davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28

also has resulted In reaction that
Ia serious In its effect upon business.
The imposition has melted to such
general investment In non-taxable Sc
curities that investments In business
propositions have been seriously re-
tricted. Thus. those whom 1t is sought
to reach secure exemption. while
business interests are injured.
There is room for encouragement In
the general admission in Congress
that the Revenue bill is deficient and
unsatisfactory, and that 1t will be sub
stituted by a better measure during
the present session. In the prepara-
ton of the new measure 1t is hoped
sound business principles will prevail
over demagogoic and partisan ap-
peals. A sales tax, such as proved
profitable and satisfactory in Canada,
Is one OF the propositions. but Con-
gress would not look upon it with
favor. The effort to have it adopted
will be renewed when the suestion is
again brought up.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
GERMAN PREPARATION.

No natter what Germany did. No
matter what she ought TO do for re-
paration. In dealing with the subject
of reparations the time has come
when it is essential to dismiss not
only passion, but our sense of justice.
The question which we must face is
not only what measure of reparation
the masses of the German people will
deny themselves sufficiently to make.
but what will be the result outside of
Germany of such efforts or accomp-
lishment.
Germany, Austria, and perhaps
poland with them, constitute a finan-
cial cancer in the midst of the body of
Europe. Unless that can be cured or
removed Europe will financially die
and await resurrection under con-
ditions different, but we know not
what. At present we can only see
that unless Germany can and does
pay there win be an awful financial
crisis in France and perhaps Belgium
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
WHAT THE PEOPLE CAN DO.

The Christmas poultry market In
Wilmington, last week, afforded
striking and most encouraging object
lesson Of what the people may do,
when they firmly resolve, to defeat the
them 10 pay exorbitant prices for mar
ket products. They refused 10 buy at
the high prices asked by dealers, and
in consequence. the market being
enormously supplied, prices in the clos
ing hours came down with n crash.
Especially was this the fact as TO
turkey prices. which fell from 30 and
so cents to 50 cents per pound. Other
poultry prices also came down.
AS was pointed out by Every Eve
ming in advance OF the opening of the
Christmas market, the supply OF tur-
keys this year was much larger than
ever before, and this condition should
have operated for more reasonable
prices. But spectators entered the
field. and some OF them who went
down the State and even there forced
prices to an unusually high mark by
competitive bidding, must have been
severely "stung" by the slump In the
overcrowded Wilmington market of
Saturday. The supply was there, but
the people refused TO pay extravagant
rates. and the natural result was a
reversion TO fair prices.
There was similar experience In
the Christmas tree market-a large
supply and determined disposition
to charge unduly high prices. But
people refused 10 be mulcted, and
price. fell rapidly. In Philadelphia
some dealers were obdurate and threw
their stocks of trees on vacant lots
rather than come down in prices, but
the most encouraging result of thi.
asinine procedure was that active
boys soon carried the castaway tree.
TO their homes and thus got what wa.
especially desired for nothing.
The people can save themselve.
from the imposition OF exorbitan
prices whenever they make up thei
minds to do so. Firm resolve and in
sistent self-denial will soon bring tn
answer. Fortunately, the instance
that require heroic measures will no
be many IL the people are watchful
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
TREATY AND COVENANT.

Were 1t not that the administration
has In view great program OF future
International conferences and regional
treaties or agreements designed TO
eliminate in an association OF nations
of home sort, Article . OF the Pacific
entente treaty might be dismissed as
something OF merely academic inter-
est. Its significance. however, in case
the four-power treaty should be
ratified, would develop at cnce as a
precedent for use In other fields.
1t is hard to escape the conclusion
that Article was inserted In the
four-power treaty to serve as a
"feeler.' If II Is approved by the
people and the Senate when applied to
Pacific islands. the administration Will
have mandate TO write II into more
comprehensive .conventians dealing
not improbably with all the great
areas of political disturbance In both
hemisphercs. What the country and
the Senate are now asked 20 do Is tc
accept 1t "in principle" 1t Is from this
broader point of view that Article
of the Pacific entente deserves care
ful comparison with Article 10 Of ths
covenant Of the League of Nations.
The fact that so many public mer
and papers have so quickly noted th'
striking similarity between. the TIVE
articles is full of meaning II is al
most complete vindication in itsel
of Mr.. Wilson's uncompromising de
mand for Article 10 as "the heart o
the covenant" that his ablest op
punents have been unable to draf
their first international convention OF
narrowly regional basis without In
serting an article that instantly chal
lenges the attention of the countr!
as being n near relative-"halfb broth
or" Senator la Toilette calls Ito
Article 10. There Is no doubt tina
Article is at least the -brothe
OF Article 10; It vas not. sired b,
Woodrow Wilson, but 1t Is out OF tn
same dam Springfield Republican.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
TAXATION AND BUSINESS.

Tho trend of comment about the
new Revenue law passed by Congress
shows how important 81 il that all
questions OF taxation should be seri-
uusly considered with a view to as
cur,alnlng the effect they will have
upon general business conditions
throughout the country. Forms of
taxation that interfere with the prog
fcrs of business affairs. or that i'm
poso unjust burdens. are bound 10
have n detrimental effect.
This subject Is carefully considered
In III article printed IN the current
issue Of the Guaranty Survey. issued
by tho Guaranty Trust Co. OF New
York city. and its conclusion is tha,
the new law has signaliy failed to
grant 10 business relief from the
heavy burden Il has borne for the last
three years" business feels this bur.
den, and an encouraging resumption
which the country so badly needs
cannot be looked for while this bur.
den IL continued.
Tho dcmasogic desire Of SO many
myinbors Vt Congress to lax wealth
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
THOMAS BAYARD HEISEL
An Appreciation A
Minor G. Smith.

Forty years ago l was elected prin-
cipal of the public schools Of ST.
Georges. The day / took charge OF
the schools. n happy-faced. happy
hearted. whole-souled lad. in his teens,
walked In and smiled. and gave me his
name. From that day until this. Bay
ard Heisel found a large place in my
heart.
| watched his successive steps up
ward. through the public school to
Delaware College. a student-at-law, an
attorney, and finally. as one Of the
youngest men ever elevated to the
judiciary. l saw him sitting In that
high place of honor, and found un-
feigned delight in 1t all.
Our relations were such that I al
ways called him 1T. b." as was my
custom in the school room and on
the streets of st. Georges.
Bayard Heisel was well-born; his
home life as a boy was sweet and
blessed. / never knew a home where
love was more in evidence, | never
saw a home where the children wore
more smiles or seemed more truly
happy. l never saw Bayard wher
there was not smile playing on his
countenance. hear his pleasant
voice now, II was always soft and
| sweet.
The State has lost a gracious. patri
otic son; Delaware City and New
Castle county have lost an upright
sincere citizen; a home has lost ;
charming companion; the writer hai
lost a gracious and well-beloved trea
sure out of life.
"'Tis sweet as year by year we lose
Friends out of sight,
In faith to muse
How grows in Paradise our store
Wilmington, December 81, 1921.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
FREAK LEGISLATION.

Some enterprising and ambitious
member of the City Council of Kansas
City sought fame and glory by having
his name on an ordinance passed that
prohibited any resident of that city
from harboring vicious bees or per-
mitting bees OF any other nature and
disposition TO roam about the city.
Just what neighborhood difference
gave rise to the ordinance has not
been made public. neither has it been
made clear why the city fathers
wasted their time in this bit of tom
foolery.
At any rate the effort to Danish the
bees from the city is a failure. The
owner of a hive of bees was arrested
last summer and fined $50 for harbor-
ing vicious bee. the particular proof
of viciousness being that one bee
on one marauding expedition, stung
little girl five times in rapid success
sion. OF course the case was APP
pealed on the ground that ii was
wholly impossible to identify a par
ticular bee and thereby fix ownership
that 1t was equally impossible to de-
iSilllille il anu NNeIl Il zee was VICIOUS
and on the scientific claim that nc
honey bee was capable of inflicting
| five separate stings.
| The case turned in the review court
on the scientific claim, the court
listening gravely TO numerous bee eX.
perts who insisted no bee could stine
/ five times. The Court said it was con.
vinced and set aside the fine of tn,
lower court and declared the ordi
nance void and of no effect. The tria
Of the case in the lower court re
quired a couple of days, and NOR,
time was given TO the case in higher
court, all because some immature law
maker tried to do tomfool thing
And the courts had to listen to tn,
case as If 1t had some merit and re
! fiected some real question of law an,
the public peace.-Ohio State journal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
RECREATION FOR YOUR EYES
BY Frederic J. Haskin

, have suffered but little from defects
Of vision, il is estimated that Of per
sons over q, living gnder civilized
conditions, nine out of every 10 have
/ imperfect sight. and az the age in
creases the proportion increases until
at 40 II Is almost impossible To 1nd a
person free from visual defects stat
I istics ~ the army show This con-
ciuslyelv.v
/ Dr. Bates examines on an average
Of 10000 pairs Of eyes yeGr a. tho
New York Eye and Ear Infrmary and
other institutions. In this work" he
says. II noticed many cases in which
errors Of refractiOn either recovered
spontaneously, or changed their form.
and Was unable either % ignore
them or % satify myself with tho
orthodox explanations. IN course ~
time / discovered that nyOpia and
hypermetropia. like astigmatism.
could be produced at VIII. that myopia
was not, rs we have long believed. as
sociated with the use of the eyes az
the near-point. but with a strain 90
see distant objects. strain At tho near
point being associated with hypcrrne-
!, tropia; that no error Of refraction was
, ever n constant condition, and that
the lower degrees OF refractive error
we're durable. while higher degree.
could be improved
< Finally, after a series n Otserva-
. tlOns upon the eyes Of human beings
and animals. ! convinced both myself
3 and others that the lens is not a factor
, in accommodation. and that the ad-
, justment necessary for vision az dif-
ferent distances is effected In the eye,
Z precisely as II is In tho camera. by a
, change In the length ~ the organ. This
o alienation being brought about ~
the action ~ the muscles on the out
side Of the globe"
Heretofore, the theory has been
:. that the shape n the eyebail controlled
the sight. 4 normal eye was supposed
. to remain normal whereas II is con-
r stantly being demonstrated that nor
o nal vision is often impaired.
d In the thirty years 7 have devoted
+ 70 the study Of refraction," Or Bates
t. declares. L have found few people
r who could maintain perfect sight for
a more than a few minutes a. a time
E. even in the most favorable conditions
y Similarly, I have found no eyes with
ID continuous or unchanging errors a
y refraction. all persons with errors q
II refraction having at frequent inter.
n, walls during the day and night mo-
70 ments Of normal vision. when theii
myopia. hypermetropia or asflgrna.
tism wholly disappears. The form o
the orrOr also changes myopis ever
q changing into hypermetropia, and on,
- form Of astigmatism into another. -
. This new opthalmic theory nov
:. forms the basis of the work ~ a mum
- Der Of prominent eye specialists a n,
- at least one New York hospital has
gymnasium for the eyes. Instead o.
being handed crutches IN the form o
= glasses. the patients Of this hospita
are given a course in eye muscle de-
Ia velOpment and relaxation. Just AZ n
dian clubs and dumb-bells are give
r TO people In need Of greater chest *
ISL pansion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
lust FOLKS
FOR THE NEW YEAR.
By Edgar A. Guest.

FOR THE NEW YEAR.
This I would like to be-braver and
bolder.
Just a bit wiser because ! am older,
Just bit kinder to those l may meet,
just a bit manlier taking defeat;
This for the New Year my wish and
my plea;
Lord, make a regular man out of me.
This l would like, TO be-just a bit
finer,
More of a smiler and less of a wilmer.
Just a bit quicker to stretch out my
hand
Helping another who's struggling to
stand;
This is my prayer for the New Year
TO be:
Lord, make a regular man out of me.
This I would like to be-just a bit
fairer,
Just a bit better and just bit squarer
Not quite so ready TO censure and
blame,
Quicker to help every man in the
game,
Not quite so eager mems failings to
see
Lord, make regular man out of me
This I would like to be-just a bii
truer,
Less of the wisher and more Of the
| doer,
Broader and bigger, more willing tc
give,
Living and helping my neighbor tC
live;
This for the New Year my prayer and
my plea:
Lord, make a regular man out of me
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
NEVER MENTIONED.

The debate on the submarine Mt the
Washington conference appeared, Mt
several points, to lead straight to one
unacceptable conclusion. But no dele
gate ventured to draw II. Secretary
Hughes regretfully pointed out that
II would be impossible to reach a
universal and binding agreement about
submarines. This was due not simply
to the attitude of France and Italy.
The main obstacle was the uncertainty
what position would be taken on the
question by the many nations not rep
resented i'm the conference. A similar
difficulty arose i'm connection with the
suggestion that international law be
recast so az to make a stringent rule
against ruthless submarine warfare
This was proposed by the Advisory
Committee. But the Washington con-
ference can neither make nor revise
international law. That law is "jus
gentium." the law of all nations
Where are all nations, and how &
their voice TO he uttered except
| through n League?
That word. however, cannot nj pres
ent be so much as mentioned in Wash
irgton. Officials and delegates fie,
from IL in fear and trembling. Th'
general conviction seems 10 be that 1
any indscreet man said League of Ma
tions out loud, the Washington Monu
ment would fall upon Memorial Hal
and bury the conference I'm the ruins
IL the tabooed words were TO he spoltei
near the White House. that building
with all that Is therein, would sub
merge itself In the Potomac. And
the forbidden name were whispered II
the room Of the Senate committee o,
foreign relations. strong men woul
faint and Lodge and Borah would hav
TO be carried out on n shutter.
Oh, no. we never mention It! Blu
IL has most unpleasant way q
thrusting Itself into everybody
Ithoughts.--New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
RIPPLING RHYM ES.
By Walt Mason.
OH. HAPPY DAY

Ii will be splendid when wars
are ended and peace has come
TO stay, when swords are busted
and cannon rusted, and no one
yearns to slay. Through all the
ages in futile RACES. the sons
of men have fought, in war
found pleasure, and none can
measure the evil they have
wrought. The soil we tread on
was scrapped and bled on by
nuts of bygone days; the early
savage was wont to ravage, and
kill off other jays. Are we so
dotty. so vain and naughty. that
we can't quit old tricks? Must
we forever attempt to sever the
domes of other hicks? Is all
our yearning for higher learning
wish for some disguise to
cloak our longing for armies
thronging, and death for count
less guys? Oh, donnerwetter,
are we no better than men who
lived I'm caves. whose daily labors
were killing neighbors, and dig
ging early graves? Let's make
it palmer that we are saner than
those ancestral boots. and scrap
our cruisers and can the bruis-
ers who kill off harmless rubes
Let's make wheelbarrows and
plows and harrows of swords
and guns and spears, and do our
knitting with. Peace a-fiitting
through ali our golden years.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
NO RICHES THROUGH RUIN.

IL is strange how the legend lingerH
that the United States during the war
was growing rich through the troubles
of Europe. The truth is that, however
strong acquisitlveness of Americans
may have en- the thing was iTpos-
s!ble, because Europe had no wealth
to bestow. As millions OF its ablebodied
men were withdrawn from productive
industry, and as the fruits of industry
were being destroyed by war. Europe
was forced to draw from other parts
of the world such real wealth as food
and steel. Being able TO give little else
but paper in return, u. Of course. ran
into debt heavily and made the United
States n creditor nation. But IL the
latter country hopes to have the debt
paid IL must accept In its turn real
wea,th--that is. the products of the
factories of Europe restored to pros
perity.
No doubt some great fortunes were
made IN the United States during
the war, but all these must have com,
ont Of American resources and Amer.
ican labor-certainly not out of Eu-
ropean labor or resources, which wer,
not available for export. The wal
made Europe poorer. but II made ne
other part of the world richer. except
in promises To pay. II produced som,
apparent prosperity In the Unite
States and also in Canada. but as
greater numbers of dollars were pass
ed from hand to hand the purchasinl
power of the dollar declined. In botl
countries an era of high wages anC
profits has been followed by one o
unemployment. Growing rich at III,
expense OF an impoverished countr,
is an impossibility. on the othe
hand. Great Britain, Canada, and tn
/ United States all stand 10 gain b,
/ the restoration of Europc.-Toront
Canada Globe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
1T WAS MAINLY HIS FAULT.

Now Mr.. Harding seems much per-
turbed over the manifest uneasiness
in respect of the construction of the
Four-Power Treaty and it's applica-
ton TO the Far Pacific. He has is
sued a formal statement in which he
expresses regret that there should
be any misunderstanding. and endeav-
ors 10 assure the country that there
Is no real occasion for regarding any
OF the treaty provisions as doubtful
or uncertain.
But Mr.. Harding has only himself
TO blame for the feeling of doubt and
uncertainty now prevailing as to
whether the treaty commits our gov
ernment 10 go 10 war in aid of Japan,
should that country be attacked. with
out any corresponding obligation on
the part of Japan to come TO our aid
i'm similar conditions.
II may not be worth while TO lose
any sleep over this problem, as there
is no probability that it will ever be
put to the test. Still, it is never wise
TO have any uncertainty about treaty
obligations. Everything required Of
all the signatory parties should be
unequivocally set forth.
But having stirred up this trouble
Il is up 20 Mr. Harding to put an enc
to II. and he might do much in this di
rection by an entire change of atti
tude towards the great problem Of hov
TO bring about and insure WorlC
Peace. This he may do by recon
mending an abandonment of the Con
ference at Washington, and immediat,
acceptance by our country of mem
bership in the League of Nations
Then the peace of the world would b.
positively assured.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28

victed were sentenced to receive the
punishment OF the lash, II is said.
seven times before beginning their
terms and seven times after complet-
ing tho Imprisonment.
This really seems like barking back
few centuries. the sentence of re-
peated lashings being akin 10 the saw
ago impositions by Chief Justice JEFF
fries upon malefactors against the
Crown after the Monmouth rebellion.
the brutality Of which appalled, even
the dulled public sentiment In Eng.
land at that time. These Canadian
burglars doubtless win remember their
frequent castigations, and their fate
other evil characters, but such en-
ployment of the lash does not seem
right In these enlightened times.
In Delaware, a single imposition of
the punishment OF the lash has al
ways been deemed sufficient, and even
this custom has. been largely ignored
| in recent years by changes in the Law
of punishment in the direction OF
clemency. Meanwhile, crime increases
Possibly the right course would be q
return to the procedure that prevailed
I'm our State for many years--an ap-
plication of the lash relentlessly, but
not brutally, for certain offendings
with few exemptions and only for gooC
cause.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-28
THE EVENING SMILE.
DITTO.
cause.

1t Is recorded that certain liter
airy man OF high reputation had occa-
sion TO remark To a waiter in the res
taurant where he sometimes lunches:
Waiter, this beefsteak is not at all
tender. l can hardly cut It,"
The waiter looked at him with n
sorrowful expression and sighed deep
ly.
Perhaps you will tell me-" said
the literary man, why you sigh in
that fashion,"
"Ah, SIR" said the waiter. Il took
you for a man who always wrote and
said original things; and here you come
and say the same thing that all the
rest Of the customers do. o.'-Edinburgh
Scotsman.
Sub-head- bridegroom buys insur-
ance against rain on wedding day.
How about a policy against squalls
later on? someone up and asks.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Sam-"I never see you with Miss
Giddings any more" Lou-"No. ]
couldn't stand her vulgar laughing
. sam 80 1 nauI l nOllttu II.
NO, you weren't around when l pro-
posed TO her."-Houston Post.
The trouble with our legislators is
that the teeth they put in law are
mostly false and always come out
when the law undertakes to bite any
body.-New Orleans States.
Young man." said the elderly gen
tleman, sternly, this is day-olt
paper you've sold me. Do you know
what may happen TO you If you cult
vate habits of deception" Can da'
stun" retorted the newsboy. "Dis is
a 1O-year- old nickel you handed me
but I'm sport and ! amt kickin'."-
American Legion Weekly.
A little three-year old. who had beer
summering on a farm, fell into ar
old we'll where the water was only 81,
inches deep and remained there for
some time before he was discovered
When he was rescued his pent-up in
dignation knew no bounds: You finl
/ kin tay in a we'll wiZout muffin {,
eat. like fwog?" he scolded. IF!
was no better fadder'n mudder'n you
/ dess I'd go without children. ."-EX.