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New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
A Sensation Has Been Caused ~
Irish Society by Lady Car
bery's Divorce

loyal New Workers that the metropo-
lis of the New World has captured
the position of the British capital
as the worlds first city, both as to
population and commercial and
financial importance. Be that as it
may, the theory is now advanced by
Hilaire Belloc, the noted English
writer and leading authority on
strategy, that London is losing its
significance for reasons which are
intrinsic and have nothing to do with
American competition. "Thc Lon
don Daily News" reports on Decem-
ber 13:
"Mr. Hilairc Bclloc prophcsied the
future decline of London in a lecture
to the Royal Society of Arts last night.
w hen the topogra aphical reasons for q
site disappcars.' he said, the value of
the site dcclines.'
"The forces at work to cause the de-
cline Of London Mr.. Belloc summed up
as follows:
London is no longer at the head Of
sea borne traffic. Tilbury is.
"Tunnels are destroying the char
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occasion of her first visit to East Africa
she travelled without any of the neces-
sary comforts, although she was in a
delicate condition. Black boys were her
only attendants They lived in tent at
an altitude OF 5000 feet. and she suf-
fered intensely. from cold at night, as
her only covering was two blankets.
sergeant Sullivan He made you
hunt and shoot and tackle wild animals
by yourself?' Yes. and when | showed
any signs OF weakness or inability to
hunt and shoot like himself he used bad
language toward me and abused me-
Lord Carbcry first struck her in hcr
fathers house in June. 1914. During
the trip in East Africa in 1918 he hit
her with a sjambok two or three times,
and left marks on her body. He was
not under the influence Of drink; it was
just violent temper
"Mr. Justice Samuels granted the peti-
ton. but as it is impossible to carry
out a divorce in ireland Lady Carbery
will have to present a bill to Parliament
for Che severance of the marriage.
Lord Carbery, who is the tenth
baron, has had an adventurous career
He took to flying before the war. and
was in the London-Paris race in July.
1914, when he fell into the Channel and
was picked up by tramp steamer He
joined the navy and was hurt while
alightng during the siege of Ant
wcrp"
Is London on the decline? During
and as a consequence Of the war
the claim has been put forward by
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
The Lean Years

II had my education at Ashbourne
Road Board School, and at this time it
a-as frequent occurrence for me to go
d school short Of food. 1t was not my
oster mothers fault. Times were terri
Dly hard, and only the charity Of some
ocal people who subscribed fund for
lroviding means for necessitous school
.hildren preserved large numbers of US
rom the direst want. l recollect many
market day spent in holding horses
heads to obtain a few coppers with
7hich to help out our meager living. 1t
vas then that l resolved that l would do
Ill in my power, on attaining manhood,
0 remedy these conditions.
"When I was eleven years old went
0 work as errand boy for q milliner, at
4 remuneration of 3s cd. a week. My
next position was as a grocer's assist
mt, where I became baking powder
md lemon-cheese expert. At the age of
sixteen I entered the service Of the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
''May Be Remedy

II am profoundly impressed by
Professor Fishers scheme, and II
applicable to New Zealand its i'm
portance cannot be exaggerated.
Therefore, l suggest. and earnestly
recommend, that you appoint
royal commission to study this vital
question from the point Of view u
New Zealand's interest. and to re-
port to you from time to time Inv
result of its inquiries.
again urge this matter upon 'he
serious attention of the govern
ment. The remedy for the
tide of rising prices as urged .!
Professor Fisher and Sir j. u. fllu-
lay seems to be the only sclentll's
remedy that has been propoundeu'
The publication by Macmllia"'
this January, of my book, 'Stablliz-
ing the Dollar" now enables all WIN
are interested to secure 1uli u''
cussion of the proposal, with a ae
scription Of the technical detaiis III
volved in the plan and with ans"ei'
to objections. hope to see ','''
soon followed by the formation o.
Stable Money League for the p"'
pose of educating the pubic a"'
bringing support to any legis'S,''
action for the adoption Of the piS''
Especially will it be necessary
gain the attention and support
business men. With their suppo''
there can be no delay IN secu'"'
the passage of bill establish'"e
monetary commission when w. 8
make searching investigate" y.
this and other plans to meet ID"
troublous currency situation.
Copyright. 1870, washington ''"'
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

Ject, the last one to appoint a ma
tional monetary commission, which
should investigate the currency
problem, "especially to the end that
the purchasing power of the dollar
may be stabilized"
Three other members of Congress
have offered to introduce bills look
ing toward the practical application
of the stabilized dollar plan. Others
have indicated interest in the ques-
ton. In the Senate also some lead
ing members have shown an inter
est, including the late Senator New
lands, Senator Shafroth, Senator
Myers and Senator Owen.
Official interest extends to other
countries than the United States.
Sir David M. Barbour, one of the
chief originators of the exchange
standard for India, wrote:
" think it likely that some
such system may ultimately be
adopted"
New Zealand officials have shown
particular interest in reviyinp tho
IDEA OF an international conference
and in this plan in particular. have
received two cablegrams from the
New Zealand Board of Trade (chiefy
concerned with the regulation of
prices and other aspects of the HIGH
cost Of living):
That control of the general price
level by Standardization of the NM
ehaslng power of the monetary unit
OIL value. the sovereign. is the wav
out OF the economic labyrinth has
oeen suggested by many economists.
ana TINS solution is being advocated
oy Professor Irving Fisher with a
orilllancy Of statement and wealth of
statistical reasoning that has at
tracted world wide recognition.
so hopeful does Professor Irving
FISHERS suggested remedy appear to
the board that we earnestly recon-
mend it to the serious attention of
the government.
wv. G. MDONALD,
u. r. HART,
"P. HALLY.
Members Of the Board"
A bill introduced in Parliament.
empowering the board of trade to
deal with the prices situation, re.
suited IN considerable debate. l
quote extracts from the remarks Of
the Hon. Sir }. G. Findlay on the
Board OF Trade bill in the House,
September -:
so I would urge on the Prime
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
ORD CARBERY aviator and big game huner quhose qve
has gust been granted divorce most unusual charges

training, so to speak. for my career as
an M. P. I joined the Amalgamated
Society of Railway Servants, afterward
the National Union of Railwaynen, and,
apart from speaking at meetings of
these bodies, had good deal of repute
as local preacher. At the same time
was attracted by the cooperative
movement and was pretty frequent in
debate at the meetings of that body. In
1911 | was a strike leader of the Derby
railwaymen, for my own experiences in
duced me to take stand on the side to
which I naturally belong. | know that
so much depends, as far as this class is
concerned, on the presence in the legis-
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

Minister and the government to give
us chance of having this matter
investigated, as is being done in
America to-day. would
beseech the Prime Minister to re-
gard this as one of the most impor-
tant propositions with regard to re
ducing the cost Of living in this
country we have ever had before
u.s."
The Hon. w. d. S. Macdonald,
who was until recently minister In
charge Of the Board of Trade, is
quoted in a newspaper interview on
the Board of Trade bill (Which was
drafted on his Instructions as fol
lows:
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woman, Lady Carbery, against her
husband, Lord Carbery, noted big
game hunter and aviator. In the
course of her astounding revelations
Lady Carbery told the court that
her husband had taken her, imme-
diately after their honeymoon, to
the wilds of Africa, and in spite of
her delicate condition compelled her
to ride long distances on horseback.
She was made to hunt animals by
herself. Black boys were her only
attendants, and she had to liye in
Ieaky grass hut like a savage. Once
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

acter of London as the lowest land
crossing.
London is becoming a conres+.a
point, and every one tries to avo;a :.
in travelling.
The economic center of gravity !,
shifting. The center of nroduc.;o
and of export in this island is rou,
in the north.
THE great Typographical cause, os
London's greatness he added .bo..
already passed.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

- which suggest that the
rising tide of prices has
at last turned. A decline in prices
mad been expected ever since No
vember II, 1918. But, with only tri-
fling recessions, there had been, in
stead, a continuous rise.
The price level, or the general
average of prices, is measured by
figure called an index number.
August marked the highest point,
which was reached again in Novem-
ber. The Bureau of Labor statistics
retail index number was 1872 (on
he basis Of 100 per cent for 1879
as compared with 1873 for Novem-
Der, 1918, an increase since the
armistice Of 5 per cent.
AS consumers to-day we look back
with longing to the day when we
could get butter at rs cents for two
pounds, instead Of one pound :.
when eggs were within reach Of the
average consumer, when a new pair
OF shoes could be bought for little
more than it now costs to repair
the old pair, when one could ride for
nickel, and could rent an apart
ment without having to be almost
millionaire. Our dollar today lit
orally "looks like 80 cents"-that is
compared to our biggest" dollar.
that Of 1896, the present dollar has
only one-third Che purchasing power
At the same time We see business
fourishing. August had the lowest
number Of business failures in
years. Certainly there are some
classes of our population who are
coming money" and we wonder if
lt is at our expense.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Titled Woman Gets
Divorce

A most extraordinary divorce case
was decided the other day in the
court Of Dublin. Ireland, when
decree was granted to an Irish noble
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
The Uneven Burden

In word. high prices press un-
evenly on different classes of our
population. The burden is most
heavy on those with fixed incomes
bondholders and the recipients of
interest, insurance, annuities, etc,
and on the railroads, landlords and
others whose receipts are regulated
more or less by custom or law.
We come now To the question, If
prices should undergo marked
iaIl, would that fall prove an un-
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

merce, New York University; J. B.
Clark, Columbia University; Gilbert
N. Lewis, University Of California
Dean Frederick S. Jones, Yale
College; Paul II. Douglas, Univer-
sity of Washington; c. l.. Stewart,
University Of Arkansas.
Among those who approve of the
general idea of stabilization as de-
sirable and feasible are twenty
four prominent bankers, including
John Perrin. Federal Reserve agent
for San Francisco; the late Henry
Lee Higginson, of Boston; George
Foster Peabody, Director Federal
Reserve Bank, New York; Clarence
Fl. kelsey, President Title Guar
antee and Trust Company, New
York; Evans Woollen, President
Fletcher Savings and Trust Com
pany, Indianapolis, Ind; Robert
Kent, President Passaic Bank, of
Passaic, N. j.
Among the prominent business
men other than bankers, are John
Hays Hammond. mining engineer; :;
John V. Farwell, Chicago; J. Krutt
schnltt, chairman executive COM
mlttee. Southern Pacific Company;
Roger W. Babson, business statis
tician; James H. Brookmire, busi-
ness statistician; A. B. Farquhar,
York. Pa; Norman Lombard. pres
ident Western Farm Credit Com
pany. San Francisco; Richard A.
felss, Cleveland; Albert II. Now
bray, vice-president and actuary
Liberty Mutual Insurance Com
pany, Boston.
Several business organizations, in
cluding the Bridgeport and Water
bury chambers of commerce, have
formally approved the idea. Other
groups have appointed committees
which have not yet reported. Labor
organizations also have shown
marked interest, committee having
been appointed by the executive coun-
Gil Of the American Federation of
Labor to make a thorough study of
the plan.
In Congress, Too
Royal Meeker, Commissioner of
Labor Statistics, has favored the
plan. both before he was in office and
while in office. Assistant Secretary
of Labor Louis Post favors it,
In Congress, Representative
Hustled, OF New York, has intro
Llucnl iu-n ..oralA.4:
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
A Wild Life

"After the marriage and the honey
moon Lord Carbery took his wife to
East Africa, He might have been ig-
norant and thoughtlcss in these early
days, added Sergeant Sullivan, who
proceeded to describe the manner in
which Lord Carbcry treated his wife
in the wlds of Africa. Her lopg rides
on horseback in her delicate condition
caused her great pain.
The marvel was that she came out
OF the country with her life. When
she complained that she was not ca
pablo of keeping up with him in his
Wild life in the jungle he became an
noycd She used to throw herself on
the ground writhing in pain and
agony.
"In consequence of that dreadful OK
petition she had serious illness with
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

Nh ~ uldS OC VIC ldlN
~ Of opportunity par excel
lence, but that industry and
force of character will Gre
ate its own chance even in crowded
ountry like England is the testi-
iony of the career of Mr.. A. E.
Vaterson, member Of Parliament
Or Kettering, who started out in
fe as beggar. In speech in the
'ouse of Commons MIR. Waterson,
no sits among the ranks of Labor,
Gently referred to the struggles
nd privations Of his early life,
hereupon some Of his hearers in
mated that he must have been ex-
aggerating. TO this the member for
lettering replied in an article pub
he'd in "Thc London Daily News"
which he said:
1T is true that | was in no sense Of
&c term a professional beggar, even as
boy-a half-starved boy at that. But
mere were times when /, and indeed
i the youth of my native town of
Derby, who were my companions in
misery, did not despse the occasional
copper from kindly passer-by.
But in the main / can claim to have
leen worker from my earliest days.
as born at Derby in 1880. Of my
ather and mother have not the slight
st recollection. I was brought up by
N old widow lady, living to-day-on the
old age pension, and never was it better
deserved. Although her own living was
# the scantiest, she contrived to fulfill
oward me all the duties Of real
mother, and, indeed, I always supposed
'ser to stand in that relation toward me
until | was many years older.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

plan has at some time been tried
successfully, and, moreover, that
the greatest argument in favor of
this remedy is that it will forestall
the real and dangerous radicalism
into which the revolutionary spirit
of the times may otherwise crystal
lizc.
Labor difficulties have been fire.
quently adjusted by the increase of
the wage scale in proportion to the
increase in prices as shown by the
Index number" Of prices. In other
words, the depreciation in the pur-
chasing power of the dollar was
compensated for by the increase in
the number of dollars in the wage
payment. Several writer's have ad-
vocated the extension of this plan
to all time contracts. Their aim is
that the purchasing power contem-
plated in the contract shall be re-
celved by the creditor, though it
may take more Cor fewer) dollars
to secure this result. This idea has
made some progress. as is evidenced
by the cases cited (of wage adjust
ments) in other articles of mine and
IN those of Theodore II. Price and
by occasional reports of rentals
based on the ''indeX number" or the
tabular standard.' But the difficult
ties in the way of further use of the
scheme can be easily appreciated.
The Standard Dollar
The plan which | am going to de-
scribe is similar in principle, but in
stead of using the index number to
make an eXtraneous adjustment it
would incorporate the index number
adjustment in the dollar itself.
The dollar is now, by definition.
25.8 grains of gold 9-1O fine or 1922
grains of pure gold. If we will
dlvcst ourselves of our prejudices
about money we will realize that
on the face Of it, this fixed weight
of gold could not have fixed pur-
chasing power. The dollar as a
standard of value for time contracts
is therefore a snare and delusion
The fluctuations which have taken
place are just what could have been
expected. 1t is the purchasing
power Of the dollar which we care
about, however, Let us. therefore,
give up the fixed weight fetish and,
by varying the amount Of gold
which the dollar certificate repre-
scnts, stabilize the exchange value
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

she was fogged with sjambok "a
whip made of rhinoceros hide).
According to "The London Daily
Express" which prints the story.
Lord Carbery had no defense sub
mitted, but counsel watched the pro-
ceedings on his behalf Writes the
Express reporter:
"Sergcant Sullivan. who represented
Lady Carbery, said that he did not in
tend to enter fully into the details of
the case. some Of which were distress
ing They we're married at Padding
ton Parish Church on July II, 1918,
Lady Carbery being twenty-one and
Lord Carbery nineteen years of age
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Why London Bridge?

"EXplaining the why and wherefor.
of London Bridge, Mr.. Bclloc said ,b.,
the Thames, in its double charactsr =.
highway and an obstacle, had mod,
London. All the great Roman rad.
used London Bridge for crossing fros,
north to south. London Bridge w.s
its present position for four reasons.
at is at nearly the highest no;r,
where scagoing boats could tranxsh;,
goods.
ut is the spot where an outcron o,
gravel on the northern bank is onno.
site only small deposit Of a]luv,al
mud on the southern bank. At Firth
Gravesend and Tilbury the hard or
one bank is opposite vast fields of al
luvial mud on the other, and as +bo
river is broader the difficulties IN +ho
way of bridge construction were
greater
The bluff Of the city, though small
offered in early times fine strategic
position for defense. London, alone
of the European towns, has not suf.
fered from war for nine centuries. and
has never undergone siege since the
barbaric age.
Supposing there is another war;
exclaimed Mr.. Belloc. 1T may be nee
essary to bring men rapidly from north
to south by tunnel under the Thames
nearer the mouth, thus connecting Col.
chester and Dover! 1t may never be
done, but it would be wise nro,;s;or
and better than the pontoon bridge We
had at Tilbury'''
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
New Labor Member of Parlia.
ment Once So Poor That He
Begged for Pennies

Midland Railway Company, and was
actually a shunter within three days Of
entering Parliament.
This period was one Of intensive
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

out anything in the smallest degree to
alleviate its hardships for a delicate
woman. Sergeant Sullivan next de-
scribed an occasion when the husband
and wife were staying at the house Of
her father, Mr. Mctcalfe For some
trivial cause Lord Carbery lost his
temper and became very violent. He
seized his wife's hand. and with it
gave her 4 blow on the face which pro-
duced black eye. That frightened
her very much. and caused her great
rein and suffering
"In July, 1915, he took her again to
Africa. where he had an extensive farm
on which there was no house.
He compelled her to live with him in
leaky grass hut like savage
Here she contracted malaria One
result of the first trip to Africa was
that her hearing was seriously affected
The malaria increased her deafness, and
from that time it was with difficulty
that she could hear people speaking. In
April, 1918, he again took her to Africa.
In the mean time a house had been
built on the farm, and they resided
there.
con the first trip she was absolutely
unattended by a person of her own sex,
her only attendants being black boys.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
GlmpseS of European News as Seen in the NeWspap{

lature Of men who know something per-
sonally Of the bitter hours of life and
the experiences of 80 many of the work
ing class"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

A GR1CULTURE is the chief indus.
try in Italy, and correspond
lngly the agricultural element is at
tanning rising prominence in the
political life Of the country. Since
last December several peasant Dep
uties have been elected to Parla-
ment. Among them is Giuseppe
Bellagarda, who was returned By
the electoral college of Turin. The
picture represents this modern Gin
Icinnatus at work on his small hold
ing, somewhere in Piedmont. Signgt
Bellagarda is a Socialist, as are
most of the peasant delegates, few
only belonging to the Partito Popo-
lare, or popular party" the new
political group Of Catholic clericals
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Approved by Economists

The plan has received the atten-
ton of economists. officials and
business men of the world.
A committee of the American
Economic Association, composed of
experts in money and prices, re-
ported the plan to be desirable and
economically feasible. This COM
mittee included DR.. b. NJ. Anderson
jr., now of the National Bank Of
Commerce; Professor f. w. KEN
merer, Princeton University; Royal
Meeker, commissioner of labor sta
tistics; Wesley Clair Mitchell, then
professor of economics at Columbia
University; Warren NJ. Parsons, Of
Harvard University, and myself.
A resolution approving the sta
bllization idea was adopted unani-
mously by the economic faculties
of the University of WASHINGTON.
Washington State College and the
University of Montana, including
altogether seventeen economists.
At the present writing | find.
on consulting my files, forty-two
economists and twenty-cight other
academic professors and university
presidents who have, in some spc-
cine way, expressed approval Of the
proposal! These include. besides
those already named, Edwin Can
nan, Of the University of London.
f. \. Edgeworth, Oxford, England;
Achllle Loria, University of Torino
''alS' President Arthur T. HadIey,
Yale; Allyn A. Young, ex-presdent
American Statistical Association:
PRESIDENT Frank l.. McVcy, Univer-
slty OF Kentucky; Joseph French
Johnson, dean Of the School of Com
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

lar certificates, and hence also in the
stabilized gold dollar.
SO simple and automatic is the
proposed system that the ordinary
man would be quite unaware of any
change--as unconscious, in fact, of
the new system as he is now uncon-
scious of the operations Of the pres
ent system. Only by some such
remedy, dealing directly with the
monetary aspect of our price prob
lem, can we provide a solution of
the problem. When that solution
is adopted it will prove to be. | be-
lieve, the simplest and most etfec-
tive single measure Of financial. So
cial and industrial bettcrment that
could take place.
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No Self-COntrol

"On the second occasion she was at
tended by her maid. Out there Lord
Carbery one day lost his temper again
and beat her violently with a whip.
Lady Carbcry. who seemed to hear
with some difficulty. said that on the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

a MERICA may be the land
~ Of opportunity par excel
lence, but that industry and
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
By Professor Irving Fisher

n H UGH publicity has been
lN given recently to signs
a which suggest that the
rising tide Of Dricas ha.