Evening star., 1922-12-14

can sell them for not more than II
! cents. He would lose 4 cents on eveSt
! bushet' he dug in addition to the c,t
tire cost Of raising them. What ~
we paying, retail. in WashingtoR NJ
/ potatoes? II we b1y - the chatt
, stores In such lots rs their custofhert
or the cash -and-carry" sort CAM eet<
| We must pay at the rate of about \
a bushel. The producer has eeS Sko1.
then to complain OF a market r,.l lict
oners him 2l cents and takes foA itt
| spread about $2.75. A market THAI
Justines such a spread OF thous1nf
per cent, needs Investigating 1t af
| responsible for the world-hunger -
| proportion to the crops which ark
wasted in the ground. because II doet
not pay to harvest them. z
| Z < K r ..-
! Everybody in an out of the caltincf
| Is. arguing more liberal credit ~
farmers. Well and good. sp far al
7! that goes. But what farmers mosi
need is more liberal profits, and the
/ credit then will take care of Itself.
Distribution, Marketing. .
YOU men have a book of. in
spiration before them IN the new
work of Secretary of Commerce Her.
bert Hoover. entitled American In
dividualism." The fact that Mr..
| Hoover himself is SO fine an example
of thinking his own problems. is as
surancc that his book Is worth while
He does not decry leadership Of the
masses. but more effective than thai
can ever te is the independence of
! the individual. The young man need
not be brash ard recklcssly self-sat-
! istied in order TO express his Own
! personality and think his own prob
! lens and act upon his own initiative.
SUCH a man as an employe IS worth
a dozen mere ''cogs." which lack the
force of a self-starter, and can make
| no progress until turned over''-
perhaps by crank, like hivver.
( In fairness. let us concsde that lack
of self-reliance is not national fail
ing among Americans. the better. ]
/, shall never forget the enthusiasm of
! a French soldier. returning from the
front, just after the American SOL
| diers had had their first taste OF bat
tie. The French veteran was bub-
bling with joy:
! "Oh. those Americans, They have
what you cail-cheek! They so right
ahead - they don't stop. Others
(: French-English-1 wait
| for orders The Americans wait for
!
| cheek
Emerson advises: Insist on your
self: never initiate. Your own gi't
you can present every moment with
! the cumulative force o! whole HES
cultivation; but of the adopted talent
/, of another you have only an extern
poraneous half possession"
+ =
| Collectors of taxes to the number OF
10000 are going to teach the public
/ how to pay taxes. Fine: First, you
go to work and-weIl, that will do
1 for the first lesson.
| The world moves. In West VIZ
! ginia they are vaccinatinE dogs 10
keep them from having hydrophobia,
and In Washington they are training
congressman to vote by electricity,
all together. just like Right shoul-
! ider-Harms."-to keep them from
having the filibusteritis Nothing is
crude and old-fa shioned any more.
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/ The promised conference Of gov
ernors of states to be called b.
President Harding for consultation
on how to efficiently enforce the Vol
| stead law, already meets the out
spoken approval Of many of the state
executives. The President proposes
not to discuss whether the eight
eenth amendment is to be the per-
manent law-of the fand-he decssres
that that is not open for discussion.
/ The amendment and the law putting
! il into effect are already. the law
and executives have no option az to
their duty to enforce them. Con-
tempt for one law leads to contempt
of all laws. The only policy consid-
| cred is that of unfiinching enforce
mant.