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The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
Watching the Vote from Back Home.

DROPERTY is not conhscated when it is sold
or otherwise disposed of at its full value The
value OF property is not expressed in stocks and
bonds but in income earnings. Even so shrewd and
wary an investor Russell Sage left part of his
estate stocks and other securities whose par value
was hundreds of thousands OF dollars, but whose
actual value nothing.
There is absolutely no obligation, either legal or
moral resting upon the public, to them
selves or to permit themselves to be assessed, to
pay income securities which have no value in
themselves, or which represent property which
cannot earn income on them. 1t is a fact that
the w. R. & F. railway system has earned
aty income for its stock issues at any rate of fare
ir~hss ever had. The best it has been able to
do has been to pay operating costs, taxes, and
bind interest with insufficient depreciation charge
sOutside of its value fixed by its actual earn
ings the w. r. & E. has certain inchoate value
recognized by the courts In all it may be worth
somewhere its bonded debt. 1t certainly
would be, had it had a management which had
pIeserved the property instead of dverting funds
to dividends in order to put fictitious value on
common stock. 1t is difficult by any stretch of
imagination to find any value whatever in the rail-
way property back of its stocks.
. If then the total stock issues of the w. R. & E.
were annulled it would not be conhscation. But it
S con6scation of the money of its patrons when
excuse is an effort to enable it to earn an income
for those stock issues The wipng of its stocks
would merely prevent this wholesale conhscation of
the money of city's entire population.
y Moreover, the W. R. & E. corporation
the Districts electric utility That is, the stockhold
iers OF this street railway company own the Poto-
mac Electric Power utility, the stock being held
for them in bulk by the railway company. The
stock of the P. E. P Co. is 100000. 1t earned
and paid per cent in 1919. In 1920 it earned
8 per cent dividend. This earning would pay s
sper cent the w. R. & E. Ss,5ooooo of preferred
stock, which is all that stock is permitted earn
dt would leave considerable balance which could
GO to the w. R. & L. common stock
In other words, if the W. R. & E. was iquidated
and the P E. p stock held by it was distributed
to its stockholders, who its actual owners these
sfock ckholders would get real value for fictitious
ralue they would get property with assured earn
ing power. capable under efficient management of
stiH greater earnings and would get rid OF purely
tnaper value. This is what must come sooner or
!ater. II is perfectly evident that this Congress
cannot, be hoodwinked sobbed into muc.ing the
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
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On opening night they snap back
to sanity. They know that a pub
lie will not stand for temperament
after paying IS a seat. And then
too their job is at stake. During
rehearsals it is quite a different
thing.
The young huskies who ruide the
taxis in New York are a primitive
lot. I saw two wrsneling over a
curb position in Longacre Square.
suddenly they came to blows, eX-
changing swinging punches that
could be heard across the street
Both were bleeding and bruised
when policeman came up. He
separated them and went back to
his post and in a few minutes they
were at IL again and fought until
one stretched his. length on the
sidewalk Then the victor picked
him up. put him in his taxicah and
drove away. I am still wondering
what was the idea
Goat Alley" a play with an en-
tire negro cast. is occupying the
attention of Broadway. II reveals
the life Of the negro in squalid
surroundings and is backed by a
sociological society. II is brutal in
the treatment of prostitution and
the moral, IL any. is nebulous. Like
Damaged Goods" IL excites the
patholoeicsly curious, but there are
moments of intense drama and the
negro players reveal unusual his
'trionic depths.
In front OF the shady hotels in
the Forties these hot evenings the
patrons group about the entrance
in various stages OF dresser per-
haps undress- II is too hot for
rouge and other cosmetic srtihces
and It is surprising to see the dif-
ference. Girls in their teens show
the indelible stamp of dissipation.
There are lurking caves under tired
eyes and the mouths. like Cupid
bows with the makeup, are
straight. grim lines. They seem
hopelessly surfeited with ennui.
Life has become 90 them a stark
reality and they apparently try TO
mask their true feelings in idle.
frivolous talk.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06

NEW YORK. July 5.-The sum-
mer show rehesrsals are on. Tenn
peramental that indefnable term
boils and froths, Abe Erlsnger, wise
In his years, used to say that he
never saw-any prima donna get
temperamental with a policeman"
But during theatrical rehearsals It
becomes static.
/ have been watching a musicar
melange while it was being whip
ped into shape. The childishness
of performers is so ridiculous that
il is laughable. They pout over
lines, clamor for stage positions and
sulk for hours over trivialities.
One of the foremost directors on
Broadway is almost stone deaf and
he never ceases to be thankful for
his affliction. Petty chickering's do
not reach him. An actress who
used to have a pUninent part was
given a small bit in this production
The star grabbed the best lines she
had. She wept and cried: Il used
to be the toast of Broadway"
That. may be true but you are
only a crumb on Tenth avenue now"
was the stars acid retort. And
she refused to go on unless the
lines were given to her. The con-
tagion of temperament reaches even
the stage carpenters and they tell
of one who suddenly threw down
his hammer with: 'T drive the
best nail in town but nobody ap-
preciates me-
An imported dancer came on at
the dress rehearsal. The white spot
light jumped about before Il reach
ed her. She spoke rapidly in French
to her partner and they walked on.
1t took twenty minutes to coax
them back and not until the cleo
trician had been called before her
and discharged. OF course. he
went back to work but she was sat-
isfed.
Lyric writers. composers and the
men who write the book sit back
in the dark and gnash their teeth.
They curse the. director, the pro-
ducer and the stars. 1t is an at
mosphere electric with hate and
distrust. A director told me that
his system was to baby them dur
ing rehearsals and fre them after
the ~re~i--
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
Awaiting General Dawes.

n REPRESENTATIVES. ALICE ROBERTSON is
n supplying the public with weekly expense
account Of the voubility OF Congress The House
and Senate flow OF words seems to amount to
around a total Of over 100000 words weekly. All
of these are not spoken. They could not be under
union rules Of forty-four-ho week. Largely
they are extended the Record.
But they are all printed at cost to the tax
payers of about $1,000. This record does not in:
clude the reprint of bills, roll calls, and list Of
bills presented, which essential records. But
it does include the speeches and the debates calcu
lated enlighten the popuaee, who quite invariably
get all the information they seek desire from
the newspapers, which not charge against
the government.
Neither does Miss Robertson include the inter
minable in number and volume, Investigations and
hearings now commonly held everything under
the sun. This testimony, taken by stenographers
and printed at public expense in minute detail, fills
volumes and volumes. They extend from the local
affairs Of the District of Columbia, through drain
age, reclamation, conservation, and all the other
"ations" to the tariff. This sessions hearings on
the tariff would make young library. They also
provide many enjoyable trips to Washington by
constituents, expenses paid.
The country is waiting to hear what Gen Dawes
will say when he reaches this source Of expense.
Only his rich and virile vocabulary, is felt, can
do it full justice.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06

people of this District to make good the w. R. & E.
folly-or worse. n,
This is not 1876 nor 1900. It is 1921 Members
of the present Congress have different sense
Of obligation. They regard the District of Colum-
bia as they do their home districts, and not one
of them would venture to vote in their home dis
tricts for any such bills as the Ball-Focht the
Woods bills. Not one of them would venture to
vote to pad the bogus values Of corporations
stocks against square deal to their own people
Congressman used to vote any old way on this
Districts local measures This Congress will not
do 1t was not elected to favor frenzied finance,
to indorse street railway. prohteerng - and their
people back home are alert.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
Cause of Ship Losses.

To the Editor. The vsshinrtop Herald:
A marine engineer tells me that
il is most probable that the many
freight steamers lost at sea of late
may have foundered in gales as
most all are loaded too deep u
have buoyancy enough TO always
rise from a submerging wave en-
countered in the trough of the sea.
He has been passing 20 and fro
in safety, as his ship was lucky
enough TO miss the heavy gales
but he says that save when in
water ballast, he was certain that
his ship would have gone down
had she met a heavy gale. and her
going would be solely because of
her undue depth in the water. Will
law have to rectify this greed?
FRANCIS b. LIvESEY.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
"Increased Labor Costs"
To Keep Shoe Prices Up

CHICAGO. July 5. - Shoes for
women will show few changes IN
style or price this winter, say MEM
bers of the Shoe Travellers Asso-
citation, now in session here.
I'VE say there will be no changes
in styles" explained one OF the de,-
egates, but there Is not a soul who
can tell just what the women will
do. They upset all our plans. L,
is safe to. say, however, that there
will be no further reduction IN
prices, owing to the Increased cost
of labor.
The preference for light kidskin
oxfords for winter wear will con-
tinue in the city. Women are wear
ing heavy brogue oxfords during
the hot summer months, but when
cold weather appears they will 20
in strong for the light kidskins."
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
No ansnymsas cemauni-
cations will be DYiated In
the .OPen CouFts csluan.
THE EDITOR.

rible atrocities committed on the
people of the American colonies,
both before and during the revolu-
tion-and not their imbecile king.
Who was Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
referring to when, In his famous
speech in the house of lords. he used
these words: But. my lords. who
is the man that, in addition to the
disgraces and mischiefs of war. has
dared to authorize and associate 10
our arms the tomahawk and the
scaIping knife of the savage; 70
call into civilized alliance the wild
and inhuman inhabitant of the
woods; to delegate to the merciless
Indian the defense of disputed
rights; to wage the horrors of this
barbarous war against our breth-
rem? was il to the German
king? No. indeed, 1t was to Lord
Suffolk, the government spokesman
and leader, who. according to Han
sard. the Official recorder OF the
English Parliament. was greeted
with general applause by their as
sembled lordships when he defended
the use OF the Indians against
Americans - the same lords who
listened in sullen and hostile silence
when Pitt made his eloquent plea
on behalf OF the colonies.
Did Lustinian ever read of the
treatment accorded to Benjamin
Franklin, when. as the representa-
tive of the colonies, he appeared
before the English Privy Council?
On the other hand. cid he ever read
Franklin's own account of the high
honors paid him by the Irish Par
Lament. then sitting in Dublin. on
the occasion of the same visit. and
his appeal to the American people
to repay the debt OF gratitude they
owed to Ireland should the occasion
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
HoNEYDEw, A NUISANCE AND
A SOURCE OF RARE SUGARS.

That syrupy substance, which ~
found on leaves in summer and falls
like fine rain from the trees. ruin
ing everything beneath, is honey
dew.
But don't blame the trees. for they
are not guilty. Six families Of IN
sects eNcrete this syrupy substance
are the plant lice. the scale insects
and the frog hoppers.
Though primitive man thought n
A special gift OF the gods and called
il the saliva Of the stars" and the
sweat OF heaven" honeydew is de-
cidedly nuisance. II does not
wash of because il il insoluble ia
water. In some cases IL has been
formed in such abundance on clover
that il has prevented the cutting
OF the crop for hay. Bees gather 81
instead Of nectar. and the resulting
'honeydew honey" Is sold to ouI
bakers for the sweetening Of cakes.
but TO the beekeeper IL is worse than
a loss, for not only is the price low.
but the honeydeW is decidedly IN
furious TO the bees The third
charge against honeydew is that n
serves as a medium for the growth
Of sooty mould, an important pest
Of oranges and similar fruits.
In former times honeydew has
been employed as medicine N
diseases Of the chest and in certain
eye troubles, and in Italy is has been
used as a saIve for the treatment
of wounds and sores.
4 generation or two ago IL was
supposed to he a product OF IN"
plant. and only in recent times has
it's insect origin become known. But
a v idespread error still persists. tn"
so-caIIed honey tubes" Of plant lice
do not secrete honeydew. but ar"
wax forming organs.
There Is a useful side to honey
dew at least from the standpoint
Of the ant These frugal insects
realize the value Of plant lice and
gather them in. tend and shelter
them for the sugar their eNcrement
contains.
Perhaps man may profit by ihe
example Of the ant. for along with
the commoner sugars, honeNdew
contains a number OF the rarsr ONES
which are imported at high price
This abundant source OF these rar"
compounds remains in this country
at least. untouched, but ii is await
ing exploitation.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
Bridgeport Unemployed
Plan Parade of Protest

BRIDGEPORT. July 5.-The un-
employed in Bridgeport. said TO
number $4,000, will stage two
demonstrations here tomorrow, Il
was announced today by Stanley D.
Burchard, vice commander OF the
World War Veterans.
They will parade through the
principal streets during the day
and will hold a mass meeting in the
evening. Burchard said the demon
strations would be in protest
against manufacturers who have
held up contracts and thus refused
TO permit normal production and
those who have reduced wages TO
such an extent in factories now
operating that they are below a
living scale"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
Open Court Letters to The HeralA
Fn]Sespau=>5z77s 77sssssEA4s fEs8

ever arise when they could do so7
Wherein does Justinian md a ref
erence in my letter to Pitt. Fox.
and Burke as Tories? As a matter
Of fact, l know-which JustinIan
evidently does not-that Edmund
Burke, the most distinguished
statesman of an age fertile in eX-
traordinary men," as Macauley salo
of him, was an lrishman born and
bred. educated in Trinity College.
Dublin, and therein lies the secret
of his advocacy of the righteous
cause of the American colonies.
MARTIN ]. DUFFICY.
Washington. July s.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
Self:Slayer Shoots Woman,

CHICAGO. July 5.-Clinton Harper
shot and killed himself after shoot
ing a woman 10 prevent her return
ing TO her husband. Harper thought
he had killed the woman, Mrs. Vivian
Davidson. shooting her through the
head and body. She revived long
enough TO explain the tragedy and
then sank into unconsciousness.
Physicians say she has no chance to
live.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
Girls Strike-and Sing
When Cut to SII a Week

NEW YORK, July 5.-The "Jszz
strike" has arrived. More than $50
girls and iSo men went on strike
at the plant OF ihe American Sugar
Refining Company in Brooklyn to-
day. singing Jazz songs as they
marched from the factory.
Wages for the girls were TO De
reduced from s12 a week for nine
hours a day to s1l. Wages for the
men were also reduced. The sing
ing strike was in protest.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
Pope Tells 5000 Workers
To BelDare False Lenders

ROME, July 5.--Catholic workers
of the world were warned against
false prophets. by Pope Benedict.
after he had said mass for. them.
These false prophets" the Pope
said, are endeavoring through
propaganda to discredit religion.
"estrange workers from Christ. I"
and make them a prey TOR rmmor-
ality and atheism
About 1900 Italian workers at
tended the mass.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06


VISITS UNITED STATES.
Brszil's greatest medical investi-
gator and director-general Of that
country's public health service. DR..
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro das Cha
gas, has Just completed a tour Of
this country under the guidance OF
the Rockefeller Foundation, and on
July Will sail for his native land.
Dr. Chagas. who has been called
the Gorgss of Brazil, Is also head
of the oswsldo Cruz Institute at Rio
de Janeiro. which ranks with IN.
best of, the medical research institu-
tions OF the world. and his name has
been given to a disease that ravaged
the interior of Brazil until he de-
termined what IL was and how I,
could be cured. The Chagas disease
is similar to the sleeping sickness
of Africa. and yearly took a toll OF
the natives. 1t was conquered by
DIR Chagas only aTter he had lived
In the infested district and tested
his discoveries In the Laboratories Of
his institution.
While here DR.. Chagss has made
brief trips TO most Of the medical
research Laboratories and hospitals
in this, country, and Harvard Uni
versity conferred the degree OF
doctor Of science upon him.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
MINNESOTA Is WET
STATE OF NATION.

you know" continued Mr.. Beck
strom. "at the statement referring
to the earth in Genesis. and Gri
said IL was good" There are some
spots, you know. understand am
not referring 10 Peoria. that seem
hardly to come within this descrip-
tion. My own opinion that the
Lord said that after taking a good
view of the Minnesota"
understand ] am not indulgirr
in mere metaphor said Mr.. Beck-
strom. Figures show that there
are more bodies of water in Mime
sofa than any other State can
show"
vThe city of HibbinG. Mimi, en-
tirely underlaid with iron ore, Is
the richest town of its size in the
country"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
RHODE ISLANDS HEIGHT
AVERAGES ONLY 200 FEET.

The highest point in Rhode Island
is Durfee Hill. in Providence Cpua-
ty, which is sos feet above sea 'evel.
according to the United States Geo
logical Survey. The average eleva
tion Of the State is approximately
200 feet.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06

The American soldiers the Rhine are so
well paid and arc such royal spendcrs that
Germany is by no means anxious to have them
recalled The American friends OF Germany
should not be too Jealous
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06

Ststisticians say the American housewife
earns $4,000 a year even money. About
5000. 80 of the amount goes, in many in
stances, to pay the houehold help
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06


you may have heard" declared
John F.. Beckstrom. who halls from
the Gopher State. "of the man from
Peoria, who somewhat fustered at
banquet when he was introduced
as coming from Peoria" remarked
proudly. II come from Peoria; I'm
glad come from Peoria; I'll come
from Peoria as often as I can,"
MY state of mind respecting
Minnesota is different" Beckstrom
said.
THE great granary of the ma
tion, where the wheat that makes
the stan of our life comes princi-
pally from-that's Minnesota.
But the Maker not only placed
wonderful fertile soih there,
packed with wheat and corn and
other savory edibles. but he planted
coal and iron in the bosom. of it's
sod, that the wheels of the factories
might hum. producing the imple-
ments of civilization. He scattered
lakes and rivers broadcast through
out its borders that its citizenry
might be refreshed and recreateL.
He regulated its temperature, SO
that, for instance. in Duluth, one
nestles under blankets while inhab-
itants Of less fortunate regions,
aauatically speaking. in these tor
rid days are barely distinguishable e
from gushing streams.
Mammoth hills. from whence
cometh our strength. and magnifi-
cent waterfalls such as the one
described by Longfellow:
Where the falls OF Minnehaha
Laugh and leap into the valley
be placed there for the delight of
its people"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06

France lost 2,2soooo in the war. 1t will
be necessary for her to have time to pro-
duce another crop of cannon fodder before
undertaking another war.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06

Great Britain would like to apply the
remedy Of disarmament to Ireland.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
CITY is MEDICAL
CENTER OF COUNTRY.

''In the city of Rochester, Mimi.
where the Mayo brothers toll. is
the greatest medical center of the
nation.
"The wheat mills of Minneapolis
are unsurpassed in any part Of the
world. Eventually. you will con-
cede all OF these facts, why not
now
Consider" continued Mr.. Beck
strom. how much your own city
of Washington is drawing upon
Minnesota ability. One of the lead
ers in your traction fight is Repre-
sentative Kellar. Of 81. Paul. Kel-
Ter knows municipal government
and the people of the District are
wise drafting into their service his
information and talents"
But Keller is not only pointing
the way out of the present mtser'
able traction situation in Washing
ton. He Is the author of bill
which, in my opinion. points the
only way out of the present ma
tional taxation mess. keller's
measure would remove the tax bur-
den from the backs of industry.
where it is now is helping to throt-
tie industry and place ii on land
values, which at present are not
paying their share of the expenses
of the government"
BILL WOULD KILL
PROVERBIAL TWO BIRDS.
The enactment of his bill woull
kill two birds with one stone.
metaphorically speaking. First, it
wuold free industry from the tax
burden. Second, it would, by tax
ing land, force the owner to max q
use of the land or else sell it to one
who would make use of 1t. But for
details of Keller's plan consult his
bill. At present want to say
something about Minnesota
You have heard If the story Of
the clergyman who was called upon
to officiate at a funeral of one or
whose life and past he was ig-
norant. After reading from the
ritual. he explained his lack of ac-
quaintance with the life of the dead
man and called upon all present
who knew ought of the dead man
to rise and speak of him
Several minutes passed and there
was no response. Finally, from the
back of the crowd arose a man,
who remarked:
Since there is no one here to
say anything, I'd like to take a
few minutes to speak about the ad-
vantages of Minnesota"
And so 1 want to say something
about the North Star State
d. s.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-06
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VISITS UNITED STATES.