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HOsT T RI 's 11 >KN T- M A K IN ti.
test of president-making in
HB try has been going up stead
lee JJncoln's day. A writer in
>W York Forum estimates that
costs approximately $185,000,
nominate, elect and inaugurate
?nt lie divides the sum thus:
?SSS, $10.000,000^; conventions.
?MOt; campaign (all parties),
It,000; expenses incident to vot
9S0.t00.00O, and inauguration,
t.eiui
ItSO Abraham Lincoln's cam
coot $100.000. ity 1S92 cam
fun'I* hud groa n as large us
LW** and $f,3&0.0oo for the two
parties. The biggest sum spent
ty single candidate so far was In
When McKJn ey was elected,
year the Republican printing bill
Ml $1.000.000 and the total fund
Its.ioe.ooo.
nearly every case the largest
has been spent for the succesa
ididate. with the other cundl
tralhng along behind in ex
Rture* as In votes. That was not
in lllf, when the Hughes fund
mo e than half a milhou dollars
tcoss of the Wilson fund.
?I Interest In and criticism of
huge campaign budgets seem to
hereaslng about as fast as the
totals. There is doubt of the
km of "buying" the presidency?
referring to grsft or to any form
ring votes, but simply to the
publicity rivalry of modern po
rampaigning. There seems to
common feeling that it is pos
to spend too much money In bc
Of a candidate. It is recognized
It Is necessary to spend a certain
int. but bow large that sum can
ithout exceeding the limits of
and propriety is in much dia?
ls possible that within the next
years public opinion will have
sufficiently definite to Insure
ller regulation of campaign spend
Certainly some limit should be
on th?* sums which may
irly bo collected and used for the
of electing uny public official.
IlKTTI ll MAIIKKTINK.
The farmers of the country are very
says a writer in the Country
tleman, about the break In the
I of wheat. "Fully half of their
'S efforts has vanished. *hey
ire done their part In the face of
Insuperable difficulties, and
iw that their crops arc ready for
?ket some force or forces ove
itch tltey have no control clip olt
bibkona of dollars from their
renue.
"Not knowing exactly whom to
the farmers have blamed ev
ItSNty In any way connected with
transportation and marketing of
Ihr products. They blame tho rail
ids, the grain and produce ex
ihanges. the millers, the grain brokers
end the government, but chiefly the)
Ma me tho exchanges. ,
Tie re Is a deep seated prejudice
litest these market centers. The
frage farmer believes they perform
eful service for agriculture and
it their principal functmn la to
a place where gambling In
Istuffn may be carried on safely
profitably by those on tho In
??
le farmers are not alone In blam
the marketing forces of the conn
f..i the present situation, nor are
? ? liotte la the prejudice against the
exchange* Nor is wheat the only
commodity on which farmers?and
? i seopls, too?are losing money,
ivs an editorial In the same nsaga?
Tast year the farmers lost heavily
all livestock, actually lOtt millions
dollars. Home good farmers lost
urly all i hey possessed. Yet in spits
of the fact that meat prices were ab?
normally low at the point of produc
lon. the great consuming public never
more for their steaks and chops.
rho was to bUm?*'.' W? make no
isatlons. We merely point out
fact* What was the effect on
farmers'* They said It Ikes*
i\es that our present marketing ays>
is rotten, the day would come
.When the. would smash it "
It |s iiuite evident that tin- farmers
did no- profit In this last year. Nolth
er did the buyers. Somebody must
have profited. Every consumer must
fctadl recognise that "the marketing
system is rotten," ami ought to be
fttly hW? it'll
A FRENCHMAN ON ATHLETICS.
Sayn Gustave \a> Hon in a recent is
siu of Les Annulcs
Among all the qualities which
make the strength of H people, ths
respect for authority figures in
the first rank. It constitutes
one of the fareas of America and
of England. During the war, the
food director of the United States
had need only of suggestions to
establish days without meat and
without bread. When coal was
lacking, in 1 1 v he suggested to
the hoods of Industries to stop
work for five days. All obeyed
without discussion.
The methods suitable to gain
culture and lutollsjonoe arc nu.
morons. To produce character
there exists but one the practice
of the qualities which develop
it . One acquires initiative and
will only by exercising them.
Tho prent usefulness of sports
is, above all, the devclo?. ing of
character. They teadi, notably,
the art of obeying, from which
is derived the art of command?
ing.
Americans are apt to regard ath?
letic sports chiefly as aids in the de?
velopment of strong bodies and ro?
bust health. Here is a view which
regards them as essentials in the for?
mation of character. It calls to
mind on<e more the fact that the
tiertnnns had no sports. Nor was
their military discipline of the tlexible,
intelligent type, whieh as M. Le Don
luggests, is an art that leads to the
irt of commanding, it was median?
es I routine.
The Irish display constantly the
Uher extreme of lack of sportsman
ihip?there eevryone demands his
>wn way without sense of the value
?f team work. No individual or lit
le section of the Irish people enn ever
? f t he idvisability of subordinating its j1
opinions or compromising for the
ake of the team.
The American boy and girl have
very opportunity to develop through
lav the greatest and finest qualities,
hose that will mainUiin America's
tandarda of co-operation and the
ouare deal, which "make the strength
f a people."
ACTION ON IMMIGRATION.
On one piece of reconstructive legis
itlon, at least, congress is giving the
ountry prompt actioo. Indications
re that the most drastic immigration
leasure ever enacted will go to the
?resident before tho Christinas hoi
leys.
The Johnson bill will virtually stop
ae Influx of foreigners, admitting
nly travelers, students and those oi
ear blood relationship to citizens and
liens already hero. Time will be
iven for the arrival of those who
ave made all their prepnr.ions for
oming to this country, then the
ti cam will be automatically stopped
,t its source. The law may be expect
d to take effect within three months,
mless President Wilson vetoes it. In
lew of tho widespread demand for
uch a measure and the short period
t its operation, a veto is not anticipat?
ing
The house amendment shortening
he tim*? of restritcion from two
ears to one is wise. It is recognized
hat industrial conditions are so un
ettled that nothing more than a torn
>orary measure la possible. Within s
'oar, the economic situation should
>e much nearer normal, permitting
he working out of a permanent im
nbjratlon policy for the future. It
be that within a few mouths, a*
business revives, a shortage of labor
will appear that will make |t ndvls
Ible to let down the bars somewhat
S'eedless to say, they should never be
lowered as far as they have been in
the past.
till: WORKER'S COUNCIL ENTER
TAIN in>.
Tu sod ay, the Nth Mis Qso, Beau?
mont entertained Ihe Workers' coun?
cil of THnlty Methodist church at
le i home on North Salem avenue. Mr.
H. C. Wallace, the superintendent of
the Sunday school gave g very en?
couraging report. Afterwards the as?
sistant superintendent, Cupt. Robert
Brown, gave some line suggestions,
with a glowing account of the Wes?
loe Hi: |s class.
The Heglnners. Juniors. Interme?
diate and Young People's were well
represented.
The pastor. Dr. J. W. Daniel gave
a very timely talk on Improvements,
Aiterwards a delightful salad course
was served by .Mrs. Prank Lynatn,
Miss Margaret Beaumont and Mrs.
Hrooks.
Among those present were Dr. and
lfm Daniel, Mesam. H. C. Wallace.
Adam Ben sacs, Robert Brown?
Mesdanus Alex Hroughton. J. W. Cog,
Hrooks. Adam Rsaraes, Beaumont,
Ciank 1 Aman;. Misses (dg Keimes.
Eva Sires, Kettle Phillips, Mamie
Chandler. Margaret Ueaumont.
Mexico ctty. Dec. IS.?Sixty thou?
sand Russian refugees from tho Cri?
mea are exgfeted in Metieo within the
next f#w months according le a re*
port recently made le Ihe depart*
ment ?d' agriculture by one of 11*
agents who has just returned from
the Near Hast. The agent declared
that many of Ihe RunSMM will ? in
hnrk fot Manko oitbln a few weeks.
The government has signified a wil?
lingness to receive them.
RKt'MON 01<
rcUlrifiT, Deo. if. A procda'm^lfpo
of the reunion of North nn<1 South
China has iun I.n Issued by Preal
dent Hau Bhth-ehnng. The mandate
orders the various |?rovineial utilhoii
tifH i?? exert themselves to tin end
that tin- democratic government may
be promoted, ami nnnounceu that the
republic "will henceforth be united."
The proclamation Is practically coin
cldent with a declaration from Canton
by Teen Chen-hsuan und others of
the "KxecutlVe Committee of tin
Southern Mifitar> government," on
announcing the dissolution of tli it
government and cancellation of the
"Independence" of the southwest prov?
inces,
The reunion mandate loses mil h
of its force due to the tact that an?
other independent faction is in con?
trol of the territory which the "mili?
tary government" relinquishes, and
that the signers of tin- Canton decla?
ration Immediately bourded n Brltlah
steamer to escape the Incoming
troops Of the opposition .action. Also
leaders of the Cantonese faction de?
ny the right of Tsen Chun-hsuan,
General Lu Yung-gtlng and Mil Vnir:
hsicn, of the Kwangs] party, to dis?
solve the military government,
The Peking government, hOWCVCr,
appears to have hopes that these oth?
er factions can be conciliated. Coupl?
ed with the reunion mandate presi
Ident issued an instruction to the
ministry of the interior to bring about,
the election of a new parliament of
the republic, in conclusion the pres?
ident pays:
"The people are com ng to tin- dawn
of better days and J. the president of
China, do hope that this order Will be 1
observed and acted upon by all con?
cerned."
COSTA RICA MAKING TROCIlIiE.
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Tegucigalpa. Honduras, Dec. i"
Some curt and not very cordial notes
have been exchanged between topic- j
sentatives of the British and Costa
Paean governments ovt r a law recent
iy passed by Costs Un a annulling all
international transactions by the pre?
vious administration of President Ti
noco,
This law rescinds an oil concession '
given to British Interests, affects cer- 1
tain arrangements between the Ti
noco government and the Costa li;
rnn branch of the Royal Hank of Can?
ada, and affects some American luter
Nits, Including the Sinclair syndicate
s/hich ha<l obtained certain oil rights ,
under the Tlnoco administration.
The British govei nment filed a
strong protest with the government
Df Costa Rica, refusing to abide by
:he law. To this Costu Klca replied
.hat it would nol allow a foreign pow-1
nf'tO interfile with Its internal legis^J
ation. Great Britain then sent its
nlnlster from Panama to Costa Rl
:a, partonally, to settle the dispute. |
Aa a consequence, the Costa Rio i
areas Is bitter against the British !
Maims and much anxiety exists there
it the prob;\ble OUtCOntO,
ACVM) PKosl.t I'll!
DRAFT EVADERS,
Washington, Dec if.?charges thai
.he war department were talcing n ?
iction toward the prosecution Of draft,
?vaders and deserters were tiled with ,
.he house judiciary committee by :
representatives Of the ex-service men's
MWanlsaAiona,
SKLLS BONDS AT PAR.
Greenwood, Dee. 1".?Municipal '?
rte - c^n* bonds, totaling 1200,000 wore
mid today at pur to Richard Fields
4 Co., of Cincinnati through their
?cpresetrtatlve, i. B. Richards of the
Security Trust company Of Spartan
burg. The bonds are dated January
1 1921. and will be delivered <m that
date. Nine bills were received. Pro?
ceeds from the sale of rnesc bonds
vl'l Its used In extending street pav
ng and sewerage.
S?CVSTS.
fS-"Aires, Dec. 1 I. A plague of
locusts, like (hill which in auch ill
Kgypt "oovi red the face ol the earth,'
11 us year descended ui?>..i tin province
of Santa IV. Him liar offensives ur<
ahnest ai aal events In one par, or
mother of Argentina.
Tho locustfl come suddenly
without warning. Where for a > ai
?r several years perhaps not on< of
tho Insects has been h ??? n, a v? rii ibl<
cloud of Ihcm will onc? day app ar
ind settle on the ground. These usu
illy come from il!?: northwest, from
the vast nlmosl uninhabited tracts in
Bolivia, it is sup pot* d. The < >v< r
the earth like u moving carpel, grad?
ually moving on.
At first liit i?- dnmnge Is done, aside
from the inconvcnii nee <>r having lit?
erally million* of the Insects covering
everything and ? von penetrating Ihe
nouses. Hut as tin;, progress* through
the country tin".- bore holes Into the
earth, preferably In hard spots such
as roadways, into which tin y deposit
their eggs. Within a short time the
arva are hatched and come forth. At
first these can nor fly, and it is at
? his stage that they devour every liv
ing plant within their path, with ihe
exception of a few su cl such a ?
willow trees,
A little later the Insects dev< <? >
their wings and, leaving 11?? - couutrj
through which they have passed a
desert, they disappear almost as sud?
denly as thej ?am". Where they
(u has never been discovered. ?
Argentina has had recourse to niattj
methods fighting the locusts. Th
hation maintains organ uted locust,
i ? hth ?-? -"M.-o;s. something like those
formed lo llghl forest li:'os. and thosv
ire sent every year to tlic section.!
invaded. In addition, every rancher
Is hehl i > ponsilde for fighting the
?
Ulli of lh< me i. ad s employed is '
dig trenches in which the insects in ?
? ?
But no nva It el* how munj millions o.1
th< m are made away with in any such
manm r, ii is impossible to look ii.
j.?st owlsg'to :h<' great extent I Ar
gentina, much of which if- Htill vor:
spu rscty sett led.
iA I'OIIH MAY MAX.Vii; TK-KICS.
Augusta, Qa., Dec l5--'ty Coll-,
left today for New York for ? o: -
forence with the owner of IV.? Octroi!
Americans regarding Co m repotted
nff< r to manage the Tig< rs.
New fork, Dec. 16. So In forma*
;ii has bceq received from th<> na?
val balloon thai lefl ltoekawa> Polnl
i vionday, with three oilicers, on an en?
durance test.
Itli-tll I ! ! >V IMY
IN GOVritNMKXT
Washington, Deo. la. 'Republican
(cadi i Metidell, doci '? u m til m
loii.i iii it rigid economy In xppro
prin'tons for government ? xi?? 11>? -? \m
n ccasary in order to iigh' "i Uli i\
lamb ti, and the total estimate (?t in?
secret ry of the treasury should be
reduced by one hi lion, four hundred
mi lion dollars, chiefly by scaling
down ihe estimates of Iii? army. n.i\y
and sundry civil ? SP?: u ? '?.
W:u?l Ingon, lx?c. 16. A severe
i h lake, said lo Ikj the worst in
n ars, recorded today by the
''.??.:. i . i I niv.'i-s :y seismograph*
anted to ha \ < occurred 2,-?
miles i om Washington.
I >>?<?. 1Such a large
1 a contractor's ad->
I a ? nt y-tive men I hat
< :: l!< d our t o maintain
pi emits liegan assent**
tin ng.
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