South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-31
IS OPPOSED To
A BIGGER ARMY
Rep. Claude KitChin Willing to
Spend Millions For Subma-
rineS and Mines.
BY ellison Gardner.


ton 10 any plan for military pre-
paredness is announced By Rep.
Claude Kitchin, who is sched-
uled TO be floor leader Of the major
ity in the next house OF representa-
tives. Kitchin says: Il favor millions
for mines and submarines. but not
one cent for a bigger navy or an in
creased army"
Secy Garrison will undoubtedly re-
port In favor Of a much more elabOr-
ate and expensive system of volunteer
soldier making, and il has been an
nounced from the white House that
the Wilson approval would be given
20 Sec'y Daniels recommendation
for super dreadnOughts. submarines
airships. golfers and all the necessary
accessories to a powerful navy.
The position OF floor leader I'm the
house carries with it great influence
and the frank hostility Of Kitchin
has started talk already Of some rival
candidate. supported by the admins
tratiOn, for house leader.
A long time before Col. Roosevelt
made his now celebrated speech at
the training camp at Plattsburg, y
Y. the administration had shown dis
approval OF that affair. Just why, il
has not declared. According 10 Sec'y
Tumulty. the administration is for
elaborate plans for volunteer army.
The Plattsburg idea would be the ba-
sis Of such training. The White
House, however, has consistently
frOwned on the Plattsburg gathering
The invitation to Pres't Wilson TO at
tend was ignored; also that to the
various members of his cabinet. in
Guiding Secretaries Daniels and Gar
r1sOn. Garrison is, in fact, greatly
interested and would he highly APP
proving, but naturally, he does not
want TO get out of step with the
White House. Why the administra
ton disapproves the Plattsburg en-
terprise anybody is at liberty to
guess his themselves.
Now that the country is about to
enter upon a calendar month whose
designation will contain an "r." the
governments bureau of fisheries has
issued a timely bulletin with the at
tractive title oysters: the food that
has not gone up" 1t seems that the
oyser is he only animal food" which
has not increased I'm cost for % years.
and whose production has at the
same time kept pace with the growth
of population. The wholesale quota
lions OF oysters in 1900 were q trihe
higher than IN 1915 and today the
oystcrmen are actually receiving
slightly less for their production than
thew die 25 years ago. Meantime the
quality Of the oyster has improved as
a result of oyster culture, and the
oyster is transported and kept in
much more cleanly and scientific
style than formerly. AS a background
for this. there is an increase varying
from IS to 70 per cent during this
period, in the cost of eggs, poultry
and meat. The moral is obvious.
When the ordinary housewife goes
10 the department store and buys
material for her fall dress she Is
obliged to take the word Of the store
keeper as to the quality of the cloth.
She may have some skill in judging
the quality as a result Of long eXper-
fence in buying, but she really cannot
protect herself against clever fraud.
The government on the other hand.
which the buyer of large quantities
of all kinds OF fabric from yarn and
thread to rope and toweling. has the
benefit OF absolutely scientific tests to
determine the quality of what il
buys. The bureau OF standards under
the department Of commerce makes
such tests An account of the appar-
atus used with photographs and dia-
grams are to be found in their cir
cular No. Al. Under certain condi-
tons. by the payment Of certain fees,
the 6eTNlCeS OF the bureau may De
had by private citizens.
During one month more than SOO,-
600 people in 4 3 leading cities of the
United States had fun at functions
held evenings in the public school
buildings Statistics gathered by the
bureau Of education cite this as an
indication Of the increased use of
public school buildings for proper So
cial and amusement purposes. The
government education experts are
srrOng for the use schools out of
school hours. They say there is no
reason why these buildings should
not be used by the community as
many hours as the people are awake.
once more CLYDE Tavenner wants
TO know why has the war depart
ment been paying the Armor ring
S17.50 for the $40 inch common
shrapned. when it can manufacture
and is manufacturing the identical
article at Frankfort for $1.942"
Tavenner is most persistent in asking
this question: but up to date nobody
rises to answer. Tav is strong for the
military preparedness program
plus the proposition that Uncle Sam
do it. And Tav has the statistics
and facts 10 make congress sit up and
take notice.