South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 63, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 3 March 1920 — Page 4
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MARCH 3. 1920.
UNDER PRIVATE CONTROL AGAIN. Thank Koorlnr s?, th railroads are back In the hands nf th fiffnerr, under po-rallrj rrvatf control, after two years undrr dirrction by the governTnent, but wc say this without particular criticism f the Rovrrnr.icnt manarmrnt. say It bcauso wp are anxious to 00 how much bettor thr ownrs will do with thni than tho government did. An uiibias.-"1. review of American railroad activity during thi-s period of Kovernment oreratlon indicates that the roads have really done better than they are usually ?iven credit for. Not that thlr service has boon satisfactory; but In view of the enormously lr. creased trafäc forced on them ilurinK the war ami since, with their absurdly insurTic.'ent equipment, it seems rather surprising that they have done as well as they have. NVver before in the history of American railroading was ;iny where near m much freight hauled by n priven number of loromotives and cans. This is not necessarily due to government operation. Perhaps It could not have been done without government operation, because in no other way could the railroads have been enabled to function as a unified system as they had to do for war purposes. This centralization was merely tho sstrateKic stroke that made it legally and practically possible for the roads to meet the situation. For the rest, it is well to bear in mind that it was the railroads themselves the railroads' own organization that handled this vast t rattle, and made what is. on the whole, n. creditable record. For it should be thoroughly understood th.it it is raiiroad men picked and trained under the system of private ownership and operation that have been handling the railroads. "Government operation" was merely at the top, and consisted chiefly in giin the 1 radical railroad men a chance. "No plan of political appointment ever has been oevised," says Herbert Hoover, "that will replace competition in the selection of ability and character." He points out that "both shipping and railways today hive the advantage of skilled personnel, sifted out in a hard school of competition." Continued Rovernment operation would almost inevitably result in the gradual weeding out of this "skilled personnel," replacing it with a personne! hosen for political reaons lather than sifted out in the school of comretition. It is fortunate for the country that the railroads are being returned to private contrd before this process has gone far. However, we fear that unless railroading x:nder private management proves more efficient now than it did previous to the time when the government took hold, there may be a movement to contest the Hoover idea, and the record made by the government my be employed a? a criterion; used as an a rgument. The criticism that lias come to the government incident to its railroad management was to be expected. Criticizing the government is one thing at -hlch Americans always shine. They call the government 'they" and "k;" only editors have the habit of calling it "we" which every American should call it. The time to say "they" and "it" is now While Tncle Sam was in charge it was "us;" get that. "V. S.." us. We mention it in passing just .;s :i Suggestion to our Americanization preachers who sometimes forget to tell their auditors that the United States government i- their government; that is. if they uic Amrrir.uw.
THE FLOUR SURPLUS. American consumers of Hour will be interested in th statement of the American relief administration that the United States has remaining from last year's harvet a surplus of tjO.'H'O.OCO barrels of tl.-ur that cannot be sold for cash in Kurope. It is. th'-refore. urged that the government arrange to s- !l on credit 1 0. 0 1."'. 1 0 barrels, now held by the -zovermnent grain corporation, for distribution among the peoples of c ntr.i! and eastern Kurope. Austria. Hungary. I'olai:d. F.i.ejnia and Armenia Th" grain corporation rej ort a prolU of $"0.(00.VOO on f.our t-xportcd. and it has been proposed tlllt this pTCti: r.ii:;lit 1 applied in such relief. It must Marti' ihe average citizen and housekt ej-eP. knowing the ph r.-men.l prices for flour mtuI bread, to barn that while Amern an piople are rayiiK outrageously hi;:h rriccs t..r the staff of life a surplus of 0 :, 0 O.V'e v barrels i virtually going bg-ing.
PAN-AMERICAN FEDERATION. Pan-American unity h is bn bet n an ideal of 1-aoing United Slabs f itieri.--. At 1'rst the stiege s'.in w.. not iooked upon with confidence ind goo I vt!i by our neighbors in S-mth America. Tday. houever, that i change.!, and many b-adt-r In husi-V-, in ro'.iti,.- and in education from the southrn counlri s ..re u::i.g Pan-An. l it an unity. a wlthy, rttat-d whvut urower fn.':n Aiseatiu,
row visiting In New Orleans, is one of the South Amrrbans recently urging such unity. He believes that a gen ral federation of all the American ce;intrbs would benefit the two continents concerned and would also be an influence for civilization md progres-s throuchout the world. It would help to maintain the peaceful relations and thorough understanding of the people of North and South America, and that friendly unity would work directly for world peace. Preventing European acgrsion Jn the western henilephere and meeting th problem of Japanese immigration with a uniform policy ar two of the beneficial results looked for. If the South American countries have come to feel genuine confidence in the Kood will of the United States, the chief difficulty In forming such a union is gone. It 1 now up to tho United States of America to show itself worthy of that confidence and to take the necessary steps furthering the consummation of this great Ideal.
ODD ROAD TO THRIFT. Furs, silks and laces show thrift, says a, Chicapo manufacturer (probably of furs, silks or laees). Yet his theory is not so far-fetched as old-fashioned people might think. His idea is that the young woman who wants the so-called extravagant Items of dress, puch as ?ilk underwear, silk hose and furs, starts to save to get them. Thereby, he argues. s:he gets the paving habit and after her wardrobe is complete she keens on saving and the money then Koes into the savings bank. The most extravagantly dressed fcirks in hi? factory, he f-ayts. have the most money in the bank. If it can be figured that a young woman with a taste for furs. Hilks and silk hose can reach the point of situation where she has no further wants in that line it is possible that t-hc may continue the saving, habit she has thus acquired, unless she finds some other avenue of expenditure. Put on the main principle that one has to save to get what one wants the Chicagoan is, of course, unassailably right. The road to thrift, whether the goal be furs, silks-, laces, a saving accoun. or what not starts the same way self-denial In other things in order to get the greater desire.
"Census men miss 50,000 in New York." All these counted thousands who were missed by the census in the various cities are reminiscent of the little girl who said she had counted all the stars but one, and that was behind the barn and she couldn't see it.
Perhaps because those Kerensky representatives do not love the bolshevists less but themselves more may be the real reason for not testifying against "Ambassador" Martens at Washington.
Payaria Is not beating her "swords Into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks," but she is trading her rifles and machine guns for sugar.
For an organization that was going to "keep out of politics." the American legion seems to be exercising considerable political influence.
It is claimed that it will require J 30,000,000 a year to enforce prohibition. This, too, despite "bootleg" prices and wood alcohol.
An .actress advises women to do their own washing for the "resultant joy." She talks like an agent for a patent washing machine.
There will be a much larger vote now, with the women enfranchised; but will there be a larger "silent vote?"
The coinage of a two-cent piece in honor of Koosevelt is being urged, though he was not a twocent man.
An island about six feet square would be tho right size for Pill Hohenzollern's place of internment.
Fifteen-cent sugar is predicted as a possibility GO days henoe. If ' eventually, why not now?"
A prize sow sold in Ne brawka tor J 2,6 50. No use trying to tigure what pork should sell for.
Other Editors Than Ours
si:x. JOHNSON. (New York Times.) Sen. Hiram W. Johnson has projected his campaign activities into North Dakoa. Next week South Dakota will listen to his ai proach. In North Dakota, as elsewhere in the regions where the Non-Partisan league is or is supposed to be powerful, Mr. Johnson present himself as persona grata, an agreeable and a welcome person. Why should he not be? In a region infested with rude forms of socialism, why should he not advance with hope and with authority ? If in the broad and blizzard-swept regions of the west Mr. Johnson offers himself as a natural and beloved candidate for the votes of such portions of the people as are his people, who can blame him? Indeed, who will not praise him? Not there or anywhere, it seems, is he the easy and reckless fighter for his own hand that his conservative enemies have called him. Has there been an impression that if he couldn't get the republican nomination he would take that of a third farty; that, in his large opposition to the treaty of Versailles, he would make an independent stand, and assert himself, if necessary, in isolated and solitary majesty? If such a legend there was. it was false. Mr. Johnson's manncor tells us that "Sen. Johnson has no intention of bolting the ticket, no matter who Is nominated. If the republican nominee of Chicago goes down to defeat in November, Sen. Johnson will go down to defeat with him." Thii must be or may be or should be reassuring to the other irreconcilables. Put will Sen. Uorah. for example, accept this attitude of humiliation? If one is beaten on the most sacred dogmas of trie most orthodox sect of enemies of the treaty, can one compromise or submit? Is it not Sen. Johnson's duty to hold lush tho banner that bears the holy device. "What do we care for abroad? One hears of the adventures of Sen. Johnson's friends in many ttate. in some states less likely, perhapy. to be good to his ambition than the districts controlled, or supposed to be controlled, by the Non-Partisan league. Those hopes, thos ambitions, are of deep interest t everybody interested in them; and who ian help being interested In Sen. Johnson's ambitions and hopes? Incidentally, all who love, as we all love, a bold, brave, determined statesman like Mr. Hiram Johnson and all who have believed in his courage and public s'.irit will be pained, if not stunned, by hla failure to vote either ny or no in the senate on the conference report on the railroad reorganization bill. Porah. the undaunted, voted againM the bill. Surely the California champion of the people Is mi. lfejtJi cnurizeou."
The Tower of Babel
By BILL ARMSTRONG
"Tho shortage of money worries the country. Printing presses have been turning out nice fresh money by the hundreds of millions since the war started, therefore the shortage puzzles people, but It need not." sez Uditor Arthur Brisbane. Now that's all right for Art to say that, but he can't keep us from puzzling over the matter Just the same.
Ix-ap Year Notes. Gail Davis, of Oliver's, is seen to be still serenely stepping around town all by himself, CVet, jf jt js Leap Year, one of our wide-awake reporters Informs us.
The other day wc encountered an advertising man, who thought Printers' Ink. was something for typesetters to wash their hands in.
p. pi:i;kins m;z: Spring is a long time comln', or maybe it is the absence of bock beer.
A quiet straw ballot, taken in the oflice of Charley Frazier's garage on Lincoln way K. reveals the following results for president: Colonel Poosevelt l Colonel Sullivan 6
Major Dalryrap'.e 0 Herbert Hoover 1 General Pershing 1 Jake Heckarnan 4 Jerome Lillian h Total C (Note; It was pointed out that Messrs. Lillian and Poosevelt arcdead and on this account, would probably be unable to enter the presidential race, so the votes for these men were transferred to Jake Hekaman. Mr. Charles Urazier, attired in his coon's skin cap. presided over the meeting, which was broken up suddenly when one of the voters came out 'flatly for CO percent beer and T5 percent light wines.
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Onicv Notes. A new office boy came on the job this morning. lie paused in the of
lice Ior.g enough to register for his j pay next Monday and left immedi- J
atcly for an extended southern trip. It is the young man's Intention to drive to Palm Peach, Fin., in a Yellow taxi.
The undertaker that buried John Barleycorn, it seemsr did a sort of a rotten job of it. An Knuincrator's Day. (By I J. I,. T.) "How old are you " "I'm dirty." "How old is your husband?" "He's dirty too." "I'm here to take the cer.su?." "How much it cost?" "It's free." "All right. I'll take some." "I came to enumerate you." "You'i in a respectable neighbor-
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More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
XI-: xt. Though grandfather had a remarkable mind. He often, by appetite goaded. Would yield to a failing we greatlyrepined : He never did know he was loaded. And when our great Congress declared it was wrong To live on an alcohol diet. We did not complain; our conviction was ntrong That grandad would benefit by it. To all of the plaints of a drinkloving chum Who vainly opposed prohibition. We firmly replied that the shortage of rum Would better the oM man's condition. "What care we," we said, "if the world has to go At once and for keeps on the " wagon, Or how it may holler thereafter, just so Our relative lays off the flagon. Hut alas for our hopes! When he couldn't get booze. Or anything else alcoholic. Dear grandfather scared us right out of our shoes Py eating himself into colic. He took to his food as ho took to his beer. He ate twice as much as we'd let him. And now we are worried to death with the fear That acute Indigestion will get him. But still we have hope, for we know of a lot Of victims of whisky and brandy Whose appetites haven't abated one Jot. And who will eat even viand that's handy. And we're trusting that Congress, which voted us dry. And whose will there's no means of defeating. Will rrse in their might and enact by and by, A statute prohibiting" eating.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
Tacts about your name; its history; its meaning: whence it was derived; its significance; jour lucky day and lucky Jewel. BY MILUHLD 3f AltSILM.Ii.
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When Mr. Hoover told Europe to
go to work, apparently Europe didn't hear him. (CopyriKht. 1920.)
TI IKK USA. One of the prettiest of feminine nanus which for some reason has always been associated with France and yet is essentially Unglish, is Theresa. It is one of the many feminine names which come from the harvest and its original source is a Greek word meaning to reap or gather in a crop. The lirst to bear the name was a Spanish lady the wife of a Roman noble called Paulinus. Both Paulinns and his wife were d-votees of St. Jerome. The name Tlvp'sa bad great vogue in Spain and is linally found as Teresa on a throne of Icon in the tenth century. The most noted Teresa appears in the 1 Hth century when the Koman Catholic church produced the remarkable saint of that name through the Spanish connection of the house of Austria, the princess of Spain and Germany were frequently christened Teresa. In France it became Terese through the queen of Louis XIV. and provenc called in Terezon. The empress-queen added greatly to its fame, her noble spirit winning all hearts by the famous cry: "Moraamer pro liege nostra Maria Theresa." St. Theresa of course brought it to Kngland through the Koman Catholic religion, though its vogue there did not begin until after the reclamation. Ungland also calls her Terry and Trecy; France makes her Therese. She is Theresa In Portugal, and Teresa and Teresita in Spain. Italy uses Teresa and Teresina. in Germany she is Theresia. Theresa's talismanic .c.ono is amber. It promises her food health, wartls off eil spirit and warns ap-
f proaching Illness by paling in color, j Thursday is her lucky day. and three her lucky number.
(Copyright. 1920.
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WKD.VESDAY, MARCH 3. By direct transit the astrological prognostications are nil. which means that the Moon is not making a direct geometrical figure In relation to any one of the planets th.it is denominated, in the language of the stars, as a trine, sextile, conjunction, square, etc., which really are terms indicative of the segment divides the orbit of a planet. For instance, a trine is the circle divided by 3. or 120 decrees in which Luna would be distant from the planet. Interpreted, the chart for the day signifies that affairs will move in customary grooves with little of importance occurinx M It is a time for routine matters. Those whose birthday it is may expect rather quiet year, with business and domestic affairs proceeding on routine lines. A child born on this day will have a tranquil career unless the hour of its birth rules to tho contrary.
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