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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20

through life. By our insane asylums and medical science in preserving the weak we are enabling them to barely exist and reproduce them selves," he said.
 Still he continued, with the present-day scientific inventions, civ ilized people are long lived. because they make the forces of nature labor for them and hence will survive in the end, believe. The fight for su- premacy in the civilized races has been transferred from the physical to the mental No call is sent out now for brute labor, but for persons who can lead"
 AS a tribute to their famed towns man the citizens of Santa Rosa have acquired a location here. and a me morial garden to Burbank will be laid out. Luther Burbank has prom ised to donate some of the prominent creations as his tribute to that shown by his fellow citizens. The garden will be open to the public and be one of the most unique in the world.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20

ter of Paris has been obtained for fine sesslons and am exhibition of Irish alc VIII De held in another hall near tslsn artists are sending pictures for
 Concurrently with the Congress VIII be a representation of Irish oratnA oaG In French in one of the Pari- inustc by one of the best known orchestras in Europe
 Many descendants of Irish exiles of the 17th century who played historic roles in France and other countries nave responded to the invitation of 1ne General Secretary. Miss Katherine Hughes, who will be present.
 Five South American countries have already indicated desire to send delegations. These are Brazil, Argentine. Chile, Bolivia and Peru, Whlle delegations from New Zealand, Tasmania and other remote Countries are already on their way
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20
CONGRESS OF IRISH GREATEST
 SINCE 1914

Paris, Jan. 2o-Promoters of the World Congress of the Irish Race to be held in Paris for one week be- ginning Jan. 31( says it will be the greatest gathering of the Irish race since King Brians historic assembly in 1914.
 The various methods by which the 25,000,000 people of Irish blood throughout the world can assist in the economic reconstruction of Ire land made necessary by the years of conflict, will be among the chief prob lens before the conference. The re- viva1 of Irish art, language and liter ature also will be considered.
 One Of the large halls in the cen-i
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20
BIJRBANK COMPARES PLANT
 LIFE AND SELECTION WITH . REAL LIFE PERPLEXITIES
Often Fails To Find Single Plant Out Of Hundreds Of Specimens From All Parts Of The World That Gan Be Used To Advantage.

Prom nearly every foreign land I have specimens of various plants. grasses and trees sent me-" he said. when found working in one of the gardens at his three-acre ranch here. From the specine ems sent me I care fully go over them. taking the best to work with. It is surprising to note that out of possibly five hundred specimens I can use but one and sometimes none"
 Here the famed man compared his selection of the best. plants to real life
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20
Rv WILLIAM G. CAYCE.

santa Monica, Cal, Jan. 20
 ..fher Burbank, famed plant wizard,
 willing to admit that patience and 7sy.sistence are two of the prime re- I43sites for success in his chosen pro 3ssiOn.
 ~ HOW he selects very carefully the ;est plants for grating purposes ana <-><r few of the many he receives 'ron1 all parts of the world are zHs1Iy worth anything in the experi- 9euta1 way was told by Burbank
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20
HOW THE MODERN
 STREET RAILWAY STARTED

About the same time in 1885 that Straungh- and Becker of Groningen, Holland, constructed rude electric carriages. Thomas Davenport of Brandon. Vermont exhibited a model
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20

age-battery system, is in general use.
 made economical, persede the others.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20

of which the first Could the last be t would soon su-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-20
ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY

Advertise In The Times
Evening star., 1922-06-04
Kansas May Forbid Foodstuff
Handlers to Handle Any Money

Kansas has undertaken. numerous
reforms with more or less success.
1t started the swat-the-fly campaign
with a requirement that every public
place where foods are sold must be
guarded against flies. 1t abolished
the common drinking cup, and the
roller towel so many years ago that
these are common throughout the
country now.
So Kansas Is preparing another
crusade. This is that the man or
girl who handles foodstuff which
is not skinned. peeled or otherwise
having the outer covering removed
before it is eaten should not be per-
mitted to handle money. 1t is be-
lief of some health officers that il
is all wrong for the man who cuts
a beefsteak to take a dollar bill and
make the change and that it is bad
for the girl who counts out a dozen
lady fingers at the bakery to take
the money in payment for it,
DR.. L. 3. Gloyne, health ofhcer of
Kansas City.-.Kan..-haa- put the new
Evening star., 1922-06-04

cropping Of the day is the sponta
neous outburst in many sections
the country of sentiment anon
democrats for the league of nation.
Indiana furnished the latest inciden
when the speakers at the Democrat
state convention last week empha
sized support of the great plan O
Mr. Wilson.
1t was also observed that the dem
ocrats intend to attack the four
power treaty, and that instrument /
likely to become an issue in Indians
The democrats expect TO find waite
supplied to their wheel by the luke
warmness-to put it mildly-of tn
republican candidate for senator. NJ
Beveridge. toward this highly i'm
portant feature of the arms confer
ence's achievements.
Promise of Lively
Times Are Ahead.
If the democrats make the leag
of nations an issue in the congres
sional campaign an issue to appea
to sentiment. and the increased cos
of the market basket to appeal L
the pocket. il will add TO the gayet,
of politics this fall, all politician
agree. 1t looks as If an interesting
time may be ahead.
Evening star., 1922-06-04
IF Gasoline Price Is Due to PrOfiteering.
Senate Intends to Smoke Out PrOfiteers

used. 1t increases the bill paid by
the people some s50.0OGOOO in a year
This is considerable sum. and when
it is multiplied by five or six, it is
much more considerable.
In the opinion of Senator La Fol-
lette. If there is conspiracy among
the producers against the American
people, it should be shown up, and
he proposes to show it up if he can
Senator La Toilette believes that
capital is entitled to a just and fair
return. But. as he has declared many
times. the curse of the American
people today is overcapitalizatio tion in
many of the industries. He has
charged this of the railroads. the
steel industry and the oil industry.
The people are forced to pay high
so that returns may be made on the
watered stock of corporations.
Senator La Toilette holds, too, that
Evening star., 1922-06-04
Leaders, Instead of Bosses, to Manage
: Political Party Affairs in the Future

I tional political ambitions than to de-
scribe a definite and distinctive public
policy. 1t has at times cloaked the
aims of one set of political managers
who were out to dispossess another
who were in control.
The charter under which the re-
publican party is now operating is
the platform adopted in 1920. A
Philadelphia lawyer would have diff
ficulty In proving that it is not pro-
gressive.
Democrats HammerinE
Away at Tariff.
The democrats in the Senate are
driving vigorously ahead in their
policy of holding up the republican
tariff bill as an alleged monster of
iniQuity menacing the ultimate con-
sumner with higher cost of living. The
democratic leaders believe that they
are making an impression on the
country and intend to hammer away
on the same line il it takes all sum-
mer.
Every SCHEDULE in the tariff bill
thus far considered by the Senate has
been attacked and carefully and
painstakingly the democratic tariff
specialists have sought to attach the
sumner to the articles covered by the
schedule. The republicans have had
to be on the defensive and to deny
the assertions
The difficulty which will confront
the democrats will be to get their
certain that few people can follow the
debates in all their detail 1t is ex-
pected that the democratic orators
will have to take their cause to the
stump when the congressional cam
paign gets we'll under way, and by
have to trail their speakers with off
setting arguments.
So, it will amount practically to a
campaign of assertion and denial.
"'Tis So on the one side and Tisn't'
on the other. The theory Of protec-
ton is attractive to many minds. but
the charge that the cost of living is
being increased is more readily un-
derstood by most. the democrats
think, and easier to drive home to
tie ordinary understanding.
League of Nations.
Refuses to Down.
The most significant political out
Evening star., 1922-06-04

Judgment Of the commission as to
what rates will produce a net income
adequately representing fair re-
turn. This change In the rule of
rate making. effected by the trans
portation act, was one of its revolu-
tionary features. 1t has been, and
will probably continue to be. one of
current railway legislation.
New Economic Policy
Influences Industry.
No such new principle of economic
policy as this can be applied even
under normal business conditions,
without affecting the economic struc-
ture of a country. Any change in
public policy reacts upon the indus
trial situation, especially upon pre-
vailing methods of production and
this Incorporation of a new rule Of
rate making into fundamental rail-
way law could not but have a marked
effect on industry. This would be
true under normal economic condi-
tions, and has been even more true
of the two years during which the
new rule has been operative. because
these two years have been abnormal.
The country has been passing
through a profound business depres-
sion, representing the inevitable
period of postwar readjustment and
reconstruction. No new regulative
principle would have operated
smoothly duril.g this period. certain
ly no such fundamental change in
rate making.
1t is a striking fact that the in
creased level of rates authorized by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in 1920 became effective at the very
time that business first showed a de-
cline. Freight rates went up as
prices began to come down. The busl-
ness decline was due to many fac
tors operating in the economic and
financial fields, and the resulting fall
in prices caused the increase in rates
have been the case during a period of
rising or even stationary prices. This
phenomenon largely explains the IN
sistent pressure that has been
brought to bear upon the commission
to reduce rates.
But the commission was in a diff
cult position. Under the transporta-
ton act its duty is so to fix rates as
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Evening star., 1922-06-04
Invitations Sent
Pacific Nations

Invitations to participate in a pam
Pacific conference on commerce 10
be held at Honolulu next October
have been transmitted through the
State Department to all the govern
ments bordering on the Pacific ocean
The meeting which will be under
auspices of the Pan Pacific Union is
to discuss wide range of problems.
The list of those on the program.
made public yesterday. include COM
munication. transportation, develop
ment and conservation of national
resources. finance, and investments
and internatioal relations in the pam
Pacific area.
Much interest attaches to the con-
ference this year because il follows
the settlement of questions by the
Limitation of armament conference.
which had a direct bearing on the
future of the far east. and which will
increase the possibilities of peaceful
trade between the countries which
border on the Pacific.
Evening star., 1922-06-04
Woman Candidate for u. S. Sen
ate Has Minnesota Politicians
Worried by Her Campaign.

worried political leaders are any
iously telling one another.
Mrs. Oleson says that her trips
throughout the state have con-
vinced her that party lines are
falling away and that Independent
political thought Is spreading
like prairie fire." She believes
that at the elections this fall
many voters will forget parties
and vote Independently for the
candidates they think will honest
ly represent the common interests
Of the majority.
u \ II \
AS for the women voters, "the
amazement of the country at the
way women are using their fran
chise will grow" she predicts.
THE woman vote is going to play
a greater part in the selection Of
governmental representatives with
the passing of every year"
Mrs. Oleson was indorsed by tho
state convention March 81. the
first woman to be thus honored.
She is also the first woman ever
elected a delegate to a national
democratic convention, and the first
woman ever to speak at Jack
son day dinner. At that great
democratic banquet. held here in
1920. she was the most effective of
all the brilliant speakers gathered
for the occasion. and her address
created something like a sensa-
tion in political circles.
\ 4 \
Mrs. Oleson will be opposed in
the primary by Thomas J. Meighen,
formerly a populist and now a
democratic party leader in the
state. and by Homer Morris. q
lawyer. There Is also in the field
Henrik Shipstead, non-partisan
league Independent candidate for
governor two years ago. and now
the candidate of the farmer labor
party for the United States Senate.
Mrs. Oleson Is conceded to have
the edge" on her two democratic
opponents, but ever since the hold
ing of the party convention last
March there has been talk Of a
fusion between the farmer labor
vote and the democrats to defeat
Senator Kellogg, and of an agree
ment between Mr.. Meighen. one Of
the leading advocates of fusion.
and Shipstead which also NAV af-
fectNhe result.
Evening star., 1922-06-04

rule into actual practice in the larg-
est city in Kansas and the state board
of health is urging food merchants
generally to follow the same rule. al
though no specific prohibition has
been made against il thus far. II
was DIR. S. J. Crumbine, secretary OF
the state board of health, who start
ed the anti-fiy campaign and abol-
ished the common drinking cup and
the roller towel and it is regarded
as probable that DIR. Crumbine will
shortly recommend TO the board of
health that a rule against food vendors
handling money ought to be promul-
gated and enforced. The board has
considered the question at recent
meetings and the matter is under
more careful investigation before
final action is taken.
In the Kansas legislature two years
ago a bill was introduced which
would require the physical eXamina-
ton of all those handling foods inl
any form, but the bill did not get
beyond the committee.
Evening star., 1922-06-04

the price of manufactured articles in
this country should have decreased,
instead of increased. in recent years,
owing to the tremendous advance
made in methods of production and
the Introduction of machinery. 1t
should cost a man less to keep his
family today than it did twenty
years ago, he says.
The Wisconsin senator is a believer
in the power of public opinion. He
feels that if his committee can throw
the light of day upon the factors
that have SO greatly increased the
price of gasoline in recent weeks, it
will have its effect.
In this connection, it will be re-
membered that the Federal Trade
Commission in 1915. 1916 and 1917
made an investigation and report on
the gasoline industry. and that 1t had
it's effect on that industry.
Evening star., 1922-06-04
BY n. o. MESSENGER

| NJ
RESIDENT Harding, in the es-
- innate of many republicans of
national note, will fnd resting
4 upon his shoulders political
responsibility greater than that
borne by most of his predecessors in
the executive office. The days of the
political bosses have passed-the race
seems to be almost extinct-and the
era Of personal leadership has set in.
# is so in the states and SO in the
national aspect. AS there will be re-
publican leaders in the states-pro-
xressives here. old guard yonder-so
there must be one great national
leader, and President Harding is held
to be the man for the new hour.
AS visualized by thoughtful repub-
licans In Congress. President Hard
inR's role is to be that Of leader OF
the republicans. progressives and old
guard without distinction. and he Is
classed as eminently fitted for It,
Leadership without dictation, paci-
fcation and not discrimination. II is
expected, would be his policies.
Progressive Republicans
Are More Conservative.
1t is noted by many observers that
the sharp demarkation between the
old guard and the progressives which
existed in 1912 and to less degree In
1915 seems to be fading. Men are
less tenacious Of ultra opinions. Pro-
eressIves are more conservative-the
radicals among them have gone over
to the democrats and to the social
lists. Old guardsmen are less irrec-
oncilable. Tariff views are chang
ing. Supporters of excessive duties
are not SO insistent, and former ex-
treme low-tariff men are found ad
vocating adequate" duties. The
same drift is discernible In the demo-
cratic party. An out-and-out free
trader is hard to find
Some republican observers believe
that the republican party in the cam
paign of 1924 will be found to be
progressive from top to bottom. with
an old guard spot only here and
there 1t was said that the ''old
guard dies. but never surrenders."
They have been dying. literally and
physically. in recent years.
Definition Is Needed
For Progressivism.
II some one could define in simple
language just what constitutes pro
gressivism" in politics it would help
a lot 1t has been used oftener as
slogan to advance personal and fac
Evening star., 1922-06-04

status There also may come agree
ments as to eastern boundaries.
which up TO the present moment have
proven decidedly troublesome. But
settlement of some kind there must
be if Europe is to advance. and. as
a consequence, the influence of east
ern European countries will be felt
largely at The Hague. but through
unexpected channels.
Position of France
Causes Conjecture.
The position of France. now prob
ably the most potent political power
in Europe, is one to cause the greatest
conjecture. Recently there has been
ratified concord with Czechoslo-
vakia which would make French in
fuence predominant in Poland, Ru-
mania. Jugoslavia and Czechoslo-
vakia. France at the same time. un-
der purported agreements. obtains
the use of 100000 troops in case
Germany becomes recalcitrant in the
future.
Can France ignore the interests of
her new allleS ana 1urlneF refuse 10
treat with Russians in view OF her
rapproachments?
Will Premier Poincare insist on the
policy initiated at Genoa?
Here are the questions that yet
must be made clear before specula-
ton as to the future of the The
Hague sessions can be hazarded.
However, with a promised interna-
tional loan to Germany. which will
not only lessen French financial haz-
ard in reparations, but also lead TO
a measure of allied and French con-
troll over Germany's future finances.
with the possibility of separate
Franco-German engagements. the
French could turn whole-heartedly TO
, The Hague with the view of unravel
ing the tangled skeins that exist in
the east.
The optimism that prevails in Eu-
rope today seems bedded upon the
rock of admitted necessity, which in
sures co-ordinated advance.
Evening star., 1922-06-04
Q How the Reduction in Freight Rates
- Bears on Read justment of Business

rate reductions and adjustments since
1920 will thus be $44O,ooO.0Oo.
This is on the basis of the freight
traffic of 1921. AS a matter of fact.
railway freight traffic thus far in
| 1922 has run more than per cent
ahead of the corresponding period
of 1921, and this in spite of the coal
strike. If freight traffic continues
to increase the saving to the ship
ping public from the rate reductions
will be so much the greater. and may
aggregate as much as half billion
dollars a year. This saving will af-
feet all classes of commodities. be-
cause the decrease applies to all COM
modities alike. The reduction in
freight rates on the average ton of
coal Is from 90 to 25 cents. On other
materials, particularly food products,
there have been greater reductions, in
some cases running as high as 20 to
25 and even 33 1-3 per cent. All
| these reductions should find their way
into the pocket of the final consumer.
and should be reflected in a lowered
costsof living.
Rate Making Now
On n New Basis.
Certain economic aspects of the
rate decision are of interest. By the
passage of the transportation act in
1920 Congress set up new principle
of rate making. The legal theory of
rate-making had been the rule of
reason. so-called. That is, rates were
able. The difficulty of applying such
a rule to the complicated fabric of
our rate structure is clear, and its
application became nothing more
than the use of good judgment and
sound common sense
Under the provisions of the trans
portation act. however. the rule of
rate making is that the rates shall
provide the railways with an ade-
quate net income. The Interstate
Commerce Commission must fix the
level of freight and passenger rates
carriers on the value of their proper
ty devoted to transportation. This
value is fixed by the commission
itself as we'll as the fair rate of re-
turn. In other words. the govern
ment has sole power, first, to fix the
value of railway property, and, sec
ond, to determine what return shall
be earned on that value. But the
standard or measure of rates is the
Evening star., 1922-06-04
With Passing of Latest Preparations Crisis,
Europe Again Sees Sun and Hope Revives

most certainly would swiftly advance
the French sentiment that repara-
tions should be cut.
However, France cannot and should
not be expected to waive her just
| deserts. for France more than any
other nation suffered in the war.
But there has always been a gulf
between the French viewpoint, which
heretofore would have taken every
thing loose in Germany and would
, have disembowelled Germany for
ever, and the viewpoint of other
allies who have insisted Germany, for
general prosperitys sake. should be
shown some mercy in final settle
| ment.
BilliOn-DOllar Loan
/ May Be Only First.
! 1t is to be expected that the billion
dollar loan to be agreed upon in
| Paris will preface others at later
date when Germany will be able to
give greater guarantees by virtue of
| improved conditions. With this in
| mind, France undoubtedly will go
| far in the general endeavor to bring
| about ADJUSTMENTS more in keeping
| with Germany's actual ability to pay
and more in line with the viewpoint
| of other allies, which will perpetuate
| friendships and alliances created in
the war more than any one other sin
gle thing. While France will be
aided, other nations, likewise. will be
permitted to get industrial wheels to
moving to the consequent good of all
| concerned.
While central and western Europe
are for the moment keenly concerned
| and dominated by optimism, the
states of eastern Europe yet are in
doubt as to the future. for the reason
that the Russian question must yet
be solved finally before advance can
| be in proportion to desire. As a con-
sequence there is great interest in
the coming sessions at The Hague,
where agreements either will or will
not be effected between the large
powers in regard to Russia's future