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Porto Rico and the Philippines.

The situation in Porto Rico Is
calmer- Gov. Reilly, after his visit
home, during which he conferred with
both the President and Secretary
Weeks about his course as governor
of the island, has resumed his duties
without any change in his attitude to-
ward the questions that brought him
into collision with the island legisla-
ture.
The situation in the Philippines is
calmer. There is less criticism Of Gov
ernor General Wood-less talk about
the Wood-Cameron report of condi-
tons in the archipelago-fewer asser.
tons Of the charge that Gen. Wood
and Forbes Cameron went to the
islands with minds already made up
against the proposition for an indie
pendent Filipino government.
These two men were appointed to
Office by the President from personal
knowledge of their capacities and rec
ords. They owed nothing to pull"
Hence the strength they possess in
office. They have the confidence of
their chief.
Independence for either Porto Rico
or the Philippines at this time is an
untimely request. Neither the At
lantic nor the Pacific possession is ut
any disadvantage on account of its
American connection. On the con-
trary, both are safe and prosper Gus by
reason of it.
The present world ferment is but
slowly subsiding. Some years may bc
necessary for complete recovery from:
an unprecedented upheaval; and not
until then, If then, will the American
government be likely to consider the
proposition to set up two new govern
ments carved from it's own territory.
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Unrest in Germany.

There are growing indications Of a
situation in Germany Of unrest and
discomfort which any day may result
in the overthrow of the Wirth govern
ment and accession to power of re-
dictionary element which would make
much more difficult than it now is the
problem of reconstructing Europe.
Chancellor Wirth has been the >one
hope for a reasonable solution Of the
Preparations question. and even the
French. suspicious of everything Ger
| man, had finally come to have con-
fidence in his good intentions.
Should the Wirth government fall it
is difficult to see how anything but
chaos could result. If he falls it will
be because he has lost the support of
the common people, but it is not like
ly that a proletarian would succeed
him, for there is not sufficient organi-
zation or cohesion among the disaf-
fected elements of the people to con-
troll the formation of a new ministry.
His successor probably would be either
a monarchist or an industrialist, both
Of whom are opposed to the Wirth pro-
gram of an honest attempt to abide
by the reparations terms of the peace
treaty. With the Poincare ministry in
France pledged to strictest enforce
ment of the treaty, a government at
Berlin of increased obstructiveness
would surely lead to trouble.
The difficulties which beset the
Wirth government are cumulative,
but two recent events have brought
them nearly to a head. One was the
enforced loan" through which it was
proposed to raise money for repara-
tions, and the other the severity with
which the strike Of railway workers
was suppressed. The first alienated
the industrialists and the second in
creased the resentment Of the working
classes almost to the flaming point. In
a dispatch published recently in The
Star, Macmillan Harden asserted
that the personal extravaganza and
show Of luxurious living by members
of the government have contributed
largely to the difficulties Of Chancellor
Wirth, both at home and abroad, and
the elevation of Walter Rathenau to
be minister Of foreign affairs apparent
ly has been resented by the German
people.
Wirth has weathered good many
crises since he assumed office, and he
may weather the one approaching, but
the situation never before has ap-
peared so menacing. If he falls, the
fat will be in the fire again, and it Is
any mans guess as to what will hap
pen in Europe.
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Old-Time LAWYERS.

General and particular education OF
candidates for admission to the law
profession should be higher Pre-ad-
mission training should be longer and
examinations for admission to the bar
should be sitter. Secretary Root said
these things at the opening of the con-
ference of delegates of the American
Bar Association and of state bar asso-
cations assembled in Washington.
Other speakers have stressed the need
for raising the entrance requirements
of the law. 1t has been said that in
some states no law-school education or
no law schooling is required, and that
the examination for admission to prac-
tice is an examination in name only.
These LAX" conditions are largely
a survival of early America. In early
America the bar stood as well in pub
lie appreciation, as it does now. and a
fair Humber of men rose to eminence
in the law and a due proportion of
lawyers came to distinction in politics
and public office. Yet though the old
time;way of making lawyers answered
wellsenough in old times. lawyers at
tending the present conference tell us
that we are living in new times, and
that old-time ways are out of date. 1t is
surely true in many things, and it
may we'll be true in the matter of law
and lawyers.
IN the biography of many an illus
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the appetite for details Of affirmation
and for facts in rebuttal. II any there
be. Gov. Allen Of Kansas is an ag-
gressive personality. ''quick on his
feet" in argument and rejoinder. while
the New York executive is no less
noted. Congress will have to stage
something big that day to hold the
limelight.
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n AINTENANCE of the personnel
h> OF the Navy at high state Of
efficiency becomes an absolute

I i clHClcNCy ueCOIHcS al dUSOlute
necessity under the naval
limitation pact, IL the United States is
| to maintain its place in the so-called
5-5-3 ratio fixed for the United States.
| Great Britain and Japan. in the order
named. Unless the officer and enlisted
personnel are kept sufficient in numbers
and efficient in training, there Is the too
great possibility that the effective ratio
of this country will drop below even the
! '3'' assigned to Japan.
1t has been proposed in Congr ,ss to
| reduce the personnel But right now
there are not enough officers and men
| the ships provided for in the so-called
Hughes plan. To maintain the fleets
comprising the American Navy in top
notch fighting trim will take even more
officers and men than now provided.
| Battleships at the present time, and for
| some time in the past, have been operat-
| ing on so per cent of their battle COM
PIGMENTS. To be properly prepared for
battle and up to the point of efficiency
of the other navies, that Of the United
States should have full compliments on
every ship.
To man all of the ships in the Navy
would take In the neighborhood of 1885,
| 600 men. At the present the Navy con-
| sists OF $4,000 men Of warsmen and 5000
/ apprenticeship latter recruits in train
| ing stations preparing to take thei:
places aboard the battle fleets. One
proposal advanced is to cut this to
| 10000 men and 5000 apprentices-that
is, for enlisted personnel alone.
! AS for the officer personnel. under
| the Hughes plan it will take 6,240
!! officers to man the ships, on the basis
| of per cent officers. But this num-
| Der should be increased If all of the
destroyers allowed are to be manned.
AT the present there are in the Navy
only 400 officers, of whom LOO have
| just been commissioned in the perma-
nent establishment from the reserves
and temporary regulars who came in
during the war. While the naval Of
| ficials assert that they are glad to
get these men. they point out that the
majority of them can only be used
for certain specific purposes. They
are not all-around naval officers who
can be assigned to any duty aboard
ship, such as engineering officers,
gunnery officers. navigators, etc. The
graduation and commissioning of the
present first class at the Naval Acad-
amy is imperative, 1t is declared, II
| the Navy is to be kept up to the ratio
allowed in the treaty.
X \ X
The feet of ships allowed by the
| Limitation pact cannot be kept in a
high state of fighting efficiency If the
vessels are only partly manned in
some instances and in other cases SO
short of crews that they have to be
i laid up at the navy yards with only
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1t may be regarded as fortunate for
the world that the United States is in
the position of a great creditor nation.
The control of world funds is most
likely, to be satisfactorily exercised
when in the hands of a government
whose aspirations are entirely apart
from any kind Of military aggression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-24

A censorship of entertainments
might not prove as irksome as is
feared Many European plays of de-
cidedly liberal nature have had long
runs in their own country only to be
called into serious question when dis
played in uncensored America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-24

A certain amount of solicitude con-
corning the national debt is always ex-
pected. This country at present is con-
cerned with the sort of Indebtedness
that is represented by bills receivable
from other nations.
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Occasionally a senator regards the
reservation to a treaty as something
like the postscript which may be the
most important part of the letter.
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No practical suggestion has yet been
offered that will compel the landlord
to put new wallpaper in the fiat.
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Speaking With Authority

Speaking With Authority.
Now, when the dove Of peace proceeds
to coo,
The nations gather round and say
"hurrah!''
That gentle bird, in accents strong
and true
Is now engaged in laying, down the
law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-24

The python at the Zoo swallowed an
antelope and went to sleep. A python
does not have to worry about the cost
of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-24

Uncle Joe Cannon's decision to re-
tire represents the first inclination on
his part to defy the will of the ma
jority.
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1t is perhaps superfluous to point
out that the Roma was unsafe. The
world knows it.
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Reports Of soviet bankruptcy are
calculated to set Russia wondering if
Lenin is not some kind of Ponzi.
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The prejudice against the made in
Germany mark still fingers, so far as
paper currency is concerned.
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The tendency is to encourage plan
tations In the islands Of the Pacific
rather than Notifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-24

A new and comprehensive safety
first" campaign is emphatically needed.
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Indian Affairs.

| Satisfaction with the treatment of
,, American Indians by the federal gov
eminent is expressed in the thirty,
ninth annual report of the Indian
Rights Association.
| The association feels that the least
the government can do, after having
taken a continent that originally be-
| longed to the Indians, is to protect
! those who remain and train them for
citizenship. At the close of the last
fiscal year the Indian population of
the United States, exclusive of
Alaska, was 340,S3S. and of that num-
Der l0l,506 Were members of the five
civilized tribes. including freemen and
lies, 44,195 live in permanent homes
and 1896 families live in tepees
tents and temporary. structures; 1884,
1858 Indians are citizens; tribal prop
| erty was valued at s190.600.152. and
s526.1o5.s50. THIS high per capita
wealth is largely due to the discov-
| cry Of oil on fndian-owned lands.
where such owners are still wards
or the government they are not per-
share in the income. and many of
them have become wealthy. In the
five civilized tribes the birth rate ex-
ceeds the death rate in a normal ratio
and there is little ground for the pre-
diction that the Indians are vanish
ing. II they cease to exist as race.
/, 1t will be because of intermarriage
with both whites and blacks.-The
Indianapolis News independently.
Lands is out. and public sentiment
may be credited with at least an
assist.-New York Herald.
Nowadays the man who peddles the
no ic I'M ctr Or
| toward the old stone one.-Richmond
Item.
| For a man who isn't dead yet, Uncle
post-mortefn attention.-Toledo Blade.
A Chicago man who believed what
bootlegger told him is learning to
| read with his fingers. - Augusta
Herald.
An acknowledgement woman
has married for the seventh time.
Wonder IL she knows every seventh
marriage in this country is failure?
Movie mems utterances make one
feel that some excellent bishops have
been lost in very mediocre screen
The good die young That may be
the reason why centenarians seem to
/ be getting as thick as fleas in this
country.-Boston Transcript.
Once the doughboy gets his bonus,
! he can spend his life digging up taxes
to help Ray for it.-zHartford Times
swiss have two women judges. -
News item We have "a few mil ions
- n NJ !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-24

A dirigible is delicate piece Of ma
chinery whose safety seems to be in
inverse ratio to it's size.
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EDITORIAL DIGEST

Brady's line of argument proved
nothing beyond the established YER
ity that "all men are fallible and no
mans job can save him from in
iquity."
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Quotations.

"You no longer use classical quota
lions in your speeches"
mo-" said Senator Sorghum. "Peo-
pie get so in the habit of talking about
the cost of things that what my folks
are interested in are market quota
tions.'
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Once the deughboy gets his bonus,
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Jud Tunkins says that along about
this time Of year a man who is lookin'
for trouble needn't do any more than
read the weather predictions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-24

The good die young. That may be
the reason why centenarians seem ia
be getting as thick as fleas in this
cOuntry.-Boston Transcript
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Incompatibility.

"Those young people have quarreled
and broken their engagement"
perhaps they have shown fore
sight" commented Miss Cayenne.
1.-The notoriety and expense Of a quar-
rel is much less than that Of di-
vorce."
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Movie mems utterances make one
feel that some excellent bishops have
been lost in very mediocre screen
directors.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Dem astronomers" said Uncle
Eben, fuses terrible big figures; but
none of 'em sounds as big as two dol
lars when rs broke"
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An ghty-three-year-o woman
has married for the seventh time
Wonder if she knows every sevent.
marriage in this country Is a failure
Nashville Tennessean.
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A Chicago man who believed wha
bootlegger told him is learning tc
read with his fingers. - Augusts
Herald.
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Black or cordovan
seam hack: wide gartel
hem: slightly irregular
Big value.
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For a man who isn't dead yet. Uncle
post-mortefn attention.-Toledo Blade.
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Nowadays the man who peddles the
little brown jug is headed straight
toward the old stone one.-Richmond
Item.
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A big variety of styles
on white grounds. with
fancy cofor tops: all
perfect. Sizts 4 to 91,.
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Lands is out. and public sentiment
may be credited with at least ar
assist.-New York Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-09
WHIT nR()P
Community Chautauuua

Tho Manila Quartet gave tie af-
tcinoon program and the prelude for
tine evening program Tor the Mon
davis ChaUt2ulun. and Dr, William
lung. noted chinese lecturer. de
Nvcred The evenings address on
China In tire Worlds Drama"
I'Ee whole day was intensely en-
iolcd. The Philippine entertainers
gave delightfully."- varied program.
Tne leader. Dorotco kah2yao, who
IS 4 recent graduate from the Uni
master If tn; violin. giving standard
selections from famous composers
rs well as beautiful lullaby Of his
own compose t.on. Besides Mr.. kdi'a-
VAC, the mem. ors nf the quartCtte
wore Miss Mildred Bclln, a mczzo
soprano singer and pianist; Mr..
Manuel Moreno, tenor singer, come
dian and guitar PLAYER and Mr. Man
vel BIdson. mandolin and ukelHlc
player. nr. lungs lecture in the
evening was intensely interesting. He
urged Americans to explore the rich
fcld of Chinese literature and gave
humorous description of a young
Chiramau wrestling with the English
words which have variety Of mean
lngs. Tuesday afternoon splendid
lecture by Mrs. Nancy NJ. Shoemaker
ON The Old Road and the New
Trail" Was given and the opera,
Little Rcd Riding Hood" which es
rcCidlly appealed to the children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-09

FURNISHED to the Kennehec Jour
nal through the courtesy of J. a.
Carnage & Co, of Augusta and Wa
tervillc).
Washington. Aug. s-Bituminous
coal sold al an average price per
short ton of sI.06 wholesale and s9.I I
retail throughout the United States
during the first six months Of 1922,
according 70 records of the Depart
ment Of Commerce..
Average prices in 1914 were:
wholesale 81. 20; retail $j.13.
Prices of the current year compare
with the pre-war quotations az fol-
lows: wholesale, 81 per cent increase :
retail 20 per cent increase.
Government officials familiar with
these data emphasize that the cost of
coal has not advanced to the small
consumer or retail buyer in the same
proportion as TO the industrial pur-
chaser or large user,
The coal strike, according to the
data of the Commerce Department,
cid not cause the expected tremend-
Gus increase in prices Of bituminous
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Chicago Produce Market

DFHSp. AhG- =
Renewal RI tension over the railroad
strike led 10 p little Tightening mp or
values at timss IN TIE wheat fnarhtt
t0day. Business. however. lacked vol
une and the price changes were mar.
row. a majority Of traders holding on
for the government crop report whirh
was issuAd after the close and which
proved To NJ about Is had been eS-
pected Final quotations on wheat
| cent gain. with September 1.h6 TO
.GGl and December l."65 70 l.ubs
corn lost 3Gs to [. oats finished IN
changed to shade lower, and pro-
visions down ) TO 20 cents.
Dealings in wheat were the smallest
of the year and 1t was more the dearth
of selling than the character of the
buying that was responsible lor whate :
ever firmness deve loped. Failure OF
Liverpool quotations TO respond fully
to yesterdays declines In America
gave slight advantage to the bull
side. and there was also more or less
evening up for the government report.
About midday however. hedging sales
enlarged to a mode rate extent and
brought about transient setback in
prices.
Car shortage complaints were more
acute than heretofore. and aggregate
receipts OF wheat at Kansas city,
omaha and s.. Louis fell 3a5 carloads
short Of the total a week ago. On
the other hard export demand was
slow both here and at the staboard. It
fering wheat abroad cheaper than was
possible for exporters.
Liberal receipts of corn here to-
eether with anticipated enlargement OF
the government estimate OF Yield had
a bearish influence on the corn mar.
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New York Produce Market

New York Aug s.
" HEAT-Srot irregular, ~, |
winter l213: No. hard winter l244:
No / Mauitona 145i and ~. > MIXED
durum lis @ ! f track New York spot.
tORN-Spot easy: No. , yellow and
No. 2 white sos and No mixed sni
c f track New York All rail.
white "a IS.
LAED-Easy; middle west 1i3o0
114n
BUTrEH-Unscttl receipts 10
Ss4; creamcry higher than gos sxt "a, "a n q
to 81 score aoa @a2a; packing stock
current make M. :. -.
Steady: receipts 5I02; New
Jersey hennrry whites extras fancy
candlcd selections 80: New Jersey hen
POTATOES New fairly steady I'M
dor limited offerings. Virginia tohhler
10. / barrel LA 225: New jersey i 80
pound sack 17iu1S1}; Long Island
barrel 2001f 25o: in bulk per $50 pounds
mostly $50.
Island barrel Esq $50; rcd 250G goo;
Savoy 1J0T115.
The raw sugar market was little
easier today with Cubas quoted at ~
cents cost and freight, equal 70 1."c
for centrifugal. and Porto Ricos at the
about 5000 bags Of cubas from
store and $4,000 bags Of Porto Ricos
for prompt shipment to local ref1ners
at quoted prices.
The raw futures market was little
more active today and prices were
rather irregular. closing two points
higher to four net lower. September
80, December $50, March $50, May
3..1
The market for refined was I'M
changed At 1000 to ITO for hne gran
ulated with demand still light
Refined futures nominal closing
September October and December 1.21
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Small Breeders
Encouraged by
Central Maine Fair

Special attention IS beng gwen the
practical side Of poultry raising 10y
officials in charge Of the poultry show
at the Central Maine Fair Water
vllle August Is, 90, 80, 81 and Sept.
LIST. in an effort to encourage more
small breeders i'll exhibiting at the
tair.
1T is not a difficult thing to get
chicken ready for the coming
show" says Superintendent G. !.
Davis, in charge Of the poultry de-
partmcnt IF birds are given lots
Of ground TO keep them in fine physi-
cal shape. and are kept free from
lice and disease, the battle has been
almost won. only a little extra care
is necessary the last few days TO
put them in show shape. If breed.
ers only knew how easy it was to
get birds ready for exhibition, We
wouldn't be able to house the entries
Visitors to the show will find all
the leading breeds Of poultry on dis
play. The young birds, marked with
their angular. awkward appearance,
and short. scant dress, will outnum-
Der the old birds by far. Here and
there an older rooster ur hen. more
finished in look. will poke friendly
head through the bars TO attract the
attention Of passersby. The usual
number OF ducks. geese and turkeys
Will give novel tone to the exhibit.
Poultry exhibitors are planning on
putting on an educational campaign
at the fair 10 stimulate more interest
, in the breeding Of pure-bred poultry.
II will he their contention that A
pure bred flock. If wcll-cared for.
| Will prove many times as profitable
as a scrub one. A purc-bred hen,
of good l4ying breed. will produce
nearly twice as many eggs as an
inferior hen. and at no greater cost.
This will be demonstrated at the fair.
At least 1900 entries are expected
Premiums amounting to $500 are
being offered.