Evening star., 1923-04-27
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
.BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

The reaction from stunts. all based
on vanity. Is due right now Hand
some is that handsome does" and w..
have had vanity contests ad nauseum
The country would applaud a boy o.
girl who did things really WORT
while.
The Department Of the Interio,
has opened immense tracts of western
| land for settlement exclusively ry
veterans Of the world war. There /.
a tract of 222. 700 acreas in Idaho
$4,000 acres in Montana and SOM
| thousands each in New Mexico ana
Colorado.
! Unless the settler has means 10 cs-
! tablish himself while breaking ano
! developing his farm, lie vii! do wei
to watch his step" Also unless b.
| has had practical farm experience. h,
1 VIII profit by getting. into touch Wit
| the farm economics bureau Of the lie.
| partment of Agriculture. and learn
! ing something Of the vicissitudes o.
farmers operating one-mau farms
Statistics. published within tho Jasi
week, showed how farms OF 80 acres
paid their experienced operators
Small acreage. except in gardens o.
specialized crops, like fruit, cite
hardly every pay the farmer NOR
imam d pare living. considerably les
than ordinary laborer's wages l.
cities. and such farms are usually rll
at a loss. as shown by department
statistics.
These facts are not told with the
view to discourage farming for
! what the country needs is bette
agriculture, but tho interests or thr
veterans seeking to get into irrlustrr
! and independence are moro impertaD-
than the breaking Of undevelopet
/ acres. where tire rainfall IS 81 slight
that irrigation is absolutely the nuIa
hope for crops. Watch Your srrp,
! Z
| Anew kind Of strike is thrcatene
in Washington. All the bakers il
| the bakeries will strike next Mondag
demanding 81 an hour for day baker
and $1.oo for night workers Whil.
| they are striking, the 500 baker
! promise to keep the public supple.
| by baking enough bread in theu
| homes.
| If this proposed genuine home baIs-
! ing can supply what bread the puh
! lie wants. why should the men eve.
! go back to wage earning? Why no
! organize cooperative bake shops auG
substitute profits f"r wages, 6Xint
| such hours as suit the operatoreo
| Perhaps the men will discover tha-
| there are necessary overhead OK
| pcnses of operating n broad factor,
| that they have not considered Their.
! IS one thlng certain. that tho pui,1i..
viii rebel against any further III
! crease Of prices on bread. ard thnr,.
! Will be a revival of home taking Il,
! housewives. There is worse oatir.
| than hot biscuits and rolls fro,h rrcr
| the home kitchen.
Gen. Hines, director Of tho Veterans
! Bureau. demands results from the re
! habilitation Of Veterans, lie points
10 the fact that there arc 10000 yct
Grams who have been in raining more
/ than three years. and il is timo tha'
| they We're 'eraduating" and begin
ming 10 show the benefits of tho train
| ing by earning their living. If the
! training has been efficient.
, AS Gen. Hines points out, the urpa
! lem connected with this rshabiIltf-
: ti"n training fre the most delIcar,.
and dtlicult that come 10 the Hiircau
There iS n" d"uht that many At tl.,-
men faN" found tn" allow a'F".. dur-
ing training. 80 liberal that they hant
maling"r"d. How - oErreom. III:
evil without working hardslur
f deserving men - serious prot,ieru
Z i &
one difficulty comes from tAo er-
ploymeut Of too young and iumatur.
J bureau officials to deal with the ar-
plicants. These young ni"n arc not
competent to counsel tho equalts
young veterans As to what line ~
work is best fitted to their condition.
The result is too many 1uiSfitS-ircr
begin th" study Of trades or profes
SioHs for which they are not men+aIIt
or physically qualified. Then th.y
, either become honestly liSrniir4g,G Il
or discover that their allowance while
training exceeds their probable earn
irgS after the! finish.
Gen Hines is giving the subject
most ih""ruGh study. He warns all
personnel II the bureau that what ~.
wants Is results. and that there VIII
bc n" h.sitatiou in dismissiue MGR
ur women not needed or who are not
producing results.
,r"lyri=hr. 1898 10y T. y Collins