Evening star., 1923-01-21

exhaustion. begged to be excused
amidst a deluge of flowers.
BY this time the entire outfit was
clamor1n so for music that a immense
screen was hoisted in the hall. and for
the next half hour every blessed folk
| Cart TO ''old Macdonald Had a Farm"
was pulled off in order. The lettuce
dressin' was actin by now.
Right at this juncture a cluster Of
Gimpled darlin's skipped into the room,
and see-lectin' number of Washing
tons most conservative citizens. sided
up to them and proceeded to kid the
livin' daylights out Of their victims by
singin' the old vaudeville favorite, ''Oh.
I'm just crazy about Harry and Harry s
just crazy about me-" substitootin' the
front name of the party addressed until
they had 'em WOODY. And just think,
folks. two of our city fathers were
among the conservatives,
stony-Faced Bankers Grim
George II. Judd had just finished
singin' "Mandalay" when a turrible
comotion caused all hands to turn to-
ward the head table. where two 1.-the
some herman figures had risen to talk.
and when 1t was discovered that the duo
| was Joshua Evans, jr., grand high sac
cham OF the Bankers Association, and
Ace Of Hearts of the Stock Exchange
Pack, the racket that followed could
be heard city block! Excitement
ragged throughout the room, the cheers
were loud and true, and bankers and
brokers who seldom grin joined in the
hullabaloo.
The two chiefs had hoped up to
extent welcome to all hands present,
and, as both had been limited to five
pesky minutes a piece, they chirped
EN-. Both. however, told their re-
spective followers how ickled they
were to see them and then switched
signals and tossed out greetin's to the
cohorts of each other, so that by the
time they'd finished every blessed
wanted.
Grabbin' a wee bit of time, Mister
Evans introduced John A. Prescott,
president of the Investment Bankers OF
the United States, who-b bowed, thanked
the local bankers and brokers for havin'
him there, and then turned right around
an reciprocated. by tnvttin' all hands
present to the convention of his organi-
zation to be held next October!
Test OF Regular Man.
Folks, it takes a regular man to
face five or six hundred revelers feel
in in THE mood them bankers and
brokers did when Senator Smoot
arose to talk serious business. but it's
said out in the. Great Salt Lake re
gion that one reason the tall, sedate,
manufacturer Of Provo City. repre-
sents Utah at Washington is because
he's regular! Anyhow, the senator
cut out all. frills and went right to
his subject.
Congratulating both organizations
on their wonderful growth in the
past few years, the western legislator
paid great tribute to the capital
Of the nation, and remarked on it's
unbelievable spread since he first en-
tered the Senate, twenty years ago,
and declared the city was destined
to be the most wonderful. in the
world.
Senator Smoot said that he appre-
ciated the great unrest now in the
country and attributed 1t for the most
part to the burden Of taxation being
borne by the American people
TAX Forecast Materialized.
"In 191S," said the speaker, when
the revenue bill was being discussed
| in the Senate, was laughed at
when I predicted that the people Of
this country would have to pay
So, ,O00, 100000 in taxes per annum to
run the government. 1t has come to
pass
budget, the coming appropriations
would be kept just a little over the
| SO, 600, ,0O0, 900 mark. He denounced
certain discriminatory taxes and
stated that only through business
would equal distribution of same be
realized. I'VE will never be able to
do 1t by politics." he said.
. Touching on debts owed this coun-
try by foreign powers, Senator
be cancelled. mot member OF the