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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Hoover's Advice on German
Reparations Wanted by
President Coolidge.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
NE of the chief reasons for Mr.
Hoover's quick return to Wash.
ington, which he reached Sunday, ac
cording to dispatches from the na
tional capital was President Coolidge's
desire to confer with his successor
concerning American participation in
the international meeting of experts
to fix definitely the German repara
tions. This will be one of the more
serious problems for the Incoming ad
ministration, for the conference of ex-
perts is expected to prepare the way
for commercialization of the repara-
tions debts and the liquidation of the
war obligations of the allied nations to
the United States. President Coolidge
already has told the allies that this
government has no objection to the
participation by American experts if
they are selected by Germany and the
allied powers and It {s understood Mr.
Hoover approves of this arrangement,
Seymour Parker Glibert, agent general
of reparations, Is now ino the United
States and was scheduled to go to
Washington to take part In the discus
sion of the entire project.
Mr. Gilbert made public on New
Year's day his report for the fourth
year of operation of the Dawes plan
Concerning Germany's Increasing pros
perity and its ability to pay, the re
port was so optimistic that the Ger-
mans were aroused to wrath and de-
elared Mr. Parker was looking through
rose-colored glasses and was skipping
over all danger signs which they as
sert are numerous In German eco
comics. The agent general called the
German government to account, how-
ever, for permitting some of the states
to overspend and overborrow. Some
of the German newspapers acknowl
edge the justice of these strictures
The French read the report with
satisfaction and the newspaper Le
Temps says impartial minds now will
be convinced that the Dawes plan took
adequately Into account Germany's
capacity to pay and “there is no rea-
son for bringing that subject up
again.” It was asserted In Paris that
France needs the maximum payments
by Germany provided by the Dawes
plan In order to pay her war debts:
and that since Glibert finds the reich
is able to pay that maximum, the finan-
clal situation is cleared up. The re
maining questions, say the French, are
how long Germany must pay, the form
of guaranty to be substituted for oc-
cupation of the Rhineland, and the
terms for commercializing the repara-
tions debt.
President von Hindenburg and Chan-
cellor Mueller, at the official New
Year's reception In Berlin, told the
diplomats of forty nations that the
German people were very bitter “be-
cause a great part of their country
still lacks the liberty which we claim
through divine and human right.”
RESIDENT AND MRS. COOLIDGE
returned to Washington on Jan
aary 2 from thelr delightful little vaca.
tion on the Sea Islands of Georgla.
While down there they visited many
points of historic interest, and the
Chief Executive hunted with success
for pheasants, wild turkeys and quall,
They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard E. Coffin,
Mr. and Mrs. Hoover spent a pleas
ant New Year's day at ses, and after
an entertainment the President-Elect
worked on his inaugural address and
on a report of his Latin-American
tour,
EPRESENTATIVES of Bolivia
and Paraguay In Washington
signed a protocol fixing the conditions
for submitting the disputes of those
republics to conciliation. The mat.
ters will be considered by a commis-
sion of nine Judges, and all hostilities
were Immediately suspended,
HEN congress reconvened on
January 3 the fifteen cruiser bili
was the unfinished business before the
senate, but those urging ratification of
the Kellogg war renunciation treaty
insisted that action on the pact be
given the right of way Senator Bo-
rah, chairman of the foreign relations
committee, consented that
Hale, chairman of the naval
committee, make his
speech In favor of the treaty, and then
moved that the senate go into execu
tive session for consideration of the
treaty. He thought this could be dis
posed of In about one week, but others
were not Senator Hale
was forced to yield by the prospect of
a fillbuster against the cruiser bill
Representative Tinkham of Massa.
chusetts charged that international
bankers and business organizations are
spending large sums of money to pro
mote ratification of the Kellogg treaty,
and he Introduced in the house a reso
lution for the creation of a
sion to Investigate the charges.
bitterly opposed to the treaty.
Senator Hale made public au mass of
information lald before the senate
naval affairs committee by Secretary
of the Navy Wilbur. [It shows that
the United States not only Is weaker
than Great Britain and France In first
line crulser strength, but bids fair to
be outclassed shortly by both powers
in first line destroyers and submarines,
Senntor
affairs
should opening
$0 sanguine
commis
He Ix
RANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT was In
augurated governor of New York
on January 1 before a throng that was
Al Smith, as It was over the new ex-
ecutive. Next day Mr. Smith appeared
‘n New York city wearing a slik hat
instead of the brown derby, and with
Mrs. Smith occupled a snite In the
Biltmore hotel. He sald he
decided whether to
mainder of his life to pleasure or busi
But he is going to spend sev
eral weeks in Florida and then will go
to Europe for a Wall
street says Al need not worry about
his future for within the last year or
go he has made a comfortable fortune
in the stock market.
had not
devote the
ness,
sry bes
few mo
O SERIOUS has been the wave of
\J influenza all over the country that
Secretary Mellon and Surgeon General
Cumming arranged for a public health
service national conference on the sub
Ject In Washington, opening January
10. Reports from 32 states showed
the flu declined in prevalence during
the holidays and it was believed the
peak bad been passed. But the con-
ference will make a full study of the
disease In the hope of curbing its
spread In the future. Among the vie.
tims of the flu was Myron T. Herrick
ambassador to France, who was con-
fined to his bed at his home In Cleve
land.
ULLETINS from the bedside of
King George of England Indicated
that he had passed the danger line,
and the physicians belleved the worst
of his lliness was over, though his re-
covery will be slow. The optimism of
those close to the king was shown by
the fact that his sons went fox hunt
ing, and Sir William Joynson-Hicks,
the home secretary, left for a vacation
in Mentone, France,
RESIDENTIAL electors met in the
capitals of thelr several states
Wednesday and cast thelr votes for
President and Vice President, and the
result was, as might have been sus
pected, that Hoover and Curtis were
elected by 444 votes to 87 votes for
Smith and Robinson. For the first
time Iu the history of the government,
the result of the balloting was trans
mitted to Washington by mall instead
of by special messengers from each
state capital.
J. R. Nutt, treasurer of the Repub.
Hiean national committee, reported Ins:
week to the house campaign fund in-
vestigating committee that the national
committee's expenditures for all pur
poses In the Hoover campaign tota ed
$6.256,110. The committee collecte]
a grand total of $6.541,748 from 144,
124 subscribers and on December 31
had a balance of $285,637,
The largest single contribution re
ceived by the committee was $67.000
from the Pennsylvania state Repub
fican committee. “The ways and
means committee of east Pennsyl-
vania” contributed $30,000, according
to the report, which also lists gifts of
$25,000 each from C. M. Schwab, the
steel magonte; Emst & Ernst, pub
tie accountants of Cleveland, Ohlo, and
John N. Willys, Toledo, Ohlo, automo-
bile manufacturer. Three persons, H.
Johnson, Eugene Meyer, and George
F. Baker, all of New York, each gave
220,000, according to list, which
shows that the six Fisher brothers—
Fred, Charles T., W. A. Pr.
Edward F., and Alfred J, Detroit auto
body contrib-
total of the com
treasury,
the
Laurence
mobile
uted a
mittee's
(aNADA and the United States
signed In Ottawa a treaty provid
int projects to Increase and
naintain the scenic heauty of Niagara
falls. Upder its terms the two nations
will share the cost of constructing
remedial works In the Niagara river to
increase the volume of water flowing
over the American falls apd to provide
hetter distribution of the flow over the
Canadian sections A temporary diver.
sion of an additional amount of water
for power purposes on each side of the
¥),000 to
boundary also Is provided
J »
pies GIL, the new [President of
Mexico made n
an end to the
has good begin
ning by putting reign of
a gang of professional grafting politi
long pre ved on
towns and villages In the federal dis
trict He has put the distriet under
the of a husiness director and
istrative new
fried
fang who have the
control
council The
has been
in Mexico City
an admis
plan already
out, with success,
partially
INAL
the
under
was
eastern
and Hell
as Man
Kuomintang flag
Is were sworn In,
unification of China
Nationalist government
when three
Fengtien, Kirin
known collectively
unfurled
achieved the
provinces,
ungkiang
churia,
and provihelal officia
the
agreeing to submit to the
of the Nanking
Manchurian governmen x head
authority
The
ed hy
government
(leg
inte Mars
for many
torate Manchuria
territory of about 400000
miles. [ts population is approximate
ly 30000000, Most of them are Chi
there are about 500.000 Jap
Chang suehdlang, son f the
years hig
over which
nese but
anese and Russians there
USINESS and financial
B should be pleased wit! New
the
iast
country has
Early In the
year the volume of business began to
show marked improvement the
closing months of 1027, Im-
provement has continued. It has been
evident in manufacturing, in steel pro
duction, pro
duction,
of goods
evidence
i the
Year statement of Secre
Treasury Mellon “Truring
Mellon =ald, “the
made steady progress
year,”
over
and this
carloading, auntomohile
huilding
fo consygmers
All of this is
satisfactory employment
have prevailed.
demand sending prices to such
consequently, lower prices, In.
evitable, In the industrial world con
ditlong seem to be on an even keel,
and It Is much better to have them
and,
at present,
“In the financial world, there is suf
ficient money available for all legit
mate undertakings. A considerable
amount of gold has been exported
during the last year. jut It has not
seriously Impaired oor credit re
sources, while, at the same time, it
has helped to establish gold standards
more firmly in Europe and to stabilize
foreign currencies with resulting bene.
fite to our import and export trade.
“In so far as the government is
concerned, the finances are in a sound
condition. The debt has been reduced
to manageable proportions; the rey.
enues are ample for our needs, and
during the last year there has been
another reduction of taxes, the full
benefit of which will be more gener
ally felt during the coming year”
OOTRALL history was made in the
Pasadena Rose Bowl game In which
Georgia Tech defeated the University
of California 8 to 6. Roy Riegels,
captainelect of the California team,
seizing a fumbled ball, lost his bear
Ings and ran 69 yards to his own goal
line. The California punt from there
wns blocked and the resulting safety
provided the Georgia boys with the
two points they needed to win the
exciting game,
Litter Bedding
Affects Manure
Dry Sawdust and Fine Shav-
ings Are Clean and
Satisfactory.
he bedding material al
liy used the farm.
orb from two to three times
If the
on
upply 1
} fp
je ra
been able to discover an ngie instance
of such injury and lias been
made both in Canada and the U
matter, says
Home. Such
inquiry
nited
States in this
and
the Farm
injury c¢
: soils
very heavy appli
factory evid
from muny
us been
'a nm
Horse mat
dust heg very
left in the pile, and the ex
mentation that may take plac
seriously injure the manure.
manure should be mixed with t!
from the cow barn, which ean
be mn
rom :
rapidly, especially
o
when mas
installed and a man
(horse
ure Carrie
Mixed manure
be har
that
tion
temperature
this to take
tnined, Is the
Best.
of hardwoods
Hardwood Sawdust
The
pose more raid
wlust
er in potas!
that of pines
but no harm
cay !
the latier,
mn! :
¥
¢
need
eXorein.
Tests Show How Rains
Rob Farms of Rich Soil
Tens of millions of dollars are being
washed away in tl rivers
end streams of America through fall
ure of farmers and other land owners
to properiy protect their lands from
erosion, the Farm al.
The rich created by the
table matter for
%, 18 laid bare by plow
restation, and within a
by rains,
earth be-
literally
reports
surf
Vee
Ewept away
the semi-sterile
six-year-old experiment at the
lege of 7 griculture shows
e of 30 feet to 100 feet,
ithout any crops washes so
rapidiy that only 20 years are required
fo wear away the seven ing hes of sur-
“With
clover
face soil,” says the magazine,
a rotation of corn, wheat and
on the same land, 437 years would be
required to move the surface seven
while on land left In sod con-
the time required to wash
away the same seven inches would be
3.947 years.”
Systematic
inches,
tinuously
terracing of such
ing used in conjunction with
regular cover crops, would make the
life of the rich top soll almost inter
minabile, It is poinied out.
slop
ground,
Poor land Is scarce where cows are
abundant.
“0
A rich farm turneth off a yield: but
grievous weeds use up the plant food.
. ee
Besides
may
use,
canning,
be stored in
many vegetables
cellars for winter
. oo
The names of the legumes are as
gtrong towers: the wise farmer useth
them and is safe,
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For World’s Best Interests, Science SI
Subservient to Religion
By RABBI JACOB KOHN, New
York.
The question of science and religion is
ie no
flict, or of the nature of a conflict.
longer a question of con-
Religion recognizes that there is a
fundamental purpose in the matter and energy with which pure science
Applied science, however, should be subservient to religion for
nese of the world.
yo» ;
irld war showed any nstrated that every chem.
st and inventor, science, can be
every practiti an en-
, and that his art ea » used agair well as for the
rt
that the mighty science, by which I
} ¢ nlied 1610 oh annl Ya i
fie meant applied science, should be applied to man’s happiness,
and that the application of a matter for the scien
wophers of the world.
that power was not
1
t for the ethical phil
ment Basis for Taxation
By DR. EUGENE DAVENPORT, Illinois College of Agriculture.
HE farmer has a case ding something other than capi-
al investment as a basis for taxation. The laboring man with
t
his bare hands often enjoys a much higher income than the av-
erage farmer, yet as a laborer he pays no taxes. He will argue
Se
besides, he
that he pays them indirectly in the form of rent and grocery bills.
does the farmer as a consumer pay the same indirect taxes.
which the laborer, the
3
pays heavy taxes as a producer, clerk, the teacher
and the professional man entirely avoids, even though often far more
able to pay than the farmer, who must help to school the others’ children.
Only two ways of reaching this nonpaying citizenry have suggested
themselves—a poll tax, which is impracticable if not unfair, and certain
and some cod liver oll If you want
them to lay well all winter.
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Concrete floors are sanitary and In
expensive, They are fairly satisfac
tory when kept well bedded,
. 8 »
Peat moss, commonly known nas
moss-litter (sphagnum) makes admirer
able bedding; it is soft and absorbent.
* v0
Farmers collect a lot of grief by
planning their activities on the basts
of what prices are when they start
not what prices are likely to be when
they are ready to go to market,
i
cost of living.
The farmer is the last to resist the commodity tax, even when it
seems to be a new kind of taxation, for, like the gasoline tax, it reaches
many a citizen not heretofore contributing to the public exchequer. We
are doing well with the gasoline tax, which reaches
r
no one in distress,
1
and we may go further in this period of improved school and general
highway construction.
A tax levy according to capital investment is especially hard on
farmers for the reason that they have almost twice as much invested as
manufacturers, for example, while producing less than a quarter as
much in value of product.
Among Greatest Needs of Modern Youth Is the
Principle of Self-Denial
By DR. ERNEST R. GROVES, University of North Carolina.
The flood of discoveries and inventions have sophisticated youth
end so multiplied the interests of parents as to restrict the importance
of family experience. The automobile especially has contributed an op-
portunity for anonymous freedom which has tempted youth by furnish-
ing him with a sense of social isolation and revealing to him the ease
with which parental ties ean be temporarily severed.
Social conditions have encouraged the philosophy of self-expression.
Along with this has gone the sweep of luxury standards from which few
children, however poor, can escape.
Forced constantly into an atmosphere of luxury, with their appetites
end pleasure cravings exploited by commerce, they have repudiated the
self-denial virtues that in the past have been so prominent. This die-
carding of what in the past has been the chief machinery of control is
the most significant element in the present youth situation.
There can be little doubt as to the best means of helping youth in
their ordeal. More attention must be given to the early years of child-
hood, and the demands of adolescence and independence be recognized
from the first, so that the impressionable years may be used to lay a
foundation for early self-control,
Position of Labor Today the Best in the History
of the World
By JAMES J. DAVIS, Secretary of Labor.
There never was a time before when the worker was as well off as
he is today. That is not to say that there is not still room for improve.
ment. It is to say that there is no place in the mind of an intelligent
man for the pessimistic claim once advanced by Socialists that the rich
are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
The poor are not getting poorer; they are getting richer, too. More.
over, for the first time in human history there is reason for thinking
that involuntary poverty is a thing which can be conquered.
It is not going to be conquered by agitators, much less by politi
cians; it is going to be conquered by the applicition of laborsaving
machinery to industry.
It formerly was thought by some persons that the classes made
prosperity, not the masses, We are learning that this motion must be
reversed. For it is not the classes that make prosperity; it is the masses,
The prosperity of America today is based on the fact that the
workers’ wages become a highly important factor in our economics,