Evening star., 1923-10-08
TALKS and TALES
\ With and Aboutse
CAPITALS GUESTS

prices hard to bear, but the farmers
increased taxes that are making him
despair!
AT least so thinks c. C. Hanch OF
indianapolis. vice president of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
| nerce, and one of the most widely
| known automotive engineers in the
country, who is making a short stay
at the Hotel La E,ayette.
Mr.. Hanch is chairman of the taxa
tion committee of the N. A C. C., and
Is in Washington to fight against
war excise taxes. The former chief
of the automotive products section
of the war industries board is con-
stantiy in touch with midwestern
farmers.
"The Indiana farmer-and for that
matter those in other agricultural
states--is being taxed to the hilt,"
said the engineer as he made little
rings with his pencil ASIDE from
, the tremendous increase in state
| taxes he is forced to meet a. war
| excise levy every time his automobile
gets out of gear. and his oft-heard
cry of hard times is more attributa-
BILE to this than to anything pertain
| ing to crops or prices. For instance,
120-acre farm in Marion county,
nrsssaa my state, ,,,o is taxed a. $500 year at
! assessed but $120. Add to this Uncle
| Sans 5 per cent misfortune tax
every time his f1ivver gets hdgety. and
he just naturally up and yelps Wolf.
tfons in Indiana are quite good"
Mr.. Hanch was optimistic over the
strides in new automobile machinery
| during the past eight months 1T
\, I'll E.rn ~ ki M
! for automobile production" he added.
| He said that everybody was hard at
work in his section, and all ap-
peared we'll satisfied with the ad-
miniStration.
"on their own merits modest Dnen
are dumb"
| Several days ago mention was made
in this column of Prof. NJ Richard
Schuster of Germany, noted chemist,
who, after visiting his son in Macon,
Ga, was so enraptured with America
that he had decided to remove ms
! this country and remain here the rest
of his days. Not once during the
course of his talk did Prof. Schuster
refer to any specific work <. Of dn his snsT ow
| conditions In his homeland. .
BY the merest coincidence IL was
! learned later in chat with FORMER
Senator Hoke Smith OF Georgia at
is the inventor of patent that
promises to revolutionize electrical
batteries, and. that not only mas an
Delaware to place the child of his
brain" on the market. but patents
have been applied for to protect the
| invention in this country.
man" r0t: said i's Senator smith. He was
an instructor at the University OF
Munich for thirty years, and l am
delighted he win make our cr1,sns old srass
his home, for what will be GermanyS
iloss will be Georgia's gain.
! "a method has long been sought
but never reached, to prevent proouc
| tion OF gas in batteries, but the Munlch
! wizard has undoubtedly solved the
nrohiem. i will represent him in this
| country, and as soon as arrangements
can be made he will take up his resi-
dence in the south. He mas appheo
| for citizenship paers.
| 1t was further learned that the
former governor and cabinet oIncer
| will be the legal adviser Tor feIo ,
| in that country's forthcoming arpi-
| tration with Chile.
! II have not been able TO leaVe my
offices here in Washington all sum
tmer because OF business, but expect
{ to return home shortly, wneTe three
| childen and seven grandchildren are
| waiting" added Mr.. Smith. -,
| Like all true ieorglans' tue 20 =
1 attorney enthused over the CROWN
! of Atlanta, and said he could talk un :
! iii doomsday on the wonderful strides :
/ taken by that city during the past
| few years. 1--WE have regular CITY
down the there, my my e 5oyi do aho is pay s US
| Visit oh. YES, conditions are, won
derfuI in our section right now. Cot
| ton is. selling for 80 cents pounu,
manufacturing is great, and All tolo
we have no complaint WnateNel'
1
There may be many more interest
ling ways to utilize the nee.ans
Viewing a member of the tail end
base ball club that has just finished
Its last game of the season, puI When
tthat player happens TO pc HoWaT9
Shanks, the classy thrid-sacker ol
the Boston Americans, IT is 4oi1e
another matter.
Howard gave eleven of his best
wears to the sport-loving populzce or
this fair city, and during tnat time
made hosts OF friends by MS cream
cut. centlemanIy behavior. SO, when
the Boston Red Sox were about to
check out of the Raleigh Hotter II
1 would have been nothing II not uls.
cpurteous to let him get away without
bit of a pow-wow. ut.
II J. low. the old town, pal, WINS
nAred the brown-eyed Monaco lad
who during his stay here enjoyed
nersonal acquaintance and was highly
thought Of by the late PRESIDENT. an
members of his cabinet and SecretaI!
lGeorge Christian. Boston is al Ilsn, tlsai,
/ in a way, but, gee, WISH
here"
IN the American League, Howaro
rather fancies John Joseph McGraW
husky Giants to put the sklos unuel
Miller Higgins walleping Ianks
"NcGraw has a tough bunch to beat,
laughed the Pennsylvanian, as ne
hopped into q taxi. "Remehoer me
to all the boys"
Sanator Oscar Underwood of Ala
hama Is unquestionably the outstana-
ing choice of Tennessee for the demo.
cratic presidential nomination, ans
according to Thomas J; Tyne: IN :.tate!. W.
delegates will go to the conventtEon Eo
| Instructed to stick until the last ioi
the southern legislator.
Mr.. Tyne, who served as Specia
assistant TO Attorney G,d Genelal HicEnrv now.
der plant during the war, ran up &c
| Washington to deliver an aooress q
| the recent insurance mems panquel
and is stopping at the New willard
He was most enthusiastic over tht
| remarkable growth of Nashville
during the past few years, declarin
that the Tennessee capital was las
center to an Industrial metropolis
with the population Of nearly 10000
.'Building In Nashville has beer
unprecedented n n the ,last roin ygar riab Saf
ahead. Conditions In all sections ip
the state are In tip-top shape, farm
I ers are happy over bumper crops and
ali told, seldom has the communit,
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