Evening star., 1911-08-15

| District IL would result in great beneht
trict?''
Il don't believe that is necessary" the
Missourian replied. THE man who loans
on wages does not loan on the current
months wages. because ii stands to rea-
son if the empioye could get along on his
current months wages he would not bor-
row money. If he is getting SOD or SEQ or
SlG0 a month he will want to borrow
$3.50 or SA0 1t Is an absolute necessity.
you will find, that the loan shark must
| take security on future wages. He can
not accomplish any very great evil or any
great oppression by taking security on
| wages that are earned at the time he
takes the security.
Property Rights in Salary.
| Mr.. Borland added that a man had a
property right in salary he had earned
and that he could be safeguarded by maxi
ing it necessary for his wife to join him
in an assignment of It,
| AS to unearned salary" he con-
| tinued. If a man commences to sell his
| unea rned salary he goes on selling il
and it not only demoraiizes him. but 1t also
| demoralzes the service he is in. He is
not working for his employer any moe,
whether it be the District of Columbia
| or private employer, but he is working
| for a loan shark, he is working each
month in order to take down his wages
to loan shark. He Is not giving the
| loyalty and fidelity of service he ought
to give TO his employer The practice is
demoralizing to him. Besides that his
wages are tied up What does the land
lord or landlady do for his board at the
end of the month in trying to get it out
! Of him? What does the butcher and the
doctor and the other people in the COM
munity do when they try to get money
from him which is due them? This law
has been the most popular. the most uni
versally credited to be a just law that
I,a., -
Missouri"
Representative Sims OF Tennessee call
| ed the attention Of the House to an
other evil. he claimed, should be remedied
| by statute.
Chiefs Borrow of Subordinates.
Il have heard" he said. that there
| are bureau chiefs or heads of bureaus
who borrow money from their subordi-
mates. The standing or efficiency record
of these employees is made out by these
| chiefs, who borrow the money from
| them. This creates an interest between
/ them, which, l am sure has had the ef-
| feet to prevent some men and women
/ from getting as good records a they
| should have, because they have not had
| the money to loan, while others more
| fortunate have had the desired funds.
There is another thing which grows
/ up out of such practice. The news
i
game is run here in one of the bureaus.
| Now, l am not gambler and never was,
| but l have always heard that gambling
leads to borrowing, and do think this
matter ought to be remedied by proper
legislation"
| That is a peculiar condition. Rep
resentative Foster OF Illinois commented.
| And l have heard of cases. Mr.. Sims
added. where the chief wanted to bor-
row and did not get the money. and had
then treated that particular person wi. =
out the consideration to which he was
entitled. l do not want any committee
to investigate this matter. but we can and
ought to pass a proper law. without any
investigation, to prevent borrowing by
one government employe from another"
That was substantially a hold-up," Mr..
Finley declared.
You couldn't stop me from borrow
ing S5 from you IL l could get It," inter-
jected Representative Madden of Illinois.
"Oh.'' rejoined Mr.. Sims, aH1id laughter.
II don't think 1t would take law In
| a case OF that kind. where there would
| be inability to comply with the request"
Representative Moore Of Pennsylvania
4 then offered an amendment proposing
that each assignment of salary must be
| witnessed by two persons. Representa-
tive Dyer of Missouri offered an amend
ment declaring an assignment invalid
| where usurious interest Is charged. The
bill and amendments were passed
Regulating Insurance.
The bill compelling insurance companies
doing business in the District to file
copies of their charters. etc. and sew
eral minor committee amendments. was
passed without debate, as, was the bill
giving the name OF Commodore Barney
to the circle at the eastern end OF Penn
sylvania avenue. On this measure. how
ever, Representative Kahn of California
made an interesting historical statement
'The residents of the southeastern Sec
ton of Washington have asked for this
legislation" he said.
There is circle at the eastern end of
Pennsylvania avenue. 1t Is at present
unnamed, and, to my mind, II is emil
nently fitting and proper that it should be
Circle" During the war OF 1912 power
full British fleet came into Chesapeake
bay and forced the few American vessels
under command of Commodore Joshua
Barney that were protecting Washington
into the Patuxent river. This occurred
in August, 1914. The British vessels were
very much larger than the American
ships and they practically bottled up the
American feet in that stream. About Au-
gust the British troops. under command
of Gen. Ross of the British army, and
Admiral Cockburn Of the British navy. dis
embarked at point called Benedicts and
of Washington. Commodore Barney. who
was in command Of the American hotilla,
hearing of this movement, Immediately
disembarked his men and haStened to-
ward Washington to protect the city.
They took possession Of this very circle
and pointed their guns toward the other
side Of the old bridge across the Eastern
branch, at the foot of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast. from which direction they
expected the British to approach. Presi-
dent Madison and members of his cabinet
went to the point where the American
sailors and marines were stationed and
had conference with them. While this
conference was in progress word came
that the British had marched toward
Bladensburg. whereupon Commodore Bar
ney Immediately asked permission to
march his forces to that point Permis-
sion having been granted, he started to
meet the British. and came up with the
American miltiamen just the boundary
line between Maryland and the District
of Columbia. Here he placed his forces
in battle array.
Knows Of No Statue Project.
Representative Madden Of Illinois asked
If the circle legislation would be followed
up with request for an appropriation for
a statue.
Il Lave no knowledge of such an in
tent, returned Mr. Kahn 1T seems
that after Commodore Barney had taken
his position on the field of battle most of
the Maryland Inilitiamen ran away with
out having fired a single 5not. The bat
tie was ironically called the 'Rladens-
; burg races Both British and American
authorities assert that If the soldiers had