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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
p. o. d. ACHIEVEMENT

yv7HAT has been accomplished by the Post Office
w. Department during the first complete fiscal year
under the Republican administration is remarkable
of the more business in government policy that
has animated all the executive departments.
During the fiscal year ended June 80, 1922 1t cost
ss0,soOoOO more the Post Office Department
than received in postal revenues But that figure
sssOeooo less than the postal deficit Of the fiscal
year 1921. eight months OF which under the Bure-
son Democratic regime.
While the deficit decreased the revenues Increased
than $4,000 900 during the same period
hardly be expected that rate OF ina ncal
improvement will be continued, under the closest
economy. but is quite possible that before the first
OF President Harding comes TO an end the Post
ONCE Department will show credit surplus at the end
Of the year. which has been attained only three times
in all the history Of the government
To H H. BllIany of this city who Is Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General belongs much OF the credit for
such a gratifying departmental showing.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
STATE DpCIINE AND sECTroNA11sM

DRoFEssoR TURNER. of Harvard, in article in
Yale Review calls attention TO the fact that the
gradual decline in influence and power Of States
has been accompanied by the growth of sectionaiism
especially in the national government. and that the
ceares manifestation OF this tendency has been shown
in the various "bocs" in Congress.
The New York Journal of Commerce. which favors
the Democratic party remarks that ut is indeed COM
monty accepted fact that States have lost enor-
mously in power and influence especially during the
past twenty years. and that the Democratic or old
States Rights party has been guilty OF than its
share in acceerating this dangerous line OF de-
velopment."
states rights" the Democratic birthright,- sold
for mess of Federal appropriations
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
HarmonyAga
(From the Washington Post.)

and international jealoueies inspired
by national greed 20 loose the "ange
Of disoord." TO play havoc with thei
program.
That "angel" has already been too
often and too long on the wing ovei
Europe. And II Is time that th'
Allies clip its wing. The present SIT
uation in the Near East is largely the
result OF the visitation Of discoro
upon Allied governments. In snap
| ing their respective policies on the
Turkish question. they have allowed
themselves 10 be guided by greed
rather than by the realities of the
situation. The show of accord that
they made IN earlier stages of their
dealing was not convincing. II was
merely a hotchpot agreement into
which each OF the Allied govern
ments wrote its interests, without
regard to the settlement-blocking
effect OF such course. And each held
fast to policies dictated by its inter-
ests, which, TO a large extent. were,
and are, conflicting. Hence the
clash over the Turkish question that
preceded the accord of September
%, and hence the strain on the
Mudania negotiations that has been
relieved by reaffirmation OF accord.
While the Allied policy. as now de-
clared, aims at settlement with the
Turks, It also calls for adjustment
of the Greek situation. which is an
lother inheritance from their stumb-
ling, laundering diplomacy. The
settlement proposals relative to
Thrace implicitly commit the Allied
powers to effect acceptance by
Greece. This last may prove some
what difficult but the powers must
put Il through. II they expect to
effect adjustment. This aggravatlon
OF the Near East situation further
emphasizes the need for maintain
ing a solid front by the Allies and
for harmony in their effort to
straighten out the snarl in which
they now find themselves.
II the Allied powers should fail.
or refuse. TO cooperate to the extent
necessary to effect settlement in the
Near East, they would saddle them
serves WIN b4"iio AoA NDhe4huaHNN VI
a peace-threatenlng situation that
already has been too long permitted
to endure. The Allies have had sew
eral opportunities to settle the Turk
ish question. But they have refused
to grasp them. This adds TO their
responsibility at the present time.
They can not decline to cooperate
in effecting settlement without
breaking faith with the outside
world, which has a right 10 expect
them to carry through their pro-
posals relative to matters that affect
its interest.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
With the Pdrdgrdphers

Justice Clarke leaves the Supreme Court to devote
his time conversion of America the League OF
Nations other words he gives up life Job for
another life job.-Toledo Blade.
It is said that Great Britain TO float
in this country with which pay her debt United
States Now II Germany float loan France with
which 20 pay those reparations the financial
will be greatly stabilized. Ell, hat7Tacoma wash
Ledger.
The American Federation Of Labor named October 1
Impeachment Day" but carefully stated that It was
the Impeachment only of Mr.. Daugherty and Judge
wilkerson thus relieving the fear that included in the
list might the Judge sheriff and other officials at
Herrn H. and also Governor Len Small. The conven-
ton adjourned, too. without providing funds for
prosecuting those guilty OF wrecking trains and killing
union train Fort Wayne News
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
THE PENNsY WAY

rT,HE Tapidty with which private management copes
IL with an emergency is more denomination of
the undesirability OF government operation.
It is announced that the Pennsylvania railroad one
of chief transportation lines of the country has
force shopmen 81 per cent OF normal and with
this force only all current repairs being made
but additional being done to bring old equip
nnent condition for the rush OF fall traffic Says
the announcement:
The Pennsylvania has gone through the shopmen's
strike without having train. freight pas
senger. ourtan service in any way"
It IS recorded fact that the Long Island railway.
which beach resorts. handled its break
ing holiday3crowds after the strike began with
more than ordinary delays
In fact. the only OF unusual delays trains
have been on where violence resorted
to by rns strikers.
Where trainmen also quit in the far west. tranic
was. OF course delayed for these quit without
warning and left their trains stranded viii
lagos tracks. In those instances there
loss to fruit growers because of the embargo made
necessary by congestion But the majority
of cases the railroad provided for every
emergency the travelling public has been mate
rally Inconvenience
could been done with political railroad
managers in charge.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11

before It's passage and perslstently
opposed extensions OF the draft age
limits.
Mr.. Baker mIsled the people into
thinking that we had a large air
fleet abroad. whereas the first Amer
lean plane was not landed in France
until May. 1918.
Mr.. Baker permitted our troops
to train with broomsticks for guns.
and TO go with inadequate clothing
in winter. He sent units abroad
without their proper quotas OF rifles
and cannons, and yet sought to make
us believe that our troops were well
equipped.
Mr. Baker was very tender-heart-
ed about conscientious DIRECTORS and
slackers and devoted much of his
energies TO seeing that they were
lenieDtly treated after conviction
and confinement.
Mr.. Baker-but why go on7 The
Encyclopaedia space is limited and
the material to choose from IS I'M
limited. That history may not
be misread. however. it Is advisable
to include specific as we'll as general
incidents when rewriting the biogra-
ply OF a Secretary OF War who de-
lighted in the fact that we were I'M
prepared for the conflict into which
we had been drifting for two years.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
THE INEVITABLE CONCLUSION

THERE are a few facts: During strike in coal mines
IL az Herrin illinois, group OF woritmen were sci
upon by of rufsns and twenty-five Of the work
men brutally murdered.
The striking union members were the only persons
who would have a motive in making such Attacks
therefore the public would Immediately suspect union
forces OF the outrage
II the unions out OF sympathy with suoh
brutal attack they would IN their own Interest and IN
protect their own good name offer rewards for
the arrest and conviction of the guilty. They would do
everhing in their power TO bring the guilty to Justice
for their own good II not for the good Of the country
But instead Offering reward for the arrest Of the
guilty they announced that they would 'leave nothing
undone that viii enable combat the forces pro-
ceedng prosecution OF those who had been found
by grand jury be guilty
The Illinois Mine workers Union has chosen Its side
of the question and order 1t can blame no one
on the outside for the inevitable conclusion the public
will draw
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1922
OUR SLOGAN:
The Epening Journal-the First
Paper offhe First City of the First
State.
.PRoBuEsrs OF THE HOUR

WE publish elsewhere in paper today the text Of
w an address on problems OF the Hour" delivered
before the American Bankers Association, in conven
ton In New York. by Frank A. Munsey, one OF Amer
icas most distinguished publishers Those who read
that address fail be impressed by the sound
ness many the views expressed with respect to
our social, political and economic problems.
II was an utterance which, taken 10 heart by the
American people applied, in its chief aspects to
American life would make for conditions far different
from those which now exist in many sections Of our
country
As Mr.. Munsey suggests, liberalism not be too
liberal. BY the token, conservatism must not be
too conservative. They must find middle ground upon
which they can agree upon safe and sensible lines
which will make the we'll being of American ns
buttons happiness and prosperity OF the Amer-
can people
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
SAYS AUTOS LOWER
THAN PRE- WAR PRICE

The prices of several Of the stand
ard motor cars are materially lower
today, considering the values put
into them, than at any time in the
history OF the automobile, says
Henry White, of White Brothers
local Hudson-Essex dealer.
Ever since the summer of 1920,
when drastic cuts began to be made
IN all businesses, the automobile In
dustry has been a leader in getting
back to pre-war values. That the
public appreciates this is reflected in
the tremendous sales OF automobilee
this year.
The latest price reduction on
both Hudson and Essex oars, made
September %. Is the third substan-
ual one that the Hudson Motor Car
Company has made within twelve
months. In that time. prices OF
Hudson cars have been lowered
from $40 to 1870 and Essex prices
from $3.50 to $3.50.
THE latest Hudson-Essex rsduo-
lions were $50 on all Essex models
phaeton. cabriolet and coach-and
$40 each on the Hudson speedster,
passenger phaeton and coach. The
Super-six sedan price was consider
ably lowered when the new model
was announced last August.
These reductions bring the prices
Of all Essex models down from $50
to $3.50 below June 80 prices and
the three Hudson models to $40 be-
low prices for the same date. 1t was
on July 1 that the Hudson Motor
Car Company took the lead in what
has since become a general further
downward price revision"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
A GOVERNMENT BOND BARGAIN
IN the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
A half billion Government bono
issue at "A per cent and to run fol-
| thirty years, as announced by the
Secretary Of the Treasury, will bt
the choicest investment in the
world. The wonder OF 1t from the
point OF view of incompatible in
vestment opportunity is that it will
go to small investors four years af-
ter the war on the same terms as
the great bulk OF the Liberty Loan
issues was put out when this coun-
try, along with Europe, was in a
welter OF war spending. war de-
struction OF wealth and war Grip
ping OF man power; when no man
could foresee the end of colossal
bond issues and when no man could
measure the possible economic
wreckage that would be left in the
wake of the war.
Now America Is reasonably assur-
ed against war for years to come,
the financial position OF the country
is imbedded in foundations OF gran
ite, the national debt has been re-
duced, the Government is on a sound
business basis, and yet small inves-
tors Will be able to invest in their
Governments securities on a AZ
per cent basis and for thirty years.
And not long before the war inves-
tors were going into ordinary rail-
road bonds on a az and even A 3
per cent basis Such is the trans
formation which has come over the
money markets as a lingering result
of the war.
II one asks how such things can
be possible the answer is not diff
cult. Secretary Mellon Is one of the
great business men. bankers and
financial experts OF the world. He
knows there IS a vast and insistent
demand for new capital by the
country's reviving industry He
knows there Is and for years must
he. until the economic waste OF the
war is made good. a sharp limit
upon the supply OF new capital as
com pared with demands.
The United States Government IT.
self must bid against that insistent
demand Of American business and
American industry for new capital.
And the United States Treasury
needing billions either in cash or in
refundlng securities to meet matur-
ing obligations close at hand. goes
into the money market and bids for
the American peoples savings on a
basis Of Az per cent interest.
But the time will come when
these thirty year United States
bonds. paving Az per cent interest
yet obtalnable directly from the
Treasury at par, viii be not few but
many points above par. The time
may come very soon. To buy them
now at 100 cents on the dollar IS the
chance OF lifetime.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Both are evils but the moneyless far better Of
than the friendless
:-:-.-:
The rich their troubles but nearly any poor mar
stands ready to assume them.
.-:-:-.
Because you can't keep the birds from flying owe,
your head is sign you can't keep them from build
ing nests in your hair.
:-:-:-:
Nearly everybody knows he could write a book abou
his home town that would wake Is up, but he couldn't
Home towns don't wake up.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11

Harmony once more reigns in the
Allied camp. The London, Paris and
Rome governments have straight
ened out differences that arose
among their representatives in re
cent sessions of the Mudania confer
ence and have realigned themselves
on the basis Of the accord reached
on September 20.
This Is encouraging news to a
world public that has grown weary
and sick OF the domination of con
ditions in the Near East by cross
purpose politics and OF their agra
walton by sharp-trading practices Of
European governments.
The great questions involved in
the Near East situation are OF world
import. All nations are concerned
in the proposed maintenance of the
freedom OF the straits as a guaran
tee OF equal opportunity in economic
and commercial development and as.
insurance against peace-threatening
utilization OF that waterway by fav-
ored powers. And all peoples are
moved TO urge protection Of racial
and religious minorities in Turkey,
which the Allies propose, as a matter
OF Justice and in the interest Of hui
mainly. From the Turkish
viewpoint. these two propositions are
the leading features OF the Allied
program. And the prepayment
powers owe It to the world and TO
themselves 10 put them through.
The inter-Allied accord OF Sep
TENDER 23 was a compromise prod
net that commits the governments
in agreement TO support It substan-
TALLY and fairly. The latest action
or the French. Italian and British
governments In reaffirming II evil
dences realization OF this. In view
OF the plain commitments OF the
note expressing accord, II Is difficult
TO understand how representatives
OF the Allied powers could have
drifted so far apart as was indi-
Gated by recent proceedings at Mu-
DANA. To the world public It seem
ed for a while that discord was
threatening the European govern
ments involved with weakening split,
and to that extent seemed to be i'm
perlllng the straits-freedom and
neutrality-suspicious. program Of the
Allies. And that II seemed to so to
the Turks was shown blythe marked
stiffening of their attitude and their
promptness in attempting 20 push
their demands beyond the limits
warranted by the Allied proffer Of
settlement and their acceptance.
This experience should teach the |
Allies the need FOR cooperation in |
dealing with problems OF common !
interestinvolved in the Turkish sit
uation and should warn them against |
permitting cross-purpose policies |
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
No DeadIocked Government
(From the wilmington Mo rning News.).

rebuke the Republican administers
ton because, during that admins
tration Liberty bonds have gone ia
par or above par. That upward
movement of Liberty bonds shows
the real spirit of the administra-
ton, its atmosphere. The sensible
and matter of course thing, there
fore, is Republican victory In the
nation at large with Delaware con-
tributing to that end. Not only
that, but the victory should be, and
we believe will be, the expression of
united party, an important point
that Colonel Henry A. dupont
stressed during the Centreville
meeting at which he presided.
There Is another extraordinary
feature Of the present campaign
which should be by no means over
looked but should be emphasized.
Delaware for years and years has
labored under the disadvantage of
grotesque custom which has
limited the term of a member of
Congress to four years. No one
ever vigorously defended this GUS
tom, but something would always
be heard about it being the turn
of this or that county for the nomi-
nation.
This habit has never been
applied to the Senators. and as
Colonel DUPONT recalled at the
Centreville' meeting there was no
such custom in the early days Of
the State. It just came about, and
both parties slavishly followed ii
without giving any sound reasons
for so doing. If Representative
Layton had no other reasons for his
no other claims on voters
the fact that his nomination
broke a precedent should insure his
triumph. II he should be defeated,
or if his majority should be material
ly reduced, some croakers will be
saying that the people did not
want a man in Congress for more
than four years.
The election is important ma
5ionally and not less important for
this State. About all that can be
gathered from the utterances Of |
Democratic candidates and their |
is that, if the Democrats /
get into power they will try to
initiate the Democrats of years gone |
~ when they controlled and when
he party as a party was not pro-
yressive, but was dismal and inert
With mouthings about economy, but
substantial basis for eco
lomical claims. Having local mat
ers in mind it should be remem-
'ered that the Republican party in
Delaware has always been a pro-
-ressive party, and it is that today
progress coupled with sound
ense, a winning combination.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11

Apathy is not to dominate the
Delaware Republican campaign
Some persons have wrongly as
sumed' that as it is an "off year.
so-called, the people will not grasp
the real Importance of the contest
If the Democrats are apathetic and
Indifferent, with their speakers fifty
representing the party by showing
that they are opponents Of genuine
progress in State affairs, and mere
ly carping critics in national mat
ters, that is all the more reason
why the Republicans will be and
should be energetic, romp to vic
tory and roll up an old-time Repub-
lican majority.
In rapid succession several i'm
portant meetings have been held by
the Republicans, and they have been
successful. Heavy political shot
has been fired at Centreville, at the
rally in The Playhouse and at the
Business Mems Luncheon of Repub-
licans held at the DUPONT Hotel yes
terday, a most important and in
spring assemblage.
These meetings have shown a
wholesome interest in the coming
election. And one of the chief high
points in all the addresses has been,
what folly it would be if the coun-
try should go Democratic, so that
the organization of the administra-
ton at Washington would be
blocked and two years would have
to be spent marking time" Bust
ness men and all other responsible
citizens know full we'll what "mark-
ing time" and uncertainty mean-s
business that cannot move.
Suppose there were four direc-
tors in corporation, two of them
holding one view and two another,
persistently-every person knows
how disastrous that would be for
the business. A victory for the !
Democrats, giving them even the
lower branch of Congress, would |
mean deadlocked government at
Washington.
Mr.. Harding has had a difficult
enough job as it in trying to get the
country, the working machinery of
the government, on the right track
after the Democratic party, with
Mr.. Wilson as engineer, had ditched
It.
Mountains of debt and an orgy of
extravaganza were the legacies left
~ the Democratic administration,
and Mr.. Harding and his associates
rave been working intelligently and
successfully in reducing the debt
md getting the country back on the
light path. How absurd it would
We for the people to throw obstacles
nto their way and halt the whole
program of construction.
Might as well say that they would
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
EDITORIAL OPINION

games. only one word was wrong
in this predlcton. but It gravely
altered the result. Put It that even
Babe" Ruth had a batting average
OF .11s. The dope bstted exactly
900.
AS a result, and as happens in the
wake Of every such disaster, the
wrathful losers are condemning all
dope. Anything that will keep from
betting those who cannot afford to
bet Is TO be encouraged. But justice
to an ancient institution and a not
bad universe bids US be fair. The
dope is neither villain nor traitor.
1t means honestly. and It IS right far
oftener than 1t Is wrong. Let the
world march on gently, missing no
step and not altering its course. and
the wise man with the statistics can
forecast almost anything from a ball
game~to a wheat market
The trouble comes when the world
reaches a crossways or a turning,
trips and misses a step or goes am
bling off at an untoward angle. You
would think that the dope might
allow for such larger swings of
events But It Just doesn't. The
point seems TO be that these com
plete overturns OF fate come from
hidden causes beyond the reach OF
statistics. There is always some
such incalculable item in any dope
ster's balance sheet. In the late
worlds series you might hold that
McGraw leadership was such an
item; or, in a larger view. that for
several years the American League
had been losing ground and the Ma
tional League gaining. In either
case there was an item that no dope
could reduce even to rough proba-
bilities, let alone accurate percent,
ages. When such an item is ripe
and explodes you cannot find trace
Of the dope that looked so neat and
incontrovertible a few minutes be- |
fore.
The speculative stock market is
not so different. Any fool can make /
money as long as a market is on one /
OF its broad swings up or down. The
difficulty comes in calling the turn.
in knowing a long swing from
short one. and getting out some
where nesr the top or bottom. Sta
tistics are becoming wiser and wiser
and help the Spectator more and
more. His greatest success still
comes from a bunch above and be-
yond all dope, that he can neither
explain nor defend, and that, at the
crucial moment, makes him act in
the teeth of all the figures.
Perhaps some day we shall be-
come so wise that all things will be
predictable and the crowd at the
Polo Grounds will have a box score !
in its hands before the first ball is /
pitched. But it promises TO remain |
a tolerably unexpected universe for
several thousand years to come.