Judge — February 23, 1929 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Associate Fiitor, Rieband J, Wal More Than a Private Fight ‘o sure forecast can be made of the outcome of N Mr. Rockefeller’s str > to throw Colonel Stewart out of the chairmanship of the Stand- ard Oil of Indiana, Both sides, tra- ditions of prize fighters, politicians and small boys: playing three-old-cat, issue predictions of victory. But up to the moment of the meeting on March 7 any stockholder can chang Some eynics see this as only a test of strength be- ing hypocrite” and a bold, bad That is grossly unfair to Mr. Rocke- Although of necessity he makes his bid for “in the interest of the company,” it is per feetly clear that he is acting in the public's behalf. Stewart's long statement contains not one word about the public. He says, “I am cither entitled clection upon the record of my stewardship of the interests of the company for the past ten or Tam not.” That may be a clever appeal to the stockholders, but we don’t think soe. Not any clev erer than his previous tacties—staying out of the as he could during the Senate x to answer certain questions when following the » his mind and his proxy. tween a “psalm-sin, buceaneer. feller. proxies to re years, country as long tigation, he did return, answering provoke a ch of perjury and finally on a technicality rather than by an honest defense. inve refusi others in such a way as to What we are watching is a contest between types of capitalist. To dismiss it as a private or to perpetuate the outworn radical dogma that no an come out of any capitalist, is sheer stu pidity. We live in a day of great share the benefits and should share the responsibili- ties, and we ought to line up with the man who is fighting for the new decency. industries; we Announcing a Prize Contest Brees Jonson thinks we need some new cuss words. Most of those we have, he says, are antiquated. “Used rarely, and consequently with great effect by Chaucer, they have, through frequent use in the last decade, become ineffective.” ‘True enough. One of the pathetic figures of our time is the attempt of a sweet young girl trying to get her effect with a puny “damn” or an insipid) “hell.” Taxi-drivers and athletic coaches and others whose prestige rests upon profanity are compelled to. tor- ture the same old words into cruel and unusual com- Dramatic Edits eee Jean Nathan binations or to mak for lack of or inality. ‘The present crisis has caused much debate in England. An experienced fish-wife testifies that in the past eighteen months she different swear words. J.C flueney a has heard only six . Squire says sourly, “I ronovelty. 1 neestors have not got this American passion f prefer to use the swear words my used. If there are any new ones, I hope they won't come from America.’ That's a challenge to all our red-blood, white-hot, blue-streak Americanism, Juper hereby calls upon its readers to eng: in a contest for coining swear words. For the between now and the ten best new swear words submitted Fourth of July we offer as tvear’s subseription to “Americar a prize Speech, that fascinating quarterly of native linguistics. * 4 * j= as we are ready to believe that the American iy cured of its silly fear of business big ness, along comes the report of the Federal Trade Pont-Steel-General Motors. It’s gure what the report means, Chair Humphrey, in the calls it “bureaue! But no violation of law stands out is the Commission on du hard to man minority report, acy gone insane. is pointed out, What that the alliance of the for du Pont “an outlet for a considerable portion of its important products at little or no sellin Is it the idea that a high selling cost is something sacred? And that, in the grand old game of compe- tition, cutting out selling cost is no fair? statement three interests has assured . 8 * agreed, as we these need is much ex- believe it ha n many years, that the country’s greatest a good five-cent cigar, we should all be cited by one of the recent tariff hearings. Penn sylve ind the Middle West say that the tariff on wrappers must be reduced. New England and Florida say that the tariff must be Noth- ing is very clear except that the whole business. is a species of farm relief. Only tobacco growers and manufacturers were heard. Nobody spoke for the consumer, Recently somebody proposed t there added to the Tariff Commission a sort of “public pns counselor,” whose job it would be to repre- sent the consumers when tariff schedules are made up. That's a great idea. But considering that the avowed function of a government is to protect the interests of the largest numbe inert t seems comical somehow, —k. IW, comicbooks.com