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EDITORIAL DIGEST

head to account for the quality Of
minor or major policies within his
jurisdiction greater consideration
would naturally be given many mat
ters which may have undesirable con-
sequences or involve expenditures"
The merit of the plan has long been
conceded. 'Why should Congress not
adopt 1t without further hesitation? -
There is complete Endorsement of this
argument on the part of the Toledo
Blade independent republican,. which
also contends that tit makes for
clarity. speed and efficiency"
The Watertown Standard (republi-
CAM feels that with the congress
sional committees frequently seeking
the advice or explanation of the cabt-
net members, under the present sys-
TEN, their advice is available. The
aloofness of the administration from
Congress has many compensating ad-
vantageS over active partici patton
which would be sacrificed under the
Kelly plan" However. the Portland
oregonian independent republican,
argues that the present practice
gives congressman an unfair advan-
tage. for cabinet members can retoTt
only by letter or interview after the
lapse of a day or more. The square
deal requires that the cabinet make
prompt reply with the same degree
of publicity"
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The Change in Boys.

William Allen White has made the
discovery that there are things in the
psychology of the modern boy of
which he was ignorant. His disillu-
sion came with the f1asco of his plan
for a Fourth of July parade of boys
with dogs at Emporia, Kan, with a
prize to reward the youngster who
had the largest number of canine pets
in line. To the surprise of the dis
tinguished editor and philosopher. not
a boy with even one dog turned out.
Boys of the present day have so
many new interests that going fish
ing. visiting the old swimming hole.
and even fraternizing with dogs, have
declined in the relative scale of i'm
portance. The modern boy inclines more
to mechanical things. He fools about
motor cars and tinkers with wireless
telegraphy and has Boy Scout affili-
ations, and there are always the
movies. Huck Finn would find him
self back number in a group of boys
Of this day and generation. The won
der Is not that no Emporia boys were
found ready to parade with their dogs
but that a canny authority on boyish
character should have thought they
would be.-New York World.
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seconds. no furious was the blast and
40 heavy the fall Of ram.
One factor that causes particular
trouble In the case Of these tremen-
dous summer afternoon storms Is the
interruption Of electric current and
the stoppage Of cars. Yesterdays sub
urban service was seriously affected in
this way, in some cases people living
at points in Maryland and Virginia
being held either in town or in cars on
the road for three and four hours.
The water comes too rapidly for the
drainage to carry it off. In yesterdays
case the downpour was phenomenal,
more than three and q quarter inches
Of water falling between 4 and 10
o'clock, and the greater part Of that
was in the first hour and a half. No
system Of ducts can cope with so
great a volume of water.
Fortunately Washington escaped
any particular injury in the course of
yesterdays storm. Some slight prop
erty damage was done by lightning
but no lives were lost. New York, on
the contrary, had a similar storm in
which lightning killed three, and two
others lost their lives and heavy dam
age was caused by the flooding of
premises. This city, disconnected as
it was, escaped with light toll for the
break in the heat wave.
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What Next in EuropeR

At The Hague the inevitable has
happened. Another attempt to achieve
the impossible, to reconcile two utter
ly irreconcilable social and economic
systems, has come to naught. The
Russian and non-Russian delegates
could find no common ground upon
which to stand, SO they are going
their separate ways.
They are going their separate ways,
but whittier those separate ways will
lead them no man is wise enough to
tell. 1t is case Of hoping for the
best, while fearing that the worst must
happen. The worst is so full Of posi-
bilities OF, woe that the mind cannot
grasp it. There are no precedents for
measuring catastrophe Of such mag
ritude as the one toward which Eu-
rope appears to be moving. An ex-
treme Of misery for a generation
seems the least that may be expected.
Beyond that lies the menace of a COM
plete breakdown Of civilization, with
resort to savagery and the wholesale
determination Of peoples.
If it is thought the picture is over
drawn, it is only necessary to have
some understanding Of what already
has happened in Russia. and to catch
even a glimmering of the more ter
rible things which inevitably would
have happened had it not been for
American charity. a survey by the
American Relief Administration indi-
Gates that the crop soon to be har-
vested will barely carry the Russian
people through the coming year on
scanty rations. leaving no surplus
which may be exchanged to meet their
other pressing needs or for payment
of taxes to sustain the impoverished
government. Should the government,
as is threatened, attempt to requisi-
ton a part of the scanty crop for ex-
port, in order that it may get the gold
it failed at Genoa and The Hague to
get, the consequences are incalculable.
A nation of a hundred and fifty mil
lion souls in chaos and anarchy and
utterly desperate would be more ap-
palling problem than ever the world
has yet been called upon to solve.
What now is to be done? Some new
effort must be made, but how and
where? European craftsmanship has
tried and failed. and in consequence
European craftsmanship has gone
bankrupt in world confidence. The
world instinctively will turn to Amer
lea for leadership. 1t will not do to
say that it is no concern Of ours. II
there is anything that we can do it
must be done. The opportunity is pre-
to win for himself and his country
everlasting glory.
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Mails and the Strike.

In one respect the government Is
much better prepared to carry on the
mail service of the country now than
ever before in the history Of railroad
labor troubles. 1t has two resources
that were unavailable during the great
"Debs strike" Of nearly thirty years
ago, the automobile and the airplane.
Preparations are now being made, to
move the mails by road and by air If
the strike should cause further tie
up of the rail lines.
More than thousand commercial
airplanes have been offered to the Post
Office Department for this purpose,
and large fleets OF trucks have been
assembled in the larger cities. If every
train were to be halted tomorrow
probably by Monday the malls would
be moving, perhaps in full volume,
and while on the whole somewhat
more slowly than normal, yet with suf-
ficient rapidity to prevent serious dis
turbance to the nations business.
But even If these expedients were
effective In getting the mails delivered
the government would have ground
for intervention to stop the strike.
The trains are the regularly designat-
ed mail carriers. The whole system is
adjusted to train service and sched-
ules. Any interference with mail
trains Is blow at the government,
and however effective the substitutes
in an emergency the governments
duty is to restore that service.
1t is this fact that makes railroad
strike so unlikely Of success, and yet
the strike remains the foolish expedi-
ent of the railroad unions. The fact
is that a fully successful railroad
strike involves a defiance of the gov
ernment. 1t is, in short, a revolution.
That is why, in the present state of
affairs in this country at least, it can
not succeed.
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The Presidents Spirit.

The President preserves cheerful
spirit. He gives abundant time to
work. He sees many callers. He con-
siders many subjects. The situation
on Capitol Hill and throughout the
country is palmer to him than to most
men. Many of his visitors pour out
their troubles to him, or describe the
troubles Of others. In one way or an
other he is made acquainted with the
fact that there is a good deal Of trou-
BILE in the country.
But he does not despair. His con-
fidence in the ability of the country to
ride out the storm and right itself is
supreme, and he shares it with his
visitors in conversation, and with the
public in addresses.
1t is the only proper spirit for the
times. It is the only spirit in which
we can hope to conquer. 1t is idle to
shut our eyes to the situation. We
are in rough weather, as, indeed, all
the world is, and it may continue for
spell. But as we have the best boat
afloat, and know from experience
what rough weather is. why should
we despair? Why not copy the skip
per, and keep our faith in our craft.
1t is no time for striking, but men
are striking. 1t is no time for houting
legal tribunals, but some men who
ought to know better and are in posi-
tions of leadership are doing that very
thing. 1t is no time for declining con-
ferences looking to the adjustment Of
differences between capital and labor.
but there are some representatives Of
labor and some Of capital holding off
stubbornly.
Still, we can stand all that, and still
make port If we will to do so. The
will Of a hundred million people led
by a man Of will is strong.
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suasive. Mr.. Underwood. who won the
leadership. voted for the ratification Of
the league without reservations.
Mr.. Bryan has not figured In the
dispatches about the contest. But he
Is Floridian now. and hardly in posi-.
tion TO take part. He may not like
MIR. Hitchcock any more than when he
resided in the Blackwater state, but
when he moved his tent he sur
rendered his right to participate
longer in the affairs Of the reserva-
ton. Or so the friends Of Mr.. Hitch.
cock hold.
The republicans carried Nebraska
by hundred and thirty thousand odd
two years ago. But if the expected
democratic upheaval takes place, Ne
braska should show the effects and
Mr.. Hitchcock be returned to the Sen
ate. The state will be warmly can
vassed by both parties In campaign
Of nearly four months.
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Midsummer Narrowing.

It is singular perversity Of the ele-
ments that as rule the worst storms
come at the most inconvenient hours.
Take yesterdays deluge. for example.
1t broke just as most Of the people in
this city who go out daily to work
were on their way home. Tens Of
thousands were caught in the streets
or in cars or motors. Those who re-
manned in the business section after
office hours to do errands were trapped
by the downpour, and some of them
were held in stores and office buildings
Tor two or three hours. The storm hit
the city in the middle Of the ball game,
and several thousand people were
marooned in and under the grandstand
until after o'clock. Domestic sched-
ules were completely thrown out Of
gear.
These storms bring out pointedly
the fact that comparatively few peo-
pie carry umbrellas as an insurance
against the discomfort Of being caught
out In the rain. The average person
only carries a watershed when ''it
looks like rain" Some people have &C.
qutred the habit Of umbrella carrying
In summer time because experience
has proved that afternoon storms may
occur any day, however cloudless and
clear the skies may be during the fore
noon. But yesterday umbrellas were
Of little use during the early part Of
the storm. A person venturing forth
under one would be drenched in few
Evening star., 1922-07-14

- OBSTRUCTION and mainte-
nance of highways. motor
roads and truck channels
during 1922 will total. in
round numbers, about $680.000, 900
about $53.000,00O more than last year
according to figures just made
available through government agen-
cies. Federal aid will account for
about $125,O00,000 Of this amount, in
Guiding $75,000.000 appropriated by
Congress and accumulations from
various appropriations; state funds
derived from several sources will ac-
count for some $275,000,000 and
county and local funds for the bal
ance. Expenditure of this enormous
transportation system is held to in
dicate the determined effort being
made in majority of the states to
solve the highway transportation
problem and at the same time bring
about one Of the aims of the unem-
ployment conference by providing
work for hundreds of thousands of
men.
Under the federal highway act. ap-
proved last fall. it was provided
that the states should furnish the
money with which to meet federal
aid or that they should have control
over the funds SO used. State funds,
100000. are obtained from general
state taxes, legislative appropria-
t1ons, state bonds. automobile tax
revenues and gasoline taxes and spe-
clal funds. Maryland has, recently
put INTO operation special state tax
nv yxyhi inI ftn
is required to pay l cent tax on each
gallon. The money will be put into
the construction and maintenance of
the great highway system of the
state, which is noted through the
country for its excellence.
Twenty-Five states now levy state
highway tax, varying from one tenth
To three and one-half mills on the
dollar, according to the American
Automobile Association. This tax
yields approximately s31 900. 900. which
Is decrease over receipts of last
year Of about $4,000. 900.
Revenue obtained in all the states
from registration of motor vehicles
chief users of the roads and high
WayS-npW amounts to about Sl22 900.
600, and is used almost Wholly for
state or state-aid road purposes.
Twentyeight states use the net re-
ceipts of registrations for the state
highway departments, mainly for the
upkeep of state and federal aid roads.
Twenty states return to the counties
or municipalities part of these funds
or permit them to retain them
Thirty eight states and the District
of Columbia levy personal property
taxes, which amount to about $4,000
GOO a year, against automobiles. This
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Reformation,

How oft we see a man Of worth
Attempting to police the earth.
On every one watch he keeps
So busy that he scarcely sleeps.
He sees, and, seeing, grows more sad.
Not what is good, but what is bad,
And weary grows in vain attempt
To render earth from wrong exempt,
Till on some inadvertent day
His own feet slip and go astray.
It's hard for any one or two
To tell all others what to do.
It would be easier for all
To conquer evils great or small.
II every single mortal elf
Just kept grip upon himself.
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Strike Talk.

There is great deal of loose talking
and writing in justification Of the at
tempt to tie up the transportation sys-
tenn of the country by strike of the
shop crafts, stuff that would perhaps
appeal to the people if they did not
read the newspapers and think for
themselves. AS it is, the speciousness
with which the case is urged is evil
dent to all but those of partisan
prejudices. For example, there is "a
paragraph in the latest statement of
B. NJ. Jewell, head of the railway en-
ployes' department of the American
Federation of Labor, of this character:
The railroad employees have no de-
sire for a strike. They have done
everything that honorable men could
do to avoid a strike. Now that they
have been forced into strike it shall
be effective in legal and proper
manner, and it will be continued to a
successful conclusion.
This strike was the voluntary
act of group ef unions in re
fusal to accept an award of board
of arbitration created by statute
and authorized to adjust wage and
other differences between railroad en-
rloyes and corporations. There was
no compulsion to strike save that of
their own devising. They went volun-
tarily out of the shops, and immedi-
ately proposed compromise based
upon a curious combination. = They
would return to work if the railroad
companies obeyed one of the decisions
of the wage board and disregarded
others In other words. they agreed to
particular which was to their advan-
tage if they might resist it where it
was disadvantageous
The strike. says Mr.. Jewell, shall
be effective in legal and proper man
ner." Just how legal and proper"
the strike has been conducted is to be
noted in the news columns. Men hired
by the railroads to continue the shop
work necessary to maintain the trans
portation service have been beaten,
dra gged away from their jobs. in some
cases kidnapped. Guards stationed to
protect the works have been beaten
and shot. The foreman of a shop in
Texas has been murdered. These
things have happened in all parts of
the country. If that is a legal and
proper manner" those who promoted
Ind called the strike are responsible
'or a criminal procedure.
II is the custom in such situation
tor leaders and union officials to dis
tlaim responsibility for all disorders
and violence. which they attribute to
.'syrnpathizers' or to the provocative
lotions Of the employers. These crimes
that are being committed are precisely
bf the same character as that at Her
Tin. though not on such a large scale.
The President has proclaimed that
men who accept service with the rail-
roads to keep the trains running in
the course of this strike are to be pro-
tected. Troops are in readiness for
this purpose. Sounding phrases from
the lips of leaders will not stay the
hand of the government in carrying
out this policy for the protection of
the greater public interest.
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Sources From Which Millions
For Good Roads Are Derived

money. according to the statistics. is
retained by the municipalities in
which the tax IL paid and Is used
for general expenses, being thus lost
to road improvement, except for local
use in the counties and municipalities.
Gasoline taxes in sixteen states this
year Will tota. about $l2,500,O00,
counting 1922 as normal year. The
tax is put on gasoline in addition
to the other taxes on motor vehicles.
X X y y
Washington motorists are inter-
ested In recent legislation passed. by
the state legislature of Maryland.
One act of the state legislature calls
gasoline bought in the state for
preliminary period in order to make
up a deficiency in the state road main
tenance fund and to find out the
amount of money which it will be
possible to collect from this source.
The second law would exact a tax of
power tax, which now stands at so
cents a horsepower in the state,
would be reduced by a corresponding
amount, depending on the money
raised through the gasoline tax: The
second law carried a proviso that
when the two-cent rate goes into
effect the state may arrange for
complete reciprocity in the matter
of registration fees and horsepower
charges with the District of Co.
lumbia.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton and government officials say
there is great lack of uniformity
IN motor vehicle taxation in the diff
ferent states There is an urgent
need, they insist, for some simple
form of single taxation which would
be less burdensome and obnoxious to
the taxpayer and less troublesome
and expensive to the collector of the
tax At the same time, they add, a
tax could be levied which would rem
der fair and just return to the treas
ury in proportion to the service rem
dered by the highways.
X
Motor vehicles have become such
an indispensable part of the economic
life of the nation that public officials
and automobile associations are COM
| ing more and more to the view that
such a suggested simple form Of tax
Is the one factor needed to bring
about highways in the United States
that Will parallel in roadability the
famous transcontinental highway.
Automobile trucks, which in some in
terurban hauls supplant trains, must
have good roads over which to travel,
ana must be able to make fairly good
time in order that their overhead
cost may not be too great They must
, also be free from excessive and too
frequent taxation If they are to carry
out the part in the transportation
scheme to which their utiilty con
signs them. With these ends in view
a single tax would bring greater
Satisfaction TO users of the highways
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Nebraska.

The senatorial primary in Nebraska
takes place next Tuesday. Mr.. Hitch
cock aspires to denomination. He has
opposition, but his chances are con-
siderec excellent.
His course in Office has subjected
him to criticism. He was not enough
Of a Wilson man to suit the Wilson,
ties, and yet too much Of a Wilson
man to suit the anti-Wilsonites. He
championed the league Of nations, and
urged its ratification without reserva.
tions.
To his failure in that matter has
been attributed by some the loss Of his
party's leadership In the Senate.
That judgment, however. Is not per
Evening star., 1922-07-14

The theatrical producers are max
ing their announcements for next sea-
son. The number of revues and musi-
cal comedies scheduled indicates con-
fident expectation that the railway
strike will be settled in time to permit
the transportation Of the usual large
quantities of scenery and wardrobe.
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The automobile would be an easy
solution of any railroad tie-up if it
were not for the fact that the distribu-
ton Of gasoline depends largely on
rail transportation.
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The summer thermometer does its
best to convey no reminder of the fact
that the winter coal supply is more or
less in jeopardy.
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Wilhelm Hohenzollern has quit
chopping wood His friends in Berlin
desire q true monarchist as a leader
and not simple toiler.
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At least the gravity Of the wage situ-
alton has been realized to an extent
that prevents anybody from blandly
asserting that there is nothing to
discuss"
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Strikers have been rioting in Eng
land. The impression in the minds of
some British editors that rioting is
a distinctly American custom is gradu-
ally wearing away.
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A senatorial campaign cannot be
quite as interesting as a presidential
campaign, but the candidates are do
ing their best to avert apathy.
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Only an unreasonable optimist looks
for a consistently encouraging series
of announcements from the weather
man during the months of July and
August.
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Aviation experts insist that the air
plane is as safe as the automobile,
though subject to similar risk of life
when it has a reckless driver.
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England persists in quietly remind
ing the remainder Of Europe that the
best way to get rid of debts is to pay
them.
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Ireland invites new conditions. but
does not accommodate herself to them
with ease.
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Recreation,

'I suppose these boarders OF yours
are here for q rest" remarked 81
Simlin.
NO. said Farmer Corntossel.
'They keep playin' games all day an
playin' the phonograph all night.
Then when they get good and tired
they go back an appreciate their quiet
city homes"
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Germany has succeeded in pushing
the theory Of paper money to its logi-
cal conclusion.
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Men and Their Business.

Men and Their Business.
"a man succeeds by minding his
own business" said the ready-made
philosopher.
mot a man in my position" replied
Senator Sorghum. II have a large
number Of constituents, each Of whom
regards his business as entitled to my
serious and prolonged attention"
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ct never yet had to look foh work. "
said Uncle Eben, "'eeppdn' when I
took q notion to dodge de kind dat
didn' seem easy"
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Some men go under the impression
that q friend in need is a friend you
can bleed.-F1orida Times-Union.
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20. s. Supreme in Radio Develop
ment." There are waves, then, that
Britannia does not rule.-St. Paul Pio-
neer-Press.
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If you want an everlasting 'kick'
drink denatured alcohol-Muncie Star.
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Misleading Applause.
The orator the public notes
And to applause is stirred;
And yet some chap will get the votes
Who scarcely said a word!
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Lima Beane says the great national
sport is dodging-the poor dodge
autos and the rich dodge taxes.-To-
ledo Blade.
About this time Of the year the
head Of the house wonders why in
thunder he ever started the garden,
Post.
Famous woman painter uses her
husband for model. At last we have
found q model husband-Fliut jour
nal. ss7a.-.4-gs Z,
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Jud Tunkins says it's easy enough
to ten the truth, the difficulty being
to find it out