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Evening journal., 1922-01-17

delay that has been conceded was
conditioned on the submission Of a
plan for budgetary and currency re-
forms. The Germans do not really
know yet what they can do in the
way OF paying. They don't know be-
cause they haven't made an honest
try.
1t seems probable. however, that
the Allied governments may look
with favor on the Loucheur-Rath-
enau method Of supplementing
payments in gold with payments in
kind. one proposal already made
is that Germany shall deliver 1000
100000 marks in kind to every
500. 100000 marks in coin. Deliver
les in kind. especially to France, are
easier than gold deliveries. The
goods are in sight and can be taken
over and moved without dificu4ty.
Gold is much harder to lay hands
on. and the Reich has to contend
with the frantic desires OF most
German producers to put their ne
gotiable securities. credits and liquid
resources into safe-keeping outside
Germany.
Loucheur and Rathenau blazed
the way to a more direct and prac-
tlcable methods OF settlement. The
British have hitherto looked askance
at this method. But II seems to be
winning acceptance because OF its
better adaptation to the conditions
OF artificial bankruptcy which Ger
man fiscal policy has brought about.
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PHILrpPINE RECONSTRUCTION
rrom ,he Now York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
That the work OF undoing the
damage caused in the Philippines by
the Harrison administration is going
20 be a dificult task is clear from
the remarks OF former Governor
General w. Cameron Forbes on Sat
urday last. The Wilson policy OF
giving authority to Filipinos who
had not the experience nor the
capacity TO exercise II has resulted
In a general loss OF prestige by the
government OF the Philippines, and
not only has seriously handicapped
the administration and impaired the
standards of public health but also
has crippled the finances Of the is
lands.
The fact is that the Filipions are
not vet ready for a large measure OF
local self-government; nor will they
be for years. There is still a high
degree OF rliteracy In the Islands.
despite the fact that the Americans
have succeeded In raising the pro-
portion OF uterates from an insig-
nificant fraction to about 81 per cent.
The difficult art OF local self-govern-
ment. which Il has taken the Anglo
Saxon nations many generations to
learn. has naturally not been acquired
in a few years by the Filipinos.
For the Wilson policy Of teaching
them how to swim by throwing them
into the water is to be substituted a
policy Of careful selection and train
ing. BY a system OF inspection and
by encouraging the competent every
thing will be done to help the de-
velopment OF the natives.
There are many conflicting ele-
ments in the islands. Certain
groups clamor loudly for complete
and immediate independence. 9th
ers demand complete independence
hut expect America TO defend and
finance them. Many others demand
American control to a much greater
extent than heretofore. Some OF
the tribes In the southern islands In
particular resent the authority given
there to the native Filipinos and de-
mand the return Of American Of
I ficials.
The gist OF the matter is contained
in the words OF Bishop Brent. for
years head OF the Philippine diocese.
America. said he. "will not relin-
Evening journal., 1922-01-17
DIR. Butler on Bureaucracy
(From the New York HeralO.

reaucracy in his own field, Doctor
Butler says bluntly that, so far as
education is concerned, there las
been organization for a long
time past. Too many persons are
engaged-at Government expense
in supervising, inspecting and re-
cording the work of other persons.
Statistics displace scholarship"
Precise laws stand in the way Of
individual initiative and experiment,
And now, says Doctor Butler. "it
is proposed to bureaucratic and to
bring into conformity the educa-
tional system OF the whole United
States, while making the most sol
emn assurance that nothing of the
kind is intended"
Doctor Butler is not a believer in
stereOtyped education. He attributes
the glory and success Of American
education ITO its freedom. to its
unevenness, to its reflection of the
needs and ambitions and capacities
of local communities" He condemns
the attempt to put tie education OF
American children under bureau
cratic rule:
There is not money enough
in the United States even If
every dollar OF It were expend-
ed on education, to produce by
Federal authority, or through
what is naively called cooper
alton between the Federal
Government and the several
States. educational results that
would be at all comparable with
those that have already been
reached under the free and
natural system that has grown
up among us.
No good will come. says Doctor
Butler, from tapping the Federal
Treasury under the pretense of aid
ing the States and establishing an
army Of Washington bureaucrats
and an army OF roaming inspectors;
"but # will assist in effecting so
great revolution IN our American
form OF government as one day 10
endanger its perpetuity." ~he bu-
reaucrats and experts, the president
of Columbia says, will speedily
ta,.e the life out OF even the best
schools and reduce them to dried
and mounted specimens of peda-
gogic faulty"
Nor is Doctor Butler moved by
any fear for his own beloved uni
versity It is fortunate, he remarks,
that Columbia "is free to carry on
its work beyond the reach of the
deadening hand of government"
The same old hand, in business or
in education. It's touch is death.
Evening journal., 1922-01-17
MEN AND BUSINESS
BY RICHARD SPLLANE
In the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Here is the story as Guyon Miller.
turing Company, told 1t:
I'VE had strike after strike in our
plant. We build machinery for
papermaking concerns. The strikes
we're so many that / notified the men
IL there was another we would have
nothing more to do with the unions.
Well, we had another strike and
shop.
Il had been thinking a good deal
on the labor question. out of that
thinking 1 have come to the con-
clusion that in the seemingly endless
strife between capital and labor
much of the fault must be with
capital, for a strike or strikes indi-
Gated TO some degree something
wrong with management. There is
the responsibility OF leadership upon
management. and that means intelli-
gent. faithful and just leadership.
II heard one OF the officers of the
Midvale Steel Company deliver an
address on capital and labor that i'm
pressed me greatly. He said that in
a manufacturing business there were
three Items that must be considered
in their true relation to profits.
These we're: First, capital; second.
management and men, and, third, in
surance. Capital. he said, must be
compensate or It would not offer
its service. He thought that out of
profits IL should receive an initial re-
ward of 8 per cent. Management
must receive compensation accord
ing to the current rate and labor
also. That left insurance. A man
ufacturing business must be insured.
but as to the extent Of the insurance.
that was to be determined by those
mnaging the business. His opin-
ion was it should approximate IN
per cent. After those three items
we're cared for the remainder was
net profits. How those profits were
TO be distributed was another ques-
tion.
I'VE determined they should be
distributed hfty-fifty between the
oNOShnOAdtiS anu the ntn-tdCN
man to get a share in proportion to
his pay.
I'VE put the proposition up to our
people. There is belief that labor
always Is suspicious of the boss.
Maybe that is so. At any rate our
boys thought we'll of It, We intro
duced something like John Leitch's
plan in our plant of a Senate. a House
of Representatives and a Cabinet.
We'll, how do you suppose It
worked out? You must remember
that conditions have been unusual
the last two years. We have had
flush times and hard times. The
first year we had plenty of business.
The profits that went to the men ag-
gregated nearly $4,000. This last
year we have had hard shedding. It
was difficult, very difncult. to get
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orders. We went to the men and
told them we couldn't land business
unless we cut wages.
We've been expecting that the
spokesman for the men replied.
will ten cents an hour be enough p
We told him 1t would. All right,
was the reply.
"A month later we went to the men
again and told them conditions were
getting worse. and to obtain business
we might have to cut wages another
five cents an hour.
"'Are you sure that will bring ftp
Then said the men, don't you think
you'd better cut the pay more and
make sure of the business? Cut
enough to get the contracts. We
don't want to walk the streets. Any
how, il there's any profit, we'll get
half Of it, Get the business. boss,
get the business.
well. we got the business. such
as there was to get. Our force is
not so big as 1t was in the height
of activity. but we have from 130 to
175. And we divided profits with
the men last year. They got about
$4,000 for the first half and $500
for the second. The total amount
received by the men as their share OF
profits in the two years 1920 and
1891 amounted to about ~ per cent
on their wages.
you understand that even II we
have to lay off a man, he partici-
pates in the profits for the period
he has been at work.
people told us this profit-shar-
ing plan would work in good seasons
but not in bad. Our experience is
that the men are faithful and fair
in lean days just as well as in good
days. Our experience. too, Is thai
they won't tolerate slackers and that
they consider the interest Of the com
pany above everything.
Il don't know how II is in other
instances, but in ours we seem tc
have the right system. You must
have the right system or you can
not expect success
Il find that you must be open and
above board with the men. They
are inclined to be doubtful of any
profit-sharing system. but once they
know It is right that Is all. Oui
men were surprised that there was
profit to be distributed the last sis
months. 1t wasn't much, but It was
profit.
They watch with deep interest
the profit-and-loss graph that We
have posted for their inspection
They look upon It as the chart OF
their business The efficiency OF the
force has increased greatly II
some branches It has increased 90
per cent. Capital. management and
men are partners in our plant"
Mr.. Miller is Of old Quaker stock,
his forbears coming to Pennsylvania
away back in 1902.
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With the Photographers

telephone pole hits motor car except in self
defense--CantOn Press
Persons who critcisng France for rattng the
sabre mighty thankful that France had sabre and
good one during the years i9ii-tS-BOson Transcript
II viii cost the nations something 10 scrap their own
bateshps but the process will be much cheaper and less
painful than the process OF scrappng anOthers boats
Detroit Free Press
Secretary Weeks says the army air service has deve-
0ped process by which the whole face OF the United
states could be photographed The next thing will be
for the secretary to ask The United States to look pleas
ant--DetrOit Free Press
When bathing In Frensham Pond Surrey yesterday
Miss Shalis Of Adershot bitten by large pike on
the leg its teeth making deep cuts. when the monster
dared toward me with its mouth open Il looked like
shark said Miss Shals. and was frightened when
it bit my leg that had difficulty IN shouting for assist
ance. e."-London Daily Mail.
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COMBINATION No LONGER A BuGABOO.

& 4 CONBINATuON" used 10 be word with which to
" coniure in politics
Denounclng combinations used to be OF the most
effective voie-getting Of the candidate.
But times change and experience gives us new view
points
Hardly have the last OF the trust busting suits
ended before we begin to encourage combinations
The Department Of Justice has indicated its willingness
that the rail lines formerly In the New York New Haven
and Hartford system be restored to their former status
Out on the Pacific Coast there is iubilaton in
ca circles the report that there to be ssOOoOOO
combination OF carriers with view to establish
ment Of comprehensive merchant ship service on the
Pacific.
Democratic newspapers that have heretofore been most
vehement in denunciaton Of everything TO which the
word combination could be applied. rejoicing over
the prospect OF formation OF organization that can
compete with the japanese vessels which now getting
away with the ocean-caying trade that section OF
the world
Really. there is little In names
combination is all right il it is conducted in an honest
and fair
The country has gotten being scared by names
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GEMS OF THOUGHT
IT'S a poor writer that escapes criticism.

.-%
Money and poor relations the two roots OF some
evils
.-=.-s
Il really isn't love much good stomachs and yers
that make the world go round.
=--.
Children cease crying for the sometimes before
they are big enough to want the earth
.--=.
The world contains too many who think that when
all is lost honor, they may well make clean
sweep OF it and allow honor TO 20, too
.-:-.-.
Would Il not employ beau prettily enough IL in
stead OF eternslly playing with snubox ne spent some
part OF his time in making one2 Such a method as this
would very much conduce to the public emolument bv
making every living good for something; for there
would then be no one member Of human society but
would have some little pretension for DEGREE in it,
rleaa-
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Everybody who knows Nicholas
Murray Butler knows how hard he
can hit when his honest wrath is
aroused. And everybody who has
watched with alarm and disgust the
rise Of bureaucracy in the United
States in recent years will be de-
lighted with the resounding thump
which the gifted president OF Co
lumbua University administers to
the bureaucrats in his annual report.
The machinery Of Government
bureau ohicialdom now built with
such zeal pretends to be for the pur-
pose Of serving public interests and
undertakings The real purpose,
says Doctor Butler, is not to serve
but to control; and in this he sees
a decline Of faith in liberty:
In the United States we are,
in fiat defiance of all our pro-
claimed principles, building a
series of bureaucracies that will
put to shame the best efforts of
the government of the car of
all the Russias when in the
keyday of its glory. We are
surrounded by agents, special
agents, inspectors and spies,
and the people are called upon
TO support through their taxes in
harmful and un-American ac-
tivities whole armies OF indlvid-
uals who should be engaged in
productive industry.
There's no denying il. Besides
the ten departments under Cabinet
heads, there are hundred bureaus,
commissions, boards, corporations.
services councils and academies, all
maintained by the Government, all
manned with devoted lovers OF the
payroll and all willing 10 live for
ever and to increase their kind.
even determined efforts in economy.
ucl lls have been made by President
Harding and his budget manager.
General Dawes. do not kill the
hopes OF the bureaucrats. They bob
up and ask for more. President
Butler describes the manner in
which they come into existence:
When anything appears to go
wrong. or when any desirable
movement seems 10 laB' cry
goes up for the creation of some
new board or commission and
for a commission and for an
appropriation Of public funds
TO maintain II IN reasonable
comfort. An infinite number OF
blank forms must be filled and
an infinite number of records
must be kept, classified and
audited at steadily mounting
cost.
/ Coming to the matter OF bu-
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HER SUIT FOR
$4,000 Is OFF

Because of the plaintiffs faulty
memory. the $4,000 breach OF
promise suit begun yesterday in the
Supreme Court at Camden, n. J., by
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Poopert. OF North
Ninth street, Camden, against John
II. Shoch, a farmer Of Penn's Grove.
was postponed indefinitely.
On the stand Mrs. Poopert was
unable 20 inform the Court as to the
date on which she obtained a di-
vorce. Judge Lloyd thereupon de-
clared the case off.
Mrs. Poopert charged that Shoch
asked her to marry him in June,
1920, and then went back on his
promise after she advanced him
$4,000. Shoch entered a general
denial of Mrs. Poopert's allegations.
She was formerly his housekeeper.
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sucKEns rnEIn nEAL sIppnnr.

NHE editor OF the Magazine OF Wall Street is conduct
II ing campaign against "the bucket-shop evil"
Amen say all OF u.s.
But neither regulation nor extinction will end the
buckeshOp evil in Wilmington any other community
The real problem is the suckers who patronize the
bucket shops. Take the ticker-oflce from them and
they'd go out and bet that the won't rise tomorrow
one born every minute true when Adam was alone
in the garden.
Now II has to be multiplied by thousands.
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WILSON CRAIG nEAn.

Word has been received here
from Detroit that Wilson Craig
aged II years, retired hardware
dealer. has died. Mr.. Craig was
born in this city but located in
Detroit when a young man. He is
survived by his wife and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. ]. Sterling Brown. His
funeral took place last Saturday
with interment in Evergreen ceme-
terry, Detroit. He had a number OF
friends here, who had corresponded
with him.
Evening journal., 1922-01-17
A LESSON FROM TWO

LOST STRIKES
(From the New York Herald.)
Following the example OF the milk
distributors who struck in November
and called or their strike last week.
the Amalgamated American Meat
Cutters and Butchers Workmen have
announced the end OF their strike.
They quit work December 10. and
their action affected six OF the pack
ing firms in New York. The na-
tional leaders Of the strike now in
progress in the meat industry de-
clare from Chicago that this does
not affect them, but II is plain that
the return to work OF the New York
men must have a powerful effect on
the general situation.
The strikes in the milk and pack
ing industries had no public support
at any time. They were called BY
the union officials at a moment when
popular sympathy was sure TO be
withheld from the strikers. The
milk distributors were warned by
the employers that their jobs would
not be kept open for them. The
bad judgment Of their leaders and
their own blindness to their best in
terests have cost many OF these men
dear.
The collapse of these movements
should impress on labor leaders and
their followers that without popular
support no strike can succeed, and
that to-day the public looks with alb
solute disfavor on strikes called 10
keep up prices Of the necessaries OF
life.
Evening journal., 1922-01-17
MRS. LILLY HABBARr DEAD

Following an operation for intes-
final trouble, Mrs. Lilly Habbart, 81
years. died at the Delaware Hospital
yesterday afternoon. She was the
wife of Harry ID. Habbart. a resi-
dent of Brandywine Hundred, and
is survived by ker husband, two sis
ters, Mrs. Edward Jeffries, of Phil
adelphia, and Mrs. William Crew, OF
Elan, Pa, and two brothers. Frank
Welsh, 227 Market street, this city.
and Martin Welsh, of Atlantic City.
She was a sister-in-law Of the Rev.
w. +. Habbart, pastor Of Harrison
Street NJ. Il. Church.
Funeral services will be held
from her late residence. Marsh and
Silverbrook roads
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EDITORIAL OPINION

quish her responsibility until It is full
filled and will not accept responsi-
bility without authority" And.
fortunately for the Philippines, Cen
eral Wood is clothed with authority
and. as one Of the great colonial ad-
ministrators OF the age. may be de
pended upon to exercises It in the
best interest OF the Filipions as well
as Of the United States.
Evening journal., 1922-01-17

Germany bought s3O0OOOOO worth OF copper in the
United States in 1921 Much of 1t will be sold here or
elsewhere outside OF Germany the form Of manufac-
tured products We hope that such OF sold in the
United States will pay reasonable import tax. Amer
can manufacturers help support government; why
shouldn't the foreigner who gets the beuent OF our
kets9
Evening journal., 1922-01-17

The United States Is demonstrating its willingness to
make many sacrifices the interest OF peace but not the
supreme sacrifice" to which President Wilson tried to
commit us.
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secretary OF the Treasury Mellon has slmpned The in
conc tax forms but he has not done away with them en-
tirey Don't forget that II will be easier this year than
last to your income report and easier for the
government officials to check them up and place them on
Me that won't you from making report Do
u
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Come to the "Jazaar'' tonight p.
O. S. OF A. Hall, 400 West 7th St.
ADV.
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Why Suffer
With Piles
When Pyramid Pile Suppositoriss
Bring Such Blessed Relief

Yes, Pyramid Pile Suppositories
are simply wonderful TO ease pain,
relieve itching, allay that aggra-
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sHILA. DIAMOND GRID BATTERY
Guaranteed two years. Automo-
bile Equipment Co.-Adv.
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Mr.. Miller is OF old Quaker stock,
his forbears coming to Pennsylvania
away back in 1902.
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TTNETE OREGON JOURNAL, Democratic, Wsonian' adVo
A cate Of the League Of Nations internationaist na
this 10 say In discussing debts due The United states
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-13
STARLIGHT
Virginia Fairfax. daughter of the
By IDAH MGLONE GIBSON
 The Thrilling Experience of Virginia Fairfax in the Mo

Virginia Fairfax, daughter of the first families of Virginia, rebeIs against the puritanical rule of her grandfather and, lured by filmland, runs away to become a motion picture actress. Arriving in Los Angeles, she meets Gloria Summers, who is in the movies. They become warm friends. They meet Herbert Richardson, wealthy young man who has been in- terested in Gloria. Gloria accepts. for herself and Virginia, Herb Rich ardsOn's invitation to a party. Gloria and Virginia plead that they must leave early. News came of the seri- ous illness of Kitty Dalton-the dt- rect result of the wild party. Tommy Warner came with the news that Gloria and Herb Richardson were to be married that night. To prevent a scandal Gloria volunteered to take Kitty out of town and care for her till she recOvers. Virginia meets Theodore Stratton, the great movie star. Virginia tells Jack Thompson she is going to work for the Knlsey studio. He warns her De Wore is a hard director. Theodore stratton in- vited Virginia to ride home with him. He then learned she was the same girl he had talked to on the train to Los Angeles. Theodore Stratton drove Virginia to her apartment. Alone in her room Virginia knew she loved Theodore Stratton. She received a letter from Gloria announcing honeymoon trip around the world and the recovering of Kitty Dalton. The newspapers contained glaring ac- counts of the Kitty Dalton episode and intimated the marriage of Gloria