Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-26

Manager Real Estate Department
Richmond Trust Company.

Manager Real Estate Department
Richmond Trust Company.
Without doing violence to princi-
pie OF course. consideration for and
concession to the other fellow. the
other community. the other nation. If
done i'll a genuinely altruistic spirit
virtue which merits and has its
own reward. Psychology of man
appears to have provided In tho va
ricd curriculum in which humanity
is being schooled. which Is demon
stratcd making virtue of necessity"
The Creator Of worlds and OF man
has so ordained that il the spirit"
Will not work on tho principle first
outlined thcn the flesh" in order to
survive. must operate under tho lat
ter. Neither man. state or nation
can long survive in the attempt to
Tive alone" 1t Is ,amcntablc to
contemplate the attitude OF the prin-
cipals in the present national ad-
min!stra;ion In refusing to tax. part
In the conference arranged to take
place at Genoa in the near future
The prosperity Of this. the greatest
producing nation on earth, is de-
pendent nron the recovery of the
other civilized nations from their
preser' depressed conditions. and
not. indeed. for some remote date
does this apply because this de-
pendcnce is immanent. If the other
nations are now "StaEgering." We,
too. are somewhat "wobbly."
Isolation Breeds Dislike.
our voluntary isolation Is almost
certain to breed dislike. IL not dis
gust. on the part OF tho other ma
lions and while that Virtue OF ne
ccssity" may bring us just now the
! minimum Of possible trade from
sured their memories will be long
and tenacious mot to forgive" Again.
We must remember that necessity is
the mother OF inventions: already
| In those countries many substitutes
| have been discovered or devised for
the things we furnished to them
| aeoretimcs
Just as the foregoing applies in
our relationships 10 other nations.
In our relationships within the
United states. in Virginia and in the
city OF Richmond
II has been we'll said that il will
not he desirable to revert to exact
| economic conditions obtaining prior
to the world war. because those con-
| dltions did not develop the best grade
OF citizenship among large class
OF our national family While this
| is true, tnere Is line In the as
! cendlnE scale beyond which. il We
| attempt To go. certainly while en-
| gagged in the work OF REIMBURSEMENT
forced upon humanity as the result,
Of the lat war, Will surely spell
disaster.
War Time Rates VIII Delay
| 1t is inevitable that an attempt
TO maintain the war time rates OF
! compensation for most Of the pur-
! suits OF men and women. TO main
| tain war rates for transportation OF
! raw materials and furnished products
VIII he TO delay indefinitely a return
| to what may lie considered as
| nationally normal conditions. The
same kind OF consideration must h.
manifested by the manufacturer
| whether large or small. and whether
| the product be protected by patents
or in open competition: so too. must
the dealers, wholesale and retail
| absolvc themselves from the charge
| of prohtccrinG.
Since January |. according Ia re-
| port from city building INSPECTOR
permits issued have been more mum
erous than during tho year 1921
| This bcSpeaks a coutidcncs on tho
part OF property owners and builders
that ought TO he encouraged: hnw.
! ever, almost as quickly as We hea,
Of modest Increase In prospect: