Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

IF Mussolini came to America
1r;tb his Roman powers) this is what
would happen: Laboring folks would
work another hour daily--54 hours
a week in place of As; The SUNDAY
Star. as well as today's Evening star
and all other newspapers, Wouiu coll-
sist of six pages only, with no supple
ment unless the supplement looked
like a technical report OF the bureau
of Standards; the present holeio,
"a .es. cabaretS and dance halls Wouio
fall heirs to monopolieS, for no more
could be started; no more fine houses
could be built for millionalres, put
the Treasury would assist in buildlng
nlentv of homes for wage earners at
nublic expense for partial cost.
In addition to all such RESTRICTIONS
in aid of the wage earners Directly
modern alchemy would be utilized to
"imprcve the quality of iron. cement
brick and plaster without increasing
tbair cost" No explanation as TO
whv such Improvements require d
Mussolini decree is offered, but why
bother with technical science! w ny
maintain the Bureau or STANDARDS:
Furthermore, if Mussolini were IN
our White House, and the roof ola
not fall on him, the Government
would aid large employers OF labor TO
omen canteens for the sale OF foods
and other needed supplies to their
wage earners only. but no empioye
working for a small shop need Apply.
Nor any working on his own account
surely the middlemen must hVe'
The Mussolini policies foster monopo'
lies and great corporations. IN oppo-
sition to individual workers.
The fact that Italy has no iron
MINES nor coal nor any other known
metals is of little consequence Wheh
Mussolini DEGREES that the govern
ment will help industrialists in the
nroduction of domestic metals" If he
comes To America, maybe our Treas.
nrv will help produce diamonds and
r,,hies as well as anthracite. he ap'
noints a committee to help utilize
..douestic fuels and minerals, and
he authorizes the mixing OF alconoi
with gasoline, for Italy makes aicohoi
and America supplies gasollne' So
Mussolini desires to protect bampino
industries.
Another decree provides for the sale
Of foods and clothing from govern
ment canteens to all state employees
living in Rome; other state or pro-
vincial government employees Will cor
Time to patronize the middlemen. 10
be a Roman citizen stu has It's al
vantages.
LAST. but not least, is the decree
which makes Italy an example Tor
our bread trust, for the decree says
all bread must contain 10 per cent
of other cereals aside from Wheat'
That is war bread revived. 1t rops
American farmers of Is per cent OF
their Italian market, just when
| Teller needs a friend and our Con-
gress is adjourning without conterrlng
with Mussolini or anything!
X x x X
The news of these new DEGREES is
| not complete in information. 1t is
not explained whether the working
| men who add an hour a day to their
working time will be paid by the hour
! or by the day at the old wage rate.
Authorities on Italy who are in Wash
| ington, believe that the days wage
is not increased, but that the wage
Gamer will simply work some 312
hours extra NEARLY weeks) per year
| without pay.
Whether the government has in
mind the interests of the individual
| or of the general output for adding
| to the nations wealth, it Is agreed
! that this extra. hour a day should
add one-eighth to the annual products
| in most lines, though not all. 1t is
u familiar argument of labor that a
man will produce as much in an eight
hour day as he will in a nine-hour
| day, but that is not conceded by EN-.
plVyers generally.
At all events. it is alleged, Mus.
soliM violates the Versailles peace