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How Money is Wasted,


these appropriations were needed
will always be a mooted question.
g. How Money is Wasted.
! No one, of course. claims that the
entire rivers and harbors work of
the country should be abandoned.
Neither will anyone with common
sense say the government should
abandon public buildings construc-
tion-where such buildings are
economically more advantageous to
the government than rented quar-
iters. But everyone who has studied
both the public buildings and rivers
and harbors measures of the past,
unless he be biased by personal in
terest, admits that some change in
the manner of considering projects
and appropriating for them should
be effected. Money has been voted
by Congress to make navigable
many streams. which would make
better roadways than waterways.
Had the road building movement
started few years earlier 1t is not
at all unlikely, according to some
of the critics of rivers and harbors
bills, that the advocates of some
! of these dry navigation projects
would have urged Congress to vote
money for paving the beds Of the
/ dry creeks instead of dredging
them. Be that as it may, it is in
Iteresting to trace the ramifications
Of some of the pork grabs which
finally in one way or another. have
got through Congress.
T The Muscle shoals Case.
The greatest grab of all time. ac-
| cording to Representative Frear of
Wisconsin, was the haul made by
Southern Senators and Representa-
tives for the development of the now
notorious Muscle Shoals in the Ten
nessee River. The special House
committee on war expenditures has
been investigating this and has de-
| vCloped the astounding fact that up
to the present time the sum of s7o,-
| 1sS,1S773 has been spent on this
| project. According to members of
the committee, there Is grave ques-
.tion as to its future value.
Muscle Shoals is typical of some
of the great grabs. Among the little
ones-dry creeks snagged out, or
wet ones Strengthened out-were the
| Big Sandy, where 1t cost the govern
| ment $3.50 per ton for every ton of
| commerce carried on 1t in 1913; the
Scuppernong, Kissimee Creek, Abse-
con Inlet. Raccoon Creek, the Big
and Little Pedee. the Santee, and SO
on. Fine sounding names all of
them-names which drew down
thousands OF dollars-but projects
| which commercially never will
amount to anything. according to
Mr.. Frear.
Had the public not aroused it
self. the tremendous appropriations
which were authorized during the
last six years would have been
doubled or trebled-
Four omnibus bills during the
sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Con-
crosses. aggregating s170. 0.0oo. 900
were either defeated. or reduced
with final saving to the Federal
Treasury of sss.00o.o 900. But for
I the attacks made on these mea-
sures by courageous Senator's and
Representadyez- and en- enlightened
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
A DAILY LINE o. CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs
swEETENINC.

The Fatcs may hand a Cup TO you.
But what 1t holds Is up to you.
The streams and wells of life are
full
or draughts that are deIectable.
And some are but a bitter ooze.
But which you guam is yours TO
choose,
For no man lives whose brew OF
Fear
Cannot be sweetened by Good Cheer
Copyright 1870. By the Mcclure Syndicate
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Nation Will Recoup Big Part
Of War Expense if Congress
Will Eliminate 'Pork" Waste
Protest of Voters Deemed Necessary to Cause
Men at Capitol to Stop Needless Appropri-
ations for Buildings and Rivers.

This IS the third of a series of eigN
articles BY Elisha Hanson eoneersing
financial OPERATIONS a,rd d.need for inis
mediate change from our present hap
hd-drd fiscal plan 10 a sound bndgetary
system.
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harbors appropriations bill and the
omnibus public buildings appropria-
tions measure. Both ought to be
abolished. Until they are. the >peo-
pie stand likely to contribute mil
lions. year for pork which other
wise might represent a saving in
taxes.
Rivers and harbors appropriations
during the last seven years were
as follows:
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press. all Of them would have gone
through as introduced.
Up to 1917. nearly $1,000, 900, 900
had been spent on rivers and
harbors in the country, and that
with a constantly decreasing inland
waterway traffic.
Turning from one form of pork
to another, 1t is well to take up
the public buildings appropriations.
Former Secretary McAdoo, while
he was IL the Cabinet, started a
vigorous battle on this particular
species of waste. In his annual
reports to Congress for 1915 and
1916 he pointed out that within
two decades the sum of $1SO,O00,-
900 had been spent on public build
ings' construction: that much of it
had been wasted; and that the time
had come to stop forever omnibus
public buildings bills
The former Secretary pointed out
that at that time (1916) there were
more than a thousand government
buildings being maintained, with a
new building added at the rate of
one every four days. In the small
towns, he said, the government was
suffering a loss from operating ex-
pensive buildings, which were not
needed, while in the cities. it was
losing money by being compelled to
rent quarters where the govern
ment's business had outgrown its
old structures.
Instances of Great Waste.
Mr. McAdoo then advised Congress
that the government had purchased
a site in Pittsburgh. which at the
time of purchase was entirely un-
suited for its business. The sum
of $1,000,000 was appropriated for
this. Later he was ordered to sell
tha sanaa sitA fnx nak less than
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
Mrs. Hurnphry Ward

Mrs Ward not writer for the millions like her
Marie Core1 With the exception she
wrote openly popagandst intent per-
sona affiliations had
leaders of England upper circles When
nher fiction she dealt with characters was
with less authority and with patronizng
quite in harmony with bettermen
namely of of
essential injusices of life
This being it has been surprising
undergo much hostile appraisal from
critics OF the social structure like Shaw, Wells
Her respectaby depicting the conventional
ideals of late Victorian and Edwardean
hfy herself author with the seethng
state family and church which
all have been counted unto her obscurentism
8 perspective will ultimately books as valuable
reflections OF the life OF time that will and of
when powerful clements of British society all unconsousy
facing political social and changes to quicken
and make profound
been autobographical in her literary
she has registered with fidelity contacts unusual in
number and intimacy with personages about whom
men will always be inquiive Whatever pemaneny
have her "reminiscences already published or vet
to be given out will survive For she only
interpret them
While the Sterling retirement bill may perfect
measure 1t distinct forward the humani-
tartan legislation.
Cincinnati druggists have put $1oooooo worth
OF liquor and it's where the epidemic hit
hard.
picket is described by the dictionary guard
trict police definition is inelegant expressive
Some learned judge have to pass upon the ouest;on . 10
who boss of the household when it voting
The allies recognize Bohevi because the
IS tainted but their gold-wel, that's different
The British guessed What ireland needed for peace
im kaser Sunday was more hremeh and less soldiers
49, 80 s..s@
One Of The real productive 1870 that filled by
:. - &z.sAss -.
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Some learned judge will have upon question
who. is boss of the household when comes to voting
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There are many avenues Tor
economy open both to Congress and
the administration. Neither the
administration nor Congress can ef-
feet a complete cure of present bad
practices. however. without the help
of the other. And it is not unlikely
that the people. through the press.
will have to come forward from
time to time to brace up one or the
other in program of saving.
Millions for PORK
For. many years past there have
been annual protests against pork
barrel legislation. The two great
est pork-carrying vehicles in normal
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The allies won't recognize the Bohevki because the go,
IS tainted, but their gold-well, that's different
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

The British guessed wrong. What ireland needed fc
nl Easter Sunday more 6remen and less soldiers
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ms table represents total Ol
S2l1,547.643. Whether or not all OF
these appropriations were needed
will always be a mooted question.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

picket is described by the dictionary guard but the D
trict police definition ineegant expressive
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

Cincinnati druggists have ST 100000 wo
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

While the Sterling retirement may be far from perc
it distinct forward humn
tartan legislation.
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Of The real productive occupations of 1910 IS that filed by
the Presidential press agents.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-09

The shooting galleries that, were
so popular on Broadway during the
war have all gone out of business.
The proprietors say that the craze
for shooting ended with the armIs-
finn
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time aide. Col. John G.. Quekemeyer.
who, like his chief, Is a passionate
horseman
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-08-29

petroleras va conocidas, tienen inten
samente dividida Ia propiedad; los
~peQuenos propietarios de elias lin
dios). tienen celebrates desde ,hace
tempo contratos de arrendamiento
directc o con Intermediates o las
companies petroleras que e~Hplotaron
" eXplotan dichas %regiones, las que
tuvieron ell merito de gaStar enormes
fortunes en- ~descubrir, crear Y fomen
tar eStai industrial nacional: y en- la
invasion que de los derechos adG&'
ridos de eStaS han hecho los aventu-
rerCs de In claque, que Sc dice ami
ga de Mexico Y del articulo q. arras
tran tambien los derechos dc muchos
miles de pequehos prcpietarios mexi-
canos. que ven de la nOche 4 Ia ma
mana paSar sus p~atrirnorios a unos
nuevos eXtranjeros que NADIA les dan
V que vienen a a~provecharse del pro-
ducto del traha5o de los demas".
jY este es Ia Independence del sub
suelo que tento han cacareado los
sorimbos dc la Revolution?
iVaya un n~acionalismo! iFaya unos
amigos que lie conquist6 Carranza a
nuestro pueblo.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-08-29
ACTUALlDADES EXTRANJERAS
FL PLAN ALEMAN DE RE VISION

Trad. del francis para La PRENsA.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-08-29
e. DE


Durante ell regimen carTancista, Sc
forTn6 IN srUpo de aventureros nor
te-aIrericanos que. conscientes de Ia
vauidad de don Venustiano, Sc de-
dico a explotar su 'Hacionalismo".
5Que los norteamericanos eran enc
migos del art!culo 81? Pues elloS,
decidieron apoyarlo, para Satisfacer
Ia terquedad pueril del palurdo de
Cuaro Cienegas. Este, que era torto
de capirote, los recipi0 con los braZos
abiertos, y les otors6 toda clase dc
concesiones. Crefa quo con aqrlel ru-
nado de genie sin e~scrdpulo, podla
concuistarSe Ia opinion publica de les
taGcS Unidos y tn realidad, do AGO
sion A que Sc ocaSionasen los mas I'M
cuos despojos. IVejete idiota! Sc
iuzgaba otro Bolivar (iesto es Ell col
MOI V solo era I'm juguete infeliz
do I'm grupo de vividores Que grita-
ban iViva ell a~rtlculo 81, sin impor-
tarles que csc critic aislase a nuestra
Patria del reSto del mundo.
Il Ing. GuiueTmo Alonsd. Sc ha
referido a csc grupo n~efasto, cuyos
componentes merecen e. artlculo So
en- los siguientes terminoS:
Las companias mas poderosas han
levantado su protests contra Ia IN
vasi6n u en- sus derechos adquiri-
dos. estan realizaado eSos a~venture-
ros del petr6leo. La ventaja es ex-
clusivamente par los v~ividores. para
Ia claque americana del artfculo p;
las ~desyentajas todas. Ia RESPONSIBLE
lidad Y las consecuencias para Me-
Xico.
"Aquf tiene listed Ell gran desacier-
10 de los Gestos de irreflexivo y fall
so nacionalismo del regimen ~carrancis
ia
"Pero hay mas, las maniobraS DE
LA CLAoUE AMERICANA DEL AR
TICULO D han lesionado tambien
V de I'm modo profundo muchos in
tereses meXicanos de pequehos pro-
pietarios.
Vera listed como: Las r~esiones
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Ell A DE WILSON

iC6mo Sc ccnoce que va Carranza
no es Presidente de Mexico. 81 il
fuera, no lie endilgara Excelsior" a
magnate de Ia Casa Blanca, un arti.
! culo caustico del cual nerecen re
producirse los parrafos ~siguientes:
"El Presidente de los Estados Uni
| dos nos reservaba una Ultima sorpre-
81, por mas de que tratandose dc
Mr.. Woodrow Wilson no hay acti'
tud s~orprendente.
Este hombre contradictorio, ondu
lante, escurTidizo. este politico hecho
de reuiendos. sin unidad de espfritu
nj orientaci6n definida,, este estadista
eg6latra, ha tenido el privilegio. po-
co e~nvidiable por cierto. de agrarar
todos los problemas que las circuns-
tanciaS han pueSto en- maahora al
alcance de sus manos. Algun dia la
historic sehalara implacahlemente las
grandes responsibilities de este per
sonaje de las t~ragedias que Sc re
gistran en- ell mundo e1 estos mo
mentos.
"Por 10 que a los meXicanos hace,
la obra de Mr.. Wilson en- nuesiro
pals ha sido sinieSua. La mayor par
te de nuestras d~esgracias Ia debemos
a este immense Sol que So hunde en-
IN ocaso silencioso y SOLITAIRE; a es-
te jefe de partido repudiado hasta por
los suyos. en- IN naci6n u lie ha
dado trancamente Ia eSpalda, en- una
democracia que ha condenado su au-
toritarismo soberbio, bajando de 81
pedestal al nuevo Ramses q'Ie a Sc
nejanza del de Egipto Sc h. consa-
crado a adorarse 6 ST mismor.
Todos estA muy bien: pero Ia lasti-
ma es que Sc veuga a decir con sic
te amos de retraso, Y cuando el de-
sastre Sc ha consuma6o.
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Trad. del francis para La PRENSA
La Co~nferencia de Spa ACADIA de ilu-
minarnos una vez mas acerca del
concepto que Sc Ia tornado Alemania
de ia ejecuci6n de los articulos del
Tratado de Versailles.
Las etapas sucesivas que Sc ha ira
zado para llegar a sus fines estAn
de manifesto = Sc repiten siempre en-
eI mismo orden: No ejecucion de las
c~IausulaS so pretexto de imposibilidad;
reclamaciones de los ahados, PROPOSE
clones de transaction de 81 parte pa
"a obtener por 10 meno Ia sombra-
va que no puede tener Ia realead;
insistente resateo de IA parte contra
ria: finaimente Ia conclusion, que
hasta ahora IA sido siempre un retroce
so, sea en- Ia tasa dc las exiGencias
del Tratado, sea en- el tempo concedi-
do para satisfacerlo.
Tai es, Y nadie dejara de convenir
en- clio. el cuadro que Sc ha desarrolla
do en- todaS las ocasiones ante nues
tros ojoS.
Nos haIlamoS ilconteStabiemente an
te una volurtad muy clara de llegar
a m~odificacioRes S~uceSivas del Trata-
do. Pero hay mas a0n. Alenapia pro-
cede de acUsrdo con I'm plan que 20
ne en- p-actica con "a tenacEad y
ei metodo que Ia carcteriza; por otra
parte. no 10 oculta Y letos de csc. Sc
encarEo ella CniSna de expreSarlo cla-
ramente. hace alcunas semanas, en- la
"Deutsche PoIitik". bajo IA firma de
3. ". Won Bulov.
Hay que distinguir. Sc dice allf. dos
classes de revision del Tratado de Versa
les. "a revision pequeha" Y Ia re
vision Eande."
La revision pequena cs inevitable,
rues son los aliados misnos los que
IA provocan. en- raz6n de Ia no ejecu
ci6n de las clasulaS. Las modifican
eutonces. on beneficio de Alema-
MIA. so pre;exto de hacerlas ejecuta-
b'cS Y de permitirles vivir a los pue
h.os u 50 encuen-ran ahora bajo Ia
domination de Ia Entente.
La revision grande tendrS luEar
mas tarde. FL tempo trabaja en- 81
favor, y Ia marcia de los aconteci-
mientos conducir4 satalmente al resta
hlacimisnto de los dsrechos fundamer-
tales dc AIemanla ' De sus antiques
aEados. y nor . tanto . Ia reforma
de los tratados concludes despues
dc Ia guerra.
No Sc podria arrojar mayor cantidad
de luz Sobre 10 que eSta aconteciendo
ahora.
Como 10 eXplica Won BUlow. 81 pre-
texto de IA revision peQena es ase-
Gurar Ia sxistencia de Alemania. Bien
dirigido. debe conducir a U antiques
enemigoS a surniniscrarle where's, ma
teriaS primas Y Crsdito- Pero como el
crsdito Y Ia reconstruction de Alena
ria eNigen ante TODD Seguridad es i'm
possible consentir en- Ell desarme y en-
Ia reduction de las fuerzas militia
res. = hay que exigir que cese Ia
ocupaci6n extranjera asf como Ia ~
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ESPARA Y MExICO

Ell gobierno espanol no quiere te'
ner relacioneS diplomaticas con Ell de
Mexico. Y por 81 acaSo le cupiese
duda al senior de Ia Huerta, ell Con
sui espalol Sc neg6 a visar los pa
saportes de los 'embajadores" Pala-
vicini Y Sanchez Azcona.
GCual es ell afan del gobierno me-
xicano de seguir enviando C6nsules y
diplomaticos a ESpaha: GQue benefit
clio practice Sc SAGA con que existan
esas relaciones que Ia madre patria
no quiere contraer?
ST Espaha no quiere n reiacio-
nes..... pues dejesela en- paz. que
ESQ no hace gran daho. va pass a Ia
historic IA epoca en- que Ia politica
hispana era factor determinante de
los asuntos interiors; lie Mexico. Ahc
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Para libros en- espanol, diriiase US
ted a la Casa Editorial lozano. 11s
N, Sta. Rosa, Ave-. San Antonio. Tex.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-08-29
~ TOPICOS DEL Ola r.

"a es otro Ell reconccimiento que de
be preoCupar al de Ia Huerta-
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Para Iibros en- espanol, d~iriiase US
ted a Ia Casa Editorial lozano. i1s
N. Sta. Rosa, Ave- San Antonio, Tex.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-07-29
rIvF HUNDRED PARTY FOR
MhcHViLLE VISITOR.

MISS Mary Farmer, of Nashville,
Tam. CUES of Miss Beatrice Howe,
vas the honoree at a delightful Five
IIa9dr,i party when Miss Ethel Pad
orich pnterta ned a few friends very
informally Tuesday afternoon. Bright
fI,wars added a touch of summer time
IN the rooms where the card tables
were arranged. Miss Beatrice Howe
made top score and received a lovely
hex Of stationery. The BOBBY, a box
NJ candy. was awarded to Miss Emma
Harudon Agee, of Selma, Ala. guest
If Mrs Eugene ?. Elebash and Miss
Pader.ak presented the honoree with
n box Of stationery. After the games
tempting refreshments were served.
Miss Paderlck's guests included:
Miss Farmer, the honoree, Misses
Anna Lamar Eleanor Mitchell, Bea-
trice Howe, Marion Laney. Doris
Merritt, Valerie Reese, Elizabeth
Aiken, and her guest. Miss Helen Jud-
son. Mrs. Henry Bars. Jr., Mrs. l..
Nottingham, Miss Emma Herndon
Agee and Miss Adelaide Garfield.
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Sol Calm left yesterd ay for
Waynesville. N. c., where he will
spend several weeks.
Mrs. Fred Lezier, wife of Lieu
tenant Lezier, of the naval air sta
ton, will leave shortly for Philadel-
phia, where she will spend some
weeks with her parents. She will
be accompanied by Fred, Jr.
Miss Christine Sheppard returned
home yesterday after a delightful
six-weeks visit in Pass Christian.
Miss, and New Orleans, as the much
feted guest of Miss Alyce st. Mar
tin.
Mrs. Harold stiles, wife of Lieu
tenant Stiles, U. s. N, has gone to
Norfolk to visit with relatives. She
will be Joined by Lieutenant Stiles
about August 1, who accompanies a
fleet of planes to Norfolk having
been assigned to that station for duty.
During their stay in Pensacola Lieu
tenant and Mrs. stiles made their
home with Miss Lille Taylor at her
Bayshore home at "Seamarge" Mrs.
Sellman, wife of Lieutenant Sellman,
u. S. NJ, is another attractive matron
Of service society, who will leave Pen
sacola, Lieutenant Sellman having
been transferred to the Norfolk navy
yard for duty. Mrs. Sellman, a Nor
folk girl, is at present visiting with
relatives there.
Hon. w. j. A. Blount is spending a
few days in jacksonville on business.
Mrs. E. T. Hunt and granddaugh-
ter, Cora Nell Caffery. have gone to
Richmond, Va, to visit with friends,
expecting to later go to waynesville
to spend some time.
Mrs. Jennie Edwards and two
daughters, Elizabeth and Cornelia,
leave today for Valdosta, Ga, where
they will visit for a short while, later
going to the Blue Ridge mountains
to spend some time. Mrs H. l.. Cow
ington will leave Sunday to go to
Montreal, N C., for an extended stay.
MIR. and Mrs. J. G. Angle arrive
in Pensacola about the last of the
week from New York City to visit
for some time as the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Green, East Lee street.
DR.. and Mrs. J. Benn and family,
formerly residin gat 1917 N. 18th ave.
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DANCE IN OPEN AIR PAVILION
AT FORT BARRANCAS.

One of the delightful social events
o fthis week will be the dance held
in the open air pavilion at Fort
Barrancas tomorrow night for the
benefit of st. Johns Episcopal church,
Warrington. Preceding the dance will
be band concert by the Eighth c. A.
c. band of Fort Barrancas, beginning
at o'clock. Light refreshments will
be served during intermissions. Music
for dancing will be furnished by the
band and patrons and patronesses for
the evening will be: Reverend and
Mrs. John H Brown, Reverend and
Mrs. John G. Skottowe, Pensacola,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Conway, Fort
Barrancas; Captain and Mrs. H. H.
Christy, naval air station. Pensa-
colians and service society are cor
daily invited guests.
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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.


Thomas Norwood delightfully."- cele-
brated his thirteenth birthday at the
home of his mother, Mrs Mamie Nor
wood. IS South Spring street, Tues
day evening. The home was most at
tractive in a color motif of green and
red, cut flowers and ferns artistically
arranged, forming a pretty back
ground for the festivities.
Interesting games and music were
enjoyed, a peanut contest proving es-
pecially interesting. First prize was
won by Florida Sanchez for the girls
and Charles Fritch for the boys, Sec
ond prize going to Hilda Fritch and
John Massey. Later in the evening
delicious ice course in the prevail
ing motif was served, the festive
birthday table was conferred with a
large basket of colored fruits, the
handle tied with crimson bows, red
and green. streamers from the chan
deller formed semi-canopy over the
table and the favors, carrying out the
general scheme, were attractive little
"Billikins" in red and green.
Mrs. Norwood was assisted in en-
pertaining the young guests by Mrs.
William Sharpe, Miss Mittie Tedder
and Miss Nettie Norwood. Among
the boys and girls enjoying the eve
ming with Thomas We're: Lillian Mas
sey, Florida Sanchez, Margaret Bran
ton, Hilma Fritch, Jacklin Brandon,
Myrtle Lee Norwood, Lucius Stearns,,
Charles Fritch, William Carbine. AL
len Campbell, John Massey. Others
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. William
Sharpe, Mr.. A. Allen, Mr.. CD. Smith.