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, 1923-02-04
Paument of International Debts

THE DIFFICULTIES to be surmOunted in deal
L ing with Indebtedness running to the United
States government from foreign nations are for
the most part identical with those which attend
upon the collection of reparatiOns from Germany
by the allied countries. The public thinks of them
constantly as we are accustomed TO think OF IN
debtedness running from one individual to an
other in the same country, when in fact the con
ditions are very different.
The government of Il country has no means of
paying its debts except by leYying taxes, and there
are limits beyond which tax levies yield diminish
ing instead of increasing returns. If it attempts
TO spread taxation directly over the whole people
to an extent which lowers the standard of living,
it certainly will meet with resistance, probably
resulting in a change of administration and policy.
Even if the creditor government should go into the
debtor country and attempt to levy general taxes
upon the population, the attempt would be a fail
ure. On the other hand, if taxes are directed only
at the wealth of the debtor country, the effect will
be to diminish the supply of working capital,
which cannot be done without affecting industry
unfavOrably, causing unemployment, CurtailinE
production-in the long RUE reducing revenues,
rather than increasing them.
Furthermore, there remains the particular diff
ficulties that attend upon attempts to pay great
sums from one country TO another i'll a different
money. Germany collects its revenues in the paper
mark currency, but cannot pay reparations in that
currency; and so Great Britain. France, Italy, Bel
GUM and each of the other debtors collects its rev
enucs in its own paper currency, none of which are
acceptable in payments to the United States. The
United States must be paid in its own money.
There are only two ways for the debt owing
country to get United States money, and one of
these is available to only a moderate extent. They
can ship gold here. which Will be accepted at the
treasury, 25sS grains standard fincncss to the dol
lar. but none Of them have gold TO spare. The other
method is by selling goods in this country, and thus
creating bank credits here which will be avail
able for payments.
The point is made that they need not send goods
of their own production; they can export their own
products to South America or elsewhere and use
the proceeds to pay for goods shipped from those
countries to the United States. This. however,
does not dispose of the difficulties. We are al
Tpg DIV rating uhnut all tho goods We mood from
, 1923-02-04
The Magic of Stella

The Joneses unexpectedly
Have happened IN for tea.
And Madam Wife dejectedIy
Confdes Casidc) to me:
The larder'B absolutely
! vcid: the cupboard. tco!"
And importunes me mutely
To say what she shall do.
BY turns she's flushed and pailld
And trembles like n mouse
But Stella makes n salad
With nothing IN the house.
0cu't AJAX me the ingredients,
They may be nBh or fruit; p
I only know c~xpedientE
Are Stelia'H longest suit.
II may not be nutritious,
But, oh, ltE piquHncyI
None other 10 delicious
Was ever served TO mo.
Hos bleat whoEs cln'm Is valid
Upon thlg clever mouse
Who conJuFea such Il salad
From nothing IN the housed
Edward W. Barnard
, 1923-02-04
The Original Flapper

Archneo,oEsts. ethnologists, b!olo.
gists, anthropologists and all of the
other "ologists," have been bending
every effort to find out the scientific
origin of the genus "tlapper." and at
last. they have traced her TO her
source. You may imagine the troubles
that confronted them.
At first they thought that It might
be Cleopatra, but upon investigation II
was decided that It could not possibly
be she. as history says that upon the
death of her favorite finale hopper"
Mark Antony. she committed suicide,
thus proving that she had a heart
after al and II was impossible to call
her a flapper, as flappers are notor!-
ousiy heartless.
The g~raybeards kept at work never
theless, and at last their search was
rewarded. The true original flapper
was found in the person of Chachiuh.
nenetzin, daughter of the Mexican
King Axaiacatzin. This lady fitted
the case exactly, for the records OF
the Aztec court described her a a
vump par excellence. plainly some
chicken, and absolutely without heart,
and yet wlthal one OF the most accom-
plished PETERS in the wide realm of
Anhuac.
It Is SAID Of her that. finding that
she had an unlimited field in which
to eat cake. drink cold tea" and pet
the boys. she Immediately started out
t. get n collection of mementos. Her
methods were unique. After she had
thoroughly vamped n likely looking
finale hopper and petted him as long
as the novelty lasted she had her ser.
wants kill the poor creature and make
a statue hat she could keep in her
apartment.
From her Subsequent history Il ap.
pears that she finally acquired such n
collection that she was on the point
Of having to sleep IN the streets to
make room for her statues, when she
got her dates mixed and had three
OF the candidates for winding sheets
in on the same evening, with the re.
suit that tho boys got wise. as did
also tho pater-tamI:aS, and. man like,
they Hnuffed her out.
, 1923-02-04
Once Found Wanting

ONE NATTER in particular should not be over
" looked by the American people. After making
a muss of everything he undertook under the vii.
son regime and then running away and leaving it
to be cleaned up by others, William G. McAdoo is
the success Of government neutrality-suspicious..
The former secretary Of the treasury is completely
sold on that idea.
at the head Of the railways when they were under
the government. His name was OH every bllLoffare
in the dining cars and on the lips of every employc
whose inflated wages came from public taxation
at MCAdOO'H demand. 1t was IA great machine that
he had started, md II he ever gets nnother chance
ho will build ono TO include II lot OF other indus.
tries besides railroads. Then what Il buch Of votes
n man could clinch with wages elevated by way Of
taxation. II would amount 10 putting in his hands
the means of pcrpctuating his policies either as
president or as the power behind the throne.
, 1923-02-04
W omen the Real Upsettcrs

IT'S the women who rebel as.
serted Pericles Patter. 1T was Mrs.
E.Hstein who formulated the theory
which apparently overturned every
thing we ever knew about the UNI.
verse. Probably her husband would
nave gone on all his life believing In
gravity and things like that. merely
because it was In all the looks
When the professor had been head.
cd off Einstcin it developed that his
excitement came from sdmcth!ng If
ferent. 1t seemed that Mrs. Patter
had made cocoa the u.ght before in
direct violation of all the rules on The
Container.
Now on the cocoa can It tells Just
how to make it, he declared. you
take I'VE cups or milk and two Cung
of water and SOME sugar and some
cocoa n put them together in n GER
tain way and there you arc. 1t is the
simplest recipe I know. But would
my wife do 1t that way? Perish the
thought.
"'Why. You can't mako cocoa thai
way she gasped. Who ever heard
Of making cocoa that way??" She
quite lost her ~self.Control. I tired to
reason with her. I am one OF those
men who will never learn.
But I stayed around to watch.
First she put the can in front Of her
so tina she could see the directions.
That, / suppose. was so she wouldn't
run the risk OF following them uncon.
~sciously. Then she took three cups Of
milk and vice as much cocoa as he
recipe called for and no sugar Mt nj
she used salt Instead OF sugar. Gor
some reason-and put them together
in direct contradiction of al the rules.
Then she cooked It twice as long as
the directions said. And the cocoa
was good"
Pericies Patter looked sadly out of
the window. Then he continued, first
sinking his voice to a whisper.
1T always works for them" he as.
serted. They Use the wrong things
for the wrong purposes and every.
thing m out MI right. There was
the cork, for example.
II was opening n bottle of-an-er--
bottle-the other night with a cork.
screw. But I couldn't get II to take
hold. All I got was little nuggets of
cork. The mother lode remained IN.
touched. Mrs. Patter looked at mc
pityinE,v for n while.
What arc you trying to dn?" she
asked. I told her as calmly as couId
Then what are you using thai
thing for? she demanded. Dointinr tr
the corkscrew. I told her as calmly
as 7 could. She grabbed the hottie
and threw away the corkscrew. Then
h took the cork out with a pair Of
manicure scissors.
Ihese are merely examples. Mrs
, 1923-02-04

cdncss there Is no 1und of benefits 10 aid III max.
ing repayments. There is no piled up stock of prod.
ucts with which to pay. The debtor countries must
produce an amount of commodities sufficient TO
cancel these obligations, in addition to what they
have to produce to supply current needs and to
carry on the current exchanges, and the trade and
such curtailment where needed and expansion
where needed as may be necessary TO meet these
conditions. The reactions are arrcaching and i'll.
calCulahlc.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14

tie paw, which was like hand, Bel
" ran over TO Uncle Wiggily S
hollow stump bungalow. Betty S
tail with, its rings of light colored
fur mingled with The black, went
along after her. It was because Of
the rings on ner tail that Betty
was named Riugtail s
Why, hello, Betty!" greeted
Uncle Wiggily, as he saw the little
raecoon girl. 'And what have you
in your paws he asked. iEsv, s.
81 brought you-I mean--now--
m going to lend You my rubber
ball to play withy' said Betty, who
was just 4 little bashful. 'You
can bounce my rubber ball on. the
floor. and have fun. - tH
"Oh, thank you!" laughed I'm
Gle Wiggily. "Let me SEQ now
how many days until Christmas,
Eetty?'
cts Just eleven DAYS. counting
today quickly answered the lit.
tie raccoon girl, and she wondered
why Uncle Wiggily laughed.
SCh'iNh pooANN0
the ball on the floor. 1t flew up,
hitting him on his pink, twinkling
nose.
"Oueh!' erica the bunny.
"You will say Ouch! once and
twice and three times in minute, -
suddenly cried savage voice, and
into the bungalow popped the
Weasel. "You will say Ouch!
three times when I nibble your
earsH' cried the Weasel.
"Oh, Uncle Wiggily! Give me my
rubber ballb' suddenly said Betty.
eyes, Betty, YOU had better take
your ball and run home before the
Weasel nibbles you," sadly said the
brnny gentleman.
Betty took her ball, but she didn t
ron home. Instead she filled tho
ball with water ut the sink and
then, running back into the room,
iast as the Weasel was going 20
Noble Uncle Wiggily, Betty squirteG
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14
THE LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE

practice which has been developing in late years,
but is by no means as general it might be- is the
of live tree for Christmas.
The tree which is usually fir but may be pine,
spruce cedar or almost any other kind of evergreen is
dug up with the roots instead of being cut off close to
the ground. The roots usually wrapped in bur-
lap bag containing enough soil for temporary protec
tion and the tree is planted in tub box by the pur
chaser Sometimes the dealer sells the tree already
in tub, ready to set up in the house.
Such tree is naturally more beautiful than dead
tree. 1t remains firm green and fragrant throughout
the holidays, genuine bit of forest brought into the
house for the great winter festival Afterward it is
planted in the yard, to remain a perpetual remind
Of happy times aside from its increasing usefulness
outdoors for beauty and shade
Some families add tree every year in this way
and little by little acquire small christmas tree
forest of their Others after using their tree
indoors and getting it to growing we'll in convenient
spot out in the yard, it thereafter outdoor
Christmas tree decorated regularly with lights tnsel
etc. and perhaps hung with gifts on Christmas morn
ing.
Children come to love such trees, in way impos-
sble with dead used briefly then consigned to the
flames 1t is far charming contribution to
Christmas than of our other recent innovations.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14
TAX REDUCTION

A nationally known firm of certified public ac
countants, anayzng Secretary Melons tax reduction
plan. finds that the man of small means who earns
$4,000 to $4,000 year would have his taxes cut 4161
per cent the man with $4,000 to $4,000 year would
save 23.37 per cent, the with $4,000 to 100000
would save 1861 per cent and the over 100000
would have an average saving of 259 per cent In the
case of the with income of 81 100000 more,
the saving would be reduced to less thanonefourth of
l per cent.
This is the direct saving personal incomes. Rog-
er Babson estimates that the indirect saving, from
duced of living, would average per cent of the
taxpayers income. The firm of accountants above
ferred to- combining its figures with Mr. Babsons
cudes that the direct and indirect saving for IS
per cent of all taxpayers, those with incomes not
So 1000, would amount to about 500 year apiece.
If these figures accurate, and they probably
ARE there seems good for considering the tax
plan very democratic proposal, made far in the
interest of the poor than the rich.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14
KING TUT UNDISTURBED

King Tutankhamen's treasures are being removed
from his tomb and placed in in Cairo Museum. Many
of them, doubt, will go to other lands Some may
to America. But it is decided that the mummy
itself will remain in its rock sepuchre in the Valley of
Kings, where it lay for than 5000 years.
1t is decision in which Americans heartily con-
Reverence for burial places, too much disregard
ed in Egyptian explorations is of the oldest and
most excellent of human sentiments. 1t is WELL espe-
caly in this age of unsettlement to show little old
fashioned regard for the past and to preserve in
natural setting things that make antiquity real
"Let the oak lie where it fell" said Theodore
Roosevelt when his son died in France. Let "King
Tut lie where his people laid him. 1t is enough that
strangers of world he could never have imagined,
may from theends of the earth and feel the spell
of his tomb.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14
BY CONDO

asked her mother. ''He is dear
old rabbit gentleman. True, he has
rheumatism pains now ans then,
but his pink nose twinkles most de-
lightfully! He ought to be happy. -
iii afraid lie won't be happy
cause / didn't lend him anv of
my toys went on Betty.
"Lend Uncle Wiggily toys
what do you mean2'' asked Mrs.
Ringtail. %,
"Well,' said Betty, "you know
II s almost Christmas, and Uncle
Wiggily is great friend TO SAM
tn Claus. And Peetie Bow Wow
LET Uncle Wiggily take some roller
skates, and Billie Wagtail lent him
pair of stills and Mamie and
Baby Bunty took Uncle Wiggily
coaster wagon. Uncle Wiggily is
going to remember them all at.
Christmas and ! IN afraid he II for;
get me if | don't let him take
something of mine.
"Why don't you lend Uncle Wig,
gily your bouncing rubber ball''
asked Mrs. Ringtail She said it
more for fun than for any other
reason, not thinking Betty would do
it. But, to her mothers surprise,
the little raccoon girl clapped her
paws (Which were almost like
hands, and exclaimed:
"Oh, the very thing. tn take
Uncle Wiggily my rubber ball and
then he won't forget to tell Santa
Claus abolh me for Christmas.
"Of course, you shouldn't lend
things or do favors, just to have
favors done you in return, Betty" T"
said her mother.
~ know, Mother DEAR" answer
ed Betty. "But, all the same, il
Uncle Wiggily likes to play with my
rubber ball and he does happen to
see Santa Claus, and if--now--
if
. ooh, run along with you'll"
laughed Mrs. Ringtail, and Betty
ran along to get her rubber ball
out of the play closet where the
toys were put away after she and
her brother BODY had finished using
them.
Betty's rubber ball was a large
one, and it had a little hole in
for the squeak to come out. And
sometimes water squirted out of the
rnbber ball, for Betty was fond Of
playing in the water. Once she
squirted some water from her rub
Der ball on her brother--but that
is another adventure, not TO be
told of here.
Holding her rubber ball in her lit
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14
NIGHT LETTER AIR LINE

The airplane as possible competitor of the tele-
graph seems like a strange prophecy. Yet firm of
aeronautical engineers of Garden City, n Y, forecast
that very thing. They say:
"An airplane carrying only $50 pounds of mail,
less than onefourth of its capacity could night
letter between New York and Chicago at a cost of
0.01188 cents.
''To this must be added the cost of messenger
vice and the 2cent postage stamp demanded by the
ernment On this basis the air line could carry signed
letters of perhaps 900 words from New York to Chi
cago for "a cents, using messenger delivery, %
cents using the post office delivery system Each
sage would be collected at the close of the business day
and delivered before or the following morning"
There is big field open for such service. Rush
messages can still go by wire and wireless but their
speed would be frequently assured and their cost
greatly reduced if the longer, non-rush messages
travelled by airplane.
From the fact that eggs are costing 10 cents
apiece real money in Berlin might infer that the
prussan chickens have come home to roost.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14
By STANLEY

raccoon girl, and I shall surely re
member you at Christmas said the
bunny gentleman. Then the water
was squirted out of the ball into
tho sink and Uncle Wiggily bounced
til mean he bounced the ball, not
the sink, of course.
And if the lead pencil doesn 4
bounce up and down on the end OF
its rubper and make believe it 8
dancing with the sheet of paper, l II
tell YOU next about Uncle Wiggily
and Aunt Lettie's pin.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
bY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY AND BETTY 5
BALL

Betty Ringtail, the little rae
coon girl, walked daintily down to
the edge of the pond, found place
that hadn been frozen over by
Jack Frost and in the water care
fully washed a bit of fish her
mother had given her for lunch.
Betty washed the piece of fish and
scrubbed it ana washed it again.
Raccoons always do this to their
food except, perhaps, some kinds
like green corn. Raccoons are very
clean animals.
After she washed her bit Of fish,
Betty ate il and then she slowly
walked back to the house where
she lived with her brother Bobby.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14

q lot of water at the Weasel's face.
Run away from here and don't
nibble Uncle Wiggily's ears! cried
the brave little raccoon girl, and
she squirted 'nore water.
"Oh, flub dub!" howled the
Weasel, and then the water got in
his eyes and nose and mouth and
he talked as though he had a cold
in his head. Then out of the. bun
galow he ran, bowling: "Wow!
Wow! Wow!'
Betty, you are brave little
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-14

Betty climbed up the tree, in the
top Of which was her home.
"Oh, dearl" sighed Betty Ring
tail.
"What' Is the matter?" asked her
mother. "Wasn't that a fine piece
Of fish gave you, Betty? / hope
you didn I forget to clean it in the
pond before you ate it. "
"Oh, ! cleaned it well, Mother, ?"
answered Betty. "But, oh. dear! -
"Whatever is the matter?" asked
Mrs. Ringtail. "Aren't you hap
py'"
eyes, / am, kinder happy
sighed Betty. "But I'M afraid I'm
ele Wiggily isn't happyl"
"Why shouldn 4 be be happyY"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-03-24
SECRETARY OF WAR PLANS
COLORED TRAINING CAMP

"A Citizens Military Training Camp,
such as has been offered to white
men and boys, is to be established for
Negro citizens this summer, accord
ing to letter of Secretary of War
John w. Weeks to DR.. Robert r.
Motion Of Tuskegee Institute, and
published in the Public Press. It
seems that DR. Motion had previously
written Secretary of War Weeks re-
questing such camp. Secretary of
War Weeks replied: II arm pleased
to inform you that plans are now
under way for the establishment of a
Citizens Military Training Camp for
colored candidates" He further stated
that such a camp would probably be
established at Fort MACPHERSON, ca.
DIR. Motion is now said to be can
vassing the country in order to ascer-
tain the number of men and boys who
are interested in this movement.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-03-24
VOTE FOR HULL

The special election for congress-
man falls on the same date As the
mayoraIty election and Mr.. HulTs
friends are urging the importance OF
recalling that Congressman an well
as mayor is to be elected.
Last Friday evening he was loudly
acclaimed by the members Of the Ap-
pomattox club in a special meeting.
He spoke to them on the working out
of form of individualism i'm America,
that demanded an equality of oppor-
tunity for all men. Mr.. Hull also ex-
pressed 1t as his belief that Il was
difficult to dissociate national ana
local politics so far az party il con-
-eerned. A local Republican shorild be
q national Republican, and vice versa,
he declared.
The special election for congress
man falls on the same date as the
mayoralty election and Mf. HulRs
friends are urging the Importance of
remembering that congressman As
well as mayor il 70 b. elected.
| --Adv.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-03-24
VOTE FOR HULL

julius Rosenwald, who has given
so much money to the betterment Of
the condition Of the Negro and to his
education, has warmly endorsed Nor
ton ID. Hull for Congressman from
the Second Congressional District
In a letter mailed out for Mr.. Hull at
the close Of the primary, Tuesday,
Feb. n, Mr.. RosenwaId said:
Morton D. Hull. in my opinion.
is worthy and qualified to succeed the
late James r. Mann al our representa-
tive in Congress / know Mr. Hall
well. 1t is = privilege to endorse him.
His experience il public affairs, his
knowledge Of social problems and his
integrity are qualifications which
should insure his success at the cleo
tion."
Mr.. Hull. who himself has been
actively identified with Negro better
ments. po1Ied a decidedly heavy vot,
in the Third, Fourth and Fifth Wards
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-03-24
Hon. Arthur c. Lueder, Republican Candidate for Mayor
of Chicago, and Hon. Morton Dension Hull Republican
Candidate for Congress from the Second Congressional
District of Illinois, Held Forth at the Appomattox Club,
Last Friday Evening

Hon. Martin B. Madden had voted in
favor Of southern "Jim Crow Rail
road Bill' that Congressman Madden
was an enemy and traitor to the
colored race.
Many anti-Madden meetings were
held in all parts Of his district in which
he was held up to scorn and contempt
and he was referred to by some Of the
speakers and followers Of Col. De
Priest as old peg leg, gray haired
Martin B. Madden, and as some of the
followers of Col. De Priest left his
meetings they were so wrought up and
heated up that they we're good and
ready to kill any white or colored per-
son who differed with them. -
Col. De Priest was so powerful at
that time that all Of the coIored edi-
tors in this city failed to have the NOR
.al courage to oppose him except the
writer, and the Saturday before the
September primaries in 1918, not an
other race newspaper in this city con-
tanned one line in favor Of the re-
nomination of Congressman Madden,
but The Broad AK bravely stood by
him to the bitter end.
Shortly after that time Col. De
Priest was ready to crush down and
trample under his big, tricky political
feet all colored persons who refused
or failed to shout for Hon. Martin B.
Madden.
All Of the above is self-evident that
Col De Priest is wild or fighty; that
he never knows his own political mind
over night; that it is as changeable as
the shifting March winds, and, being
unable to reason from cause to effect
and to arrive at logical deductions, he
is, therefore, one of the most erratic
and unsound leaders of the colored
race in Chicago.
In 1919, Col. De Priest attempted
to knock out Alderman Louis B. An
derson and break back into the City
Council, but Alderman Anderson was
too much for him and he forced Col
De Priest to beat it to the tall timbers
AT that time we freely predicted that
Col. De Priest would never be able to
defeat Aldermen Anderson or Jack
son or the Second Ward machine, and
50 far, our predictions have come true