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The Washington herald., 1922-06-11
Appeals to U. g.

year ago. after.a long crisis,
In the course of which Germany
appealed to the United States to
intervene. the reparations commits
sions finally settled the question of
the sum total of reparations in ac-
cordance with the provisions of
the treaty of Versailles. The sum
fixed was approximately $4,000. .OOO,-
900, plus certain small amounts
20 be allowed Belgium under the
treaty. Now. this $4,000. .000. 900
represents the total OF reparations
legally nVed under the treaty and
accepted by the Germans. The rep
arations commission at the same
time made minute provisions. cover
ing the payment both of principal
and interest of this sum and the
issue of several series of bonds
to cover the sum.
Germany. after having with ex-
treme reluctance and manifest diff
hcu,tv made the required payments
for 1921 early this year. asked for
moratorium and submitted evidence
which was generally accepted to
demorstrate that. at the moment. she
The Washington herald., 1922-06-11

But would this enormous reduc-
ton. which amounts to the trans
fer from Germ an to British and
American shoulders of the billions
concerned save the situation? One
may doubt 1t because Germany has
just obtained an agreement to a
moratorium. because she Is unable
to meet the annual charge of $780,
100000. representing the, costs of
bonds already issued and the annual
cost of the reparations reduced to
s14. soc. 100000 would be about the
same. Assurefly the process of
mutual cancellation would I'm
mensely reduce the sum of repara-
tions and bring the figure down TO
precisely the figure advocated by
American representatives at Paris
as right and possible. But would
such reduction lead Germany TO
MAKE an honekt effort to meet -er
obligations. thing she has not yet
attempted. III It did not we should
still have to face all the same dim :
cu'ties AMI dangers.
The solu,.on Of the whole repara-
The Washington herald., 1922-06-11
S5 Ter Cent on Farms.

The project has an economic
end. that Of the Balkans aiding to
feed Europe and Europe advancing
The Washington herald., 1922-06-11

Some folks threatened to stop the
paper if the widow married Uncle
BIN. No matter what other things
we like in The Washington Herald,
the day is never complete without
the exquisite humor of Andy and
Min Gump.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-11
Sees Political Consequences.


' As for the use Of French armies.
to coerce Germany. these would
bring political consequences. France
would become the dominant nation
on the continent and what has hap
pened since 1919 would inevitably
occur to the very great hurt of
Britain. whose policy has always
been TO prevent the domination or
the continent by any one land
power. Thus economically and DO
litically Britain was concerned in
keeping reparations totals low, but
in fact, America stood alone on this
point because Of the pledges made
by George In his then recent cam
psign.s
As for France and Belgium, they
were deeply concerned In keeping
the total OF reparations limited to
damage done to property and civil
ians, because in that case, they
would obtain most of the total. since
theirs had been the great suffering
at German~ hands. OF course. II,
there were no limit to what Ger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-19
DAYLIGHT SAVING PERIOD.

The daylight saving period in Will
mington, as established by ordinance
OF City Council, has nearly another
week 10 run. 1t Will expire on Sun
day, September "a, when we will so
back to standard time regulations.
We believe, however. the experience
of the past two weeks has been such
as to convince many persons it would
be better to shorten the daylight saw
Ing period so as TO bring it 10 an end
the first part of September-say the
first Sunday-instead OF the latter
part. Since the first of September
the approaching dimness of the early
morning hours and the rapid coming
of darkness in the evening are very
noticeable.
Daylight saving is both popular and
beneficial. It confers a boon upon
thousands of workers by allowing
them full advantage of daylight fol
rest and recreation, and this mean:
much. There is no doubt the grea
majority of people are heartily il
favor of ii.
But the real summer season-th'
period OF the early rising and long
deferred setting of Old Soils tn
proper time for the innovation. VIII!
not apply ii only to the three rea
summer months, the period of tn
good long days-June, July and Au
gust? City Council may well Civ
attention to the matter of thus amend
ing the present ordinance.
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NOT ENCOURAGING.
change.

England has opposed the advance
of the Turks on Constantinople by
blockading the Dardanelles. and
France has protested against the &C.
ton. Thus is seen evidence OF the
dangerous international jealousiee
that may be interpoeed to the sum-
mary repression Of the evil and blood
thirsty Turk and his expulsion from
Europe, which should have been or
dered and effectively carried out dur
ing the peace negotiations following
the World War.
Also. there are reports o. crue.
atrocities imposed by the fiend,sh
Turks upon American subjects. as Well
as others. Outrages Of this character
naturally will call for some kind OF
action by our government, and we may
be drawn into diplomatic controver-
sizes. even though we avoid actual par
ticiI alton in any warllke moverrents.
But 1t is apparent the Turk is as
"unspeakable" as ever. and more thar
ever a deadly menace to civilization
and Christianity. II would be a gooc
thing for the world to have him wiped
out of existence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-19
EDEN PARK LAMBS.

Editor Every Evening; BY friend
I'm Wilmington, my attention has been
called to an article in Every Evening
of September 8. 1922, as TO the Eden
Park Lambs and to the fact that u
Ia proposed 10 dispose OF them 10 a
Mr.. Kane.
As a lineal dcecendent OF the family
who originally placed them In their
present position. / wish 10 cay that
II these old Wilmington landmarks
are to o.. they should be given to
some member Of the family.
Also. / always heard my mother
Louise verrler Whose home was at
Eden Park). declare the lambs were oi
wood and not stone.
would add that my materna
grandmother was Eliza Gareeche and
her Mother n Bauduy. AZ one of th'
| last mentioned family married dt
Pont. 1 should think that family
would be interested i'm preserving These
historical landmarks Of eld Whining
! ton.
! Horace f. Guillan.
\ Philadelphia. Sept. IS. 1922.
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GREAT INCREASE IN EXPENSES.

IL the people of Delaware would
give a little attention 70 some prac.
teal facts. we believe they would
soon reach the conclusion TINT a radi-
cal change Is needed in our admins
tration of State affairs. A comparison
of cost figures is really startling.
Up to a quarter OF century ago
the cost of our State administration
was less than half a million dollars n
year. Now It has been advanced &c
100000 year. Surely this is n ire
mendous amount for State 80 small
in territory az ours. with population
of only $4,000.
The former cost of administration
was from $3.50 to a little more thar
So per capita. Now II is nearly. $2t
per capita, heavy tax to be imposed
upon each man and woman In tn,
State.
OF course. much of this additiona
cost has been imposed by expendi
lures for new roads. for which grea
deal of money was borrowed. We nov
have a heavy interest-bearing debt
where formerly our State had inter
est bearing investments that largel,
exceeded its interest-bearing debt.
There is a reason for this radica
increase in State debt and State nd
ministration expenditures. far out o
proportion to our increase in popula
ton and communal wealth. II
recklessly extravasant administration
due to partisan politics. The peopl
must know how to bring about
change.
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A FREE SHIP. CANAL.

In his annual address to the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Association,
in session at Portland. Maine, Pres
dent ]. Hampton Moore. who is also
Mayor of Philadelphia, gave figures
showing that since the Chesapeake
and Delaware canal had been made
a free waterway it's commerce had
more than doubled For 1922 they
showed 1873 vessels passed through,
as compared with 4S8 for the corre-
spending period of 1921, and the ton
mage increase was almost 100 PEI
cent.
This report is gratifying corrob-
Grafton Of the claim of the Maryland
friends of the canal who held steadily
to the argument that it's usefulness
was greatly restricted by private
ownership. The statement was IA
miliar that in some respects the canal
rates were higher than the rail-
road rates and that the canal
never had full opportunity in re-
cent years to show its value. Mary
landers in their speeches and reso-
buttons predicted a great change
now President Moore's report thi.
week shows what is coming to pass
The Chesapeake and Delaware cana
is just at the beginning Of it's larg,
destiny.
Maryland stood for a free canal
That has been achieved through tn
Governments purchase of the works
|, Maryland's second point is the sea
level ship canal. That cannot be at
tained at once, but 1t win be brough
about by the right kind of persist
ence. The present plan of deepening
the canal to twelve feet Is a big ste
10 the ultimate end, Maryland has lie
the fight in the Deeper Waterway
Association every year in getting
resolution passed committing the AS
ISOLATION TO the sea-level channel {
| depth for ocean vessels. This is tn
big idea, and intelligent earnestnes
will carry it through.--Baltimol
| American.
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THE CATS HOME RUN.

The cat has always been more or
the cat the friend Of man az is the
dog: and man. being selfishly interest
ed far more I'm useful friends than I'm
other denizens OF his world. has paid
much more attention 10, the dog and
knows n lot more about dog sense than
cat sense. But in one ability the cat
has always been superior not only TO
the dog but TO man himself. The cat
can come back. literally come back to
a home under circumstances that
would stump" dog and man,
The dog can do a lot with his Keen
ness of scent. n sense that man has
allowed greatly to deteriorate: man
gets home when lost by means of
compass. map, asking questions and
an automobile requisitioned when pos
sible. But the cat. taken far afield by
devious ways and cast unkindly after
a journey shut up In a box or basket
into deep woods, with no" means Of
using eyes or nose to determine di-
rection Of home. will promptly start a
gallop that never wastes time or
muscles and which brings the animal
! home with astonishing fpeed.
Science has been interested in this
| phenomenon. and Professor Francis
| II. Herick. IN The Scientific Monthly,
announces the conclusion. The cat
has retained in its primal vigor a
sense that man and other animals
regarded as high in the scale of
reason faculties, have almost lost. This
is muscular sense. an intuitive and in
to produce a desired end. Man has a
little Of ii left; at a sudden warning
of danger he often jumps out Of 1t be-
fore he really has time 10 think OF
what he is doing. But unless the prod
of peril Is a sharp one. man stops &c
think. and so he has much more
trouble about some things than the
cat. who simply trusts to this instinc
fer right action and gets there.
The cats home run is interesting Il
speculate about. Perhaps we have los
o,her senses than the one the cat ha!
kept. Perhaps with all our boosted
reason as the basis of all action W,
can do some things less we'll than ou
primordial ancestors, who had par
of their knowledge so instructive ant
sensible that they used 1t withou
fretting themselves for reasons
Rochester Democrat.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-19
SOCIETY OF SHOPPERS.

One suggestion that ought to re-
ceive tho commentator and support
of the people OF this country is the
proposition to organize 4 nationwide
Society OF Shoppers, to coordinate
the work OF those organizations and
private individuals who are OBJ
sessed with the idea that they have
been clothed with the right to regu-
late the AFFAIRS OF their neighbors and
the people mt large.
We are becoming familiar with the
workings OF the parent society that
has forced upon the country law
that encourages and promotes the
great art Of shopping In which every
man is encouraged 10 spy upon his
neighbor and report upon his con-
duct.
But that organization. great and
thorough a. II Ia. does not go quite
far enough. We know how the snoop-
ers have attempted to censor the mo-
ton pictures. and we now have 70
learn that the same kind OF people are
moving to censor all sorts of publica
lions and to purify public libraries
from the communicating and destruc.
! tive effects OF certain books declared
by them to be taboo.
Having regulated our habits to q
! nicely. they now propose to regulat,
what we read and prevent us from
seeing or hearing anything that vii
contaminate our morals In the least
OF course. we, AZ n people, hav,
not been ablc to control ourselves /,
the matter Of drinking and theatres
and pictures and the like; we are no
able to Judge for ouselves what W
want to read and whit we ought I,
read.
1t is. therefore. very pleasant L
know that we are to be carefull
looked after I'm this respect. Tn
movement indicates that the time
approaching when II will not b
necessary for US to take any though
concerning ourselves and that the So
ciety of Shoppers and allied organi
cations will perform the duty for us
Glory be!-Miami (Fla.) Heard.
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Chicago; hes had right TO ask for
what he did. and his action WINS en-
tirely in accord with law and public
interests.
This effort to punish the Attorney
General for doing his duty undoubtcd-
~ is instigsted foe partisan effect, for
securing votes at tho election for the
rapidly failing Republican cauAe. But
1t u an evil and lawless move. The
Attorney General has rightfnlly ap-
pcalcd to tho court. and 1t Ia up to tho
court to pass upon his appeal. Violent
endeavors to deter him or TO punish
him for what he has done are most
reprehensible and entirely lawleee.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-19
MIRROR OF PUBLIC OPINION

lytlc, and IL In also comprehensive.
We have had too much talk I'm Con-
kgvess and out of II about the war
debts In bulk and In the crude. There
they are. exclaimed redoubiable
Senator only this week, there they
are, the eleven billions or so owed ue
by European countries. and the
only thing to do liz 10 send battle
ship 10 each country 10 collect the
debts Mr.. Baruch shows the need OF
a discrimination somewhat nicer than
that
We have TO ask and answer many
separate questions. II the debtor ma
lions cannot pay all they owe ue. can
they pay a part? n they cannot pay
| this year or next can they begin
paying In ten years time? Moreover.
when IL Is stated that our lonns were
raised and expended for a common
cause" we need 10 look into the mat
ter in detail and find out what sumo
we're used for separate interests and
fee lasting local advantages, rather
than purely for the good Of all. Dis
tinctione like these are suggested bJ
Mr.. Baruch. and they with many
others, viii certainly nave To he taker
into careful consideration by the Of
fcial Debt Refunding Commission
1t Is of the utmost importance also
as Mr.. Baruch remarks In passing, e
see the problem as "A whole and t.
treat Il as such. The recent abortiv'
negotiations between France and Eng
land have shown how impossible Il 4
to dsentangle the separation due from
Germany from the debts due to on
J ally from another. There cannot b
separate ATTACHMENTS and cancellation
of the war debts. If they are TO h
readiusted at all, IL must be by som
general scheme applying TO thermal
And the central feature of any sue
scheme must be the same as the cen
: trail feature of the original demand
2 made upon Germany in the Versatile
! Treaty. She must, that is 10 ga.
2 sooner OF later make good the nriteris
t damage that che wrought In the war
b il the countries devastated by IN
German armies which must have IN
. first claim upon German reparation
New York Times.
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placed him In the chair OF McI<in-
ley and opened the way to his popu-
lar election to the Presidency three
years later.
Now. however. New York has n
citizen who, by reason OF prestige and
popularity in his home State. may
be called to national leadership by the
torn and distracted Republican party
In 1924. But II will be In consequence
of a despairing cry. like unto HELP
me, Cassius. or ] sink" And there IL
very little probability he could pre-
vent the sinking OF the wrecked and
riddled Republican ship.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-19
JUST FOLKS
By Edgar A. Guest.
Copy tight 1922 by Edgar A. Guest.
THE BROKEN WHEEL.

We found the car beneath a tree.
THE steering knuckle broke" said he;
The drivers dead they say his wife
VIII be an invalid for life.
l wonder how the man must feel
Who made that faulty steering wheel"
II seemed a curious thought, and /
Sat thinking as the cars went by
About the man who made the wheel
And shaped that knuckle out Of steel
l tried to visualize the scene
The man, the steel and the machine.
Perhaps the workman never saw
An indication of the flaw,
Or. seeing it, he fancied it
Would not affect his work a bit,
And said: Its good enough to go,
I'll pass ii on. They'll never know
Its not exactly to my best
But il may pass the final test;
And should II break. no man can know
II was my hand that made IL so.
The thing is faulty, but perhaps
Wen never hear it when II snaps"
| OF course the workman couldn't see
The mangled car beneath the tree,
The dead man, and the tortured wife
Doomed TO a cripple's chair for life
His chief concern was getting by
The stern inspectors eager eye.
Perhaps he whistles on his way
/ Into the factory today
And doesn't know the ruin wrought
By just one minutes careless though
Yet human life is held at stake
BY nearly all that toilers make
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-19
DUTY OF GOOD CITIZENS.

With the approach OF the fall cam
pelgn In Rhode Island. Il is the bust
ness of every good citizen TO interest
himself in politics.
He should not wait until election day
and then make his choice of candidates
as they appear on the official ballot lie
should discuss the choice of conven-
ton delegates with his friends and
neighbors well in advance Of his party
caucus and attend the caucus together
with all the other good citizens he
can rally around him.
In the current number Of Golfers
Weekly there Is an anonymous ac-
count of how a New York man. for
whose high standing In the com
munity the editor OF Golfers vouches
who wished to act with the Demo
cratic party and accordingly joined the
Tammany organization. in spite oi
It's dubious reputation. He argued tha'
II he were to have any real influence
in politics he must get busy long be
fore election day. II may be that M
will find himself dsillusioned by his
close contact with the Tiger but there
can be no quarrel--with his purpose
to bring his personal energy to bear
where it may count for something, in
stead OF submiesively casting his vot,
for the better of two candidates chosen
! FOE him by somebody else.
1t is easier TO sit at home than 70 q
resolutely into politics. : II is easie
20 criticise than IL is TO begin a cru
SADIE for good government in mid
summer or early fall But unless con
scientious citizens assert themselves Il
this way we shall have the evils 0
bad and incapable government in
definitely.
The trouble with American polite
is that bosses and managers with sci
Ash or corrupt schemes to further ar
allowed TO manipulate our caucus an
convention machinery. They "wor
while others sleep" They make
business of what most of us attempt,
at all. in an amateur and dilettant
fashion. The genuine reform of pc
litical conditions requires the partici
patton of good citizens in the pre-
llminaries of every campaign.-Prov
dence Journal.
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BRANCHES FOR NATIONAL BANKS

II has been in the past, the nttle
banks VIII beat the big banks ara
the branches win not be authorized.
There is one existing method ~
which, under tho Law. a national
bank may acquire branches. state
chartered bonks may have branches
within the states in which they arc
located. A national bank may buy
outright a trust company or state
chartered bank which has branches.
10 may continue 20 operate these
branches which thus become. IN fact
no longer branches Of the old trust
company or state bank, but branches
Of the national bank which has ae-
quired the whole institution. In
this manner the Chatham and Phoenix
National Bank Of New York purchased
outright the entire property Of tho
Century Trust Company The latter.
operating as a trust compa ny. had A
dozen branches. When taken over
by the big national bank the branches
| had 10 come along into tho bargain.
But no national bank can SET out In
dependently and establish branches
directly.
]
institutions. These may have branches
and may be purchased in the same
manner recent example II the
purchase by Riggs National Bank Of
Washington Of the Hamilton Savings
Bank. an institution which had
branches scattered about the District
Of Columbia. These now are branches
Of the Riggs National Bank.
In Europe branch banks are ths
rule rather than the exception. vast
institutions like Barclays Bank.
PARIS Bank, or the London Joint
City and Midland Bank, all in Eng
land; the Credit Byonnaise IN FTancs.
the Deutsche Bank in GermanyN and
Others in other countries have lNeT-
lsIly hundreds Of branches. not Only
lin their own countries but IN othsr
countries American banks Of eithef
national or state charter may, under
. certain restrictions have branches
abroad. Not many do 50. but there
are some examples The most not
able is that Of the National City Banh
Of New York which has branches IA
all parts Of the world.
{ The branch bank struggle is hkell
= to he renewed every few years, Du
! il does not seem probable that IN
. great banks VIII be permitted TO ez
2 tend as the foreign banks have done
\ II ia, however, considered possib
e that a national bank viii be per
9 mitted. under certain restrictions, +
e establish branches within it's own city
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SEPTEMBER, THE COQUETTE.

Oh you tickle, wild September
summers unextinguished ember
Still is burning, holly burning In your
heart
Such an idle threat is Winter.
As that magic forest tinter
(Whom we vaguely know as Autumn)
builds the scaffolds for his start
Just today you swore that never
Would you cease your mad endeavor
To preserve the green OF summer ever
more.
But no later than tomorrow
We may feel fearful sorrow
Ger our folly in believing you would
linger round our door
For your sigh viii come at nighttime,
After turning-o -the-light time:
And that sigh will make us snuggle in
our beds
You will turn your shoulder chilly
Our direction, willy-nilly.
And the beasts will stand a-shudder
meath the ricking and the sheds
Then anon. your mood relenting,
You will have us all repenting
All. your tickle way OF blowing hot and
Yet although you oft deceive us
You can never wholly grieve us
For you slip away and leave us in a
world Of red and godp
Strickland Gillian in Farm Life.