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The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
Fair Criticism Is a Duty.

From the Washington Times.
A reactionary newspaper denounces
Senator Reed Of Missouri for cirticizing
the Supreme Court. Senator Reed said:
We had to cut the tobacco trust ser
pent into four or five innocuous pieces
and now we see it is gathered together
again, wagging its tail. And the Su-
preme Court will undoubtedly approve.
OF late our Supreme Court has been
turning its attention to trust building"
The Government is run by three
branches, legislative, which includes the
Senate; executive, the President, and
judicial, including the Supreme Court.
Each has a right and duty to criticize
the other two.
The Supreme Court can unmake laws
that the Senate makes. The Senate
should certainly be allowed to criticize
the court and appeal to public opinion.
1t is all right for the inhabitants Of
Tibe; to pick out their grand lama, and
then call him infallible. But that ought
not to be done in a republic, not even
with Supreme Court judges.
They represent inevitably the pre-
JUDGES and powers that put them on the
bench. And they are not different from
other men except in being more able
than the average. Those among them
that are ablest rant criticism.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
OUR SENSE OF VALUES.

/; is marvellous how our sense Of values
has so completely changed in the las!
few years. We no longer have the sta.
tionary values which were used as a safe
guide to business. For many years before
ihe war, most of these values had become
practically stationary. Farmers, for in
stance, who watched the market prices
closely would sell their corn if it was
above thirty-6ve cents; otherwise they
would feed it. That price had become a
standard for it was the lowest price which
would yet bring a margin Of profit to the
producer. Horses ranged in value from
$50 to $500 but the value of a good
horse for farm work was practically sta
tionary at a price Of SIPS to $50. The
SIS and $50 suits were a standard and
so were the So shoes.
Now, a thing is worth what it will
bring and the principle question is Can
! get il, and when?" We have, as a re-
suit, lost our judgment about the worth
of things or what We can afford TO pay
for them. There is nc standard Of values
now. What, then, will the younger gen.
Grafton, who have not seen normal times,
have to measure values as against their
ability TO pay?
So with the real estate which has been
ihe base of much speculation. Consumable
goods such as food, coal, and clothing are
Ear less dangerous in regard to value alter
aiions than are houses and land, partic-
ularly when bought under a mortgage to
be paid at a future date whose basis Of
value is entirely speculative.
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because his endurance was worn down by
the opportunities Of his statesmen. Ii
Yuan.Hung is 6fty-eight years old and
has held many positions in China. from
the place Of major in the cavalry to the
vice.presidency and finally the presidency
Of the republic, to which latter post he
was elected in June, 1916. General Lis
family consists Of himself, his wife, son
Of twenty years, now attending the Peers
School in Tokyo, daughter Of twenty.
two, a daughter Of sixteen, and another
son Of twelve. General Ii has always
been interested in Western culture, so
that ii is not strange that his estate boasts
. theatre Of German architecture, and an
Italian garden, nor that the general him
self is a devotee Of outdoor sports, par
ticularly tennis and skating.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
Is 1t Any Wonder.

From the Nep Orleans Item.
Give us. quickly" says the War De-
partment. "l.6O0-odd likely candidates
for second lieutenants' jobs in the Regu-
lar Army! Good salary, fine career, de-
pendable position. retirement on pay al
ter you've served your 30-odd years or
have become 64!"
1t sounds well.
Meantime a ''plucking board is hunt
ing through the officers on the active
list for $500 who, upon some pretext,
can be separated from the service 10
meet the mandate of Congress that, al
ter January l, 1923, there can be only
1900 in the commissioned ranks. No
pretense is made that there are $500
incompetent men, but $500 are to be
6red-with a years pay and allowances
as salve for the broken contract the
United States government is forcing on
them. For army regulations distinctly
safeguard the hale and competent from
such treatment.
How comes it that $500 trained men
are TO be dismissed. at a costly ex-
pendiiure. while 1000 green men are
being sought?
Simply this:
Congress passed an aci, some few
years ago, fixing the commissioned
strength, grade by grade. The act was
so passed that the strength had TO be
organized from the top down. There had
TO be so many generals, so many colo
nels, so many lieutenant colonies, so
many majors. and so down the line
not acting in grades" but actually so
Promotions had TO be
made to fill all vacancies.
Then il so happened that there were
not enough officers to go around, under
the provision Of the law. and presently
there were no second lieutenants what
sceve-i There was a shortage-at the
''shave.tail" end of the line. This came
about because Of many designations after
The war, Of men who had tasted their
Gil of war and had opportunities in civil
life. and of others who were weeded out
for physical disability or other reasons
falling under the regulations.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
THE SHIP SUBSIDY.

The Ship Subsidy Bill coniemplates
rimarily the sale of the large number Of
merchant vessels built during the war
mergcncy TO private American enterprise.
he subsidy feature proposes to give d.
ect and indirect aid to these purchasers,
rs a direct aid il would establish fund
rom which the strip owners could borrow
ertain sums to Improve their craft. This
und is TO be secured by setting aside 10
,er cent of all import duties. When the
let earnings on any ship reached 10 per
ent this assistance would stop, and so
yer cent Of the earnings in excess Of 10
YER cent would be returned to the fund.
Indirectly, the subsidy involves a re-
nission of duties TO the amount of 5 per
ent on goods carried in American bot
oms; direction Of transfer Of freight from
kc railroads to american craft; monopo-
ization Of army and navy transport serv-
-e; and transportation of half of the per-
Ions immigraiing to the United States.
Brushing aside the details, and wiping
a the alcoholic taint cast on the bill in
he House furry recently, Congress will
Ultimately turn the question on the gen
raj principles of desireability or unde-
.ireability of a subsidy. Unless there are
Extraordinary conditions or exceptional
-easons, a subsidy is unsound. 1t is a
public charge. To support a business
hat cannot stand on its own feet, is an
additional tax burden. Either by the
igher taxes or by resulting increased
prices, the general public will have to
sear the burden.
The exceptional circumstances are no,
,ow present to warrant the passage Of
his measure. The clinching argument
heretofore advanced in behalf Of a ship |
,ubsidy-that Of need of a merchant ma !
-ine for emergency war use-is now i'm /
potent Development in the science Of
warfare is largely decreasing the poten- |
iality of merchant ships as naval weap-
ms. 1t is further to be noted that to sub.
,idize merchant ships for the purpose Of
treating a naval reserve may be looked /
,; askance by foreign powers, and not in |
keeping with the spirit We urged in the |
Conference.
Instead Of having loss over a period |
IF years by the subsidy, opponents Of the |
measure are urging that the ships be sold |
out and ou; to any purchas-
rrs, and that we stand the loss now. 1t |
will be heavy, but war losses always are.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

Allie King went to Belgrade, Mo-,
this morning for a short visit.
N. T. Gentry, lawyer, Guitar Build
ing. went to Hallsville today.
The Rev. W. NJ. Haushairer went to
Excelsior Springs this morning for few
days visit.
NJ. B. Wallace, Of the Bayless Alb
stract Company, went to St. Joseph to-
day on business.
Ney Jacobs, agent for the Boone
County Farm Bureau was in Ashland
yesterday on business.
P. L. Evans who has been visiting
friends in Harrisburg, returned to his
home in New Truxton, Mo-, today.
Mrs. ]. S. Wiggans went to Spickard,
No.. this morning, where she was called
because Of the illness Of her sister.
W. B. Kelliher went to St. Louis today
for short visA with his son ". B. Kelleh-
er, Jr., formerly Of this city, who was
married last Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles Burr who formerly lived
at West Broadway left this morning for
St. Louis where she will make her home
in the future. Mr.. Burr is in business
with the Overland Motor Company there.
r. ii. Gray, dealer in real estate and
loans, has moved his office from Room
220 to Room 202 Of the Guitar Build
ing. Room go will be occupied by
the Quinn & Long Realty Company,
formerly in the NOVEL; Building.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
First Baptist Church.

Sunday school meets at $50 a. m.
Preaching service at l0:45 a. m. Rev. C.
". Hatcher will preach. Sunday school
services at the Battle Williams Chapel
at 2:30 p. m. Junior B. Y. P. U. meets
at the church at 2:30 p. m. intermediate
b. Y. P. U. meets at Gas p. m. The pro-
gram Of this meeting will be a special
one in honor Of the senior B. Y. P. q.
The church joins in the union evenipg Z
service of the Columbia churches which
will be held at the First Christian church.
The sermon will be preached by DR.. W.
o. Shoemaker of the Presbyterian
Church.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
DEAD TIMBER.

Educators have been working for many
years upon the dead timber in the pub
lie school curriculum. but much yet re.
mains to be done. They are beginning to
realize that the surest method Of gaining
results is to clear away the dead timber in
the text books.
Mathematics teachers, TO use a specific
example, complain that the average text
in arithmetic is filed with problems tha;
are entirely foreign to the capacity Of
the child. and that they will remain for
/ tcign to any sxperience he will ever have.
( Teachers in many departments make the
same complaint.
1t is a problem that at the present
il left very largely to the teachers. Where
shall they place the emphasis on the ma
ierial they are required to handle. If they
cannot eliminate the dead timber, they
can at least make it a negligible quantity.
Take the situation that exists in the
English department for example. Are
the classical illusions in "Comus' dead
timber for the average boy?. Would il
be worth more. to the boy if he were
taught the correct standard Of judging
a modern short story until he would know
whether he was reading literature OF
trash? Should the emphasis be placed
upon Shakespere or upon the modern one
act play and the moving pictures?
Should he be taught Carlyle's Heroes
and Hero Worship" or should he be per
miited 10 study the life Of his own he
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
State Fair program for Monday af,e,
noon, August 2lst.

State Fair program for Monday sf,.,
noon, August 2lst.
Prominent entries are, Jules Ellip,.
bee, famous speedway star, plotting B,..
ney Old6eld's famous Golden Subu,ar;r.
worlds most expensive racing crea,;o,,
and the car which Barney OId6eld drov.
to fame at St. Louis several years s,a
breaking the worlds record for one Nil.
on dirt tracks at "A seconds.
Other speedway stars such as / 4
Corumn, Templar entry, Glenn Howard
Fronty entry. equipped with radio for
dispafching messages TO and from MI.
Dirt track veterans include, Ben Co,og
Miller Special; AL Waters, Duesenberv.
Paul Clancy, Waters teammate, Duseu.
berg; Claude Monteath, English d;,,
track enrty. Richards Special. Tvo
dark horse" entries include Fred I,erl.
lider, Lecklider Special; Fred Lep,z
Lentz Special, both of Milwaukee.-Ady
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
NOrthciffe.

From the Neu York Globe.
Admirers of Lord Northcliffe may just
ly claim that his was the greatest achieve
ment in modern journalism. MIR. Hearst
in the United States may own more pa
pcrs and magazines than Lord North
cliffe did. but his influence here is less
than was Alfred Harmsworth's in Great
Britain. In addition, Mr.. Hearst started
with money. Alfred Harmsworth be-
gan his career with nothing but sub
ordinate's job. and closed it possessing
sixty periodicals, a title, and enormous
wealth.
But the question of how great the
Northcliffe achievement was remains still
TO be answered. Northcliffe was a man
Of tremendous personal force. but it is
obvious that his success was made pos
sible by modern inventions and modern
bushes tendencies. He developed large
scale production in Journalism just as
other men developed it in oil, steel, coal,
and copper. Nor was he a lone worker.
Under men like him journalism both in
England and America has lost the in
dividual editor and the individual paper
Of distinction and influence, and has run
10 bulk and power. The great syndicate
has supplanted the great paper. the great
publisher, the great editor. Their domin-
ance has been and continues to be un-
questioned. Their permanence, however,
is not assured.
Northcliffe is the first Of the twentieth
century news Titans to pass. In time his
death will probably answer to some de-
gree the question Of whether the news
field can be held permanently by great
business corporations. or whether the
corporations, like Macedonian empire,
will tend to disintegrate with the pass
ing of the Alexanders who made them.
Between these alternatives hangs much
Of the future Of journalism. Newspapers
will either break from the grip of busi.
ness and swing back toward individual
character and influence, or they will be-
come more and more the standardized
units of an organized" activity.
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leave. for Yelioxstone Park.

Mrs. Maude Martin Dulany, who has
been visiting friends in Columbia the
last few days. left today for Yellowstone
National Park where she will conduct a
series Of entertainments in the chain Of
hotels which are located in the park.
Mrs. Dulany gives readings and does
impersonaiions. She has been giving
embellishments at large summer resort
at Lake Junaluska, N. C., for the last
few months. Her home is in Florida.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
Second Christian.

Services on Lords Day as follows:
Sunday school at 10 o'clock a. m. and
preaching at IL o'clock a. m. The jun
ior Endeavor will meet at p. m. and
the Y. P. S. c. E. at 6:3O D. M.
Preaching at 7:30 p. m. The Rev. H.
D. Griffin will use .as a text for the
morning worship The Praying Christ
and for the evening worship "The Des-
pissed Christ
Prayer services Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock.
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WOMEN AND MEN

Another Arthur Balfour-commone
and business man, not arisiocrat and
statesmaa-has arrived in Washington
from England. He comes 10 address the
national conference Of the United States
Chamber of Commerce. Balfour. who is
no relation to the Earl Of Balfour, who
led the British delegation at the Arma-
ment Conference, is former master cut
Ter of Sheffield. one of the blue ribbon
honors of British industry. He is presi-
dent Of one Of the principal steel-making
corporations in the United Kingdom, a
one time president Of the Sheffield Cham
Der Of Commerce, and during the war was
a prominent factor in the munitions in
dustry. Tool steel is branch in which
Balfour is an expert and regarding which
he has written a standard book. He
comes to Washington as vice-president Of
the Associated Chamber Of Commerce Of
Great Britain.
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Christian Church

Bible school at 9:30. Morning worship
l0:S. The Rev. W. Gibbs. acting
dean of the Bible College will preach.
Christian Endeavorers meet in the
evening at o'clock. The Union Church
Services are held in this church at 8
o'clock. On Friday the four sections Of
the Women's Council meet at the church.
The program will be in charge of the ed
ucation department. The public is cor
daily invited to all these services.
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AT THE HOTELS
Daniel Boone Tavern.

Charles Palmer, Montgomery; Mrs. d.
Z. Washington, Paris, France; Albert
Harwood, St. Louis; Charles Ranch,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
We'll, Milwaukee, Wis; Kenrick Bur
rough. Cape Cirardeau; P. d. Alexander,
Springfield; Olga Ross Harmon, Chi
cago; C. D. Campbell, Kansas City; r.
A. Moore, ST. Joseph; Mr.. and Mrs. II.
C. Hawk, Newton, Kan; Mrs. James
Couldy, Fulton.
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AT THE CHURCHES
Wilkes Boulevard Church.

Sunday school will open at 9:3O O'Clock
and preaching by the pastor will be at IL
O'Clock. Epworth League will meet at 7
O'Clock and the evening preaching service
will be held at 8 o'clock. The presiding
elder will speak.
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Broadway Methodist.

Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. P. H.
Ross, superintendent. Morning worship.
l0:40 a. m. Sermon by the pastor: THE
Need for Creative Thought" Epworth
League Z p. m. The congregation will
join in the union evening service at 8
p. m, at the Christian Church.
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PRESBYTERIAN Church

The pastor has returned and the regu-
lar morning worship will take place at
1890 In the evening, the congregation
will worship in the union service at
the Church Of the Disciples at 8 o'clock.
Sunday school will meet at 9:3O a. m.
and the Christian Endeaver Society at
z p. m.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
DO YOU NEED HELP?

In deciding on the furnishings for
your student rooms. Let our experience
assist you. We carry everything neces-
sary to make your rooms attractive and
comfortable in Furniture, Rugs, Mat
tresses, Pillows, etc. Our second hand
department offers most everything you
will need at big savings. The Economy
Store. Hughes Furniture Co.-Adv.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
AUTO RACES AT STATE FAIR

One of the greatest automobile race
programs ever arranged for the Missou-
ri State Fair has been completed with
the official closing Of entries for events
Tuesday noon. August Is.
Some Of the country's fastest dirt
track cars and drivers have filed entries
for the speed events sceduled on the
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19
Coggins Returns From Abroad.

Cecil H. Coggins Of 1905 Paquin
street. has returned home after a sew.
enteen months absence abroad. He was
in Greece and Morocco. For the last
seven months he has been managing a
banana plantation for the United Fruit
Co. in Honduras.
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Columbian.

Ida Van Meter, Corder; NJ. E. Her
riot. San Diego. CAL; Bert Blessing, St.
Louis; Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Bessantz,
Wichita, Kan; H. G. Witshur, Kansas
City; Mr.. and Mrs. E. McIntire, Larned,
Kan,; E. r. Brown, ST. Louis; Daisy
Asbury, Centralia.,
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19

Ii Yuan-Hung, who has recently been
induced, much against his personal wish
es, to take over the presidency Of the
Chinese Republic. has left his luxurious
estate in the British concessions al
Tientsin and returned to the discomfort
Of Peking and the presidency. The high.
est honor in the republic has gone beg
ging for months, and Ii has only accepted
it for the good Of his country, or perhaps
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roes, those on the baseball diamond, in
the scientific field, and so on?
This question Of the elimination Of the
dead timber in the text books in our
schools is not one to be considered light
ly. 1t is a problem that eyey'teacher
who has the good Of the cause Of educa-
lion at heart will attack with seriousness.
The sooner teachers accept this as a per.
sonal problem, the sooner will the dead
timber be eliminaed.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-19

In the recent election, many politicians
we're convinced that they had a great fu-
lure behind them.
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Northcliffe's Forethoupht.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Lord Northcliffe warned the world of
the growing power Of Mohammedanism
in one of his last public statements, pub
lished in The Sunday Sun, March l9.
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A re-enforced pocket for pennies IS
needed on the new suits.
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Announcement.

! have leased the Tavern Barber Shop
and am now in possession. ! ask all
my friends to call and solicit patronage
Of the public. W. H. Chenoweth, former
ly from Fulton, Mo.-Adv.
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One trouble with trouble is that it is
too much trouble TO eradicate it.
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From the Four Corners
of the Earth

NJ ORTIZ South, East and West all have something
IN to tell you in the newspapers News columns give
you items in the POLITICAL financial and social worlds.
Advertising columns give you information just in
terestng, and valuable to you-news of the
things that have to do with your personal everyday
life
The advertisements spread out for inspection the
products of progressive manufacturers the country
the comforts and conveniences that play so large
part in modern life The wares of every progressive
merchant in town laid attractively before you
From your easy chair read the offerings compare
values check the statements against your previous ex-
perence and then make your selections
Thus you time, money and the effort spent in use
less shopping around" And you gain in the satisfac-
ton that comes from purchase well made. Keep up
the shopping
Read the Advertisements Before You Buy. 1t Pays
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CENSUS OF Ex-sERvlcE MEN
Five Million ousstionnaires to BE used
In Obtaining views on compen-
satlon Drive.

A nationwide census Of ex-service
men will be taken by the American
Legion. Five million questlonnaires
have been printed for use in the Lee
gion's Service and compensation"
drive which will aim toward the COM
pllation of vital statistics and which
should AFFORD a definite Indication OF
the exact cost of providing cOmpensa-
ton to all veterans.
The various state organizations Of
the Legion will conduct their drives
separately, and at their own date.
Every man interviewed by the census
taker will be informed Of the FIVE OPP
ttons OF the pending compensation bill
and be asked to signify his attitude
toward the measure and his choice of
the fiye features. He VIII also record
whether he was ever wounded, gassed.
or suffered an Injury in service. AS
slstance viii be provided In filing com
pensation claims, and all ex-soldiers
will be urged to carry government In
surance.
The Legion's plan for rotating loan
fund viii be explained. and every man
interviewed viii be asked whether he
would be willing to turn over his com.
pensation toward such fund for ths
relief Of needy service men,