Evening star., 1923-06-11

actually eat more than when times
Chairman Lasker writes an inter-
esting' review OF conditions as hAs
the Shipping Board 1t was them
handling monthly deficiency of SIS
100000, with no adequate system Of
accounting. That deficit. he reports
in his letter Of resignation, the board
has reduced to about s40sts00 =
month. He also reports that tn
board is now equipped with "thc
only monthly trial balance Of any n
the government activities" as stated
by Gen. Lord, the director OF the
| budget
One government departmept at
tributes to its book keeping system
1lspute regarding receipts and die
DurSementS OF certain items i'm which
balance of S50.000.000 appears n
ne missing. Everybody is sure II is
ohy an error in bookkeeping. but
check it, -
Another department, every now ard
then and between times. scaree us hy
seeming to mislay a. few millions ~
bonds or something. but always ar
nounces that the fnvestigat tor arc
age" PPSi '''' y
Great is the trial balance,
Feace AT nome. within our conn
trE. peace with all the nations az The
earth Is sacred mission TO which
america has devoted herself and her
resources To pursue il unarrned
and undefended would be Tho o,;n,
est way to invite war Thus suatn .
the sixty preachers. priests rshhjs
ana Army and Navy chaplafns after
several days conference toce-rer
with secretary of War Weeks ana
for the religious and moral trafning
OF the Army and Navy
| me Army and Navy of the United
states. therefore. command the re
spect or every true citizen thew add
ed. we deprecate any attempt made
under the cloak of religion. and in :
| the name Of false pacifisnl, to deny the
support Of the churches TO the we'll
peing OF our Army and Navy"
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The tariff on paint brushes is -
| be taken up by the Tariff Commission
July l., with public hearings. Then.
on July -. the commission will turn
| to the very pressing question of
whether the infant industry Of MAX
| ing wall pockets is TO be crushed =
Does the protection of paint brush
4 3
present wave of prosperity. which
gives employment TO everybody. even
bartenders. who like Othello, find
| their occupation gone?
The output of automobiles by al
factories of America is double this
year. IS compared with last. or any
previous year. For the first four
months. the total was nearly mil.
lion more than in corresponding
months last season.
Should the managers Of the old I
political parties fear the effect of the
public demand for wheels, ard
view with alarm" the whole people
becoming speed crazy2 Or may they
relv on so many new drivers VIII"
will he ready to "cuss" the makNr
| of their troubles
Word comes from Maryland that
movement is on foot for a wholesale
migration of Mennonites from Canada
to Maryland, bringing several thou
sand immigrants. They are farmers.
and 1t is purposed for them to take
over a tract of several thousand
acres. and establish colony. where
they will have freedom to teach their
children the German Language
Canada prohibits the teaching q
German. The United States Supreme
Court recently ruled that the states
have no power to forbid the teaching
OF any foreign language, hence ~
great impetus is given to the Men
nonite project Some 1000 have al
ready purchased land in Maryland.
according to the report.
Nothing is said about the restric-
tions of our immigration laws. Per
haps it is intended that the, migra
ton shall begin Immediately upon
! the opening of the new fiscal year,
which is July /. SO, as TO have the
advantage of an unbroken quota. ac
cording to the law.
The Southern Maryland Society is.
reputed to be handling the migration'
and undertaking to locate the i'm
migrants in st. Marys. Charles, Tai
bot and Prince Georges counties.
Copyright. 1923. by P. Y CollnsN