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EDITORIAL PAGB SEPTEMBER 12, 19213UIss~i"as mhIwo" aIg. .~e M. t M
[The Way Of:aI.Spnning Top,. "are ssow that ar.
simply pabt'the reseh of thehumn mind.
.a,the Psalmist said: "Suchthings are too wonderful for me;they are high; I pannot attain untothem.One of thesethings is the way inhich a spinnisig top wil fa.It pictures so many problems.For instance, first of al, meteor-
*oogy. 9( we wonder why scientists,with all their knowledge cannot pre-diet the path of the winds, the move-
ment of heats and humidities, andthe cause of cyclones, we should re-
flect that the unstable air is like thespinning top. The mnses of the at-nosphere are the most fluid of Na-ture's legions. The axles of Boreasand his fellow chauffeurs turn uponthe ball-bearings of nothing. Thedetermining factors of the weatherire so variant and minute that themind that can judge them accuratelymui be as infinite in infinitesimalsas that mind must be gigantic whichcan grasp the cyclopean antics of theIt'rs.
Forty Einsteins and Newtonssould not tell you the figure a feath-er will describe in falling from a
(lying bird.-Public opinion is much like the
wind. Managere say no humanpower can tell what play will sue-
deed. Publishers declare that thesuccess of a book is beyond mortalforetelling.
- We saw Dewey acclaimed after hisvictory at Manila, and the next dayunpopular by a public whim. AndWilson at the top of world popular-ity sudtdenly rejected by his country-men.
History is-erowded with instanceswhen favorites of fortune toppled.So that sometimes we are tempted
to call Lincoln fortunate, who was
killed at fame's peychologic moment.And we think that Elijah made a
lucky escape when he went up in achariot of fire, and wise Moses wasnever wiser than 'when he disap-peared.A green and comfortable ,old age
is reserved for the inoonepicous.The bareback rider in the circus
and the tight-rope walker over Ni-agara have safe calings comparedto those that ride the capricioussteeds of fame.The spinning top, it illustrates
many things, even ifdt-explainsunoth-in'.
It is no solution, but a good sym.boL-Where will it fall? Where will be
the decision of a petty jury, whichsome lawyer declared to be one ofthe things the Almighty dees notknow?And what will a woman do next?And what will your child grow
up to be?And is your particular stock in
the market going up or down?And what will the weather be to-
'norrow?And what shall be the day of the
year, of the week, and what shall bethe hour of the day, when friendDeath, that is coming after you(equa pede puLaut), shall touchyou on the shoulder?We peer with charitans, we listen
to witches peep and mtier, we sage-lyprediot with general lawai and we
tao what is in the womb of To-luorrow no more than the Greek
)riest who gedupon the intestinesof.aa new eaalamb and watchedthe wayward flight of birds.We need not go afar to find the
theier abysses of ip ges1or tothe poles nor the Fll sfor who
St.ll which way a spinning topfaR?
The Marchof Events
T Russian Soviet governmenthass regitered with the Somse-tariat o the League o, Na-
tions the agremmant made with theAmerican Belief Commission. Byformally socepting and registeringthis document, the League of Na-tious resognizes the All-RussianSoviet ad the government of thatcountry.Btesis is bankrupt and hungry
now. But, as Uoyd George said, no
real statesman would think of leav-ing the vast potential power of Rus-sia odt of future calculations. Wehave repeatedly said that the Sovietgovernment should be recognised forreasons of world politics and thegeneral welfare of all nations. It isfar better that Russia should havean international standing, even undera bad government, than dto standingat all. We never hesitated to recog-nize the atrocious and treacherousgovernment which the Russian revo-
lution destroyed. And no matterhow bad the Soviet government maybe, it certainly is no worse for theworld-at large than the Romanoffdespotism.
Fortunately famine and pestilenceseem about to win for Russia whatneither diplomacy nor arms couldwin-readmission to the Family ofStates.
rE President vigorously and ef-fetively put down the lawless-ness of the West Virginia coal
miners. There was nothing else to dothen. But there is something elseto be done now..We hope it will bedone.We hope that the President will
as vigorously and effectively putdown the lawlessness of the WestVirginia mine owners.
These men are just as lawless as
the men who marched against theirmine properties.They are organized to underpay
their workers and to overcharge thepublic. Essentially and fundamen-tally they are a band of plunderers.They hire gunmen to shoot and
kill union laborers, exactly as someunion laborers employ guns againsttheir properties and non-unionworkers.They corrupt and control the ppli-
ties and the officials of the Stateand the counties, and release or im-prison whom they will, in utter dis-regard of justice and legal rights.Now that the Government has put
an end to the lawlessness of the ex-asperated mine workers it ought toput an end to the lawlesapeas ofthese mipe operators, who exasper-ate, underpay adenslave the work-ers and profiteer upon the publicthrough their plundering organisa-tioni.The Government has sauced the
goose. Now let it sauce the gander.
THM fundamental cause of poorbusiness is lack of money andconfidence. The country is just
as full of raw materials, plants,transportation lines, fertile farms,workers and consumers as it waswhen everything was booming alonga year agg. ,
But money is scage.What's the use of having an auto-
mobile and no gasoline or lubricant?Money is the gas that makes the
business machine go. When the gov-ernors of the Federal Reserve setabout reducing the volume of cur-rency in order -to make the dollarworth more by ming it scarcer,they played havoo with productionand consumption and ttaede by doingIt too idrastioally.-We would be back to good timesin a very little while if reasonable
ameoyrmt weres given in thefanat f. a.iu..ue ...
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Emi was no money in our TreasurygltheBut though E~ngland owes us nearly foui
bar $32,000000 for ship gpaeused when we
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Now that the Philippine question in agan tothe tore it Is interesting to go back with Con-gre.ssman Henry Allen Cooper. -scholarly states.isan from Wisconsin, Into those days, twentyyears ago, when our policy toward those IslandsWas just taking sAae.Mr. Cooper s chairman of the House Comsmit-
tee on the Philippines, believed that they shouldbe given a degree' of self-government, an doee-tive -assembly, ter instance. There was hardlya friend for this proposal In either house. TheFi11lue were denounced as savages Inespable of
ei teod living.Mr. Cooper was borne down by the weleght of
opinion against him. One night he paused Infrot of a bookstore There beoehim was avolume entitled "An Eagle's Flight," written byJose RiAW, a Filio. He want In and bought It.An a part of the peo to this book there was
a poem by the authr written on the eve of hiseusties by the Bpaniards. It was a clsets
tha-tinasfew superter in any language. it waas dramatic as Ekamet's oration.When Mr. Cooper mnode his speech for his yese-
nre creating a 1fip assembly he tl- thestory of Jose RhW an road the poesir be badwritten on the ewe of death and hidden In his
lamp.
Jose RIal through the power of this poet wona measure of self-government for his people.Congressman A. L. Kline of New York to a big,
gnaelderly gentleman, who likes to gossip
abuhetetyyas ese4' ngrpre
TEsl was o ge in eord he nsaid,ththe ha though as nd otes gr eatliy inu
he orld.00 or hi algaan, he when himl
No ti harno the boardp of qestiatogan Hent. Jlien CPurre ieholarl tafter-man romnWiyoeewas peIdnto that oa, wnyyedgs an wn thu pmaiytowrd thoe ias uwasir ins takin p.
Mr Atothe s meetrin of the ouse Mr.mit-etaeek ndth PlIpnes preived Nthsa te shudaed ihen bereotf slfuperorvere ill and e-wieassembayor isc. Ther91,Je aGardlrdiediend fo tedhis posInthelr huse moThe.
Allnof erichnousced aruent ogetIngal oe'efinlin.
in. oopar Easbrnafe, onebytth igahng-enon' agilst himve nbetth barused fIrfnrostanding bktore Th anfr hdim Dwasy,tolumedentite And anes lga. wbitrentayJeer Risl hili n. He kntn ald bout gIKh a part is th blyf to gethstooktherr was
ahousan byethe ago Tesef thee ofahieatabot the rnar.t waese he diael.
tht Oanfwueriovsi n age . .twras dram Tic Emetoation.
When har.Cope monee hisa steh foul hisjureure intret of aiino e mbyh tl-h
storoloie suh and readthful bevi ha.wrtteno tharted a out dethadoideun?
Joew ofmtnhr ou tepoe tof thi eh geen
Cae orea A.iruline ofNt orkesIsroaoy btogial eery gentenwh guieb tho g-oi
soutd th tenty attrud thersen woun beosfeseotnal-w ereada n the tentry adtoahers tae dted t wo everbfa poiitiof wthe
heha sreaw mayor ofthbreaktestr ciy inchost vi oudhaermany f thearhed ftmay.ewarbreaort was presdlent ftha oardl ad
LON CUWIthmas toWe a
folk at Washington told im
r thousand millions of prinwere sending those soldier
Mr. B. Baer.FAT AND 80M
PROHIBITION is makingfree and equal citisene
fatter. Businese man's lunchnow consists of food. Can'tget any stagger fuel. Doomegarages are clorsed UM. Pa-flower at twilight.
NJOrHNG to do now butAest hearty. Old-time
routine was one Snifter abar. Then two tour* to freelunok bench. When Odfaehlhmed taxpayer usedto get hungry be wouldcrash swingig Ar endknock over row of nimbleseains. is beer muscleswere highy developed. Hehad drinking sines andwhykey tendons like Ironhands.1113W prohibition eteppe
in like prch climber innight and blew beer outfrom under team. No moredoes Uncle Charley's noesglisten like rainbow an lostsparkling drops of suds onhis scraMled mustache.They used to name baby
lie nosey. But now the
Uncle Charlie's beer.
OI)TIMER used tonger.Outsade of several punitiveexpeditions to free lunchcounter his meal consistedmoetly of good intentionsand bad liquor.. OR home esoking was
responsible for drivingo ete rtoeno worse
aut new the, haveto..tiekbre end mtop up pesr
getting 'fat at It.
THI~rNG to do but eat.
of diner, apper and bra-
cosed for repan
delicatessen bolevard.
IAGONA takes place of
in d of sakligRtgindy. barbes i otalfnow cooks. Nothng tdrink but nothing.
3(LCand eokers in-tedof boose and wie
crackers.In mnarried life every man
is considered guilty until hecan prove an alibi.
met stoe that ordere lis feaeemployee tolet...o a ..air r..tor.er"Etaplo,:r Irinwi g spp1 rltcl o~in
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por-
i, for our soldier-they would have to wait.iipal and defevred interest, we could payI across to keep hey from defeat.
Ye TOWNE GOSSIPKegietered U. a Daess Oese.By I. C. B
rIVE TRAEE straw .02 EURN It.bats. 60S.OR ANY old thing.
AGAIN THI- year. AND TIE oter hats.TWO DIRTY straw WILL GO likewise.4 hats. * * *
* * TRE ONE at dinner.AND ANOTHER one- * * *
. . . AND I'LL go to a
THAT OUGHT to be -
dirty.t, , . AND AIPrER theBY THUBSDAY next. show.0AND ON that d Id.L the
I'M GOING to take- ON TIM Waldf.TaE T11235 of them. -..
e* * THET'VE BEENIN MY auto car. good hate.AND WHEN lukch AND BERVED me.time ,Com weL.I KNOW a place AND NOW nuch It
o e cost.
WHO GOES insane- FROM EAT ecekAT TREsight of a * * *
hat. .AND HAT cheek* * * girls.
ANDRUSHE atyou. . *** I'LL NEVER know.
AND TAKES it away. * ** * *3UT ON Thursday
OF IF by chance. night.HE MISE you T1 WORM will
AND YOU hide your * * *
hat. AND AT closing* * * thne.
INAN .u y chair. SSS
HE COMES snoopingav be.in.
AND TAKES It away. 16E HAT checkANDLEAVES a * *
check. *WILL BE heard toS** sy.
AND I'LL go there.**** * "THES'S A guy i.
AND CHECK a hat. hero.
THE DIRTIEST hat. "TRAT HASN"'geneAND I'LL leave it .e *
there. FOR HERE'S his
AND THEY caa * * *
bury it. I THANK you.
CLUCK? CLUCK!He was Coegressmam from one of the
zeual districts up-State, ad wihsa on theiamp was never bashful about telling hishearers why they ought to support him.
"I am a practical farmer," he cried. "I
Ifas, shul lieeua to teom.snthing I can't dp."
ee of th haIL. eat of"Gawe' 1l= en am'
"The Jewish Min"HE stupidity that shows itself in anti4- k prejudles
show itel of i& wel-meaning, entirely pro.vincial, ignorat~m
For instance, you read in a little weekly, et worth ma.tioning, an article, "The Jewisk Mindin Thse States.", The writer of the artiele is an earnst, baest, sincere,well-meaning man. It is not his ft thateribe semandcriticises Jews as a leghorn hen mlbt descib a tew en-
gine. You couldn't expect a leghorn hen to have much sy.pathy for a stem engine, and, of oeurse, the stam engi,wouldn't pay much attention to the leghorn hen if It eesecackling in its white feathers.The trouble with us humans is that we have traveled
different paths and are still too far apart to understandeah other.
-aWhat one unimportant individual says -bout ews andthe *Jewish Mind in These States' is not important to-Jews, but it is important to intelligent Otiles, who knowthat bigotry, especially ignorant, well-meaning bigotry, isdangerous.The writer mentioned seleets for his victim a woman,
Mrs. Bose Pastor Stokes. And he quotes her thus: "Muchas I love the Stars and Stripes, I love the red flag better."Picking out one thing that one particular Russian Jewess
may or may not have said, the writer condemns hundredsof thousands of the most useful, hard-working, liberty-loving inhabitants of this country."Much as I love the Stars and Stripes, I love the red flasA
better." That is a poor, silly saying, onareely excuseIby the fact that its author has seen the misery of life andperhaps been mentally upset by it.But how does it compare with another saying that, as that
writer well knows, is in the minds of many of the richestAmericans, including some for whombhe has written for pay?He knows that many enormously rich Gentiles, if their
thoughts could be read, would be found thinking: "Muchas I love the Stars and Stripes, I love the dollar signbetter."Some of the most powerful men in this country, hiring the
ablest lawyers in this country, attack and break year afteryear the laws of the United States, which are the laws ofthe Stars and Stripes. They do this, because, much asthey love the Stars and Stripes, they love the dollar signbetter.
A man of education should not condemn a religion, a
people that have persistently opposed tyranny, that havesuffered and died for their belief as no other has done.For a man to pick out one isolated saying of one RussianJewess and on that condemn thousands of those who con-tribute to the very prosperity that he enjoys is unworthyand ungrateful -
Of course, the Jewish mind is "different from otherminds." The mind of Spinosa, philosopher, is differentfrom others. So is that of Heine.Do not underestimate thgat Jewish mind: He who diedon Calvary had a Jewish mother.The Jews in the Russian ghetto developed and kqpt alive
the spirit of revolution that overthrew the Russian Carand hbis grand dukes.Be fair to the Jews. They are a great power, never
stopping. .fTake a walk on Fifth avenue below Twenty-eighth street
at the noon hour. Listen to their talking and planning ata time when others rest or play cards or "loaf." You willAnd there many samples of the diferent "Jewish mind,"and ypu will And power, energy unlimited, and thatCOUNTS
Indians Give ExampleHE Passamaquoddy Indians, of Princeton, Maine, claimthat the Stat of Maine has-teated them with badfaith. Thaey assert that a grant of lagsd by Massa-
chusetts, before Maine separated from Massachusetts, hasnot been honored by Maine and has been distributed amongwhite settlers for ridiculous prices.They propose to employ counsel to sue in a white man 's
ooprt of justice. We hope that they will obtain justice inthe white man's court.The Indian chief has called a great powwow of his tribe
to consider ways and means of maintaining their rights.All the tribe will assemble, squawsincluded, and they willdiscuss the issues and decide the policies in open meetings,practicing what the once great chief of the white Amerioanspreached, but did not praetice--"open covenants openlyarrived at."Under our laws we deal with the Indians as we deal with
aliens--by treaty. We are about to deal with other alienson the question pf disarmament. Alien whites from acrossthe groat waters are to gather here in Washinigton in agreat white powwow to find ways and means by treaty toeffect a disarmament of the world.There is strange and disturbing evidence of a considerable
demand for secret discussions. Our disaster at Versaillesand the fall of a great man from the loftiest pinnacle offame has not been enough to- satisfy certain classes ofAmericans that we ought to have "open covenants openlyarrived at."The erdise which the advocates of secret discussions no0s
make is that if we insis'ted upon open conferences we mightoffend, the representat~ives- of the other nations who areaccustomed to secret conferences. If that is the case wehad better not have any conferences at all, for nothing~good will come of a secret conference.We must all stand behind Senator Borah and his assdl
ates. who are demandi=g an ape. aermee.