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Senator Lodge was understood to have presented new information re- garding controversies between the United States and Japan other than that over the California alien land law. One of the matters said to have been discussed was the Pacific island of Yap over which Japan holds a mandate. The United States has wig orously protested against this man date to the Council of the League of Nations and also has taken the sub ject up direct with the Japanese gov ernment Several senators were re- ported to have expressed the view that the controversy with regard to the island was certain to become a serious and delicate problem in the near future.
 Senator Lodge was said to have told the Senate that in view of the present controversies with Japan and the position of the United States in world affairs this country should con- tinue it's naval building programme He also was reported to have em- phasized the desirability of advising Japan that the United States was ready to spend millions of dollars to protect it's interests in the Pacific.
 President-elect Harding also was understood to have been quoted as advocating an adequate navy
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March 1.-Germany, thru
 r delegates to the conference with
 e allies here today made reparation Hers of approximately 30,000,000,000 bn marks, or about $7,500,000,000. < was understood outside the con- ; renee that after Dr. Simons, the erman foreign minister, had finished
 x statement of reparations to the tnferees, Mr. Lloyd George, the fitish premier, replied in substance Eat unless the Germans had some king more to offer than appeared in k Simons statement there was no ked of continuing the conference. MT. Lloyd George told the German bregn minister:
 Eff the written proposals are of the Rme general character as the eX- Ranation of them, it isn't worth while br us to read them. You have a Pmplete lack of comprehension of te position of the allies and of your Rn position. We will discuss among prselves our reply and give it to you Pmorrow at Il o'clock"
 When the Germans left the confer pee they appeared to be greatly de- fessed. Premiers Lloyd George and rand were smiling as they came FOm the conference chamber
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$175,0OO FOR HOME ECO
 NOMICS EXTENSION WORK
Special to The News.

special to The News.
 Little Rock, March 2.-The House has passed bill originating in the Senate, which makes an appropriation of $175 100000 for home economies work in the state. An effort was made by MT. Dowell of Boone to re- duce the amount to $75,000. He said that the government appropriates an equal amount and that the state re- quires the counties to make an equal appropriation which would provide a total of $4,O00 for each county or $300,000 for the state and he consid- cred this sufficient. Mr. Hoover, chairman of the budget committee, said they had already cut 46,O0O off the amount asked and if any further reduction were made federal aid would be withdrawn. Other members pleaded for the passage of the bill on behalf of the farmers, declaring that they had asked and had been granted very little by the legislature and that all of them want this bill passed There were only votes against it.
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THE WEATHER
COMPROMISE BILL FOR
 LICENSING MOTOR VEHICLES
Special to The News.

Little Rock, March 2.-Progress is oeing made in the movement for a compromise bill for the registration and licensing of motor vehicles. The conference committee authorized bv concurrent resolution is to consist of rresldent Cazort, Speaker Joiner and three members to be appointed by the speaker and two by the president. It IS understood that this committee will draft bill which will provide for the greater part of the revenue derived from automobile taxation to be re- tained by the counties where it is paid.
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do to church next Sunday:
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Dull Session.

"I object 10 the gentleman putting n motion to the chair"
 "What's the trouble?'
 "The chair is asleep
 I'm not asleep protested the "char" indignantly "l was just medi- tating"
 "Well if you are going to meditatv show a little more consideration for the other members of the committee and don't mcdilate with your head on the rahle. Birmingham Agr-I Herald
The Prescott daily news., 1921-03-02

Do you have spells of dizziness when everything turns black before the eyes? These are symptoms of torpid liver and a clogged condition of the bowels. Take Prickly Ash Btters and get rid of the misery. It is mans remedy for correcting such dis orders, Price $1.25 per bottle Hes terly Drug Store, Special Agents.
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AMENDMENT PROBLEM
 IS STILL PENDING
Special to The News.

Opeclal to The News.
 Little Rock, March 2.-The lepis- lature IS no nearer a solution of the problem of deciding what is to be sub mltted as a proposed constitutional amendment. An effort was made yes terday in the House to adopt all of the pending resolutions and send them to the Senate with the request that they be adopted and passed on to the governor that he might ap- prove the one he deemed most i'm portant, The Senate has passed four resolutions and sent them to the House, one of these by Senator Col lins for twelve mills maximum road tax was tabled by the House yester- day when it was called up.
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WOULD TAX WAGONS FOR
 ROAD DEVELOPMENT

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, March 2-Taxing wag ons for road development is appar- ently the next step in legislation Senator McGraw of Lincoln, has a bill pending in the Senate for this purpose.
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Read today's Gazette before zoo o'clock the day it is printed. Jack Johnson, Newsdealer.
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|IIES DECLINE
 1 GERMAN OFFER
[.oosed S7,5OO, 100000 as War |ponarations- No Need to
 Continue Conference Unless |comething Else to Offer.

|p,ris. March 1.-Everything is in Idiuess along that part of the Rhine |'l bv French forces to jump for ,d at a few hours notice, should occasion arise, the Associated E,ss was informed in official circles
 afternoon. Plans have been go- . m for some days in anticipation orv action which might make a Luard movement necessary, and, in
 words of a high official of the !, of6ce Marshal Foch has but to \ the word.
 |rhe German counter proposals cre- bd nothing short of amazement in Iench official and diplomatic circles, well as among the members of par Lment Advance information re- |rding the propositions to be sub ktted by Dr. Simons, the German Heign minister, as received in Paris, ks to the effect that the proposals sr more reasonable and might form |e basis of discussion. The consen-
 N of opinion this evening, however bs that no discussion was possible
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MT and Mrs Adam Guthrie left this afternoon for a short visit to Little Rock.
 E. M. Frisby and Sid Cole went up to Malvern to see the Hensen oil well, four miles from Malvern, which is scheduled to come in some time to- morrow
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-29

instinct didn't tell him there was no
story in the incident which he. covered
in story Of two-thirds of column.
Before ending his story, Hapgood
makes the statement that Debs is serv-
ing ten-year term for standing by the
Sermon on the Mount and the gospel
of st. Luke. It is better to have this
confession made late than never to be
made, but one can't help wondering
why Hapgood didn't make his state
ment through the string of newspapers
using his articles some three years ago.
Then it might have had much influ-
ence in reducing the sentence. It might
even have secured the acquittal Of
Debs.
A great many people are regaining
their courage. For working people
without influence there may have been
justification for degree Of silence
when governmental agencies were vic.
lating the constitution, but for men of
Hapgood's position the prison portals
were not yawning.
The worst that could have happened
to HaPgood, had he spoken then as he
speaks now, would have been loss of
personal popularity and perhaps the
loss Of the market for his editorial
wares.
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scription and not by taxation. The XII
wants club, ever strong on resolving,
as most organizations are, and this in
cludes labor unions with the rest, is
missing a golden opportunity when: it
fails to assist in financing the project
Of which it is the originator.
The Labor World believes Mayor
Snively and the commission did the
right thing in proposing a Memorial
drive, and the mayor is right, too, in
insisting that it be built by popular
subscription. Lets make it truly pop
ular. Workingmen who are employed
are invited to make donations as we'll
as others. Every dollar on the Armis-
tice Memorial drive will be spent for
labor. There is no needless overhead
in the project at all.
Send subscriptions at once to Rich
ard NJ. Sellwood, treasurer, City Ma
tional bank. We expect every employed
worker to do his part, even if the SUBJ
scription is but one dollar That will
give employment to one man for a
quarter of a day, and it at the same
time will be contribution to the men,
DRY Of those who assisted in preserv.
ing our civilization.
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HE'S A QUEER MOSES.

The agricultural bloc in the U. 8.
senate, which has been trying to H.
complish something for the farmers, is
reaping the fruits of success. It has
been held up to ridicule and obloquy on
the floor of that very senate.
Senator George H. Moses of New
Hampshire attacked it as AIKEN Kap.
klan, basing his title on the names of
Senator Kenyon Of Iowa and Capper
Of Kansas, who have been it's acknowl-
edged leaders.
Nose bravely read the agricultural
bloc out Of any influence on his fair
young life and sEyly admitted that he
would stand with Jim Watson as "a
member Of the Republican bloc which
meets so seldom and whose opinions
are apparently Of little consequence. -
Perhaps you do-not remember Moses,
he was physician before he became a
senator, and when President Wilson
came back from the West i'll, Moses
pieced together the back-stairs gossin
Of the capital and wrote to one Of his
constituents that President Wilson was
physically helpless.
Then the senate sent another Wilson
Halter, Fall of New Mexico, up to the
White House and Fall came back with
contradictory report that embltterel
Moses So that he retired into sec]usion
until now.
You n'ay remember, too, that after
"a or 80 states had ratified the consti-
tutlonal amendment permitting women
to vote, Moses still valiantly opposed
suffrage for women. He had heard
that. New Hampshire was rock ribbed
and he was stubborn, sure.
Unprogressive, this Moses! You
guessed it. There was a Moses once
who went up on Mt. Sinai and came
down with the .epitome of morals which
nave served to guide civilized millions
since. But Moses of New Hampshire
never went anywhere to bring back
anythin new.
He is for things that have ALWAYS
been. Any effort to change so.called
right or so-called wrong is to him :,
step IN the dark. AS long as he can
stay comfortably with the Republican
bloc its future is easily read.
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RICH TO GET BEST OF IT
IF new TAX BILL PASSES

Concerning the favortism shown
the rich taxpayer in the. reduction OF
surtaxes in the Republican tax bill,
Senator Simmons in his masterful
discussion of the measure said:
''Surtaxes have been reduced from
65 per cent to 80 per cent They
have come down to the deadline: in
that way and what is the result? The
result is that these $4,000 taxpayers
ON the upper side of that line are to
get a further reduction in their taxes,
d little stipend from the people Of the
United States of 100000 a year,
while those 100000 taxpayers, earn
ing between $4,000 and $4,000 Il
year by toll and investment and all
the efforts which characterize the
miscellaneous population of the coun-
try, get a reduction of only $1S,0O0,-
600 on account of the surtax.
Every single solitary man who
stands on the upper side of that line
this modified army of. mil1ionaires
that has just finished it's successful
drive against Congress and the Ma
tlOnal Treasury, has got his surtax
rate cut. 1t has been cut more: than
one-half. That is the millionaire
class who, when the members Of it
want their taxes cut down, becomes
a beggar class. begging aims Of the
government and of the hundred mil
lion Of people of this country. They
get their surtaxes cut in half.
"How about the poor unfortunates
who are below that dead line which
the Republican party has drawn?
There is reduction in sur-tax rates
below, that line of 1 per cent on in
comes between $4,000 and $4,000,
reduction that is insignificant when
compared with the reduction of 80
times as. much, proportionately,
given to the members Of the million
aire class.
The co-called agricultural bloc in
the senate is making noble fight
to protect. the average man from the
avaricious Vaccinations Of the lob
byists for the rich.
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GROUND RENT.

Ground rent! If the people onlv
knew what this meant in their dailv
life, not as an abstract economic the
Dry; not as something that is taught to
your boy or girl in school to be forgot
ten upon graduating, but as somethin,
that touches vitality and practically
every man, woman and child everv dav
Of their lives!
Ground remit! Tribute to which
every toiler pays every day of his life
and for which he gets absolutely moth
ing in return.
Ground rent! The appropriation Of
which by a comparatively few men
throu \'out the world, by virtue of bar.
barous and antiquated laws, keeps TIE
world poor, miserable, tax-ridden and
helpless-'' easy marks'' for the War
God and misunderstanding politicians.
Ground rent! The joint product of
every man, woman and child in every
community the result Of the collective
energies Of the community; the CON-
munal fund that arises with the girth
of every community, grows with its
growth and which, if retained by its
creator, the community, would supply
its every need, freeing from taxes, as
individuals, every toiler and capitalist
in the community. y
Ground rent! The inheritance which
man needs only to reclaim for himself
and his children to make the world a
world of happiness, peace and pros
|perity. =. ...4 ..
Ground rent! The reclamation Of
which by men for government purposes,
will re-establish on new foundations
"the dignity Of labor" the "sacrea-
ness Of property and the ttrights Of
man.; that will give new life and
meaning to that saying, ."mine,"
thine" and "ours.' "Mine,'' what
I create; 'ttthine, ',f.what you create;
and tours" what we all create: It
will introduce g harmony into our So
cial and Industrial life never before
known. lust as the study and applica.
tion Of the natural laws of political
economy fill tho world with the bless
ings that now only ! few enjoy.
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TERENCE McsWINEY,

Negotiations between the Irish and
the English are not running smoothly
That was to be expected. The probe n
is too big, of too long standing, to be
settled quickly and easily.
One thing, however, is certain-ths
Irish question is nearer solution now
than it ever has been before.
BY rather remarkable coincidence
the Irish English conference gets we'll
under way as time brings the first an.
niversary of the death of Terence Nc.
swiney. The lord mayor Of Cork, mar.
tyr to his convictions, died OFT. 25
1920.
At that time, the ma ority Ct aisin.
terested spectators probably believed
that. Mcswiney had died in vain. I,
does not require the perspective OF
centuries, or even of decades, to prove
that was not so.
The day Mcswiney died, the tide
turned in Ireland's favor.
His, passing, the climax of his heroic
hunger strike, focused world sentiment
on the British foreign office. That
sentiment, more than anything else, led
England to seek a permanent solution
of the Irish question.
Negotiations may :un for months
They may be suspended at times: They
may even fail entirely. But failure
would lead to further negotiations. A
definite step forward has been taken.
MaesSwiney accomplished much fer his
cause.
History will accord him a pedestal
alongside Robert Emmett,
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conditions there is contributf6n -
intellectual effort az well AZ t&a4
tribution of muscular effort. s#xs
The enormous power. resourcesso1
modern. industry the fruit of th9
pain and toll and thought Of, the Whbl4
race from the moment Of beginnipd
down to the present, are too thoroAEh
.ly the heritage Of ell who LIVE todAJ
to permit their control solely by few
The offense OF minority contrib OF
power jand machinery, the 1tool1 /
modern work, against the fndulttiAHt
disfranchised is one: of overwhelnine
enormity. There is a tremendou1
moral obstacle against the continuane1
of such a control. ei.:5 s.t< S
Industrial economy demands the
rapid growth Of democratization "a
industry. Americas thirty billion ma
chine-power slaves must be brought
under democratic control, be- the
ownership where it may. And, more
important than that, Americas 0otent.
ial increase Of machine-p power slaves
must be developed under q Srowing
democratic control. -
The creative ability Of mankind
must be allowed to take precedefce
over the machine, The machine must
not be permitted to dominate menu
1t is machine domination Of MIN
that produces our Mingo counties, our
steel town tragedies. our unennploy-
ment cries. 1t is machine domination
Of the men that retards the mental
growth Of men and makes pi1miss
whero fhora voirht ho vfa S1<R t.s.Ss5et.
Thirty billion slaves. today, working
through power and machinery.
Tomorrow perhaps twice that many.
Nothing can save modern civiliza-
| ton except democracy! =.
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PRODUCTION AND AGREEMENT.

Labor has been under the necessity
OF fighting necessarily to maintain the
American standard Of living. It has
been: compelled to put forth every pos
slble effort to keep income through
wages within reach of the cost of liv-
ing. It understands the necessity Of
production, being engaged constantly
in doing the ESSENTIAL work Of the
world.
In order to gain the greatest possible
accomplishments in production there
should prevail in industry the ideal of
production for use and not for profit
only. There should be a. great, harmo-
NOUS union of honest effort on the part
OF the creative productivity of mana
gers and Of labor.
Labor believes that the agreement
between workers and employers, negoti-
ated in conference, based upon expert
ence and operating to secure justice, is
the most important contract in all hui
man: relations today. It is reciprocal
instead Of one-sided. It gives the larg-
est possible measure of justice to the
workers and it gives guarantee of
stability and cooperation to industry.
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COURT Still ADHEREs TO
GID STATE RIGHTS ISSUE

North Carolina spinners have.
found a judge who had not the least
conjunction in declaring unconsti-
tutional the federal law designed. to
protect children from the horrors OF
long hours in cotton mills. He is, tht
same. individual who found a loops
hole in a preceding law against in.
human child labor. >.
'On the first occasion this Judge
held that certain provisions r1adesthe
law unconstitutional. Congress set
to work to remove the DISQUALIFIED
lions, but that disturbed the learned
gentleman not bit. He now finds.
that the later law contravened statsS
rights, which, with property rights,
take precedence over human rights
in the estimation of large number
Of law arbitors., ~.
This conscientious Judge says that
regulation of labor is a power re-
served by. individual states, and the
nation must not interfere. It inter-
fered in 1851, on which occasion the
nation regulated labor. ..,.,..,t
! Despite .;the1. legal :quibbling >of
Judges, the nation will yet find a way
of regulating Child labor. It is much
opposed to white child labor as it
aforetime was opposed to black. adult
slavery. -4
1t will also. find a way of regulating
judges whose tender sensibilities art
rasped when the people, through
their legislative assembly,. attempt to
manufacturers whose only conctp-
curb the greed and inhumanity OF
ton of law, is that it is something
that protects them in their profits
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In New York the worlds most FAM
Gus scientists. in convention, announce
that the discovery of a method of re-
leasing atomic energy seems at hand
and it is minated that within tep
years this. unlimited source Of energy
will be tapped.
1t is high time that society learned
to use energy comparatively, placing
the emphasis in production upon the
serving Of human needs instead Of
on the making of profits alone
The agencies through which CO.
operation may be established are at
hand. The intelligence is availanle
What happens when the opportunity
to cooperate is denied. is that energy
Is unable to poud itself forth in nor
NAL, natural manner Whatever. rlne
will OF. the workers may be, they can
not will an expenditure of energy
against a wall of individualistic OPP
position on the part of the manage
ment.
Corporation, with intelligent. COM
pretending management, results in a
release of energy in willing produce
ton, and strange through it may seem,
with Tightening of the burden on each
worker. 1T is physically and mentally
easier for the worker to; give fully. in
harmony with general effort, than to
give partially against the resistance OF
an uncomprehending management
That is why production under trade
union conditions. carried on under
terms and ARRANGEMENTS agreed upon
by the full and free exercise of voice
and vote of both parties, results in a
maximum expenditure Of effort with
minimum cost to the Individual
worker. That is why under such
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MINIMUM WAGE FALLACY.

MASSACHUSETTS, dear old Massachu-
setts, like Minnesota, looked pitifully
upon the: status Of the women employed
in herr vast and varied industries, and
benevolently decreed "minimum
wage" to be fixed justly by COM
mission. That body was to determine
just what, weekly income was needed
for an adult self-supporting woman to
live in decency and tolerable comfort,
and see that wages did not fall below
that figure. The commission in, good
faith and after long investigation de-
cided that $3.50 was required. I.
And now the same authority dealing
with the concrete case cf workers in
candy manufacture, fixes the minimum
wage at $12 weekly, with no sugges-
ton as to how the self-supporting
woman is to make up the $3.50 margin
between that and the $3.50 she needs.
The explanation is vouchsafed that
"the poor financial conditions of the
industry at present" justify no higher
payment.
To the political economist, even the
casual student Of great science, this
is delightful acknowledgement that
economic principles are like the laws
OF the xMedes and Persians, and that
the Z! nainimum wage'' idea is reduced
to the absurd by the "enforcers'' of
an impossible statute.
The only tried and true system is for
working girls to get a minimum wage
for themselves through their own ef-
fort in trade union.