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Evening journal., 1923-01-23
MNERA1 nEsouRcEs IN Nrw rERRroRIEs

WTTIEsN those huge African territories acquired oy
w Great Britain German spoils OF
fully developed it viii probably be found that
their richest are their mines. Those former
German colonies aggregate about $4,000 square miles
in area equal United States east Of the Mis-
sssippi river. with York State thrown n
Each OF them contains rich deposits Of precious
metals and stones waiting the touch OF the white
to their of treasure into the pockets
OF their
Already the diamond mines Southwest Africa have
yielded 900 worth of the precious stones, and
the output is being increased rapidly as possible
This territory which has Of s22,45O square
miles, and is controlled wholly by Great Britain also
has extensive copper deposits and in 1921 about
50. 900 600 worth was exported. Many claims
have been located in Tsnganyika British colony
OF $4,000 miles although prospecting pro-
hbited until the past year.
In Tosoland. a tish-Frenoh colony Of ss,7oo
miles there Is estimated be at least 100000
of per iron Iron found in the
Cameroons a colony of $4,000 square miles under the
joint the British and French Large guam
titles OF good quality reported from Southwest
Africa Gold deposits exist IN Tanganyia, Togoland
and the Cameroons, and silver mines being opened
in the first named colony All four OF the terri
tories contain all of the following minerals
Tin. vanadum lead. wolfram, chrOmite. baux1te as
bestos. mica. molybdenum, and salt.
Quhnlues OF or good quallty ana varied
colors found in Southwest Africa near rail and
water transportation In Tanganytka there are many
indications of mineral OIL but prospecting Iohbied
pending the enactment of legislation square
miles in Tanganyika being examined for coal
which s also found in Southwest Africa
1t must be remembered that the former German
colonies in their natural There is only
white to every forty square miles Prospecting
has been exceedingly limited. in cases being ac-
tusly prohibited Such knowledge we have of the |
Indicate that they rich as any similar
in tho United States. eventually will yield
large to the of Great Britain and
France which control them.
In estimating the ability OF these countries to pay
their debts to the United States must In all fairness
consider their African spos war and what &c viii
realize from them in the years TO Fifty years
hence when Britain and France strike a balance
between what the great cost them and what they
received a result OF that war It win probably be
that the receipts far exceeded the expenditures
although at the relation is quite reverse
Evening journal., 1923-01-23
THE STUDY OF SPANISH

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. o..
Considering the historic, cultural
and commercial value of a language
spoken by some 5O,OO0.OO0 of our
neighbors and 35,O0O.O00 others
overseas, we have been singularly re-
miss in our study OF Spanish. But
for the impetus resulting from the
tempora 7 exclusion of German
and how stupid it was to make war
on the German language now that
we look back upon it!-Spanish
would today be an unknown Ian
guage to the average American.
Because or the vigorous cultural
propaganda carried on by such agen-
cies as the Alliance Franchise, the
closer relations with France during
the war, the sojourn on French soil
Of millions of Americans, French
has established itself for the time
being as Americas second language.
But when we compare French and
Spanish in regard to practical pres
ent-day advantages there Is no
question that the language Of Ger
vantes has more to offer the Ameri-
can student.
Evening journal., 1923-01-23

crease milling OF South American crude products
The development OF such interchange OF goods TO
the fullest extent possible results in ideal trade re-
latonship and the Latin Americas afford the losicai
direction for our trade expansion OF the future
Britains treatment OF with respect to rubber COM
pared with of her with respect TO ra"
cotton, is In vivid We at no time at
tempted to interfere with the OF cotton supply
in this country important to the British text''e
makers Yet II that supply cut off Great Britain
would have a crisis her hands within a month.
Curiously enough. while England is spurring our
people rubber elsewhere she her
self Is making every effort to develop cotton produc-
ton in the Sudan India and some the territories
wrested from Germany in the late war. Which goes
to show that while the trade winds may blow sesdy
in direction the trade currents ever shifting as
nations compete the of the worlds markets
Evening journal., 1923-01-23
HOME OWNERSHIP.

From the Washington Post.
That feature OF thrift week which
encourages ownership OF homes
seems to need to be particularly
stressed. According TO figures given
out by the bureau of the census
the proportion OF rented homes in
the United States to homes wholly
or partly owned is 81 per cent for
the former class and 46 per cent
for the latter. Unfortunately, this
proportion represents tendency
that has been steadily growing for
30 years. In 1890 there were 5O0.-
600 more homes rented than owned;
by 1910 the figure had swelled to
100000 and in 1920 It was more
than 2. 10000. II is evident that
relatively large number of citi-
zens have vet to learn that to own
is more thrifty than to rent.
During the samc ee-decade
period incumbered homes have con-
tinued to exceed by far homes that
are free, as jump in the num-
ber from 1.69e.S9O in 1890 to A.
252,4 in 1920 forcibly illustrates.
Evening journal., 1923-01-23
LABOR TAKES UP THE FIGHT

L AAhAOah L@htsAA7 - AA@s@
From the Worcester Telegram.
Samuel Gompers announces the
m mobilization Of organized labor to
bring about such modification OF
the Yolstead act as will permit the
sale OF beer and wine. Mr.. Com
pers is consistent. He was hearth
ly against the eighteenth amend
ment and against the enforcement
law. He has never thought It I'M
proper TO apply pressure from his
organization TO Congress and to in
dividual members OF Congress. He
is probably correct in saying that
labor wants beer and possibly ac-
ourate in announcing that labor's
effort to get beer will shortly attain
serious proportions.
This fighting for or against legls-
lators purely on the ground of their
wetness or dryness is one OF the
unfortunate things which has come
out Of prohibition. The general
value OF lawmakers Is made a thing
OF small Importance compared 10
their attitude on the liquor ques-
tion. Party lines. too. lose their
strength. AL Smith, in New York,
and Senator elect Edwards, in New
Jersey, roughly displacing men
much their superiors. admittedly
owe their elevation to the resent
full wet" vote. The wet or dry Is
sue shows It's ugly head in every
election.
Evening journal., 1923-01-23
Dangerous Czemency
(From the New York Tribune.)

has the right to strike for the
purpose OF securing reasonable
improvement OF its own condi-
tion, but not for the purpose OF
driving other groups into the ac-
ceptance OF a proposed political
dictatorship.
Il pardon Larkin, therefore,
not because of any agreement
with his views, but because OF
my disagreement with them.<
Everything the Governor said
backs up the judgment of the court
which convicted Larkin. But the
force OF his words is utterly de-
stroyed by the force of his action.
The Tribune did not advocate all
OF the Lusk bills and has favored
their modification. But in the case
OF man who has sought by means
which he knew would make mis-
chief to bring about the overthrow
OF the government there was but one
wise action, and that was to convince
him and his followers that revolu-
tionary proposals which threaten
violence or seek to establish dicta-
torships viii not be tolerated in
this country,
A refusal to pardon Larlcin would
have served notice on crack-brain-
ed Communists that they must
either abide by the laws OF this
country or take the consequences.
His liberation will convince them
that It is safe to take any course
their leaders dictate. The conse-
quences Of this pardon are likely
to be graver than Mr.. Smith fore
sees.
Evening journal., 1923-01-23

Few doctrines that have been
spread abroad by enemies of this Re-
public are'more dangerous than that
which James Larkin was sent to the
penitentiary for disseminating. Spe-
cifically, Larkin was convicted for
Joining in the issue of a manifesto OF
the Left Wing" of the Socialist
party The manifesto advocated a
change in our form OF government
to what is called a dictatorship OF
the proletsriat." This change was
to be accomplished by strikes that
would AFFECT the political action oi
the electorate.
Strikes. It is true, are not always
synonymous with violence. But
strikes by the element among which
his manifesto was circulated-Bol-
shevik sympathizers, Reds and Com
munists-would have been deliberate
defiance of law and order.
In pardoning Larkin after he has
served but two years of his five-year
sentence Governor Smith says:
My present action in no way
involves the slightest agreement
Win thls hahAASSt"' S"HNNiHh
the dictatorship OF the prole-
tarlat. OF the farmers, OF the
capitalists, OF the merchants or
OF any other section of the com
munity. No group has any legal,
social or moral right to impose
by dictatorship its views or in
tsrests on any other group.
Likewise condemn the
project TO ooerce political action
by any such method as the CALI
ing of general strikes. Labor
Evening journal., 1923-01-23
THE MAN-KIILER.
m the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
President Harding has notified
the state Department that It will
be a government policy not to sell
surplus rifles. A request for 5O0,-
600 guns was received and re-
fused. 1t Is understood that they
were wanted in Russia, TO be dis
posed Of TO Turkey. The American
government avoids completely in the
use which would be made Of the
weapons.
The government never can be
sure that in some fashion rifles sold
to foreign agents will not be used
to make trouble for the United
States. as has been the case In Mex
leo. Whether trouble for the Unit
ed States or not, the sale would
contribute to misery somewhere.
Evening journal., 1923-01-23

For the first time in the history OF the United States
all the appropriation bills have been reported by the
middle of January. Seven Of the nine bills have been
passed by both Houses. This is also a record in
speed. This accomplishment has been brought about
by Republican consolidation Of appropriation com
mittees both Senate and business like
handling of the work OF the committees under the
leadership Of Congressman Martin B. Madden and SEN
ator Francis e. Warren. chairman.
Evening journal., 1923-01-23
With the PdrdgrapherS

Schoolmaster Amos X. Waser, OF Mannheim is the
towns chief auctioneer-Phiadelphia Recrod.
way 10 work Tuesday morning the Runyan ford hut
Dave didn't have his fighting clothes that morn
Amity Owl.
American is under obligation to furnish Europe
with referees, in the humble form of doughboys
Let the League OF Nations, which undertook to police
pacify and arbrae the interests destinies OF the
would for all time to>come do the refereeng last
excursion Uncle Sam took in Europe, at a cost of
twenty-four billion and with large sacrifice of life
gained only the hatred of the nations which oppose
and the sour looks and reproaches of which IT
tried TO help. Within the month Uncle Sam has been
reminded In terms and TO his face by the expremIers
OF the two leading allied nations with which was as
ISOLATED that he not only entitled to no credit -
his benevolent intervention but that he desered tbe
he undertook TO help Spokesman for one OF tho
nations have taken the position that their country
does not anything. Bring the soldiers home
Akron (O.) Beacon Journal
Evening journal., 1923-01-23
WORK HIS MIDDLE NAME

HABIrs are hard to break William A. Clark got
IL the work habit in his youth--he worked ten
hours for dollar and then put his evenings study
ing law and mineralogy a result Of that policy he
was licensed to practice law mining licenses
issued the day. and then he to the mines
He is worth up In the hundreds OF millions has
given employment to hundreds of thousands OF men
and at the of s4 still is setting the pace for people
in his Office.
Evening journal., 1923-01-23

Oriental habit OF keeping the head
covered was strictly adhered to by
men worshipers. When a new con-
gregation was formed its spiritual
leader had TO be chosen from among
European candidates, of whom there
were always many anxious to come
to the New world.
The reform movement aimed at
changes by which the houses OF
worship would become attractive to
Evening journal., 1923-01-23
GEMS OF THOUGHT

There is lot of hope for the man who has courage
to refuse unasked advice.
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It's pretty difficult for TO take a large num-
Der of lodges seriously and his home serous at the
same time.
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The greatest tragedy that could happen to reforner
for only would be to have his reform succeed
and put him out OF a job.
.-.-.-:
We believe that all people were put on earth for
some useful purpose, but also believe that nobody
will find out what the purpose of OF them is
.-.-.-:
You never knew a who would not have been
reh according to his story II only he'd bought piece
OF ground good many years ago when he urged
to do so and when he could have boughNt for song
Generally the biggest department store now built
upon the site.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

est possible manner and all reasonable
requests and demands of tenants
given courteous and prompt atten-
tion.
Recent years has seen quite a de-
velopment In the method of handling
Investment properties, according to
the explanation made by Mr.. Bowie.
Cost sheets have been evolved that
show month by month. as we'll as on
a yearly basis. tho exact cost OF
maintaining property, particularly
apartment houses, in respect to the
various items of maintenance and up
keep, that Is necessary in the well
managed building. The result OF this
intensive study that has been made
forecast almost mathematically cor
rect the possible upkeep of given
types of buildings under given con-
ditions on square foot or cubic
foot basis.
Covers Period of Several Years.
1t has been possible also to use
several years for comparative pur-
poses, and this has produced some in
teresting results; one of the principal
results being development of a
method by which different types of
buildings may be compared in respect
TO their desirability as >investments.
Some types OF buildings have been
found TO produce a greater return on
the investment, which Is due in a
large measure to the variation in ex-
pense items incident to maintenance.
At the next meeting of the class
the subject of fire insurance will be
discussed by Mrs. Charles p. Benns,
manager of the local underwriters
association.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

use for residential purposes land that
fairly soon, IL confidence in the growth
or the city is warranted, will be needed
for industrial purposes.
Commission rates to statesmen of
home lots, as ascertained by nation
wide QUESTIONABLE of subdivision de-
velopers. vary from the extremes OF
rates on land favorably situated and
improved average for the United States
between 10 per cent and 20 per cent.
Where lands are unfavorably situated,
unproVided with water and sewers, the
average rate demanded Is between 20
per cent and 80 per cent.
Important cost basis for subdivision
operations brought out by the treatise
are:
Property for successful subdivision
purposes should show in preliminary
analysis that it can be sold in lot form
for at least three TO three and a half
times the purchase price.
Ratio of probable selling price to cost
in order to cover overhead, planning
OF expenses, sales expenses and un-
foreseen general expenses must be at
to one, plus the utilities.
Cost OF improvements in residence
subdivisions may be expected to aver
age SIG to $50 a front foot. Where
property cannot carry so high cost,
the improvements can be reduced to Sc
to SO foot.
j. c. Nichols of Kansas City, w. C.
of Los Angeles. William Zelosky and
Charles 7, Gray of Chicago. Sam Thorpe
OF Minneapolis. i. S. knight of Cleye-
land and Is. T.. Taylor and Guy Greene
OF Detroit are the leaders of the dis
cusslons making up the treatise.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
RENTAL PRACTICE
TOPIC OF ADDRESS
Local Realtor Lectures to
Class, Describing Modern
Real Estate Office.

Responsibilities and functions of
the rental department of a modern
real estate office were detailed by
j. T.. NJ. Bowie, local realtor, to the
class in real estate at the Y. M. C. A.
this week
The Importance Of this department
was stressed by Mr.. Bowie because
of the unusual opportunity it offers
for the development of skilled and
trained men who can handle matters
intrusted to them by property own
era in an Increasingly scientific man
ner.
The rental agent occupies strate-
gic position in a real estate organi-
cation in that through care. tact and
ability IL is quite possible to develop
the other departments of a real es-
tate office through the contacts.
formed In the rental department.
Obligations and Duties.
While a broker primarily repre-
sents the owner OF a property, he
has certain moral obligations and
duties TO perform in respect to the
interests OF the tenants occupying
properties under his control. The
capable rental agent. while striving
to maintain his clients properties or
as economical basis as is possible.
in order to produce the maximum re-
turn on the investment of capital
involved. so handles his work fnat
differences between landlords End
tenants may be harmonized in tn full.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

Fl. R. Ennis. president-elect of the
association pointed out in an address
before the annual convention of the
Texas Association Of Renl Estate
Boards, meeting at Houston, October
to 5. So generally has the prin-
ciple of organization in the under
taking of professional responsibility
como to be recognized among real
estate men, Mr.. Ennis said that the
energies of the national realtors
body can be freely turned from mem
bership getting to constructive work.
These are the five great objectives
of the association, as Mr.. Ennis out
lines them:
The creation of standards of prac-
Evening star., 1923-10-20
WALLBOARD REGAINS
FAVOR WITH BUILDER
Previous Unpopularity Caused by
It's Erection by Novice Work
men, Is Claimed.

WalIboard has come into it's own
with the carpenter, contractor and
general consuming public. In the
early days of the industry it was
assumed that any one could do a
good job of Withdrawing. The re-
suit was unsatisfactory. since the
ordinary layman found he did not
possess the required skill and ex-
perience in the handling of tools
His job went to the bad and he
blamed the wallboard and so it came
about that carpenters were employed
for the work. AS a result wallboard
is on the high plane to which it be-
longs and is considered a perfectly
satisfactory material for walls and
ceilings in any kind of building. A
contri ributing factor has been, of
course. the tremendous building boom
of the past and current years and
the incidental scarcity of fathers and
plasterers. Furthermore, applying
wallboard is always an inside job and
work is always possible-regardles
of the weather.
Since the best wallboard cuts like
high grade lumber-sawing, cutting
and sanding perfectly-a carpenter
feels at ease working with it. All
sorts of attractive panel arrange
ments can be secured without disfg-
uring nail marks showing in the
panel centerS.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
SECRETARY PROFITABLE,

Employment by the Cleveland Real
Estate Board of a paid secretary for
it's appraisal committee has been fol-
lowed BY @ notable increase in ap-
praisai business. the board reports to
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards.
.Laat year the boards total apprais-
aIg were $32,SO1. .6S12O and the boards s
share OF the fees $11,31S75. Certifi-
Gates of valuation issued for the first
six months of this year, beginning
with the date of employment of a paid
appraisal committee secretary, al
ready total over s22000.000
Evening star., 1923-10-20
Subdivisions Are Each Blocks
In Modern City's. Structure

Modern cities are handmade. New
subdivisions are their growth units.
How the character of the plan for de-
veloping a subdivision puts a perma-
nent stamp on the section so developed
and becomes a large factor in it's des-
tiny is brought out by discussions of
the most successful subdividers In
America in a treatise just issued for its
membership only by the home-builders
and subdividers' division of the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards.
The volume, hailed as the first com
ptlation to bring into city development
discussions so authoritative as to con-
stitute a text book on subdivision
building, contains a full report of the
first national subdividerS and home
| builders conference held as part of
the associations annual convention at
Cleveland,
Modern advertising in the sale of
home sites does not add TO what the
home buyer must pay for his lot, the
experience of large subdivision de-
velopers reveals. Instead, properly con-
Quoted, advertising and high pressure"
sales methods lessen the cost by hasten-
Ing the turnover and so lowering the
required margin Of profit TO the oper-
ator.
These are other high points on mod
ern suburban development brought out
by the symposium:
Foundation of City.
Subdividers begin the very foundation
of the city in the street planning. the
lot and block planning. Mistakes here
are almost impossible TO correct.
Subdivision development that does
not insure actual building within a rea-'
Sonable time of structures suitable to
the neighborhood becomes blight, not
an enrichment to city growth.
Blind confOrmance to Il theory requir-
ing all streets and sidewalks to be of
the same widths is economic waste.
Since the advent of the automobile II
is foolish to continue to make blocks
so, feet to 500 feet long wherever blocks
300 feet to 1000 feet long will serve.
| American cities have ordinarily given 25
per cent of their area to streets
Through use Of longer blocks the per-
centage can be reduced on minor resi-
dental streets TO 20 per cent or is per
cent, thus reducing cost to home
| buyer of street Improvement.
Thoughtless letting down of stand
ards In developing lands just outside
city limits is one of the greatest men
In every growing city such lands in
few years will present 4 prohler1 in
reconstruction for highly specialized
city uses, Development ut a subuiVlsloH
Sulteu 10 tne neeuS OF man OF SlnaU
means is as important to the public
welfare as the development of the finer
types of residence districts.
From rs per cent to S5 per cent of
the subdivider's business is with the
man who really wants Il home, not with
the speculative buyer.
First Payment Hardest
Where the home is purchased through
monthly payments the first installment
IS the hardest. The family that makes
its first payment is not likely to de-
fault.
Zoning has for it's greatest object not
merely the keeping Of injurious uses out
of residential district, but the avoid
ance of the economic waste of tearing
down and rebuilding. II is unwise 10