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and to supplant the Choshu and Sat
suma statesmens in the place of pow
er, both Okuma and Itagaki conceived
the idea of forming political parties.
Ito was an eminent leader of the most
favored clan, Choshu, but when he
gradually came to realize that the old
methods of competing for power were
fast growing ineffective, he resolved
on creating a political party himself,
and the Seiyukai was called into be-
ing under has presidency. Katsura
followed Ito's example some time
afterwards, and formed the Doshikai,
which developed into the Kenseikai.
Why the Parties are Selfish.
Thus it will be seen that all polite
al parties in Japan owed their birth
to the political ambition of certain
statesmen, not to any sincere desire
to improve the conditions of living
among the masses. This accounts for
the single-eyed devotion of these
parties to the promotion of their sell
fish interests to the neglect of the in
terests of the masses Herein lies the
inherent weakness of the present pol
itical parties, and it is on account of
this weakness that they have fallen
into disgrace with the populace A
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~ new ones.
Whence Comes High cost7.
AN arshin of cotton print, undyed,
"A used to cost at the Konshin
factory IL kopeks. After the war it
cost SO. Exactly where does the extra
cost come from?
If we examine the figures, we shall
merly went for raw cotton, for
wages, one for repairs and use of
machinery. But. .of the 33 kopeks, 90
goes for raw cotton, 4 for wages, and
6 for use of machinery. Thus we see
that wages have doubled, but the
cost of raw cotton has increased three
times and that of machinery six
times. This last is because of our
worn machines and the need of buy
ing new ones on very short term
payments. But the really big in
crease. which most affects the selling
cost Of goods, is the price of raw
cotton.
N Even in England cotton goods
sfiOSL NOW TWICE. do MUCH dS before the
.war.-this surely was not caused by
The wrath of god or by the Bolshe-
Yiks But in our country there are
hree special reasons which make our
,sotton dearer than abroad.
THE first of these special reasons
=. no is obviously, the destruction Of
bar industry by civil war. The de-
truction OF irrigated cotton districts
Turkestan is most important, but
re will speak of this later. Here we
;eak OF factory production. Stear
lower because Of the cost of fuel.
ose three fold Freight and general
transport rose eight fold Repairs on
machines. three fold Besides this,
owing to the worn out machines, the
production on them is less. To fight
hese troubles we are installing new
machines and electric power But
this is a costly process for we have
title capital and must pay very high
ates of interest. DN r.s
The second special cause OF exr
pense is the disorganization of the
trading apparatus, Even the eoopera-
lives have too many middlemen a The
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Soviet Primers No. 6.
The Sort of "Soviet Propaganda" that
the Government is Telling Its
Own Peasants.

ONE of the most interesting of the
Olittle booklets that are going out in
editions of fifty thousand to the
Russian peasant found not in Mos
cow at all. I picked it up at station
on the Trans-Siberian railway on my
rip to China. There, at the station
bookstand were the usual piles OF
leaflets, scientific, agricultural, polite
H. even tales by. Upton Sinclair and
ack London. Then my eye caught
he vivid blue and yellow cover of a
,ooklet when Will Cotton Goods be
cheaper?" 80
| bought it. Itgcost all Of five
cents, for it had GA pages and half
dozen illustrations. And on the
inside cover | learned that this book
let was issued IN an edition, not of
fifty but of one hhndred thousand. All
at once.-one mildred thousand.
For this is thepburning question OF
the Russian peasant today. NO long.
err land, no Longer taxes! He has his
lduus year ny year llit ldhu Jaws nave
the creases ironed out to suit him
more fully. EvdA his taxes have been
grumbling cannBt claim that they are
as high as under the tar. But cot.
ton goods,-every peasant must buy
1t. II stays scarce in quantity and
high in price. He growls that some
how these city folks always find a
way to rob him.
THE little propaganda" booklet
designed for peasants libraries
takes the bull by the horns. why
is cotton so high? Why is bread SO
cheap in comparison? The rich peas
ants say that all poverty comes from
the Soviet power and the Communists
The priests say that god does al
this to punish the peasants for throw
ing out the landlords. The menshe-
viks and social revolutionaries say
that II comesuram .over-throwing the
constituent assembly, where every.
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one, workers, peasants, landlords,
priests, might have agreed in peace
together.
but now let's talk seriously, and
with facts and figures. Cotton is by
far the chief goods consumed by the
peasant. In 1924 we produced 500
meters of cotton goods, but only 2S
million of wool and 81 million of
linen. We use fifteen times as much
cotton as the other two together,
Let's see. then, what is the trouble
with cotton"
Cotton Shortage Began Before War
TN the decades before the war the
L consumption of cotton grew enor;
mously thruout the world. Between
1884 and 1900 about million tons a
year was worked up into goods. In
the next years it increased to 3 mil
lion tons already by the 190S-1914 tc
more than million tons year.
A shortage OF raw cotton began
to be felt For every land people
were turning from homespun TO the
.hinner, cheaper, more beautiful goods
If the factory. The world number OF
spindles rapidly increased: 1876
million in 1911. and already ZAP mil
ion just two years later Seven
million more spindles added in two
years. In the past twenty years they
loubled in France, increased ten fold
n Germany, fifty fold in Belgium, one
hundred fold in Denmark. In Japan
eormerly there was not single
pound of cotton imported. But a.
ready in 1910 she was importing iron
America 10000 tons.
So fast was the use OF cotton good-
increasing before the war. But with
the war, and the turning of factories
to war uses, and the blockade Of
various countries, the production OF
cotton fell sharply Even the rich
extile country OF England was pro
lucing only thirty meters per inha
infant per year Poland. surrounded
y armies, produced only meters a
person Russia, which before the wal
PRODUCED /, ~ meters person, now
Produced only one. Not enough even
% mend clothes with, to say nothing
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When WIZ Cotton Goods Be Cheap?

Central Cooperative sends out goods
for 100 kopeks. The state co-opera-
tives pass them on at TIA kepeks the
regional ones at 191 kopeks, and the
village cooperatives stores sell them
at PIG kopeks if they are near the
city, or 243 if they are far away. BY
the time it gets to the peasant, the
goods cost two and half times as
much as in the center.
These were the figures in Septem-
Der 1928, the very worst time. Then
the government began very severe
examination of all these middleman,
with their cumbersome apparatus. BY
better factory organization the price
at the factory. came down to "a In
tead of 33 kopeks an arshin. Fuel
and oil were made cheaper; factor
les began working full speed, which
is always cheaper. In the trading
apparatus many economies were
made, but not enough, This also,
must be the work of the peasants
through their own Co
operatives.
But-the Raw Cotton.
'DUT more than. ,7O9a of the cost of
~ cotton goods comes from the raw
cotton. Even our own cotton costs
enough, but in the past three years
I'VE have had to buy American cot
ton, and this is still more expensive.
Ours costs 20 roubles a pood, but
American cotton costs 81 to 3S
roubles, according to the kind. In
1924 we had to buy 100000 pools,
100000 tons) Of this. And to this
cost must be added two to four
roubles freight per pood.
ITO be continued)
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Four Perish in Gale.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 17--Three Of
four barges owned by the Hedger
Transportation company of New York
being towed light from Cleveland by
the tug harrington Of New York, were
pounded to pieces on the breakwall
here by an S0-mile gale during the
night and four unidentified persons
three men and woman are reported to
have persisted
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party constitutes no menace to the
present day parliamentary system, an,
hat II is, on the contrary. helpful
in bringing parliamentary politics to
4 successful consummation. A diet
after the enforcement of manhood
suffrage would be imperfect without
a proletarian party within it. What
ever sophistry they may use. the fact
emains that the political parties now
existing represent the interests of
certain classes only. No apprehension
need be entertained about the diet
taking on more class color by the
inclusion of a proletarian party, for
II is to be hoped that thru such parl-
lamentary politics harmony between
the classes can best be achieved. II
Is important that there should always
exist powerful proletarian supervision
and criticism in the diet.
Struggles for Retention Of Power.
The Osaka Asahi notes with salts
faction that the recent meeting at the
Central Public Hall brought the for
nation of proletarian party within
the realms of probability. It is, Of
course, fully to be expected that many
vicissitudes will still have to be gone
thru before it becomes an accomplish
ed fact, and that It viii take a still
longer time for the new party to ac-
luire a sufficiently strong influence
to be counted upon in politics. But
If the promoters Of the new move
ment go about their work in real
earnest and in the right way, there is
Evening star., 1925-01-07
CHURCH FIvES FORM
C. E. BASKET LEAGUE

A six team basket ball league,
formed by the District of Columbia
Christian Endeayor Union, opens it's
season tonight In the gymnasium of
Calvary NJ. e. Church.
Churches represented in the circuit
are Luther Place Memorial, Eastern
Presbyterian. First Presbyterian,
Calvary Baptist.
Three games will be played each
Wednesday night on the Calvary
court, the season covering 10 weeks.
The schedule follows:
January T--Luther Place Memorial VS..
Friends Eastern Presby terian VS.. Sherwood
Presbyterian. First Presbyterian VS.. Calvary
January Calvary Baptist vs. Sherwood
Presbyterian. Friends VS.. Eastern Presbyterian q
January .o1--Friends vs. Calvary Baptist
Luther Place Memorial Eastern Presby
terian, First Presbyterian vs. Sherwood Pres
January as-Luther Place Memorial vs.. sher
wood Iresbyterian. Calvary Baptist ". Eastern
PRESBYTERIAN, Friends vs. First Presbyterian
February 4--Lntller Place Memorial vs.. Cal
vary Baptist, Friends vs. Sherwood Presby
terian. First Presbyterian VS.. Eastern Pres
byterian
February u-Eastern Presbyterian VS.. Sher
wood Presbyterinn, Luther Place Memorial vs.
Friends, First Presbyterian VS.. Calvary Bap
February 1s-Friends Eastern Presby
terrain. Calvary Baptist vs. Sherwood Presby
terian. First Presbyterian vs.. Luther Place
Memorial.
February 25-Luther Place Memorial vs.
Eastern Presby teran, Friends VS.. Calvary Bap-
tist, First Presbyterian VS.. Sherwood Prespy-
terian.
March calvary Baptist vs. Eastern Pres.
byterian, Luther Place Memorial VS.. Sherwood
Presbyterian. Friends VS.. First Presbyterian.
March l1--Friends VS.. Sherwood Presby-
terrain Luther Place Memorial Calvary
Baptist. First Presbyterian vs. Eastern Pres
byterian.
Evening star., 1925-01-07
CENTRAL FIVE HOST
TO GONzAGA TODAY

Z Central High School basketers
were scheduled to clash with the
five from Gonzaga. this afternoon i'm
the Central gymnasium in their final
game before meeting the Eastern
High quint in the first tilt of the
scholastic championship series on
Saturday.
AS each of the other high schools
but Tech has already, beaten the
Gonzaga quint, the Central is figured
to be a strong contender in the
coming series. Coach Coggins'
tossers are expected to take the i
Streeters into camp without much
difficulty. Hale and Mcdonald. for
wards; DeZendorf, center, and Dean
and Banta, guards. were expected to
be in the Blue and White lineup at
the opening OF the game.
Enright and Nee, forwards; Quinn
center, and ODonoghue and Farrell
guards. were expected to carry
Gonzaga's coIors.
Business tossers were to be enter
tanned by st. Johns College this
afternoon on the Vermont Avenue
court.
Evening star., 1925-01-07
YANKEES WILL TAKE
IS PITCHERS SOUTH

NEW YORK, January If pitch
ing quantity means anything in the
coming American League pennant
race the Yanks will run one-two from
April to October. According to names
and figures revealed by Edward G..
Barrow, Miller Higgins is going TO
take Is twirlers South with him to
st. Petersburg on March !. Nine of
the number have never been seen
before in a Yankee uniform
Incidentally, Barrow disclosed that
a number of erstwhile favorites have
been removed from the pay roll. In
order they are George Pipgras, who
has been released on option to the
Atlanta club OF the Southern Asso-
ciation; Oscar Roettger, who has re-
ceived 4 similar sentence to st. Paul
of the american Association, and AL
Mamaux, the former sweet singer Of
Brooklyn, who will be released out
right to one of the class AA teams.
The six veterans who will make up
the nucleus of the Yanll staff are
Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, San
Jones. Bob Shawkey, Urban Shocker
and Walter Beall, the last-nan ed
being the right-hander who showed
such a stunning curve ball in the late
end of last season.
In addition to the above six. Hug
gins has combed the minor league
and come up with what he regards
as the best young talent ever gath
cred together by the New York club.
For one thing. Hug thinks he will
have a sure winner in Ray Francis.
the temperamental left-hander who
was once with the Nationals and
Tigers. While a National Francis
got into a fight with Ty Cobb. and
Cosb liked the youngsters show of
spirit so much that he obtained him
in a trade the next Winter. Francis
pitched for the Tigers during 1928.
but was sent to Atlanta last Winter
and allowed to stay there until the
Yanks grabbed him.
Other new slabsters on the list are
John v. Bradley, right-hander who
was free agent on the Little Falls
IN. j. semi-pro team when signed
by the Yanks: Henry (Nick) Cullop,
who was bought from Omaha last
Winter for delivery in the Spring of
1925; Osborne Gardner, a left-hander,
formerly with the University of
Washington and a Yankee for a few
weeks late last season; Henry John
son. right-hander, bought from the
Bradentown club of the Florida State
League, where he was sensation
Joseph P. Maley, righthander, bought
from Richmond of the Virginia
League, and Monroe Schwartz, right
handler bought from Atlanta
In addition to the above, the Yanks
have signed two star college pitchers
who will be graduated next June. In
order to save the boys from embar-
rassment, Barrow is Withholding
their names until a more propitious
time.
Evening star., 1925-01-07
NORWICH POLO TEAM
TO PLAY v. M. !. HERE

By the Associated Press.
Norwich University of Northfield,
Vt, will send it's polo team on a
record 4,000-mi1e journey through
the Middle West and East this Winter.
The tentative program for the tour
includes the following dates: Janu-
ary 81 and February ], Michigan Polo
Club, at Detroit; February 2, Black
Horse Troop, at Cleveland; February
p Chicago Polo Club, at Chicago:
February 4, 64th Cavalry Headquar-
ters Troop, at Cincinnati; February 5,
officers of 10th Infantry, at Cincin-
natl; February Z, Virginia Military
Institute, at Washington, D. c.; Feb
ruary s, Array, at West Point.
Murray RpIbert, new president OF
the Amateur Athletic Union, believes
in keeping in personal touch with his
organization. Last month he visited
the Allegheny Mountain Association,
headquarters of which are at Pitts
burgh, and this month he will pay
an official call to the New England
district. In February he will visit
the IndianaKentucky Association
and expects to attend the national
indoor A. A. U. title event at Louis
vile, February rs.
Gold foot balls, embIematic of the
1894 western Conference foot ball
championship, will b presented to-
night to members of the University
of Chicago team
Evening star., 1925-01-07

Another argument against double
headers is that teams which are not
going SO well toward the end OF
season are likely to play listlessly.
| thus giving advantage to the teams
which happen to have double headers
scheduled with them.
To put an end TO that condition,
| much as to avoid the extra strain and
the financial loss, the major league
clubs are seeking to avoid double
headers wherever possible.
Reverts to Old Custom.
One factor that may help in this
| this year by the National League
which provides that double-headers
may be played on the first home series
| IL it is thought advisable to do so.
| That was the custom at one time.
Then rule was adopted which pro-
| hibited the practice. This rule was
| made necessary because some of the
owners were suspected of-taking ad
| vantage of a few drops Of rain 10
| make doubl ble-headers necessary.
Necessarily the old rule put double
| headers over to the second or third
| visit of club. and if It rained on the
second visit 1t might make all the
| games of the third series double
headers. 1t has happened that there
| have been as many as five and six
| games on the last round of a club in
a certain city, and the National
| League in particular wishes to put an
end to that condition. which has
caused some criticism of their cham
! pionship struggles.
/ Objection has been made to carry
| ing base ball too far into October be
cause 1t might interfere with the foot
ball season, but the objection does not
amount to much, since base ball fans
as rule are not strong supporters OF
! foot ball. Most of the foot ball crowd
/ is a college crowd. The base ball
crowd is more cosmopolitan.
There are evidences that the minors
as well as the majors are working to-
| ward the idea of less double headers
| having found that it cheapens the
| sport to have one double-header after
another. This is especially true,
! among the minors, of the Interna
! tional League.
Copyright. 1925
Evening star., 1925-01-07
M'TIGUE ANDWALkER
NEAR SAME WEIGHT

NEW YORK, January Mike Nc
Tigue, who won the light heavy
weight ampionship of the world
from the Senegalese, Battling Sikh,
after the African had surprised the
boxing universe by knocking the
crown from the head of Georges Car
pentier, will risk his honors tonight
in the Newark Armory, opposing
Mickey Walker. champion of the
welterweights.
Although walker is two classes be-
low McTigue in boxing weight, the
men are expected to enter the ring
with only a difference of pounds.
The New Jersey welter will be up to
153. it is predicted.
If knocked out, Walker will still re-
tain his welterweight crown because
his opponent cannot make the weight
limit. Walker is the favorite because
of his speed.
McTigue is 80 years old, Walker, %.
The physical measurements of the
two champions follow:
Evening star., 1925-01-07
COBB HAS A CHANCE
TO SURPASS ANSON
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Ty Cobb, who in 1924 batted over
the 800 mark for the nineteenth sue
cessive season, will have a chance to
equal the all-time major league mark
established by the late Adrian c.
(Pop) Anson.
If he again enters the select bat
ting circle at the end Of the 1925
campaign, Cobb's achievement, in
reality, will be better than Anson's g.
for the Tiger leaders record would
represent an unbroken string, while
Anson, in batting over 800 for 20
years. had a break in his record
Anson clubbed for 800 or more Is
straight years, beginning in 1875, but
dropped to .2s4 and PTS in 1891 and
1892 before he rallied the following
season and finished up a flve-year
stretch Of 800 or more in 1897.
Lew Paluso, recently a contender
in the New York featherweight cham
pionship elimination tournament and
Utah's newest and greatest aspirant
to ring fame. will meet Nobe Ger
vantes OF Denver in a 10-round bout
at Ogden, Utah, tonight The bout
VIII be an event of the Ogden Live
Stock Show program.
William kflIefer, manager OF the
Chica go National League base ball
club, has Joined the large group of
base ball men Wintering at Los
Angeles.
Ray Fee. fyweight boxer, who
represented the United States in the
Olympic games at Paris, has decided
to turn professional and is seeking
matches in California, his home.
When Abe Mitchell and George Dun
can, British professional golfers, fin
fsh their Southern California tour at
San Diego, February s, they will
leave for the North with about $40, 900
more than when they arrived. Their
Southern California program calls for
more than 20 exhibition matches at
about $500 an exhibit
Evening star., 1925-01-07

Mathewson was not a pitcher of ex-
treme speed all of his life, although
when he first began to pitch for New
York ne had quite as much speed
as any pitcher who has been con-
nected with the national game.
serted that he did not have speed
That is a mistake. ~
He had 1t and plenty of it.
A good memory, long association
with one organization, manager
who had a memory as good as his
own, were all contributory forces to
the assisting of Mathewson's develop
ment He did not play base ball on
Sunday when he first began, which
attracted great deal of sentimental
attention to him, although he did play
Sunday ball later and played other
games on Sunday when he felt SO
inclined.
His greatest and best single feat
In his base ball life was his part in
the world sesies of 1905, when he
pitched to the Athletics in three
games without run being scored
against him, a marvellous bit of work
assisted by some of the ablest field
ing that the world series ever has
seen, and by catcher who was In
his prime and who, at that time, was
the best catcher in base ball and
could have been rated with the best
catchers of any year. He was Roger
Bresnahan.
There has been no pitcher who
could pitch the fadeaway except
Mathewson. When some enthusiastic
writer, carried away by the excess of
Imagination and the fact that he has
seen a good curve pitcher, says a
man has been found who can dupli-
cate the fadeaway, take it with a
pound of salt. There has been only
one pitcher who ever appeared to