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The Washington times., 1920-02-29
Passenger Co-operates Wi
Traction Company.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES;
Believing that credit should be
given where credit belongs. ! take
this means Of thanking the young
man who so ably assisted the motor
man In getting the suffering public.
who have to depend on the street cars
OF this fair city for transportation. to
their destination.
Recently a car left Union Depot
about s:o5 a. m. and proceeded a few
squares, when the conductor was
taken suddenly III and had to leave
the car.
The motorman brought the car
down to Peace Monument and tied up
the line with about hfteen cars back
OF Il. A consultation was held be-
tween the motorman and the inspec-
tor, and II was decided not to make
the passengers walt any longer. The
young man in question quickly offered
his service. which was accepted by tho
genial motorman, and the car orept up
the Avenue at Its usual rate of speed,
four miles per hour.
DAILY PASSENGER.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

no thinking class and no intellectual progress But
science worked to free the slaves first taking from men the
right to kill them without trial then the right to torture
them then the right to own slaves at all And
chinery makes leisure possible and slavery unnecessary
serfdom, tying men to the SOIL keeping them working
for the owner Of the land followed slavery conscience also
ended that
wonderful result Of conscience shown when, re-
siding in the brain of man. declared that crime
to leave children ignorant.
The end Of slavery freed human bodies. Ignorance
which slavery Of the mind is than physical
slavery. An ignorant today is more Of slave, more
to be ptied than Epctetus actual physical slave
freed from his slavery by knowledge
The public school is result Of human conscience de-
claring the right of children to knowledge
Public libraries are monuments to the general
conscience.
The gigantic gifts of rich to their less cunning
less able fellows many tributes to conscience saying
to them 'You know You have right to keep it, give
it to those whose work and cooperation gave it to you
Mighty have been the works Of conscience in the past
And the work only begun The conscience Of society calls
it crime to allow children to grow up ignorant Even
though they cannot pay for knowledge they must have It,
The conscience will eventually realize that it is
crime to allow children to grow up hungry their bodies
as well their minds will be fed though they be
able to pay for tho food
Conscience will make us realize one day that it is
crime to let the old die slowly in despair worse crime to
keep poor downcas without opportunity or hope
all his life because mentally physically, he is inferior
to his happier brother
As he originally looked upon his inferior and
said to himself Because stronger and cunning
shall kill him and eat him"
In years to come the descendant Of that man,
and wiser it is my duty to give him protection and happ
ness"
That will be the beginning of real civilization and
conscience will be its cornerstone.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
Our Population Will Soon Be
Above Half million Mark
BY BILL PRICE.

Before another ten years have gone by Washingt(
will have crossed well the half mon mark in popu
ton The official figures Of the Census Bureau, 437 a
somewhat Disappointing and there will long remain an
preston that the actual number is considerably above h
The congestion of Washngtons present population the
that many people comparative strangers, and
methods used by the enumerators IN obtaining the
data factors in the strong belief that total NUM-
Of people is well above the census figure.
If have increased 900 m the last ten yeH
will make greater increase in another ten years
true that the brought many thousands OF people,
work for the Government and that there may not be
went that will swell the population much at one TIN
But the also interfered with peace-tme plans for
veopment that would have added immensely to our p
ation Some Of these plans will be revived when Cong
and individuals feel that normal conditions have retun
Not very many people counted in this will lea
Washington. There may be small decrease in the num
of Government employees the pay rolls by July i,
from then the increase will be steady Government act
tiles always enlarge the nations population swells,
in the next ten years Washingtons greatest gain will
from fields other than the Government.
There is bound to development Of light ma
featuring within the District and of heavy manufacture
near by. We offer too many good opportunities for ma
facturers to neglect them.
This city is becoming the national headquarters
nearly all the great industrial labor and farmer organ
TONS of financial corporations, and professional
tons. Wellto-do retiring from successful abor
professions and business daily fockng here with tn
families building or buying homes Washington is
worlds CENTER automatically, politically, artsticaly,
cialy, and otherwise
Here is located the motive power for activities t
ramify in thousands of directions As the central eng
house of the world this city attracts thousands of peo
who want to be close to the huge machinery that they
watch it go round and be in the early thrills;
so than those who have private incomes sufficient to per
them to enjoy all the beauties and blessings freely
their command.
When we win the worlds baseball championship
year our conquests will have been almost complete Ha
left Cincinnati far behind in population, there is
why we should not take away from her people the
championship and leave that small town with moth
the muddy Ohio river flowing by its doors
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
Pictures Of Kaiser and Grown
Prince Shown In Movies.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Recently had occasion to attend a
movie play. During the showing on
screen of foreign pictures such as
reviewing OF Polish army. etc, etc.
the picture of the Crown Prince OF
Germany and also the Kaiser was
shown on the screen.
I had a seat In center OF FIRST bal
cony and had a very good view of
most of the theatcr. I certainly was
astonished and shocked, and would
not have believed such thing could
happen In an American theater, as
the applause given the picture of the
Crown Prince and the Kaiser when
thrown on the screen. The pictures
OF our allies and also our Americans
did not receive any applause to speak
OF.
As an American woman. I protest,
and believe that any pictures OF the
Crown Prince OF the Kaiser. guilty
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
Charges Of Incompetent Sub
Bosses In War Risk Bureau.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
l am one of the fortunate ones so
far in the War Risk Bureau, but am
expecting to be one of the victims to
be flred any day, as I do not click"
the supervisors. and unless you do,
you are soon decapitated.
III Senator Smoot knew just how
he Is being deceived, he would put
Into operation his plan OF division,
and put the different parts under SUI
pervision, In which the rules of the
civil service are respected.
know in one case, the father.
mother. and two daughters arc re-
tained on the lists, while 1 can count
six couples, men and their wives, who
are working side by side, and at times
are supervising work, and like many
OF the supervisors, doing nothing but
having a good time, while the worthy
ones are doing the work.
A FAITHFUL WORKER.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
Letters From the Public to the Editor

TO the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Here are some lines worthy Of pre-
servation--I found them in torn
,crap of paper In camp. in 1895, in
sherman's army. just after the assas-
Jination of President lincoln have
,arried them in my memory for over
fifty years. / do not know who wrote
hem, but they are beautiful.
For the stars in our banner, grown
suddenly dim.
Let us weep our sorrow. but weep
not for him.
Not for him who has gone, full of
honors and years,
Not for him whose departure leaves
millions In tears,
Not for him who assembled flames lad
der so high,
From the round at the top he but
stepped to the sky.
II were blessed to go when so ready
to die.
I hope you will publish this little
scrap in The Times on Lincoln's
Birthday. and SO oblise.
w. NJ. N.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
II Is called conscience,

there is little police court Judge for little But
power of conscience from the beginning Of human life
on this earth and from the beginning of the life Of each
individual has been more than mere criticism.
Conscience is a creator.
Conscience is q lawmaker and transformer.
The lion gorilla today kills just he did million
years ago and never knows remorse
Man. the other hand is q creature absolutely trans
formed within few hundred centuries The transforma
ton gradual that do not it. but 1t is the
less complete
There was time when all human beings except those
too weak and cowardly to kill were cannibals Every
dominating today probably every surviving race,
Scientists tell you that not cannibalsc could not
thrive survive because in winter and in times of famine
their children had no meat and died of.
In regulation semi human family at solemn feast
ancient days you would have the father eating the
heart brain of his enemy-he believed that gave him
thinking and courage His wifes part the next
most desirable the children had what left Even in that
family circle there the beginning Of conscience since the
beginning Of human life was there.
certain circumstances it still survives The power Of
science has killed among what seemed the most
natural thing in the word-to kill your enemy and
him. as he, if he could, would kill and eat you.
Ten average men of today adrft raft would all die
Of hunger and thirst after another They might be drift
but conscience would be with them and not to continue
living would kill another to eat the flesh and drink the
blood, all of our ancestors once used to do
The majority of all human beings were once slaves
Slavery with the right to work the slave to death and kill
him at will not questioned anywhere in the world just
as cannibalsm at earlier stage not questioned
As great Aristotle perhaps earth's greatest
Intellectual genius could say that slavery absolutely
necessary tocivzaton And he right in his day With
out slaves to do the work there would have been leisure
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
Give Ex-Service Men q Fair
.... Deal.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES;
The ex-service men who arc en-
ployes of the Government In the
Census Bureau wish to call your at
tention to an article published in
one OF washlngton's papers: Hon.
Sam L. Rogers, director OF the Cen
sus, states that the bureau needs
1000 extra clerks I'm order to carry
on the census work. He also adds
that he In in favor OF a raise in pay
in the bureau are now receiving
We DO not feel that We are re-
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
Would Put Parenthesis In Cray's
"EleRy."

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In the nineteenth verse OF Gray's
'Eiegy" as printed recently In Tho
Times, Il seems to me the punctua-
ton is wrong, although II Is common
ly punctuated this way:
Far from the madding crowds ig-
noble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn'd
to stray;
Along the cool sequester'd val,
Of life
They kept the noiseless tenor
Of their way.
This says that their sober wishes
never learned to stray far from the
madding crowds ignobie strife. They
must then have remained right noar
the madding crowd. But we are i'm
mediately told that they kept the
noiseless tenor OF their way along
the cool seauestered vale OF life,
which certainly r. far away from tho
madding crowd. There seems to BE- a
contradiction here, The meaning APP
psrently is;
Far from the madding crowds ig-
noble strife,
Along the cool seuuestered
vale of life,
They kept the noiseless tenor Of
their way.
For their sober wishes never
learned to stray.
That is, they never strayed from
the cool seauestered vale which was
far from the madding crowd.
II the line "Their sober wishes nov
or learned TO stray" IL put In paren-
thesis, the same as the third line OF
the last verse OF the poem, the mean
ing would be clear enough.
y. l. MILLER.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

From heart to heart talks with
er-service lads. i believe they
would consider they were getting
a square deal AZ each msn with
service OF six months or over were
given $50 cash bonus, for cloth
Ing and present needs, and VI per
day IN bonds which would be me-
rotiabie for the purchase OF land,
building a home or entering bust
ness. #. A. McC.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

Of the crimes they are. should not be
shown In any American theater, and
any person, whether American or
German, who would applaud the
Crown Prince or the Kaiser over and
above an American, should be ex-
cluded from the theater.
NJ. SCOTT.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
rHn aALLERY or PHsTs.

Let me add to that Gallery OF
Pests mentioned In your column
the selfish pest who smokes IN
restaurants where the majority OF
patrons are women. and the SHY
pest who whistles In street cars
J. FRANCIS.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

We stride apace. In fact, our
stride 10 pre-apace. Trying TO
converse with harmless denisens
of the stars in the distant nrma-
ment when we should be cuss-
versing with Immediately adjacent
profiteers. speed mAniacs and
mashers infesting this mundane
sphere.
, Scientists say they will shortly
make old men young. Lots OF
women are now painting them
selves in vain endeavors to look
II. MENASCO.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
To the EDITOR of THE TIMEsi

To the Editor OF THE TIMES
was n farmer before becoming a
soldier, but I didn't go back to tho
farm. A bare living as a Government
clerk with a seven-hour day is bet
ter than working fourteen hours a
day and losing money. The rural
New Yorker figures that the actual
producer of Americas foodstuffs gets
only as cents of the consumers Dell
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

Making The Terms Hard.
Wanted-A white man be-
tween the ages OF 20 and 30
to be the victim of q Leap
Year Girl. Man must be
neat. good-looking and have
money. Girl is willing to
cook one meal a day for both
and will sew her own but
tons on and press her own
clothes. Husband must do
the same. Please apply
through Heard and Seen"
Don't all speak at once.
d. G.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
RAYMOND M. PEAK.

Now that so many favorite sons
are aspiring TO the Presidency ]
wonder how many II. and s. read
ers can give the requirements for
a Presidept1
J. II. ARMSTRONG.
$50 X street N. w.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
IN THE HUMAN MENACERIE

I rushed down in the elevator at
the Capitol and collided with man
with whiskers at the bottom. Some
Of the fellows said he must have been
standing on his head.
GEORGE P. TORBETT.
Either that or he had Uhiskers on
his feet
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

ceiving a square deal in view of the
fact that civilian employees of the
Government male and female, are
drawing a much larger salary than
we. An ex-service man receives $500
and the man who never saw service
and never knew what II was. receives
from $1,000 and up.
Ex-sERvIcE MEN.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
HOW DO THEY DO TT,

] wonder If anybody ever thinks
how the enlisted mans family gets
along on his small pay? He has all
expenses to meet just as other hu-
man beings do. And nearly always
the allotment checks are behind
time. A SAILORS WIFE.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
PETER l. HI

PETER L. HANSON. of the
Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing. flnds an add I'm the
telephone directory of a wash
ington firm Of funeral directors
which has ''home-like funeral
parlors."
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

Men say II Is foolish for
girls to 20 out painted up. but
will they suggest something
more ridiculous than . man
breezing by with his mustache
waxed to reach both ears ana
leaving a whirlwind Of per-
fume behind himf
FRITZ NICHOLSON.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
Asi NORMAL YOUNG MAN.
HOLDING HANDS HARMLESS.

After going to q movie, sitting
next to a person who bit her finger
nails all through the performance
stopping just long enough 70 pass :
tin pan taking mp . colecu9n' , ~
for holding hands. y. L. D.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

I After riding down Seventh
street / submit this: Sign on
shoemaker shop: Rubber heels,
2bc: half soles, 75c, ACCEPT
on Saturday" Further down,
at Seventh and E, lato"' NJ;
"Ysure n thousand ON
NOWHERE" (whc one
littl4 mile from hor
d. J. HORN y rEIN.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

/ lar as his share-nothing in IL for me.
Let the man who tells of the
''profiteering farmer" seek the plow
and the disc. Elk. RUSTIC.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

II part Of the female population
would discontinue the use OF ciotn-
ing which exposes them 30 freeiy
there would be fewer unconventional
meetings.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29
card AN D S ZEE \

Why do not officials Of the Police
Court pay more respect to the Ameri-
can nag by having . new one replace
the old ono Tying over the building!
SOLDIER.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

How often does the 18th of al
month fall on Fridays?
ID. IT, r.
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

Who remembers the hill horse
which drew the cars up Fourteenth
street between New York avenue and
GO
The Washington times., 1920-02-29

G. ]. MENASCO.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-28
BY w. A. APPLETON.
lin the London DemOcrat::)

Amongst my visitors during: the
week have been a very capable Of
flcial of the Finnish trade unions, a
Roumanian fully conversant with
Jewish affairs in different. parts of
the world, some Russians who were
concerned with the overthrow Of the
cars government and an American
VINO has mixed shrewdly with. the
political affairs of his own country.
Two of these visitors have. fought
and endured many things on behalf
OF democracy. Amongst the penal
Ties suffered can be counted impris-
onment and outlawry. Their stories
have been as diverse as they have
been interesting, but their main
conclusions have all agreed. These
apostles Of democracy unite in COM
planning Of the undemocratic char
acter Of modern governments, par
ticularly. Of those which have been
created or changed by the events of
the last five years, and which claim
to be the last thing in social liberty.
The Finn declares that under the
way, he helped to upset-he had sue
cessfu11y developed a bona fide trade
union movement in what was then a
part of the Russian empire. The re-
public has followed on the reyolu-.
tion. Theories of liberty abound,
and eloquent speeches are constantly
made, but the common people are
ordered to go, and they 80; to come
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-28

land a position taken from her by
chtcanery and force when Stanislaus
was her king. She is entitled to her
nationality. Her geographical po-
sition, her language, her literature.
and the admirable qualities of her
people, backed by her history, give
her an unassailablec lain. Here,
again, the story is that the new
regime is little more liberal than the
old:~ that the Jews, who, throughout
the country constitute Is per cent
Of the population, and in some of the
towns Is per cent Of the population,
are still ostracised and treated with
a sevirity which nothing can justify.
The American complaint was that
In spite Of q beautiful Constitution
and gloriously expressed ideals, the
American nation was in the grip Of
the materialists, and that there ma
terialists were not confined to- one
party; that in none Of the groups,
whether they claimed to represent
capital, labor or the political divi-
sions, was, there that spirit Of rea-
.soned tolerance which is the sign Of
true democracy. iWhoever. had power
exercised power to the full: whoever
lacked power threatened the direct
consequences whenever power came
his way.
It was easy to sympathize with all
the difficulties my visitors had en-
countered; It was easy to tell them
that they were not alone IN their u1i-
happy circun,s nces; that ssYen =
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Peoples Rights Have Been Shameuy DsregaIded- Of
Railroad Employees Ire Tied Wall Street Gets Big Endot
DeaE-Ekht Billion Dollars Of Water Stock Is Legaked,

Congress has passed the
opposed by labor addng the
enormous obligations Wall street it's conspiracy
took orders and obyed the mandate Of the big nances
mere office boys.
Labor is appealing to President Wilson sign the
bill until it's opportunity file brief
against it. Mr. Wilson will be asked the measure which
held be only nmica to railroad employees but the
public. ::
There has mystery surrounding the consideration
OF the measure since introduced The
committee of both houses
than months and finally agred compromise
measure satisfactory to- the large financial interests
= Not Thought For the People.
During the two months Of secret negotiations of
conrees trustworthy not moments thought given
rights interests body the people,
discussion cenered of subsidies given
the Of protection be accorded security and
kindred topics
far as the people they might easily have been
The legislation which congress approved has been
written solely from the standpoint Of the greedy
manas Of Wall Street nancrs who anticipated cleanup
stock speculation that the bill obtains the
signature of President Wilson,
The provision which labor
somewhat but the compulsory arbitration clause scarcely
acceptable than the buy frank and harsh paragraph by
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-28

Britain, with traditions and demo-
cratic training extending over a cen
tury, there was still some misun-
derstanding of g, democratic proceed
ures and practices; that everywhere,
instead of government by the people
effort was being made to institute
government by -autocratic delega-
tiors or even to set UP government
by self-appointed oligarchies. .-
To suggest q remedy for these un-
desirable developments was q much
harder task because they were due
to . ore than one cause. Le"k Of ed
ucation or improper educ cation, to-
gether with social apathies, ,.xagger-
ated conceptions Of individual rights
as apart from public duties, insen-
safe disregard of she lessons Of his
tory, pitiful fluttering after the no
torious, unrestrained '*n:ouragement
Of personal ambitions, weakness; and
ineptitude on the part Of govern
ments were all accepted as contribut-
ing to: that expression of mans in-
humanity to man which is now. dis
gracing 80. many countries. - s.;.z
Enamoured. Of phrases, said. my
RoumanianS friend, the masses. will
continue to be deceived until suffer-
ing has purified them. Then they
willsagain give adhesion only to that
which IL true and practicable To.
day. natural scupidities are famed BY
wild talk concerning the slorfes of
communistic existences and class
wars. Their ears are full OF specious
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union LAb0R'S ACTION SnRS
POLITICIANS IN ALL PARTIES
Liberals Pleased With Non<% - Declaration -Reaetonahes
Are Disappointed lndependen' ~ s:'lp Given Sharp An
swef by Gompers When They C0NDt@ @ss~ ?0LGy

Now that the American Federation Of Labor has reiterated it's
political policy the workers beginning the difference be-
independent labor party and nonparsan action
The action Of the A. F. of L. has profoundly stirred the poll
ticans all pae since has been decided that labor will
tcpate the campaign Of 1920 The liberal welcomed the
while the reaconaries the
Senator Sherman of Illinois, who for generation has been the
trusy lieutenant Of Big Business sneerngy suggested that if
labor had the nerve would organize separate party
interfere affairs of the existing
izations
Labor not lacking Fneve but, fortunately neither it
lacking in intelligence
Labor Is to It's Job.
that of the Sherman stripe would like
the indulge the folly Of attempting organize third
party which could not hope WELD determined influence the
approaching elections
Special privilege time organizing political parties
and direct the political organizations
the field. 49,.
will take leaf from the book of special privilege: It
the party collar will be Republican IN those
states the Republicans worthy of Abraham Lincoln It.
those states where Democrats believe in and
pf>ctice the doctrines Of Thomas Jefferson. =
It will participate primaries Of either both parties If
nominating worthy will support them eec
Should fail in the primaries it will exercise it's God
right to vote fit election day.