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f.JL V ' t " ' ' " ' J: --v ' : '. - ' - - ... P r - i r :V , ". .,' ' . , i - J The Weather !:.?n in cast portion; snow or rain--,. v .(st .Sunday; Monday fair, colder j., ,-;i.st portion. , ' .... fUvor stage at Fnrctteville jester-' day at 8 a. n.i 13.0 feet, falling. Wilmington? s Only v Leased Wire Associated Press Newspaper ; VOL. CVL No. 169, WILMINGTON, N. O, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20,v 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. i ii tt ra jk jt up ji 1 1 1 w - 0GHESVSA FOR STATE BY WORD COMES HT CLOSE OF LENGTHY CONFERENCE SATURDAY ;hes Accepts and Regards It as Both a Privilege and Obligation . g NOT A SURPRISE Hard ing Is Known to Have Favored New York Lawyer. From the Beginning Al'GUSTINE, Pla., Feb. ies Evans Huehes, former gov- liar of Now York, justice of the bu court and Republican nominee Ifrfnii for the presidency, was formally des- ;nat nl by President-elect Harding to- liny h tlie secretary of state of the 1 At omin a M'tminisiraiion. r announcement embodying the official word to come from the dent-elect regarding selections for). crship in his family of counsel- was made in a simply worded al s tati mcnt after a long conference. twecn me iwo men on mo ioreign mblenis that must be solved after ilirdi 4. Neither Mr. Harding nor the hrospedivo head oi the state depart Inent art'ltd any formal comment. TlTc re was no element of surprise sflection, for it had been known h tilC (iral weeks that Mr. Hughes kirtu tlly was certain to be civen the . Ho is understood to haye.been Mr. Harding's choice . from the -first. spito strong, pressure on behalf, of aspirants. Privilege and Obligation "Of as course," he added, "I appraise a great privilege to be invited nator Harding to serve in his y So Idmi nistraUoft.T! And I'resard It as an Dipt ative obligation to accept." generally was understood, how that diplomatic appointments to It ivcr. made at the outset of the new ad niPtration furnished one of the topics fl over and that there was con ation also of the preliminary to te tancn toward an associa- of nations. In regard to appoint- s, the discussion was more or less linite. it being the policy of the kient-eleet to delay most of the lect i ions for diplomatic posts until ,:r inauguration. Aitl' hough neither Mr. Harding nor r. 1 lushes would divulge the opinions pres sscd during their consultation. general impression among those to tho l'resldent-elcct is that the diplomatic approaches to other ft tiens in regard to a peace associa- on wouid be of an entirely Informal rarter. ' - . No oftuial diplomatic correspondence xiieeted on the subject and no ally accredited diplomatie mis- sun likely to be sent abroad until attitude of other powers' has been out quietly and some basis for )tiations established. Knvored the league Mr. Hughes will bring to the sec- taryship of state a legal training or msual scope as well as a mind syna tlif ptic to international agreement for maintfiiancc of peace. During the ty (.flit he advocated reserved ;itilic nti'-n of the Versailles league li proposed several reservations Ii were considered by the senate hi l.ajn rny in the preparation oi lis program. tIk ruidst of the national cam- in ;n last, year, Mr. Harding held one hir, longest confetences with the pan now seltrerl to sit at the heaa thp cabinet and when the con 'ti.s of "best minds" began at nun in Ueceinber, he was the first b" futnmnnpd. It is understood at v.n then Mr. Harding virtually '1 d cidr d on the appointment, though ? formal invitation was not "extended !'l a later date. St,- rout; supnort for other available for the state portfolio developed iug Doc-ombcr and January, one of most insistent movements being thr flo('tion of Elihu Root, a fpr- r secretary. Since the first of the liowcvor, there have been re- ate indications that Mr. Harding's find '1 was nine! nn on th Questions 1 he is known to have considered Mum ement of the appointment '"'' in January. , Helievri In Publicity Th no only question Mr. Hughes was ""e to answer, tonight in regard. tlf policies of his department re ' publicity. Asked whether he .(i n'lfi t' follow the precedent of the nt administration in holding no "flical iiinfprpnno -with nfWRDat)cr he replied with an emphatic af--hi-t:vr-. adding that he wanted to ' thr fairest publicity to every de "t,r"ri question that would permit Puhii,. dieusaign. : ,;- ' Ml,ni2h thte conference with 'Mr. '&l's oc.-upied virtually all Of the si'l(ni -fleet's attention during the "c had several other callers, In- hi lnR Chairman Fordnev of ' the - . , . . i 6 Hys and means committee, whoj K to talk about tariff legislation, .manual Anglo, a representative . Amprii-an TOVAirn'tTKant aid in ""Hher nf tYcoa .iisatlnn, ' Atil "Mr. K K FOREST Q.UITS FLOOR : 'INGTON, va Feb. 19. With minutes of play remaining in IS 2fi to 14 in favor, Of -Washington e. Coach White called his Wake h. "-ii i x w va -v n . w-w rt baRketball team from the floor, . forfeiting the game. '.Reason "-n White's action was -not PRESIDENT-ELECT Fast Air Trip New York to Southport (Special to The Star) SOL'THPORT, Feb. 19. Y inln from, New York to Sontaport, a dla tance of 725 miles. In six Mours and 57 mlantea, the flylnj- boat, Pomee de Le'on, of the aeromarine type,' ! believed to have shattered existing records today.. The craft landed here ' late v this afternoon and the seven passenger spent the night .here. ' The pilot of the flying, boat stated the trip was uneventful and . that northeast winds were eneountei-ed practically throughout the fast voy age. The commander Is said to have claimed that -the. time from New YoyX to Southport was a record breaker in his report on the day's cruise, . -. The craft and its passenger list of seven men intend to leave South port Sunday morning at 7 o'clock bound for the West. Indies. II GATLE TICK TAKES A DAY IN SENATE WHILE HOUSE WAITS IN VAIN Senators for War on the Insect But House Has Agreed to . Protect It CLARK TO RETIRE? Reported Chief Justice Will . Quit Under New Law arid Go to Europe . l .Moralagx- Star: Bureau,, . Yarboroagh Hotel, ' ' By R. K. POWELL:; v' R ALYEIGIL Feb.. Though once crushed to -earth the festive " little vtlclc arose again today and tot the bigger part of the session of the upper branch of the legislature, it. perplexed the best parliamentarians, and pestered its innumerable enemies like a plague. It was the livest thing in the general! .... ... ... . i assemmy tonigm ana me eastern mem bers were furious because they were foiled in the attempt to administer chloroform this morning. t The house ha once declined to pass a state law for eradicating the insect, but the senate wants, or so declared by its vote, to make war. The house yesterday once and for all settled the stock law Question and made it ap plicable to the eastern part of the state with the "gentleman's agreement" that it would slaughter the tick bill when it came over ifrom the senate. The upper body had previously passed the stock law and yesterday it passed the tick eradication bill, providing for the dipping of catteA according to federal standards in 22 eastern Caro lina counties still under quarantine. The house was patiently grinding away on local bills this morning, in savage anticipation of the tick meas ure, when ' friends of the bill moved to " hold . It up until Tuesday. They hope by then to marshal enough votes on a substitute bill to fortify the stock law with tick eradication and make cattle raising an industry, in the east. . The move of the advocates was -resisted by the ' counties preferring the tick, who knew the humor of the house today, but were unwilling to risk chances On week-end conversations. Those members anxious to see the bill slaughtered insisted .that the regular procedure ought to be:. followed. By all legislative percepts; the bill was due to go to the houBel.but a motion to hold it in the senate ;fory three days was In order. This developed a knotty parliamentary i problem which. Senator Elmer Long, presiding, had to un tangle. 'It was up to - him to rule on tlie tick as a state or local burden, and in holding it a local trouble he circumvented the last-day-of-the-week custom of letting all state matters go : by the board, i Had he ruled tick erad ication a statc-wiae proDiem, tne mo tion to hold over would hate been out of order and the bill would have gone over the rotunda with the other busi ness for 'the house. While -it waits in the senate for the full membership of the hotfse, there is a viligant cru sade on to muster enough votes and pass it Tuesday. The house handled nothing of a state wide nature" today because it barely had a quorum on hand : during the morning. It is the last week-end that members living close in hope vto spend at . 'hOmV and for : that reason a ma jority took advantage of the oppor tunity to feel the pulse of their con stituents 'one more time before be ginning the final drive. The program cut out for the coming week is- large one," Sub-'committees are working nights now whipping the revenue bill into, shape, and there is some hope that it will be reported-out of committee by the end .of. the ootaiing week,wlth the judges', retirement bill slated to be taken up wnen iue Mnniav' afternoon. ; This VTL in th sen- measure ui i.- h more than an even chance of getting by the lower house. -If it does pass, it is a current rumor that Chief Justice Walter Clark will retire and V sail v for. Europe to write vir TVir la no Judicial confirma tion of' the report but Art abundance of judicial gossip, about it, because .the iwnt of the venerable t Judg leaves desirable jacancy and a eov eted . promotion. There is some reason-for the entertainment of the ppin ?r": ..rov mifl rters that Justice Walker will U elfvatedhouldJustlce Clark mak up his mind to quit.. . t..i 9rmr. ; who has just een . h..n writtn an-opinion 'yet. ,'m, e - nromlsinff - and then . thra AS PRESSING QUESTION RELATIONS WITH JAPS; REGARDED BY HARDING Ambassadorship to Tokio Most Delicate Mission in Diplo matic Service MUCH "LOOSE TALK" Wars Are Born in War Talk and There Is Much Talk in Both Countries By ROBERT T. SMALL (Special Correspondent of . The Copyright, 1931.) ST. AUGUSTINE. "Fla p.h Star. 19.- President-elect Harding has told some of his intimate advisers that he feels iue most pressing international ques tion which will confront his adminis tration will have to do with the fu ture relationship between this country and Japan. It would not be stating the case ex actly to say that Jir. Harding is alarmed over what might be called the "loose talk" being indulged in as to the possibility f war between the two countries, but he is genuinely con cerned and 'will make a valiant effort to bring about jan era of definite un- ocrsianaing and friendship. "Loose p' a Phrase much used by Charles , who ns oeen rormauy tenderer! anH has gnunt'int . hit; pua I. cx secretary of state, and Mr. Hughes may likewise be said to feel no little wor ry a- to the mischief "loose talk" sometimes accomplishes. Mr. Harding regards the ambassa dorship, to Tokio as the most import ant and delicate mission at this time in the American diplomatic service. He has been casting about to obtain as his personal representative and envoy in Japan a man. tried in the fire of diplo matic experience, a man calculated to keep his head at all times, and to make no slip or blunder to cause further em barrassment. Henry P. Fletcher, of Pennsylvania, former ambassador to Mexico, may be the man chosen ulti mately for the place. Mr. FlQtcher accompanied Mr. Hard- ln5, ori la houseboat cruise down the f Indian, river and. back, and it. has been generally supposed that this would mean that a call would be 'made' upon ; lormer oipiomat services.-Sena- I give jja a .definite ande'dnstructive fr toiv H.ar4in fc-at ttKM does t3wm--g '-.boHw." becatfse ' heSSaotle " eon mit himself on matters! of... this kind, until the hour for making the an- .polntment draws near. How Wara Come About ' During the discussion, and confer ences in Marion concerning an associa tion of nations and'the steps which might be taken looking to the preven tion of future wars.1 tlfe President-elect heard many interesting Ideas and ex planations as to how wars are brought about. He discovered that the study of war prevention necessarily Involves a study of war causes as revealed by the more intimate history of the world. This was particularly true at the time Colonel Harvey was urging as a -war panacea the William Jennings Bryan suggestion that a referendum vote be taken among the people before a war of aggression could be declared. The plan fell by the roadside when Mr. Harding was convinced by many argu ments that wars come upon a people over-night and ,thatf there never has been an admitted war of aggression in the .entire history of the world. Al ways wars have been fought for de fensive purposes or as a. measure of safety. Mr. Harding, did not have to go back of 1014 for an example of this fact. Germany always has Claimed that she plunged through neutral Bel gium to strike at unprepared France solely to protect the fatherland from certain and unjust assault. It was recalled to Senator Harding that Japan had sunk virtually half of the Russian fleet before formal ,war was declared in 1905. Thus when a nation, angry and prepared, reaches the flaming point, it always is a case of military action first and formal declarations and attempted justifica tions later. Senator .James A. Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, gave the Presideat-lect one of the most interesting talks on war causes of any of the "best minds." He pointed out, for instance, that while acts of war comrwith the swift ness of a lightning stroke,, the causes of war may lie far in the remote past and may be of such slow growth as to be almost imperceptible until the, storm clouds suddenly efface the sun of peace, une oi tne outstanding causes j of war, he said, was the struggle of ah overrcrowded nation to find a place; in the sun for its people. An' almost equally prolific cause of war, Mr. Reed pointed out, is constant talk of war. Two nations begin to talk about the possibility of armed conflict. The talk may amount to1 s6 little at first as to attract no attention whatsoever, but as the. years go by the talk increases. ' Danger of Conversation Finally the situation reaches a stage that between two Individuals where a careless word, if let pass, would have caused no harm. The -Word, however, f 8 taken up by the frlehds of the two parties and repeated. Other words are spoken and brought back to the two parties and repeated, until ' a point is reached where each, in - honor bound, feels It a duty to attack the other, re gardless of past friendship and close associations.' . .The situation , between the United States and Japan today unfortunately, embraces the two hypotheses of war laid down by Senator Reed. Japan is overcrowded and . soon must seek an outlet' for her surplus population in lands wfeere they may live contentedly and - prosperously. - This, of course,, .is Japan's problem alone and may or may not concern the United States. But both' in Japan and the United States the "loose talk" or war. at some future date goes. on. The talk Is not confined to newspapers or to the under-rCurreht of the streets. It is indulged in all too frequently and . loose-ly in the halls of congress and the Japanese parliament, The -possibilities of war between! the United States and Japan are .taken up and diiscussed in the houses of partial " -, Tendon, in the chamber of deputies at- Parisian ROmeand l Jn the Continued Pag Two ADJOURN POLITICS AND PATRIOTICALLY ASSIST IN SOLVING PROBLEMS This Is Chairman George White's Idea for the Demo crats Everywhere WILL AID HARDING For Good of the Country He . Would Have Co-operation in Legislation By DAVID LAWRENCE ( Copy rijtht, 1021, by The Morning Star) WASHINGTON, Feb.; ,19. -George White, chairman of the Democratic na tional committee, who has been retain ed in power by unanimous vote of the executive committee of the party, said today that he hoped President-elect Harding would find an early solution of the many economic problems facing the country and that Democrats every where should lay aside partisan feel ing and co-operate. "I have taken the position all along." declared Mr. White in an exclusive in terview, "that this was not the time for excessive organization work and I believe the opposition to me which has recently arisen was partly due to the fact that I favored doing nothing for the present anyway that would seem as if we were more interested in party success than the nation's welfare. "I felt that in the face of a very se rious economic situation it wag incum bent on every : good citizen irrespec tive of political affiliations to wish the incoming administration success. As chairman of, the -Democratic national committee i shall, of course, hold the new administration to a strict account ability for all of Its acts. I am plan ning the closest kfnd of co-operation between the Democratic national com mittee and the leaders of the Demo- if , ' , t l , ' K : craiiic minority in Doin nouses or con gress, with the objective .of helping frame constructive legislation on great Issues as they arise and with. the. ob ject of referring, to the country in 1922 and 1924 all the suggestions of ' con structive policy that will fhave been made so that 'the nation'may' compare them "with" what Has actually been! done. ; rfr ,'ZZ' " ."" - . -Effeet of 'isolation 'I hope Ir.' Harding will be able to ditibn ' now: is direct 'result , of the negative att i tude" which the JRepubll cans unfortunately took' since; they se cured control of . both: the house and senate in the 191S elections. For' in stance, in the oil business it has been knowh by , those who study statistics that we are ' dependent on our expor tation of crude ; oil and - by-products The fallacy of the cry, of "'America for Americans' or ". pplttl.cal , isolation has been rapidly developed. by jthe fall in tne price ot cruae on,. ana in tne de cline of the " purchasing . ability of the pipe line companies. ,- "Foreign countries "are not buying because they, cannot afford to pay the difference in international exchange and that difference "Is due to unstable conditions and, the apparent, return of the United States to a .policy: of po litical isolation' .which I fear may be come economic isolation.. Oil is Simply following" along the same lines as wheat, cotton, "corn and raw products, except that oil was caught later than other commodities. : I sincerely nope Mr. Harding will evolve some solution for these 'problems and 'he will have in his task the patriotic co-operation. of Democrats everywhere. Mr. White ' talked about the oir-business because he "is engaged ln it him self but he added that.it was simply an. illustration of the need that Amer ica has for foreign markets. The Dem ocratic . chairman i states emphatically that if America had; entered the league of nations confidence would have been substituted in Europe for the present; era of uncertainty. However, he in sisted that everything was now in Mr. Harding's, hands and that the nation would -surely approve any solution that brought America back to the po sition of friendship which She had with other nowers during the war tnd one that would assist in improving economic conditions at home. Others 6hare AYhlte'a View Mr. White's views about the neces altv of co-operating with the Incoming administration instead of organizing a nnlltlrai drive for 1922 . or 1924 are- chnreri hv most of the Democratic committee members in town. For the next few months at least the Demo crats will endeavor to assume an at tltude of dignified acquiescence rather than partisan complaint. NORTH CAROLINA FARE SAME AS INTERSTATE I. G. C. ' Orders Higher Rates Effective March .20 WASHINGTON, "Feb:; 19. Railroads. of North Carolina - were' ordered by the Interstate Commerce commission today to" increase their passenger rates to the level of thoso: in . errect m inter-; state commerce, ' to take: effect March 29, 1921. ';:-' - r.'ti'. The roads were also-ordered to re flue tha haireage allowance of 200 pounds per passenger1 to 150 pounds, as reouired by Interstate regulations, and to maintain a ; charge of 15 cents airainst basseneers 1" traveling within the state who -board : trains without tickets at " stations wnere tney could nave ootainea xiujs-oi-o.- NORTHWEST STORM IS INDICATED ON COAST : WASHINGTON, 'F.eb.f 19.- Northwests storm5 warning was prdered up from Jacksonville. Fla,,' to Beaufort, N. C. by the . weather bureau at 10 o'clock tonight ; ' n. i A disturbance was over Alabama, ac-; cording to "reports; . and . will move northeastward - with jmarked : Increase in - intensity.' - Fresh east and southeast winds -are Indicated.;. ."-The1 ,. forecast latated'tb'ey'will become atroaar late to- nht pr Sunday mormng HARDEN TELLS EUROPE TO QUIT TALKING AND LABOR German Publicist Imagines America Telling Europeans That if. They Will Get Down to Con structive Work Instead of Wrangling Over impossibilities, They Will Help, Otherwise They WiUXet Europe Drift By MAXIMILIAN HARDEN (Special I Wireless xo The Star, Copy right, 1921) BERLIN, .Feb. 13. Would a man, when a ureon had split open his stomach, do such a thing as learn alge bra first after the operation had : been performed, thereby depriving -Tiimswlt of rest which- he needs for his conva lescence? Would he start a quarrel' with the man lying in the next bed and bombard him with bandges torn from his own wound because the other hap pened to be of another nationality or religion, or posse another sort of patriotism or fanaticism? If he did, we would call him a fooL Old Lady Europe., exhausted bv a serious operation, acts as senseless on her sick bed as one of this sortw In stead of tryinfc to get well as quickly as , possible, she devotes her time to all kinds of things which are perfectly foreign to her condition or today or to morrow, and she quarrels with God and the world. - The principal illness of this conti nent is that it is suffering from two wounds, a big one In the east a smaller but very painful one in the west. Does a single person, who knows the world other than through the cinema, believe thas this sickness can be-- healed by drawing up' paper documents by a few well-dressed, elderly gentlemen? Peo ple 'who .calculate jkv hat they owe an other and who. because, of their failure to agree, start calling each other such names as "perftdious swindler," ."im periallst," "capitalist," "hun," and "boche.y are hardly likely to accomp lish; anything constructive. Taxes, Too, Are Coming Dtiwh, Not in Rate This Year, But Amount FURTHER PRECAUTIONS TO SHUT OUT TYPHUS ISprgeoa-Gcneral Gumming- of Public Health Service Reaches New York NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Several addi tional steps were taken "today to check entry of typhus ipto this country through the port of New York. One of the most important was the arrival here of Surgeon General Cum ming,' of the United States public health service, to if&pect the quaran tine station, now under state control, which soon is to be taken over by the federal authorities. Another development was announce- raent that a force of extra men, includ- ing many skilled in handling typhus ad other contagious diseases ln Cuba, Mexico and abroad, now were on their . Vt v , uiisiuaies liio mws oy virtue OI way. to New York. j Mr. Fordney's -absence from Washlng- A third preventive step was supple- ton, is the committee's "acting chalr mentlng disinfecting equipment at the 'man. His committee expects to frame Hoffman island detention station with ! a new tax law soon after the new ad material used by the army in delous- ministration comes into power.' ing world war veterans returning from in his estimateofv the proposed re overseas. . - duction in the cost' erf government; Mr. A fourth innovation was the action Green is not figuring on tne -passage of of the health department in disinfect- proposed, soldier bpnqs legislation. It ing foreign mall on incoming steam- j such jegiBlation-'Ia enacted, , the i plan ers, an in providing for disinfection j cliange8! , U ;i8 , n,t posslbi; to pay a tLnnnrM lnl'ir.ntt ironl" M.OOOOO.OOO, JbonUS K and- Teducj the transporting immigranta belongings, government's revenues . at the same The first letters to receive medical at- f. . , " A ; , . . . ' ' , , v, time. . Nor is lie contemplating the pas- tentlon were those arriving here on 1 , ,, , n : the. steamship Cedric. tL eiMll' 'T While city health Inspectors today watched incoming vessels, others de tained nearly 750 immigrants arriving ln this city after having landed at Boston and Philadelphia. An additional case of suspected ty phus was reported to the health de partment late this afternoon. The pa tient, a 7jyear-old boy, arrived from Italy three weeks ago. He was . re- ,moyed to a .Brooklyn hospital and members or his ramuy were isolated. Health Commissioner Copeland said) tonight ho had received messages from individuals and organizations tnrough but the country in regard to the ty phus situation. He said these inquiries indicated a widespread sentiment in favor of a stricter federal inspection; of immigrants. BEACH REALTY HOLDERS WILL FINANCE REPAIRS I Meet This Week to Adopt Plan for Having Work Done Thomas H. Wright, mayor of Wrights ville poach, announced last night that during the early part of this week a meeting of the property owners of the beach would be held for the purpose of definitely deciding on some method of financing the construction of the 8ys tm of ietties and buttresses at the resort to reclaim that part of the nrean-front that, has - been washed away by recent storrns. Mayor Wright is , very enthusiastic over the plan of reclaiming Wrights ville Beach , as outlined before the property owners of the resort by Prof. Lewis L Haupt, of Philadelphia, on Friday - afternoon. : Mayor Wright de clares, that every person: who. has, any tnterest at the seaside that has talked" to him in regards to Professor Haupt'n plan . have expressed -". themselves -as being highly pleased With it. ' Mayor Wright-declares that the. con sensus of opinion among the .beach property, owners, is that , the jetties should be financed by .a bond issqe by thi town; of Wrightsvllle Beach. - He says that other methods have i been suggested .but that the bond .Issue eanu tbeinoit practioa 7 This display of words now two years old, produces neither -bread nor coal, neither cement nor bricks. " The whole world is sufferins-because the Euro pean sickness continues. v Europe, must return- to work, iler wound, however, oannot. be healed by mere . denunciation- of her- voluptuous standard of life. When in 1914, she de cided to mutllate-'herse;f, she did not waste timeover rhetoric,: intrigues and conferences, - which" then might have been more -useful than they are today. The world does not bvneflt at all by One minister showing another a car load of papers which contain the obli gations N)f a .defeated eountr-y and be cause the final bill will never be set tled without' America's help, I long ingly hope that she will not wait but speak now,. proving that she is heir to that majestic common sense which formerly was .old England's preroga tive. What will America' say? I can just imagine it, thus: ' "Whether you come to terms in the London meeting or four weeks later at Qeneva, or for a change, have your next conference on an ocean liner, is perfectly indllfer ent to me, I don't care anything about those terms which you are drawing upon paper. ? Whet : I ' desire is real results which make it possible for me to resume honest trading with the whole world..t We Americans have not sacrificed our. bLoOd and our billions so that your foolishness,- old or new, shall afterwards shatter the, mighty body of. our, state socially and "'eco nomically, England has mlilons of un employed; Germany-many hundreds of (Continued bn- Page Two) Year Ago Government Was Spending 13 Million Dollars ' ; Every Day SPENDING TEN NOW For New Fiscal Year It Is Hoped to Cut . Expense to NineMiUion By HARDEN COLFAX (Special Correapondent of ' The Star. ' Copyright,-1021): WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. -Taxes, too, are coming down. Not in the rate, for that will hardly drop this year, but in the total; levy ! by congress on the American, people., V The high'cost -of government haying reached its peak, is following the trend of the times and is duo for a' drop comparable with the drop" in commodity values and wages. "We hope to cut the cost of govern ment a-million dollars, a day ( way Representative Green, of Iowaf j sums it up, , Mr; Green, ranking Re- publican member of the ways and i means committee the committee which I w " " , Spend 10 Million, Dallr In round .figures, government is costr ing the American people at" the present time 10 million dollars a"day. A year ago "it cost, roughly,. 13 million dollars a day. These- figures include, the sums utilized to reduce the; floating debt. During the' fiscal year beginning July 1 next, to which 1 the .new tax law is expected to apply,4 ii is hoped to bring the cost down tO' approximately , nine million dollars a -day-. Of that sum, it is estimated, about eight million dol lars will be spent in paying the debts or past - wars -insurance,,, pensions, in , terest on United States bonds, etc and for the army and navy.to safeguard the country in the future. The other mil lion dollars a day; in rojlnd figures, is estimated 4rc be the cpst' of the civil establishment? , ' -" '"; The economic, crisis "from which we are now emerging has hit . the "United States-treasury along" -with the private citizen. Because business suffered, gov ernment revenues''derlvd from income and excess profits' taxes suffer too. It is estimated that -the; government will collect this "year , half a billion dollars less in income taxes than it collected last year. The excess proflts' tax It is estimated, will yield, 600 million dollars less.' ' ,' ; . The economic crisis.-in these two items alone, therefore,;; will reflect a cut in government' revenue of one billion, 1 one hundred million dollars. - Repeal- Excess Prcfita Tax But the excess profits tax. wriich is estimated - to' yield : a- bUllon and a quarter dollars,, seems to' be slated to go by the boards, in Its place there will have to be found some other way of raising, revenue. " , Three plans have been presented" to . the ways and means committee 'V ' "" ' .. '- 1. A general sales tax. , , ' 2. v" A Max on ; undistributed earnings of corporations. . 3. Some" form of upward revision of corporation income taxation. . Soon after the present session of con gress .ends,, the- committee will meet and-, consider- the .situation. .. Probably several monthswill lapse before a new plan . of --taxation; is ; evolved;. -IA new tariff bill also is tb be framed. It was V v cConUaned'. on-Pagft Two HOUSE NOT TO BLAME' FOR LEGISLATIVE JAM; DURING SHORT SESSION! That Body Has Made Record foi: Speed Not Exceeded in "j Past 25 Years V SENATE IS GUILTY Majority' Leader Mondell Offers; Suggestions to Avoid y' Future Delays ? . Rr Ri.iv.iRivru trvvra smKR!) " - :-i V- (Special Correspondeat of The Star, yf0,-'ir'' ' topyngai, ivi WASHINGTON, . Feb. 19. What la ' the way. out of tha present legislative jam in congress and how can another such accumulation of unfinished work be avoided?. The Republican leader in-the houset Frank W. Mondell, of'-' Wyoming, ha been investigating- the problem. He." believes that the adoption of a com plete budget system, and a reform in the legislative calendar so that a short session of congress would not be con fronted with a program of work too large for the time available, would pre vent a repetition of the situation which is at present worrying President-elect Harding. , Although the. end .of the sesp sion is only two weeks away and' th appropriation bills which furnish the money actually to carry on the govern ment are not yet ready for the. Presi dent,' Mr,: Mondell . feels, confident that the work, will b completed before lhj augurationU but,' he' adds,, the house"! side made a record, not exceeded in 2R years, when it passed this week th last of these important money meas ures. ' , n . f There Is no roan in congress better versed in the technique of legislation than Mr. Mondell. lie has made It a special study. In an , interview today he analyzed the present difficulties and the way out, which, he said, would be . to concentrate upon the vital work of passing, the appropriation - bills.- Ia consequence, he frankly stated, a'pumr ber, of (Other important bills probably , would go over to the next session. - S "The house has been, working unde x a handicap at this session," said Mri : Mondell, "due to the fact ihat, .while T . we have "combined all our - approprla . tlons in. one large coinmttee, the.axjcu- JJve budget, system , frA j$eQvtti-"TT f ment,5 ofivwhlch the single " approprlat-? 0 Ing committee is .the .legislative tea- 7 , ture, has , not .been put Into effect by'. .'. .- reason or tne , veto or fresiaent wuson. ' ' ' i ' We haye been 'laboring under all pos-v' ' V ';;.;'t sibie handicaps of a new system with- out any of the advantages that we shall have when the legislative budget re-" form is - matched.' by an executive "t V ,vv ft budget. - - ; 1 have no doubt that when the ex- v ecutive budget system is perfected,' we . shall be able to dispatch our appropri- . atlon, program even more expeditious; ly . than we have ln the house at-thi . session. The fact is that the growth of the country and the Increase in the size and volume of appropriations, taken into consideration in connection with the necessary" and essential leg islation that must .be handled even ln a short session, render It imperative that we shall If possible, have a com'- plete reform in the matter of closing sessions of congress. ' i , - Short Session Teo Short "One or two things must be done. '" We must either fix a later date for in auguration and the closing of congress,," which probably would not meet with, the approval of "the people, or we must transfer to the new congress after an election much of the work, to be done by the old . congress. In other words, the country, has,' grown so large, its business 'has become so vast, that the old short session, beginning in Decern-, ber and ending on thefourth of March,: is not long enough in which to trans-I act the public business. ' "So far as the house is concerned, there is no so-called legislative jam. . The house this week passed the last of the appropriations, the fortifications bill,, and in doing so it made a record which has not been equalled in mem- ory. I have Investigated the record ! for 25 years back and can find no time', when the house has passed appropria tions bills at 'so early a date. The only approach was , when the house passed the last appropriation measure on the!' 20th of this month. That was 18 years T . ago. " ... : "Under the new. house rule consoli dating . appropriations in one commit tee, it will take lortger to consider the ' conference reports than formerly. , "xnererore, it is highly important ' .', 4: K that the appropriation bills reach us from the senate as promptly as pos sible. Now that the emergency tariff is passed, the senate, we feel confident,, will realize the necessity of getting' the appropriation - bills to the house with the utmost dispatch. "I am confident also that the mem bers of both branches, of congress real ize how Important it is that all the ap propriation bills pass at this session. and I believe we will get- through with our appropriation" program in- time. There will be, it is true, a number - of . ' t! I Important measures'. which have passed one house or the other,. which will not... become law, We ate concentrating odj the appropriation- program because, that is-the vital thing at this time'; time is the - essence with appropria tions. - On the other hand, matters 'of legislation otheT, : than those of ah ' emergency character, .'even though im- ; nortant. can 'he dlsnosed of annthtc . I . session 'of congress. In " the -present' situation, 'it j-wlll probably take about all of our time to . complete the appro- -priation '"work -..:; v: 4- A. $ There is a general feeling- in the J attention' of the country has' been dl- rected to the- house ras . the factor to blame in the- legislative - log-jam when-1' the truth is that the key log is in the senate.4 It would-have been -a. bit dell- cate for SenaTtor Harding to bear dowh -.' v""" "Ztt publicly V upon hfe: 'former - colleagues ' '-: " j; f and- party -leader, ; 8enator Lodge, ' for ? . . - C " "". 3 ; better work 'and nibre of it before in- s ' . V auguration, "consequently --Mr. 'Mondell ! bore the brunt of - the recent ' Harding '4 ; ; i ! telegramVregarding-the necessity oC ... f ;:y;,;: ') ? individually,' congressmen -are prond-of -v ; f r the house record in the face of a lam program and. : ne jaoitttti. nUts .51 ii y ) (aid JujU Alien and HQk lo. ' ' i.' 4 I. t . V
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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