The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-09-25

sugar. automobiles. cotton gooas'
hssf, AND LABOR.
sAs drop u not due TO any mans
desire to make living cheaper. NO
one man, NO dosen. can influence
prices on . big scale.
Prices are dropping because tns
supply exceeds the BUYING csp~c-
ity.
The brick manufacturer. that
ought to be In jail, offer TO cut
their prices to SIT from $S5 II they
can escape prosecution for con-
spirscy TO rob the public.
There should be no compromise
with these highwsymen. for they
and other thieves associated WIN
them In building material pront-
sering are responsible for the
fact that there has been no ouiid-
ing and responsible for the conse-
quent lack of housing.
Whatever intelligence there may
be in Government-it does not
make itself extensively conspicu-
ous-should deal with the impor-
tant problem expressed as follows
How can employ ment be sup.
Md for those willing to work ~
e demand from private enter
yFhs grows lessi The dullest
mind must have learned from this
var that Government cannet per-
mit Wholesale lack Of employment
aad tho unrest born Of It.
A DAVIS work is worth days
pay, in good times and in bad
times, and there should be no more
bread lines and no soup kitchens.
The nation needs work always;
it is ALWAYS behind in roads.
canals, irrigation, and drainage.
The Government is always ready
to take men into the fighting army
and navy, treating and paying
them well to do noproductive work.
It should organize an industrial
army, welcome men there. at fair
wages, when work is not to be had
elsewhere.
Not all admit that every man is
entitled to q living. But 1t is wise
to see to it that he gets it, if he
is willing to work for 1t, regard
less Of his exact RIGHT. 1t is
easier and more comfortable for
Government to handle great groups
of workers than to handle great
m0bs.
Make your mans now to find
work for thA unemployed,
Ensiishmen ars borrowing at
7h per cent to pay income tax, .
new and unpleasant sensation for
them. The coal strike, hanging
like q black cloud over British au-
thority and the English stock ex-
change, may begin at any moment.
In this country q man who wants
money to build factory and hire
men must pay higher interest than
his friends who want money to
gamble in stocks. Is that con
structive, patriotic finance!"
Newest Wall Street bomb theory
brings in a "junk dealer hired to
deliver two hundred pounds of
dynamite in his junk wagon, con-
tanning q lot of scrap iron. Colii-
sion with automobile caused dyna-
mite to explode, and the scrap iron
did the damage"
IL any one of the great powder
companies were found responsible,
it would have to stand suit for at
least twenty millions; therefore
no information will be volunteered
involving such q responsibility.
Detectives have made no head
way, and for q solution the public
viii have to wait--it may be for
wears and it may be forever. One
interesting fact develops. 1t is the
business Of nobody in particular
to protect crowds from reckless
handling Of explosives.
The italian General Alfonso
Fusco, aged sixty-three. has enter
ed the priesthood to end his life in
Kindness and good works. In San
Francisco a man aged ninety, hav-
inR passed counterfeit money, says
he did it hoping he would be put
in jail, where he would be treated
kindly.
Charles the Fifth, greatest ruler
of Europe, except Charlemagne
and Napoleon, retired to a mon
astery in his old age, tired OF
power. :,
To age and time all men look
alike. General or beggar or king,
the world tires them, and they
long for the graves peace, even
before it comes.
Felix M. Warburg seeks to keep
Jewish immigration here within
reasonable limits" What are rea-
sohable limits?
The business and industry Of
this country would be greatly bene-
fited by the arrival Of i've million
more Jews. First. they work for