Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-06

III more Lndn a. commercial way. 1t Is
aiding today in the mental development
Of thousands of boys and young men
from one end of this country to the other.
Some OF the striking improvements Of re-
cent date in wireless apparatus have been
made by amateurs who began the study
Of this fascinating subject merely through
oent OF inclination in that direction and
who are now pursuing the subject scien-
tif1calfy and with concentration.
Some of the letters / have received
from amateurS-some OF whom unfortu-
nately, seem to think that my measure Is
directed against them-are both interest
ing and amusing. One young man who
became interested in the subject after a
few visits to a wireless station on the At
lantic coast near his home, but who was
too poor to buy any apparatus Of his own,
made receiving station out Of a metal
bedstead. He cannot send. of course.
having no facilities for that, but he can
listen In as the operators call 1t, and
gets. according to his communication to
me great deal of pleasure and satisfac-
ton out Of doing so. Before be gets
right venture to say, and 1t would not
surprise me in the least II he is heard
from later in connection with the develop
ment Of wireless telegraphy. A young
the obstacles in his way by means OF an
iron bed is liable to stick to the game
and make his mark.
Another amateur with whom I have
UCCi ia 10OP0QCASNC It0H08O0 10 koI To-
gether q sending and receiving appara-
tus. but had no aerials. Did he let that
bother him? Not bit of It, He Just got
a watering pot sprinkled the tin roof OF
loosely on the roof. connected it up with
his apparatus and went ahead"
-.
I'm my time I suppose / have ridden
as many hobbies as any one said Rep
resentative Tawney OF Minnesota, chair
man Of the House committee on appropri-
ations and one Of the big Five" OF the
House Of Representatives. But 1 have
seldom ridden them to death. I remem-
Der, once upon a time many years ago, 1
had a consuming ambition to be an actor
and an actor in the heaviest OF tragedies
at that. 1 never got beyond the amateur
stage, however. although got so pro-
ficient from constant study Of Shapes
peare that I could recite Hamlets soiilo-
guy backward and use to dream Mac
beths lines in my sleep.
But. needless to say, that Is not my
present hobby. Since ! have been chair
man on the committee OF appropriations
I have become deeply interested. per-
sonally as we'll aS officially, in this great
and all-impOrtant subject OF the appropri-
alton by Congress for the necessary an
nual expenses of the government. have
made an exhaustive study or the subject,
which has d breadth and scope that is
not appreciated by the average citizen.
This IL my hobby now, IL q serious effort
in this direction may be SO called. feel
that man In my position must not con-
slider his sole constituency as living with
in the confines of the congressional dis
trict which he represents in the House.
That small fraction OF the people of the
United States elect him to Congress and
reject him when the mood comes upon
them or when they consider they have
good and sufficient reasons to do 30.
But the chairman OF the appropria-
tons committee OF the House must not
be bound by an absolutely local senti-'
ment in dealing with the great ques-
tions that come up. The people Of the
United States are his constituents, and
no matter who he may be, he must
come to realize that fact. 1t is custom
airy to speak of the appropriations
committee as one OF the most powerful
in the House. I can testify
that it demands a powerful lot Of
work. But 1t is work which. while irk-
some in details at times. yet impresses
one with it's vital essentially and i'm
portance in general. With the annual
made by Congress run
ming close to a billion dollars, it Is no
easy job for the chairman OF the ap-
committee to review this
vast sum during the brief period pos
sible for that purpose. scrutinizing