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British views to the necessity of drastic
balancing of the German budget, etc: but re-
marks Ta IS hat it has nca besn sSng Germany a
AS to the proposal in the British covering
note, of interallied discussions with view
general and "f final fnanea Settlement" n1f the
the interaiiied debt debts is to be inc included in the
discussions. The query seems to me peril
Beigians and " the s@ italians the @ questions Of
PREPARATIONS and interallied debts mex
apart from the other would be useless.
Finally, the French government in It's letter
proposed commission of impartial experts"
ment, The letter points out that the express
sion capacity of payment" is variable one
reparations commission did, you may deter
mine the amount Germany is able to pay TO-
capacity of payment any distance ahead. 1t
that n the Eersaes 81 treaty nis wisely assgns to-
the repaTations commission the task OF OF
The note asks pertinently enough what
sion to the reparations commission. what pre-
cisely it would be called on to find and re-
If the resume Of the French reply is s,.es aecu-
ntimation that the latter ignores the draft
reply" The French letter makes clear the
reply and asks pertinent questions. answers
TO which are necessary to definite French de-
cisions on other items 1t is true that it
will take time and head scratching to answer
the French questions But in submitting his
Baldwin expect d simple 20. X. from Paris
and Brussels?
1t has. however. to be remarked in conclu-
sion that the French letter pretty completely
dspels hope of joint allied reply to the
German note of June 4.
The anti fascist day" DULY 29) proclaimed
by the communists was punctured. The gov
ernment forbade demonstrations and massed
troops: the communists took the hint and kept
indoors. In only instance did they get
gay" In small town near Berlin they tried
storm Il jail; result one dead and seven
wounded communists.
The paper mark is now worth less than one
milionth of a dollar. The food crisis is said
reich to prevent famine or even suffering
for at least several months ahead. The prob
lem is chiefly of price regulation and dis
tribution The government has had bad
According to an ex-cabinet minister of Ger
many, production per worker In Germany is
war production. while consumption comes to
at least so per cent of pre-war consumption
"Germany," says he, lis being betrayed by its
people
MisceIIanerus.-The news of the world fur
nshed by the press during the past week
was sngularly meager. Even Mussolni failed
obIge.
The British minister of labor told the com
mons the other day that he feared that indus
rial conditions in Britain would be no better
i'm the coming winter than they were last
winter. The present trade of Britain Is sald
to be only 20 per cent of her pre-war trade
1t is expected that this years wheat crop
of French North Africa will be double that
Of last year. and will supply all the wheat
required by continental France beyond It's own
excellent crop.
between MIR Grew and tsmet PaSha were pro-
ceedng only 500.
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To the Editor of The Star:
Within the last few weeks. with no
change in the rate of duty or in the
estimated size of the present Cuban
crop. the New York price of both raw
and refined has declined over l cent
per pound. That neither the Scent
rise nor the subsequent decline OF
| cent was due to the increase OF
sixteen one-hundredths of l cent per
pound in the rate of duty made last
September or to the estimated size OF
the Cuban crop. is obvious.
Producers of sugar in Cuba have
tried for twenty years to make the
American people believe that 1t would
be to our best interest to abandon our
home sugar industry and allow CUBAN
sugar to enter our ports free or near
u free of duty, they contending that
the lower the duty the cheaper the
sugar and the less the liability of
eXtOrtion.
has Cuban sugar enjoyed so Low a
rate of duty when enteIng our ports
as from March. 1914. to May, 1921-a
rate of cent per pound. Yet it was
under this very low rate of duty that.
in 1920. when there was an apparent
world shortage of sugar, producers
in Cuba practiced the most merciless
piece of commercial piracy to which
this country has ever been subjected.
Purchased During War.
For several years during the war.
the United States government pur-
chased the entire Cuban crop of sugar
at a specific pre-arranged price. far in
excess of what" we had been paying
before the war. In 1920 we were
buying Cuban sugar in the open mar
ket. and from December to March.
while the marketing of domestic beet
sugar. regulated in price by the
United States Department of Justice.
was in full swing, the New York price
of yranulated sugar made from Cuban
raWs declined 2H cents per pound.
Rut when the domestic crop. the mar
keting Of which had stabilized prices.
had been largely absorbed. the price
of imported sugar rapidly increased,
refined rising from 11.o3 cents March
Q to 1851 cents May 10.
In June of that year, producers of
sugar in Cuba charged us 100000. 900
for $4,000 tons of sugar. an increase
of 562 per cent above their average
pre-war price. In other words. they
charged us as much for this COM
paratively small quantity of sugar
as before the war they averaged to
charge for a crop Of 100000 tons.
Throughout the month of June the
Evening star., 1923-08-05
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

BALDWIN is at one of
- the crossroads of his political
career.
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w YHAT is to be expected as a
result of the ''close up" in
" specton Of Alaska by the
official narty and what
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BY HENRY ". BUM.

HE following is a brief summary of the
most important news of the world for
the seven days ended August 4:
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Sales Mode to Brttain.

SAIeN Mnde 10 BTftA1n.
The Treasury melted up and sold to
the British government for use in
India 259,000,000 silver dollars, to re-
place which it is estimated by the
Treasury it will require the purchase
Evening star., 1923-08-05

No department or service other
than the President himself exercises
complete supervision over the Dis
trict of Columbia, Notwithstanding
the fact that the administrative rela-
tions between the government of the
nations capital and the national
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
Politics Of Tomorrow
St. LOuis Christian AdvOcate, MethOdist.


The alignment win not be without its perils. It
win be, first in considerable degree along industrial
economic lines The rich win be conservative and the poor
Of them radicals every progress
sve party has its extreme left radical wing The bitter
that now marks our industrial conflicts win be inn
ported into the politics Men sensitive in the
gion of their pocketboOks.
But al of this is ineytabIa Wage earners win not
submit to continuance Of conditions that virtually keep
them in slavery Radical ideas be suppressed So
cialist and boshevis opinions be met on the
field of argument Ours must continue to be land of
free speech We're there elements in the population
cept the capitalists and employers the and the
the other the issues between them might
become acute to be disastrous the nation But
tunately very large proportion Of citizenship made
up of voters who do not belong to either of these classes
The farmer for examples and the majority of professional
men, and men in small scale accessible
TO arguments both sides ot the industrial question
Having properties Of Their ewn they able SYM
pathze with the capitalists point of view being them
selves labOrers and usuaIpor their sympathies are
equally with the working maiG ANY fair and rational
statement which he make Of his they willing
to hear We have confidence in the sanity balance of
these average Americans They are not likely to go to
either extreme.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
OUIMBV { WILSON
REFINISH STORE

A. number of painters have been
busy all Of this week. repainting the
interior Of the Quimby & Wilson fur
niture store OF HoQuiam. The en-
tire store VIII be repainted and the
windows remOdeled and refinished.
The front Of the building is also to
have a new coat Of paint.
The victrola department VIII be
moved from its present location near
the main front entrance, to the right
side wall, and near the rear Of the
room. The office win also be located
in this part Of the large room.
The Quimby & Wilson Furniture
Company has made a wonderful
growth in its twenty odd years of its
existence. II was first started by
Mr.. Quimby in a small store room,
in which he practically made all the
furniture he sold. Since that small
beginning thu business has grown
fast, having been forced TO move into
larger quarters from time to time.
now occupying the largest store room
In the city Of Hoquiam.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
MONTESANO PLANT
WILL Be ENLARGED

Because the present canning facil-
tiles Of the Montesano Packing Com.
pany are no longer sufficient to han
die the large production of fruits. ber-
ries and vegetables grown on the
Harbor. the stockholders have agreed
to re-organiae the company. increase
the capacity Of the plant and change
the name to Grays Harbor canneries.
The company has been re-incorpor-
ated and 100000 worth of stock H.
sued which win be sold at 500 a
share and used to enlarge and IN
crease the. capacity Of the plant. The
plant is to remain in Montesano on
the present site. Naturally the plant
should be located where most Of the
produce Is grown.
The present cannery was establish
Cd more as an experiment and since
that time by encouraging the growing
Of fruits. berries and vegetables. has
proven eonclusively that the soil and
climatic conditions IN this part Of the
state are very favorable 10 berry cul.
ture, and that a sufficient variety Of
fruits and vegetables can be success
fully grown at a profit to the growers.
assuring a long canning season and
providing more employment.
Naturally since the production OF
these products has increased a larg.
er packing house became a necessity.
the experimental stage having been
passed. The project has been endors-
ed by all the commercial bodies on
the Harbor and east end.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
CHARTER
BADLY DEFEATED

CHICAGO, Ill.-The good people Of
Illinois refused to be duped into ac-
cepting a charter that would take
away personal liberty. At the re-
cent election proposed change in
the constitution was voted upon. that
if it had carried would practically
turn the state government over to
the supreme court. It would have
been ruled by the courts instead Of
by law.
In the greatest victory ever record
ed by q state federation Of labor. the
proposed state constitution was lit
orally smashed beyond recognition BY
al Shlar vote Of the people. The
majority against the proposal Is esti-
mated all the way from 100000 to
100000. In Chicago alone the vote
against It was 20 to 1.
For nearly four years reaction has
been at work on their scheme to
turn the government over to the state
ouPACAA0 SO4AAs
Trade unionists were the largest
organised unit against the constitu-
tion change. A campaign that COW
cred the entire state was conducted
by the State Federation Of Labor.
Mass meetings were held everywhere
and the proposal was ripped to pieces
by Representatives Of the workers who
warned Illinois citizens Of the dan
gers confronting them.
No one denied that the proposal
was backed by big business. Victor
olander, secretary-treasurer of the
Illinois State Federation Of Labor,
showed that the increased powers
of the courts was suggested by Judge
Gary a few months prior to the con-
vention which prepared the constitu-
tion for submission to the people.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
VICTORIOUS AFTER
II MONTHS LOCKOUT

Organized granite cutters In Quin-
cy, H.. have won their II months
lockout ana secured = unlon. shop
agreement. Wages win be one dollar
an hour with 3 minimum 44-hour week
seven months Of the year and 40
hours during the five winter months.
The 40-hour week during the winter
months is a health measure. The
agreement provides for voluntary ad.
justment Of differences. The settle
ment involves three locals OF granite
cutters.
The end of this lockout will un.
doubtedly have a bearing on the ma
tion-wide attack being made ON gran
ite cutters, who are resisting these
onslaughts as victoriously as did their
fellow craftsmen in that city.
In a congratulatory message to Jas.
Duncan, president OF the Granite Cut
ters' Intentional Association of Am.
erica. President Gompers said: 1.-THE
victory for your organization brought
me great Joy and demonstrated again
the mettle and fibre Of the men OF
your trade and under your leader
ship the effectiveness for the right
of your magnificent organization.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
Times Demand Old Age Pensions
sr4rE-PAP rEessossE soel.r so.-ur.o,s

in producing the prosperity of the
state, and he has a right to share in
that prosperity to the extent, at
least, Of enjoying a comfortable liv-
ing throughout his entire life. Eco
nOmic conditions are such that, at
present, many, as we have seen, are
not paid a wage sufficient for that
support The only just and practi-
cal method Of paying the balance
due them and thus guarding them
against dependency, is through old
age pensions paid by the state.
Legislation Extended.
The extension of this social legis-
lation to our aged would not involve
any innovations in principle. Only
few years ago practically all our
states dealt in a similar haphazard
fashion with the children of destitute
widows. The former were taken to
public institutions and the mother
was sent to work, which blighted the
lives Of the children and brought
misery to the mother. Today most
of the states have realized that it is
better for the community as well as
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05

All other methods for relieving
the old age dependency having. failed,
the probiemis brought down to state
paid pensions as the best, If not the
only solution. A pension has been
defined rs "a regular allowance or
payment made In consideration Of
past service" If paid by the state,
the service is presumed to have been
rendered to the state. It may have
been military service, it may have
been useful discoveries in art or sci
ence, or eminent accomplishments in
some profession. Such pensions
have been bestowed in civilized
countries in all ages and under all
forms of government.
Extended to Labor.
The extension of the principle to
manual labor in production is in ac-
cord with the spirit of this indus
trial, democratic age. The humble
toiler with his hands, on the farm, in
the workship, or in the mines is an
important, yes, indispensable factor,
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05

Continued on Page S.)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05

official Organ of tie Aber-
deem Central Labor Council,
H0quiam Trades and Labor
Council and the Washington
State Federation Of Labor.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
SHIP SUBSIDY WILL
MEAN VICIOUS RAIDS
ON PUBLIC TREASURY
CBy Senator Arthur cappsr)

A ship subsidy would be Of decid-
ed advantage to the spectators, who
are willing TO take a chance when
the government puts up the money.
But what advantage could IL be to
to the public, which sank $1,000, ,O0O,-
000 in building the emergency fleet
during the war, which since has been
putting $4,000, 600 a year to operate
small part of that fleet at a loss
while the rest OF the feet lay rot
ting in idleness7
Representative Andrew, who comes
from a maritime state, Massachu-
sets, says the ship subsidy bill would
be likely to cost a billion dollars Of
the peoples money in the next dec
ade, and would not likely reduce
shipping charges substantially or
benefit the country rs q whole.
Nobody knows how much a ship
subsidy would cost this country. bat
the things we do know utterly con-
denim the ship subsidy bill as we'll
intentioned but impractical. We
know that a ship subsidy, once adopt
ed. would immediately start two vic
ious circles that would result in con-
slant raids on the public trasury,
and that would make 1t impossible
to operate even the ship subsidy it.
self. The first of these objections is
contained in the argument that this
country must have q subsidized mer-
chant marine because other countries
have them. II we give our ships q
subsidy that viii give our ships an
advantage, will not the other subsi-
dizing nations at once increase their
subsidies in one way or another and
take from our shipping the advan-
tage our subsidy give? Reason says
they would do that very thing. Then,
to maintain our policy Of subsidizing
we would have to call on the public
treasury for still another subsidy,
which, no doubt, the other subsidizing
countries would meet and necessi-
tate US drawing again on the treas
ury for still further subsidies.
Suhaidi1s Industry.
Can we afford to start anything
like that? This country is opposed
to the subsidy theory. It realizes
that one subsidy calls for another.
II ocean shipping is improbable, so
also are wheat and potato growing.
Let rs subsidize them. Every time
our mines and our farms strike an
improbable period, let them come to
Continued on Page Three)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
RIGHTS
MENACE TO LIVES

A twenty years. fight by the peo-
pie Of the anthracite region has been
defeated by tn decision Of the Unit
ed States supreme court declaring
Unconstitutional the Pennsylvania
law fOrbidding the mining Of anthra-
cite coal in such q way as to cause a
cave-in of the surface Of the ground.
Under the supreme court decision,
coal companies can and, Of course,
will continue their policy of reckless
mining which has ruined millions of
dollars worth Of property, no doubt
sacrificed many lives in the past
and endangers many lives at the
present.
The whole country is shocked when
the people read Of 3 mine disaster
in which the miners are either killed
or crippled. Yet when laws are
passed to prevent these disasters,
the supreme court calls them uncon-
stitutional. Property rights are given
the first consideration when laws of
this nature are taken under advise
naent by the courts.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
NuIIify Law.

It was not until after these cave
ins had actually killed a number Of
persons that the citizens Of the min
ing towns were able to bring enough
pressure to bear on the legislature
to force a bill through to prevent
such catastrophes in the future. The
Kosler bill, passed in 1921, made it
3 crime for coal companies to conduct
operations in such a manner as to
wreck or damage property on the
surface.
The coal companies at once began
legal fight to nullify the law. The
Pennsylvania supreme court, how
ever, declared the law constitutional
The fight then was carried to the
United States supreme court by the
companies and there the law was
killed.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
Bituminous Mine Production.

Bituminous miners dig on an aver
age about two-thirds of q ton more
coal each day than those employed
in the anthracite mines.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
WALSH IS STIRRED,
WOES OF FARMERS

NEW YORK.-Senator David I.
Walsh Of Massachusetts, addressing
an audience in the Bronx, declared
he had been profoundly stirred" by
recent trip through the middle west.
IL found the farmers Interested" he
said, 'in only three facts. They were
able to prove, first, that beyond ques-
tion they were producing their prod
ucts at a loss to themselves. saw
men and women leaving the farms OF
the middle west In wagons which car
ried only themselves and their chill
dren and a few sticks of furniture.
going God only knows where, look
ing for place to earn a livelihood.
Secondly. they point out they are
obtaining for their product Is per cent
Of the cost the consumer pays, and
they are demanding that the waste
between the producer and consumer
be eliminated.
Labor Also Victim.
"They are asking the Republican
party to find a solution. and they are
asking the Democratic party to find
a solution, and unless these parties
respond with a solution what other
alternative is there but radicalism
and socialism for the farmer?
What can we say to the working
people," he demanded. who say to
you: How can you justify compelling
me to pay 400 per cent more for the
things that my family eats than the
producer obtains for these very same
productsY
What can you say to the working
people who say to you: We are the
victims OF a system which is seeking
to destroy the natural laws of supply
and demand by producing unemploy-
ment whenever It is unable to make
sufficient prOfits?'"
These are serious problems, grave
problems"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05

Reactionists set uD and listen when
a Progressive takes the floor. The
lame ducks" are getting an earfui.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-01-05
IS URGED
TO ADMIT UNSEILLED
EUROPEAN LABOR
Husband Says Foreigners Should Be
Admitted When Jobs Are
Provided.

Should congress listen favorably
to the recommendations Of Commits
sioner General of immigration W.
W. Husband American employers
win be in position to make heavy
drafts upon the unslrilled labor sup
plyof Europe when the native work
er refuses to work for wages and
conditions offered.
Mr.. Husband advances this propO-
sal in his annual report:
Zone Of the changes / have IN mind
is the cA'ation Of some system under
which the available supplies Of labor
of various kinds in foreign countries
would be constantly communicated
to our government in order that
when there is in the United States
an honest demand for labor Of GER
tain kind we may know where to
turn for the best possible people
available to fill that need"
Skilled Labor Admitted.
IN explanation Of his recommends
tion Mr.. Husband says that the ex-
isting law covering contract labor
provides that skilled labor may be
admitted under contract when labor
Of that kind cannot be found in the
United States. He would have this
regulation extended to apply to un-
skilled workers.
Mr.. Husband declares that he Is
opposed to opening the doors for all
in order that those who are actually
needed may come in. A better
scheme, he declares, is to provide
jobs in advance for those who are
to be admitted, which, he says, can
be done without vOiding the prinei-
pie Of the contract labor law.
Attitude Change.
His observation has been, he says,
that the American employers have
as q rule assumed q different atti-
tude toward the immigrant since the
war, and that they ere now houests
ly interested not only in . labor sup
ply, but in bringing those and those
alone who viii make not only good
laborers, but responsible American
citizens"
It is the view Of the commission
that a largely increased immigra-
tion must be countenanced If industry
is to carry on successfully. He, no
doubt, is honest and sincere in max
ing this recommendation, but in view
of the unemployment in the last few
years, which has only been absorbed
lately and in the peak season, it
would be detrimental to the Ameri-
can laborer. Why not assure him of
a job frst2