The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-01

conquer conversational when three
fourths OF our own world is doing prac
tically nothing else? Why neglect our
unexcened conversationalists who have
nothing else to do
Perhaps the people of Mars were busy
at that time destroying autocracy and
making Mars safe for democracy or
clubbing over league OF nations. 1t
may have tccn that they were too busy
seeking a substitute for 32-cent sugar
or settling a railroad strike or finding
house to live in to heed the signal
from this old world
In the prison at Sing Sing, New York
the inmates are manufacturing very
good shoe that sells for $4.5O with rea-
sonabe profit to the state,
Private manufacturers are exporting
shoes that sell In Europe for 81 20 and
$500, The same shoes would not sell
in this country for the reason that the
price Is too cheap. The wise merchant
marks his goods up and tells the pros
pective customer that the next lot is
going to be higher. one OF the essen
tials Of good business is TO satisfy pub
lie demand
Maj.-Gen George Q. Squler, Of the
signal corps has announced the discov-
cry OF the principle Of wired wire
less" 1t may mean the Abandonment
OF the Atlantic cable. Tho cable is an
expensive proposition. 1t consists of a
number OF insulated wires encascd in
an armor plate tube. l. leak oc-
ours on account Of contact with rocks
or corrosion the entire cable is out Of
commission. 1t costs about S20.0 a
mile TO lay the cable, The new prin-
ciple consists OF a copper wire. un-
protected. laid on the bottom OF the
ocean, and when details at the terminals
are perfected a conversation may be
carried on with less inconvenience than
the Memphis subscriber encounters
with his quota Of wrong numbers and
line busy signals that constitute a part
Of every telephone conversation.
The allies want the United States to
take Armenia, the worlds poorhouse,"
as a mandate.
Armenia has not been heard from,
but 1t is not likely that she would OBJ
iect to any arrangement that included
an obligation to feed her.
II was somewhat surprising TO note
the objections set forth against the
proposal by Senator Hitchcock, He
said the boundaries of Armenia had
not been determined. and when they
were large part Of Turkey perhaps
that they must be protected by the
United States against external ag-
gresslon."
He says he does not favor the United
states assuming any such obligation
as it would mean an army Of occupa-
ton and in the end would be an ex-
pensive undertaking and a thankess
task
Under the provisions of the league Of
nations which Senator Hitchcock sup
ported. including Article 10 unamend-
ed. the United States would be obligat-
Gu " du AhS very lhhlb thab liS wv
Jects TO doing
The Republican campaign for prcsi-
low scale of conduct. 1t would he
more becoming, even II not so accurate,
for the managers of other campaigns
to charge Gen, Wood with trying to buy
votes rather than charging him with
actually buying them. He seems to he
ing the other contestants. II is no
compliment to the Republican masses
for their own party associates to
charge that they can he bought. a
speaker in Indiana said: III Gen. Wood
and his campaign managers had gone to
France they would have bought the
German army" The Germans will not
take It as a compliment to say that
they could be bought like Republican
votes.
The Commercial Appeal is disposed
to he critical because there ere mos
generals. colonies, majors, captains and
such like in command of the national
guard nine playing ball with the Sa-
vannah team this week than there were
officers on both sides at the ba,Ce Of
shiloh. Evidently the Commercial APP
peal missed the inspiration contained in
the dispatch from The News Scimtars
who described the rip
from Shiloh to Savannah on the barge