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Evening star., 1920-11-07
BIZ ELIZABETH MOVES THOMPSON


A every rose has its thorn"
~ SO every country has its hous-
~ ing problems. In New York.
Washington, San Francisco,
houses and apartments are being built
and enlarged and improved. to pro-
vide homes for the frenzied popula-
ton, which seems to have burst
through the four walls which once
held it. In London you see large
signs everywhere: Help Solve Lon
don's Housing Problem-Buy Building
Ronds." Yet in these cities the houses
which stood are still standing ana
new houses are being built.
Our problem is to find houses big
enough, hight enough. cheap enough,
with sufficient number of rooms and
bathrooms. Consider the difference
II, perhaps, Frederick and Rockville
and Bethesda and part of Washing
ton had been partially swept away by
cannon fire. Suppose out Of 100 fam
ilies that fed fifty returned to find
their homes, which had stood for hum
dreds of years. entirely destroyed in
that hour of vandalisnl-perAaps one
wall remains-and the chimney-and
part Of a corner room; but the roof,
three walls and the ceiling have fall
en- in-and there Is no father nor
brother left to painfully rebuild. Each
family must walt its turn for the few
mon able 10 work. Then indeed the
housing problem becomes more than
perpiexity-aud that Is the condi-
ton In parss Of devastated France.
Built Of stone.
The houses were mostly Of stone
fine old material that had kept out
the rain and wind for centuries. 1t
must ha We seemed TO tho simple mind
ed people that these houses, like
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worse the naturalization Of the carriers
through some such measure as the Plumb plan
X X **
The republican party promised in its plat
rorm~and in pledges made in the campaign
TO stop extravaganza in the operation OF the
government. There is question that a por-
ton Of the taxation under which the people
now groan was incurred by extravagant and
useless expenditures of money during and
even after the world Men in Congress
who have looked into departmental affairs are
convinced that there is room for retrenchment
which will reduce the expenditures and obviate
the laying of taxes in proportion
But it is going to be a heartbreaking task,
they admit. When the late Thomas B. Reed
said This is a billion dollar country" he made
people gasp 1t is ffty-billion or hundred
billion dollar country, and Mr.. Reeds billion
looks small in retrospect.
x X X *
To reduce expenditures and maintain the
nucleus of Army to lop OFF appropriations
and keep down the Navy. the pride of this
nation to continue to hold down public build
ings. the construction of which Is demanded
from every section; to limit work on rivers
and harbors, when the rapidly growing COM
merce of the nation demands work and yet
more work in the way of improvements. all
to the end of reducing taxes, is task the
magnitude of which is fairly appalling.
1t is hardly necessary to dwell at length
upon the questions Of foreign policy with
which the new admnistrat must deal The
country is thoroughly conscious of all the
angles. If the election meant anything at all,
with respect to foreign policy. it means that
the voters desire to adhere strictly to the
admonition Of the fathers friendly relations
with all nations, entansling alliances with
none'
This verdict at the polls will he accepted
by the administration its chart and
guide. There will be insistent demand for
the entrance of this country into some kind of
association of nations to prevent a mad
dened power from running amuck in the
world. The republican administration and
party will seek to hedge its membership in
such an association with reservations adhering
to the spirit of the fathers
Political troubles ahead of the repub-
lican party. all its leaders already foresee.
In the first place it is political axiom that
swollen majority in Congress is detrimental
to a party. The party becomes top-heavy, un-
ruly and finally breaks Of its own weight. The
axiom has been demonstrated more than once
in the history Of the past half century. .-.,-r-.
The republican majority in Congress is the
most monstrously bloated in sixty years. 1t
contains live germs of its own disinte grafton,
which will commence to ferment early in the
new regime. In the Senate there Is group
Of radical Senators who will resist the leader
ship of the majority apd there is a similar
element in the House
The hope of the men who are now in con-
troll of the party is that these groups will
be overpowered by the numerical superiority
of the conservatives.
Copyright, 1920. by The Washington star)
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not done. 1t has not under sold the chain
grocery. Shredded wheat and ivory
soap Still are universally dealt in, and
to make it yourself Two per cent dis
counts for cash are worth taking. but
no hocuS pocus of finance enables a CO.
operative store TO pay its help in any
thing but coin of the realm. A little
has been done in buying from the pro-
ducer-eggs. butter. garden sass-not
from the hens exactly. but from the
farming community round about; but
even that. in extenso. depends more
upon better schooling in cooperation, in
the rural districts as well as in Park
View,
An Initial Error.
The Treasury employes--it is no long
er an executive secret-made an initial
mistake. and like all early errors it,
ated consciences We promised each
other more than 5000 of u.s. that We
would each contribute IS for invest
ment in groceries. shoes. lingerie, etc.
necessities all. though not for all.
but that each could have his s. back
on thirty days notice. With more
than $4,000 paid-in capital. store
was opened amid the solid granite
foundations of the Treasury itself,
another at war risk" on 1 street
dangerously near the Lafayette-and~
a third at the bureau Of engraving.
The last succumbed early. The other
two have survived. Cold dogs" and
Swift hams still walk out under the
personal supervision of the investors.
holding cards as aforesaid. Cash
and carry" is sound economically. but
not physically.
But when twelve or fifteen hundred
of us want our IS back for reasons
varying from retirement to a circus
in town. what is left to the manager
for replacement Of wares? The en-
terprise, to put it mildly, was not
for profit in the usual sense. How
then. can the old member withdraw
and take out his S. without the stores
using, in his behalf the five-spot that
Mr. Newcomer paid in yesterday for
his membership? He can't unless his
name is Ponzi. Aye. there's where
we parted with high finance. We are
partners in promises; nothing more
We can still discount our bills. but
cannot look one another in the eye
the while We are partners, for veal
or woe; just common-law associa-
ton, and what to do about it?
At meeting at Polls in late August
a reorganization committee of three
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Y1TH the election of Senator
Nj Harding of Ohio as Presi-
" " dent of the United States,
another Solfing President
will take his place in the White
House next March.
The President-elect follows in the
footsteps of William Howard Taft,
the first and, up. to the present, the
most active golfng President the
nation has had. President Wilson,
before his Illness, was an ardent ad-
vocate \of the Scottish game. He
lacked the keenness of ex-President
Taft, however, and very seldom did
he play on any of the longer courses
about Washington. confining his play
almost exclusively to the course of
the Washington Golf and Country
Club, in Virginia.
Mr.. Harding, during his term in the
Senate. has played most of his golf
over the course of the Chevy Chase
Club. known as the home club of golf
the President-e1ect Joined the WASH
ington Golf and Country Club. with
twelve other senator's. and has played
several rounds on the Virginia course
Qualities n Player.
He is known as a careful player
and a great student of the game. AL
though he seldom gets around the
course in less than 95. he made @
formidable opponent for any Of the
other senator's with whom ne fre-
quentiy played during past sessions OF
Congress. Mr.. Harding is a fairl,
long driver. consistent with q man OF
his size. His short game. however
is not as accurate as was that Of sx'
President Taft when Mr.. Taft was
frequently seen on the Chevy ChaEt
links.
During the last term of ths Senate
the President-elect played very fire.
quently with Senators Eikins, Bail
Edge. Frelinghuysen or Nswbsrry
He has played several times witt
Judge John Barton Payne, tbs Sec
retary Of the Interior, who, while el
another political party. has made
successful partner to Mr., Harding IL
official four-bali matches, shertl,
after his nomination Mr.. Harding
came to Washington and played few
rounds on the Chevy Chase course
with some Of his close friends.
Election Day Game,
Coy. Cox. Mr.. Harding's political op
ponent, Is also an enthusiastic golfer
not. however, to the extent of tn
successful candidate Mr.. Harding!
devotion to the royal and aHcien
game is shown by the fact that in
stead of working at his office. or read
ing fiction. or doing any one of TIL
many things presidential candidate
do on the first Tuesday after the frs
Monday, he played golf over IN
course at Mansfield. Ohio, forty mile
rom his home at Marion.
Golf has been declared fe1 many t.
te one of the most resting Of exer
c;ses The President-elect rested hi
mind and body oa the golf course
while the vetene Of the aatien roile'
up an overwhelming vote fer him.
Mr. Harding is the fourth In 1la
Of athletic Presidents sad the thsr'
SolfnS executive In the last sixtee'
years. President Roosevelt locke
down on golf as hardly strenaon
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BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

m EET Senator Willis-also
nn Weller, Watson and"
H There are seventeen of
them, all told, brand-new
turned out. or, rather, turned in. by the
great American political machinery
on last Tuesday.
Seventeen new senators, more thar
one-sixth of the entire body, is an
almost Unprecedented number follow
ing one of the biennial elections when
a third of the senate seats are con-
tested for. particularly when the
political party already in controls the
Senate. But that is what the repub-
lican landslide has done for the
Senate. Four of the new senators
are democrats. and thirteen are
republicans. The democrats have
succeeded to seats hitherto held by
other members of their party. Ten
Of the new republican senators will
slide into seats taken from the demo-
Gratis. and three of them take the
places Of outgoing republicans.
The last three mentioned are Sena-
tors-elect Frank Bartlette Willis of
Ohio, who succeeds Senator Warren
G. Harding himself; William Nc
Kinley Of Illinois. taking the place
Of that old war horse. Senator Law
renee Y. Sherman, who refused TO be
a candidate to succeed himself on
account Of ever growing deafness, and
DR.. e. F. Ladd of North Dakota. sue
ceeding Senator Gronna. defeated for
denomination in the primaries last
spring.
willis Nominated Harding.
When Senator Willis comes to
Washington to be sworn in, he will
not come as a stranger to the Ma
tion1l Capital. He was a member of
tho House from 1911 to 1915. And he
made himself heard. In fact, he has
a etentorian voice and no objection
to using it. If you were among the
fifteen thousand attending the repub-
lican national convention in Chicago
last June, you will bear witness that
Mr.. Willis can make himself heard.
He nominated Senator Harding for
President, and made good job of it.
His boys and girls" greeting to the
huge audience made a hit and Mr..
Willis was given credit for one of
the best, il not the best. nominating
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Railroads Under Private Management
Showing Rapid Improvement in Service

terstate commission has already
held hearings on the state rates
In New York and Illinois and has
set hearings for future dates in
other states. No intimation Of the
interstate commissions position
has been made clear. Tho trans
portation act. which restored tho
railroads to private ownership,
specifically (in section 41s) author
tees the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. when 1t considers state
rates, to be discriminatory, to fix
tho maximum or minimum TO be
charged.
In regard to sefviee-W.ilch is the
most important phase of the rail
rsad problem, since it is what the
public has paid a guarantee for six
months to get, and increased
freight and passenger rates since
then, and has every right to ex-
pecti
At the very beginning of the Pc
riod of renewed private operation
the railroads faced considerable
unrest aad disesntsRt ameRg their
snpisxes. A large part Of this was
due to the fact that the railroad
administration had for months
been promising to adjust the rail.
way wages, but had wiiied the So
luton of the problem 10 the rail-
ways as a last bequest. The un-
rest eliminated in the month OF
April in a series OF sporadic strikes
on the part Of the switchmeR and
yardmen in many important CEN
ters which tied up hundreds of
thousands of cars at intermediate
and TERMINAL points. and developed
a situation of fraieht-car eonges.
tioa which tock weeks to clear up.
Begiunins with May ], however,
the record Of improved service has
been continuous. On July the
railways organized a committee.
with Daniel Willard. president of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
as chairman. to inauEurate and
carry on a continuous campaign
for greater efhciency: The work
Of that eommittee has been strik-
insly shown in resuIts during Au-
gust, September and October.
During fhe yesr 1s1s-4ader rail:
%n{ a4miutstxstte4 esntsca-the
mileage made sseA asE ~ fhe ~:
ss.ee freisht esr - 81 HFt1es:
Tbe fstsrpsas AsFe 1T $sF t,sstp-
selves goal Of 80 miles per day.
III MI. 80 average vas e.: miles.
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BY N. o. MESSENGER.

~ EGINN1NG March 4. next. the executive
X and legislative branches of the govern
ment of the United States will enter
upon epoch of constructive work of
transcendent Importance. 1t is a question
whether the task is not indeed greater than
that which faced the Union Immediately after
the civil war. In 1865 domestic affairs
stituted by far the larger bulk of the under
taking. In 1921 there will be home conditions
to be dealt with. but in addition this nations
relations to a readjusted world situation must
be considered.
In the election of November . the voters of
the land called the republican party to the
duties ahead by mandate of ballots over
whelmng in number. amazing every one and
surprising the expectations of the most op-
timistic. The republican party in it's appeal
for the grant of power had formulated a pro-
gram of domestic policies and laid down plan
OF procedure in foreign affairs which appealed
to the voters. They approved both rejected
the counter proposals of the democratic party
and entrenched the republicans in authority
not only in national affairs, but also in the
administration of state government in the
north and west
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BALANCE FOR RAILWAYS.
Return of Glass l Lines in 1915

Return of Glass / Lines in 1919
Revealed by I. c. C.
Glass 1 railroads of the United
States under the operation OF the
United States Railroad Admin;stra ton
for the calendar year 1919 had a credit
balance OF 1,71s,a3s, ,4s5 at the end of
the year, the Interstate Commerce
Commission announced yesterday.
Railway eperstins expenses were
ssa, a,s24.ks3 ep ~ Investment in road
and equipment ct g14,ssa, a,ss4.sso.
while the net revenue from railway
operations was $2e,S75,221.
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The overturn of democratic state admins
trations and their supplanting with republican
governors and other state officials. even down
10 the Office of constable in many places. was
one of the remarkable features of this super
remarkable election. It an expression of
choice between the democratic and republican
parties to handle local well as national and
international problems
Speculation as to what caused the political
revolution of November would be as water
that has gone over the wheel. It would be
academic, and the causes attributed would be
as varied as the differing shades of party and
factional belief prevailing among the specula-
tors. Weighing the facts shows that the voters
did not want President Wilson's league of ma
dons; that they rejected Candidate Cox's
policies and disapproved his personality; that
they were done with the democratic party as
An administrator of government in the United
States and preferred to intrust their fortunes
to the republicans.
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incurred. The last Congress. under republican
control, pruned and whitfield and shaved
wherever possible. and yet was unable to bring
the appropriations down to the point demanded
by popular clamor.
The estimates for the necessary supplies
for the next fiscal year, which will be ap-
propriated for by the Congress meeting
the first Monday in December. are expected
to be nearly large as the appropriations
of the last session. To meet them. money
must be raised by taxation. internal revenue
receipts and by the tariff on imports. 1t is
doubtful if this coming session of Congress
will have time in it's brief existence. ending
by constitutional limitation March 4, to under
take any comprehensive revision of the tax
laws.
Moreover, should it do and certainly
should it endeavor to change the tarifr,
democratic President would be in the White
House and could be counted upon to veto the
legislation
So. it seems assured that legislation to re-
lieve the taxpayers from a portion Of their
burdens must be deferred until the new Con-
gress. the President and the admnstra-
tion come into power March 4, 1921.
Revision Of the tariff to protect American
industries and produce revenue is pledged by
the republican party and will be undertaken
at Then will a struggle between
the "old guard" in the republican party and
the progressves over the rates of duty. The
old guard in control of the management
of the successful campaign just ended but
that does not mean by long shot that it
will control the Congress.
Away from the states and communities
wherein was built up great prosperity under
the old republican high tariffs. there has grown
up sentiment of hostility to excessive tariff
rates which will be voiced by the new blood
in the new Congress. The fight will be long
and bitter between these factions. The demo-
Gratis look to the contest to be the entering
wedge which may eventually split the over
grown republican party. The democrats few
though they be- in both houses. will side with
the low tariff men and the progressive element
at every stage and assist in making all the
trouble they for the whole republican
party, regular and progressive elements to-
gether.
Fortunately for the incoming administration,
the railroad question is not due to arrive a,
the outset of its incumbency. The railroads
will operate for a period Under the Esch-cum-
lnlns act OF theMdast session of Congress,
through the management of their owners with
government supervision through the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The roads to have opportunity to demon
strate whether private ownership and control
can be made a success. Utterances of prom-
nent railroad men very recently have shown
that the railway managers realize the crisis
they facing and know that if they fail it
means government ownership of railroads, or.
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Facing the future. the new executive ad-
mInistration and the partially new Congress
for there will be both democratic and repub-
1ican "holdovers' in House and Senate-vill
encounter tremendous responsibilities both at
home and abroad The domestic questions
will concern the Congress Immediately while
foreign policies will be taken up concurrently
by the President and his cabinet. It is con
sidered more than probable that an extraor-
binary session Of the new Congress will be
called early in the spring of 1921.
Reduction Of taxes and abolition of some of
the war measures still the statute books
will be the first of Congress And
right there the trouble will commence The
expenditures of the government. swollen to
enormous proportions by the necessities of the
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Car shortage and caF accumu3a-
tion are very important, from the
railroad point Of vtex. A car short
age is an unsuppilsd dssasnd for a
freight car. i: e.. peedins car
who're the car II not: 4 ear see4-
mulstiea 10 the detentinn pe 2 load:
- car st any paint 4oagsE fhan the
Fsxms| tlne fer Hnlead&ae: AS
the figures FOR car accumulation
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in June 25. in July 26.1, and in Au-
gust PA miles.
Another goal set by the railroads
in their efficiency campaign is to
increase the average loading per
car to not less than 80 tons. The
average for the year 1919 govern
ment operation) was 27.S tons.
That record has been surpassed
each month since private operation
was resumed. In May it was os.3,
In June 90. July 296 and August
2S.S tons. 1t is considered certain
that September will show more
than 30 tons per car
\ -
The record of increased business
is interesting. The total freight
traffic handled by tile railroads has
Increased each month since May,
In May the traffic was 37.S bil-
lions of ton miles, in June $50, in
July A6.4. and in August 42.7 bill
lions. The July freight traffic
broke all mentiiy records in the
history of the American railroads.
The August record was better than
July, and September better than
August. incomplete returns for
October indicate that that month
again broke the record,
The passenger business has been
greater each month for the last
six months than dur;n@ the oor-
responding months of 1918,
That the improved conditions are
Hontinuing right up to date is
shown In weekly reports on the
number of cars loaded with reve-
nue. freight: Prior to October !
the railroads had only four times
in their history loaded more than
a million cars per week. The rec,
ord for the four weeks of October
was as follows: First week, CTS, 600
carloads; second week. 1910. 600;
third week, l,ees. .eesi fourth week,
1.o11,6e0. The figures for the sec
ond and fourth week were never
surpassed but once in railroad his
tory, and never before have there
been three consecutive millien-car
weeks.
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HARDING AND PARTY CONFRONTED
BY HUGE RECONSTRUCTED TASKS

war have not decreased at the rate they were
incurred. The last Congress. under republican
control, pruned and whitfield and shaved
wherever possible. and yet was unable to bring
the appropriations down to the point demanded
by popular clamor
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Continued on Twenty-second PageD.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-31
FOOTBALL.

With the football season come,
the GROWING athletic succesa an
glory to Augustana. They sureref
one defeat throughout the entirs
season, this being at the hands :,
the conference winners, the fan
Mllliken crew. This victory. &c.
cording to some statements. M,
nothing more or less than q 6uke
one OF the Milliken players gettins
away on a tumble and scoring m
only touchdown of the xame rhi ~
y not said as an alihi for the Al.
gustana team, for the Swede's elev.
en- was Of as good calibre m anv
team In the conference. but r -.
Just break in the game that ~.,.
Miiliken it's victory. such as viii
happen many times when tvo
teams SO evenly matched get -.
gether. es. ~
Augustana copied second n,...
IN the |, !. A. c.. however, and has
tne distinction of placing two a. r..
men on the all-conference f,rst
team, Wallie Swanson, captain ana
LETT end. was awarded the left vins
position: Wallie played. in everv
game OF the season AMI hin syer
present fight was an insnsr,t,.. go =
ms team mates. His tackiing 80
prevalent throughout the .e..o,
anu the way he raced down the
punts u DUNN to down the -
lever n ms tracks was ! big fac-
tor In his placement on the mvthi.
eleven.
Augustana scored a tot.f - %,