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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15
WADLEICH E SON
Rear Of Augusta House TEL 1343-M Augusta
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day yesterday afternoon, by enter
tanning IA Of his young friends. A
very pleasant afternoon was enjoyed.
Delicious refreshments consisting of
two fine birthday cakes, fancy cakes,
and popcorn were served to the
youngsters. Little Romeo Picard is
the little chap who suffered such a
severe accident resulting the loss of
his feet when he was struck by u
Waterville bound car near his home
This accident though dreadful at the
time. has not affected his sunny
happy disposition and he enters into
the spirit and enjoyment of every
thing with a zest that could become
many who are more fortunate than
he
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-08-31

highway passes directly through the
city. Daily steamboat service be-
tween KelsO and Portland is main
tanned.
Kelso is the center Of many old
fashioned and successful logging and
numbering activities, and with the
development of the great Long Bell
Lumber company holdings IN the
northwestern part of Cowlitz county,
including the construction Of the new
city of Longview, Kelso bids fair to
be one Of the foremost lumber towns
in the country. The Weyerhaeuser
interests and the Hammond Lumber
company are now constructing rail-
roads to reach their timber in the
upper Coweeman country. Both
roads viii terminate at KelsO.
One of Kelso's industries is he IA
nous Crescent Single company, CO.
Operatively owned and managed,
which has won many prizes for the
excellence of its product.
Directly across the COwlitz from
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-08-31
KELSO DESTINED TO
BECOME LARGE CITY
By p. F. SNYDER.

Most people in the Pacific North
west, and thousands in the East and
Middle West, have heard of KelsO in
the past year or so. No town in this
part Of the country has made more
rapid or more permanent strides.
Kelso is situated on the main line
95 miles south of Tacoma and so
miles north of Portland. It is four
miles from the confluence of the Cow
litz and Columbia rivers, and is the
trading point for the COwlitz valley,
one Of the most fertile agricultural
aras in the West It is he county
seat of Cowlitz county. The Pacific
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-08-31

KeIso, in fact just q short distance
from the West Kels0 city limits, is
being built the new city Of Longview.
which viii be western headquarters
of the Long-Bell Lumber company Of
Kansas City. At this point there will
be huge sawmills which viii have a
lumber producing capacity Of 1,0OO,-
900 feet per day, win employ from
5000 to 5000 men and sustain a city
of considerable size. When the new
town was dedicated the president Of
the company, Mr.. R. A. Long, predict
ed that in rs years or less Longview
viii be one Of the six largest cities
west of Kansas City. The company
has incorporated railroad, the Port
land, Longview q Northern, which
will build up the Cowlitz and tap TO-
900 acres Of Long Bell timber. The
town Of Longview is laid out along
modern lines, with wide paved ave-
nues, spacious parks and every CON
venience Of 3 great city.
Development Of LOngview has been
reflected in the growth Of Kelso, and
there is every reason to believe that
KelsO win continue to profit by the
prosperity brought to the county by
the LOng-Bell company. It is prac-
tically certain that Kelso and Long
view viii be one ely within q few
years, and when that time cones, be-
cause OF is tremendous material re-
sources and its wonderful stragetic
location, it win probably be the great
est lumber shipping point in the
world.
Evening star., 1923-12-02

Thomas E. Robertson, commissioner
of patents, receives every Monday
morning a batch of reports signed by
the chief examiner in each division,
showing how many cases each man
has cleared over his desk during the
week These reports show the oldest
new case and the oldest case returned
for action (amended) before each ex-
aminer. There are more than fifty
different patent divisions where spe-
cialized consideration is given to a
particular patent, and in each of these
divisions there is a chief examiner
and a number Of assistant examiners.
lit is manifestly impossible to keep all
of these divisions floating along on
even dates. For example, the main
Evening star., 1923-12-02

candidates an opportunity to make capital
for Mr.. Coolidge's opponents"
X X X *
This direful picture of President Coolidge's
political prospects might seem calculated to
discourage his friends, but from the way
they talk it will apparently not do so. The
republican leaders, who hold that the noni-
nation of the President is the one hope
of returning the republican party to power
and re-electing republican senator's and rep
resentatives, are entirely confident that he
will be nominated as the partys choice and
that, making allowance for the possible de-
fection of some of Senator Johnsons fol-
lowers at the polls in November, they still
believe he can be elected. At any rate they
feel that if he cannot be elected, no other
republican can.
** X
Some republican leaders of prominence,
who have been keeping tab through press
clipping bureaus on the reaction to Senator
Johnson's announcement of candidacy, say
that they are not discouraged in their supp
port of President Cooldge's nomination by
the sentiment of the press as indicative of
political opinion.
Senator Johnson's friends, on the con-
trary, express themselves as quite satisfied
with the spirit in which the country received
his announcement of candidacy. They are
more confident of success in his present
undertaking than they were when he ran for
the nomination before.
Senator Johnson himself is as happy as
hio sunAower and faces what he discerns to
be the rising sun of his political fortunes.
He has militant organization headed by
one of the master politicians of the country
Frank H. Hitchcock-and is supported by
men of substance. AS he said in his speech
!. in Chicago, he is in the fight to a finish
in it to win and believes he will.
Evening star., 1923-12-02
BY WILL Il. KENNEDY.

ECAUSE applications for pat
x ents must lie for about ten
months in the patent office
before any action is taken
Evening star., 1923-12-02
World Aspects Of Coal Situation
Will Come Before Congress

very small compared with the total
surface of the earth. One of these
areas embraces the coal fields of the
eastern part of the United States and
the other includes Great Britain, Ger
many, Belgium and northern France.
Likewise the greater portion of the
worlds commerce moves to and from
these two areas or back and forth
within them.
Europe Supplies Half.
The European area supplies about
SO per cent Of the worlds coal and
about 40 per cent comes from the
United States field. although these
proportions are rapidly changing. The
coal trade was developed much ear
lier in the European area as an in
tegral part of the development of
steam power and manufactures. In
fact, as late as 1860 Great Britain
alone produced four-fifths of the
worlds coal, and while British output
increased steadily until in 1913 il
reached it's peak with a production of
2S7, 100000 tons. It's proportion of the
worlds production sank steadily from
80 per cent in 1860 to 81 per cent in
1913.
Side by side with this change in
proportion Of total output, there has
been a steady decline in the output
per man in Europe and an increase in
the output per man in the United
States. At the present time, generally
speaking, one coal worker in the
United States produces about three
times as much coal in a year as a
many reasons, among which may be
stated that, in the first place, the coal
seams in America are closer to the
earth's surface and are datter and
thicker. Labor-saving machinery is
used to a far greater extent in Amer
lea. about 60 per cent Of American
coal being mined by machinery and
only about Is per cent of European
coal. +.
In Germany. France and Belgium
the situation is much the same as in
Great Britain. The small output per
man makes the price of coal high for
manufacturing purposes. so that Eu-
rope cannot sell cheaply enough to
dispose of its goods and thus obtain.
money to buy more American raw
material The result is that COM.
merce is slowed down at the staxk =
Evening star., 1923-12-02
THE PASSING SHOW In POLITICS

republicans in the Congress about to con-
vene will be an aggregation of factions, op-
posing the President and fighting each other
in behalf of their several candidates for the
nomination in 1924. In this competition for
delegates it is forecast the administrations
legislative program, if it has one, may fail
of adoption. Already there are three repub-
lican presidential candidates with followers
in the new Congress-Mr. Coolidge, Hiram
Johnson and Gov. Pinchot. Senator Watson.
it is expected will make the fourth.
"The struggle by these factions to gain
political advantage for their respective can
didates will begin, it is felt, with the attempt
to organize the House of Representatives
All the cabals and coteries of the republican
party are represented in the House They
will all have to be consulted and placated
somehow, since the margin by which the re-
publicans exceed the democratic strength is
so small that no element can safely be
ignored. Most of the republicans who depre-
cate President Coolidge's candidacy will have
an excuse for weakening him and helping
their own favorites by joining the movement
to end control by New England'-the slogan
of certain republicans from the middle
west"
X X X X
At this point the democratic manage
ments comment digresses to refer to the
financial status of Senator Johnson's chief
supporters and to draw the inference that
his campaign will not be short of funds. But
let that pass The comment then proceeds
in sarcastic vein as follows:
"The Presidents recommendations regard
ing taxation-if he offers any; his proposals
with reference to the world court-if he con-
sents to speak on the subject; his sugges-
tions for agricultural relief-if he should
views on certain purely domestic problems
If they are forthcoming-will, each pre-
sent to the boosters of other republican
Evening star., 1923-12-02

States. material-chiefy food-worth
1,615, 100000 francs. On this we
charged you a duty Of only 1 per
cent"
NJ. Theunis paused significantly,
and gave me time to ask, "And what
did we charge you for exports sent
into our country"
"Ah" He shrugged his shoulders.
II prefer to let you figure that for
yourself"
NJ. Theunis was wise. ! did try
to figure it for myself. and after
hours Of fruitless porting over tariff
schedules, gave it up. I did find.
however, that the chief articles of
Belgium import into the United
States-glass, linen and artificial
silk-were charged a duty between
80 and 60 per cent, according to
quantity and quality.
'I don't know that I am answer
ing your question" NJ. Theunis con-
Evening star., 1923-12-02
BY. 90. MESSENGER.
n HE Sixty-eighth Congress opens at
noon tomorrow and the subsequent

"HE Sixty-eighth Congress opens at
noon tomorrow and the subsequent
proceedings will grow in interest.
Proposed legislation of paramount
importance to the country is impending.
Work on legislation will be shot through
with politics. This is inevitable from the
approaching presidential and congressional
campaign, which will eliminate in the gen.
eral elections of November, 1924. Politics
will be played. day in and day out, from now
until then
On the republican side in the House and
Senate there is threatened factional strife
likely to cause the leaders many an anxious
hour In both bodies there will be bipartisan
blocs, working to specific Legislative ends,
regardless of politics. The democrats ap-
pear to be closely united, presenting COM
pact front. They are not disposed to lend
assistance to any republican faction merely
to give it an advantage over the other, re-
fusing to furnish the cats-paw to pull its
chestnuts out of the fire.
X X X X
Interest will be lent the legislative action
by reason of the close party and factional
divisions in House and Senate. The new
House will consist of 225 republicans, 2Oo
democrats, socialist, l Independent, l
farmer-labor; vacancies, 2. The republican
majority in the House will be seventeen.
The republican clear majority in the Senate
will remain at six.
*,k X
The democratic national leaders profess
to see grave trouble for the republican party
and the potential candid dates for the repub-
lican presidential nomination in this close
division in Congress. The democratic ma
tional committee, commenting yesterday on
the plight which it discerns the republicans
to be in, said:
Instead of responsible majority. the
Evening star., 1923-12-02

God gave your country many raw
materials. To Belgium He gave lit
tle-some coal, soil to grow flax,
much rock and a great deal of sand.
with these we do what we can
From the sand we make glass,
which we sell to you. From the rock
we make cement, which we sell to
France and Holland. From the flax
we make linen which we sell to most
of Europe. And with our coal and
the iron ore imported from Sweden
we make iron and steel, which we
sell to England, to South America
and to the orient
"Everything else we imports
per cent Of our food, and most Of it
from America And here is some
thing which should interest you"
He picked up a cumbersome volume
OF customs reports and ran his fin-
ger through the summaries. 'Tast
year we imported from the United
Evening star., 1923-12-02
BY DREW PEARSON.

terials, or expensive farm
lands, Or reparations pay
ments, but merely work.
That formula was given by Georges
Theunis. prime minister of Belgium
in reply to my question. why is
your country prosperous?"
have condensed his answer to
three lines. but NJ. Theunis took an
hour to give 1t. and If he had been
speaking from the pulpit his words
would have made great sermon, or
If he had used the language of a
poet, he would have produced a
great epic. His theme was work"
and his text was taken from the
story of Belgium's war recovery.
Georges Theunis lives his words.
I found him in his Office when gov
ernment officials in most countries
are still at break kfast. l was told
that s o'clock in the evening still
found him there.
grew tired of waiting for German
reparations and began, without for
eign aid, to set her devastated house
in order, she looked around for
business man to guide her in her
gigantic task. Georges Theunis was
selected-because he was a worker.
Born of 4 Belgian military leader
and educated in Belgium's military
college. Theunis early gave up his
rank and became an electrical engi-
neer. AS such. he directed the con-
ID
trical power project at Charleroi,
and then stepped into the manage
ment of Baron Empains Industrial
Bank. which owns and operates
steam and electric railways from
Damascus and Astrakhan to Paris
and Peru. Now, in his fiftieth year.
he is prime minister of Belgium.
Secret of Prosperity.
had asked NJ. Theunis one Ques-
tion. Belgium, I had pointed out,
was one Of the smallest countries In
Europe. had the densest population
in the world. had been ravished by
the war, and yet was most prosper
Gus. What was the secret? And NJ
Theunis had replied very simply:
he continued. why shouldn't we?
What greater joy is there in life?
perhaps it is because we have
had to work all of our lives. If you
go back in our history you will find
that We have been conquered by this
country and that-the Dutch. the
Germans. Napoleon-traded back and
h-kenf fn Yx
has sharpened our wits. The gov
ernment has always been the peo-
pies enemy. and even now, with a
government of their own, they still
grumble-as I have cause to know"
He grinned ruefully, and then added
in more optimistic tone, But per-
haps it is good thing. Criticism
makes US government officials more
efficient"
NJ. Theunis hesitated.
You will excuse me if 1 do not
answer this question-how do you
say in English-suddenly. This is.
the first time 1t was asked of me.
But I think also our prosperity is
due to our position as a nerve center
to Europe. We are central-between
France, Holland, Germany. with
England just across the channel
Trade enters our ports and passes
through our canals to Europe. We
feed the rich Hhine valley, south
Germany, northern France and even
Czechoslovakia and Austria. Antwerp
ranks third among the ports of the
world-next to New York and London"
M. Theunis was talking eagerly,
earnestly, using short, punchy SEN
tences.
so we are q nerve center-but
that is all. We have not much else.
Evening star., 1923-12-02

Georges Theunis, Prime Minister of Belgium Says
Belgium has back prosperity because the Belgans
like to work"
Belgium is like the ca-it always lands four feet.
The politicians, from Lloyd George to Clemenceau,
made promises which nothing America gave
than promses-she gave food and credit"
1--WE did not wait for reparations. We work
and 81 per cent of devastated farmands
stored and planted
Trade is good We have unemployment and
standard OF living much higher than before the war;
"The eightho day is not popular in Belgium. Our
business do go work 10 and a."
I'VE outbd France and outbid England. The
secret is not low wages for there is little difference The
secret is work"
Evening star., 1923-12-02
BILLIONS OF PARCELS
TO FORCE MAIL CHANGE
Problem of Handling l2,OOO,OOO,OOO
Letters Sure to Bring Two
Postal Divisions.

: guess. In addition to this we took a
! census of hogs for farmers for the
| Agricultural Department. We gath
cred statistics for the Department of
| Commerce. We did certain work for
| the Department of the Interior. In
short, our $4,000 post offices were at
| the entire service of every other de-
partment of the government, as well
as being the accommodating agency
| of the Red Cross and other beneflcent
organizations.
| 1t would not be far from correct to
say that the Post Office Department
| is self-sustaining. although this does
| not take into account the ownership
of post offices.
! New Rates Are Possible.
Parcel post business. as L said be-
fore, must be practically divorced
| from the letter mail and it's handling
become more systematized and more
| ''safetyized,' if L may coin an express
! sion. There is a great field for study
along this line, ands it probably will
| result. eventually, in reconstruction
ened about parcel post rates. because
cent on a parcel will give us about
20,000,000 which is almost enough
to wipe out our deficit
In order to handle parcel post sepa-
rate from other mail, We are erect
ing, under the lease method, great
factories adjoining depots. These
70 Ial ty,
chinery and other devices, so that
the parcel post is very rapidly as
sorted and dispatched
We now are building such stations
at Detroit, Buffalo. San Francisco.
and have completed such stations at
Chicago. Kansas City. Cincinnati and
several other large centers. This
process Of segregation must go on.
Bnlion-DolIar Business.
Inside of ten years Postmaster Cen
eral New predicts that the post office
business Of the country will be a bill
tion-dollar business, meaning that we
will pay a billion dollars to carry it
on, and, 1 trust, receive a billion dol
lars in return.
One of the big drives we are now
making is to handle singly wrapped
daily papers from the office of publish
erS with the same expedition that we
are handling letters. We are now going
through the investigation stage of
this work-that is, determining the
necessary facts and conditions. Theo-
retically, we are handling them now
with the same expedition as letter
mail, but it is the practical difficult
ties that must be overcome. These
difficulties consist of distinguishing
such papers from the other mails-that
is preventing their being mixed up
with parcel post and third-class
matter. Working on this problem,
the Postmaster General has developed
a permanent piece of organization, a
committee of inspectors. We are
gradually putting steps in operation
to expedite these daily papers. and we
appreciate that It's matter of con-
stant Improvement and constant dill
gence.
Just now we are going through the
usual campaign of preparing for a
larger Christmas than ever before,
and l trust you will permit me, in
closing this article, to remind your
readers that they should SHOP Early
i'd Mail Early"
Evening star., 1923-12-02

w hen s:ssss; 's; ss s::' sss's s:ss::s ;s Con-. !;
" " gress, the international
phase and what the coal
trade of Europe means to American
business will be given much more Sc
rious consideration than ever before.
This is brought out by Francis r.
Wadleigh, former federal fuel distrib-
utor, and now chief of the coal division,
United States Department of Com
merce.
Several members of Congress al
ready are urging legislation to put an
embargo on coal exports from the
United States; still others have been
aroused to the fact that British in
terests are preparing to exploit the
American resources. Advices from
Trade Commissioner Alexander ".
Dye, in London, call attention that
American coal exports are becoming
intrenched in the south of Europe and
are taking some markets formerly
considered as British preserves. He
also advises that a number of large
British coal exporters, seeing the
trend of trade, are opening offices in
New York in order that they may be
in a position to handle American coal
In markets where they cannot sell the
British product.
Means Much to Business.
The coal trade of Europe means
much to the American business man,
Mr.. Wadleigh explains, because the
cost of coal is an important factor
in determining not only the buying
and selling power Of Europe, but also
its power to distribute it's manufac-
lures in the markets of the world.
Much of the goods which humanity
uses must undergo some form of
manufacture, or (in the case of food
stuffs) be transported over consid-
erable distances, and in both in
stances this must be done by the ap-
plication of power.
Coal still remains the dominant driv-
ing force of the world. OF the IT,
100000 horsepower obtained in 1919
from the only practical sources on a
commercial scale-coal, petroleum,
natural gas and water-coa1 furnished ID
10000, 900, in spite of the recent in
crease in the GUo or petroleum.
.inorher reason why coal should in
terest the average business man is be-
cause about 80 per cent of the world S
coal comes from only two areas
which, while large in themselves, are