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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-28
BEGIN STREET WORK APRIL 1.
Front and French and North Market
Are First On List.

With awarding of contracts for sup
plies directors OF the Street and Sew
er Department hope to be able To bc
In active operations on April /. They
plan to start the new paving project
for this summer Mt Front and French
streets and on Market street between
Nandever avenue and tho bridge
across the Brandywine creek. Later
Fourth street. east and west of Mar
kot Will be paved and then King
street. Their program for the summer
calls for greater yardage of new
paving work than was done last sum
mer. which was banner year in this
line of work.
When the King street work IL taken
up the market now located there will
be transferred TO French street. The
trolley tracks on King street will be
removed between Front aud Ninth
streets when the new paving ls put
down,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-28
Flremen Elect Pension Directors.

Firemen of the city yesterday after
noon and last evening at the house of
Truck Company No. voted for the
selection of five trustees of their PEN
sion fund and after the ballots had
been counted the following were de-
ciared elected: Lieutenant Charles
Cannon, Engine Company No. /: Lieu
tenant Robert Hanley. Truck Com
pany No. 3: Engineer w. y. Quillltan,
Engine Company No. 80 Fireman w.
Kyle. Engine Company No. 9; En-
gineer George Donohue. Truck Com
pany No. 4. These men with the dlrec-
tors OF the Department OF Public
Safety will have custody OF all moneys
turned into the firemen's pension fund
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-28

tastc for Bible literature. Tho Topeka
divine later made the samc statement
IN n talk before the Medill School Of
Journalism ut Northwestern Universi-
~. Evanston, ILL.,
DR.. sheldon Is the author OF an
IT'S steps and numerous other books
dealing with practical Christianity. He
Is q thorough believer In the power of
the press and has advocated the es-
adjustment OF religious dailes for dis
semination OF Christian ideals.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-28
Father Mattimore Talks on Sin.

Describing II ne the original cause Of
all suffering. Rev. John Mattimore, s.
j. OF Fordham University. who In con-
Quoting the annual retreat for women
at st. Peters Cathedral last night
spoke on sin" lilo declared that
while elm Is the greatest ofrense against
God. God has shown that no In always
ready TO receive the pcnitent sinner.
and aids those who wish to do better.
Congregational singing Is \ feature OF
the evening eeryIces
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-28
Minstrels and Dance Mt Elsnpere.

A minstrel show and dance will be
given In the Elsmere Civic Club on
Thursday evening, for the benefit ~
the Elsmere Independent Club. The
Metropolitan orchestra will furnish
music
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-09-02

there. We attended church regular
ly. My wife made friends quickly and
we were soon enjoying the social
companionship Of mighty fine lot
of people: The color came back to
her cheeks and life again grew to
be worth while.
The Jig Was Up"
"Then one day an old shopmate
from back east appeared on the
job. The moment I set my eyes on
him the Jig was up No sign Of
recognition passed between us. That
afternoon many OF the new friends
had made in the shop seemed less
cordial than they had been. Later
in the day a distempered helper
whom I had asked to assist me on a
piece Of work I was doing turned
me down and said he wouldn't help
a scab.' =
1.-THE curtain again came down on
my life. didn't tell my wife any,
thing about it, but she learned it
the following Sunday coming home
from church. tried to get back/in
the union and hoped. by doing so I
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against her. but there were members
present who objected to having the
wife Of scab' in the order. She was
a good wife and a good mother, and
in addition to taking care Of her
household duties she found ample
time to devote to- church and social
matters.
while her old friends and neigh
bors had always been kind to her she
was sensitive to manifest GOODNESS
they exhibited in her presence. 1t
was not like that in other days when
was one of the boys, and it hurt
her. She finally gave up everything
on the outside and seldom mixed
Injured His Family.
with other people. We had few CALL
ers and no real friends. She was not
used to that and it affected her.
II noticed her cheeks fading and
deep lines appearing on her face.
We resolved to go away, to go some
where where we were not known,
and possibly we would be able in a
new community to work our way in
to new friends.
II resigned and went west, got a
job in a coast town and sent for my
family. It looked promising for US
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the remorse Of 4 traitor to labor. In
my case the suffering extended to
my family. My children seemed diff
ferent and eventually held aloof
from me. My youngest, one day.
climbed up on my knee and asked
ME in childish seriousness: Daddy,
what's a scab?' That question pierced
my heart like an arrow. could not
answer him. I couldn't even. look
him in the face. I evaded a direct
reply by asking him why he asked
me such a question.
The Kids at School.
The kids at school won't play
with me- he said with a pathetic
tone in his voice. They say to me,
go on, get away from us, your faith
err is a scab.' tell you that struck
home and made me regret listened
to the honey words of the company
agent who got me to weaken and
crawl back to my job like worm.
The next blow I felt was when I
came home one evening and found
my wife in tears. She had been
black balled'' by a fraternal order
to which she had made application
for membership. A kind neighbor had
told her that they had nothing
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when STRIKE IS over SUFFERING
OF BROTHER WHO SLIPPED BEG|NS
Ostaczed BY His Fellows the Man Who Scabbed on Asso-
cate Feels Pangs Of RemoTse, Like Man without Country

belonged to the union, violated his
oath of membership, betrayed his
associates and returned to work dur
ing. a strike.'
The old timer lifted his left leg
carelcssly over his right knee, sat
back in his chair, folded his arms.
cast his eyes sadly to the ceiling,
and let go the following: THE scab
seldom feels his loneliness until the
strike is over, when the company
has no further concern about his
welfare and when they have de-
feated the union. The strikebreaker
seldom remains long on any job. He
is gradually frozen out by more COM
petent men.
The RcmOrsc That Comes.
'Some Of the strikers usually get
back on the job and they bring with
them all the bitter memories of the
battle. That's when the men who be-
trayed them begin to feel it. 1t is not
so much what is said to them as the
looks they get, the GOODNESS that IS
displayed and the ostracism from
which they suffer. Even the boss, so
good and friendly during his trou-
BILE, becomes indifferent and uncon-
cerned. On top of it all is the con-
sciousness one feels that he has not
been on the square with his fellows.
II can imagine the anguish of a
murderer after his crime, for I know
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Continued on page 27.)
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I'D give the world if | owned
it if | hadn't weakened that time
in my early life during the strike
of '94 when l deserted my shop
mates. weakened their side and
went back to work under cover,
said an odd timer to a group
of listeners sitting in the lodge
room of a fraternal order the
other night.
They were talking about the big
railroad, textile and mine strikes of
the summer. The lodge had not been
called to order and the members felt
free to discuss any subject that came
up. 1T is remarkabr how the shop
men and the miners hold out. They
showed splendid solidarity" said
one of the number. Those men who
weakened and betrayed thier fellow
workers must feel the shame of it by
this time" he continued.
The Price He Paid.
YES" put in the man who had
been through the mill. II know what
it is to be called scab. One never
can become hardened to it. 1t fol-
lows him wherever he may travel, to
the furthermost parts of the earth.
I have worked with professional
strikebreakers, the hardest and most
calloused of mortals. No word Of
tends them like that Of 'Scah' In.
deed the trikebreaker has brought
himself to believe that he is a gen.
tlenan along side of the man who
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-09-02
SAD STORY OF man WHO BETRAYED HIS FELLOW WORKERS

could make amends for the one mis-
take I had made. was informed by
the secretary that, would have to
straighten up with my. old local
union as there was a fine entered
agai inst me there, and it was more
than I could pay.
Followed Him From Home.
1--WE soon departed for another
The Washington times., 1922-05-04
We TOWNE GOSSIP
"A Copyright 1922 oy star Company.
PACKARD NINE, Nevada,
'22. oy Star Company.
BY X. C.. B.

Dear K. c. B.-I have noticed letters 10 You
from people in all walks Of life almost, but
never have noticed one from a miner and
prospector. have been held for 22 years by
the lure OF the desert and mountain Knocked
fiat, | have been. several times, but hope,
springtng eternal in the human breast, brings
me to my feet again and go on still believing
that In good old Nevada | will strike 1t yet
l WAS born in e large city. but have no desire
to go back. Friends back there write and tell
me am wasting my life and should return.
But another voice says: Stay with It, old
boy; don't weaken" And here I am and what
do you sayI E A. ANKERs
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PURSUER AND
PURSUED
BY s. +. KISER.

Johnny was in love with Fannie,
u Who declared she loved him not;
Daily she got Johnny's mamie,
Holding back the love he sought;
Seeming anxious to avoid him,
She would flee when he appeared:
Her elusiveness annoyed him.
But he hoped and persevered.
EROM a bad start, Johnny hurried
In pursuit of his adored;
He at first was greatly worried.
She apparently was bored;
But he gained a little daily.
Less and less her scorn became;
You will understand who gayy
Have been winners at the game.
IN day when circumstances
" Were propitious Fannie turned,
Meeting Johnny's eager glances
With the look for which he yearned.
Fondly in his arms he caught her,
Then. without undue delay,
Left the kiss that he had brought her
Where it wasn't wiped away.
HAVING won, as oft the case is,
II Johnny found. to his surprise,
Other maids possessing graces,
And he looked with longing eyes;
Fannie. finding him no longer
In pursuit, began to fade;
Day by dav her love grew stronger
We'll that's how the ~ar,e is played.
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Getting Rich
By Imports
IHOW can America get rich by
III exports' BY sending out

''' SAD oe'
OF the country those things
which are wealth: Pianos, auto
mobiles, wheat and flour and lard,
cotton goods, typewriters and
sewing machines!
The way to get rich is to dis
tribute all our flour and pianos
and cotton goods and sewing
machines to our people at home.
Then, in addition, have foreign
countries send us olive oil and
binoculars and dye stuffs and toys
and cutlery and sweaters and
sugar and mahogany and cocoa
nuts and rubber and linens and
overcOats and coffee and tea.
Wouldn't that make us rich ?
Well say it would.
We can't attain this ideal. We
can't consume all we produce.
We must export part of it. But
the more we import, the richer we
shall get.
1t is simple, common sense No
one could tell you that you would
lose by giving your neighbor less
than he gives YOU. Why let them
tell you that an excess of imports
will impoverish your country?
Europe owes us $1,OOO,O0O,OOO
of interest every year, due on our
public and private war loans. We
don't want gold in payment. We
can't eat it or use it, EUROPE.
MUST PAY By SENDING Us
EACH YEAR A THOUSAND
MILLION DOLLARS WORTH
MORE OF GOODS THAN WE,
SEND HER. If that doesn t make
us rich, what will7
A proper tariff will regulate
the kind Of goods sent-they will
be articles or grades of articles
not interfering with American
products.
Prepare for a flood Of imports.
Prepare to float on that flood TO
prosperity. Europe will associate
with us in the labor of supplying
America s multiplied wants.
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Road Work Is Big Work

yOU surprised when you read that the egg work
\ done by the hen amounts in dollars and cents to
than the value of the that you eat. You
perhaps surprised to learn that road building
which YOU going on here and there, apparently in
small way, the great industry of the United States
This year the national government alone will need
fifty million tons of stone and gravel for road work
That million big carloads.
In 1921 million were working on the roads
There ought to be two millions and three millions the
country has plenty of road work for them and could
easily pay them That would help solve the labor prob
lem
The others idle could be working on canals on draining
and irrigation Men that are quite content to see gov.
ernment allow five million stand idle for two
years would laugh at farmer if he kept five horses
idle for year.
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Pay Postal Service
WeekLU.

~ CR attention has been called
u to bill pending before the
United States Senate pro-
viding that the men in our postal
service shall be paid once a week.
The postal employees are very
anxious to have this bill pass, and
it appears not to have any seri
Gus opposition from the postal
executives.
The weekly payment of wages
is the established method of paw
ment in all departments of in
dustry in the country. Universal
experience has shown that it is
most just and convenient for the
employees and not inconvenient for
the employer.
Weekly wages prevent the run
ming into debt and enable the en-
ployes to live according to their
income. 1t has many other great
conveniences which the Govern
ment ought to recognize.
The Washington times., 1922-05-04
RECOGNIZE Mexico.

VYYHEN DR.. Woodrow Wilson
" was President Of the United
" States he early constituted
himself proppnent Of the rrinci-
pie of self-determination for ma
tions and peoples. More particu-
larly in his international relations
and in his dealings with the Ger
man people was this great princi-
pie stressed upon the worlds at
tention.
The Washington Times took the
liberty of antedating by at least
a decade DIR. Wilson's sound views
upon this line.
DR.. Wilson doubtless still enter
tains the views once so ably ex-
pressed. The American people
share these democratic sentiments
irrespective of party affiliations
and programs.
President Obregon plainly rep
resents the self determination of
the Mexican people in their choice
of ruler and of an administra-
ton. President Obregon's s admin
istration is by all the normal evi-
dences the self-determined gov
ernment of Mexico.
Then why should not an Ameri-
can Government promptly recog-
nize this self determined govern.
ment of the people of Mexico? It
is not ours to dictate what that
government in Mexico shall be. 1t
is officially and individually
Mexico's government, as DR.. Will
son, when President, should con-
sistently have been bound to rec
ognize, and as Editor Harding,
now President, upon the same
principle Of self-determination.
should be bound to recognize.
Whatever. the differences be-
tween the Mexican government
and the American Government in
matters of territory and in the
protection of the citizens and
property of either nation within
the territory Of the other nation,
they can be adjusted as effectively
after recognition as before.
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Heed Counsel
of PershinQ
THERE is no way to be sure of
what might have been"

what might nave Deen.
Yet General Pershing has
the law Of probability on his side
when he says that had this coun-
try been adequately prepared it
could, under strong leadership,
have prevented the world war al
together.
We know now that the ruling
war caste in Germany banked on
our supposed inability to convert
our peace strength into war
strength and get it over in time
to count We surprised them, but
we got there with not minute
to spare, and the cost and waste
of our haste were terrific.
Wise men do not make the same
mistake twice.
Every generation of Americans,
however. has entered war unpre-
pared and paid a staggering toll
for lack of forest ight.
We ought not to do that again,
in view of the vivid lesson to
which Pershing points. We should
realize now, if ever, the economy
in keeping up our defenses.
The program we should main
tain has been repeatedly stated
in these columns:
First, a navy equal to that of
any Power which threatens to
attack us, whether that force
be single nation or an alliance
of nations.
Second. a sufficient air fleet
and a sufficient submarine fleet
fully to protect our coasts and
prevent the landing of hostile
troops. even if our navy should
be destroyed in action.
Third, a merchant marine to
be used for the development of
our commerce in times Of
peace, and the protection of our
commerce in times of war.
Fourth, military training
for our boys in public schools
which will both strengthen
them physically and enable
them, with slight additional
preparation, to become a defon.
slve guard if their country
should ever be invaded.
Fifth, national universities
similar to those at West Point
and Annapolis, whose grad
uates. in addition to a general
scientific course, shall acquire
sufficient military education
to enable them to be officers in
case their country at any time
should call them to its defense;
and,
Finally, fortified naval bases
from which our fleets could
operate to keep the devastation
of war far from our own shores.
Very foolishly we have limited
the strength of our navy to please
our nearest naval rivals and have
agreed not to fortify strategic
vantage points in the Pacific.
Let us not destroy utterly the
nucleus Of our home defenses, an
adequately officered and trained
regular army.
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A PLAN THEY OUGHT
TO ADOPT.

Tchitcherin, the Soviet
envoy, created an interna.
tional sensation by wearing
n plug hat when he went to
meet the king OF Italy. II
the Bolshevists would put
on spats and carry canes
they might cease to seem
terrible to our dear friends
In Europe,
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PREACHING AND PRACTICING.

Said the optimist: "Thefe always IL a side that's
good and bright
They are bravest who remember that whatever
is is right;
Though the pessimst is whining,
Somewhere still the Ia shining
And imparting springtime gladness that no pass
ing cloud can checkr'
Then he sadly fell to fussing
And wound up. at length, by cussing,
For tho reason that his collar had an edge that
sawed his neck
The Washington times., 1922-05-04

THIS rooster time doesn't
seem so good 20 folks
who like 10 pound their ears
to pulp. II gets everybody
diZzier than musician irving
to play an empty piano.
You 90 TO bed by railroad
time. try to catch trains by
bedtime. only TO discover
that one-arm lunches ore Op-
Grating on swa boa; schCd.
ule subject to change with
out ultimatums.
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m MEANS THAT

MEANS THAT
someone else.
GETS 4 little less.
AND SOME times.
JUST THAT little
less.
MAY LEAD to want.
BUT OF what you get.
FROM YOUR treasure
hills.
you ASK no one.
TO GIVE a cent.
BUT INSTEAD of
that.
you ADD a little.
TO WHAT we have.
AND IF l we're you.
10 STAY up there
AND LOOK for leads.
AND DREAM my
dreams.
FOR AFTER all.
IT ooesn'r matter.
IF DREAMS come
true.
IT ONLY matters.
THAT WE may
dream.
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SOMEONE SHOULD TELL HIM.

"Do you think, Mrs. Fairweather that there
is anything serious between your daughter
and that young Mr.. Bubbley?"
"I'm not sure yet; but if there isn't, he's
going to miss fine chance to work his way
up to my husbands business"
The Washington times., 1922-05-04
ELEPHANTS RIP UP PIPES.

Wild elephants have caused considerable diff
Guilty on the Island OF Sumatra during oil
development work, these animals to
have taken special dislike to the pipe lines
laid above ground through the jungles, and
have repeatedly torn them up, so that gangs Of
men are kept busy repairing the damage.
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POOR DEVIL.

whats the trouble, old man? You look
as if you had lost your last dollar
you've guessed It. I'm just back from a
weekend house party at which the battle cry
Of every woman was Fade me for twenty"
The Washington times., 1922-05-04

4 S pot and kettle get better ac-
u quainted at Genoa they find,
- to mutual surprise, that their
colors are much the same.
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ALL CLOCKS
ARE CUCKOO
ID .DI-Tsp DALD
Copyright. 1922. by Star Company.
BY "BUGS" BAER.

DAYLIGHT misers have
~ busted out dgaln and are
saving daylight in h uge
quantities.
WATCHES all are beating
w seventy pulses 10 min
ute. They've get handspring
fever.
SANlNG daylight doesn't
~ appeal To tidy folks who
like theirs fresh every morn
ing. But bows with wrist
watches will please put their
cuff links ahead on" hour.
You've got TO operate on
YOUR watch even If YOU only
walk fast with It's pawn
ticket
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full as had debts II YOU
look at II too SION. YOU are
an hour late. II you stare
at II too late you are too
quick. When YOU arrive 100
early for mercantile Ippoint-
ment, you find that vour Gus.
toner has been there and
left. and If YOU get there on
time he's sore because you
kept MIN waiting.
SHOWING that eggs aren't
~ only implements that
can be scrambled.
PEST way to do is to
~ maintain an establish.
ment of two watches Fix
one an hour SOW. Put other
one an hour swift. Add them
up. Divide answer by mum.
ber of Chirps in three Swiss
cuckoos. When cop prois
you in ribs for loafing on cor.
ner, tell him that you are an
antique sundial on parade.
N L NJ K r A LIS on watch
~ face don't near any.
thing. Law states that fig
ures don't lie. But daylight
saving facts show that they
can evade question.
DAYLIGHT saving contin.
ues for five months and
saves hundred and fifty
hours.
NEXT time you go out
A' for lunch you car stav
one week.
WHEN boss complains tell
him that you were sav-
ing all your daylight ir one
lump.
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MORE UNDERGROUND METHODS.

1t is alleged that the coffin trust has been
making profits OF 1000 per cent coffins
The ghost should be able to walk regularly for
employees of tho coffin trust.
The Washington times., 1922-05-04

The trouble with many of those $40 patent
leather shoes " thAt the patent expires too
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WHEN boss complains tell
him that you were sav-
ing oil your daylight lr one
lump.
The Washington times., 1922-05-04

YYYHEN DR.. Woodrow Wilson
" was President of the United
States he early constituted
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SHOWING that eggs aren't
- only implements I h at
can be scrambled.