m- EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1919 (J -a -- If- ! it? if : CO! IN IL S. TUX NOT YEI IN SIGHT Report of Secretary of Treasury Says Government Borrow ing Must End PURGES REVENUE REVISION Cardinal Murder's Story of War Begins Saturday "1 suffer ns much as they," writes Cnnllnnl Mercieit, f the HeMim poApIe in hii on n fitorj of the Ocr iiiaii occupation of Jils beloved coun try. TliM tragic story bigins next Sntunlnj , December 0, in ISucning uhlSc 2Jc&a.cr There will lie dully lnMnllments. Don't Miss Thorn WILSON'S ILLNESS fell ii'ii V- m t- G. S3 S3 si 'm Vu An'oclatft Prm t Witshlii"tnn. Dec. .'!. Xo nnnroeinble reduction in taxes for the next nVenl J'enr Is (o be thought of. Seorctnrv Glnns declared In Ills nnnunl report ent today to ron?re-.s. Government receipts must bo kept nt their present fiiritre, he -mid, In order to bring government borrowing to nn end. B'ncing cinenditurei estimated nt ( $r.02!1.4S!l.:trin for the cnr ending .Tune 30, 1020. and $1 473.CSHJ.a."8 for the jenr ending .Tune HO. 1021. the govern- ' Ji'.ent musi enforce rigid economy, Mr. CdnR declared. He plnced the defi"lt for the current jenr nt SI flfl.-Ofin 0(10 and for M'C rear ending .Tune HO, 1021, nt approximately $2.00.-.000.000. On this ImirN. Mr. (ilii'x nrH cnn grens to den "everj appropriation for -xpendituie in new tieVU " 'Tp miM the twite po'iey should o'ltnln until tle gov e:llnen' luul its sinking fund well under way and repayment of the war debt "MittafnctoriK lieuun " Jlr, !'n". chni-gi'd that rpiiivp gov ernment expenditures were "the most vital fnctoi'-" in increasing the cost'of ' HWus nod 't-gued that It wn mgent'r lercK..if tr Keen down public expenses fAr this lfnson ns well as because of the drain on the t-ixpavers. Against Excess Profits Tax The present revenue laws need revis ing to meet new conditions, he said, lie referred particularly to the excess profits tax laws as being "objectionable even as a wartime expedient " It wvi be still more objectionable in ncncetlni" ' he added. "Less harmful forms" of deriving funds for the government should be mployed. the secrptnrv said, adding that the excess profits tax had been responsible for much of the crease in living costs because it had been passed on to the consumer. "It encourages wastefu1 expenditures, puts n premium on overcapitalization and a penalty on brains," the secietary continued "It discourages new en lures nnd new enternriset. and estab lishes old cutures in their monopolies. In man. instances, it acts as a con sumption tax. is added to the cost of production upon which profits are figured, ditennining prices. It hns been, an 1' will so long ns it remains on the statute boohs, continue to be a material factor in the increased cost of living." Mr. Glass also urged redrafting of the revenue Inws to prevent the evasion of federnl taxes through the investment of wealth in the obligations of states and municipalities. He snid laws should be enacted which would compel the re porting of such incomes, although thev are wholly tax exempt, and that that sum with other income of nn individual should be computed as the basis for as sessing federal taxes on the nniouut de rived from taxable sources. Europe's Needs Exaggerated Relations between conditions in Tu ropc and those in the I'liited States xverc discussed also by Mr. Glass, lie , Bald that, undoubtedly, there was a verv great need in Europe for financial as fdstancc, but that the situation had been much exaggerated. ''We must all feel deep sjmpalhy for Kurope today," he said, "but a must I not allow our sympathy to waip our Judgment and, by exaggerating Euro pean financial needs, make them more difficult to fill. The problem of financing Europe belongs largely f the exporter because industries cannot be reopened without raw stocks. Gov ernment financial assistance in the pat and talk of future government or bank inp aid to finance exports have appar ently led our industrial coucerns to the erroneous expectation that their war profits, based largely on exports, will continue indefinitely without any risk on their pait To them will full the profits of experts and upon them will fall the consequence of failure to make the exports." The Treasury will continue its pol icy, in effect since the armistice, to re store private initiative nnd remove gov- , ernmental contiol and interference with respect to the nation's foreign trade, Mr. Glass said. Only through thl means, he argued, could a "liealtln economic life be gained." He added that removal of any influence by the govern- '' ment should provide the incentive for American commerce to go into the world markets and establish itself. .Ratification of the peace treaty will measurably stimulate export trade, Mr. ' Glass declared, because operation of the pact 'would eliminate numerous politi cal risks nnd provide u surer invest -ment basis. lt ... Closely related to any activities of the covcrnment in foreign trade is the aubject of incorporated government agencies, withdrawal of wliicti Mr. Glass strongly urged. He Baid their 'manifest weaknesses" were pioof suf ficient that such arrangements were bot happy ones for the government nor for the persons charged with adminis tration of the corporation. While not Baying that any of the agencies, created during the emergencies of war, had s ,been guilty of wastefulness, Mr. Glass pointed out that there was no objective, guch as business profits, to hold cxpeu rHfrpq down. On the other hand, officer managing the agencies operate on a. capital lor wmen mere is no nc ..niintnlillttv or check and always have access to more funds if a real need exists. Cases where government funds are employed semi -independently, air. ""V Glass declared, "largely justified gov ernment red tape in accounting." sjieturning to the estimated govern - Bjnt expenditures for the hsral year ending June 30. 1021, Mr. Glass said the military establishment would ask nnnronrlations aggregating $080,578,- ftfrr. Of this sum. SS07.302.000 would be required, ne saw, ior maintenance the, army proper, while $85,40S,000 would be apportioned to the national xuard. The Military Academy would receive $0,778,037. For the navy, the appropriation of X542.031.804. including $185,248,000 for a building -program, is to be asked. An aggregate of $104,578,000 will Be sought for public works, In this is included funds for rivers and har bors' improvement totaling $53,659. 25. Fortifications, arsenals and inlli- I" 'tarr posts will require about S120,- I w , , . 3. Mho leKlKlttllve vmuuiiniiiurui. win su,'eei $0,023,207. it was estimated, ? while the executive branches of the ? gvernrncnt combined will seek a total of $140,111,403. Chief among the lat- ' '"tw departmental expenditures is an tMtimate of $73,405,101 for the Trees- ,'vrt department. This sum, which is '"much larger than in former years, In Skates the added expense to be borne ju the enforcement of prohibition, In eluded in this also Is the appropriation of; $37,628,102 to be asked by the De partment of Agriculture for carrying it field activities. Ww judiciary will ask for $1,034,100. Vmt fcHeliii intercourse, appropriations tateHM $11,243,250 will be sought. AfepwprMtSous Pr tD department of fixcjr.eire ie unuH, ior use mfMf. m no i,;mi.o,m, ami Mtr afwiuvQ uenr.vrnjcms. an V' epught wljt be as fa OK, follows. AVar Departme-jt, proper, Stl.(lir.21S; Nay Department, proper, ?!'l,')P7.-7" : Interior Department. .slV-W.IKi; 1'ostoffii'e .Department, $2,0U3,SY0 ; Depuitinciit of Coinmercc, isl'j,7"f' "J7 ; Depattincnt of Justiie. 870-1,510, nnd Department of Labor, $1,700,430. Approximately $s0.000,0no will !" sought by the various executive brunches alo to bo used in public works. This latter Includes $31,000, 000 to Iv nsktsl by the Navy Depuit luent for work in navy yards, docks, etc., mill J522.O00.O0O for the Interior Department's reclamation service. Tl.e shipping board has estimnted its needs nt $417,755,001 to b used in operation of the m reliant iniiiiue and coiniiletiiig' its building proginiu. The adi'jinistiutioii progiani for re hnhllltating soldiers and sailors cilK for an appropriation nt S3S.750.000. This figure, hnncter, is snbjtet to fhange beca'i statistics as to certain projectid nctnitus wcie incomplete. Work of the Kedeuil Trade Commis sion will require S1,2S.'I 130. Ilxpcn diturcH of the Dis'rit t of f'olumbia gov erument were etini!tjei nt Sl'),170.000. Permanent annual upiiiopri-itions for the j ear nmoiint to $1,125,407,752. The.Je included SI .01 7.500 HOI) fo- In tel est on the public debt, customs nnd interim! menue, S25.207.noO: sinking fund, K2S7.5IHI.000, and niiscellaueous, 05,500,000. REVIVESGOSSIPS Failure of Hitchcock to See President Furnishes Fuel for Rumor Factory DEFINITE STATEMENT SOON lly CLINTON W. GILI1EKT Stnff ( orrrMMjnclent ef the Klfnlnff Tnlillc Twicer Wushliiglon, Dec. 3. The Presi dent's illness Is again agitating Wash ington The Senate, especially the Re publican side of it, is biiHV suggesting that the 1'iesident is Incapacitated at present, many senators declining cs terdin that the President did not write his la-it message to Congress. Several circumstances have con tributed to this new outbreak of rumois. Tor o'i thing the President V recovery ' "s been etttemeh slow. Th -n too, there lnve been no official bulletins in mnn weeks. TIhko bulletins were stopped because there was virtually no hangi! in the President's condition from dm to da. and so toe daily announce- j nients weie meaningless. I Then failure of Senator Illlchcoek to seetivo an appointment v ith the I'resi i dent on Satuiday started the story that Sir. Wilson was worse The attitude I of those who surrounded the President I adds to the uiniors. , Quest ions about the Picsident'n actual I condition piouike resentment. The ini jp'icition is that speculations us to the President's health are prompted bv I utilities i1 ml not b a legitimate in ! terest of the public in the chief of the nation. I I he Pieslilent's friends allow the irmnois to grow and grow until a denial Negro Colonel Gets Llberlan Post of them can no longer be avoided, and Washington, Deo. 3. (1? A. P.) then some statement is issued which Colonel Chillies Young, letired, " tho I tt'iitla to sot them at rest. That point onlv negro army ollicer to attain that ' ip being rint hed again. Some formal lank, has been selected as military at- ' "tntcment about the Piesldent's condi aehe to Libetm nt the lequest n'f the ' tion uuinot be mucli lunger delajed. 'Mean republic. Some jeurs ago As to the President's actual condition Colonel louug oiganizcd the military it is difficult to obtain nnvthiug more establishment of I.ibeiia than indications. The fuilme to see Senator Hitchcock was without signifi cance, Hitchcock's relations with the President are complicated by the con-. test over the Senate leadership. Neither he nor Senator t nderwood can go to the White House without starting rumors that the White House Is favoring one or the other In the Sen ate contest. Beneath the surface some obscure maneuvering is going on to get each on the front page of the newspapers or to keep one or the other off that page. This situation in some way con tributed either to the announcement that the President hail summoned Mr. Illchcock or else to bis failure to ob tain an appointment. The Piesidcnt did sec Secretary linker on Sunday, just before the secretary's departure for Panama. This was the day after the failure of Mr Hitchcock to see him. It should set at rest the storj that the President had suffered n i elapse nnd become once more unable to lecehe visitors. Thoie is another little fairly well authenticated story which indlciites the President's activity and capacity.j,Mrs. WiKon showed a friend nt the White House a mil's of stenographic notes which she sins the President had pre pared as memoranda on some Subject upon which he was working. These, notes were described by the person who saw them as pcifcctlj clear and well formed. "Impertinent" and Peislstent If this story is true, unci theie is no reason to doubt it. it should dispose of the rumor that Mr. Wilson is par alzctl in his light hand Een accept ing the story that the President inn sign his name with his left bund, per haps invented by some one to account for his undisputed signature-, to docu ments, it is not to be supposed that he can write stenographic clianieters with his left hand, nor for that matter with a light hand which bus been recently paralyzed. Theso two circumstances to show how slim is the evidence reg.uiling the Pres ident's actual condition. If ou nsk, you lire told stories like the foregoing, but nnything more definite is icfuscd. It may be simply that those who sur round the President nie unable to un derstand the public point of view and regard his illness ns a prhute matter regarding which everjbody is some what impertinent. Or it may be that they are so clear In their own minds about his condition that they cannot understand the doubt and confusion existing thioughout the country. This much may be confidently ns- sertcd, the bralu of tho President Is perfectly clear. His mind functions ns clearly as ever It did, but his nerv ous condition is such that not much mental work can be done by him. The quality of his mental operations Is as good as ever, the quantity of them has to be restricted. And it is almost equally sure that the President has suf feied no such paraljsls as would be ap parent in speaking, in his face, or iu the use of his right hand. It may be accepted as true bejonil doubt that the President is incntnllt capable of performing the duties of his .office, but that iu the ititerests of his recovery he is forbidden by his phy sicians from performing nny of them thnt it Is not absolutely necessary for him persoiialb to do. TliciP is little doubt that he did not write tho message. You can not obtain a definite: statement from any one that ho did or did not. but the evidence Is sufficient that the message was put to gether from the lecommendations of various cabinet officers. It is not like ly that ho. President's physicians would permit him to write a long message such as that. It was not necessary for him to per form this labor. The usual Presi dent's message for many jcars has been nut together much as this one was. And Doctor Gfa-.sou would naturally insist that the President should avoid this labor. The fniiiire to write the message is not significant. The Republican sen ators nre playing small personal politics in insisting upon it in public statements ns impiutnnt. Is Still "a Very Sick Man" Doctor Grayson said to me p few dns ago tl)af the " a very sick man and would be so for a long time." Physicians do not allow "very sick men'' to Indulge in pro tracted mrntnl labor, when that labor cap be avoided. 12ven though he did not write It, the message Is the President's, read, ap proved and signed by him. Cabinet Regal as Powers In the Mime way the President Is not being consulted upon the Mexican situ ation. Tho probability is that he is cognizant of tho difficulty with Mexico and if Secretary Lansing's handling of it for he reads the newstia'iers nnd hns them read to him. Rut Mr. Lansing is now really secretary of state, just ns the other cabinet officers arc now the real heads of their departments. The United States has. In effert. n commis sion form of government. Secietnrics who ncer could take a step without consulting tho President feel very in dependent now. The President is nervous nnd excit able, especially on the subject of the treaty, absorption in which broke him down. Ho is improving, but very slowly. Wc have no longer a one-mnu gov ernment and the very persons who once were angry because we had a one-man government nre now angry because It hns censed to be one. Phlla. Officer Goes to Philippines Contain It. Gilpin Krvln, son of Sirs, Iluiold Ellis Yarnall nnd n former city trooper, has been transferred from Rockwell Field, Calif., to Corrcgidor, PhiMppinc Islands, where he will be in command of tho Second Aero Squadron. Another former trooper assigned to tho same unit is Captuiu Harry C. Dray ton, sou of Jlr. and Mi. William Drayton, who has been on duty in the office of the director of military aero nautics nt Washington. NEEI FTTOtlY IIIKI.l'? Phono Walnut SOOO. Adv. Now York's Comptroller Fined New York., Dec, 3. -(By A. l,.)t Declared in contempt of court for dis regarding an injunction against Uio sale of $1,000,000 worth of corpornta bonds, City Comptroller Charles Ij. Craig was fined $230 today by Supremo Court Justlco Mnnning. Abounding with Beatify and Dependability FIAT MOTOR CO. WHfeMg CHESTNUT ST. jpraiiiMiiiiiiiM iiFiiMBinmii i iiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiieiffliiii Stiff Neck ? Rub it with BAUM ANALGSIQUE BENGUE It works quickly. Buy a tube of re lief. Don't delay Thai. Lwmlnr It Co. N. T. mm Charge Accounts Solicited!! piimm :,::, i!a 1115 CHESTNUT ST. (OPPOSITE KEITH ') Orders Accepter. Close-outs of Millinery at half-price now being conducted in our Millinery Shoivroom. Smart Hats for all of winter's occasions at reductions of one-half. Bettex be early for best chpice! m m Extraordinary Values the Unquestioned Feature of This s riir O T exceptional. . Hi I . Wl m. , M7 Nil sfaji-k Hudson Seal Coat beaver collar, cuffs and border, $550.00 and, owing to the great extent of our "purchase of fur skins, " the variety is equally magnificent When we were approached with the offer to buy out right for cash a warehouseful of skins, we were astonianed that any big fur skin merchant would so sacrifice his stocks ' (at the sacrifice of his season's profits). But it was not our business to inquire when the goods were there and we had the price. The man's figure was low enough to tempt anybody who knew the condition of the fur-buying markets, and we closed immediately. $ Every kind of -shin made up into every kind of Ftir garment at such savings that they seem almost unbelievable until you see them actually here the savings up to 45 per cent. i THE METZ MASTER SIX "The Car You'll Be Glad You Bought" Meeting Every Standard of the High-Priced Car, at a Big Saving in First Cost and Upkeep The Davenport Motor Company announces that it has been appointed distribu tors for the Metz cars in this territory (Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary land and Southern New Jersey). SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU USE IT SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY IT Comparison Alone Establishes MeritMerit Alone Establishes Value Immediate deliveries in dosed and open cars. Unusual opportunity for dealers. DAVENPORT MOTOR COMPANY 723 N. Broad Street Service .Station: 2012 Chancellor Street JllillilMiimTnmr Pnp.'ar 2110 anil rnplur (141. iiiniiiiiiiimiiiiiiramiiii'iiiiiii uiiiiiiRiJiiiiiiniiuiiuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiniiKiiiiiiiiiniiiii! Sets- Trimmed Australian Seal Coat, $395.00 Regularly Natural Raccoon $57.50 Brown Wolf.... 75.00 Taupe Wolf .... 75.00 Taupe Fox 85.00 Jap Cross Fox.. 110.00 Mink 135.00 Sale $39.50 59.50 59.50 69.50 75.00 98.50 Muffs Regularly Sale Hudson Seal ... $22.50 $14.50 Nutria 29.50 Beaver 35.00 Skunk 39.50 Moleskin 52.50 Squirrel 57.50 19.50 24.50 29.50 35.00 39.50 m We'll Reserve Your Purchase on Payment of a Small Deposit ) m i Fur Coats in the "Fur Sale Exceptional" Australian Seal Coats, $1 1 ) !) Actual Value, $135.00 ---X V tl U Fine, lustrous skin; sports model. V25.00 Trimmed Marmot Coats Actual Value, $145.00 Large shawl collar and cuffs of Natural Raccoon. Trimmed Australian Seal Coats Actual Value, $195.00 Large shawl collar and cuffs of contrasting fur. Hudson Seal Coats. . Actual Value, $223.00 Wrap effect in Sport length; fine skins. V55.00 W9.50 coatsra!. s.9UiZel. $245.00 Actual Value, $295.00 Sports model. Fine dark blue skins. Natural Nutria Coats $Q AIZ (f Actual Value, $295.00 &'0 M7 Three-quarter length model. Finest quality skins. Taupe Nutria Coats... $ O rr pr )) Actual Value, $335.00 " ' O MJ Three-quarter length models; finest quality stuns. Trimmed Hudson Seal Coats Actual Value, $450.00 Three-quarter length; full flare; Beaver or Skunk collar and cuffs. 375.00 Natural Beaver Coats Actual Value, $575.00 Sports model. Made of finest matched skins. Natural Squirrel Coats Actual Value, $675.00 Full length; fine dark skins; full flare. Mink' Dotmans Actual Value, $775.00 Beautiful model. Perfectly matched pelts. Baby Caracul Wraps $fi f7j rf Actual Value, $795.00 V i O tUU Fine flat curled skins. Kolinsky collar and cuffs. H75.00 $550.00 650.00 Coatees Regularly Sale Trimmed Australian Seal $125.00 $89.50 Taupe Nutria 125.00 95.00 Mink 175.00 135.00 Taupe Nutria 185.00 145.00 Hudson Seal 225.00 175.00 Tlhiuirsdaiy's Scarf Specnaifls Fox and Wolf Scarfs (Animal Scarfs in Solid nnd Lined Effects) $16.50 $29.50 $39.50 Note: These prices.marhed "Special," are far below "regular" Choker Scarfs Squirrel $19.50 Australian Seal .... 19.50 Mink ' 39.50 Fitch 45.00 Stone Marten 55.00 Dyed Sablp ,,....,. 65.00 Regularly Sale $12.50 fc!e a package before the war a package during the war and a package THE FLAUOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! w-IJI m4t t e Accept Liberty Bondsnd Purchasing Agents' .Orders "yJtoJ .T?Hitrt ifiiLjiii ' JtJj.!u- Itij.jji.'t.i..'hJll.j -")' 12.50 H 29.50 H 32.50 H 37.50 I 45,00 I ro st s- m i ...v,,lr- - .Xtf : 1 ; , i t, . jjr '1, " i k : - v '.?'.'' ' ml- . . .....LULLJm. - '!.... JS .-, ! M
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