PACT TWO
ASHLAND BATT.Y TIDINGS
A S H L A N D D A IL Y
T ID IN G S
(E stab lish ed in 1 8 7 6 )
fctudy it, while others will deliberately misrepresent it to
lhe People and cause dissension.
Mondar, February 23, 1025
MEN AND WOMEN IN NEWS SPOTLIGHT
P ub lished E very E ven in g Except Sunday by
The president of the British
Mining Association declared th a t
wages constitute over 63 per cent
ot the pit-mouth price and over
tw o-thirds of the selling price.
He held th at average earnings in
1923 were 63 per cent higher
than in 1913, out of line with
other industries, according to
Lyon.
By the May agreem ent
the m iners received an increased
share of the net proceeds, the
minimum wage was increased and
lower grades of labor were given
improved position.
The concluding months of
1924 shifted the burden to the
owners when one coal audit after
another showed th at they were
operating at a loss,” Lyon said.
At the very end of the year
came the first tentative approach
to a new conference between
worker?) and owners to study the
causes of the distress In the in
dustry,’ and as the date of ex
piration of the present agreem ent
approaches, to form ulate a more
equitable agreem ent to take its
place.’’
The year of 1925 opens with a
prospect much like th a t a year
ago, except th a t Continental E ur
ope holds out much
brighter
promise, according to the trade
commissioner.
If trade on the
Continent revives, better demand
for British coal will result.
Cost of production is regarded
the crux of the whole situation.
Owners say costs are forced up
to an uneconomic height by the
agreem ent now in force. The
trouble is not with the demand,
but the margin of profit.
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Once more in agreem ent with
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GREED AND THE GOLDEN RULE
j the criticisms he has made are without foundation, he clam ation of “ unrestricted sub
Greed in one or another of its differing manifesto-1 should not be retained in a position of responsibility. Lei marine w arfare” in 1917 came too (
lions and under one or another of its varying names isius find out whether they are without foundation first late. By this time England had
already devised defensive meas
the cause of most of the human strife and consequent hu-| before we hear ugly threats of “ punishment” and like ures, i?<och as convoys and special 1
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man misery that there are in the world. The rest is caused talk
ly constructed auxiliary craft like
Herbert H, Asquith, leader of the Liberal Party In England ana Canadian Provinces
the so-called “ Mystery Boats.”
bv fear. If these could be effaced from human conscious-:
former Premier, has been created*an Earl by King George. Dr. Sun
Have Great W ealth
Spiess gives a vivid description friYat Sen, head of the so-called South China Government, and one of
•r.ess we should have a condition approximating perfection, j
of how his own boat, in the North lithe leaders In the formation of the Chinese Republic, is seriously ill
SOCIALISM
OR
REVENUE
In each of us ami all there is, couchant or rampant,
WINNIPEG. Ma%.. Feb. 22. —
Seat, was on the point of torpedo 11 In Pekin. Captain. Roald Amundsen has asked the Norwegian Govern-
¡&ent to send the transport Pram to Spitsbergen in May, to act as a The value of all forms of farm
greed in greater degree or lesser. In whatever measure
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The declaration by President Coolidge before the
na- ing the U-Deutscliland, the fa ¡relief
ship for his proposed airplane flight over the North Pole. Mary
we keep it, through our strivings, throttled and cowed tional inheritance and estate tax conference that the Gov mous subm arine cruiser which Pickford, screen actress, has retained Patrick Carrigan, former Justice products in 1924 in the prairie
of the Nevada Supreme Court, to defend Dorothy Ellingson, sixteen- provinces of Manitoba Saskatche
and in whatever degree we succeed in easting it out, in eminent should gradually withdraw from this field unless made two trips to the United year-old
San Francisco girl who killed her mother when reproved for wan and Alberta totalled $384,-
State?, when, at the last moment
that measure do we bring ourselves into conformity with A formally adopts Socialism, will undoubtedly provoke the Deutschland signaled. “ We
019,138, according to the annual
report
of the Dominion Depart
that very* great precept of the greatest teachei*, the Golden a great deal of discussion.
are G erm an!” The Deutschland
sions regarding its renewal or
ment
of
Agriculture.
There is no question but that both state and nation was m aking a trial cruise upon
iiule, for the Golden Rule is the antithesis of the whole
am endm ent would begin before
Total
value
of grain crops was
the end of 1924,” Lyon said.
have seized upon estates as legitimate prey for all sorts of orders of the Berlin Staff, which
code of greed and all its manifestations.
$263,583,438.
of
this, wheat was
had not informed the “ front com
“Accordingly the industry has
In the world of business greed is. manifested largely taxes. Everyone wants a hand in their distribution. The m
and” at W ilhelmshaven.
been in a continuous state of un valued at $215,450,123; oats,
$11,093.146;
barley $19,275,-
in over-acquisitiveness, prompted by fear. There is fear question of whether such taxation is a fa ir taxation seems Spiess’s narrative of the out
certainty a situation which must
59S;
flax
$12.171,925;
and rye,
that not enough profit will be made to provide next year’s io have been given little consideration. In some instances break of m utinies in the German
react unfavorably upon the gen
$4.911,138.
eral morale. Wage disputes ari
needs. There is fear that a competitor will get a greateiv estate taxation has forced the breaking «up of large inter Navy is also full of dram atic de
Value of livestock passing
tails.
a sort of recurrent fever, with a t
share of business than is rightfully his. There is fear that ests that hindered general development; in other instances, “ The powerful German battle
through
stockyards was $36,728,-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.— The tack? coming closer and closer
an insufficient reserve is provided against possible un- estate txation has really worked an injustice and unfair squadrons were Hmpiy ro ttin g in coal industry of the United States, together, and yet it seems diffi 595 compared with $31,757,104
properous conditions of the future. And so there is some -j derdship on beneficiaries, whom the law recognizes as the Jade Bight, because of Com- described recently by Secretary of cult to arrange a longer truce. in 1923.
mander-in-Chief did not have the Commerce Hoover as one of the
qmes manifestation of effort to acquire now as much as¡entitled to estate benefits,
“ The constant th re a t of dis-
pluck
to
challenge
the
British
putes*causes
a rush of stock sup
few
sore
spots”
in
the
commer
possible and as rapidly, no matter at what cost of business;
President Coolidge has suggested that there be a clear
Grand Fleet in an action which cial fabric, is in infinitely bet plies, with resultant overstock if
ethics
’
outline of public policy. It is a proper suggestion and might have turned out a serious ter condition than the same in- the strike doea not’ materialize.
'terE very Meal,
steps should be taken to make clear just what the Gov blow to England’s supremacy. G reat Britain, one of the other Financing plans are disarranged
and the peak .conditions are not
COST OF GOVERNMENT
ernment policy is to be. If the purpose of taxation is to This was the innerm ost cause great coal' producing nations.
of
the
revolution,”
says
the
com
leveled
out.”
This inform ation wa? conveyed
We are spending a lot of money on government— collect revenue, inheritance taxation at the present time mander.
Lyon, however, feels th a t a
t.o the D epartm ent of Commerce
about ten billion dollars a year, which is $91 per capita, is excessive and in many instances almost confiscatory. Spiess, in -command of one of by Trade Commissioner Charles close and unbiased examination of
It it is a form of socialism to force the breaking up'of the most powerful U-boats, was E. Lyon, of London, who said that the situation indicates th a t undue
and in round numbers can be allocated as follows:
estates into smaller units that should be made apparent, ordered to sink the battleship the “ British coal industry was alarm has been expressed and
»Spent by the federal government .............$3,459,000,000 it is already having that effect.
Thueringen w ithout notice, if the much depressed in 1924, suffering th at the trade probably will re
Spent by the s ta te s ...................................... 1,526,000,000
m utineers did not surrender. from a num ber of adverse condi cover as the present difficulties
They
did surrender a few m inutes tions which seemed to grow pro are adjusted.
Spent fcr local government ...................... 5,136,000,000
before
Spiess was ready to dis gressively worse.”
5 et there are numerous swell restaurants that never
You will see by the above that practically half of this
charge the torpedo.
Miners, producers and the pub
amount is spent on local government. President Coolidge serve hooch unless patrons ask for it.
“ Order could have been re
P a s s it arou n d
lic
in England cr? not looking
is setting a splendid example, but not as far-reaching as
stored by energetic m easures, by
after ev e ry meal.
forw ard with anticipation to the
N ow is th e tim e to buy spray
G ive the fam ily
An Arkansas man kept both a wife and a sweetie executing some dozens of mu wage
local economy. The economv outlined bv President Cool-
settlem ent of June 30. Tip? pum ps, plow s anil harrows,
the benefit of its
tineers on the spot. But the com
idge affects only $45 of the $91. We must find some way happy. And yet they snv we have no great diplomats. mander-in-chief
wage controversy of 1924 had two d rills and all kinds of farm
aid to digestion.
decided different
phhses, one leading up to the im plem ents. F en cin g in every
Cleans teeth too.
< f affecting the entire amount. We are getting too much
and sent the battle fleet to
Keep it always
settlem ent in May and the other sty le. H arness, collars, snaps,
Correct this sentence: “ He’s .getting ready to cry ly
government It is good, but it is .more than we have mon
Keil, where, in the m eantim e, the
in
the house.
r:i,
covering the concluding months
and pails. New and used Sew
again, said the young dad, “ let me hold him.” '
revolutionaries had gained the
ey to pay for.
of the year when the effects of the
L
BEÏÏER
OFF THAN ENGLISH
A NEW ALIGNMENT
M S CHILD
SHE GAVE m y
of the child.
Morz claims the child, basing
upper hand ¡on land.
“A powerful navy, undoubted
ly the second-best in the w’orld
was th u s knocked out by its own
people and deprived of the
chance to help in w inning the
freedom of th e seas for the rest
of the world after the m ilitary
leaders of this nation had missed
the charge to deliver such a de
cisive blow by ruthless subm ar
ine w arfare,” is the summary of
the last chapter of Spiess’s book.
It is true that Secretary Hoover is the most active
his claim on a document dated
man in America today, and so far as we can see there is
March 7, 1916, by which Mrs.
Kuzulis
placed the child in his
no man in the country doing more good than he is, but it
custody. Mrs. Kuzulis longs to
must be admitted that the farmers are resenting his atti SALEM, Mass., Feb. 23. — Is have her little daughter with her
tude on many questions and are challenging his conclus m other love above the laws of the again, she said.
ions. However, it looks to us as though Hoover was right, State?
Because b f extreme (poverty,
This is the qpe tion to be de
He is insisting on the marketing end, and certainly no mat cided in the case of Mrs. Mary Mrs. Kuzulis says, she parted with
ter how much cooperation we have or how effective farm Kuzulis, of Detroit, Mich., who ap her daugheer nine years ago.
ing may be from the production end, unless thqre is a peared in Probate Court here be Both the m other and Morz have
If the Soiythern Pacific will
fore Judge Dowd and asked for m arried since then, and Mrs.
marketing end there will be hard times.
only
give us a new depot we don’t
Kuzuslis
is
now
in
comfortable
retu rn of her little daughter,
Secretary Hoover did not approve of the McNary- the
circumstances.
Stella
was
but
two
care
w hat color they paint it.—
Stella.
llaugen act. He believed there were other ways of help All during court procedure years old when her m other was Red Bluff News.
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ing the fanners. His idea prevailed in the selection of a Stella, now eleven years old and obliged to part with her.
secretary of agriculture, and William M. Jardine, who has who does not rem em ber her Pending fu rth er in v estig atio n ,! There are many hits and
mother, sat beside Ignatz Morz, a Judge Dow’d reserved his decls- ( misses, but not every Miss makes
just been appointed to that position, is a man who bitterly Saugus
farm er, present “ fa th e r” ion.
j a hit.
opposed this act, even in the face of its almost solid sup
port by the farmers of his state. Mr. Hoover’s idea is
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practical. He believes the farmers’ market should be pro
tected precisely as the manufacturers’ market has been
y roteeted. \\ e must cut down our imports and increase
our exports. He has an idea that it is possible by a tariff
regulation to have a better balanced agricultural produc
tion and at the same time give us a market abroad for any
: urplus -we may have, 'that raises an issue, as vet nebu-
*>ns, but likely to crystallize into a new alignment in
American politics. The Hoover policy, when understood,
will lie resisted by influences in the great consuming
cities. The clamor there is for cheaper food products.
Artful politicians have tried to make the farmer and the
wage earner believe that they can give the farmers high
prices for his products and the city consumer low cost of
living and cheap farm products. That ideal state of af
fairs, they have been saying, can be attained by eliminat
ing the middleman and by a substantial reduction of the
lreight rates. Some measure of relief may be hoped for
in lower freight rates, but many of the attacks on the mid
dleman is pure demagogy and nothing helpful can come
of it.
1 he middleman is on his job because there is a de
mand for his services. Of course he is self-appointed, but
be is an instrument in transportation. Any transportation
system devised that does away with the middleman must
facilitate the handling by the production and get it quick
ly to the consumption end. Anything that causes delay
will not be accepted, even if it crowds out a whole lot of
middlemen. The Hoover idea is one for permanent bene
Here Is an unusual photograph of Benito Mussolini, Fascist Premier of Italy, pictured literally In a
fit and not for temporary relief, as was the MdNary- lion s den. Ins enem ies declaring they have him figuratively in a political lion’s den. The lion was
cub to Premier Mussolini, but it has now grown too large to keep in his home, so the Premier paya
Jlaugen bill. Many people will understand this if they it as a a dajiy
visit in the Zoo in Rome and plays for some time with his jungle pet.
settlem ent became clear, accord
ing to Lyon.
“As the new agreem ent runs
until June 30, 1925, it was in
evitable th at prelim inary discus»-
in g M achines. A uto Robes, etc.
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