The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-13
BY @. q. MCCARTHY,
Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

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Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
A brilliant American writer in
his book. The Mirrors Of Wash
ington, gives us character
sketches Of fourteen prominent
public men Of this county. Nine
Of these men were, and seven
still are. prominently connected
with the present Republican ad-
ministration. 10 ,.. ...,tsss
Those still living are, President
Harding, Secretary of State Hughes,
secretary Of Commerce : Hoover,
Ambassador Harvey, and Senators
Lodge, johnson and Borah. Each
OF these sketches Is preceded by a
cartoon or caricature and true .por-
trait OF the subject. However much
1t may be thought that some of the
sketches develop the caricatures
ratherthan the true portraits no one
will deny that the one of the honor
able secretary Of state is true to
both portrait and life. The author
has endeavored to describe the real
Mr.. Hughes.
l.. Hughes Is Supreme.
| OF all the public men in Washing
ton Secretary Hughes seems to ap-
peal most strongly to this versatile
writer. He declares him to be not
only a great secretary of state, but
the greatest, He finds him to be
pos essed Of the best mind in Wash-
| fho 4
the throne. the one supreme, DOM
mating, controlling, directing force
in the present Republican: admins
tration.
AS this write-up Of Mr.. Hughes
contains the sum-total of his per-
formance and accomplishment as
secretary of state-we will call at
tention to this accomplishment. It
might be we'll to get away from the
anvil chorus Of rapturous adulation
long enough to examine the per-
formance in the light of reason. Dis
cussing and describing Mr.. Hughes
the book, on pages ~, 70. "A and
Is, says:
arhe One Real Mind"
.':.You speak Of Mr.: Hughes to ten
men in. the capitol, and nine Of them
TO-. gndaerstand:: his is the one real
I'm ten days was he not =: great
secretary of state; and In three
state?' To e be sure, back Of him was
the strongest nation on earth, left
50 by the war, the one nation. with
resources, the creditor. Of all the 9TH
ers; to which a successful foreign
could only decide what that policy
1t was left to Mr.. Hughes to say
what it should be. His discovery OF
ton; 1t was 80 obvious, 50 simple
that:no one else had thought of it.
Islands, Oil and Dollars.
| Mr.. Hughes talked of islands and
oil and dollars: and the country came
Our national self-respect was re-
stored. Truly 1t required a mind to
discover interests in the cloud of
words that MI Wilson and the sen;
idealism and talks glibly Of inter-
"And thinking Of > our. dollars,
thanks to Mr.; Hughes: we: are made
afraid. standing erect among the ma
tons of the earth asking Justify for
zap. ="
E' Finds Foreign Policy. T.:
There we have it. in a nutshell.
The United States, the strongest ma
ton on earth, left so by the war,
the creditor Of all the. others, was
| cropping, searching for q foreign pol
icy,4 and it took Mr.. Hughes just ten
days-or not to exceed three months.
to discover the policy hidden away
in the word Interests
Mr.. Hughes just talked Of islands
and oil and dollars and the country
came to its senses. It is all clear
now when everybody scorns IDEAL
ism and talks giibly of interests
to Mr.. Hughes, we are made sane
and whole, clearsighted and I'M
afraid, standing erect, among the
nations, asking Justify for zap. Mr..
Hughes discovered interests" and
by, that discovery he. became the
greatest secretary Of state from JEFF
ferson to Colby. D.:
"Interests'' for Idealism.
Now as Interests is our foreign
policy we should be informed as to
what is meant thereby or included
therein. Here again we have evil
dence of that wonderful mind; the
honorable. secretary has left MOTH
ing to conjecture. Conjecture might
lead to idealism, and does not
Everybody scorn idealism?"
To remove all possible misunder-
standing Mr.. Hughes talks Of isl
ands and oil and dollars. There
we have it; Americas foreign policy
is ISLANDS and oil and dollars" - -
But what islands? What oil?
What dollars? Where are these ''in-
terests" located? Let, us try to find
these islands. this oil, these: dollars.
The character sketch gives US a hint,
start. as to the islands. We are in
formed that upon becoming sane
and whole we found ourselves
standing erect among the nations
asking Justify for Yap."s@ - =:
Now what and where is zap? BY