Evening star., 1924-12-07
Economic.

The theory seems TO have been
pretty well established. in Great
Britain at least, that the arrange
| ments now pending for the terms by
which France will repay her war
debt to the United States ContempIat te
more generous attitude toward
France than toward Great Britain.
which has already concluded the terms
and begun paying her own debt to the
United States Great Britain, there
fore. is unoffiCiaIly making it very
plain that if France is accorded more
generous treatment she will insist
upon u revision of her own terms
As France owes Great Britain nearly
as much as she owes the United
States, Great Britain Is further in
terested. Government officials in
the United States say that Great
Britain's approximations are not only
premature but unjustihed, as no hint
has been given as to what terms
France will be allowed. In the mean
time such men as Senator Borah,
now chairman of the foreign rela-
tions committee. are coming out with
declarations that they will permit
of no extra concessions to France
The World War Debt Funding Com
mission met last week, but gave out
nothing 20 indicate that any concrete
plan for funding the French debt had
been discussed.
Census enumerators have begun
their task which falls once every five
years Of enumerating the number of
farmers in the country and compiling
statistics of various kinds regarding
agriculture There were 6,44S,343
farms in the country in 1920 with a
combined value of $77,924,100,3SS.
The United States strikes a snag in
collecting S26O.000.000 arising from
the costs of the military occupation
of Germany. The United States
wanted this money to be paid into
allies under the Dawes reparations
plan. But the allied delegates are
unable to agree to this, arguing the
United States has no right to expect
payment from sums due tho allies
under the Versailles treaty, since the
United States did not sign the treaty,
but concluded with Germany a sep
arat agreement of its own. In addi-
tion. while leading American citizens
help to arrange and administer the
Dawes plan, the plan has never been
officially recognized by the United
States Government. Consequently.
the allied financial congress, which
was due to meet December Is, has
postponed It's meeting until the mid
ddle OF January.
Carrying the mails does not pay.
With the exception of f1rst-class mall
(letters) and postal savings, every
other service conducted by the Post
Office Department shows an annual
loss, Postmaster General New report
ed to the Senate last week as the re-
suit of an investigation. He made
no recommendations.
What promised at first to become q
complicated situation developed last
week when the Brazilian consul in
Toxic notified the Japanese govern
ment that he had been instructed to
withhold vises for Japanese immi-
grants intending to go to Brazil
Japan took serious view Of the ac-
tion until her government was as
sured that the measure was tempo
rary and applied indiscriminately to
all nations.
After much figuring and slashing,
Uncle Sam sent his annual budget to
Congress last week, asking the mod
est sum of $3,729,519,346.4S to run the
Government in 1926. He is asking, at
that, s59,225,935. less than he did
last year.