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Show EN"' HEARD ,V i arouna txia Rational 2 Mtor and mcm ordinary cireUa,stanc Capital tthat It mu CARTER FIELD gijSE, 7 tZ be UD(3 OUR COMIC SECTION "reS", ry much In f the saddle. A erpfif no extreine left wlflS both house, "TsiDistration Is split almost that thev ,,,1 ed '- Pret- jL ia na!f ob what Is actually idem n , booua. r w11 faor in tne rnoie The question is Watchful Waiting J&t ta stimulate foreign trade. The President, however. a"01 noldlDg d0,rn tbe pric course of watchful wai ng.PJ Tnt (jfteto this country muston export, boost- he is determined. There L to concentrate hing (:iier standards of Ing to be no wave of I living, rfcaa foreclosures. If ot the fact that this may so private capital does not C,aace the ti cst of erportable articles morigages on homes, the govto forced be oe will ernment wilL iiU, be h0,,e8 io ioerics capita will, because there are plenty of uses for government I It M extreme stands Mordecal m.mev. and In huge ricbt bower of Agriculture h1 amounts, to whirl, he" would Wallace. He has recently. prefer to devote it. For Instance f Mw!fc painted a dire picture of mortgages for new home to this country There is no limit, practically, building Tint till happen to the Is Increased. trade amount of money the Administration other stands Sidney Hillman. Is eager to pour out in this direction. U who Is far more conThat sort of kian means something to Ijjjr lesder, with higher wages and the return of prusjerity. It means jobs forcing ned for all the varieties of building garter aours for American workers trades HUlman denies that he It means sales of aD sorts. lumber, cement, but believes for that n a Isolationist, plumbing fixtures, roofing, heatin- . (joe being, perhaps until the rest r yum aim aruisn, it means 7 world sees the light, America that the workers getting these Jobs will spend the money and boost letter be content with Its own the saies or virtually every line of indusjute rather than cut production to as to make exports possible. And the same for the workers try. Hetmrhile the State department is in the plants which produce the buildto be proceeding uppwed though ing materials, even the coal miners r:4 characteristic diplomatic and the lumbermen In the woods. pace that amounts to reciprocity Whereas, the funds poured out by Only one has been con ratio. the Home Owners' lan corporation jtnuted that with Cuba. But about simply represent the transfer of ii others are scheduled to be debts from private agencies to the govin about six months. That ernment. They do not represent a bi S long time In view of the fer-o- r single Job provided for a Jobless man with which the Peek move to or woman. And the security to the trade and thus reduce the government that the loans will be paid eeesity for plowing under crops and back actually is a little less sound I'M pigs was begun. But the ways than the mortgages on new property, rforelsn offices are slow. for obvious reasons. It Is rather curious that Ezeklel, lai seemed a year ago to represent Silver Sellers Strike :e extreme In the Agriculture depart-ent- , With nothing like the total amount while George Peek represented .e other, should now come out with of silver In hand that the government ;i s blast actually on Peek's side had planned to acquire, It Is apparent ttat famous controversy. But that the treasury has run into shallow water in Its buying campaign. China 11m 50 devastating to opponents the treaties has come out as the and India, according to latest reports, have simply closed up as far as selling cent barrage laid down by Ezeklel. silver is concerned. They have been br example, the effect of a drying up finally convinced that the United foreign trade on the railroads In e United States leading to the ports. States government Is determined to put Idea of the South changing Its the price up, and are waiting for the higher price before selling. so as to get the amount of Which presents one of the most curt iorn to the total that can be 1.e and consumed Inside ous and interesting problems that any eord d tariff walls. Ills remarks about government has ever encountered since dally tf tat would happen to shipping, docks, coinage began. And which has Inside era. i., were not so potent, because they administration officials divided as to the proper course of action. 13 long fteen realized, and had never The point Is whether they should ran op the excitement their eco88 mlc worth attempt to go ahead and comply with perhaps rated. the terms of the silver act, buying the Foreign Goods requisite amount of silver no matter what It may cost. The alternative, of pktel, accused by many conserva-f- e course, Is to stop buying, and point out critics some IS months back of the situation to congress when that of 1 Bolshevist, hammered along body, which passed the law, convenes. Um so often So far the government's actions have made, but so seldom pied to its logical conclusion, about had the effect of advancing the price of silver more than 10 cents an ounce. necessity of buying goods abroad e wished to sell any in exchange. Starting off around 45 cents, the price country, ne pointed out, had tried gradually rose on government buying pe that logical conclusion until, Just before it reached 50 cents, In . . .1 1Mb nneclkln i.1 1 the nationalized at that figt rwoiuic. rur lusiauce, Dy ure. government commandeered j. ling foreign all the It simply goods, which In R Instances were now worthless silver In the country at 50 cents an the goods bouzhr With tha rirw. ounce, Just as It commandeered all the we actually gifts to foreign gold at the old price beiore marking It up to ?35 an ounce. JJ Plain Since then heavy government buyinference he suggested that Wd be better to take mm. ing has gradually forced the price of nrta MTuiTe some value, than nrnmispa silver up in the world market to around Wi Which had varv llffl. 55 cents. At Just about this point, the sellers' strike was encountered. This pt this runs direetlv mnnf'a. tn c w was a coincidence, which had nothing nulman and his foiin t--l to do with the price, or what the ownare not worrvlniF at oil f the cotton growers who want ers of silver elsewhere in the world It was worth before. Because wp on growing cotton and sell thought the factor that caused the owners of Si- - ney are worrying about silver in China and India to stop sellnot the price, but the fact that was ing JWatfabrtcatlnt the goods with were finally convinced that the they lureign countries would buy United States really intended to go ration and nthi- UJ. IJU1S 1 ahead with its silver buying policy. couz7ZJ.en riiiar!L-T- tie '.r1.01- Evnts in the Lives of Little Men S Z re-&- EPMUND WILL AiOr OUT TO PIAY FOR AN IT HOUORM0E . HE 3 A L5$Ot wmM OH THE wont yoo marry mel "Why -liecause I don't love you." Why need that matter? We' r ply har a start on half people la oar set" PAMO fire-yea- 1 TAKING A CHANCE gf "y fj - 2 31 PID SOV HEAP THAT? Ht'$ TAWN& PIANO Lf&ONS W'imJ pro-.line- d mm mmm w (Copwlirlif, w. N. sm Girl t NOT BEING DONE FINNEY OF THE FORCE 1ed this difromn left wins is down, the u U. S. ' Moreover, the United States put one l.ne democrats and the over on the metal speculators of the vMiZr" -- u in tne period between Re-world on gold, and they rememoerea short WillIam innings it very sharply. It will be recalled Bafe of frpo that Wall Street and Europe both simMai! ready solution ply refused to believe that the United uiq men. States was going to devalue the dollar in gold, and hence sold gold to the Mortgages United States government at way below the $"5 price, despite the fact that the President had congressional au1 t 10 iiioueeu witnout thority to fix the price of gold, in doltake un !i th. v lars, at something like $12. desire at 5 per now Ty They were fooled that time, but government States United the conies doing the same thing to the world price of silver, and this time the world speculators are not so eager to selL It Is true that this time they do not have final mcrease mttnt Of mnnon r any accurate Idea of what the utJ lur ome mort-n.- . goal of the United States treasury Is l StiK,rati whether nrivnfo for tho nrlee of silver. The old coin age price is $1.20 an ounce. The price mined silver is leem. . r companies. being paid for newly price, if gold The cents. coinage i:u? v "ecu aiiu 62& uuus 81 reason is devalued the remaining 9 cents auto niWest- cond, whetb thorized and If silver is restored be $2.58. would level, the old coinage i mortgage foreclos- So that they know 62 cents is the governNcn positive bottom line of the and $2.53 is ion sam. really two ways or say- - ment's possible objective, That Is entirely functinn '"'"S-- wiii prlvate cap the positive top line. since the nn note but, "'o aammistratlon's too much leeway, r w If to Chin ended all doubt that the govuoi fid "lere 's Id Slet Drocesa onnii.K ernment would pursue its silver policy, . liresanr. """"S" It Is not surprising the world should 0 8tampede con DtdPF .! 1 much below the ;!er i. . uurmal conditions. For refuse to sell silver of this country's low figure !D"Lor or member of positive . ee has not been goal M i rn a ci flab.i Which, however, presents the or so with one man, Frank bergasting situation of "nrt. 17"..w "at DJortgago lin Roosevelt, being ame io u F. set world's sliver price at oreasiusi morning If he so desires. rrnm. Ooprtifht WWU THE REMNANTS Ye! Art' teWE:? Po Yet. X WHIM Worrk?.aJ vjork Sb &'RE ALL S?ECI L ,sxs HdH? WHErJ-"- ! THERE'S A FiooP V ;fSTA oi r"P T -- WA- Wj- SELLS SMOK?? (SUSSES ) a SUESS "TrilS 1 WHENEVER, I rc THERE: BE A "So the lawyers got about all of thj state. Did Mary get anythlngr "Oh, yes; she got one of the lawy yerg." USUAL RUN 1H1. n -i'N I ALWAYS WWl: UP--rAK- BRISK. WALK METHODICAL A A FATr- i- 7 SO vORrC THE HOUSB &ZO rO To THEi OFFICE: ETC ETC-T- C AROUWI y: f H BACK. FOfc KEArsFAST AT DOCTOR V n His Program Evert mormiug- - AS For me AT SIX; I iET SAY THESES rJoTHlMG LltfEr SElK5- - fi10. OA f?M. TILL. v . . Mrs. Suburbs twelve. How many servant About one out UljJB ,lXIJ o. I WHY IS woNtERFiiL! tell ME-HLOMCr HAVE. YoU BEErJ "DOlMGr "THIS OvV TEuy!! ' . . 141 fthe;:riCr..thft.e, Mrs. Townbred do you keep? FORESIGHT 1 IC I IMI "It of trouble." "What would?" "If we were all as honest as we pect the other fellow to be." So 5tL8nd 1 would be a let THE FEATHERHEADS Put One Over ' ' . 11 - s A surd there bellewe yoa loans Man I dont know. Bat ftd always willing to volunteer for any. p 1 Do terms In kisses? wm rnm-r- . mm i I Wutrn Ntmpapw tTaloa P if un snfisfrm iiiisliiil I'M WHY AH-- Ei START (SoiKiCr To NEXT MO N PAY MM 5 or" ofl |