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Evening star., 1922-05-07
Women and Savings.

At the conference Of mutual saw
ings banks, in session at Atlantic City,
one of the delegates said that the wife
is the money saver of the family, that
she is usually, the better business man
of the conjugal firm, that "the aver
age woman spends less on her clothes
than the average man." that women
whose husbands earn between $4,000
and $3,000 a year are much more eco
nomical than men, and that tmen
are more extravagant in the matter Of
luxuries, such as lunches, cigars and
amusements." 81.
The delegate saying this was a wom-
an, and no doubt could qualify as an
expert on women and their habits. 1t
is not altogether pleasing to have her
classify lunches and cigars as luxuries.
and she must mean certain kinds Of
lunches and cigars to which most men
are strangers. 1t is perhaps putting
some strain on the English language
to- apply the word luxury" to the
average lunch. and in the matter of
the average cigar, we'll, well-it Is not
a luxury. =
But there is sound foundation for
the remarks Of the delegates at this
convention, tending to confirm a sus-
ntcien which very many husbands
have hut which they do not admit in
the presence Of the household. be-
cause discipline must be maintained"
and because Mrs. Wife already has a
pretty well settled conviction that the
responsibilities Of the home depend
mainly on her.
The home making and home building
instinct is strong in most women. 1t
is they in most instances who urge
the man to "buy" .'little place" and
who do the most heroic skimping and
pairing Of expense accounts to meet
the payments on the home. The wives
who try to keep up with the Joneses are
not as numerous as the husbands who
dig too deeply into their net earnings
to support the character Of good fel.
low" popular man" or sport
Evening star., 1922-05-07
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Coal Industry Facts.


The public will find cause for graft
fication in the outcome of the hear
ings on the coal strike by the House
committee on labor. which takes the
form of a bill reported to the House
Friday creating a fact-finding COM
mission for the coal industry. II
prompt action on the bill can be pos
sible in the Hdase and Senate. the
commission Affected and the inquiry
set in melton n will be better fm the
mine owners ann operators, the mine
workers and the eNnsumers of coal.
The bill contempiaSes commission
OF ten members. incluNng representa-
tives of the miners and operators, M
the governmental agencies taking
cugnizance of coal production. the
geological survey and the bureau OF
mines and mining. and the interests OF
the public. 1t is required that the
Congress within two years.
That is what the public wants-hnd-
ings of facts as to the points in con-
troversy between the operators and
the men who get out the coal. Since
the present strike was called the pub
lie has weltered through maze of
conflicting statements from both sides
To- the controversy. so contradictory in
terms as to cause amaZement' that eX-
plicit assertions could so widely vary.
The result was to leave the iayman i'll
a state of uncertainty as to which side
was right and where the burden OF
wrong and injustice lay.
A government commission. selected
fairly, as this proposed one would be.
could be depended upon to make an
unbiased report and reveal all the
facts. In the possession of facts, pub
lie opinion would be brought to bear
which would force remedial conditions
in. the industry and work to obviate
disastrous strikes in the future.
Evening star., 1922-05-07
Politics atHonle
Albert J. Beysridge.

(. In October Mr.. Reveridse will ,be
sixty years old. He was saunder forty
when he first appeared in the Senate.
He came with Q reputation for oratory
-campaign oratory. He had proved
an unusually effective man on the
stump at home The question was,
could he make good In the Senate.
Gould he make the impression on that
body that he had made on the body Of
the people in the Wabash country?
Campaign oratory was at that time
at a high valuation. Only three years
before Mr.. Bryan had stampeded Q
national convention with his gift, and
set the country aflame with series
of rafting popular addresses. He had
revived taste for that sort Of thing.
MIR. beveridge made good. He did
not stand on the order Of making it,
but made it at once. He took an early
plunge. and was soon force and an
attraction in the Senate, speaking not
often but always well, and measuring
himself against the veterans in the
chamber.
Mr.. Beveridge returns at sixty with
his reputation for oratory undimmed,
but with other reputation. He has
shown that he is a. capable with his
pen as with his tongue. He has now
several books to his credit. His life of
John Marshall is as highly esteemed
In Political and indeed in general read.
ing circles as In legal circles. 1t ia
rated as a performance Of high merit
judged In. any light. Marshall is at
the top Of our legal heap, and Mr..
Beveridge has served him up in all of
his strength and thoraughness.
The Senate is an arena that any
brilliant man might we'll desire to en-.
ter. Great questions are up. some Of
them dealing with fundamentals, and
the discussion Of them on Capitol Hill
affords opportunity both to make repu-
tation and increase reputation already
made. Immediately, therefore, II Mr..
Beveridse is as successful in the cleo.
ton as he was at the primary. he will
find business very mueh to his taste
and liking. His place at ence will be
among the leaders.
Evening star., 1922-05-07
The District Court Congestion.

The federal court at Los Angeles has
uuashed u suit brought against the
Secretary of the interior and certain
oil companies on the ground that a
cabinet officer cannot be made a de-
fendant in an action outside of the
District of Columbia. In other words,
according to this ruling, all suits
against heads of departments, based
. upon their official actions. must be
brought within this jurisdiction, no
matter where the plaintiffs may reside
or where the grounds of the action
may lie. This, in turn, means that
the District Supreme Court must do
a national business in addition to the
local business naturally originating
here, both federal and District.
The District Supreme Court is now
Sc congested that an average case has
ment within eighteen months of its
institution. Two years would prob
ably be more accurate estimate.
That involves a serious delay of JUS
work. 1t should be enlarged, a fact
that has been demonstrated repeatedly
and recognized in Congress. Yet relief
is denied in the form of the creation
of additional judges while it is grant
ed to a score of other Jurisdictions.
Perhaps the true meaning Of this
ruling at Los Angeles win be appre.
ciated,at the Capitol. Before the close
of the present session some measure
of relief should be enacted to enable
the District Supreme Court and the
District Court of Appeals as well to
catch up on the calendar, the present
state of which is a menace to the pub
lie peace and reproach to the gov
ernment of the United States.
Evening star., 1922-05-07
Our Equitable Tax Burden.

Washington few years ago resisted
a twO-thirds increase of its tax burden,
because with that increase its per
capita city tax would be greater than
that of any other large American city
except Detroit, even IT state tax is I'M
properly figured in the calculation.
1t has resisted also a 0ne-third
increase of its tax burden because
with that increase its \per capita city
tax would be greater than the con.
bined city, county and state per capita
of 50 out of 6s cities over 100000 in
population, and would be greater than
the city tax per capita alone of 62 out
of 6s cities. over 100000 in population,
and of 214 out of 226 cities over 10000
in population.
1t is now resisting possible one
half increase in its realty tax and
definite twothirds increase of its in
tangibles tax.
In fighting over proposed percent.
ages of increase of our taxes We must
not forget the familiar facts and fig.
ures which show that we are already
fairly taxed, and should suffer no tar
increase whatever.
Washington's equitable tax burden
should be among the lowest per capita
in the country. It is conceded by ths
reasonable that non-industrial, non,
commercial Washington, with the
small taxpayers in governments employ
Evening star., 1922-05-07
Tardieu on Disarmament.

PARIS.-Writing an appeal to Amer
leans in LEcko National. Andre Tar
dieu says:
THE American press is reproaching
us for not accepting the ideal of dis
armament which Tchitcherin onered
us. saying that France is making the
same blunders at Genoa as she made
at Washington.
PUT do our American friends know
Tchitcherin, then? We thought here
that you didn't even want to know
who he is. We were under the inn
nressien that you approved OF your
government. which under democratic
as we'll as under republican admins
tration, said that it would have noth-
ing to do with the soviet. We thought
that your distrust of them was the
reason that prevented you from COM
ing to Genoa. Isn't that so!
"You Judge the. soviets SO severely
that YOU won't even recognize their
existence.
"Ana now you complain Of us bee
cause we won't accept their ideal OF
disarmament.
".Under the czar they had two years
military service in Russia, under the
seviets they had three.
an France in 1914. with our Rus.
sian alliance, We. had three years
service, and now without an alllance
only eighteen months.
"There is a regular army In MOSCOW
of q million and a. half. soldiers with
ont counting irregular troops
"In France, although Germany has
NO. broperly disarmed, according to
the treaties--and the United States
has certainly not helped in making
her do so-there are not 100000 men
stabulary in. a country, with 100
million inhabitants, Including its
.Our expenses for national defense
are much lower than in Great Britain
or the United States.
"For two years we have. been ac-
cepting the mutilation Of all our con-
tracted rights. only to- please our
allies, During that time the soviets
have been assassfnating deputies,
workmen and socialists. in the cellars
Of the Tcheka. =
And yet we are to, receive lessons
on disarmament. and ideals from
Tchitcherin-the ideal of a govern
ment of assassins!
"The evil that we. are suffering
from is the Inconsistency of our
rulers. But you can believe me, we
have nothing to learn from the
soyiets concerning our people, who
are honest friends of peace, who keep
their word and want to pay their
debts. a-
"Such remehstrances as these might
easily drive us to do foolish things.
1--WE have borne everything. for the
last two years in vain, We have al
lowed our ministers always to give
in. all for nothing. And now we are
advised to follow the example of the
soviets! This is really bit too much.
.If we were really as nervous as
people pretend. what temptation 1t
would be to take these people at their
word and use our force!
.Perhaps they would Judge us less
severely afterward than before.
"But the French people are quite
calm; they are preserving their
strength. and will not do anything
"rheir best friends-and count
among them in all sincerity those to
whom am speaking at the present
moment--will recognize some day
that they haYe judged them wrongly
"And the only compensation which
| our peoples Adelity demands for Ahese
ksomewhat Irritating sermons II Z
Evening star., 1922-05-07
The Fight for Health.

Secretary Hughes recently. in his
address Of welcome to the National
tuberculosis Association at it's open
ing annual session, said that "tubercu-
losis is not an act of Providence, but
a dispensation Of evil, and an evil that
can be stopped" This Is a vitality i'm
pertant truth, and upon it the work Of
this organiza ton has been founded. It
has saved an untold number Of lives.
1t can saye more, and it will go for
ward with it's educational crusade, and
without doubt it will increase its rec
ord of physical salvation.
Tuberculosis is now recognized as
not only a preventabte but a durable
disease. 1t can be prevented by i'm.
provement in sanitary conditions, in
housing. in clothing and in food. All
these improvements, however, are
based upon education. That work
must be carried on through many
agencies, through the schools. through
the churches, through the municipal
administrative organizations and
through the newspapers. Accompany
ing this preventive work Of education
runs the work Of cure, of course, IN
trusted to the physicians. But the peo-
pie must be trained to act in. their own
defense in this as in other matters of
health protection. 1t Is necessary to
teach those who are AFFLICTED with any
form of pulmonary trouble to seek
treatment Immediately, so that the
disease. once regarded as incurable.
HAY be attacked in its incipiency and
checked.
A great gain has been effected in
overcoming the idea that tuberculosis
is unprevehtable and ineurable. The
mental attitude Of the people toward
the disease has been so improved that
while still regarded as a,srave menace
the disease is not rated rs unacceptable.
Better Hvinsshas been taught BY. the
Evening star., 1922-05-07
Looking Forward.

The republicans are not plagued
with speculation about leadership in
1924. Their leader already stands ean-
fessed. Probably net one republican
In hundreds of thousands expects any
thing hut the denomination of Mr..
Harding, ,er desires anything else.
| Turning to the democrats we And
speculation rife as to who will lead
them.
There are: two schools Of thought,
SO to say, ON that subject.
One school Is busy canvassirfg the
cid list OF names WIN it, be Cox
again. He Is, man of bounce and
confidence, young and eager. Will it
be McAdeo? He made a great race for
the nomination in 1890, and lost by an
eyelash. Win it be Palmer? He Is out
Of once now, and free to devote his
whole time to perfecting an, organi.
zation.
The other school inclines to the opin-
ion that the old list has been serapped;
that q new list will appear in time
and from it the~neWs leader be chosen.
This opens the door wide. A new
leader should stand for q pew issue, or
new issues. So comes the question:
What is to be the base Of tA demo
cratic appeal two years hence?
Who may say at this time: II the
league of nations is scrapped, what is
called Wilsonisna win have to be cast
upon the same heap, II the Aght on
an adequate Army and an adequate
Navy ID to cease, the nnillepnialists In
the democratic party win have to
change their note or join another
choir. And II the war has 20 profound
ly affected the business world as to
make the tariff an issue on new lines
how are those lines to be traced?
A good deal, therefore, rests On the
knees Of the gods. which, in time,
have held many things.
Evening star., 1922-05-07
Rustless Iron and Steel.

LONDON.-Discovere during the
world war, process of making stain,
proof iron and steel now is to be adj,
vanced to all industrial lines. the
Daily Mail says. =
The twin discoveries of malleabls
stainless steel and rustless iron have
now emerged after years Of patient
research" said DR.. W. II. Hatfield,
who was appointed head of the
Brown-Firth research laboratories in
succession to Mr.. Brearley. to a Daily
Mail representative.
THE whole development Of stain.
less steel and iron originated in these
laboratories. ME-. Brearley was the
principal here until six or seven
years ago, and 1t was in his time thai,
stainless steel was frst discovered
Since then We have been collectively
developing the discovery.
"Rustless iron has q great future
but my opinion. is that the field fot
malleable stainless steel is eyea
greater. Malieable stainless Vteei
and rustless iron are both now svaiI
able in sheet form, and can be ptessed
cold into the shapes required for domes,
tic utensils, building trade requisites. o.,
engineering products" i
Where Is Europe Going" 4
.PARIS--Writing in LIE Radical
Paul Allain declares. Where are wi
going to?" is tina. acute questioi
which is being asked In Europe today
In the last book published by tn
Italian political philosopher. Gugiiel
mo Ferrero. called The Ruin
Ancient Civilization he asks IL tn
past does mot throw q dismal ligh
on the present, IL there are not eA
traordinary resemblances and stril
ing analogies between the decline q
the Roman empire and the presen
situation of Europe. Does it no
mean the decline of civilization? Ar
we not passing through anxious mo
ments troubled with anarchy and ruiz
lapsee F--..
you will eaH this pessimism ant
foregone conclusion.
THAT may be, but NJ Ferrero. alas
makes comparisons which appear TO,
be very exact.
From the time of Septimus Seved
the empire which became, more and
more accentuated.. The gods disap-l
pear, the elite no longer rule-l
Violence, that Is to say. brutal forcee.|
rules under different forms.
AT the same time there is ngl
moral restraint in the masses. There
Is an acute search for gold any
amusement and q frantic letting
loose of unscrupuious appetites. g
Let us look round and compare
the essential features of the present
situation IN Europe and consider the
cause which produced It,, -
+ Let ussask ourselves what would
happen. IL the Dictatorship Of the
preletariat we're to succeed In estab-
fishing itself; # the principles which
today inspire and direct the masses
more or less hesitatingly continue
to spread and became q reality.
"At the time of the fall of the
Roman empire. says NJ. Guglielmo
Ferrero, at least . new ideal Chris
tianity arose, superior to the former
what ideal arises for us? That
of Lenin!. - r.
sBut we who have faith lin hu-
manity, in reason and in liberty
must not let Ourselves, be discour-
.. aged We must look the daneel
squaFely In the face and resist II
what we; need most Ii not fore
sight but courage. We have not
the. courage to speak openly and 70
! act ssuax6lx unhssitstinxly...,
Evening star., 1922-05-07

association now in session here 20 by
other organizatiens working .e.onG the
same line. Apart frem the saving Of
life that has been effected through
sanitary improvements the SOCIAL con-
ditions have been greatly savsneed.
The fight against disease has been a
fight for greater happiness.t Public
morals are improved at the same time.
No reckoning can possibly be made Of
the benefits that have come from these
organized works. in which men and
women have enlisted with no thought
of cost or disadvantage or distress,
but with an impelliRg desire for the
betterment Of mankind.
Evening star., 1922-05-07

credit machinery which will enable
Europe to marshal its credit re,
sources in security of payment for
needed goods from America.
The rate of exchange and all that
it connotes with regard to the fiscal
conditions of governments and the
working activity of the population
of European countries has not been
the sole obstacle to the restoration
of commerce. Until law and order
and some visible evidence of con-
fidence within a country in the es-
ment and economic life are at hand.
the basis of business is uncertain and
INSECURE.
Obviously strikes affecting such
Vital Industries as coal mining and
transport choke the progress of re-
constipation. Difficulties incidental
to the application of the eight-hour
day in commerce and industry have
played part. Wage controversies,
wage imitation and low production of
workers have limited output, made
for high prices and generally inter-
fered with trade.
Slowness In rebuilding and in
OhA6" "6 Doch AutO OpcTdllOu various
kinds OF production equipment in; the
regions devastated by war has been
another important factor in hinder
Ing the production of wealth on which
credit and the exchange of goods
could have been based.
lnhation in prices on the part of
some American merchants and infia
tion In prices on the part of mer-
chants in European countries have
seriously interfered with business.
After the collapse from the delirium
of high prices in 1920. the uncertain,
ty as to the future course of prices
In defiatien has been another factor
IN interfering with the restoration OF
trade. Much of the imitation in prices
In international trade has been work
ed out.
+ = +
In going through the process Of de-
AatioH and In time of sharp fiuctua-
tiens in the rates of exchange and OF
customs tariff rates changed without
notice. cancellations, rejection OF
shipments and refusal to adjust
claims in dispute have marked inter-
national commercial transactions. In
some quarters the absence of a def
nitely established international mech
anism for the investigation and set
tlement Of commercial disputes by
process ,ef commercial arbitration by
and between business men has been
viewed a. q distinct obstacle.
Much OF the inflation In ocean
freight rates. which for time made
the costSef msFehand.se SO high as te
stop trade, has been worked out In.
adequacy Of railroad Transportation
fV1A 90 - ~ "a Rf q rla
to European trade. Alongside thii
leems W the pilfsFaGe and ether risks
incidental. to the handling Of HieF.
.chandise In transportation. :. ~
Evening star., 1922-05-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHMANDER JOHNSON.
Sun MYTHOLOGY

Sun Mythology.
When out the flowers came to see
The Sun SO smiling in his glee,
They said, 1.-THE earth is fair, we vow:
The. daylight should be longer now"
The smiling Sun said, "I agree.
Fhis' blessemiHg is fair to see.
1t is but just. will allow.
That daylight should be longer now"
The Sun at earlier morn arrived
And later to remain contrived,
Because he loved each blossomins
bough-
The daylight's growing longer now.
Evening star., 1922-05-07
Obstacles to European Trade

The American business nan plan
ming to barter the exportahle surplus
of the United States Is particularly
concerned to locate the chief obstacles
to trade with Europe. and If possible
to overcome them. The Chamber OF
Commerce Of the United States, the
greatest cooperative organization Of
business men in the world. is making
this Investigation of European Con-
ditions and Their Effect on American
Business" the dominating feature of
its tenth annual convention here In
Washington, May 15-1s. In an effort
to aid the American business man IN
determining the chief obstacles, the
chambers committee on foreign af-
fairs has obtained from sources con-
sidered authoritative summaries COW
ering these most important trade I'm
pediments.
:: 'sThe rate Of exchange. heads the
list. Ask the average merchant what
toration of trade with Europe any
time, during the past two and q haff
years and. the answer would undoubt-
edly be-"the rate Of exchange" The
average American travelling salesman
in Europe during this period asking
the European merchants why they
were caneeling, orders placed In 1919
answer-"the rate of exchange" In
ordinary mercantile transactions the
Pate of exchange has stood out as q
definite, tangible obstacle, in many
countries not to be overcome. The
average merchant has been willing to
Ia OF
back into the thought that the rate
exchange Is q result. rather than a
cause, and that the result was caused
by the destruction of wealth. during
the war. the breakdown of morale and
law and order. or by imitation Of the
ing armies, inadequacy of current
production and the breakdown OF the
maGhineYy for turning existing, Axed
wealth into credit covering the inter-
national sale OF goods. URquestton-
ably the chief obstacle TO the restera-
tion of our trade with Europe has
been this "rats of exchange"
A careful economic study Of the sit
uation BY those who are believed to
speak with certainty and with au-
thority shows that ether obstacles ia-
elude need Of perfected international
credit machinery, political instability
and economic insecurity, unsettled re-
Iations Of capital and labor. slaWnsss
In srebuilding, inflated prices, iaek q
oommefcial arbitration facilities, In
dated freight rates ana o.ner uans-
mum atien. facilities. speeulattng ana
loyersteekiaG. LIQUIDATION OF Army
stecks, Epvernmsnt Interference with
businsss and unnecsssary passport
fsstrietioAs.
s,In Europe .and In ths. UHitsd States
much remains TO be done 70 SCI u0 .
Evening star., 1922-05-07

Lenin is friend of the professors.
The fact that the doctors are COM
manding much of his attention does
not prevent him from doing a great
deal of business with the international
lawyers.
Evening star., 1922-05-07

Many democrats are deriving. re-
markabIe comfort from the fact that
in Indiana one republican candidate
defeated another in the primaries.