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The labor world., 1922-04-01
SUFFER NOT, NOBLE DIVIDENDS:

Where is the court that would
deny the right Of public or pri-..
vate employer to. cut. the wages
OF workers? ...54... "a
Where Is. the court that would
prevent New York from cutting
wages? " q y
Where is the court that would
protect the workers income?
TO find 1t would be wonderful!
The labor world., 1922-04-01

>: The New York man who. was held
up by bandits while on his way to
the bucketshop hasn It any reason to
complain. Didn't he at least get a
thrill for his money!
The labor world., 1922-04-01
PUBLIC OPINION SILENT


of coal owners and the 'public' they
continually refer to.
When the miners suspended work III
1919 the strike was hcralded as de-
fance of law and order and the gov
crnment rushed to the rescue of ou'
tottcrng civilization.
At that time the market was on
the coal owners side, with strong
demand for coal.
Today strike seems imminent
The coal owners have broken al
agreement in the central competitive
field, which is the "key' to all wage
movements in the bituminous field.
This strike prospect does not alarm
coal owners or their "public.''
The reason is plain. Industry is
PROSTATE and coal stocks equal the
peak wartime figures. 1t. is state
that the stored coal will. outlast d
three. months strike.
Under these conditions the coal
owners figure that the time is oppor'
time to smash the Mine Workers
union.
1t will be noticed that the public
is not lashcd into a fury. against the
coal owners. The government does
not rush into Judge Anderson's court
in response to a manufactured clamoc
That jurist is not told that the
coal owners policy will lead to revo'
luton. Newspapers do not editorl'
alize on ''the rights of the public: y
Instead, the public is cody informed
hat coal prices will be increased be-.
sausc'of the strike.
Our 'bcst citizcns' do not warn
the coal owners that "they will have
to answer to the public.'' States
men do not thunder. in Legislative
halls OH bolshcvik coal owners,
Not single "1OO per cent Amer
can' has objected to the coal own
"rs policy in tones above whisper;
None of the cant phrases or flag
flapping appeals of 1919 are heard,
The public is not warned, as IN
1910, that the nations life is en-
dan"crcd by asitators and selfish in
diviluals. Government officials are
not assertive, as in 1919, when it wa:
uonular for men to hiss their, hate:
against miners who asked living
wage.
Today the wolish snarls arc miss
ing. Labor stands practically alone
in protesting against contract-break
ing autocrats, who sneer at the
public and to government: Whatcha
gon' to do about 1t?'
The timiaity today Of those. who
t"..hcl so brave in 1919 is most mark
nI
One public official is quoted that
the government will not act unles;
the strike affects the public. Or, in
other words. the coal owners are mott
fed that they have a free hant
against the miners as long as tht
stocks of coal last.
IF the miners have not been starv
cd out when the coal stocks get low
then the government will act. Their
n.iunctions. soldiers, gun men and al
cnragcd public press will be levelef
at the miners
The miners may strike and the!1
women and children may hunger II
this fight for justice, but they viii
not be noticed by the public unit
coal stocks are low.
Then the strike "affects the public
INTEREST,"
According to this reasoning socia
wrong never affects "the public in
terest' until the public is inconveni
>cnced.
This is what the public has in mini
when it talks about it's "rights.
The public, however, is never hcarf
discussing it's duties.
The labor world., 1922-04-01

Just as though we hadn' It got oul
fingers well burned, Russian counter
revolutionists continue to look thi.
way for the money with which t.
finance their enterprises.
The labor world., 1922-04-01

2.Pant Spring Suits at $34.45
Values up to $50 s- The Big Duluth
The labor world., 1922-04-01
READ Them AND'Nl..
80 A newspaper cannot live by
alone.-Arthur Brisbane.

The sun of prosperity is stili 81
ing.. though it has been unnece&
lily: obscured.-Elbert III. Gary:
The labor world., 1922-04-01
defeat ALL WHO STAND
=. :. FOR COMPULSORY LABOR.

BY SAMUEL OOMPERs.
enc freedom loving citizen:
should vote for any candidate
who will not pledge himself to
oppose any form Of compulsory
labor law.''
mo justice loving citizen should
vote for q candidate, for any of.
flee who will not pledge himself
to oppose, injunctions and con-
tempt proceedings as q substitute
for trial by jury" II
The labor world., 1922-04-01

Mr.. Reed: Really, is the disc
sion of that worth while :?
Mr.. Lodge: I do not think, any
the debates we are: having is No
while.-Congressional Record. Il
|: Talk about autocracy! Talk Abl
minority. rule! Talk about ove4ce:
ing and @overstepping the will df
majority Our Constitution email
a. minority of one over one third
the senate to do whatever it plea
in all our international agreemea
Williams. T.
The labor world., 1922-04-01
No Doubt Abou

Wen admit that the automc
superior in some ways to the Y
Car. but for every day. safe. dt
able and economical service bes
home and business, the street cary
no .peer:-Adv.
The labor world., 1922-04-01

: We, are opposed. unaltera bly,: op-
posed, to, any species of legislation
which: shall bind men to their, jobs
even: for one minute.
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
ITALY WILL OPPOSE
FIUME DICTATORSHIP
Premier Objects to Deputy
Giuriati Retaining II.

Sneciai Gable to THE NEW York HERALD
Copyright. 1879. By TIE New YoRK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Rome, March IL.
Foreign Minister Schanzer intends to
follow former Foreign Minister Sforza's
precedent respecting the Rapallo treaty
concerning the independence of Fiume
and desires friendly relations with Jugo-
Slavia. His associates say he has de-
fined his policy in meeting of the Cabi-
net and that he is opposed to any step
which would prejudice the Powers
against italy. anything especially that
would provoke the French in coming
conferences.
| In line with this policy 1t is believed
| in we'll informed circles that the Italian
Government will not favor the reten-
tion by Signor Giuriati of the virtual
dictatorship in Fiume. The fact that
he is Deputy in the Italian Parliament
and former chief of staff for Gabrielle
d'Annunzio might provoke international
complications, 1t Is thought. and arouse
doubts as to Italy's good intentions in
handling the Fiume situation. The
Epoca also points out that he cannot
have two al1egiances. If he accepts
the Fiume office the Committee on Priv
| ileges OF the Chamber will be forced to
| declare his seat vacant.
The New York herald., 1922-03-12

hotter than the sun or than the hottest
star known to astronomers. The heat of
molten steel is about 1000 degrees. the
temperature of the sun Is about 5000
degrees and of some of the hottest stars
is about 10000 degrees.
but these scientists. by means of
artificial lightning such as DR.. Charles
p. Steinmetz recently produced, have
developed the hottest known spot in the
universe.
Astronomers have long known that
while in general the materials which
compose the sun and stars are the same
as those known on earth, the list OF
substances and chemical elements be-
comes shorter and shorter when the
hotter stars are examined.
''On the brilliant white or blueish
stars. which are masses Of gas at about
10000 degrees, only the simplest
elements are present They seem to
consist entirely of the gases. hydrogen
and helium. The heavier metals, such
as iron. are not present.
ITO dete-mine whether this was due
to decomposition by great heat. Wendt
and Irion reproduced conditions such
as are on the stars and succeeded ir
reaching a temperature twice as high
as that of the hottest star and found
that ordinary metals are decomposeo
into the simple gases. particularly
helium
THE method used was the same as
that used in producing artificial light
ming, recently announced by DR.. Stein
metz OF Schenectady, and was origi-
mated by DR.. J. A. Anderson of the
Mount Wilson solar observatory al
Pasadena. Cal.
1T consists in charging a large elec-
trical condenser to 100000 volts and dis
charging this large quantity of electric
ity at high speed through an extremely
fine wire. The wire explodes with a
deafening report, as IL struck by light
ming, which, in minor way, it is. The
fash Is about 200 times as bright as
hundred thousand OF a second
The pressure developed is about 1000
pounds per square inch and the tenn
perature is momentarily over $4,000 de-
grees Fahenreit. Under such conditions
the atoms which compose the wire de-
compose into simpler ones and the re-
suit is the change OF metallic tungsten
into gaseous helium.
"One OF the first laws OF chemistry
has been that the so-caiied elements
arc permanent and Interchangeable. The
OF efforts, to change such common
metals as copper and iron into gold con-
vinced chemists that the metals could
rot be decomposed
Great advances. as the result of the
work of Wendt and Trion. in discoveries
on the nature of the matter that COM
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
SECRET OF CHANGING
METALS DISCOVERED
Transmutation Is Accom-
plished by DR.. G. L. Wendt
and G. E. Iron.
LONG SEARCH ENDED
Tungsten Transformed Into
Helium Through In
tense Heat.
VAST FIELD IS OPENED
Announcement Made at Chem
ical Society Meeting at North
western University.

CHICAGO, March 11.-Transmutation
OF metals, sought throughout the ages,
finally has been accomplished, it was
announced in paper read to-day at a
meeting of the middle Western sec
tions of the American Chemical So
ciety at Northwestern University.
Tungsten, which is used in the fla
ments of electric light bulbs. has been
definitely and permanently changed
into another element, helium, through
treatment in temperatures Of between
$4,000 and $4,000 degrees, it was de-
clared in report on experiments con-
Quoted by DR.. Gerald L. Wendt and
c. e. Irion, working at the University
of Chicago.
1T means that the alchemists who
tried to turn the baser metals into gold
were right on one point-that the ma
ture of metals could be changed" said
Or. Paul N. Leech OF the Chicago sec
tion of the Chemical Society in COM
menting on the paper. But, of course,
II has nothing to do with the assertions
of scalawags that the baser metals can
be transmitted Into synthetic gold
1T does, however, actually blast the
theory that the atoms of elements, sup
posed to be absolutely indestructiblc.
cannot be broken up by men. 1t opens
a. vast new field to science and may
result in many far reaching and impor-
tant scientific developments. We can
not yet foresee what these DEVELOPMENTS
may be.
up until 1895 it was believed that no
decomposition OF elements was possible.
At that time. however, 1t was discovered
that radium, which Is one of about
ninety known elements. naturally de-
composes into lead. Nature, however.
performs that change. and until DIR.
Wendt and Mr.. Irion completed their ex-
periments, man had never been able to
produce similar result.
The heat developed to break down
the tungsten atoms and change them
into helium is the greatest ever known
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
SOVIET PREPARES
BANK AGREEMENT
Krassine Says One Is Ready for
Relations With Guaranty
Trust Company.

Moscow, March 11.-Leonid krassine
Commissary for Foreign Trade In the
Soviet Government. Is quoted In an In
terview published in the local news
papers as declaring that an agreement
had been prepared" with the Guaranty
Trust Company of New York for bank
ing relations with the New State Bank
of Russia.
Our most concrete plan" said NJ
Krassine. is the organization of ouI
own bank in England. We have reached
preliminary agreement guaranteeing
US the support Of the Bank Of England
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
FRANCE STANDS TO LOSE
ON A. E. r. STOCKS
Rise in Exchange Makes Cost
$50, ,OOO, 900 Francs More.

Specie, Gable to THE NEw York HERALD.
Copyright, 1929. bv THE NEW YoEK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Paris, March IL.
France has lost on her purchase OF the
stocks left in this country by the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Force. unless repay
ment is made after the exchange rate
goes back to seven francs to the dollar
the rate obtaining when the transaction
was made. Even under that rate France
will just about break even"
Lucien Dior. the Minister of Com
merce. replying to a Senatorial query
declared that the sale OF army stocks up
to February of this year totaled 3.141,-
$4,000 francs. France had expected a
more rapid stabilization of exchange.
which would have enabled her to pay
only $500. 100000 to cover the purchase
price of 100000 900 set by the Ameri-
can Government. With exchange now
at IL francs to the dollar. and possi-
bly, higher than that, Frances debt TO
the United States on this account, with
The New York herald., 1922-03-12

Charles H. Sabin, chairman of the
board Of the Guaranty Trust Company.
said officials of that institution "had
been approached by Russian representa-
tives with the suggestion that we make
the same arrangements with Russian
banks for remittances from this country
to Russia which we now have operating
with Poland. but no such arrangements
have been concluded"
This statement was made by Mr..
Sabin when he was questioned regard
ing a Moscow dispatch quoting tho
Soviet Commission for Foreign Trade as
having said that an agreement had been
prepared with the Guaranty Trust Com
pany for banking relations with the
New State Bank Of Russia.
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
New York Assay Office
Getting Gold Out of Air

w WASHINGTON. March IL
w Getting gold out Of the air
Is being attempted by tho
Government at the New York As
say Office, according to statement
by Director Of the Mint Baker.
Tests of a new process are being
carried on there. he declared. by
which the air. smoke and dust
which escape from the molten gold
and carry Off minute particles of
the precious metal can be refined
so that none of the gold is lost.
Good progress is being made in
the tests, he declared, and 1t is
thought that a considerable saving
to the Government will result from
the new process. while extension of
the method to commercial plants
should make possible the utilization
of all gold employed in manufac-
turing
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
FRANCE WILL BEGIN
NAVY RECONSTRUCTION

Special Gable to THE NEW Yoxx HssALps
Copyright 1872, by THE NEw yorr HEzALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, March 3.
The result Of the session of the
senate's Naval and Foreign Arairs
Committee. at which Premier Poincare
and NJ. Raiberti, Minister OF Marine,
gave the essential details of the Wash
ington conference. indicates that the
French intention is TO begin a program
of naval reconstruction as soon as ths
Washington ratification is effected and
without waiting for ratification by the
French Parliament
This program, NJ. Paiberu declared.
must not be delayed, as Frances capital
ships VIII be useless after 1929. while
the majority OF smaller cruisers will
be virtually so after 1925. He estimated
the cost Of building light cruisers and
submarines 10 complete the navy as
scheduled at Washington at approx
nateiy 7S5. 900, 900 francs.
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
ALLEGED MURDERERS
OF ERZBERGER HELD

Special Gable TO THE NEw York HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, by THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
VIENNA, March 1.-Two men alleged
TO be the murderers of Matthias Err
berger were arrested in Steinamanger.
Hungary. and taken to Budapest. They
pretended 20 be Austrians but afterward
were proved TO be Germans and adj
mitted that they were in Germany at
the time OF Erzberger's assassination.
but miles away from the scene OF the
crime. The police have photographs In
their records which bear a striking sim
ilarity TO the two suspects
The New York herald., 1922-03-12

out considering interest. amounts to
1850. 900. 600 francs.
Financial experts have calculated that
even a gradual Improvement in exchange
will be no more than sufficient to meet
the interest charges, and that when the
books are balanced finally it will be
found that the only satisfaction France
will have had Is the employment given
the thousands of Intermediates in the
transactions and the altruistic assist
ance rendered to French and some
American middlemen in piling up for
tunes at the nations expense.
The New York herald., 1922-03-12

hut We are withholding the opening of
cur bank until political recognition has
been accorded the Soviet Government.
We have also reached an agreement
with Lloyd's Bank for normal relations
with the State Bank"
M. Krassine said Soviet Russia had
done little in the way OF credit opera
tions, principally because the short
terms offered were considered danger
Gus for Russia.
The New York herald., 1922-03-12

poses the universe are confidently pre-
dicted."
Dr. Wendt was born in 1891. He was
educated at Harvard and in Paris. He
was for time engaged by the United
States Bureau of Mines to work on
rIdium production In Colorado. He was
a captain in the chemical warfare SER
vice and since the war has been asso-
ciate professor OF chemistry at the Uni-
versity OF Chicago.
Evening star., 1922-05-16
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
All Other States
The True Taxation Yardstick.

The pending amendment to the
District appropriation bill, designed to
effect a cash-basis system for the capi-
tai, having proposed "full-raluation
assessment" for the purposes of taxa
ton, the question arises once more as
to the true standard of tax cOmparl-
sons. 1t has often been asserted by
congressional critics of the District
that it is undertaxed because of the
established two-thirds assessment,
with reference to cities in which '"
theory full assessment prevails. II
has also been charged tlat l..G D.s-
trict is undertaXed because of the rate
of taxation, with reference to cities
in which higher rates prevail. AS
matter of fact Washington's per
capita tax burden, which is the only
dependable standard of comparison,
is as high as that of the average com
parable city.
In another column on this page to-
day is printed a discussion Of this
matter Of the proper standard of COM
parison in matters of taxation. 1t is
there shown how fallacious is the as
sessment alone or the rate alone as a
means of determining the relative
tax burdens N cities. Statistics
from census reports clearly prove
the absurdity of relying upon either
basis of measurement alone. If by
reference to one or, the other of
these two essential and interdependent
factors of taxation Washington Is
rated as undertaxed in comparison
with certain cities, it is overtaxed
compared with other cities by refer
ence to the other factor.
Scientific and official students Of
taxation know that either the rate or
the assessment is a misleading yard
stick when used alone. The District
asks that 1t be measured by the only
trustworthy yardstick, the per capita
tax burden, the resultant of the two
factors of the equation, rate and as
sessment. When that is done it ap-
pears as reasonably highly taxed
community, neither too heavily nor
too lightly. Let that 'yardstick be ap-
piled.
Evening star., 1922-05-16
Why Blue Plains2

The proposal to locate the home for
the feeble-minded Of the District at
Blue Plains makes a wretched muddle
Of what otherwise bid fair to be wise
and timely legislation. Who favors
that proposal?,
Not the District Commissioners. Not
the board Of charities nor the board OF
children's guardians. Not the dele.
gates Of the Council Of Social Agencies
nor the members Of the Monday
Evening Club nor the Federation OF
Women's Clubs nor the Associated
Charities. Not, in 30 far as is known
a single organization or individual
prominently identified with welfare
work in the National Capital.
The arguments against the location
Of the home at Blue Plains are simple
and compelling, and have been force
fully presented to the proper authori
ties.
: The difference between incarcera
ton and reconstruction has been
pointed out. The obvious dangers Of
placing an institution of the type un
der consideration upon tract aEeadv
occupied by two homes Of utterly dt
vergent character have been empha
sized. The utter inadequacy Of the
acreage available has been stressed
and demonstrated.
Who favors the Blue Plains site fol
the home for feeble-minded? So faI
as the public Is informed, no one ex
cept the conferees Of the Senate and
House.
Under these circumstances. unless
some way can be found by which the
matter of selecting site would bt
left to some competent authority such
as the board Of charities, 1t Is to bt
regretted that the Senate did moi
omit the item entirely from the
BILL Better further delay in obtaining
the much.needed home than that it be
obtained under circumstances which
jeopardize its future and the future o.
two established institutions.
Evening star., 1922-05-16

tinued until It had had thorough
trial. Meanwhile the District Congress
of Mothers and Parent-Teachers' As-
sociation Is protesting against the
shift OF school hours without the
change Of the clocks on the score that
1t, seriously interferes with home ar
rangements and with the proper feed
ing Of the children.
In this connection a question arises
Of serious Importance. II the schools
close at o'clock, the clock being un.
changed, and the dinner hour ID held
at S instead of 6. the children are one
hour longer in the streets at play be-
tween school and dinner, and unless
the strictest parental discipline 10 ex.
ercised they 60 to bed at the usual
hour and will get one hour less Of
sleep. This is most dangerous to the
health of the youngsters. II every
child who retires normally at were
sent to bed at there would be no
trouble. But in what percentage Of
cases can this be done? The children
are likely to be on the streets at play
for an hour longer than they should
be. and they will miss an hour Of nec-
essary rest.
Clock changing may not be possible
by legislation, owing to the prejudice
in Congress against the daylight
saving plan for the country at large
and the fear of example here. But
clock-changing can still be effected by
general agreement through Commits.
sioners' mandate. This, of course,
should have been done in advance of
the shift Of office opening.
Evening star., 1922-05-16
The Eighteenth Amendment.

Miss Elizabeth Marbury, prominent
In New York politics. and an anti
prohibitionist, Is quoted as saying:
1.-THE women of the country were the
first to demand prohibition. They will
be the first to demand its repeal. The
mothers Of the country will wipe out
the eighteenth amendment"
This states the wet case frankly and
fully. Miss Marbury is not making a
drive at the Volstead act, but at the
source of it. The way to get rid Of pro-
hibition is to get rid Of the authority
imposing it. Repeal the eighteenth
amendment, and the trick is turned.
Miss Marbury, however, is much in
advance Of her company. The man.
ayers Of the wet campaign are con-
tenting themselves for the present
with criticising the volstead act and
proposing a modification. As expert
enced politicians. they fear attempting
too much at once. The question is
ticklish. and they are approaching it
gingerly and indirectly.
But their real objective Is Miss
Marbury's. They, too. desire the re-
peal Of the eighteenth amendment.
and when they think the time pro
pitious will make drive for its re-
peal. or for such legislation as will
render it a dead letter.
A. Mr.. Greeley would put it. the
way to prohibit is to prohibit. The
drink traffic is now prohibited. True.
the prohibition is challenged and al
most openly defied. but the remedy Is
not in running away, but in enforcing
the law. It Is not permitted for men
and women to pick and choose among
the laws. They are required to obey ell
on the books.