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Limitation of Arms Likely be First Subject. Washington, Nov. 3.-Important developments were forthcoming : here today which may intimately affect the results of the conference on lim itation of armaments. The first of these were the strong official indications that the primary object of the conference, limitation of armaments, will be taken up ahead of consideration of far eastern ques tions. The much discussed point as to publicity of the proceedings of the conference, once the preliminary formalities are all over, also was brought to the front. In this connec tion it was stated by a high state de partment authority that a "surpris ing" amount of publicity will be forth coming from several cources. The most important of these sources, and the one in which the public- has the deepest personal interest, is that of open sessions as frequently as pos sible. Open Sessions When Possible. Previous indications have been that the conference got fairly under way nearly all the sessions would be held behind closed doors, and the in formation concerning such sessions was to be carefully .sifted before it ? reached the press. A modification of this plan is involved in the decision to allow direct reports of the confer ence whenever it is feasible. Officials of the main American del egation are said to feel the necessity of insuring to the world a reliable ac count of each day's sessions and the progress made therein, and that there ' could be no more direct way of guar anteeing this than by opening certain sessions to the press. This, it is felt, will have the important effect of in suring against unnecessary secrecy and winning the confidence of the public of all the nations represented. Will Issue Statements. In addition, it was officially stated today, that whenever the sessions are closed, authoritative statements will he issued containing as much infor mation as it is possible to give. Fur thermore, Secretary Hughes in all probability will outline personally to the press the progress of the confer ence each day. These decisions are regarded of ut most importance as indicating a gen uine intention on the part of the American officials to avoid the se crecy and distrust that so nearly' made the Versailles conference dis astrous to this country. "We do not intend that this con ference shall be shrouded in secrecy and conjecture," it was stated. '"The people are entitled to and shall have as much publicity regarding the ac tual progress of the conferences we can get out without actually imped ing the result we all hope for." Limitation May Come First. These encouraging indications of the day were supplemented by infor mation from official sources that the conference at the outset may get right down to business and "take the bull by the horns" by discussing arms limitation first. The general impression, however, is that this primary object of the con ference cannot be settled until its as sociated problem, that of far eastern questions, has been adjusted. As one official expressed it. "There prob ably will not be any agreement on re duction of armament while the clouds hang over the Pacific." Since the arrival here of the main Japanese delegation yesterday there is every evidence of a possible re versal of the agenda, and the ques tion of arms limitation may come first. This does not mean an actual settlement of this most important subject before taking the maze of far eastern questions, but only that it will be discussed first. Peace Foundation Calculates Costs of War. Boston, Nov. 6.-The World Peace foundation in a statement tonight gave figures compiled from reports of the secretary of the treasury which it said showed that the United States government in 131 years of its ex istence under the constitution had spent nearly four-fifths of its total ordinary disbursements on war or things relating to war. Tables pre pared by the foundation showed total ordinary disbursements from 1789 to 1920 of $66,728,209,409 of which the war items amounted to $52,607, 489,927, or 78.5 per cent. Official figures were given to show that the cost of the Confederate war, including interest on the public debt from 1861 to 1863 and pensions to date, had run to $12,322,168,601 or more than the government has spent in all its previous existence. The cost to the United States of the world war was given as more than $33,000,000, 000. ?The Quinine That Doss Not Affect The Heac Because of Us tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinar> Quinine and doc J not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and took, for the ?ism ature of E. W. GROVE 35c. Proof of Soundness of Ch: icle's Position on Feder: Reserve Bank. Ever since the summer of when the heavy guns of the all erful Federal Reserve Banking tem were aimed with deadly ace cy upon the business of the coui The Chronicle has never cease< call attention to that crime ag? business and prosperity; forced flation. It has caused nine-tenth the trouble in this country, with lions out of employment and 1 prices shattered to the point wi the producer became thoroughly heartened and the merchant n sick because of the decline in ues in his store. The price of cot for instance, was forced down f 43 to 10 cents per pound, and, tho other commodities did not su quite so much in proportion, t suffered quite enough. The Fedi Reserve Bank's ruinous policy sin played havoc with business and are right now slowly recoveri The announcemnt is made wit great deal of gusto that the disco rate has again been lowered and t this is done to help agriculture i other forms of business. Indeed, i like sending for the doctor after patient has already passed the cri The discount rate should never hi been raised to such an extent thal was and now, after we have pas: through the worst, we hear the m nanimous gentlemen of the Fede Reserve Board making the grave ? ?nouncement that it was going to lc [er the discount rate to help bri business back to what it should 1 ?Of course lowering the discount rs again will help, but why should ever have been raised to the po: where money could not be obtain even by responsible men of busines As for The Chronicle's position ] garding the Federal Reserve Bani conspiracy against business, tl newspaper alone of all the dailies the country, and aided only by t powerful pen of the editor of t] Manufacturers' Record and the voi of John Skelton Williams, form member of that board and ex-com troller of the currency, fought f< 15'months against it. Now, we si notable men over the country takir the position that it was a mistake policy of the Federal Reserve Boai to force deflation which would ha\ come gradually anyway, but werai not have blasted homes, and wrecke lives and fortunes and thrown mi lions out of employment. The Chronicle yesterday printe the views of former Governor San uel W. McCall, of Massachusetts, o this question, and we reprint Go\ ernor' McCall's statement this morr ing and leave to our readers to com pare what the distinguished gentle man from Massachusetts says no\ with what The Chronicle and Manu facturers' Record have been sayinj for more than a year. Thc artic! from yesterday's Chronicle is as fol lows: "That the present business depres sion with its resulting unemploymen is mainly the result of a mistakei policy on the part of the federal re serve bank, is the opinion of ex-Gov Samuel W. McCall of Massachusetts "In estimating the weight of th? different causes of unemploymen and business depression very little has been said about the effect of th< drastic contraction of currency anc credits through which we have pass^ ed. "The federal reserve system was designed to furnish a circulating me dium which should expand and con tract in response to the demands of trade. We were apt to think of it as something self-operating and furnish ing a natural expansion and contrac tion according to the beautiful law of its being. This natural process however, is one of its beneficent pos sibilities. It is in effest a government machine deity and its real benefi cience depends largely upon the wis dom of those who direct its workings. "We saw the system responding to the needs of government and private industry during the war. There was the necessary expansion and defla tion and it was all natural enough. And then there came a time for the reserve process, and for us to get back again to the solid earth. That was a process no less important than the other and perhaps attended with greater danger. When our balloon is on t:he high upper levels it would not be to the credit of our financial aero nauts that they should puncture the gas bag and cause it to come down in a v/ay to bring destruction upon its occupants. "Something more than a year ago it was decided that we should have deflation and instead of waiting for deflation to come along natui-ally, chiefly as a result of a shrinkage in demand, it was decided that it should be hastened, that loans to business men should be liquidated." Thus, there came about a forced contrac tion of currency and, what comes to che same thing of credits, and we saw lo an extent a substitution of the ar bitrary action of men for the play of natural forces. "The contraction of currency and the arbitrary enforcement of high in terest rates which have been wit nessed have accelerated the fall in commodity values and, as a result, (business men were squeezed under [this government press and the coun try was filled with thousands of lame I business ducks from Eastport to Los Angeles. The distress by no means ex tended to concerns that might ordi narily be called weak, but great cor porations and firms which had long been prosperous were made to suffer I severely. "We saw Mr. Ford barely making his escape and only as a result of his remarkable business capacity. No class has been hit harder than the farmers, with the value of some of their products, like wool, cotton and hides, disappearing almost entirely. No one surely can deny that there has been very much liquidation of la bor with the throwing of some five millions of men out of employment. "It is difficult to believe that all this is the result of that natural elas ticity that was supposed to be install ed by the federal reserve system." Augusta Chronicle. The Old Home Town.' For a number of years fall home comings have been popular in many counties and smaller cities over the country. They are for the most part family reunions, given a wider in terest because they attract to the home town or county many friends of yore who might otherwise never meet again. Social occasions are ar ranged, there are public addresses, special church services, historical reminiscences and various forms of entertainment for the guests from other localities, who left their old home, farms and towns, to meet, let us hope, a larger and more enduring success abroad than they could have done at the old home. The old town looks small, no doubt, to those who went to the city for their life work; the old farm cramp ed, to those who now inhabit the wide reaches of the West. But to all the ? home-comers there are dear places, I hallowed by tender memories, to vis it-the brook, the ancient sycamore, the beloved hills in the country pl?c es; and in the small towns the old home with its multitude of reminis cences. Homes pass away-into other hands. There is no continuance on earth. Change never ceases its work. Trees die, familiar prospects are mar ried. Only the skies are unchange able. So there is a touch of melan choly for all home comers except, the young, because of the ravages of death among the relatives and friends. Yet where the old homes are peopled by strangers and their con tents distributed among the children, there is one great consolation. It is not the place or the house that is sacred. That is the mere shell set up to protect the family from the weath er. The things that were in the house are the objects that the heart is real- '5 ly interested in-the chair that gave j comfort to mother; the desk that was father'; the books the gentle and lost! sister loved; the intimate possessions j of the brother called West; these j things touched by vanished hands are j the true treasures of the old home, | not the building which sheltered j them.-Chicago Journal of Com merce. Juggling Names Disturbs Dial. Washington, Nov. 3.-Juggling with names of applicants for ap pointment for postmasters, indicative of the return by the Republican ad ministration to the spoils system in filing vacancies, constantly disturbs Senator Dial of South Carolina, who has referred to the situation in a let ter addressed to the civil service com mission. In course of his remarks, the following occurs: "I make no charge at present, how ever, it has been brought to my at tention that there must be leaks in, your office as postmasters in South Carolina. "For instance , I have heard that after examinations, other names are added to the list. I have heard, fur thermore, that reports as to the re sult of examinations have been held up until interested parties could in spect them. I merely request that the law be adhered to rigidly. "I have been given to understand that under the system of appointing one of the three highest that there is much juggling, and that some en titled to appointment under no con sideration are receiving undue fa vors. I do not know that your hands are bound. But it occurs to me that the applicant receiving the highest mark should receive the designation in the absence of anything against his character."-The State. invigorating to the Pale and Sickly ?t!5~P1,J Stanll;lrd general strengthening tonic. 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