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Faith In Intelligence Of Voters Gets A Rude Shock And This Happened ISot in Effete East, Where Boss Rule is Familiar Phenomenon, hut in Progressive West Where People Kule Ad Infinitum !5y FORREST WHITE (Conri|ht 192*. By Th? Ainnct) Los Angeles, May 15.?California admits that she is the most-progress ive of states. The initiative, the ref erendum and the recall, are old stor- ' ies to California voters. Direct pri maries for all elective officers, froui dog catcher to governor, became ef fective years ago under the progress ive program, and continue iu full ef fect. In fact, in every way possible, government has been referred direct ly to the people, to the intelligent voters of the state, and California i has never had any doubt about tilts' intelligence of its electorate?at least not until now. i It cannot be said that Los Angeles: is not the most progressive of Call-, fornia cities. Perish the thought! ! The city has not only kept step with the state In the application of direct appeal to the intelligence of the vol-1 ers, but has been a stride in ad vance, and in entire confidence that the voters of the city were fully ca pable of deciding all question? of municipal government or welfare. In line with the progressive pro gram of state and city. Lob Angeles; some years ago, by charter amend-1 mcnt, abolished what it was pleaded i to term the "archaic and corrupt") ward system of city government, and decreed that councilmen should be selected by a city wide primary, and then by election, in which the high candidates to the number of twice as many as the offices to be filled, | should encage. All city and county officers must run and be elected as non-pa rtisans. The city council, having learned its lesson through frequent applica tion of initiative and referendum b> a handful of voters, is only too will ing to refer all Important matters of city government to a vote of tlie people. If not, the people promptly get up a petition and refer It to themselves. And that Is how all the trouble started. That the city had outgrown its cl<l charter and needed a new one was plain. So a new one, embodying all that was best in the old, Including the city-wide selection of councilmen. was drawn up and referred to a vote of the people. This was a yes or no ( vote on adoption. Then the question of returning to' the ''archaic and corrupt" ward sys-1 teiu for the city, with councilmen to be elected 'according to wards, was j bfought up, and that, too. was re ferred to the intelligent electorate of , a yes or no vote, with nobody paying any particular attention to It because! it ran entirely contrary to the new' city charter?and everybody was in favor of the new city charter. The two propositions, one direct-j ly beneath the other, were on th.?j ballots handed to the thousands of! intelligent voters that went to the polls for the primary last week, and the intelligent voters, enthusi astically and overwhelmingly voted! yes on both propositions. Still nobody paid any attention un til the city attorney painfully an nounced that the city had voted the i new charter, but had also voted spe cifically to return to the ward sys tem by voting yes on both proposi-1 tions. and there was the deuce an i J all to pay. In fact the intelligent and earnest voters, well informed as they were on all matters afTecting the city gov ernment, had voted in two conflict ing forms of city government and nobody had the right to try and un scramble their Bolemn referendum. . There is hope In sight. The matter1 will be taken into the court in hope j that the ward system may be de clared unconstitutional under thel state laws. Then if anybody wants | to fight the decision it means lndef-> Inlte delay. In any event, there is one other j way out. That Is to have the quest- j tion of the ward system resubmitted i to the voters at a special election. ] and to have the intelligent electorate sepclflcally instructed to vote "no" i on it, early and often. l*nd?-r such 1 circumstances it Is believed that the intelligent, earnest and well in formed electorate, after receiving u sample ballot with the crossinark in the right place will vote to rejcct the proposition. Two Giant Industries Are Slackening Headlong Pace Automobile Output and Building Activity Both Show I-'all ing Off as Compared W illi Several Fast Months hut Significance Still More or Less Uncertain lljr J. C. KOYI.E. (Copyright, 1921, By Th? Advance) New York, May 15.?There la am ple evidence today that two of the great American Industries whlcu have run at wild speed for mouths past have slowed to a steadier pace. Dispatches received in the last 21 hours from various sections show that the foot has been lifted from the throttle of automobile produc tion whieh has been running wide open. In the building industry in vestors have begun to cease putting up money and builders have slack ened putting up dwellings in conse quence. It is of the utmost importance to note however, that while activity has dropped below the peak of the year, it has not dropped below normal lev els and there is reason to believe tlint It will not. Automobile manufacturers and bankers connected with the industry have apparently become resigned to the conclusion that there must be a breathing spell between now and fall In production of 1924 models to allow sales to catch up. They Indi cate that the trend of sales which has affected 60 per cent of the mak ers cannot be escaped by the remain ing 40 per cent for any considerable tim''. In the Detroit district, the curtail ment so far has not cut the produc tion of tho leading makers beloar tho average output of 1923, although the Industry has grown so fast in the I last 18 months that even those en gaged in It are prone to overlook that fact. Replacements can b<> counted on to absorb a tremendous number of cars and it is an estab lished fact that those who have owned cars are most unlikely to get along without an automobile If they can secure one. But automobile executives feel that sales will follow the general trend of Industry as a whole and are] content to sit tight for a few weeks and await developments. They know by experience that In a given period J there Is Just so much absorptive pow-i er for automobiles and If demand does not express Itself In one quar ter of the year, It Is bound to do so In another. The floater type of worker Is the one who has suffered most from the breathing spell. Even the compan ies which have cut most drastically *re giving regulars about four da>a* ,Vork a week but the larger employ ers such as Ford, Dodge, Hudson I and Studebaker who are still run-| nlng regular forces full time have let the floaters go In considerable num bers and are not replacing them. The building industry is decidedly not alarmed at the curtailment of new work in Rome sections. Iiulldln,: has been rushed at an unheard of pace- for some years. Nearly $20, 000,000,000 has been spent in new construction. Costs mounted and bonuses to workers were the rule rather than the exception. Now in vestors and builders feel that since some of the housing shortage has been filled, the industry Is entering a cycle of activity more nearly ap proaching normal. This they declare will tend to sta bilize both costs and rents and re move some of the more dangerous speculative factors which now threat en. latest-reports indicate a loss of 12 per cent as compared with th?* spring of 1923 for the country as a whole outside New York City. The latter city showed a big gain as did Detroit and smaller increases wer? reported in Cincinnati. Seattle. Den ver, Oakland and Columbus, but most of the other cities of impor tance registered losses. These loss es were most apparent in the Central and Western states. nulldlng material men do not an ticipate any radical reduction in the prices of their products, however. They say that these prices are fixed In large decree by labor, transporta tion, taxation and other factors out side of Immediate demand which make marked reductions improbable Klectlons are not usually regarded with Joy by material producers but the voting this week in Berkeley, California, brought Joy to the lum ber men. At the Ilerkeley election wooden shingles ran neck and neck with President Coolidge and a meas ure was passed permitting their use on specified types of buildings. Thin had been prohibited by an ordinance which grew out of a controversy over the cause of the disastrous Are in Berkeley a year ago in which the loss totalled $8,000,000. KLAN OKGAMZER IS HELD FOR AUTHORITIES Columbia. S. C.. May 15.?W. V. Guerard, former orKanitor of i Ku Klux Klan and now organizer of tl?t? rolled K la tinmen of America, was arrested here yesterday on rv quest of Raleigh authorities wh?Te he in wanted in connection with a Hogging case. FOI.KV SKLK(TKI) NKW HEAD OF TAMMANY H Al.l, New York. May 1? Surrogate James A. Foley was last night elect ed leader of Tammany Hall to suc ceed his father in law. the late Charles F. Murphy. Sixty-eight out of 7u votes were cast In his favor. POWELL-EASOX Miss Fonie Mat* Fa son of Perqui mans and Mr. Wade II. l'owell of South Mills were married Wednes day afternopn at 5:110 o'clock by Rev. E. F. Sawyer at his home, 20S Pearl street. Mr. and Mrs. Pow*;ll will make their home at South Millc. POINt'ARE DEFEAT NEW STEP TOWARD SETTLEMENT El ROPE (Continued from Page 1) brings Paris much nearer to London. On the other hand with the passing of Poiitcare the German Nationalists lose uiueh of their streugth based upon the allegation that Franco un der Poincare sought not settlement but liic aiiuiliiliation of Germany. Thus if Germany wants a settlement the way is made easier, while if she desires to avoid a settlement, licr ef forts in that direction ar ? bound to bring France and Britain nearer to gether. Fundamentally French policy will not change, the double demand of France for reparations and securi ties will not be withdrawn. The new ministry will not long survive if it surrenders French rights with out obtaining adequate balancing concessions. But the real change will probably be that French claims will be presented with far less un compromising rigidity. The truth is that for most French men the occupation of the Ruhr was a step toward forcing Germany | to come to terms, to end an evasion which seemed on the point of be coming completely successful. As I a result of the occupation we have ! had fiually the Dawes report, which j General Dawes himself has publicly ' said was made possible only by the ; Ruhr occupation which he endorsed. Hut the Dawes report has declared German's capacity to pay largely aud if the payment can be insured, fur ther occupation of the Ruhr be comes unnecessary, always provided | there Is an agreement as to what is to be done in case of a fresh de fault. Many Frenchmen believe Poin care missed a great opportunity in not making terms with the German: directly after the collapse of thuli passive resistance In the Ruhr and this failure counted heavily against him in the present situation where a new opportunity was visible. This, and his early failure to foresee and avoid the franc crisis of March, to gether with his new taxation pro gramme. largely explain his fall. Never popular in France, never in j any sense a skilful politician, he has | lasted a long time solely because his i foreign policy met with general ap i probation and he seemed the only I man capable of establishing and j maintaining French rights. Hu decision at the polls clearly justifies the statement made iu my l*aris correspondence that France wan in a strikingly reasonable anil peaceful state of mind. The extent of th*? sentiment in France in favor of more moderate policies or a more moderate defense of French rights has taken the world by surprise and was not expected even at the last i moment by those best qualified to ! form an estimate. Had l'olucare remained satis fied h- would have steadfastly sin aii himself 11:??moderate, but in tli?- ? nd 1 doubt if he could ever h;.ve overcome the handicap due to 1(1 foreign suspicion of him* which his eoursc in the llahr had aroused. He had to go. just a* Lloyd George i had to go. because he had himself | bccoi. c an obstacle to a general set-. ' ilenient. Hut one must concede) j iti common fairness that he leaves France iu a far <liffereiit situation from that he found her in. when he .took office Just after the Washing I ton Conference nearly two and aj | half years ago. In the larger sense, the passing of J I Po in care removes one of the last ? i barriers to successful adjustment of Ithe reparations problem and tin* g? li teral Kuropean mess. France will; .unmistakably gain greatly in the! j world opinion because she has chosen a liberal rather than a na tionalistic chamber at this moment and h?-r prospects in any interna jtlonal conference will be greatly cn-j . hanced. Germany will quite as' I surely r* jolce over the fall of an I ho fuel that#her el.ctiun has sh^wn the existence of a far more differ-( fnt fotflinK among her voters*. The meeting between Poincare ami Ramsey Mad>onald. scheduled for May 1S? is now definitely ad journ* d. but even more important will be the Inevitable tneetitlK fit MacDonald and the new French prime minister. which may prove a iantlitiirk in contemporary history. UIMM.I, mClKFS Win fall. May 14.?Miss Annie j?-s nup. teacher at Fork School lias re turned home to spend the summer vacation with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Jessup. W. G. Hollowell and G. I.. Gools boo were in Elizabeth City Saturday, on business. Mrs. W. (?. Hollowell has been ill for several days. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baker and lit tle girls. Jessie and Gertrude, and Miss Dona White motored to Nor folk Sunday to see Mrs. L. M. Simp son. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Goolshee wore, in Elizabeth City Monday on busi-j tiess. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lowe and fa 111-' ily are visiting Mrs. l.owe's parents. Mr. and Mrs. A U Winslow Mrs. W. I). Ilrvan is visiting lu r l?ar?-uts. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Wins low. INVEST Tom SAVINGS IN 8AFB BONDS. Her uk for tall Information I INDUSTRIAL BANK | Sold In This Cltf By Tin-: APOTHK4 'AllY HHOP CITY DRIO HTOUK AMIKMAM.lt PHARMACY C. 8. AND GOODVKAII TIKRH For Service and Mslinfactlon AUTO SUPPLY'* VULCANIZING COMPANY PHONE 407 Flee Brand In ?fct Powder wont ? tain?or harm mn^thin 4 except Inaect*. Household I5?r-3V-f)th?r ftlxea, tOc an J tl 25, at your dr-fgiit or zrocar. McCORMfCK St CO. Bni'Imor*. 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