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The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-12
DRESIpENT HARDING is work,

fShr'Hii'ENl haRplNG Is working
out plan for settling the coal
strike and preventing future strikes.
and which he hopes will serve TO sta
ollike the Industry. Details OF the
scheme have not been given out, but
It Is known that 1t does not include
Federal supervision OF the coal indus
try but provides for standing COM
mission empowered to deal with wage
issues and other disputes as they arise.
The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-12

FEDERAL aid for the uphulldlpc
and development of the American
merchant marine is given approval hv
The American Farm Bureau federation
which has wired President Harding as
follows,
While opposed to any subsidy on
principle, We realize the necessity for
developing the American merchant ma.
rlo" as naval auxiliary and As an
aSehi Ia the development ot foreign
trade, We approve aid temporarn,
Holu our dag can be established On
the nigh seas, but no longer. Subsidies
uNe tariffs, should be flexible. and NOT
continue after industry becomes self.
supporting. IL subsidy be supported
on naval grounds II is essential thar
merchant ships be available aud used
Tor training ot naval reserves"
Just now our merchant marine IL
engaged In little rate war with ths
Lamport n Holt line of Great Britain
winch siashed passenger rates 10
eou'h America. Chairman Lasker OF
the shipping board immediately made
cut below the Lamport < Holt rate
aud told that frm he was In the hsh,
10 finish.
The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-12
GOLD MEDIA
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bring quick relief and often =
deadly diseases. Known as the !
remedy of Holland for more .
years. All druggists. In thr
Look for the name Gold Medal On =
and accept no imitation
The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-12
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The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-12

dertake alone To see that the treaty
Of Versailles Is executed II the Ger
mans default In their reparations pay
ments, intlmating that French troops
viii be on the march on May 81 unless
by that date Germany has accepted
the conditions laid down by the rep
arntions commission. The premier
declared he ardently hoped for the co
operation Of the allies In case Germany
defaulted, but. according To the terms
OF the treaty" he added, each may.
In case OF need, take, respectively. such
measures az are deemed necessary"
This also stirred Lloyd George TO
wrath, because the statement was
made without consulting the allies.
Said he: "The matter IL not connected
with Genoa, but French opinion anx-
iously and excitedly believes that the
Russo German agreement Is the out
come OF this conference. That Idea Is
being fostered In France by serious
misstatements to the French by certain
English newspapers"--the reference
being TO Lord Northcllffe's press.
To meet the situation, the British
asked meeting In Genoa of the pow
ers signatory to the Versailles treaty
TO discuss measures To be taken II
Germany does not meet the repara-
tions commissions demands by May 81.
Premier Polncare objects TO this plan
The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-12

fleet will land troops to keep communi
cations open between Peking and the
sea.
The Idaho recorder., 1922-05-12

Very few children have
strength Of mind as they
don't mind"
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Movie Stars Pale.

We are not at all amazed when Hell
en- Bullitt tells us that "the salary of
a good sea-going movie star has drop
ped from $3.50 a year to $4,000" OF
course. she adds. that may not sound
like ironing ones handkerchiefs on
the window pane. and washing ones
SILK stockings in the waShstand bowl
but 100000 is $40 20,000-especially in
these new and cruel days when a de-
partmental head at one company in
dignantly insisted that dozen sheets
of carbon paper be transferred from
his books. as it brought down his
economy record.
Generally speaking. the wage scale
now stands about like this: A leading
woman. not a star, who was getting
$3.50 a week has her new contract
made out to the tune of $400 to $500.
A $1.500 leading man-beautiful young
men with CupidS bow mouths. that do
not make you Suffer when you look
at them. by the way, are just that
much scarcer than leading ladies with
eyelashes-now brings down from
$3.50 to $1,000.
AS for the stars who had contracts
which have not run out-well, those
personal business agents of the stars
aren't advising their clients this sea-
son to get sick SO that their contracts
can be broken.
The salaries of directors have drop
ped in proportion. Those who were
getting $4,000 week now average
$2.500. while the $2.500 to $4,000 a
week men have come down to $1,000
-Columbi Record
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Fatal Blundering.

While there is still some confusion
Junction. N. j.. when Reading
flyer" was derailed and seven peo-
pie were killed, it appears that the
towerman made mistake as to the
identity of an approaching train and
wrongly opened the switch leading to
a siding. The flyer, running at seven
ty-two miles an hour. was unable to
hold to the rails at the turn and was
ditched. The speed was a safe one, it
is contended. on a straight track,
though an unsafe one at a curve. The
engineer, who was killed. was not .ex-
pecting to hit a curve. Just how the
toWerman became confused is yet to
be explained. The night was rainy. He
seems to have mistaken a train Of
''empsies" for the flyer and to have
opened the switch after it had passed.
This suggests faulty information for
which the towerman may not have
been entirely blameworthy. The fact
II that long chances are taken with
human safety in the running of heavy
trains at high speed without the surest
precautions against mistake. The
towerman in this case could hardly
be blamed for such a congestion of the
line that 1t was possible to put
wrong number on a passing train or
for the excessive speed Of the flyer at
which it was unable to take switch.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
use the democrats will make OF the
matter in the campaizn?

use the democrats will make OF the
matter in the campaign?
Here" they, will say, lis meas
ure SO bad its authors and supporters
had to resort to the EXTREMIST means
to make it law. Discussion of it In the
Senate became embarrassing. and they
shut it off. We had to take it with
all it's imperfections and injustices.
and so now must the people of the
country
As The Star suggested the other
day. the democrats need not indulge
longer in their play for delay. Why
not allow the final vote soon? They
have made fairly full record as
critics Of the bill in hand. and have
no bill Of their own to offer in its
place. Why not then go to the coun-
try on what has been said for and
against?
The fact of the matter is that
neither its friends nor it's enemies can
be sure of the bill in action. Condi-
tions everywhere. at home and abroad.
are such that the ordinary bases of
calculations have disappeared. Tariff
revision now and the tariff revision
that took place in 1913-with the
world war coming between the two
dates-are horses of different color.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
The .Anti.LYnching Bill.

The Senate judiciary committee has,
after months of delay. finally reported
out the Dyer anti-lynching bill. Born
under stormy, auspices in the lower
house, the bill, since it's progress to
the north wing of the Capitol. has
been treated with scant consideration
There are those who claim that the
tardy recognition now accorded it has
only been granted in the assura nee
that owing to the pressure of other
legislation. it cannot he passed at this
session. There are others who assert
that such support as the bill has been
able to command in the Senate has
only been vouchsafed as political ex-
pedient in the conviction that the bill
is ultimately to be pronounced uncon-
stitutional by the Supreme Court.
The Star adheres to neither Of these
beliefs. The fight for and against the
bill. waged principally behind the
scenes, has been conducted on the
rights. 1t will ultimately be won or
lost depending upon whether Con
gress. believing the states or certain
thereof to be unable to cope with the
munstrous evil Of lynching. desires to
place In the hands of the federal
| courts an effective means Of coping
with a most pressing need and vital
problem or does not so desire.
;rbf 1f IN
facts to understand what must be
recognized as senatorial hesitancy
vigorously to meet the situation. Sure
" the Senate Is aware that in the eyes
women Of America lynching is a
hideous and abominable practice.
which must be stopped. Surely it
knows that the states where lynch
ings occur. given every opportunity to
prove their ability to stamp out that
practice. have failed-that in the past
six months thirty men have been
burned or hung or shot or otherwise
Judge Lynch. Surely they possess the
ability to make whatever changes may
be essential to insure the constitu-
tionality of the Dyer bill. to permit
stern action by the federal authorities
against either lynchers or such state
officers as fail to perform their duty
in the matter of preventing lynchings.
The insistence upon state rights
is we'll enough in its time and place.
1t has frequently served it's useful pur-
pose in curbing what has sometimes
been an overeagerness on the part Of
the federal government for new au-
thority. Yet it cannot be that ad-
herence to pet theory is to Illustrate
a step obviously essential to the
termination Of these CHASTITY excesses
which periodically shock the nation.
The Dyer bill. hitherto most casually
handled. should promptly be accorded
the earnest attention to which it is
entitled.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
The Conventions and 1924.

Already there are announcements
for the honor of entertaining the next
national conventions.
Denver Is the first OF the entrants.
and addresses herself to the repub'
licans. She would be glad to play
mendatior her entertainment of the
democrats in 1908. when Mr.. Bryan's S
friends put him over IN gallant style.
The city shows the growth Of fourteen
years. and can more than repeat in
1924 her success of 1908 in handling
an enthusiastic and turbulent crowd
Such at least is the Denverian view
of the case.
In time probably-and the sooner
because of Denver's alertness-we
shall hear from St. Louis. Kansas
City. Minneapolis, Cincinnati. Baltl-
more and San Francisco, where ma
tional conventions have been held. All
Of them are we'll equipped for crowds
Chicago is always leisurely in this
matter, on the accepted proposition
that good wine needs no bush" She
is so famous as convention city
has entertained so many political
gatherings of national scope-that she
is content to stand at the start on her
record.
AS usual, New York is not suggest
ed. 1t seems to be the idea that even
a national convention would be lost In
so big a place. Besides. Wall street
would be too close for comfort. That
thoroughfare has a reputation which
makes politicians shy Of its company
Evening star., 1922-07-04

this action Of the board may have the
effect Of deterring the maintenance Of
way and other unions now considering
the questiop/of striking from follow
ing the shop crafts. If that results
the pronouncement will have been ex.
pedient. If on the contrary it results
in angering the unions still at work
into striking it will have been mex
pedient. But in either case the reason
ing Of the board and the logic of Its
action cannot be disputed. though 1t
may be denounced in sounding terms
by the leaders of labor. whose judS-
ment is prejudiced and whose expires.
sions are discounted by the obligations
of office.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Striking Demonstration of Fact
That All Must Prosper Together

I fetal result, has brought home to
| every business man in every part OF
the country a fuller realization OF
| the fact that agriculture furnishes
the basis and the substance of Amer
lean prosperity. The last twenty years
! have been characterized especially by
| the nationalizingN of our economic in
| terests. We are operating now in ma
! tional markets. Flour milled in Min
| nesota from northern wheat is sold
| in every part of the country. The
| great fruit crops of Florida and Cali
| fornia seek a national market Lum-
| ber from the Pacific coast Is sold
| in Minnesota, Ohio and on the Allan
| tic seaboard. and competes with
| ern markets.
| Automobiles made in Detroit are
found on the roads of every state and
city in the nation. Foodstuffs OF
every kind: clothes, shoes. farm ma
| chinery, musical instruments. furni-
ture, electrical goods. tobacco--in
fact, staple articles in almost un-
limited variety-are sold in national
markets.
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| Because our markets are national
| in character, the vibrations of dis
| tress in any Of the important agri-
cultural sections are promptly felt
| in the manufacturing and industrial
centers. When the buying power of
the middle-western farmer is dimin-
| ished, it may mean the closing OF
shoe factories in New England. or
lumber mills in the south. When
the southern planter is unable to sell
his cotton. it may mean unemploy-
ment for thousands of workers not
only in the automobile plants in De-
| troit and the furniture factories of
Grand Rapids, but also in the very
mills that convert raw cotton into
stocknan of the west lacks ability to
buy !, vitally affects the business
men in many distant states. from
whom he gets his hats and clothes.
| his saddles and harness, his equip
ment and supplies.
| 1t may be seen. then. how necessary
| it was for the government. when 1t
| found that the farmer was helplessly
struggling along without money.
forcing his crops on the market. to
establish some institution from which
he could borrow. and thus hold his
products for gradual distribution at
| more prosperous than the nation it
| Jules. and. therefore. for its own
| saftey. statesmen contend ii must
use all its powers to smooth the path
| of business for all the people, and
must exert every effort to maintain
| Industrial peace and assure justice
i and tranquility.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Pennsylvania and the Primaries.

In nearly all the comment on the
primaries So far held the result in
PENNSYLVANIA is assessed as anti
administration. The President, it is
claimed. received as hard a jolt there
as in some other states.
Mr.. Pinchot's success is cited as evi
dence AS matter of fact. that sue
cess. notable as 1t was. related solely
to state affairs. Mr.. Pinchot had stood
for certain local reforms. and on the
strength of his statement Of the case
and his personality won. He had not
challenged the administration at any
point, and he promptly pledged it his
support on the announcement Of his
victory.
The national feature of the primary
had been represented by Mr.. Pepper
He was asking nomination on his rec
ord in the Senate. and on his cham
President stood committed, and he
was indorsed by ma jority many
times larger than that Of Mr.. Pinchot
showing that on questions of national
moment the republicans of Pennsyl
vania were in sympathy with the
President and his course in office.
Assuming the election of both MIR
Pinchot and Mr.. Pepper-apparently
safe assumption-it is guaranteed
by the deliverances of both that they
will cooperate in 1924 toward send
publican national convention. and
later, toward securing for the state
her usual place in the republican cleo
ton column.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
EDITORIAL DIGEST

age person dismisses II with a shrug
The idea is preposterous"
But is it?
Our fathers would have laughed at
the suggestion of wireless telegraphy
just as heartily as some of US laugh
at the suggestion Of communicating
with Mars. The invention OF the tele-
graph caused the world to gasp in
amazement. Living among us still
are many of those who would not be-
lieve the telephone was reality un-
til they talked over it
So it goes. Everything is impossible
until somebody does IL. Marconi may
really receive a message from Mars
he may Motive are not saying It is
possible or impossible. but the history
of inventions gives strength to the
theory that what can be conceived as
possible eventually pans out. 1t may
require hundred or a thousand years
but what difference does time make
in the human imagination, This
strange force we call imagination is
forever reaching out for new worlds
to conquer.-Jacksonvi journal.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
A Logical Procedure.

However ridiculous and fatuous" it
may be in the eyes Of Samuel
Gompers, president Of the American
Federation Of Labor, the declaration
of the Railroad Labor Board outlaw
ing the unions that have just gone on
strike and calling upon the workers
to form new organizations will be
viewed by the public at large as logi-
cal procedure. The law established
this board as the arbitrator of wages
and working conditions in case Of dis
pute between the operatives and the
railroad companies. A decision was
recently rendered after argument and
hearing effecting a reduction of wages
paid the shop crafts, comprising six
unions Immediately vote was taken.
and in consequence a strike was called
and these men. with the exception Of
few remaining loyal, have walked
out. thereby rejecting the wage boards
award. The board now says that
members Of these striking organiza-
tions ARE no longer employees of the
railways under the jurisdiction OF the
Railroad Labor Board or subject to
the transportation act" Inasmuch as
''in the future submission Of disputes
it will be desirable, If not a
practical necessity, for the employees
Of each class on each carrier to form
some sort Of association or organiza-
tion to function in the representation
Of said employees before the Railroad
Labor Board" the board urges that
the employees remaining in service and
those newly engaged form a new as
sociation for this purpose.
This means that the Labor Board
recognizes the necessity Of organiza-
ton, but cannot recognize an organi-
zation that has refused to abide by it's
decisions. Nothing can be more con.
sistent. The union principle Is accept
ed. and the board constituted by law
as the court Of arbitration merely re-
quires that the unions taking advan.
tase Of the law shall be law-abiding.
It - indicated IN the dispatches that
Evening star., 1922-07-04
I AT1ONAL confidence and pros
| perity are fast returning, de-

n I AT1oNAL confidence and pros
M perity are fast returning. de-
spite strikes and threats OF
F strikes. And during the
process of trying to bring them back
after the business depression follow
ing the war the government experts
nave found out just how close a
Union this is. They found that one
section of the country could not be
riding along in prosperity while there
was distress in another. Just a little
offset In one section would be felt
almost Immediately in other indus
tries In other sections of the country
This condition was brought more
impressively to the foreground when
agriculture began to evidence dis
tress through lack Of financing facili-
ties. Examination of factors incident
to the business depression from
which the country Is fast recovering
brought up the fact that the farmers
were In serious situation and in
need of financial help. This brought
about the revival Of the War Finance
Corporation, and through its efforts
the farmers are rapidly getting back
on their feet.
r.
When 1t was seen that the farmers
were getting back to normal, business
conditions generally throughout the
country began to perk up consider.
ably. and then it was seen how surel,
farm prosperity was barometer OF
business conditions generally. The
agricultural situation is getting back
to normal and this is what has beer
observed to follow in its wake:
A year ago liberty bonds were sell.
ing on per cent basis: they now
sell on Az per cent basis
Extensive building operations are
under way in many parts Of the coun-
try. and all the great basic industries
that are involved in construction are
going ahead with a fair degree of ac-
tivitv.
Railroad construction, which has
been almost entirely suspended since
1915. is being resumed
A few months ago steel plants were
operating at 80 per cent Of capacity
now they are running at rs per cent
The United States Treasury was
paying aA and per cent for shor,
time money: now 1t is borrowing for
six months at 3E per cent.
In other words. we are rapidly get
ting back to what we have been talk
ing about and what we have been
state of affairs which President
Harding designated as "normalcy."
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The agricultural crisis Of the pas,
two years has had at least one bene-
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Smashing a Few Precedents.

According to dispatches from Lon
don several precedents are to be
broken as a result of the visit of
Chief Justice Taft in England. II
will be the first non-member to ad-
dress the house Of commons He
| would not address the house from the
floor" for that would be revolution
ary, but from the bar" which is
on the same level, but technically
while President, and Col. Roosevelt,
after finishing his term of Office, Wis
tied London and were entertained, but
there was no thought of inviting them
to address the house of commons.
1t is not stated why this extraor-
for Chief Justice Taft. Probably the
explanation is to be found in the fact
that our British cousins are unusual.
ly anxious just now for America 8
friendship, and recognize in Mr.. Taft
the most influential and representa-
tive American visitor who is likely
to be "in their midst" for long time
to come.
Another precedent to be disre-
garded in connection with Mr.. Taft's
visit is of a sartorial nature. 1t is
announced that when presented to
knickerbockers. the official court
dress, but will be attired in his Gus
tomary suit of black" with his silk
gown, which he assumes upon the
bench.
A third precedent goes by the board
in the acceptance by King George Of
invitations to various informal social
affairs arranged for Mr.. Taft's en-
tertainment. 1t is said not to be
the custom of British royalty to he
30 democratic. Mr.. Taft shares with
Mr.. Harding the reputation of the
nations champion mixer" He ia
going to- have a glorious time in
England, and his hosts will enioy
his visit as much as he does Notwith.
standing its technically unofficial ma
ture, his visit constitutes an event
of international Importance It
promises to destroy several tradi-
tions, including the one, that was al,
most dead anyhow, that a natural
antipathy exists between the great
English speaking peoples. Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
When you see a shirt hanging on
the clothes line. it may mean that
father Is at home.-Richmond Item.
Many men would like to give the
world the best they have" but that
wouldn't mean much either to them
or to the -world.-Springneld News
Uncle Hiram Haversack says It isn't
the cost Of the June wedding that
hurts. but the upkeep of the son-in-
Gazette.