The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-22

"0ne Might Almost Say"
Corporation "Hand-out."
When Horses Leave, Beware.
Heaven Is Dry, Anyhow.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright. 1900

Lady Astor, sent from America
TO be the first woman in the House
of Commons, says: "The seas, one
might almost say, belong to Eng
land, and could not be in any bet
ter or safer hands. / don't believe
the United States, even, will ever
build against England. 1t would
be very stupid if it did"
Women are adaptable and go
with the tribe that captures them,
today as in ancient times. How
ever, the United States will build.
And certain parts of the seas, GER
tainly those adjoining United
States coasts east and west, zone
might almost say" will be con-
trolled by the United States.
The General Chemical Com
pany distributes "stock dividend"
worth $3,303 $40. These are figures
from the New York Times, which
serves organized finance. The
Times says, "A hint of stock divi-
dends was contained in an an
nouncement last November. 1t
had been decided to postpone action
on an eItra dividend IN vte,O OF
the pending decision of the Su-
prente Court on the status of stock
Dividends"
What does that mean to you? 1t
means that the company held up
a dividend on which Government
could collect income tax, because
like hundreds of other corpora
tions-it was waiting for a Su-
preme Court to enable the very
prosperous to escape taxation.
Business men, big and little,
and salary earners will have the
pleasure for years to come of
paying more, because the Su-
preme Court has made it possible
for corporations and their enor-
mously rich stockholders to dodge.
1t is the business of Congress,
by constitutional amendment, if
necessary, to let the narrow mar
gin majority" of the Supreme
Court know the public opinion of
that recent decision.
The peace treaty lies dead,
decently buried in President Will
sons pocket. From the death and
funeral may arise an interesting
fight next November, and sooner,
at San Francisco.
Lodge dares Wilson to make the
treaty an issue in the campaign.
Mr.. Wilson doesn't take a dare"
as little boys say. If he is well
enough they will find him making
the peace league fight through a
third-term candidacy. A fight of
that sort is one of the things you
cant hire done" or hand to an
other.
Judge Kavanaugh in New York
tells Patrick King, naturalized, he
must abjure allegiance to the Re
public of Ireland and Eamon de
Valera, it's president" Patrick
King consented, because it was the
first judicial recognition of the
Irish Republic. Judge Kavanaugh
is correct in his statement that
Ireland's people recognize the Re-
public although foreign nations do
not. That was the condition of
the United States from 1776 to
1888.
Berlin reports an outbreak of
the anti-Jewish mob spirit that
travels with violence and igno-
rance. 1t appears to have been
stimulated by the Baltic troops.
AS they were leaving Berlin these
troops fired rifles and machine
guns through the streets, killing
many. That should enlighten Ber-
lin concerning the character of
anti Semitism. "Kill Jews if you
can, kill Somebody anyhow"
If horses, tractors and other
necessary machinery were leaving
his farm, no new supplies in sight,
the farmer would call that bad
farm news. Bad news for the big
u. S. A. farm is the constant de-
parture of necessary workers,
thousands in a day.
Eleven thousand have applied
for passports in the last two
weeks. They are not coming back,
and few come to replace them.
Passports for workers formerly
averaged seven hundred a week.
Now they average five thousand
week, and more.
Five thousand pairs of useful
arms and legs per week is big
loss to this American farm, more
important than tax-dodging, prof
iteering, or lack of hard work
among some of the native born
proud Americans.
With enough labor everything
could be accomplished. Without
it, bad condition will be made
infinitely worse.
There is in England a fight for
control more important and bitter
than the fight between junkers and
Social Democrats in Germany.
England's workingmen, allied with
the Socialist party, are fighting for
control against the rest of the ma
ton, middle class and upper class.
Winston Churchill. descendant of