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Evening star., 1924-02-06
"Y" WORKERS NEAR GOAL,
$3O,OO7 Raised Out of $35,S1S
Needed for Budget.

Washington business men in their
drive for s35,s1S or IL per cent of the
budget necessary to operate the Y. NJ.
c. A. for the coming year reported they
had obtained S3O,007 at the final meet
ing at the Ebbitt Hotel yesterday noon.
The total amount of subscriptions for
the day was s8,1S5. William Let's Of
the boys department won the prize for
the best effort in making calls.
The campaign was under the direc-
tion of E. H de Groot. jr., and was or
ganized by Leonard w. de Cast, asso-
cite general secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
INVENTOR DIES AT II.

LEOMINSTER, Mass. February g.
Frank c. kinSman, originator of an
automatic railway signal system and
a telephone switchboard, died yester-
day in his seventy-second year. He
started Chicago's first central tele-
phone office.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
SEEKS LIMITED DIVORCE.

Herman Fl. Diers today filed suit
for limited divorce from Zelma
Diers. He charges that his wife beat
and cursed him and treated him cruel
ly. neg1ects the baby and refuses to
prepare meals for him.
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crops. the report going that 10000 of
the 10000 Inhabitants are in danger
of starving.
A national bloc has been formed in
the legislative assembly of India
consisting of forty-five Swarajists
advocates of home rule) and twenty
seven independents, in a total men,
bership of 143. On February IS the
assembly passed a resolution, &c to
48, proposing a round-table confer
ence to discuss complete autonomy
for India.
One hears that soviet anti-British
propaganda activities in India has no
whit abated in consequence of Lon
don's recognition Of Moscow. So the
British empire is assailed both from
within and from without; but the
assaults from within are the more
dangerous.
Germany.-Dr. Won Kahr has resign
ed as dictator of Bavaria and Gen. Won
Lossow. his chief henchman, has re-
signed as commander of the Bavarian
division of the reichswehr. The au-
thority of the communicating chief of
the reichswehr is now established
over the Bavarian division, and the
mandate of the reich government
rules in Bavaria as elsewhere in the
reich. The dispatches are little
vague concerning the matter, but such
1 take to be the. significance and eff
feet Of the resignation.
The committees headed by Gen.
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est are sure to say that they thought
of that years ago. Eighty thousand
Of US asked for patents last year and
forty thousand of US got them.
American. patents really mean
something. too. Since 1886 the patent
Office has made a careful search of all
available records before issuing the
patent. Great Britain and Germany
did not institute the search plan I'M
til comparatively recently. France
does not search even yet. If you ask
a patent in France you get 1t, but it
only means that you have placed on
record an assertion of priority. There
may be forty similar assertions al
ready on record. You find out what
what after you begin manufacturing
your self-cocking hairpin.
Couldn't Keep Up With Work.
For all that, We are not as fatherly
in our treatment of inventors as we
might be. For years the patent office
was permitted to run behind. When
you consider that the pre- commence
Of the United States In many lines of
commercial endeavor is to be traced
back TO her inventors ii seems rather
odd. There was shortage Of man
power in it and an apparent paucity
Of system. At the beginning of the
Harding administration the patent
Office was 10000 cases behind and
running more behind each day. Then
every inventor in the country remov-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24
Aspirants to Presidency
Sit in a Row in Senate

On the other side of the aisle are
two democratic senator's who. like
the lion and the unicorn. are fight
ing for the crown''-Senator Under
wood of Alabama and Senator Jim
Reed Of Missouri. Since the publica-
ton OF William G. McAdoo's connec-
ton with E. l.. Doheny of oil lease
fame. the stock of the other demo-
cratic candidates for the presidential
nomination has increased nightly.
A little further along in the row is
found Senator Ralston OF Indiana
not an announced candidate for the
nomination, but who is looked upon
nevertheless as a possible factor at
New York next June. Incidentally,
his recent address on tax legislation
brought the Indiana senator much
into the public eye.
Senator Pat Harrison OF Mississippi,
one Of the most active and efficient
leaders on the democratic side, sits
too. in the front row. Senator Har-
Senate has been very rapid and there
are those who's say that hereafter, II
not now, the democracy may well
turn to the Mississippian as stand
ard bearer.
Senator owen of Oklahoma, another
front row democrat, was candidate
for the nomination at the last demo-
cratic national convention. and prob
ably will be ballotted for again in
New York. He had the support OF
William Jennings Bryan. IA.
OF course, the front row does not
exhaust4the presidential possibilities
lin the Senate. For example, there Is
Senator Joe Robinson Of Arkansas.
the present democratic leader of the
Senate, and Senator Borah OF Idaho,
who content themselves with seats In
the body Of the house. But presi-
Dental row fs the name given today
to the front line of seats in the
Senate chamber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24
MILLION FARMERS NOW
ARE UNITED in BUSINESS
Cooperative Marketing Associations Do
Much to End Evil Conditions
-, of the Past.

constitutional. The Department of
Agriculture, the War Trade Board
and the Farm Loan Board and the
Federal Reserve Board are all behind
the movement, which was SO badly
needed to prevent farmers generally
from going to the WALL"
The twelve largest cotton produc-
ing states formed most of their CO.
and 1922. when cotton was at low
levels. It is also significant that in
December, 1928, when tobacco prices
had sunk to very low levels, 5.40n
membership in the coop" The as
ISOLATION, strength thus gained, con
stitutes control over the majority
share of the commodity and forces
the buyers to, bargain on fair terms,
without speculative jumps or throw
backs.
Farmers Mean Business.
DO the farmers really mean bust
ness?" said one representative who
was just discovering the fact that
not only cotton, tobacco, rice, apples.
wheat, butter and cheese were being
marketed comparatively, but also cab
bage, celery, peppermint and sun
flower-seed.
The answer lies in the fact thai
about 900 cooperative associations
have been formed and that they are
doubling their business annually, and
In 1928 did a com bined business
which outstrips the automobile in
dustry itself for value and range.
The headquarters of the National
Council Of Cooperative Marketing
Associations. now located in Chicago,
viii soon be removed TO Washington
and monthly magazine devoted TO
the subject will be published for dis
tribution of the agricultural data and
Information which always centers At
Washington.
The National Capital. long accus-
toned to the conventions Of or
gained capital and organized labor.
viii soon find itself the scene of
innumerable conventions and less
formal gatherings of farmers, or
ganizing or already organized. The
list of new Legislation which has
already been passed In the interest
of agriculture is considerable and
there are now between 400 and 800
new bills introduced to effect farmer
relief Only about ten Of these"
will pass the test of practically.
however"
Favorable Sale Conditions.
With the increasing interest in
markets and commodity prices, the
service now perfected in the Depart
| nent of agriculture for supplying
. , Information as to crop and market
conditions throughout the world will
be made more and more available
to the farmers. Instead of handing
over their produce to local store
keepers and warehouse men and
itinerant buyers, farmers will Ship
direct to their own associat ion de
pots. where produce is dispatched or
stood until market conditions arc
favorable for sale
Thus for the grain co-operatives
lead the list with s490.000,0OO worth
Of business in 1928: then come the
dairy products. worth $500. 100000;
the live stock folks. with $4,000
business; then cotton, with $780,
100000. and tobacco. with s132,000,00o
gross sales.
Since.agriculture is by far the ma
tons greatest industry, the co-op-
erative marketing movement can
continue to double it's scope yearly
for some time to come before reach
ing a peak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24

Dawes and Mr.. Reginald Mckenna are
expected to submit. their reports to
the PREPARATIONS commission within
the very near future. If the unofficial
dope" is accurate the findings are
going to disappoint the Germans.
Under the auspices of the Rhineland
commission, an interallied special
committee has been at work in the
Bavarian Palatinate, supervising res
toration of the administration dis
possessed by the separat!sts and TAX
ing order against reprisals on the
separatists as they depart.
Hungary.-At last all the details of
the league Of nations plan for the
financial and fiscal rehabilitation Of
Hungary have been worked out and
have been approved by all concerned.
except that ratification by the Hun
garian parliament is still required.
That seems to be taken for granted
and it is my understanding that the
loan of 25o,000,o00 gold marks will be
f1oated at once. The Office Of COM
missioner general, under the league,
to supervise the operation of the plan
was offered to w. G. r. Harding, men,
Der of our Federal Reserve Board and
formerly it's governor. 1t is reported
that he has accepted.
x X y y
Observation-Disclosures Russian dele
gates are admitted to an international
conference they may be counted TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24

TIME Senate has had many aspi-
rants for the presidency Of
the United States. but few
Presidents-the late President
Harding being one of the few sena-
tors who have been elevated to the
office of Chief Executive.
There Is a presidential row in the
Senate today--the first row. On the
republican side is found Senator
Hiram w. Johnson Of California, the
only avowed republican candidate for
the nomination in opposition to Presi-
dent Coolidge. Senator Johnson. by
front row that was used by President
Harding while he was a, member Of
the Senate. And while condolences
are being mentioned, it may be
pointed out that Senator Johnson's
middle name is Warren"
Not far from Senator johnson in
the first row sits Senator La Toilette
Of Wisconsin, whose followers in the
northwest and elsewhere are urging
that he head a third party ticket
If he cannot. have the republican
Jim" Watson of Indiana, who not
long ago "relinduished" his claims to
the nomination in favor Of Mr.. Cool
idge-dragged his hat back out Of the
ring, so to speak.
In this same front row on the
republican side of the chamber sits
another presidential possibility-per-
haps not for this year. but certainly
in the future-Senator Jim Wads-
worth Of New York. recognized by
his colleagues as one Of the ablest
men in the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24

race among steamers to reach New
York in the early morning hours of
July each year is participated in by
from ten to twenty vessels. each
laden with immigrants. Some Of these
vessels, reaching sight Of land before
midnight of June 80, lie just outside
the port and finish their trips within
a few minutes after the stroke OF the
clock ushering in q new fiscal year.
AS evidence Of the pressure abroad
States. the departments records show
that during the current fiscal year
Great Britain exhausted her quota
within two days after the earliest
possible date. or November 8. Italy's
quota was exhausted December g.:
that Of Holland. December 8; Russia,
December Is; Greece, December 8;
January 81. No more immigrants
from any Of those nations will be ad-
mitted to the United States until
July 1 next.
Before that date the presen, law
will be extended or a new law en-
acted. -.
Proposals looking to a new law
contain restrictions which would re-
,duce still further the number Of adj
misSibles to 2 per cent of the ma
tionals numbered in the 1890 census.
Such a law Is likely to be enacted at
this session of Congress.
be up is shown by the estimate that
less than 100000 persons would be
admissible under such a law. as COM
pared with 357, 900 this year. BOB 900
in 1891 and 1.218.000 in 1914.
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T he Story the Week Has Told

make things lively. In keeping with
this tradition Is the behavior of the
Russian representatives at the con-
ference now taking place at Rome
under the auspices Of the league Of
nations, preparatory Git IS hoped) to
a larger conference to be held next
year to consider extension of the
operation of the principles of the
Washington naval treaty to non-sig-
natory powers. The roseate gentry
state the minimum Russian claims
as follows: Russian tonnage to equal
that of Great Britain, since Russia
has to defend herself on four sea
fronts, the Baltic and Black seas, to
be Russian CLOSED seas" with un-
limited Russian right to fortify same.
One hears Of project to create a
Jewish state. within the union of
socialist soviet republics; its territory
to be carved out of northern Crimea
and southern Ukraine. 1t seems that
anti-Semitism is again raising its
head in Russia
\ y = 4
United States of America.-Fear-
ing that his Continuance in the
cabinet would increase the 'Presi-
dents embarrassing nts," Mr.. DENLY
has resigned tho office Of Secretary
OF the Navy, the resignation to take
effect March 10.
In accepting the resignation the
President states:
you will go with the knowledge
that your honesty and integrity have
not been impugned"
The Mellon bill lis being manhan-
died by the democrats and "repub-
ncan progressiyes" of the House
Mr.. McAdoo has decided to remain
in the presidential race.
q rjol Go
]. Pierpont Morgan, and for the use
of scholars, Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan
has conveyed the library building
erected by his father on S6th street
near Madison avenue, New York city,
its contents and the land on which
of six trustees, together with an en-
dowment Of $1.5oo,ooo for mainte-
nance.
The collection Of books and manu-
scripts Is one Of the choicest In the
signed by McKim and perhaps his
finest work, is worthy to house it..
In last weeks summary l spoke of the
entire wealth Of New York city" as
thirty-seven billions. I meant New
York state.
Miscellaneoua-M. Poincare's f1nan-
cial proposals are being discussed by
the French and passed by margins
none too reassuring. No doubt they
will pass the senate in turn, but by
margins still narrower. The French,
It. seems. are not going to swap
horses at THIS fiuvial jukcture: but
1t is evident that the idea of doing
so has occurred to them. Mean
while the franc continues to fall. Its
quotation Is now about 4 cents.
Stephen Radiich, the Croatian
peasant leader. refuses to abate one
whit his agitation for the independ-
ence Of Croatia, now a portion of the
kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes. The internal problems of
that kingdom are Of peculiar inter
est It Is curious to note that the
temple near the site Of Ur Of the
British Museum-U Of Penn
sylvania> Museum expedition antedat-
ed King Tut-ankh-Amen by about
the same number Of years as King
Tut. ankh-Amen antedated us.
Honduras is doing nicely, thank
you. She has three presidents, all
manifesting full speed.
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ed his attention from the war. ex-
cept those that were devising peace
plans, and began to invent overtime.
Pretty soon the patent office was TO-
900 cases behind and dropping be-
hind faster.
Last year Congress added eighty
five more examiners and clerks to the
force. and Bill has passed the House
and is awaiting action in the Senate
adding 100 more. Meanwhile Mr.. Rob-
ertson, who became commissioner of
patents in 1921, after thirty years
spent in Washington as a patent at
torney, crashed through a lot of love-
ly old methods.
Gaining on Hold-over Cases.
Relieved of this handicap, his force
OF examiners began to gain on the
10000 cases awaiting action. In the
three months they took in the slack
by 1905 cases. They are now gain
ing on the hold-overs at the rate of
900 cases each month But with
1000 new applications reaching the
office each thirty days
1t will take the patent Office just
about five years TO get even. That's
a pretty @howdy-do. Five years of
chills and fever for all us inventors
between the date Of application and
the issuance of the patents. No
wonder We are called a neurastA enic
nation.
Once in n while a case is put for
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~ YER 100000 farmers have
gone into business" via
the cooperative marketing
route, and to the tune OF
1000, 100000 Or more during 1923. ac-
cording to latest figures at the De-
partment of Agriculture, where a sur
vey of the cooperative associations
is being made.
This exact statement, coupled with
B. +. Yoakum's project for an in
terstate farm mark citing association
heading up at Washington, as de-
scribed to President Coolidge last
week. and the plans of the National
Council of Cooperative Marketing
Associations for their new headquar-
tiers to transfer from Chicago to
Washington, gives promise that the
farm coop" will soon become as
we'll known about the Capitol as the
farm bloc
Evolution In Marketing.
The coop is a slang phrase WHICH
has been used for many years to
designate the loosely knit assbcia-
lions of farmers who make butter
and cheese comparatively, or bargain
comparatively for the sale of farm
products. But in the last three years
the introduction of the California
contract plan, which guarantees the
delivery of the farmers entire crop
to the association selling agents, has
worked remarkable evolution in
the marketing of most farm products
and the 100000 co-operatives have
nearly all been signed up within the
last three years.
ErStWhile farmers, recently turned
business men. attended in large num-
hers the second annual convention of
the National Council of Farmers Co
operative Marketing Associations, re-
Gently held here.
Almost every cooperative who
spoke described business operations
running well up into the Snillions and
showed how thousands of producing
farmers are joining the movement
each month. in the expectation that
''co-operation" will stabilize market
prices. and eliminate most of the
waste and losses that come from in
c1Vidual shipments to a strange mar
ket, where the farmer has little or no
representation in the dealing.
Consumer Not Hit.
vi INCL wv i-o"utll, re-
publican presidential nominee, was
asked if the net result of the CO.
operative movement would not be an
increased price to the consumer. He
replied:
"No, indeed. There's been too
much talk of that from our oppo-
nents. the commission agents. Co.
operative marketing will bring down
food prices because, it will system
atize the marketing of farm products
so that there will be a steadier
stream of supply to every market,
without the loss in perishables and
the stealing that is often found
Thus the farmer will get a fair
profit on what he sells and he will
produce more and market prices can
be lowered as the system becomes
more and more efficient.
"Co-operative marketing" con-
tinued Gov. Lowden, "is our new ma
tional business policy. Thirty states
and the federal government have
passed laws establishing It, The Su-
preme Court has approved these as
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Real Workers in the National Capital

ward. Not often. 1t Is against the
rules Of the office. but rules yield
nowadays to common sense. Here is
an example. About the time that Sec
rotary Hoover was holding his con-
ferences on INTERCHANGEABLE
100000 men were out of owork-a
Chicago manufacturer came to the
patent Office. He said he wanted a
patent issued at once SO he could
get to work.
Nothing doing" said Commissioner
Robertson. 80.
Listen" said the manufacturer,
forcefully. II have 700 of the best
mechanics in the world walking the
streets. No work, no food. If you
grant this patent they go back to
the foundry"
Put that in writing" said the
commissioner.
Three months later the manufac-
turer proved that his 700 men were
at work making his new device
More than that, he had spent with
other manufacturers almost $500, 900
for new machinery. 1t was a good
stroke Of business. Another man
spent 100000 In a similar case
and put correspondingly greater
number Of men back on the pay roll.
Broadly speaking, however, the In
ventor has to wait his turn. a spe-
cial effort Is made to shove through
patents for games and toys and sim
ilarly. timely inventions. a patent
on ping-pong would not do much
on NAH jong.
Free Advice for Inventors.
The $40 examiners, each a spe.
cialist, work in perhaps the most up
to-date scientific library in the world.
The patent Office buys every book,
every magazine, every technical paper
1t can hear of. 1t gets copies Of all
the foreign patents. Before a patent
Is issued the specialist in the particu-
lar line informs himself thoroughly.
Every possible aid is given the in
ventor. A pair of pamphlets tell
the man in Kansas just how to go
about getting a patent on his inven-
ton, although he is advised to put
his case in the hands OF a thoroughly
trustworthy patent lawyer.
BE sure he Is Trustworthy, too"
is the p. O.'s advice.
Inventors are continually being
trimmed by shysters, but an effort
is being made to weed them out.
Whenever a lawyer is caught with
the goods he is disbarred. Lawyers
representing the crooked companies
that specialize in swindling the in
ventors are refused permission to
practice before the r patent Office.
even II their personal records have
always been good. But the inventor
out in the sticks is apt to find 1t a
tough job to pick the right sort Of
a lawyer.
War Tank Patented I'm. 1912.
And here is the best patent story
yet, 1t 1s12-two years before the
war-an Austrian secured a patent in
Germany. on the very machine that
the British in 1918 called tank. If
any one device won the war the tank
did. Yet the Germans lad it under
their hands before they began the
war. The American patent Offices
examiners dug UP the original draw
ings not long ago. when the war
time accumulation Of German patents
were sent across the sea.
Isn't that proof Of Providential
interpretation? Or is it merely
another evidence that the Grosshaupt-
uuartiergeneral was thick?