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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-25
Making Armies.

n NE THING the great war seems to have
" impressed upon the makers of armies. This
is that the privates in the ranks do not have be
professional soldiers 1t is not necessary for them
to make their life job Nor do the young
have to take from their lives the enlisted or con-
scrpted period. An army consists of about
many vocations found in private life and
training in all the skilled crafts can be had while
serving as soldier.
There was in fact, any other reason for
increasing the German period of CONSUMPTION to
three years than increase the size of the stand
ing army. France followed this lead for the
reason. In fact the period of CONSUMPTION has
always been fixed to produce the desired size of
armies and not the period necessary to produce
efficient fighting units 1t really has not been
surprise military leaders that it did not take the
usual two years. nor one year to make dependable
and we-trained soldiers.
So France is not doing anything revolutionary
in reducing her period OF CONSUMPTION from three
years to eighteen months She is but reducing her
standing army by one-half. She will still have
just as many trained soldiers who in emergency
would be ready for active service after a period
of freshening up. She will the odd eighteen
months of the lives of all her young men for indus
trial production She needs them more for industry
than for and wars menace as well as demand
has been recognized reduced at least this one
half.
Gradual approach to active service to service
under FIRE and battle conditions, found to be
even more important than long period of drill
maneuver and training in the safety of the
far back Seasoning to facing death, to self
control, quick action and initiative in any emergency
essential than mastery of drill details
No soldier is really soldier until he is veteran
he is not a veteran until he has faced the enemy
The conscript period, whether eighteen months or
eighteen years, may make the less, more perfect
machine with the soldier habits, but not fighters
until they have fought. The early months of the
when Great Britain poured in her recruits and
the last year when America poured in hers, were
proof enough of the making of fighting armies
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Questions Statements Truth.

To the Editor. The Wsshinrtop Herald;
am somewhat surprised that
you should give space to a letter
such as appeared in The Herald Of
November % from one Willis An
drews, of Dallas. Tex. The letter
is. essentially. a misstatement OF
fact. of which you must have been
aware when you directed its publ
cation.
After describing the despotic mil
itarism of Germany before the war.
the writer says, For opposing mill
tarism, Eugene Debs is languishing
in a prison cell" That is~directly
contrary to the truth. Mr.. Debs is
in prison after conviction in a Fed
eral court for violation of a law en-
acted by the Gully elected repre-
sentatives of the people in Con-
gress assembled. He was convicted
of obstructing the defenders OF this
country in their effort TO maintain
the liberal government under which
Mr.. Debs and his adherents are
permitted to oppose militarism 10
their hearts content
The writer further says, War
rem Harding refuses to pardon Debs
All of which presents a paradoxical
situation in democratic govern
ment0 I am not informed that Presi-
dent Harding has refused to pardon
Debs, but. in everything he has or
has not done regarding that case,
he is exercising a discretion specif-
cally granted to the President oy
the Constitution: He shall have
power to grant reprieves and par
dons for orenses against the United
states, except in cases OF impea ch =
ment- Are We to understand tina {
there is something paradoNical in
the relation of the Federal Consti-
tuition to democratic government?
Let every American assure himself
that the Constitution is the bulwarlI
that guarantees him democratic
| government.
CLINTON r. THOMPSON
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organs. in its statements directly contradicts
itself. 1t says:
These men are intent only on puai,,hins
ton is that Of NE trosIodyte. Their party
promised to lift. the TAX burden from the
backs Of tbe people: The people expected
in the House and the ' eorrs.pondins bloc i il
the Senate have 6xed idea that the purpose !
OF the tax laws is to punish the rich'
he tM BsSysrdg pointed out tia. when sher
are inAicting greater grief and heavier losses
upon the poor
Continuing this same strain of logic which
is SO conclusive in its nnuendo and temper, we
are told:
- The swnish obstinacy Of these legislator;
who resist s tn. teachings Of anGwsdgs snd
party, and treat with insulting disregard the
wise counsel OF the President, would be as
founding if we were not SO familiar with the the
performances of economic illiteracy. The
men OF this insurgent bloc, it must be pointed
out again, come from those States where
P Populism, Granssrism, Gresnbaek I .,; and
hourished. Tufn insane financial dclusion
loose in those regions and it is very likely
to find hospitable Judgment in innumerable
minds
The four "isms' named were all but pro-
tests against the same divine right of wealth
Economically unwise, they were signs which the
compelled reforms which lessened that com.
pete control of national legislation by wealth
which formed quite natural cycle in the de
velopment OF this country. AS Mr.. Balfour says
it is hardly tasty" for those who have now
lost that complete control which they so fool
ishly abused, to merely pour walls of wrath and
naughty names upon those with whom they must
come to agreement as, to just what is to be the
future status of wealth and OF its rights
basis OF square deal.
1t is equally foolish for its representatives in
Congress to answer the insurgent vote on surtax
with conference elimination of the inheritance
tax and the tax gifts to make this one tax
wealth would actually have to pay in full 1t !:
even less wise to also drop the merely informa
tive provision requiring statement of the tota
investment in tax-free securities Wealth may
succeed in suicide, but it cannot expect to gain
clemency and generous treatment by such tactics
of its foolish courtiers.
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Benefits of Push-Carts.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Just a few words in connection
with the discussion as to the rights
of the push-cart men. There is
considerably more involved in this
question than the rights" of these
men. The commodities they handle
are highly perishable, and il goes
without saying that If not disposed
of quickly these foodstuffs are liable
to be lost.
This push-cart method of selling
fruits and vegetables affords a
cheap means OF giving wide dis
tSibution of these foods, such as
cannot be given in any other way.
II should be borne in mind that the
push-cart men are not able to buy
unless the market is pretty well
supplied, that is TO say their trade
is usually carried on with the sur
plus or overflow; and this creating
OF a wider market results in dis
posing of a large quantity OF food
stuffs. to the benefit of both the
grower and consumer.
In the absence of this low-priced
method. many people would be de-
prived of the benefit OF fresh fruits
and vegetables, and II is to be re-
GREETED that the method referred to
is not more generally followed
throughout the country.
| dare say that the merchant,
doing business in stores are affected
but little by the push-csrt men. as
the latter cater to a class of people
who indulge in these luxuries onl,
when they can be purchased cheaply
on the streets. II is a good thing to
have these fresh foods made easily
available, good for the buyer, and
especially good for the grower. who
has in this way an enlarged market
Hyattsville, Md. b. H. n
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New Revenue Bill.

A FTER seven months, the bill has
~ been passed and signed by the President.
There has been fundamental change
made, but in many ways it is better law. The
income tax gradatons simpler and fairer and it
should be less expensive in administration, though
possibly to the individual taxpayer OF large
affairs and varied interests. Now that the agony is
all over, it does very much as though some
thing resembling a mouse had been born after the
Bong months OF travail.
- The change which may promise the most i'm
mediate relief and benefit to business is the repeal
lSof the railroad traffic These have been
paid directly by the shippers and have been bur-
uiden especially the farmers, in many instances
making the difference between profit and loss, Ex-
cess profits taxes wiped out of next January
and in their place the corporation rate is in
creased to IL I-2 per cent. The maximum income
Surtax is reduced from 65 to so per cent These,
with the repeal of most of the so-called nuisance
taxes, or their change a direct subjects in
bulk production, the chief differences from the
hold law.
-. There is nothing in all this that should have
taken more weeks than it actually took months.
Nor would it, had there been definite, constructive
assured leadership. Nothing shows more definitely
that the old processes OF legislation gone and the
new are not yet organized, than the murky tortu-
lOus way of this bill and the tariff The forces
(which have always dictated such legislation and
controlled its way through Congress have lost the
command along with much of their ceverness In
theirs place have come greater variety of factors
lessening the old time cohesiveness and unity as
well as the certainty OF action and driving power
There now many more interests to reconcile
and leadership requires lot more of mental agility
as we'll as sincerity, much greater breadth OF view
and greater grasp of seemingly unrelated interests
it takes of real statesmanship-or will-to
control Congress in the future and less of mere
party manipulation dictation. In other words
the leaders must know OF economies and f.
rance, OF world commerce exchange and trade, of
international affairs and of intertwined domestic in
dustries- They may not need to know much
OF the mechanism of party politics, of the
desires OF certain great financial and industrial
forces.
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Divine Right of Wealth.

THE divine right OF wealth has gone sky
huking along with the divine right of
kings Neither wealth kings are a, yet
quite ready to admit this and accept the
newer conditions. Yet every day it is more
evident and some Americans who have or who
represent much wealth. not only recognize but
welcome the fact. They, however, but prove the
rule of blindness which still clings to the theory,
voiced by apthracite coal king, that the Lord
chose those who in control of the earths riches
and the wealth of nations to have such custody
possession, because of their supreme ability
and fitness.
=. This theory of the Lords anointed is the
origin of the claim for non-interference with
wealth which is leading its possessors into un-
necessary trouble through the devotion of its
sigencies of protection and worship. Both in and
out of legislative halls, these agents have most
unfortunate methods those of the blind leading
the blind.
81 In the long campaign to repeal the excess
profits taxes and lower the surtax incomes there
has been less OF argument than of expressed
amazement that anyone should presume to in
terfere with the wisdom of the Lords chosen
ones. There is and has been abundant argument
available for both propositions. A tax on excess
profits is in effect a consumption tax 1t is in
evitaby passed along in much larger volume than
the amount paid as tax. 1t is collected in ad-
Vance from the consumers, which is the best of
for not making the repeal retroactive. as
well sufficient reason for dumping it off the
statute books. adding the fact that it has un-
,doubtedly lessened industrial investment So with
he excessive surtax rates, they drive capital into
the blind alleys of tax exempt securities and re-
,duce the amount OF liquid capital for investment
and OF inducement for Investment risk.
These are not taxes, however, which soak
the rich" il they are passed along or are avoided
They merely unwise forms of taxation which
hurt in the fields of finance and economies NOR.
than they profit as taxes. Yet the refusal of the
House to lower the surtax rate below 20 per
gent has brought from the organs of the divine
right of wealth, not argument. not logical pro-
test, but columns OF abuse They are as sense
less the advisers of Charlie Hapsburg who in
sSuced his return for more reach for his
Crow One OF the prominent of these
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Editorial Stirs Disappr0val
10 the Editor. The Washington Herald !:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Reading the editorial page of
your issue of November l2, / note
one headed, "A Fool Killer" and
am quite amused at your viewpoint,
especially in as much as you ex-
press your opinion SO emphatically.
which recalls to mind q lecture and
afterward a little chat with STAN
ensen, the Arctic explorer, who
was recently in this city, in which
lecture and chat he pointed out
how Benjamin Franklin had con-
sidered the little island of Guada-
loupe worth more than half the
continent of Canada, although he
recommended that the British take
Canada and let the French have
the island.
Then he developed the point as
to how much Seward was criticised
for paying 100000 for the pile of
ice and snow known as Alaska.
Then he goes further to point out
how we have been fooled in our
school days as to the conditions
beyond the Arctic circle; all of
which leads me to wonder if this
editorial may not in your lifetime
and mine prove to be a boom
erang," for may not your present
opinion of Mount Everest be just
as far wrong as were those of the
other two in judging Canada and
Alaska?
1t occurs to me you are pretty
"cocksure" of your statements, con-
sidering that you have not visited
Mount Everest's topmost point, and
you may some day have to eat your
words, and that, too, after they
have gotten as cold as territory
beyond the Arctic is supposed to be.
ROYAL LEE BUNCH.
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Mrs. WILLIAMS
Rights of Minority.
% the Editor, The Washington Herald

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
He who wilfully violates the
Constitution of the United states
because it does not suitt his per-
sonal views or wishes is Just as
n-American in heart just as dan
gerous to his country. as the in
surrectonist and the traitor"
The above paragraph in The
washington Herald, November 81,
in the Open Court column. was a
taiipiece to a dry. argument and
violation of the 18th amendment.
take exception to il. Many of the
Vioiators OF the 18th amendment
were in the service of their coun-
try during the war and placed their
life and limb at the disposal OF
their country; many others came
forward with their cash and energy
so the war, would be a success;
many others suffered deprivations
'of all kinds so no obstacle would
be placed in the path of our gov
eminent. Have all these suddenly
become traitors to our country be-
cause they might wish a glass OF
beer or something else7 think
not Law is law. but there arises
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Where is Heaven?
o the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
would like to have John t.
Weathers tell US where the
Heaven" to which Jesus assembled,
as told in the Scriptures. is? At the
time this narrative was written the
earth was supposed to be the cen
ter of the universe with the sun.
moon. and stars fixed in a shell
called a armament and revolving
around ii. 1t was also the abode Of
the Creator and his angels, and
was the heaven to which Christ
was taken. and where he sat at the
fright hand of God. But when the
telescope. invented several hundred
years later, was turned upon this
armament it disappeared and a
bottomless and endless void tooS
its place. The armament was shown
to be but the baseless fabric of a
vision.
1t is now known that the nearest
of the fixed stars to the earth is at
such an immense distance that an
express train travelling at a speed
of mile a minute without stop,
would not reach it within forty
million years, and if there be a
Heaven" it must be still further
away.
Modern science has necessitsted
the revision of many of our con-
ceptions of material things derived
from the Bible. Is Ii not probable
that our conceptions of heaven
must also be revised? Christ said
The Kingdom of God is within
YOU" Science has demonstrated that
the earth is likely to remain in its
present habitable condition for un-
told millions of years to come. Is ii
not more than likely that man will
eventually make this old earth into
a heaven and people 1t with per-
fected humanity
.Phoebus, Va.
FRANCIS RIrRPnwS
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"PrOkibitionless Prohibition

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
There Is a story going the rounds
TO the effect that one OF the attend
ants at the conference was asked
what he thought of prohibition In
America. and replied that he had
not seen it, as yet.
The good accomplished in the abo-
Iition OF the saloon, with its attend
ant treating industry, is the one out
standing change resulting from the
Eighteenth amendment that cannon
be gainsaid. But IL good has come
out Of evil. likewise evil has come
out OF good.
saloon. the writer cannot but see
a change for the worse in the IN
direct results from a partial ma
ton OF lawbreakers that include the
highest, as well as the lowest. The
worst feature of the whole BUS :
ness was the compromise made with
the evil in allowing the rich to con-
tinue to do what is a crime Tor
the poor to attempt. II is gen
orally thought that the Eighteenth
amendment would not have passed
had the government paid for or Is
sued bonds to pay for all private
stocks. and taken possession OF same
America was rapidly going on a
dry basis. State by State. and through
a growing tendency to ostracise the
drinking man would doubtless nave
done away with strong drink al
least Health propaganda was also
accomplishing wonders.
But the drastic attempt TO cut OH
even the mildest of stimulants mas
reacted. to such an extent that wealtn
Ia flowing with comparative safets
Into the hands of crooks. and those
higher up: poisonous substitutes
abound; major crimes and auto ac-
cidents from drink increase.
In order to put over the Elght'
zenith amendment, il was necessary
to change the then status OF the
Constitution. To abolish this amend
ment, another change would likewise
take place. Those who would ike
to see this. or less drastic amend
ment. have every right to voice theiI
opinion without ceasing TO be Gooc
citizens. We cannot all agree. ou'
let us be tolerant of the other
views.
II the lawmakers will even stick
to the text OF the Eighteenth amend
ment. In prohibiting the use OF in
toxicants for beverage purposes. ano
quit trying to act as physicians. q
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ton on the Limitation of arms. Ger
many was not invited to send a
delegate"
do you think Germany will pay
the reparations?" he was asked.
Germany will try to pay" the
baron replied. The government
do so. Economic conditions in Ger
many as whole are bad. The
workingman's wage has risen as
the mark has deprecated. Those
who receive salaries and have 10
live on their incomes are up against
it."
why is it that If German in.
dustries are working at 100 Der
cent capacity the mark should con-
tinue to go DOWN." the baron was
asked.
You people have some false
ideas regarding Germany You dc
not understand the conditions. There
may be a few concerns working
100 per cent, but the majority are
working only 80 or 40 per cent OF
their capacity. Thousands are
working on basis of 10 per cen,
or less"
military status the baron said:
France has nothing to fear OF
Germany. Germany is absolutely
disarmed. We have less than 100 :
600 in the armed forces, and they
are disarmed. We have delivered
all our arms and munitions to the
allied commissions. and, even II
that were not so, Germany would
not care to enter another war.
Germany couldn't fight even II
war was forced upon, her. Even n
she could fight, war being forced
upon her, the people would not
fight anyway. She no longer is a
militaristic nation. The people do
not want war. They would revolt
at the very idea of war. so there
is no need of apprehension along
those lines.
There 10 no doubt that there Ia
some bitter feeling in Germany
against France, because of the arm
belief that France is preparing IN
take the entire west bank of the
Rhine, Just as she took the saar
coal mines. The French have $780,.
600 troops on the left bank of the
Rhine. Ten thousand would be
sufncient. as Germany could never
resist the armed Invasion Of even
that many. In addition. there are
the British and the American
troops. The Germans have grown
to be very fond of the Americans
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NEW YORK. Nov. 2l.-Thoughts
while strolling around New York:
The avenue at 10 o'clock. A heart
clutching panorama. The thu note
OF q distant trumpet. A naughty
coach-and-foyr swings into the
espianade. And q begger stops to
stroke NANCY cat. A quaint
garner Of critical nondescripts be-
Tore an art shop window gazing at
miniatures. Life needs a huge
canvas.
Natty Don Juans. spatted and
boutonniered. Colby chiseled
aowagers and last years ladies.
Ineres Fontaine Fox, the cartoon
ISL and his perfectly trained mus
tacne. Clubmen going briskly to
their mid-morning shandygan.
believe III raise a goatee and look
refined
Shabby genteel, underpaid pro-
fessors dining in a side street food
dungeon. One meal after another.
SO guns life away. japanese SOL
oiers inspecting monument.
Here's Blanche Bates. home. A
building for dentists. One might
say a bowling success but one
shouldn't
Morgan's private library. sits like
a garage in the back yard. Madison
square lined with ancient Jehus,
red nosed and toothless, putting at
stub pipes. A woman weepins
silently on bench. Awe struck
street gamins listening to a hood
OF soap box oratory.
Lower Broadway appears bruised
and battered by time. And Canal
street almost as old teeming with
red corpuscled life. The jaguar and
sloth. Wonder what 1t will all be
thousand years from now. Sup
pose they'll be building monu-
ments to Einstein instead Of giving
him the giggle.
Gray ONCE buildings. Clerks
pitching pennies under the Bridge
OF Signs. l never pass the Tombs
without a shudder. Once a young
fair haired boy waved to me from
an upper tier. And three weeks
later went smiling to his death in
the chair at Sing Sing. Brooklyn
Bridges army of blacks. Old,
gnsrled women selling hot dough-
nuts and huge pretzels. strung on
sticks. Now for the subway home.
The psychological waiter has been
found in an Eighth avenue restau-
rant. He swears he knows how to
serve pie plate at an angle &C
ceptable to the ultimate consumer.
Everybody likes to maneuver his
own pie plate, but this waiter says
il is lost motion. He studies the
expression before serving and he
gets the angle. Amt nature grand
Modesty Note: Rather than try
on a pair of shoes with a hole in
her stocking. a chic young dapper
IN Fifth avenue bought q new pair
of silk stockings and changed them
while the shoe clerk whistied and
watched the avenue traffic from the
window.
All-night dentistry has made its
appearance in the Times Square dis
trict. The all-night dentist opens
his office at midnight and remains
until a. m. HIS patients are night
workers and many who are awaken
ed from sleep by a jumping molar.
One also says that he has many
dubious patients who have need of
dental work but didn't have the
courage until they got a night out
and saw the dental sign.