Evening star., 1923-01-16

That is very interesting project
and one which is SO big that il can
not be comprehended without clearer
elucidation as to Just how the cham
Der of commerce, while maintaining
its policy of open shop in America, is
to become a part of an international
labor organization. Neither Mr. Barnes
nor Nj. Thomas has clearly set forth the
plan of the international organization.
How is American labor going about the
task of elevating the wages and living
standards of labor in Russia. Ger
many, France or any other European
war-stricken country? The project
is one which must appeal to the sym
pathies Of all humane people is
! there practicable plan which may
lift it out of the merely ideal? The
average efficiency Of an American me-
Charlie is several times that of TIE
average of the workmen of any ma
tlon of Europe-he will turn out sew
eral times as much work per day as
the European. Is it hoped TO per-
suade the European to speed up ana
earn as well as receive more?
The United States is interested in
having Europe prosperous. for only a
prosperous customer is profitable
customer, Therefore. not only the
chamber of commerce, but also our
| farmers and manufacturers. are in
terested in the success Of any effort
to enhance the wages and standards
/ of the European workers. The secret
| of helping along the return to their
prosperity is partly demonstrated in
! the recent refusal of the United
States to sell 100000 rifles to Russia
and a large supply of munitions 10
another European country. II is not
! rifles which will aid Europe's pros
perity. but disarmament; and America
might better turn the swords and
rifles into plowshares than sell them
to Europe at any price.
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Aren't college professors queer
| sometimes? Out in Chicago a pro-
| fessor astonished the faculty of a
| great college by saying that the
| reason the professors could not teach
the undergraduates anything was be-
I
and the students had found it out. At
the same time another college pro-
| fessor. speaking before the womens
| industrial convention in Washington.
solemly declared that the time was
coming when men would do the
| housework and women would be EN-
| ployed digging bitches and cleaning
! streets, running banks and perhaps.
who knows, molding the laws of the
country, in the halls Of Congress and.
in the White House. On that very
day, too. Representative Robertson
our Aunt Alice"-was telling a New
York audience that women are not
fitted to be governors nor anything
like that.
| With all this conflict Of prophecy
and Judgment on the sexes, where
+, are we at?' That professor VINO
would Set men to sweeping and to
washing dishes left town before his
! speech , had been reported and had
reached the board of trade and the
| United States Chamber of Commerce.
| There is more hope for the alleged
ignorance of the Chicago professor
than there is for this man who would
make squaw men of US all. There Is
ing, and knows that he knows moth
, ing. teach him, for there is hope for
such" tThe task is assigned to the
undergraduates of the Chicago col
lege.) But the professor who tells
industrial woman that she may eX-
| pect men to do the knitting and tend
| the baby has not yet reached the
"eend of larnin" Waste no time Oh
/ him. for he was plum scared when
| he saw that feminine audience before
] him and he was not conscious of wha
! he said. 'Tain't so.
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There will be no more free seeds
sent out by the statesmen of Con
gress to their admiring constituents.
/ The House voted the seeds out sew
eral days ago, and now the Senate
has given the death blow to the hopes
| Of reinstatement of the $3.50. 900 item
to the agricultural bill. Never has a
petty abuse died so hard a death as
| has this seed donation. 1t amounts
| to nothing to the individual bene-
| ficiary and its political advantage to
/ the member of Congress has always
! been doubtful and wholly unjustified
/ 1t has never been supported by any
| official or unofficial connection with
/ the legitimate interests of farming or
gardening such as the Department of
| agriculture, the farm press or the
numerous organizations of farmers.
! All these opposed it as a mere graft.
Why has it died so hard?