Evening star., 1925-09-07

Secretary Jarulne mas just sCofeo
his first triumph in the realm of major
AGRICULTURAL policy by inducing the
Chicago Board of Trade to mend its
speculative manners. In one of his
earliest public utterances after becon-
ing Secretary of Agriculture. DIR. Jar
dine warned that organization that
the Government did not approve of
practices that permitted wild fuctua-
tions in prices such as the wheat mar
ket experienced early this year. The
Chicago traders pledged themselves
TO take constructive measures Tor pre-
venting wide price swings" Last
week such action was voted in the
shape of an amendment to the board
rules, authorizing the creation of
new system for clearing trades in
grain futures. Frank l.. Carey. presi-
dent of the Chicago Grain Exchange,
declares it "a great forward step
which will benefit every one interested
In the marketing of grain" He adds
that the Board of Trade will strive TO
carry out the other constructive sug-
gestions advanced by Secretary Jar
dine. Details of the new clearing
house system, by which ypeculs- is-
orgies are now to be prevented, will
be worked out in the near future.
Mrs. Ma bel walker WlleOTdhut'
Assistant Attorney General of the
United States, is winding up maiden
eason on the Chautauqua platform in
New England. For the past four
weeks she has been holding forth in
the big brown tents on circuit that
included the States of New York, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. In
Vermont, Mrs. Willebrandt spoke in
the section which is Attorney General
Sargent's home territory, as well as
the soil from which the President and
Mrs, Colidge sprang. The topic which
Mrs. Willebrardt Is discussing is en-
titled Crooks, Court and the Consti-
tuition" Her talk embraces wealth
of personal experiences garnered dur
in her five years in charge of prohi-
bition and taxation cases at the De
partment of Justice. "Portia' recital
of her strenuous life in Washington
eXcites the liveliest interest. Federal
Judges and United States district at
torneys everywhere along her line OF
march are her hosts and interested
auditors, United States Senator's Len
root, Fess. Willis and Harrison are
among Mrs. Willebrandt's chautauqua
colleagues this Summer.
The influential hand of Reed Smoot
dent Coolidge may appoint Brig. Gen.
Frank r. Hines, director of the Vet
erans' Bureau to be the first Secretary
of Education, IL Congress creates
such a new department. Gen. Hines
Is a Utah man and high in Senator
Smoot's favor. Out in his own State,
Smoot is given much of the credit for
persuading the President to make
william M. Jardine Secretary of Agri-
culture Jardine was born in Idaho
and appointed from Kansas. but
spent his mature life in Utah. One
of Senator Shoots strong claims to
favor in his home Commonwealth is
his success as a go-getter of Federal
pluns for deserving Utah Republi-
cans A Supreme Court iudgeship for
George Switzerland: the commits
sionership of the general land office
for William Spry, and the secretary
ship of the American-Mexican Claims
Commission for Noble Warrum are
among Shoots cotenporary tri-
umphs in the field of patronage.
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Washington will be host in October
to the annual melting of the "Tele
phone Pioneers of America which
will bring together a distinguished
har pf man al with the