River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-05-04

SUHSTtSS has Uteii eHSdScu II AosAA
ing sensational during the week. In
the Senate the tariff grind in the ''un-
finished business" with Republicans
generally defending the. measure as
reported and Democratic attacking 1t
as a pernicious measure. Rates so
far as observed are higher in the Sen
ate bill than in the measure report
ed by our committee and passed by
the House, some of which were then
higher than the old Payne rates. With
conditions abroad in a state of indus
trial convulsion, exchange rates with
Germany principal competitor now
shattered by war and many other diff
ficulties, a new tariff bill is already
launched on sea of trouble whatever
its rates or schedules. In the House
the blue sky law for the District and
territories, conference reports on the
Shipping Board and other measures
make up the daily calender without
anything of large Importance.
Condensation is more than an art,
it is a science in this age Of big
things. Editorials and news matter
often results from many re-writings
of the article. Magazine and news
paper men describe the iron hearted
autocrat who tells them to cut and
condense until the lines are reduced
to minimum. This practice is also
known to lawyers who in the Sup
rene court are given few minutes
to discuss q case containing many
pages of law and evidence and they
find the Chief Justices eye constant
" on the clock and not on their brief.
Before the death of Serenio Payne,
the great tariff authority of the
House, l once asked him how he and
Jim Mann, the Republican leader,
managed to make well rounded ar
gument in five minutes as they were
frequently compelled to do under time
limit. Payne's answer was never for
gotten, eFor years Jim Mann and !
have been obliged to learn the length
Of five minutes" Generally articles
on large subjects run into two or three
thousand words if all comprehensive
but last week Ford's Dearborn Inde-
pendent asked for 800 words covering
the "sales tax" The Independent man
left few minutes later with his 300
words but no man ever saw his court
argument suddenly cut from an hour
to ten minutes with more grief for
his subject to which the writer in one
speech among several recently, devot-
ed over Is pages of the Congressional
Record in data collected at the request
of Representatives and Members.
Mrs. Asquith and Lady Aston Of
England have been telling the people
Of the country how to run their gov
eminent on practically every eco
nomic, social and political subject that
can be suggested. Both are bright
women, but no different from many
in this country. Both women have
good press agents and have been ex
plotted or rather they are exploiting
the American people. Mrs. Asquith
who was advertised as the one with
the serpent's tongue criticized public
men and women of Europe and of this
country and was reported to have ex-
tracted over two hundred thousand
dollars, a night. People who heard
her said they were disappointed in
not witnessing a circus as advertised.
Lady Aston is of different mould, but
INDUCES in quirs and criticisms on
the English, French and generous
allotment to this country. She is ac-
companied by her husband Lord As
tor. 1t is very interesting to remem-
Der that Lord Astor's dad or grandad
was a New York fur dealer and ferry.
man, in pioneer days. Afer the son
thus acquired a few millions of hard
American dollars he went to England
and bought peerage. Lady Aston
comes from a southern state and is
like many other bright American
girls. Evidently she overshadowed
her English sisters because she is the
only women in the English parliament
which after all may be sufficient
reward for the Lord and Lady who
expatriated themselves and are now
back visiting their old homeland.
General Grants statue was unveiled
at the West front of the Capitol near
the Botanical Gardens on the humid
reth anniversary of his birth, April
81. Vice President Coolidge gave the
address preceded by procession OF
about 10000 soldiers, sailors and 9TH
er military organizations all in COM
memoration of the silent man who
said 1--WE will fight it out on this line
if we fight all summer and he die
and won.