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Lincoln and the Civil War.

To the Editor. The wsshinxtou Herald:
There are few subjects of which
more nonsense has been talked and
written than OF the causes of the
civil war.
The author of the resolution at
the recent reunion of the Confeder-
ate Veterans. declaring Lincoln re-
sponsible for the war, was assinine
to say the least: and IL is highly
gratifying that the responsible rep
resentatives of the vets and the
South promptly repudiated 1t.
Neither Lincoln nor any other in
dividual was responsible for that
war. 1t was an "irrepressible con-
flict." the seed of which was sown
In the Constitution itself. and made
inevitable by the character of the
people of the North and South and
their conflicting economic inter-
ests. Like all wars in the history
OF the world. except dynastic wars,
its origin was political and eco
nomic.
The civil war would have come
had there been no slavery. The
North was a purely manufacturing
section. by virtue of necessity on
account of the poverty of the soil,
while the South was solely agricul-
tural by reason of the productive
ness of its soil, the miIdness of its
climate and its slave labor.
Because Of these facts the inter-
ests of the two sections, then COM
prising practically the settled por-
tions of the United States, were not
only utterly incompatible but ire
concilably antagonistic..
The North wanted, and needed a
protective policy 10 foster and
build up their industries. which
were their very economic life. The
South produced at that time moth
ing but needed protection. 1t
properly regarded protection as in
imical to IL not utterly destructive
OF her interests and economical
life. They claimed there was no
constitutional authority for a pro-
tective policy; that such laws would
be subversive OF the constitutional
rights of the South, and a perver-
sion Of the constitution to her in
jury In that she would be taxed to
her own detriment, and for the
benefit Of the New England States.
Nevertheless. such laws were en-
acted by the Congress. whereuppn
South Carolina undertook to defeat
them by what was known as multi
fcation statutes, passed by her leg
islature. forbidding the enforce
ment of these Federal laws within
her jurisdiction. This brought on
the force bill IN the CONGRESS,
which was designed to coercs
South Caroline into \ recognition
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AUTHOR OF POEM.
To the Frbs Of the People: s.,s
Please give me the name of the author Of these
Il sometimes feel the thread of life Is slender.
And soon with the labor win be wrought ;.
Then turns my thoughts to hearts more tender
-"e '''n' Ink
These lines appeared In the Youths TCompan
ion in a poem called Thoughts for the New
zine or you can secure his name from the com
pany that publishes that magazine The author
cannot be found in the Conversational Library
QUOTATION FROM sHAkEsPEARE
The Friend of the People;
Please tell me where the quotation II music
have quoted II correctly. W. X
That quotation is the work Of Shakespeare.
1t is follows: IF music be the food OF love.
play give me excess OF IT. that, surfeiting the
appetite may sicken. and so die
PROPER POSITION FOR FLAG.
70 Of the People
VIII you kindly inform through your columns
the proper position for the American flag on top
the American flag. and the other for an organi-
zation flag. The building faces east c. M. l.
While there Federal laws. pertaining
~ flag. there are many regulations and usases Of
national force bearing the subject.
ni the nosa & s yss pase @
Of honof on the right Its should be confined
as mSh possible to its display upon the stan.
~pEsERTIoNv BY WIFE.
To the Friend Of the People:
Is wife acting within her rights when she.
becoming tired Of housekeeping: take. position7
This making 1t necessary for the husband to OBJ
tain his meals at restaurant SO that about all
light and running expenses is a place to sleep.
II he should decide TO give up the rented property
and go to boarding, there being no children TO be
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well. II would be in keeping with
the genius OF our government. for
the judiciary TALL OF the Federal and
many of the State) are appointed by
the governor or the President: many
other ofiicers of the Federal and
State governments are appointed,
not elected. In the early DAYS of
our national history most of the
mayors of cities were appointed by
the governor Of the State Until the
recent constitutional change all
Senators in Congress were elected,
not by the electors. but elected by
the agents of the electors-the
state egislature-rather a round
about way. Even today. when a va =
cancy In the Senate occurs. the gov
ernor OF the State appoints a citizen
OF the State to be Senator until the
electors elect another Senator. II
was also provided in the constitu-
ton that the President was not to
be elected by the direct vote of the
electors, but through agents. So
possibly Lincoln did not mean all
that Mr.. Donoho would lead us to
believe.
know of no writing or speeches
of Liocofn that in anywise Indicate,
that he objected to these methods.
Even In freeing the slaves he did
not suggest giving the free negroes
the vote. Lincoln was a statesman.
not an agitator.
That the primary is an improve
ment over the convention in all
cases and under all conditions is
yet not certainty. For one thing.
the primary cost the individual can
didate more to put over. In the
second place, statistics show that
scarcely one-third vote at any pri-
mary. A primary may not be so
easily controlled. but only the man
with the money and organization
back of him may hope TO get a nom
ination. That is not good for the
average citizens welfare. In a
great majority d the convention
nominations we at least know the
nominee must be a leader of great
force. otherwise. most cases, the
force. otherwise. in most cases. the
leadership. vOLTAIRE.
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OF and compliance with the protec-
tive tariff laws then IN effect. and
produced the bitter controversy
that wsged in Congress for so long
q time. The giants OF debate in
this controversy were Webster.
Calhoun and Hayne. Calhoun's
speech against the force bill.
whether one agree with his premise
or not, was perhaps the greatest
speech ever delivered in a legisla-
tive body. requiring two days for
Its presentation. Its logic and
force are unsurpassed and in die
tion reminds one very much Of
Demosthehes' crown speech. which
was his master effort
Coming on top of this bitter con-
troversy and fastening the advent
of the civil war was the question
of admitting or excluding slavery
from the Western Territories. to-
gether with the Dred Scott decision
Of the Supreme Court. This was a
purely political and economic mat
ter.
The 'irrepressible conflict" was
delayed by what Is known as the
Missouri compromise, attributed TO
Mr.. Clay and designed to keep
slavery out Of the West.
A. S. LANIER.
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USE ENGLISH AT
AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS.

Use Of the English language at
the meetings Of the international
Institute of Agriculture was de-
cided upon by the close vote OF 81
To So at its recent Rome meeting.
The resolution was opposed by the.
French and Spanish representa-
tives. Heretofore the French Lam
guage has been used exclusively,
but now both English and French
will be spoken. The result is due
TO the efforts OF Leon NJ Eastbrook.
associate chief OF the Bureau Of
Markets and Crop Estimates. Amer
ican delegate to the general as-
sembly meeting Of the Institute last
year. Department OF Agriculture
representatives this year were DR..
W. Fl. Stevenson. Nat c. Murray. L
c. Gray. z. o. Foley and Louis G,
Michaels.
Greater use Of the telegraph in
collecting and disseminating inter
national crop reports was also ap-
proved.
A Swedish inventor has invented
a knockdown packing case which
can not be opened ana put together
again without detection.
There are over 1000. 600 different
kinds Of insects known to be now
living on the earth.
Although the United States ives
probably the frst country to start
construction Of srmored ships.
France put the first vessels of this
type into commission. silencing the
Russian forts at Kinburn with an
ironclad squadron on October IL,
1855.
Christian HuEhens was the nrst
to conceive the idea Of applying a
pendulum as a regulator to a clock
in 1856.
NJ n
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Modern Dances.

10 the Editor. The Washington Herald:
In your paper of the ctth / read
a letter which, would like to be-
lieve-must have been the result of
pipe dream. II was entitled oh
jectionable Dances. and was sup
posed to have beep written by a
young man who objects to the
collegiate"
1 have danced this myself and am
frank enough to say that I rather
Ike IL. For the average young per-
son there is no harm in this or
other dances. but there is a s.certsin
type for which IL is harmful. How
ever. this type will make harm our
of anything. and they are only
helped along this road by narrow
minded idiots like Nineteen Four
teen"
Going into history a little we find
that when the waltz FIRST started to
oisplace the minuet and other old
dances a cry, Of horror was raised
by the good" people. They were
convinced that the world was. on
the road to the devil. and all young
people-"madcaps"-who INDUCED
In this foul dance were doomed TO
everlasting punishment.
II seems impossible for some peo-
pie TO realize that instead of wor-
rying themselves sick over the ac-
tions of other people they should be
more concerned with saving their
own souls. which is big enough sob
for anyone. This young man
signs himself ''Nineteen Fourteen" /"
A cry OF anguish may be heard ia
suing from the throsts Of victims
Of this misdirected zeal: % Lord,
is there no relief from these ssi-
nine fools?" would respectfully
suggest that people that are too
good to mix with us poor sinners
who are doomed to HI should 60
to Zion City. ILL.,. whore conditions
Will be much more to their salts
faction. H. s. s.
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Loving Ireland.
To the Editor. rhe ws,hinstou Ber,Id:

10 the bditor. The Wsfhtngtou Herald.
In his article on Hating Eng
land" Mr.. william c. Lee amused
me very much. He relates how
Americas causeless attacks on Eng
land are a vicious influence. Then.
as III to arouse interest. he intro
duces "the Irish foreigner" What a
compliment to the Irish to have Mr.
Lee refer to them! But why does
he mention them in connection with
the English who really cannot be
compared to the Irish. Any broad
minded. Intelligent. unbiased person
knows that England has treated Ire
land shamefully and why? Because
she knew that ireland. given her
passed England now. She has
tyrsnnized over Ireland all the years
and then expects the Irish to ac-
cept what she offers in the guise OF
freedom. Mr.. Lee writes that some
individual Englishmen are disagree
able. like a number Of Irishmen he
knows; yet the English as ma
tion are a very good people, devoted
to freedom and Justice. He does not
Judge the English people by some
disagreesble individuals, still he
does hesitate to judge all the Irish
by a few. Well, there's nothins
like being able to uphold a nation
even though you know in your heart
that they have domineered over a
brave. enduring, patient race. Eng
land knows that Ireland will no
longer tolerate her grabbing nature
and that she cannot trihe with Ire
land as she did In the days of yore.
In order to conserve space and tim.
let me add that English blood must
flow as freely in Mr.. Lees veins
as Irish blood flows in mine.
DOLORES DUANE. .
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ENGINEER URGES
CLEAN COAL.

- The cost OF commercially clean
coal is so slight in Comparison with
the increase in value TO the con-
sumer that cleaning should be i'm
sisted on in all cases" z. b. Rick
etts told the American Society for
Testing Materials at Atlantic city
In an address in which he discussed
"A Rational Basis for Coal Purchsse
Specifications" go
Coal. as IL occurs in the ground. -
he said. is not a pure substance
but contains veins or pockets of
foreign substance which. IL al
lowed TO remain IN the coal. mate
rally decrease its value to the con-
sumner. To a considerable extent
these foreign substances can be re-
moved by the installation of suite
able apparatus at the mine.
The apparatus necessary 60 re-
move the larger impurities, such as
sulphur balls. parting veins and
portions OF the roof and floor Is
slight In many cases by the use
OF a more costly system the per
centage OF impurities can be stiIl
further reduced"
The Washington herald., 1922-06-30
eNewHak[ [My
AagYhsHDsgT
IMPRESSIONS BYo
AOOMctNTYRE
hfa:fssIl[s}l

y NEW YORK. June 2s.--Broad
street will never be the same with
the passing OF Its picturesque curb
marloet| 1t was one of the unique
sights of the metropolis. presenting
bowling mob. Now Broad street Is
just a thoroughfare.
The curb market Is housed In Its
own building In the rear of Trinity
churchyard-a building that vies
with the Stock Exchange in spien-
dor. Flashing lights and, teie-
phones have supplapted the intri-
cate finger signals that gave Broad
street an overtone of financial
mystery.
In the old days one turned from
Wall Street into Broad to see hun
dreds of bowling men In a roped
Off enclosure in the middle of the
street. In the windows of the high
buildings perilously sat their con-
federates, and the air was thick
with waving hands and mega
phones.
1t was a section of life turned
topsy turvy. To the layman the
curb market was an eternal enigma.
Excitement would die down to flare
up again with a fresh fury. Men
chased and tore each others cloth
ing. Messengers swarmed like fre-
flies. The shouts OF the frenzied
echoed up and down the narrow
canyons.
Shirt-sleeved men ate lunch as
they ran. Faces went white with
anxiety at each new shift of the
human tide. All the while fingers
held aloft raced with strange codes
Seedy men. clinging to the las,
glimmering hope. figured furiously
on white pads. The curb was their
onward to the Bowery.
The curb market was the symbol
OF money-mad youth at it's highest
pitch. The brokers were mostly
boys in their early twenties, al
ready showing crows feet at the
temples. Indeed. any number Of
their heads were streaked with
gray.
In their new surroundings the
finger signaling is barred. Brokers
wear their coats. The furore has
been swallowed in dignity. And the
lower tip of the island loses its
great open air daily drama.
In one OF the East Side schools
the teacher inquired: Can any lit
tie pupil tell me the meaning of
stoic?''
One grimy hand shot up. Said
teacher: Able Glutz seems to be
the only one who has studied his
lesson. Tell the children, Able. the
meaning of stole"
"A stole" said Able, "Is the bold
what brings the boibies."
Still the best of the East Side
stories concerns the lad on his first
visit to the country.
20! teacher, look at the bold" he
exclaimed.
That is not a bold It is a bird"
said teacher.
We'll. II makes noise like a
bold" was the rejoinder.
Chic Sale tells me that the finest
bit of humor this year. in his opin-
ion. was written in one line by Abe
Martin. 1t reads:
"Ez Pash's mother-in-law is vis-
iting him anyhow"
From the gay to the tragic for
just moment. Near the Claridge
one-leged troubadour sits In a
theater areaway strumming his
guitar for tossed coins from the
throngs that go by. The other day
young girl passed and dropped
dime. She turned to smile at him.
but the smile froze on her red lips.
She recognized the man who was
injured with her mother on a joy
riding smash one early morning.
smash that catapulted a domestic
scandal into the first paxes
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constdered. or nks position in another city.
sS. wovld 4 be :. pI.sins hin:.lf IN position to be
OF course. We in position to deAns'
mems rightr or womens rights but according
legal authorities. the answer Is: limited a.
ooS for @ euy shs or aes.1on 1t sns n
been sufficiently assrieved to entitIe him to such
asgrsvated than those recited The law is that
the husband has the right TO establish or change
order to bs CHARGED with nonsunport Il would
have to be estabii.hed that the husband ha, failed
to contribute to tle support OF his wife and that
BLADENsBURG ROAD RESERVE.
To the Friend n he People:
Kindly tell me what United States reserva-
olivet cemetery.-Mrs. H.
The U. S. reservation on Bladen.burs road
is the National Training School for Boys
CLAIMING PoLLocKs ADDRESS
To the Friend Of the People:
WIN You tell me the address OF channIns
Sign on the Door" etc-J. s. X.
His address is .3s West EiEhty-thIrd street.
New York City.
LOCATION soF GOLD MILL
To the Friend Of People:
VIII you kindly inform me in what locality
is to be found a certain "old Mil" which I have
seen advertised some OF the street cars. and
feat Of Cen Washinston9 10 dcnt refer 10 sn ols
mill in Rock Creek Park. but one possibly in the
whereabouts will greatly oblige J. II. 7.
The "oid Mil" built by George Washington
Is on the virginia side of the Potomac River
above Great Falls. Another engineering feat
mills construction blasting throdgh rock
thirty feet deep as part of his work on the canal
The Washington herald., 1922-06-30
MARINE BIOLOGIST
DEAD AT ToRTUGAs.

Word has reached here Of the
death OF DR.. Alfred G. Mayor. d.
rector OF the department Of marine.
biology OF the Carnegie Institution
Of Washington situated at Tortugas.
Fla The death occurred at the iso-
lated island experimental station on
the Dry Tortugas where DR.. Mayor
and a star OF biological experts
were studying the various forms
and changes in the ocean life -of
that vicinity. DR.. Mayor had been
In poor health for several yesrx
Funeral services will be held thff
afternoon at Maplewood. n. J. Dr.
Robert S. Woodward. former prest-.
dent Of the Carnegie Institution.
will represent the institution at the
funeral.
DR.. Mayor was known for his ex-.
tensive researches in the biological
sciences. In 1919 he made an ex-s
tensive study OF the reefs OF the
American Samoa and visited the
Rose Atoll. which no man of science
had seen since 1898. He also wrots
on the human history of the Pacific
Islands. .
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Open Court Alene,s 1oheHe,alh
OTHER TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST ss-

communinaelsns VIII nat b re-
turned ynlsss specific REQUEST fer sucA
return ts made and stamps tnolsssA.
Lsttsrs should b typswrittsn vhsn.
ever possible. csmmunieatien sz.
trsmely difficult to Rad win sst 10
esnsidered. No osmmunica lions ilensl
With fcttttoIs names viii bs uss:.
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Stand of Lincoln.
To the Editor, The Washington Herald: /:

10 the Editor, The Washington Herald:
A communication from Mr.. Dom
Ohio in The Herald invites an an
swer, for he asks What would
Abraham Lincoln think about Sec
retary Weeks statement that pri-
maries are failure?" for Lincoln
said. "Government Of the people, for
the people and by the people"
In making that statement Lincoln
did not necessarily mean all that
Mr.. Donoho would imply by the
wording Of his query. He might
have meant that the electors should
have the right to elect representa-
tives to appoint the administrative
ofYicials and some or all of the Leg
islative ofiicials and the Judiciary as
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FRIDAY. yusk %. Iszz.

~rhe Fstixue Of M~tsls- VIII -
the subject OF a talk by Prof.
H =. Moore. University Of uh-.
nois. at the meeting OF the An<rt'
lean Society for steel Treating.
Washington chapter. auditorium.
New Interior Department Buii6r
Ing tonight. 9 o'clock. Motion
pictures viii be used 90 fllustrste
this report of the investiEstions
OF the failure OF metals by
fatigue.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-30
BANKERS BLAMED
BY SENATOR LADD

In support Of his plan to tax the
banks to pay a cash bonus 70 the
war veterans Senator Ladd Of North
Dakota recently launched a broad
side attack in the seratG on what
he termed the hug bsnkers' He
said.
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the stamp Of their approval; they
can even finance foreign ventures
and the rate OF exchange seems TO
effect them but little in so doing"
while congress continues 20 per-
init these banking conditions TO
prevail we shall be forced TO tol-
crate imitation and denation so
timed and administered as 70 beneft
the bankers. nnsnciers. and sp<cu-
lators at the expense OF the pro-
ducers. especially the farmsrs
isborers. small business men. eoun-
try bankers. until the farmers be-
come serfs to pass with the land
IF the s2.500. .oOo.0 900 of treasury
notes to pay the bonus were issued
and paid direct TO the people, the
wheels Of business would respond
immediately"
The Washington herald., 1922-06-30

We have a
small coterie OF
bankers that are
patiently m ore
powerful tha n
the government.
They control the
financial situs-
tion. They can
say to the gov
eminent h o W
m u c h OF the
treasury cbliEa-
tions they VIII
buy: they can a
nance new rail-
way enterprises
and new indus
trial combina
tf0px that nn..e
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.s125,000 Damage by Fire,

MONTGOMERY. Ala, June -. -
Damage estimated at upwards Of
$125,000 was done by fire In the At
lantic Coast Line railroad shops
here today. The fire. which broke
out shortly before noon, ragged for
two hours.
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Will Probe Mine Massacre

MARION. H.. June 2s.-circuit
Judge ID. 7. HartweI announces to-
day he would call a special Ersnd
jury July 10 TO investigate the VIII
Hanson County mine massacre near
Herrin, III. -
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9lze J5jendstM Ieogae
ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS

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A Swedish inventor has invented
a knockdown packing case which
can not be opened ana put together
again without detection.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-09
12-YEAR-OLD LAD
SAVES 3 PERSONS
FROM OCEAN GRAVE;

Halifax, N. S.-Harry Mcdonald,
a 12-year-old lad living at Fair
view, on the outskirts of Halifax,
has to his credit three rescues from
drowning, all within the past three
years.
His latest feat was the saving re-
Gently of 5-year-old Teddy Moller,
when the small boy fell through a
hole in a Fairview wharf. Young
Mcdonald had to dive over the
wharf and swim a distance Of 20
feet among the piles. The young
Moller boy was going down for
the third time and was unconscious
when reached. but Mcdonald
clutched him and then holding to
one of the piles directed the re-
mainder of the saving operations.
These were carried out with the
aid of cod line passed down from
the wharf.
Questioned about his first life
saving exploit Harry said:
Jaw, it wasn't nuthin' at all. The
O'Brien kid what lives on Stanley
street, fell off a raft down by the
shipyards and l went in and pulled
him out"
The description of the second ex-
plot, when he rescued Arthur
Metham was:
He was my chum, so I had to
get him back"
1t was not until after his first
two rescues that the young life
saver learned to swim. In the first
instance he plunged after the
"O'Brien kid" into the water over
his head, and managed somehow to
get him back to the raft. In the
second he went to his chum's res
cue partially supported by stick.
Harry is described as a "regu-
lar boy" even to having the pro-
verbal 'yaIler dog" One of Har-
rvs ambitions is to become Sea
Scout.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-09
NEW SUBTERRANEAN
J RIVER DISCOVERED
] NEAR MONT BLANC

s Geneva--A great subterranean
liver, with an outflow Of $1,000 gal
Ions of water a minute, has been
discovered in the Mont Blanc re-
zion. Known as Faux Bellies, this
Ever has thrown out many under
ground tributaries which have
formed small lakes and wells of
Extremely pure and cold water in
The southeast districts of France
and in some of the southern cantons
II Switzerland.
4 The origin Of the river is the an
@ert lower glaciers of Mont Blanc
Mhich it has been proved flow from
Me bottom as wei las the top, the
htter supplying indirectly the
Rhone and the Rhine.
i The waters of Faux Bellies at a
depth of % to so yards beneath the
mountains have carved out wonder
full and beautiful caverns. grottoes
and couloirs full of stalactites and
stalagmites.