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The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
Down But Never Out. "

THE professional optinlist is person chiefly
annoying because he refuses to admit the
existence of pitfalls. floating bltheIy above the sur
face OF life with all the heedlessness of the butter
Ay Professional optimists must come to sad ends
in many instances, when the chill winds finally
strike them.
But there is needed in this world, and especially
in this day and generation, sounder brand of joy
spirit which realizes that pitfalls exist that
must each and every fall, many's the time,
and still draw courageous consolation from the fact
that hope and life are coexistent.
So it is good to read the recent leading thought
in the Philadelphia Public Ledger's editorial col
to this effect:
Life is series of chances to begin afresh.
We accept or we refuse. Perhaps we are discour-
aged over a broken resolve. But it does not re-
quire resolution to lay hold on life again. We
may renew the struggle even without formulating
4 determination against the evil whose hold on US
is so strong the discouragement that unnerves.
The important thing is never the promise to our
selves that will do should what matters
is the actual performance. And may proceed to
that performance with binding pledge of any
kind
at is easy to let ourselves drift into state so
dispirited that we do not what becomes OF U.S.
AT such moment word from another or a
thought toward another may make all the differ
cnce+ we must De falthful. because some one else,
though elsewhere expects it We must rise to the
level OF that trust in 1t would not mean so
much to dissppoint ourselves; but we cannot ask a
friend to take less than the best we have to give
We cannot always be in the sight, of those that
We would satisfy. Yet.the duty present or absent,
is the same. And the duty is, never to give up;
never, after we were flung, to remain PROSTATE in
, the mire. -'-v
at is not the low whisper of an impersonal
ideal for which we are hkeliest to rise and go on
The FIRST and the surest incentive is the wish of
one person that we shall keep trying The only
real misfortune in life is to have none who cares
what we make OF ourselves. The true friend would
help u.s. not with gift of things that anybody can
give but with the stimulus of that personal inspira-
pu which none else supplies
1T is easy to say that have no vote on the
estion of our own entrance into the world. Here
arc, and must remain and bound to make
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
Approve Proposed Tax
EXEMPTION.

To the Editor The Washington Herald:
1t Is to be hoped that the news
papers and the other forces Of pub
lie opinion in the District will support
heartily that portion OF the Senate's
local appropriations bill providing
tax exemption on the first $4,000
worth OF improvements on improved
property.
No measure which the Congress
could pass will do more to lower rents
in the District for the thousands of
persons Of ordinary means who now
suffer from the inevitable workings
Of supply and demand when the sup
ply of houses is less than the de-
mand.
The statement of Assessor Rich
ads to the District Commissioners
shows clearly why this act will bring
lowerrents. More than sl.50O.ooo in
taxes will be lifted from the shoul-
ders of those who have risked their
capital in providing places for the
Districts citizenry to live. Mr.. Rich
ards says, adding pertinently that
"of course the other effect is that
this burden will be borne by land
values"
The inevitable result of this will
be that persons holding land out OF
use for its speculative increase in
value will face a higher tax, either
inducing them to do some public good
by putting this land to the use II
was made for-namely, to hold
houses-or to sell it to others who
will put it to use.
An increase in the taxes on land
also has the inevitable result Of max
ing the land cheaper and thus-for
those who want to build. either for
themselves of for investment-one of
the biggest factors in the high cost
Of housing (the cost Of the land)
will be Immediately cut.
Thus this measure will do a double
good-it will penalize the land
profiteer who holds out for the in
crease in value caused solely by the
community's demand and the COM
munity's money spent in public
works: and it will reward the builder
who Is ready to meet this public need
in open competition with every other
builder. When the government, by
this wise use of its taxing power, thus
acts to favor public service in home
building. instead of penalizing it; and
TO penalize the profiteer landholder.
instead of pouring money into his
pockets with every public improve
ment 1t makes. the need for social
istic house-building subsidies and
other similar paternalistic legisla-
tion will cease. The sovereign States
of New York and New Jersey have
already passed laws authorizing
exemption up to 5000 on all new
housing and the proposal has the
stamp and approval OF sound and
conservative craftsmanship.
BIRCHFIELD BURR.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
A Good Administrator.

IF THE administration OF the police chief
be characterized in terms OF the figure, deeds
Il speak louder than words it cannot be re-
garded as anything else than bowling SUCCESS.
When Maj. Sullivan took office one month
ago. he announced that he would do his best. There
was famboysnce, talk Of pet theories, Ia
Lombroso about to be put into effect. He simply
guaranteed to exercise every possible effort to ap
prehend criminals and prevent crime.
What he and his men have accomplished any
reader OF Washngtons dailies cannot fail to ap-
preciste. Rarely have THE Major" and his men
been off the front page in thirty days of concen-
tratcd attack upon the lawless element of the Capt.
tai.
Washingtons liquor situation has long been
spectacle most depressing to those who from per-
sonal antipathy merely from good citizenship
ant to the law upheld, at the time that
it has been most cheering to those opposing
the Eighteenth amendment grounds of personal
prediction gain Now, the grief is in the camps
o the bootleggers, and fear is upon them. Instead
OF sporadic raids prompted by repeated represcn-
tations to the police there have been raids every
day and night. There is less liquor coming into
y ashington and being disposed of here, perhaps
than since the days when illicit traficking therein
not a profession but avocation.
This of course, has not been the only activity
OF Sullivan and his Soo.' Handbook makers have
received check, footpsds and gunmen have been
taken into custody. -.
No public order regime can gain its full force
in month; it must continue to function at
top speed until the city it protects comes to be
known bad location for "stck-ups," window
crashings" and general for exercise OF the tai
ents Of the lawless. If Washington at the end of
year shows reduction in the total OF premedi-
tsted crimes Chose of passion almost impossible
guard against) the recently installed major and
superintendent and his thoroughly cooperating
force should come in for heartfelt thanks and
praise. And the indications are all that they will
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
A Meaty Dissertahsn.

COME fine day the beef steer if he has not
y become extinct, may find his life history less
briefly tragic than now, when tits compassed by
the sentence: "He was born, he grazed and he was
slaughtered Yes there is hope for the longhorn
in tables just compiled by the Buresn of Animal
Industry, Department of Agriculture showing the
animal status OF the meat situation for the calen
dar years 1907 to 1921, inclusive.
These record steady falling off in domestic
beef consumption, particularly from 1910 to 1921,
during which period Americans lost! their love for
steaks and roasts to the extent of twenty pounds
per capita per annum. This may have been the re-
suit Of advancing prices because of the diminution
in cattle stocks as the ranges contracted to the
demand for agricultural tracts. Or it may be that
the taste for red meat actually is being lost.
One significant fact in connection with, this
shrinkage in consumption is that though the mar
keting of animals in 1918 (Is7so4oo head yielding
about 7,sooooo,ooo pounds of dressed meat) ex-
ceeded anything before since, domestic trencher-
men accounted for but ~ pounds person more
than in the preceding year f"Meatless days" were
really mestleSs for the civilian population; the vast
military establishments upon our soil undoubtedly
account and more than account for this small in
crease and the men overseas and the soldiers of
the allied armies were plentifully supplied.
But while the beef animal might see light
ahead, if he were so intelligent to look into the
the prospect IS NOT 50 ioi the sd"hy
calf and the frocsome lamb and his mother, Madame
Sheep. With seeming cold-bloodedness, though
with the economic welfare in mind, the government
authorities launched an "eat more lamb campaign
and the public nobly responded raising the ante on
mutton and joints with mint sauce from ~ pounds
per capita per annum in 1917 to So pounds in 1927
STILL remarks the Agriculture Department, en-
passant, we have long way yet to 60 to catch up
with Britain or even France. Let's sird up our
oins, carnivotously speaking, and go Ito It'll Why
should the average Briton consume relatively seven
times as much mutton and lamb as the average
American and the Frenchman four times much?
Maybe it is because the stoop of ale which is sup
posed invariably to accompany joint of mutton,
at least, is still procurable abroad.
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breaking in without pay. must sup
ply his own uniform, and then must
buck the extra list at all hours of
the day and night for two or three
years before he gets a regular run.
While standing extra he gets half
pay, 26 cents per hour; If he catche.
a run he is paid 81 cents per hour.
After he gets a regular run IL he
works ten or eleven hours a day
every day in all kinds of weather,
he will make $500 per year.
AS for education, of course IL is
impossible for all of us to receive
a college education at the govern
ment's expense as did Col. Keller,
But the job does require men with
good level heads. always on the
job, and with at least as much ed
ucation as painters. bricklayers,
carpenters, store clerks, file clerks
etc. And II We worked the hours
this class works we would make
less than they.
CLAUDE E. CAMPBELL
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
Civil War Bonuses.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald

10 the Editor, The Washington Herald:
The report in your issue OF Feb
ruary rs. notably the head lines, OF
the discussion of the soldiers bonus
al meeting OF Lincoln Post at the
University Cub, gives the impress
sion that the Federal government
offered bounties OF as high a. 81. 900
Tor enlistments during the latter
part OF the civil war. One thousand
dollars for a single recruit could be
attained only by adding to the Fed
eral bounty the various bounties Of
Tered by the States. counties, cities.
townships and even wards. The Fed
eral government never offered high
er bounties than $500. payable only
IN installments. less than one
fourth in advance, and always in
the deprecated greenbacks OF the
period. This bounty was first Of
Tered in 1863 for the re-enlistment
OF men with at least nine months
previous service
SON OF UNION VETERAN.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
Would Limit Auto Engines,

10 the Editor, The Washington Herald;
1 desire. very respectfully. to call
the attention OF the Federal gov
ernment to the fact that its citi-
zens are being Gnlawfully killed
by tens of thousands. and injured,
MANNED and crippled by hundreds
Of thousands by automobiles. driven
with reckless. excessive and illegal
speed. Penalties for speeding have
been tried and have failed. The
number Of killed is increasing an
nually.
l therefore petition the Federal
government TO pass a law to the
effect that:
No automobile capable Of trav-
cling faster than fifteen miles an
hour shall be manufactured or sold
for use upon public roads anywhere
in the United States of America. E"
Exceptions might be made for fire
brigades and possibly for ambu-
lances.
BERTRAND SHADwELL.
Jacksonville, Fla
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
Liquor and Revenue.
To the Editor. The w,shiurtop Herald.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
A letter published in The Herald
from w. S. E. suggests a new
law" TO permit alcoholic drink tc
be made openly in homes, etc.
Then he argues that pure alcohol
is not so dangerous as soft drinks
candy. wood alcohol, quack medi.
cines. etc. that are now sold in in
creased quantities.
He also makes the strange state
ment that our people are out about
81. 000.0o0,0oo a year by our present
prohibitory laws. This is simply
assertion without particle OF
proof. In the days of the licensed
liquor traffic the only plea and eN-
cuse offered for the tax or license
fee was that it was needed to pay
for cost to the government Of the
liquor business Gearing for paupers,
insanes, criminals, etc.). Now, every
dollar spent for intoxicants is worse
than wasted and IL the amount
- be manufactured and sold under
this new law W. E. desires to
see enacted will yield a revenue of
$4,000, 100000 a year. who has a
mind equal to the task Of telling
how great a sum will be paid out
to produce this revenue? The cost
of the liquor would be at least ten
times the revenue or $4,000, ,o0o, 900
per annum.
Will this bring prosperity to our
country?
Will this buy homes?
Will this clothe the wife and
children Are we willing to again
open the noodgates of this iniuui-
tous business just because of the
revenue. great or small? think
not. N J. kinney.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
REVIVES INTEREST
IN LOST CONTINENT

4 story Of the perhaps authentir.
continent of Atlantis has recent,
appeared from the pen OF Scott FL
liot-that submerged land in which
interest is heightened by the fact
that so little is really known about
it,
The present writer tells us thai
several colossal geologic catss-
tropics took place prior to the
Christian ers-some between 900
600 and 500. 900, and the most re-
cent, s,5l6 years before the drama
Of Calvary. At these several periods
the form of the seas and continents
was modified, water taking the
place OF land and vice versa.
The traditional deluge conforms
to the last of these hypotheses
which Is also the basis OF the
legend Of the lost city OF Ys. 4
explains, moreover, the confused
memories OF certain ancient peo-
pies relative to a large island lyins
beyond the Pillars OF Hercules. ouf
modern Gibraltar.
Plato, and others before him
spoke Of the invasion Of Greece q,
a people from a distant land. There
eOAO NtDlpAtt WIZ
land and wonderful orchards and
forests, and its inhabitants dwelt
in peace and prosperity under the
scepter OF Neptune's descendant
But, IL was related this people fell
into evil ways, so that Jupiter
rolled the ocean over them, and all
perished. u.-s
These happenings, ignored by Us
barely punctuete the mists that en-
shroud the hundreds OF centuries
that have come and gone: yet IL is
none the less true that human XII d
vaguely cherishes the belief N
these gigantic earth movement
concerning which SO many supposi
tions have been advanced. Dio-
dorus Of Sicily mentions the hypo-
thesis Of a violent disturbance in
the Mediterranean, which, trRveiinC
through the straits Of Gibraltar.
Atlantis beyond.-Le
Petit, Parisien. Paris.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
"Railrodd Ownership
Should BE AII0l1ed

Repeal Of the law prohibiting
railroads from owning. and operat-
ing boat lines was urged by Mai
Gen. Lansing H. Beach. chief OF
engineers Of the United States army,
in a recent address before the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress.
Gen. Beach declared that compeu-
tion between the railroads and
water, carriers was a mistake, and
he predicted that great development
of waterway transportation in this
country Is inevitable.
Considerable legislation. Gen.
Beach advocated, as necessary to
the development OF the waterways
and consequent transportation econ
omies, Primarily he would give the
Interstate Commerce Commission
supervision over all water routes.
Competition between the rail-
roads. apd the waterways is all a
mistake" said Gen. Beach. THE
Interstate Commerce Commission
should be required to exercise the
same supervision over common car
riers by water that it now does by
rail. There should be no difference
between a common carrier on the
water and a common carrier on the
railroads.
The. Interstate Commerce Com
mission should also be required to
prescribe the minimum rates as well
as the maximum rates. That would
prevent a carrier. putting the price
down below the cost OF operation
simply for the purpose of squeezing
out "a rival. + don't care whether
tho competitor is a rail line or a
boat line. he SHOULD not be allowed
to do it.
Congress should also be asked
to enact a clause to the effect that
no common carrier should perform
transportation service at less than
the actual cost of that service.
Il would suggest the repeal of the
law which says that a railroad shall
not operate a boat line. + would
allow the railroads to operate boat
lines when the Interstate Commerce
Commission believes that those boat
lines are genuine feeders OF the
railroads." - -
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
MOtorMen's Salaries.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
An afternoon paper credits Col.
Keller with. making the statement
that motormen and conductors. of
the street cars In Washington make
on an average of $500 per year, he
also said that was too much to pay
uneduoated, unskilled labor.
The people are entitled to know
the truth in regard to this matter.
If an l. electric railway trainman
makes, $500 per year he must
work ten or eleven hours day
avery day. In, the year regardless Of
Weather, holidays, etc. s'
o II. he worked as people in>other
lines of work. eight hours a day
and q half day on Saturday. at his
present rate OF pay. his salary per
week would be $24.S4. or less than
$1,000 per year, and he would not
make this much unless he had been
employed year or more.
A trainman spends ten days
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06

hibit there are yards OF the tamest
landscapes and most OF the still
NE subjects are SO rude in draw
ing, color, etc. that IL is hard to
tell what II is all about. and IL
makes enc wonder how the stun
got In. / think a display OF the
rejected pictures would at least
prove as Interesting. j do not won
der that the tags indicating pur-
chase are extremely rare" II
judges were selected from outside
the society / believe the exhibition
another year would be more Of q
success.
Z. /. wORTHINGToS.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
COMPOSER OF CANTATA.

COMPOSER OF CANTATA.
To the Friend of the People:
. Will you kindly tell me who wrote Bel and
address Of the hrm that publishes it? E.w. J.
This is the prize cantata of the National East
piano In isss BY sarteG ' Johns. PusiisSed 1881
by the John Church Company. of Cincinnati, Ohio.
DEBATABLE QUESTION.
: To the Friend Of the Pebble:
.. wish your opinion on this. DO you think II
y, Wouia sS % have taken three-fourth majority vote
Of asel Of Russia and Germany (not Prussia only)
to declare the war of 1914. it would have been
asked asked must be pnsatsfactory to say the least
Sn.O one m In mind the fact that the school
stsndars !, and tS belief that the German destiny
some little latitude in our hypothesis. that the
or waad had
As the Russian pubic 'e is Concerned. aSa ned
there is nothing upon which any sound judgment
even If the moujE could have Voted hie
feeble intelligence would have given no criterion
by which to judge the situation.
CAPT. SMITH.
TO the Friend of People:
Please tell me II the captain of the Titanic
Leavenworth prison. J.B.
The captain of the Titanic was E. J. Smith
He perished in the disaster.
MAKING A WILL.
10 the Friend OF the People:
VIII you kindly send me a very simple form
Oh VIII wherein a woman over u years Of age
You can buy printed form from the sta
It. is nearly always poor policy to dispens.
We would estimate that fees saved on home ma d.
wills are exceeded at least 100 times by the cost
Wills
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06

taxi - -'e' -'' NJ
10 the Friend Of the People:
= Can i manufacture and oner for sale after
stamped 'P..ented February s. ise5." without in
fringing on the patent? H. J. r.
It is theoretically possible that the article as
Manufactured might involve improvements which
might be subject OF patents.
GYPSY GOLD DIGGER.
. Friend d the People:
happened to drop into . gypsy fortune teller
tell me what she could DO for me % o~eroens my
had me come back from time to time. each time re-
for four nve days. Altogether she took s245
Of my money and has done nothing for me- What
legal action can take? l. G. s.
Apparently the most appropriate legal action
would be to have a conservator appointed to take
care OF your money for you.
Yuo might try reporting the facts to the police
LAND GRANTS.
To the Friend Of People:
father. civil war discharreS Ny " mother r. has as
married twice since the death of my father What
must do to file on the land? H. N. C.
We know Of law providing land grants to
to take up homestead claim write for literature
TO the general land commissioner. Department Of
the Interior. Washington, d. c."
SAFETY FIRST.
Friend People:
says IT is not unlawful for him to keep a
that he could have arrested if he wanted to and
hned for keeping firearms in the home. Which
is right? w. C ID.
is right.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06

the best of it. We must carry the load. and our
consent is unasked; if we drop the burden. human
society hpds its own way SITS own time, to pun
ish us, no matter what penalty inexorablc Nature
imposes Our peril is in, the refusal to do our part
to accept ..sponsibilty to stick to the business in
hand, however neonvenient and Uncomfortable
There is no time to spend, no energy to waste, in
grief over failures and demerits;. we must stop
scolding ourselves bewailing our faults; though
the day is dark or the scene is bleak, I'VE must
60 on" -. -. ..
The Washington herald., 1922-03-06
Man wants but little here below"

He wants his meals cooked just right, and
composed of the particular things he likes to
eat. He wants his clothes kept in perfect order,
. and the buttons sewed on. He wants to get up
when he gets ready, and then he wants to swear
because he misses his usual car. He wants to
be grouchy when he comes home and not have
it mentioned. He wants to leave his coat and
hat and shoes just where he happens to take
them off when he comes in. He wants his
slippers right in certain place where he can
find them without effort He wants to put the
ashes from his cigar in the most convenient
place while he smokes. He wants to yawn and
60 to bed when his wife wants him to 60 out
with her and make call. He wants everything
just as he wants it and ne wants no talk about
il.