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First Fioor-Bargain Table.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
HOW sIMPLEi

How simple the problem of tax re.
vision becomes when II is Illuminated
by the economic genius of the Hon.
Joseph w. Fordney, chairman of the
House committee on ways and means,
n child can understand IL.
As Mr.. Fordney explains II, all that
is necessary is the elimination of some
OF the present taxes, reduction of
others and the addition of several now
subjects of taxation. bnly Congress.
sional mind could have reduced Il 10
these elementary terms
In the circumstances We wonder
why Congress has wasted SO much
time over il. As Mr.. Forsinev prasenta
the case, the revision of taxes il hard
ly more than forenoon's work--spyne
thing TO be done before luncheon bv
Congress and signed by the President
Just before he leaves the white House
for his afternoon golf II Is a triflipe
matter at best. Nobody is really in
terested in il except the taxpavers
and the function of a taxpayer is Ia
earn money for the government 70
spend. Why should that foolish ner
son concern himself with the methods
that the government adopts to take
his money away from him.---Neu
York World,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
THE EDITORIAL WRITER'S.

According to the Atlanta Georgian
editorial writer's are futile because they
write only what everybody already
knows. They don't raise enough Cain,
thinks the Georgian---or TO quote
from the text of It's articles.
Editorial writers. don't you know
that stirring up dissatisfaction Is the
greatest work you can do?
Stirring UP dissatisfaction is un-
doubtedly the best thing many editori-
al writer's do. That Is all they know
how to do. But It depends upon the
character. temperament and convic-
tions Of the editorial writer whether
he should make q special point of
stirring up dissatisfaction. all the
time. IL may be that his heart IL
against that sort of thing. in which
case 1t is his duty to take difference
tack, and in so doing he will serve
his country well. II Is a false notion
of journalistic duty that every Journal
ist should b. muckraker and
irrepressible agitator. II may be,
after all, that muckrakers and frre-
pressible agitators are sometimes
wrong. although we believe II Is not
customary for them 10 admit as much.
MONTGOMERY Advertiser.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
CRITICISING PLUMMER PLAN.

Editor Every Evening: / wonder
II there are. many that feel as strongly
as ! do about the "workhouse Glee
Club being present at st. PauPs M.
f. Church and being treated as If
the members We're of even more i'm
portance, and due greater respect than
the ordinary, good. honest working
man. who, at this time of financial de-
preston is undergoing severe hard
ships.
If he has a family of little ones
dependent on him what san he earn
at this time with his two hands ?
II would be hard for him to appear
in public as well clothed as one of
these outlaws that we taxpayers help
keep up.
May / ask, what is there in all this
that would make a man or woman
with no natural desire to do what
they should fear the workhouse? /?
If they do wrong they will have a
home from the storm and cold: food.
plenty of it; outdoor exercise, good
clothing, no rent, a doctor if sick.
a ball team, glee club. auto rides, sc.
j believe in treating them fair, Civ
ing them nourishing food and all
things necessary to moral and phys
ical welfare. But / would have MOTH
ing to make the place so attractive
that it is no punishment TO have TO
go there. We are getting away from
the punishment idea when a lot of
outlaws are made so much of that
the ordinary good person is in the
shadow in comparison.
To think of the crimes these men
have been guilty of makes ones blood
run cold. There is hardly a paper
printed without an account of some
deed of horror. Should any class of
outlaws be encouraged by being the
entertainers and given a prominent
place in a church while they are
workhouse inmates? And should we
encourage such actions? / say we
should not. most positively. for
one do not approve of such Sunday
evening performances at ST. Paul's
Church, but / do admire C. III. Hub-
bard's sermons, and his strong stand
for what he considers right, regard
less of public opinion.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Winona r. Boyce.
310 N. Broome st.
Wilmington. Del, July 81, 1921.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
ANOTHER BOUQUET
FOR PLUMMER.

Philadelphia, Pa. July %. 1921
Editor Every Evening: | was deep-
" impressed with the letter in the
Every Evening IN regard TO the
Warden. of the New Castle County
orkhouse at Greenbank. in taking a
cholr of his men to church on sba
evening of July "a. l was also more
deeply impressed with the comment on
ehe letter on the same subject. II is
unfortunate that the writer's do not
iet the public know their names. II
was with joy l read both letters ana
showed them to many TO read.
when one of Gods chosen men
goes 10 the workhouse and delivers
20 the inmates message that lifts
them up and out of the muck, l want
10 say God bless that man 1t was my
pleasure to be present on a recent yisi-
.atlon TO the workhouse and to listen
with great pleasure 10 the Rev. q 7.
Hubbard. from the st. Paul NJ n
ehureh. as he spoke to those men Of
9n honored life here and the repvarl,
oy and by, and as he sang with tben,
IL was joy that / took home Win
me. When | read in your paper n
enjoy every day. that the f;lee c,,,,h
was TO be taken by the warden 70 tba
ehurch | was delighted. [ know of
the effort that is being put forth a.
the workhouse by Warden Plumrnar
ana the officers OF the institution and
y - as lighthouse on the seashore
on dark and stormy night. And
hfs. Hoey, who has and is doing Sucb
wonderful duty so lovingly and wei,
cannot be complimented too hieb1,,
Tier EFFORTS have been richly rewa rfied
Those efforts God repays Thee ,,,.,..
VINO nave mothers somewhere uho
iosed them as they went to Sunday
scnooi Wnen young. love them now
sun more As this good woman teach
IS them over again their hearts 90
hence again, and they Law the four.
datlon Tor an honorable life rhara a,,,3
hereafter. Not only TO the Warden
the noble brave man, his officers of ths
institution, but to Mrs. phnmmar ,..,,,,
is as fond mother to all the 35e 49,,
ana women there should go much
praise.
may the good man or woman who
wrote the articles of which | sneak %
20 the workhouse. See the work he
ing done, talk with the men and tha
warden. learn the methods being mt
forth TO 'rekindle" the f1-e of Homer,
and manhood and he or She win -
PROUD OIL wilmington and of the work
mouse ana VIII delight to honor the
warden, Mordecai S. Plummer.
Sincerely yours,
tsigned) Edward f. Swift
1857 Spring Garden street. Phila.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
THOSE HORRIBLE KU KLUxERs.

Our contemporary, the Morning
News. usually so sane and weli-hal-
anced on all public matters, is tre-
moring at the thought of the horrible
Ku Klux Klan entering the State of
Delaware. To judge by the News
frenzied apprehensions, Delaware is
bordering on anarchy, Bolshevism, and
all the other isms in the catalogue.
We do not believe that Delaware's
fate is hanging in the balance. We
do not fear for the future of our SOW
ereign liberties. We do not antici-
pate any super government. unless
il be by a clique of Republican poll
ticians whom the News is so vocifer-
ousIy supporting.
According to reliable reports from
the southern section of the country
and NOT according TO the imagina-
tive writings OF editors in other Sec
tions-the Ku Klux Khan is a frater-
nal order. somewhat like the Masons.
the Knights of Columbus, the Red Men.
sc. To join it, it is said, man must
be acceptable to those already in: he
must swear allegiance TO his flag,
swear to aid in supporting the widows
of brother Ku Kluxers, or whatever
they call themselves, &c, &C.
The members of this organization
are said to be mechanics minor clerks
and farmers, who desire a release
from the terrible monotony of their
lives. The Ku KIux evidently affords
IL. for it il said to have more TOM
foolery in it than any lodge in exist
ence. The man who is peanut roaster
in the daytime at night becomes some
sort of Most August and Worshipful
Brother Sir knight of the Flaming
(At99r anu AiAt esiRA1l AAAc1ti " 8GpiH
he owes bill must get down on his
knees and bow 10 him, we suppose.
AS for riding abroad on dashing charg-
ers-why our guess is that the aver
age simpleton who is a member of
that order would become saddle-gal
before he had trotted half mile. The
men who belong to That fool group
are not the breed of dashing horse
men who followed General Nathan
Bedford Forest in the Army of the
Confederacy, and who in reconstruc-
tion days formed the first and only
true Ku Klux Klan to protect the
lives of their womenfolk from drunken
and licentious carpetbaggers who with.
army bayonets at their backs tried
TO force their immoral desires on white
and black alike.
We are not worried about this
present day *. X. K" coming into
Delaware. If any silly asses. do join
IL. and start riding up and down the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
SILVER LUsK.

Persons who are interested In such
matters as the freedom OF the press.
the right of lawful assemblage, the
sanctity of pulpit views. &c. may be
interested TO know that Senator Lusk.
the Republican leader of the New
York State Legislature who helped
to throttle the peoples rights not so
long ago, has been caught accepting
"presents" of a certain valuable sort
from organizations desiring certain
legislation passed in their favor.
This gentleman is the worthy sena-
tor who. acting on the principle that
only he and his friends were 100 per
cent Americans" sponsored the pas
sage of some OF the most outrageous
laws ever written on an American
States statute books. Senator Lusls
and his friends defined what "Ameri-
canism" is. and unless you believe as
this Republican believes. and act ac-
cordingly. then the Jail for you.
Unfortunately. this Best Mind in
the Republican organization possesses
moral views which the churches which
words. this honorable gentleman be-
lieves that IL Is all right to accept
valuable presents" for any legis-
-lative work performed. tother per-
sons would call them hribes). Only
few days ago he admitted that he
had received silver service valued
at si.f3I from group of New York
detectives whose special legislation re-
garding pensions, &C., he had backed
In the Legislature. But the Senator
saw nothing wrong in that. OF course
he wouldn't accept money--but s1,13f
worth of sterling silver plate was a
different matter. -. {. Some OF these
Best Minds have peculiar ideas re-
garding morality. silver" Lusk is
one of those 100 per cent plus Ameri-
cans" who believes in throttling free
speech with one hand while he ac-
cepts presents" with the other for
services which the State pays him TO
perform. A fine man he Is 10 dictate
the morals of the State OF New York.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30

rarfment. Lincoln soon sfterward
named him az Chief Justice. lie suf-
fercd a stroke Of paralysis IN 1870. and
until his death in 1873 was an invalid.
Morriaon Remick Waite succeeded him
being appointed Chief Justice in 1874
by President Grant. Jfe was generally
regarded az not measuring W % the
stature Of others who mad held his
high office.
Income Tax Decision.
Melville Weston Fuller was APP
pointed Chief Justice BY President
Cleveland III 1898. ~ was under his
leadership that the income tax WAS
rejected. despite popular opinion, be-
cause the Constitution did not then
permit of such a tax being levied.
Later the Constitution was amended
10 alf5w incomes % be taxed. chief
Justice Fuller rernsined ~ Chief JUS
tice until 1910.
President Taft, now himself chief
Justice, appointed the man whose
death left the vacancy which made
possible President Hscding's appoint
ment Of him. Taft appointed Edward
Douglas White, and raised n storm Of
protest all through the Republican
party. White was a Democrat. a
southerner and Confederate
veteran, and Il was argued that there
were able jurists In the ranks Of the
Republicans upon whom the mantle Of
Fuller might well fall. Taft had de-
termined upon White, however, and
Insisted upon the appointment
White held state offices in Louisiana.
/ a
ator in 1891.
President Harding set precedent
by appointing y former President as
chief Justice. Taft's father was See
rotary of War and Attorney General
in the Grant Cabinet, and was Ameri-
can Minister 70 Austria under the
/ Arthur administration. Taft's first
political Office was that Of prosecute
| ing attorney for Hamilton County.
/ Ohio. He was made a Collector n
/ Internal Revenue By President Arthur.
| when he was only % he was appoint
ed to the Superior Court Bench ~
/ Ohio by Governor Foraker, and the
next year was elected 70 this Office by
a substantial ma jority. President Har-
/ rison made Taft Solicitor General ~
/ the United States in 1880. and when
the Federal Court of Appeals was
created. Taft was named as one of is
members. In 1900 President Mckinley
lappointed Taft chairrnan' of the Philip
/ pine Commission, and s8ter he became
/ arst Governor of the islands Preri-
don't Roosevelt made Taft his Secre-
tary of war. He straightened out
I the tangled affairs % Cuba in 1895
4 a.s a,..tv n fe0T he went IN Hava -
10 quiet the revolutionists in the ~
land republic.
The next year Taft was elected
President, serving one term, the split
/ IN the Republican ranks occurring iii
1912. and defeating him FOR re-eiec-
1 ton.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
JUST FOLKS
HOW IT'S DONE.
BY Edgar A Guest

He sought for recognition, he was hun
CRY for renown,
He wanted folks to know him as he
walked about the town.
He wanted folks to point him out and
whisper: There he goes,
The man who's doing wonders and
whom everybody knows
At every public meeting he was sure
10 take the floor.
But all the people whispered was
Good Heavens, what a bore."
He sought for recognition and his voice
was never still,
But the people only snickered, and |
think they always will.
He dressed in swagger clothing and
he lined up with the freaks.
He wanted men TO whisper: Now the
voice of wisdom speaks!"
But the people only chuckled when he
shouted "Fellowmen."
And all they ever whispered was: "Oh,
gee, that pest again"
Now a quiet little fellow who had not
word to say.
But kept plugging at his labors through
the busy hours of day,
Woke TO fame one sunny morning,
with the whole world on the run
To congratulate and cheer him for the
splendid work he'd done.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
sic TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI.

The following news item, which APP
pcarcd in Every Evening yesterday
attracted no little attention:
"'One month ago Harry C. Taylor
order clerk for New Castle county
mailed letter addressed to Everett
&. johnson. former secretary of State,
who is publisher and editor of the
Newark Post. MIR. Taylor waited
three weeks for a reply. A few days
ago the letter. which had not been
delivered. came back from Newar--,
with the word unknown" written on
the envelope.
Truly. "A prophet is not without
honor. save in his own country
Think ~ the Hon. Everett c. johnson.
former Secretary OF state. Editor of
the Newark Post. owner OF the famous
Kcns printery, Trustee Of the Uni
vvrsity ~ Delaware. and a man who
has been termed the only real orator
m the state. being classed as an 'un-
known" by the postoffice in his old
home town.
Honor j. chagrined; Glory weeps
tears of modification; Fame sends to
the drug store to get some Paris green
with which To re-paint the laurel
wreath. Unknown. unknownl Thus
i~ the fate OF one OF our Best Minds
IN the Republican Party!
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
RIPPLING RHYMEA
By Walt Mason.
WONDERING WHY.

Men send their autos roaring
along the midnight street, dis
turbing people snoring, destroy
ing slumbers sweet: with, cut
outs madly coughing. and pis-
tons whanging loud, we hear
them in the offing, the foolish,
fathead crowd. There is no sense
beshrew it, in racketing along;
| wonder why they do it, when
they must know it's wrong.
Speed fiends. in all the papers,
read tales of death and wrecks:
because of speed fiend capers.
men carry broken necks; and
to the boneyard, daily, dead
men in hearses go. because the
speed fiends gayly refuse to
travel slow. Cops run them
down and pinch them, the while
some victim groans. and Jus
tice. which should cinch them.
just fines them seven bones.
Such leniency's bIunder-they
pay without a tear, then scorch
again like thunder. and kill an
auctioneer. IT'S wicked to pur-
sue 1t, this vicious course and
vain: | wonder why they do
it--why not be safe and sane?
| drive my fiery auto, a thing
of brutal power. by fen and weir
and grotto. at fifteen miles an
hour. And though for years
I've driven my bus along the
pave. I've sent no guy unshriven
to fill an early grave. I've caused
no sore confusion with fender
orr with hood-but. haply, in
conclusion I'd better knock on
wood.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30

each talk those who desired were per-
mitted to contribute.
Sufficient money was raised to build
new school house on the hillside,
and to provide proper equipment for
the Pail Mall children. Then York
went back to his ploughing. 'the
world forgetting. by the world for
got" One day patent medicine
man went into the mountains and
tricked him into giving verbal in
dorsement OF his product. When the
copy of that paper arrived. with fiar-
ing headlines. Sergeant York indorses
DR.. Liars Pills." there. was an explo-
sion in Pail Mall. York saddled his
mule, rode down the trail to rail-
road station and thence to n certain
city. A day later the doctor" with
drew the advertisements.
Back to his ploushing went York.
The months passed. and payments
on his little farm became due. He
met them punctually--and proudly.
Then became case of hard times
comes knockin' at the door" The
crops failed, and money became more
scarce than white mules. York man
aged to make one more payment.
Then his last cent went. and--now
he faces eviction for non-payment of
his mortgage. well-wishing persons
who do not know the temper of the
man have tried untactfully to help
him out of his predicament, but their
offers have been gently refused. He
has said that he will work out his
financial salvation alone.
Sergeant Alvin York Of the u. S.
A. could have paid for his little patch
of ground hundred times over IL he
had been willing to lower himself
and exploit his prowess for the delec-
tation OF the gaping crowds. But to
him honor was a sacred thing. and
glory an intangible something which
the god of battles had placed upon
his brow. So he has not been for
sale.
Wher~ on every side demagogues
fight for publicity; when boasting
braggarts buy their way into high
Office; when some captains of industry
parade their alleged. virtues before
the motley throng: when certain lead
ers of labor adopt false humanitarian
views because of the money that is in
il; when even occasionally minister
seeks the worlds spotlight, and when
the world goes half mad over a COM
mon bruiser who was not man enough
to fight for his country--wheL we
know all this, then 1t is refreshing
to remember that the greatest hero
OF the World War is still greater
hero in days OF peace. Thank God
the breed of brave but modest men is
yet alive on the earth.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-30
YORK or THE L. s. A.

one day. while the fate OF the world
trenlhled in the balance on the West
ern Front. Sergeant Alvin York of
the 4. :. A.. advancing in front of
his detachment, turned into the first
ravine 10 your left as you leave Chatei-
chchery for Mouzon, and confronted
an entire company OF Prussians. A
few moments later York had killed
20 Of the enemy, captured 152 Tin
,ludlng a naughty MAJOR and silenced
SO machine guns. lie made the rec
ord of the war. and a few days after
ward received the highest honors that
the French and American governments
could give him.
When he came home he was over
whelmed with offers TO make money
easily and quickly. One New York
newspaper offered him $4,000 cash
Cor the story OF his life. All that
ne would have fad to do would have
been to dictate TO stenographer a
few items about himself. and a skill
fui collaboration would have done the
rest. But York refused. The only
statement that he would make for
publication was. Il feel a heap stronger
spiritually than when I went away.
No man could pass through what
have without feeling that way"
Then Broadway theatrical agents
who had never been south OF the Hud-
son river before Journeyed all the
way to Pail Mall. in the mountains
of Tennessee. 90 try. and induce him
a. tour the country in vaudeville and
tell uf his war experiences. But York
sisurned them.
Then snave Chautauqua men ap-
preached York. They didn't want TO
put him on exhibition-O. no. They
NRht'1 Htfif " tdNtA With tttt VI AtttA
organizations. and uplift the pee-pui.
NJ two or three dollars per uplift,
They offered him thousands OF dollars
fof three months tour. York saw
through their camouflage. They were
not SO much interested in uplifting
communities as they were in filing
Their pockets with silver. York showed
them the Way down the mountain
path. and warned them not TO come
again and worry him.
So York went back TO his psoughing.
But shortly before fan came he real
ixcd that his neighborhood had no
good schools. He knew the handicaps
under which he had labored because
of the lack OF education. So he
started ON little tour Of his own
through the South. asking his own
people for money for the mountain
children. On that tour he spoke only
In the churches. and admIttance was
free. Most marvellous OF an, he sealed
his lips about his war experiences-
but he did talk of the need OF educa-
ttOn for his fellow w-mountalneers. After