Show NOW ALL together for a booming booking prosperous New Year TilE THE NEW YOUK Sun says sall Wilson Wilson Wilson Wil- Wil son White House and Bliss dont don't represent the United States Slates at all allbut but will figure at the conference as the representatives of the President not being appointees confirmed by the Senate FROM REPORTS Wm Win McAdoo enters active training for the presidential presidential presidential race for 1920 lIe He will be a spectacular possibility with an absolute absolute absolute lute certainty of losing out One of the family is le an elegant sufficiency sufficiency sufficiency ency thank you H YOU llA HAVE VE less lesa than a week to tomake tomake tomake make good your our pledges for W. W S. S S. S Be loyal loal and fulfill your obligation in this respect Park City Is behind t I with wi h Its Its allotment in war saving stamps stamps- stamps sUp slip forward and bu buy all aU you possibly can Its a splendid In In- In vestment IN SPEAKING of the Mooney Moone case Frank Walsh says saB the people should see that this monstrous crime is righted ted Has lias Mr Walsh an any Interest interest inter- inter est eat In the righting of the monstrous crime whereby a score of men women women women wo wo- wo- wo men and children whose lives were almost as valuable as that of any apostle of violence as a social remedy remedy remedy rem rem- I edy were blown to pieces by a cowardly coward cowardly co co- co- co ward I assassin T 1 TiN I NEW W. W YORK Sun says that I it itIs Is doubtful if there has been as much much loss of steel in the ruined portions of Ft Fr n 1 Belgium as as' as was was e em em employed played In the construction cons of the Woolworth building for the reason reason that manufacturing establishments there were built of brick and wood Yet a 1 lot of alleged of ot high and low tow degree have been feeding the country on talk about the vast t do- do demand domand mand to be made on ou- ou steel ou-steel Industry Industry Indus Indus- try to supply foreign needy need Trance has largely increased her steel pro prod during the war It I If lr about time lime to take taka the iho American p JI aple off the bunk dial diot I I THE TOPEKA TOPEKA Capital quotes lie lle Mayor of Topeka as BS saying of the Presidents President's trip abroad We have not so far been able to work up much of a R lather over the fact that the Presidents President's trip will break prece prece- dent Nor do we care much whether it is legal But Dut the spectacle of Mr Wilson determined to wear his red redI sash and lead the parade is more or orless orless orless I less moving A P PACIFIC COAST paper tells of the visits of sixteen Japanese business business busi busl- ness nese men mon who represent Japanese ship owners seeking opportunities for ocean transportation business These men coming at different times secured all the available information concerning depth of water harbor facilities fa facilities fa- fa etc A few years ago this would have been Interpreted as an Indication of the intention of Japan to wage military war upon the United United United Unit Unit- ed States It Is not long since we looked with suspicion upon an any Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese tourist who went around with witha a camera in his hand taking snapshots snapshots snap snapshots snap snap- shots of our beautiful scenery Now we wo look with complacency upon one Jap after fter another who comes gatherIng gathering gather gather- ing jl detailed information regarding our harbors and port equipment Japan is about to wage war all right but jut not military war It is a trade war war and we shall know that we have been In a fight Tn THE TIIE FOLLOWING Is le from the Republican Republican Re Re- publican publicity headquarters at Washington Mr McAdoo's plea for fora a year 5 extension of the period of government operation of the railroads railroads rail rail- roads oads or as an alternative immediate Immediate Immedi- Immedi immedi immedi- ate restoration to private operation is s construed by many as presenting an issue upon w which Congress must act at once There Is no such sity The law provides for return to private operation within 21 months following the signing of a treaty of p peace peace ic There is no i occasion on for either eith either eith- eith er precipitate action or extended government operation After Aller careful deliberation Congress should take such action as seems best for return of the the railroads e but under no circumstances circumstances cir dr um tl should should there be an extend den l ton Ion n of the period of government control control con con- Mr McAdoo McAdo has haa himself provided pro prod vided sufficient argument against extension ex extension ex ex- tension Extended control will mean Increased government appropriations Judging by tb the Innovations he he has already al al- already ready Instituted it will mean di diminished diminished dl- dl service and Increased rates It will mean continued use UBe of the railroads and their pay ay rolls as a factor factor factor fac fac- tor in politics Let us get the railroads railroads rail rail- roads out of politics restore former efficiency and provide A reasonable system of government regulation which will help belp but not h hamper de de- de- de Mr McAdoo's advocacy of a year five-year extension of government government government govern govern- ment operation means five years more of of scrambling the railroads railroad's with resultant necessitated government government government govern govern- ment ownership because of absolute impossibility of restoring the pro pro- perty In substance he is asking for government o ownership and it should be refused TIlE THE DIG BIG Red Cross Cross Cross' drive of last week did not secure the membership acquired a year ago because of lack of thorough organization f fewer workers and less aggressiveness on the part of the workers For the work done the results are quite satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- ry however for m more more re than enrolled for membership harbors harbor leaving to the States and lOcal loi lO- cat cal communities the duty of lateral lines lineR In conjunction with road improvement Representative Osborne bel eves that rivers and harbors harbors harbors har har- bors should be extensively improved and canals con constructed tru ted ALL t e unfortunate fire at the Ontario drain tunnel last night because It will retard progress of ot the Park The management of this progressive company is so in tn earnest s so enterprising and so BO anxious to tomake tomake tomake make another producer In our camp that it seems a shame that accidents should happen to dampen their enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm en en- and cause a loss to them and their workmen by a tem temporary suspension of ot operation ONE OF THE most important political poll poli developments of the closing d days ys of a year ear marked by Important political developments is Is' the announcement announcement announcement an an- of the organization of the Republican Women's National Executive Committee and the openIng opening opening open open- ing of their national headquarters headquarter In New York City Mrs I McCormick Mc- Mc McCormick cCormick c- c Cormick wife wire of United States tes SenI Sen Sen- I elect ator-elect Madill McCormick of Il Illinois Illinois Il- Il is chairman of the committee The first work to which the committee committee committee com com- will address Itself will be that of organization not only in suffrage States but In every State of the Un ion ton Emphasis is placed on the fact that the women are not to be organized organized organized zed separately The plan is to cooper co- co oper te with the Republican National Nation Nation- al chairman and assist him in perfecting perfecting per per- his organization to include women omen so that In meeting the reconstruction reconstruction recon recon- problems and forming the policies the he party may have the benefit bene bene- fit of the women's advice and assistance assis assis- tance LIKE OTHER He Republican publican Senators Senators Sen and Representatives Congressman Congress man Henry Osborne of California is making a study of reconstruction problems to prepare himself for In Intelligent Intelligent intelligent In- In action on such matters mattera when they come before Congress for deal slon lion Mr Osborne has convinced himself that the most Important feature feature fea- fea ture lure of our war post needs will be be to find employment for the returning soldiers We VI cannot allow any of our brave Army or Navy to suffer for lack of ot employment says he neither neither neither nei ther can we permit those who are at present to be thrown out of work While a great many men will return to their old positions unable to man many thousands will be find work at once puce and it is for those that hat provision must be ma made made e by the Ule Government Recognizing the n ell ell- sit etty Uy for tor Improved and extended extel transportation systems to t take ke care ot of f our Increased commerce Mr Os Os- bone suggests that the Government may well enter Upon the construe construe- of an n system of good roads throughout the country In 1 I th opinion the work workS S be con feed to trunk lines Unes and aDd roads road leading to the principal |