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little likelihood that this main feature
OF the Hughes plan will be eliminated.
Take that away. and there Is little
LEFT. for II would be foolish to agree
to scrap ships II they were to be re-
rltced immediately. AT tho present
time 1t appears probable that the
liritish. aided by representatives froia
elsewhere. will prbpose an amendment
to the ship-scrapping plan which
would permit OF more general replace
ment work being carried on by the
three powers concerned.
The present plans, in general, call
Ter the replacement OF no vessel less
than IL years old. 1t may be sug-
~ sted that vessels of n certain tyre
may be replaced after 10 years, those
OF another class after IL years, etc.
In this manner enough work could b.
carried. on In the United States. Great
fritain. and Japan to keep together
the naval shipbuilding industry. 1t
would at least guarantee the certain
private shipyards would not be entire
ly dismantled, nor the shipbuilding
d, RATS destroyed. Then. if the holiday
Is not renewed, each nation will be
prepared to enter the armament race
again.
These facts state for the benefit oi
all interested. without making any
specific comment on them. A COM
rlete naval holiday, without modiiica'
ton of the replacement plans, fore
casts the breaking up of the naval
shipbuilding industry in the United
States, Great Britain. and Japan. y
means industrial chaos among the
workers, economic loss TO the Safu
owners But the general principle OF
Z ,vernment is the greatest good to
the greatest number. 1t may be that
this industry must pay through ta'
nose" I'm order that limitation q
naval armament may be affected. |;
4. certainly going to pay something
Eut some persons must always suffer
sc that the majority may benefit. II
tho limitation Is brought about, 1t re-
mains TO be seen whether the amount
saved by the naval establishment W.T.
IA, passed on TO the people.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-17
.COUNC|lMEN STUDYING
RENT PROF|TEER|NC
Will Determine it Assessment
Increase Warrants Advance
in Rentals.

During their meeting last night for
the consideration of other business
members of City Council had brought
To their attention the fact that there
is still extensive profteering in rents
In this city, and while they were un-
decided as to Just what they. as city
officials, can do to punish the proflteers
or to put a stop to the practice. II
was decided to look into the matter
and determine the facts and later 70
decide upon any steps that may be
found necessary.
It was stated to them that the rent
of two houses on West Fourth street
had been increased from S25 TO $40
within the last month. also that the
rent of a house in the Eleventh Ward,
which had been S21 per month until
the occupants moved out short time
ago. has now been increased to $40 per
month and the owners when spoken
to about these increases declared the
rent was at the price they liked IL or
the houses would not be occupied. 1t
was further developed that China o
man, who has a laundry at Seventh
ard Tatnall streets. who three years
ago paid SIS month, is now paying
$40 n month for the same property
II was during tho hearing of dele
cation from the Chinese laundrymen
that the subject developed.
Councilmen noted the instances re-
ferred to and they intend to consult
| tho Board of assessment, 10 see III the
8 assessment on the properties reierreu
to have been increased to such an eN'
tent rs 10 warrant the heavy ihcreaS.
in the rentals. In the event 1t Is ioun'
there has been no large increases ~
tho assessment further steps may Dc
taken by the ciyt against the alleged
profiteers.
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GREAT BRITAIN
FAvORS IN FULL
NAVAL HOLIDAY
Continued from page l

In that same dispatch L predict that
the British experts. now engaged in
, ,xamining thoroughly the Hughes
may offer amendments to
the holiday which would result in
enough replacement work being done
in each country to warrant the keep
iug together Of trained shipbuilding
and at least the partial OPP
Grafton OF some private shipyards.
There are good grounds for that be-
lief. But in order that the readers
uf Every Evening may fully under
stand this situation, and may partia.-
ly glimpse the conflicting forces which
are beginning to operate in Conference
circles. I shall give here the other
side to this matter. 1t is this certain
clements in the British government
will be greatly disappointed If the
naval holiday is not accepted. Furth-
ermore. those clements would not
oven consider the building of n new
ship year. outside of the ALREADY
planned requirements. as Keeping
within the spirit of the holiday. II
any such agreement should be reached.
those elements, idealistic es they are.
would feel that the naval holiday plan
was a failure. That I have on author
ity.
BY all this do not mean that 'h-
British government will not make
amendments. Far from II. Many
amendments TO the holiday plan may
be submitted. Ii so, they will be done
on the advice Of naval experts, who
will consider all factors, especially
those of the safety of the Empire. But
I do mean that there is every indica-
ton received from high authority, that
the British government. which IS con-
Quoted by civilians. would prefer that
the full naval holiday be carried out
in principle, If such is possible. i
there are 10 he suggestions for change
they viii be made on the advice oI
the technical experts, and not be-
cause any private British interest:
wish to keep their yards in operation
The government leans toward ar
idealisnl.
In the last analysis the British En-.
pire's decision will rest upon tha
same group of highly trained experts
who consider cold facts. and not ideal
ism. They are men whose name
rarely appear in print, and who arr
unknown 10 the general public. Bu
IL will be their opinion which will b.
voiced by well-known statesmen wheI
Britains final decision is made. If. a
the last. II is a question Of idealisn
versus fact, the latter will prevail
Britain never forgets that she is 81
island empire. dependent partly upoi
the sea for her existence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-17
NEW EQUIPMENT FOR
COUNTY ASSESSORS OFFICE

Alterations in the arrangements and
additions to the capacity OF the filing
equipment Of the county board OF as
sc sessment are being considered by the
Public Building Commissioners and
Will be carried out shortly.
The cutting up OF suburban farms
and acreage properties into building
lots. which has been constantly going
on. In some cases necessitates the re-
placement of one filing card by several
hundred. and providing for the copies
of transfers corresponding to the
cards.
The new arrangements will provide
private consulting room for the
commissioners.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-17
CLASSES TO DINE.
Bethany Students Plan Interesting
Program For Tonight.

As guests OF the Sunday School at
a banauet members of the classes of
Mrs. John c. Volt and Mrs. George +.
Irwin will dine this evening. at Beth
any Baptist Church.
The program includes music by Mrs.
Horace Ball, Ruth and Esther Green .
we'll. Eileen Parkison. Helen Wosten-
hagen, Mrs. Millard Pierce, Mrs. Ell
mer Keiser, Miss Marion Buoy and
Raymond Slaughter.
Remarks will be made by The pastor,
Rev. c. c. Earle, Charles n. Bower
and others.
The banquet committee is composed
of Miss Ida NJ. Little. Miss Marion
Buoy, Miss Mae Wharry, Miss Ida
Reynolds and Miss Alice Burke.
The classes mentioned We're winners
in recent Sunday School contests.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-17
RHEUMATIC TWllCE
MADE YOU VINCE !!

IoC oiodn Hcei< Ior thcuHidtC
Jachcs, sciatica, lumbago. over
worked muscles, neuralgia. back
aches, stiff joints and for sprains and
strains. II tenetrates sctfbont rubbing.
The very first time you use Sloan's
Liniment you will wonder why you
never used it before. The comforting
warmth and quick relief from pain
will delightfully."- surprise you.
Keep Sloan's handy and at the first
sign of an ache or pain, use it.
At all druggists--35c, zoe, 81. 40.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-17

waiting sense OF pressure and enable
you to rest and sleep with comfort.
The fact that almost every drug
gist in the u. S. and Canada carries
Pyramid in stock at so cents a box
shows how highly these Supposi-
tories are regarded. Take no sub
stitute. You can try them free by
sending. your name and address to
pyramid Drug Co., Gil Pyramid
Bldg. Marshall. Mich.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-17
Relieve Piles
With Pyramid
You Arc Overjoyed to Find Such
Relief from Pain and Distress
When You Use Pyramid Pile
Suppositories. Send for
Free Trial

Yes, Pyramid Pile Suppositories
are simply. wonderful to ease pain,
relieve itching, allay that aggra-
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tables have already been made for the
after-theatre party. II IL understood
that the commanders OF tho three
posts VIII occupy a box during the
performance.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28
RESCUE THE FARMERS FIRST

The middle west is one vast farm.
The cities that have grown up here
were designed to facilitate the bust
ness of agriculture and the market
ing of farm produce. The railroads
were built with the same object. Con-
temptation of these facts is a good
thing for dwellers in the cities and
towns, who are prone to take too
much credit to themselves for the de-
velopment of this great region.
In these seven states of Nebraska,
Iowa, Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, Missouri and Kansas is con-
tanned more than a third of the farm
property in the United States, meas
ured by value. There is no need to
quibble over the figure, but the es-
innate set by the census is $2S,00O,-
100000. These billions represent the
stake of the middle west in prosperity.
Every form of industry and business
in the cities rests on this foundation.
If the farmers are prosperous, the
result is quickly felt in every line.
If the income from their labor and
capital investment is cut down, they
cease to buy, all industry slows down
and unemployment covers the land
like a pail. That is why today every
agency, public and private, may be
used to place agriculture on a pay
ing basis. That is why the war fl
nance corporation and all it's subsi-
diaries are at work to bring aid to
the farmers. That is why business
men are trying to encourage dairy
ing. That is why the prices paid to
the farmers for their products must
be increased until they are on level
with the prices of hings that the
cities wish to sell the farmers.
The middle west is one big farm
and all the hands must pitch in and
mend its fences.-Omaha Bee
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28
DEMOCRATS SCORED BY
DEMOCRAT.

John Shelton Williams, a member
of the repudiated Democratic admin
istration, is out with letter charg-
ing certain large business concerns
with profiteering during the war.
Well, we have little doubt that the
charge is true. So far as we could
observe, every policy of the Demo-
cratic regime was such as to encOur-
age profiteering. The Wilson ad-
ministratiOn adopted the '"cost plus"
plan of doing work for the govern
ment, and this encouraged every man
and company with a government
contract to push his costs as high as
possible. 1t encouraged contractors
to hire more men than needed, to
pay higher wages than necessary, to
waste material and to multiply costs
wherever possible. Every workman
was thus encouraged to loaf. Even
the tax system adopted by the Will
son administration practically forced
a large concern to profiteer in order
to be sure of making profit enough
to cover the tax. If. Mr.. WiIlims
charge is true, so much the worse for
the administration of which he was a
cooper t.--o ember. But while we
have no defense 20 make for The
Democratic administrator, we do fee
like remarking that Mr.. Williams
would be in a much better position tC
command attention for his criticism.
if he he had ever conducted a large
concern of his own successfully anC
without profiteering.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28
Montana Farming Topics

val ratio and for a fair, just and last
ing agreement in the case of China,
the Asiatic mainland and the Orient.
It will prove to be the key-log in the
jam that was holding up the confer
ence drive. Small wonder that there
are few pessimists in Washington to-
day and that the successful handling
of other great questions is now re-
garded as a foregone conclusion,
1t will be ratified. Signatory ma
tions other than America have given
their delegates powers to make and
seal and bind. 1t will be approved by
the United States senate, for those
senators who were not mere partisan
friends of the League of Nations can
not oppose it consistently, the ad-
ministration senators favor it.
American opinion will have no pa
tience with opposition to this nom
entangling, non-military, nOn-allying
agreement that pledges peace and that
is based not upon guns and ships and
man-power, but upon "the good faith
and honest intentions" of four great
nations.
"The surest way to prevent war is
to remove the causes of war;" said
Sea ator Lodge in offering the treaty.
He has made it clear, in one of the
mos remarkable addresses of his
public life, that it is from such lonely
reaches and out of such world areas
as the South Seas that war may
come. From one vast area of earth,
at least, no war will come in the next
decade.
Similar treaties, as Senator Lodge
recalls, have failed, but this one will
not fail. There has been, as he af-
firms, "far-reaching change in the
mental condition of men and women
everywhere" 1t is this ''far-reach.
ing change" that will make the four.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28
FOOLISH WIVES OF HISTORY
Eve" /"

"Eve."
Eve, wife of Adam (family name
supressed), was the first woman to
adopt modern day attire. She kept
her ears covered, however, so as to
afford a surprise to her second hus-
band in the event one materialized.
She lived with her aforesaid hus-
bands in the Garden of Eden, in its
day the foremost fruit market.
Eve with Adam, were star board
ers, being prime favorites with the
host. One day, however, the host
saw Eve pilfer an apple from his
favorite stand and told her that while
he was fond of her and gs-7e her a
lot Of privileges he would not ex-
tend to any other woman, she must
not under any circumstances, touch
any of the fruit on that particular
stand at which she pilfered the apple
the day previous.
Eve promised, but within the hour
she met John w. Rather, who told
her that he had just been talking
with a neighbOr and that he had
leraned that apples were thinning
that one stout matron had taken of
twenty pounds by means of an apple
diet-and within another hour Eve
was back at the apple stand JUS
gorging herself
The trial was short-lived and sen
sational Eve and John W. Rattle
turned states evidence accused Adam
Of doing the thieving and they wer
all turned out of the garden.
Ever since that day, modern Adam
heve been stealing fruit, passing
along to modern Ewes and keepin
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28
The FIRST GREAT
: CONFERENCE GOOD

The conference on the limitation of
armament and Pacific and Far East
ern questions has justified its ex-
istence and met one of the great and
high hopes of its friends. Should the
conference adjourn today without a
single accomplishment other than the
four-power, ten-year Pacific treaty,
it would not have been in vain.
The text of the four-power treaty
contains exactly 4O1 words and is one
of the shortest in history, but its
language is so clear, its intent so
plain and its spirit so finn and di-
rect, that no NAV cr nation need mis-
take its meaning.
1t skaters the Anglo-Japanese al
lance, q military agreement, and re-
places it with a non-military contract
of national and international self
denial. In end,n~ the Anglo-J Japanese
alliance orc ~ ..o ereat aims of the
United SJa.-s has been achieved.
At the same tir,c the fOur-powel
treaty withers or zen years, and II
may he Tor generations, the seeds OF
war tda5 were sprouting that oft
predicted war of the Pacific. Those
seeds we're there, scattered through
isl. rs, fortified and unfOrtified, OF
=SS-z=ely stolls and cor lareefs. With
the ratification of the four-pOwel
treaty they will disappear.
This treaty does far more. In re
moving the apprehensions Of both th'
United States and Japan it makes
smooth the way for the general anC
formal acceptance of the 0-10-6 ma
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28
CUT The PATTERN
TO Use The CLOTH

There will be pretty general en-
dorsement of the political principle
enunciated by the Kansas City Jour
nal when that paper said:
mo individual with any fore
thought whatever bases his expendi-
lures on his desires, or even his ur-
gent needs, but on his income. The
government must do the same"
The editor of the Kansas City Jour
nal, Mr.. Walter S. Dickey, is an en-
inently successful business man, and
therefore the utterance above quoted
is such as one might expect. The
trouble with government financial
policies has been that people look
upon the treasury as a bottomless
source of funds upon which drafts
can be made at any time to meet any
sort of demand, reasonable or un-
reasonable.
We are now returning to a sound
and business-like view of national
finances. We already knew, but
were inclined to overlook the fact,
that a public expenditure ultimately
becomes a private expenditure, for
in the end the private citizen must
pay out of his pocket in the form Of
taxes, directly or indirectly, all the
money that is spent by the govern
ment We have also had impressed
upon our minds the further fact that
a government expenditure usually
represents less return for a dollar
than does a private expenditure, so
that what people get through the
government they pay more for, rela-
lively, than they pay for things Sc
cured privately.
The government has taken two
steps to insure not only less pub
lie expenditure in the aggregate, but
a wiser expenditure of the amounts
deemed absolutely essential for the
promotion of the general wewlfare
We have established a budget bureau
in the executive departments, the
duty of which is to scrutinize all esti
mates for appropriations, eliminate
those that are considered unneces
sary, avoid duplication of work, anC
devise methods of economy. Aftel
that has been done, the estimates q
before a house appropriations com
mittee which has been reOrganize'
with a Capitalization of authority in
suring a more thorough inspection o
requests from the departments.
proposed appropriation must pass tn
critical scrutiny of two bodies eacl
organized for the purpose of guard
ing the public treasury.
Under this new and more business
like method of handling public ex
penditures, it seems quite likely tina
We shall attain the end indicated b,
the Kansas Cit yJournal in its edi
tOrial quoted abOve-basing our eX
penditures on income.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28

Healthy public opinion-truly repre-
senting the public will-can be
formed only by expressions from the
public free from the influence Of
men occupying positions of power in
the government. 1t is right and
proper-and also desirable-to have
elective public officials discuss cur
rent issues. Their attitude on public
questions determines, to a large ex-
tent, their fitness for office. But
administrative officers appointed to
perform specific duties should ex-
pend their energies performing those
duties. The public will resent be-
ing lectured by it's employees.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28

power treaty more binding than ter
ritorial guarantees or hostages taken
and given.
The massed opinion OK world that
is weary Of warfare will sustain and
uphold it. AS they read it the peo-
pie of America will ratify it. Great
Britain welcomes it and so does
France and so will Japan. AS a
league-long move in the direction of
an enduring peace, the world will ap-
prove it.
We have gathered the first great
fruits of great conference. Great
er fruits will come.-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28
POOR STUFF.

A Democratic senator insists that
the four-power treaty takes the Unit
e States into the League of Nations
through the back door, because Great
Britain, France an Japan are obligat-
ed by the league covenant to file a
copy of the treaty with the secre-
tariat. One could as well say that a
treaty negotiated with Canada over
the distribution of Niagara Falls
power would take us into the League
Of Nations. A copy would have to go
to the secretariat as in the first in
stance.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28
THE RUSH FOR BONDS.

There is one conclusion inevitably
to be reached from the recent rush
for investments in Liberty bonds,
municipal bonds, and dividend-paying
railroad bonds-that people find
bonds more attractive than industry.
The rush for bonds shows a good
supply of money for investment,
which is encouraging, but it would
be more encouraging of more ready
money were going into new houses
and into construction and develop
ment work generally. Of course, q
large part of the state and munici-
pal bonds represent money to be
spent in public improvements, but
these improvements are undertake
ings for which taxes must later. b'
levied. It is worth while to inquir,
why investors are paying increasing
ly higher prices for securities tina
remove their activities from industry
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28

perature and thus preserves her
health.
Sir James holds that if only health
is to be considered corsets should be
worn, but in addition to this he COM
ments on the fact that more grace
full outline is secured and comfort,
health and style are all assured the
wearer of the proper kind of corset.
DR.. d. NJ. Dunn, head of the wo-
mems department Of the Life EXten-
sion Institute, discussing corsets says!
1.-THE wrong corset is a subtle enc
~, witch emphasizes all the bad
features of posture and encourages
the slump which is injurious to health.
But, doctor, what shall I do?' is
asked. In exceptional cases it might
be safe to say Give up your corsets
and strengthen your abdominal mus
cles. depend upon them to keep erect
and well poised But the command
would go unheeded by all smart, we'll
groomed women to whom the proper
hang of a skirt is a social obligation.
On the other hand it wouldn't be safe
to advise the sudden abandonment Of
corsets for overweight women, for
the woman recently under surgical
treatment, nor for the underweight
woman, whose muscles are flabby and
thinned-out.
"a corset, which lifts the figure.
) individually fitted, worn by a woman
} who keeps her muscles taut by daily
exercise, is a boon to health. Until
in some glad hygienic day women
assume the perfect posture as a mat
: ter Of course, to wear such a garment
) is much better for the average wo-
: man than TO try to do without it."
The Bozeman courier., 1921-12-28

That health is wealth not only to
the individual but also to the COM
munity is becoming more and more
a recognized fact. Much Of the well
fare work of the world is seeking to
conserve the health of women and
more study has been given to the
female form divine" than ever be-
fore in the history of the race.
Some few years ago there was more
= sfless of an outcry against corscts-
- It may be remarked in passing,
- Sly so. At the time of the crusGde
INST them tight lacing was the
.shion and an "hour-g -glass-waist"
Eas the desired and achieved effect
4 asecured, no matter what the discom-
fort.
However, the corsets Of this day and
& generation are not the cOrsets of that
thine. Properly fitted corsets today
nIeaye the observer in doubt as to
d whether they are being worn or not
and the wonder grows of how the
s artistic outline can be achieved with
4 out this garment being in evidence.
No less a health authority than Sil
James Camille, one Of the distin-
uished London physicians. who ha:
won world wide fame for his skill
.elnd medical knowledge, advocates the
gearing of corsets by women. He
Ids that just as in infants grea
ess is laid on keeping the stomach
a.. even temperature, which re-
iis.ssr a ..btained by careful arrange
Int of the proper bands, so corset
lep women's body at an even tenn