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Evening star., 1923-10-20

, uates of the House of Representa-
tives. Frank L. Greene and Porter H.
Dale. who will succeed Senators Page
and Dillingham;. respectively, in the
Sixty-eighth Congress. have had sew
eral terms at the other end of the
Capitol. Both senator's from each of
the states of Illinois. Ohio, Virginia
and Washington are former members
or the lower branch of Congress.
Other senator's similarly promoted are
/! Messrs. Lodge and Robinson, the ma
jority and minority leaders; Brande-
gee, Watson. Curtis, Stanley. Rams
mons. Harreld. Gerry. Sheppard. King.
Nicely and La Toilette. Many sem
ators were elevated to Washington
from the governorships of their
states.
Henry Ford is the largest individual
consumer of alcohol in the United
States. His requirements for the year
1928 are estimated at a million gal
Ions. Ford uses alcohol for his arti-
.ficial leather factory at Detroit and he
Is the most important single consum-
er of Commissioner Haynes with
drawal- permit department Next to
Ford, a Belgian American artificial
silk mandatory in Virginia is the
biggest alcohol consumer. Its needs
are nearly as heavy as Ford's.
r r X X
It's an amusing circumstance that
Wall street the farmers pet aver
sion-should. in the person of one of
It's most gifted sons. Eugene Meyer.
jr., now be working out the rural
VESTS salvation. Meyer has become
the administrators physician extraor-
dinary for relief of agricultural dis
tress. Though essentially a Wall
street man." Meyer was born in Cali
fornia and brought up In the great
open spaces. He Is one of the few
American financiers who have been
educated for their profession rather
than merely grown up in 1t. After
graduation from Yale, Meyer spent
his early life in Europe, mastering
the banking practices of Germany,
Great Britain and France. The vast
scheme of rural credits carried out by
the War Finance Corporation has
been virtually planned and admin
istered by Meyer. He is still in the
sunny forties. Secretary Mellon re-
CARDS him as one of the real finan-
cial minds OF the country. So does
Bernard NJ Baruch. who discovered
meyer
X X X
Mr.. Coolidge is not confining his
conferences with men Of vision and
experience" to those who can merely
talk In terms of domestic problems
The President is seeing from time to
time our leading authorities on in
ternational matters. as well. One of
his recent callers was DR.. Herbert
Adams Gibbons of Princeton, whose
new book, Europe Since 1918" is an
authoritative account of present-hour
topsy-turvydom in the old world Glib
hons keeps the Army War College at
Washington up TO date on foreign af-
fairs. He has just been lecturing to
it's students on .AnraKonisms Re
tween British and French Foreign
Policies.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-10-20

1t was twenty.three years ago. En-
ployes are so crowded that their health
is endangered, and they are unable to
render the prompt and efficient service
which the public demands and for
which it pays. The work of the office
is about one year behind, and under
! present conditions cannot be brought
up to date.
The employees are not only crowded,
but are wretchedly underpaid. Com
pensation of the salaried employees re-
mains as it was about forty years ago
excepting for the bonus. The salaried
employees consist of the recorder at
$4,000 per annum. deputy recorder at
$4,000, two clerks at 81 200 each, two
clerks at 5000. one clerk at s720 and
janitor at $500, all the salaried en-
ployes. excepting the recorder, receiv-
ing the bonus Of $240 year. While
the work has increased there has been
no increase in the number of salaried
employees since 1892.
The larger part of the office force
consists of per diem and piecework
employees, and among these, through
no fault Of Office management, verita-
BILE sweatshop conditions prevail. Com
pensation of the per diem employees is
$3.50 a day. it having been raised to
that figure from 81 day in 1917. The
pay Of pieceworkers, who copy papers
into the record books and make certi-
fed copies, was increased in that year
from one-third to four-tenths of the
fee paid the office for recording. What
they earn depends on the calls made
upon them and on their industry and
speed They do not receive annual
leave, sick leave nor the bonus. The
per diem employees receive the bonus,
which brings their pay to $3.62 and a
fraction cents day, and they receive
neither annual nor sick leave. A day
from the Office means days pay lost.
There should be a new building in
which the work Of the Office may be
done satisfactorily, and in which the
employees and the public doing busi-
ness with the Office may be comforta-
Bile. Unless Uncle Sam is to continue
in the role of profiteer in human Ia
bor the pay scale should be increased.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
In a Few Words.

My political life Is finished forever
All that is left me now is to take INV
place at the window and wait to see
my funeral pass.
GEORGES CLEMENcEAu.
Children Of the future will be taken
to the facial surgeon for the con-
struction of pleasing physiognomy,
Just as today they are taken to the
dentist.
DIR. HENRY ]. sCHIREsoN.
One of the signs of decay of the
present civilization is the loss by the
ruling classes of confidence in them
selves. SIDNEY WEBB.
1t was almost the millennium to see
the delegates of the league applaud,
particularly the British, when Ire
land was taken into the fold.
MRS. ]. BORDEN HARTMAN.
Spain only lacks two words in its
vocabulary One is mo" and the
other is yes" Use them and forget
"manana" and the country will go
ahead. AMBASSADOR MOORE.
1t takes from seven to forty years
to put an idea over on the public.
Sometimes 1t takes ten years to put
THOMAS A. EDISON.
It Is a completely wrong idea to
suppose that my husband considers
his views as Interchangeable and def
recognize. On the contrary, he re-
joices when he finds real. convinced
opponents.
PRINCESS HERMINE (Kaiserin).
The business of the country is on
a basis so sound it can withstand
any shock.
j. E. EDGERTON president Ma
tional Association of Manufac-
] turersA
Evening star., 1923-10-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Calvin Coolidge's extensive collec-
tion Of public utterances Is astonish-
ingly devoid of references to prohibi-
tion. He has been caution personified
on that question. although 1t has been
an Issue throughout his political ca
reer. Ever since Mr.. Coolidge became
President dry leaders have examined
his prohibition record" with fine
tooth comb in the nope of raxtng up
something significant. His veto OF
the Massachusetts 2.75 beer bill in
1919 is practically the only commit
ment" discovered. For the rest, the
dry researchers have had to content
themselves with the Presidents nc-
merous and ringing exaltatiops of
constitutional law. They have faith
that MASSACHUSETTS son is about to
nail his colors to the mast in uninis-
taxable hue.
Britons, who are about to bid fare
we'll to Col. Harvey. mourn In his de-
parture the loss of new type of
American Ambassador to the court of
St. James. He appears to have struck
the British as a breaker with the ira
dition that Yankee envoys must steep
themselves In English atmosphere.
H.. W. Massingham. famous liberal
editor. has just paid Harvey the fol-
lowing frank tribute:
George Harvey's approaching re-
tirement will. think. be regretted by
many not specially sympathetic with
his personality nor admirers OF his
political record. The feeling is that he
has done extremely well. We have had
a long succession of American ambas-
sadors. beginning with the elder Low
ell and ending up with Choate, Page
and Davis, whose position In our society
was one of an adopted son rather than
the representative Of a foreign power
They caught the English air. They
OF the English type Mr.. Harvey was
very different from this. He has re
mained absolutely American, friendly,
but detached. I believe this new de-
parture in American ambassadors, for
such it Is, 10 have been a great advan-
tage to both countries"
Announcement that George b. Chris
tian, jr., may become president of the
Cleveland American League base ball
club is no surprise TO his friends Pres
ident Harding's secretary Is an incura-
Bile fan. His first love has always been
divided between the diamond and poll
tics. Albert D. Lasker, who invited
Christian to join one Of the former
Shipping Board chairman's numerous
business enterprises, Is a stockhoder in
several major league base ball clubs
He Is said TO be heavily interested in
the Los Angeles club Of the Pacific
Coast League. and Washington has
heard that Christian might eventually
take charge of. that organization as
La.sker's representative. AS a base
ball magnate Christian will probably
draw a salary four times his White
House income and twice the pay Of a
cabinet officer.
X x
Vermont is the fifth state in the
Union to have as both 'of its United
States senators men who are grad
Evening star., 1923-10-20

is described by Senator Ransdeu of
louisiana as penetrating IS per cent
OF the area Of the United States where
dwell 73 per cent of the population,
with 72 per cent OF the wealth, and
where is produced IS per cent of the
farm products, iron, steel and other
minerals.
There are other projects pending
or dreamed by which water transpor-
tation will again become an important
factor in our internal commerce, as 1t
was in earlier times There is the
system of canals with which the At
lantic coast is to be paralleled. There
are now under consideration by Army
engineers four links to connect Lake
Erie-and thereby all the great lakes
with the Ohio river, either through
western Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh,
or through Ohio.
American development has been
through the building of railroads.
rather than along waterways. but 1t
Is not proved that that has been the
most economical course. The great
est railroad builder in this country.
fifteen years ago that "in the near
future transportation facilities will
collapse under the burden IL we con-
tinue to rely solely upon the rail-
roads to carry all the things that
people produce" President Rea of
the Pennsylvania system says that in
the last year the railroad companies
have built 400 miles and abandoned
700.
The capital cost Of all railroads
built in the United States in the last
100 years has been $21. 900, 900 900 to
which the government has given land
grants of $4,000 square miles. an
area nearly equal to the state OF
California, and greater than the
| thirteen original states.
With all the talk about the pork
barref' in connection with the de-
velopment of rivers and harbors.
their total appropriations amount TO
| only $1.062, 100000 in a century and.
| a half, while our wagon roads have
cost over $2,000.000, ,000-an indis-
pensable Investment, which, 1t IS
claimed, needs the waterways 20 com
plete the service.
X X X
In Europe the total land area Is
almost the same as that Of the United
States. Its coast line, more than
| double our own, gives Europe nat
| ural access by water. 118 per cent
greater than our coastwise ports.
| Yet her inland waterways are like
latticework, and traffic by water al
most outranks that by rail.
The freight cost by water Is a
small fraction Of that by rail. SEN
! ator Ransdell cites one instance OF
| Germany's advantage over all com
petitors in securing very large con-
tracts for South American trade. Be-
cause of her inland waterways she
| carried raw material from Latin
America from the ocean to her fac
| tories, and the finished goods to her
ocean ports, and thus saved in trans.
portation enough to outbid competi-
| tion. In Germany, France and Bel
gium, prior to the war. the water.
way ton mileage was increasing so
to 100 per cent faster than railroad
ton mileage.
sooszrisAt. 1929. BY Paul I. couaaA :.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

the mail sent to the dead letter list
goes there because the ssnders did not
take sufficient care. or took no care at
all, in addressing 1t. Many disap.
pointments result and the postal serv-
ice Is blamed for faults of its patrons
If letter is worth sending it is worth
addressing right. Another thing
which the post Office authorities de.
sire to help them increase efficiency
in the postal service is that the name
and address of the sender should be
on the envelope, preferably In the
upper left corner. This is very easy
thing to do and every correspondent
should do 1t.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
IN TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

Within the last week a new kind
of steamship has made a new voyage.
Without breaking cargo, it came
from Duluth to New York city by
way of the great lakes, the New York
barge canal and the Hudson river.
This trip Is announced as the begin
ming of q new epoch Of maritime
commerce, for line of such ships is
to be built to carry traffic along that
route during the eight months Of the
open season and to enter coastwise
trade during the winter. Citizens of
Duluth may not be jubilant over this
project, for it is not the fulfllment of
their dream.
The celebrated speech Of Proctor
Knott in Congress half a century ago
aroused hilarity when he cried: Where,
oh, where, is Duluth?"
A true Duluthan is quick to answer:
Duluth is the terminus of ocean
transportation for Europe on the east
and South America on the south.
Ocean-going ships will travel up the
ST. Lawrence river, through Lake
Ontario, the Welland ship canal and
Lakes Erie, st. Clair. Huron and Su-
perior.
"Ocean-going ships will come up
the Mississippi river to st. Louis,
whence great barges will bring their
cargoes up through the Illinois
waterway and the drainage canal into
Lakes Michigan and Superior to
Duluth-the greatest iron ore port
the greatest export wheat market in
the world. and the gateway for the
traffic supplying the infinite wants Oh
the whole northwest"
Will Duluth submit to being a mere
barge port, when it has dreamed OF
becoming an Atlantic seaport, TOT
transatlantic vessels to and from the
A thousand times, no! The st: Law
renee river, highway of world COM
merce, though flowing through an
alien country, Is the dream OF the
Zenith city.
Ocean vessels require a draft of
twenty-five feet or more. The depth
of all the great lake harbors has been
standardized at twenty-one feet.
Therefore, TO enable ocean vessels TO
navigate the lakes. 1t would be neces,,
especially their harbors, as well as to
deepen the canal OF either project.
The barge canals depth now is twelve
feet. According to Army engineers,
the billions of dollars represented py
Duluth's dreams are incalculable.
Yet the dreams are worth While.
The traffic Of the great lakes Is so far
heavier than popular conception Inat !
its statistics are astounding. While
through the Suez canal the traffic an
nually is 17,514,651 tons and througn
the Panama canal 11,59s,214 tons, the
freight which passes through Lake Su-
perior is 7s,2S2.21s tons. The tonnage
which passes Detroit exceeds all our
coast trade combined. There Is no
commerce in the world equal to that
of the great lakes, even without con-
nection for ocean-going ships.
Duluth is not the only dreamer of
waterways. Pittsburgh hopes for the
development of the Ohio river, that
1t may ship by water its structural
iron, it's coal and manufactures
through the Ohio and the Mississippi
rivers, thus supplying the midmest
and the southwest, the gulf-Atiantic
and the Panama-Pacific commerce OF
the world.
How shall the Mississippi be i'm
lpx0ved2 The great Father OF Waters
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Water-power development was
chosen by Gov. Pinchot as the subject
of his address before the assemblage
of his confreres. 1t was not construed
with the emphasis that might have
been expected as being related to pro-
hibition
Evening star., 1923-10-20
Damaged Poetry,

1.-THE mask Of night is on my face"
Said Juliet demure.
Then Romeo looked around the place
With manner insecure.
He paused to utter no regrets
AS from the scene he ran.
And said, IT bet these Capulets
Are members Of the KIan!"
Evening star., 1923-10-20

The opinion having been advanced
that the fossil man-ape of Java is Of
the feminine gender gives scientific
as we'll as social significance to the
motto, Ladies First
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Deer are taking refuge in New York
state villages. The intelligence of ami.
mails Is astonishing. They may be
learning to avoid the forest crowds
of huntsmen and go to the compare
tive loneliness of thoroughfares where
weapon-carrying is against the law.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

The observations of Lloyd George so
far impress him with thoughts Of
peace, unity and brotherhood. It is q
correct impression. The directors of
his tour will doubtless be careful not
to raise any curiosity in the distin.
guished visitors mind relating to the
contradictory spirit In Oklahoma.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Gov. Silzer says New Jersey is no
wetter than any other state. This i'm.
plies good showing, considering the
fondness Of booze buccaneers for a
nice long stretch Of coast line.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

With little practice a conference
of governors can develop enough diff.
ferences Of opinion to make it seem
almost like session Of Congress.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

In the excitement great many
people have overlooked the fact that
1t is not strictly legal to bet on a
horse race.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
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Evening star., 1923-10-20

Three car tokens for 20 cents might
save the time of a conductor by obviat.
ing the necessity Of changing so many
dimes to pay an eight-cent cash fare.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

A Minnesota draft dodger donned
his mothers clothes and escaped detec.
tion for five years. Bergdoll evidently
went to unnecessary trouble.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Bread rises millions of marks in a
day in Germany. AT that, the one
who parts with the bread gets the
worst of the bargain.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Mussolini. like every other states.
man, finds that popularity Is as much
a matter of public temperament as of
individual deserts
Evening star., 1923-10-20

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the city
at 80 cents per month; daily only, 40 cents per
month; Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or
ders may be sent by mail telephone Main
5000. Collection is made by carriers at the
end Of each month
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Paper marks are circulated in suffi.
cient numbers to convey assurance
that the situation has not been compli-
Gated by pressmens strike.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

(Raue you question you cont
Grtstcered! Send 1t to The Star In
formation Bureau. Frederic j. Hos
Kin, director, 1920 North CdpitoE
street. IncloSe 2 cents in stamps for
return poStdge.)
Evening star., 1923-10-20
Going Into Details.

do you always fully understand
that subject you feel called upon to
discuss?"
THAT oughtn't to be expected" re.
piled Senator Sorghum. when we
were In Europe we frequently had oc.
casion to mention a million marks, but
not one of us had ever counted as
much as a million In our lives"
Evening star., 1923-10-20
A Suspicion.

Your boy seemed to take a great
deal of interest in religious matters
last summer"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel.
I'm suspicious he got 1t into his mind
that prayin' for rain was more restfui
than gettin' into the garden with a
waterin' can"
Evening star., 1923-10-20

'De fact dat los my money one
day." said Uncle Eben, "didn' keep
me fun goin' out to de track de mex.
Hoss racin' Is. one O. de forgivin'est
games dar is.,'
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Jud Tunkins says a crowd often
cheers not 50 much because it's pleased
as because it's nervous and wants to
holler.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
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Evening star., 1923-10-20

Q. How many members are there in
the British house of lords and how
many of each rank?-E. w.
"A. The house of lords consists of 63s
members. as follows: Three princes of
the blood royal, 2 archbishops, 81
dukes, 25 marquises. 122 earls, IS Wis
counts. "a bishops, 35B barons, 16 Scot
tish representative peers, 2s Irish repre-
sentative peers.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

@. Is it more economical to make
bread than 1t is to buy it?--J. L. S.
A When material. fuel and labor
are considered the price differs very
little. If the housewife places no value
on her time, and II the stove is hot
anyway. il is more economical to
make bread at home.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Q. How many fur-bearing animals
are killed for their skins in the
United States yearly?-J. T.
A. About 3O,000,000 are killed each
year to supply the demand for furs
1t is estimated that 20,000,O00 of
these consist of muskrat, opossum,
mole, lamb, kid, marmot and squirrel.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Q. In golf tournament at match
play why can't / waive a rule or the
enforcement of a penalty against my
opponent II ! want to be good
Evening star., 1923-10-20


tie of q humorously serious book by
Henry T. Finck. It is O. book which
should be read by every one who tips
the scales at a figure beyond that al
lowed by life insurance tables for his
age and height. The solution of the
problem of overweight, the author
says, Is slow eating, simple foods,
deep breathing and plenty Of outdoor
exercise. Mr.. Finck believes that
Oxygen gluttons" are the only ex-
cusable ones. Since the person who
Is fieshy eats for pleasure, not for
flesh, why does he not "eat with his
nose"-that Is. eat a small amount,
very slowly, and enjoy the odor and
flavor? A tribute is paid to DR.. Har-
vey w. Wiley for his fight on adulter-
chapter on autointoxication and its
prevention by the use of bran, blue
berries and petroleum.; and one on
underweight. with good advice to the
young person who seems to prefer
the absence of any girth in the in
terest of esthetic effect.
n X II
Young writer's today have better
opportunities to break into the world
of literature than ever before. The
various prizes, in the United States
and abroad, for the best novels, plays
and poems OF the year, many Of which
are limited to new writer's, offer
chances to the beginner to make a
debut. Some publishers are also
starting series Of novels or plays by
new writer's. The house of F1am-
marion in Paris is one Of the most
recent to do this. It has just begun
publication of a new collection en-
titled La Premiere Oeuvre," to be
composed, as the name indicates: s OF I
books chosen for inclusion In the
collection are not to be the actual
first volumes of the authors, but the
first which show Distinguishing char
acteyistica
The Washington times., 1923-06-29
CLUB To
HOLD SPECIAL
MEETING
William Atherton DuPuy, Noted
Journalist, Will Talk to
Members.

William Atherton DuPuy, noted
Washington journalist, will be the
speaker at the special meeting OF
the Lions Club at the Willard Ho'
tel at 1890 o'clock Monday after
noon. The meeting is being held
in place of the regular meeting
which falls on July 4.
Reports will be made by the
Washington delegates to the inter
national convention Of Lions Clubs
now being held in Atlantic City. II
is rumored that Charley Darr will
play a hand-organ. but whether he
will have a, monkey attached is still
a matter Of speculation. The In
strument is said to have been Sc.
cured at Atlantic City
Roger Whiteford will report for
the probation work committee, now
being organized under his leader
ship.
Despite the Atlantic City conven.
tions which is being attended ny q
large Washington delegation. there
were forty-two members present at
the lunchean of the club Wedncs-
ClaY,