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The Washington times., 1916-09-30

conditions Of financing. Imagine a
railroad or municipality borrow
ing money for three-year or Ave
year periods. at rates which yielded
only So per cent Of the principal and
then required payment Of 8 or 8 or
10 per cent or morel Imagine, too,
the chaos that would ensue II in the
realm Of large finance there existed
such uncertainty about the continu-
ance Of loan accommodations as in
the case Of the farmer. His
mortgage is coming due. He must
renew It, or place a new one to take
IL up. He doesn't know whether he
can get the new loan or not; his
necessities become more and more
pressing as the maturity Of his old
loan approaches; he is an easier and
easier victim for the broker with
proclivities Of the shark; he pays
whatever is exacted, because he
knows nowhere to turn in his ex-
tremity.
Under the Federal farm loan system
there will be means to standardize
these conditions. The law requires
that loans be made for long terms
and with amortization provisions, at
not over 8 per cent. General adap-
tation Of loan terms to these condi.
tions will have to come about as the
Federal system is developed; and IL
will be one Of the greatest services
to agriculture, one Of the most eff.
fective attacks on the cost-of-living
problem, ever made.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
FRUIT SHOWER GIVEN
PASTOR BY FRIENDS
Affair Held at Home Of the Rev.
E. B. Bagby, Of Columbia
Heights Church.

Members OF the congregation OF CO.
lumbia Heights Christian Church and
their friends gathered at the home
OF the pastor. the Rev. f. b. Bagby.
1858 Park road, Wednesday, evening.
and gave him a fruit shower.
An address OF welcome from the
Bible school was given by the Su-
perintendent. A. C. Ridgeway, an ad-
dress from the church was given by
James l.. wilmeth: welcome from the
c. w. b. NJ. by Mrs. Nj. c. Shinn; from
the Ladies' Guild. by Mrs. J. L. Will
meth. and from the Ninth Street
Christian Church. by Mr.. Hostetler.
other addresses, were made by Mrs,
ID l.. Shook. J. II. shinn. and d. L.
Shook.
Al the business meeting OF the Bible
school Tuesday evening the follow
ing officers were elected: Superintend-
emit. A. c. Ridgevay; nrst assistant
superintendent +. G. Alley: second
assistant superintendent, ID. l.. Shook
secretary. Z. u. Gray: enrolment sec
! retary, x. Horn: treasurer. II. NJ. Mel
vile; pianist, Hilda Bengal: assistant
| pianist, Mrs. c. Newman; chorister
A. Higbie: primary officers, Mrs. ii
NJ Melville, Mrs. A. c. Ridgeway
| cradle roll superintendent. Mrs. A
Horn; home extension work. Mrs. +
Gray; librarian. Milton France.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30

who visit Washington must spend
money.
The friends and relatives Of girls
or boys paying high tuition fees in
school are the kinds Of people who
spend money freely because they
have IL to spend.
II the effort now being directed
toward securing the armor plant
frankly and solely for business rea-
sons-could be turned just.as frankly
toward securing also great educa-
tional institutions, the men behind
the effort would have even more to
talk about than they can with regard
to commercial projects pure and
simple.
There Is no doubt Of the advan-
.tages Of this city as a situation for
factories. Add to this value, It's
extraordinary value as an educa-
tional center, not possessed by any
other city in the country and by few
in the world,
That is a talking point" as the
advertisers say-and It is a talking
point that none Of the Districts
competitors can demonstrate with
such a large assortment Of facts.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
TEACHING SALESMANShIP IN
THE SCHOOLS

Once more the Retail Merchants
Association stands forth as a real
public servant as well as the mer-
chants benefactor.
The news columns Of The Times
today contain announcement that
at the next meeting Of the associa-
tion a campaign will be inaugurated
to have a course for salespeople in
cluded in the public school curricu-
lum. This movement will commend
itself to every citizen Of the District.
Certainly the Board of Education
should take steps to adopt this plan,
which will be fully set forth by a
celebrated efficiency expert.
The movement contemplates the
entire psychology of craftsmanship,
q most important work for the pub
lie school system to take up. Secre-
tary Charles ]. Columbus, Of the Re-
tail Merchants Association, has
pointed out that business is put to
great and fruitless expense, and the
progress of individuals retarded, by
a lack Of appreciation of individual
fitness. Certainly the sooner one
finds the channel in which his reaI
talents lie, the sooner will he get or
the great highway of say- ambition
and true destiny,
While the schools now include
bookkeeping, stenography, and type
writing, it is important that thi:
plan of the Retail Merchants Asso
citation be given serious considera
ton and that the public schools give
young men and women an oppor
tunity to make their activities mos
effective by early establishing theil
fitness for a particular service.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
CHURCH OF COVENANT
CHANGES PROGRAMS
Afternoon Services viii Not
Commence Until November.
Choir Music Is Arranged.

Announcement IL made that the order
OF services at the Church OF the Coven-
ant this year will be changed. Hereto-
fore afternoon services have always
commenced on the first Sunday In octo-
Der, but this year they will not begin
until the flrst Sunday in November. In
stead Of the afternoon services. evening
services will be held during this month
and the music will be supplied by the
double quartet OF the evening choir. The
latter organisation will sing as usual for
the frst time the first Sunday evening
In November. =.
Sydney Lloyd wrightson. musical di-
rector OF the church. has arrived from
Maine. where he spent his summer va
cation. Elaborate musical plans are an
nounced for the winter for both after
noon and evening choirs. The evening
choir will sing THE Messiah" as II did
last winter on Christmas Sunday. re-
! heating the work. Tuesday even
ing. The solo parts will be sus-
tained by the regular soloists OF the
church. While Mr. wrightson was away
Ia met Henry Clough- Leightner. who
went over Mr.. wrightson' s new sym,
phonIc ode, 1.-THE Christ OF the Andes
and II possible the evening chon WIN
give this work on Good Friday nigh!. IN.
Stead OF Stainer's "Crucihxion." which u
has rendered for the past four years on
this day. During the winter me aiteI
| moan choir will give Gounod's 81. Ce
| ciiIa." and new work not yet hearu
in Washington during the lenten season.
The evening choir will re-organlze TOT
the coming season "wednesday evening
| newt in the chapel OF the church, ana
| cali Ia issued for $50 volunteer singers
| AM one with a fair voice VIII be cor
IL oh Ia
the most popular organizations In tne
eity and has during the season three So
'' The engagement of the follows ,s
singers Is 1 ,Sn sftssaoo nor choir. Miss
Sntta Craig, Mrs. Jewell Downs, Mrs
Robert Fatt. sopranos; Mrs. Beniar
HSpper Dunwoody, Mrs. Lenore Full
err Miss NJ. e: Allen, contraItos; hicn
ara B. Backing INTs w. tsno :; 1 J. Waitel
Uvmnhrey. w. Roland Carter, Harry
VI Heiwig, BASES. In the evening
choir: Miss Meta Craig. Mrs. Jewel
Downs, sopranos; MIS- beniah narp1l
tos: w. s. Blanchard. Henry A. Kru
ger tenors; w. Roland Carter, Harry
II. Helwig. basses. In addition to thu
double quartet In the e Yeh E Mrs
sopranos; Miss Mary Jacobs, central
to: and Fred East. bass, will be hear'
from time to time during the season
in solo work. Harvey Murray will
be at the organ.
A preliminary musical service will
he given tomorrow evening at 7:4
O'clock at which Mr.. Lorleberg will
| play the cello. Mr., Murray the organ
Unto Me-" AT the regular service a
8 O'clock the double quartet will Civ
the following program: Organ pre-
T, Jude, ''Cantiiena' (Grisen); anthem
Spared Us" (Nayior) baritone solo. -
Diyine Redeemer," with cello -obbli
cato (Gounod); anthem, God. Shal
Wipe Away All Tears" (Foss); offer
tory, anthem, Praise Ye, the Father
(Gounod); organ postlude,, Allegro
| Volckmann.
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Rally Day Tomorrow
At Mt. Pleasant Church

The fall and winter activities at the
Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church will
be resumed tomorrow when rally day
services wfl be held In the Sunday
school at $3.50 o'clock. adult mems and
womens Bible classes at 10 o'clock.
The Lords Supper will be comment
the sermon will be THE Mlnistering
Christ" The music will be: Organ pre-
lude, Meditation" Borowsk; anthem,
Jesus, Word OF God Incarnate,"
Gounod; offertory. contralto solo; post
Jude, march. Borowski.
In the evening the theme for the ser
mon will be Jesus, the Babe to be
preceded by stereopticon views. There
will be an organ prelude, Meditation,
Dethier; anthem. THE Silent Sea. y
NeidIinger; offertory, soprano solo, 80.
Lord, Most Holy" Abt. by Mrs A: l.
Haycock postlude, march, Guiimant,
Claude Robeson will preside at the or
gan.
voices will begin It's services at the
church the third Sunday in october. DR..
w. r.. Buchanan will be director, with
Norton NJ. Little. assistant; Mrs.
Charles 8. Bliss, accompanied, and
| Claude Robson, organist.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
DISTRICT GUARD TO BORDER

The withdrawal Of some organi-
cations of the militia army from the
Mexican border, and the assumption
of their places by others, is part of
a policy of giving as much practical
training as possible to the largest
number Of soldiers. The District of
Columbia units have received orders
to leave for the South, and it is
therefore to be ASSUMED that a good
many weeks will pass before they
will return, even under the most for
tunate conditions. 1t would be use
less expense to send them to the
Rio Grande unless they were to be
kept there a sufficient time to give
real training under war conditions.
Possibility of more than camp and
guard service looms large. in view
of the developing conditions in Mex
leo. Opposition I. to the Carranza
government is strong and seemingly
growing. The negotiations of the
Joint commission have reached what
looks like an impasse, though the
public has been given little real in
formation from which to Judge.
There is increasing impression that
the whole conference program was
arranged with the purpose Of tiding
matters over the period of the po-
litical campaign, saving the Ameri-
can Administration from the neces-
sity of showing its hand or making
definite policy, which might in
volve another reversal of procedure
and still further break down conf
dence that this Administrator can
spossibly deal with Mexico.
Under all the conditions, then, the
guardsmen in leaving here go to a
service which embraces almost any
possibility. Washington will be
proud Of the organization it is send.
ling; one of the finest bodies of citi.
zen soldiers ever raised in the coun.
try, and now in the pink of condi.
ton for whatever experience may
be before it.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
xyMpATHY STRIKE FAILURE

There seems no doubt that the
sympathy strike in New York; thet
was called to strengthen the hands
Of the traction strikers, Is q failure.
Three-quarters Of a million organ
lied workers were to strike, accord
Ing to the advance claims. 1t
dwindled to half that number-still
In advance; when the walk-out took
place it could not be discovered by
anybody looking for It, but the fig
ures showed that among the armies
of metropolitan workers some $4,000
had quit their jobs. Half OF these
have since deserted.
Sympathy strikes are not popular
People without grievances don't
want to imagine themselves pos;
sessed of grievances, and punish
themselves in order to punish pub
lie, that has no grievance. The worst
mistake organized labor can make Ia
TO sacrifice the confidence Of the
community by such methods. Now
adays organized labor is too intelli'
gent not to understand this.
A traction tie-up in New York
was impossible, because there was
not sufficient basis of complaint
against the city railways. There il
no reason, now, to believe that any
important results will flow from the
effort, other than the injury Of or
panized labor's cause.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
Baltimore Mayor to Work
For Milk Pasteurization

BALTIMORE. Sept. 3o.-Mayor Pres
ton has announced that he would have
an ordinance prepared and introduced
In l,,,, the city council recurring That all
teurized.
Il will be an administration ordinance
and he promised to get behind a move
and he promised to get behind II him.
support Il, he declared. He said he
believed the members Of the council
would appreciate the Importance OF Sc
curing an absolutely pure milk supply
for Baltimore and would promptly pass
Moreover, the mayor stated, that
he would get behind movement
to prevent the bringing to Balti-
more of any milk from swill-fed or dis
eased cows, taking the position that
milk from cows housed and fed under
lnsanitary conditions. and fed on slop,
bwill, garbage, or other refuse. even II
,pasteurized. was not Mt to be served
in Baltimore.
the milk from swill-fed cows Ia sold to
poor people in the congested sections
OF the city. and that they are the people
in greatest need OF protection from I'M
wholesome and unclean milk
This matter was developed at a con
ference between the mayor. Health
Commissioner Blake. and DR.. Marion Il
Hopkins, chemist and chief OF the bu
reau OF food and dairy inspection OF the
representing the Maryland and Penn
syivania Mix Producers Association
This committee was composed OF Hugi
Jewett, chairman; ID. @. Henry. presi
dent OF the association: w. A. wheeler
secretary: J. ". Heaps. and John 3
Webster.
This committee called on the mayo
for the express purpose OF discussinl
the milk situation In Baltimore and 4
explain why they were endeavoring !,
gef an increased price for their milk
Mr. Jewett stated that the cost OF pro
ducing milk had increased to such Al
extent because OF the raise In the pric
OF bran. mill feed. corn, hay. cottonsee'
meal. and other foods and In the cost o
labor, that the milk producers could no
make a living at the prices they wer
getting.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
THE FARMERS MONEY NEEDS

That there was a real need for
the creation of the, Federal farm
loan board and the system of real
estate loans which it represents, is
indicated by the statement issued
on behalf of the board. 1t has
travelled over a large part Of the
country in the last six weeks, hold
ing hearings at which all classes Of
people appeared, familiarizing it
self with actual conditions in the
field of rural finance.
Some of the results are startling.
Rates on farm loans range all the
way from per cent per annum to 5
per cent per month. Even where
the nominal rate on the mortgage
itself is, seemingly moderate, COM
missions are exacted which raise the
actual cost of the loan to impossible
figures. Thus it is stated that not
infre9uently a loan at 6 per cent
will require payment Of a commits
sion of 8 per cent per annum, max
ing the actual rate 8 per cent. II
the loan is for a fve-year period
the entire commission-five times 8
per CENTS deducted in advance
The borrower gets only So per cent
of the amount on which he pays in
terest; he pays 8 per cent on 100 pei
cent of the loan, and must pay back
the principal on that basis.
1t need not be urged that there il
need for organization and stand
ardization of methods in such 9
business. No business could pos
sibly develop under such uncertain
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
A MEASURE OF WARS COSTS

Get into q motor car, q railroad
train, or an electric tram, and you
may ride to Baltimore in about an
hour. Imagine that all the area
within a mile and half, on either
side of your road, is to be fenced in.
You would see, from your car seat,
several times that much of area on
the trip; it would strike you as being
an. extremely small fragment of
Territory.
That strip, from Washington to
Baltimore, extending a mile and a
half on either side Of your road,
would represent 120 square miles;
and it would be a little more thar
all the territory that the Anglo
French offensive on the Somme line
has reconquered from the Germans
since their forward push began on
July 1.
No knowing how many lives have
been sacrificed, how many men have
been mutilated, how many billions
have been spent, in those three
months of hell on earth, for that lit.
tie strip of France. The human cost
runs far into the hundreds of thou.
sands. Yet the area reconGuered al
this. cost represents less than twice
the area of the city Of Washington.
II all the people in Washington
should be killed, and twice as many
more mutilated, by some conquerol
who was willing to inflict that hor'
ror as the price of this piece of land
it would be a human tragedy moi
beyond comparison with the costs OF
war as it is being fought on the
Somme.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
WASHINGTON'S EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES

Is. it not possible that the
splendid spirit organized into effort
to locate the Government armor
plate plant here may be turned into
other useful directions for building
up in the District other institutions
for which it is pre-eminently suited :?
Has any real effort ever been
made properly to exploit the advan-
tages of Washington as an educa-
tional center?
Has the actual dollars-and-cents
commercial value of making this city
a center Of education ever been given
the consideration it deserves?
This sounds grossly commercial
II is. If it is a practical proposition
to turn iron ore into steel plates to
protect our ships, it is just as prac.
tical to take the raw material fol
citizenship, found in young men and
women, and turn it into polished
and cultured product to protect the
spirit of our national institutions.
Totally aside from the spiritua
and intellectual gains that woulC
accrue to the country at larg,
through the establishment of more
and larger schools here, there is {
commercial value that can be calcu
lated with the exactness Of business
profit and loss.
Last spring local school was soil
they buy and sell schools just a
they do tin can factories-fo
100000! 1t was found that the mai
who sold this school had been get
ting something like 100000 pc
year in tuition fees! He gave valu
received for every penny he took in
Another school of the District ha
just finished four immense buildings
of the most modern construction
valued in hundreds Of thousands, an
proposes to receive pupils from al
sections of the country. Its tuitio
fees are high. It's pupils must spen
money during the time they are i
school. Their friends and relative
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
Work Begun on G. w. u.
CHERRY Tree" Year Book

1.-THE Cherry Tree" year book Of
George Washington University, on
which work already has been begun,
promises to be the most fruitful"
edition ever issued at the institution
according to Editor Lawrence e. Bur-
ton. Chester r. Draper is business
manager.
1t Is expected that the circulation
this year will berlarger than ever be-
fore because every subscriber to the
student tax fund will receive q copy
without additional charge.
The book will contain an announce
ment OF some kind about every stu
dent at the university! besides a COM
ISplete record OF each department. or
ganiZation, and fraternity, and a re-
view of all student activities. II will
be copiously illustrated with photo
,gEaphA akstches. and cartoons. -
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
SUBMARINE ISSUE AGAIN

From Germany, via Copenhagen,
comes report, which has the appear
ance of authenticity, that Berlin is
planning to inaugurate unrestricted
submarine warfare, and wants the
United States to consent to II. Am
bassador Gerard is coming home, &C
cording to this account, to convey
personally the understanding Of Ger
many's position which has been i'm
parted to him.
People who read in today's news
papers. of the sinking Of seven ves-
sells, all reported in one day, and
who have been reading like reports
for weeks past, only the numbers
and circumstances varying, may
wonder what more Berlin wants. But
it needs only to recall the promise
Germany gave, long after the Lusi-
tania affair, to make clear what is
proposed. Berlin tardily and charity
promised not to sink liners without
notice and opportunity for ships
companies to save themselves. Since
that promise was given, there has
been much controversy as to
whether it has been observed. The
allies have insisted that it has been
violated repeatedly. A recent ut
terance of Secretary Lansing indi-
Gated that the State Department
takes the contrary view.
To be released from that promise
would leave Germany free to sink
any vessel, without hailing, notice,
examination, or the chance to re-
move passengers and crew, that
might be encountered in the so-called
war zone around the British islands
1t would mean that no vessel Of q
belligerent would have any protec.
ton for property or life, of belliger'
ent or neutral citizen. The danger
to neutrais would be greatly in.
creased, for German undersea boats
have shown little concern to learr
whether neutrals were carrying con
traband or not. Many hundreds Of
neutral vessels, fishing craft, anc
the like, have been sunk seemingly
from no other motive than the de
sire to destroy every craft tha
might possibly be serving any alliec
interest, directly or indirectly.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
would, in the present temper Of ;
desperate Germany, amount to an eff
fort to make the seas impassabl'
to anybody. The United States ha
insisted that such devastation mus
not be started. Germany would un
dertake such campaign, certain Il
precipitate a clash with the, Unite'
States, only in state of ute
despair. That she is approaching
such an attitude is not hard to be
lieve, in view of reports from tn
war fronts and descriptions of tn
economic pressure now being applies
to Germany by the allies blockade
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
Southern Stockholders
Will Meet in/RichmonC

RICHMOND, Va, Sept so.-The
twenty third annual meeting OF the
stockholders OF the Southern RAN.
way Company is to be held in this
city on October 10.
Following the policy inaugurated
by President Fairfax Harrison in
1914. the meeting will be open to the
public. and the report OF the opera :
tions of the company for the rnseai
year ended June 40 will be laid he.
fore tha meeting for discussion.
The Washington times., 1916-09-30
WHAT'S GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON TODAY
To-day.

Corn roast, Y. NJ. c. A. and y. W. G. A..
Vacation Lodge. cherrydale Va all any
co %S to select teams to represent
pistrict Naval Battalion In national utle
matches held today at Congress Heighta
EIhihition OF dahlias at home OF Mrs. q. M.
Wolfe. Linden. Nd. will end today. Take
rr.onm.n luncheon for new woman stu
dents at George Washington University
SOFA q street northwest 90
Warrington, Kappa Sigma house, 100 Ver-
mont avenue northwest, p; m,
FAREWELL party to Major Julian schlsy.
Keith's and the Raleigh, tonight.
Adrsss, jackson II, Ralston. on Temper
ance,'' to st. Johns Dramatic Club. Gam
brill Md.
Trowel Club Of Master Masons in Interior
Department. meeting. New Epbitt, o D. m.
South American Club executive meeting
Cherrydale, tonight, to plan Its work for
the ensuing year.
Dance, given by Troop a, FIRST Separate
er's tonight.