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The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
National Illiteracy.

IN a recent address, DIR. John J. Tigert, United
j States Commissioner of Education, said: DE
spite the enormous sums which we spend upon
our-public school system, America stands today
the only one among the great nations of the earth
in which there is not high degree of literacy."
This is but repeating disclosure of the draft. 1t
was then found that this country had an amazing
percentage of illiteracy.
The reason is not far to seek the response
bility difficult to place. This is the only country
which has opened its doors to flood of iliteracy
from foreign lands. Added to these the other
millions of negroes, many of whom have not had
school advantages offered them, not been made
to take the advantages they had The responsibility
is with the governments of States and with
complacent public who, not meeting illiteracy in its
daily walks, thought there none.
Yet those at all familiar with the mining regions
and the greater industries, have literally thou
sands in a single region, plant who can not speak
our language, much less read it. 1t has been COM
mon knowledge, also, that great many employers
of labor have mistakenly preferred this condition in
the false belief that it gave them more tractable
and contented labor element They have learned
their mistake in bitter experience.
The logic of this condition points to Federal
department of education instead of the wholly TN
NECESSARY makeshift of department of welfare
Many OF the States have taken up this work of edu-
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Always Two Sid ).

VERIFYING, no matter how abstract, is two
- things, or has two sides. One is the scien-
tihc and the other the human This is as
true Of finance of everything else A plan or
process method may be worked out that is per-
feet in its application of scientific principles and yet
totally fail because it has left out the human con-
tact. the human element, essential to the equation
The same is true in the reverse.
This was the case with the Norris bill. The
Senator knew the human side of his problem. He
knew the need for agricultural capital He made his
solution with his sympathies. He failed because
hh solution scientifically wrong. This is to
his credit rather than discredit. He grasped the
bigger and better, the appealing side In fact,
too, he did not fail since it his bill which COM
PEELED others to propose the substitute which
plies both sides and completes the equation. To
beat the Norris bill, something better had to be
offered and to Senator Norris, much, more
than to any one else, belongs the credit.
All legislation is mistaken, it is harmful and
weakening when it undertakes, save in emergency
and as temporary measure, to do what people, as
individuals, or groups should do for themselves.
people, like children must be made to do for them
selves to take responsibility, tc be selfdependent
and not run to dad for everything from spending
money to protection from playmates. Paternalsm
in the government, as in the home, makes mighty
poor, wishy-washy, unstable citizens.
1t is the part of governments to forbid and to
permit, the is important the other save
that there should be as few "don'ts" as is possible
and much freedom as is safe. We talk against
paternalism and then seek it whenever it is easy
money for ourselves. But fail to appreciate that
the word "paternslism" points directly to the home
and directly tells that what produces in the home
and sends from it good citizens is exactly what in
government makes strong people. Also that easy
money for some is always hard money for others.
Here too, is the condition which marks good
legislation only that which, while conforming 10
the principles of sound economies politics and
sociology conforms also to those human principles,
those rules Of human nature by which alone a
strong viriIe, selfdependent, responsible people is
made.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Open the Fairgrounds.

0UR neighbor, the Star, has undertaken to
~ raise fund for summer public Fairgrounds.
Commissioner Oyster has taken himself to open
the school Fairgrounds just fast the money is
secured to pay for supervision and the Star has
offered receive subscriptions, acknowledge them
and turn them to Capt. Oyster. The money
is coming, but not enough Some Fairgrounds have
been opened, but not enough.
Private subscription should not be needed for
this but since it is there should be thousands of
persons in Washington to respond to this appeal for
the children. The time Of all times when these
places should be available is in the vacation months
They are more needed then when chldren's days
are all leisure and many have play facilities,
than in the school months.
1t makes the days long and all Sundays, when
there is place to go to meet young companions,
have games and let loose joyousness of youth. To
close the Fairgrounds deprves children of just what
vacations are intended to give them. The Herald
wants to add its plea for this fund and to urge
those of its readers who to send all they can,
whether SIoo or $Ioo, to the Star. No better use
could be made of what may be saved in some other
way
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

frame, then with the fundamentals,
truth, honesty, service. sni II we
wish TO emulate the example of DR..
Einstein. who Undertakes TO define
the boundaries of a four dimen-
sional universe, we will add a
fourth coordinate and call IL faith.
First, truth: We shall find out
what is truth. for instance. in re-
gard to our labor and all economic
problems; We shall go TO the root
of the matter. no matter what hap
pens. What is the true relation be-
tween capital and labor-the human
element as against mere capital or
credit.
Our great public utilities too,
should these be exploited for private
gain, or should service al cost be
tho rule. In short. whatever we
find to be the true theory Of gov
eminent that should we adopt un-
hesitatinGly: then We shoulG turn
to our second fundamental
honesty.
We should not hesitate here. VIC
should apply. with perfect honesty.
and thorouShness. those principles
we have found to be fundamentally
true and right. no matter what pet
theories have to go into the dis
card. Truth and honesty are fun
dame ntals and should be inseparabIe
in their application. Having es-
tablished, then. the first two points
of our base of observation. We
shall be ready for the third service.
Here we shall he thorough; having
found what is truth, and applied its
principles honestly, we shall give
all our people the best government
possible. We shall set our house in
order and maintain il so. We shall
not regard politics. Service" shall
be our motto not only for ourselves
but for all the world. Then we
shall have right to all the privi-
leges of our fourth fundamental
faith. We shall have faith in our
selves instead of misgivings-our
ideals and the ultimate destiny Of
the human race. 1t win make no
difference what our form of gov
ernment shall be, the Englishman.
the Russian, the Chinese, may all
have the form of government they
desire, only IL they base it on our
scientific reference form" and carry
out the principles therein obtained
fesrlessly and thoroughly.
Is this a UtopiRn dream? II II
is I believe IL was the dream of
the founders of our Constitution.
though they wouldn't have formu-
lated it in this manner. We are n
long way from the realization of
this dream-indeed. / do not know
If we are headed in that direction
but one thing is sure, we eannot
forever ignore the fundamental pre-
cents and truths that underlIe
the foundations OF our civilization
and hope to be forever secure.
F. NJ. LEWIS.
1898 I street.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Theory of Relatively.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
When the scientist undertakes to
compute distances and velocities. ne
sets up what he calls "a frame of
reference" DR.. Einstein says we
never can know what is absolute
motion, for we cannot have an alb
solutely rigid reference frame. That
is to say, that as all bodies, includ-
ing our universe. are in motion at
different velocities. an observer,
wherever situated, can determine
the true velocity OF any moving body
To us a familiar illustration, a man
on an express train. travelling at
tlte rate of fifty miles an hour,
with curtains down, unable to see
any outside object. could have no
sense of any straightaway motion.
An observer outside could of course,
figure the trains velocity, but an
observer on Mars, for example.
would have to add to the trains
velocity the velocity of the earth,
and as he himself is in motion he
could only arrive at relative results.
Similarly IL our earth were the only
planet moving. in space We never
could know whether we were in
motion or not.
The object of the writer of this
article is to try and show what
would result IL We were to apply
the scientific method thus briefly
outlined in the foregoing paragraph,
to the solution OF some Of the world
problems of today. ..
We of the u. s. believe we have
the best government under the sun;
but IL ours were the only govern
ment in existance we should not
know IL IL were good or bad. for, we
should have no means OF compari-
son. We can. however, set up a
frame of reference" and in this
believe we shall have the advantage
OF the man of science. for we have
certain fundamentals from which
we can start.
We will set up our reference
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Answers Attack on Britain.

To the Editcr, The Washington Herald: !
In The Herald Robert Conroy un-
dertakes Il say undertakes - to
prove after all is said: England has
not done very much for civilization.
but on the other hand. she has been
very brutal and cruel in times past"
That's about the substance Of his
remarks. He is forced to go back to
the dark ages, when all nations were
cropping in darkness and the strong
er nations devouring the weaker
ones. In other words. Il was when
the law of the survival OF the fittest
was the only law that was respected.
And by that law IL cannot be denied
England was the victor. have told
in former articles what grand old
England has accomplished for the
advancement of the human race, and
l shall not repeat II here, but only
refer Mr.. Conroy 10 them and re-
spectfully request him to divest him
self of all bitterness and prejudice
against England and act the impaf-
tiaI judge.
Justinian would inquire of Mr.
Conroy where he obtained his statis-
tics that out of 117.o0o, ,oo0 inhabi-
tants in the United States there are
probably S0,o00,o0O to e0.00s, 900
without drop of English blood in
their veins"
Mr.. Conroy reminds Justinian of
a famous artist of whom 1t is said
had painted a beautiful picture. Con-
noisseurs who saw the painting
complimented the artist, saying they
found no fault with it and thought
it would be SO regarded by even the
plain people. The artist did not
think SO, and to prove his judgment
correct, said: 81 will post this paint
ing in a public place and request
Of the painting" In short time the
picture was so disfigured and de-
faced that it bore no resemblance
to picture. They saw no beauty
In 1t, only defects.
In like manner, Mr.. Conroy sees
nothing good in England, but
searches for the barbarous methods
she observed in subduing and civ
liking savage nations to make them
fit to enjoy the blessings of civil and
religious liberty she gave to the
world.
Will Mr.. Conroy permit Justinian
to suggest that he read such his
torians as Hume. Macauley and
Meade with unprejudiced eyes. and
consider. too, the great men in all
walks of life Great Britain has pro-
duced and. thank God for what Eng
land has done for the betterment of
humanity. JUSTINIAN.
Washington, d. C. ..
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
MISSOURIANS PLAN
PHONES ON ROAD

The day of the stranded motorist
marooned in desolste spots of rural
Missouri, will be at an end within
the coming year IL plans now under
consideration by william King. gen.
eral manager of the Automobile Club
of st. Louis, mature.
The proposal is to place a tele-
phone along the roadsides of the
main highways of Missouri at each
milepost. these telephones to be
operated by central exchanges and
to be used by membes of the club or
associated clubs, through the in
strumentality of private key
which will open the telephone
boxes to members.
The system contemplates 900 tell
ephones between st. Louis and Kan
sas City. and total OF 1000 tele-
phones on, the main highways con-
Meeting the large centers of popu-
lation.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
SUNDAY, JULY II, 1921.

Astrologers read this as rather an
unfortunate day. Jupiter, Saturn
and the Sun are all in malefic as
pect. Late in the evening Venus Is
friendly.
1t is a time in which to relax,
resting wisely and not even plan
ming business, since Jupiter frowns.
Forbear to visit friends, il there
is any truth in astrology. for the
signs indicate that persons whose
good will is helpful will be exceea-
ingly critical and even suspicious.
The aged are likely to feel the
malign Influence of Saturn, the
planet that destroys so much joy.
The health of persons past middle
age may be affected by this plane-
tary rule.
Although Venus smiles on love
affairs. the giving of a ring or any
other present today will be unlucky.
since the Sun is adverse.
Warning is given that, under this
direction of the stars men of af-
fairs and those who are no longer
young may be exceedingly suscep-
tible to women.
Summer resort engagements will
be numerous this season, the seers
prophesy and there will be many
between old men and young girls.
There Is a sign boding evil for
men who are enJoyin wealth that Is
stars that are supposed to have
power in humbling the mighty are
In threatening aspect.
The English government is to
confront a grave crisis OF some SORT
before September, IL the stars are
read Alright.
Persons whose birthdate II is have
the forecast of rather a strenuous
year. They should take'care OF the
health. The Young will court and
marry.
Children born on this day will be
clever. well conducted and much re-
spected. These subjects of Cancer
have the Moon as principal guide.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Trolley Patron Complains.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Hoping that you can find space
in your open Forum" for a few re-
marks from one who has been rid
ing on the w. r. & L. road for
twelve years.
1 want to call attention to a few
things that l thought every one
had forgotten but find Mr.. Fair
bairn, of Georgia avenue, still re-
members. / will speak of the line
running to Riverdale.
Twelve years ago / paid $3.50 for
one months Communication tickets.
] could get on any car from Mary
land and have a seat. We had ex-
cellent service, a competent force
of trainmen, all Of which continued
unul the strike. Since that time
tickets have gone up to s5.36, and
II 1 do not get on car starting
out from River6ale I stand a slim
chance of getting a seat, notwith-
standing the fact that since the
strike two-fifths of the Riverdale
people ride the b. & o.
II Mr.. King had met the request
OF his employees as did the c. T.
road, the W.. r. & Z. would have
been on a solid foundation today,
and no one knows that any better
than Mr.. Ham,. Mr.. King made a
statement through the papers land
that is all we have to rely uponl
that he spent $4,000 per day,
think II was, to break the strike,
However, he broke: it, and l might
add that the company and Mr.. Ham
expect the public to foot the bill. p
The w. R.a& e. allowed Mr.. King
to replace all the men Il say men
because I do not mean the weak
kneed individuals who stuck and
helped to kill of their fellow-work-
men) with as sorry a-lot of thieves
as 1 ever saw and paid them about
four times as much as the old men
asked. i call them thieves advised
ly and will give reason for doing
so. While the strike was on 1 put
my wife on the car one evening and
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31
Plymouth Celebration.
ne Eiitor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Kindly permit me a few words:
Next week the President Of our ma
tion is going to participate in the
Pilgrim Tercentenary at Plymouth,
Mass. Using the favorite expression
of Gloomy Gus. That don't mean
anything" to Brother Conroy.
However Insignificant such an oc-
currence may be to that gentleman,
there are lot of us Americans who
do realize its significance, and we
are not all ungrateful. either.
B. A. SMITH.
Washington. d. c.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

The Herald has found that certain
writers sign fictitious names as their
own. In . few instances We fnd these
have escaped our notice, We viii here
after require not only the name but the
directory address. The Open Court must
not be abused. II is for fair. imper-
sonsl, informative discussion and state
ment Of opirion.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

Airplane transportation companies in their
effort to fix rates at all the traffic will bear
seem to frequently overtax the carrying ca
pacity. They are apt to lose their business,
unless they include life insurance.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

internal varicosities" is the most newly
discovered cause of crime. This shows how
mistaken were our fathers who charged it to
internal cussedness to be cured by an external
application Of frictional irritation.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

Old Sol is trying to rival the Fourth Estate
in the output of hot air.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-16
Former Polisher Of
Door Knobs Elected
Head of Great Bank

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Milton
E. Allies, who began his career as a
boy in the treasury department clear
ing ashes from the fireplaces and
filling the water coolers, was today
elected president of the Riggs Ma
tional bank, one Of the largest flnan-
cial institutions of the east. For
many years he has been a vice pres
ident. Charles c. Glover, the presi-
dent, was elected chairman of the
board.
Allies came to the capital many
years ago a penniless boy from Shell
by county, Ohio. While he polished
door knobs and piled a broom in
the treasury he studied finance. When
John G. Carlisle took the portfolio
Allies became private secretary to one
of his assistants.
Lyman J. Gage found his knowl-
eye of treasury affairs so complete
that he asked President Mckinley to
make Allies an assistant secretary of
the treasury. but discovered to his
horror that Allies came of democratic
stock.
That's not important, Gage"
President Mckinley said. eff you
and had been raised in Shelby coun-
" we De DenocldIs' too'' ne Caa
help it."
Mckinley appointed him Secretary
Cages chief assistant and as such
Allies conducted the principal treas
ury opera tions, including Spanish
war financing. Meanwhile he took
over the job of being schoolmaster
to the set of young men Gage
brought to the treasury. among
whom were Frank A. Vanderlip and
others now national figures in fl
nance.
After enjoying the intimate friend
ship of Mckinley and Roosevelt,
Allies left the treasury and became a
banker.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-16
Sent Free to Prove This

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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-16
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analysis "a of e ordina rs sea- e wa fee@i'ai
A.-The following is the compost
ton of sea water: Oxygen, 1878;
dunn, LA; magnesium, IA; calcium.
.05; potassium, .04; sulphur, .O9; bro
mine, .008; carbon, .002.
4. Q.--What will fasten a lamp
burner in vase? .
"A mixture Of litharge. and
in vase. This is not affected by
coal oil.
S. Q-HoW much potato starch is
manufactured in this country?
-A.-Potato starch is produced in
the United States at a rate of from
2O,o00,OoO to 25.O0O,OO0 pounds an
s. o.-How did coon oysters get
this name?
A.-This is a name applied to
oysters growing near shore where
they can easily be obtained by rae
coons.
z. (Which of the states of the
Union are commemorative?
A.-Each of the states is a COM
monwealth, but Virginia, Massachu-
sets, Pennsylvania and kentucky
are officially designated as common
wealths.
8; o.7 Has Canada Soldier Set
A-Canada has a Soldiers Settle
ment Board, through which 10000
men have already been placed on
land and $4,000 more have qualified
by taking government training.
8. Owe are planning a camp in
the mountains near lake, this sum-
mer. Can you suggest any appro-
pirate Indian names?
Ave suggest the following:
Katahdin-highest place; Menneota--
plenty of water; aycheedah-camp
on the lakes; Wantonwan-plenty of
fish.
10. Q.-Are fewer passports is
sued now that they are not required
by our government?
A.-Although it is not necessary to
have a passport to leave our shores,
it is still necessary to have one to
enter, almost all foreign countries.
1t is estimated by the passport divi-
sion of the state department that the
demand for passports has increased
more than SO per cent in the last six
months.