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French Chemise Starts Word War
HAS UNCLE SAM’S agents the right to look into the
books of a foreign exporter to determine whnt it
costs to produce articles sent to this country’s mar-
kets?
They have the authority under’the Fordney-McCum-
ker Tariff Act of 1922 to do just that but have they
a right under international law?
The question is up just now and the article in-
volved is a French chemise.
About a year ago Mr. Winston representing the
treasury department demanded to see the books of
Boue Soeur to find out just how much it cost the
French firm to produce those little garments which
the ladies must have.
M. Phillips Montegut the director of Boue Soeur
demurred. Indeed he flatly refused. Followed an em-
bargo against his products. He was thunderstruck.
The monumental nerve of such a proceeding. He de-
manded action but there wms none. A year passed and
he lost something like 14000000 francs because he
couldn’t sell in this country. He had to shut down his
three factories and 3500 women were thrown out of
work. •
Finally the controversy was brought to the atten-
tion of M. Briand who was asked to do something to
make an end of “this unfair and harsh situation as
soon as possible” but thus far the«|>reinier has had n>
success.
The French government maintains that the insti-
tution of such a system of “economic espionage" (the
term is that used by the French press) constitutes a
breach of international policy detrimental to French
sovereignty.
It is pointed out that the treasury inspectors de-
mand powers denied to local French collectors and it is
suggested that instead of treasury agents the matter
of certifying costs of production be placed in the hands
of United States consular agents who shall do the
work and deliver visaed and attested consular in-
voices. * '
It seems that there is a precedent for this in the
French tariff law. The French customs service main-
i tains technical agents in certain foreign countries for
the purpose of attesting to the country of origin of
exports to France. The aim appears to be to prevent
the secret infiltration of German goods and foreign
exporters must either draw up a certificate of origin or
pay four times the normal duty at the frontier.
The United States treasury department disclaims
any intention to ferret out trade secrets or to enforce
the statute abroad. The treasury department is in-
structed under the tariff law to request information
so as to maintain competition beween foreign and Am-
•fissn goods in the American market and levy duties
ad an ad valorem basis and thafis what it is doing.
Other nations are watching with keen interest the
exchange of correspondence in the chemise case.
Another Killer Pay* the Price
ANOTHER CRIMINAL Lafc paid the price of setting
himself against society and its laws.
Gerald Chapman “super bandit" was given the
extreme punishment of death and while we may ques-
tion the right of the state to take a life for a life it
may be that his hanging wiU have a salutary effect on
others contemplating crime. \ »
Yet we cannot be sure of this. We have hanged
murderers from the dawn of history and crime still
exists. It is rampant in America today. We have im-
prisoned men and still the laws are broken.
We may advance the theory that crime is most pre-
valent in those countries where there is laxity of law
enforcement and say that America's crime wave is due
to the fact that there are many loopholes through
which the criminal may escape.
There probably is much to this charge and it
might be well if we undertook to- follow more closely
thP qcri.k justice of the English courts.
But si. canont entirely eradicate crime because we
haven’t yet devised any method of controlling men's
emotions. Most crime has back of it a motive that can
be traced to the emotions—to desire. Jealousy is at
the bottom of most killings. Two men and a woman
cr two women and a man furnish the .background for
many a murder. Emotion plaiys its part in such cases
The man who steals does so to satisfy a desire and if
homicide follows it is love of life that prompts th**
act. Desire for possession—moneyi food or love—is
back of most wrong-doing. \
For the most part those who yield to the emotions
hhve not been schooled in self-denial. Emotion con-
trols the mind and physical actions. Character is
needed to effectually stop efime!
. Character building therefore $hould be one of the
duties of civilization. Only that can temove the* mo-
tive for crime.
NO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
(Chicago Daily'News)
Although there is talk in Washington of an un-
usually early adjournment of Congress because of the
advanced state of the supply bills and the unripe char-
acter of most of the proposed measures of general leg-
islation an effort is being made to force through the
bill for a Federal Department of Education with a
S Cabinet officer at its head.
The proponents of the bill have been very active.
They expect favorable committee reports upon it. In
the hearings before a join!tee the opposition
is said to have made a poor Jlhowidg so i'ar as numer
municipal spheres. It would scrupulously limit Itself
according to its backers to the collection of statistics
and the publication of illuminating reports. But what
is the need of a department and a Cabinet officer to
gather statistics? Such work usually is done by
government bureaus.
Further u Department of Education would soon
weary of statistical and literary duties and would at-
tempt to enlarge its scope and its authority. Is tend-
ency would be to extend its control at the expense of
State county and city. The entire history of bureau-
cratic government supports this assertion.
The present Bureau of Education should be reor-
ganized. No Department of Education is needed.
TIMELY VIEWS
By FRANK O. LOW'DEN
Former Governor of Illinois and Cooperative farm
leader in an address
It has been the opinion of our profoundest states-
men from the beginning that self-government can en-
dure permanently only through an intelligent citizen-
ship.
I am wondering if in this age in which material
-» tnump.s everywhere strike the eye
and captivate the fancy we are not
losing faith in the value of an edu-
cated citizenship.
I am wondering if we are not
entertaining the notion just a lit-
tle bit that this stupendous ma-
chine-made civilization of ours will
go thundering on its way forever
even though we deny the value of
some of the things which our schol-
Iars and statesmen of earlier times
thought vital to the lasting pros-
perity of a nation.
“AANKO LOWDCM 1 "* eadcrs in the farm <'oopera-
tive movement are finding out
more and more the need of strong local organizations.
They are stressing this os never before. The ideal
country school olso tends to develop a closer com-
munity spirit. And so a better type of rural educa-
tion and farmers’ cooperative societies go hand in
hand. They reenforce and streng.hen each other in
every possible way.
The progress and security of a nation depend large-
ly upon the kind of people who live in the country.
The cities may be more splendid and brilliant. They
are more likely to attract the notice of visitors from
f..r lands. They may have a more conspicuous place iu
the histories which men write.
He however who would measure the soundness of
a nation and predict its future will go out into the
open country to learn what manner of men he there
will .ind. A city may burn to ashes and a more splen-
did one arise upon its ruins. But when the soil from
out of which the greatness of the city springs is once
impoverished or the people living upon it reduced to
penury the city will vanish from the map of the world.
History records a long line ' of great splendid
metropolitan centers that enjoyed their brief day—brief
as history measures time—and then disappeared for-
ever because they neglected the countryside which had
nourished them. This may have come ubout by the ex-
haustion of the soil. It may have been by the gradual
impoverishment of those who till the soil. It does not
matter. For the maintenance of the soil and the well-
being of those who cultivate it are vital to any nation
that would endure.
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EDWIN HOLT HUGHES
A roll call to be held in t.11 Methodist Episcopal
churches in the country in May has been announce!
by Edwin Holt Hughes resident bishop of the Chicago
area and president of the church world service com-
mission.
Bishop Hughes is endeavoring to rally as many as
possible of the five million mem-
bers for definite world service.
The bishop was born in Mounds-
vifle W. Va. Dec. 7 1866. He was
ordained in the Methodist Epis-
copal ministry at 26 and became
pastor of a church at Newton Cen-
tre Mass. In 1903 DePauw Uni-
versity selected him for its presi-
dent. After remain; : there for
five years he was marie a bishop.
He has been inter sted In educa-
tional affairs and »;t one time was
a member of the Indiana state
board of education and also presi
dent of the State Teachers As*o- edw\W m woGMt-t'
ciation of that state. During the Panama Exposition
in 1915 he was chairman of the Committee of One
Hundred for rcdigious activities. In 1923 he was act-
ing president of Boston University for six months.
Bishop Holt is the author of several books dealing
with religious subjects.
Steritas
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A lady engaged a new servant who arrived all right
all right and was duly installed. During the after-
noon the mistress went to the kitchen to give her in-
structions for the morning.
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“We generally have breakfast in this house at
about a quarter past eight o’clock” she said.
“Oo ay mam” returned the new servant “but if
I’m no doon at that time ye neeedna wait. Ye can ju3t
begin without me.”
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The court was having trouble getting a satisfactory
jury.
“Is there any reason why you could not pass im-
partially on the evidence for and against the prison-
er?'* asked the judge of a prospective juror.
“Yes” was the reply “the very looks of that man
makes me think he is guilty.”
“Why man” exclaimed the judge “that’s the
prosecuting attorney!”
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“Hullo! What is the matter with your wife?” said
a man to his neighbor who was noted for his fast
horses. “I see she has her hand in a sling. I suppose
it’s that new trotter of yours. I saw her out with it
yesterday and I thought no good would come of it.
Reckless driving I suppose ch?”
“Yes” was the reply “reckless driving—but not of
the horse.”
“What then?”
“A nail.”
A young lady who found employment in a telephone
office though she knew little about the work had pre-
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viously worked in a large department store where the
motto: “We strive to please” had been thoroughly
taught her. Daring her first day at the telephone of-
fice when there was a ring at the bell:
“What number please?” she asked sweetly.
“Give me 4-7-4 eighteenth.” -
“Oh I’m so aorry” she replied “hot we’re quite out
of——.I mean 4-7-4 eighteenth is busy—but I can give
you number oj 4-7-5 £I you wish.” .
INSTALMENT 45. 1
Eve was alone in the apartment
with nothing disturbing the monot-
onous silence of ih» late evening ex-
! eept the occasional passage of a
motor car in the street cr the far-
away shrillness of a rivpr boat’s
whistle. It was two months to a day
since her viarr age to Clay Wales. |
and she was thinking of this anni- >
versary as her fingers worked busily
upon a piece of embro’derv. She had
mentioned it to Clay at dinner that
evening and brought from him an
I extra kiss as he departed to go to «
lodge meeting* with h - father.
“Going to a lodge meeting with
dad” was getting to he a conveni-
ent excuse it seemed. She had been
rather glad for him to join when he
first broached the matter nnj ex-
plained the social advantages. So
far. however non« of the promised
ladies' nights and parties had ma-
ter alized. And while the lodge was
supposed to meet only once a week
it seemed that Clay went out much
oftencr than that to attend meetings.
She had gotten used to being alone
1 ke this. They went out ore or two
evenings a week together but Clay
was absent on his own two or three.
She herself had not as yet ventured
out in the evening al nc for any pur-
pose. One reason was that she us-
ually was too tired.
Her daily life had become a me-
chanized schedule. She arose at six
prepared breakfnrt and got Clay off
to work before seven. Then she did
the marketing by telephone got the
evening meal preparat ons started
brushed up things here and there
and was off to work herself before
eight. When she returned after five
in the evening there was dinner to
prepare the house to be straightened
up. nl the evening she rubbed out
the lighter pieces of clothing and
linen before bathing and getting at
her sewing.
She was not lonely this evening
but she was feeling the discomfort
cf being in a stonily quiet place.
There was plenty to do and her fin-
gers were busy but her mind was
prey to the fears which solitude
grafts upon human imagination. The
fact that the outer door was double-
latched and all of the screens secure-
ly fastened did not ease her mii.d
regarding the probabil tjr of having
to face intruder.-. Recently the
newsp»i>ers had been full of stories
of n ght attacks upon lone women
. . . She shivered and took a little
comfort from Clay’s promise to be
home at eleven o'clock.
She had reasoned it out many
veeks before that she really couldn’t
insist on ( lay staving in every even-
ing. A man was entitled to have
some of his time free. She had
stopped endeavor ng to get him to
take her out oftener because she was
always so tired.
Sitting there sewing her mind
wandered deviously. She thought of
John Ingtne and how worried he
appeared to be lately. She wondered
if he was ill if financial trcuhles
were responsible. The latter she
doubted. John Ingnte's Sons Inc.
appeared to be enjoying prosperity.
Still she thought you never could
tell about such thipgs. Only a
month before the Central City Sup-
ply Co. had crashed. John Ingate
she knew had lost a little money in
that.
A wisp of wind tossing a curtain
against the screen noisily startled
her. She got up to ro to the win-
dow and look out. A shadowy fig-
ure stole down the street and her
imagination working she shivered
again. If only Clay would come
home.
Abaut once a week she went
through this ordeal then laughed at
herself the following morning and
vowing that she would not be afraid
again. She had stopped telling Clay
abcut it for he only laughed and
made her ashamed of being such a
••ninny" which was her term.
Eve took a chair again and resum-
ed her work on the table cloth. She
nlready had completed the napkins
of the dining-set and soon the larger
piece would he finished. She sur-
veyed the work proudly now. Her
work; and abcut her her home! It
gave her n sence of satisfaction to
look around the apartment. True
enough little of the furniture was
An old politician who is somewhat of a scholar says the secret of his
success is founded on a saying he found in a work of one of the Greek
I philosophers: “Intellect its invisible to the man who has none.”
That saying explains this peculiar world of ours.
Comparatively few persons are capable of appreciating the value of
men who tower above the masses like Albert Einstein Thomas Hardy
' George Brandes to name a few and so they are given none of the popular
respect and adoration that is showered upon Billy Sunday Jack Dempsey*
Babe Ruth Gilda Grey the author of “Thanks for the Buggy Ride” anil
any movie star.
• * • •
How easy it is to criticize! and how little criticism is not ignorant
stupid and grossly unjust.
Critical persons (few of us escape this classification) rarely take to
heart the aineient truth “No man can see over his own height.”
You cannot see in another man any more than you have in yourself;
And your own intelligence strictly determines the extent to which he
comes within its grasp.
• • • •
If a man’s intelligence is of very low* order mental qualities in another
even though they may be of the highest kind will have no effect at all upon
him;
And he will see nothing in their possessor except the meanest side of
his individuality—in other words just those parts of his character and dis-
position which are weak anil defective.
Hia whole estimate of tht man will be confined to his defecte»_and his
higher menu! qualities Will no more exist for him than colors exist for
theirs but about were fixtures and
bric-a-brac that belonged to no one
else and there was money in the
bank to buy furniture when the
lease expired on this place and they
went into an unfurnished apartment.
They planned to do that in Septem-
ber.
The money in the bank was large-
ly the result of he- own efforts. The
gambling incident had caused her
shrewdness to come to the fore and
deposit her own earnings while Tur-
ning tue apartment on Clay’s wages.
He had grumbled about this fre-
quently. but she had offset it by al-
lowing him more for “trending mon-
ey" than she set aside for herself
and whenever he was particularly op-
portunate—as when he wanted to buy
a radio set—she yielded. The radio
set was over in the corner now.
dusty. C lay had soon lost his en-
thusiasm for it. and she never had
understood the workings of the dials
and so forth although Clay had tried
to explain.
Was she happy? Had you asked
her then she would have said yes
and meant it. There were periodical
quarrels and quibbles but they seem-
ingly had no permanent effect upon
either Clay or herself. She got along
with him but largely by allowing
him to have his own way. Without
her realizing it that is the way
( lay s mother had got along with
h m. Eve often said to Madeline or
her mother whomever it was who
chanced to bring up the subject of
matrimony that “marriage is what
you make it.”
It can be seen that Eve had
adopted a new attitude toward her
marriage. The ideal had given way
to the practical.
H-'r heart gave a leap as she
heard heavy steps ascending the
stairs. It sounded like Clay hut it
might nit be. She waited until there
was a knock and waited for an an-
swer to her “Who is it?" before
she warily opened the door.
Clay plainly excited held before
her a newspaper with large head-
lines. “Whew look at this.”
Eve kissed him. closed the door
and watched him take off his coat.
Lock read it.” Clay urged.
She raised the paper up to see
blazoned in the headlines: “CEN-
TRAL CITY MERCHANT IN $100-
oon LOVE SUIT." and below this.
“JOCELYN JOHNSTONE. CHI
CAGOAN ASKS SUM OF JOHN IN-
GATK FOR ALLEGED BREACH OF
PROMISE.”
OTo be continued.)
In (he next instalment:. Ordeal.
Special Rate Allowed
Corpus Christi Rock
AUSTIN Texas April 10. — The
International Great Northern railroad
and the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf
railway was authorized today by the
state railroad comission to adopt n
rate of 7 1-2 cents per 100 pounds
on carload shipments of rip rock
from Dittlinyrer Goreth and New
Braunfels to Corpus Christi on ac-
count of the break water work there.
The rate is effecive five days after
publication. The rate formerly was
8 1-2 cents.
PRATHER IN BABY’S STOMACH
HAMMOND. Ind<—A feather three
inches long was found in the stom-
ach of 3-year-old Richard Henson
who died of pneumonia.
• IIIS FATHER’S SHIRTS
LONDON.—On a visit to a Harles-
den laundry the Duka of York rofoa-
•d to try Ilia hand at ironing tta
skirts §i lit (attar. Hit Gao no.
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Capital Stock—• v S
Taid in.$100000.00 V
From Earnings .$150000.00 $250000.00
Surplus Fund (earned)_$105000.00
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No. 5 First National Bank Annex
Brownsville Phone 499
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