Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 17, Hammond, Lake County, 11 July 1921 — Page 4

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- GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS If all the maney owed the United States Treasury by foreign governments were to be paid, about 4 2 per cont. of our entire national debt would be wiped out; and the amount of revenue required to be raised from international taxation could be cut in half. The total foreign debt is $10,140,000,000, all but about $700,000,000 of which represents money loaned direct from our Treasury. The balance represents sales on credit of surplus war supplies, American relief administration, and obligations due the Grain Corporation. These miscellaneous debts are evidenced in a variety of ways. Certiflrates and Indebtedness of differing rates of interest, maturity dates, and terms of payment are held in the Treasury, all bearing the signatures of individuals representing the governments receiving the money or supplies. The former administrations made no move to reduce those promises to pay to the form of bonds of the debtor countries, nor to make more certain in any other way their ultimate liquidation. President Harding has been impressed with the Importance of securing the debt in some more substantial form than at present, and with that end in view ho has had Secretary of the Treasury Mellon prepare a bill, which Senator Penrose has introduced in the Senate, giving the Secretary, with the aproval of the President, authority in dealing with all the different classes of debts. The measure gives very wide latitude to the Ex-

dtsr odium that, unless dispUd, would forever bar them from participation in ine game in a big way even though they were able to find managers wining to employ them, which Is a contingency that is open to o much doubt. , Had the indictmaota been quashed they and their friends might have set up a claim that they had been vindicated, but their petition would have been one that would have required continual explanation; and it is really better for any of them who has hope of proving himself guiltress that he has an opportunity to do so. The trial will offer every player opportunity to clear himself and if he comes through the ordeal he will do so with flying color and will have a much better opportunity to re-establish himself in public esteem than he would have had, providing the case had been thrown out of court on the purely technical grounds that were mdae to serve as a basis of the contentions of the attorneys for the indicted players. The verdict would have been accepted as "not guilty, but don't do it again" and snch a verdict In the case cf men who depend upon the public, sometimes fickle, but always wrathful when it considers itself wronged, would have been Just as fatal for their future as one of ' guilty" following an open trial.

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ENDING A "COMMERCIAL WRECK." In forca6ting "the disposal or distruction by OctoDer 1 of all wooden ships and the sale of other government-owned tonnage as scon as good business Judgment." Albert D. Lasker. now head of the United States Shipping Board, characterized this as "the greatest commercial wreck in the history of mankind " Though the mess is so bad, it is satisfying that the decision is to the purpose of getting cut of It and taking the loss, great though It will be. Of course, n-e had to have the ships and we had to build them at whatever the cost- However, the greatest blunder was mado in building so many of a class of ships that were fitted neither to the conditions of the time nor afterward. At the time that the construction of wooden ships was proposed here was protest against such a course, but as in so many other policies under the adMinistration then in power, the most wasteful plan was adopted. Had carriers only of the most approved commercial type been built under war conditions the loss

at best would have been great. The unwisdom exhibited in the construction of great numbers of wooden vessels adds heavily to the burden of the taxpayers. The design of getting rid of the entire outfit ot government-oned ships is gratifying. The board has been losing $18,000,000 a month and while this cannot be ended at once it wll cease when the ships are scld or broken up. That Mr. Lasker has regard for public funds is evidenced by his canceling shipping board advertising contracts, which, he says. Is comparatively like shooting 20 cents, but he wants to save the 20 cents. Under the old policy there would have

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BE supported In some other way LOVE laughs at gear-shift and EMERGENCY brake levers

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anyway ESPECIALLY in some of the LESS-f requented by-ways. A woman ca.n be married tor 20 years WITHOUT anything special happening AND still worry herself INTO a highly nervous condition by thinking WHAT if she should have a baby AST) somebody would kidnap It.

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tcrutiny by both Houses of Congress before it is passed. Jment ownership cf ships be ended soon, the loss incur-

It may be that limitations wil be thrown about such an red WU1 form a part of our taxes for long

exercise of executive power, but it is probable the bill will be promptly passed after it has been suitably amended. Under It the Secretary will proceed to fund all classes of the foreign obligations into bonds with very definite provisions as to their rates of interest, maturity dates and conditions of payment. Not only will the taxpayer know when receipts from abroad may be expected to lower his tax bill, but the officials of the Government can lay their financial plans over a period of years, with a certainty as to the outcome. The reform will be quite in line with other changes that are taking place in the financial affairs of the Government, all tending to bring our national receipts and expenditures into a proper relation to each other, and clear away the chaos in which the fiscal relations of the Government were left on March 4 th.

Maj. Gwilym Lloyd George and his bride, nee Miss Edna Jones, with their page, after the ceremony. Members of the royal family and the British diplomatic set attended the recent wedding of Maj. Gwilym Lloyd George, son of David Lloyd George, England's premier. His bride was Miss Edna Jones. The wedding took place at the Welsh Wtsleyan church.

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BASEBALL AIDED BY EXPOSURES Although, as sporting writers express it, baseball got a "black-eye" as a result of the exposure of dishonesty in connection with the playing of the world's series in Cincinnati and Chicago in 1919, the favorite sport of Americana was not permanently injured. Immediately following the disclosures of crookedness there may have been a temporary loss of confidence in tome circles but the ingrained faith of all of us that the ireat mass of baseball players Is composed of men of 6terling character who 'are too upright to betray the public and their mates and employers was too strong to permit the game to remain long under a cloud. Recently there has been more concern lest the proceedings against the players implicated might prove futile as a result of motion to quash the indictments on technical grounds. But this feature of the case has now been obviated by the action of the court in refusing to permit such action and ordering the trials to proceed. But, If it should have so happened that the court considered the points raised by attorneys for the defense of BUfficient weight to virtually nullify the case against them, baseball still would have been in a better way than it was before the disclosures were made. True, it is likely the offenders would have escaped without further punishment but the penalty already inflicted, as reflected in public sentiment, even now has rneen sufficient to safeguard our nearest approach to a national pastime from further crimes of a similar nature. The baseball players under indictment are un-

ON A BUSINESS BASIS Attorney General Dauglicrty has discovered and "fired" 17 bpecial atorneys employed by hij predecessor at $6,000 each to " help reduce the cost of living." II is rtated that Mr. Daugherty is still cn the lookout for others cf the same brand who may be lurking around. Since Mr. Palmer's efforts to reduce the cost cf living consisted only of boasts of what he was going to do. It is possible that these 17 special attorneys wre employed to help him tell what he wa.- going to dc. Though th?i men did nothing much but draw their salaries, it is evident they were not avers to doing that, since they have kept up the process three months after the administration was changed. They were quite successful in concealing themselves, ap

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It is stated further that this discovery has led to instructions to all departments to study th3 lists of

employes "so that they may get rid of these set to

work during the last administration at high salaries, but who are no longer needed." This is in line with promises made In the campaign, and it is a source of

pleasure that the pledge is being kept.

The last administration was noted for ks disregard

of expenses. The public pays the bills, so what's the

use of worrying? appeared to be the principle on which business was conducted. Even if all possible is done

tbe expense of the government will be heavy and taxes will be a burden. The public will not object to meeting the cost of economical government, heavy though it be, but there could be no excuse for piling needless expense on an already heavily-taxed people Private enterprise bares expenditures when necessarw Gov

ernments should do the same, and it is gratifying that President Harding is devoting his energies to conducting the federal government on a correct business basis.

ANYTIME you are In doubt AS to just what your WIFE thinks of you tET her mad and you won't be LEKT lon In doubt.

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serve St'CH illusions as we have left AST) we do wish the beauty writera WOtLD stop tellins the girls HOW to remove perspiration stains. WE see by the paper how much

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the attitude. OF a ?kept:o aU the time but it Is VEKV hard for us to believe that that beautiful lOt.VCi lady who was tripping lightly through a

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A WOMAN going any place Invariably says she ha nothing to war. And when some women go out i-n the streets they prove it.

A MAN has to make a name for himself and then, likely as not, some woman will take it.

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE is the act of kiling anybody who asks "is it hot enough for you?"

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mother AST) he undoubtedly thinks that COVERS a multitude of sins. SOMETIMES the child WHO fears the dark grows VP into the man WHO fears the light. WHENEVER we notice the carefully MEASl'ItED tread of the DIMPLED bridesmaid as she goes up THE aisle at the summer wedding WE cannot avoid the IMPRESSION that she is stalking

something. WHEN' the neighbors threaten to tell our PASTOR on us for screwing down our grease-cups ON Sunday we pretend in our crafty way TO be much perturbed but really are glad of it aa it MIGHT divert the good man's attention from SOME of ojr larger failings. WHAT has become OK the woman who used TO take eggs to town AND trade them for snuff? NOBODY ever got so far I1Y being a second anybody. WE do not like to place ourself i

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1. If all living cretures as well as ail movable objects started moving eastward simultaneously would it retard or hasten the earth's motion? 2. What is a 'kettke hole?" 3. What is an ex-post facto law? 4. What is a bankrupt? 6. What is the most important duty of the president? 6. What is trenon? T. What are rcdundent letters? 8. In science what Is matter? 1 9. Wh ntit is waid that the nutritive ratio for adults is one to six what is ment? v 10. What is diction? ANSWERS TO SATURDAY'S QUESTIONS 1. What is the figure of speech in the sentence, "ail day the sea waves sobbed with sorow?" Ans -Personification. 2. What is a synonym for commence? Ana. Begin. 3. "What does "M. C." stand for?

I Ans. Member of congress. j 4. What la the form of the earth

called? An. T'ue form of the earth is very much like a sphere but since it is not exactly a sphere it is called a jpheroid. 5. What is the distance from home plate to the pitchers box? Ans. 60 feet, 6 inches. 6. Is a .person liable to prosecution who makes a patented article for his own use and does not offer it for sale? Ans. Yes. 7. How heavy a rain constitutes a cloud-burst? Ans. No definite amount of rain has been assigned but it appears that a cloudburst is about six inches of rain falling at the rate of ten inches an hour. 8. What name did Washington prefer for the capital? Ans. The Federal City. 9. How many words are there in the dictionary? Ans. There are between

400.000 and 500,000 wordu In unabridged dictionaries. .Many of them ar obsolete. 10. Was the birth rata of the world reduced much because of the World War? Ans. It Is estimated that the world lost 20.000,000 probabl birth. JlSe-q -mPlK- Sgeo 9qo ar ar ar

Imperial Conference. fINTER NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON". July 9 Statesmen attending the Imperial Dominion conference today were fathered at Choquers. Premier Lloyd George' country osfate, discussing tha anglo-vapanese alliance with particular reference to t.. erica's relation to that pact. In well Informed quarters it waa believed possible today Geat Britain may take the initiative in proposing' a conference between the three countries and China upon the far eastern question. While officials expressed th view that America would accept such' a proposal favorably they declared thus far no suggestion to that effect has been made.

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