Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 19, 2 December 1919 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, DEC. 2, 1919.

ALL BUSINESS IS TO CLOSE AT 5

Every store, business house, poolroom, and other establishment, except

theatres, was ordered closed ai i'Ureseiit at the opening of this session o'clock in the afternoon, and factories , the tongre!iS. i am thus prevented were ordered closed at 4:30. at a meet-: roii.,ini, na drprt a wav as

ing of the city officers in tht- city hl Tuesday afternoon. The order lanes effect Wednesday, and is due to the-j coal shortage. Representatives of stores, factories, and banks were present. James Dillon, superintendent of the city light plast, said that the city was extremely "hard up" for coal. Pillon illustrated the situation here and the stringent steps which may have to be taken by describing those in other cities. COURT TO DECIDE IF DRINK'S NO PRINK " NEW YORK, Dec. 2 "When is a drink not a drink?" another conundrum bred of prohibition, was sprung in the supreme court here today. The answer to this is "when it is taken at mea's for food or alimentary purposes at home, hotels and restaurants." This conclusion was made by counsel for Howard Major of this city, a stockholder in the American Malt and Grain company, a $13,000,000 concern, in a suit brought against erstwhile directors, combatting their action in selling out at a loss to another corpora,on. The plaintiff asserted that if they had obtained "competent legal advice, they would have "known" that Hie words "beverage purposes" in the Federal prohibition amendment did not mean "total prohibition." Major's counsel explained that by legal, economic and physiological definition, "beverage purposes," as used in said amendment means drinking between meals, for tippling purposes and for pleasure only, at th bars and in saloons, and lhat restaurants will in a very short time be enabled to sell liquor. Justice Lazansky remarked that if the definition of the term "beverage purposes" must be gone into, he desired time to do it, and asked for briefs. Many From Wayne Will Attend Church Meeting

Wavne County will be represented ' by the executive departments of the at tlie session of the Inter-Church government. Their report should be World Movement training classes in 'ade to the congress and to the secIndianapolis Dec. 3. 4 and 5, delegates rotary of the treasury, from this county will include: . 1 trust that congress will give its The Rev I. E Murray, pastor of the immediate consideration to the promFirst Christian Church and president '?m of future taxation. Simplification of the Citv Ministerial association, ot the income and profits taxes has The Rev F C MeCormack. president! become an immediate necessity. These of the county federation or churches, I lax?s performed indispensable serand pastor of theChristian church at! vices dun"e thp ,.war; Tht v must-Milton-The Rev. Shelbv Lee. pastor! however, be simplified, not only to of the first Baptist Church; The Rev.ie the taxpayer inconvenience and F F Dav-M pastor ot the Second , pP?nse, but in order that his liability i', .1,i'vlJ1.i,J '."iitirnh - m iMiairman mav De made certain and definite. 0 The cm my f g eAstommittee? With reference to the details of the 1 J J. Rac, pastor of the First Vres- i revenue law, the secretary of treasbv r an Church; Charles E. Wood-!UI' and commissioner of internal revman. pastor of the Allen Jay Memor-! ? la before you tor your con1 Church; E. Howard Brown, pastor ration certain amendments necesof the East Main street Friends ; ai'' ,r desirable in connection with Church; John II. Johnson, represent-'"1 admmistra ion of law-recom-x i, u i , w mTlli'ltlAnC 11- h Will ho - si --t r .1 x t- .r r 1

ing the South Eighth street Friends hurch; Ross A Hartley, heart ot the ' ioitign mission V,,..,,,! rt r vivu Ve.rs Met ting of Friends; Levi T. I'ennington, head of the Forward Movement of Friends; and David M. Edward, president of Earlham Col-! lege. i High School Notes j I The Lee B. Nusbaum oratory trophy cup which will be contested for by ;

pupils of the history department ofthetive to newr enterprises, encourag exItichmond high school, will be form-1 1 ravagant expenditures and produce in-

ally given to the school Friday morn n:g at the chapel hour. Charles Jordan of the school board will make the presentation speech. A member of the student body will reply. Motion pictures were shown in the auditorium Tuesday noon. There will he a special movie Friday evening at I 7::;i). when members of the Richmond i lelenhmie enmnanv will be special ! guests. The picture. "Spreading the Spoken Word." is distributed by ihe American telephone company. The public is welcome. If t life weather permits the Garfield students will go to the high school auditorium Friday afternoon to see special motion pictures. The general exercise committee at Garfield school is making arrangements for better traffic conditions in Hie halls of the Junior llit-'h school. If necessary traffic "tops'' will be in- : intersection to tiie right points. Probably ket p to tiie right : ij-.is will be put up. .Members of the roMinittee include .Janet Harris, chairman, Kdith Haul). Zella Fisher, Lucy .Masse y, Martha I'lloin. George Beam, William Kversman, Roland Kemper and Asa Mat. -on b.;p'l I'lourams for the semester an- j:. Hi" lui'uls of the board of pub;ii:i'ion at tJai 'held school. Gariiold's School Council will meet .. noon. ih t huo 'I !: Art Clubs mot as 'I u .-day ifteinoon. WRECKED PLANE SIGHTED 450 MILES OFF VIRGINIA NKYV V.iKK. Ih c. L'. A wrecked hvilroah plane with the wings torn to iiii (!'i ; and the body badly rusted was :-ia!n.' il on Nov. about 450 miles off -in Virginia capes by the American si --ani.-l'.ip Agwistar. which arrived Monday from Gibraltar.

Officers of the Agwistar said theiket for foreien securities. Anything.

.-.pr-paranco of the plane indicated that i it end been m tne water tor a ion? time. The position of the plane was given as latitude 36.30 north and longitude 66.35 west. STUDIED INSULT" CHARGED NEW ORK. Dec. 2. "Studied in-

suit and abuse" by her husband caused i ly stimulateed by the war must find life to be intolerable, according to'an outlet by exports to foreign coun-

Mrs. Hlen Elwood Stokes, whose an swer to the divorce complaint of W. E. D. Stokes, millionaire hotel owner and turfman, was filed yesterday. Mrs. Stokes demanded the dismissal of her husband's amended complaint, denying all the charges it contained against her, and asked that to her he j granted a separation and the custody! of her two children.

President's Message to Congress

Following is a partial text of President Wilson's message to congress today. To the senate and house of representatives: I sincerely regret that I cannot be j could wish the mauy questions that iare pressing for solution at this time, Happily j have had the advantage of the advice of heads of the several executive departments who have kept in close touch with affairs in their detail and whose thoughtful recommendations I earnestly second. In the matter of the railroads and the readjustment of their affairs, growing out of federal control, 1 shall take the liberty at a later day of addressing you. 1 hope that congress will bring to a conclusion at this session legislation looking to the? establishment of a budgt system. That thert should be one single authority responsible for the making of all appropriations and that appropriations should be made not independently of each other, but with reference to one single comprehensive plan of expenditure properly related to' the nation's income, there can be no doubt. I believe the burden of preparing the budget must, in the nature of the case, if the work Is to be properly -done and responsibility concentrated instead of divided, rest upon the executive. The budget so prepared should be submitted to and approved or amended by a single committee of each house of congress and no single appropriation should be made by the congress, except such as may have been included in the budget prepared by the executive or added by the particular committee of congress charged with the budget legislation. "Another and not less important aspect of the problem is the ascertainment of the economy and efficiency with which the moneys appropriated are expended. Under existing law the only audit is for the purpose, of ascertaining whether expenditures have been lawfully made wkhin the appropriations. No Ce is authorized or equipped to ascertain whether the money has been spent wisely, economically and effectively. The auditors should be highly trained officials with permanenet tenure in the treasury department free of obligations to or motives of consideration for this or any subsequent administration, and authorized and empowered to examine into and make report upon the methods employed and the results obtained "'' j iu.. aiIU "i i" uunosi imi'1 i-aucc mai ill urtti tug w 1111 LUIS matter the present law should not be disturbed so far as regards taxes for the calendar year 1920, payable in the calendar year 1921. Tr.e congress might well consider whether the higher rates of income and profits taxes can in peace times be effectively productive of revenue, and whether they may not. on the contrary, be destructive ef business activity and productive of waste and inefficiency. There is a point at which in peace times high rates of income and profits taxes discourage energyremove the incendustrial stagnation with consequent unemployment and other attendant evils. The problem is not an easy one. A fundemental change has taken place with reference to the position of America in the world's affairs. The prejudice and passions engendered by decades of controversy between two schools of political and economic thought the one believers in protection of American industries, the other I believer in tariff for revenue only j must be subordinated to the single i consideration of the public interest in i the light of utterly changed condii tions. Before the war America was i heavily the debtor of the rest of the I world and the interest payments she : had to make to foreign countries on j American securities held abroad, the expenditures of American travelers . , ', ,n nav trl nlW :ihnllt hnl. jtifPfl tho vet !ii a of hsr nra-wn r favnr. . . hnlan..0 nf trnf, Unrinsr th wnr Americas exports have been greatly stimulated, and increased prices have increased their value. On the other hand, she has purchased a large proportion of the American securities previously held abroad, has loaned some $9000,000,000 to foreign governments, and has built her own ships. Our favorable balance of trade has thus been greatly increased and Europe has been deprived of the means of meeting it, heretofore existing. Europe can have only three ways of meeting the favorable balance of trade i in peace times: By imports into this 'country of gold or of goods, or by es- . abiishing new credits. Europe is in ! no position at the present time to ship i gold to us nor could we contemplate large further imports of gold into this I country without concern. The time ! has nearly passed for international i srnvernmental loans and it will take time to develop in this country a martherefore which would tend to pre vent foreign countries from settling for our exports by shipments of goods into this country could only have the effect of preventing them from paying for our exports and therefore of pre venting the exports from being made. The oroductivitv of the country greattries and any measures taken to prevent imports will inevitably curtail exports, force curtailment of production, load the banking machinery of the country with credits to carry unsold products and product industrial stagnation nd unemployment. If we want to sell, w must be prepared to buy. Whatever, therefore, may have been our views during the period of

growth of American business concerning tariff legislation, we must now adjust our own economic life to a changed condition growing out of the fact that American business is full grown and that America is the greatest apitalist in the world. Can Not Isolate U. S. No policy of isolation will satisfy the growing needs and opportunities of America. The provincial standards and policies of the past which have held American business as if in a strait-Jacket, must yield and give way to the needs and exigencies of the new dayin which we live, a day full of hope and promise for American business, if we will but take advantage of the opportunities that are ours for the asking. The recent war has ended our Isolation and thrown upon us a great duty and responsibility. The United States desires for Itself only equal opportunity with the other nations of the world, and that through the process of friendly co-operation and fair competition the legitive interests of the nations concerned may be successfully and equitably adjusted. There are other matters of importance upon which I urged action at the last session of congress which are still pressing for solution. I am sure it is not necessary for me again to remind you that there is one immediate and very practicable question resulting from the war which we should meet in the most liberal spirit. It is a matter of recognition and relief to our soldiers. I can do no better than to quote from my Jast message urging this very action. "We must see to it that our returning soldiers are assisted in every

practicable way to find the places for which they are fitted in the daily work of the country. This can be done by developing and maintaining upon an adequate scale tne admirable or ganization created by the department of labor for placing men seeking work; and it can also be done, in at least one very great field, by creating now opportunities for individual enter prise-. The secretary of the interior has pointed out the way by which returning soldiers may be helped to find and take up land in the hitherto undeveloped regions of the country which the federal government lias already prepared or can readily prepare for cultivation and also on many of the cut-over or neglected areas which lie ! within the limits of the older states: I and I once more take the liberty of ; recommending very urgently that hi'i plans shall receive the immediate and ! :uibstantial support of the congress." I In the matter of tariff legislation. I ! beg to call your attention to the stateJ nients contained in my last message, (urging legislation with reference to the establishment of the chemical and dyestuff industry in America. "Among the industries to which special -consideration should be given is that of the -manufacture of dyej stuffs and related chemicals. Our ! complete dependence upon (Herman j supplies before the war made the I interruption of trade a cause of exI ceptional economic disturbance. The close relation between the manufacture of dyestuffs, on the one hand, and of explosives and poisonous gases on the other, moreover, has given the industry an exceptional significance and value. Although the United j States will gladly and unhesitatingly j join in the program of international j disarmament, it will, nevertheless, be I a policy of obvious prudence to make j certain of the successful maintenance ! of many strong and well equipped chamical plants. The German chemical industry, with which we will be brought into competition, was and may well be again, a thoroughly knit monjopoly capable of exercising a competition of a peculiarly insidious and dangerous kind. During the war the farmer per - formed a vital and willing service to the nation. By materially increasing the production or his land, he sup plied America and the allies with the increased amounts of food necessary i to keep their immense armies in the j field. He indispensably helped to ! j win the war. But there is now scarce-1 ly less need of increasing the produc-; tion in food and the necessaries of I I life. I ask the congress to consider! these lines. The importance of doing everything possible to promote production along economical lines, to improve marketing, and to make rural life more attractive and healthful, is obvious. I would urge approval of the plans already proposed to the congress by the secretary of agriculture, I to secure the essential facts required 1 for the proper study of this question, through the proposed enlarged pro- ' grams for farm management studies and crop estimates. I would urge, LADY GREY PEARLS A beautiful tinted Oriental Pearl, light creme in color, with lovely iridescent $25.00 tints. 24-inch length Sumatra

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also, the continuance of federal participation in the building of good roads, under the terms of existing law and under the direction of present agencies; the need of further action on

the part of the states and the federal government to preserve and develop our forest resources, especially thru the practice of better forestry meth - ods on private holdings and the ex - tension of the publicly owned forests; better support for country

schools and the. more definite direc-j would strongly urge upon you its imtion of their courses of study along J mediate adoption, as it constitutes one lines related to rural problems; and i of the preliminary steps to this camfuller provision for sanitation in rural paign. districts and the building up of needed I also renew my recommendation hospital and medical facilities in these that the congress pass a law regulatlocalities. Perhaps the way might bi ing cold storage as it is regulated, for cleared for many of these desirable j example, by the laws of the state of reforms by a frsh, comprehensive New Jersey, which limit the time dursurvey of rural conditions by a con- jng which goods may be kept in storference composed of representatives j age prescribe the method of disposing

ui me larmers ana oi me agr'cuuurai . agencies responsible for" leadership. Political Restlessness. I would call your attention to the widespread condition of political restlessness in our body politic. The causes of this unrest, while various and complicated, are superficial rather than deep seated. Broadly, they arise or are connected with the failure on the part of our government to arrive speedily at a just and permanent peace permitting return to normal conditions, from the transfusion of radical theories from seething European centers, pending such delay, from heartless profiteering resulting in the increase of the cost of living, and lastly from the machinations of passionate and malevolent agitators. With the return to normal conditions, this unrest will rapidly dis appear. In the meantime, it does; much evil. It seems to mo that ini dealing with tills' situation congress I should not be impatient or drastic, but should seek rather to remove the C-auses. It shou d endeavor to hrinz our country back speedily to a peace basis with ameliorated' living cx)ndi - tions under the minimum of restric - tions upon personal -liberty that is consistent with our reconstruction problems. And it should arm the fed -

eral government with power to deal'"' oln(,r m"c neeoea reforms in its criminal courts with those per- ,n thr business of interstate shipment j

sons who by violent methods would abrogate our time-tested institutions, With the free expression of opinion and wilh thP artvnPHcv nf nrHoriv rmtit. ical change, however fundamental, there must be no interference, but towards passion and malevolence tending to incite crime and 'insurrection under guise of political evolution there should be no leniency. Legislation to this end has been recommended by the attorney general and should be enacted. In this direct connection I would call your attention to my recommendations on August 8, pointing out legislative measures which would bo effective in controlling and bringing down the present cost of living which contributed so largely to this unrest. On only one of these recommendations has the congress acted. If the government's campaign is to be effective it is necessary that the other steps suggested should be acted on at once. I strongly urge the necessity of the extension of the present food control act as to the period of time in which it shall remain in operation. The attorney-general has submitted a bill providing for an extension of t.s act for a period of 6 months. As it now stands it is limited in operation to the period of the war and becomes inoperative upon the formal proclamation of peace. It is imperative that it should be extended at once. The department of justice has built up extensive machinery for the purpose of enforcing its provisins; all of which must be abandoned upon the conclu 1 &ion of peace unless the provisions of , this act are extended. j Ak. r.r,.. B-..i,i . DurinE: this nerioH th rnn.-M wtn have an opportunity to make similar, permanent provisions and regulations , with re d tQ a, ds deslined for Jnterstate commerce and to exclude :T., , i i vjiii , hi i a iai r rll l I'll! t: ll l , it the requirements of the law are not complied with. Some such regulation is imperatively necessary. The holding of foodstuffs and other necessaries of life cannot otherwise be effectively prevented. There can be no doubt of either the necessity or the legitimacy of such measures. As f pointed out in my last message. i ..j- Vi, :. , m this campaign. government must be clearly brought to Briefs 1 Dance given by Musician's Union, Eagles' hall, Dec. 3rd. La Tasca Pearls

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the attention of the consuming public, civic organizations and state officials, who are in a position to lend their assistance to our efforts. You have made

available funds with which to carry j on this campaign, but there is no pro- j j vision in the law authorizng their ex-j , penditure for the purpose of making ' ithe public fully informed about the ef- j ! forts of the government. Specific rec-j j ommendation has been made by the j attorney general in this regard. I Gf tnew if keDt bevond the Dermitted period, and require that goods released from storage shall in all cases bear VJie date of their receipts. It would materially add to the serviceability of the law, for the purpose we now have in view, if it were also prescribed that all goods released from storage for intvstate shipment should have plainly ! marked upon each package the selling or market price at which they went into storage. By this means the purchaser would always be able to learn what profits stood between him and the producer or the wholesale dealer.) I would also renew my recommendation that all goods destined for interstate commerce should in every case, where their form or package makes it possible, be plainly marked with the price at which they left the hands of the producer. Federal Corporation License We should formulate a law requiring a federal license of all corpora--,"ns Pn raged In Interstate commerce " iue license or in the conditions under which it is to be 1 lssued- PP'f'c regulations designated l coinpeuuve seinng ana prevont unconscionable profits in the metno(1 of marketing. Such a law i wou,i affrd a welcome opportunity """ 111 ,L" memou or corpor anons i whKh aro engaged in it; but for the i moment 1 confine my recommendaI llons ' tne object immediately in hand, which is to lower the cost of living. New Labor Spirit. No one who lias observed the march of events in the last year can fail to note the absolute need of a definite program to brine about an improvement in the conditions of labor. There can be no settled conditions leading to increased production and a reduction in (he cost of living if labor and capital are to be antagonists instead of partners. Sound thinking and an honest, desire to serve the interests of the whole nation, as distinguished from the interests of a class, must be applied to the solution of this great and pressing problem. The failure of other nations to consider this matter in a vigorous way has produced bit terness and jealousies and antago-1 nisms, the food or radicalism. The , only way to keep men from agitating j against grievances is to remove the grievances. An unwillingness to discuss these maters produces only dissatisfaction and gives comfort to the extreme elements in our country which endeavor to stir up disturbances iniaorder to provoke governments eo embark upon a court of retaliation and repression. The seed of revolution is repression. The remedy for these things must not be negative in character. It must be constructive. It must comprehend the general interest. The real antidote for the unrest which manifests itself is not suppression, but a deep consideration of the wrongs that beset our national life and the application of a remedy. ' Congress has already shown a willingness to deal with these industrial wrongs by establishing the 8-hour day as the standard in every field of labor. It has sought to find a way to prevent child labor. It has served the whole country by leading the way in developing the means of preserving and safeguarding lives and health in dangerous industries. It must now COLISEUM No Skating Tuesday Skatin: Thursday Afternoon and Evening, and SATURDAY ALL DAY New Music Somiinidl Painless Extraction To begin with, no extraction is absolutely pain!ess but nevertheless my method is 90 painless, in fact you will not notice any pains whatever.

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We are all pretty much on an average, when it comes to what we have. It's the spirit that we put into what we have, that makes us rise I never think of Charles M. Schwab without thinking of his wonderful enthusiasm and buoyancy of spirit. No wonder the most unacquainted think of him as "Charlie!" It's our sunshine, and happy-day, and sure ITi-do-it spirit, that makes folks like us and want us around. Put your spirit into what you do, and you'll DO something! Watch a foot-ball game. Which team wins? The one that puts the most individual and collective spirit into its play. If you want a happy and successful day, wake up with spirit in your heart. If you want a boy to become a real factor in your business, select one with spirit back of hi. hands and head. It's spirit that moves things, drives enterprises ahead, routs failure and laughs at defeat. Your mistakes will not be remembered for long, if back of them are wholesome and healthy desires to be of real value. And by putting spirit into what you do, you create a crowd anxious and desirous to follow your lead. Never was there a leader who didn't have spirit. What is spirit? It's enthusiasm, faith, dominance, and that SOMETHING which sets every man apart who has it, and makes of him, and everyone who gets his spirit, a winner!

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