Show T EMMA GOLDMAN after a brief sojourn in the soviet russia which at long range site she so admired avid and adored declares herself to be homesick for the america which when he was hero here she so reviled and pretended to despise it cannot be said that america reciprocates the sentiment and is homesick tor for her return Har harveys weekly SENATOR SMOOT declares that the prevailing high prices tor for sugar is due to speculation and advocates the prosecution of all profiteers lie he advocates that every member of 0 congress see to it ft that cases of 0 suspected profiteering in individual states and localities be reported to the attorney gen en etal in lo leperson person IP IF SENATOR SWOOT SMOOT never does more he will have done plenty it if he stops official waste of 0 paper and printing by bureau and departmental officials in washington portland oregonian oregonians Ore gonian this the senator would do but that mighty egotist wilson will noti not permit it DO YOU yot remember hr h v ahin lion X 1 ilson 1 was a candidate the first time he pi promised to take the tariff ot off sugar in order to spare the poor mans breakfast cup the burden of taxation asks the fort wayne near and yet at this tune time ue e could buy 25 i pounds of sugar for a dollar WHAT B EATS BEATS us is why hy people scold about the man in the dehait ment of labor who sets the reds tree free says an all exchange he is mere ly letting his mind go along with that of the president who keeps him in office it if his policy were not satis j a atory to the president he would be dismissed of course that is what happened to lansing CHARLES E HUGHES who he whipped the insurance trust to a finish was appointed to the supreme bench resigned and ran lor for president in 1916 to be barely defeated because ills his opponent had kept us butof war is said to be making a million a year as a lawyers lawyer which is quite a little alm er than the 00 he he received as a justice of them the U S supreme court it I 1 is possible the nation llad had a ba bargain in hughes and didat know lt it cappers Capper weekly I 1 THE GREATEST le sources ip in the w world orld today are human resources I 1 not resources of iron copper or lumber I 1 at need of the hour is t to 0 strengthen this human foundation and revive in men a desire to produce and a joy in service I 1 appeal to you not to wait too long to revive this in mail and awaken the soul which is today roger W babson THE production of gold is declining rapidly because gold mining bas become unprofitable the pur chasing value of 0 an ounce of gold la Is less than halt half what it was in 1913 but bui gold sells tor for the price set years ago 2067 an ounce while cost of 0 producing it has doubled and trebled A measure is before congress to impose a tax of 1000 an all ounce on all gold sold tor for manufacturing purposes other than for money coinage this sum to be paid to the producers produce Ks ol of new gold to help them meet cost of production this would not change the gold standard and unit of value but would encourage gold output it is a sound remedy for tile the gold situation the manufacturer WHAT AVIT WILSON THINKS A MISSOURI contributor to tho the national republican figures it out thus I 1 sin am twice as great as washington I 1 am twice as ireat great as grant because third terms they get they think I 1 cant I 1 am twice as great as jeff jetterson erson and madison combined I 1 am twice as s great as all the presidents I 1 find I 1 am greater than my country its customs and its laws I 1 its poor old constitution I 1 and its presidential flaws I 1 am twice as great as any man mail above or neath tile the sod in tact fact im halt half inclined to think I 1 am twice as great as grayson IN PIS HIS testimony beffie the senate labor committee recently Hoover said the principle of 0 individual freedom requires the open shop in which all fair minded and I 1 light ight thi thinking bilking people will agree with distinguished presidential possibility THERE HAS been bearly one and a halt half million votes cast in the big literary digest straw vote and the same leading presidential aspirants show relatively the same strength as they did on the first fifty thousand votes cast the vote so tar far cast for democrats is small compared with that thai cast tor for republicans and unless something unlocked tor for happens between now and election day next november the same condition will exist and the democratic party will be overwhelmingly defeated of the aspirants wood confines con ebil tines to lead with johnson a close second ith hoover londen hughes on the democratic side mcadoo leads with wil son edwards bryan cox THOM THOMAS A S E WATSON without making a speech or conducting a canvass or of any kind simply announcing himself as a candidate for or the presidential nomination and stating tating fc his views on the issues received the high est number of votes in georgia the other candidates voted for were sell senator hoke smith and attorney general palmer there is no question about the character of the victory mr air watson became a candidate for or the sole purpose of opposing president wilsons Wil sons policies in a letter to the sun and the new york her aid which was published in that ahat I 1 paper on the of april mr watson wrote as follows my victory over attorney general palmer and lie senator hoke hohe smith was due to the tact fact that I 1 made a a straight out figov against president wilson and the ali league of nations I 1 stood tor for the I 1 restoration of 0 american liberties I 1 declared tor for americanism as measured I 1 by the declaration of independence by the constitution by ing tons fare farewell viell address and by jeffersons fer sons farewell rewell ta address and by jeffersons i fer sons first inaugural on this plat I 1 form and without stirring from home I 1 carried the largest popular vote and the largest number of counties it was a victory not for me personally but for the principles for or which I 1 stood IT APPEARS that president wilson has his fingers on oll the situation from a presidential point ol of view and may conclude to make another race says the los angeles times I 1 possibly on oil the platform he kept u us s out of sugar and this is bially correct the federal govern merit failed to realize the situation was asleep at the switch in fact and the cuban sugar crop which might have been secured was allowed to go elsewhere to europe were not restricted when they should have been and as a consequence the shortage ot of sugar is acute in this country with little prospect ot of relief I 1 in the near future I 1 THE OWNER ot of a chicago restaurant has retired at 62 with a fortune of 0 says the omalia omaha bee lie he has been selling coffee and rolls for or 10 cents fiieda sausage lor fell I 1 the same price liam ham and eggs for or 26 25 cents and other things at the same low figures three policies brought brough ti i eilif his success he says they are 1 to have som ethl ethil ig g good to sell 2 to advertise it 3 to be char table vl for every kind act during his business career he declares he has received a hundredfold in fit return that attracts our attention for or we concur in his belief the man who conquers his natural selfishness to the extent of 0 voluntarily assuming responsibility for the care and comfort of all who have a rA natural tural claim on oil his sympathy and insle tance lance never suffers because of it indeed we belie believe velve he profits by it financially as well as spiritually it is not in an idle text chich i aich says it is more blessed to give than to receive THERE ARE still a hundred and two thousand government employed emp loyes lit washington all hanging on to their places with every ounce of pull and influence they can command says the minneapolis journal one of the hardest things congress has to do is to separate a public office holder from his sine crue but this congress has slashed a billion dollars front from the appropriations and forty thousand of these extra em aloyes will have to let go on july first even then the governments payroll aiji v be almost twice as aa large as it was before the war it takes a long time to close up the war work some of this work is legitimate no doubt but there Is a lot of it that should be abandoned or condensed reduction ot of war taxation is the great need of the hour it is the shortest and bf best st path to an east easing n 9 of economic conditions to a decre decrease ase in the cost of living the way to re duco duce taxes Is to spend less money tor for government processes and since sin ce it la Is not to be expected that ottice office holders will voluntarily quit or that department chlebis will of 0 their own accord cut down their forces or their estimates the jot job is up tip to congress we need courageous men in congress to stand firmly against all waste and extravagance the pressure is tremendous and it takes real men to withstand it SMOOT IS attig ATTENTION HERAL heraldry Dri as one ol of the greatest reforms contemplated by the sixty sixth congress the resolution introduced by senator reed smoot republican of 0 utah providing for of the executive departments part ments is attracting wide attention I 1 the measure has won wide approval from rom members ot of congress and has been endorsed as a measure of economy by many newspaper editors in the lays when the government was operating on a sound peace basis governmental expenditures were about one billion dollars annually on that basli basis th the elate late senator aidrich of rhode rhod e island estimated a governmental reorganization would save annually on the same ratio the smoot plan would save the nation more than 1600 each year 6 senator smoot who nho is recognized as one of the leading economists ot of the nation provides in his resolution tor for a joint congressional commission three senators to be named by vice president marshall and three representatives to be named by speaker gillett to survey the whole administrative mechanism ot of the government govern me nt and report a plan that would eliminate duplication and waste two years would be required for or such a survey senator smoot estimates the resolution went to the senate appropriations committee and NN will ill be reported out in the near future its consideration during this session is certain national republican |