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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
INDUSTRIAL WASTE.

The public, the great third party to
all Industrial disputes, the party which
ultimately bears the major part OF the
burden OF waste caused by strikes and
lockouts. still faces It's old problem,
but with growing restiveness.
It's demand for Industrial statesman
ship on the part OF the Immediate
parties. employers and employees, is
becoming more insistent as the bur-
dens OF taxation and high freight rates
maintain living costs, while lack OF
market and falling prices for output
intensity the contest between profit
and loss. The relation between wage
levels and living costs is commanding
increasing attention.
Thoughtful wage earnerr are begin
ming TO realize that an unduly high
wage scale is doubtful advantage.
First, because increased cost OF pro-
duction requires an enhanced market
price, which curtails consumption and
leads to curtailed employment. Sec
ond, because general high wage levels
add 20 the cost OF living, which absorbs
at least 80 per cent OF the workman
the country or not, most unfortunately
for the individual workman, his eaen-
irgs above living costs are usually up
set for luxuries and amusements. The
saving at the high wage level Is sc
little above the possible saving at the
low wage level as not TO compensate
for the loss of steady employment.
At this time Il Is said that 3,5oO,O0'
men in the United States are without
employment. Many OF these are un
employed because they refuse to worl
at 81 per hour, demanding sl.2b pei
hour, or approximately $40 per day
Upon a basis OF IS per day, the waste
10 the nation on account OF this un
employment amounts TO s5,0oo.0oo,
600 annually, approximately the cos
OF running the National government
lThis loss estimate includes only loss o
wages II does not include the loss o
nves. the destruction OF property
the bitterness OF feeling, ant
the inehiciency in production re
sulting from industrial warfare AM
a lack of the spirit of corporation
land good will These latter items,
they could be measured in money
would more than equal the direct los
i'm wages.
II is true that the present ratio q
idlenoss In unusual, but upon thi
showing it is fair to assume that tn
! waste occasioned by industrial dis
, putes is sufficient to provide for tn
, payment OF the entire war debt &
the country.
This burden of waste very largel
, falls upon the great public, upon thos
: who are not parties 10 the disputes
g but whose interest Is such az to just
~ demand for the application of IN
3 dustrial statesmanship TO the solutio
I OF this fundamental problem.--Minin
Congress Journal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest.
FAy0RS.


favors are easy TO get, for favors are
easy to ask,
But who sets the hand of another to
work must share with another the
task.
Help" is the commonest cry. 1t be-
gins with the dawn of the dag.
For few have the courage TO stand up
Alone and go to the end of the way
a favor will open the door. but the
proof of your worth and your
might
Is to battle your way all Alone to tne
top and claim the reward as youI
right.
Ard what if the world doesn't see tn,
hands that have favored you so,
Through the days and the weeks ant
the months and the years the truth
of your glory You know.
VINO rises by favor shall find with re
gret till he goes to his grave
That the comforts unearned he ha,
taken from men have forced hin
to live as a slave.
Oh, better it is not TO rise to the height
where .ife's glories are known
Than be carried on high by the hand
Of your friends and build no sue
cess Of your own.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
.LIrTLE OLD NEW. YORK;

II is seldom indeed that Every.
Evening uses its editorial columns to
call attention to any theatrical at
traction playing in this city. We be-
licve as general rule that the review
OF our dramatic critic is sufficient to
call the attention of the public to
any "show" worthy OF being viewed
by our leaders. But this is time
when we wish to break our rule. Have
YOU seen Little Old New York;" II
not, do not miss the chance, II you are
a lover of things theatrical.
Little Old New York" will close
its engagement at The Playhouse to-
night. You still have the opportunity
TO view II. II you love historical
pieces, then see IL. IL you like clean
cut comedy with just the right touch
OF pathos, then see it. II you like ex-
citing scenes on the stage, then see t.
In the third act there is prize fight
which is funnier than almost any
athletic scene staged since that fam
GUS foot race in Rex Beach's "co-
ing Some" Of decade ago. Bully
Boy" Brewster is good for so laughs
Genevieve Tobin, that dainty little
comedienne who plays the part OF
Patricia o'Day, reminds one very
much of Maude Adams in the days
when fairies did not grow UP into fe.
male roosters--like Chandelier.
e. G. Finney, Manager of The Play.
house, is giving Wilmington rea
treat in Little Old New York" II
you love the theatre. and If yot
haven't seen this play. don't miss il to
night. You may never have tn,
chance again.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08

They would have been dead long ago
IL they had committed their acts on
British, Italian or French soil. They
should thank their lucky stars that
they were under the Stars and Stripes
which. incidentally. they did not
support.
II there IN going to be any amnesty
given those prisoners. we say wait
until the peace treaties are ratified
with our former enemies. There is
no occasion for haste. let's do this
thing in an orderly manner, and not
In spectacular way calculated to
appease the crack-braincd red radi-
Gals In our midst.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
GERMANY AT WORK.

The apparent economic calamities
OF the war--the chcapness OF German
labor, the depreciation In the rates Of
German exchange--have become ele-
mcnts OF strength and mastery under
the SHINES leadership. Tho Germans
c.. now produce more chcaply and sell
more cheaply than anybody else, we
are told, and even a 100 per cent nd
vaiorem tariff I'm this country would
not be successful inskeeping out Ger
man goods" Add 90 this that British
business men are dining and wIning
and entertaining the Germans and ar
ranging TO finance distributing agen-
cies for German products all over the
world" while the French, too, are
forming similar trade Affiliations IN a
smaller way" and the timid will shud-
der at the thought that Germany Ia
once more on the road 20 world dom
| ination. She is not invading only
| France this time. She is marching
under the banner Of Hugo SHINES
against every other nation. aided and
lt.bstted by their shortsighted business
linen.
We imagine that the great ma.
jor.ty OF Americans will refuse to grow
very much alarmed over this pictur,
OF German industrial and commercial
activity, true as II probably is. In th'
first place, II is what we have all beer
telling Germany to do, and what W.
have been telling each other II is es
sential for all of us TO do. If sh'
hedn't done It. but had laid down
and refused TO work, we would hav,
considered her a dishonest "quitter
who was trying to shirk her debts
In the second place. the more success
ful she Is in rebuilding her industrie
land commerce, the better Il win b
for the rest of us In two ways. /
will enable her TO pay her debts 4
Great Britain and France, and thu
enable Them I'm their turn 10 repa
us, or TO contribute more effectivel
their share In the general work Of ma
terial replacement OF the values de
stroyed by the war. And Il viii hel
us by arousing us from our ow
apathy and stimulating us 10 imitat
her initiative and resourcefulness.-
Baltimore Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
SHIFTING TAXES.

Desperate efforts are being made to
ratch UP truce in the Republican
quarrel at Washington over the Reve-
nue. bin and they are said to be sue
ceeding. But as the quarrel is not
concerped with tax reduction. so the
truce will mean nothing in the way Of
tax reduction.
Substantial relief for industry and
the people from back breaking war
taxation by the party which promised
TO bring IL about has been given up.
The Republican quarrel has turned
wholly upon the shifting of the pres
ent burden as between industrial and
social classes. The Eastern Republi-
cans would reduce the burden upon
excessive individual incomes and cor
poration profits and increase it by
means OF consumption taxes of one
kind or another upon the masses Of
the people in proportion TO their needs.
The Westerns Republicans would re-
verse the process. Compromise as
now planned would leave the latter
largely in possession Of the field.
But 1t is still the fact that for a
general and all-around tax reduction
practically nothing will have been
done. The Republican promise will re-
main broken and it will necessarily
remain broken until the costs Of gov
ernment have been put upon basis
os permanent peace with all the world
from the war basis on which they now
rest. 1t is a mere puppet-show Of tax
reduction that is now being staged
but the taxpayers cannot be so ea asiiy
fooled with temporized measures OF
this sort as the farmers were with
the fraudulent temporary tariff legis.
lation of the early summer.--New Yorl
World
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
GERMAN MARKS.

Are you holding German marks?
DO you contemplate selling the marks
you have? Are you planning to buy
a bushel basket full of marks before
noon luncheon tomorrow? If any of
these questions apply to you, be sure
and read Roger w. Babson's article on
THE German Mark" which is pub
lished, exclusively in Wilmington. on
the financial page of Every Evening
this afternoon.
Babson has made detailed study
Of Germany's present economic status
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
THE AMERICAN FAMILY.

Census bureau analysis of reports
reveals that the average American
family consists of 4.3 persons. Forty
wears ago the average was tive per-
sons. Each decade since then has
shown a decrease. The greatest de-
crease is with the old line American
families. The census analysis does
not show that. but it is well known.
IL il were not for the thoroughness
with which American nationalizing
processes work the character OF the
country would be materially changed
and the disappearance of the old stock
would involve the substitution OF an
amalgam In which the old element
would have small influence.
The amalgam is American in spite
of the diminishing of the old line
family. Americans have made lam
guage a more powerful nationalizing
instrument than the English have
been able to. The language Of the
United States is a purer language
than that of England. The English
counties vary their spoken tongue SO
greatly that 1t Is difficult TO classify
an these tongues as English. A broad
Lancashire at first hearing is almost
as hard of understanding as COM
pletely alien language. Other English
counties produce equal problems for
the unaccustomed ear.
If the language were as varied from
state to state in the United States
Americans would have more trouble
III developing one type from many
Even i'm Canada English has made NJ
headway against French. II is mo-
a conquering language there. Tn
French have resisted 1t.
Political and social institutions in tn
United States have a quality whic
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
. A CROSS TO BEAR.

Dom Paul Kruger always declared
that the sun moved around the earth
He was scientific brother 20 the
Negro parson In Alabama who de-
clared "the sun do move" and casti-
gated all persons who held contrary
views. Wilbur Glenn voliva, Alex
ander Dowie's successor as boss OF
Zion City, says that the world Is firt.
IL you doubt il, and prove that IL is
otherwise, he offers TO pay you 81 900
for your trouble. That would be an
easy way for some jobless person TO
make $1,000. We fear, however. that
no man living could prove the fact
to voliva's satisfaction.
There's the rub, always. Proving Il
TO the contrary. Some persons OF
strong egoism are so permeated with
the idea that they know all. that no
man can even indicate to them the
north star without starting a Ionp
controversy. Unfortunately such folk
out of tune with the infinite. attemp,
to make the universe over according
to their mistaken plans and speci.
fications. IL we, could only rid tn,
world Of the egoists we would so,
a return of the Garden OF Eden. I'm.
fortunately the breed increases each
year, so normal persons have 10 bea,
the cross OF their presence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
The EVENING SMILE.
JIMMY'S FUNERAL

Like other office boys, Jimmy. em-
ployed by the Guaranty Trust Com
pany, has a grandmother who dies
frequently and conveniently whenever
Jimmy wants a few days OFF. But the
last death" nearly cost him his lob
and now is costing him all his snare
pennies.
The banks employees club felt 80
sorry for Jimmy that they sent a bou-
quet to grandma's funeral. Came this
telephone call from Jimmy's house
We have just received some flowers
from the bank. Can you tell me what
they are for?"
When Jimmy returned from the
funeral IL was decreed that he
should refund the price OF the flowers,
New York Evening Post.
"Goodson Is an awful bore-alwavs
parading his virtues" Yes. and they
take so long to pass given point
Detroit Free Press.
Our boarders have been complain.
ing Of the table" YES, replied Farmer
Corntossel, Next summer me and
Josh is goin' to open up a little res.
taurant where they can go and show
their scorn for our menu here at tn,
house. - Washington Star.
His Son-in-Law- Elect: What dc
you consider the heaviest item o,
your housesold expenses" Old Long.
wood; According to my wife's expens,
account ''sundries" cost me more thar
all the rest put observation-disclosures.
City Star.
Did you ever stop to think, Hen
ry,' asked his wife, how much none,
/ you could save IL you stopped smok
ing?' Yes. my dear" replied Henry
and I've often shuddered 70 thinl
what you would do 10 that money /
| should save it.'-New York Sun.
-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
oun NrienBoR SPEAKS.

Cur good neighbor. The Morning
Npws, which generally wields a
uusty hattlcaNe In behalf Of the Re-
publican cohorts. sees the light at
hst la leading editorial yesterday
entitled "speedier Action by Congress
Desired" voices facts and opinions
which Every Evening promulgated
weeks ago. The News now discovers
that Every Evening was right when
this paper declared that the present
Congress mad failed in its duty to
the Nation.
Says our esteemed contemporary
IN part;
Hearing from the folks back
home may spur Congress to
speodier action. for there is
great deal 10 be done. And some
of the leaders say that il will be
impossible for the lawmakers TO
put through the program before
the time for the regular session,
not 20 mention the day for con-
vening the arms pa.ley. It had
been hoped that Congress would
have adjourned before the great
conference assembled.
The most important parts OF
tho legislative program yet 10 be
acted upon are: Ratification of
the German. Austrian and Hun
sarian treaties; enactment of the
tax revision bill: passing of the
railroad funding measure: pas
aare Of the foreign loan funding
hin.
m there should he prolonged
actate on these measures. as it
n said there win be, the time is
distant when Congress will be
ready 80 adjourn"
an those facts are true. very tru,
indeed iicre and now We wish 4
~ ou record ~ approving The News
eauaTs IN admitung that the pres
sni Republican Congress has faTer
n fatlfy tho German. Austrian an,
nunnarian treaties failed TO enae
the iaK revision hin. failed to pas
ranraad relief legislation. failed t
pass tho foreign loan funding bill
That h great deal for a Republican
paper 70 admlt--but Il is truth.
Tho News, of course. realizes as tn
rent % the Country does. that Con
Hrcsa made a grave mistake when
went on q vocational spree while IN
Nation Froaned under It's problem,
coz course q was more necessary tina
our Conwrossmen have a month O,
g. gclf IN than that the promise
legislative relief be given.
oar noirhbor al least has the cour
aee 10 tell the truth about the griev
ous shortcomings az the party whic
u supports. We admire it for bein
candid.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08

knowledge of world financial mat
ters. enables himlto discuss this mat
ter intclligently, and likewise authori-
tativcly. More than 10000 clients
pay Babson from 500 to $3.50 year
apiece for his reports. You may Sc
cure his advice without extra charge
by reading Every Evening each Sat
urday.
II interested, why not turn TO to.
days financial page?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
JOURNALISTIC PRINCIPLES.

Many years ago Every Evening
evolved set of principles of news
presentation which are followed to
this day. The gist was. tell todays
news and the truth about il without
fear or favor. Now comes the New
York Evening Post, which recently
enjoyed the process of regeneration,
and advertises that il follows the
same code OF ethics. Says the Post,
in one OF its notices:
I'm reporting news il is no trouble
at all. you understand, to color il to
suit the taste of the individual reader.
For instance. splash OF turkey red
will turn the most prosaic happening
to an anarchistic carmine. A change
OF slide, and presto--the news takes
on a saffron hue. Or. by skiliful hand
ling OF the dim-a-lite, il can be told
in a gray half-shsdow.
"An according TO how the reader
wants il served.
'our own taste in color does not in
cline TO either of these extremes. We
are partial 70 plain ordinary daylight
we think the best way to tell tn,
news is the way it happens"
1t is rather pleasing TO know tha'
the New York Evening Post, which
has had a long and an honorabl,
career, is publicly voicing, the prin.
eiples which this paper adopted years
ago.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
Pioneer Band Plans Reunion.

A reunion Of the 59th Pioneer Band
is being planned for the evening OF
November 10. The band, which dur
ing its service in the World War, COM
prised members from many States,
will also participate in the Armis-
tice Day celebration in this city on
November II. A band concert and
dance are features of the program
The committee in charge comprises
Harry p. Stradley, Jr., II. NJ. Bru-
baker and j. Norris Robinson.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


Any render can get the answer 20 |
any question by writing Every Evening /
Information Bureau, Frederic j. Has |
kin. Director, Wa,shingt9n y. e. Ih,s rh
bureau cannot GIVE advice on legal.
medical and financial matters, II does
not attempt TO scttir domestic troubles
nor 20 under take exhaustive research
on any subject Write your questions
plainly and briefly. Give full name and
address and enclose two cents In stamps
for return postage. All replies are sent
direct to the inquiries
q. In what month OF the year Is the
water Of the Atlantic Ocean of the
Jersey coast warmest7 X. A. y.
A. The late summer months usually
produce the highest temperature IN
sea water on the Middle Atlantic
Coast, according 20 the Weather Blu
reau. but I'm the case Of 4 warm Sep
tember. like the one just =. lssttl the
water may reach It's highesf%empera-
ture late In that month.
q. Can you tell me at what date
during the World War the Northern
Lights were visible? O. G. p.
A. The Northern Lights were visible
on August 26, 1915.
q. When did two-cent stamps come
into user p. NJ. A.
A. The postage on letters was re-
duced TO two cents for onn-half ounce
/ IN 1888. In 1885 II was made two
cents for one ounce or fraction of an
ounce.
@. Is there noticeable tide in the
Great Lakes7 w. r. G.
| A. The photographic Office says
there is barely perceptible tide in
the Great Lakes. 1t is called q "seiche'
and is partly due to atmospheric con-
ditions.
q. What Is the equivalent Of yard
in metric measurements b. A. r.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
thata yard isequal 20 36O0-s93T
meters.
q. How much pellagra is there in
the United States2 ". ". n.
A. The Public Health Service has
estimated that there viii be 100 .0Ot
cases Of pcllagra In the United States
this year. and that 10 per cent Of tn,
victims viii die.
q. What viii the income of IN,
United States Government be in 1879
H.. r.
| - tAAH tHtAttAAtW AttEDfnf VI IN
United States Government for 1922 4
$3.50, 200. 900.
q. Is there any estimate Of tn
loss Of life in Russia due to plagu
and famine7 o. r.
A. Gorky. the Russian author. in HI
plea for help from the United state,
said that SOC. 900 Russians were dyin
daily from epidemic disease and star
vation.
@. Have any wild creatures beside
the buffalo and passenger pigeon bee
exterminated in the United states? !
r.
A. Louis Agassiz Fuertes. tho we
known naturalist, says that about :
srecies of birds and animals nav
been exterminated In this countr
while several others are on the verp
of determination. The buffalo IL M
extinct, there being nearly 10000 n,
ing buffaloes in the United State
, today.
= Q. What nation has the large,
: Navy in the world and where doe
{ the United States Navy rank? S. u. !
e A. Great Britain has the larpel
{ Navy in the world. 1t is 40 per Ger
larger than the United States Nav
! which ranks second. The Japanes
r Navy ranks third.
4 q. Do metals expand or contra,
}. when exposed to light? l.. o.
1 a. The Bureau OF Standards "a,
: metals expand on exposure to da-
4 light. This is owing to the rise
: temperature caused by absorption
= the suns rays.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
A WYETH EXHIBIT.
Work of the Noted Local Artist Now
Being Shown in Philadelphia.

Fifty canvases by n. c. wyeth are
on exhibition at the Art Alliance gal
lery, Rittenhouse Square. PhiIadel-
phia. where they win be shown until
October 20. They include some OF his
most recent work and have elected
high praise from the critics.
Mr.. Wyeth viii shortly take up his
residence in Needham, Mass, in order
to be near his work on mural paint
ings in the new Federal Reserve
Bank building in Boston, which will
occupy him for the next two years
Mr.. Wyeth also will be one Of a
group of four artists whose works viii
be shown at the Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg, early next year. The Others
are Howard Pyle, under whom WyetE
studied, Maxfield Parrish and III,
English illustrator, Charles Rackham
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
RIPPLING RHYMES.
BY Walt Mason.
RICHES.


"If l had loads of money ex-
istence would be sunny" the
poor fish sadly means; I'm
certainly disgusted With being
always busted. when other men
have bones. The rich man has
no sorrow; il he should try to
borrow a grief 'twould be in
vain; for money is the basis of
all the JOY that chases around
this mundane plain" But when
a man has riches his walls, in
dismal pitches. assail the gates
of morn; of all men who have
anguish, OF all who wilt and
languish, he seems the most for
lorn. All kinds of grafters fret
, him, the tax collectors get him,
and leave him sick and sore;
his pet investments fizzle, his
tears fall in a drizzle, and life
becomes a bore. The people tire
and irk him. because they try
to work him, and rend him from
his kale; he has no friends TO
cherish, all his affections perish,
and all his longings fail. OF all
the idle dreamers, and all the
ruthless schemers he is the
proper prey; the robbers make
him tremble, and gold brick
men assemble around him on
his way. The hates Of men re-
volt him. the eyes of envy jolt
him, and everywhere he wonds
he meets the whining needy, the
covetous and greedy, but sell
dom meets with friends. And
when we envy riches, while
digging useful bitches or saving
helpful wood, our taste must
be lamented; so let us be con-
tented, and labor and be good.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
BUILDING PERMITS.

Plans for the following projects
have been approved and permits is
sued by the building inspectors Of
fee:
Jessup street, 1921; r. d. Strevig
owner and builder; addition SIS.
Eleventh street, 1921 West; ]. L
Yates, owner and builder; public ga
rage, $500.
Madison street, III; J. Maisano
owner and builder; addition, $500.
Market street, Coroner Fourth
street; Chas. Rudolph. owner, Davic
Market street, Corner Fourth
tions, $3.50.