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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
"SACRAMFNTAL WINE"

Some commotion has been created
in church circles over reports from
Washington that it is proposed, in
new prohibition regulations now in
contemplation, to eliminate fermented
wine from further use for sacramental
purposes and require the use of the
unfermented product, probably grape
juice. There is said 10 he much op-
position TO this proposed change in
many church circles.
The communion is a solemn sacra-
ment OF the Christian church, and by
reason OF the manner of its institu-
tiun--the use of wine by the Saviour,
aid not of any substitute-it is held
TO this day that only wine should be
used. And in all local prohibition
legislation before the adoption of the
Eighteenth Amendment. there APP
peared in the section placing a ban
on the manufacture or sale of intoxi-
eating liquors the plain mandate, "ex-
cept for medicinal or sacramental pur-
poses" To some minds, in those days
there was a sense Of shock at this coup
ling OF Intoxicating liquor" with men.
tion Of the solemn sacrament. but &
was the invariable custom.
Whether the change will be mad,
/ is a question, but there is no doub
/ IL will be vigorously opposed. Blu
is there any real reason for opposition
/ As the holy communion is a symbol
would II be made any less holy If som,
suitable substitute should be provided
for the otherwise tabooed wine?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
CHINA'S POST OFFICES.

Though somewhat tardy in its de-
livery, Japans assent TO the with
drawal of foreign post offices from
China seems to show, on the part of
the japanese Government. a genuine
desire to cooperate with the other
Powers in maintaining the indepen-
dence of China. Following the receipt
of Japan's assent, the committee on
Pacific and Far Eastern questions has
adopted a resolution under which the
Cnited States, Great. Britain, France
and Japan, the four Powers having
postal services in China, will under
take TO close their post offices on or
before Jan. /. 1928. OF these four ser
vices, that of Japan is by far the most
extensive. Great Britain, France and
the United States have post offices
only in a few of the larger treaty
ports, whereas Japan has maintain ID
postal agencies at more than l50
points. an assault upon Chinas SOW
ereignty which nationally minded
Chinese have keenly resented
There are certain conditions pre-
cedent 10 the withdrawal. The fouI
Powers concerned have stipulated that
their withdrawal is conditional upoG
the creation of an efficient Chinese
postal service, and the receipt of ar
assurance from the Chinese Govern
ment that IL will not change the stat
of the foreign co-drector general OF
the present postal administration. Tn,
fulfillment of both conditions is funda
mental to the protection of the int =.
1 est of foreign Powers in China. III.
| Chinese post office service must func
tion efficiently, and foreign Power
through the co-director general, mus
continue TO exercise some sort -
supervision over the operation OF a.,
Chinese postal system. Against tn
imposition of these two conditions
China can hardly object.
Japans assent TO the resolution as
sures an easy withdrawal from Chin
Of the foreign postal services -Bosto
Transcript.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
DISABLED SOLDIERS IN 1929.

When Senator Ashurst proposed his
d!sl bled soldier amendments to the
$50 900. 600 appropriation bill for Rus
sian relief he was probably prepared
to see the amendments defeated. The
Senator has failed TO secure the
$500. 600 for disqualification and un-
employment aid that the amendments
called for, but ne has once more re-
minded the country of neglected OH
legation. Senator Ashurst is disturbed
by conditions in his own State 10
which he drew public attention two
weeks ago. Disabled soldiers. he then
said. were dying neglected in the
deserts of Arizona"
In that connection we note letter
to this office from Pho nix IN which
distressing conditions there are set
forth. And that is but one of many
similar complaints received. all Of
them telling of neglect and injustice,
all Of them stressing the fact that al
though times are not the best and dis
abled soldiers are among the least able
to fight against adverse conditions,
compensation payments are being cut
down with a severity. swiftness. and
unfairness that can only add TO the
fear that the administration of the
Veterans Bureau is in unsympathetic
hands.
That administration the Evening
Post will continue to watch with un-
ahating zeal. We believe that the plan
for consolidating the soldier agencies
originated with us. We presented the
suggestion formally TO Congress and
fought for it unremHtingly. The year
just closing saw il accomplished and
the Veterans Bureau created. Ger
tainly no one would want to go back
to the old triple-headed ARA cement
But the new bureau must be efficient
ly and benevolently administered and
the Evening Posts pledge for the
coming ysar-the third year of its
flght-wil be to expose abuses wherev-
er IL finds them and To demand i'm
provements. We realize that there vii
be disabled soldiers in 1922. We some.
times fear Congress and the country a.
large may have forgotten that fact
New York Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
Why THEY WANT A TARIFF.

An interesting feature Of the tariff
hearings before the senate committee
~ Washington. this week, was the
appearance of representatives of the
chicf news print paper manufacturers
~ the country for a substantial tariff
taK on an importations of their prod
uct. They argue the necessity OF this
iaN 81 enable thomr 10 compete sue
cossfully with paper manufacturers in
Canada ana other foreign countries.
News print paper has been on the
free lls, Zoe several years and this
oncn door % competition did not pre-
vent a radical advance in charges 20
consumes during the reign OF excess
slyc prices Cor all commodities brought
about hy the war. Readers of news
papers know how this increase ar
fecied them as about every one-cent
d.~y paper In the country was com
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30


PEELED to advance its selling price 60 two
cents a copy. an increase OF 100 per
cent. This seems like radical jump.
but It's justification is found In the
fact that the Increase in charges for
news print paper by the manufacture,
crs was several hundred per cent,
And tho present prices are far from
the pre-war basis.
II is not probable our paper manu-
facturers would suffer any moro from
foreign competition in the future than
they have In the past with their prod
uct on the free list But there is
every reason to believe. judging by
the experience OF the past, that the
immediate result OF n tariff tax on
news print would be an advance in
the selling price In home markets of
at least the amount OF the tariff. If
not much more.
That is the result Of all tariff taxa
tion. and that is why the sugar inter-
ests and other special interests are
insistent upon having their products
thus protected. 1t means higher
prices and greater profits for them
and these higher prices and enhanced
profits are certain burdens upon the
consumer. This has always been the
experience of protective tariff taxa
what II is meant for.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
iwM. l.. DOCKSTADER.

Editor, Every Evening: / desire
space In your valuable paper TO pay
personal tribute to one who was per-
haps better known and more uni
versally loved than any man VIII
mington has lost in many day.
] refer to William l.. Dockstader
II hardly seems possible that he IL
gone. ] knew him intimately for
nearly twenty-seven years. Men come
and go In the busy life of com
munity, and the places OF most Of
them are filled by those who follow.
With our good friend. IL is different,
FOR his going leaves "A void "A. vacancy
in the business and civic life OF
Wilmington which is likely to exist for
long time. lie was successful in his
business yes. His was naturally a
friendly disposition and he made
friends everywhere. Liberal I'm the
extreme. he gave of his means cheer
fully and almost without limit. His
business In life was to entertain the
public, and right well he succeeded --
hut It is the man who have in mind
and tho reputation he made for him
self while with us not the business
which he controlled.
The man was VIM. L. Dockstader
| himself. What can be more worth
while than TO leave behind us wher
our time comes. thousands OF friends
good and true. who deeply and sin
cerely mourn our leaving? Dockstadei
had such friends--here, there. every
where. What heritage! Who coulc
ask more2 A Friend.
Wilmington, December 80, 1921.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
NOT WORRYING.

With all due respect to professional
astrologers everywhere, 1t may he said
that the world seems indifferent To
the announcement made In the British
Journal of Astrology. TO the effect that
the year 1926 will shake the world TO
its foundations, both physically and
politically. as II will be filled with
plaques. famine, floods, rioting and
revolutions. a prelude to Armageddon,
which is due in 1882.
To a great many of us it will make
precious little difference what hap
pens in 1926, and. for that matter. at
least one earnest sect insists that
whatever OF an exciting nature is so
ing TO happen will have occurred be-
fore that. and that Armageddon and
all the other unpleasant incidents Will
be things of the past long before
that. Anyone who seeks occasion for
worry will be able TO find more at
tractive subjects than this horoscope.
Hartford Courant.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
lust FOLKS
THE WAY OF A WIFE.
BY Edgar A. Guest.

THE WAY OF A WIFE.
She wasn't hungry, so she said.
salad and a cup of tea
Was all she felt that she could eat,
but 1t was different with me.
I'm rather hungry" l replied; 'if
you don't mind, think Ill take
Some oysters 10 begin with and a
good old-fashioned sirloin
steak"
Now wives are curious in this, to
make the statement blunt and
straight:
There's nothing tempts their appe
titcs like food upon anothers
plate;
And when those oysters six appeared
she looked at them and said TO
me-
Just let me try one. will you DEAR"
and right away she swallowed
three.
On came the steak, and promptly she
exclaimed: "Oh my. that looks
so good
think I'd like bit of it," The game
is one ] understood.
cut her off n healthy piece and never
whimpered when she said:
Now just few potatoes, dear, and
also let me share your bread"
She wasn't hungry She'd refused
the food ] had been glad to buy,
But on the meal which came for me |
know she turned a hungry ye;
fas IN h.
dainty in her choice. I'll state,
But she gets ravenOus enough to eat
whatever's on my plate.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
THE MIRROR OF
N PUBLIC OPINION

Guam is clearly recognized. Unless
so that<the harbor could serve as a
strong naval base, the United States
could never hope 10 conduct n sue
cessful naval war west of Hawaii.
Writers like Mr.. Gardner assume
that. regardless of the results of the
Washington conference. the future
will witness an armed collision be-
tween Japan and the English speaking
Powers In the Pacific unless the Japa-
nese abandon voluntarily their policy
of political and economic imperialism
and content themselves with n purely
industrial development without re-
sort to territorial expansion. At heart
probably they are without faith that
the Japanese could consistently pur-
sue an anti-lmperialist programme
now that their military and naval
mastery of the Orient is no longer
questioned. We shall hear more from
this class OF writer's later on for they
are only temporarily silenced by the
immense popular acclaim that greeted
the Hughes naval proposal.
Their perturbation OF mind must be
violent indeed. The world must seem
to them to have turned upside down
Nearly half our navy is to be scrap
ped, Every square mile OF American
insular territory west Of Hawaii left
az the mercy of the Japanese fleet and
protected by nothing but a scrap of
paper" To the American expansion
lists of yesteryear what can Il mean
fs not that the territorial expansion OF
the English speaking nations has
reached its historical end? There are
evidences supporting this hypothesis
| to be drawn from various sources
among them being the impressive fact
that the white race has ceased Ia mov,
westward as emigrants. pioneers anC
settlers, while the chief pressure o
natural migration now comes from
the Orient.
The Washington conference may
have the peculiar significance In his
tory. side from the wholesome checl
it gave to competitive naval arma
ment. of marking the high tide o
European civilization as an expansive
force drawing it's propulsive strength
from military power.--Springfield Re
publican.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
THE EVENING SMILE.
WANTED 4 JOURNFYMAN.

Mrs. Newrich called at the studio
of a prominent artist to have her por-
trait painted.
"Will you kindly sit down and wait
a few momcnts?" said the attendant.
"Well. I'm in a hurry. Is your mas
ter busy?" she asked.
yes. madam. He's engaged on a
study"
con a study" exclaimed Mrs. New
rich. Then I'll go elsewhere. / want
an artist who has got all through with
his studies. "-Ex.
You are a beautiful girl and I hope
you think I am sincere" Il cant
help thinking you are sincere wher
you talk like that. Louisville Cour.
ior-Jorunal.
Miss-"Wha, age would you say
am. young sir?" Gallant Youth-"flali
of what you really are, dear lady. -
Toronto Telegram.
Some women think that as soon al
they have acquired husband and Z
can opener they are equipped for life
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Are all flowers POPULAR" asked tn
teacher. mo, ma'am," replied one o
the bright little girls. What flower
are not POPULAR" "Wall-fiowers
ma am" m."-Yonkers Statesman.
This is a fast age, isn't it?" 1T
say so. 1t used TO take liquor year
to Kill man. but now. after he ha
taken a couple of drinks. the famit
orders his tombstone, ,Y-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
I'VE were just about 10 go TO pres
last week." said the editor Of tn
Chiggersville Clarion. when We dis
covered that we didn't have any ink.
But you got out the paper as usual?
"Oh, yes. l had a happy thought,
rubbed the Office towel over the typ
forms and we printed a pretty fai
edition. n."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Neighbor-"Got much money in you
hank, Tommy" Tommy-"Oh, n
The depositors have fallen off sine
sister got engaged. ed."--Argonaut.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
PARASITES OF THE MOVIES.

Mr.. d. w. Griffith has "A griev-
ance against certain kind of COM
pet,tors--he calls them "leeches upon
tho industry" and feeders on the
mother nlm." The epithets are sug-
gestive. When an ambitious manager
takes up popular success Oh the
mast. lavishing his resources upon
creating and advertising his pro-
duction, these parasites rush In with
mediocre productions and reap a
harvest not of their own SOWING
Thus Mr.. Griffith, In order To pro-
tect himself and his public, has been
| Obliged to rename his version OF
Tho Two Orphans" calling 1t Or
nhans of the storm" The d'Artag-
nan of Douglas Fairbanks had a
similar crop of rivals. the Three
Musketeers becoming some dozens.
When Mr.. Griffith urges that a
continuance of this practice viii pre-
vent the featuring" of "the old
classics" his case is more question
able. 1t may be doubted whether any
one. least of all the rank and file OF
movie audiences, Is deeply concerned
that the classics shall be featured.
In being reduced TO dumb show they
Inevitably suffer n sea change which
is sometimes undeniably rich. but Is
always lamentahly strange. The
adorably romantic and boyish
ldArtagnan becomes, SO to speak
Douglas Fairbanks. There is one
glory of the drama and another glory
of the novel, and the place for both
is where one can hear the masters
lines or read them.
Mr.. Griffith is on frmer ground
when he pleads the ethics OF his pro-
tession. Deception never benefits
the public" This is fact of which
the public is thoroughly aware. III
thee cheat me once" said the Quaker
1T is thy fault; IL thee cheat me twice
il is my own" The industry that Is
prey to leechcs will. drop by drop
be bled dry. Even the most exuher'
ant mother film should have the
, privilege Of feeding only her owl
children. Peculiarly pertinent is NJ
= Grifith's remark that. "especialy a
, this time" the industry Of those wh'
, profess to amusc the public shoul,
he sensitive to suggestions for bet
= terment."-New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
THE JOB OF ANCESTOR.

The fathers of the present genera
ton had one thing in common. II
want my boy to have a better chance
than / had was the ruling passion Of
their mature years. They accomplish
ed wonderful things, not always wise
ly, not always with the result in the
boys life they hoped; still, they did
wonders. And then the whole basis
Of their planning was swept away In
four years of tragedy that upset every
Indicated future in the whole world.
Now We are the ancestors.
We have to see that something
comes out of the work at Washington
Or else everything We do for the future
of our sons and daughters will be al
the mercy of the force that wrecked
our genera ton. That is the answer
TO the Ifs" and butts" one hears
Milwaukee Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
A College Course.

Yale University held lts first citizen
ship school last summer. The Alabama
Stste University held an extension
course in practical citizenship, and it
proved so popular that lectur=
course was given last fall. and two
more are planned.
Alabama is to be the pioneer state
to carry the system one step further
nd introduce similar work into the
grammar schools. The league regards
this as a progressive move and be-
lieves other states will follow.
Not all of the courses are given in
connection with colleges and schools.
however. Baltimore and other cities
have held citizenship schools in differ
Mt wards. generally around election
time. when interest is keenest. Chicago
held one Of these courses last month.
to which men and women alike came
TO acquire information on such sub
jects as: Why men do not vote. What
is the matter with the ballot? Ballot
forms. Nominating processes. Youl
own election laws and how to study
| them. How politics handles electora
machinery.
! During some of these courses. Il
election time is near. the local can.
didates are invited to speak at tn,
last session so that the students ma,
judge them in the light of newly
acquired knowledge of politics.
Candidates. it is said. have come {,
respect and fear these students o
politics. They cannot be easily wol
over by a sob story or by fiery elo
quence. They wait patiently for
promise and platform, and if tn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
SUBMARINES SHOULD co.

StbNAhtNf> SuVt LII w.
II IN really surprising that Great
Britain alone. of all the nations con-
ccrncd In the question now before the
Conference for the Limitation of Arm
amcnts. should give earnest support
90 the proposition FOR the total aboli-
ton OF submarines In naval armament.
Delegates OF the other nations are not
An favor OF abandoning their employ
ment, France being especially insist
snt upon their retention. while the
others believe they should he kept i'm
reserve for purposes of defence, but
not used In aggressive warfare.
The work OF tho German subma-
flnos during the war was one Of saw
agc destruction that melted the horror
and dctestation Of all tho rest OF the
world. II was not alone the deliber-
ate torpedoine of the Lusitania. and
the cruel murder Of more than
Thousand OF her passengers and crew
s-mcn. women and ohildren-that
caused such universal horror and in
dlgnation. but the brutal manner in
which these assassins OF the sea were
employed IN destroying vessels en-
rasod in peaceful commerce. What
the German submarine did was pic
turcd accurately by the motion pic
turc films which the German govern
mcnt required as proof of it's shat
tcring work. and 1t is inconceivable
that one could look upon the screen
presentations of this fiendish element
uf naval warfare without coming to
the conclusion that such brutal and
murderous methods are unworthy OF a
place IN honorable combat. and should
be eliminated entirely.
Josephus Daniels. who was secre-
tary of the Navy during President
Wilson's two administrations. and
whose services in this post during the
world War were most efficient. de-
spite the manner In which he was de-
rldcd and abused by partisan critics,
has openly expressed his opinion that
the submarine should go. And this
desire will be indorscd by all who have
any feelings of respect for fair fight
Ing. or any feelings Of detestation for
bloody assassination.
The youth Of all lands thrill with a
~ trlotic pleasure In reading the stor-
ies Of their countries naval heroes
who engaged in combats on the high
q seas. The American boys read with
pleasure Of the victories OF the ole
Constitution and other great vessels o.
the past. Of The amazing victory won by
Paul Jones. and the deeds of daring
achieved by Perry. Macdonough. De.
cofur ana other stars or the early
American navy. British lads flush
with pride NJ reading the records o
that counirNs notable sea fighters
from Drake ID Nelson. But what schoo
boy. even a Germany in the future
could read with pride OF the miserable
deadly and buhuman deeds perpetrate'
by the Germhn submarines?
Tho submarine should 20. II is
cowardly fighter. like a murderer VIII
stahs IN the back and In the dark
II knows nothing Of fair combat in tn
open. II fears any enemy capable O
striking n blow IN resistance. Its nat
nfal prey h the peaceful and usefu
vessel ~ commerce The navies q
oil. the world VIII be far better o.
when rid Of les communicating asso
citation.