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Evening journal., 1922-02-16
STANDING IN LINE.

- rFx1 fo waiting in doctors once there's nothing
Y monotonous and irritating TO wimlnstonan as
waiting for a delayed train standing IN line TO buy
ticket
No matter whether a persons time be worth 81 min
ute or nothing at ALL there's something psychological
about compulsory delay that gets under the hide
Probably IT'S because having made plans in ad-
vance we want do everything exactly as scheduled in
our brains You rush to make train. It's an hour late
You have to wait The suspense and monotony seem like
ages
Or you agree to meet one at certain corner or
the door of store "at sharp" The contracting
party is fifteen minutes late BY the time ne or she ar
r,es you're so rrated that your digestion even is sur
ferng causing dry taseless feeling in the mouth ana
iumpy tendency Of the nerves.
II thoughts were bullets the party who holds up a
theatre line while he haggies over what ticket to buy
would be as full OF holes as sieve
We Americans Delawareans are the fastest moving
most hurried people in the world
Yet nearly all the time we save by our rush is used
up in delay waiting because some one or some thns Is
not punctual and which generally could be avoided
For one hiug there enough ticket sellers Tor
rush periods.
The combined cost Of this delay into staggering
figures
If you want shortcut to success, be punctual That
in itself may not hasten the attainment OF everything you
want But II helps nightly. The punctua man gains
great asset-he goodwill OF his telloWs' ne appeaS W
human nature at one of the roots of psychology-dread
OF delay.
Delay always saws against the grain
II you are clever, you put this principle 10 work.
use il TO increase your income
"Prompt service" is a magic formula that every wise
merchant recognizes
over in London young fellow who couldn't get Jop
hit on the idea Of acting as 'queuer-a substitute 10
avoid delay for Others For thirty cents an hour ne hrea
himself ont 10 stand in line and buy theatre tickets.
lie was Immediately so swamped with business with
delighted public bidding his wages upward That now ne
has an army Of followers and an entirely new profession
has come into being.
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
pRoMpr RATIFICATION ExpEcTrD

FENiE Democratic press Delawareans are aware st
is hearbroken the refusal OF the United States
Senate to permit Woodrow Wilson to involve This country
in the enianglemens OF the League Of Nations This at
ttude illustrated by the following statements from the
editorial columns Of prominent Democratic paper
"R seems apparent that the ambition OF the United
5aes senate TO rum the foreign affairs Of the country
will be factor in the Senate opposition to the four
power treaty. It is true that the Federal Construc-
on conempales that the executive shall conduct our
foreign affairs But what's the Constitution to the SEN
ae Usage custom and the Constitution have always as
sumed that the Secretary of state the Official nego
tator in foreign affairs subject The direction OF the
President"
far that article dscloses there is nothing in the
Constitution that gives the any voice in the max
ing Of treaties That and other Democratic newspapers
would leave their readers to understand that the secre-
,o state has authority TO negotiate treaties subject
to the direction Of the President only Why any paper
should desire to misead its readers it dncu TO COM
prehend
The plain provision Of the Constitution is that IN,
President by and with the advice and consent OF tho
senaie make treaties That word advice" means some
thing it would not have been written into the Cons-
tuition. II il intended that the senate should hsv,
merely the privilege Of giving It's consent after the act
the word advice" would not have been inserted
But in any event. whether the President Is called upor
take the advice OF the senate in advance the uppe
branch OF Congress is vested only with the power bu
with the responsibility Of taking action which makes
treaty effective Not only that, but the Constitution re-
Quircs that the ratification shall be by lwo-hrds vote
The ntmaton contained in the above quotation ina
The senate may oppose the fourpower treaty has M
other purpose than to create prejudice against The senat
constituent part OF our governmental machinery
Although it is quite likely that there will be a few I'm
dvdua in the Senate opposed to the four-power treat,
there indication that The opposition will be enoug
defeat delay materially, ratification OF that In
lernatonal agreement
In uli compliance with the spirit OF the Constitution
President Harding appointed two members Of the sena
the American delegation to the conference One {
the Republican leader and the other the Demo
cratic leader Partsanship not permitted to deter
mine foreign policies.
Tie members OF the American delegation not
NE conference by virtue Of the authority OF the Pres
alone Senator Lodge has been receiving the popua
enforcement OF the State Of Massachusetts, for a
'i-y years He has received the continuous support
h.s poriy colleagues in tle senate Tor similar period
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
PIE-EYED ARGUMENT.

D REPRESENTATIVE A. B. ROUSE, chairman Of the
II Democratic Congressional Committee, predicting
Democratic landslide in the Congressional elections says
The emergency tariff law has been absolute failure
and instead OF helping the farmer it passed osten
sibly to do find farmers btrning corn for fuel and
wheat selling lower than when the bin was passed"
That is certainly pie-eyed argument as wmingionians
common with other Americans, know.
Now Brother Rouse the farmers wanted the emergency
arn law, didn't theyY And they got IT, the vote in the
House being two and one-haf to one and many Demo-
Gratis voting for It,
The emergency tariff law became effective may 2s 1921
It has had marked effect In reducing the imporatons OF
wheat ana corn. well as other farm products For
ample imported Il 235OOO bushels Of wheat in Deem
ber 1920 when it the free list but only 2o52 600
bushels last December. Corn have wel-nigh ceased to
import
Canada recently published figures showing how her
wheat sales had declined under the emergency tariff.
With regard to exports, however shipped 2sOO0OOOO
bushels OF wheat in 1921, compared with 2isOOOOOO
bushels in 1890 and 32OOOOOO bushels Of corn last year
compared with 100000 bushels the year before So Mr..
Rouse can't use that as an argument.
The facts respecting wheat well set forth In the
official reports Of the Department OF Commerce viz:
The outstanding features OF the export trade in domes-
oodsus for the year 1921 are the very high exports
Of wheat corn rice pork products and condensed milk
Shipments wheat and wheat -four calculated as wheat
amount to total OF 355OOO00O bushels which exceeds
those Of any previous year by 100000 bushels and
about three times the average pre-war exports The
wheat exports reached maximum ia the month OF Au
gust and have shown steady decline since, due in par
to the large wheat crops harvested in Europe and Canada
Both Australia and Argentina have produced good crops
which are beginning to reach The European marke
and VIII be in full volume by the FIRST OF March Exports
Of amounted to i320O0000 bushels which is more
than three times The prewar exports and six times the
exports for 1920 This large movement Of due to
several causes, the most important being the effort OF
European countries to increase pork production
ing comparatively cheap food for this purpose"
The fact that without the emergency tariff law in
force much Of this foreign wheat apd would have
come in and the price here would have been ever
Mr. Rouse will not get very far with his argument, be-
Wilmingonians and other Americans are TOO in
tegent to accept IT,
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
Bonus Hypocrisy
(From the New York Tribune) g.

Great is the solicitude at Wash
ington for the veterans. Hearts
bleed with sympathy-are so filled
with noble pity that they are ready
to disregard the temperate advice OF
the President and TO jam through a
bonus bill over his veto.
Boshl No wonder an increasing
number OF service men turn away
from the spectacle with disgust
The safe and sane young men who
went across the seas are not green
enough to be fooled by such bun
combe. They don't like being pre-
sented to the country as mendicants.
Their sense Of self-respect is af-
fronted. They don't believe in the
sincerity of their self-appointed
champions.
The professed friendship for the
soldiers in the main is hypocritical
How can this be known? How can
so heavy a charge be iustifed2 The
evidence is not doubtful. In the de-
bate 1t is easy to see one outstanding
fact. This is that the bonus shout
ers, when their constituents are
asked to pay a part of the bill. in
variably shout loudly that they will
not.
What is to be thought OF groups
whose members on one side of their
faces are tearfully concerned over
the plight OF the soldiers and on the
other are angrily indignant over Civ
ing a penny? No one who would
not contribute is a friend Of the
soldiers. He merely masquerades
as one His acts do not square with
his words.
The American public is responsive
to the claims of>sentiment and JUS
tice. It recognizes that when the
boys went away others took their
jobs at high wages. So the voters.
when they have had a chance. have
voted for the principle Of adjusting
compensation.
That nothing has been done is
Evening journal., 1922-02-16

largely because the command OF
movement to this end has been grab
bed by those who would pay nothing
themselves. An integral part of the
problem is that a claim against jail
of us shall be met by all OF us. What
nonsense it is to try to correct one
injustice by committing anotherl
The Legion should look further than
getting a bonus act-should link the
act with some definite scheme of tax
alton. such as sales tax, that means
general contribution.
When the country went into the
war it was agreed there should be no
repetition of the scandals of the old
pension system. Never again" 1t
was declared. In 1913. fifty years
after the close of the Civil War, the
pension bill was S174, 100000, a sum
larger than ever before distributed
in one year. This largess common
" injured its recipients. Enough
was given to keep body and soul to-
gether, but ambition and self-reliance
were .sapped. The sons of the old
veteran fathers knew how the "old
man" hung around waiting for PEN
sion day When the son went to
the war he was resolved he would
not be similarly pavperized. An
adequate insurance system, he said,
would be better and enough
II It has turned out, because OF
the change in the dollars purchas-
ling power, that the insurance provid-
ed is not sufficient, then why not, as
Mr.. Hoover has pointed out. furnish
additional insurance the acceptance
of which will be a quit-claim against
further demands? This will make
it certain no cripples are to suffer
and that dependents will be cared
for, and will remove nonemployment
anxiety. But IL will not pauperize
will scatter payments through the
years and bring to an end the side
stepping hypocrisy which now so
disgrace Washington and is so max
] ing a joke Of patriotism.
Evening journal., 1922-02-16

can no longer help themselves. There
can be no Sinking and no skimp-
ing Borah showed his feeling In
regard to the helpless veterans when
he declared that the Government j.
not doing enough by them, even
when IT is spending half a billion
a year for their relief.
II we are not doing enough now
for the disabled men, how are we go
ing to do any more when a bonus
law begins to pour between three and
six billion dollars into the pockets
~ mon who emerged from the war
unscathed and. most of them, in bet
ter physical trim than when they
we're conscripted? When Congress
which is now made frantic by the
bonus hunters, turns even more fran
tlcally a year hence to reduce ex-
nenses. which soldier will be the
subject of economy?
WIN IT be the recipient Of bonus
the man with a vote?
or will Il be the disabled soldier
perhaps the insane soldier2
If Congress acts in that day as il
is acting now it will be the disabled
soldier whose care wfll be cheapenet
in order that the bonus man may
not be angered.
The duty of the unscathed soldier
is as plain as that Of any other abb
bodied citizen. He should help his
country, not hinder it. IF we en-
gage in this proposition Of distribute
ing public money" said Senator
Borah-and the warning out to b'
needed by every service man-"i
will grow worse for him as well as
for his fellow citizens. II will be-
come a competition, as in Europe. OF
one class invading the Treasury on'
day and another class Invading the
'Treasury the next day. The hour o
sacrifice is now"
Yes, the hour is nowl And le
those members of Congress who SEE
in the bonus a way of buying vote
with the public's money take heeC
Of the hour! They cannot plead tina
they did not understand what thel
we're doing. william E. Borah, il
hiS great speech in the United State
Senate on Monday, pointed the wa!
Of truth and/duty.
Evening journal., 1922-02-16

application, but also the rates on
anthracite, on which no evidence
whatsoever had been submitted.
Here was a long step beyond the
practices Of judicial body.
The governments credit was ex
tended to the New Haven to the ex.
tent OF many millions OF dollars 10
avert a receivership. Now another
branch OF the government takes
from the stockholders of the trunk
lines and gives TO the stockholders OF
the New England lines. Is this
forecast OF the commissions attitude
toward other roads to which the gov.
ernment made loans?
Probably the commission would
sidestep~a a direct answer by saying
that the New England situation is
immensely complicated and involve
not only the credit Of one road. bu;
the interests Of a large group Of
honest investors and manufacturers
who furnish work to a large popula.
ton. The intentions OF the commits
sion are doubtless excellent, but q
government body. no less than an in
dividual, once yielding TO the tempta
ton Of eXpediency finds II harder
! and harder to resist new demands
based on eNpediency.
For the commission to take chare
of the country is of dangerous ten
dency. It Is in the attitude OF tn,
government during the war. Per
sisted in. 1t may lead TO the creation
OF bureaucratic tyranny, one OF the
worst OF all forms Of government.
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
THE COAL STRIKE THREAT.

From the New York Tribune.
In his statement on the eve Of the
assembling Of the convention Of the
United Mine Workers John L. Lewis,
president Of the organization, re-
yived hopes recently dropping by
saying that the miners do not desire
a strike and will do all they can TO
avert one.
Yet. in spite of this mild and nom
provocative declaration, the pros
pect is gravely menacing. While the
miners will probably withdraw their
demand for an increase in wages. no
sign Is given OF any willingness to
accept a reduction. on the other
hand. the operators are grimly get
ting ready for a protracted struggle.
The outlook is that they will insist
on lessened production costs as
foundation for the lower coal prices
TO consumers deemed necessary to
develop a volume Of business that
will give larger net profits than a
small volume.
II there is strike on April 1 the
question, on the answer to which
will probably determine the strikes
success or failure. is the one OF
whether or not me miners are en-
titled to- their present wages Super
hcially their case is weak. Il is no
,onger seriously denied that living
costs are down and that wage rates
generally, although the downward
movement has been slower. are also
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
PLEASED With
PEACE MOVES
+. j. Libby Reviews Work
of Recent Disarmament
Conference
SEES SPIRITUAL
GAIN FOR WORLD

Frederick ]. Libby. secretary ot
the National Council FOR the Limita-
ton Of Armaments. told an audience
in the Friends Meeting House, Tenth
and Harrison streets. last night. that
the treaty for naval limitation was
the greatest step toward world
peace effected at the recent WASH
ington conference.
Mr.. Libby said there were two
goals to be gained to bring about
universal peace. One OF these was
a worldwide organization of nations
and the other was the reduction OF
armies and naves to police size"
Commenting on the Far East situa-
tion, the speaker said the confer
ence has done much to remove the
causes for trouble existing in China
The return Of Shantung, he said, is
one thing that is really pleasing to
the Chinese. who are jubilant over
the fact that it is the first time they
ever signed a contract in which they
are the gamers.
The permission to increase GUS
oms duty and the four-power agree
ment. Mr.. Libby said, are steps in
the right direction He lauded the
four-power agreement because it sub
stitutes four-power vitality interested
in the Pacific instead Of but two, and
arranged for conferences to arrange
MISUNDERSTANDING. without an agree-
ment TO use force.
The conference has not been with
out its spiritual gain, the speaker
said. The understanding between
the United States and England is
now better than it has been at any
time since 1775, he said. The con-
ference has also brought about the
realization on the part OF Japan, that
the United states was acting in good
faith toward that nation I'm calling
the conference, and that the United
states does not hate Japan.
France will not be able to invade
the Ruhr districts, as a result of the
conference. he said, for the militar-
istic policy OF France has been made
known to the world. Another gain
resulting from the conference was
the restoration OF the faith OF men in
the nations Of the world. which was
entirely lacking in the Paris con-
ference.
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
EDITORIAL OPINION

down Why is the miner. it is asked,
alone deserving Of war wage rates
which others no longer get? In the
main, what he pockets comes out Of
the purses Of other wage-workers.
But the case is not so simple as
at first appears. Mr.. Lewis taking
the yearly income Of miners as his
basis of calculation, is able to show
that the miners average weekly
compensation is not up so much as
Is commonly supposed. The opera
ton of the mines Is irregular. The
wage rate may be high, but idleness
keeps low the fund the miners wife
has to spend. The public not dis
tingulshing between what a man gets
per year and what he gets on some
days. is confused.
The truth seems to be that the
mining industry. especially in the
bituminous fields, is overmanned.
Unless a miner is able to secure
other work or has a garden or small
farm on which to labor, he is often
in a bad plight. Yet to induce men
to change their accustomed occupa-
tions is a serious business. II can't
be done overnight.
With each side looking at its spe-
cial grievance and the public keenly
finding fuel costly. an all-around
soreness develops which makes set
tlement difficult. Never was there
greater call for a ministry of good
will or more need for calm valua-
ton OF complicated facts.
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
A NelO Ruling Po,Oer
From The New York Tribunel

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission. originally conceived Of as
judicial body with administrative
functions, and since 1907 as an ad-
ministratlve body with quasi judi
cial duties has become more and
more a body adjudicative Of great
economic and social questions
II was given he power by the
transportation act to fix the divi-
sion Of rates between railroads par
ticipating in joint through rate.
The New England railroads there
upon applied to the commission for
d larger share OF the through rate
m freight moving into and out of
New England. The commission held
A series Of hearings. and on the
evidence submitted refused to give
he New England roads a larger di-
iision.
But yesterday the commission.
lfter having on its own motion re-
lpened the case. reversed its decis-
on and granted the New England
ailroads an increase OF is per cent.
,ver the amount which they are now
eceiving out OF a joint rate. This
means no increase of rates to the
onsumer; ii merely takes from the
runk lines and other connecting
ailroads something which it gives
the New England railroads.
The commission reversed itself
ithout calling for or receiving any
ditional evidence. Furthermore
included not only the rates which
ad been considered in the origina
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
STILL CIRCULATEs.

cNENNroR PAT HARRISON Of Mississippi known by
- reputation to all Deawareans as one who still sands
by the Confederate Constitution, may be Interested 10
know that many thousands of dollars in Confederate ten
dollar bills have been unloeded in Germany One mer-
chant in Berlin sold bill Of goods for 500 ana accep'eu
Confederate currency.
The suggestion has been made that this possibly may
account for Harrsons antpathy to the Republican ari
bill now pending and particularly his rancorous attitude
toward the so-caled American valuation plan
II few bales Of Confederate money could be disposed
OF abroad in the purchase Of goods to compete win
American products and the present foreign Nsiuauon
nocy could be perpetuaed and applied tqe purchases
made with Confederate currency 1t would restore some
what the value Of that currency which has been zero
since 1865
At that the Confederate currency is but fraction less
in value than the German mark.
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
With the Photographers

VIII the debutsnte OF the future demand her own
shark Mug key her hangar key and her own nghi
latch keys-Louisville Courier-Journat
The Washington conference will have accomplished
much II it persuades nations TO meet face TO face instead
~ talking behind one snoher's backsNashington Star
China is in the unfortunate position OF nation that has
accumulated so many grievances that The world can
hardly hope to ind time TO siraghten all Of them out
Washington star.
Since the Young lady reporters have taken 20 hanginr
her coats on our coatrack with that delightful abandon
with which most young women take Of their eXpcn
sive coats only hope the perfume they sprinkle or
their coat collars the kind wife sprinkes
hers-Kansas City Star
Evening journal., 1922-02-16
Senator BOruh on the Bonus
CFrom the New York Herald).

Senator Borah's speech on the SOL
der bonus was typical Of the Idaho
statesman. He is never an oppor-
tunist, never slave to party epe-
diency, never a demagogue. He long
has had the reputation Of being the
finest orator in Congress. But what
is far more important is that he
is the boldest and bravest man in
Congress.
Mr.. Borah took hold Of the bonus
questionable great legislative mis-
take which Congress has seemed on
the brink of making-with bare.
rough hands. He tore a hole in its
false front and showed it's real face
When Senator Jones Of New Mexico
tried TO get Borah TO accept the
phrase adjusted compensation" IN
stead of "bonus" or "gratuitv. ."
Borah wrenched the mask of words
from the sham. Adjusted to what?
To the standard of a stable boys or
charwoman's wages? No, ir-would be
ninsult il offered as compensation:
it must, IL anything be a gift.
And II gift. how can the country
afford to give TT How can a Gov
ernment already burdened with a
debt of twenty-four billions afford to
go deeper in the hole?
Senator Borah struck his most
telling blow when he brought up the
matter of the disabled soldiers and
sailors. 1t is now costing the United
States half a billion dollars a year
to care for these men. As Mr. Borah
said, nobody will complain of this
expenditure so long as the appro-
priations are based on the necessities
and requirements of the disabled
veterans. There will be no complaint
II it becomes necessary. as Mr.. Borah
predicts to spend a billion and a
half a year on these men ten years
from now.
But the care of the disabled sol
diers and sailors is now costing the
United States as much as the total
expenses OF the Government twenty
years ago. This care OF men who
we're incapacitated in their country's
service cannot be lessened. Even II
the total cost is seventy billions
IN the next forty or fifty years it
must be paid. There is a great moral
obligation OF a nation to men who