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The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
CHANCE TO FIND OUT

sive taxation. any legislative measure
looking to real economy should commend
itself to the sympathetic attention of the
house, and we feel that the passage of
this resolution and the work of the COM
mittee which will be done under its au-
thority will result in the saving of mill
lions annually.
1t can be predicted with considerable
assurance that nothing will come Of
this proposed voyage of discovery un-
less we, the shareholders in the enter
prise, maintain an active, lively, sus-
tained interest in it. One thing is al
ways true of the house of repre-
sentatives-it is representative. If
we breathe warmly upon it, it glows.
If we are Indifferent it becomes cold
This isn't the first time that plan
has been set in motion TO find out
something about how the governments
business is conducted.
The earliest inquiry into the ad-
mnistrative methods of the executive
departments was made by the Cockrell
commission in 1887. Six years later,
in 1893, joint commission, of which
Representative Dockery was chairman,
was appointed to examine the status
of the laws organizing the depart
ments. President Roosevelt in 1905
named an interdepartmental committee,
of which C. II. Keep, assistant secre-
tary of the treasury, was chairman. to
consider department methods. Presi-
dent Taft in turn, in 1910, named
commission on economy and efficiency
of which Frederick Cleveland was
chairman.
Broadly and generally speaking,
nothing came of these enterprises.
You and commonly and vaguely
known as the public-were not in
terested, and neither was congress.
That ended it.
But just now, at this moment, we
have the best chance we ever had to
find out about our common business
and how to improve it and lessen its
cost to us. The burden of supporting
it is heavier than ever before.
You will perhaps notice all through
these articles that the information
supplied me about the general facts
OF government employment anu SoNern-
ment business are In terms of
estimates and approximations. This
is one of the defects of government
organization. 1t is so large and so
formless, and its parts so unrelated,
that exact and precise information
about the whole is virtually uAob-
rainable.
It is of the greatest urgency and
need that the people shall know
about their government, but they will
find it difficult to learn until the gov
ernment knows about itself.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Even sick child loves the "fruity"
iaste of california Fig Syrup" II the
little tongue is coated, or If your child
Is listIess, cross, feverish, full of cold,
or has collie, give a teaspoonful to
cleanse the liver and bowels. In few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly II works all the constipa-
tion poison, sour bile and waste out Of
the bowels, and you have n well, play
ful child again.
Millions Of mothers keep california
Fig Syrup handy. They know tea
spoonful today saves sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
Inc california Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
oil ages printed on bottle. Mother!
You must say california" or you may
get an imitation fig syrup.-Advertise-
nent.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
OUT-OF-DATE MACHINE

committee made up of three mem
bers of the senate and three members
vi the house Is now considering the
Whoie problem Of the organization of
'he executive departments of the gov
erhment with Il view to finding out
now to reorganize them so as to in
crease their efficiency and decrease
'heir cost of operation. 1t is about
uine. The great executive depart
ihehts OF the government have not
been reorganized or greatly modern
ized since Alexander Hamilton's day.
Representative Reavis of Nebraska
Is one of the members of this Joint
congressional committee that is max
ing the present investigation. He put
ule resolution through the house that
Drought about the appointment of the
committee. He is part of the ma
tionai government machine and he
ought to know what he is talking about
when he says that while the gov
ernment of the United States is the
worlds biggest business, it is likewise
the worlds worst managed business"
Ihat is an indictment and state
ment of fact that will stand the closest
scrutiny and the most ,lnspariny
analysis. But listen to Mr.. Reavis:
why should the Interior department
run an insane asylum and a college for
negroes and school for the deaf?
How did 1t get that way Why should
one personnel in the pension bureau
in the Interior department he caring
for the disabled soldiers of the Civil
war and the Spanish American wnr,
while another personnel in the bureau
of war risk Insurance of the treas
ury is caring for the veterans Of the
World war? Why this hodgepodge Of
totally unrelated purposes which is re-
sulting in endless duplication and ap-
palling eXpense?"
l will let Mr.. Reavis 80 on without
further interruption. As member
of the house he has his share of the
responsibility for the conditions he de-
scribes:
There are 80 separate governmental
agencies handling engineering, archItec-
tural and public works functions, all of a
related kind. There is no good reason why
all these agencies should not be co-ordi-
mated in one department and about 3S of
the useless organizations done away with
There are &c government agencies engaged
in surveying and mapping; there are q
separate and distinct agencies engaged in
public building operations: there are l6
agencies authorized to build roads: there
are 10 engaged in hydraulic construction:
there are l6 doing work on rivers; there
are 10 engaged in public land functions;
there l5 doing chemical investigation
connected with public work operations;
there are % doing engineering and re-
search.
Many of these agencies have been in
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union
By EDWARDG.LOWRY

active for number of years. but they
are keeping up their personnel in antici-
patton of work in the future. We could
save s5p.cO.coo year. In my judgment.
by doing away with useless bureaus and
duplication of activities.
Some of the Implications are ridicu-
lous and absurd. For instance, the gov
ernment seeks to protect the wild animals
In the national parks. II brown kadiak
bear has twin cubs. one brown and one
black, as often happens. and one should
shoot the brown cub he must make his
settlement with one department but IL
he shoots Its full brother the black cub.
he must settle with another department.
If you were to shoot a fox in Alaska your
settlement would be with the Department
of Agriculture. while If you trapped the
same fox you must make your settlement
with the Department of Commerce.
The government issued last year
through its several bureaus and depart
ments l6 cookbooks. The last one that
was issued was published by the board
of vocational education. This is board
organized by the congress for the purpose
of rehabilitating crippled soldiers of the
World war. to prevent, as far as possible.
their becoming derelicts In life. 1t
may be of interest to state that while the
government has been issuing 16 cookbooks
and consuming vast quantities of print
paper in these and similar useless publi-
cations. 1900 country town newspapers
have suspended In the last three months
because they could not secure print paper.
Mr.. Reavis and great many others
have sensed the feeling in the coun-
try and in congress that the time has
come to put an end to all this sort
Of thing. He gives reasons for his
belief:
One of the ie that no nennla
demand that their taxation be reduced.
For many years we have been collecting
the revenues of this government through
systems of indirect taxation. The reve-
nues have been collected through a pro-
tective tariff and by excise taxation on
intoxicating liquors. Indirect taxation of
this kind prevents the people from realiz-
ing fully just who is paying the expenses
of the government. There time
when the expenses of the government
amounted to only II cents per capita per
year. Today the annual per capita ex-
pense exceeds $40 This tremendous ex-
pense has made it necessary to resort to
direct taxation. and the people have sud
denly become painfully aware of who
pays the expenses of the government.
l am very certain that the elimination
of Implications and overlapping in the de-
partments will result in the saving OF
millions of dollars. There is no reason
why 1t should not be done
There is every reason. in the presence
of the strife and turmoil that prevail in
this country and of the unrest occasioned
by the high cost of the necessaries of life.
that the government should be put upon
a sane. efficient and economical basis.
Whoever by public clamor or other
means can induce congress and the
executive departments to organize the
routine business of the national gov
ernment will have performed great
public service. Note that say "or-
ganize" and not "reorganize," for in
no proper sense has the federal bust.
ness ever been organized.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06

just now belated effort is under
way to find out some Of the facts
about government business and gov
ernment employment. The Bureau of
the Budget has been organized and
is In operation under the direction of
Charles G.. Dawes.
Both houses of congress are work
ing on the problem of Reconsideration
of government positions and salaries.
The Veterans bureau has been or
ganiZed and has taken over the bureau
of war risk insurance, that part of
the public health service which had
to do with veterans, and all Of the
work of the federal board for voca-
tional education except that part
which had to do with the treatment of
persons injured in the industries.
There is also the inquiry being made
by the Joint committee on the re-
organization of the administrative
branch of the government of the two
bouse of congress, of which | have
spollen. Walter F. Brown of OHIO is
chairman of this committee, represent
ing President Harding. The members
of the committee are, on the part of
the senate, Senators Smoot of utah,
Harrison of Mississippi and WadS-
worth of New York. The members on
the part of the house are Repre-
sentatives Reavis of Nebraska, Temple
of PENNSYLVANIA and Moore of Virginia
The job of this joint committee Is
to make Il survey of the admlnistra-
five services of the government for the
purpose of securing all pertinent facts
regarding their powers ana duties'
their distribution among the several
executive departments, and the over
tapping and duplication of authority.
In reporting the resolution from the
judiciary committee to the house the
members were told:
1t is a matter of common knowledse
that millions of dollars are wasted ps
the government by the almost endless
duplication of activities. There mas peeh
no fundamental change in the auininis-
trative activities since the organization
,,,,s devised by Alexander Hamilton, ana
the result is that activities entlreiy OUT
of harmony with the functions OF depart
n,.nts have grown with the passing years
until the government of the United States
has necome not only the biggest business
in the world. but the worlds worst mad
aged business. =,
The purpose of the resolution is 10
ascertain so far as possible the extent
~ the overlapping and duplication OF ac-
..,,tias with the view that numerous
s.,,,,niss,ons and bureaus may be elimi-
nated and great saving effected In the
savernmental expenditures The commit
- ,.ais that no more constructive legfs-
IL t,on ia possible under existing condi-
,Inns than the legislation proposed py
the resolution. With the present conan
tion of the nations finances ana .he ous
dens the people suffer because VI eAee
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
AROUND
ORCHARD
MANNER OF LOADING APPLES
o',s'on should Be Made for Even
Distribution of Strain and
Avoid Shifting.

'frepared by the United States Depar,, was,
OF Agrieulture)
BooQ system of loading barre,ed
apples pryAides even distribution az
the strain on the barrels, which must
also be stacked tight enough to avoid
shiitins and breaking. The barrels
shouid lie arranged in such manner
that adequate ventilation will he af-
forded. The bureau Of markets and
crop estimates of the United States
department of Agriculture finds that
'he most popular and satisfactory
method of loading Is that known as
the Acknowledgements load
lfhs load Is started by placing two
rows or three barrels each. end to end
across the car, which leaves space
or about half the length of n barrel
Ut the end of the rows. The second
ihyer Is then started by placing a
TO" OF three barrels on top of the first
two rows, but starting from the oppo-
site side of the car, and covering tbe
open space between the end of the
bottom rows and the side of the car.
Inc remainder of the car Is loaded
IN the same way, alternate layers be-
ing started from opposite sides of the
car. This forms channels along the
walls lengthwise of the car which
serve as tlues for the circulation of
ar. When cars are shipped under
refrigeration load stacked In this
manner will cool down quickly. or If
ventilated car Is used there is n
free circulation of air through the
ear. An additional advantage is de-
rived from this method because the
bilge of one barrel does not rest di-
rectly upon the bilge of another, but
IN the hollow space over the ends Of
four barrels below II.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
Il You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

;. Have you ever stopped to reason why
1t Is that so many products that are ex-
tenslye!y advertised, all at once drop out
OF sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason ls plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
a medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
Oenehted, to those who are in need of it.
prominent druggist says "Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a
preparation l have sold for many years
shu never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suts' as many of my customers testify.
N, No other kidney remedy has SO large
according to sworn statements and
sefihed testimony of thousands who have
Ts useu the preparation, the success of DR..
niiler Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
81 many people claim, that it fulfills al
i;n Iost every wish in overcoming kidney,
a'er and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
aay troubles and neutralizes the uric
WI winch causes rheumatism.
su ou may receive a sample bottle of
Nv TnSamMp,Root mp, by Parcels Post. Address
M M Miner & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
au enclose ten cents; also mention this
Taper. fo Large and medium size bottles
sale at all drug stores. es.Advertisement
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06

scription. history, and control measures
for those of principal Importance.
Several of these species in certain
sections rank as first-class pests, such
as the grape rootworm, grape berry
moth, grape curculio, grape leaf-hop-
per, grape leaf-folder, grapevine flea
beetle, rosechafer, grape phylloxera,
and the like. The bulletin also deals
with species which ordinarily are not
important except during occasional
seasons, or more or less locally, but
are nevertheless the subject of many
Inquiries to the department every year.
Insect and fungous enemies OF
grapes are not less amenable to treat
ment than pests of other fruit crops,
and the bulletin outlines methods OF
prevention and control which nave
been demonstrated by the investigators
of the department to be successful.
The bulletin may be had on appiica-
ton to the department.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
PROTECT RASPBERRY CANES
1his Can Be Done by Pressing Them
Down and Covering With SOIL
Late in the Fall.

Raspberry canes can be protecteo
during winter by pressing them down
and covering with soil. This work
.,hn,,d NOT he done until late, just be-
fore the ground freezes FOR the wiz, wiz,
Ter When the canes are covereu
carly and warm weather should follow
Tho immature wood may decay. Two
mo, can work to advantage, one press
ing the canes down with fork along :
Tho row while the other man throws u
sbove,ful of soil on them. Ihe sol.
cnn then be thrown up on each SIDE OF
tha row with a plow. If the snow
covering Is sufficient every VIM, ~ -
that would be necessary wouia oe Ia ~
fasten the ends of the canes 10 ho'u
them to the ground.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
IIIIlIIIIlIlIIIIIIII

my housework all through the month.
recommend your Vegetable Compound
to my friends for female troubles. -
Mrs. DELLA SCHoLZ, 1412 Salisbury
Street, st. Louis, Mo.
Just think for moment. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
been in use for nearly fifty years. It is
prepared from medicinal plants, by the
utmost pharmaceutical skill, and supe-
combined in the Compound correct the
conditions which cause such annoying
symptoms as had been troubling Mrs.
Scholz. The Vegetable Compound exer-
cises restorative influence of the most
desirable character, correcting the trou-
BILE in a gentle but efficient manner.
This is noted, by the disappearance, one
after another, of the disagreeable
symptoms.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
SERIOUS ENEMIES OF GRAPE
Bulletin Issued by Department of
Agriculture Deals With Control
Measures of Pests,

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
Perhaps no horticultural crop so well
illustrates the serious loss which may
result from native species of insects
and fungi attacking cultivated varie-
ties of their natural wild food plants
as does the grape. In new Farmers
Bulletin of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, No. 1920, Insect
and Fungous Enemies Of the Grape,
"a out of ~ pages are devoted to de-
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
Wha. He Wished.

They were buying the son and heir
new pair of shoes. Father had ex-
pressed the usual wish that he could
buy paid Of number los as cheaply
as number 3s, and mother had eX-
shoes would last n long while.
"And | WISH" said the youngster,
that You would buy me football so
that ! could have some use for my new
shoes milwaukee, Journal.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
Help Wanted,

They occupy a small apartment and
keen a colored maid. The other morn
Ing when the missus was leaving the
house for downtown, n colored woman
of robust proportions appeared at the
door and asked to see the maid. She
was ushered in. That afternoon when
the missus returned she was bit
curious 10 know who the large party
was.
"Oh, that's my cleaning woman"
the maid replied.-lndianapol Star.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
1he Bounds of the Sea-.

Fear ye not me? said the Lord will
We not tremble at my presence, which
have placed the sand for the bound
of the sea by perpetual decree. that
1t cannot pass 1t; and though the
waves thereof toss themselves. yet can
they not prevail; though they roar,
yet can they not pass over it?-Jere-
miah, 5:22.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
As MarriadAs Go

"Who is that growing at the
weather."
"A weather man taking day off.
Naturally he thinks his substitute has
bungled things more or leSs."-Louis-
vile COurier-Journal
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
CRAMPS, PAINS
and BACkAChE
St. Louis Woman Relieved by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
st. Louis, Mo. -"I was bothered
with cramps and pains every month and

naQ Dackache ana
had to go to bed as I
could not work. Ny
m o tn er and my
whole family always
took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege t a BILE
Compound for such
troubles and they
induced me to try It
and it has helped me
very much. I don't
have cramps any
more, and / can do
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
ENCOURAGEMENT

'The first hundred years are the
hottest" said the devil as a new ar
rival registered."-Life.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
GOOD LOOKS FOLLOW
GOOD HEALTH
n You're a Young Woman
This Advice 10 For You

.r-ora Nebr.-"My mother was
.,.nans n great believer in all Of DR..
fW' p;srce's medicines and when | was q
I,g's I'll sbe gave me the Favorite Prescrip-
en wben | was in a rundown, nervous
.ion .nmd;tion and it soon built me up in
Soaitb and strength. 1 am glad to en-
Serse Sene' DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
ao'i ~ being a splendid tonic for girls or
" women who suffer. Mira. Walter
Guard, Cos Tenth St..
oII How can delicate, sickly girls hope to
,,nyne healthy women2 A healthy
..a,e of the system comes with DR..
Sa,r p;arce's Fayorite Prescription. It's a
msdicine prepared for women's ailments:
To. 4 now in either tablets or liquid
tom r your neighborhood druggist, and
ny. n.r;,e br, Pierce, Invaids' Hotel, Buffalo
Y. for free medical advice.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
The End Of Enmity.

When mans ways please the Lord
he maketh even his enemies to be at
peace with him.-Proverbs 1877.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06
A Willing Husband.

An Atlanta man tells of darky
"NU called at his house one afternoon
seeking work.
a., All right" the darky was told,
,' u.ere ton of coal on the walk that
must be brought up"
But the darky protested. "dat's
NV WORK fo lady! My wife does
washin'"
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06

H.. nut The omnibus driver draws the
une at stage MONEY.
The Dolores star., 1922-01-06

LESSON TEXT Kings lS:1-S.
GOLDEN TEXT-This is the victory
that overconeth the world, even our
faith.-I John ga
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Josh "a:
H-2s: Eph. 6:t0-O.
PRIMARY TOPIC-God Answers ELL
Jahs prayer
JUNIOR TOPIC-One Man Against -Four
Hundred and Fifty.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
-Jehovah's Victorious Champion.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Modern Evils; How to Fight Them.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-14
Ell COBERNADOR REILLY ES-
TIA cONVENClDO DE QUE NO
PUEDE CONTAR CON LA
COOPERATION DE LA LECIS-
LATURA.

Estos esfuerzos del goberna-
dor Reilly para llegar a un en-
tendido con ell partido de la ma
yoria,-sigue diciendo ell sehor
Barcelo,-se deben a que el es-
ta va convencido de que no pue-
de contar con la cooperation de
la Legislature de Puerto Rico
para conducir con eficiencia
los astIntos del gobierno, Y sa-
be adenas que una Iucha tre-
menda insostenibIe lie espera
en- la proxima session de la Ie-
gislattlfa.
Nlles4fa question con Rel
Iy,-subrayo ell eenor BarceIo
mas que una question de ca
racter poIltico es una question
de alta moral publica", concIu-
yo manifestando ell Iider porto
rriqueho, quien en- union de sus
conpaleros de Comision, con-
tinuara en- Washington hasta
que 81 Presioente haya tornado
su resolucion definitiva, en- <I6
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1922-12-14
DoN MANUEL zENo GAMBIA

Aver lego esta capital, en- Ell va
ror San Lorenzo, ell distinguido ca
Fa,lero ilustre iterato portorriquehc
don Manuel zeno Gambia. quien gozc
de grandes merecimientos en- nuestrr
sociedad.
El Sr. zeno Gambia, quien reside er
Nueva York, desde hace algln item
20, acaba de publican en- aquella me
tr6poi, una interesante hermosa no.
YEA titulada "El Negocio' que pror
to Sc pondra a la venta en- las librerias
de Puerto Rico.
Ell MUNDO envia al sr. Zeno Can
dia que tiene bien captadas simpa.
tias en- esta casa, un saludo cordial d:
Lienvenida, la vez que le desea gra
tas impresiones durante su permanent
cia en- la Isla