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CONSERVATIONOFU.S
RESOURCES is URGED
of Water Power and Care
of Oil, Coal and Gas Supply-Dis-
cussed at Convention Here.

then. sixty-odd applications have been
filed with the commission for permits
sion to develop, under the form OF
lease prescribed. some two or three
million horsepower. A good begin
ming. and the commission is now en-
gagged in examining into these
projects and the applications therefor
prior to passing upon them.
The water power and electric pow
er men see in the future a great net
work of power stations linking up the
various sections of the country and
supplying power to the industries and
transportation systems of those sec
tons For instance. there is the
superpower system for the territory
extending from Boston to Washing
ton and $50 miles inward from the
Atlantic coast. Under authority of an
act of Congress survey of this
project is now being made to de-
termine it's feasibility. Other such
systems, it is believed. will be devel-
oped on the Pacific slope, in the mid
die west and the southwest. and other
ton superpower system. it is esti-
mated there will be a saving of 800
100000 tons of coal year. This
means direct saving of $50. 000. 900
and another s150.o00.o 900 due to the
lesser cost of maintenance of electri-
cal versus steam machinery.
Miners Average 1000 Tons Yearly.
The saving of 100000 tons of
coal year. however. means more
than this. even. A miner does well
to average a thousand tons of coal a
year. This means 10000 miners be
come available either for other work
or continued mining productivity.
Coal today occupies 40 per cent of
the total cargo space of the carriers
The saving in the transportation of
100000 tons of coal would be enor-
nous.
Steam firing locomotives now waste
three out of every five tons of coal
that they burn A similar waste of
fuel is going on throughout the fac
tories of the United States This
waste, the electrical engineers de-
clare, can be corrected to a very great
extent by the use of the coal in gen
Grating electrical current. Their
projects for the increased use of
electrical current to fill the needs for
power in industry and transportation
do not contemplate only the use of
water power. though they do look to
an ever-increasing use of that power
For instance, in the Boston to Wash
| ington system only Is per cent of
| the power generated will be from the
water power resources of the sec
ton. and the remainder from great
power stations using coal.
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California Maryland and Arizona
The indications today, therefore, that
the republicans will increase their hold upon
the Senate by from to four seats more than
they at present hold. Should there be the land
slide for the republican national ticket which
many of the republicans are predicting. this
margin of control might be still further in
creased though probably not to any very
marked extent.
Seven Of the senators now sitting will not be
in the next Congress no matter how the cleo
lions go-they have failed to be renominated
either voluntarily involuntarfy. Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois. veteran of
many hard-fought political battle, who car
ried the state Of Illinois even when the repub
lican party was split and the late Col Roose-
welt after his scalp. announced more than
a year ago he would not be candidate to sue
coed himself. because OF his ever-increasing
deafness, which made it difficult for him to
take active part in the proceedings of the
Senate. Senator johnson of South Dakota. a
democrat, also refused to be candidate to sue
coed himself
In Alabama Senator Conner was not a can
didate for denomination. and Tom Hef1in has
been named for the Bankhead seat. Senator
Gore. the blind senator from Oklahoma. lost
the democratic nomination after bitter fight.
in which his opponents attacked his record as
a member of the war Senate and succeeded in
naming Representative Scott Ferris in his place.
In North Dakota, Senator Gronna, republican.
fell by the wayside when the Non-Partisan
League, boring from within" took control of
the republican primaries and named Prof E. F.
Ladd Gronna has been member Of the Sen
ate for ten years. In Arkansas, Senator Kirby,
democrat, also was attacked because of his war
record and because he had failed to stand with
the administration in number of instances, and
his political head was Topped of. Senator Gay
of Louisiana not candidate to succeed
himself and Edward Broussard, brother of the
late senator of that name, nominated.
Senator Thomas of Colorado refused to run
again as a democratic nominee for the Senate
because he is violently opposed to the league
of nations covenant which has been Endorsed
by his party. He has consented, however. to
run a national ticket
Five members of the present House of
Representatives are candidates for election
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bills were never passed by the Sen
ate. though one or two of them were
reported
But when the next Congress under
taxes revision of the tariff. it will
be the first time in the history Of the
country that scientific tariff com
mission. with experts at its command
mas been at the service of the COM
mittees of Congress and of Congress
itself to aid in framing a tariff hill
The Underwood immons act. now in
operation. WAS passed by the demo-
Gratis in 1913. The old tariff board
created during the Taft administra-
ton had been discontinued in 1912.
The new commission was established
pursuant to the act of September s,
1915. and is the first permanent gov
eminent body in this country whose
sole purpose is the scientific examina-
ton of the tariff question. Congress
still retains control over the final
form in which tariff legislation shall
be couched.
The commission has been at work
since April I, 1917, when it organized.
The work of the commission has
fallen into three lines: first, it has
made suggestions regarding the form
and administration of the tariff laws
the country; second, it has made
studies of international commercial
policies and commercial treaties, and.
third. it has made surveys covering
most of the important items covered
by tariff duties
When the Congress is ready to I'M
dertake the revision Of the tariff it
will find the commission ready to
Law before it information of the great
est Importance relating to interna
tional commercial policies and trea-
ties. and relating to the use of tariffs
in foreign countries to foster and
develop trade. An aftermath Of the
war is found in acts of discrimina-
ton and exclusion of goods among
the nations.
Commodity surveys in the United
States and elsewhere have been the
principal work of the Tariff Com
mission, however. The commission
has completed, or has in preparation.
surveys of every important industry
in the country. 1t. has had experts
in England, in continental Europe and
Japan during the last year to observe
the new and changing conditions of
industry
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u. S. WILL CONTINUE
TO BE ALIEN MECCA
Influx From Russia and What Was Once
Austria Watched as Containing
i Chief Element of Danger. :

that possibly the shores of the'ohileo
States no longer held out the VISIONS
of promise to foreigners that they
once did
Other Increases Appeared.
Yet these same statistics show that
after every decrease there has been
another increase. The change WAS
suggestive of a squirt following
breathing spell. There may have oeeh
conditions in this country or in Ell
ropean countries which, although or "a
purely domestic nature, may nave
been the cause of the lack OF UNI
formity in the immigration stream.
The war naturally set new 10"
level and many argued that Europe
will need all it's workers for long
time to come and that every induce
ment will be offered by the nations OF
the continent to keep it's sons on their
native soil. But the present demanos
upon the various steamship companies
indicate that this calculation IS wrong
and that the United States stlll MAIN
taips its attraction for dissatisfied
foreigners.
German First New Tongue.
In the earlier days of immigration
seventy or eighty years aSo-the
great proportion of the immigration
came from the British Isles. This
was closely followed by great rush
of Germans The latter were the
first speaking an alien 1aguage VINO
came here in large numbers ana
made an impression on American lie.
They were the first foreigners in
racial sense to modify the distinctly
English character of the American
people.
There has always been more or
less steady stream of immigrants
from Ireland, and. oddly enough, there
was time within the memory OF
living men when the Irish were re-
parded here much as are the 1mml-
grants from southeastern Europe
now. Today the feeling is different
and no one thinks of the Irish I'M
migrant as a foreigner.
1t is the opinion of Immigration
officials that there is a possibility
that the next fifty years may see i'm
migration of a kind that the observ-
ers in the United States have not an
,icipated. But it is difficult to fore
cast Time makes many changes, 1t
is explained, and the future immigra-
ton must simply be watched.
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ny ELIZABETH \. THOMPSON.

ny ELIZABETH y. THOMPSON.
~ many people are thinking ana
talking of going abroad again
that too much cannot be writ
ten of present conditions by
way of encouragement or otherwise
to find interested readers.
There is the constant inquiry
rs living SO very-'expensive over
there?"
To which there can always be only the
evasive reply
That depends.
1t depends upon where you live ana
how you live, of course. And where
Won come from-and how much you
drink.
We (three of us) stayed at one OF the
big hotels in Paris near the Pace ven
dome. There was never any trouble IN
getting good rooms and good food For
the first week, two rooms and a pain
cost 112 francs a day. An average
mealLHors d'oeuvre. 800 francs
omelette. 6 francs; chateaubriand
steak. 10 francs; mushrooms, francs
salad, 3 francs: ice cream, 6 francs.
Laneouste or lobster was II francs
fixed in any way. Thirty-three francs
about covered a meal-without the lo
ner cent tax or tips. For three. count
ine petit dejeuner at 10 francs. lun-
cheon at 100-dinner at 1oo-rooms
112. we averaged about 322 francs
da-not counting wine or mineral
waters.
DEFENDS on Native Land.
When | say it depends where you
come from, / refer to the exchange;
which differs for every country and
fu.tuates continuously. At the hotel
they never cashed anything for US at
'mo-e than II francs to dollar; al
tho Oh at the bank it would one day
be 1899; then 13, 1880. 1890, IA and
up to 1890; then back again by de-
urees You had to be psychologist
10 know just the moment TO cash
your checks to the best advantage.
You can See that with francs twelve
to a dollar. expenses for three aver
AGED about S26 day. Champagne
and other wine cost from 81 to So a
quart: cocktails and liquors, 80 cents
apiece.
Taxi sand voitures have doubled then
rates. but they seem reasonable 10
US at that. Prices of novelties and
merchandise are more than twice
what they used to be, but with the
high prices we have become accus-
toned to at home and the increased
franc value of the dollar they seen
attractively cheap.
Question of Price and Quality.
For instance. a bottle of perfume
for which you pay So over there costs
YOU So here. A pair of rhinestone
shoe buckles which bring SIS on the
Rue de Rivoli could not be dupl-
Gated for $50 here. There is not as
great a difference in clothes-they
are dreadfully expensive on the Rue
de la PAX. And silk stockings cost
moro In Paris than here and are very
poor IN quality. So you have to know
what to buy and where to buy il &c
make shopping really worth whra
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TAKE PLENTY OF GOOD T1UMOR
AND SMILES IF GOING ABROAD!
Have Your Money in Drafts or Travellers
Checks, and Use Plenty of Kind Words,
Is Advice of American Tourist

And then there is the duty to con-
sider-if you are returning home.
Every once in a while, when you
are least expecting it, they will stick
war tax on your purchase. 1t seems
to be quite at the discretion of the
merchant-and he usually neglects to
inform you of it until you have Sc
lected something which pleases you
very much and it is all wrapped up
for you to take home.
At the hotel we had a 10 per cent
tax on everything until the last week.
when they informed US to our joy that
the tax had been abolished, but the
prices had so insidiously increased
our weekly bill was far larger than
it had been with the tax. For exam
pie, lobster went from IL to 16 francs,
chateaubriand from 10 to Is francs
and room and bath from 70 to so
francs a day. Such is the mirage of
lower prices!
Great Scarcity of Money.
There is a great scarcity of money
in France. practically no gold, silver
or copper in circulation. 1t is re-
ported due to hoarding-people cling
ing even to the copper coins. Paper
money represents everything from so
centimes up, and the usual change
is made in stamps of all denomina-
TONS. 10 and 25 centimes. Even
the department stores give them,
neatly packed in transparent en-
velopes, with the sum total marked
on the outside, like ordinary currency.
l is all very well, in the French mind,
to offer these stamps in lieu of money
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gang OF gam DIETS HdNc VI
tiated base ball, the king
4 of American sports, though
shocking, win really serve good pur-
nose and help to purge sports OF al
kinds from the spreading contami-
nation of gambling.
Congress has been aroused. anu
organized society has been aroused
The crusade against gambling In
snorts will no longer be waged e1-
clusively, or at least most con-
spicuously, by church organlza-
tions. The most effective and most
demonstrative protest win be made
by lovers Of sports for sports sake
The incoming Congress will put
through legislation designed to
purify sports-of all sorts.
An increasing tolerance Of gamb-
ling, especially noticeable during
and since the war. has been sud
denly checked. The people of this
country. through the expose of
the way in which national base
ball championships have been
fixed" have come to feel that the
spreading fever of gambling will
strangle all American sports un-
less rigorous repression Of E1m-
bling becomes the policy Of munici.
pal. state and federal governments.
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HE necessity for the develop
ment of power from the mex
haustible resources of the
country-water power-and
the conservation of the exhaustib BILE
resources such as oil, coal and gas,
was brought wildly home to Ameri-
cans at the national convention of
the Water Power League of America.
which has just closed it's sessions
| here.
Two methods of conserving the ex-
haustble resources of the country
were discussed in particular by the
engineers and scientists attending the
convention. One was the further de-
velopment of the water power re-
sources, and the establishment of
great hydro-electric power plants in
all sections of the country where the
water power is available. The other
was use of coal in steam plants to
generate electric current. 1t is esti-
mated that the use Of coal in This
manner will be vastly economical and
| more productive of power than il il
is burned in steam engine for
power.
Oil Resources Endangered.
Inc ~As+ resources of the country
are already endangered. The coal
cannot last forever. even though the
supplies seem inexhaustibIe at pres
ent, II the demands of industry and
transportation for power are to con-
tlnue to increase in the present ratio
A Californian, John A. Britton pen-
eral manager Of the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company, pointed out that in
that great state oil was the ONLY
| basis of fuel. There is no coal there
except low grade of Ignite, and
California is too far from coal fields
to import coal economically. Water
power development appears the only
solution of the problem confronting
the state, since the demands for powe,
are mounting every year.
| Again, it is estimated that in a very
brief period, the United States will,
be forced to purchase and import fo,
use hundreds of millions of barrels y,
OIL annually-principally from British
possessions. unless a halt is called
upon the consumption of petroleum
and more economical use of this
great natural resource enforced
| Paved Way to Development.
congress. at its last session, passed
the new water power act creating the
federal power commission and throw.
Ing open to development tremendous
sources of water power which have
hitherto been locked away because OF
insufficient legislation. The Presiden,
signed the act only June 10 last Since
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This is shown in letters which
Congress from every state in the
Union-from college men and bust
ness men as well as from church
men and reformists.
There is already before Congress
an anti-gambling bill. known as
the Sims-Sterling bill. on which
extensive hearings were held,
which would prohibit the inter-
state transmission of gambling
bets and odds. Representative Sid
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NEW SCHEME FOR POSTMASTERS

Positions of postmaster In first,
second and third class Offices may be
filled by promotion, under a recent
executive order. If. under the order.
1t is desired to make nomination for
any office of person in the COM
petitive classified service. such per-
son must first be found by the Civil
Service Commission to meet the mini
mum requirements prescribed by the
ofncA
It win be the duty Of the Post Once
Department to decide whether or not
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THE United States will continue
to be the mecca for Europeans

TINE United States viii continue
to be the mecca for Europeans
who are anxious to change
their place of living. in the be-
lief of those who are closely identified
with the emigration activities of
this country.
The question is naturally asked from
what part of the world will the main
body of this immigration come-say.
during the next twenty-five or fifty
years. This is unquestionably looked
upon as the real problem of the alb
sorption Of our immigration, and it
will be watched with the closest scru-
tiny during the next few years. In
this connection the immigration from
Russia and from what was once Aus
tria is said to continue to be the
chief element of danger to our insti-
tutions. 1t is believed that this dan
ger will. however. prove in the end
to be as remote as that which was
anticipated from the earlier immi
grants who found their way to our
shores.
Many UOOO <HenS.
In this connection it is pointed out
that many good citizens have come
from the later immigrants and that
they will continue to do SO. Yet there
are those in the immigration bureau
who contend that it would be unwise
to ignore the fact that the Slav ele-
ment is essentially more foreign and
adopts itself to American ways and
principles with greater difficulty than
the German. Scandinavian and Italian.
Great pains must be taken with the
flood which is expected to sweep our
shores from the Slav countries. in the
opinion of immig grafton experts.
Statistics just recently made public
by the immigration bureau reveal that
the total number of immigrants dur
ing the last hundred years was a
trife more than 34.00o,000 somewhat
more than one-third of the total in
crease in population during the same
period Since 1920 the flood of immi-
grafton from Europe to this country
has not been equal in annual volume.
For some reasons which probably
could be explained there have been
decades when the immigration fell
off. In fact, there were years when
the number diminished SO much as to
suggest that the high-water mark IN
immigration had been reached ana
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Slble for the democrats to do.
There is strong feeling that this year is to be
a republican year-that the national ticket is
going to sweep the country. Republican lead
ers claim it, and many democrats dejectedly
admit it. While the fight for the control of the
Senate will be closer work than the struggle
for the elections of President and Vice Presi-
dent and for the House. there is every reason
to believe that IL the republicans sweep the
country for their national ticket. the republican
candidates for the Senate will get the breaks"
and that the Senate majority Of the republicans
will be increased.
The accompanying list shows the states in
which senatorial elections will be held and the
nominees of the republican and democratic
parties. not to menation couple of Independent
candidates.
It will be noticed that the republicans have
failed to<put forward candidates for the Senate
in five states-an in the solid" south. The
states Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina.
Louisiana and Virginia. But the republicans
have decided to try their luck in other southern
democratic states. notably Florida, Georgia and
North Carolina.
A canvass of the< situation in the various
states where the senatorial elections are sched-
uled indicates that of the thirty-four seats. the
republicans are pretty sure Of carrying ten,
the democrats eleven, and for the other thir-
teen the contests will be close. at least they
regarded today.
X X X
The republicans are reasonably sure of win
ming the senatorial prizes in Iowa, Kansas, Yer
mont, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New
York, North Dakota, New Hampshire and Wash
ington.
The eleven states which expected to re-
turn democratic senator's Oregon Florida,
Louisiana Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama (two) and
Virginia.
The debatable ground, according to the best
available information is to be found in Con-
necticut. Kentucky. Ohio. Nevada. Wisconsin.
Idaho, California. Colorado, Maryland. Arizona
Utah, Indiana and Missouri.
A still finer though less certain, estimate
places the senatorial victory in the hands of
the republicans in Connecticut, Ohio. Wiscon-
sin, Colorado, Indiana and Missouri. with a
fighting chance in Kentucky. Idaho and Utah.
This would leave to the democrats Nevada,
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ney Mudd of Maryland, himself a
famous Georgetown base ball play
er. prompted by the base ball ex-
posure, has announced that he will
press a new measure with strict
penalties. looking to the purihca-
ton not only of base ball. but of
all sports, under the interstate
commerce act
lind this new campaign empha-
size "the crookedness and brutality
of prize fighting. encouraged by
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it wishes the vacancy filled through
promotion and to make a nomination
for the position. The Civil Service
Commission will give the usual tests,
nom competitively, and if the nominee
meets them, he will be certified for
appointment
If he fails, an open competitive ex-
animation will be announced which.
under the new order. will be open only
to those who for the past two years
have lived within the delivery Of the
vacancy once.
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Candidates for the Senate

NEVADA
Ta:sker Oddie (R).
c. B. Henderson (D).
Miss Anne Martin Gnd. RI.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
George H. Moses (R).
Raymond B. Stevens (D).
NEW YORK
James w. Wadsworth (R)
Harry c. Walker O).
NORTH CAROLINA
A. E. .Holton (R).
Lee S. Overman D).
NORTH DAKOTA
E. F. Ladd (R).
H. P. Perry (D).
OHIO
Frank e. Willis (R).
w. A. Julian CD.
OKLAHOMA
John William Herald (R).
Scott Ferris CD.
OREGON
Robert Stansfeld (R).
George E. chamberlain (D).
PENNSYLVANIA
Boies Penrose (R).
John A. Farrell CD.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Ellison D. Smith (D).
SOUTH DAKOTA
Peter Norbeck (R).
U. S. G. Cherry (D).
UTAH
Reed Smoot lR).
NJ. H. Yelling Cd.
VERMONT
w. P. Dillingham; (R).
Howard E. Shaw CD.
WASHINGTON
Wesley l. Jones (R).
George F. CottTill (D).
VIRGINIA
Carter Glass (D).
WISCONSIN
Irvine L. Lenroot (R).
Paul Reinsch CD.
James Thompson Qnd.).
Frank Weber (Soc.).