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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

We have q great obligation to coun-
sci with the government about the pro-
ject of licensing business, There Is per-
haps no more dangerous custom before
our country to-day than that, the out
growth OF the war when industries were
controlled. when through the War Indus
tries Board and the Food Administrator
II became necessary and desirable that
we should SO far restrain and control
and direct and license the operations OF
business as to make every last ounce
of power and OF commodities needed for
the war purposes available for such pur-
poses.
Going from that period Of control and
license and restraint direction back into
the period OF free, open. competitive
operation. without such restraints and
without such licensing, we find an In
Vulnerable number of people who believe
that these licensing factors should be
retained, and that the government should
hold its control specially over the neces-
sarcs Of life in order to insure the pub
lie it's fair amount OF stuff and at fair
prices.
There Is legislation to-day looking to-
ward the licensing Of certain industries.
1t will not stop with those industries.
II licensing IL adopted as q government
policy your business and mine are no
more free from danger Of such licensing
and control than would be the first in
duStry That WAS brought uHoeT buCh
licensing in times OF peace.
Licensing may be necessary. We are
not arguing that proposition. But we
do say that If licensing Is TO be policy
OF the government Of the United States
of America, then that licensing arrange
nent must be made by cooperative re-
latons between government and bust
ness to make sure that the regulations
are not destructive Of American initia-
tive and that they do not so far encreach
upon American business as to destroy
all that We, have ever built.
We have need for cooperation with
the government in the reframing Of our
revenue laws and in the endearor to es-
cure on the part Of the government the
exercise OF such economics as will re-
ducc expenditures to point that can be
borne by taxation.
In the estimates for 1921 we notice
that as between 1916 and 1921 the bud
get proposed for the executive depart
ments and for the military and naya!
establishments of our country are five
times the budget OF 1915. five billion
dollars in place of one.
Add to that the fact that we are car
-ytrg over q deficit from 1920 of any
where from three to five billion dollars.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

house immigration committee will rec
ommend suspension Of all immigration
for two years. If this should meet
strong opposition, the committee has
alternative measures providing as fol-
lows: For exclusion of all except agri-
cultural workers, who, upon arrival
must depart for points at which they
have procured employment in advance;
admission OF only professional workers.
skilled artisans and blood relatives OF
naturalized Americans: literacy and
health tests so stringent as to exclude
about so per cent of all immigrants: au-
thorization Of United States consuls
abroad to require applicants for vises
on passports to prove their oualifica-
lions before embarking for America
Suspension Of immigration, except for
a very short period, would be an eN-
treme step. Before two years, We might
need the better class Of immigrants
badly. Just now, We have shortage Of
houses, congestion of schools and in
creasing unemployment. All Of these
conditions are temporary and legisla-
ton designed to link them with immi-
grafton should recognize this fact.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
THE REAL CAPITALIST

Wheeling Bank Trust company
OF the that
needed IN
only
from
The letcr
OF
government
be IL
the
good OF course
greatly any
for his own direct personal ~
without benefit to the country for TINS " human NATURE wv
increases his own prosperity
bank increases tho
operated and business
. ~ % create Job the factory running and to
which he convenientSs
Of capital Is the source OF prosperity
- is capitalist and has a right 70 &c
ACHE
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
GREECE GETS FINAL WARN
e ING

Af,sr a series OF conferences Great
Rr,,ain. France and Italy have sent d
;,-4ral note. to the Greek government
IN regard to the prospective return OK
Constantine TO the throne. In this NOTE
l, is pointed out that Constantine dur
ing the war caused the allies great en-
barrassment and loss and that his recaii
m the throne could only be interpreted
as a ratification BY the Greek people Oh
the former Kings hostile acts.
The note does not say nor imply tna'
any steps will be taken tS prevent the
return Of Constantine and. in fact TINS
has been specifically denied by the pre-
miers, but II Is plainly stated that suen
a course would mean unfriendly rela-
tons between Greece and the entente
nations. II Greece recalls Constantine
she risks the loss Of all that she gained
nv the war, and virtually throws away
the bright future that was opening be-
fore her
One Of the unfortunate possibilities Is
that Turkey will be given part OF what
Greece was to have and that instead OF
being eliminated from the Near East
the Turks will DO moro firmly estao-
lished there
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
THE HEGIRA TO AMERICA

Developments OF the last several
weeks have given the Immigration ques-
tion now aspects. These may be de-
scribed as almost Of q revolutionary
nature. Seventeen OF the largest steam
ship companies have informed L. 8.
immigration Commissioner Frederick A
Wallis at Ellis Island. that they have
enough applications for tickets to tax
rheir entire carrying capacity for the
next ten years. Figures obtained by Mr..
Wallis snow that the total number Of
Europeans planning 20 come to the
United States as immigrants is from
100000 to 100000.
Ordinarily. immigration is an excel
lent thing for the country. In the past.
IL has provided many good elements Of
our population. and has been especially
useful in relieving labor shortages that
would seriously have handicapped our
industries. In all probability. this will
be true as a general rule. in the future.
Just at Present. it is apparent that We
face an emergency. The Simultaneous
determination Of millions to come to
this couaRry from Europe Is not =
healthful Condition. either for US or for
the various European nations. Tn
doubtedlyrs part OF this determination
to rush 10 America Is psychological. II
the movement can he-summar'ly stopped
or delayeA for while. conditions will
change for the better in Europe and 4
largo part Of tho millions will decide
to stay a home.
When congress meets next week. the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
CAUTION NEEDED IN LICENSING INDUSTRIES.
By HARRY A. WHEELER
Former President Chamber Commerce of the United States

Add to that the emergency appropria.
tons which must necessarily b. taksO
care Of as we proceed through our buu-
get year, and We have easily the posi-.
btlity Of expenditures based upon tho.
! estimates Of money needed for the oper
alton Of our government for 1921 Of
somewhere between eight and eleven
billion dollars.
Where is the money coming from? II
our present form of taxation, our pres.
ent form Of revenue laws, without
amendment are allowed to 90 on, they.
in themselves, in so far especially as
the excess profit tax 10 concerned con-
stitute not only definite demand for
increased costs everywhere but they
likewise decrease the initiative and the.
energy and the desirability Of the active.
prosecution OF bushes, because there Is
at the root Of It all the taking away or
that which 10 gained by the activity and
the initiative and energy and enterprise
Of business people. ~
The bill must be revised. Whether
We are going to put on consumption
, tax in place Of the tax that Is now there
or in whatever other way II may be done,
thing. but the need for cooperative eff
fort between the United States govern
ment and American business so that
when that tax Is newly laid IT shall pro.
woke no destruction OF industry but
shall again get underneath and cushion
up industry and make It possible for VI
TO operate with freedom and with initias
tive. as before the war.
We do not advocate the repeal OF the
excess profit section Of the present rev.
enue law for the purpose Of giving busi'
ness more profit. Our personal judy
ment is that American business with
the excess profits tax repealed will act
ually make less money than II 70 max
ing to-day with the excess profits tax
on, and that Is the reason We want TO
see II repealed. because we are living in
an age OF too large profits, Of too s large
ties built UP and pyramided firm the raw ,,
product to final distribution w. WITH e ai
along the line. each one pyramided
bringing the cost price Of 81 up p, to Ss;as
mid OF taxes that enter in along the way.
That needs cooperation OF the finest ines.
ness does cooperate with the United
states government In that we are ares Soiins
adequate tax legislation and from the
further interruption Of business ana
from further amounting OF the cost OF
living
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
MUST CONSIDER ALL FAC.
TORS

Tho fact that wages have not como
down is cited by the big packers as the
reason for the discrepancy between the
prices OF live stock and selling prices
Of meat. Undoubtedly. this IS a factor
In all present variations between prices
Of raw materials and prices Of the pre-
pared product. The only point Is
whether tho difference II so large that
II cannot be accounted for by labor cost
alone. Live stock. wheat and sugar are
selling at prices which. IN comparison
with the figures Of the last three years,
are very low. Retail prices OF meat
bread and candy have not gone down in
proportion. But II they have gone down
In the proportion that the raw material
cost Is OF the total cost the public has
no just cause for complaint. Otherwise.
q kick Is justihablS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
ARTICLE K. INTERPRETED

That Article Y does not guarantee the
territorial integrity OF any member Of
the league Of nations. is the first official
Interpretation Of that article at Geneva.
1t was unanimously, adopted by the COM
mission on the admission Of new states.
Speaking OF interpretations" this is
certainly liberal one. Article Y says
that it does guarantee territorial integ-
rity OF all members Of the league.
The exact wording Of Article y Is as
follows:
THE members Of the league under
take to respect and preserve against ex-
tcrnal aggression the territorial integ-
rity and existing political independence
OF all members Of the league. In case OF
any such aggression or in case Of any
threat or danger of such aggression the
council shall advise upon the means by
which this obligation shall be fulfilled"
OF course. Article Y only mentions
external aggression" Presumably. the
Geneva Interpretation means that II a
member can be swindled or tricaed out
Of part of it's territory, by Internal
hornswoggling. Article Y will not apply.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
RIPPING RHYMES
BY WALT MASON.
pEMORALEED.

l used to find my evenings cheer
ing. a time for reading and repose;
but since l have been protiteCring
I've lost all taste for things like
those. Id come home tired from
honest labors. and when the evening
meal was done. there would blow in
bunch OF neighbors, and we'd In
dulge In harmless fun. Alas, do
not see them steering in my direc-
ton any more: since ! got busy
protiteering they all insist that I'm
a bore. Each day I'm bringing ZONE
the bacon, put another wad in
brine; but l am lonely and forsakcn.
and how / miss those friends OF
mine, In other limos the evening
found ME gay AS n monarch on his
throne: with all my loving aunts
around me I'd sit and play the
graphophone: then hearts were
glad and smiles were sunny, and
laughter made the windows shake
but now my thoughts are all or
money, of extra dollars / can make.
care no moro for helpful reading,
the bards don't stir Ne worth 4
cent. to busy marts NY thoughts
are speeding, on useless ~rurmcS OF
profit bent. Old ways. old dreams
arc tramplcd under hv tbs late
mania Of mine: IN" ms whose
mind Is fixed en- plum It's out
OF touch with all that
Copyright BY George Ma Adams
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
MAJOR GUY T. SCOTT

Deathuck blow when laid its hand Major Guy l.
Wheeling; received his early educa
formed nuner-
Wheeling affairs and
He maintained his citizenship
of the late election
splendid picture Of vigorous manhood with ma
unusually wide experience He
honorable life The OF his
Nathan Scott is cherished by thou
his honorable public but for
kindly and deeds The blow
and the noble who for
Hard
its crushing cruelty The
sentiment of the people OF
profound sympathy and Offering the sad con-
give in great sorrow
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS

In an Associated Press dispatch from
Pittsburgh on conditions in the steel In
dustry, the following occurs:
The only tonnage men being laid of
were those who were the least efficient.
Reports from the Youngstown district
were that several men had been dropped
from each crew without decreasing pro.
duction."
This is an example of what will take
place in all lines OF industry. Manu-
facturers must get back to lower cost
basis. One of their very first steps will
be to get rid OF the loafers. The man
who has been giving fair days work
Will be taken care of.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
rHE NoN-uN1oN AR-N--,1c

'Thc ArnMSIlCC has D = rIRned.
shriekrd tho runner from h'.,durarters
MS he came bursting into IN" - ilet on
the edge of the .Argonne two ago.
The war was over at eleven u,i'Ck this
morning"
But tho crap king of the regiment
registered only disgust.
"Looka here" no rctorted Will " goat
show of heliScrency. "Mayh" L vas
over al eleven. but I'm gonna see that
get L full days pay out OF 1t just the
same"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
An Ozark Standard,

Thanks TO Sam Denton for cash on TO
newal. Sam says the paper that can
find lost dogs and furnish tho news Is
tho paper for hIm.-From the Waldron
Advance Reporter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
5UTFRAGE

What do you think OF tn" prominent
part that women arc taking in politics
nowadays"
We'll" answered Senator Shellbach.
1T looks as II the time is coming when
the president will be referred To as the
First Gentleman Of the White HouS".'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
A Kentuckian's Error.

Henry Tabor Mas tried In circuit court
in Mount Sterling for the killing Of his
little child las; summer He was ac-
quilted. The killing was an accident!
Tabor shot nj his wife. missed her and
killed the child-From the OwenSboru
MessonEcr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

The bones OF Highland Mary" are to
be removed from her grave to make
room for shipyard. But the sentiment
that clings to her name cannot be re-
moved.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

Those who are educated in such
things. say that Saturday Is the latest
date on which batch OF homo brew can
be successfully started for Christmas.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

Tho POLITICALLY famed SHOWS Of yes
teryear are not bothering US, but we do
sometimes think of the SHOWS of this
year and even OF those OF 1921, and
wonder what our contribution will be
to gas CO. dividends.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

Mr. Harding has again declined the
Mayfower. Mr.. Wilson should try vio-
lets or roses next time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
oindarelIn. Rare,a Your Misaour Pa

Found--A lady's slipper in the south
part Of town. Owner may have the
same by proving property and paying
for this ad.--From the Cover Enterprise.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
WASHINGTON.
West Virginia News - Notes
and Gossip at the Nation"
Capital.

Special Dispatch TO The 1ntelligencer.
Washington. Dec. 3-ln response TO a
wireless message from PRESIDENT eject
TarJinT Senator Davis Elkins left for
Norfolk today 10 meet the Harding par;
~ when it lands. He was accompanlea :!
by Harry Daugherty. political manager
and advisor Of Senator Harding. ana
EDWARD Mclean, publisher of the Wash
incton Post. who, with Senator Elkins,
was n member of the Harding party
In Texas before the trip to Panama was
begun.
Robert W. Schell has been commas
stoned postmaster at Benbush, W. va;
Vincent w. Moon at Cranberry anu
John II. Allen At Nicola.
At big shrine initiation ana ce!e
haitian held MT Polls theatre this week
Congressman Stuart +. Reed, Of West
Virginia, and General John j. Pershing
looked on from the same box both belnS
honored guests to witness the caravan
cross the desert.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

If those proposed blue laws arc passed
by congress, even the air will be blue.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

Constantine will not be restored hut
merely convalescent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04

In view of the attitude of the allies,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-04
Mark Sullivan Says---
Harding Faces a Confusion
of Counsel in His Advisors

In Impending Conferences at Marion All Sorts of Advice
Will Be Offered as to Important Domestic Problems
and Foreign Policy.
But Thing Certain and That Is That the Majority Will Rule
and There Will Be No Dispute With the Senate
On Any Question of Policy.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-07-09
7Wo Arrivals From Great Falls
Face Charges of White Slavery

ing was disarranged, said the po-
liceman. \
When arranged in the city police
court yesterday afternoon, Pulinski
stated that he and one of the Great
Falls girls, who called herself
Mrs. Pulinski,'' had come to Butte
July 4 for the purpose of marry
ing. 1t was ascertained that he
and the girl had registered at the
rooming house as man and wife,
while Oskovich and the other Great
Falls girl, who called herself Mrs.
Linville, had registered as man and
wife for an adjoining room.
The Warren girl said she had
met Pulinski and had been invited
by him to visit his room. She said
he had given her the cigarettes to
smoke, but denied she had drank
any whiskey, nor had she seen any
one else drink. The police testified
that several empty whiskey bottles
were strewn about the room.
Frank Miller, the Butte man,
said he knew the Great Falls quar-
tet before they came to Butte and
said he was just visiting them. He
was dismissed. Each of the Great
Falls girls was fined $25.. Pulin-
ski and Oskovich were fined $50
each and in addition will be held
for action by the county author
itieS
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-07-09

Charges of white slavery will
probably be filed against Joe Pull
inski and Sam Oskovich, both of
Great Falls, who were arrested
"Wednesday evening in a local room
ing house, where they were found
in company with two girls they are
alleged to have brought here from
Great Falls for immoral purposes,
and Il Butte girl who had been
lured to the room, she told the
police.
The arrest of the crowd came
as the result of a complaint filed
with the Butte police by Herbert
Warren. Warren told the Officers
that when his 17-year-old daughter
failed to return home after her
working day was done, he became
alarmed and went in search of her
Through a girl companion he was
able to trace her to the rooming
house. He then summoned Police
Captain Mike O'Donnell.
When the officer entered the
room, he found Oskovich and a
Butte man named Frank Miller
in one room with the three girls
Pulinski, he said, was in an ad-
joining room, apparently in a
drunken sleep. The girls were
smoking cigarettes and their cloth
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-07-09
Roy Alley Praised as Benefactor
OF Little Children OF the Mines

Roy Alley in new roic, the role
Of the bencfactor OF humanity, and
the giver Of natures beauty ara
Sunshine to Ettlc children who had
thought the world was made OF
yellow copper dumps and irrigated
with streams of green water, is the
theme of Il letter froin the children
OF q former Butte miner given to
The Bulletin today. The letter is
from u family OF eight children, the
oldest of whom is IL, who left Butte.
about II mon.ll ago 10 join their
father Somewhere in the state Of
Washington"
The father was blacllIisted by the
\. G. Nj. company at the time of the
strike and the bloodshcd Of last
April, and Immediately left Butte to
look for q new location. After find
ing work (at better wages than he
received in the swcat-hoEcs OF
Rutte) he found "a little home be-
side IL lake, and sent for the wife
and kiddies.
IL It tS1tti WIS NiittcEE lst f. i3ffifSti-
the nationality of the family, and
was translated for us by a local
woman who is a member OF the I.
w. w. Throughout the reading Of
the communication, the lady's eyes
burned with joyful enthusiasm, as
she told OF the wonder OF the little
tots, raised on East Broadway ans!
2l,rsed at the foot OF Il mine dump,
when they reached the little haven
of sylvan beauty, with it's blue skies
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-07-09

y. ". W., one of the chosen few
eligible to.' The "Ii,t'--the list of
the new hope. Now little gro.l'
of children, with roses in their
cheeks, with vivid wonder and un-
aIloycd Joy in their sparkling eyes,
play happily OH the shore OF IL
rippling lake. When their father
comes home from an invigormting
days work in the fresh air, which
has also brought the color to his
face and driven away the trace OF
Il ratt!img cough which wa, begin
ming to manifest itself while he was
i'm Butte, he is Il new father. IN
stead of dropping Wcarily in a chair
70 peck haif-heaItcd!y al q meal for
which he has no appetite. he throws
his dinner pail aside and joins the
game with the kids, while appetizing
o,iors float out Of the little kitchen
where the mother is preparing the
evening meal for nine yorac;ous
stolnachs.
In conclusion the letter reads
literally:
"Ne wish to thank MIR. Roy Alley
and Mr.. John Eiilic for biacklistina
our father. We never knew there
was such II pretty place in The world
:,s the one where we live now. We
wish Mr.. Alley would blacklist cycr.'
little boys father in Butte"
One of the boys was a former
student in the local high school. II
il now Mlc Bulletins pleasure to
ioin i'm the cIlildrrn's cX:aitation OF
Roy Alley as a new benefactor Of
humanity.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-07-09
DEMOCRATIC POW WOW r
TO OCCUR ON TWENTIETH

Dayton, O., July 9.-The first big
"poW-Wow" Of the democratic cam
paign will be held here July 20,
when the democratic national COM
mittee will confer with the party's
nominee, James M. Cox. This has
been agreed upon by Cox and Chair
man Cummings, of the national com
mittee, after an exchange of teie-
grams and long distance telephone
conversations.
Cummings wired from San Fran
cisco that the full committee would
meet here, instead of sub-conl-
mittee, as originally planned. A
definite decision is expected at the
conference, as to whether or not
Cox will carry out his wishes, and
stump the country.