Evening star., 1923-03-21
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

Record is 10000, of which all is given
free. through the courtesy of mem
bers of Congress, except about 400
copies to paying subscribers.
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Postal laws and regulations forbid
free circulation Of newspapers and
other publications and forbid publ
cations in the mails at second class .
(newspaper) rates Of postage which
appear primarily for advertisiEG
purposes" Isa That does not apply to
1t Is practically all free circulation
and practically all for "advertisinE
purposes" That one days issue cost
ire taxpayers over $4,000, plus post
library of 10000 volumes of 20S
pages.
| The Sons of the American Revolt
tion have walked up to the Importance
| ot proving to the Daughters thereof
that they, too, are worthy of Their
sires. Years ago the Sons were in
| chned TO patronize the Daughters,
but since the latter have erected a
mllllon-dollar national headquarter5
IN Washington and gained over 100
900 membership the Sons find 10
| chance 10 maintain the dignity That
rightfully belongs to them. At last
they have decided to undertake TO
initiate their sisters. the Daughters
! of the American Revolution, and
raise 100000 with which TO build a
national headquarters and maintain T.
genealogical library and d secretary4
registrar general.
| The purpose of these two great or
ganfzations is not self-admiration, q
| many outsiders believe, but il is the.
development of American ideals and
4 -
| ism. The Sons of the American Revo-
| luton has membership now of Is !
600, but with headquarters and def
mite activities that enrolment might
easily be multiplied.
| r x x x
| There is a fifteen-y ear-o1d girl who
has come to Washington TO demon
she claims. amounts to 500 letters
minute. That is over 120 words in
sixty seconds. Furthermore, her
father says she has d vocabulary OF
! ga 900 words Most college profess
sors would be proud to be credited
with a vocabulary of 900 woTdss
most of the general public get along
with about 5000 words. and some can
not understand over 1000 words.
Wouldn't it be awful to elect a
64,ooo,Word member of CONGRESS and
have him or her engage in a tilibus-
tier? How could the opposition get
| a word in edgewise?
! x x i
| When a cabinet official has no pO-
lite answer to give TO contention
against governmental policies Ct
means something emphatic. That IS
| the situation in the office of Secre-
! tary Hoover of the Department of
| Commerce regarding the salmon fish
cries of Alaska The President has
set apart certain territory of Alaska
containing the breeding grounds OF
salmon and put a protective ban on
| fishing salmon in that territory. This
| arouses the wrath of the salmon COM
panies which have shown interest
| only in their immediate profits and
none in conservation of salmon Tor
the permanent supply. There was
danger in fishing the breeding
grounds that the industry would be
killed.
1t is one of the pecuIiarities OF the
Pacific salmon that. although they
range the ocean most Of the year, all
come into certain Alaska rivers and
ldriye against the stream. jumping the
falls and racing rapids. until, through
their instinct, they find their habitual
breeding grounds
! These fisheries" says Mr.. Hoovfr.
"are a precious asset of the American
people. and we have the right 1T least
to demand that they shall not be
diminished in their fertility by the
action of the persons 10 whom proht
lis more precious than the malnte-
nance of our national food supply
! Copyright 1923, ly +. V. CollinsD