of efficiency that has ever been
experienced. Pittsburgh workmen are
rejoicing over the end of the brew
ing and distilling industry. A pay
Saturday will no more bring a
drunken Monday.
THE jail OF Pittsburgh is doomed,
as the prisoners are ending their jail
sentences and passing out never
again to re-enter. No more are be-
ing received. The DRINKS are being
transformed into human beings and
are seeking employment. The loaf
ers who occupied the curbs in front
of the saloons have already disap-
peared, they are returning to the
mills and shops. Warden Lewis and
his inspectors, it Is said, are seeking
employment elsewhere. County Com
missioners Harris and Gumbert are
arranging to sell the present Jail
building that has become a worthless
eyesore. The valuable property oc-
cupied by this stone structure is to
be sold and the county treasury en-
HANGED by 100000 or more"
There is no great reform more in
the interest of both labor and capital
than the doing away with intoxi-
cants. The south has tried the ex-
pertinent. You couldn't get a cor
poraps guard of workingmen in any
southern community now to advo-
cate the restoration OF the saloons,
where pay envelopes were formerly
opened, and which were not only the
worst enemies of our homes, but also
were the successful competitors
against every legitimate business.
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AVOIDING DISASTER

NLOS Angeles llIHeS.1
Government Tax Collector Carter de-
clares that though we may kick and
squirm when il comes time to pay our
income taxes. nonetheless it does us
good. ut is teaching thrift more eff
fectively and more drastically than any
other one thing that has sprung out
of the war;" adding:
THE first year of its operation a
great many found themselves in the
same position as Boggs. One day
Boggs sought out his boss and asked
for a raise.
" But I'm already paying you liber-
ally for the work you do" protested
the boss.
81 know it, confessed Boggs. but
Just the same. l. can't get along
What's the matter; family in
creased2"
:" No. SIR
" Household expenses larger, rent
been raised or something of that sort ?"
-" No, sir. It's this way. I've got
to have more money now to pay the
income on the salary I've already
spent"
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oERMANYs TAX SCHEME.

We have said that there are indi-
cations that Germany will make an
effort to meet the issue raised in the
indemnities and reparations levied
against her In the peace settlement.
A taxation measure is being drafted
which is said to be the most drastic
ever conceived in any country in q
time of peace. 1t is generally recog-
nized that heroic measures will be
absolutely necessary to fulfill finan-
cial demands upon the fatherland,
ana the new revenue bill of Erz-
berger and others seems to 20 to the
extreme limit.
we have heard considerable com.
plant about graduated income and
profits taxes in this country, but
these are mere scratches of the sur
race compared with the new German
plan. The latter penetrates to the
quick-to the red, so to speak. The
scheme contemplates the raising of
S22,5o0,00o,000. 1t proposes the levy
OF graduated tax upon capital and
property, not merely upon income
Owners OF less than $1,250 worth Of
property are exempt, but from that
limit upward the rates run from 10
to IS per cent, the latter upon val
ues Of over $75O.ooo.
But payments of these levies are
to be spread over a period of years,
somewhat like the payment of the
indemnities. 1t really could not be
otherwise. 1t would be clearly I'M
possible to collect such a tax against
the property Of the country in anv
one year. Payment of indemnify
ana reparation, we believe, is 10
cover period of thirty years. bnt
the initial payment of some $1,000
100000 is to be made in two years.
1t may be possible to meet the nav
ment OF even IS per cent. upon prop
erty' say in twenty years, but 1t will
not be easy even then.
Taxes levied against the tangible
property of Germany will not be easv
10 evade. Those who prefer to "seII
OUT ana leave the country will be
under the necessity of selling their
holdings with the incumbrance upon
them. 1t is undeniabie that a heavy !
handicap has been placed upon the
prosperity of the country, under
which 1T is staggering, The world
VIII watch expectantly to note when
way the tide turns. It should be
Kept in mind that the indemnity
burden is not all. The country has
IN addition to take care of its own
war debt and its customary govern
mental expenses. Germany has here
,ofore accomplished considerable. but
she Is now tackling her biggest lob. |
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(Colnnhia HfafA.l


It IL good TO have this reasoned
comment by Secretary Lansing upon
the work OF the peace conference al
Versailles. He returns from that me-
morable. assemblage,. after full partic-
looking back upon the stupendous tasks
achieved. he finds himself pleased.
but not er-complacent"
II IL the sound attitude OF the
thinker, the student OF world politics,
the practical, hard-headed American
diplomat. Mr.. Lansing ID not man to
be swept along with every rushing
flood Of opinion or every whirlwind OF
idealism. He keeps his equilibrium,
and his feet are even tenoned and
mortised In the Arm soil Of this every
day world OF ours. He has not been
deceived, either by the furious assaults
upon the treaty OF peace and its chief
fruit, the league OF nations, or by the
fresh enthusiasms for the new order"
that Mr.. Wilson sees established by the
covenant of the league. But he sees
very clearly the tremendous tasks and
the tremendous achievements OF the
most famous conference OF statesmen
and diplomats that the world has yet
witnessed.
"out Of 1t ALL" says Mr.Lanslng,
there has come the most important
international document ever drawn
the treaty OF peace with Germany,
document which not only meets the is
sues OF the present war, but also lays
down new agreements of the most hope
full character. The nations are bound
together to avert another world catas-
trophe. backward peoples are given a
new hope for their future; several racial
entities are liberated to form new
states; beginning is made toward re-
moving unjust economic restrictions and
the great military autocracies Of CEN
trail Europe are destroyed as the first
step in a general disarmament"
But 1t was not perfect. and we do
not believe that even the captious
Lodge and the exacting Knox really
expected a perfect treaty of peace or
perfect covenant of the nations. Mr..
Lansing sees the imperfections, but sees
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OPEN TRADE WITH GERMANY.
(Naur Ynrk TrihIna 1

Except with respect to the export OF
wheat and the import of few articles,
trade with Germany is now open. The
device of giving a free hand to trade
to all ends the war SO far as CONNER
cial relations are concerned. The Fall
resolution sleeps in a pigeonhole, but
that which the Fall resolution sought,
and which it was said could not be
done, is done.
AS usual. contradictory reports come
from Germany. One set says that the
factories have begun to show smoke
from their chimneys, and that despite
all talk of strikes and disturbances,
the German people generally manifest
q most commendable disposition to go
to work. The rest of Europe Is indulg-
Ing In the luxury of working one day
and quitting the next, thus wasting
economic energy and deferring recon-
struction, while Germany, it is said, is
showing better sense, realizing that the
only road to happier days is through
hard work. If Germany thus more
clearly sees that quackery, political or
economic, will not put clothes on backs
or food in stomachs, no one has right
to complain.
Germany has advantages she will
doubtless make the most of. Demobi-
lization came to her first. Her machin-
cry Is rusted, and the change from war
work to peace work is as difficult there
as elsewhere; but her establishments
have not been damaged. Germany
failed in the war game, but In the
great and legitimate peace game, which
consists in doing a piece of work more
cheaply than another, she is a forrnid-
able rival. A large part Of German ex-
port trade is gone, perhaps forever, but
II there is proper will a man can
generally find something at which to
busy himself
The semibolshevism of some coun-
tries, not to speak of the complete boil
shevism of others, gives Germany
great opportunity. If her people work
while other people listen to agitators
who apparently delight in stirring up
trouble for everybody, consequences to
Germanys advantage are inevitable,
They can't be stopped, and 1t does not
appear that they should be stopped,
even though there is power so to do