WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 21. 1921
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A NATIONAL LABOR COURT
' (Philadelphia Public Ledger)
It may be that the most important thing for America,
among the many important subjects touched in the Presi
dent's message, will be his proposal for a national court, with
powers to halt, hinder, prevent and arbitrate strikes. As
the President states it, this takes on the outlines of a Na
tional Industrial Court, something like that in force in
Kansas.
Farmers blocs are all the go.
The cold snap is no snap for
the man whose auto radiator and
pipes are all frozen up.
Fix it so that the other fellow
will have to bear the expenses,
and everybody will be in favor o;
the 1925 fa!r.
We are rapidly approaching th-i
period of the overburdened owner
of a buzz wagon, to kesp company
with the overburdened taxpayer.
Now for an agreement on the
question of submarines. Here is
a buuch: The views of the United
States will be adopted. Exchange.
ganizations aud in the end de
termines the direction of the na
tion's policy.
It is as "AE" says, "the affair
of the Irish people havs beei:
handled for them hitherto. Nov
they must handle these them- , daughter republic, the four great
selves; they must make national es. nations of the earth will be be-
slightt reason to doubt but that
the four-rfowen treaty will be
signed in sood faith and if it is.
a rhilippine republ.c, the firti
Chrstian democracy of the Far
Kast, will be perfertly safe. If
the United States s?ts it up as a
decisions abuut financial pqiey.
trade policy, education, agricSl
ture, labor, economic develop
ment, the nature of the soc'al or
der and the whole character of an
Irish civilization.. liostort Transcript.
The days will grow longer after
today, and in the spring weather
that will soon come we will for
get all our troubles and inconveni
ences during the cold snap.
nss or centuries may u; nasntu
abroad by international wireless
under the control of the League
of Nations of that day. that this
isolated earth of ours has readied
understandable communic a ti o u j convention, said:
The agreement for the naval
holiday of ten years has been
signed by the United States, Great
Britain, France and Japan. Bear
ing such signatures it is not Hke!y
V . . j j .. ,to be treated as a '"scrap of p.v
Y The proposal is a seed falling into a prepared, receptive ,.
and fertile soil in the national mind. It was only yesterday
that a million rail workers coolly prepared to starve and
freeze the Nation into submission.
Samuel Gompers is ready with his expected shudderings
and protests. The Kansas Industrial Act has eaten into the
Gompers soul. He fears its extension by the Nation, "with
the power of the Nation behind it. Thenah, then, there
might be arj end to the autocracy of labor and a finish to such
autocrats as Gompers and the little autocrats all the way
down to the walking delegate.
Labor may wave its arms and protest bitterly, but its
own doings and those of the stone-headed type of capitalism
M4 4Vif'Kolrfcr ! 'nlvrnntVi oemtnrv Vinvp hmiiorVif tVnc nrrw.
ppsal upon themselves. This country is sick of strikes, and
every new threat and disorder stirs it to a bitter mood. The
great third party to every strike is somehow and sooner or
later going to make itself felt.
, ,.t President Harding can count upon a chorus of "Amens !"
from the Nation when he' says :
A
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tAs we have great bodies of law carefully regu
lating the organization and operations of industrial
'f and j financial corporations, as we have treaties and
compacts among nations which look to the settlement
Vof differences withbut the necessity of conflict in
. . arms, so we might well have plans of conference of
J common counsel, of mediation, arbitration and judicial
. . determination in . controversies between labor and
0Vhy not ? Capital and labor constantly are taking their
grievances before Congress and the President and such
boards as now exist. There is growing demand for an end
ing to foolish and destructive industrial -wars that hurt cap
ital, labor and the community. The public is tweary of being
the wrestlingrmat for these struggles.
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Those who would like to attribute the steady rise in mar-,
ket prices of Liberty bonds toomusual trading activity in
those issues must look elsewhere for an explanation. Rec
ords show that in November of this year sales of Libertv
bonds amounted to $214,000,000, while in November of last
year the sales were $205,000,000. There is so little difference
; in the figures that the market prices could not have been af
i f ected thereby. "Better business conditions and renewed con
: fidence in the government at Washington are the real rea
i sons for the big improvement that has come in the Liberty
Roy Gardner has been sentenced
to another 23-year stretch for
train robbing. That makes 75
years he has to serve. That will
run him up to 1996. The Demo
crats ought to elect a president
bjr that time. Los Angeles Time3.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. writes
to say that the estate of his father
has never reached the sum of one
billion dollars. His apology is
accepted. But, in spite of the
criticism of rich men in this coun
try, it must be admitted that the
elder Rockefeller has done a lot
of good to the peoples of the
world with his coin.
Could not everything that he special session of the Leg
islature may do have been done about as well through the
initiative? . '"''.
The sessions of the berry growers are quite as important
for this part of Oregon as are the sessions of the Legislature
in special session. . v
The change in the government
of Canada will take place immedi
ately, following the defeat of
Premier Meighen, who gives way
to W. L. .McKenzie King, leader
of the Liberal party. They don't
wait fqur months for the shifting
of the head of the government as
we, do in the United States. The
Canadian plan has much to re
commend it.
The methods of the present
arms parley seem to confuse the
Japanese. The American atmos
phere of openness and frankness
has been too much for the orien
tal. It is not the way they are
accustomed to seeing matters ot
diplomacy adjusted. The Japan
ese do not seem to have grasped
the idea that speaking openly and
fjankly is the best diplomacy.
If not now, later. Some day.
we cannot say now soon, wie n i-
r.iu.l it. But sliould there be the
least apprehension on this score,
it will now be comparatively easy
and simple matter for the United
States to induce its allies, Japan
Great Brifa'n and France, to sign
a special Philippine republic ne i
trality agreement.
The Filipinos ask for abso
lute independence and free th ?
United States government of hav
ing "responsibility without au
thority." Manuel Quezon, presi
d?nt of the Ph'lippine senate, in
addressing the NationoHsta party
with Mars or some oth?r planet.
The result from this communica
tion to our Knowledge oi irrngs
cosmic may be incalculable. Den
ver News.
I'lllLIlTlXi: gtKSTlOX AGAIN.
Lord Bryce Is "doggedly opti
mistic" about America and her
future. And the reasons for this
optimism are as significant as the
quality itself. The first reason
for this confidence is the part that
public opinion plays here. It is
the product of a greater number
of minds than in any other nation,
and it knows how to express It
self. For this reason it awes party
leaders, holds in check party cr
editor Statesman:
We have your editorial oi
Governor Wood and the I'hllip
pines m wnion you siaie: ia
conclusions are what has been ex
pected by competent observers.'
Being familiar with the spirit oi
American fairness, we believe yoi
wish to hear the other side o
the ca?e the views of (he Fili
pino people.
Permit us to say that the issue
and the only issue about the Phil
ippine question fs whether th.
stable government required by the
Jones law passed by congress in
1916 is already established. If
It is, then our independence must
be granted. The law did not re
quire for the Filipinos to to have
flawless administration ot justice.
hospitals in every nook and cor
ner of the islands, a perfect sani
tary system, and "many others"
required by the Wood-Forbes re
port.
If there is any mistake that
could be attributed to the Fili-
Dino self-uovernment. it is the
same mistake being found in this
country in any democratic coun
try the defects and by-product3
of democracy.
The real Philippine issue will
not be befuddled by demanding
a government little less than per
fection. The stable government is
already established. It is as sta
ble as any democratic govern
ments; it has defects which can
be favorably compared with the
defects of the United States gov
ernment. And as V. S. Srinwaa
Sastri, representative of India on
the British delegation to the arms
conference declared: 'if I am
to believe your newspapers, you
have the rottenest government in
the world here. Yet you all look
contented and well-fed."
With the birth of the four
power treaty having for its
avowed object the keeping of
peace in the Pacific the Japanese
bug-a-boo as an important factor
in Philippine independence ques
tion Is dead. There is not the
. v ve not want
nor need American protec
tion. It is unworthy of a
people clamoring for inde
pendence to ask for help.
Only those ready to main
tain indspendencg deserve
freedom. If the Filipinos
wish not to live under a mas
ter they must assume the
entire responsility for their
existence."
The stable government required
by the Jones law is already es
tablished. We come now before
the American people, the arbiters
of this great question involving
the present and future happiness
of the 10,500,000 Filipinos and
say:
"We stand here for justice.
Shall we have it?''
Hoping you will give this let
ter publicity, we ar?, yours very
truly.
Philippine Press Bureau,
K. B. Rodriguez, Acting Manager.
feet it would be appropriate to
set the stars alter the pattern of
th? Great Dipper ';psidi down.
In this age it is not even expected
that the Amercan f!av; laa un
accepted without criticism.
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KRINGLE RHYMES
Alter the disarmament confer-
ence is over Mnuiand and France
ire f,oin to invte incio .am to
hold an economic conference. We
will have the conference habit
just as if we belonged to the
League of Nations. Hotter an
hour of conference than a century
of armed strife.
Oh! You Men
Oh, you men did you see these?
Thee little pink Chemise
There a Little bit of Silk and Lace
And they'll bring a smile to your wifey's
face.
Oh, you men you needn't brag.
Till you get your wife a traveling bag
That ik ;"in take on every trip.
So now listen while I give you a tip.
Co to SIIIPIJY'S for those thingi
Aud see what happiness they bring.
NANCY THIELSON
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EASY JUGGLING
LESSONS
1 .
V V
1
- ' HOW TO
T
'S TV
' Basso one of the most wide
ly known professional jugglers,
has prepared a aeries ' of ten
lessons in easy Juggling espe
cially for the readers of this,
newspaper. This is ins fifth Ies-.-: I
son! Another one next week.
'. Juggling Long Objects
Around one end of a piece of
broonutlck two feet long, wrap a
etrlp of lead aheetlng ttwo inches
wide smd six Inches in length. Or.
instead ot lead, a longer strip or
tin may be used." Wrap the metal
tlghy.; nd to help hold it In
place and to serve as a protection
for your hands, wrap it with tiro
tPf.Thls metal weights one end
of the stick.
Crip the light end with your
right hand, or, if you are left
banded, with your left band. Hold
the stick x)ut with your elbow well
bent and placed naturally and not
Mil fly against your body. (Figure
i.) - -; y. . - -
f ' Make Half Turn " '
With, a! sharp flip of the wr'st.
toss, the, stick Into the air bo that
the ' weighted end comes towards
von -'Use only enough ; force to
make the jtlek take, a half, turn,
( 'a t : h the" weighted nd-rrT
r rat the ?toas a number of
tom yourself with the amount of
force necessary to give the stick
a half turn.
Then try the fulf turn. The
stick is tossed in the asme man
ner, except that it has more fore
behind it and goes higher Into the
air so that it may make a full turn
before being caught. Catch the
light end of the stick. You will
observe that ' the Btlck revolves
around the weighted end.
Double, Triple Turn
; It Is possible to toss;the stick
so that it takes a ful turn and a
half, or two full turns, and more
Practice these turns. Always bear
in mind that for each additional
turn the stick must be tossed with
more force aud must go higher in
to the air. Always supply the
forco from the wirst, and not the
whole forearm.
The next tsep consists of tossing
Jhe stick from one hand to the
other in an arc, making it lake a
full or double turn, Ih the air.
This Is easily done. Try it tfilh a
long pencih f ( Figure 2i.
Prepare another stick. - This
done, you are : erady for a fancy
trick. the crossing of two sticks
from hand to hand. . . -
-. - Oowlns: Two St irks v
Hold a stick 1n each hand. Toss
iifcf.t.wi.t M, ! ., V.. ..,..1-
Ing it take a turn toward the left.
When it is in mid-air, toss up the
left-hand stick, making it take the
same number of turns toward the
right. It must cross the course of
the first stick underneath. (Fig
ure 3 shows the courses of the
two.)
Do this once and then stop. Do
it again and stop, and finally- try
to cross the sticks without hesita
tion. Use a good wrist movement
so that you do not appear to be
exerting yourself greatly. Toss
the sticks evenly. Your audience
will b pleased. This form of jug
gling is excellent for developing
the wrist and forearm muscles.
Po pbottles, Indian clubs, and
even knives and forks may be jug
gled in the same manner. ( Figure
3 shows a boy juggling a knife and
fork). I caution you to use a dull
knife and to place a large cork
over the point. Put a cork on the
prongs of the fork, to.
Next week I shall describe some
Interesting tricks in balancing
which you can do with little or no
practice.
ONE REEL YARNS
A MODEUX ST. Mt llOIAS
''St. Nicholas doesn't rome with
horses any more," said Hilda Van
Derwent, turning up her nose at
her "country cousin." "If you
lived in a big city like Amsterdam,
you'd kuow that he wouldn't when
he can use an aeroplane."
"An aeroplane!" gasped Juli
anna. Hilda v nodded importantly.
Since the war they're very com
mon." Julianna sighed. "I don't think
I like that," she said. -'It's so nice
to think he comes driving a horse.
And I always put hay in my shoe
for his horses, when I set it out
on the table on St. Nicholas night
just as mother says every one has
done in Holland always. And what
Could an aeroplane do with hay?
Tm sure I don't . know,
about what we think he'll bring us
for presents. '
The two girls chattered on as
they helped Julianna's mother
clean up the room for the visit of
St. Nicholas.
That night all the family mer
rily gathered around in the best
room. Suddenly the door opened
and in walked the pood Saint,
dressed in his fine robes. He
spoke to each one of the children,
then he left them a perfect show
er of good things to eat. And
away he went. In the morntns;
they would find what he had left
in their wooden shoes in the next
room.
Towards morning Julianna was
awakened by hearing her father
cry out something. The sound
seemed to come from the room in
which the shoes had been placed.
She jumped out of bed.
"Oh," she cried, "what are you
doing in here, father? Why why
see ail the prertents Ft. Nicholas
has left. Cut he forpot to take the
gasoline I poured in our shoes for
his aeroplane!"
The above letter, under date of
December It. comes from the
headquarters in this country for
the paid propaganda for Philip
pine independence, 5o2 Munsey
building, Washington. D. C. The
propagandists are paid ou: of the
depleted Philippine treasury, ai
was poi'.iM'd out in a rcceat ar
ticle in t li Saturday Uveiiing
Pojil by J.I '3. L'le.injr i'rancis
L!j;an.
Tbe politicians o the, Philip
pines are behind it, and not tho
the people of the Philipp'nes.
' This Mr. Rodriguez makes a
great play on words; on the idaa
of a "stable" government. For
mer Governor Forbes and Gene
ral Wood, the present governor
general of the Philippines, have
Investigated and told the world
that the Filipinos have not a sta
ble government; and Mrs. Kgan
showed that it is far from stable
in fact, she found it all but
verging on l'.olshevisni, with a
partial or coinpleta failure of
most of the government-owned
and operated activi tie's which
were set up during the former ad
ministration the Democratic ad
ministration, in which the Fili
pino law makers went wild and
acted like tyros or children in
undertaking all sorts of impossi-
ole schemes at the expense of
their general treasury.
The conditions there came to a
point about as bad as they could
be, short of complete collapse;
all of which shows that they have
not a stable srovernment; and that
the exploiting and ambitious pol
iticians, like this man Manuel
Quezon who is quoted above, are
not capable of giving these 10,-
00,000 Filipinos a stable govern
ment.
The people of the United State3
are apt to take the word of men
like Former Governor Forbes and
General Leonard Wood above the
word of paid propagandists sent
over here by the crew that was
g'ven a free hand in the Philip
pines under the administration of
the men sent there under the ad
ministration of President Wilson.
One of the impositions and
useless items of expense which
Governor General Wood ought "
have abolished soon is this sanvi
"Philipp'ne Press Hureau" at
Washington. It is doinv; no Rood
and much harm. It is impeding
the progress of the Filipinos to
wards a point where they will be
able to maintain a stable government.
Longest day of the year.
.
lut it will not seem so long to
most of us if the lower tempera
ture scheduled by the weather
man materializes.
".
State Senator Pruce Dennis
would install a Hell and Maria
General Dawes in Oregon official
dom.
A steamship company announ
ces sailings from Atlantic coast
points for the Irish Free State.
Taking time by the forelock.
Marshal Foch wa3 given de
grees by 30 American colleges. He
could have had them all by stay
ing a little longer.
"
Now, the folks who have been
kicking at the cold weather ought
to be precluded from complaining
at the rain when it comes.
Members of the Scots National
league are now reported to have
started a sampaigu for a Scotch
free state. At any arte the pre
mier probably won't start a move
ment for a Welch free state.
m
The army officer whom Senator
Watson offered to slap fortwo
cents for giving him a look has
been transferred to the Philip
pines, on oroders issued previous
to the threat. Probably some
comrade, however, would under
take to give the senator his mon
ey's worth.
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TODAY'S I'IZZLE
Rearrange these groups of let
ters to form the proper words
and then arrange the words to
form a word square: Poeh, tion.
ptos, hsid.
Answer to yesterday's: Seek
seed, send, fend, find.
Comfort
The average man who insists up
on smoking a 15-cent cigar often
lets the other fellow buy it.
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Mrs Aunoai tPTCC
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Now they are having a little
controversy over the position ot"
the stars in the blue field ou the
national ensigu. They are laid
out in straight Pnes with mathe
matical exactness, while every
body knows that the stars iu Uie
r.ea vens are uMige-poipoa in as
tronomical splendor. Some would
arrange the stars of the fla- to
represent the rapitol, Niagara
Falls or some other design. Since
the 1Mb amendment went intj ef-
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