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The President and the Tariff.

A strong effort is being made TO
draw the President into the tariff
tangie on Capitol Hill. Will it sue
ceed? He does not set up for tariff
expert, and is not being appealed to
rs one. What is desired is the exer-
else of the influence Of his Office, which,
Of course. is great.
Mr.. Wilson, according to report, had
some experience Of this kind in the
White House. He liked the Under
wood tariff measure as it had passed
the House, and would have signed it
In that shape. So that when the Sem
ate took the measure in hand and
showed a purpose to make many
changes, his influence was sought to
block the purpose.
But as he was not a tariff expert
he refused to be drawn into the con-
troversy. There was no question of
the Senate's right to review the
Houses work, and make whatever
changes it pleased. Hence. Mr.. Viii
son kept hands off, and let the war
ring democratic factions have it out
between themselves.
The controversy proved to be warm
and protracted. The Senate kept the
measure under its reviewing glass for
five months. searched it closely for
defects, corrected all it found, and
Mr.. Wilson signed the measure as
corrected.
Whether the Senate improved the
measure was a question. and remains
one. The House leaders did not allow
the Senate's contention. while the
business world thought that both
House and Senate had fallen down
with the job. Then the war came and
changed the subject.
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The Next Campaign.

The republican national committee
will get to work at once under its new
head preparing for the next campaign
That campaign will take place next
year, when a new Congress is to be
elected.
The republicans will have need Of
that body. A failure to control il
would be claimed by their opponents
as condemnation Of the record of the
present Congress, and hailed by the
opposition as a forecast of 1924.
On the other hand, republican con
troll could well be interpreted as evi
dence that the country is still with
that party, and as counseling further
legislation along recognized republican
lines.
The work Of the committee will, II
is said, be directed in the main from
this town. 1t is a wise arrangement
Washington is headquarters, and the
best place for surveying the national
field.
Now and then the opposite opinion
is expressed. We are told that Wash
ington is a poor place-maybe the
poorest-for such survey; that public
sentiment is not ascertainable or 40
curately assessable from the capital
that something prevents.
What that something is somehow
escapes definition. The critics oi
Washington content themselves with
shaking their heads. talking vaguely
and warning party managers away.
Nevertheless, Washington is head
quarters. and good deal OF prelim
mary campaign work can be very ef
fectively done here.
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Mr.. Harding's Health.

The Presidents physician reports
him as in fine health. The handshak.
ing, the speechmaking, the frequent
conferences have not feazed him. He
has had an experience Of three months
with every day Of the time diligently
put in.
The handshaking feature Of a Presi'
dents place is sometimes criticised
as superfuous. Why grasp the hand
Of every caller, especially when there
Is a long line Of callers? Why not
a smile and a bow, and let it got At
that?
Such a greeting would chill. The
people would resent 1t by staying
away. A President should not be 9
lonely man. He ought to keep close
to the people; and in order to do that
he can afford swelled hand occasion
ally. Better that than q swelled head
and resentful public.
And there are those who would bar
a President from the stump. They
seem to think that the man who en-
ters the White House should leave his
voice behind. Why? Why. if the
people want to hear him, and he has
a message worth delivering, should
he not address them on their invita-
ton?
And why not conferences and many
Of them, with men in Office and mer
out Of Office, on the many questions a
President has to deal with? What bet
ter way of ascertaining public senti
ment? and who stands so much in
need Of such information as the man
at the very top Of affairs?
Mr.. Harding is on the right track
and one may well wish him the abun
dant health and strength necessary tc
his task as long as the task lasts.
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Dirty Corners. !

There are still some very dirty spots
in Washington, notwithstanding the
work Of cleanup week. They were
there at the end Of the week. There
are places where refuse has been
dumped virtually in the street and al
lowed to remain. These odd corners
seem to escape official eyes and also
the searching, penetrative looks of
volunteer cleaners. It II desirable to
go through the city with q fine-tooth
comb and get the trash all scraped
away and rounded UP and destroyed.
There are plenty Of back yards that
can be materially improved under in
spection. There are places where
trash has been piled in corners and
literally weed-grown in the course of
months Of neglect.
A leisurely airplane fight over
Washington, covering every block in
the city, would reveal some painfully
dirty conditions behind the fences. AS
a rule these conditions can be seen
only from the back windows Of the
houses immediately nearby. Neigh,
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bors do not like to complain. For that
often leads to local warfare. Yet some
times these conditions prevail with no
screen Of solid fences to hide them.
They are to be noted behind picket
fences. Rarely are the householders
who permit these conditions on their
premises owners. They are. as a rule,
tenants who take no pride in the ap-
pearance Of their lots and who need
sharp Official reminders Of obligation
to the public health and general wei
fare to effect reform.
If every Washingtonian who knows
Of such a condition would tip on the
health officer it would greatly assist
In making Washington clean The
citizen must overcome his natural re-
pugnance at reporting his neighbor.
His own health may depend upon it.
Certainly there will never be a clean
Washington until all these backyard
trash piles are cleared out and every
breeding place Of insects destroyed.
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The Flag.

A flag that is IA years old holds
in this era of changes in the worlds
history a unique record. The Stars and
Stripes as a national banner remains
the same as at the time Of its adop'
ton and yet not the same. 1t Is
different flag from that sewed by
Betsy Ross, for it carries more stars.
But it is the same flag in the principle
upon which it is designed, a symbol,
through its red stripes, Of the sacri-
fees that founded the republic; through
its white stripes, the purity OF the
American ideal; through the stars set
in the blue Of heaven. guidance OF
divine influence in the maintenance OF
the republic.
The flag has grown merely In the
number of the stars. There were
thirteen at first and now there are
forty-eight. During the years Of that
wonderful progression great changes
have occurred. No stars have been
the banner. 1t has been carried proud
ly and honorably in war. 1t has been
unfurled always in a good cause. 1t
stands today as the token Of a noble
purpose, Of a true democracy, OF a
progressive people who have from the
beginning gladly aided those less for
tunate of other lands.
Unhappy, indeed. is the man who
cannot realize the meaning OF the
Tag. Sad Is the state Of him to whom
the banner is but bit Of colored
cloth to denote an official place or to
make a ceremonial occasion. For he
lacks the spirit Of citizenship of which
the flag is the symbol. If through its
frequency the flag becomes common
place there is need of stimulation of
the higher national motive. War sup
plies that stimulation. But what of
peace? This annual observance Of the
birthday of the flag. the commemora-
ton of national memorial days-these
are stirring factors. But for the great
er part of the year the flag flies un-
noticed. This should not be. Every
American should pay a salute daily
to the first flag he sees, recognizing
IT as the sign Of the power that guides
and protects him.
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meager appropriations and without
any definite plan. being content mere
ly to keep up q few pixies" that do
not link up with the road lines Of other
states.
It should be possible to travel from
one end Of the country to the other
on good roads in any direction, through
any combination of states. The de-
velopment Of the motor car has cre-
ated demand for such a system.
States that have recognized this need
and have provided good roads have
been included in the touring itineraries
of travellers, and others have In neglect
ing their roads caused themselves to
be neglected. There are states that no
motorist from afar will enter, SO bad
are the highways. There are other
states that motorists will eagerly seek.
so good are the road lines, SO depend
able the surfaces and so few the
detours.
One reason Cor a national system
more comprehensive than the present
is the need to standardize the work Of
road construction and maintenance. A
wide variety of standards now. pre-
walls. There are narrow roads and wide
roads, raised roads and sunken roads,
roads of all possible materials. And
there are all kinds Of road-building
methods and Of Notwithstanding
plans. There are states in which no
detours are tolerated in the recon-
struction or maintenance of roads, and
others in which contractors are per-
mitted to close long stretches of high
way for repairs, meanwhile throw
ing tourists far out into the country
over the most dangerous trails.
Evidently only through federal CO.
operation and Standardization, effected
by means Of annual ALLEGATIONS Of
money, can the interstate road system
be developed. Passage Of the pending
bill at this session is desirable. for
motor travel in this country has be-
come so universal that the develop
ment Of means Of countrywide touring
is decidedly in the interest Of the pub
lie welfare.
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Reason Toward Mexico.

The objections of the Mexican pov-
ernnent to the terms laid down in the
; Alherican memorandum turned on one
main point. That President Obreron
IN making treaty. could not over
ride' provisions of the constitution of
1917 was too sound doctrine not to
command respect in Washington. It
would be an amazing policy, in be-
/ naiI OF American oil interests in
Mexico. to insist that he take matters
into his own hands and exceed his
constitutional powers. For the firm
position he has maintained he should
receive not unfrfendly criticism. but
the fullest approval. The Latin
have long needed less personal gov
ernment and more regard for fu1da-
mental law in high places.
With certain fair notifications in
the terms Of the United States, the
assent Of Mexico would seem to be
ernment has given evidence of its
willingness to comply with any de-
mands with which it can comply. 1t
has even gone to the trouble to indi-
cate through Senor PAM, secretary
of foreign relations. that amendments
to the Mexican constitution cannot be
made by presidential decree, but in
the regular way must come as the
result of action by the senate Our
State Department may not have lack
ed this information. but it is time
that it should be recalled to the at
tention of persons disposed to over
hastinesS.
There should be better progress to-
ward an early understanding between
Mexico and the United States, if after
agreeing that certain ends were to be
sought it were left to the Mexican
government to adhere to methods not
at variance with it's constitution. In
the demands originally. made on
President Obregon through Charge
d'Affaires Sumfnerlin at Mexico City
rights as a nation. 1t is not a ques-
tion of imposing upon a neighboring
country conditions of treaty pre-
scribed in advance. but of according
to Mexico the standing Of a sover-
treaty.-New York World (demo-
Illinois insane man became sane
as soon as his teeth were drawn.
50 did Germany.-saginaw News
Courier.
Nature must have been grouchy
| when it invented the poison Ivy
Sioux City Journal.
when a doctor treats q patient
these days the matter takes /on a
! new significance.-Seattle Post-Intel-
; ligencer.
Rainfall Relieves Famine in
| China-Millions of Chinese Lies Have
Been Saved!"-New York Times
! Stet!-Wall Street Journal.
| Astronomers tell US that only 5000
ordinary stars can be seen with the
| naked eye. TheatricAlly speaking,
now, just how many nearly naked
stars can be seen with the ordinary
eye3-California (M0) Democrat
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
OH

Oh.
Deep within the earth are flowing
Fountains vast Of precious oil.
Men imagine them bestowing
Youth and pleasure, free from toll,
Sleepless nights, days dark with
scheming,
Mid the battles fierce array,
Fill the brain with fevered dreaming
AS the oil flows on its way.
Oil was made for fabrication.
But. alas. 1t has been found
Adding friction to creation,
As this old world rolls around.
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An Enthusiast,

What is your favorite pastime?"
Il am more interested in golf than
any other form of relaxation" replied
Senator Sorghum.
But I never see you playing the
game"
mo. But it's the one most Of my
influential constituents are interested
in. So I have studiously made it the
subject Of my most enthusiastic con-
versation."
Evening star., 1921-06-14

Carpenter wears silk pajamas, but
Dempsey expects that on at least one
occasion, the famous French fighter
will be put to sleep without them.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

There is still an element of Euro
pean population whose conception of
true patriotism is a readiness to fight
all comers.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

The fact that Col. Bryan does not
in any way be construed as a threat
ened breach between the Army and
the Navy.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

Another thing the practical farmer
Is looking for at present is some kind
Of organization that will guarantee a
sufdciency of help at harvest time.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

Henry Ford has a little railroad of
his own. A locomotive makes a pleas
ant plaything when man grows tired
Of motor cars.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

The relapse Of the Hohenzollerns
may be regarded as complete when
even their scandals are no longer con-
sidered matters Of interest.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

Among the leftover material found
by the present administration is a
quantity Of red tape that is not regard
cd as promising high valuation.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

The versatile commercialist, Mr..
Washington vanderlip. is at present
specializing on an extraordinarily large
scale in real estate.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

The recent history Of railroading has
spoiled great deal Of the old-time
enthusiasm for government owner
ship.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

Russia's vast natural resources are
causing Lenin to pass a great deal of
time taking stock and affixing price
tags.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

Bergdoll remains prominent in the
news. He never aspired to be pub
licity dodger.
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Necessarily some time is required
to get all the propaganda waste bas-
keted, so that the desks may be cleared
for regular business.
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A millionaire may cut young WON.
an out Of his will, but he cannot de.
prive her Of fame that may be valu.
able for picture purposes.
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Prudent Filipinos do not desire in.
dependence unless it can be accom-.
panied by some form Of insurance.
Evening star., 1921-06-14

Jud Tunkins says nature puts
enough scales on a fish to give it more
of q bathing suit than some human
beings wear.
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In a way detachable eyebrows are
like cuff links. To lose one of q
pair Is as bad as losing both.-To-.
ledo Blade.
What will the papers print nifty
years from now In place of the golden
wedding notices you see 50 frequently
InOW?-KanSao City Stae
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Financing the Farm

Financing the Farm.
The situation now appears
Confused and quite alarming.
The farmers all are financiers
And fnanciers are farming.
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disappointment,

"Dar's always disappointment
ahead" said Uncle Eben, ''foh de bo,
who goes through college Wit de ex
pectation Of learnin' enough to lant
him in q loafln' job fob de rest Of hi.
life."
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Serious Moments.

1.-THE life of sailor on shore is
usually happy and carefree."
1T is," replied Miss Cayenne. "Un.
less he happens to be a naval officer
with turn for after dinner speaking. u
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ordinary stars can be seen with the
naked eye. Theatrically speaking
now, just how many nearly naked
stars can be seen with. the ordinary
eyef-California (Moi) Democrat
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rainfall Relieves Famine in
China-Millions of Chinese Lies Have
Been Saved!"-New York Times.
Stet wall Street Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-25
ALUMNI GRID coMERAcks

High school took the field against
the alumni a big favorite to trounce
the old timers" by an overwhelming
score, but the confident forecasteIs
were somewhat taken off their bear
ings when they saw what "a defense
the alumni put up.
One sideline comment was that the
Hi team would take the game by 4
score of at least so to 0.
Those loyal supporters of the grid
game who found it convenient to leave
their big Thanksgiving dinners and
arrive in time for the first game, were
we'll rewarded with the comedy and
the extraordinary play.
Mud was plentiful all over the field,
but after the first five minutes of play
the majority of the mud was clinging
to the uniforms of the players.
Coach Stenger was headed down the
field for a long run at one time, and
only through the evil work of the
mud was he stopped by LOehr on the
edge of the field
The climax of the game was reach
ed when the high school men had the
ball on the alumni one yard line and
four good downs to spare. With the
mass formation which has been the
downfall af many high school teams
this year, the Hi lads tried to push
the ball over, but were held for -four
straight downs, and Simmons punted
out of danger.
Alumni entered the field, never hav
ing played together or held any sigma,
practice They did not even have q
ball to practice with before the game
using a head-geaT. Not until the
game opened did the alumni have tbs
pleausre of getting hold of a football
When the final whistle blew off the
men of both teams marched off the
field covered with three and four lay
ers of mud all over them.
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SIGNING OF LEONARD
FOR BENEFIT MATCH
MAY END BOXING WAR
BY FRANK C. MENkE

Benny Leonard will box George
Ward in Madison Square Garden on
Nov. 29''
Entwined in that simple announce
ment is story that may-and may
not exactly-mean the collapse of the
combine of fight managers against Tex
Richard
Over a sweep of many months Billy
Gibson, manager of the lightweight
champion, nursing a grievance against
Richard, has insisted that under no
circumstances would he ever permit
Leonard to place a foot within the
Madison Square Garden ring while
Richard is the promoter there" And
yet, unless Leonard experiences
change of mind and heart between
now and the oath, the vow of Gibson
will become a mess of shattered words
Ever since the announcement was
made that Leonard would fight in the
Garden againsL Ward, there has been
some curiosity as to how it happened,
especially in view of the fact that
| Gibson is stu fervently hooked up
with the Managers Protective Associa-
ton which is battling Richard. Those
who are allied with Gibson in the
battle on Richard had this explanation
| to make:
It's to be benefit show. Leonard
! is going to fight without getting any
| pay for his services. Benny wanted
| to withdraw from the fight and turn
J over a check for 81 600 10 the fund in
/ stead. Those behind the benefit show
| think, however, that Benny by fight
! ing Ward could draw more than $1,000
| into the house and they have urged
J him to go through with the clash. The
fact that Leonard plans to appear
| there doesn't mean, though, that he
and Gibson have quit their fight on
| Richard. It's because it's a benefit
show that Benny is going to fight I'M
! der Richards promotion"
See Back Down.
! However, there's a galaxy of folks
who figure that Leonard's appearance
in the Garden, even in a benefit show
is the inaugural side of a back-dowu
by Gibson on the war against Rick
ard. 1t is figured that through the
medium of Leonard's appearance
there. Richard and Gibson will get to
gether and cement differences. II
that happens the rebel army is smash
ed because Gibson is presumed to be
its back bone.
It's likely that Gibson and the 9th
ers involved in the quaint, seemingly
baseless war on Richard, have come
to realize that they can't put the skids
under Richard and that the only rea
result that can be accomplished is tht
killing of the fight game in New Yorl
the most terrible tragedy that coulC
come into the lives of any fighter O
. his manager
Whatever happened, it would seem
is not due to any overtures on tn,
part of Richard who, commenting OIL
the young war the managers hav
been waging around his thinning
. thatch, had this to say:
"It's Their Business"
: IF the boys want to line up agains
me. that's their business. not mine
) I've got a feeling that they need m
| more than | do them. | can Away
; get talent-but they can't always ge
, a promoter to pay them big money, a
| have done.
In less than year paid over $3.50
> 600 to the fighters whose manager
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now are reported to be opposed TO me.
was ready 10 repeat-but | insisted
upon naming the men those champ
ions or near champions were TO fight.
That's where the whole trouble start
ed. They wanted to pick their oppon-
ents-and the men they named were
set ups.
Leonard took around $4,000 from
my treasury in less than a year. Ed
die Mead, who manages Joe Lynch and
other fighters who worked in the Gar
den, got about $4,000. Johnny Viii
son got around $4,000, and Dan Nor
gan, who manages Jack Britton, got
about $4,000.
Wants Real Fights
They would have been paid prac-
ticalIy the same sort of money in
1921 22-if they hadn't insisted upon
doing their own matchmaking. I'll
pay real money for real fghts-but
not dollar for any affair which, in
advance, promises to be a f1ivver
Whenever | match up a champion /
aim to send him against a man who
can give him a Highland so give the
crowd a run for its money.
But those fighters wanted his
money and the privilege of picking
their opponents. | wouldn't agree l,
the latter proposition. Then some o.
the hot headed managers decided
they'd place me on a blacklist They've
just come to realize, / guess, that they
are the iosers-not me. ! can get 9th
er fighters, pack the Garden and make
money. But they aren't getting an!
! $4,000, $4,000 or $4,000 purses 70,
| their men elsewhere
Madison Square Garden, under m.
| management, will remain a fight clul
: not a gymnasium where champion
and near champions are to be pait
huge money Tor workouts agains
| dubs."
Copyright 1921 BY King Features
Syndicate. InC.A
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-25
4 Major College EIeuens
End Season Indicated

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Thanksgiv-
ing day football clashes left four Of
the major college elevens Of the ea&
undefeated this season - Lafayette,
Cornell, Penn State and Washington
and jefferson.
Lafayette finished its season last
Saturday but the others brought their
campaign to an end yesterday in vic
tory-Cornell soflened the memory oil
bitter defeats by Pennsylvania by car
rying their powerful attack to a Al to
0 victory over the Quakers at Phila-
delphia; Penn State Unexpectedly was
held in a scoreless tie by Glenn War.
ner's Pittsburgh Panthers, and Wash.
ington and Jefferson won from West
Virginia at Morgantown, Is to 0.