Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-29
American Cities Also Should
Discard Haphazard Budgets,
Says Dr.. Oscar Bowling.
MANUFACTURE BY SOUTH
OF RAW PRODUCTS URGED
George W. Perkins Criticises Tariff
and Sherman Law Before South
ern Commercial Congress.

MUSKOGEE, Okla. April 2a-Ameri-
can cities must throw off the shackles
| of ring politics. antiquated assessment
| systems. haphazard budgets, employ
ment OF the unframed and extrava-
| gance" before real municipal efficiency
can be realized. according to Dr. Oscar
| Dowling. president of the Louisiana
board of health and president of the
Southern Medical Association, who
spoke here today before the Southern
Commercial Congress. Several COM
| mercial secretaries discussed problems
involved in municipal efficiency. A. v.
Smell of Charleston, S. c.. said:
The south should manufacture its
raw materials in it's own factories and
all the finished products in the mar
kets of the south. This can be accom-
plished if the business men of every
small factories that will finish the
product of the surrounding district
Such cooperation between the farmer
and the city man would eliminate an
enormous annual loss to the south"
| Perkins on Trusts and the Tariff.
The tariff and the Sherman anti
| trust law are the greatest asset of our
politicians and the greatest liability of
our merchants" declared George W.
! Perkins of New York before the con-
gress today. Mr.. Perkins declared that
laws are such now that no man can
ness
No lawyer. court or President can tell
him., he said, "and while his trans
actions may clearly be proper, morally
and financially. the laws are so vague
that one government official can take
one position and another government
official exactly the opposite position,
and the courts can do Ind are doin e
precisely the same thing. New enter
prises. new undertakings. that mean so
much to any country. and general bust
ness cannot and will not be started
until this uncertainty 8 removed
All the bills proposing tariff boards
and tariff commissions, MIR. Perkins
saia. 1aii to provide for sufficient lati-
tude and power. He said such body
should be non-partisan. with ample au-
thorfty and facilities to deal with the
subject in a big way" Congress, he
sa1d. should delegate to it general su-
pervision Of preparation of tariff sched-
ules and be guided by its expert ad-
vice.
Saying he held no brief for the Stand
ard oll Company, he suggested that
while it may have done any number az
things wrongful. it had been a phenom-
email commercial success and the gov
eminent might have tried the expert
ment of regulating and controlling it.
He said no question ever has been
raised AS to the satisfactory nature of
the business results" accomplished by
the Tennessee Coal and Iron transac-
ton.
Howard Strong of Minneapolis, Mimi.
ers in civic life is the greatest ele
ment In the real progress of a city.
Carl Hinton of Silver City, N. NJ. said
that cities should eliminate jealousies
ana remember that new wealth in any
section develops all the cities of the
region.
Urges Department of Health.
plea for national department of
health. whose head shall have a seat
in the Presidents cabinet, was made
before the congress today by Senator
Robert l.. Owen of Oklahoma Senator
Owen is the author Of bill now pend
ing in Congress which would establish
such a department.
The safeguarding Of the health Of
our people is as important as any prob
lem we are facing" Senator Owen said.
"A similar plea was made by ]. II.
White, chief surgeon of the United
states bureau of public health
Machinery for Housework.
Mrs. George c. Lewis, vice president
OF the women's auxiliary of the con-
gress, in address at a meeting of
the auxiliary. asserted all possible
housework should be made easier NV
machinery. thus relieving the duh
Mohotony OF work that often drives
| country folk to the cities"
Louis f. Post, assistant secretarv NJ
iaoor. said wage earners and the leeitf-
mate employers Of tho United Steta.
should look Upon each other not as
working men, in an address last night
Mr.. Post spoke for William B. Wilson
secretary OF Labor. who was unable to
attend ~
You must see to IT," he asserted
| that wage-earners are recoenized as
human partners in production. That is
the attitude OF the Department of
Labor under the present Secretary"
Mr.. Post described the work of the
department; dwelling particularly on
the recently established system of
| labor distribution. carried on in con-
! junction with the Post Office Depart
| nent. He asserted that although the
| plan has been in full operation less
| than two months, remarkable results
already have been achieved
South Living Out of Tin Cans.
| The south Is living out of tin cans.
according to E. j. Watson. commits
| sioner of agriculture of South Caro-
| lima. Mr.. Watson decried the tendency
| of southerners to buy canned milk
| and canned foods when they can raise
| the fresh materials at home. Mr. Wat
| son spoke of the European war, say
! ing.
| "I thank God for the European war.
I so far as the south Is concerned. 1t took
| Just such a crisis we have had to
| make southerners wake up to the ad-
| vantages Of crop diversification My only
| regret Is that the awakening had to come
at the cost Of many lives"
! Small farms are the creates obstacles
| in the way of the agricultural develop
ment of Arkansas, said John II. Page,
| commissioner Of agriculture OF that state.
| ''Of 100000 farmers in the state" he
said. seventy five thousand are farming
| on less than hfty acres. On such a small
acreage they are unable to use modern
farm machinery and scientific methods. !"
John Bunny Buried.