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Evening star., 1923-07-22
Lack of Legal Security Keeps
Investor Away From Alaska

it and might as well let it go now a.
later. That man simply proclaimed
aloud what others only whispered.
This must not lie taken as re
fiection upon any of the men in the
employ of the government, either IN
Washington or in Alaska, engaged
in the administration OF any OF the
reserves Speaking from personal
experience, l can say that | do not
believe that any government or any
private corporation has had in Its
employ more able. intelligent and
honorable men. nor men VINO are
more enthusiastically interested III
promoting the very purposes tcr
which the government has engaged
them.
System at Fault.
1t is the system which is at fault.
II is this government by men instead
of law which our conservation policy
has developed with such singular
success. 1t is the bureaucratic pas
sion for autocratic sway. so rypical
of the old monarchies. which of re-
cent years has been famed into new
life on the American continent and
accorded unrestrained Indulgence in
our conservation bureaus.
What has been the result? 1t Is
conveyed in the following language
of Bulletin No. $50 of the Depart
ment of Agriculture:
For years the forestry service has
tried In vain to interest capital in
the development of enterprises for
paper production in Alaska.
And during all this time, when oul
forestry service was thus striving in
vain, some S42.O00,OOO. mostly Ameri-
can money. was being invested in
pulp and paper plants on the coast
of British Columbia. where the nat
ural conditions are not nearly as at
tractive as the coast of Alaska.
Most of this capital first sought in
vestment in Alaska. but was driven
away and then, but not until then.
entered Canadian territory.
Government "In on IT."
The opportunity to engage in pro-
ductive industry is treated as an act
of grace extended by the ruler. for
atty" Those responsible for the re-
vival of this old system seem unable
to comprehend the eternal law that
it is impossible to produce without
sharing the productivity with humanity.
A system for administering the re
serves must be found by which
greater legal security be given the
investors and when the pleasure of
some official is not such a potent
factor.
ests have been able, in large measure,
to block legislative relief from the
present lamentable conditions. 1t is
for this reason that Alaska has be
come such a national problem Sh'.
is destined to raise many issues o.
national Importance again.
She has ruined one national admin
istration and she may ruin another.
The representatives in Congress
from the southern states have been
sympathettc in the past toward the
aspirations of this northern domain,
and from them we hope for assist
ance in the future.
Copyright, 1927
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The introspections OF a member Of
Congress-by one well qualified by
many years of training in newspaper
work to deal with the subject incur
sively, with touches of humor and
human interest. appreciating the short
roming of many individual members,
flashing sidelights on why congress-
men today cannot be Daniel Websters
Dr Henry Clays. and withal high ap-
probation of what it means to serve In
Congress-are here given.
Because he is a typical American
who achieved a rather general boyhood
ambition to 'at least get to Congress-,
through years of hard work and a
restive zeal to seize opportunity, Rep
Tesentative Francis p. Patterson. jr..
republican. of Camden. n. j.. whose
ancestors lived in New Jersey for
more than $50 years. was asked to
give these introspections.
Like yourself. / once had to work
for my living. Now that I am in Con-
Eress j have to work three times as
meet" he says, intriguing our inter
est from the start.
Not that l want to attempt to COM
pare myself with Brother Warren
ARE members of the same orders. both
evidently being joiners' of everything
worth while-except the Ku Klux
lIlan) but the fact remains that we
both started in the same humble way
Ms printers devils. l am sorry now
that did not start as bricklayer or
plasterer. I might be making now s24
u day instead of trying to exc out an
existence as an obscure congressman,
who is expected to live like million
aire plumber and pay out twice his
salary for campaign expenses.
Fortunately / own and control a
newspaper and am president of bank.
80 ] do not have to worry about
whether Uncle Sam is going to increase
my salary.
But to get back to my start in
life, when / used to dream that you
had to be Daniel Webster or a
Henry Clay to get into Congress
Every American boy has a vision OF
being at least a congressman.
was like all the rest, but never really
expected to have my dreams come
true. That they were realized was
because of hard work and the fact
that I grasped the opportunity when
st presented itself.
When twelve years old ] started
80 serve a paper route ~ m native
-. .yn (to the aorlo4 Vi ins aia,e.st
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Emphasizing for the first time that
the human side of immigration must
be given prime consideration in any
permanent solution of the immigra-
tion problem and that selfish
serve, industrial employers have gone
on record through a report of the
national Industrial conference board,
for far-reaching changes in the immi-
grafton laws.
This report, now made available, is
based on exhaustive research by the
industrial board in cooperation with
scores of government and private
agencies, both in this country and
Europe.
1T Is clear" the report says. that
a wise, comprehensive and humane
national immigration policy cannot
be based exclusively on the consid-
Grafton of any immediate special or
purely economic aspect of the prob
lem, but must be developed out of
broad, farsighted and scientifically
grounded views of national and inter-
national social and economic progress
and human welfare.
Departments Mt Odds.
Inc lnJuStlceS ana inconsistencies
arising from imperfect administra-
ton of the present laws. should. if
Some of these evils that need COR
rection are given, as follows:
The State Department and the De-
partment of Labor both busy them
selves with immigration, but they do
not work in harmony. Consuls abroad
indiScriminately issue passport vises
to eligible and Ineligible persons
alike.
No examination is held abroad to
determine mental fitness the chief
selective function being in the hands
of the steamship companies, which
fines, and not from any sense of
public duty. The 1871 debarments
last year are cited as illustrations.
Facilities Are Cramped.
Not enough care is taken to detect
mental detectives at ports of entry
Facilities were cramped in 1917, and
the new law has only added new
difficulties.
Four aspects of the governments
present immigration difficulties are
covered in this report: The number
to be admitted, the principle and
ton after arrival, and their assimila-
ton into American national and in
dustrial life.
Some of the theories on which the
3 per cent quota law was enacted
were based on false fears, the indus
trial conference finds. 1t has been
proved that not all of Europe was
on it's way to the United States in
1917, and conditions in Europe when
the law was passed do not exist
today, or are merely transitory.
1t has been found that there is an
increasing tendency among immi-
grants to remain in this country. and
immigration and emigration statis-
tics show this in the face Of reviving
industrial prosperity in Europe.
Farm Labor Stimulated.
1t is shown also that there is a
tendency under the new law to slim
ulate skilled labor and farm immi-
grafton, rather than the unskilled
mill worker.
The government is blamed for slow
naturalization of aliens. The need
for increased personnel in the nat
uralization. bureau and for SIM
pier and standardized law is en-
phasized.
relation of the immigration laws to
labor shortage cannot be accurately
geuged without more comprehensive
information.
Ti,nt naf ions - F. -, a"a ta[inc'
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CHANGE FOR REDUCTION
In THE TAX ON INCOMES
Work Now Under Way at Treasury
Promising of Relief, Unless
Bonus Intervenes.

financed by the proceeds of loan is
sues or from ordinary receipts.
A study of the 1921 income tax re-
turns discloses that 90 per cent of
the incomes upon which taxes were
paid fall under the $1,000 mark. but
that the sum turned into the national
Treasury by this army of taxpayers
was less than s100.000.0OO. Less than
s per cent OF the total number of tax
payers paid 81 per cent of the total
individual income tax. Any plan
looking to relief, Treasury officials
say, should contemplate relief of the
per cent of the taxpayers, as well
as of the 80 per cent.
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Continued from First Page.)
the commission and it's servants may
do if he fail in any particular.
a mere perusal of these reGula-
tions will soon convince any one that
he can not do business six months
without being guilty of enough Vio-
lations to put himself absolutely at
the mercy of the water power COM
mission or it's agents. A power plant
is no sooner erected before the owner
is aware that official pleasure Is the
only title by which he holds his prop
erty.
Lacks Safeguards.
If a lumberman should feel in
clined to invest his capital in saw
mills and yards for the purpose of
supplying foreign trade in competi-
tion with the lumbermen of Washing
ton and Oregon, he would take the
chance that the bureau of forestry
might at any time prohibit the manu-
facture of lumber in Alaska for eX-
port to foreign countries or prohibit
the sale of timber for such purposes
He has no legal assurance that such
order might not at any time wipe out
his entire investment.
What deters so many from invest
ing in Alaska is the fact that title
to property is dependent upon the
good will of officials. Any investor
feels that as soon as others with more
influence show up at headquarters,
his possessions are jeopardized. Brief
ly stated, no one feels he can afford
to subject himself and his property
to the mercy of Washington unless
he be in a position at all times to
maintain an active, alert and effective
lobby at the capital, and. in addition,
Is in q position, independent of the
Washington lobby, to command the
respect of the delegations to congress
from the several states of the Union.
There are syndicates with extern
sive operations and large armies of
agents and employees In eight or ten
different states of the Union. When
these people register at the Shorehan M
in washington, there Is popularity
supposed to be a buzz, not only in the
bureaus and departments. but in both
wings of the Capitol. These people
may in fact have no influence. They
may not even be demanding anything;
but their supposed power Is menace
to the less influential investor in gov
ernment-owned resources.
have in my possession letter
written by one of the great captains
of industry of the United States. II
is addressed to clients of mine who
had obtained a permit for a water
power site. The writer coveted the
power and demanded that the per-
mitteers turn it over to him. When
they hesitated he reminded them very
explicitly that whenever any big con-
Germ with more political influence
than the permittees possessed should
want the power in question, the pres
eat uEaeIs would not be able TO hold
Evening star., 1923-07-22
India Has Prize
Among Shylocks

When it comes to wringing blood
out of a stone the money lender, or
marwardi, in India takes the prize,
according to a report of Consul T. NJ.
Wilson at Bombay.
Loan sharks of this country, with
their high rates, compromising
monthly into enormous sums, are still
in the kindergarten of the money
game when viewed from the state of
perfection at squeezing out every last
cent reached by the marwardi.
He would scoff at l or 2 per cent
per month. He wants a real return.
When an Indian farmer would bor-
row a sum to buy new stock or add
to his buildings or provide dowry
for his daughter or meet any other
demand upon his purse which finds
nothing in the purse to meet II, he
goes to the marwardi and states his
case. The marwardi listens atten-
lively, and IL, for instance, the appif-
cant would buy new bullock the
marwardi gladly advances him the
sum required. and asks no more In
the way of security than a pledge of
the entire farm.
And he is generous in his terms.
too. He would risk his money, under
the circumstances, for as low a
charge as 612 per cent monthly, or 7S
per cent a year.
Still Other ExactiOns.
Having come to terms, the borrow
er next must give receipt for the
money loaned. The lender is still
cautious. He might be put to some
expense and trouble in collecting,
even with the fine security he has
taken, should he be forced to go to
court Therefore he demands two re-
ceipts-one for the amount of the
loan and one for double the loan. If
the borrower meets his obligation he
paws the amount he borrowed and Sc
cures both receipts back, but if he
fails to pay the marwardi goes to
court and collects on the larger note,
plus his interest.
The outcome of the avarice of the
lenders has been the launching of the
bank idea, which is
gaining headway with such funds as
the folk have been able to keep from
the greedy clutches of the marwardi.
These banks loan on a basis Of 91a
per cent annually, a rate legal in
some sections of this country. The
people have become desperate under
the grinding process of the past, but
the money lenders have reaped well
while they were reaping and the
golden harvest has filled their store
houses.
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taxes.
Joseph NJ. Mccoy, the government
actuary. and other specialists on tax
alton, are engaged in going over the
schedules and working out in dollars
and cents the estimated effect of vari-
GUS changes from the present law.
How much the national revenue would
he decreased by the application of
proposed reductions and what, If any,
reductions appear meritorious are the
chief subjects of their preliminary
inquiry.
Approved by President.
The work has been undertaken upon
instructions from Acting secretary
of the Treasury Gilbert, who is tax
ing a personal interest In the SUD
ipct. When Secretary Mellon returns
from his trip abroad, Mr.. Gilbert
hopes to have ready for his inspection
the first results of the actuary's Ia
bors. The work probably viii be con-
tinued for some time thereafter, SO
that the Treasury will be able to an
swer with measurable correctness
whatever questions may be asked by
members of the House ways ana
means committee, when Congress con-
venes. 1t is regarded as certdln nele .
that tax revision will be among the hrst
things the new committee Will take
up for consideration.
It Is understood that President Hard
ing was consulted with reference 10
the work before his departure for
Alaska. and that the President is in
sympathy with plan, II 1t can pc
worked out, for cutting the tax rate
to the point where revenues Will oai-
ance expenditures without leaving
large surplus.
Cut May BE 1 Per Cent.
Among the possibilities of a tax cut
lie a reduction of l per cent IN the
normal rate on net incomes Delo"
$4,000 and a similar reduction on In
comes of more than $4,000. The first
named rate at present Is per GEM,
and the second rate per cent. L! the
normal rate on the first $4,OUu OF net
income were cut to per cent there
would be a lessening of government
revenues during the coming year TO
the extent of about S75,OO0,0Oo, ac-
cording to estimates based upon l9zl
returns.
more than $4,000 were cut from the
present S per cent to the lessening
in national revenue during the year
would be about sS0,000.O0O. rms es-
innate is also based upon 19Z! re-
turns. The cut in both rates, there,
fore. would bring about an estimated
reduction of $155, 100000 in Treasury
receipts.
Another possible reduction is con-
sidered in connection with the sur
taxes on large incomes. Secretary
Mellon has pointed out that 1t was
desirable to reduce surtaxes below the
maximum of SO per cent at present In
effect Mr.. Mellon would like to see
the maximum rate made 20 per cent
He so advised Congress when the
present tax law was under consider
alton. but Congress discarded the
lot
cent maximum.
Bonus Upset Possible.
A disturbing factor In any tax re-
vision scheme is the likelihood of
enactment of a soldier bonus law.
Treasury officials say that in such
circumstances taxes probably would
have to be increased to provide funds
for paying the bonus. No feasible
plan has been found, to date, of
financing the proposed bonus, and
Treasury officials think it unlikely
hat ar:- s"c'l r1Hn viii IL "~-'"' T.
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u. S. Used Much COrks

From official figures it appears that
the United States has usurped the
position formerly held by Russia and
the central powers prior to the war
as buyer of Algerian cork, and that
Spain is a competitor of Algeria in
selling cork to the United States.
During the war the United States
took 1868 metric tons. or about 90
per cent: of the Algerian cork export
stir"o the " ,. th:S linS run W =
Evening star., 1923-07-22

The Chinese believed when telegra-
ply was introduced in their country
that foreigners cut out the tongues
of children and suspended them on
- irs,riatOrs 70 transmit the mes
Evening star., 1923-07-22
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

TIME Treasury Department has
begun work which may bring
about a reduction in federal
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n HE following is a brief summary of the
| most important news of the world for
the seven days ended July 81:
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-12
Clever Counterfeit
OF $40 Note Put Out

The Treasury Department has
issued a warning against new
counterfeit $40 Federal Reserve
note. The general appearance OF
the counterfeit is deceptive, the
statement says.
The forgery is described as zap
parently printed from retouched
photo-mechanical plates on gen.
uine paper probably obtained by
bleaching a one dollar bill. The
ace of the portrait of Cleve-
land is not clearly defined and
does not stand out in relief from
the background as in the gen.
uine. In many places in the Dor
der design the finer lines of the
lathe work are covered by solid
black ink, due apparently to mex
pdriencc of the printer or the
roughness Of the paper caused by
the bleaching process. This count
erfeit is undoubtedly the work of
the same person or persons re-
sponsible for the counterfeit $50
Federal Reserve not on the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-12
Says Turks Opened
u. S. Soldiers Coffin

Washington, March 12.-At the
request of Senator Walsh of Mas
sachusetts, the State Department
has instructed the American Con-
sui a. Smyrna to investigate re-
ports that the coffin of Private
George Dilboy, A. +. +. medal
or honor man, of Greek cxtrac-
ton, whose body was shipped to
Asia Minor for burial, had been
dcsccratcd by Turkish soldiers.
Dilboy served overseas with
the lO3d Infantry, Twenty sixth
Division, and his body was sent
to Asia Minor at the request of
relatives. The report prompting
Senator Walsh'S request said that
as the coffin, draped with an Anne
rican flag, stood in church in
Smyrna Turkish soldiers broke
it open. Dilboy received a medal
of honor for gallantry in action
near Belleau, France, when he ac-
companied his platoon leader on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-12

conditions in the central districts
are much worse han under the
old saloon regime. In the old
days the wage Garner went into
the saloon, drank his glass of
beer or whisky and went home.
Now the district is infested with
hip-pocket bootleggers, and there
is another menace-home brew.
Scores of homes in the Tender
loin have become distillcry plants
Families are making hard liquor
out of potato Feelings garbage
and almost anything that will
produce high-voltage alcohol.
Beer and wine are also being msn
ufactured in large quantities.
The saloon has been transferred
to the home. Something is
wrong somewheres. invite any
citizen 20 come and take walk
with me around the Tenderloin
after II o'clock at night. He or
she will see things that will open
their eyes regarding the liquor
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-12
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
And Glossy

Almost everyone knows that
Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly
compounded, brings back the ma
tural color and lustre to the hair
when faded, streaked or gray.
Years ago the only way to get
this mixture was to make it at
home, which is mussy and trouble
some.
Nowadays VIC simply ask at
any drug store for "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound"
You will get large bottle of
this old-timc recipe improved by
the addition of other ingredients,
at very little cost. Everybody
uses this preparation now, be-
cause no ono can possibly tell
that you darkened your hair,
as it does it so naturally and
evenly. lou dampen sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one
small strand at time; by morn
ing the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two,
YOUR hair becomes beautifully
dark, thick and glossy and you
look years younger.-Adv.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-12
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
with its Importance to the Ma
ton"
Arrest Brazilian =.
purifier of Blood

New York, March l2.-Octavio
Pedroso, 81, who came here from
Brazil year ago and since then
has been operating the Felix Ped
roso Institute at 2131 Broadway,
near Seventy-fourth street, "for
the mechanical publication Of the
blood-no bad after effects what
ever" was arrested last night and
charged with practicing medi-
cine without a license.
Complains were received three
weeks ago by Deputy Chief In
spector Samuel Bolton that Ped
roso was not all he. should be.
Bolton sent Mrs. Helen Thomas,
"a policewoman, to investigate.
Pedroso examined her, told her
she was all right except for a
dangerously nervous condition, and
advised her to take his treat
ment. She agreed and paid nm
$40 for the first treatment. Then
she went before Magistrate Nc
Adoo and got a warrant for his
arrest.
Mrs. Thomas went back to the
institute with the warrant, and
with her went Mrs. Mary Sui
livan, another policewoman, and
Detectives Philip McGlynn and
John Kelly of the Special Ser
vice squad. They represented them
selves as relatives of Mrs. Thomas
and when Pedroso collected $40
for a second treatment of Mrs
Thomas's nervousness they placed
him under arrest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-12
out the country, the memberships
of which are already notifying
Congress of their dissatisfaction
with the proposed compromise.
National Capitals
Schools Arraigned

Washington, March PA re-
port has just been made to the
Joint committee, which was charg-
ed with investigation into the
Washington, D. c., public school
system. This committee employ
ed Mr.. Thomas f. Finegan, Sup
erintendent of Education OF Penn
sylvania, to conduct an investiga-
ton of his own and report to the
committee what he found.
He did so, and was very out
spoken in his findings, blaming
Congress squarely for failure to
provide, and calling attention to
its Indifference and lack of in
telIigent consideration" of edu'
cational needs in the Nations
own city.
1.-THE District of Columbia" he
said SHOULD have a definite, work
able plan for school buildings
schoo. sites, and Fairgrounds thai
will look ahead for at least TWEEN
fty years, and provide in an eff
fective way for the needs of hei
school children. Congress shoult
make such provision that every
boy and girl in the Capitol City
of the United States has a sea-
| in a modern school building wher
he needs it, and all other mod
ern school facilities when ne needs
them.
Because of its relation to the
Nation, the country looks tt
Washington to set standard OF
excellence in its schools-whicf
means that the country looks t
Congress to establish that stand
ard. This can be brought to pass
only by complete abandonment o.
the indifference and lack of intel
ligent consideration that has here
tofore characterized the treat
ment accorded by Congress to the
needs of the schools of Washing
ton. With such a radical change
in its attitude toward these schoo
needs, Congress may easily give
the District of Columbia ali edu
cational system commensurate