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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
TILE ETHICAL Law.

The city Solicitor informed city
Council "Wednesday night that 1t would
bc impossible. without special act
Of the Legislature, to grant the ap-
plication of the city tax collectors who
desire that their salaries be increased
from $4,000 10 $4,000 a year. That
official pointed out that the salaries
of collectors were fixed by law
passed Is years ago. after the adoption
OF the city charter. Therefore one is
safe in presuming that the collectors
will carry out their contract with the
citizens who elected them to serve at
the 50 900 yearly salary.
In passing, IL might be said that
this salary grab effort disgusts many
citizens who desire that the city be
administered az efficiently as "A pri-
vate corporation. What would the
directors Of n corporation think of.
say, a financial agent. who had been
given a 50 900 position after consider
able expense had been undergone in
selecting him, who had agreed To- work
who after one weeks time announced
that he must have 81 600 more yearly
If those directors had the welfare OF
their stockholders AT heart they would
speak rather plainly To the gentleman
in question.
represented in the person Of the tax
collectors. who were chosen hy the
holding OF an expensive election.
Neither collector. during the cam
paign. said anything publicly about
being unwilling TO SERVE FOR $3.O00
year. nv entering the campaign they
81 much as signed contract witt the
pcople--thr stockholders of the city
- serve Tor stated period Tor stated
sum. Now these gentlemen appear
before the city Council--the peoples
board Of directors--and demand more
money after about one weeks ser
vice. And il appears that nothing
hut the Law prevents the Council from
voting them the money,
Now what do We think of men who
would make such demand7
or course. they have broken no writ
ton law. have committed no crime.
but may We not hope that our public
servants viii live up not only to the
written Law. but also to that higher
Law. the ethical Law. which prescribes
the action nf gentlemen under All cir
cumstances@ Is this asking too much
II. Perhaps we should he con
tent If our public servants are merely
legally honest.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24

demonstrates thnt his company II ION
metrical ratio. The lighting or fcir-
phone corporation which tries 10 give
home as 60 the mansion seldom has
trouble with n nngeing public. it is
the same In every other line OF pub
lie service. +. IL your prosperity
depends upon bulk OF sales or service.
then the average American citizens
must be given superior service. n
you play the exclusive game YOU
are gambling with commercial dis
aster.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
CONSUMER AND COAL.

This time 1t is the editor of the
American Coai-Trade Journal who re-
ports that consumers of coal are not
buying in volume. aud that unless
buying begins at once for the fall and
winter the country will again face a
shortage, high prices and repetition
of the profiteering of last year.
All this may be true. but it remains
true also that both soft and hard coal
prices have never come down from
the artificial levels TO which they We're
raised by the spectators who took
advantage of the 1920 scarcity. Some
reductions there have been. naturally.
but the wholesale and retail quota
tions on nearly every variety still
represent much more than n normal
profit. The dealers are as well aware
of this as the public. The coal in
their bins has paid extortionate oil
to So many handlers that the original
price at the mine is a mere bagateIle
compared with the final bin present
cd
The consumer is waiting for prices
to come down. If they are not going
TO come down, as he is constantly told.
he wants to know why II he can hold
out long enough he may bring them
down toward the end of the summer
and then he will buy and there will
he a shortage again and the price viii
leap back 70 a profiteering notch.
There IS no reason why this routine
should not continue as long as the
coal industry is run with no thought
of service TO the public.-New YORK
World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
JUST FOLKS
A CHARACTER.
BY Edgar A. Guest

Bill was a character, we said
And now he's dead.
And since the day his spirit went
] have been wondering what we meant.
a character, His word was good
With all throughout his neighborhood.
His ways were gentle and he smiled
Much like a child;
He never fiattered men for gain
Nor spoke TO cause another pain,
And vet 10 what Of good he knew
For sixty long years he was true
He had q quaint and curious style
And liked to smile:
Re seemed TO love the birds and trees
And gioried in the morning breeze,
out in the open he'd declare
That he could find God everywhere.
He never rose TO wealth or fame.
But just the same
He brought touch of gentle grace
To this poor weather beaten place
A character! That's what We said.
But we shall miss him now he's dead
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
GEN. CHARLES G.. DAWES &
THE NEW BUDGET SYSTEM
New Tariff Bill is About Ready for the Consideration o Congress
and Until II Is Enacted Into Law Nobody Can Estimate What
Revenue May be Expected From H.
rlp Washington POST

As director Of the hudget---the ilrd
man 10 hold that highly important
new office General Charles q. Dawes
Yill have full scope for the exercise ~
his marked ability 8h fnancior, man
ager and efficiency expert II will be
his duty 10 prepare tho budget for the
next session ~ Congress tranemittine
through the President estimates ~
The requirements If The various eK-
ecutive departments. of the probable
income from aii sources. together with
a statement of the condition ~ the
Treasury the governments indebted
ness. aud the anticipated fiscal con
dltion of the government ~ the end
Of the year.
From the facts which the director
of the budget assemblies Congress Will
be expected 10 "eut the garment ac-
eor,ling To- the cloth" with an ac-
curate estimate Of revenues before it,
after deductiug the fixed charges.
such as interest on the public debt.
Congress must keep current expendi-
lures within the limits Of the balance
This Will put an end to The slfprhod
system which has prevailed in the
past under which each department
has made its estimates independent ~
the others. and transmitted them to
Congress through the Secretary II the
Treasury--a system which gave no
idea of the aggregate appropriations
on their relation 10 income until Con
gress had taken final action on the
last appropriation bill.
General Dawes and his assistants
will nnd II particularly difficult to sub
nit definite and accurate estimates ~
income next fall A rev tariff bill IL
about ready for the consideration ~
Congress. and until 4 is enacted into
law nobody can estimate what rcve-
nue. may be expected from IT, Like
wise the tax revision bill now being
framed. will doubtless make radical
changes IN existing tax levies, which
viii render next 10 impossible an ee-
timate n the yield that may be pr
pected from Il And even after thf
rates of customs duties and internal
taxes are determined. the revenue
they viii bring will depend upon ths
volume ~ business transacted. and ~
is indeed prophet who will under
take 20 predict what measure ~ buqi-
ness Improvement will come bet vear
now and June 30 1922.
However. the estimates of incorrs
will have To be made according n
the best information available AMI
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
THE MORAL STRAIGHT JACkET.

Df Wilbur r. Crafts. national re-
form leader. is quoted as having in
fovmed Ncw Jersey authorities that
D., hus found 10 that states statutes
law which IL enforced would prevent
The Dempsey Carpenter hght. 1t is
prohlrmatical whether Dr crafts viii
takt the time from his blue law agi-
tation "a aid New Jersey TO purge it.
self ~ this so-called moral debacle.
Frankly We hope that he viii transfer
his activities elsewhere until after
Juh B
Ther, are several reasons which
prurapl this desire First, we join
with those citizcns Who desire "a see
that home euard h,ro, Jack Dempsey,
wallolicg ~ one Georges Carpenter.
vho. il seems. vas no, too proud to
hEht outsid. the squared circle. We
do NOT think il would L, right to deny
g. Dempsey tht opportunity Of form
ally meeting q real fighting man.
cur second reason Tor desiring that
the nRht b. held is that we do not
think that the New Jersey citizens,
who had PASSED law which permits
boxing exhibitions, should be thwarted
hS q gentleman from another State
intrudlng himself into purely local
affairs. and invoking an ancient stat
ute which for years has been a dead
lettor
can. ~ cannot New Jersey regulate
~ own morals without stranger
putting il into d moral straight Jacket?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
THE SNOB
IN
AMERICAN
DIPLOMACY
From the Chicago Tribune

Reports Of dinings and winnings 81
American officials abroad revive the
wish that the state department. now
In the hands Of a four square Ameri-
can with mind. of his own, would
issue 10 our representatives abroad
some fiat instructions on the treat
ment Of American citizens.
For example. American official eti-
quette should not allow itself to be
dominated by European standards.
There is no reason why American
citizens should he. at any American
function. subordinsted to foreigners
merely because the latter have titles Of
nobility not recognized by law in our
country. II is an established weak !
ness at home and abroad to recognize
actual official rank in precedence. but
after that rule is conformed to at
American functions. Americans who
neither nave nor wish titles should
not be compelled to yield precedence
to foreigners in obedience to "A social
etiquette which has survived from an
aristocratic system now gone into the
discard
Mr.. Wilson's diplomatic representa-
lives HStr tDo ftdHAty lLDpItS@cN nE
old world distinctions. and after a few
years abroad often became snobs.
whose attitude Of apology toward the
social anachronisms Of existing Euro
peaH society and whose tone of con-
descensiOn or insolence toward Ameri-
cans Is not only humiliating to Ameri-
can self-respect, but injurious to their
own prestige as representatives Of the
greatest power on earth.
The representative of the mighty
American republic who kotows 70 the
phantasm of European aristocracy is
and ought 70 be an object OF contempt
to Europeans. He has become infected
with weakness which affects his
efficiency and weakens the prestige his
mission should invariably command.
European society still Ciings 10 old
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24

through the exercise ~ fhe niDst fe.
liable judgment ~ ihcy are nof ta
accurate as they viii be in nnnfl
times, the public viii 90 iehei have
the satisfaction ~ knowing thsf iNn
system adopted ~ nore roilsfle snd
better adapted 10 ,hc pfofe flDn 1f
the Treasury than Haa the oid h8u
hazard system ~ former yeafr
The Inauguration ~ fho BUDGET ia
dealing with governments spUfomia.
tions marks distinct reform sfH a
should result in Rreat saving ~ thn
Treasury. F0r years it hna been a1
vOcated in and Out ~ ConRrfss ana
without opposition saFa from small
minority who voiced the feaf fhaf II
would encroach upon tfe constitution.
al prerogatiee ~ the House 0f Nrnrn.
eentatlYos - originate money Nfrs
and upon that ~ the senate n nuruI
them. But nothing came ~ fhr dI.
cussion. The appropriafinn commit
tees were Jealous az their power fo
frame and manage supply bids. saf
the old system continued pfar after
year. under both Republican ara Dom.
ocratlc regimes
The first step in lhr reform rar
achieved ~ concentrating n frn
House committee On aprforfIsfir..-
the authority ~ frame aii appropriation
bills. and this. while ahoarirr sft =
committees ~ much NJ fhffr nrasfIrs
proved tho means ~ eGfrtnr rr.tf
savings. Foliowinr fhfa sam. H..
enactment N the budget biH snf,r
which the government uHf aet lr ~.
future
By ne provisions n fhs ~. ,.-
there ie not tho siirhtrai Itfri.g,.
ment ~ ang prsrorafirea \, ,a....
I tion with the appropriation ~ ~
eminent money Tho ireus. ..,.,. !.
u" sole right 10 originate fstsf ...t.
I iation. the senate hoiHs Us t.,u... y.
amend, ana tho executive cf.fas ~.
4 power y approval 81 eefo ttr 800
function ~ the budget n W. w.
information for the ruHansg ~ r...
gress and fhe executive - ..f..
N short the same duties ~. ~.
government thar the aufHnr y,
I troller - ? great r0rnorsftor .,.s.... .
M h"haf n htF employee u. ~ y.
adaptation n presiarwt tr.-.r....-
policy n 'ieas government ~. l,...t-..
Anh more business In rovrr,..,,, 7.
ana II is further evfHfnee th.. ...
administration y ~ - 49, n,
progress"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
oNr OF TWELVE STARS.

A certain daily newspaper has a
douhl, page advertisement Of its spe-
eia writer's IN this weeks issue of q
iournal II large circulation. The ad-
,ertisetnent contains the pictures Of
~ twelve star men. Rcneath each
picture is two lines. telling the mans
NAME. and his speciality The spe-
c.altics are listed as daily Chicago
l,tter men and business far East
bureau. chief. foreign news service.
international affairs weekly Paris
I,ttri covers southwestern Europe.
Washington bureau. covers central
I.urors az Geneva editorial lead
~ IAN over New York
one II those men. h. who writes
editorial leaders IS = former rrcsi-
cent - the United states who c,i-
dent, nnds i necessary to connect
With ne payroll ~ 2 huge newspaper
III oricr t. make both ends meet.
Therefore that corporation adver-
tses him as onc ~ its stars. and his
picture is placed alongside of its other
experts who are noted for their ahil-
ity in handling big stories ~ crime
scandal business and foreign news
lAccs not strike you as = Tit un-
dlrnined Tor a former President to
haze hip picture in an advertisement
winch bos,stz II the superiority q a
errtain prJ-ducta Is not such an ad-
Nrrtisen,cnt akin IL that ~ the pic-
turr "a the vhiskercd gentleman on
cuurh syrups-placcd there 50 that the
benign countcnance will assure you
cf ~ benehcent effcctso
Vet what is a former President TO
d. when h. has not sufficient funds
With which Il live III tho style which
~ expect of such men We cannot
expect him % starve therefore he
,ntcrs some honorable occupation. and
occasionally his fame. As in this case.
b exploited 10 enrich th, corporation
which hires him. which of course is a
iustisahlr act IN The business world.
Thcre are two hills before CON
srcss nov either one q which il
fassrd would provide for pensioning
former Presidents FOR lifc.
4 pension would maintain the bril-
liant man as an asset to his country
q would rpablc the other tyre Of man
g. a. least live IN diguihed ohscurity
O. the end 81 his days. In neither case
would former Presidents be forced
a. practice Law edit magazines. cor
respond FOR newspapers. or become
professional Chautauqua lecturers in
order a. keep clothes on back, shoes
o. feet and food in the Iarder . 1t
is to be hoped that Congress viii give
this pension matter lis most sincere
thought before the present session
ends
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
AVERAGE CITIZENS.

new hotel was opened in Allan
tic City "Wednesday. and the ma nager,
who evidently is more business man
than sychcphant made this an
nouncemeut:
We are here to do business, not
for the millionaire. but FOR tho
average American citizen. And
II he wants a chop and bread and
cheese his custom will he welcome
10 us. Tf the millionaires like to
come We shall be glad to have
them. but we arc not out to spe-
cially cater to them, for two rea-
sons: first of all. there are not
enough of them To 90 around.
secondly find millionaires want
just as much for their money as
the ordinary citizen ana some
times more -
Other things being equal. that man
should make a success Of his venture
why is it that many more men who
cater to the public do not adopt COM
nonsense attitude toward their bust
ness? In the paragraph quoted above
there is a whole system Of business phi
losophy. condensed into one morscl
which any average brain can digest
The young executive wAase work
comes into contact with the public
would do well TO heed it. to study IT,
and to apply it
II takes no argument to prove the
truth which is contained in that hotel
managers credo. If you are what he
terms an average American citizen.
you know how disgusted you have
become because some person serving
you has entirely overlooked your
wants because YOU are not in the
millionaire class. But you have So
laced yourself by remarking sotto
voce, well. there are millions of us.
and this fellow will fail yet because
he doesn't take US into account"
Frequently he does fail on the other
hand. if you are millionaire with
brains. you know how tired you be-
come of the man who salaans not to
you. but 70 your bank balance; who
smiles not because he likes you, but
because he wants 10 catch you un-
awares and pry some pelt from you:
who licks your boots not because he
desires to see you all shined up. but
because he hopes that some gold
crumbs will fall from your pocket into
his itching palm. And you've often
wondered, does he make a success
when he gives all his attention to
me, and none to the 9s9 other per-
sons? You know what you'd do if
you were one Of the 999. Wen. those
sss, by their lack Of patronage. can
and do put men out Of business.
II is the man who gives the same
service to all, regardless Of the wealth
Or position Of his patrons, who makes
z success of a service venture. The
street railway executive who irons
out each individual complaint soon
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
The EVENING SMILE.
THE GAMBLING URGE.

sharpe IT is Impossible to keep
sorne men from gambling
Thnrne- What causes you 10 say
that"
They broke up the poker games
in our town and nut ban on crap.
shStins.
"Wella"
And the next day saw a cnurle ~
men following q woman and betting
odd or even on the number of times
she fixed her hair while she walked
a block. r." Richmond Times Dispatch.
lit has always been mans asplra
tion 20 IN, saws visiting artist Fail.
ing that he usually contents hirneelf
- surprising degree with Growing
Toronto Telegram.
'You seem very much afraid of pa-
ternalisn in affairs of government
II am, replied Farmer Corntossrel
I've tried paternal authority on Josh.
and Il il doesn't work any better in a
government than it does on farm
I'm say i aint safe 70 fool with.
Washington star.
lhlworthN - always talking about
the high cost Of living. In his case
the discussion is purely academic Z
How SO" His wife SUPPORTS him >
birmingham Age Herald
Well. my dear ! hone YOU learned
something during the sermon this
morning. II wouldn't have missed II
for the world. learned the pattern OF
the smartest hat you ever saw - life
Alice used TO say that people should
marry their epposites Did shes'' n
guess SO. She SAYS that soon after her
wedding she discovered that her hus-
band was Just the opposite OF what she
thought he was. Boston Transcript
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24

Britain over the Alabama claims,
and It had the additional interna-
tional irritant 10 contend with of the
Irish Fenian raid from the state Of
Vermont into Canada. As II those
conditions threatening peace between
Great britain and the United States
were not enough. our government
ordered the French forces out of
Mexico and thus deiied the France Of
Napoleon III Yet, while facing those
menaeins international issues. Con-
gress reduced the governments an
nual expenditures tp 2s per cent of
the peak Of the war costs, excluding
interest on the debt. And retrench.
hama claims were not submitted to
arbitration until 1871.
The present Congress is mulch be-
hind In ifs work The permanent
tariff bill. one Of the main subjects
Of legislation for this extra session.
will not be reported to the House by
he ways aud meins committee until
next month. Comparison with the
first Democratic Congress in the first
Wilson administration shows sur.
prislng contrast. Blight years ago to-
dav or on June ~. 1913. the Demo-
cratic House under The mastery
leadership Of Mr. Underwood had al
residy passed he Democratic turin
bill and had sent il up 10 the Senate.
With the tariff disposed nf. on this
tlay Of June, 1913. the House was
well started on the epoehal currency
legislation which became the federal
reserve act Eight years ago tomor-
rows President Wilson delivered his
address on the reform Of the currency
view that the tariff was now virtually
out Of the way
why Is the present Congress On
this date so far behind the Demo-
ratio congress In 1917 only one Ipf
the reasons need now b. referred 81.
Thp RhpHhllcan Congress which e5
pirpd on March 4 last did not finish
its work II failed to pass the eegular
army and uavg appropriation bills
in time "a secure their enactment, al
though tho president elect, Mr.. Hard
ing. appealed ~ the congressional
leaders MOI To leave those bills for
his administration to shoulder. These
measures with their contentious items
bearing on the size Of the army and
navy and the variant disarmament
amendments have delayed Congress
In ita work and broken party lines.
Yet these military supply bills em-
body The greatest issues ~ the time
and II need surprise no one that they
Il - been such breeders of trouble
far the nov administration. Wheth-
~ it IL primarily IT fault itself nf
whether world conditions are more
than II can overcome. the admins
tratiDns own policy ef maintaining
great navy and Of opposition 70 the
Rorah disafna mhnt amendment has
made impossible that drastic cur
taliment Of government expenditures
and that relief from taxation which
our depressed industries nov sadly
need. As one compares this Republic
can Congress with those Hepuhilean n
teanuraaaeH following the civil var.
the wiah shapes Itself that the leaders
~ ,,ftay had somewhat the wiil and
courage of the leaders Of 30 and 5a
ycarH aEo to consult the country :
flscal and financial needs the more
and to consult their own fears of in
ernafionat ambushea the less.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Hibernian knights.
Oriental Lodge. X Of p.
Excelsior Lodge. X. of T..
Fairfax Lodge, i. O. O. r.
Alpha Council, l.. O. r. &.
Local No. 313. L. b +. ".
Laurel Council, L. F. of A.
Brandywine Lodge, S. Of II.
Columbia Lodge, /. o. O. F.
Liberty Lodge, A. o. L. w.
Local No. ., 1926, c. & j. of A.
St. Georges Castle, X. c. f.
Third Ward Democratic Club
Manitou Tribe Imp'd o. r. NJ.
Wilmington Tinsmiths Union.
Friendship Conclave, S. w. NJ.
star Of Delaware Lodge, S. Of B.
Washington Council. II, f. of A.
Diligent Council. Jr! o. U. A. NJ.
Washington Council. 0. u. A. NJ.
Telegraph Council. Jr. o. u. A. M.
Jacobs Camp, No. 1921, NJ. w. A.
Canton Delaware, r. M, /. o. o. r.
Delaware Haymakers' Association.
Washington Camp. No. 4. p. o. S. A.
Wilmington Lodge. No. 1853. l.. o. o. \
Wilmington Lodge. No. l744, l. o. o.
Court Diamond State, No. 4, j.. Of r. /.
Plumbers Gas and Steam F'.tter Unio
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-24
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

scarcity and higher prices and all
the unhappy business over again.
Fourth. what is the remedy That
il what we should all like TO know.
The New York World SAYS. There
s no reason why this routine should
not continue a. long as the coal in
dustry is run with no thought of
service 10 the public Small hope
here.
Buying coal now with the knowl-
edge that the prices are unjust goes
against the grain. it's hard for the
average human being to do il. unless
forced TO, and yet most Of US must do
il or be caught without fue! enough
to keep homes warm next winter
Baltimore American.