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Evening journal., 1922-08-10
THE IRISH oABLE ouTRAGE.

From the New York Herald.
The Irish Republicans could have
chosen no quicker way OF killing any
remaining sympathy which may have
been felt for them In America than
selling the cables and cutting off
communication between this country
and most OF Europe.
II was a bold stroke. all the more
unexpected because OF the deviltry
and futility Of it. Stopping the great
cable lines which run from south
western Ireland 10 Canada and the
United States is not OF any military
value to the rebels. The harm it
does is not so much TO the Free
State or England as It is to the
United States and Canada.
Possibly the Republicans had It in
mind to embarass the Free State
Government. In a matter Of inter-
national concern Great Britain is
questioned regarding occurrences in
a Dominion. II the Free State troops
cannot recapture the cables, then
England must step in and force the
resumption OF communication. The
Republicans may hope that such an
act WOulu emDltteT houtntIu 4reAduu
against England.
The fact is OF course. that the
rebels are alternating themselves
from Americans and Irish alike by
such tactics. They have TO a large
extent shut of America and Europe
from news OF each other. They have
done something about as vicious as
burning the malls and they will be
held in general contempt and abb
horrence accordingly.
No sane American or Irishman
will blame Great Britain for doing
at once everything in her power to
end this impossible situation unless
the Free State Government is for
tunate enough to cope with It i'm
mediately.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
GREAT TARIFF TRUTHS WHICH
SHOULD BE REMEMBERED

From the Omaha Bee.
Senator Lodge, in the course of the
debate on the wool schedule OF the
pending tariff bill. said Senators
representing he manufacturing
states must make up their minds
that the well being of the wool grow
er was fully as important to them as
the we'll being OF the manufacturer;
that. If instead OF helping each other,
the manufacturer and grower at
tackled each other, there would be
but one end, the destruction OF the
Industry. II we have no American
wool, there will be no competition
with the foreigners. and consumers
will bitterly regret the day when they
were left to the tender mercies of
foreign wool growers"
To this let us add a short quota
ton from the New York Mail, which
recently printed the following:
"A tariff for protection IS the
policy that has developed every
American industry. maintained every
American wage scale above the COM
peting wage scale in other countries,
and made the American wage Garner
the best paid workingman in the
world. Every protection tariff law
has encouraged industrial expansion
and created prosperity.
IF you want fair wages and a fair
opportunity to sell in the American
market. then you must favor protee-
tion-you must insist upon tariff
that will make up the differences be-
tween your costs and foreign costs;
II you are not interested in wages
and are willing to sell your products
below cost, whether from farm or
factory. the free trade or an ineffec-
tive tariff-"for revenue only"-is
what you want"
These simple tariff truths should
be borne in mind all the time.
Whatever turn the debate at Wash
ington may take. it is finally an
effort OF the Republicans to provide
protection for American industry,
and OF the Democrats to defeat that
effort and continue the free trade
policy OF the Wilson administration,
which created the bread lines Of
19l3-14-
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
THE LEVY COURT OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
CFrom News)
From the Wilmington Morning News)

gard TO the sO-called irregularities
which have been presented 10 the
public presumably to serve some
political end) in the shape Of wholly
irresponsible charges against the in
tegrity and capacity OF Commission
ers Stetser, Mccoy, Ball and Collins.
The charges are, that they did not
have any budget for 1021-1922. that
they were wasting the peoples
money by purchasing and maintain
Ing no less than sixteen automobiles
at an enormous annual cost OF some
$4,000, and finally that, TO enable
them to carry on this carnival OF ex-
travagance, they intended to increase
the tax rate.
Upon looking into the matter we
find that they did have a budget
that the whole cost OF the purchase
and maintenance of automobiles for
the year 1921-1922. as shown by the
books of the County Comptroller's
office, was s14,O15.3s, which is a far
cry from S46,00O-that they had only
eleven or twelve automobiles instead
of sixteen as alleged-and lastly.
that there was not the slightest in
tention of raising the tax rate.
The details in regard TO the ex-
pendlture above mentioned are TO be
found in the Comptroller's books.
considerable portion of the outlay
of S14,015.3S having been devoted
to the acquisition OF new automobiles
which were necessary to replace use
less and worn out machines.
Let US say in conclusion that Com
missioners Stetser. Mccoy and Ball.
who were formerly in control Of the
Levy Court. do not seem 10 have
done anything TO forfeit the respect
and confidence of their fellow Re
publicans and of the taxpayers OF
New Castle county. Their complete
and absolute vindication should not
only be a matter OF general graft
hcation but impel every good Repub-
Iican 10 register and vote at the COM
Ing election and TO promote in every
possible way the success OF the Re
publican ticket.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
EDITORIAL OPINION

zens OF the United States are willing
to overthrow the Government over
a wage dispute? The coal strike
will be settled, and settled soon
despite the mutterings of bombastio
Sam Gompers. The public Will help
to settle II. and settle such unpa-
triotic individuals as Samuel.
The public mind is quite crystal
ized against the strike menace, and
a law that will make strikes con-
spiracies will be the next step, and
make arbitration compulsory. and IL
the laboring classes do not like the
wages and working conditions that
prevail in the class under dispute,
then they will have the alternative
OF getting into another line of oc-
cupation. Sure it is however, that
the public cannot at this time side
step the issue. 1t must be met face
to face. settle this affair, and then
make It impossible for another such.
condition to fasten itself upon the
national industries. The public
mind is slow to wrath, but patience
is now tried to the limit.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10

For some time past widely circu-
lated stories have been going the
rounds in regard TO so-called "irregu-
larities' 'of the Levy Court of this
county during the year 1921-1922.
then under the control of Commis-
sioners Stetser, Mccoy and Ball, Re
publlcans, who with the cooperation
of Commissioners Collins, Democrat.
constituted a majority of the Court.
Politically the Levy Court stood
four Republicans, to three Demo-
Gratis. but the four Republican mem
bers of the Levy Court were not
working together for the reason
that Commissioner Jones. of VIII
mington, had demanded that he
should be personally empowered to
make all the appointments In several
hundreds OF rural New Castle
county, and because that was not
conceded he not only declined to act
with the other members of his party,
but attempted to organize the Court
against them with the assistance Of
the three Democratic members. In
this he failed, as one OF the Demo-
Gratis, Collins. would not Join him.
Upon the decease of Commissioners
Collins not long ago, Il became the
duty Of Governor Denney 70 fill the
vacancy, his selection being Mr..
Thomas Lattomus. OF Townsend.
whose appointment. SO the report
goes. depended upon his pledglng
20 give full political support
to Commissioner Jones. notwith-
standing the latter's desertion Of his
associates. While a re-
port OF this character Is hard to sub
stantiate and may not be correct.
there is no uncertainty whatever as
to the course pursued by Lattomus
when he became a Levy Court Com
as he Immediately allied
with Jones and the two
Democratic members. who. with his
assistance. were able to take over
The control and direction of affairs
and supersede the three Republicans,
Stetser, Mccoy and Ball.
Let us now say something in re-
Evening journal., 1922-08-10

It seems possible that zeal for the
enforcement of the prohibition laws,
zeal proper in itself but bounded by
fixed conditions, may lead sooner or
later TO complications broadly i'm
portant.
The New York Herald can scarcely
credit the report that in the pursuit
OF a rum-running schooner. said to
be flying the British flag, the agents
of the United States Government
have been instructed by authority at
Washington, backed by judicial opin-
ion. to proceed to search and seizure
regardless of the three-mile limit, or
even of the vaguely asserted twelve
mile limit, leaving questions concern
Ing the legality of the proceeding to
be Settled afterward."
This is dangerous doctrine. The
principle involved is simple in the
extreme and clear as daylight. Zeal
Gus action in defiance Of that prin-
ciple has more than once led 70 a
nations humiliation and to yet
graver consequences.
II the Minnie Wallace fraudulently
displayed the British flag and had no
right TO the protection of a foreign
government while sailing the high
seas in times of peace she would be
an outlaw vessel, subject 10 the treat
ment which by the common consent
of nations is meted anywhere to
pirate craft. But IL her papers were
not false and she had a right to fly
the flag, her decks and bottom would
be equivalent to British soil. Their
forcible invasion by American Off
cials beyond the limit of American
jurisdiction, on any pretext or for
any purpose whatever. would be an
outrage and an affront which our
own government would never tolerate
II the positions were reversed.
Such an act indeed, would be in
several respects akin to piracy on
our part At any rate, It would
amount to the same thing as the
invasion of Canadian territory, for
example, for the seizure OF intoxi-
cants supposed to be destined for
American consumption. or the arrest
in Canadian territory of British sub
jects on a charge of conspiring to
Violate the Volstead act. And II
would not make the slightest differ
ence. in principle, whether the cargo
carried by the Minnie Wallace on
the high seas in time OF peace were
or were not contraband under our
domestic laws.
This will not be misunderstood by
anybody as being stated in the way
OF comfort to the violators of do
nestle law. II is merely the reiter-
alton OF a principle which has been
in American policy for
more than a hundred years.
To go back no further than 1912
the British claim that cruisers might |
lawfully overhaul and search mer-
chant ships of another nation on the |
high seas in peace as we'll as war
was so hateful to American senti-
ment that It was resisted by us 20 /
the utmost in the second war with |
England. This claim for the con-
venience OF impressment was arbi- /
trarlly exercised against the United .
States. The Capitol at washington /
was taken and destroyed by British
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
BUMPER CROPS FOR RUSSIA

ND EPoRTs pouring into Moscow from all over Russia
Ae indicate that the harvest will be the biggest in
years Grain crops immense and skeleton cattle
are getting fat on abundant grass.
Nature in Russia is making up for last years famine
Looking behind this, you realize that nature is
very kind to anxious to keep him alive healthy
and happy.
There is wise reason for the exceptions, when
we are made suffer famine other agonies. over
there the apparently to bring Russia TO It's
senses. 1t is a definite program. not chance
Most wimingtonians will agree think that Rus
needed something bring them 10 their
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
Do You Know That Partisan Sage
VIII Save Your Hair and
Keep You From Growing Bald?
Delightful nvgoraor That Quickly Nouishes Into
the Dying Hair Roots

The roots of your hair like the
roots of a delicate plant need nour-
ishment.
II took a long time to find out
just the kind of nourishment need
ed TO make hair grow vigorous and
luxuriant but when Partisan Sage
was produced it didn't take thou
sands of people long to learn that
the problem had been solved.
SO If your hair is falling. thinning
out and you have begun to think OF
how you will look when you are
bald there is Just one best thing for
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
TT WAS AN ELECTRICAL OVERDOSE

GIXTY-sIx thousand volts of electricity pass through
~ young Edward sadowsky. at westheid. Mass, Play
ing, he had climbed a l5o-foot steel tower and got
tangled in high tension wires
The lad nine years old rescued after the
was shut off, Brought TO the ground. he walked part
way to the ambulance
Two thousand volts would have killed him instantly.
terrific quantities such lightning electricity often
is like an OF This mysterious force
will be the universal power OF the future
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
TO THE RESCUE.

From the New York Tribune.
The railway shop workers con-
tinue on strike; the coal miners re-
main obdurate, but the film opera
tors union has sunk its differences
with its employers in Difference 70
the public welfare and announced
that 1t will stick on the job.
This is particularly cheering news
just now. The public. because OF the
railroad strike may have to remain
in the old home towns; the lowly
thatched cottage may be uninhabi-
table because there is nothing in>
the cellar that one can afford to
burn, but the movies" will still hold
out TO entertain and instruct.
Life Is hard at best, what with
high food costs and little fuel, but
life without movies would be un-
endurable.
To Mr.. Hayes. TO whose genius as
a pacifer the decision of the finn I
operators is no doubt due. the coun-
try ought TO extend an enthusiastic
vote of thanks.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
THE SABOTAGE OF TINE.


From the Chicago Daily News.
In his address at the opening oi
the Chicago Pageant Of Progress
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Work made a
forcible presentation of the basic
OWL in the coal mining industry. II
is an evil that everybody recognizes
and vet nothing effectively Is done
about it.
As DIR. Work says, there are about
twice as many coal miners in the
limited states as are needed to per-
form the work Of getting out the ma
tion's supply of coal. There are also
very many more operating coal
mines than the country needs. The
result is that the miners ordinarily
work only about half the time.
through an extremely powerful union
"A union which causes its member
ship dues to be collected by the en-
ployers out OF the wages of the men
they demand a living wage for
half-time work.
THE sabotage of time by the idle
under pay" says DR.. Work, land OF
property intrusted to them, must
be added to the cost price OF any pro-
duct" And the price is paid by the
consumers. And the consumers in
most instances are themselves wage
earners who work steadily through
the year to earn a living. A large
percentage Of the striking mine
workers are not needed in the coal
mining industry on-any terms. There
are industries where this surplus la
Dor that now will neither mine coal
nor LET anybody else do so might be
employed at good wages the year
around Thus the rest of the miners
might have steady employment
mining coal.
It is impossible to see why the peo-
pie and the industries of this coun-
try should pay for coal prices suffl-
cient to keep miners in idleness half
the year and give a profit TO the own
ers OF thousands Of producing mines
for whose product under properly
economic conditions there
would be no sale in competition
with mines where production costs
are less. Even this is by no means
the whole story. Coal mining can
be done largely by machinery at only
a fraction of the cost of hand labor.
The miners union forbids the use
Evening journal., 1922-08-10

1t is obvious that automobile expenses of the Levy
Court must vary from year year, during somo
years necessary provide machines
new machines VIII be needed. appears that in the
year 1s2i-1s22 there automobiles purchased
county Engineer Grubb, ALL In the of
commissioner Jones Ford chassis purchased
0r $4,000 and coupe body owned by him bought
~ 'ne Levy Court repainted upholstered and fully
q"ppeu al an additional sS05.o0, making the
total expense of his car ssOooO The sso5. 90 ex-
pended ON the body really represented nm acoui
sition BY the Levy Court should have been included
under the head Of automobiles purchascd which
would have reduced his automobile repa,r occour, q,
$2s3.50.
The large item for maintenance charrcd o,..
missioner Mccoy caused by an accd.,, .. =,
as well by number OF serious tnechan,caI a,
which developed one after the other. On tho hs 80
his estimated expenses the year 1922 is2s the ~
expense involved amounted about 5000 90 and ,tu
his out OF commission he that bouebt for
Prrsidcnt steser who finding that had no further
his Official duties has turned IL
back to the Levy Court
Let now consider the estimated expenses for the
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
NINE FOR eovERNMrNri Two roR CANDY

rINHE cost OF running the national is
Il nine cents day for each OF us and for candy we
spend two cents a day apiece.
William Moffet OF the National Saesman's Associa-
tion says the candy bill is s75ooooo 900 year.
Half of this big is spent by kiddies in Wilmington
and other places in pennies and nickels.
We notice governments cost because of It Is
assessed a lump while candy and similar luxuriss
take their toll in small but steady nibbies
Evening journal., 1922-08-10

you to do.
Get bottle OF delightful Partisan
Sage from Eckerd's or Danforth's
Drug Stores or at any drug store or
Toilet goods counter in the United
States or Canada. It is not expen-
sive.
Use il daily for two weeks until
the hair stops failing then use It
two or three times a week to keep
your scalp clean and free from dand-
ruff and to keep your hair lustrous
and luxurinnt.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
AMERICANS AND AUTOS

MERIeAN auto factories in June turned out 271,OOO
n cars At this rate, Americans are buying in
than exist all other the
world combined,
In the world 15,5oo,oco autos And 1o.5o0O0o of
them are in America, That should stop much grum-
ping against standard of living average pros
perity by Delawareans who are disposed to be pes
simistic.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10

This is apparently a very handsome reduction but to
fair comparison with last years cost of main
tenance the two Republicans and two Democrats in
joint control should have included the salary OF ths
mechanic. which they have increased to $1,000 and
placed regular pay roll well the expense OF
the basis of last year which
they have decided hereafter pay OF unapprori-
ated funds These VIII bring the total to s5,SS7e2,
showing "A saving OF sf,ss5.ss. But IL take 5000
maintenance cost of the preceding year ep-
resentng the cnused by the conditions
which developed in McCoys carl well ns the s8o5
paid Tor body bought from Jones and charged
TO his repair account the saving this 20 the
county only s4sOss provided, always that the
expenditures are kept within the estimates
1t claimed that the action taken by the Governor
I'm appointing Iattomus TO fII vacancy occasoned
by the death of Collins as pursued in
the Levy Court by Commissioner Lattomus for
the purpose of putting end to combination
against of the people, but after going into
the whole with the care, the only exist
ing combination in the Levy Court of which find
the slightest trace is that which had been made by
Commissioners and Lattomus with the two Demo-
Commissioners combination distinctly preju-
dical Judgment the best interests of the Re-
publcans of this county
Notwithstanding the misrepresentation apparently
made for political purposes may safely conclude
figures and facts just quoted that there
undue negligence in the disbursement of the
county during year fo21-f922 The facts and
figures given above ought be highly satisfactory TO
every citizen of New Castle county and heartily
concur with our esteemed contemporary in thinking
that the given should be incentive TO
every good Republican register and the
ing do everything his power promote
the success of the Republican ticket.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
of such machinery.

of such machinery.
Here is far-reaching sabotage that
makes coal dear and hard to get. No
settlement of the coal strike that
does not bring with 1t a searching
investigation of this evil by COM
petent federal commission will hold
out any reasonable prospect of lead
ing to n fair reduction in the excess
sive cost of fuel.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10

year prepared by the Republican and
Democratic members in joint control OF the Levy
Courti
Maintenance (no being
needed):
Commissioner Jones, 1st District. s. 10000
Stctser, End District.
Ball Ord District. $4,000
struhorn, 4th District 10000
Buckson, 9th District. 10000
Mccoy, 9th District $4,000
Lattomus 7th District 10000
Engineer ONCE fthrec cars) ...... 10000
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
LAST DITCH STRIKE METHODS,

From the New York Herald
Seven attempts to tear. up consid-
ersble stretches of live wire rails on
the Long Island Railroad. at widely
separate points. with the possibility
of wrecking several trains and killing
hundreds of passengers, Is a method
of strikers that betrays the despera-
ton of minds gone wild in a lost
cause.
The New York Herald calls ii a
method of the strikers. because there
is no reasonable chance that the
dastardly work was not done by for
mer employees when It bore every
sign Of expert craftsmanship and
showed every mark OF intimate
technical knowledge OF the particu-
lar construction tampered with al
most at a tragic cost of life.
And this dastardly work Is the
work of men whose passions have
swept them out of all pewer OF reas-
ing. because anybody having had
enough intelligence to be employed
in one of the highly skilled trades OF
advanced American railroadiag'
ought TO have sense enough to know
that in this country such crimes
cannot be endured and will not be
endured.
There is a point beyond when no
minority. however much it has oeen
overindulged, by trucking politicians
and supine public officers can go
a against the rights, the will and the
nowar of the American majority.
Strikers that will become raj, RAJ,
wreckers and strike leaders that wlll
not prevent their followers from pc
coming train wreckers, are IN the last
s,,.A not to know that fact.
Evening journal., 1922-08-10
A SURE WAY TO LOSE.
N the New York Tribune.

from the New York Tribune.
II the railway shop workers now
on strike wish complete defeat they
can achieve 1t quickly by countenanc-
Ing such sabotage as has occurred on
It's Long Island Railroad.
sure way to lose a strike is by
violence and sabotage. The public
Will make any sacrifice, even to get
ting on temporarily without rail-
roads, rather than consent to the
wanton destruction of property and
the ruthless risk of life and limb.
Sabotage is prejudicial to the
strikers, and when It occurs is likely
to react whence It proceeds. 1t is
not enough for the strike leaders
to avoid personal participation.
They need to join diligently in the
search for the culprlts who loosened
brake shoes and help bring them to
condign punishment.
The people are long suffering in
the case of strikes. and always open
minded. But they viii not tolerate
crime, or the endangering of life
or the wilful destruction of property.