Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1922 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Puullehad Every Evening Except z Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Pres, and Gen. Mgr. K. W. Kampe—Vice-Prea. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse —Sec’y and Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies J cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5,00 One Month, by 'mail 35 cents Three Months, by ma11..^.1100 Six Months, by mall $1.75 Ono Year, by mall $3.00 One Year, at office 13.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage ad ded outside those zones.) Advertising Ratos Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company, 133 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Aveuue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Builmng, Kansas City, Mo Who cares about filling the coal bin during this kind of weather. With temperature like we had yesterday- it will be hard to convince sweltering humanity that the straw hat season is nearly over. Register at your voting precinct on Saturday, September 9th. This will

be the first opportunity you have of qualifying yourself to vote in the November election and if you wiuit to help to decide who your public officials will he you must register or you ean’i vote. The Daily Democrat will join with the rest of the c ommunity in the observance of Labor Day, Monday, Sep- i teniber 4th ami the paper will not be published. Labor, Day is one day of the 1 year set aside to pay respects to the I man who works untiringly to produce the world's goods and it is right that | .the day be fittingly observed. The government has taken a hdni in the rail strike, the federal courts i issuing an injunction or restraining order against anyone inters erring with the operations of trains. It is hoped that with this action the reig.i of terror and plots to destroy railroad 1 property can be curbed and the difficulties between the workers and the j owners will soon ba settled. It seems that two of the most important questions before the public 1 today ere, whether the women will ' < go back to the wearing of longer skirts, as decreed by certain style i authorities or if bobbed hair is stiil i in style? The tariff, bonus, and the ' coal and rail strikes are minor con- 1

siueratiens in comparison to the ( above, at least with the fair sex. | Delavan Smith, former publisher of the Indianapolis News, whose death • occurred a week ago proved that he , was a big, kind hearted, liberal and , public spirited citizen, he leaving his I enjire estate, estimated at two or ' three million dollars to public bequests, including the Indianapolis ( Foundation, Wabash and Earlljam colleges, hospitals, personal gifts to employes on his paper and other worthy causes. The bequests arc made without restriction and his will is said to be one of the most generous and extraordinary in the history of Indiana. It just proves that Delavan Smith was a man of high ideals and that in his death Indiana and the nation loses one of its best and most highly respected citizens. It would be a great country indeed if we had more men of the Delavan Smith type.

The U. S. treasury department at the request of the senate finance committee has published a book entitled, “Imported Merchandise and Retail Prices," containing 126 pages of photographs and prices of imported articles, together with their cost or value in the country in which they are manufactured, the transportation charges, duty rale, the landed cost in this country, * the retail price for which they were sold in the United States «nd the percent of prolit made. The contained in the book are most interesting, the purpose being to show that the importer oreeastern retailer in this country could continue to import foreign

goods, pay the extra tariff duties and still sell them at the same price he does qow without adding a cent of cost to the product. The book shows ’ that the percentages of profit made by the Importer, who in many cases . Is also the retailer is anywhere from two hundred to two thousand percent. With table knives, a certain eastern firm purchased these knives from Germany for 2% cents each, had them 1 delivered In this country for 3.85 cents and sold them for thirty cents each, making 679%. Amber beads were purchased in Germany for 62 cents a string, delivered here for 76 cents and sold for $12.50, the percent of profit being 1544%. Over a hundred such examples are given and we agree with the senate finance com mittee that the importer could well afford to pay the tariff duties on the goods, but the question Is. will he? Chances are that he will add the tariff to the retail cost and make the public pay a little more for the same article. Os course it should .be understood that the average or ordinary retail merchant cannot and does not 1 import his goods but must buy from J a wholesaler, or jobber and that hl:i j percent of profit is legitimate. I SAYS CHURCH MUST SOLVE LABOR PROBLEM

New York. Sept. 2—Dr. John Me Dowell, secretary of the Presbyterian Hoard of HOhio Missions and sponsor for the industrial and social creed of tlffi Presbyterian Church, today issued a Labot Day Message under the title "The Christ Spirit—The Solution to Our Industrial Problems." Dr. .McDowell affirms unhesitatingly that the spirit ot Christ is the only solution of the four most urgent industrial problems of today. In his message he said in part: "Whatever the present critical in dustrial situation may mean to the School, to the Court, and to the State there can be no doubt about what it means to the Christian Church, it is a direct definite and inescapable chai a age to the Church of Christ to create and nourish the one thing lacking in modern industry—namely the right spirit. Os all the criticisms, says Judson G. Rosebush, President of the Patten Paper Company. Appleton, Win onsin, none is so basic as file alllegation that the underlying spirit is ethi '•ally wrong. The fundamental trouble with the Capitalist-Labor Controversy has been its militancy; its total ah scnce of cooperation and fair dealing ail around. " That industry has a right to look to the Church to create and promote a right spirit in industry and can not be questioned by anyone who knows and accepts the mission and function of the Church as defined by Jesus Christ in the New Testament. The primary duty of the church is to make the heart of industry genuinely Christian.

The purpose of industry when truly Christian will he cooperation for pub lie service— not competition for private gain. "This being the special task of the Church as defined by Christ, industry has a right to insist on the obligation of the Church to Christianize the spirit of. industry. Industry has a right to look to the Church for moral guidance on economic matters. The Only Solution "Hut what would the Christianizing of the spirit of industry mean to the world? We affirm, unhesitatingly, that the spirit of Christ is the only solution of I hr- four most nrgeht industrial problems of our day. “First: The spirit of Christ in the spirit of intelligence, integrity, and co operation, and is therefore the solution of the problem of greater efficiency in production Nothing else will solve this problem. "Second: The spirit of Christ is the spirit of justice and fair dealing, and is therefore the solution of the problem. of greater equity in the disiribu lion of the earnings ot industry. "Third: The spirit of Christ is the spirit of brotherhood and humanity

and is therefore the solution of the problem of greater participation m the management of industry. The spirit of Christ wil 1 make it impossible for one group in industry to determine all the terms of employment for another group; it will insist that all rights which regulate men’s relationships must be mutual;the Christ spirit will demand that the wage earners, whose opportunities in life are so over whelmmglly influenced by industrial . conditions, shall have a voice in their I determination, a joint voice with management. in fixing the terms of employ rnent, the conditions of labor, and the 3 shop rules and regulations; so that ■ government in industry like govern r rnent in the nation shall only exist with : consent ot governed. “Fourth The spirit of Christ iM the 1 spirit of service and sacrifice, and free-

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dom, and Is therefore the solution of the problem of gre ater satisfaction In the work of Industry. The spirit of Christ it*lsts that industry exists for man, not man for industry, and it cannot endorse any system of society, however Imposing Its economic triumphs if ft cripples tho personality of its workers or it deprives them of that control over the material conditions of their own Ilves which Is the essence of practical freedom. "la-t the churches of America on this Labor Day reread their commission an given by Christ, and then dodedicate themselves with greater earnestness than ever to their task of filling tndirstry with the spirit of Christ for the sake of a better America and a better world.” SHAKING THE JOB TREE FOR FAT PLUMS By Ixturence M. Benedict I nltrd Press < »rrespnn<l<*nt Washington. Aug. 31 —The republican majority in the House is now devoting a good deal of its time (unoffi dally) to “internal politics." Administration members, back from a six weeks recess spent at home in the gentle art of trying to be renominated, are now playing the game of politics among themselves, with the stakes the floor leadership and a number of important committee chairmanships in the next congress. Voluntary retirements among the “old timers” and involuntary retire-

menu decreed by “fickle voters" in the primary elections that have been held thus far have already been so numerous as to necessitate an almost complete new deal in the republican organization in the lower branch. And the scramble Is already on. The vacancies do not have to be filled until next March 4, when the new congress comes in, but by that time the problem of making the now selections will be only i> matter of ratification. The “slate” fa being made up now. The majority party may lose heavily in the November election but the belief prevails here that it will retain control over the house and the reorganization to bo effected next year will he work ed out without any help from the democrats. New floor Leader There is litUe real talk of putting up a man to contest with Speaker Gillet In the next congress and so the republicans are giving first thought to the position of floor leader, which Rep. Mondelf, of Wyoming, vacates this year to either go to the Senate or retire. Several members are being prominently mentioned for Mundell's job, chief among them being Nicholas Longworth of Ohio; Sydney Aflderson of Minnesota and Will R. Wood, of Indiana. Lohgworth seems to have tho inside track and if he gets tho place, the son-in-law of the late President Roosevelt will at least step into the prominence his friends say he has long deserved. Next in line, and probably first in

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real importance, cornea the chairman■hip of the powerful rules committee, which really decides what the house will do. and when. The present chairman, Phillip Campbell of Kansas, was beaten for renomination. Rep. B- H. Snell, of New York is the ranking republican member and will be promoted to the chairmanship. The chairmanship of the ways and means committee will be vacant, due to the retirement of Rep.-Joseph Fordney, of Michigan, if the seniority rule is followed. Rep. Green, of lowa will nsi end the gavel throne. Ixmgworth is next in line. The chairmanship, of another influential committee may he vacant Rep. Winslow of Massachusetts is considering dropping out of politics. His wife wants him to and it looks likd she ll win. If there’s any serious effort to unseat Speaker fliliet, the three members mentioned for the floor leadership probably will be the strongest candidates for the place. But at least one of them, Longworth, has said It would not enter a contest with Gillet. The list of congressmen already scheduled to leave tho House at the end of their present terms on March 4 includes 27 republicans, most of them whoelhorsos of the party. STUPENDOUS DISPLAY OF FASHIONS AT NEW YORK FALL FASHION PROMENADE New York, Sept. 1 —Visiting the fall faMiion promenade staged in

New York by tho National Garment Retailers was like walking with Alice

into Wonderland —a wonderland where manneqine of unusual height gowned In exaggerated versions of the present modes passed in endless procession. It was a stupendous display Os fashions as they exist in the minds of the designers, rather than as/they will be worn. One felt that one was gazing through a glass that magnified In color and detail the fashions of the moment. Side panels trailed upon the floor, draped skirts wore draped until one feared to gaze, circular skirts that measured twelve yards ground were followed by hems that couldn't boast of a yard. The silhouette as presented at this review was decidedly varied although there Is no doubt but that the straight-line silhouette ruled. Out of the whole, one finally decided that the Fall tendencies were fall ! ing hems, falling sleeves, falling waistlines and falling panels. We will: no lunger be able to get a dress out of three and one half yards of mater | tfll, that’s certain. Some of the circular panels alone require that amount of cloth. The two distinctly opposite silhontte shown—the full, circular model and the long, tightly-draped model are presumably designed for two different types of women. It is for ns to decide to which type we belong. The long, drai>ed. followthe -figure effects certainly do not apply to any but the mature woman, while the full circular skirts cut shorter in front I

than on the sides and more appropriate for ths . youthful figure. It l„ tb b, that the small woman win not touete-the-floor models ■«„.( .*** Where the circular idea *' out in the skirt the aleeves cut on clrculatr lines baring * elbow. Often fnllness )H a( . hl the more youthful frocks |, v W|g of circular panels which oral inches beyond the >l[)r , / ■——

FT. WAYNE & DECATIH TRACTION LINE Leaves Decatur Leaves Ft 5:46 a. m. 7;00 g * 8:00 a. m. 9:00 10:00 a. m. n . oo ’ * 12:0° p. m. 1;O o p J 2;0« p. m. 3:00 J 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p. a 5:30 p. m. 7 ;O o 7:00 p.m. 9 : fl0 10:00 p.m. Freight cat leaves Decatw | U Arrives at Fort Wayne.... ' g!o Arrives at Decatur P. J. RAYMOND. Agent Office Hours 6:30 a. m„ 7:00 BJB