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S~hareholding Employees

At the end of 1929 the American
Telephone & Telegraph company had
24S.0 900 shareholders and 30 1000 en-
ployes with part paid holdings.
-, In 1923 the company had 90 1888
shareholders with an average OF SO
shares each. Today with nearly five
times as many shareholders the aver
age holding is 26 shares.
This indicates that the ownership
of this great American public utility
Is In truth becoming n peoples prop
erty in the truest sense OF the word.
This is real public ownership being
established by leading public service
companies the country over. The
people who are the shareholders par
ticipate in the earnings, the public
gets better service through local
ownership nnd the taxpayers are not
loaded with a mountain of debt N
under state Or municipal ownership
enterprises where all the taxpayers
must dig to furnish service for a
fortunate few
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Bunyan' Racy Spirit

Never was there a man who was
more conscious OF the drama of life
than John Bunyan: never a man
whose philosophy fell more pat upon
the footprints of his earthly wayfar-
ing. And the whole store of his sim.
pie medltations were derived directly
from the Bible. The Bible and Bed
fordshlre-in those two words we
have the sources from which he drew
all his inspiration. the rave, formid.
able sentences OF the old Authorized
Version working upon the imagina-
ton OF a country man whose days
had for their background the familiar
pastoral landscape of seventeenth
century England with it's fields and
elm trees. its church steeples and
turnpike ale houses -.
There are two stories that Illustrate
very well the particular vein CT
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The judicial White wash

There are Judges in Berlin 1t was
said OF old. 1t may so be said today;
adding, significantly, that there are
Judges and Judges. OF the $50 Ger.
mar army and navy officials whose
punishment for violation OF the laws
OF civilized warfare was demanded by
tho Allies, and whose just and i'm
partial trial was promised by the Ger
man government, six Of the least i'm.
portant have been convicted and mild.
~ sentenced; nInety.three. including
the most conspicuous inc notorious
offenders, have been h~onorably dis.
charged. fully nbsolved from censure:
and 1t is understood that all the re-
naming cases are TO be dropped. AS
the Allies acquiesce in this. not hav.
ing even taken the trouble to be rep
resented at the hearings, we must
wonder what has become OF those in.
flexible resolutions, which were 70
vigorously expressed at the close Of
tho war. TO insist upon the punish.
mont of these offeners. What has
caused such n change to come over
the spirit OF their dream7 Did they
misJudge these men three years ago?
Or has there awakened In their hearts
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a spirit of forgiveness never known
before? As for Germany. let 1t be
set down for eternal remembrance
that her federal supreme court, on
full elaboration. formally declatds 1t
to be no violation of German law to
torpedo and sink unarmed merchant
and passenger ships without warning.
to lombard unprotected towns. to
murder prisoners of war. n wanton-
ly to destroy the private property of
acknowledgements. Therefore Eitel Fritz
Hohenzollern, Tirpitz. M~ackensen.
Capelle. Schroeder. the destroyer of
the Lusitania, INT their comrades in
crime. are pronounced innocent of
w~rongdoing. These be your gods.
oh Israeli I am not sure that Ger
many has ever been more scathingly
damned han by this pronouncement
Of the Judges in Berlin."-wInis f.
Johnson.
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Dawn.

Lo' the East briEhtens, and the morn.
ing star
Looks from the vaulted sky;
Night passeth; shadows scatter near
and far:
The forest stirs, tall pines and cedars
are
Swept with a soundless sign.
Wings cleave the mist where
W dark shapes fit by
Seeking the sheltered shore of some
dim lake:
With chill. sweet kisses the
dancing Wind doth ply
By altered fen and brake.
The waning moon has faded to n
ghost
Alfrightened ghost that steals
away in fear
And. blossominE DER the hill. a lovely
or rosy clouds appear.
And still with lustre clear
The morning star doth shine
Out of my night I seem to
feel your dear
And radiant gaze on mine.
Carolyn NJ. Lewis.
, 1923-01-29
Other Mandated Territory

DEALING further with the huge tract of former
~ German African territory 100000 square
miIes) that fell to Great Britain and France under
the Versailles treaty, with special reference to
these countries to pay their debts Of 81, zoe, 10000
and $500, 100000 which they respectively owe to
the United States. This brief discussion is con.
corning the Cameroons.
The former German territory of the Kameruns
was allOcated to Great Britain and France under
the Versailles treaty. The total area is 191, 100
square miles, equal to the combined area of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. About $4,000 square
miles are now under British rule, and the balance
is administered by France. Its Atlantic coast line
is about 200 miles. In 1913, the latest figures avail.
able, there was a white population of 1871, with
2,540,000 colored natives indicating a proportion of
one white man to about 1850 wild men.
In 1921, an official of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic made u study of the trade and
resourceB of tho Cameroons that Is very illuminat
ing. In 1918 tho imports the territory amounted to
$2,70ODOO, and the exports to $1,570,0O0. The chief
Imports are textiles, steel and iron products and
lumber, while the exports consist largely of rubber,
palm oil, ivory, cocoa, coffee, ebony and mahogany.
There are five ports of entry, and the CAMERON
river Is n~Rvigable for 10 miles. The limited trade
however, has not warranted extensive port fac.
ilities.
The ~lOw-lying parts of the colony are unhealthful
and apparently are In need of a treatment similar
to that which converted the Canal Zone from n pes.
tuential swamp into u nealthresort. The climate
IL comfortably warm and moist, with plenty OF
RAIN In the interior there is a plateau yregioI
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average ad valorem duty of 200 per cent. What
nonsenseI
For the benefit Of the layman be it said that the
average ad valorem rate of duty of u tariff law is
the figure used to indicate how high or low it may
be considered as q whole. The figure is obtained
During the life of the ~Payne-Aldrich tariff law,
1~9O91913, it averaged about 20 per cent. During the
life of the Underwood Simmons law, 1~9l3-1922, it
ranged from 6 to 10 per cent, and, in 1918 and 1919,
y per cent of our imports came absolutely free
of duty. The value of dutiable goods, and the
amount of customs duties derived th~erefrom since
duties derived therefrom since the armistice, under
the Democratic law were as follows:
Fiscal year Dutiable Imports Customs Duties
1879 .............S 2T,UO0,OO $50, 0OO, 900
1919 ................ S65,O0O,OOO 1S4,00O,OOO
1920 ................ ,S33,OOO,OOO 3D., OOO,O 900
1921 ..........:..... 1,51T,0OO,OOO 3OS,OOO,OOO
1922 ................ 1,009, 100000 1856, O0O,O
l#The armistice was declared on November Ii,
1918. SEmepegency tariff carrying protective rates
OH agricultural products passed May ~, 1921
During this ~fivc-year period our imports, free
and dntiablc aggregated 81 800, 900, 600, indicating
that &C per cent were free. If we assume Il 20 per
duties will total 5000, 900, 900 on the basis of esti.
mated impOrts-One-sixth the sum mentioned by
McAdOo. The average ad yalorem will likely be
nearer is per cent, producing between $0OO,OOO,OOO
and $780, 100000 of revenue.
If Mr.. MCAdoO mems that price increases in the
United tSatcs will aggregate S $500, 000,0 to Gun.
suners as Il result of the new tariff he is still
wilder in his imaginings and he is utterly ignOr-
ing the law of supply and demand. Both increase
or surplus for export. In short, McAdoo's author
ity as an estimator is about on a par with his abil-
iy as a financier and railroad operator. 1t breaks
down completely when put to the test.
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Freight Loading Record

What the railroads did for the
country in 1922 is disclosed in a re-
cent report covering so weeks.
A total of IS. O7s. $50 cars we're load.
ed Excluding coaD. which was Is per
cent over 1921 ~loadings and 8 per cent
over 1920, the previous record year.
Americans like to tell what fine rail-
roads they have when comparing
them with other countries. With n
record such as this they may be par.
doned for seeming n little boastful.
The net operating income for II
months of 1922 of 1872 railroads, rep.
~resenting 234,S07 miles of track. was
at the annual rate OF 400 per cent.
What other industry representing
so many billions of invested capital
serves the public for such a small
profit?
One Of the problems In which all
the American people are interested is
how to keep transportation rates at
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a low enough figure to stimulate trat.
flies and at the same time have the
railroads earn turns sufficient to
encourage the investment of capital
in their properties in order that equip,
ment and new railroad development
may be secured.
Tho demonstration of what the rail-
roads can do under adverse condi.
lions and what their will
do as a matter of duty notwithstand-
ing harassments and other d~iscour-
agements should make an impress on
the public mind Influencing to a more
reasonable attitude legislators wha
have power to help along or obstruct
the further u%pbuilding of our trans
portat,on system.
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shrewd native humor that is charac-
terlstic of him. 1t was his custom
sometimes. when tho informers were
more han usually active, to go to his
meeting places in disguise. On one
such occasion. when he was driving
a'ong on n wagon dressed in a farm
laborer's smock. he vas accosted by
constable who asked him IL he knew
that devil Bunyan." Know himT'
came back the nswer you might
call him a devil IL you knew him rs
well as I did once" Again. on be-
ing congratulated by some of his
friends on the sweet sermon" he Ind
just preached. he replied "Ayel aye!
We need not remind me of that; for
the Devil told me OF II before i was
out OF the pulpit. Powys.
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ected. The telegraph system is being rapidly ex-
tended. Roads are being built between the coast
towns and from the coast inland. The facilities for
communication are very limited, but apparently are
sufficient to care for the slight production.
The Cameroons is a virgin country scarcely touch
ed by civilization. What little is known of the ter
ritory indicates that eventually it will yield its
natural wealth in profusion as soon as modern
methods and British and French initiative have
been applied to it. Congress fixed % years as the
time in which the allied debts to the United States
should be paid. Long before the expiration of that
period the Cameroons will be showing n huge prof
1t to the British and French treasures that will go
far toward squaring the obligations of those gov
ernments.
, 1923-01-29
A Song of Love

Love wandered by the sad sea
waves"
Love lit a dungeon CELL"
Love shrugged where the myrtle
paves
A hidden bosky dell;
without a shudder or a fear.
Love faced the Icy blast
l always thought 1t very queer
Love got around SO fastl
Love grieved beside the fountain in
A garden green and old
Glove wrestled with n beady SIM"
Love flew across the wold;''
Not even tho movie heroes are
Through all the dangers of
Their risks on plane or cliff or a
More overworked than Love.
Charlotte Becker.
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Haiiresy.

Oh. here's to a lady
Whose charm is most rare,
My apartment court neigHbor
With changeable hair. q
Oh, sometimes It's auburn
A week at a time;
And sometimes It's Titan
but hat is a crime.)
And sometimes It beaches
Decidedly blond.
But black is the color
OF which she's most fond.
It's q nice combination,
She dresses to please.
II you don't are for blondes, why
She's brunette with ense.
I'm sure I should fall for
The charm of her spell.
If only shed alter
Her features as well.
George o. Schoonhoven.
, 1923-01-29
Is He EUer Right?

WILLIAM G. McADOo, whose ability as a finan.
w Cier is so well recognized by himself that he re.
signed as head of the United States treasury imme-
diately after the a]rmistiCc, rather than put that
ability TO the test, evidently gives tho new tariff
law but three years of life. He is quoted as saying
that the bencficiaries will receive an estimated to
tai of $lO,SO0,OOO,OOO from the pockets of the PEG
pie while the law Is on the statute books" or
about $3,6OO,OOO,OOO a year. During the congress-.
ional campaign last fall Democratic spellbinders
declared the new tariff law would sandbag the
American people for $500 ,OOO, 900 annually. Mr..
McAdoo's lead pencil gives us a revision of ten
per cent downward. One of those publicity organ.
i~zations which spring up over night In Washing
ton and elsewhere in the country and profess to
speak for the entire body Of American agricultur.
lists, places the sum at q round 81, 900, 900, 600. The
range of such g~uesswork indicates its wildness.
The annual sum mentioned by Mr.. McAdoo Is
twice as great as the total value of dutiable i'm
ports for the highest year of our commercial his
tory-l920. It is 20 per cent higher than the esti.
mated total Of both free and dutiable imports for
the first year under the present law, which il set
at S3,OOO,OOOrOOO. In other words, the average ad val.
orem duty on all imports for the first year would
have to be 12O per cent in order to reach the Nc,
Adoo sum: or assuming that go per cent of the es
timated imports will be dutiable, which is about
the portion prevailing under protection, 81 100000,
600 worth Of dutiable goods would have to carry al
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climates.
The soil in the coast region is fertile, and numer-
GUS valuable African vegetable products grow in
Cocoa, coffee, and rubber are raised on
extensive plantations. There are about $4,000 oil
palms, Experiments are being made toward the cul-
tivation of clover, vanilla, ginger, pepper and many
onner Products. In the hignIand country there is
grown, such as oats, barley, rye and wheat. The
ivory and palm oil trade is active. The colony is
rich in hardwoods. Ebony and mahogany of ex-
cellent equality abound. Gold and Iron are known
to exist and deposits of salt have been found.
There are about $50 miles of railway, and several
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Identity.

We were steaming out Of Athens
When a wise guy murmured low
What's that white stuff on the
mountains7"
And the captain answered. "snowr'
Then the wise guy softly chuckIed.
TIL we deemed he'd never cease;
That's Just what l thought" he
whispered,
"But a chap said that wa Greece"
Edgar Daniel Kramer.
, 1923-01-29
The Casper Tnbune's Program

Irritation project west OF Casper to be author
lied and completed at once.
A complete and scientific coming system Tor the
city Of Casper.
A commemorative municipal and school recreation
park system, including swimming pools Tor the
children of Casper.
ward as planned by the county commissioners 10
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county ana moro Nigh
ways for Wyoming.
More equitable freight raise for shippers OF IN"
Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent tram
service for Casper.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29

For the closely-built suburbs this
house has many attractions. It IS
substantial in design and in con-
struction, with compact, convenient
and economical plans. It is a house
that will require but few repairs
In the years to come.
The walls are finished in a light
cream colored stucco on hollow tile.
This construction Of the walls gives
good insulation against heat and
cold and saves fuel In the winter.
It is fireproof and does not absorb
moisture, and forms a most salts
factory backing for tke 5tucco and
plaster. Unlike a brick wall, fur
ring is not required on the inside
as protection against moisture;
q damp-proofing coat applied to
the wall before plastering gives abb
solute protection against any damp
ness with the block construction.
An economical feature Of the plan
is the utilization of the space under
the. living porch as q garage. A
shallow ramp leads down to the
level OF the cellar floor, making
access easy. The garage has water,
heat and light at practically no
cost for installation, as they are
connected directly to the house sys-
TENS in the cellar. The tile-fin-
ished concrete floor of the sun
porch gives a fireproof ceiling TO
the garage, while the foundation
wall of the house gives fireproof
The Washington times., 1923-09-29
MARKING Of JOB.
IS SUGGESTED
BYEDIT0R
Says Insertion OF Brass Plate
Containing information
Would Better Work.
VINO built 1T

Who built it,
The question comes to the mind
of many an inquiring individual,
more so In regard to large public
buildings. In some cases, q bronze
tablet is placed on the wall of the
entry, hallway or Vestibule giving
the facts regarding construction Of
the building. Says the editor of
Building Age:
There are few very old buildings
OF which any trace OF either the
architect or builder can be found.
Perhaps the method mentioned
above il q good step forward. but
why cannot every building be SO
marked?
Our churches, etc, usually have q
corner stone, but they seldom are in
ecribed with the name OF the archi.
tect or builder. Now every public
building or semipubIic building
should be. thus marked: it not only
gives credit to whom credit Is due,
but when the custom is followed it
tones up everybody on the lob to
do their best.
Even In small residence construc-
ton q small bronze tablet no larger
than brick could be used il fI1c
foundation, stating the name Of the
builder and the architect. and the
year when built 1t would be 4 nice
custom to follow and It might re-.
form the shoddy builder. Ii eerrnis1.
" would help the builder who does
good job"
The Washington times., 1923-09-29

wall between the garage and the
cellar. Thus the fire hazard IL en-
tirely eliminated while the car ie
made most convenient OF access.
The sun porch is all that the
name implies-tile floor and base,
plenty of large windows, screened
and provided with awnings, flower
boxes and the like--a delightful
place to live.
The service portion Ii compact
and Is convenient to the main
rooms. The four bed rooms On the
second floor are all OF good size
and all have cross ventilation. Al
generous bath room and plenty OF
closet space is provided.
The entrance OF the house il
worthy of note. It gives just the
required dignity for a house that
sets close to the street sind the
bold detail offers q pleasing con.
trast with the plain stucco walls.
Cost about 81 900.
Complete working plans and speci-
fications Of this house may be OBJ
tanned for a nominal sum, from the
Building Editor. Refer to House
A-6O.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29

ROoMS and rumors Of booms.
= The latest is the talked-of
Ford glass plant in a wartime
southeast munition plant, long
disused. And there Is the four
story building to be erected at
Delaware avenue and B street
southwest for the Labor Co-opera-
tive Publishing Society, and said
TO bear an Appropriated cost Of
e175,000. The elevators still pass
Ing the lower noors-hop aboard
and ride to the top!
The Washington times., 1923-09-29
NEW HOMES LOCATED
NEAR TRADE cENTERs

Convenience to trade centers and
accessibility to transportation are
among the many attractions claimed
by r. III. Davis, local realty dealer.
for the latest row Of homes located
on Rock Greek Church road just
north Of New Hampshire avenue
and Monroe street northwest. The
houses face two bus lines and are
but q short walk from q direct car
line 20 the center OF the city.
Among the features contained In
the house are hardwood floors, hot
water heat, electricity, breakfast
porch, sleeping porch, built-in garage,
concrete front porch and shaded
lawn. There are eight ro0ms In each
house, including a tiled bath with
built-in features.
According TO the Davis office. the
workmanship In these houses Is 81
unexcelIed quality and the materials
the best available.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29
FairIawn Values In
Realty Regarded
AS The Best

One does not have TO be an
expert on realty values to APP
preciate the substantial quail
ties Of Fairlawn, the Anacostia
subdivision by the Southwest
Realty Corporation, says n. B.
Terrett, agent for the arm.
According to Mr.. Terrett, It has
not taken long for home-buy-
ers to begin to see the desira-
bility Of Fairlawn not only from
the domestic standpoint but
from the angle Of 3 sound in
vestment proposition 40 well.
The reclamation Of the Ana
costa flats by Government en-
gineers, to be followed by the
making Of . parkway where
those unsightly grounds once
laid, is one of the prime factors
in iFairlawn's possibility as an
investment Of excellent nature.
Fairlawn immediately adjoins
this new parkway project.
ALI modern improvements viii
be found in the subdivision,
says Mr.. Terrett including
graded streets, electricity, gas,
sidewalks, shade trees, water
and many other features. The
property Is reached by taking
the Anacogtia car across the
Anacogtia bridge, alighting at
Good Hope road and walking
east one block to the grounds.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29
HovvENsTElN COMPANY
BUILDS MORE AND MORE

The building activity Of the il. II.
Howensteln Company. 1911 il street
northwest. seems to continue un-
abated. The latest operation ID IS.
completed By this busy concern il !
group of nine new colonial gtyis
homes. 80 to 1O7 Rhode Island ave.
nue. northeast. ana 100 to 1Os D
street northeast.
They contain six rooms and bath
each. ana among the features are
listed hot-water heat. electricity.
refrigerators, stone wall parking,
Spanish tile mansartis, builtin
garages, side oven gas ranges, win
dow shades installed, large lots TO
alley and immediate vicinity to pub.
lie parking.
The houses are said to be priced
at $4,000, with the corner house
selling for $1,000 more than that.
The sample house Is now open for
inspection.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29

NINETEENTH and Eye streets
northwest is due for a boom,
too. The Wardman Company is
planning the erection Of an eight
floor, 135-apartment building at
that location. Concrete construc-
ton Is to be used with q red brick,
limestone-trimmed front. The
building will have a 62-foot front
age on Eye street and approx
mately las feet on Nineteenth.
The foundation is already placed.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29

opinion il toward the theory that
the French engineer laid out the
National Capital with an eye mostly
For the beautiful effects the wide
avenues and many little parks
would naturally produce; but there
ara many who stoutly maintain that
his purpose in 20 designing the city
was the same a. that borne by the
British many years later when they
laid out the city Of Khartunn- that
Is to say. q military idea. The
British plotted KhartIm In the
exact manner in which washington
Is planned, but their purpose In the
arrangement was to comma nd all
streets az intervals with machine
gums that could sweep an arc OF
many points and cover many
streets.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29
Washington Not First.

Contrary to general belief, Wash
tngton was not the first American
although he was first
President Of the United States.
President Tyler was the first Amer
lean President-the first who was
not born q British subject. II may
interest those who fought for the
lost cause to note that this techni-
cally first American President was
Q member Of the Confederate Con-
gress at the time of his demise.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29
Biggest Lighthouse,

There are houses and houses, but
probably the most important to the
mariners are the lighthouses which
DOT dangerous coasts, casting their
warning beams across the surging
pillows. The Department of Com
u1erce tells US that the light at
Navesink, N. j., Is the most power
ful along the Atlantic seaboard, its
visibility reaching range Of twenty
two miles on clear nights.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29
chicaeo's Railroads.

The terminals Of twenty-three rail-
road lines are to be found In Chi
cago, but there are no railways
passing through the city; hence the
necessity for transferring both
freight and passengers, which adds
70 the traffic congestion Of that city.
The Washington times., 1923-09-29
DID L'ENFANT PLAN
TO GUARD b. c. STREETS

L'Enfant's plan for the city OF
Washington had its genesis in q
definite idea; but much controversy
exists as to the nature Of that
original thought. The consensus Of