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Evening star., 1921-09-02
sCOMMERCE AND FINANCE GIVE
EVIDENCE OF REAL ADVANCE
Enthusiasm Manifest In Southeast and
Southwest Over the Recent Increase
in Demand for Cotton.

forces when large orders failed to ap-
pear and now find It Impossible to
increase operating capacity on short
notice.
Evening star., 1921-09-02
Wheat.

WICHITA. Kan, September 2 (Spe-
eiaD.-Formal application has been
filed for charter for the Kansas
Wheat Growers Association. The or
ganization expects to market from
100000 to 10000 900 bushels of wheat
pooled by Kansas growers.
Evening star., 1921-09-02

cial).-A revival Of trade is looked
for in September which will
strengthen demand for glazed kid
Importations Of goat skins have been
satisfactory, but not up to the record
OF earlier months of the summer.
Evening star., 1921-09-02

There is an understone in the hide
market which indicates that Ameri-
an buyers will come into the market
the near future. This has been
Intensified by the activity of Eu-
ropean demand at Buenos Aires.
Evening star., 1921-09-02

Tomatoes.
SWEDESBORO. N. J.. September 2
(SpeciaD in this section
have taken another jump in price, The
Evening star., 1921-09-02
NOn-Ferr0us

NOn.FerrOuD metoMs
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, September
(Special).-Six Of the Pitcher mines In
Oklahoma will be reopened the last OF
this week despite the depression In
the tri-state lead and zinc fields
About $50 men will be employed.
Evening star., 1921-09-02
Flour.

NEW YORK. September 2 Especially.
Local demand for -four continues of
small proportions. Most of the heavy
receipts are going into consuming
channels. but it is expected buyers
will show more disposition to carry
stocks when new storage rates, ap-
proximately 80 per cent lower than
the present charges, go into effect
about the middle Of the month.
Evening star., 1921-09-02

Dry Goods.
SEATTLE. September 3 (Special).-
Retail stores are reporting Increases
in the number Of buyers this week.
and the condition of the dry goods
business is slowly but surely respond
ing to improved conditions in this ter
ritory.
CLEVELAND, September 2 (Spe-
ciaD.-Official figures for July just
made available show that sales In
wholesale dry goods in this section
decreased more than Is per cent over
the corresponding period in 1920. and
the department store sales fell of 29
per cent on similar comparison.
Evening star., 1921-09-02
New
O1dSmObile
Prices

Corporation. In addition, it's completely
equipped great modern motor plant; ite
individual axle plant; its large chassisparts
machine shop; its fine new hood, fender
and radiator departments; its automatic
enameling plant, were at last brought into
full action.
And now, through further retrenchment
and economies in purchasing, manufac-
turing and selling costs, we are enabled to
offer these amazingly lower prices for
quality motor cars.
Present material and labor costs do not
Justify these great reductions. The factory
has simply based the new prices on its firm
conviction that public appreciation of
Oldsmobile values will continue to in
crease it's production volume sufficiently
to Justify this step as sound business policy.
Model ~
(Eight,Cylinder)
TYPE Spring Price New Price
Touring $1725. $1625
Roadster Recently sGssa 1925
Coupe 1895 2185
Sedan 2425 2425
Truck
TYPE Spring Price New Price
Chassis $500 $1095
Cab 1915 IT'S
Express 1000 1245
ment on All ModelsC
eraI Tax additional
$ Company
icut Avenue
in 1887
Evening star., 1921-09-02
Hides.

NEW YORK. September 2 Especially.
Evening star., 1921-09-02

Leather.
PHILADELPHIA September Q (Spe-
Evening star., 1921-09-02

KANSAS CITY. September 2 (spe.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Freedom for All
A Discussion Of the Philosophy of Restraint

! To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Freedom for ALL" representing
the moderate thinkers, cries shame
upon Long Island" who dared to sup
port the cause Of the moderate drink
ers n your columns. The fact remains
that though the eighteenth amendmen.
is law through asture political opera
tions, it has not the will Of the people
behind it, and while men Of good stand
ing do not break other laws they dc
break, and will continue to break, this
until it is modified by common sense
Overindulgences are corrected BY civil
lzed governments when their results
become public evils. The corsuln ption
OF alcohol became more than an evil;
it became a nuisance, and that 1t
should have been curtailed and re-
ceived the advertisement of drastic
opposition was more than necessary
The advertisement has been exceeding
~ valuable.
Extreme measures, however, always
breed extreme oppositions. NeitLer can
last, and q measure which forbids the
use Of all the best drinks that mankind
has used from time immemorisl is an
illegitinate curtailment CT human lib
erty which cannot be justly compared
with white slavery or the control Of
the sale OF violent poisons. To do so
wcakens the cause Of prohibition. Tea
and especially coffee. a-e just as nox-
ious as beer and wine when used to
excess, though their results are differ
cnt; milk is no. safe beverage, ard
the harm eccru.ng from drinks made
With acids and highly charged with
gases has yet 70 be measured Their
extreme rastiness prevents them from
Becoming very general habit, no
doubt.
Beverages with very high alcoholic
content should be a government mo-
nopoly, the revenue from which should
&c administered for the education and
support OF the poorest classes in the
community. The very rich might there
fore be permitted to poison themselves
in the interests OF the very poor.
It should not ba forgotten that Pas
calls Law afiirms that pressure ex-
erted upon mass OF liquid is trans
mitted undininished In all directions !"
The pressure on whisky is only an
other proof OF it, and what is true in
hydrostatics is unfortunately just as
true in morals. Coercion in drink has
stimulated vicious indulgence in many
another direction, and the great preva-
lence Of the drug habit is becoming
daily more noticeable.
Prohibition Is wrong measure.
Though 1t may have been q good rough
and ready remedy Tor the srsl it COM
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
The Reparations Agreement

The Allied reparations agreement
represents material concessions to
the French point Of view. The total
cf the German indemnity is fixed, or
At least .pproximated. The annui-
ties sranged for will amount in
Y<cipal to something less than the
I'm carried in the unsigned Bou-
iogne agreement; that is, to s56, $780,
10000, as against S67, 250,000, 900.
But France obtains what her pres
snt leaders consider of great impor-
sance-an additional call on Ger
naany's resources in the shape of a
2h per cent annual tax on Ger
nan exports.
What BRAND stood out against
vas not so much a definite computa-
uon Of German obligations as the
closing Of the account once and for
sa. Calculations of what Germany
ean pay ten years hence, twenty
years hence or forty years hence are
necessarily guesswork. If Ger
aanys industry is put on its feet
economical recovery may be more
'apid than pessimists of the Keynes
school now think possible France
wants TO keep an anchor to wind
yard. The French people feel that
Is 10 their political as we'll as eco
aernical advantage to leave the way
open for them 70 profit by any speed
ng up Of German recuperatioa.
Lloyd George has seemed inclined
'ss'crly to accept the Keynes theory
has German restoration was the
Fsincipal thing to be aimed at In a
ssparations settlement. But at Paris
departed widely from that view.
Asynes favored reparation total
about $4,000, 100000 The rep
srataon figure now agreed on will
'sa 10 over 100000, 900, ,oo0.
ine Paris settlement will not al
y the nisgivings Of many econo-
''sss' who think that, the war being
"ef, its liabilities ought to be wiped
w regardless II anything but an
a.sound resumption OF business.
sais conception is wholly rnaterialis-
1t Ignores the moral issues Of
= war and the plain requirements
'aaf.ce. Germany vent into the
'Ar with the fixed idea that other
*aons would have to pay for it.
- rayaged France and Belgium
sausN 1he never considered the
liabilities Of being called on 70
- good the damage she was In
H2. One of the best preventiyes
"ss 10 to bring home 10 the con
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Another Moderate DrinkeE
ReDOrfs

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter in this mornings
Tribune in regard to the effect Of pro
hibition on the moderate dr;rger was
most interesting.
We as a family belong to a class
that could take it or leave It." In the
old days wc never thought Of keeping
bottle OF whisky in the house. Once
or twice month we d,ned out at res
Eaurants, had cocktail or bottle Of
wine, danced all evening and came
home, feeling that we had enjoyed f
"wcnderful time"
Now all that is ended. We nave-
dine out. We never dance, btu we do
drink. Not only that, but We never 60
a day without bottle.
We are spending more ior the stuff
than We can afford. Ny husband even
keeps it in his Office. Also, every one
We know is doing the same thing. It
is quite proper these days to invite
people in to spend the evening and
provide no form of entertainment nor
refreshments beyond the whisky bot
tie. When all the liquor is gone the
guests go home.
Other friends who a. first ware in
clined to advocate prohibition now
acknowledge that they like the stuff"
l have never had q prohibitIonist re-
fuse drink IN our house must say,
however, that most ox them I've up
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
saying nothing "big" has thus far
been brought out.
A Necessary Preliminary
oz1. New York Tribune Inc

The Botah resolution authoriz-
ing the Naval Affairs Committee to
! inquire into the feasibility Of sus-
pending construction on certain
classes of warships seems to concede
the fact that immediate action OF
the earlier three-power naval confer.
ence resolution is not desirable. Mr.
Borah is clearly not willing to &C
cept the present Administration IS
judgment on matters Of naval pol
icy. Few people in or out Of Cor
gress have any faith in Secretary
Daniels's competency as q naval ad-
wiser. Yet if the three power con-
ference resolution were passed and
representative of the United States
were appointed under it he would
presumably select them and try to
control their action.
For many months past the depart
ment's ideas have been distorted by
politics. Mr.. Daniels was primarily
concerned with forcing ratification
Of the Wilson covenant. To help the
President out he tried to persuade
the public that there was no alterna-
tive to a rejection of the covenant
but the construction of an American
navy superior in tonnage and power
to any other navy. He insisted on
the completion, without modifica-
tions, Of the 1916 building program
and the initiation Of e new three
year program. He wanted to make
the country pay till it hurt for new
capital ships as retribution for hav-
ing failed to indorse the Wilson
treaty draft.
This was policy of reprisal pure
and simple. 1t ignored the lessons
Of the war. 1t also ignored the
urgent need Of holding down all gov
ernment expenditure. There is no
good reason for hating the navy's
natural development. But itSis more
advisable to round it out and to give
it proper three plane balance than
to overstock it with capital ships.
An inquiry by the Naval Commit
tee which will uncover the real opin-
ions Of the officers best qualified to
pass on these questions will be val
liable preparation for negotiations
with other naval powers for sus-
pension Of construction along certain
lines. What every true friend Of the
navy wants to do is to build wisely
but not wastefully. In Mr.. Daniels's
program extravaganza has been de-
liberately put first.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Hylan's Responsibility

With respect to the traction prob
lem, which ali concede is most
pressing one, every one who takes
the trouble to think Will see that
Governor Miller sustairs toward it a
different possibility than does the
Hylan-Hearst- -Tammany administra-
ton.
The Governor has been IN office
but month His special message is
not wholly born Of his own volition.
It is a consequence Of three years Of
doing nothing by the Hylan-Hearst-
Tammany administration.
There is heat over the home rule
issue, and it is the hope of Hylan,
Hearst and Murphy to get back to
power by use of it.
Yet no one will charge, or even In
innate, that if the City Hall had
shown any ability or desire to serve
the public interest and had made
cVCil q Ley i-lililiS Wv al u q u ~ IiOii
settlement Albany would have
sought to oust the present city gov
eminent from control.
Hylan and his allies care nothing
for the welfare of New Workers.
Their only purpose is to serve their
political selfishness. For three years
opportunity has loudly called to re-
wise the subway contracts-to get
new lines and to unite the preferen-
tials which hobble the city's freedom.
They have not responded.
The desperate companies were
ready to agree 10 about anything.
"No," said Hylan, in obedience to his
mentors. What do we care for
New York if we can but keep control
over the city JOBS and contracts?"
So place no reliance on any settle
ment by the city administration that
will be either honest or to the public
advantage. Such is not wanted.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
The New Graft

In old Van Wyck-Devery days the
favorite game Of the grafters con-
sisted Of the criminal and semi-crim-
inal classes. Indulgences were sold,
or when the predatory bagged some
thing and it became known the big
hawks made the little gathering
hawks surrender part Of the prey.
Now, in Hylan-Enright days, q
shift has come in the incidence of
graft. Would labor union picket
an establishment out Of which it's
members had walked? "Come TO the
captains Office. The customary fee
for pickets is $40 day per picket. y
Would the@ employer have protec-
ton? Again is whispered the mes
sage: Come to the captains office.
The charge for protection from win
dow breakers and scab chasers is
usually a lump one--say $500 in
your case"
Showing how each bureau has a
method of it's own, Mr.. Whitman has
information that one bunch Of oper-
ators lifted 4,500 automobiles last
year, and grateful owners, as Mr..
Swami would call them when they
recovered their property through
police vigilance, joyfully paid re-
wards Of sl00 apiece. Approximate
ly half million profit shows that in
grating as well as in general bust
ness large transactions can be ham
died ON small profit margins.
The new graft system Mr.. Whit
man Is gradually uncovering is
rnanifestly more menacing than the
old kind. 1t threatens a hundred
legitimate interests TO ten illegiti-
mate interests brought under tribute
by the old. Yet the dense-minded
who oppose any general investiga-
tion of the HyIan administration
continue to excuse. themselves by
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Regionalism in France

For several years before the out
break OF the war q movement was
on foot in France aiming at a new
administrative division Of the coun-
try, or rather at the restoration of
the pre-revolutionary system of
provinces. The idea derived nur-
ture from a number Of sources. Re-
action against the extremely CEN
tralized form Of government as es-
tablished by the Revolution was
growing, as modern life multiplied
and complicated the functions of
administration.
Conditions Of production and dis
tribution welded districts together
IN economic units not at all coinci-
dent with departmental boundaries.
Above all, the development, or
rather revival, Of local conscious
ness Of the study of and pride In
local idion, customs and tradition
tended to resurrect the feeling for
the old provincial units, whose mem
ory could never be legislated entire
ly out Of the consciousness of the
French people. In the beginning
official circles frowned upon prop
aganda suspected both of federal
istic and Of royalistic sympathies.
To-day, however, when the move
ment is being reawakened from its
wartime Information, this official
distrust seems to exist no longer,
and one of the sessions Of the Con-
gress of French Regionalists, held
recently at Paris, was presided over
by NJ LIE Trocquer, Minister Of
Public Works.
It would appear that after-war
conditions, both external and psy-
Geological, favor the ideas propa-
gated by the movement. The ma
tionalistic revival produced by the
war, while intensifying the feeling
OF national unity, has at the same
time in most countries been paral-
ieled on smaller scale by
Strengthening of sectional senti-
ment, resulting in u demand for
what may be termed provincial self
determination, non-political but
cultural and economic Recognition
Of the vital necessity Of organizing
country's economic resources
down to the smallest detail works
in the same direction.
One Of the chief practical de-
nands Of the French regionalists IS
the formation of series of cham
bers Of agriculture. These are
thought Of on provincial, not de-
partmental, basis, as the depart
mcnts were defined without any re-
gard for or, indeed, knowledge OF
economic needs At the same time,
as the proceedings Of the re-
cent congress proved, con-
fiict within the movement In
bound. to occur between the adher-
ents Of the old historical provinces
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

and those who advocate regionalism
mainly for economic reasons. Thus
it appears that Brittany, which is
historically and ethnographically,
perhaps, the most clearly defined re-
gional unit Of France, is econom-
ically subdivided into a northern
half, with an orientation toward the
Channel and England, and q
southern one, turning toward
southern France, the Bay Of Biscay
and Spain. At any rate, the move
ment represents an interesting issue
Of French domestic politics, and it's
utility will be recognized by those
who are aware of the dangers and
inadequacies of a too centralized
system of government.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
A misunderstanding

The following appeared in the
form letter, signed by Mrs. Frank A.
Vanderlip as chairman, which was
sent out in behalf of the League Of
Women Voters, before the meeting
in Albany which Governor Miller
addressed:
I'VE urge women to go into polit-
ical parties and to take their ful.
share of party respons ib;lity. but we
ask that they put good government
before party predominance.n
The Governor assumed that the
league was an anti-party one. He
was apparently not well Informed.
But what is the immediate pro
gram of the organizat denounced
by the Governor as a menace to the
state? The league thus announces
its own purposes: Our big piece of
work will be to make survey Of the
environment, health and education of
the child through the state, county
by county" Surely there is nothing
wicked or menacing in this.
AS to whether or not there should be
special organizations of women opin-
ions may perhaps differ. Churches.
for practical convenience, have their
Dorcas societies and deaconesses'
homes and nunperies. Many frater-
nal orders have feminine branches.
Most colleges are not co-educa tional.
Even the Republican National Com
mittee recognized the need of at least
a temporary separation in some re-
spects between the political work Of
men and women. Analogy no less
than common sense would thus seem
to suggest that there are many polit-
ical matters as to which the advice
Of women as women is pertinent. IN
deed, one reason for the grant of
equal suffrage was to secure special
weight to women with respect to
things they know more about than
men.
So the teapot tempest at Albany
may be dismissed as chiefly due to
misunderstanding-to the failure of
the Governor, submerged as he is
with duties, to get his facts straight
before he spoke.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
A Voice From the MINORITY


To the Editor Of The Tribuns.
Sir: Mr.. Freedom for All" has It
all doped out to standstiIl. II the
government tells it's citizens they can't
smoke opium, use narcotics or carry
on interstate Hirtations with wild
women, they can forbid the consump-
tion of beer, wine and rum. I shudder
at these words, without jusS cause for
the cry, "What's become OF our per-
sonal iiberty9r
The great majority Of Americans Is
vo- the eighteenth amendment and the
Volstead act. They elected Mr.. Hard
ing to be our next President, and he
voted for both Of these measures with
vim. Throughout the land prohibi-
ton was emphetically Endorsed by the
return of many "drys" to Office. Their
past records and policies were vind.-
Gated.
ConfidentialIy, am OF the minority,
an ardent "wet." Tears Of shame and
remorse niingle freely with my home-
brew when I recall 20 mind the above
facts. But always remember, Mp.
Freedom for ALL" it's a great lifs II
you don't drink toe much.
A. r. z.
Brooklyn, Jan. 26, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

sclousness of predatory nations that,
If beaten, they must settle for the
wrongs they do to others. Germany
would certainly never have devas-
tated northern France if her leaders
had realized that what they were in
dulging in was equivalent 10 devas-
eating Westphalia or the Rhine
province
1t is essential to the peace Of the
world that a marauder nation like
Germany should pay for its wicked
ness. And the penalty should cor
respond, as far as practicable, TO the
enormity of the crime.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
Fugitive
tF-orm 1As Ce~tu-.y

trrofn I%o CeScHfI}
REHIND these falling curtains Of ths
Beauty goes by, phantom on the hill,
A timid fugitive beyond the lane.
In rainy silver, and SO shy and still
That only peering eyes Of some hid bird.
Or furry ears that listened By q stone.
Could guess 1t something neither seen
nor heard.
Finding escape, and faring by alone.
For eyes like ours, too faint thing and
feet,
Too lightly running for such ears TO
hear
The stealthy going Of thoss weightles.
feet,
No thrilling sigh. or sound Of her comes
near;
Only the shining grasses, where they
lie,
Give hint Of silver slippers hasting by.
~" so DAVID MORTON.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

nooly 20 their principles. because, al
though they accept drinks from their
friends, they never try to lead these
sans misguided people out Of the
straight and narrow path. At least
hot ono OF them has ever offered us
drink.
Women are serving cocktails 1t teas
and card parties. IN fact, the guests
e: teas these days feel distinctly
peeved Il no alcoholic stimulation is
provided. Entertaining under false
pretenses, as it were. No one would
bother to attend tea merely fer tea.
Coed heavens, no!
MODERATE DRINKER.
Bronxville, N. Y, Jan. %, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
For Temperance in Words


Sir; Freedom for Alp swings 8
mean comparison. To say that there is
a fat ainlilltude between prohibition
OF every form Of aicouolic drink and
prohibition Of black and white slav-
cries, traffic and use Of narcotic
drugs, yes. and sven war proiteers,
seems rather bombasNc to NE.
As an absrainer from most Of these
menaces, l an sympathetic with some
form Of prohibition. Yet have wished
that prohibition would employ a lit-,,o
more intelligent suas:on. It's zealots
are ridiculously tntemperant CT words.
And I believe in temperance.
T. p. a.
Morristown, n. j., Jan. c6. 1872.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

bats. wrong principle mover brings a
right result in the long KUN. A short
walk any evening will already prove
that it has brought a wrong result in
many cases. The real trouble Il rot
found yet, and tho remedy mus. be
discontinued before it brings with Il.
the new diseases in incurabl. form.
STEPHEN HAWEiS.
New York, Jan. %, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30
A Week of Verse
The Eagle and the Mole

The Eagle and the Mole
tSrem TIE Sss0 RssxsKo,
A VOID the reeking herd,
ehun the polluted flock,
Live ike that stole bird
The eagle of the rock.
The huddled warmth OF crowds
Begets and fosters hate;
He keeps, above the clouds,
His elf inciolate.
When dscks arc folded warn,
And herds to shelter run,
He sails above the storm,
He stares into the sun.
II IN the eagles track
Your sinews cannot leap,
Avoid the lathered pack,
Turn from the stsamins sheep.
II you would keep your soul
From spotted sight or sound.
Lsve like the velvet mole;
Go burrow underground.
And there hold intercourse
With xoots Of trees and stsnex
With rivers at their source,
And disembodied bones.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

y,s oss rurrhase merchandise advertised Ia THE
~p,puHc With absolute safety-fsr If dlssatisfac-
e.e result, in any case THs TRlSuNE searan-
- ts pay scus mone, back upon request. No red
t1ss. Mo snihbins. We make sosh arsmps'y Il
a. advertiser does not.