The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-07-20


IAN Judge al the lett. 1-Cuunt Sep
resident Pilsudski. General Con-
uantico.
sells will continue to be dry, as no devil
alton from that policy is contemplated !;
but informally 1t was given out that
passengers could carry their own IL
uuor aboard, for the board will not I'M
dertake to exercise police powers.
A LMOST without opposition, the
"A Washington naval limitation
treaty and the four-power Pacific
treaty were ratified by the French SEN
ate, after having been approved by the
chamber Of deputies. Senator Renald,
in the debate, said the naval treaty
would not be burdensome to France be-
cause she was unable to afford more
capital ships than the agreement al
lowed and the other classes of war
craft were not affected. He said that
at Washington proper account Of
Frances geographical situation was
not taken, but that "the commission on
foreign affairs accepts the tonnage at
tributed to us because France wishes
to devote her greatest efforts to the
construction, not of an offensive high
seas fleet, but of light units and SUBJ
marines"
France also proposes to have as
great an .air-fighting force as any
other nation, believing her greatest
danger in the future, from Germany,
for instance, will lie in aerial attack.
Great Britain, too, is planning to build
up an air force equal to any other, and
the government informed the commons
that, while it would be glad to partici-
pate in conference looking to limita-
ton in that direction, there was no
prospect of any such conference while
the affairs of Europe remain so unset
tied.
~ GOVERNMENT supervision of the
~ anthracite industry to a degree
that will insure corporate and individ-
ual responsibility to the public is rec
commended in report Of the federal
coal commission. Government owner
ship of the mines is opposed, but the
principle is enunciated that coal is as
much public necessity as gas, street
railway service or anything else that
has been brought under public regula-
ton. Complete publicity as to mining
costs, profits, salaries, wages and cor
porate relations is called for.
The commission further recommends
that, in the event of suspension of
mining operations, the President shall
be authorized to take over the produc-
tion of the mines and distribution of
coal and to determine price, wages and
compensation to land and mine own
ers.
This aroused the ire Of Samuel Com
pers, who often can see only one side
of such questions. He said: "The COM
mission, by<its recommendation, would
invoke the penalty of compulsory la
dor upon the miners. But for the
monopolistic owners of the coal mines,
the commission would provide slap
on the wrist--a severe dose Of pub
licity. That would be only the ghost,
the merest shadow, of penalty"
"Any attempt to outlaw the right to
stop work as means Of improving the
condition of the working people of the
United States is doomed to fail. Such
attempts have failed in the past and
will be equally unsuccessful in the fu-
ture. Labor will never give up the
right to strike as a last resort In the
fight against wrong and oppression"
At the request of the coal commits
sion, the interstate commerce commits
sion has ordered an investigation of the
reasonableness of anthracite freight
rates.
>DRESIDENT HARDING, after a
L pleasant voyage up the coast, visit
ed Juneau and Skagway and, passing
through Icy strait and Cross sound,
proceeded to Seward. Their itinerary
then took them to Fairbanks, terminus
of the Alaska railroad, and 1t was the
intention to go from thence to Chitina,
on the Copper River and Northwestern
railroad overland.
n TLANTA last week swarmed with
A Elks who were attending the an
nual grand lodge convention and re-
union. James G. Mcfarland of South
Dakota was elected grand exalted ruler
and then some eight thousand Elks
paraded the streets with many floats
and bands.
THAT American dyes are now made
L in quantity and quality to supply
all the country's demands is the graft
flying statement made by the federal
tariff commission. In this respect, the
report says, the United States is now
independent of the rest of the world.
Our domestic dyes are rs good as
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