The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-01-01


than the action of such men as Blan-
ton of Texas, La Guardia Of New York
and Tillman of Arkansas, who have
been abusing the court-martial and its
verdict and seeking ways of undoing
what it did. Secretary Of War Davis,
1t Is said in Washington, is going to
try to restore harmony between the
various branches of the army, and at
the same time is determined to take
drastic measures IL necessary to
maintain absolute discipline. He
knows no reason for delay in bringing
the significance Of the Mitchell case
home to any other branch Of the serv-
ice where there has been evidence of
open disagreement with settled depart
mental or national policies.
Representative Bloom Of New York
has proposed to Mayor-Elect Walker
that Colonel Mitchell be appointed
police commissioner Of New York city.
He said he believed congress would
enact any legislation necessary to
make the appointment possible.
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ORIG. GEN. SMEDLEY d. BUTLER
~ resigned from the marine corps in
order to continue as director of public
safety of Philadelphia. Mayor Kend-
rick then, in stormy interview with
Butler, told him he did not want him
in his cabinet l"as resigned officer
because he did not want any other
action misunderstood by President
Coolidge" who had refused the gen.
eral further leave Of absence. He
demanded that Butler resign. and this
being refused, he dismissed him from
his position. It was understood that
General Buffers resignation from the
marine corps would be withdrawn.
Concerning his plans he said:
I'm going to my home in Over
brook and I'm going to drive there in
car Of the United States marine
corps The marines can take care of
me, and I'd rather be in the marine
corps than in 100000 cities like
Philadelphia"
DISSATISFACTION with President
~ Coolidge's farm relief legislation
policies was voiced at Des Moines by
the executive committee of the Amer
lean Council Of Agriculture and the
Corn Belt Committee of Farm Organi-
cations. The joint committee, which
claims to represent more than mil
lion farmers of the Middle West, criti-
cized Mr.. Coolidge's recent address
concerning agriculture, denied that the
Fordney- Cumber tariff is of great
announced that an export measure
would be submitted to congress A
resolution adopted notes with a
degree of amusement" that the new
measure sponsored by Secretary JAR
dine is to prove means Of salvation
to the farmer by supplying him with
an expert fund of information about
the mysteries of cooperative market
ing" Farmers, the resolution says,
have more information than they need
lin fact, have but little else, and need
"a fair price rather than more infor-
nation"
Congress is warned in another sec
ton of the joint committees resolu-
lions that industry should not blame
the farmers If they invoke the prin-
ciple of self-preservation and declare
war on the protective tariff" This
'war" is promised If industry insists
that it cannot exist without the tariff
and refuses to grant agriculture like
protection.
High up in the Republican party.
too, there are those who believe that
the Presidents plans do not go far
enough. Among them are Senator Cap
per, Former Governor LOwden of Illi-
nois and Vice President Dawes. Mr..
Capper has his own program, the main
features of which are:
l. Legislation providing machinery
for segregating the surplus of any
crop. selling it abroad for what 1t will
bring, presumably at a price below
that Of the home market, and dis
tributing the loss among the pro-
ducers.
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keting with the assistance of govern
ment agencies.
3. Liberalization of the farm loan
law and application of the farm
credit system.
4. Tax relief for the farmer. to be
accomplished by rigid economy In ma
tional and local governments and by
a constitutional amendment prohibit
ing issuance of tax.free securities. the
present and III
which is becom
burden to agri