The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-09

Once Sizemore, the miner, made
up his mind that he didn't care
what happened to himself and
started To shoot up the mining
/ camp, including the sheriff, all
civilizations methods were over
! thrown. You csnt rule man that
you can't friEhtsn.
In Kansas are stored more than
TT,0O0.OO0 bushels Of wheat wait
Ing for . fair price. Other mil
lions OF bushels are held back in
other states.
Forty-hve millions OF, human
beings are starving In China, wait
!. ing for bread; 10000 900 probably
wsll die Of hunger this winter.
II these Chinese were helping to
murder Russians or Germans. II
they were labeled gallant allies"
instead Of being labeled poor,
miserable, starving human beings" :"
how quickly the Government would
buy that wheat from the farmers
q fair pftee and send It to
CAina.
What DO you think Of civilisa-
taoo A which only war and killing
eaa arouss men TO emcisnt &C.
tivity1
Clara Smith Hamon, said TO hare
killed. Jake Hamon, political boss.
ssays she will surrender II she can
have . Jury Of women. The sdpu-
lation 10 reasonable enough. We
shoulApsese nothing strange in .
man asking for . jury Of men to
try him for his life.
The request, however. proves
that Clara Smith Hamon does not
know women or men. In her free,
chivalrous Oklahoma, the women
MIGHT acquit her. The men would
certainly do 20, and probably take
up q collection for her Afterwards
In every mans experience some
thing leads him to believe that
when q lady shoots . gentleman
she has her reasons for It
Filipino gentlemen, in the proc
ess Of proving fitness for seh-
Rovernment--the President says
the process il complete-are con-
sidering q law to compel natives
~to wear trousers in public" This
seems reasonable, although five
years Imprisonment for omitttng
the trousers seems severe. The
bill in the Filipino Senate suggests
the Government buy trousers
wholesale and distribute them
free. That should interest Amer
ican taxpayers and garment-mak-
ers.
The whole thing sheds interest
ing light on the Presidents sug-
gestion that the Filipin'os be
turned loose to shift for them
selves. How soon would Japan be
chasing those gentlemen through
the jungies, taking the free trous-
ers away from them!
An unpleasant fight between
the tailors and employers seems to
be coming on. In one city yester-
day five employers "locked out"
$4,000 workers. according to the
workers The employers say they
simply closed up for lack Of busi-
ness. .
Mr.. Sidney Hillman, head Of
the clothing workers Of America,
II CORRECTLY quoted in the New
York Times, needs friendly advice.
He il quoted TO the effect that
'.the department of war will
probably intervene" in the tight
that IL coming. Mr.. Hillman
adds: But I warn them that,
should any drastic action be
taken by the so-termed 'law-mak-
sra' industrial war Of the fierc-
est kind win follow"
Mr.. Hillman presumably intends
20 show reasonable respect for the
army of the United States, even II
Il should be called out to curb
tailors. which seems improbable.
II Is too early to threaten the
United States army. 1t has just
finished one important undertake
ing and should be spared unncces-
sary threats.
II industrial war Of the fercest
sort il coming, as Mr.. Hillman
suggests, the industrial war should
be confined TO tailors and employ
ers Of taiiors. Others will not take
kindly to the suggestion that they
and their army must share in that
war. What Mr.. Hillmsn calls "so-
termed lawmakers" are not so
termed" for nothing.
They will rule this country,
including its garment-makers, for
a while yet The man Ii unwise
who openly opposes that program.