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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-26
CROPPING
FOR PROFlTEERS

Those who have interested them
selves in the activities of the Fed
efaf Trade Commission have sus-
pected sooner or later that power
full influence would be set in oppo-
sition; the reports Of the Commits
sion bring to public scrutiny SO
much that is disconcerting in the
private" affairs of the profiteers.
It is therefore no matter of sur
prise that ruling of the Supreme
Court of the District Of Columbia
puts temporary check upon the
Commissions work. The court de-
cided that the Commission should
not require monthly reports on the
company's production costs.
In the light of facts turned up by
the United States Senate from the
sworn statements of coal mining
companies made to the Treasury
Department, it is easy to under
stand why these interests should
be sensitive about their profits. But
the average citizen will have diff
cuIty to understand why the Gov.
eminent is unable to make use of
information in its possession, no
matter for what purpose the infor-
nation was collected.
The Treasury Department had no
difficulty at all in finding out the
profits of the coal companies. Per
haps it did not learn OF all the pro-
fits. but it learned enough to satisfy
William G. McAdoo and DR.. Harry
Garfield that the mine operators
ought not to be permitted to load
the wage increase of the miners up
on the public. And Mr.. McAdoo,
formerly Secretary Of the Treasury
gave out that the profits Of the
mine owners range as high as 1000
per cent on invested capital.
But this information in the pos
session of one department of Gov
eminent appears privileged against
use by another department of Gov
eminent engaged in the detection
and prosecution of profiteers. The
skilled attorneys Of the coal mine
owners will easily find technicalit-
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-26
THE BIRTHDAY OF AN
INCURABIE OPTIMIST.

With stocks fallins and sugar
going up, with railroad strikes and
political ferment, better can the
young optimist do today than con
slider the experience of that elder
optimist whose eighty-sixth birth
day this is?
Panics? Chauneey ". Depew has
observed dozen of the larger vari-
ETY.. He has seen depressions,
HClosed factories. bread lines. He
has also, on each occasion, had the
come Back. He has seen prices
which made the ptese2t costs look
like bargain counter He has
watched strikes besides which the
strike Of today seems a trifie. To
him the political struggles OF 1920
must appear like the academic dis
putations OF a college debating
club, for he was in the thick Of it in
1860 as campaigner for Lincoln.
He has refused higher office than
most OF the present.day candidates
for president will ever attain.
In all OF Chauncey Depew's artic-
ulate years we DO not suppose he
ever announced the country was 60
ing to the devil, or that it was a
poor world to live in, or. that work
was something to be avoided. He
is confirmed, habitual and hope
less optimist. At an age forty years
beyond that at which good many
mon would like to devote their en-
tire time to golf, Mr.. Depew keeps
on working, being happy, exltding
confidence in the Great Scheme
and saying things calculated to
make other people cheer up. He
says that the secret of his happi-
ness has been moderation; and in
attaining it he has been immode1'-
ately suceessful.-Su and N. Y.
Herald Qnd.).
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-26
PACIFIC
CABLES.

There are several things we need
in America. Almost any citizen
could give long list off-handed
Probably, comparatively few would
think that one need Of no inconsid-
cradle size is for additional cable
facilities with lands across the Pa
cific Ocean. How serious a handi-
cap to American interests in the
Far East is this inadequacy of the
Pacific cable, system is known TO
men having business in these quar-
ters.
The last few years have Witnes.
sed Il tremendous expansion of
American trade and business
throughout Japan. China, and the
Far East generally. But cable IA
cilities have utterly failed to keep
pace with this expansion and the
cable lines have broken down in
their attempt to handle the swollen
volume of traffic. A Shanghai dis
patch describes some of the diff
culties under which American bust
ness labors in trading in Japan and
China. An ordinary trans-pacific
cable message will not be delivered
in less than eleven days from the
day that it is fled. For this "ordi-
nary" service a charge of 80 cents
word is made To meet this diff
ficulty. the cable company has in
augurated an urgent" service, for
which the charge is $40 a word.
But these urgent" messages ac-
cumulate so fast that a reply mess
age $ never possible in less than
seven days. Such Is the situation
that faces the American busi~ess
in the Orient. a oonition that is play
ing havoc with the American trade
in the Far East.
New cables should be land across
the PACING. They are needed now
al will justify their cost in break
ing down the barriers between
America and the Orient.-Buffalo
Commercial Qnd1.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

BY the time they get those Z and
Scent coins minted there will be
nothing left that costs that little
Indianapolis Star.
The cabinet yesterday spent an
other hour and a half going along"
with the mind of the president
Chicago Eve. Post.
The Allies are not SO fond OF
Uncle Sam as they used to be. One
always cusses an uncle when the
time comes 10 pay up.-Columbia
Record.
As the Swiss read the testimony
of the admirais at the Sims investi-
CATION, they doubtless thank God
their country is surrounded by land.
Louisville Post.
Many are wearing overalls and al.
most as many the mantle of Theo.
dore Roosevelt.-Detroit News.
A Boston minister says that won,
en- are the best accountants. This
is hard on the men after all the ex.
perience they have had in account
ing for themselves the next morn
ing.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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T &
CROW.

Cav, cav, Cav.
And the farmer goes for his gun
as the bird of sable plumage and
raucous voice wingrbeats its way
across his fields to find a tip-top
perch on some tall trees.
Why not? 1.-THE crow Is a rob
bert" declares the farmer, taking
ann.
He is The evidence proves his
guilt conolusiVely. The United
States biological survey has deter
mined the fact that the diet of the
average crow is SO per cent grain
chiefly corn.
But hold a minue, Don't shoot
yet.
Consider, first, the other 62 per
cent. 1t is largely composed Of
May beetles, ggasshoppers. tussock
moths, gypsy and brown-tail moths,
cotton worms, army worms, canker
worms, and chineh brgs-a sort of
chronological hash, every item of
which represents a dangerous enc
my to the farmers crops.
furthermore, while there can be
no question that Mr.. Grow steals,
when he can. from the early spring
planting, it has been fairly well
proved that most of the corn he
consumes is CLEANED between No
vember and March and is merely
the waste grain which otherwise
would rot
Balancing one thing against an
other, the probability is that Mr..
Crow saves more grain than he
eats What he takes is for pay for
his service in destroying the insect
enemies.
So put away the gl,n and lei him
"Caw.'-Chic3go Evening Post
(Ind.).
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BATHS FOR
BOLSHEVIkS.

In Moscow the Bolshevik gov
eminent proclaims an official bath
week. All Nloscowites are COM
manded to hop into tub and not
be afraid of soap. Compulsory
baths weren't in the original con
tract between the Red leaders and
their followers, and much squeal-
ing is reported among in dividuals
who had sewed their clothes on for
the winter.
Semschko, head of the Soviet
public health bureau. explains in
his proclamation that Wholesale
compulsory baths arc necessary to
check disease epidemies.
The Soviet finds it necessary.
says Semschlo, to lead the people
to the bath tub with paddle. 1t
will educate them in the connection
between personal cleanliness and
the health of the individual and of
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-26

wireless sets now for the purpose
of receiving daily weather reports
direct from the state agricultural
college.
These small outfits cannot be
used for sending out messages but
they are capable of receiving the
messages of the big plants. They
cost about $35, and can be operated
by any person without much train
ing.
The weather department Of the
poses to send out the messages at
9:55 each morning under a stand
ard code. The college wireless
plant is powerful enough to insure
the carrying of the weather reports
to every section Of the state. The
service will be given free to every
farmer and high school, or to any
person or institution interested
enough TO install receiving APP
paratus. High schools will distrib-
ute the forecast to local banks,
stores and telephone companies.
Published weather reports have
proved Of great benefit to farmers.
These direct wireless reports will
also be beneficial because they will
be more promptly received. They
will warn farmers Of approaching
storms, enabling them to plan
ahead or to prepare for emergencies
beforehand In the harvesting sea
son, and in the winter as well, the
weather reports will facilitate pro-
lection of crops and live stock. 1t
will not be surprising If other agri-
cultural states follow the example
of kansas.-Tacoma Ledger Gnd).
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yentured, i'll the name OF Industrial
harmony, to say what is and what
is not a proper wage for private
employers to pay. 1t has never lag
ged behind in pointing out, through
its several bureaus, the blessings
that flow from eliminating waste
and introducing economies. The
time appears to be suspicious for a
little attention to its own house.
The governments waste eliminat-
ing talents are sadly needed in the
departments at Washington. Its
capacity for introducing economies
and for adjusting wages to work
can for some time to come be fully
utilized in the postoffice depart
ment.-Virginian Pilot, Norfolk
Gnd. Dem.)
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-26
WOODEN SHOES?
NO THANK YOU!

Except as they might be of use to
the choruses in musical comedies
that viii trip on gailv with click
clack motion. the Dutch exporters
who have sent over here Consign-
ment Of wooden shoes with several
famala dacorstrato~s are likely to
have their trosble for their pains.
The shoe question was settled in
America centuries ago. and one of
he great differontations between
this country and ! rope has been
ever that we have refused to set up
a ls, ID caste system We have
In here no pe9sautry. and in the
n ct Of costumes We have none
50 poor as to be forced to wear
those habiliments and attire that
indicates class in Europe and a
more or less hopeless inferior social
position. Indeed that Europe, even
in tstes that call themselves pros
Porous and highly civilized have
failed TO carr down the daily com
forts to the greater number Of peo-
pie. though it may have been a pic
tureSque side, was evident through
the survival in Holland. France and
Germany Of crude forms OF foot
Eea~ revealing the very obvious in
ability of large numbers 10 afford
more comfortable and segviceable
attire
These crud.ties OF attire reached
the climax Of primitiveness in the
wooden shoe Whatever glamour
log2 association with the life of the
people NAV haze thrown over the
wooden shoe does not by any means
make UP FOR the fact that II Is n
very crude substitute for the real
thing and not the least slgninlsa
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-26

feature of the American invasion
of France during the war was the
way in which certain districts
which belonged TO the American oc-
cupation zone with great Joy aban-
doned the wooden shoes in favor of
the discarded and secondhand
American leather shoes. Customs
and manners and conveniences do
not move backward, and noting is
less likely, therefore, than that we
shall adopt either the implements,
or utensils or articles of apparel
which for centuries have represent
ed the unprogressiye and relative
poverty Of the large portions Of the
old world.-Philadelphia Public
Ledger Qnd).
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a,,d ~ ,..tt, eat. 20 Comoto.n Ioh,sn,,
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nd 40 pr4soIe Htxnro.a Tnd PenI
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,ta l,., 80 ~ Us ,i%t , Iii ho no
$3.50 - .,le ~, - 49, w.
rut fro,, $3.50 onross tho Illinois etato
,inn +h ,0'i' a go '' Io,.r ,,. INA
i pan' COO sas ~ sootDra ' ~ n,t.
atoD,I;,,@r ai,,,,iGua,ao'' tho "strongtb
obnwr H., Irrar, Iobpeon" and do.
lace ,ta+ az 10 ,,rohabIo tbot on
(,,,,o,o ~, 80 ,a,, i,',o,'t ~ Indiana
vii no rn,nirod to nroyidn an eetj.
,aa,o - ~ roal ,ar,,Iarit,, ng tha
onrto,,lors +"
rho l1irno,noIis Journal dnd
ponN and ho pf,tshnrob Prees
gr.5 ~, hott i,,,a.ostod !, 1oh,
s',,,,. ,l1to ~ &c conroction vim tho
eha,cas ~ tIorborI Uoover Tho
5rass 49,.
..iIardI,. loco outstanding tban
e,onator ra,,nsor fn mo uIinoic 70
,.,,,,. i, ,b,f ofba,. caIifornian
1t,Gyor Nofwitbetandinr 1bot CIV,
80, IIoarer vote had 10 he written
n rho for,,,ar. FooJ ADMINISTRATOR
n,ade a ,os.octotle sboyfng"
CalIing attention in tho fact tbat
Iobnson5s name likewise bad to he
o,,.ritton In" tho forrnal fools that.
bis ran5i6acv bas tal5o,, On now in.
rortanre
.ei,ho ,o.l tost lo..o,.c, =" II noi,,4e
emf ..sea,,,s Iilclo r. Ina made in tho
r,Iiforcian nri,nariGs Nav fonrtb
,yhon choice j. to he made botwonn
two etr1ng caIiforniane Johnson
ava 1roor9r 1e Tobneon can cono
ayav vim fine sunnort of his own
state in tho lace Of a Challenge 90
.,I,reefine as INN of Hoover no is
hound 10 no a FACTOR IN he recl,ored
viii IN Cbirago
rho 1ohnson strangfh in Illinois is
oleo locked mon nc aienificant Inv
tho Toledo RIade dnd REM which
PooIs tbn+ n viii bo,,o a ..n,,fornd
inanence in other atatoe etill IN ey,
nroes tb.ir, nreferepcee " and tol-on
aitogatbor II "constitutes the eepeo.
tion of tho nrosidrntial ea-nnaign {"
p,+ NO 1ds Angoles Tines Tnd
Pony friendly tn Mr. Hoover ex.
nrcssee NO frar in Tho record inado
in Illinois NV canator Johnson Fur.
,l,o,.,,,ora II dao1ares.
"ft bos hoo, ,nado nIoin that
Iobneon's snnnort (ontsida Of faw
n,iIIionairoSI ao,,os ,,oini,, fro,n the
nro.C:ermans Slim Fein@rs and tho
po1oheyistsN'lnt !, Illinois bo did
rot avo,, o., Oh - thor, We
,rodjot ~ uiii Ia tho noeo IN Ios
a,SaIos
In tha o,,os IF III. Dotroit Nows
md fobnso,'S voto ,.,Sv rovoal his
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-26
OUR SICK
POSTAL SERVICE

Until recently it has been suffici.
ent for political purposes to account
for all the shortcomings of the pos
tai system by pointing an accusing
finger at Postmaster General Burle-
son. That has been the common
practice Of the Administration en-
emies and, by contagion, the prac-
tise OF many Of its friends. Mr..
Burleson, beyond doubt, has not
been popular official He has
made errors. Part Of his unpopular
ity grew out of the wartime dis
ruption of all public seryices-in-
Guiding the mail service. A just
casting-up Of the accounts would
probably show that far from being
aione to blame minor degree re-
! sponsible. and that the sickness Of
the postoffice department is akin to
the sickness of the public utilities
| both being born Of the attempt to
! handle increased traffic burdens
with inadequate facilities and dis
turbed personnel.
The railway clerks themselves, il
! is significant, do not share the pop
ular notion that the postoffice de
partment Is what it is because one
man, Mr.. Burleson, IS guilty OF
short vision or mismanagement.
Their complaint is that trained men
are leaving the service because they
can no longer maintain themselves
on the pay they receive from the
government. A base maximum pay
of 1920 in 1907 for postoffice clerks
and city carriers, they point out has
not been permanently changed, AZ
| though Congress has from time to
time granted bonuses, averaging So
per cent The wages OF postoffice
workers, the clerks complain, have
Jagged far behind the advances in
the cost Of living.
According to Thomas F. F7aher.
ty. secretary-treasurer of the Ma
tional Federation of Postofiice
Clerks.
The decline in postai efficiency is
| directly due to the large number OF
designations of trained employees
and the inability Of the department
to recruit the working force to its
proper strength becauce of the low
wages and general unattractive-
ness OF postoflce employment.
To business men Mr.. Flaherty's
diagnosis will appeal with peculiar
force. They have met the wage
problem and to large extent, sol
we'd it, The government, on the
other hand, still has 1t to solve.
Washington is populated with high
ly-paid desk men, recruited during
the wal No amount Of popular crit
icism has So far ayailed to detach
them from the payroll. But while
the Desk Army of the Potomac
continues 20 stumble over itself in
The government departments at
Washington, the ranks of the post
office army are daily Trimmed by
designations. In its treatment of the
postoffice department the govern
ment has betrayed the same inabil-
ity to deal with a mass problem
that it has shown in its dealings
with the needs Of the army. Thou
sands of officers in the army and
navy are resigning their commits
sions for precisely the same reason
that trained workers are leaving
the postofice Observation-Disclosures
quate pay.
Our paternalistically disposed Fed
eral government does not hesitate
to offer its advice to private indus
tri25-Aa5 in recent months even
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les to block the work of the Federai
Trade Commission. And the Depart
ment of Justice viii spend millions
of dollars trying to locate profiteers,
while in the files of the Treasury
Department are the very facts,
which, if known to the public,
would make unnecessary much OF
the Governments profiteer hunt,
ing.-Detroit News (Ind)
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EVERYBODY WINS
IN ILLINOIS

General Wood and Senator John
son figure more prominently in the
press comment on the result of the
Illinois primary than Governor Low
den, the winner of the contest.
Strangely enough the "fayorite son"
victory is not uppermost in the pub
lie mind, perhaps becarse it was
the expected thing. Analysis gen
orally seem more impressed with
the effect that the vote may have
on the political fortunes Of General
Wood and Senator Johnson. Three
We've stand out prominently. The
y ". in the opinion of the St
Globe Democrat (RepD was
ment for Governor Lowden's
ddidacy. but ointment literally
sprinkled with flies The Cleye-
land Plain Dealer tInd. DEM con.
siders that no unprejudicod observ-
er can take the outcome as ser
ious Wood reverse" aud the New
Orleans Item (Dem9. far removed
from the dust OF The conflict. sees
proof in the returns tlat Mr.. john
son IS the genuine Republican
dar's-h0-se.
Many ether observers. like the
Port Huron Times Gnd4, account
for JoEason's 10000 votes in Chi
caso and Cook county by attempting
10 show that his opposition to a
treaty which deals harshly with
Germany" gained for him Tho sup
port of Mayor Thompson OF chi
cago, "hot bed of pro-Germanism.
but the Chicago Evening Post (Ind.)
on the $ of the Cook county
battle, expi hat fractional quar-
rels confuse issue in Cook
county" To 1. Louis Globe
Democrat, thol it would appear
thai both Woo id johnson were
given all and comfort BY the
Thompso lemer1s. 1t says
Fen he entire 10000 votes
rolod Tor Senator Johnson are
credited to the Thompson machine
1t is necessary to credit half of Gen,
syal Woods votes TO the same
source in order TO account Tor the
'nimum Thompson machine votes
cast in the election. So far a
Mayor Thompson is concerned Sen
ator Johnson and General Wood
seem to be tarred with the same
brush"
The New York Evening Post
Gnd.l voices sentiment typical OF
great many papers when it says
that The primary leaves LOwden
about where he was, h1r notes that
his carrying tho Roosevelt
stronghold is one 'fUation OF
the claim that VI or any other
candidate is heir OF the Progressive
vote" Bot the Boston Globe
tlnd(, from the East coast, and the
Spokane Spokesman Review dad
Rep from the Pacific, see nothing
unexpected in the Lowden victory
and agree. as the latter expresses
II. that the surprising strength Of
General Wood and Senator johnson
ain Governor Lowden's own bali
wick" is significant. The Globe
goes further and declares that The
race seems TO be between Genera
Wood and somebody else.
On the other hand, the Wheeling
Intelligencer (Repl considers tina
Illinois ] undoubtedly given Woo
'another eye while the Utio5
Press Gtl.. somewhat less en-
phatic. calling ]. "a decisive dcfeat
tor the General, which the NeWgOr
&ewa Record fIndl adds could re
eFn failed 10 have been discoura2
..g 10 those who were conteadin'
}.t he 4O1ld sweep the country.
tarv writes unwilling 10 see
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the community.

the community
Progress begins with bath. a
haircut and a shaYe.-Columbus
Citizen Qnd.).
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WIRE SIS ON
THE FARM.

The wireless outfit may soon be
looked upon as an essential piece of
farm equipment. Kansas farmers
are said to be installing amateur
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Daily
Editorial
Digest

(Title Appld for L. s. Pat Off
Edited by the Washington
Feature Service
DAVID LAWRENCE, Prest.
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MONDAY, ARiL %, 1920.
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SUBS CGlpTlON RATES IN
CITY OE MARTInSRuRG

TELEPHONE NUMBERS
c. Y. 192-D. C. K p. 80.
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BEATS GASOLINE AT
Is CENTS A GALLON
Ne" Invention Makes Forda Run 2,
Miles on Gallon of GnsOlinc and
NthFt Easy In Coolest Weather
"'hrr cars show FrOpOrtIonnte
savings

new carburetor which cuts down
gasoline consumption Of any motor
including the Ford, and reduces gas
o.Ihc DiiIs from onc-th!rd 20 onc-half
Is me proud achievement Of the Air
FRICTION Carbur"tOr Go. SST Madison
=. Dayton. Ohio. This remarkably.
invention no. only Increases the now
or or all motors from 3Oco to s0c,
out enables every one 10 run slow an
high gear. 1t also makes il easy IN
starr Ford or any other car in the
coolest weather without previously
warming the motor. With i, Won c,n
use the very cheapest grade OF gas
"!ine or half gasoline ana ha!r Kcrn.
seHc and sim get more powcr and
more mileage than you now rc, from
'he highest test gasoline. Many Fora
owners say they now get as high AS
20 10 90 miles to a gallon OF rasoiiu.
30 sure are the manufacturers Of the
immense saving their new carbure.
tof WIZ make that they offer IN se,d
~ on 30 days trial 20 every car
o" her' AS /; can Toe put on or taken
OH IN ieW minutes by any one. ALI
readers OF ihis paper who want 10
Try y Should send their name nd
dress ana make OF car 10 tbc n,,n,,
i"ctureFs AT once. They also WIN,
'''ai agents. 10 whom they off.r ,,-
'"ha. iy i""%" profits Writ. hon