The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1922-05-26

IN the Virginia homestead.
German-P Polish treaty settling the Up
per Silesia question; the establish
ment of financial and economic pro-
tectorate over Albania by the league;
the throwing open of the court of in
ternational justice to all nations, in
Guiding Russia, Turkey and Mexico;
the creation of commission for in
ternational intellectual cooperation
with an American member, and the
setting of definite date for disposal
of the mandate over Palestine.
The last thing the council did was
to decide to support Germany in her
protest to the league against the
treatment of more than million Ger
mans residing in Poland. They were
barred from citizenship by ruling
that Germans must prove continuous
residence in Poland for SIX years.
Nearly all Of them were serving in
the German army during the war and
so are deprived of citizenship. The
council determined to urge strongly
on Poland the reconsideration of the
ruling.
TN PASSING upon the constitutional
ity of the grain exchange law the
Supreme, court of the United States
found that the taxing features of the
measure are unenforceable. Therefore
the agricultural bloc in congress, UNI
der the leadership Of Senator Capper
of Kansas, is drawing up revamped
bill to overcome the objections. In
place of the taxing power the new
bill will probably provide for federal
control over exchanges by declaring
their activities to be form of in
terstate commerce and therefore sub.
ject to government supervision.
THE Supreme court knocked out
l. another piece Of legislation last
week, holding that the child labor
law, passed in 1919, is unconstitu-
tional, as an attempt by congress to
regulate through it's taxing power
something entirely within the juris-
diction of the various states in the
exercise of their police power. The law
was designed to regulate the employ
| ment of children in any mill, cannery,
workshop, factory or manufacturing
establishment, under the age Of four
teen or in any mine or quarry under
sixteen years by imposing an excise
tax of 10 per cent upon the net an.
nual profits of those employing such
labor. The Supreme court ruling is
in effect another victory for the mill
owners of Southern states.
D ROGRESS in the senate debate
over the tariff is outrageOusly
slow, despite the fact that night ses-
sions are being held. This is by no
means due altogether to the Demo
cratic opposition. Republican mem
bers are so lax in their attendance
that Senator McCumber felt called on
to take them to task, telling them if
they couldn't keep on the job they
should resign. The Democrats attack
especially the section of the bill which
lower duties within range of so
per cent and to proclaim American
valuation. This, they assert, is I'm.
constitutional.
A MOTHER battle in conference be-
A tween the house and the senate
is presaged by the action of the SEN
ate appropriations subcommittee in
agreeing that the army for next year
shall consist of approximately 100000
enlisted men and 1880 officers. This
represents cut of 10000 from the
strength asked by the War depart
ment, but Is an increase over the
house bill of $4,000 men and 1900 Of
ficers. tsa
NXIILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
w is again causing the Democrats
of New York state great distress of
mind. He has declared himself a
candidate for the nomination for gov
CAAOA anu NOAu thC PoAt ACcAdClS lhol
he has done so much for the party
that it should do that much for him.
Mayor Hylan of New York city has
come out strongly in favor of Hearst,
and his chief upstate supporter is w.
j. Corners, the Buffalo editor. Tam
many doesn't know just what to do.
D REPRESENTATIVES. of Chile and
IN Peru are holding, at the invi-
tation of the United States, con-
ference in Washington in the attempt
to settle the Tacna-Arica dispute that
has kept those countries apart so
many years.
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