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Evening star., 1924-03-30
No. 39-The Battery Balks.

Illness had prevented Smith from
using the car for about week ana
during the time that the car had been
standing in the garage the weather
had been very cool and damp. When
he tried to start the car he forget to
pull out the choker, and the result
was that he consumed lot of the
battery's energy before the engine
started.
II can't understand that he said,
several mornings later when the bat
terry failed him entirely. Il put dis
titled water in the cells religiously
and use the lights sparingly when the
car is not running.
The amount of eleCtrolyte in the
battery has nothing to do with this
case" ] explained. Your carburetor
is adjusted for lean mixture, so,
since the weather has been cool and
damp. the battery has had TO work
much harder than usual in order 10
start the engine. You stalled the
motor three times yesterday morning
before you reached the street and you
have been making a good many stops
around town. Naturally the battery
has become gradually discharged be-
cause you have not given II any as
SiStance.
Smith thought this over and then
.po YOU know where | can get an
other battery right away? | need the
car this morning.
Getting Engine Started.
This battery will do you well
enough for today ! replied. IF you
viii pull out the choker and crank
over the engine Il few times by hand
III show you how"
Not on your life" Smith exclaimed.
'lf YOU want TO break your arm, go
ahead"
1t seemed like repeating an old
story 10 tell him where he was wrong,
for he should have reasoned that he
never could have a backfire with the
cranked away all day. There is dan
ger Of a backffre in cranliing with the
ignition turned on. but my suggestion
WAS simply that he do the battery's
york of cranking the motor until the
cylinders were filled with raw gas.
Then if the battery could make even
n feeble attempt at operating the
starter motor the engine would most
likely start.
We tried this. but found the bat
terry was too far discharged to even
give the starter motor one turn. At
this point | told Smith that if he had
given the battery engine a few turns
with the hand crank on each of the
damp mornings the battery would
have been spared all the additional
work and he would have been spared
his present Inconvenience. / added.
too, that by giving the battery a rest
for Il few minutes after it fails, it
sometimes will gather enough
strength 10 do the trick. l warned
him. however, not to crank too much
ny hand, for this would be simply
flooding the engine with raw gas.
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John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL

a whom motoris should welcome He
the more members of the mote can
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Cranking Minus Danger.

! making it as difficult for q cylinder to
| fire as when it is gasless.
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In 1900 Buffalo, n. Y, with seventy
motor vehicles, claimed to include the
highest number of any city of its
size in the United States.
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Periodic brake inspection means
feNer automobile accidents.
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| served under President Wilson ut the
White House, used to tell his chief
and always got an uproarious re-
sponse
1t seems that John Redmond
had come to this country to lecture
and raise money to free Ireland, and
on the occasion in question he was
| addressing an audience in South Bos-
| ton. which is more Irish than Cork
The audience was in a ferment of ex-
element 1t had listened to the
speaker with a rising ire against the
British. and as the impassioned Red
mond concluded every man-jack ia
the tumultuous assembly would have
| volunteered to swim the Atlantic
Ocean, If need be. to get the British
king and throw him to the wolves.
As was his custom at the conclusion
of his prepared addresses, Mr.. Red
mond took a step toward the front OF
! the platform and explained that he
was ready and anxious to answer
any question that any one in the
audience might PROFOUND as to the
status of the Irish cause and the
night for freedom. There was an
awkward pause. No one answered.
MIR. Redmond took a second step
| toward the front of the platform and
said that surely some one in the
audience must have in the back OF
his head some question which he
would like answered
At last A rather small man toward
the rear of the hall arose and in a
piping voice said:
"Misther Redmond. | would like to
ask ye a question or two"
Go ahead, my good man." said the
speaker.
| "Misther Redmond" the man re-
sumed what l would like to know
is what you have been doing over
there with all the money we have
been contributing all these years to
free Ireland. How much of it has
gone for entertainment. how much
of it has gone for expenses, how
much
But he got no further. A big raw
boned patriot from some particularly
green spot on the Emerald Isle arose
behind the heckler. Above his head
there flashed a chair. 1t crashed on
the unfortunate questioner and he
disappeared in a heap. There was
riotous applause and cheering.
Then Mr.. Redmond took another
lstep toward the front of the platform.
| And now" said he. would any one
else like to ask a, question:"
| And SO DR.. Buffers friends had bet
ter take heed.
At last an occupation has been
found for the cheer leaders at the
colleges and universities. These care
fully trained young men who amuse
the crowds and put pep in the team
at foot ball and base ball games con-
stitute a distinct college profession.
But what to do with the ''profes-
SION after college years, or during
tho summer yacatiOnp That has been
the problem. But two youths in
Philadelphia have solved it. They are
hiring themselves out as cheer lead
Iers or pep-givers in the various drives
that are being made for funds Tor
hospitals and other charities.
1t is said that their status as anna
teurs may be questioned when they
return to college in the fall. but Tor
the time being, they say they should
worry. Life is coming easy and has
a golden lining.
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sociation.l
Evening star., 1924-06-08

bills for the September and December
payments will be stated in the
amounts actually due, and mo deduc.
tons will be, made from them. Those
just rendered for the second quarter
were made and mailed before the tax.
reduction law was enacted.
One who wishes now to discharge
the full remaining obligation for the
year. paying three-quarters in one,
has simply to subtract from the "un.
paid balance" stated on his bill the
amount paid in March, and send a
check for the remainder. Thus, II the
total tax for the year is 500, and $25
was paid in March, to settle the &C.
count for the year in full now q check
for $50 is to be sent to the collector.
This is a simple proposition which
should not lead to any confusion. On
the installment plan of quarterly pay.
ments, pay one-half Of the stated June
installment and henceforth pay what
is stated on the bills rendered in Sep
tember and December. To discharge
the whole tax in one payment draw a
check for the difference between the
amount now due, as stated, and the
amount paid in March.
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Avocations.

DR.. John Huston Finley, speaking
to the graduates Of George Washing
ton University, dealt in part with the
subject of recreation, a matter which
has always been much in the minds of
people and has now become public
question. He said, "It is going to be
a far more difficult task to teach men
and women how to use their leisure
hours rightly than it has been to teach
them how to work efficiently"
The ability is not with all Of us
rightly to divide our work time, play
time and rest time in the way to do
US most good. Most men strive to do
this, and many think they do 1t, and
perhaps if they use their playtime in
q way they think best for them, pro-
,vided II IL lawful, there is no appeal
from their decision. It would seem
that With the man who works indoors
Evening star., 1924-06-08
lis play scheme should take him into

his play scheme should take him into
the open and involve physical 'exer-
else. Most men accept this principle
and good many follow it. Some men
not only take their play In the open,
but play in a way to exercise the
muscles and the mind. They go in
for games, as golf, tennis, base ball
and rowing. Many take to motoring,
which has some things to commend It,
but does not quite answer the need for
exercise. Some men 60 fishing, but
that is rather an intellectual than q
hobbies a dalliance with natural
sciences and interest themselves in
birds, plant life and the history of
rocks. This is a diversion into which a
man may put considerable exercise.
With it he may pleasantly engage his
mind, and ought to do himself good
if we agree that acquisition Of facts
and practice of the faculty Of observa
ton are good for a man.
1t is rare now to hear a man say,
Il never take vacation" or II have
not had a vacation in thirty years"
Such statements used to win COM
mendation. The misguided one was
praised for his industry and "atten.
ton to business" We ridicule the no.
vacation man today. II he exists at all
he looks older than his years would
make him, his health is failing" or
at least it is poorly" his body is
weedy and his temper sour. He is apt
to be a most unlikable fellow.
There are those Of US with an over
fondness for play and an underfond.
ness for work. They may be very
likable fellows and are lusty in health
and spirits, and are nearly always
young, but the current installment on
the home is apt to be overdue and the
groceryman is becoming impatient. II
this happy fellow draws salary his
employer is thinking Of passing him
over when he might be promoted.
There is the fellow who lives with his
work. carries it out to lunch with him
and takes it home. Sometimes he is a
great success in life and is pointed
out to young men as a model of in
dustry, but in general terms he is
a rank failure.
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How to Get Tax Reduction.

Rules regarding the payment Of the
income tax under the changed condi.
tions effected by the new law are sus-
ceptible Of statement in clear and un-
mistakable terms. The basic principle
is that the tax payments for 1928, due
this year, are reduced by 25 per cent.
Those who have already paid the tax
in full will receive rebate Of one
fourth by a check Of the government.
Those who paid a quarterly install
ment on the 18th of March will receive
nothing in return. II they plan to
continue quarterly payments they viii
make their June Is payment just one
half Of the amount paid in March. and
henceforth on September Is and De-
cember is they win pay Is par cent
less than they paid in March. Their
Evening star., 1924-06-08
Too Much Private judgment
May Not Be Best for Humanity

frow-minded construction Of men who
sought power.
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We have manifestations OF this
right of private judgment in the
political affairs of the republic. 1t is
no longer needful to mako a study
Of tho Constitution nor expertly to
interpret it's phraseology. Many
Americans really believe that they
are living under a government in
which anything can be done IL a suf-
ficient number of people desire it to
be done. They are imbued with the
idea that the private judgment of
men who have never studied the Con-
stitution and know nothing about the
limitations and restrictions embodied
in 1t have a right to determine what
shall or what shall not be done, pro-
vided there are enough OF them. The
Constitution has become a companion
II II intereferes with their judgment,
they assume that by the right Of
private judgment they can disregard
it's terms. Men Of influence are open
ly lending aid and comfort to violat-
95s srns,s OF the the prohibition amenament.
tence to tyrants is obedience to God"
Prohibition to them Is a limitation
upon the liberties Of a people, and
therefore lacks binding force. Theirs
is not a sound. thoughtful view of
the liquor question; it is not an at
tempt to solve it; it Is merely the
exercise of that private judgment
which holds the individual to be
larger than the state. Is this due to
an exhilarating air which is as In
n "
used to drink and now talk about?
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In the business world 'are men
not SO many, however. as in the past,
thank God!-who, by the exercise of
what they call their private judg-
ment. spend waking hours and sleep
less nights in figuring out schemes to
men, not necessarily dishonest men,
but the air or something has intoxi-
Gated their minds with the idea that
they have a right to do anything
which will lead to success in their
business affairs. And in other phases
of American life this doctrine Of the
right Of private Judgment is running
riot. We have no measuring rod
which all men agree should be used
in measuring all mems affairs, in-
Guiding their own. We have a pri-
vate yardstick for our own affairs.
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Maybe the European is right with
reference to the nonadvisability of
the use Of intoxicants by Americans
as being unnecessary and injurious.
Perhaps. too, we ought to be some
what more moderate in the exercise
of our constitutional and inalienable
right Of private judgment. Would it
not be good thing for all of US to
sober up and not to form our judg-
ments and base our conduct upon our
own opinion, but rather consider the
views and arguments Of men who are
more expert than ourselves on the
various problems which our complex
life has produced? / am for reason
everywhere and always. He who
shows me I am wrong is my real
friend. l care nothing for the COM
mendation of one who does not know
whether my course was right or
wrong. I wish all Of US could inform
ourselves about the thing that we pro-
pose to do by learning from men who
know more about it than we do. This
would probably change in most in
stances our private judgment OF
which we are so proud and boastful.
Copyright, 1924. by Twenty-nrst Century
Press.)
Evening star., 1924-06-08
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT r. SMALL

Two of the most important officers
OF the Republican national convention
at Cleveland can attribute their prom
inence at this time to the fact that
they have no current association with
the United States Senate. The Senate
is going to be about as popular at
the Cleveland 'conclave as Gen. Grant
was in Richmond.
Yet it is less than two years ago
when Frank w. Mondell, who is to be
the permanent chairman of the con-
vention, felt very much aggrieved be-
cause he was defeated in his ambition
to sit in the upper house of Congress.
If he had succeeded in that quest he
would not hold the honor which the
party is about to bestow upon him.
Representative Theodore E. Burton,
too, was once of the Senate, but the
fates thought better of his future and
sent him back to the House of Repre-
sentatives in 1920. Mr.. Burton has the
unique distinction of having served
first in the House then in the Sen
ate and then in the House again.
Many representatives have graduated
into the ranks of the senators, but il
is rare indeed that any ever start
at the bottom OF the congressional
ladder after having once been at the
top.
Yet IL Mr.. Burton were of the Sen
ate today, he would not have the hon
or of sounding the Keynote, the trum-
pet call of the Grand Old Party in this
fateful year of 1924. The word went
forth some two months ago that the
Senate would have to take back
seat at Cleveland. The Senate had
gone too far. 1t was no longer popu-
lar with the people. When the late
President Harding announced that he
believed the Executive should keep
his hands off at the Capitol, the Sen
ate exalted itself beyond all belief
Now, so far as the Republican party
convention is concerned, it is being
ground in the dust.
Mr.. MondelI had remarkable
record in the House of Representa-
tives, where he saw his first service
in 1895. During the twenty-seven
years that followed he was absent
from his place on the floor on only
two or three occasions. He was
known as one of the hardest workers
in Congress and rose to be the recog-
nized leader of his party there. An
ambition to serve his state in the
Senate had held the. representative
for many years. In 1922 he decided to
drick 1t was a bad year. however.
There had been a swing back from
the remarkable Harding sweep in
1920 and Mr.. Mondeil was defeated
Mr. Mondell voluntarily gave up the
place he might always have had in
the House and thus became lame
duck" in a rather extraordinary fash
ion.
The compensation for not being
elected to the Senate has come to
him unexpectedly in being chosen
permanent presiding officer of the ma
| tional convention-one of the most
signal honors a. party can give.
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The countrywide barrage which the
drys have laid down against DR.. Mich
olas Murray Butler. president of Co.
lumbia University, in a; differentiation
to make an example" of him for his
audacity' in attacking the Volstead
act and the whole scheme of prohibi-
ton as it exists today. recalls the
story that Tommy Brahany, who
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Scrapping the Budget System.

w hen the Unlted states dQOpteQ the
budget system it was hoped that the
haphazard method Of appropriation
for government needs had been ended,
that there would henceforth be
scientific balance Of the Treasury
books, with expenditures and obliga-
tions no more than equal to revenues.
But, unfortunately, Congress is not
observing the system, is, in fact, save
in routine measures Of appropriation,
ignoring the budget principle and ap-
propriating in special lines in excess
of the program founded upon prospec-
tive income. An illustration occurs in
the matter Of the postal pay bill which
passed in the last days of the session,
adding approximately $6s,000.0o0 to
the cost of the postal service. No pro-
vision was made for the additional
revenue necessary to meet this ex-
pense. 1t would have to be met out Of
the general funds Of the government.
The President has vetoed the bill on
the ground that it imposes too heavy
a burden.
Undoubtedly it would be fair to re-
adjust the postal salary scale, but that
should not be done as a special meas
ure while other branches OF the gov
ernment service are denied increases.
The postal scale Of pay has been ad-
justed three times since 1918. The
general departmental scale Of pay has,
save for the bonus, not been read
justed in very many years.
This question, however, does not
rest upon consideration Of the specific
needs of the postal service. OF pri-
mary Importance is the consideration
of the general public welfare. Con-
gress has against the veto Of the
President passed a bill for a bonus to
the soldiers of the late war, entailing
an immense obligation upon the Treas
ury. At the same time it has reduced
the tax revenues Of the government
materially. Tax reduction was urged
relief, but that reduction was con.
tingent upon the absence Of any ma.
terial additions to the expenditures.
Congress has seen fit both to reduce
revenues and to pass number Of ex.
pense-entailing bills regardless Of the
budget balance. This postal pay bill
is one, and had the session lasted a
little longer doubtless others would
have been laid upon the Presidents
table calling for heavy outlays.
The budget system is worthless If it
does not work, if it Is to be ignored in
the large measures while followed only
in the routine items Of federal main
tenance. 1t is, in fact, no budget ays-
tenn at all if to please a faction or a
party, or to avoid displeasing groups,
bills are enacted which are certain to
impose heavy drains upon the Treas.
ury for which no funds are certain to
be supplied. If the carefully balanced
proposals and recommendations Of the
budget bureau are to be thus ignored
Congress might better definitely aban.
don the system and frankly return to
the old plan of unreguhted appropria.
tions.
Evening star., 1924-06-08

important in Ireland and it Is on
the increase Last fall there was
a widespread shipping strike which
paralyzed trade Of all kinds, but
since its settlement business has
picked up rapidly.
The position of tho Irish farmer is
better than 1t has been for some
time. During the first quarter of
1924 the exports of the Irish Free
State to Great Britain amounted to
12,222.713 head OF cattle, an increase
of 1000 head over tho number ship
ped In tho first quarter. Of 1923. The
recovery OF this important industry
has increased the purchasing power
Of the Irish farmer and this. in turn,
has given a general briskness to
trade all through the commonwealth,
as the farmer is in a position to buy
the things he needs.
Strong PurcAasine Power.
General trade of tho Irish Free
State started OF briskly this year.
January showed an unfavorable trade
balance in the senSe that more goods
were imported than exported, but
this indicates a strong Irish pur-
chasing power. January imports
amounted to approximately $4,000
600, showing an unfavorable balance
against the Free State of between
$5.ooo.o0O and 100000 Most OF the
trade is carried on with Great Brit
ain and with Ulster.
War and separation never stops
trade. Great Britain is the principal
customer Of the Irish Free State and
her principal market. In the twelve
months ended with March OF this
year. the Free Staters sold to Great
Britain and Ulster. their hereditary
enemies, goods to the value of some
5000. 100000. Goods to practically the
same value were purchased by the
Irish Free State from Great Britain
and Ulster in the same period.
From the United States tho Irish
Free State purchased goods to the
value Of nearly $1.5oo.ooo in the
twelve months ending with March.
Sales to this country were slight,
amounting to only about 100000.
The principal exports of the Free
State are live stock. beer and spirits,
textiles. hides and skins. Leading
imports from all sources are wheat,
-four, automobiles. cotton goods,
wearing apparel. hats, shoes, fer
tilizers, woolen goods and electrical
equipment.
Each year the Irish Free State
expects to grow stronger economi-
cally and increase her trade with the
outside world. There is a strong
demand for new direct ship lines
between the Irish ports and the
United States, particularly the gulf
ports whence naval stores, cotton
seed meal and other southern prod
| ucts are wanted.
Railroads Lose Msney.
Irish government-contFolle radl-
ways are being operated at a deficit,
but there is a bill now pending be-
fore the Dahl Eireen, the Irish Par
lament, which would consolidate the
big lines with some Of the smaller
and weaker ones. 1t Is believed that
by making one big operating COM
pany economies would be effected
and better service rendered. A sub
sidy Of some S25o,00e annually is pro-
posed in the measure. This would
run for ten years until the companies
rot on q paying basis.
There 10 general optilnism about
conditions in tho Fr0e state and q
hope that the aSe.old strife will be
succAAdAA hy i1AultRR, ~ n0nGaAIitY