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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
APPEAL TO COAL PRODUCERS.

Appealing 10 tho mine workers and
operators 10 settle their differences
through conference. the social service
department of tho Federal Council
Of the Churches OF Christ In America
and the National Catholic Welfare
Council, last Thursday issued Jointly
a striking statement 1t called upon
the men to keep their agreement
made two years ago 10 meet together
I'm a serious effort 10 avoid strife by
negotiating a new argument.
The paper. which f. regarded as of
utmost Importance by church leaders.
declared that n strike I'm the coal in
dustry at this time of widespread In
dustrial depression would add greatly
to the hardships OF millions OF per-
sons. II argues that both parties
supply nll faots in their possession In
order that a decision may be based
upon Justice rather than economic
advantage, and states that tho cstab-
lishment OF right human relations be.
tween the two groups takos prcce.
dence over any economic ISSUE and 4,
prerequisite to a permanent solu.
ton OF the industrial problem.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
THE MARRIAGE BILL.

The reconstructed measure favor
ably reported by the House Judiciary
Committee. revising the marriage
laws, appears TO be the sort OF thing
needed TO remedy or aid a situation
that has threatened 10 disgrace the
state. Tho two-day wait prescribcd
In tho bill for eloping couples ought
10 havo tho effect of preventing most
OF the unwholesome elopemcnts that
Maryland has been inviting.
II Is rather pity for the populn-
ton as n whole that II is not practi-
cablo 20 place further general re-
strictions around tho marriage In
stitution than exist. II IL hard 10
convince the average youth and maid
en- that a wedding isn't a lucky lark
but. all the same. IL isn't. II Isn't a
lark. anyhow. 1t may be lucky, or
/ Il may not.
| For the benefit Of those who would
drift into II too, easily. II is now pro-
posed 20 make life hard for the
Gretna Greens and much less profit
able for the hack drivers and the
dollar-hunting parsons who infest
them. The Legislature. we expect
and trust. will pass this bill.-Balti.
more Ameripn.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

trough Of post war depression. In
Janunry they were s7.75 and In March
they rose to $ii. Beef moved up from
and 20 1926 early In March. Wheat
has come along from n postwar low
OF t10t to St.0s In January and 10
Si.a6 In March. Tho great cDrn sur
plus is disappearing. with corn rising
from ~ cents. it's low mark. to around
60 cents at the present time.
Farm prices are advancing, and
buys arc stlll falling. Everything he
has to sell is coming up and most
that hc must buy Is coming down.
Tho Ieveling up and down Is under
way. No wonder the farmer feels
better that emnll-town merchants are
smiling again. Tint country bankers
arc chirping with the spring robnsl
Tho travelling salesmans order book
In beginning TO tell the story.
Good-by "agarlan revolt" II ali
goes well. A lot OF gentry who have
been farming the farmer" ore about
TO be out OF n job. The farmer had a
grievance. and ne wns vocal about Il.
He hired men TO help him asitate
and he Joined bureaus and unions and
councils. The early spring sun sees
his grievances dlssolvlnR. 1t looks
like n bad year for the man who
farms with his mouth and a good year
for the dirt farmer. r.--phIladelphia
! Public Ledger,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
lust FOLKS
THE WAY OF GOLF.
BY Edgar A. Guest

When l quit playing in the Fall
I'd found the way to hit the ball:
All Summer long I'd struggled hard
But hadn't made decent card,
And then one day It came TO me.
I finished with an eighty-threel
For that last glorious day or two
had a perfect follow through.
II made me sick TO think that
Must shortly put my golf clubs by,
"Oh would" 1 cried, that this were
Spring.
l might perpetIate this swing.
We're this the start and not the close,
I'd give real battle to my foes.
At last. my drive is simply great,
But my success has come too late!"
Now comes the Spring, and shall try
March, April. May, June and July,
To drive golf ball as 1 did
That day when Winter shut the lid
I'll struggle. strive and pitch and
strain
To get that follow through again.
And wonder vainly through it all
Just what It was did last Fall.
August shall como and 1 shall be
Ten strikes away from eighty-three.
Still wondering. desperate and mad
| About that perfect stroke l had.
| September days will come and go
With not a decent score 10 show.
Then one raw day I'll find the swing
only to walt another Spring.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
THE WAY TO COOPERATE.

The wise men in the motor indus
try al told Henry Ford he was crazy
in thinking he could build a cheap car
In large Quantities. He showed them
they were wrong. The Standard Oil
engineers were certain William NJ.
Burton couldn't succeed in his inven-
tion OF the pressure process OF distill-
ing gasoline. But he went ahead any
way. All the polar explorers knew
Stenanson would starve II he tried TO
live off the seal he said he would find
under the ice OF the frozen ocean. In
stead he fiourished.
There are many sltua tions In which
the probabilities OF success and fail
ure seem fairly evenly balanced, and
the cautious person assumes that fail
ure will finally outweigh the alterna-
tive. But various human factors may
enter in and bring success. Only ex.
perience can demonstrate what the
outcome will be.
These incidents come TO mind ir
considering the governments repor
that more than twelve thousand farm
cooperative organizations are now IL
existence. The bulk OF them are on 1
small scale. Will they succeed II the,
undertake to handle in enormous
quantities wheat. livestock and cotton
Plenty OF people are certain It can
be done But IL can be done IL the righ
management is obtained and II tn
members OF tho co-opesatives ar
ready 10 stand by the management
The successful co-operatives now be
| ing conducted In California and Flori
da, for instance, Trove this.
The way to cooperate is 10 go ahea
and cooperate. Only experience wi
show how to avoid pitfalls and wi
success.--kansas City Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
~FARM REVOLT" DOOMED.

Here are tho early signs OF the be
ginning OF the end OF what has been
called the "agrarian revolt" and the
farm unrest" A price war" among
tractor companies has resulted In
Ford cutting his tractor price from
s625 To s3g5. The International Har-
vester Company has slashed the trao-
tor price from 5000 10 500, and is
throwing In" to each purchaser a
two bottom plow and gang harrow.
The Samson tractor dropped from
s665 TO s445, and the buyer gets a rs
per cent reduction on tractor tools
The Case Plow Works follows suit bv
cutting the price OF tractor and plow
from 81 2,023 TO 1895. The Minnesota
State Prison, maker OF farm ma
chinery, has cut 100000 from the
price of machinery TO be sold thi;
season.
Farm prices are climbing hand ovei
hand. Hogs went TO $500 in tn,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
THREE-MILE limit TROUBLES

In view OF the serious condition that
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
faces in trying to stop the increasing
smuggling OF liquors along the coasts
of the United States. Il In not strange
that he wishes the United States 10
try TO get treaties with foreign gov
ernments making rum-runners guilty
OF piracy. or treaties that might in
other ways stop their operations out
side the three-mile limit. An enter
prising New Yorker is trying TO A.
nance a scheme whereby n vessel
built in foreign shipyards, manned
by foreign crews and flying q foreign
flag may be used as recreation"
resort just outside the three-mile
limit. such a proposition apparently
not being limited by international
regulations upon the high seas.
But we may have difficulty In ad-
justing our policy in other matters
to any treaty which limits interna-
tional rights outside the three-mile
limit. AS the Boston Post points out
as late as 1910 at The Hague the
/ United States objected 10 any pro-
/ hibitory acts by Newfoundland as 10
| fisheries outside the three-mile limit.
and in various ways our government
/ is committed to a rather strict re-
spect for the three-mile limit. The
situation may be unfortunate from
| the standpoint OF enforcement. but
| that Is not the only situation that is
unfortunate from the same point of
view. The needs of the Prohibition
Commissioner are limited neither by
land nor sea.--Springfeld Union.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

Probably a good change would be
one by which the entire subject mat
ter could be covered by printed blanks.
plain in form and easily understand
able. which the people could take IN
hand and Ill out themselves, without
requirement OF AFFIDAVIT. and return
with the payment OF the legal tax. That
there is room for great Improvement
In the general income tax blanks will
not be denied, and the direct tax
blanks need require nothing more
than the plain statement OF no in
come. or the amount OF income, in
bulk, II any. Once eliminate the diff
fculty involved in preparing and GER
tifying the present blanks. and a large
amount OF dissatisfaction would be
removed at one stroke And in re-
spect OF the three-dollar tax alone. II
Nigh, be specifically set forth who
are called upon to pay 1t. and when
payment must be made.
BY this plan, all taxables would
start out with the knowledge that
n they had no income. or an insult
fcient income. they would not be
required TO comply with the farcical
provision Of paying an income tax
The now designated Ming tax would
simply become an annual tax impo-
sition OF three dollars per capita
for the support OF schools, which
however undesirable, would be specific
and easily understood And unden
plain and simple provisions there Il
no doubt tho great bulk of the Ia,
would be promptly paid. without any
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

will be = candidate for reelection In
meeting with protest and has caused
surprise" says the Newark Ledger. IN
editorial comment. There arc very
few who believed no would have the
temerity to risk seeking ONCE by pop
ular VOTE"
Now. this Is really ominous. Why
should there be any question about
tho propriety OF a man who has long
been the acknowledged leader OF his
party. and who Mt this time seems
securely in tho saddle, seeking a con-
tinuance In ONCE by popular vote I?
Wherein In tho "temerity" OF the pro-
ceeding, or tho risk" In tho vonture7
Importance attaches to this some
what contcmptuous editorial refer
encc 10 the junior Senator's announce
ment OF his candidacy by the fact that
tho Newark Ledger, which Mt least
has tho "temerity" to speak right out
In open meeting. IL supposed to rep
resent the partisan political views OF
Mr.. Alfred I. du Pont, which imparts
unusual significance to Its utterances.
What Alfred I. du Pont may do, In
fact has done, to upset presumed
party leadership and defeat ambitions
for. reelection to tho Senate, forms n
well-known and highly interesting
chapter OF Delaware politics In recen,
years.
Does II mean tho same rugged rue
tious influences that defeated IN,
senatorial ambitions OF Henry A. du
Pont will be employed against SINH
lar. ambitions now entertained by
Coleman du Pont7
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
END or A GREAT LIBRARY.

BY the sale OF the final instaiment OF
the Huth library at sotheby's, in Lon
don. few days ago one Of the worlds
three or four most famous private col
lections OF books passed into history.
Tho first OF the ten auctions was held
In 1911. The whole sum realized, np-
proximately & 800 900, is second only
10 the total Of s1,932.000 yielded by
tho library Of Robert Hoe. I'd, IN 10lf-
IL. But 1t must b. remembered that
Alfred Huth heoueathed n choice Of
% volumes TO tho British Museum
and that the museum selected some
unique books and manuscripts which
might almost be called priceless. The
Ashburnham library realized more
than sl,ooo.ooo. and tho vast but Ill
assorted and 'unscientihc" Heber
library about s935. 900. Henry Huth
began buying in the thirties. before
Robert Hoe was born. and had ar
enormous collection. which william
Carew Hazlitt was cataloguing before
Hoe war fairly launched as book
collector.
Ths fame Of the greater collectors
is fairly won by their teste, theii
learning, and tho encouragement thel
give 10 tho preservation and study o
books and TO artistic binding nm,
/ printing. Augustine Birrell has In
mented tho fact that the most efrec
/ tionately ooile~urd private iibrnrie,
| disintegrate and vanish into mum
berless hands. But tho scattere,
psris Of these trcasure housee-th'
various Books Of Hours. Caxtons, Pyu
sons, first folios and puarto-, an
| Gutenberg Blbles-often become tn
reed of new libraries. while soms o
the greatest libraries OF all. Ike Mr.
Henry T.. Huntington's. will remain
intact In public hands|-Nev Yorl
Evening Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
NEW SYSTEM Is NEEDED.

The administration of the new law
In relation TO the assessment and col
lection OF income and corporation
taNes. with the addition OF the special
fiing tax fec OF three dollars per
head. has now progressed TO Its final
stages. The taxes have been assessed.
They have been collected so far as
voluntary payment goes. And II now
remains only TO assemble the delin-
qucnts and proceed against them by
measures for enforced collection. And
with this information at hand. II may
be set down as certain that the new
tax imposition is
/. Very unpopular. by reason OF its
exactions.
2. Very cumbersome In Its provi-
sions.
3. Very costly In It's operations.
With these facts In view. II Is now
pertinent 10 considor methods for
improving the law. FOR II also Is np-
parent that as a measure for raising
revenue. especially from that far toe
large class which heretofore has es.
capped nearly all forms Of taxation, 81
Will not be abrosated.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

The new assessment system for real
estate taxation in Sussex county. now
In successful operation. Is similar In
character. Each holder OF real estate
makes his own assessment, filling out
blanks prepared for the purpose. The
county authorities exercise supervis-
ory powers, making corrections and
revision OF estimates. but II Is said
that property owners, as a rule, are
fair and honest IN their returns.
So Il would seem that in respect Of
the new law designed to compel some
measure OF tax payment by all the
people. radical changes are needed in
its structure. II is not reasonable
TO presume the State will consent to
any changes that will permit this
large body OF heretofore exempts &C
return TO an enjoyment OF their i'm
munity. There will be no relaxation
in the purpose 70 continue 70 requir,
payment OF them. Nor should ther,
be.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
RIPPLING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
IN JAIL AND OUT.

II doesn't fill my heart with
Joy TO see a gent In jail; I'm
sorry for the erring boy who's
left the narrow trail Some day
j hope no man Will dwell where
warders' keys are clinked, some
day / hope the prison cell Will
be a thing extinct. But since
we have our costly jails. If they
become d Jest our Justice sys-
TEN says and fails and law goes
galley west. Suspended sem
tences obtain, amusing sinful
gents, paroles make punishment
look vain, as vain as twenty
cents. No sooner do we send a
man to languish In the pen,
than able lawyers work some
plan, and get him out again.
Each day the killers leave their
dead, according to the dope, and
OF a hundred slayers red perhaps
one draws a rope. We turn the
vicious hoodlums laase with
gentle reprimands, and then we
wonder why the deuce the crime
wave still expands. We are too
merciful. / fear, and make our
law a freak; we sentence sim
ners TO a year, and free them
In g. week. And then they take
their guns and knives. and, fill-
ed with bootleg gin, they sacri-
flee some valued lives, and swell
the wave of sin. And while /
oftentimes bewail the harm that
prisons do, I'd like TO see such
men in Jail, the whole besotted
crew.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
IN TROUBLED WATERS.

The formal announceDentT, through
the kindly medium OF Judge Daniel
O. Hastings OF our Municipal Court,
that Senator Coleman du Pont will
be a candidate for denomination and
re-election-should he succeed in the
first part of his ambition--has aroused
not only interest, but opposition
within the Republican party. It is
apparent. therefore, that the voyage
to the port Of success will not be
altogether clear sailing for the Junior
Senator from Delaware.
'Icvsn his brief statement. that he
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

II is gratifying 70 note that scarlet
IN Wilmington. is ahating. This is
believed to be partly due TO the fact
that the health authorities are receiv-
ing more cooperation than was at
FIRST the case. The way TO stamp the
disease out altogether Is for every
body 70 do what the health regula-
tons require.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

II may be set down as fact. harsh.
but unacceptable. that the direct tax
Of three dollars by head. which now
goes under the absurd name and form
of q Ming tax. r. largely q just tax.
Taken by itself. It cannot Be held as
an unjust imposition 20 require OF all
citizens OF taxable nge an annual pay
ment OF three dollars for the support
Of some element OF administration.
And goins as Il does. TO the cause Of
public education. 81 aims TO exact
from all citizens some share OF the
righteous burden Of maintaining good
public schools.
But there is no fair answer 20 the
objections raised against the manner
in which this tax has been imposed.
The Law makes income carners OF all
citizens, from one point OF view, re-
gardless OF the size OF their incomes
or whether they have any. And there
is no manner In which the ridiculous
feature Of requiring returns OF In
comes that are not taxable. or OF en-
tire lack Of incomes. can be made nc
eeptable. There should be some mea.
sure by which the tax could be i'm
posed and collected a. a direct tax
withou, any relation whatever 20 tn,
matter OF income. True. the tax i'm.
position would he Just as unpalatable
but II II could be assessed and col
lected without the cumbersome ant
costly machinery that has been pro
vided. il would be much better for al
concerned
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

Now, let It rest upon those inter
ested 10 make careful study OF the
law, with a view TO having amend
ments prepared for submission to the
next Legislature that Will rid the
present law Of its absurdities and It's
unjust impositions. and convert it
into a direct and easily operating mea-
sure OF taxation that will bring the
maximum OF results with the mini
mum OF cost. II has been estimated
that the cost OF administering the law
as It now stands Will amount TO at
least $4,000 per annum. 1t should
be the aim 10 reduce the cost to at
least one-fourth that amount, and
make the results far more practical
and effective
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
STOMACH UPSET?
Get At The Real Cause--Take DR.
Edwards Olive Tablets.

That's what thousands OF stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead Of
taking tonics, or trying 10 patch up a
poor digestion. they are attacking the
real cause OF the aiiment--clogged
liver and disordered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver In a soothing. healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per-
forming their natural functions. away
go indigestion and stomach troubles.
Have you bad taste. coated
tongue. poor appetite, a lazy. don't
care feeling. no ambition or energy
trouble with undlgested foods7 Take
Olive Tablets. the substitute for Gallo.
mel.
DIR, Edwards Olive Tablets are .
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by thei
olive color They do the work withou
gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime 70
quick relief. Eat what you like. Is
and acc.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

We have practical testimony to this
effect In tho law governing the as
sessmcnt and payment OF mercantile
taxes. The merchant makes his re-
turn, in compliance with the taxing
provisions Of the law. and makes ar-
fldavit 20 Its correctness. which, how
ever. as We have said. may not be set
down as a necessary accompaniment.
But in the making OF his return and
the payment of his taxes. he Is sub
jected TO no Official supervision. Thus,
this tax is collected at the minimum
of cost.
But tho State has an official to look
into these tax payments. and see that
all coming under tho laws provisions
honestly comply with them. And that
official has proved himself. for quite
a long time. to be very watchful. efIl-
clent ana honest. EVERY once IN
while he swoops down on commu-
nifty. and emerges with the name, O,
the few who have proved dishonest
| by making false returns, cerifyinl
them as correct. and thus escapins
temporarily with the payment Of &
smaller amount OF tax than woult
have resulted from honest complianc,
with the law. Only few days agt
Collector Titus acquainted the puhli
and some delinquent merchant wi;l
the fA1t that he Is attending to hi
duties. and the delinouents had q
submit 20 the humiliation OF publ
exposure. coupled with the payment O
all taxes legally due and the add
ton OF substantial nnes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
County Committee to Meet.

Members OF the Republican Count,
Executive Committee were the guest
of their chairman, Charles a. Pat
terson, at a luncheon in the Lambro
Restaurant Saturday afternoon.
Yas decided 10 hold a meeting OF III
county committee next Saturda,
afternoon at 2 o'clock at $40 KIM
street at which time plans for III
fall campaign will be mapped out.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

In the naming OF a new internal
a game OF cross-tag al Washington,
and even now II appears to be a ques-
ton who won--in addition 20 John w.
Herring OF Milford, who landed tha Job.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

The income tax has benefited one
citizen OF Wilmington. After he told
the court he had spent his last dollar
judge remitted the fine imposed for
speeding.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Bayard Legion.
Mt. Calvary Club.
j. c. S. Fraternity.
Democratic League.
Appomattox S. OF V.
Paperhangers' Union.
Sumner Post. G. A. II.
Delta Chapter. r. \. NJ.
Camp No. 3. u. Q. 5. a.
North End Athletic Club.
Delaware Lodge. s. OF II.
Antietam Lodge, o. l. A
Fidelity Lodge. a. O. Y. W.
Delmarvia Union, y. l.. L.
Wilmington Lodge of Elks.
Delaware Lodge. l. o. O. +.
Washington Lodge. X. OF T..
Beta Nive, No. l. O. l. O. NJ.
Beta Tent, No. 2. X. o. +. NJ.
Santa Maria Council. X. Of c.
Mlnqua Tribe. Imp'd. O. r. Nj.
Harmony Council. U. h, OF A.
Brandywine Lodge, l. O. o. +.
| Blue Rock Council. l.. O. II. c.
| Brownson Library Association.
/ National Protective Association.
wilmington Council. O. L. A. NJ.
| st. Benedict's Beneficial Society.
Brandywine Library Association.
Bricklayers' International l1llon.
Diamond Council, Jr. O. u. A. M.
Ladies' CatholN Benevolent Asso.
Wilmington AerIe. No. 4. L. O. II.
| Benevolent Pioneer Library Asso.
Lady Miller Ledge, No. 6. S. OF II.
Delaware Conclave. II. or s. w. NJ.
Delaware Council No. 8, A, o. S, E.
Christine Encampment. l. o. .. +.
ushens' Union, Union NJ. II. Church,
Wilmington Circle. t. OF A.. No. ass
Eleventh Ward Democratic League.
NJ. Il. & T.. |, (Brlcklayers' UnionD
VIM. Mckinley Circle. II. or S. w,
VII & Brandywine Council, o. Z. \.
Wilmington Circle. L, or A., Nos, 7, s.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-20

faces at each other. Whether they Will
come 20 blows before the election has
not been announced.