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The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
Farmers Fail to Back Up National
Board of Farm Organizations in
Its Presidential Questionnaire

questions feeds the spirit of unrest
that is undoubtedly abroad.
The country and the farmers
must be made to realize that the
way of the farmer and the way Of
city labor cannot go along to-
gether. We cannot blame any man
for attempting to better himself. At
the present time wages in the GEN.
ters of population are being ad-
vanced every day. The farms are
being abandoned. The farmer can
not meet the wages OF the city and
as a consequence the labor market
in the city is becoming crowded.
Labor Is meeting this by an advance
in wages and a reduction in hours
SO as to make more work for more
men. This IL continued can lead to
only one end. The production of
foodstuffs is bound to decrease. The
actual farmer who owns or rents
his place will not suffer for he can
always produce enough for himself.
The consumer dependent on the
farmers efforts, and this includes
organized labor, will suffer eventu-
ally more seriously than If we had
a nationwide railroad strike: in
that event some means Of transpor-
tation would be found by the law
yer, the banker and the clerk II
they had to carry the food In them
selves, but when there is no food IL
cannot be transported.
"A typical example of the present
situation is this: The farmer. rough
ly speaking. cannot afford to nav
his labor more than the price of a
bushel of wheat. This now is around
50. Carpenters now want S1.25 an
hour. Farm labor works ten hours
for 81. II the carpenter works ten
hours, he gets $3.50. The farm Ia
borer sees that IL he comes in town
and works ten hours as a carpenter
he will be able to buy the barrel of
flour which took many bushels of
wheat, and the average man is rot
going to be slow in making his
choice.
This is the problem that must
be worked out, and we do not think
1t can be worked out by legislation.
The only form of legislation In
which We believe is that each man
be free to do the best he can for
himself and his family"
public Ledger servics.)
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
MEN AND BUSINESS
By RICHARD SPILLANE

, work will cost less than the st.
Gothard tunnel. What the cost of
the hydro-electric development will
be is not stated. but the investment
Is so promising that it is expected
1t will appeal to capital. both Swiss
and American.
There used to be q standard Joke
about the Swiss navy. Few persons
appreciate that Switzerland in the
war period not only had a merchant
marine but a port. The mercantile
marine was not big. consisting Of a
few chartered vessels on which the
Swiss flag was raised, but the port
was all right. 1t was Cette, which
the French set aside for the use OF
Swiss commerce.
Mr.. Kent says Switzerland is des-
sttped to be the most important
financial. commercial and distribu-
tive center of Europe. All the i'm
portsnt continental transportation
lines center there by the tunnels of
the Alps. 1t is the axis of Europe.
The food situation in the mountain
republic has moderated somewhat.
Bread cards no longer are neces-
sary in order to obtain food, but
prices still are very high. The Ger
mans aggravate the situation by
paying any price to obtain Swiss
meats. Switzerland food animals
are among the best in Europe. Fat
hogs sold as high as $500 during the
war. Mr.. Kent paid s1.50 a pound
for beefsteak.
That remark of Mr.. Kent that
Switzerland imports by the ton and
exports il by the ounce is some
thing to ponder over. Why doesn't
America instead OF exporting tre-
| mendous quantities of raw or semi
| raw material get to the fullest de-
gree the very great profit there Is
in the manufacturing line? From
pound of cotton the highly-skilled
workers of various parts of Europe
turn out articles that sell for from
twenty to fifty times what was paid
for the raw material.
An ounce of steel turned into the
most delicate of instruments is
worth hundreds Of times what was
paid for the metal. England does
not raise a pound of cotton. but does
a larger gross business sin cotton
goods than the United States.
Highly-skilled workmen are
among the greatest assets OF Switz-
erland, says the consul general.
America has some highly-skilled
workmen, but not one-tenth as
many as 1t should have. America
Is famed for quantity production. It
has a high reputation in some lines
Of industry for the excellence of it's
products, but in many branches the
Europeans rank much higher.
America has much to gain by the
object lesson of Switzerland in the
manufacturing field.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
Events Of Today

Dramatic Society OF Trinity Col
lege, presenting The Upper Room.
Trinity College. $3.50 o'clock p. m.
Knights Of Columbus. lecture by
David Goldstein on "Bolshevism, /"
Liberty Hut, 8 o'clock p. m.
wanderlusters' Club, hike to Riv-
erdale. starting at Takoma Park,
AIS o'clock p. m.
Central High School. memorial
services for Emory M. Wilson; ad-
dresses by Supt. Ernest L. Thurston
and Stephen e. Kramer. Central
High auditorium, 4 o'clock p. m.
Hebrew Free School of washing
ton, presenting Biblical play, Y. NJ
III. A. rooms. Eleventh and PennsyI-
vania evenue northwest. 3 O'Clock p
m.
Railroad Y. N. c. A. lecture by
the Rev. Freeley Rhorer. Union Sta.
ton, o'clock p. m.
Y. w. c. A., dedication services
and address by Bishop ]. w. Hamil-
ton, 1888 f street, $3.50 o'clock p. m
Crescendo Quintet, program oi
folk music, Lincoln Congregations
Church, s o'clock p. m.
Y. N. C. A., talk by the Rev. J. H
Jeffries, lobby, 4 o'clock p. m.
Howard University, lecture b,
DR.. william Pickens. Andrew Ne.
mortal Chapel, Howard University,
o'clock p. m.
Red Triangle Outing Club, hike e
Klingle Valley. o'clock p. m.
At the Theater4.
NStional-''scandals OF 1910"
Garrick-'7 Days Leave"
Belaseo-"Experience."
Pol,'s-'Frivoiities Of 1920"
Crands us Metropolian-NaIimov in wa
Brtces."
Loew's Palaca-Elsie Ferguson in Hi
House in Order"
Moore's Rialto-Constance Talmadge In 'Il
Search Of q Sinner
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville and pictures
crandslrs = Cara Kimbsu Young il
''TriIby.'
crsrdall's Knickerboeker-N Narimova II
War Brides
B. r. Keith's-vaudeville.
Moore's strand-'In Old Kentueky."
Moore's Garden-"0n With the Dance
LOew's Coiumbia-Dorothy Gish in Mar,
Ellen Comes to Town"
Folly-''Parisian Fiirts."
Gayety-'tstar and Garter Show"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
Army Orders

Capt. Calvin Z. Griffin. Engineers. will
report to the Director Of Air Service for
duty in preparation of an experimental
aerial navigation map between washingto ton,
ID. O., and Dayton, Ohio.
Capt. Lowyd Whitcombe Ballantyne, Medi.
cal Corps. is relieved from duty at Walter
Reed General Hospital. and will proceed 70
Fox Hills, staten Island, New York, and
report to General Hospital No. Al.
Capt. Charles NJ. whitlock, Chemical War.
fare Service, Is relieved from duty at
Edgewood Arsenal, Midland Plant. Mid
land, Mich. and will proceed to Edgewood,
Nd. for duty.
Capt. Hollis c. Clark. United States Army,
retired. is relieved from further active duty.
Capt. Leonard +. MatIock. sth Cavalry
accompanied by Corp. Winfield s. Such,
Troop X, Sth Cavalry, will proceed from
Newark, N. J., to Washington, ID. c., and
report to the inspector general Of the Army,
for the purpose Of giving testimony in an
Investigation.
Maj. Alexander ]. Macnab, Infantry, now
in New York City, will report to the
Chief Of Stan for conference relative to the
preparation Of the manual Rife marks.
manship.''
Col. Hugh J. Gallagher, O, NJ. C.. will
proceed from Boston. Mass, to washing.
ton, ID. c.. and report in person to the
ouartermaster General, Director Of Purchase
and Storage.
Lieut.. Col. seIby H. Frank. Ordnance, is
relieved from duty as constructing quarter
master for New York Arsenal, Governors
Island. New York.
Maj. Charles 8. Frank, Infantry, is re-
lieyed from his present assignment and
duties at Camp Deyens, Mass, and is as
signed to the 17th Infantry, Camp Meade,
Capt. Arthur Mcdonald Freels, Medical
Corps, U. s. A, is honorably discharged.
Capt. Leo Vincent Lannen, Air Service, is
honorably discharged.
First Lieut.. Claude ii. de Lorraine Air
Service, u. 8. A. is honorably DISCHARGED.
Maj. John McClintock, Air Service, is
honorably discharged to take effect at
Washington, d. G.
Capt. Basil d. Edwards, General staff.
II relieved from further detail as a mem
Der Of the General staff Corps.
Col. Alexander l. Dade, Inspector Cen
erals Department, now Mt Chicago, ILL.,, viii
proceed to Washington, ID. c., and report
to the commanding officer Walter Reed Cen
eral Hospital. for treatment
Leave OF absence on account of sickness
for one month Is granted Col. Charles Mex.
saltzman. signal Corps.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
New England Sighs Relief
As Reign of Snow King Ends

, The result was that the stores were
very quickly depleted and II has
been impossible to replenish the
stocks for nearly two months. 8.
What added to the horror of the
situation was the fact that the in
nuenza struck in hard along the Ice
bound coast of Maine and the whole
northern section and IL is now be-
Ing learned that In many cases
bodies lay for days in houses be-
fore they could be buried. Doctors
could not get about: nurses were
not available; medicine could not
be secured. In fact 1t has only Just
come to light what the people in
this section have been enduring all
winter
severest Winter ON Record.
What is true Of Waldo County.
Me-, Is true Of parts of Aroostook
County, Is true of much OF New
Hampshire and Vermont, also of
Massachusetts,, for there are towns
In the central part Of Massachusetts
with which there has been NO elec-
trio or railroad communication for
nearly two months.
If the thaw had not come last
week relief units would have had 10
be organised for some of the more
distant communities and II might
have been well IL some such expedi-
ttons had been organised q month
ago or more. One thing is certain.
the northern part of New England
has endured the severest winter
ever known in Its history and it h
feared that when the full returna
are in the extent of the loss of life
and cattle will be found to be 40
great as to cali for government In
yestigation.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
I'LL SAY SHE DOESl

Does living cost a pile of
dough and make US scrape and
scramble SO that nothing's
like 1t used to was? As Al
would say. I'll say she does"
We once would argue when the
rent was raised a half of one
per cent, or utter a complaining
sound IL sugar rose to ten a
pound.
The baker was as good as dead
who wanted twelve a loaf for
bread. and macaroons were
selling hard at more than twenty
cents a yard.
But now We calmly pay the price
that's doubled once or maybe
twice, and hold II quite a useless
trick to start an argument or kick
Does living cost a lot of moa
and keep US always on the run te
earn enough to see 1t through? Al
Al would say. 'T'il say she dor.
IN. A. LUFBURRow.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

The farmers of the country do
not stand solidly behind the ques-
tionr aire which the National Board
OF Farm Organizations intends to
submit to all OF the Presidential can
didates in both parties. Three mem
bers of the committe originally ap-
pointed to draft the QUESTIONABLE
withdrew before any action had
been taken on it. They were T. c.
Atkinson. Washington representa-
tive of the National Grange; ]. r.
Howard, of the Farm Bureau; and
W. l. Drummond. Their action was
caused primarily because of the fact
that they regarded such a move as
an entry OF the farmers as an or
ganized urit into politics. Mr.. At
kinson. discussing the QUESTIONABLE
today. summarized his objections as
follows:
1t brought the farmer into poll
tics, a position that the National
Grange in fifty-three years OF ex-
istence had found to be untenable.
The QUESTIONABLE was in some Of
its Questions an appeal to the spirit
of unrest. which he thought would
only be increased by such tactics.
The question dealing with the rail-
road problem was viewed by Mr..
Atkinson as an invitation to the
members Of the railroad brother
hoods to make the operation Of the
roads under private control for the
next two years so unsatisfactory that
government control would result at
the end of the two-year period.
Il do not believe that any Repub-
lican candidate can give an affirma-
tive answer to the question on the
railroad problem" said Mr.. Atkin-
son. 1T reads: II at the end of two
years of further trial of private
ownership the railroads fail to rem
der reasonably satisfactory service
to the people will you then favor
reopening the railroad question: 1
don't know whether the trainers of
the question realized its significance.
We all know what the position of
union labor and the brotherhoods is
toward the railroad problem. The
brotherhood chiefs on the stand said
IL they did not get what they want
ed from this Congress they would
Gl Q
candidates should adhere to this
question asked by the National
Board of Farm Organizations, what
would be the result? 1t seems to
me that with the assurance of kind
ly action from the President and in
the event that the next Congress
was also favorably disposed toward
reopening the question, the inevit-
able move of the brotherho Is
would be to do everything in their
power to bring about a condition
that would force their goal-natlon-
alfxation OF the roads-upon the
people.
Unless the league of nations in
tervenes, II Is my opinion that the
paramount issue in the campaign IL
gofng to be government ownership.
The division will be sharp. On the
one side We will have those mild
advocates Of government ownership
that want 1t extended in some lines.
and from there on down through tho
Socialists and communists to the
anarchists. On the other We will
have the great body of natural con-
servatives, the financial element
leading up to the great vested inter-
ests that oppose anything that looks
like government ownership.
"There Is q great body of the
farmers In this country that stand
against socialism. nationalization,
paternalism or any kindred move
ment. 1t II for this reason that we
are against such things as this
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
Home Club Players Show
Staged at Wilson. School

A capacity audience, most of them
members of the Wilson Normal
Community Center, saw the fifth
performance of THE Prince of
Liars" by the Home Club Players
last night at the Wilson Normal
School theater.
The play has the same cast as II
had for four previous performances
given as Red Cross and soldier en-
tertainments. Albert H. Winters
has the leading role.
The Players soon will present
The House Next Door"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
COMMITTEE FAVORS
EUROPE RELIEF BILL
tBy United Press.) }

The Senate Finance Committee
yesterday reported out the food re-
lief bill recently passed by the
House to relieve starving countries
in Europe.
1t provides that the United States
Grain Corporation shall sell flour on
liberal credit to famine-stricken
countries
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
A DAMYLnuE O. CHEER
By John Ksndrick Bangs
The REWARD.

I do not seek the praise OF men,
But n into the ways Of men
! bring q note Of cheer
In fancy strange. or platitude.
And gain thereby their gratitude.
And love that II sincere.
Then whatsoe'er my day shall be
How dark or fair my way shall be
truly shall not care.
For II from out life's treasure I
Win these In fullest measure
Am rich beyond compare.
tcopyisht. 1890, By Mcclure Newspapel
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
Boy Injured Under Auto.

Charles jackson. colored. IL years
old, of Bprrville, d. c., while riding
q bicycle at Sixth street and Florida
avenue northeast. fell from the
vehicle. He was thrown beneath
the wheels of an automobile driven
by CASTOR Briggs. i17 Canal street
southwest. The boy was injured ON
the body ana legs. He was sent to
Casualty Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
Five Named for Inquiry
Of Grain Corporation
(Dy United Press.l

A subcommittee of the Senate
Manufacturers Committee was ap-
pointed yesterday to Investigate the
United States Grain Corporation.
under resolution recently passed
by the Senate.
The committee is composed of
Senator'S La Toilette. Fernald,
Gronna. Reed and walsh, OF Massa-
Ichusetts.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
Notes By a Washington Observer
What Is Modus Vivendi? Child Aids Moth.
er's Search for Apartment-P Pershing
Wears Only One Insignia.

mother. who stood at the bedside.
the kiddie asked. Furnished or un-
furnished. Nanny"
Lady Hadfield. of London. who,
today's news states, is going to
take up her residence ct Reno. New.
is a Pennsylvania woman. who rem
dered yoeman British war Service,
The sister of former Attorney Cen
eral George W. wickersham, OF
Pittsburg. Lady Hadfieid persona :
ly conducted at her own expense Il
splendid hospital for IS at
Bouiosne. France, through. the
war. King George made her COM
panion OF the British Empire IN
recognition of her services. Her
husband. Sir Robert Hadfield, is
Great Britain's, foremost steel and
iron authority.
He invented manganese steel. low
hysteresis steel. and many other
special alloys. steels. and metal.
lurgical improvements. Sir Robert
who knows the United States well
amassed a huge fortune during the
war out of munitions. He operates
a vast plant at Sheffield. In 1917 hs
beat American competitors In bidi
for U. 8. naval shell contracts.
The Rotary Club Of Washington
is making vigorous campaign &c
send a strong delegation Of District
Rotarians to the convention al
Scranton next month. It 10 hoped
to secure q big enough attendance
to I'LL a special Pullman.
General Pershing. though he could
plaster the left side of his tunit
with many decorations and orders
mostly foreign, wears the insignia
of but one-the red, white and blue
of the Distinguished Service Medal
of the U. s. A.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

Apropos the possibility that Uncle
Sam may enter into a "modus
vivendi" with Germany, Frank L.
Polk told an amusing story yester-
day. The Under Secretary of State
said that Hugh Gibson. our min
lister to Poland. was making war
propaganda speeches in tine Middle
West in 1917-1s1s and ON one oc-
casion felt he was rather going
over the heads of small-town au-
dience with his technical references
to diplomatic affairs. One man In
the front row. however. seemed to
get him all the way through.
indeed, he appeared, Mr.. Gibson
thought. to know more about di-
plomatic lingo than the speaker
himself. for. when the speech was
over the man came up and asked:
Would you mind telling me just
what the difference Is between a
modus-vivendi. a protocol and a
treaty."
The Prince of Wales is crossing
the Atlantic in the Renown, not on
her." remarked a British attache to-
day. which provoked the revelation
that Britishers always travel .in"
ship and not ION" one. 1t also
was related than a man is a Too
tenant" in the British army and a
"left-tenant" in His Majesty's navy.
This is a piquant tale of the scar
city of apartments in Washington.
A 6-year-old girl heard her mother
complaining day after day Of the
difficulty of finding suitable apart
ments. As the mother had lately
been inculcating in the child the
habit Of nightly prayer. the young
ster was recently heard to be pray
ing at bedtime: Dear God. won't
you please get nanny an apart
ment." And then. turning to her
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

Champ Clark the people of Washington as helpless
Fiji islanders Now Congress will do necessary missionary
work that condition be remediedl
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

If most could collar and look chaps in the
ads the opposition to thirty cent might vanish
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

IL be possible unonze nation but YOU cznt keen
the average mother from working overtime 81
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21
Invasion From Mexico

1t is OF peaceful unprecedented in volume Some
attribute the become
involved in impending revolution. Others simpler to
credit the migration norhwad solely temptations
the that back the Mexican incomes
earned by the emigan who pioneered Mexico is
not likely to provide her in this generation. -.
Quite naturally then the tricks cline
fuller stable social setting place he can
much for his surplus that land
of his BIRTH Arriving the United gets warmer well
than he would have had he years ago.
Azona New Mexcos ranchers and Southern
Caornia fruit asking questions about the
nativity OF help Demand far exceeds supply Anything human
with muscles and the will work. filtration of
the Indian and the mixed breed
and the already parcolored fabric Souwes
takes hue For of these immigrants coming to
The nations will he brogb, nm
again the Senate fails Evidently some still cling TO the
belief that the third time never fails
Champ Clark the people Washington are as hepIes
Fiji islanders Now, Congress necessary missionary
work that condition be remediedI
If could collar and look like the b,ns ir The
ads the opposition to thirty might vanish 8
IL be possible nation but vou ,n
the average mother from working overtime
One Of troubles that everybody believes the reason for
unrest reposes in: everybody else but himself n
Thank heaven don't have worry the coal bin much
longer. but then there is the ice box ..7s| q. q
The battle the vets and dys has every ;nde.,;
becoming spiritsd -
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

The latest that the will be brought
again IN the Senate fails Evidently cling to the
belief that the third time fails
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

Carl Sandburg is Chicago's lead
ing poet of the modernist school.
He also is a reporter on the News.
They recently removed a dinosaur
from the old to the new Field Mu-
scum Building on the Lake front.
Carl got the assignment to cover
the incident. The following is the
result. 1t tells much about Chicago
as we'll as about the dinosaur:
! was a tomb of the Pharaohs.
I stood in Egypt 1000 years.
Then ] was hauled by camels to a
Suez port.
A long steel steamboat carried me
to New York
And a railroad train fetched me to
Chicago.
Horses tugging in leather harness
Brought me to the Field Museum of
Natural History.
Where / had a short rest of twenty
eight years.
But today they loaded me onto
And 1 heard the cylinders and trans
mission
Go chug-chug, chiz-chiz-noises like
we never had
In Egypt.
wonder IL the mummies of the
Pharaohs
Shivered when the driver whistIed
at magistrates
In blue coats and brass buttons on
the street corners.
I never heard so many new noises.
I think the Pharaohs. who are now
sleeping
Along in their fortieth centuries OF
sleep,
Would say This racket is scandalous.
l am comforted, however.
The new building where they are
putting me up
For citizens, travellers, school chill
dren to look at,
The new building is nearer the
heart of the city,
And If I don't like the hot, dusty
heart of the city
There Is always the blue peace of
the big blue Lake Michigan
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

One OF our troubles is that everybody believes the re
unrest reposes in: everybody else but himself
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

Thank heaven we don't have worry about the coal
longer, but then there is the ice box
The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

The battle between the vets and every indication Of
becoming spirited
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-22
WAGE CONFERENCE TO-DAY.
FAN River Employers and EN-
ployees Arrange Discussion.

FALL RIVER. Mass, Dec. 21.-Repre-
sentatives of the Fall River Cotton
Manufacturers Association and of the
Textile Council will meet tomorrow for
discussion of the wage question. Re-
Gently the manufacturers announced
that until further conference with the
employees representatives, the scale of
wages in force during the last six months
would remain unchanged.
The conference set for tomorrow is
regarded as likely to result in final wage
action in view of the recent announce
ment by manufacturers in other mill CEN
tres of a reduction of 22i4 per cent.