Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-09

thus the Congres~rnan H. caught In
the jam between the job and The APP
plioanf. with little patience exhibited
by the earnest seeker for place on
the Federal payroll IL there IL any de-
ally many applicants for each one. ana
lay or failure on tha part ~ his Con-
gressrnsn In landing him there.
The country Congressman usually
has harder time than the man repre-
senting q city district In many In
stances u in safe ~ ray that very
rnany city voters have no remote idea
OF the name 81 the man they sen A.
Washington ~ represent their ais.
trict In Congress-. a great many 90
not even know the district IN which
they live. a man gets a package n
garden seeds rent 70 him from WAfh-
lugton and IN rare eases may note fhs
name Of the Congressman up ln the
corner ~ the envelope. which serves
inNicu of stamp. This man often
is loud In denouncins Congress Tor
wasting time and money and charging
/ IL with inefiiciency IN the conduct ~
tho nations business. but h. doesn't
take enough real Interest In thf rnat.
ter to know who he voted for. n 81
did vote.
~ IT should happen that this man
wants something. though. he makes
haste to find out his ConRrearr0au,t
name, and writes to him a. one m IA.
ardent supporters. demanding fhia ~
that favor as a return for hls support
Tie may want job as consul at sorno
remote point he has heard of. he NAV
want 70 be postman. or he may De-
sire 70 come TO Washington - lend
/ his expert hand 70 the direction ~
the affairs OF state.
The man in Congress having q ais.
| trict which is not just a section u =
large city gets a continual lombard
utent, however. The people N ~
district know who he is. and use their
knowledge 70 the utmost. They mako
demands upon him by mail for every
thing under the sun. seeking political
preferrnent, flower seeds. business "a.
yantages, passports. almost cvc-v-
thing else that can be Imagined.
The mail deiuge II suficicnfIy try.
ing. but often these Constituents come
Ito Washington. Heing entirety
strange to the city and ~ sights. they
do not scrupie to depend upon their
Congressman as guide. There have
been cases whefe visiting constituents
have come TO Washington with plans
| consisting only ~ knowing what day
/ they must leave. and calling upon fhe
man they elected as their Iseprosenfs-
tive to sit down and map out an en-
/ tertaining and instructive VISIT fnr
them while in the nations capital
a state of mind of the nation has
come 70 add stiii further burdens 20
1 the bending shoulders - the average
member of Congress. The need Tor
rapidly enacted Legislation n an kinSg
1 during the war resulted IN building
UP the conviction in many sections ~
1 the country that there is n legislative
cure for every real or fsncied evn that
exists. IN hard times. the naive sur-
gestion that a iaw be passed % print
more paper money is not unknown.
Fanatics of All SORTS pour incessant
pleas upon Congress- Tor this or that
drastic law enactment. doiefuny fore-
telling the ruin ~ the nation n their
4 demands are not needed forthwith
This year al of this is taking place
IN the midst of the IMPORTANT legisia-
ton which invariably follows a change
IN the political complexion ~ the
party in power. The tariff II being
changed and the tax bin II being re-
Z FlSeG. lHt% rlf@tNH fuAf every kird
Of business being carried on IN tho
country wants TO have Sta particular
situation placed before Congress
either with the plea that the raw NM
I terials essential 10 shall be admitted
to the country free OF import duty. or
that the finished product from foreign
I firms shall be excluded by a tariff wall
4 IN the matter of taxes ~ is but nat
lural that every kind OF business should
seek legislation favorable 10 itself and
I this year has been no exception.
When il is considered that Congress
win be held responsible IN large part
for any degree of failure In the Eov-
ernnent's economy efforts. and that
I primary elections are impending In
many States, IL becomes difficuIt no
believe that the berth of a duly elect
ed member of Congress Is anything
remotely suggesting bed of roses