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Evening journal., 1922-04-13
The Senate;S Tariff Bill
(From the New York Herald.)

Many OF the ad valorem import
duties IN the Senate Finance Com
mittee's tariff measure. now report
ed out. so steeply overtop Fordney's
House rates as 10 appear on the face
of the thing astounding. But, except
for the agricultural specific duties,
the Senate's rates for the most part
are sensationally higher than the
House rates only in the seeming
This is so because the House ad
valorem rates are based on Ameri-
can valuations. while the Senate
rates are based as OF old on foreign
valuations.
once the Fordney tariff makers
had adopted the American valuation
plan. virtually any ad valorem duty,
as figured on the domestic cost or
price OF an article. became protec-
tive against an imported article OF
similar kind and quality. Precau-
tion had to be taken in behalf of the
National Treasury. lest even a mod
crate rate on such a basis would
prove prohibitive and thus cut off
/ all customs revenue from that
source. A 10 per cent. tax on an ar
ticle Of the valuation OF IS. making
a duty OF so cents. obviously would
be heavier than a 40 per cent. tax
on the same article valued at 81
making 40 cents.
To achieve either a similar degree
of protection against or an equiva'
lent OF revenue from an importation
as governed by Fordney's scheme
the Senate tariff rate, applying L
the foreign valuation OF 81, instea'
of to the American valuation OF $
I would have to be high enough TO d
all that the House rate would do i
exacting actual duty payments fror
a given article. In this way and 70
this purpose the Senate rates hav
gone far above the House rates.
Nevertheless. It will give tn
American consumer a heavy jolt {
$ see how the Senate tariff maker
Evening journal., 1922-04-13
War Slaughter
tFrom the New York Herald)

General Won Altrock, a German
statistlcian. places the German losses
In killed during the war at 1,s0s,54s
and in wounded at 4.246,779. Ger
many was in the war for ffty-one
months and seven days. and General
Won Altrock estimates that for every
hour OF the conflict Germany lost
46 men kill and 100 wounded.
Accepting General Won Altrock's
figures as accurate. II appears that
the total OF those killed and wound
ed in the German forces. reckoned
by the hour, exceeds the losses OF
any other great Power In the con-
nict except Russlt When Russia
made peace she had been In the war
forty-three months and three days.
Her losses, In round numbers. in kill
ed were 100000 and in wounded
1850. 900. For every hour OF her
participation in the war 54s OF her
men we're killed and 1895 wounded.
Russia's hourly losses exceed Ger
many's in the number OF killed by
IS and In the number OF wounded
by sos.
Austria-Hungry lost 100000 men
killed and 100000 wounded, or on
the average 21.6 killed and s6.6
wounded every hour; France lost
1.385,s00 killed. or 37.7 for every
hour, and 2.675,00O wounded, or 1913
hourly. The British Empires sol
diers we're killed at the rate OF 1873
an hour and we're wounded at the
rate OF 55.4 hourly
The Central Records ONCE OF the
American EXpeditionary Forces
Evening journal., 1922-04-13
The Senate Tariff Bill
(FrOm the New York Tribune)


son, and perhaps in other matters
may alter it's mind and save the
country from a calamity and the
Republican party from a COLOSSAL
blunder.
When the Senate committee first
began its labors a majority of its
members favored the provision.
Viewed superficlally, it was attrac-
tive. Those who quickly saw what
it meant and realized how it would
Introduce paralyzing uncertainty
into business almost despaired Of its
defeat. It looked as if it were to
be railroaded through and real con-
sideration denied. But the Senate
listened and wisely reversed its first
opinion American valuation may
be regarded as dead, though Chair
man Fordney apparently does not
know it yet.
American valuation is objection
able for many reasons. Under
importers making purchases three
or six months ahead could not know
what duties would be collectable OF
the goods they bought; 1t woulC
open the door to surreptitious IN
creases and decreases Of rates. re
quiring the selection of an arbltrar,
percentage TO be applied to all rates
in order to translate them from thu
old system into the new; it woulC
make almost valueless the apprais
= ing decisions of century, decision
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

propose to tax his food as II II were
not already costly enough to eat in
this country compared with pre-
war prices. The Senate committee.
for example, hoists its specific duties
to ~ cents pound on beef; TO 2 Il
cents a pound on mutton; cents a
pound on lamb. and 2 cents on
bacon and ham Dressed poultry
coming into this country would have
to pay cents a pound duty; eggs
8 cents dozen and cream 22h
cents a gallon.
The import tax on wheat at 80
cents a bushel Is perhaps moderate
measured against the same SO-cent
bushel rate on apples which not so
long ago were worth at the farm
only dollar a barrel.
But perhaps the most startling de-
parture from the fundamental prin-
cipie and habitual practice of the
old American tariff system under
which the country's industries we're
built up to their national and inter
national power is in the duties now
placed upon raw materials such as
hides.
Taken as a whole, the Senate
tariff measure bears most conspic.
uously the imprint Of the Western
/ agriculture bloc. which had every
thing pretty much its own way anC
in behalf of the south took goo,
care OF the cotton industry.
/ Nowhere Is the public very jeal
ously guarded against restricted mar
kets and high prices. II may b
said that the American public ha
more to gain from nourishing HON
industry all the way from raw ma
terial to finished production tina
the American public has to los
from higher living costs. But afte
the years of war, imitation. wit
countless fingers digging mercilesl
ly into everybody's pocket. III
American consumer has his ow
views on that question.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

from which the figures presented
here come. gives the British loss In
killed as 692,O65 and in wounded as
2.037n325. Italy was in the war
forty-one months and nineteen days.
Her $4,000 men killed died at the
hourly rate of 12.1 and her 947,00O
soldiers wounded were stricken at
thA. rate OF 31.5 an hour.
The United States was in the war
nineteen months and four days.
Much OF this time was devoted TO
raising our armies and Transporting
them to France our total killed
was 5O.s27 and our wounded 2o5'-
500 our men wer killed at the
rate OF 3.6 and wounded at the rate
OF 14.9 an hour for the whole period
OF our participation. The averages
for actual combat hours cannot be
satisfactorily ascertained.
With the total number OF killed or
all nations during the war placed at
7.668,3 800 and the wounded at 1851, =
257, the interesting fact disclosed Is
that for every hour the conflict last
ed 207.7 men were killed and 5000
wounded. To this terrific total add
the millions upon millions In all the
twenty-seven nations involved whose
deaths, directly or indirectly were
caused by the conflict General Won
Altrock estimates that the total
number OF Germans who lost their
lives as the direct or indirect con-
sequence Of the war was 12,000.OOO'
rrht. ,.,or1d he NJ the rate of 322. 3
deaths for every hour that the war
lasted. This is a guess; the tota
for all nations must be a guess.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13
NrwARK snorrD crr IN LINE.

NEWARK should have daylight saving and get in
time harmony with Wilmington.
The community of interest between the town and the
city is that it demands Of action in this
respect
It Is pleasing know that the directors OF the new
Chamber OF Commerce OF Newark have taken the mat
ter up and that they will upon Town Council the
wisdom OF passing daylight saving ordinance.
The University OF Delaware already has decided to
adopt the new time while the scores of men and
women and boys and girls who commute between thi
city and Newark heartily in favor OF the town fall
ing in line
dispose OF the matter at the end that the New
ark public may know where Il will stand when dayligh
saving goes into effect In wilmington.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

Gus decline in income taxes people who cannot pro-
duce cannot pay taxes Until Congress makes 1t pos
sble for our industries work our mines ana
mills will not become active, retailers will not have
customers or our banks depostors.
than thirteen months the industries OF this
country have been awaiting the passage OF tariff bill
by Congress Today they stiil waiting and while
they wait-buslness says Industries. almost unani-
mously, have pettioned Congress to pass tariff bill
upon the American valuation Of imported goods
subject to ad valore rates They have asked this in
order that they might resume operations In face OF
foreign commercial invasion which has literally
knocked them out Congress has paid little heed
to the warnings OF business but that the in
come tax returns prove this country is suffering
from constipation Of imports; that It is evident
that money will have to be raised meet the deficit
caused by the drop in income revenues Congress
must turn TO the tariff and attempt extract some
revenue for the country tariff duties That neces
sty is reflected by the new tariff BILL although not in
an entirely satisfactory way
Manufacturers have shown the government where the
United states Treasury losing from 100000 TO
$40 600 600 annually by undervaluaon under foreign
values. II Congress this by the American
valuation feature the tariff bill this will bring
additional revenue TO treasury and, by protecting
American industry will enable manufacturers to re-
sumo operations. Then when the country is produc-
ing when people are working factory chmneys are
smoking money will be made and income taxes will be
paid. But income cannot be paid by idle people
Evening journal., 1922-04-13
DENAruRED FOURTH OF July.

TN a letter to the General Federation OF women's
Clubs President Harding has given his cordial ap-
proval the suggestion OF making July the occasion
for welcoming into American citizenship all clti-
zens, whether native foreign born who have come
into citizenship within the preceding year.
It Is a movement, that should be widely adopted but
along with It should renewed emphasis OF the mean
ing OF the day for all citizens old we'll young.
The movement for safe and Sane Fourth" not
only accomplished its purpose but the other
extreme along with the Of internauonalism that
afflicted the country recently until Fourth Of July
has come be merely day OF recreaton-a holiday
from work.
1ts time that put back into Fourth OF July eee-
braons OF the patriotic pep" that featured them
in the past without however, putting back inte them
the old-tlme danger to life and limb.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13
ARnrcKIrs AcouITrAn 30 suRrRIsE.

ITO those who have watched the drift Of the Fatty
Arbuckle case. and TO those who read with pains
taking and discriminating the sworn testimony
relative to the disgracefu incidents which led up TO
his arrest and prosecution final verdict Of acqutai
Of the charge Of manslaughter has come surprise
The jury which returned the verdict Of acqutal was
out only six minutes.
The net results all and furore is that vr-
gina Rappe a girl who thought more Of good time
than Of good name lies in her grave that Arbuckes
stage career has been seriously impaired II not actually
destroyed and his fortune up by the at
teadng his defense and that wave Of reformation,
which is OF doubtful permanency has swept over the
moving picture world
Those who insist that Arbuckie will be unable to
come back in the world should not burn their
bridges because the American public hckle In view
OF the verdict It just likely to pick him up and
nonize him more 1t is to down him to lasting
retirement
one thing may be said however. and that is that II
he return TO the he will be different Ar
buckle because the terrible ordeal through which he
has passed unquestonably chasened him in soul,
mind and body.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

Delaware goif players and caddles should take warn
Ing from regretable and mortal accident that be-
fell Paul Flagler Turner, Haverford College student
this week. He got close TO classmate who was
about 70 drive a fall and the club struck him the
head and fractured his skull few hours later he
died greatly the regret OF everyone who knew him.
Such accidents golf courses are infrequent Of
course. but this certainly should impress upon
local frequeners OF such places that there Is real
and substantial element Of danger in getting close to
the players and falling watch the OF the
hard rubber composition balls with which the game is
played.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

and rulings vital in the administra-
tion of a tariff law
The net effect would thus be 70
make It impossible for importers
and domestic manufacturers alike
to know where they stood-the
one class as to the duties its mem
bers would be asked to pay. and
the second the price level It's MEM
bers would be compelled to COM
pete with. On all counts. therefore,
American valuation is well gone.
AS TO the Senate bill as a whole,
its authors are likely to have diff
Guilty in recognizing their child when
it becomes law.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13
With the Photographers

There may be some doubt about the color OF Wash
ingtons hair but il is gold eagles TO Continental shin
plasters that there were entangements in it-Bos-
ton Transcript
H. G. Wells says that George washington was in
doent 1t be, but recall that he gave the Brit
ish-paid Hessans shock one historic OCCASION
portland (Aie.) Express.
With money cheap in OF the old World
countries, the average European will find hard tc
with lago in declaring He who steals my purse
steals trash"-Scranton Republican.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13
CROWDS WILL SEE DOUBLE HEADER


VTARLAN FIELD, in this city no doubt will be
packed to its sitting capacity tomorrow afternoon
when baseball OF the University OF Delaware
under the leadership OF Coach shpley. will play a
double header with the teams Of the University Of
Pittsburgh and stevens Institute its opponents
The contest is which will to the utmost the
staying qualities OF Delaware but the of d. boys will
exert themselves to the utmost TO win both games.
Those who wish to these games should go to the
field early because the game, which will be with
Pittsburgh will begin o'clock with the practice be-
fore that time.
on Saturday afternoon. 2sO o'clock also on Har-
Ian Field in Wilmington, Delaware will meet the team
OF Holy Cross College. That, too, promises to be
spirited encounter.
The three games to be played in Wilmington will be
BY way Of a compliment to the people OF city, and
there should be great outpourng to encourage the
Delaware boys in big athletic tasks which they have
undertaken.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

Delaware received a dust-raislng blow from the
tail Of the cyclone that did much damage in the
West but reports received indicate the heavy wind
and the reduced temperature did little damage That
Is fortunate because farmers and hortcutursts
are in no financial condition any further re-
verses at the hand OF Dame Nature
Evening journal., 1922-04-13
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Every business has at least one employe that
the other employees think is getting through blum
;-.--s
good many persons think they can succeed
by loang diligently, envylng those who have money
and denouncing the government.
Some say they get along with four hours Sleep but
there who would confer favor on the rest Of
humanity by sleeping twenty-four.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

why not build for the future2 A
Want Ad job is the right start
Adv.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

WA NING!
ROT all yeast will give the desired results There
are certain types of yeast which have absolutely
no medicinal value. BY insisting the genuine
IRoNizEc YEAST, and refusing cheaper imi-
tations substitutes you can be sure that you
taking vitarnine tonic treatment which la
Unsurpassed in effectiveness, convenience and
genuine health-building value.
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

Sold at an good drug Stores such as Eckerd
Evening journal., 1922-04-13

you thin and feel tired all the time-or If you
and your skin is marred with pmples other
humiiating bemishesyou need only to try taking
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
STEPHENSS|X 81
j SLASHED S8O5
/ |NFEWM MONTHS
At New Reduced Price Is One
OF Auto Markets Sem
sations,

The Stephens Salient Six at Its
new reduced price continues to be
one Of the outstanding sensations Of
the fine car market,
Public demand for something mora
than mare motion In any automobile
u dramatically reflected in the great
increase in the Stephens sales since
the price was reduced an additional
$50, making a total reduction Of
3805 in the past few months. This
demand is all the more impressive
because OF the acknowledged rank of
the Stephens car as enc of the most
advanced six-cylinder cars on the
market.
Further interest has been focused
on the Stephens Salient Six because
of its remarkable showing in the
Los Angeles. Yosemite Valley run
held on May 20. In $50 miles Of
travel through mud and rain In
mountain country climbing to eleva-
tions of s,100 feet, the stephens won
the heners In its. quality and weight
class.
The Stephens bettered by five ton
miles the record 1t established In
1919 when 1t wen sweepstake kes and
the class prize in this greatest Of
economy contests. The stephens
Salient Six this year averaged within
o fraction of twenty-three miles to
the gallon.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
ROAD BUILDING
|NU.S.REACH|NG
DEVELOPMEN
Automobile Sponsors Greatest
Activity in Worlds
History.

When aeroplanes blacken the
sky carrying freight and passen.
gers across land and sea-and rela-
lively that day Is not far hence
there will he no apparent diminu.
tion in the use of existing trans
portation facilities" said John J.
Raskob, chairman of the finance
committee of the General Motors
Corporation, in a speech before the
State Highway Commissioners din
ner at the du Pont in Wilmington,
the other day
Far from feeling that the use Of
automotive transportation is reach
ing its limit, MIR. Raskob believes
that 1t IL just beginning. The full
est use Of the motor vehicle in the
service of mankind will not be
reached until the most complete
and efficient facilities for its oper-
alton have been provided in the
shape of proper highways the pro-
vision of which has just been
started, was the theme of Raskob's 3
talk.
In pointing out under what dis.Id.
vantoges the growth of the use of
motor transportation for both pas
sengers and freight has been nCcom.
pilshed, Raskob compared this rela-
lively new transportation unit with
the telegraph and telephone. lie
said: when Morse inVented hls
telegraph and Bell his telephone, man
had long before learned to draw fine
wire; else these two inventions would
have been useless. The railroad
train would be merely an interesting
m lchanical curiosity to exhibit in
the Smithsonian Institute II man
had never found way to make
lacks for II to run upon.
The automobile was born into a
oadless world. Compared With the
millions of miles of telephone wires
and the thousands of miles of steel
rails which make these othet two
great inventions effective, the auto.
mobile is still in a roadless world.
The automobile was the crsat'an Of
brains which dreamed of thousands
Of miles Of bouleVards whore once
existed mud holes and ruts.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
pRor7T ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC OFFICERS SIGNALS
rs ONE OF THE MARKS OF 4 5000 DRIVER

to get away with it. You see the dis.
advantage of cutting short around
a left turn Is that you thrust your
car directly In the path Of approach
ing traffic.
Another mistake. perhaps even
more frequently made. Is swingiI, &
right in traffic or even out OF IT,,
without ample notice by the out.
stretched hand that a turn is 10 be
made. Motor vehicles are so thick
on the roa3e now that no driver
should make a turn. ever, without
giving ample notice of his intention.
A common breach of good motor.
ing manners is found in the tend.
ency of some drivers to hug the i"ft
side OF the road. Obviously this may
become the cause of a serious aLci.
dent, under certain conditions. For
instance, driving over the crest Of
hill Just a little too much on the
wrong side OF the road
Turning IL a fundamental cause OF
accident, in that IL IT is not done in
exactly the right way trouble is al.
ways possible. For instance, the
man who makes a sudden, shdcp
turn 10 as likely as not to have q
skid Of greater or less proportioCs.
Now such a skid may very possh ly
carry him into another car. with
crumpled tenders or smashed b dy
as the result. Turns should always
be made slowly and carefully.
Another piece OF bad driving juJg-
ment may be observed any pleasA..t I
afternoon on almost any street Cr
read. This is following a car ahead
too closely. There should always
be kept between cars an interval
long enough to permit OF a sure stop
beinS made II the vehicle ahead
halts suddenly for any reason. This
habit OF following too closely is he
result in the main, Of the great num.
Der OF cars on the roads. but it In
also the cause Of most of the rear
end collisions.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
TURNING AT SPEED ON A WET ROAD rs LIKELY 70
CAUSE A SklO VITA EXPENSIVE RESULTS.

and careful drivers daily commit
errors of judgment. often merely le-
cause their mistakes never have
been called to their attention.
Take, for instance. the man who
is proud of the rapid acceleration OF
his car and makes a point of getting
under way quickly. Very good, il
he uses discretion and the utmost
care always. Blu, II he allows his
attention to waver for the fraction
OF second needed to send him Pill.
| ing into another car without the
same rapid getaway that his vehicle
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
To stop ENGINE MIsfirinr.

a mysterious cause OF an engine
misfiring is water getting into the
caTburstor. Simply drain the carbu.
rotor to remedy the trouble, and as
q precaution open the drain cock at
the gasoline tank a few reconds to
draw off any water which may be
In the tank. As water goes to the
bottom, II will drain Immediately the
cock is opened. #
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
NIH17NhANtFHN UUHHANOH"-NI
Editor Of Motor.

Are you good driver? Perhaps
you are, but don't be too sure. Good
driving, in the fullest sense of the
word, does not mean merely skillful
driving. Some of the most skillful
drivers in the country are among
the very worst menaces that sncuni-
Der the roads.
The fact is that the term good
driver" must include careful as ~ell
as skillful. Moreover, many skiliful
The Washington times., 1922-06-04
DENVER ADOPTS DRASTIC
LAW TO CURB RECKLESS

Authorities In Denver. Colo, have
adopted a most drastic regulation TO
prevent reckless driving. Anyons
convicted Of such an offense In for.
hidden TO operate . motor vehicle
for dix months. and. " be violates
this order. the police may imt,ound
his car for ninety days.
The Washington times., 1922-06-04

has. can we call him a good driver?
Not at all; he Is a careless one.
How often do we see a motorist
who understands perfectly the con
troll of his car. who might pass as
an ultra skillful driver in almost any
company. cutting lefthand corners.
trusting to his skill TO permit him
Newark post., 1922-03-08
FIREHOUSE SITE
Academy Trustees Make Plans
to Dispose Of Ground

AS soon as survey can be made OF
the plot of ground in the rear of the
High School, where the Aetna Hose
Hook and Ladder Co., is to build it's
new home, the deed for the ground
will be turned over to the firemen and
plans for the new house will be made.
On last Wednesday night the Board
of Trustees of the Newark Academy
held meeting in the High School
for the purpose of disposing of the
Academy site to the firemen.
j. Pearce Cam, Daniel M. Thomp-
son and N. M. Motherall were ap-
pointed as committee to dispose of
the tract and according to the infor-
nation given to the firemen the above
action has been taken by the com
mittee.