The Washington times., 1921-04-28

tho army, and the fight which.
next to Lincoln, he did most to
win.
We know the few great men
that, in spite Of official stupidity
and indifference, have achieved
success. Only the recording angel
knows the army Of great men
that stupidity overcame and kept
back.
When Mr.. Hughes went to work
4or the country he gave UP a pro-
fessional income of more than
100000 a year. How many
thousands Of millions will his
services be worth to the world if
he succeeds, as representative Of
the President, in solving Europe's
indemnity problem.
There can be no real resump-
tion Of business in the world
until the war is settled and all at
tention concentrated on produc-
tion and reconstruction. With
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes this country now deals
with Europe through minds that
know what they want and under
stand the problem. 1t is a for
tunate thing for the world.
For the first time in twenty
two years the Pennsylvania Rail-
road cuts dividends. It had laid
OF thousands of men. It's freight
and passenger rates are by far
the highest in twenty-five years.
High rates do not always pay.
The public also must be consid-
cred.
This cutting of the Pennsylva-
MIA dividend is all the more i'm
portant because that railroad has
been one of the best managed in
America
Governor Allen Of Kansas again
attacks the closed shop, by which
he means the labor union. 1t has
introduced the un-American prin-
ciple Of putting as little as pos
sible into life, and taking as much
as possible out Of life, says he.
y Governor Allen never worked
hard in q shop, and doesn't know
much about unions. The union
was established to enable work =
men to get little something
OUT of life besides the hard work
that makes a bare living for
workers and profit for others.
1t is difficult to argue soundly
on the tariff. Many object to a
tariff on tooth-brushes. 1T
would put the toothbrush out of
the reach of many poor children"
There is something to that. On
the other hand. IL you have free
competition of labor, which is free
trade, and throw all American
markets open to the cheapest bid
der, you may put jobs and food
beyond the reach of many poor
men.
Not to have a brush for your
teeth is sad, but not to have food
for those teeth is sadder. The
dentist may repair early lack of
a toothbrush, but not early lack
Of food.
Publishers and editors, gathered
most solemnly in New York, say
that "the period of depression has
passed" Good news and mpor-
tant, if true. But Mooney, Of
Memphis, tells the story about the
colored brother, hunting rabbits
on shares with borrowed dog"
and says that represents business
conditions caused by the slump in
cotton. As long as we can't sell to
foreign countries, because they
can't afford to buy from us, the
depression will not have passed.
The British government offers,
out of the public pocket, thirty
million dollars a year to keep up
miners wages and prevent strikes
that ruin industry. Many Ameri-
cans with more money than COM
mon sense will be shocked at this
"subsidizing of labor" Is subsi-
dizing labor, and GETTING
SOMETHING for your subsidy,
worse than subsidizing shipping,
railroads, etc., with excessive rates
that the public must pay?
A man in America is cooking
beans and other food, nicely, so he
says, in a patent stove, using only
heat of the sun. That will come
in q practical way when we are
ready and fit for it. 1t is silly to
light little fires to do our cooking
when a great central fire is burn
ing all day long overhead.