Evening star., 1923-06-29

The freaks OF the postal service are
numerous 1t Is no wonder that Post
master General New has undertaken
to teach the public-especially the
oncoming generation-how to ad-
dress letters. A letter was received
@ day or two ago addressed simply
"Senator, Washington D. c." and
having come from Virginia. Of course.
the post office experts knew it must
be for one of the Virginia senators,
and, having-but no matter what the
other clew, they believed It was for
Senator Carter Glass 1t was.
Some years ago letter came from
ireland addressed to Pat OFlaherty,
First House in America" 1t prompt
irish boarding house--up- street from
Castle Garden. That was before the
days of Ellis Island.
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Henry Ford promises to extract ten
gallons of gasoline from a ton of coal
without lessening the fuel value OF
the coal. That beats making two
gallons of corn juice where one gal
lon grew before, though even that
might deserve more OF mankind
than all the scurvy politicians put
together" as goes the classic quota
ton. Daniel Webster's famous chal.
lenge was for somebody to extract
the sunshine from the cucumber" but
Ford does not own a cucumber patch
and does own a coal mine. BESIDES,
webster failed to stipulate that the
cucumber must remain good salad,
with all it's sunshine gone.
Americans take great patriotic pride
In the glories Of this country, but
amongst these glories we do not
point with pride to the fact that ESQ.,
600 babies die annually of Ill treat
ment, due to ignorance, before reach
ing their first birthdays. and. that
there are nine other countries where
babies have better chances to sur
vive than in America.
Secretary of Labor Davis calls at
tention to the woeful fact that there
are 900 defective babies growing
mn almost with no care toward I'm .
moving their intelligence ana thas
there are a million young children OF
ages between six ana Iou..edh y has
employed in industries instead OF pe-
ing in school and at play: 80
Tbare is more scientific care OF
nigs and calves than there Is OF
babies throughout An Amehraca haSa canssS @
stock bring money ana nave e@uSeo
thoughtful care.
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II is not q confirmation Of the fears
that Commissioner Haynes OF the
nroh,bition enforcement office mas
io,ned the anti-tobacco fighters when
n is found that he has forbidden
smoking in office hours. whether In
Tho office or outside. At first the
edict went forth stopping smoking
IN the building, because the wooden
xtrncture is not fireproof: then the
snsn smoked outside. 1t is now found
that work is suspended while they
eo outside to smoke and 1t Is mereIy
a matter of economics tnat stops
waste OF time that the government
pays for.
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The Department of Commerce
ro,nts out the serious labor condi-
tions In Europe, with 2,s36.ooo men
unemployed. in contrast with the sit
| nation in America where everybody
| who wants employment can get 1t
| an1,r where there are 100000 more
iohs than men to fill them.
< England Is WOTsc OiL @~At
lo+har country, with the unemployed
Estimated to number 1.75o.00os Ger
many next, with 100000 idle; Italy
| with $4,000. Belgium with 10000,
France with 10000.
France would have q much greater
number idle, but its immense army
takes up the surplus OF workers. IN
the Scandinavian countries there is
no unemployment, but a threatened
decrease. of wages. because, of the
| diffcultye of the exporters to meet
| competition with countries of de-
based money.
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In the United States less than two
years ago there was cry that there
were 100000 unemployed; today all
these have work and still there are
| 100000 jobs awaiting workers. When
| the Job hunts the man wages are
high; when the men hunt and com.
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