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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-02-03
Pershiag despee desarmare.

Pershing despee desarmare.
Washington. - Generalul Per-
shing, comandantul fortelor anne.
ricane in deo,lrsul razboiului, a
fost ascultat All de comisia mill
tara a senatului in chestia desar-
mdrii. Generalul, care cmoaste
foarte bine situatia militara a
Europei a declarat ca desarmarea
ar fl un pas de neprevedere pima
&c Europa sa 7narmeaZa pima la
dinti Parerea hui insa e, ca daca
America ar propine o conferinta
puterilor europene unde $ ar dis
cuta modalitatile desarmarii ge-
nerale, aeeasta propunere ar Fl
In.impinata de O aprobare gene
rala.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-02-03

Londra. - Multi matrozi sunt
lcuzati ca au incercat de dezer-
IA. Oind vapoarele ibritanc win in
porturile americana, multi ma
trozi sd inroleaza i'm flota amerl-
,ana, unde sunt mai bine platiti
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
LIFTS GET BUSY.

Rusiness--big and lit;ic--has passed
through very trying period the last
twelve months. hut the time has
finally come when even the most
pessimistie feel reasonably sure that
conditions everywhere are improving.
wilmington naturally suffered with
other parts OF the country. but il is
a known fact that our factories are
Fradually resuming. more and more
aru nnding employment. and all signs
point 20 an Improvement in most
every line q business.
The Harbor Terminal project. the
new Library building. both under
taken within the past two weeks. in
veive vast expenditures and viii give
employment 20 many people. The car
shops. the leather factories. and many
other Industries are reporting condi-
tlons az improving every month--not
normal. mind you. but improving be-
yond doubt.
And 80 let's stop talking Bad Busi-
nort and talk Good Business from
now on. Let's forget what happened
yesterday and last week. and talk
about What VIZ expect TO happen to-
morrow and next month. There is
much in ones state OF mind
oftimos.
We ao not want 20 make too many
comparisons with last year. or tho
year before. but devote more time and
energy IN creating new business-noi
merely increasing that which we al
ready have but developing new -
l,ortnnities which we have overlooked
heretofore. Business came so easy
during the war that many concerns
heretofore aggressive and resource
fui have apparently forgotten how
Go 80 after IL
And tha; applies 10 big business and
little hu~iness-to any concern or in
dIviduai who has something 20 sell,
whether IL is steel rails. merchandise
or automobile tires.
Let's get busy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
THE PRINCESS ERRs.

Princess Bibesco was indIscreet
enough to state in London few days
ago that American women are
spoiled" Coming from an ordinary
princess that remark would be ig-
nored. But being uttered by the wife
of the Roumanian minister to the
United States. different aspect could
be placed upon the statement. In the
past nations have warred for less
things.
No doubt the Princess. whose home
land has not been noted for progress,
marvels that in the United States n
woman may actually haee a mind
of her own and occasionally do az
she pleases. In RoumanM. of course.
women are virtually in a state OF
serfdom. and dare not admit that the
sky is blue unless their stately lords
and masters agree that such Is true.
The Princess makes the grave error
OF Judging our women. and not our
men. IL our women are spoiled. per
haps IT is because the men prefer
that they be spoiled, though we should
rather say that men prefer that women
have their equal rights TO happiness
and to service. Knowing the part
which women have played in the for.
nation OF our country, realizing the
privations and the hardships which
they have endured side by side with
their men. we do not think that they
are spoiled today. In Roumanian
eyes. yes perhaps. but not in Ameri-
can Judgment
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
RENT PROFITEERING.

This il day Of adjustment for em-
ployer and employee. owner and rent
er alike. The wartime profits are
being made no more; neither are the
wartime wages being paid. Living is
not as high as il was in rs and
ls. and taxes certainly have Iot
tripled since the world volplaned from
peace TO chaos.
In several sections Of the city
apartments which rented for $40 be-
fore the war are now being held for
ss5-the price which was paid in
'is and 20. In other sections a like
increase OF more than 400 per cent is
noted. There is no reason for this out
rageous pronteering--for proiteering
Il most certainly is. Every expense
which the owner bears in keeping
his property in condition has lessened
yet the prices remain in the sky.
and some owners are even threaten
ing to raise them higher--though
where they will nnd tenants is a
mystery.
In the boom years when the ex-
ecutives and workers from as States
came to Wilmington the demand for
housing facilities resulted in an enor-
nous jump in the rentals. But the
war is over. and thousands and thous-
ands of those men and women have
returned to their respective states.
on every hand one sees the for rent
sign in apartment and house win
dows. but the prices are those Of war
days.
Many young executives whose in
fux into this city would contribute
to Delaware's prosperity refuse TO
come because they say that they can
not afford to pay the staggering rent
ais demanded Therefore Delaware
loses.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
HOOVER AND GoMPERS.

Shortly after Herbert Hoover as
sumed the portfolio of Secretary Of
Commerce it was announced that he
would make a detailed study of the
German cartel system, and report
whether it would be feasible in op-
Grafton in the United States. II was
said at that time that Mr.. Hoover
was prompted by one main object.
which included several others toward
which various antagonistic groups
were laboring, which was the co-or-
dinating of American industry TO the
extent that it could compete here and
abroad profftably with foreign goods.
and yet give a good profit TO the man
ufacturers and maintain the present
wage scale for the benefit Of the work
ers.
Mr.. Hoover has not promulgated the
result of any Investigations which he
may have made. But comes news
Of cheering sort, which win cause
US to retain our buoyancy of COM
mercial spirit while awaiting word
from our Secretary of Commerce. 1t
is Mr.. Samuel Gompers. president of
the American Federation of Labor.
who cheers the q. S. A. by announc-
ing that organized labor viii imme-
diately begin a monumental research
work which viii have as its object
the investigation of every nook and
corner of the realm OF production =
Mr.. Compers will show us the why
and the wherefore Of our industrial
illness, and. we presume, will act as
the economies physician and pre-
scribe for 1t. Thus we have two
reports to anticipate with eagerness.
We hope that the result of the in
vestigations OF both men will be given
TO the public at approximately the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27

Senator Harrison Of Mississippi
seems definitely established in the
role % chief lrritant or gadHy II the
overwhelming Republican majority
in the Senate. He is the Democrat
always most likely to turn I'D with
ennbarras quotations from for
gotten Republican speeches which do
not harmonize with present Republican
policies and acts. Unlike the melo-
dramatic Hefiin of Alabama, who IN
dulges in Trades. invariably full Of
rhetoric and generally barren Of
thought. Senator Harrison has some
concern for arming himself with fact.
From the Republican standpoint
Senator Harrison. in a purely po-
lItical rather than in a personal sense.
Is an unadulterated nuisance. just
as the Democrats have found similar
gadfiys in Republican ranks. The late
Congressman A. p. Gardner was not
content one year with verbally ex-
posing certain gIaring Democratic in
consistences but had blackhoards set
up in the House corridor. bearing in
large letters quotations from earlier
speeches OF Champ Clark which were
utterly antagonistic to the course he
was then following. Clark had to walk
BY those biackboards daily-and stand
it.
Pat Harrison. whose baptisimaI
name now discarded was Byron Pat
ton Harrison, is a cleaa-cut and
foreeful- looking young man whose
vigorous physique and close cut hair
are In contrast to the disappearing
southern politician who stil wears
the long. flowing locks that went out
OF fashion years earlier in the North.
Yardaman. Harrison's predecessor,
was of that picturesque type. But
Nardaman could easily have been for
given for wearing his hair in that way.
in curl papers, or in any way he
chose, If he had been willing to talk
and act in what Z. S. Martin Of Life.
suggesting improved manners to Col
Harvey. has happily called a "sani-
tary" manner.
Senator Harrison is one OF the
youngest. If not the youngest. in the
Senate being still short Of his 10th
birthday. A senator who at that age
and early in his frst although
he served previously in the House
has demonstrated such a faculty for
confronting the opposition with its
past history, promises TO have
career Of considerable usefulness. All
parties are inconsistent but there is
value in forcing them TO defend and
show the reasons for their changed
policies. Unless he happens himself
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
EXPLORING ARABY
From the New York Evening Post

Arab Edi. Page Saturday I23a56s6
The republication in "A sumptuous
edition OF Doughty's Arabia Desertan
and the general English recognition
Of IL as a masterpiece OF travel is a
reminder that Aramia Felix has al
ready given its fun share of adyen-
ture and color to the modern world
After Burton. Palgrave, and Doughty
has come Col. Lawrence Yet the pen-
insula remains the largest single
stretch of unexpIored. uncharted ter
ritory on the globe, the polar regions
apart. Most Americans probably think
of Arabia as about the size of New
York State, whereas il actually con-
tains 1900. 600 square miles, and could
easily make room for two dozen New
forks. IL has been a land not only of
mystery but OF myth. There have
been tales OF vast habitable regions
concealed in the unknown central
strip; of great lakes used for reser-
voirs, and of heavy volume of in
land trade. During the war two men,
Col. Lawrence and Mr.. III. ST. j. b.
Phiiby, cut down decidedly the un-
known area, but more still remains
than in any other part of the habit
able world.
Neither Richard Burton nor Charles
Doughty. the most famous writer's on
Arabia, stands in the first rank of its
explorers. Burton did not penetrate
hundred miles from the sea, nor
Mecca, further south, fifty. His
journey might be represented by a
pilgrimage from Trenton To Washing
ton, leaving an area as large as the
rest OF the United States east of the
Mississippi untrayersed. The bold
ness of his adventure, which a mo-
mentary exposure of his disguise
would have made fatal, and the
novelty of the Mohammedan Gus
toms he described gave the trip its
reclame. The archaeologist Doughty
in 1875 wandered over an interior re-
gion most of which had been visited
before. but made his wanderings me-
morable by the minute accuracy with
which he observed desert life and the
beauty of the style in which he re-
corded his observations. Two men who
really made extensive explorations of
fresh country were Sadlier, who
TO the Red Sea, as far as from New
York to Chicago, in 1877, and w. q.
Palgrave. Palgraye travelled hum
dreds of miles in Central Arabia car
rying his life in his hands, for he
had to go disguised as a Syrian doe
tor and merchant. Once he was reeog-
nized and once suspected. but each
time his presence of mind saved him.
Both Lawrence and Philby covered
great new parts OF Arabia by in
gratiating themselves with the Arabs
and tribesmen. Iawrenee's exploits
in organizing the Arabs and directing
the capture of the Hedaz railway are
familiar: he and his suhordinates be-
came Intimate with wide stretch of
Arabia along the upper Red Sea. An
article by ID. C. Hogarth of Oxford In
the Geographical Journal shows that
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
FRANCE REVISITED
BY OWEN WISTER
Fields Have Come Back Towns Have Not Distinguished Author
Paused in Writing Book to Get First Hand lnorma
tion About the Devastated Area.
sew York Evening Post.

%f'ff 'Rth sffNfAhh t'eAt
Owen wiater, who has just returned
from trip 20 England and France.
has left for Philadelphia, where he
viii take up the completion ~ his
new book about afterswar conditions
in France, which he hopes to finish
Some time this fall Mr.. Wistcr
started writing this book on his in-
pfessions Of France directly after the
armistice, and had II about three
he had to go TO England. The book
IL to be Of the type Of the "Pente-
cost of Calamity and THE Straight
Deal"
~ stopped writing the book in order
10 get my own impression Of France
said Mr. wister. because every
friend that came home told me diff
ferent story. So after I was through
In England ] went 20 France. and
I found II 80 enlightening and 80
absorbing that instead of coming
home IN the spring, as I had planned.
stayed through the summer. / have
now revisited the places saw in
1919. and have seen many Of them
several times over"
Mr. Wister found that the land in
France had been in a large degree re-
stored to its original frultfuiness.
The towns. he found had not made
such rapid pragress.
Roughly speaking, I think the
fields have wonderfully come back, !"
said Mr.. Wistef. ~ can remember
places where two years ago there were
nothing but shell holes and barbed
wire. Now you see acres and ncres
Of wheat and beet roots growing IN
| them.
I'm other places. for one reason or
another. very little change has taken
place except what rain and frost and
time win do. For instance, At the
| Beaumont -Hamei Hin, between paris
and Amiehs, nothing has been done
at all. and there are just weeds where
mud used to be.
Waiting on the Government.
The rebuilding Of the towns de-
pends largely on the Individual wealth
Of the inhabitants. because where she
people have 10 wait to get damages
from the government they have n
wait q very long time. In places where
the inhabitants had a little private
fortune 70 begin building with houses
are going up. But there are great
many towns that are as empty and
sad as they were two years ago. IND
some Of the towns which were per.
fectly invisible two years ago are s,jt
perfectly INVISIBLE
Mr.. wisfer said that the impression
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27

same time. We should like to place
them side by side. and see wherein
they differ. and why. Both men are
noted for their respective ability. Each
Ia known to possess strong mentality,
and to be philosopher In his sphere.
But we wonder II there will be a dis
similarity In their conclusions, an a
result OF the angles from which they
view life in general. II forced to de-
eide between the Judgments OF the tive
men, we believe that we would abide
by Mr.. Hoovcr's findings--espcciaily
upon Industrial matters. lie Is in
ciined to look at all sides of the obc-.
lisk Mr. Gompers sees only that side
bearing the words organized labr."
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27

An Associated Press dispatch from
berlin states that no indication of the
nature of the treaty negotiations
now being conducted with the Ameri-
can government has been given out.
"In answer TO inquiries" says the
dispatch. 1T was asserted that COM
nlete secrecy was maintained at the
special request of the American gov
ernment."
The opposition which heckled Presi-
dent Wilson first for being so un-
sophisticated as to believe open di-
plomacy possible and second for not
adhering TO his platform. il seems. is
now leading Machiavellian Berlin in
q proceeding of secret covenants
secretly arrived at.
Senator Lodge, the same Lodge who
in 1919 complained bitterly that
President Wilson had not consulted
the Senate prior to the negotiations
al Paris, is compIacent. He manifests
no curiosity as to what is going on
between Washington and Berlin. With
President Wilson he insisted on Sen
ate consultation prior to negotiation
With President Harding information
following the presentation Of the
treaty will suffice.
As a matter of fact. nobody in the
Senate or out of the Senate really
cares what is happening between
Washington and Berlin, for treaty
making with Germany is an empty
form. interesting only TO those upon
whom devolyes the official RESPONSE
hility OF making peace and the re-
sponsibility of making it some way.
any way, other than by the Versailles
treaty. Germany is bound and gag
ged, in the hands of her receivers,
from whom the State Department first
had TO get consent before 1t could
ask Germanyss mark on a prepared
document.
But the principle is the same
whether the negotiation is in the big
tsnt or under a dap AT the rear. Ii
all depends on whose negotiations are
At issue.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
JUST FOLKS
AT THE OFFICE WITH nan.
BY Edgar A. Guest

Most fun that | ever had
Was goin' down TO work with Dad.
Nothing ever pleased me SO,
As when he'd smile an say, Lets &c
To the office. and maybe
You can do some things for me-"
Then he'd always act as though
WAS big and had TO go.
Met the janitor. and he
Showed most everything TO me:
Met the president, who said
That his little boy was dead.
And my father should be glad
Still to have his little lad.
And he sighed and wiped his eye.
Now l understand just why.
Now I'm old and wiser grown.
With a youngster of my own.
And at times that little lad
Bcgs to so to work with Dad;
Likes to occupy a chair
In the downtown office. where
Everything seems strange and new.
And there's such lot 10 do.
So / take him now an then
Down among the busy men.
And the boy that is with me
Brings back one who used TO be,
With the bright smile and the glow
In the eyes of long ago.
When / WAS a little lad
Coin down TO work with Dad.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27

tial relief must come for the present
from the readjustment OF internal tax
alton. and the revision or repeal OF
those taxes which have become un-
productive and which are no arti-
ficially burdensome as to defeat their
own purpose" But that relief il not
yet given and may not be attained be-
fore November. IL then.
1t is unnecessary TO show how little
Congress has done for the men who
suffered in the World War. But then,
Congress is Republican. and the Re-
publican party never did love sol
eier. except when 1t had to call for
"our brave boys to fight beside the
flag" After the lighting was done
they were always forgotten.
This failure to pass constructive
legislation is the result OF the lack
of skillful leadership In either branch
Of Congress. and TO the Presidents
noyish good nature which seems to
prevent him from insisting upon his
prepared program of relief being con-
summated. Neither the Senate nor
the House possesses Republican leaders
of force sufficient to keep their col
leagues working steadily toward one
goal. For the past four months there
has been much playa great deal of
play indeed--indulged in In Washing
ton. but very, very little work. The
majority OF our representatives. in
Guiding one or two very high in power.
seem TO go on the principle that
they were elected so that they might
enjoy themselves. Work has been the
least thing that Congress has done
recently. If one judges by results. .
Truly, pitiful performance.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
THE EVENING SMILE.
WHEN YOU MEET BEARS.

They had just crossed the Ca
nadian border into New York. accom-
panied by a book taught acquaintance.
who ate according to a massive vol
umne on dietetics. exercised according
TO another man who lived his life
from book to book.
The automobile was laboring up a
mountainous road. and. coming sud
denly around a sharp turn. almost ran
down a she bear and her cub.
What shall we do next?" flashed
two minds simultaneously, for the
bears took up the centre of the road.
The book, The book" whispered
nc Of the massive volumes. See what
your blue book tells you TO do when
Evening Post.
Can you tetll me why an umbrella
IS like jackpot That's easy. Be-
cause it's of no use TO anybody until
il is opened" yes, and it doesn't
necessarily belong TO the man who op-
ems it. either. New York Sun.
Nobody attempts 10 sell a farmer
gold bricks or green goods any
more" What's the use?" inquired
Farmer Corntossel. They can work
faster and safer with oil stock litera-
ture- e-"-Washington Star.
1T is generally in damp places that
the mushrooms grow, isn't it, pa?" II
believe so, my son. Well, is that the
reason they look like umbrellas?"
Columbus discovered America. =
Yes. but he picked a bad time. He was
sighted in reputation and reduced in
fortune. instead of being rewarded. as
discoverers now are, with college de-
grees and invitations TO lecture
Washington Star.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
WHO WILL EXPLOIT nussIAf

A vofy disquieting article appeared
In lie Matln yesterday In which Il
was stated that England and Ger
many are planning an agreement to
enter Into a concerted exploitation Of
Soviet Russia. Though the truth
of this ia difficult TO control, it fs not
necessarily bascd entirely ON netion.
krassin has mado number of visits
to London. while Germany has kept
her agents In Russia from the very
beginning OF the present regime.
What would be The pian2 In ex-
change for imports. England would
get central Russia. Germany southern
Russia---and japan would be satisfied
with Siberia. OF course. Germany
has denied amy such agreement. but
we know how 10 appreciate her de-
malls. As to England. IL is an ineon-
testabie fact that Lloyd George has
been flirting with tht soyiets for over
two years And now that the Com
munist powers have been forced To-
transact business with some one with
whom would they naturally make a
heginning2
With ua. who. on the basis of ele-
mentary morals. accommodated
them, or with England and Germany,
who. in the interests Of their own
commercial development. have never
lost an opportunity TO smile upon
them7 The situation creates new
danger to our prosperity and fnfiu-
enee. Our government cannot afford
20 forget that twenty billion of its
francs have been swallowed up In
Russia The American government
on the other hand. Is not going TO al
low the immense Russian question
to be settled without its consent. And
In all of this. including both charity
and politics. who is to be recognized
In Russian our former allies or our
present enemies7-F'igaro tParis1.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
RIPPLING RHYMEs.
By Walt Mason.
HAPPINESS.

In Canada my childhood years
were spent. mid snow and rime.
and though often / froze my ears.
had a bully time. The winter
started in the fan and lasted
through the spring, and bitter
tempests used to brawl. but I
would smile and sing. For
was born happy guy. my heart
was full Of giee, and January or
July was all the same 70 me.
In Kansas long I made my
home; tbs there the wild winds
chase; they blew the ringlets
from my dome. the whiskers
from my face. A cyclone hoisted
me at times. and while I rode
the blast I Jotted down those
cheer-up rhymes that made you
stand agast. On ArizOnas
scorching plain I dwelled a year
or more, with ella monsters In
my train, and rattlesnakes be-
fore. Ny pelt dried up and
wrinkied of beneath the burn
ing rays, but was stiil a cheer
ful ton, and had happy days.
II one is born the child of mirth.
no Ills can stop his song, not az
the ordeals Of the earth can wilt
MIN very long. 10 is "A rare and
wondrous gift. the cheerful
frame Of mind. that sees the
heavy cloudbanks drift. and
knows they're silver lined. There
IS no envy in my heart for gifts
that other own: they may be
wise, they may be smart. and in
their class alone; and they may
scale the shining heights that
can ne'er achieve. but I am
warbling days and nights. while
they cave round and grieve.