The Washington times., 1921-03-01

Judges Rule. 8 Decisions.
A Complex Vampire.
OH 10 the BASE.
Cutting U. S. Prices.
(Copyrixht, le1l.)

The rulers OF the United States
are the judges.
Law Is not law IL they say 1t Is
Unconstitutional. Therefore. the
power Of Congress and President,
legislators and governors. ts
nothing compared with the power
Of the courts. What the judges do
IL important to you. Learned
judges of the United States yester-
day Afternoon decided that the
Lever act is unconstitutional.
Therefore. profiteering is legal,
and was during the war. E
\ II is not legal for q woman to
take . pound of sugar from . mer-
chant, but it is legal for the Sugar.
Trust to take as many millions rs
s can in profiteering from the
mothers Of the country. That's one
decision most interesting.
M Here Is . step forward. The
United States Supreme Court up
lholds the right Of Detroit to issue
,bonds and build street car lines. 1t
- pleasure to know that the in
habitants of a city are permitted
10 do what any boodler can Go at
any time, if he has the money to
Aribe aldermen to sell him the pub
lie streets.
l In another court at Atlanta,
Ga, a Federal judge orders the
head of railroad to reduce the
wages OF the workmen on the
road. cutting 80 per cent from all
increases given since the Govern
8ment took over the property In
q s1s17.
~ That's a third interesting de-
cision. 1t makes the path of rail-
road private ownership smoother.
Put your road temporarily in the
hands Of receiver. then have
yourself COMMANDED to reduce
.wages-how simple. And woe to
him who objects. He's in con-.
tempt of court.
"A Mr.. John Cahill, of Hackensatk,
lin. j., begs the police to lock him
n 6p, saying, II am desperate.
n nave twentieth century vam-'
q bire following me. She treats me
n like a tigress. She has the face
os a Madonna and the heart OF a
sj6opsrd. She has played with my
I h0artstrings until l hxse become
'31rantic. Lock me up before ! do
Bomething." -.
Quite vampire, appGrentiy. Il,
Mi They will say that Mr.. Cahill is
d Insane. But how wise he is. II
81 bnly two or three million foolish,
i middle-aged men would acquire
his brand Of insanity.
The United States is seeking .
laval base on the African, coast.
h IA more important base for the
h United States navy is the OIL tte!ds
|$ef Merico osDped By American ctt'-
Gems, and the oil fields of the
United States. :.
With Diesel engines burning oil,
. battleship can go around the
world without stopping. With the
right engines and the right oil
supply, the United States navy :
would be as well off as that of
England with all her coaling sta
tions. OIL is THE KEY TO
ROWER AT SEA, and Mr.. Hard
hg's Administration will not for
u This interests American busi-
mess men and workmen. In Cuba,
|kGermany is selling cement, laid
1own at Havana, for $3.50 bar
81. United States makers, in the
rust, ask six and seven dollars for
3. Belgium and France sell steel,
Md down in Havana, for a great
Heal less than 1t can be bought In
$the United States.
n All Europe has specialized in
Steel production ever since 1914.
rhe worker who gets % francs a
day in France can live well. That
fii $1.75 in American money. A
German workman who gets fifty
J marks day is getting IS cents in
| American money. Not bankers, or
gamblers, but American business
men and workers, are interested in
! European exchange" and in get
<ting the nations and the money Of
Etrope back on their feet. -
Yesterday, in Cork, six Irish
man we're shot by the British
crown forces They we're rtakenf
ibut, two at a time. at intervals of
F6fteen minutes. Five were accused
Of attacking crown forces. One
was caught in possession Of re-
volver and ammunition. no other
charge. That news contains Its
own comment.
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