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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
cit is now suggested that there
should be short courses for the many
road officials who are not engineers"
The above quotation is a portion Of
an article from the editorial section
Of The Sunday Star. July ~. 1919.
To the uninitiated this would seem
to solve the problem; but why take
a backward step from the correct and
accepted methods of the past two
years and also mislead one into be-
lieving that there is a shortage of
engineers?.
The apparent shortage is very east
ly discovered. yet those having it
within their power to correct this
evil fail to see the point. and con-
tinue to place in charge of engineer
ing work those without engineering
training or experience and expect en-
gineers to furnish the necessary skill
and knowledge to carry on the work.
This evil has been in existence so
long that engineering talent is slow
to seek employment where the pay
is not sufficient and the incentive for
promotion is lost when they see the
better positions filled by men who
are generally anything but engineers,
The argument as to short courses
for non-engineers Is a fallacy.
II the layman can be fitted for this
class of work by a short course. how
much better could the work be han
died by a technically trained man who
has had from five to twenty years
general engineering experience? The
technical man could better prepare
for this work in an overnight study
of the subject though he lacked ac-
tual working experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Flies Anglo-American Flag.

Many people in Manchester. Eng
land. were puzzled recently by flag
seen flying over the college of tech
nology in that city. The nag combined
the British red ensign with the Ameri-
can stars and stripes in exactly equal
proportions. 1t was the view of the
designer that the new flag might rep.
resent the Notwithstanding .Wsrld.
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.OTASHDEPOSITS FOUND.
IN PENNSYLVANIA HILLS

PHILADELPHIA. August 1.-The
North American today says:
Potash, for which government geo1-
ogists have been searching continu-
ously for many years, has at last
been discovered-hundreds Of millions
Of dollars worth Of tin Tioga coun-
ty, Pennsy4vania. Announcement of
the discovery is made by Col. Henry
c. Demming. state geologist.
Cuts Loose From Huns.
'Tt means that America is at last
free from having to depend upon the
wishes of the German government as
to whether this country shall have
potash in sufficient quantities to de-
velop fully its agricultural resources.
During the war the supply was en-
tirely cut or, with the result that
American agriculture suffered severe
ly and land has become poor. In peace
times German production Of potash is
controlled by the German government
by permitting only certain amount
to be taken from the ground each
year. Although America spent more
than $12,0oc,000 a year in the Ger
man market prior to the war. the
Unite production made 1t impossible
to ge the quantities necessary to full
development Of agricultural POSSIBLE
tiles.
Immediately following announce
ment Of the discovery in Tioga coun.
ty, land values jumped. One farmer
who had begged a real estate agent
to sell his place for $4,000 two weeks
ago. has refused to sell it for $4,000.
How Find Was Made.
Several weeks ago John T. Van
Dusen picked up a pecu4far-looking
rock. He sent 1t to Col. Demming,
whose examination showed that the
rock contained minerals. and recon-
mended an analysis, and the report.
came back that it contained per
cent potash.
"a visit to the mountains by Col.
Demming followed shortly afterward,
and he and Van Dusen dug into the
mountainside with picks,-A short dis
lance from the surface rocks analysed
10 per cent potash. They dug further
and found many rocks that contained
20 per cent. Still deeper it analysed
40 per cent. the highest analysis be-
ing 4Aa per cent -.-----.-...--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Fall in Love With Pictures.

The officials of museums and pic
ture galleries can sometimes tell very
interesting things about their visit
ors. 1t has often been necessary to
forbid men and women from entering
certain galleries where, they have
fallen In love with pictures Of excep-
'tional beauty. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Creates a Vicious Circle.

Senator Myers, democrat, of Nom
tana, speaking in the Senate ON
Thursday, blamed the present con-
ditions on the amount of money
In circulation, and referring to the
request OF railroad employees for
increased wages. said that such In.
creases were usually followed by
Sovances in living costs. thus
creating IAN endless chain. or q
vicious circle. This is true. Of
course, but the records show-and
every home knows the truth Of
thfs-fhat the increases in wages
nave not been equal to the In
creased cost of living-the profit
GERS in the necessities of life NOT
only demand all the increase In
! wages, but more besides. Those
who are studying the problem for
the government say. the increases
IN Wages only help to pay the
The best way of finding out what
the people Of this country think
about anything is to watch Con-
gress. The people back home have
q way OF writing to their congress.
men explaining how current events
anect them, and when he hears
from his constituents in this way
member Of either House or Sem
ate gets busy to do what the con-
stituents want-that's how this
democratic form Of government
works. The way in which Com
gress has been Squirting about
the high cost of living tells the
whole story-the people want 1t
stopped-and SO It is going to be
stopped. The members Of Com
gress want to satisfy the people
because there'll be another election
before long. The republicans and
the democrats will vie to stop it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

Continued from First Page.)
1880 miles. starting April % and con-
GLIDING June Is.
Memphis. New Orleans, San Antonio.
San Francisco. Seattle, Butte, Salt lake
City, Denver. Kansas City, Chicago and
Bunalo were the principal stops on this
trip. up to that time the most extensive
taken by any President. It was on l1is
next trip, when he went to the Pam
American Exposition at Buffalo. that he
was assassinated.
Roosevelt Made Record.
No trip by a President, with the ex-
ception of President Wilson'S trans.
atlantic journeys. has ever equaled
President Roosevelt's tour, beginning
April l, 1903. and concluding June S.
In that time he travelled 1900 miles,
and his itinerary included forty stops.
On this trip he reversed the route fol-
lowed by his predecessor. making his
Swing round the circle" by way Of the
northern route west and the southern
route home.
President Roosevelt was not the first
president to leave the continental limits
OF the United States, as some have SUD.
posed, for President Cleveland and
others were on naval vessels that passed
outside the three-mile limit. But his
trip to the Panama Canal Zone to in.
spect the building Of the canal was an
unprecedented thing at that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Has Many Features.

Experience gained in any line Of en-
cheering .endeavor has many features
applicable to road building and it is
not much hardship for one to change
from one particular line of engineer
ing to another. and with the help of
the higher ups, when they. too. are
engineers, simplifies the change to
such an extent that the element Of
failure is very small. and there is an
incentive for oneFt6 accept position
Of m6derate pay and a strong induce
,ment to broaden ones field when
there 10 certainty that the top notch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Taft Appeared in Principal Cities.

President Taft's most extensive trip
was during the autumn Of 1911, when he
left Washington on September Is and
did not return until November 1. This
tour covered 1900 miles and embraced
all OF the principal cities of the Pacific
coast and middle west.
President Wilson's itinerary for the
proposed trip in the interest of the
peace treaty win not be announced until
few days before, his start, but II is
understood to include about twenty-five
principal stops, and will take him as far
west as San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Planning Big Program.

Republican and democratic lead
ers alike say frankly that there
are too many loopholes to have
any of these bills or resolutions
accomplish much. No big. general
legislative program for killing OF
the abnormally high cost of liv-
ing has been introduced, but there
is one in mind.
1t has been discussed at the
white House, at Federal Trade
Commission and Department of
Justice conferences. and among a
few of the broadest-visioned lead
ers in Congress.
Practical efforts to reduce the
profiteering in food or clothing or
other essentials of life. which rep
resents the high cost Of living,
must be based on costs of produce
ton. With costs of production
established. federal administrators
may step in and curb the profit
eering.
the Federal Trade Commission has
today the greatest compilation in
the world of costs of production.
It has costs of production for
$4,000, 100000 worth.
These cost of production data were
used by the food administration
and the fuel administration and
other governmental agencies dur
ing the war. They are still avail
able for any federal administrative
been placed before the>Bepartment
of Justice with reports on condi-
lions in certain industries regard
ing conditions that bear hard and
directly upon the high cost OF liv-
ing. s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
All Try to "Duck' Blame.

Representative James r. Mann,
recognized as the man behind"
in the House, the silent partner"
who will have most influence in
conceiving and working out re-
publican politics and policies in
writer that the democrats cannot
Justly blame the cost OF living or
failure to reduce the cost of liv-
ing on the republicans. IF legis-
lation is to blame for the cost of
living" he said. 'the democrats
are to blame, because they have
been in charge Of legislation for
more than six years. If legisla-
tion can cure the cost Of living.
why didn't they put 1t through.
They cannot expect the repub-
licans to stop it all in couple of
weeks"
Some in Congress and out Of Con-
gress blame labor's repeated and
sometimes extortionate demands
for the high cost of living. If this
be true the solution that is being
most earnestly considered" at the
White House, in Congress and
place the blame or exculpate
labor.
That's the situation. What's GO
ing to be done about 1t? What's
the solution?
Proposals for Legislation,
If legislation would cure the
evil there are abundant sugges-
tions in the raft of resolutions
that have been presented.
Representative Fitzgerald, demo-
crat, Massachusetts,, on Thursday
introduced resolution to sell
this years wheat crop at market
prices. making up the difference
out OF the billion-dollar wheat
guarantee surplus fund, thus
causing a reduction I'm the price
of flour, making possible~the be-
ginning Of q movement to reduce
the cost of living"
Senator Harris has introduced q
resolution for the Federal Trade
Commission to investigate the
method Of purchase and price paid
for swine and cattle by the pack
ing interests to see IL there is dis
elimination against the live stock
producers in the south.
Representative French has a bill
to punish the speculation by any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Attorney General May Act.


Here it may be mentioned that
there may be some important ac-
ton soon by the Attorney General
to curb manipulation in the market
by certain important interests
which reports from the Federal
Trade Commission indicate are in
big measure responsible for ex-
cessive living costs.
What the President is contem-
plating, what congressional lead
ers and others of broad vision and
determination are discussing Is the
establishment of some agency in
the federal government to take the
cost data from the Federal Trade
Commission and then say to the
profiteering industries and to the
corporations or individuals pro-
fiteering, $50 much profit you can
have and no mores' or again. "You
must so regulate your business as
to reduce this cost"
That's how 1t was made possible
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person or body Of persons for the
purpose of cornering the market.
Representative <Jacoway has a
bill to establish marketing de-
partments in agricultural colleges
throughout the states.
Representative Lever, as he re-
tires from the Mouse, would au-
thorize the. Secretary of Agricul-
ture to establish uniform standk
ards of classification for fruits and
vegetables to be used in interstate
and foreign commerce.
Representative Kellys bill for
sale of War Department food sur
plus through the Post Office De-
partment has been put in force.
Representative Hutchinson has a.
bill for regulation and supervision
OF cold-storage warehouses ana
the conservation, storage, sale and
distribution of foods.
Representative Parrish has
resolution for select Joint com.
mittee to investigate the cause OF
the high cost of living.
Query as to Sugar Limit.
Representative Rulings has a
resolution asking the United States
Food Administration to inform the
house why retail dealers have been
limiting customers to two pounds
of sugar.
Representative Fitzgerald has a
resolution of inquiry as to why,
with a surplus of 600,000,000 BUSH
els of wheat in sight. flour is SELL
ing up to $3.50 barrel higher than
year ago.
Representative Huddleston has
had hearing before the rules COM
mittee on his resolution for an
investigation of the high prices of
coal and whether there is a con-
spiracy to restrict production to
keep up the prices.
Chairman Campbell Of the rules
committee has a concurrent reso-
luton that the Department of
Agriculture, the Interstate Com
merce Commission and the Fed
era1 Trade Commission should CO.
operate to the end that the cost
of food to consumers may be
stabilized and the prices reduced.
and that at all times as prices are
advanced or reduced the difference
may be equitably distributed be-
tween the producers. manufactur-
ers. transporters, and distributors.
These are but few of the pro-.
posals, just to show the variety
and scope of suggestions that have
been made to reduce the cost OF
living by legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

the democratic administration and
the republican legislative body
because there's 1920 coming, and
whichever party can convince the
people of the country that it
grappled with and slew the high
cost of living octopus is going to
win more votes than by any other
issue. ~
Representative John F. Fitzgerald
of Boston, commonly called Honey
Fitz," and recognized as an out
and-out politician, which means
Wheedling, cajoling, appearing or
satisfying the people, showed that
he thought the high cost Of living
was the best bet on legislation
by starting in on this issue his
first day in Congress.
Big Campaign Issue.
That it is big campaign issue
was shown last Monday when the
House was planning for a recess.
Representative Scott Ferris of
Oklahoma. chairman of the ma
national congressional campaign
Champ Clark warned the repub-
lican majority that the high cost Of
living is a problem they must. set
tie to the satisfaction of the peo-
pie.
Representative Ferris said: "The
high cost of living must have some
attention from some one. and have
1t very quickly. Men are not able
to earn enough to take care of
their families. The republican
party is in control on both ends
of the Capitol. The problem is
theirs. They ought not to delay.
1t has been delayed too long now
Champ Clark said: $50 far as the
cost of living is concerned, it
must be remedied soon or there is
going to be all sorts Of trouble in
this country. individually, I am
in favor of penitentfarying every
profiteer in this land"
Again. on Wednesday. when
the question of increasing pay
at the government printing
ONCE was under consideration
Former Speaker Cannon urged
the necessity of everybody get
ting back to normal and re-
ducing the cost of living to half
of what it is today, and getting
back to old standards Of wages
correspondingly.
Representative Tess of Ohio,
chairman of the republican con-
gressional campaign committee,
which turned the House repub-
lican, argued that the high cost
OF living lis government prob
lem" He said that wages cannot
come down except as thu cost Of
necessities comes down." and he
pointed out that until the cost of
living can be reduced, salaries
should be increased to meet that
cost of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
Face Antitrust Laws.

When it comes to authorizing CO.
operative selling societies, however,
antitrust laws Senator Capper. nv
the way, Is the author of a bill
which would enable the farmers to
organize for marketing their prod.
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BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

T 7 IGH cost OF living is the
- biggest menace to the
world today.
Here in the United States
the problem Of making 81 today
go as far as $3.50 did several
years ago is Of very personal and
tragic concern to all the people.
The fmminence Of impending in
dustrial strife was emphasized a
couple Of days ago when the lead
ers Of the organized railroad en-
ployes served notice to the Presi-
dent that unless their salaries are
raised to meet the problems Of
living there must be a strickland
the public generally has felt that
the railroad employees had received
pay increases more in keeping with
the needs Of the times than almost
any other class OF workers.
And If Industrial unrest should
anhappily disturb American pro-
ouction, especially during these
days Of reconstruction. when this
country must feed and clothe the
world, rebuild cities, restore for
eign industries and furnish the
machinery and raw materials for
other nations to do business and
give employment to returning SOL
diers and those let out Of NUM-
tions >factories-the entire world
must suffer-keenly and immeasur-
ably.
Nations Thought Modified.
The best thought of the country
President wilson-he himself has
said It; the Attorney General. the
Federal Trade Commission, Con-
gress. the Chamber of Commerce
OF the United States. the biggest
labor, trade, agricultural and So
cal welfare organizations.
This high cost Of living octopus
IS so large, 1t has SO many ten
tacles-and there are so many
seinsh interests concerned-that it
mas not been an easy matter to
effect quick end sure killing off.
The high cost Of living is going
to be throttled and strangled-in
Just the same effective way as an
unprepared America sent 100000
men overseas in a few months and
led and clothed them by the mobil-
azatfon OF resources and industry.
supported half the world besides
and won the greatest war in his
tory.
The high cost of living is doomed.
President Wilson has said that ali
agencies Of the government which
can effectively help are now at
work, but he didn't tell half the
story. The fight against the high
COST OF living Is half won-it's just
the finishing-up work that remains.
( The sale OF vast stores Of Army
surplus foods direct to the people
at reduced prices. as arranged by
secretary Baker. Postmaster Gem
Clyde Kelly, father Of the bill
which authorized this sale, is a
relief, but it is not the solution.
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clemenceau Never Constructive.

with brief exceptions Clemenceau's
political history was that of a leader
of the opposition, q destroyer of gov
eminent, not constructive admins
traitor. His. earlier ministry had been
marked by very mediocre handling of
internal affairs; he had been great in
French public life as the destroyer of
poser of bad policy. He had never
shone and probably did not. possess
constructive qualities, nor was his
grasp of foreign affairs much more
impressive. He had. on the whole,
been little interested either in do
lattons. In French politics, as in the
war. his tremendous energy. vitality,
capacity for leading single assault
against the enemy, had made him the
figure that he had been from the fall
of the second empire to the moment
when he returned to the Quai D'Orsay..
For Clemenceau's fame nothing
could have been more advantageous
than a retirement once the war had
been won. No further achievement
could increase the fame or the popu-
larity Of the Father of Victory" while
1t was inevitable that disappointment
and delay might in the end greatly
diminish his prestige. This the Tiger
saw clearly enough and remarked: "It
is not selflshness which makes me go
on. have only to die now and think
Of the funeral" Still Clemenceau
could only have retired with difficulty,
and had no thought of retirement I'M
til the war had been liquidated. At
the outset OF the peace conference he
blundered, in Enthusiastically
sharp and sarcastic comment upon the
league of nations, which irritated Mr..
Wilson, angered an American delega-
ton, for whom the peace conference
was no more than a gathering to
ratify Mr.. Wilson's idea, and out OF
this situation grew an estrangement
between the Americans and the
French. which. while it had no perma-
nent evil consequences. led to tense
moments. grave anxieties and enabled
the British, by speaking fair words.
where Clemenceau had made biting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
clemenceau Position Weakened.

Cremenceau's position was immedi-
ateIy and terribly weakened in the
peace conference and in France by the
fact that the British came to the Paris
conference animated by single pur-
ali circumstances to foster Anglo
American friendship. and. save in
cases where their written pledge ex-
listed to the contrary, to accept and
champion American proposals as pre-
scented by Mr.. Wilson. Clemenceau
found himself. therefore. unexpectedly
deserted in the Paris conference by
precisely that ally on whom he had
depended and with whom France had
fought throughout the var.
Fer France Clemenceau sought in
the peace conference some measure Of
permanent security against Germany.
He was advised by Marshal Foch. he
was ordered by q considerable and by
no means -chauvinisttc section Of
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PRESIDENTS PLANNED
TOUR UNPARALLELED

CONTINUED from First Page,
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ME crisis in the French gov
eminent which very nearly
brought down the Clemenceau
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acontinued on Fifth PaESA
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!! 8 |: l COLUMN [ !
Edited Especially for the W'illiston
Graphic by R. r. Rutledge

A very pleasant evening was
spent last Thursday at the home Of
VIM. G. Owens when about twenty Of
the checker artists of the city met
and held q tournament. r. r. Rut-
ledge, the state champion. carried off
the high honors with ascore Of Al.
After the game delightful lunch
was, served by Mrs. Owens and en-
joyed by all.
Editors Note-Next week the so
lutions to the problems that have
appeared in this column for the past
month or so will be given.
This Weeks Problems
BY A. p. Jones
Problem No II
Black 3 Is 20; King 32
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liberation. 5is "a
81 l6s--4, 81 10, sls IL as 3l
21 II % 10 II IL 20 I II I
& 8 13 5 8 1 s 10 "a 20 23
- 20 26 21 80 25 2Sz 10 B.W.
8 II 15 10 6 10.
81 "a "a l6s "a 17a . II II. Is
l .. A very obliging move.
It will be seen that he followed the
Torgerson' book very closely all the
way through. Total time Of play
three minutes.
Answers to the games will be pub
lished in this column from time to
time by the editor. Try and work
them out and then wait for the an
swer.
All questions pertaining to the
game will be answered in this col
umn. Address your questions to
r. r. RUTLEDGE,.
Williston, N. Oak.