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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
CAUSES OF CRIME MvE.

Everybody wants to occupy an
orchestra scat In lifc." This In den-
milton of one of many causes that are
responsible for the wave of crime
which has afflicted the country for
the past two years. 1t was set forth
by Gov. Miler-of New York. The de-
sire OF people to keep up with the
fast clip at which the country has
been living and to get the luxuries Of
life without working and saving for
thefk Is one OF several causes OF the
spread Of crime. In his opinion. Gov
9rnor Miller said:
"The automobile has had n tremen-
dous influence. It Is 80 easy to COM
init n crime and then get away.
would not say prohibition was one OF
the chief causes, by any means, but
Of course the disrespcct of law that
it has bred, greatest among PEOPLE
who need its protection most. has un-
jdoubtedly had a bad effect, and OF
course tho war had something to do
with It. The war educated many
potential criminals In gun practice"
1t is noticeable that practically all
the crimes are committed against
property-holdups bank robbers. em-
bezzlemSnts and swindles. Human
lie, il is true, is held very cheaply
but most Of the recent murders have
been incidental to robheries.--Mont-
gomcryi tAla.,) Advertiser.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08

office so potent and so vastly infu-
entail as the head of the Catholic
Church OF the world.
The new Pontiff assumes his station
at a most auspicious time. The world
is new struggling with the after ef-
fects OF the disastrous war. and is in
great need of the wisest counseIs and
the most potent influences in the enor-
nous task of returning to normal con-
ditions. There cannot be conceived a
more potent influence in this direc-
ton than that which Will come from
this world chief of a great religious
body, whose life has been consecrated
to the service of God and humanity.
and whose desire naturally Will be
the welfare of all his fellow men,
those without as we'll as within the
pale of the church whose destinies
he will direct while he lives.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
BONUS MEANS TAX.

The Republican majority members
Of the Congress feel that It is incum-
bent upon them 10 pass bill providing
for "A cash bonus TO our soldiers who
fought in the World War. They are
intent upon passing such bill. but
are not disposed 10 give heed to the
problem of providing a fund from
which payments may be made.
Secretary, Mellon OF the Treasury
Department. who seems like a prac-
tical business man. opposes the grant
ing Of a bonus without making ample
provision for meeting the cost He
says the cost may be met only by the
imposition Of extra taxation, and has
suggested various items Of tax i'm
position 20 meet the probable emer-
rency-certain IL bonus should be
ordered.
Secretary Mellon Is right, and Con-
gress would be entirely wrong in pass
ing a bonus bill without also provid-
ing means for raising the money il
would call for. For II the appropria-
| tion Is made, the money must be
raised in some manner.
SO it may be set down as GER
tainty that a bonus means more taxes
The people. therefore. are interested
to this extent. If they favor a bonus
they must accept further tax impo-
sitions in order to provide the neces.
sary funds. There is no use in favor.
ing the first proposition without alsc
meeting the second. In a word, tn,
bonus means more taxes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
TWELVE YEARS OF SCOUTING

Today the Boy Scouts of America
uniformed body larger than the
army and navy combined, celebrate
the twelfth anniversary OF their
organization. Till 1910 the Scout
movement was. as concerns the
United States. but an idea-an idea, to
be sure. that had taken practical form
in Great Britain under the leader
ship OF Sir Robert Baden-Powell.
but one still uhtried here. Today
403,1 ,152 American boys proudly wear
the Scout emblem and III 900 Ameri-
can men give their time as Scoutmas-
ters, troop committeeman and men,
bers of local councils. During the
more than 100000 boys have been
members.
The movements real achievement
lies in the universal goodwill and
regard which the Boy Scouts them
selves have won. To the man in the
street the Scout uniform now stands
for courteous and useful young, citi-
zenship. He instances the effofts OF
the Boy Scouts during the war years,
their disciplined, effective aid in such
public disasters as the influenza epi-
demic of 1918, the Pueblo and the San
Antonio floods, and the recent Knick-
erbocker Theatre tragedy. The
churches and the schools have, come
to see in Scouting an invaluable aid.
The community as a whole today re-
CARDS it's Scout troops as civic assets
New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
Plus xI.

Cardinal Rattis election so carly in
vaucators and believers In precedent.
He was the candidate most In the
public view, and from his very con-
spicuity seemed likely TO be one OF
those "Popes before the conclaye"
whose expectations have so often been
by the choice OF obscurer
men. Ills scholarship, his intellect.
his experience and his character are
worthy OF that majestic Office AS
Papal Nuncio IN Poland he exercised
with great wisdom and tact in n diffi-
cult time the ecclesiastical and politi-
cal powers now tofbe broadened over
the world. AS Archbishop of Milan, the
most famous historically and still the
most eminent OF Italian archdioceses.
he has shown himself equal TO the
duties and problems Of region. the
heart of the Industrial life OF the
peninsula and filled with the most in
tense anti-clerical, Socialist and Com
munist activities.
1t is rather idle, II seems to us, to
talk of his liberal tendencies or to
predict his course as the head OF the
Church from his course in italian
affairs and politics. or to assume that
.he IL more or less liberal" than
Cardinal Mafri, Archbishop of Pisa,
much spoken of as a candidate. Ital-
Ian politics. or the relations between
the Vatican and the Quirinal. are but
a facet OF the many sided internation-
al contacts OF the Papacy. Collisions
and contentious arise, are smoothed
over. modified or left unsettled. Poll
ticians and political and diplomatic
questions are born and die. The
Church, regarded always sub specie
| aeternitatis, goes on %ts unendinl
and ecumenic career. 1t is not Italiar
but UNIVERSAL; and its general ecclesi
| astical powers and policies TRANSCEND
immea surably the necessarily shiftins
and mutable accidents and compro
misses of diplomacy.-New Yorl
| Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
THE NEW POPE.

While II is not possible to know
70 certainty how anyone chosen 10
exalted Offices win perform the duties
thereof. or what kind OF record he
viii make. there always is assurance
IN good report and In the favorable
comment made by those who know
him best. In the light OF this tes-
timony. therefore. it may be said the
College Of Cardinals made no mistake
when. by the required large majority,
Il bestowed the high favor of selec-
tion upon Cardinal Ratti. who on
sunday next viii be duly invested
with the fun dignities and duties of
his high station. under the title of
Pope Plus XI.
II II assuring TO know that the new
Pon'in, although in his 64th year, is
vigorous in mind and body, and there
fore IN mental and physical condition
10 withstand the enormous strain his
official functions will impose upon
him. There is reasonable assurance
according TO the average of human
existence, that he will be spared for
long time, and that is something
TO be desired in the occupant of ar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
CLEMENT A. IirrINCOTE.

THIS community lost valuable citi-
scn when death called Clement A. LIP
pinccti, president and founder Of the
storc which bears his name. lie died
NJ his country homo at Centreville.
yesterday. after an illness of about
ten days,
Mr.. Llpplncott's business career OF
somcthlng like forty years In WI
mineton stands ~ splendid tribute
10 tho man. his foresight and his keen
business Judgment. Starting In n small
why. he enlarged and improved his
business enterprise time and again.
with the result that for some years
past no has controlled the largest
department store IN Delaware. Such
An achievement was not accomplished
without hard work and the expendi-
turc OF time and money. Disappoint-
msnts came. of course; there were the
Worries which every business man
with iarso vision IL bound TO meet
With but MIR. Lippincott was not TO
be acnicd the accomplishment Of his
purpose. Only a few years ago his
store wss visited by destructive Are.
but even while the are raged no was
planning 70 rebuild and resume bust
meas.
i,y his many employees Mr.. fappln-
cott was exceedingly well liked. Pos
sc--ins a pleasing. genial personality.
he was not only popular with those
with those With whom he was asso-
clatcd IN business, but with everyone
who enjoyed his acquaintance.
Some ono has said this; For when
the one great Scorer comes 90 write
about you he will writc--not that you
won or iost--hut how you played the
ssnic" Tho quotation is strikingly
applicable IN this instance. Clement
A. Lippinco,t not merely won--in
business. and In all those things which
10 60 mako lifo worth the livinr-hu'
he also played tho game sQuarely
Every man who knew him viii ties.
ufy 10 that, which. after all is SAID
and done. is the thing that's rcall,
worth while.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
FAIRY STORY FOR SENATOR'S.

President Harding has right To-
think well of the Conference forAthe
Limitation OF Armament and 10 bring
up all the reserves of his official vo-
cabulary in order TO express his graft
fication. When. however, the President
insists that the work of the conference
has been accomplished without sur
render of sovereignty. without Inn
paired nationality" II might seem that
Mr.. Harding had failed to comprehend
the nature of the agreements that
have been signed in his name.
The surrender of sovereignty and
the impairment OF nationality are the
outstanding achievements of the con-
ference. That is what it was all about,
and everything else was casual and
incidental.
When the United States, for ex-
ample, entered the conference IT had
fun sovereignty in respect to all the
agencies of national defense. 1t could
build as many dreadnoughts as. II
pleased. 1t could fortify its insular
possessions in the Pacific as much as
liz liked. II had free hand in respect
= submarines and the development OF
poison gas. In other>(words, 1t had
complete sovereignty and complete
nationality in relation to all the agen-
cies OF military preparedness.
The United States emerges from the
conference stripped of these attributes
of sovereignty. 1t must scrap so many
hundred thousand tons of capita
ships, and these ships are named. /
a nnlU hundred
thousand tons of capital ships, anC
these ships are named. In the matter
of replacement II must follow a def
mite programme. 1t can build no new
fortifications on it's islands in thu
Pacific, but must maintain the status
quo. 1t pledges itself Furthermore t.
respect the integrity of the insula
possessions Of Japan and Great Bri
tain in the Pacific and to confer ol
the measures that must be taken t
defend them should they be menaced
|. II promises that in the event of wa
the limited number of submarine
that are allotted TO it shall not be use'
as commerce destroyers. and it as
, sumes specific obligations in respec
TO poison gas.
> Mr.. Harding's plenipotentiarie
: during the last three months hav
, surrendered more American sover
, eighty than was surrendered durini
, the entire 1873 years of previous his
, tory under the Constitution, and the
deserve the warmest commendation
for doing it. There can be no inter
national cooperation for the estab
/ lishment and maintenance Of worl
| peace and for meeting the pressin
| economic questions of the world with
out almost continuous surrender c
! sovereignty and impairment of ma
tionality, in the strict sense of thos
terms.-New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
PACIFIC FORTS.

Through the agreement yesterday
reached by Great Britain, Japan and
the United States covering the terms
Of Article 10 of the naval treaty, the
Washington Conference has placed to
It's credit another solid achievement
The article in question relates TO the
construction of new bases and fort-
fications in the islands of the Pacific,
and 1t has required many weeks of
discussion before the Powers con-
cerned were able to reach an agree
ment upon all the details involved. AS
finally formulated. Article 10, makes 1t
incumbent upon the United States,
Japan and Great Britain to maintain
the status quo with respect TO fortifi-
pcations and bases in the Pacific, and
prohibits any of these Powers from
strengthening, in any material way
| fortlfications already existing.
The provisions of this article, OF
course, apply only to insular posses
sions. They do not affect the mainland
nor islands considered for all Interests
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
TREATIES OF THE ARMAMENT CONFERENCE "A
GREAT STEP FORWARD.
BY Judge George Gray.

Harding. at the onnca
happily
achievements
that
pressure
such conference for the dminuon Of
that public opinion significant in that
notwithstanding partisan per-
acrimony
Nations
international cooperation
mand
hoped that unseemly boastng the
that partsanshp should
bring
political. social
aoof and isolated russlc
responsibilities
hat
dominate
Conference,
constitute forward
of
the achievements the
that other Conference will be called due deal
difficulties obedience Divine
US
in linking
peace world
mpatns diminishing
Harding rightuly not
disturbed by these Treaties
has imposed Itself restraints and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

and purposes as part OF the mainland.
Specifically, the exceptions include, for
the United States, insular possessions
adjacent to the coast OF the mainland.
Alaska, and the. Panama. Canal Zone.
and also the Hawaiian Islands, for
Great Britain, islands adjacent TO the
coast of Canada. the Commonwealth
OF Australia and its territories. and
New Zealand. The present agreement
does not cover the former German
Pacific islands. now held under a
League OF Nations mandate by japan.
Australia and New Zealand. Tho pro-
visions OF this mandate specifically
prohibit tho fertilization OF islands
thus administered.
In the formation OF Article 10. both
Japan and the United States, the two
Powers most vitally Interested. have
mlde concessions. The former has
agreed to let the status quo govern
In the Kurile Islands, the Bonin Is.
lands, Anami- Oshima. I,oochoo Is
lands. the Pescadores and rormosa
For the duration of the naval treaty
therefore. Japan binds herself not [,
build fortified naval bases in the chair
OF islands that stretches southwark
from the Japanese mainland-doubt.
less no small concession. as viewed b,
the Toxic imperialists. As great. per
haps greater, are the concessions tha
the United States has made. In tn.
endeavor to secure peace in the water,
of the Pacific. We arc not to~fortif,
any points I'm the Aleutian Islands,
group OF islands, which, extending a.
| they do from Alaska virtually 20 tn
| Siberian mainland. would possess higl
strotegical value IN the event of wa
In the Pacific. A sacrifice no less great
we agree not TO erect q naval bas
on the Island OF Guam. and thus vol
unfairly refuse TO avail ourselves O
the advantages offered by that Is
land az a link In the chain OF Ameri
can Pacific defences.-Boston Tran
script.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
lust FOLKS
By Edgar A. Guest.
ETERNITY.

There shall be glory for us all at last
The brave, the tinlid and the weak
and strong,
The hearts that hoped. yet founder
ed into wrong
When the harsh-5udgment Of the world
is passed
And cold, grim cynics cease to stand
aghast; ne
There shall be music in the humble
song,
And good in him, the poorest Of the
throng,
And some perfection in the faulty
casty
There shall be peace for all of us to
share,
Long days of rest and nights that
bring no woe,
Laughter and love and friendship wait
us there
In that far world to which we all
must go.
There, when our souls break from their
walls of clay, /,
That which is best in us shall find
full sway.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
COMMUNITY TRIUMPH.

With the burning Of the morigage.
last night. on the splendid building
OF the Peoples Settlement. los East
Eiph,h street. the 600 or 700 members
OF the organization. led by Miss Sarah
W. Pyle, tho head worker. accom-
yiishca real community triumph.
The building. and playground sdjoin-
ms. viii stan1 - "a monument 10 Miss
pyle ana her loyal hand of workers.
most OF whom live IN tho immediate
noirhbofhood.
A little more than twenty years ago,
with hardly more faith In the enter
prise than that she believed she was
mentally equipped Tor such work, Miss
Pyle established herself IN one room
An q small house at Taylor and Church
streets. She began. through the chill
dr.n, 20 mako clear what blg things
might be accomplished by the people
for themselves. with cooperation and
proper effort. and soon she had the
assistance Of many children and their
parents. IL WAS no, lons before larger
quarters were necessary and eleven
years ago the present $4,000 build
inr was occupied. Eight years ago
the playground war acquired aH a gift
From ono worker the force has
Grown % thirty. and from AN annual
expense Of f2s the msintcnance cost
hss grown 20 $4,000 a year. During
these two decades boys and girls hav,
grown 90 bc mon and women and
their children, as well as themselves
enioy the membership and association
as well aa the bcnoftu Of che settle
mcut which they helped 20 make pos
sihl. and which they are helping q
maintain. Prom one room the hom,
has grown 20 thir,y-two, and Their
n us~ for every one.
The settlement ss II IL today show
whs, group of average Americal
ci'iaens can do when they band 60
se,her for the general good OF a
snd have the heln and advice OF on
who knows the right formula. 1, hs
becomo an institution. What woul
Wilmington do without n7 There
mot = thing that could take its plsc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
THE EVENING SMILE.
GOT WHAT HE WANTED.

II want a book about gardening" :"
said caller in a French books shop on
Madison Avenue the other day.
"Gardene-e-eng." echoed the clerk
with upraised eyebrows. II am afraid
we cannot accommodate you. The fact
is we keep no books on gardene-e-
eng"
What, no books on gardening" re-
turned the. stranger. Lets see," and
he cast rowing eye over the book
shelves.
Here, what's this?" he exclaimed,
picking up a morocco bound tome,
"'Jardin dee-dee. Something-or
other"
"Ah. oui." said the clerk smiling.
80 lie Jardin de Versailles Out, oui."
'Jar-din, jar-din. Means garden,
don't it?" said the visitor.
But. monsieur"-protested the sur
prised clerk.
Never mind. Jar-din means gar
den, and that's good enough for me
I'll take the book,
And he did.-New York Evening
Post.
AT present" says Life, every
columnist, when he is not writing
about himself. is writing admiration
paragraphs about other. columinists'
an impression derived from con-
Itemplating columns of the New York
mutual admiration society. Wher
columners are reduced to kissing each
other. we gather their book sidelin'
is having a slow saie.-Pittsburg Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
PROTEST AGAINST
WASTE OF TAXES


Editor Every Evening: As tax
payer. want to protest against the
useless waste OF Taxpayers money.
Last year It was $45, 900 inclnerntor
which proved to be no good. Now why
do those in authority waste public
money In such a reckless manner as
this? When they contract for a thing
why don't they get the worth OF the
peoples money? As 1t is It Is only
thrown away The poor people are
bled for more tax each year. IL Is n
positive Outrage and nothing else.
With so many people out OF work.
how do they think they are going to
pay any tax? They can't and then
their houses win be sold The savings
of hard work and sacrifices of a life
time gone 20 those more fortunate In
money matters
| After the exorbitant taxes are paid
there is no money left the poor people
who toll so hard and necessarily fol-
any Of the comforts OF life, 10 say
nothing OF pleasure or compentence for
rniny day. How do they think people
are going TO keep a family and edu.
cate the youth, when all you can rak,
and scrape every year over a, meagr,
living goes for more tax. and tha,
same money earned so laboriously L
wasted for no benefit except TO a few
The same waste repeated the mex
year at twice the former price.
If. the present incumbents in offic
don't know pow 10 manage public az
fairs II is high time to get others tina
can and see that they do II. As for my
self ] am paying tax on a house ths
Is assessed snearly twice the purchas
price. and there IL no way getting
reduced. either. as the appeals ofIlc
do az they please. too.
There are lots of people losing thei
j houses Just because Of this fearft
waste. Please do all you can In you
valuable paper TO keep the taxes a
low as you can, In the interest of IN
workers who try so hard to get aloni
John Brown,
1913 Lammot street, Cit,
Wilmington, February 7. 1922.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08
RIPPLING RHYMES.
BY Walt Mason.
RESPECTING THE LAW.

VI An "
The law decreed in olden
times that witches should be
burned the courts abhorred
their mystic crimes. and all their
pleading spurned. My grand
sire thought they ought 10 ditch
all statutes. of the kind he
thought the burning Of witch
was not a sport refined. But
while such laws are in the
book my grandslre used 10
sigh, around US daily we must
look, for witches we may fry"
Was there beldtme anywhere.
who owned a cat or snake, my
grandsire traced her TO her lair,
and tied her to the stake. He
said. The law must be obeyed
while men for justice seek, and
though l hate to burn a jade,
1 burn one every week. doubt
if witches really work much evil
and distress, although they're
roasted by the kirk. and by the
law and press. Put il is not for
me 10 say what laws are right
or wrong; I've built a roaring
fire today, so. witches, come
along" The law he doubted
was repealed long since. as fierce
and vain; old women now may
go afield. with black cats in their
train. And il some acrobatic
dame can on a broomstick ride.
the people will applaud her
game, and point to her with
pride. Tho law that's evil or
absurd will from the volume
fade; but while it is the nations
word, let's see that it's obeyed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-08

without years Of new effort. While
the city is fortunate in having it, the
particular section in which II is To-
Gated Is more fortunate than the rest
Of the community.
SO IL II real monument. and
one that Is going 10 last and grow:
one that will serve as living example
OF the possibilities OF a real commu-
nifty spirit.