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Submit Kellogg Treaties

The United States has called upon the fourteen
nations participating in the remuneration Of war ego
tiations to adhere to the original Kellogg treaty pro-
posal, plus one change made as q concession to France.
This change, which is embodied in the preambls,
permits an automatic release when one nation violates
Its pledge. 1t is believed by some observers to open
tn treaty to the same difficulty encountered in the
Locarno pacts-that Of defining the aggressor or "vio-
lating" nation. The text Of the actual treaty. however.
remains unchanged.
The identic notes urging adherence to the treaty
were dispatched by Secretary Of State Kellogg through
American diplomatic representatives in each of the
capitals. These powers include not only the five pow
es originally interested, but the British Dominions,
India and the other signatories Of the Locarno pacts-
Belgium, Czechslovakia and Poland.
The note states that "the government Of the United
States is ready 10 sign at once 4 treaty in the form
proposed" and expresses the fervent hope" that the
other governments will be able promptly to indicate
their readiness to accept without qualification or res
e~rvations."
"The simple procedure" Of signing the treaty, the
note continues, will bring msnkinds age-long aspira-
tons for universal peace nearer to practical fulfill
ment than ever before in the history Of the world"
London dispatches state that il seems certain now
that when the plenipotentiaries meet IL will not Be to
discuss the treaty but to sign. The five powers, while
they have made no official pronouncements. have IN
officially indicated they are ready TO accept the Kel-
logg pact The British secretary asserts that "the
American note marks a considerable advance and il
being most alphabetically considered and the
French governmental leaders have indicated q CORE
spending sentiment in regard to the pact.
The negotiating Of the kellogg peace pact has been
one of the outstanding achievements Of the Coolidge
administration, and it is now believed that the pact
will be in force and effect before the present admin
istration retires from office on March 4. 1929. II this
proves true President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg
will have left to poste-ity a monumen Of achievement
IN the cause Of humanity and world peace without
parallel in the history Of nations.
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Mellygranns
by FRED c KELLY

his firm, il &C heart no less honest
than anybody else; but his work
means a certain amount OF tempta-
tion-especially II he ever faces a
real need for immediate cash.
A mere youth IL not as good A risk
H. nm older man, for tho reason that
his character IL still uniformed. He
has no reputation back of him 70 nv
dicate what his future behavior will
be. On the other hand, a man WHO
has been IN a position Of trust and
responsibility for two or three years
with a perfect record. may have been
there just long enough to have won
~everyhody's confidence and thus
make defalcAtion comparatively easy.
A surety company would rather
guarantee the honesty OF a mar who
has an unblemished record for a
somewhat longer period. The man
who plods along or a safe and sane
basis for ten years without any sign
Of skittishness Is a pretty safe bet.
Some years ago M Italian psy-
chologist declared that u certain az
from thirty-eight 10 about fortv-
four. ! think il was-men we're more
likely 20 be dishonest than at n
other time. Surety company experts
take little stock in this theory.
About the only reason IA man aged
thirty-eight might be more likely w
steal than "a tw~enty-eiEht IN BE-
cause Of greater responsibility and
greater demands upon him.
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golden age there were only two kinds Of watermelons'
Sc melons and 10c melons. The SC melons were round
a little smaller than a basket ball. The l0c melons
we're long, sometimes as long as a half-grown shoat.
And both kinds had good, honest stripes. The era OF
the melon which is the same shade Of sickly green all
over had not arrived.
Connoisseurs knew that, in spite Of the length and
heft of the lOc melon, the sc melon was in every way
superior to it. 1t had redder meat and a sweeter and
more delicate flavor. Moreover, it had black seeds
The 10c melon was sure to have quite a few soft, white
seeds; it was really the forerunner Of the degenerate
melon that we eat today. And the SC melon lent itself
readily to the best method of eating. You cut 1t in
four quarters and then, grading these by the corners,
you plunged in head first. On the first quarter and
the second quarter you impatiently hooked the seeds
our with q deft forefinger; but about half way through
the third quarers you abandoned this practice and gave
yourself over to the voluptuous delight OF squirting
the seeds out through tightly pursed lips. 1t was here
that the black seeds were so highly desirable. Black
seeds are fat, hard and we'll formed But white seeds
are thin, soft and puny-looking. Black seeds squirt
perfectly. But white seeds somehow never seem to &c:
started. They hang on your lips and slide down 20
your chin. There is hardly any pleasure to be had out
Of them at all.
Well, those days are gone forever. Now what 90
we find? We find watermelons, even in the best
stores. cut up and sold BY halves and even quarters
In the old days the dealer who did that would have
been arrested. At that time even plugging" water
melons was a very risky thing TO do. The trade would
have none of a plugged melon. It tested melons by
sounding them. If a melon gave forth a dull plop.
~plop-plop when you snapped your finger against it. Il
was green and you let it alone. But if it gave forth
resonant plunk-plunk-plunk, then you bought it. And
now halves and quarters Of melons covered with dread.
full wax paper! The world certainly does not grow
better, regardless Of what the republican platform says
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Co. Operative Marketing
Increasing


There are now approximately $50 cooperative mar
keting associations in the United States, each Of which
does an annual business Of upward Of ~S1,000,000, &C
cording 10 the records Of the United States Department
Of Agriculture, the figures showing a steady increase
in recent years.
Practically all these organizations have started from
small beginnings and after proving their value to the
farmers have grown steadily. Their principal handi-
cap lies in the fact that cooperation is not sufficiently
extensive to create a condition whereby they can con-
troll national production.
Department Of agriculture Investigators are predict
ing that within a few years the producers Of practi-
cally every agricultural commodity will be organized
70 control production and marketing. A sympathetic
attitude on the part Of the federal government would
20 far toward creating this very desirable condition.
farm leaders point out, and they feel assured that re-
gardless Of what the result Of the national elections
may be, the next administration will deal with the
farm problem in a more intelligent and sympathetic
manner than heretofore.
The failure Of the major parties to recognize the
equalization fee program Of the Mc~Nary-Haugen bill
is expected 70 result in general acceptance Of the CO.
operative policy by the farmers as a means Of working
out their own problems. If this proves true and the
farmers within the coming four years perfect nation
wide organization, elimination Of the equalization fee
plan will have served to make agriculture independent
Of government aid and will place the industry upon a
highly profitable basis.
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Washington Letter
BY CHARLES Z.

what q fizzle Fess would be before q
great popular gathering. The fact
is, however, that National Chairman
Butler picked him out, and Butler is
about the poorest politician that ever
was.
Bowers selection was mainly acct
dental. He made n good speech
just at the psychological moment and
the democratic bosses grabbed az
him before they thought. IL was a
lucky chance. IL all turns out we'll
for his party. there ought TO be . big
thing for ClAude-whst q terrible
thing il il that his names Claude.
But IL Shouldn't Count
Nevertheless, even with that
handicap. democracy owes him a
huge debt Of gratitude for the fine
sendoff he gave to the Houston gath
ering. IL was a ticklish job. to-a
situation where the slightest mistake
on his part must have raised pluper-
feet heck and il isn't easy TO he as
fOrceful W. blazes and as cautious Gs
the Lord will let you &c the same
time. Claude turned the trick. The
only speaker at Kansas City who
held a candle to Bowers was young
Bob LaFollette.
Bob is sincere and that goes a
great way. but he hasn't Bowers
grasp Of essential political principles.
Besides, he made the mistake of
keeping III up too long. III he had
said half az much he would have said
a great deal more. When Bowers
had finished he sat down.
If he gets his deserts he'll go into
the records as one Of the ablest po-
litical speakers az the present day,
partly because of what Ne said. part
INV because W the way he said IL, and
partly because he knew when 20
unit
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The World and All
IN DEFENSE OF MILLIoNAIREs
By Charles P. Driseoll

Some minister Of the gospel was widely quoted re-
Gently to the general effect that our American mil
lionaires are sadly under-cultured and vulgar. The
noted divine was credited with saying that our MIL
lionaires give away millions Of dollars to colleges and
Libraries and schools as a sort of compensation 20
themselves for their own lack of culture. The general
impression given by this speaker was that American
millionaires make fools Of themselves by giving away
50 much money to Institutions Of learning, thereby
letting out Of the bag a cat that meows out loud con-
corning the rich mems lack Of learning.
l know exactly what the minister is driving at, and
I wholly disagree with him.
We have in this country some Of the richest and
best equipped colleges and museums and art galleries
and laboratories in the world, because certain Ameri-
can rich men have been imbued with a desire to give
to future generations of Americans advantages Of ed
ucation and culture that these men have not them
selves enjoyed. Is there anything discreditable in
that? Quite the contrary. | should think.
Is it any discredit to the immigrant father that he
will deny himself the comfortable things Of life in or
der that his sons and daughters may have college ed
locations and better chances in the world than he had?
Is it any disgrace to the mother in moderate cir
cumstances that she will deny herself social life and
save money to put her children through school?
Well then, how may We, without accounting our
selves immoderate snobs, criticize our wealthy men
for providing the means whereby the sons and daugh-
tiers of thousands of Americans may attain to learning
that these wealthy men themselves had to get along
without?
Most OF the rillionaires who have become proni-
nent in American life rose from poverty. These are
the ones who have given most to educational i~nstitu-
tons. John D. Rockefeller had to struggle along with
out Latin or Greek or higher mathematics, but he has
made it possible for thousands Of young men and
women whom he has never seen to equip their minds
with some Of the instruments Of higher life. I'm
mighty certain that !, for one. will never find it in ny
heart to criticize Rockefeller for that.
James B. Duke. the tobacco man. gave enough money
to start on its way an institution of learning Of which
this country esntually will be very proud. Shall we
iibe at Duke because he didn't know the rules Of
chaldean syntax. or shall We revere the b~eneficent
spirit in which he gave?
Let US not be snobbish with our milliinaires, lest
they run out on Us and leave the Higher Learning flat,
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MAKINC DISHONESTY DIFFICULT

MAKING DISHONESTY DIFFICULT
The simplest way 10 make 4 man
honest is to make it impraetieable
for him 70 be dishonest. Years ago
there was = lot Of trouble due TO
people whiting off little pieces Of
gold OF silver coins and in that way
collecting small quantities Of valu-
able metal. Ii was impossible 20
catch anybody in the act, and the
practice was a great nuisance. Then
someone hit on the plan of milling
the edges of coins and having a rule
that when this milling was damaged
the coin could not be passed. That
stopped the trouble instantly. IL no
longer paid 10 do IL.
The nature Of a mans occupation
Is a help or n handicap. with regard
20 his honesty, according 20 the
amount of supervision IL carries
with il. A mar working in the
branch office Of a big company is
probably more likely TO 50 wrong
than III he were lin the main office.
directly under observation Of others
Ia high authority.
A travelling man may establish for
himself a lax code of ethics that he
would never have considered If en-
ployed in a main office, subject 10
daily tab on his behavior and we'll
systematized restrictions. "A jewelry
salesman with a large assortment or
samples entrusted 10 his care, selling
goods on commission. or a man who
travels about collecting money for
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Other Papers
A CAMPAIGN

Mr.. Hoover's political advisers announce that he
viii conduct a "high-minded" campaign. No personal
attacks will be made upon Governor Smith. The
Hoover orators. will not refer to the democratic nomi-
nee as AL Smith. He will BE Governor smith. And NJ
will be pronounced an able and honorable governor.
But the republican spellbinders will not forget thar
Governor Smith Is the man they will have to beat ~
the polls, so a contrast viii be drawn between Hoover
and Smith, 70 show that while Governor smith NAV
he an admirable chief executive for the state ~ New
York, he is not equipped 70 fiji the far more responsi-
bic office Of the presidency.
This plan Of campaign is precisely the kind the re-
publieans were expected TO adopt. They cannot dis
parage Governor Smith as a governor or as a man.
They can and will, however. harp upon the alleged sp-
periority Of Herbert Hoover T. an administrator and
his knowledge Of international affairs.
Governor Smith viii certainly 40 no violence "a NJ
Hoovers feelings during the campaign. Governor
Smith will no doubt conduct a campaign "ouits AZ
high-minded' as that Of Mr.. Hoover. And unless some
Of the democratic s~tratsgists are badly mistaken. Gov
ernor Smith will make q far greater success il personal
campaigning than his rival.
Governor Smith has the personality that pleases the
crowds. Mr.. Hoover lacks the quality that Governor
Smith has in such abundance that no other man IN
public life is his equal as a campaigner.
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lazily and. smiling at her thoughts
and plans, walked slowly to the
cabin. But she quickened her pace
when the delicious odor Of corn pone
assailed her nostrils.
Anntie Pete blocked the door with
her bulky form, laughing:
Now, young I'm. Jest hold yer
horses. You can't spile your supper"
Janet, winding her arms around
Auntie Pete's neck, kissed her and
teased prettily:
"Not a teeny. weeny bit?"
Then from the folds of her biz
apron Auntie mysteriously produced
her favorite-a crust, and told her
sternly;
eco on with you'll You're spoiled.
I clare, you're almost as big a tease
as your nanny was"
When Auntie Pete went into the
store To call Pete, her expression had
changed 70 one Of sadness. She could
see that Pete, too. was thinking the
same thoughts. He put his arms
around her, and pulled her head to
his shoulder.
"Sumpin' tells me we amt goin' TO
have our jamie long, mamna To-
morrow she's Isl"
"We done our best" Auntie told
him, simply, and she'll always Do a
good kid. Like her NANNY. Nothin'
badll ever happen to jamie, Pete"
Janet slept fitfully, burning with
excitement-eager for the morning.
Destiny lay between the closely
written pages Of The Letter."
ITO BE CONTINUED
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Bv CHARLES P. STEWART

BY CHARLES 4. STEWART
HOUSTON, Texas, July Mot
again in our time is this country
likely to behold such a contrast IN
convention keynoters as it mas just
been privileged TO see or rather 70
listen 10 between keynoter Simeon
ID. Fess at Kansas City and Keynoter
Claude g. Bowers al Houston. OF all
the awful keynoters who ever key
noted Senator Tess undoubtedly was
the worst. Claude was n OF the
best.
Tess droned platitudes intermin-
ably until he drove his audience out
Of the hall. Bowers was crisp and
D tie rose 70 some heights Of
real eloquence. And for q neynoter
he was brief.
There's small question that the dif-
f~erenees in the keynoting was largely
responsible for the difference in the
ton Of two conventions. A con-
vention which makes its getaway 10
the tune az an intolerably boresome
speech has hard work TO inject much
pep into its proceedings later on.
Conversely a red-hot start, such as
Bowers gave 10 the Houston blowout,
is already more than half a success.
Too Political
II probably all goes to show that a
man can be too much OF q politician
for certain purposes. Tess "a run
rings around Bowers n "A fixer, but
he has the temperament Of q lizard.
Bowers has red blood in his veins.
Tess speaks from the standpoint OF
e~xpediency, Bowers from the Shout
der. A sly old fox may be all right
in a committee room. but the rip
snorting roar Of a lion sounds bet
ter AZ a dominating convention.
The wonder il that the republican
management didn't sense in acvace
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dolled Up, plugging along the muddy
mountain roads.
Then she closed her eyes and could
see the little French girl who was
to be her mother. come out OF the
stage in her old-fashioned hoop
skirted gown and little poke bonnet
What B contrast little Marcella
Odetts must have been to the brazen
girls in tights. highly made UP, who
came out on the little old stage and
shocked the homely mountalneers
with their crude songs and dances
When Marcella sang "Old Ken
lucky Home" she was like an angel.
70 sad was her face, and 20 sweet
her voice, with a little unhappy catch
in it. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer had
called her 'the angel" and loved her
from that minute on as the most
beautiful girl they had ever seen.
That same night Funny" Kelly,
like q villain in a play, had threat
ened Marcella If she wouldn't marry
him. And Old Jake, the stage hand,
had slipped her old tin trunk off the
boat n helped her 70 the station.
That was where the Petes found
her, a detected bundle, sitting on her
little trunk, crying. They had gone
to Sc the first train they had ever
seen pull in, but when they heard
Marcella Odette's pitiful story Auntie
Pete took her into her arms and bun
died her right into the old buggy and
to their cabin in the mountains
Four dollars and not a friend in
Americal Janet wiped a tear away
as she wondered what might have
happened to her poor little mamma If
kind old Auntie and Uncle Pete
hadn't happened along right at that
minute.
And the very next day Romance
came acros the mountains and into
the life Of the little French girl.
When Parson Daniel Webster James
found himself in need Of coal oil and
bacon, and drove over 70 the Big
Greek general store, owned BY Uncle
Pete.
He was an appropriate looking
knight for the pretty Marcella, being
big and blonde-like a Nordic. Janet
scarcely knew her father, but she re-
membered that he was very good
looking. Now a little pang came 70
her, and she wished very much that
he might have been a good daddy and
loved her.
Daniel Webster James was a cir
cuit-riding parson az Holden. Big
Greek and Little Fork. Narrow as a
pencil mark, and a purely self-styled
minister Of the gospel. never having
been ordained by the church.
But Marcella Just happened 70 be
coming from the caller. singing, her
blue-black hair piled high on her
head, and the red-brown eyes snap
ping happily as Daniel James came
into the store.
Three months later they were mar
ried in the little Elmer parlor, with
Auntie Pete weeping and Pete chuck
ling. II was a sitting hot summer
day that the little French girl, half
happy and half sad, rode into the
mountains with her earnest young
parson.
Marcella. the singing and dancing
eirl-full OF life and OVERLOOKING
with gsyety, giving up her life 70 the
narrow morntaineer who saw IN
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Timely Views
PROBE USE on PERSONAL FREEDOM URGED

by Dh. hAhN1 EMEkSON fOSDlIh
Pastor Park Avenue Baptist Church, New York City.
Or. Harry Emerson Fosdick was born in Buffalo,
n. u, in 1878. He was ordained to the Baptist
ministry in 1908 ard the following year became
pastor Of a church at Montclair, N. j., serving
htere until 1915. lie now is pastor Of the Park
Avenue Baptist church, New York City. From 1905
to 1915. Fosdick was instructor in homiletics at
the Union Theological seminary. becoming pro-
lessor Of practical theology at the seminary in
1915. He has written many books on theological
subjects).
Even more important than the achievement OF rec
dom, whether political, social. economic or any other
kind. is to know how to use that freedom.
Many people, however, forget that there are two
stages in the fight for freedom: First, the achievement
Of il, and, second, the using Of il when you have
achieved it.
Folks constantly desire to escape from something.
Early Christians wished to be free from the Jewish law.
Early Protestants wished to be free from the Roman
Church. Women wished to be free from political dis
qualification. A new generation wishes to be free from
the codes and customs Of its predecessors. But when
the dreamed-of day comes and we are free we run into
the crux Of the whole problem. For when we have
freedom we have to do something with it. If we can
not use it we'll it was Of no use to get it in the first
place.
Think Of the new freedom Of women. She has been
emancipated in every realm Of her life, legal, eco
nomic and political. And yet has all this freedom
solved a single ultimate problem for women? Only in
the sense that it has presented American womanhood
with an opportunity which may make womanhood or
break it.
or consider the new freedom that comes to multi
tuds7 OF people through shortening the hours Of labor.
The eisht-hour day is here and men like Henry Foci
are predicting a five-hour day in the near future. What
a liberation, we say. Nevertheless. to give anybody
leisure, 50 far from solving his problem, simply pre-
sents him with q deeper problem. All those who are
watching American life closely today know that how
we are going to use our new leisure is enc Of our
major national questions. In one sense q five-hour
day Will put a heavier strain on the morale Of :he
people than even the tvelve-hour day did.