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The Story the Week Has Told

ed Sss Eot and effected
umes sneay to asd All anq
(The bill is now being modified IN the sense
OF the compromise.)
But IL isn't only of the sordid financial as
pect OF the matter that one thinks: Il isn't so
lmportant-though IL is important that now
Rolls-Royce she had her heart on and that
With the pisik coiar@but It's ee0t. the example p
thus afforded Of the spirit of compromise. of
care may read thereof and be moved to write
of few billions of reparations marks and
riation and not demand apology in addi-
tion? Little deeds of kindness have their re-
saved.
Germany.-Lord Curzons note of August II
to ,the French government on the reparations
problem consists of ffty-f1ve paragraphs NJ
Poincare has replied paragraph for paragraph
The most important features Of the Curzon
note are the following:
% Renewal of the proposal Of impartial
expert commission" as originally suggested
by Secretary Hughes, to ascertain "Germany's
capacity to pay reparations. r.,
f2) The legality of the Franco Belgian oc-
cupaton of the Ruhr is challenged,
(3) The occupation is declared failure in
respect of its objects destructive of German
nomcaily and financially on all Europe. and
indeed, the entire world. 1t is therefore pro-
nomcally- harmful have been put into effective
operation" the occupation shall
it will content itself with total of the equiva-
lent of 14.aoe.oooooo gold marks, present value,
payments from allies This is the present value
of the British debt to the United States ad-
90 The possibility of separate action by the
GUM 1 fail to accept the British position is
limited Poincare's reply is a very closely rea-
without certain poignaHcy In
He again rejects the proposal of an "impar-
Suppose. he asks. France and Belgium should
agree, to a commission with advisory func-
German capacity to pay? 1t could only find what
is apparent to blind man-namely, that
It is so because the Germans have willed it
What It VIII be e A can only be de- de-
in the interval the German ability to pay has
That the Germans pay, IL they will, is
a. conviction Of which the French cannot be
Ths aa to the to 3e
armistice of German profits from payment Of
alton Of Industrial plants, means Of communi-
cation. etc. The German capacity Of production
present financial chaos in Germany is the Gre
alton of the German industrialsts. who have
other classes and of successive German gov
ernments. their dupes and tools. The Germans.
order. after which the required foreign credits
for raw materials would be readily proeurable
could be converted into ample capacity to
pay.
The above paragraph fairly summarizes. 1
think. the most important paragraphs Of Poin-
cares long note.
AS to the legality Of the occupation Poincare
is unmoved by curzon,s arguments Poincars
tho primary object Of the occupation, which
was to induce in Germany the will to pay"
Had the British co-operated the guarantee
thus seized would in all likelihood have proved
productive. The occupation will be persisted in,
~ &c -ftfc.. - ..;,:i - i-ct II
Iit.il.N.S.S -t~ ~Gli.s..s -
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FARMERS WILL HAVE - =,
BILLION DOLLARS MORE
Agriculture, As Whole, to Have
Greater Buying Power, Says
Julius HI. Barnes.

are entirely or even to major
degree dependent upon their wheat
returns.
Issue Of "Dollar wheat"
Mr.. Barnes takes up the issue of
dollar wheat and as far as the con-
suming public is concerned may be
taken as one speaking with authority.
! because he represents the business
mind. OF the country, and because no
man in the world knows more about
wheat than he does. lie has made
the growing and marketing Of wheat
life study. He was head of the
Grain Corporation during the war. He
| IS today the worlds largest dealer in
wheat.
Dollar wheat" in it's new symbol
ism OF farm disbursement has been
pictured az the closed door Of farm
prosperity in this country. Mr.. Barnes
points out. and generalizations so
broad as TO be misleading have been
drawn based on the very clear dis
area.
ut must be borne in mind" he says.
! that dollar wheat does not speak the
same language of farm returns 10 the
river, where crop rotation. diversified
ton. favorable soil and climatic con-
ditions produce state averages of
twenty-five and thirty bushels to the
acre. as does the same dollar wheat
to the farmer OF the semi-arid west,
paltry six. eight or ten bushels TO the
acre.
Cost Of Production.
"'Cost of production cannot be
applied in terms of bushel output"
y. ~fns
rather on acreage earnings of farms.
From this aspect it is quite probable
that the farmer. this year. of Mis-
souri, and Illinois, of New York and
Pennsylvania and Maryland, and the
great area stretching between the
Mississippi river and the Atlantic
seaboard has secured such stability
of crop yields that, while dollar
wheat certainly does not spell abun-
dant prosperity TO him. 1t would. ap-
parentfy at least. not mean out-of-
the-pocket expense. To the farmer
in that area dollar wheat means
marking time until the day when
the restoration Of stabilized ior-
eign demand as well. would again
represent TO him an opportunity for
substantial earnings on grain pro-
duction, such as visited him during
the era of pre-war prices"
Against Price-FfAfnE.
Mr.. Barnes warns that Legislative
price-flxing cannot be effective by
law across 5000 miles of wheat
raising territory. with yields which
range from five to fifty bushels per
acre War stabilization WAS possible
through the abnegation Of the estab-
ltshed agencies OF grain handling
and milling and by their voluntary
corporation. and by the execution OF
$4,000 individual contracts enlis ing
the very processes OF business as q
war effort. and to their own prejr-
dice This action OF the affected
trades could not be secured without
the war motive of sacrifice"
He believes that after all means
for home aid are exhausted II nj
remain true. as repeatedly declared
by American business conviction. that
the day Of full opportunity for the
American farm will come most quick
ly with the restora ton OF normal
conditions and normal buying power
in the great markets of Europe.
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Roosevelt, q young and Wig
orous woman with family of growing
/, children, came to the capital as mistress
OF the White House She almost imme-
diatefy realized that the social end Of
affairs there had. quite outgrown the
physical possibilities of a Presidents
wife, and that even the assistance lent
by the Department of State and the
Executive offices of the President were
inadequate to meet the engulf-
ing demand. A huge pouch of mail
awaited her each day and an accumu-
lation OF visiting cards large enough to
appall the public printer himself.
There were all manner of notes from
women in official life asking appoint
ments to meet her and present their
husbands constituents, which demand
ed immediate reply, and then there
were the further niceties Of her posi-
tion in reference to diplomats and
visitors from the old world.
Demands OF Position.
Just as President Roosevelt really
ed that the country had grown in
size and dignity since the days when
clothes were dried in the east room,
and that filter environment for the
President of tire United States was
needed, SO Mrs. Roosevelt realized
the necessity OF a more complete So
cial plan to satisfy the demands OF
her position as the nations hostess,
4 social secretary taken on.
1t was just here that the first social
secretary to the wife of a President
was chosen. and the, now, more i'm
portant office came into existence.
Her choice OF a woman was her for
mer Sunday school pupil in St. Johns
Church. Miss Isabel Hagner. now
Mrs. Norman James OF Baltimore,
who was conversant with social eti-
quette in the Capital.
There was the usual volley of
criticism against the move, and then
basis. Since then the duties of a
White House social secretary have
steadily grown until Mrs. Harding.
realizing the necessity of dignifying
her position while keeping in touch
with tho whole social world. estab-
lished additional offices for the work
within the White House took Mr..
William +. Rockwell from the Ex-
ccueive office, selected Mr.. r. W. Nc
Gee as his assistant, and set up a
regular social bureau on theAground
floor Of the Presidents residence.
Selects Miss Harlan.
There followed Miss IIagner in the
new position several other women
more or less accustomed TO the work
of a social secretary. Miss Edith Ben
ham. the daughter of the late Rear
Admiral A. +. Is, Benham, now Mrs
James N. Helm. wife of Rear Ad-
miral Helm. being one of them. Miss
Laura Harlan. daughter of the late
Associate Justice John NJ Harlan OF
the Supreme Court, succeeded to the
position. Mrs. Harding selecting her
from II long list Of applicants almost
Immediately after assuming her posi-
ton as first lady of the land.
The position of the White House
social secretary might at first thought
appear a superficial one. mere In
cidental frill to quell the small bick-
erinRs of socially jealous women This
Is not SO, nor do women raise the
social disturbances which in the past
have required the services OF the
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spouse. Women have undertaken 10
settle the question of precedence in
the calling code. but With the result
OF chilly drawing rooms and a frigid
social atmosphere in general.
That Is why il is necessary TO have
a social secretary in the White House.
Il social buffer. as IL were. II is nee
essary for one in this position TO
know who is who in the social world
official and otherwise. in Washington.
her rtghtful place. There must ever
be a social prompter. II were well
to change the guiding hand as sell
dom as possible. as. there, experience
Is required moro than in almost any
other position for which the govern
ment pays.
Danger OF Faux Pas.
Here is a grand game Of chess. a
king here, a queen there. bishop
yonder, all in the semblcnce of men
or women In Official life. but unlike
good sports IN game where the bet
ter the player the nearer the goal
the host-the value of his place on
the board depends entirely on his
official rank. The White House So
cial secretary must be familiar with
the game, for. as past history shows.
a faux pas has brought on a scene
Of tragedy not untouched with humor
and so important as TO find a place
on the front page OF every big news
paper in the country. the next morn
ing.
One OF the incest things a social
secretary has to do is assign the
guests to place at dinner. When the
Austro- Hungarian embassy-a thing
Evening star., 1923-08-26
BY HENRY ". BUM.

II HE following is brief summary OF
the most important news Of the world
for the seven days ended August 25
United States of America.-The representa-
tves OF the anthracite coal miners and opera
tors met again at Atlantic City on August 81
and after few minutes Of negotiation ad-
journed once more. with nothing accomplished
toward settlement. The miners demand for
increase, in wages of 20 per cent for
tract and So per day for day
rejected by the operators.
The operators proposal of renewal of the
present wage agreement to April l. 1925. was
rejected by the miners. The operators pro-
be submitted to arbitration. pending the award
Of which production would continus. was re-
President Coolidge has asked Gov. Pinchot
of Pe9nsylvania to make an an effort to effect
and Mr.. Hammond head of the Coal Commits
Hsred so phs ,h' seI Tke msae bs b
federal and other authorities looking to ample
provision of fuels in substitution for anthra-
cite after September I, should the strike take
place-low volatile biturninous. fuel oil. coke,
use Of such substitutes.
The remarkable series of transcontinental
flight tests conducted by the air mail service
during the past week will be noticed In my
Some Of the more picturesque and noble
in evidence of late In Texas. Georgia. Okla
''1 out who n0 is % fogging III or kidnapping whom but
there seems to be a deal of that sort of thing
The Department OF Commerce announces a
July trade balance in our favor OF s26,ooo.o00.
adverse FOR the seven, months ended with
July the balance against US was approximately
.IuiV' 49, there we was balance in our favor
Of proximately s451 100000.
seventeen. won the women.s lawn tennis cham
pionship OF the United States on August Is by
championship was won by Miss Kathleen Nc
Kane and Mrs. B. c. Covei Of England.
year. the aSases of the b is
estimated at $750,000,0o0.
New Rochelle, N; T., has been made safe for
Mrs. Grundy and the shade of Anthony Com
stock.
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Canaaa.-The Canadian authorities are
greatly perturbed because Of the considerable
steady flow of emigration from Canada to the
states. According to Canadian correspond
ent, Ontario has made Buffalo. Detroit and
other American border cities Canadian
than native-born American. In population. 1t
is essimased tin ate that IN New York city alone there
International god Plutus Is apt to entice away
the votaries Of the national deities.
as we have been enjoying; wherefore .emigfa-
tion especially Of skilled artisans, least to be
spared OF all elements of the population.
). Il !. x - "-'..
Cuba.-one Col. Tarafa introduced a bill in
the Cuban legislature which proposed certain
railway changes by consolidation or otherwise
and abolition of the use for sugar expectation
Of certain ports to which private railroads had
been built from sugar plantations owned most
~ by Americans. These Americans raised
howl. alleging that the effect Of such legsla-
tion would be equivalent to confiscation and in
voking the Platt amendment. which authorizes
On the other hand. railroad shares in that ro-
mantle island are largely owned By Americans
1S~.- Al
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and port engineers of the government
to check the work of the port engi-
neers of the operators. Under the
new plan this checking of checkers
will be eliminated. and the overhead
materially reduced.
Basis of Capital Stock.
The capital stock of the corpora
tions is to be based on the value of
the physical properties-the vessels,
the terminal facilities, etc. 1t will all
be owned by the government
It is expected that the twelve TO
eighteen corporations will require at
the start some $50 ships. representing
approximately 100000 deadweight
tons. A reserve of approximately
100000 deadweight tons. about 200
vessels, will be held to meet compe-
tition on some of the routes. The
Shipping Board has the vessels. in
fact, after 1t has allotted the pro-
posed tonnage, it will still have on
hand some zoo or 500 steel vessels
to be disposed Of.
In the American coastwise trade
there are approximately 100000
deadweight tons now in existence.
Add this tonnage to that. proposed to
be operated by the subsidiary cor
porations, and there will be an Amer
lean merchant marine of some $780,
600 tons, d merchant marine service.
able in time Of peace or war.
The new plan looks to operation
Of cargo.carryins vessels alone at
present. The passenger vessels will
continue to be operated under exist
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TINE American farmers are 60
ing to have billion dollars
more than the. year before
that. This IS the reply of
Julius II. Barnes. president Of the
Chamber of Commerce OF the United
States, to the general wall about the
severe losses of the wheat-raisers
and the farmers generally.
II comes as i challenge to Secre-
tary Wallace of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. who the
other day complained that thousands
or American farmers will go bank
rupt with wheat selling at consider
ably less than the cost of production,
while thousands OF others Will be
able TO hold on only by the most
grinding economy.
Secretary WalInce,s View,
Secretary Wallace SAYS the "press-
Ing question is what can be done to
help the wheat-growers get more
nearly the cost of production" but
that the ruinously low price of wheat
Is not new agricultural disease
che disease itself is the distorted
relationship between prices Of farm
products and prices Of other commod-
!Iles. lie cites that wages i'll indus
Try and on the railroads are about
Twice as high as before the war
axes are about twice as high
freight rates are so to 75 per cent
higher. Metals. building materials
Of all kinds are 90 to- 100 per cent
above pre-war prices. All of these
.rc items in the farmers costs Of
pfoouet1on. Secretary Wallace points
"ut. Until Il fair relationship Is re-
2tored between agriculture and In
uustry and commerce agriculture Will
be upset and Will have reason to com
plain he says.
because the farmers purportcd
situation reflects back on the manu-
facturer. who will slow up on pro-
Gurtfcn when he fears the farmer
VIII not lie able to buy. and on busi-
hess generally. Mr.. Barnes comes for
ward with this message TO the bust
ness men of the country that the
farmers Will have about Il billion
dollars more TO spend this year than
ever before.
Aggregate Farm Receipts.
Treating agriculture as whole"
he says. 1T is probable the farms OF
America. on the crops now III sight
and on the farm prices now ruling,
VIII secure aggregate GROSS receipts
exceeding last years by upward of
- billion dollars OF increase. and be-
!ond the aggregate farm gross re-
ceipts of the year before that by
something upward OF two billion
dollars.
These are aggregate farm receipts.
which Indicate. treating agriculture
as whole. an enlarged buying and
spending power: and they must be
re, koned with. that one may not be
misled by the undoubted distress of
certain sections of our farm Industry"
The argument that while wheat has
long been a sentimental index In
agriculture, just as We were wont
to say "as Maine goes so goes the
Union" In politics. this weather-vane
has been changed. Is supported by Mr..
barnes. The outstanding facts are
that today wheat represents only
about 6 per cent OF the total value
of farm products and that the farm
ers Of the country have been protect
ing themselves by diversiacation Of
crops. until today very few of them
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Mrs. Harding Generous.

Mrs Harding was more generous
In this favor than were any of her
predecessors, but it. was at a terrible
cost. The public could take from her
her time. but they could not give
her back her health. Once in a while
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HE following is a brief summary OF
/ the most important news Of the world
for the seven days ended August 90.
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New Ship Policy
Based OH Business

Continued from First Page.D
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Continued on Nineteenth Page.)
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SOLOMEN SEAL 6
lodge by
the Dunes"

A Camp for little Indian Child
rem. Write X. +. u. No. 2.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge "f this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is 10 charge of
a college trained lady who is u
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, aud a term at the Uni.
versity of Chicago.
She has rs an assistant a college
trained Indian woman who under.
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.
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fairs or not. They must be loyal
to their country. Disobeying the
Constitution does not come into
their heads; dominating over a
race and depriving them of their
rights and benefits does not touch
their consciences. They won't,
thinking they are benefactors to
the Indians and serving their
country. They are doped by the
atmosphere of the Indian Bureau.
Reorganization means to strength.
en- and to improve. No amount
of reorganization of the Indian
Bureau will do any material good
to the Indians. Without much
thought one can readily see that
this reorganization business on the
Indian Bureau would only serve
to strengthen and enlarge the 10 .
dian Bureau, The very opposite
to tuat which is desired The
only logical thing to do is to
abolish this monster that is chok.
ing the very life out of the Indians
and inaugera.e some new system
entirely. So the fog of reorgani-
zation subsidies. 1t appears to be
more of selfish interest than that
for the best interests of the In
dian people. Tho reorganization
of the Indian Bureau and abolish
mept of the Indian Bureau do not
jibe.
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the trench red headed Marine

the trench a red headed Marine
says to me, there's your grove
Buddie and here's NINE" l says,
see here Buddie. how long have
you been here9" He replied, lust
long enough to see four or Eve
hupdred like you blown all to
pieces, " and he said get into this
grove before a she'll comes along,
or you will join your Buddies."
The Germans were using the Z
Prussian Guard divisions against
our two American divisions, but
we fought them hand to hand for
about thirty-eight days. One day
on Belleau Hill me and my buddy,
who was also an Indian, we're sent
out in No Mans Land to do snip.
ping duty, the lines were only
about fifty yards apart Just think
Of being between about $50 ma
chine guns on one, side and the
same number on the other side
We both we're behind a big rock
80 that the Germans couldn't get
at US, behind this rock we had a
little trench so we wouldn't get hit
by our own men. Well, my bud
dy says. you get up on that rock
and see ii you can get a shot at
one of those boches." l crawled
up on the rock and lay fiat as
snake, and the Germans knew !
Was tnere, l give them credit for
their training. Just to get me to
raise my head SO they could get u
good shot at me, heard a noise
like q crow, but believe me did
not raise my head. Then heard a
noise like man saving wood, still
| layed low, then l heard noise
like baby crying, just as l raised
my head a rifle cracked and a
bullet whized by my head, could
almost feel the heat, l fell on my
back down in the trench, then the
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Governor Signs
Newspaper Law

Practical jokers and malicious
persons who amuse themselves by
sending false notices of weddings,
engagements or other events to
newspapers will run foul of a new
law just signed by Governor j. A.
o. Preus. 1t is a brief and simple
measure. Under it, any one will
fully. knowingly and maliciously"
giving to a newspaper u false
statement about any person or
corporation is guilty OF a misde.
meanor. The law takes effect i'm
mediately. 1t is almost identical
with q New York law. The bill
passed the senate unanimously and
after some debate in the House,
passed there by 81 votes to 6. In
stances where innocent people
have been caused serious annoy
ance and humiliation by apparent.
ly harmless notices sent to news
papers were cited in support Of
the bill. 1t does not apply to
cases where information is given
in good faith but turns out TO be
erroneous. The act must be will.
full and malicious. Detroit Rec
ord,
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three or four hundred machine
guns opened up on both sides for
about fifteen minutes, then every.
thing was quiet again. My buddy
says, where did they hit you9"
l replied, II think all over" we'll,
l says, now its your turn" he
says, mot today" So we layed
in the trench until we were re-
lieved.
Ito be continued.)