The Washington times., 1920-05-27

Radical" Dread Word.
Try 9 Mexican Mandate.
4 Gambler Dies.
Definite Figures.
By Arthur BRISBANE.
(cspyrtsht. isso.)

Wulem W. AorroW, one OF the
oldest judges on the United States
bench. endorsing Hiram Johnson.
says his enemiss call hirn radical,
Just rs others of the same kind
called Lincoln q radical, sixty
years ago.
They called Lincoln more than
"a radical" They said he was
living with q black woman and
wanted to know whether he had
married her. You will hear other
things about johnson before the
campaign ends, but as in the case
OF Lincoln, they won't fool the
people.
Why, BY the way. should the
word radical" applied to Prcsi-
aential candidate. be considered 80
deadly?
The definition of q radical 10 zone
that goes to the root or founda.
ton; thSroughgoing; unsparins;
Sxtreme."
Doesn't this country need q Presi-
0ent to 60 to the root in many
things, Of prohtsering, for in
gtAncef Do we not need q Presi-
cent thorough going, unspsring
"a the last degree? There are
mtny roots that need digging up,
tearing out. Hiram johnson is
the kind Of radical to do it, bene-
ntnK the, health Of the country
, thereby.
II this country must take some
kind OF mandate" to be in the
fashion, why not q mandate for
Mexico? We have interests there,
and responsibility, because Of the
Monroe Doctrine.
We have people near us, on this
continent, nearly always shooting
each other, occasionally shooting
as, and at intervals numbering
some old man like Carranza, to
make room for somebody else.
A man wouldn't 20 a mile down
She street to put out q fire if the
house next door were burning.
Why not concentrate on Mexico,
and let Armenia rely on her
neighbors?
It would cost us more than
seven hundred millions in five
years. to take over the Armenian
mandate. If we have so much
money to spare, why not spend it
on Mexico, buying agricultural
machinery for the poems, convinc-
ing certain Mexican gentlemen
that the United States really is a
nation, and pushing industrial
efficiency, the civilization of Texas
and California, formerly Mexican
soil, q little farther south.
Mr.. Tom Jolly, eminent pro-
4essional gambler, is dead. He
was living IN retirement. For,
said he, "gsmblers from the West
Side robbing their customefs and
gamblers from the East Side with
queer foreign games ruined the
gambling business"
He said something more valu-
able, although young gambling
fools will pay no attention, He
said that gamblers, except pro-
fessionals, always lose. Nobody
made money but the professionals,
who owned the gambling houses.
Gambler Jolly was famous for
good food, given free, to custom
ers. He provided Virginia hams
soaked in whiskey barrels, then
cooked in cider. But as one Of
Gambler Canfeld's customers,
with empty pockets, remarked,
~fYou can't eat a thousand dollars
worth Of ham,"
Definite figures are interesting.
You get them from Mr.. Hull, Of
Tennessee, financial expert in
Congress. The corporations of
tthis country, after paying ALL in
come tax, excess profit, and other
taxes that cause so much weep
ing, earned as their NET PROFIT
in the last four years thirty-four
thousdnd millions of dollars.
Thirty-four billions of net profit
III lOuE years 10 hOI Dd0,
ing that it means an increase Of
thirty billions as compared with
the four years preceding.
Other exact figures are not 80
impressive, but more important
A woman with many children
went to buy shoes for q child Of
eighteen months old. The shoes
weighed about two ounces. The
heels were tackled on. The uppers
did not look much like leather. A
leather man who understands
such matters tells this writer that
the material in those shoes may
have cost as much as twelve
cents" The woman paid $3.50 for
them.
Next week is Characterization
Week" Begin by Americanizing
the criminals that rob poor moth
ers through their children.
The American profiteer, more
than any foreigner, needs Ameri-
canizing. Not a week of it, but
about ten years in Federal peni-
tentiary.