The Holbrook news., 1921-06-17

| ties of operation. The St. Paul-Chi- cago and St. Louis Chicago routes were the last to be discontinued. This ac- ton may be linked with the charges of inefficiency, carelessness and mis- conduct made against certain of the operating force of the air mail in the Middle West. Investigation has result ed in the temporary suspension of E. w. Majors, superintendent ofA the Omaha-Cleveland division, and of four of his subordinates and one mechanic, MT. Majors and the pilots in his divi- sion deny the charge made by a dis charged pilot, that the deaths of sev- eral air mail carriers were due to criminal carelessness of the executive and mechanical forces. The investi- gation Is not yet completed. The Poles and Germans in Upper Silesia did not observe their truce for many hours. The Germans renewed the attacks and the fighting has been continuous ever since, despite the eff forts of the allied plebiscite forces, which have been reinforced by body of British troops. In general the Poles seem to be getting the worst of the fighting, for the Germans were well organized secretly and are fully armed. There was a serious outbreak in Beu- then. where the German inhabitants attacked the French garrison. The latter used tanks with deadly effect and routed the Germans, killing many. With the arrival of the British forces it appeared likely that Korfanty's in- surgent Poles would be driven out~of much of the disputed territory which they had seized.
 Chancellor Wirth apparently is de termined to force Germany to fulfill her obligations to the allies. In a speech before the reichstag he set forth the economic rules and policies through which, he believes, the Ger man nation can pay its debts and yet maintain economic stability and in- dependence. He intends not only to keep up with the payments as they fall due, but to keep ahead of them.
 ''The sums to be paid in repara- tions," he declared, 'can be extract ed only by creating an economic bal ance. We must, increase our produc- tion and reduce our expenses to the utmost in our manufactures. We must limit all imports, especially luxu- ries, as far as possible through customs tax measure. To this end we should have sovereignty over our customs borders.
 Agriculture must be brought to It's mals must be replaced by motors, sav- ing fodder. Acreage must be increased, and the cultivation of swamps and deserts must be undertaken at the earliest moment, thus providing work for those out of employment. The sword has been broken. We must work"
 The chancellor foreshadowed a high CT corporation tax, a bourse tax, an inheritance tax, landed property tax and a tax on certain securities, in ad- dition to an increase in direct taxes.
 Before the congress of the Con- munist party in Moscow Premier Lenin laid his economic program, which was supported by Minister of Agriculture Miliutin and approved by the gathering. The policy as outlined includes:
 1. Collection from the peasants of a fixed amount of grain by a system of tax in kind, estimated by Miliutin to amount to about one-third of the crop. The other two-thirds of the crop Is to remain at the disposal of the peasant for grading through the newly restored co-operatives, whose power Is to be ex- tended.
 2. Retention in the hands of the state of the largest industries and means of transportation, particularly the leather. salt and textile industries. These latter are turning out manu- factured goods now most needed by the peasants. They are to be speeded up fin order to satisfy the peasants needs and the workmen are to be en- couraged by a bonus system and other inducements which will increase pro- duction. Supervision Is to be under the trade unions, who will fix the rates of pay instead of the government as heretofore.
 3. Encouragement of small and me dium co-operatives and private indus tries. Factories will be leased to these smaller industries, and even financial assistance will be given. The trades unions will fix wages.
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