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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
Break In Farm Produce Prices.

The drop in the price Of wheat from
! $2.s5 to 81 10 a bushcl will mean big loss
| to the farmers of this State, for it is under
stood the greater part Of this years crop IL
still in the granaries. Many Of the efnrmers,
| in common with majority Of other people,
were of the opinion that wheat would sell
| for So dollars a hushel before the first Of
| next year and their prediction might have
been borne out had not the crop just
harvested 40 far exceeded the estimate Of
experts based on the early May outlook
and had not the great Canadian wheat
belt produced more than lOO,0C0,Oo0
bushels above her needs, and which she is
now sending to market.
As wheat is regarded the barometer OF
the grain market the decline III this cereal
will no doubt be followed by further
drop in corn and oats and rSe. Such indi-
cation is born out by the tremendous
yield of the nations cornfelds that will
soon be hurried 10 market. Last week corn
was quoted at sl.2o bushel, which is a
big decline in the prices Of two or three
months ago. Oats are down to 67 cents
bushel, and there in little chance Of either
of them advancing, unless temporarily
through the influence Of scme speculative
action on the grain markets.
There IL also considerable decline In
potatoes and almost all other farm prod
ucts. In some sections fruit, too, is so
cheap that the growers are letting IT rot
rather than face the possibility OF loss by
picking and sending il TO market.
Following the reduction in the price OF
wheat, there has been q like decline in
-four, which has 3}|sn in price more than
Sc n barrel in a r so. Feed for stock
also has declined almost 30 per cent. In
fact, the reduction has been general all
along the line but thus far the public has
been little benefited by it. in the large
centres For example there has been little
reduction in prices in our local markets,
but they are bound to occur though there
may be some exceptions wherein the old
established law of supply and demand may
become operative again.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
PRESS COMMENTS.
ALSO AN AMERICAN QUESTION.

| Irritated by something that Governor
Cox said about the Irish question, the
| London Globe gives relief to its feelings
| in this fashion: mo doubt il is true that
| the people Of this country are perplexed
| by the Irish problem, but that is their
business. IL in no way concerns Ameri-
| cans"
We wish il were true that the Irish
| question did not concern Americans. but
unfortunately there is no other question
that Is making SO much trouble in the
| United States, II has not only poisoned
the relations between the United States
End Great Britain but il has poisoned the
internal politics of this country.
In Great Britain the issue is more or
less segregated. Enelshmen may dis
agree about the ultimate solution Of the
problem, but they can still 90 about their
own affairs without having To take the
Irish question into consideration at every
step. II is still possible in England 10 deal
with political and economic problems ON
their merits, but il is no LONGER possible IN
the United States, for the Irish issue is
everywhere
No important American city can elect
q mayor without discovering that Ireland
rs factor in the campaign. Candidates
for governor and Senator have To reckon
with it II makes It's way into the prifn-
aries IL sits IN the room of the committee
on resolutions at national conventions.
There are many States IN which the result
Of the Presidential election next month viii
turn not ON the government of the United
States but on the government of Ireland.
The Slim Fcln leaders boast that it was
they who defeated the treaty Of peace and
kept the United States olit of the League
of Nations, aud they have substantial
basis for their claims. They at least
provided the background of an organized
public opinion TO which the Republican
treaty-wrcckers in the Senate could APP
peal. They are the most active element IN
opposition 90 the Lehgue, and money that
was raised bv public subscription Is used
10 promote antagonism 10 the covenant
on the pretenEe that this il advancing
the cause Of Irish freedom.
The campaign agninst Article \, ls
wholly Of Irish origin, and IN spite OF
Senator Harding's remark that the Irish
question IL one that cannot toe taken up
officially by this government, the Republic
can party is in partnership with the sinn
Feif for the immediate purposes OF this
campaign What is more, many of the
Senators will remain in partnership with
the Sinn Fein after election, not because
they care a straw about the fate Of Ireland
but because the Irish vote is too powerful
60 he iisregarded
II Gov. Cex is open 10 the charge Of
meddling with the Irish question, II can
he said in his defense that the Irish ques-
tion had invaded the United States long
before Cox mcddled with IL, and that the
final responsibility rests with the British
government which settles nothing, but
leaves American politics in continual
turmoil New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
The Candidate 70 Elect.

Republicans Of the Second Representa-
tive district, in this city, are in state of
dissatisfaction and disgust because a
Negro aspirant secured the nomination for
Representative in the General Assembly.
They do not want their district TO be
represented by Negro. believing that
politically the Negro has no other rightful
prerogative but TO vote the Republican
ticket As a resting place for the votes Of
these disgusted Republicans white
woman of Republican convictions has
appeared as sn independent candidate
But the candidate who should receive
the support Of all voters Of that distrist
who desire To be inteligently and efiectiae-
ly represented at Dover is Mr. Robert W !.
Kramer, the Democratic nominee. He is n
good citizen. plumber by trade, and has
comprehensive knowledge cf public
affairs His announced platform, also, rs
most inviting; "A clean, progressive ad-
ministration for all the people-Special
Privileges for none
Here is the platform that should attract
all sound-minde,l. interested citizens Of the
district. and candidate who stands
squarely upon IT, The duty Of the voters
of the Second Representative district is
plain.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11

and thai his views did not preclude his
taking the nomination on the platform
already adopted.
Mr.. Bryan led The fight against sersins
The Williams niesyam ~ Judge Pafleu'
He rose from his sick bed, cludeJ be
nurse and appeared m the convention NJ
the wee sna hours ~ the morning H.
VOICE was husky and bis face was arben
but he fought 70 The last. ife wa voisi
down, m be had been on every prt in
the whole convention. But the tbundsfr
Of applause from the galleries which greet-
ed his every utteraDce, the fact that np
one but Bryan could get restsciful hesr-
ing. and the mutierInp ~ ~" men who
feared To sneak aloud al showed that
Bryan was still beloved by the rank and
t'le of hr party.
DEMOCRATS yELL FLAT.
Never was a campaign such a cwn-
plcte failure M the Democratic cangaae
If 1904. Yet &c result for tifnc seemed
70 Sc N doubt. SO many newspapers sip
ported Parker and there wa such ~
anti-Rooseyelt outcry from The ultra
conservatives that the issue sccned "
be very doubtful. Toward the end a the
campaign, however, the Roosevelt en-
thtlsias,n reached white heat and the
Parker following grew colder ard colder
Judge Parker AZ the very Close u thr
canvass took up the charges which were
being made agninst the Republicans w
newspapers and embodied them in
speech which created great sensation
He charged that GeOrge y. Cortelyou, A.
Secretary of Commerce and labor, hal
obtained p,HsesBren of information ooia-
eornipg the conduct Ofrfeat biigincE cpn-
Germs; and that tiIe same CorielyDu, a.
Chairman of the National Republican
Committee, was using this Information ~
eztort money from the big huFineE mon
% use in the campaign.
To that charge President Roosevelt
replied in one u the most remarkable
political utteranccs eyer delivered ile
said II was lie, ~ bcgin with, ard hr
Tarrne upto the subject NJ hr went alonV.
Mr. Rooscvelt's reply was made against
the wishes and in spite q the appeals a
nearly every one % the ReTtibliean leafiers
Yet when Judge Parker wa unable ~ cOnie
back with the absolute proof a his ~
sertions the Roosevelt, denial Heuf fhr
whole country Wild with enthusiasm
and the Parker hope died dad
The result was an overwhelming vic'0rv
for Roosevelt, who was elected ~ greatest
popular majority ever given - any Frtsi-
dent. Ills plurality was over two nrd
half millions, more than the total vote
for Lincoln IN 1854 Mckinley, four ycars
before, had received a popular PLURALITY
Of about SJO.OO0 Roosevrlt reoelved
only 400, 900 more votes than Aekiniey
yet hrs plurality was a miili0n and .
half greater. Judge Parker reepfvcd p BIZ
tie over FIVE milton votes, falling ~
Of over a million and a quarter from ths
vote cast for Bryan in le0N The Soeial-
lists made great gains, polling . hsH
million votes The total vote cast IN ~
whole country was nearly haf a mil-
hon less than m 1900 All - which gos~
TO prove that nobody can teii what wi
happen in a presidential campaign untsl
after il has already happened.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
QUIT ALL ALONG THE LINE.

Having vindicated American honor by
scrapping the League Mr. Harding has
proceeded 10 augment our national stock
Of honor by scrapping the treaty as far as
everybody but ourselves is concerned. He
denied last night that he plans ''spearate'
peace and IN the same breath promised
"a resolution declaring a state of formal
peace, But you cannot simply pass a
resolution saying that we are at peace
with Germany. There must be conditions
of peace. Senator Knox was aware of this
when he made his peace resolution declare
that the United States claimed for itself
all the rights we enjoy under the Treaty Of
Versailles. American honor prevents us
from signing the Treaty Of Versaoilles but
not from demanding the profits Of YER
sailles. American honor will not tolerate
that the Allies get away with their booty
under the peace. All that American honor
demands is that we take all the benefits
and none of the responsibility.
Having declared fomal peace with
Germany, on terms guaranteed for us by
the Allies, Senator Harding will further
vindicatc American honor bv recalling
our boys from the Rhine. The procedure Is
perfectly safe. There will be plenty of
French boys and Began boys on the
Rhine to see that Germany fulfils her
obligations to the United States.
Thus, in defense of our national honor.
We quit AL along the line We abandon
the fellowship of the nations with whom
we fought the war. We abandon the fell
lowship of the neutral people who have
welcomed the Leage of Nations as the one
great compensation for the world tragedy,
We emancipate ourselves from the dom-
nation of France, OF Britain of Belgium
We take our stand with Lenine and the
Turk. New York Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL PROBLEM

Although Germany hasn't had much
experience as republic, there is already
a national query as to what shall be done
with the ex-PTesidents Noske is urging
a suitable pension but as the value of the
German coinage is changing rapidly it is
hard to establish standard.
President Ebert's salary sounds inn
pressive, enough. but at the rate the Ger
man mark is held in exchange his pay
means abot 81 500 a year He hasn't
harness maker is gone and so when he
stops presidenting they may have to take
him out to the poor farm or pasture him in
some quiet place where they have a
pinochle game every afternoon.
1t seems funny that Il country that
hardly knows what to do with It's ex-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11

POPULATION OF CANADA.

Time was when the steady flow of emil
grants from the United States 20 Canada
tended to diminish 20 an apprecIable
extent the population of this country,
because there was no equivalent influx ot
immigrants across the border to offset II.
Now, however, the boot is on the other
foot Figures compiled by the organ Of
the Western agrarian movement show
that during the uuinqueunial period
ended March 81, 1910, immigrants 10
Canada from the United States reached a
total of 270. l34 while during the FIVE
years ended June 20, 1919, the number OF
persons who left Canada for permanent res
idence in the United States WAS 604 ,605.
Some time ago an optimistic forecast
Of the 1921 Canadian census estimated
1900. 600 as the probable population, but
n considered revision Of the facts now
places the figures as being nearer :, s,0o0,O00.
Caradas losses in the war were great, for
10000 of her sons went TO horored over
seas graves In addition, durir the war
ard demobilzation period she lost heavily
bv emigration The total of her lmmI-
grants from all sources during that time
was l9s, $50 less than those who left TO
take up their abode in the United States
Ii ought. however, 20 be said that immi-
grafton to Canada is reviving For the year
ended March 81, 1920, it reached the sub
stantal figure of. 100000, of whom
approximately half were British and the
remainder American. She is also bound
to get some share OF the myriads who are
leaving, or waiting for the chance to leave,
Europe Besides, the natural increase
may be relied on to compensate largely
for reduction j n her inhabitants brought
about by the causes above mentioned
The people of this country can have no
other desire than TO see the neighboring
friendly Dominion advancing rapidly
in population, wealth and the arts of
peace Washington Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
kaiscrs should aIso be concerned with the
welfare Of its retired presidents LOS
Angeles Times.
Just Folks
BY Edgar A. Guest.
ON DINING WITH QUARRELsOME
COUPLES.

1UUPLfS.
freely confess there are good friends Of
mine,
With whom We arc often invited TO dine,
Who get on my nerves so that ! cannot
eat
Or stay with my usual case in my seat,
For ! know that il something should
chance 10 occur
Which he may not like or which doesn't
please her,
That we'll have to try 10 be pleasant
somehow
While they stage fine little family row.
Now family row is private affair,
And guests, am certain, should noycr
be there;
have freely maintained That man
and his wife
Cannot always agree on their Journey
through life,
But they ought not TO bicker and wranglc
and shout
And show off their rage when their friends
arc about,
IL takes all the JOY from a party, vow,
When some couple starts mp family
row.
It's difficult job to sn,y cool and polite
hhen your most ana your HosltHS aft
staging a fight;
It's hard to talk sweet TO a dance with
frown
Or smile at a man that you want 70
knock down;
You sit like q dummy and look far away,
But YOU just cant help hearing the harsh
things they say.
1t ruins the dinner, I IN telling Won now,
When your host and your hostess get
mixed in a row.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
1t is unfortunate that the readjustmen

1t is unfortunate that the readiustment
Of prices must be felt so markedly by the
farmer first, but he will find that the lower
ing OF prices viii soon be followed by de-
cline in the high cost Of living as applied
to all lines. Consequently, with this de-
cline in the price Of farm produce We can
see the beginning of the end Of the extor-
tions, for the prohteers must shortly be
reached and shaken out" ar have been
the pirates who prospered IN sugar ma
nipulation. The readiustment period isnot
far distant, and the farmer will find that he
viii have much company in his regret at
the decline in the selling value Ct his goods,
These men may, however, have the
consolation that even though they may
obtain less ready cash for their goods. the
purchasing power of the dollar viii so
increase as to largely compensate them
for the decline in prices.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

OILS more coffee b~Ine drink no~ than
before prohibition went into effecf7C. Y. q
a. The Department ~ Conrnsroe ssys
that more coffee was drunk during tho
fiscal year ending June 30 lgs0. than n
any previous year on record. The per
capita consumption was i2g pounns.
while that of the year before was 800
pounds.
O. claimed exemption frrm sb~ draft
during the war because / VA an al~r
Can take out citizenship papers now
A. J. r.
A. The War Department snvs tazs n
on account of besng an alien- you ci,Ir,ea
exemption from the draft for the United
States Army during the World War
you cannot Obtain citizenship paper
IN the United States
Q. would like 20 Know bow r,nny rnss>s
an hour q homing pigeon wlil AVERAGE m
flying l70 miles? ". G.
A. Homing pigeons have h~-n now
to fly 80 yards per second. but th. Avcr-
agc velocity Is less than half that amount
The course OF a homIng pigeoa Is usrlnAv
direct. and would probably average about
30 miles an hour, taxing about SIN hour
flying time TO make the 10 rtles.
@. Who wrote Sweet Alice Ben Boft7
A. W. VI.
A. Thomas Dunn English. an Amer
ican physician and man of letters, pup
lished this poem in Willis New Tork
Mirror IN lS43 As set % MUSIC BY Nelson
Kneass it became widely known ia Eng
land and America.
Q. What verse N the Bible contains
all the letters in the alphabet 9. L. r.
A. Ezra Z: II contains al the letter.
of the English alphabet except .'i'
which was formerly written AZ "i.
Q. What was the drst real news sent by
telegram? NJ. v.
4. The first news ever carried by teis-
graph Was the nomination 0f P0ik. The
line extended oD'y from Washington q
Baltimore.
O. What are the dimensions 81 tho
Liberty Bel? J 3. ..
A. The me lrements of the Liberty
Bell in Indepen 'nce Hail are. Length
around the lip = 4, length around the
crown feet, 8 inches; from lip % clnwn
around the in curve 3 feet over tina erwin
2 feet, 3 inches; length Of the cianpar
3 feet, , inches; weight ,, 90 pound
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
For a Clean Election.

Official announcement is made that the
Republican party of Delaware will be
glad 10 cooperate with any body of
citizens looking towards clean elections. .
This is most gratifying Ifthe cooperation
shall be accomplished in good falkland
there is no reason why it should not
the coming election in our State will be
free from the curse of corruption and the
debauchery Of voters with money.
1t will be a real blessing 20 have one
election in Delaware that stands for a
free and untainted expression Of real
public opinion We are sure the Demo
cratic party organization will do its part,
and the sincere cooperation Of the Re-
publican party organization should suf-
fee 70 bring about the desired result.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11

With its current issue the Milford
Chronicle completed the forty-third year
u lis existence During this period the
Chronicle has advanced 10 the front rank
Of rural weekly papers in this country, as
good as the best, and IN addition has built
up one Of the largest end most complete
printing plants TO be found in country
towns. As . paper it is first-class in every
resPect-except as to its politics-and de-
serves commendation for its marked SIC
cess
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11

The recent census enumeratIng Mary
lands farms emphasizes that more than a
thousand in that State are abandoned or
have been put 10 other uses. There are
AZ ,90S farms in the State, which is four
times as many as in Delaware, although the
former State is FIVE times larger than ours.
Frederick county leads the list, with
3,s17, which, however, is an increase of
only thirteen. The loss is divided up
among the counties pretty evenly.
Cecil county, however, has gained %;
Caroline has lest 55; Dorchester, %;
Hartford. IL; Kent more than 700; Prince
Georges, 1869; Queen Anne's, u; Wicom-
leo. 164; Worcester, 10, and Talbot, 90.
The number Of firms in this country is
6, 6,459, 99S, compared with 6.36l ,502 in
1910, and 5,737 .372 in 1900. Tn. gain is
very small.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
THE NATIONAL BOB
BY Minna Irving.

Adelia. Aurelia. Cornelia,
Letitia, Patricia and Belle,
And Nina, and Lima. BettiDa.
And Jessie, and Tessie and Nell
And Cora. and Dora and Nora,
And Flora. and Laura, and Jean,
And Julia, and Zulia. Giuiia
And Judith, Janet and Justine,
Arabella Estella and Ella.
Eugenia, Serena, Elaine
Clarissa, Melissa and Dolly,
An Polly, and Molly. and Jane,
And Matte. and Hattie, and Patty,
And Myra, and Thyra-, all fair
And youthful and charming and chummy
But All of them sporting bobbed hair.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
Miss Schragrin to Wed.

Miss Regina Schragrin, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Schragrin, will
be married tomorrow in the du Barry
room of the Hotel du Pont to Sidney
Bartram Grant, of West Chester, Pa. The
officiating clergymen will be Rev. DIR.
Joseph Krauskopf, of Philadelphia and
Rev. DIR. s. A. Rabinowitz, of the Temple
Of Truth, this city.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11

Herbert Parsons of New York City.
long prominent in the national councils
Of the Republican party, publicly an
nounoes he will support Governor Cox He
says he Is no longera Republican, as he
cannot stand with Harding in opposition
20 the League Of Nations. Now TO hear
the real sentiments ol Taft. Rott and
Nickersham, all warm supporters Of ftc
league al one tune.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Bayard Legion.
Ph9 nix Fire Co.
Mt. Calvary Club.
Board of Education.
Democratic League.
Washington Fire Co,
Sumner Post, G.. ~ r.
Apollo Castle, T c. K.
Painters and Decorators.
Eureka Lodge, A. f. A. d NJ.
North End Athletic Club.
Delaware Lodge, s. OF H.
Delmarvia Union, b. l.. p.
Antietam Temple, o. T.. A.
Washington Lodge, X Of p
Appomattox Camp, s. OF H.
Fidelity Lodge, A. o. L. ".
Brownson Library Association.
Harmony Council u F. OF A.
Brandywine Lodge. |. o. o. r.
Minqua Tribe, Impd o. r. NJ.
Beta Tent, No. ?, X. @. I. NJ.
Blue Rock Council, |. .. r. C.
Bricklayers' International Union.
st. Benedict 5 Beneficial Society.
Wilmin gton Council, 0. L. A. NJ
Lady Miller Lodge, No. 8. 5. of B.
Diamond Council, Jr. 0. Z. A. NJ.
Christine Encampment, l. 0. 0. f.
Delaware Conclave, II. or s. W. NJ.
Wilmington Aerie, No. "a, f. O. E.
d elaware Council, No. l, A. 0. S. Z.
Ushers' Union, Union NJ. +. Church
Eleventh Ward Democratic League.
B. NJ. & T. |. (Bficklayers' upion1.
VIM. Mckinley Circle, No 3, II. of S.
Hopockohacking Tribe, Imp'd o. X. NJ.
Benevolent Pioneer Literary Association
vii. & Brandywine Council o. U. A. \
Wilmington Nest, No. 1895, Order of Owl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-11
EVENING SMILE.
TALKED LIKE A TAILOR.

The members Of the choir were praotie-
ing the wellknown anthem. Gas the
Hart Pants After the Water Brooks.
The rendering Of the open stages was
apparently not quite 90 the satisfaction
of the gentleman who welded the baton.
lie considered ID necessary, therefore,
10 tender some advice TO the tenors, and
caused great CONSERVATION and not =
little embarrassment among his little
floel, by the following announcement:
Gentlemen, your expression is simply
xplendid. but the time is very poor real
", your pants are far too long. London
Ideas.
~ got letter from my husband from
Paris How ID he getting on with the
French people?" lie says they are very
nice and polite, but they don t seem to un-
derstand their own language. "- Balti-
more American.
Myrt-"T told Cholly that his brain
was dusty" Gert~--"C.ee, whaddee do,
kid2" Myrt He shook his head. -
Indianapolis Star.
Proprietor Gust denobIized) )-'fYus,
I've been through it-ofFicers cook two
yenrs wounded twice Tommy tasting
the soup)--" You're lucky, mate. It's a
wonder they didn't kin yer. London
Opinion.
"Who was Il that said: Lord, / thank
Thee that am not as other men, Z! asked
Mrs. Gabb Some lucky bachelor. /
guess. replied Mr. Cincinnati
Enquirer
Ladies like most anything 20 eat
that has mayonnaise on 10. FThay
right assented the druggist. It's a pis-
we can't smear it over ice cream. "--LouI
vile Courier-Jou raa.