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Show THE CITIZEN :4 the proposal of Lloyd George to tion sa ve council table and discuss, man to man, how lastin' be restored to a suffering nation, natv and ainuity may again been so long identified with the British empire, is cc eland it geographically, that it would seem that the elusivr oblij i part of somewhere else than upon a green sward ed dove must light divorced from its neighboring isle. achu tely am forever ; eienK t Clever these are matters for the Irish and the English people Ish out for themselves and all true Americans, no matter wha' nclinat uis or sympathies may be, will grant these two great uterij? es of r:ie white races, carte blanche in arranging their own in has .it least acquiesed 5 Hamilton Holt is heading a party of who refuse to accept the dictum of the American voters last November, and arc urging President Harding to announce his plan for an association of nations so that they can criticise it. If Mr. Holt and his fo lowers will acquaint themselves with current events at Washington and take their eyes off of Europe for a time they will see that President Harding and his administration are bending every effort toward the American house in order. It is true that Mr. Harding putting favors an association of nations in the interests of world peace, and he said so in the campaign, but the dominant note of his speeches before the election was America first. And he is looking after America first. Holt and his crowd would have the United States as tat affairs is wallow awhile longer in the aftermath of Wilsonism, while the nation quest t0 thi- conference for limitation of armaments America of European rematfe ? interested and indisputably has more at state than any other continues to sacrifice in the interests of the confab will rest upon the habilitation. But President Hardings thoughts are centered on the Thdjg participants. The outcome I at welfare of the United States, and the people are with him. 1 n of Japan, considered to day to be the most belligerent nation J world since the- collapse of the giant Germany. The attitude y adlAjjg men from Nippon may soon be learned and if it is not straight- John. Adams, the man from Dubuque, Iowa, who was recently of disarmament, the elevated to the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, wjd and unmistakably favorable to the plan entered the services of the sash and door factory, of whicn he is now eio unburden the nations and to free the world from the ma war-tim- e paraphernalia, will fall as flat the head, at a salary of three dollars per week. At the same time ktp build and accumulate that he was succeeding in business and politics, he was growing in fore liwrnain as inactive and innocuous as the. much lamented League the esteem and affection of his neighbors, as evidenced by a prominent 4 lEPons Pac H.iwas intended to make the United States an ashlar of a super-i- Jj democratic friend, who, in addressing the new chairman, said: We The scheme failed. Today Japan may elect to remain an are proud of you, John Adams, because you were born with your hands empty of inheritance; we are proud of you, John Adams, of an Asiastic and European entente for offensive and defensive because, denied the early education which you craved, you obtained es. Time alone will tell. it through diligent study and application; we are most proud of THE WHITE MANS BURDEN you. John Adams, as a father, husband and neighbor in private life! and we are glad that this great honor has come to you. bill Every state in the union is facing this year the greatest tax It was a significant scene in Detroit when fifty delegates from tr placed on record. In many lines of business the tax bill has or doubled and in some instances, trebelecl, during the past six the convention of. disabled war veterans invaded the socialist national convention and warned the latter that the overseas men were ready ars.i J will be called upon to pay the tax for there is no way to fight again in the maintenance of American principles of governy K Industry out of it the bill has been contracted and must be met am1 ment. The men who offered their lives and sacrificed their health freed?! nf;le in the defense of their country have no intention of standing idly a oiysumcr will eventually have to liquidate in full. It has been said that the power to tax is the power to destroy by while plotters from within are conspiring the overthrow of tlr 10 ti hair-lin- e of destruction has about been reached in government. .Americans know the attitude of the overseas veterans, ,on jd i tat the is. and it is well that it has been brought home directly to the Socialists. industry is evident. When a tax is assessed it sageW ines to the consumer in the way of an added charge y tJrforef passed along the point that it The tax on freight, according to the Railway Age, is three per n sejthc product it affects and when it reaches cent of the railway rate, and amounted in 1920 to $129,750,000. The prohibitive by placing the ultimate price of the commodity tax. tax on passenger business is eight per cent of the railway rate and jrond the reach of the consumer, it is surely a destroying of amounted in 1920 to $103,320,000. This made a- total tax that govilliai: Peole are in a measure to blame for the present state to ernment ardirfaij anl they will get no relief until they have the courage charges added to the already exorbitant railway charges of officials $233,070,000. It was not a irjstjnand tax reduction all along the line and to hold public part of the railway rates and the railways jcainpaign pledges which promised economy. They must vote for did not get any part of it ; they merely collected for the government. and measures which guarantee economy for if this is not done The shipper and the people who rode in the varnished cars paid the es jrJn tax burden may become so enormous it will be necessary for bill. and federal government to employ special tax collectors to iiise down and confiscate their property. Let us hope that the powers that be will speed up the prosecution jt i of the war grafters who pillaged the government under the Wilson ipror, One of the most encouraging features of the business outlook administration and thus give the Democratic politicians and editors at the resumption of building activity. Statistics from the country something else to think and talk about besides the specks on the Je show more building in progress than for years. Republican sun. Contracts awarded in twenty-si- x northeastern states for April more than a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest on record nn is said that Germany is sweeping the seas clean of competition, It some cstsf April, and an increase of 34 per cent over March. In British, in world trade. She recently underbid British especially tin- increase reached 71 per cent and all sections report gains competitors by 50 per cent on $1,400,000 in contracts in Palestine ' f?i(lferPTvi,us months. . and India where Ktigland is supposed to he in absolute control of Residential construction leads all other building, as the nation r'St The American manufacturer may well ask himgenerally. things out 1,500,000 homes as result of retarded construction self what will happen to his industry if our protective tariff wall is lumber have kf,1? tbe war. Slightly lower wage seales and cheaper not raised sufficiently to keep out the destructive German competition. re-- c further still s a stimulant to be building, but there must J tin, f m prices before there wilt be a real building boom. 4 The tightest monopoly in the world cant make progress withof thousands to ij Biilding, in addition to affording employment S 3 will of its customers. lacking the good will of its custhe out good indus-:- c other the building and allied trades, stimulates many nn ij1 milk combine is not making progress, even though it is the tomers r?sak. business for railroads and augments the purchasing power gathering in the shcckles. fniSC0, ry and demand for commodities. to i i hr-- pro-leagu- ers s . i - ti - ed-- s be-jm- e - - ' : |