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Evening star., 1925-02-15
RADIO LINKS AMERICAS
AS NEXT-DOOR NEICHBORS
People in Southern Continent Pick Up
Programs From U. S.-Better
Understanding Is Furthered.

| United States and that they have beer
heard in parts of Canada. In addi-
| ton to number of government
owned and operated wireless stations
| in Mexico, the largest of which is a.
/ Chapultepec Park. near Mexico City
where there are three 300-foot tow
ers and nine smaller towers, some OF
the mining and other industrial con.
| Germs in Mexico have private stations
The government plants transmit com
mercial as well as official messages
the chief value for commercial pur'
poses being In certain isolated Sec
uons of the republic.
wireless Reports Explorers Safe.
One of the greatest values of the
| radio which has been proved already
| a number OF times in Latin America
as well as in other parts of the
| world, Is in getting in touch with dis
tant, out-of-the-way places, inacces'
sible to ordinary means of travel ant
communication. A recent illustration
of this was when an amateur radio
| operator in England picked up 6
message from the far upper reaches
of the Amazon Valley in Brazil, an.
| nouncing that the expedition under
DR.. Alexander Hamilton Rice, which
had left New York almost a yeaI
previously, was safe, that it hat
| achieved the object of the expedition
| and that all members were we'll. Thi:
| message was communicated to the
Royal Geographic Society in London
and then transmitted by cable to thu
United States.
With much exploration still to be
done in various parts of South anG
Central America. and with parties of
in sections of the continent not We,
fitted up with telegraph and tele.
phone. 1t Is probable that the radio
will play an even more important
part In the future than it has in the
velop some of the rich mining, timber
and agricultural territories which
have not yet been scratched by the
commercial activities of man.
Makes Latin American Music Popular
Another important feature of the
radio, particularly in the United
States, is that it is introducing and
| making popular many of the song,
and much of the harmony of the
Latin American countries, which un-
til year or two ago were unknown
here. Bands and orchestras through
out the United States, as result OF
this movement, are now taking ur
and playing some of the old melodies
which were sung by the Incas In
Peru long before Columbus landed or
| the shores of the New World, and
which have only recently been tran
scribed into print. For centuries this
music had simply been passed or
through the imprint on the memory
of the native Indians and no attempt
had been made to write 1t down
Through the activities of the Pan
American Union here, with Franklin
Adams, counselor, giving much of his
| inspiring thought and personal super.
vision, there have been introduced to
| American audiences also many songs
and other harmonious selections from
Argentina, Brazil. Mexico, Cuba, the
Central American countries and othss
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Is Religion Losing Out to Jazz?

sitting around working crossword
puzzles than we used to spend talking
politics on cracker barrels. 1t should
be the place of the church to give
them more to think about.
Clarifying Force.
O. What is the cause of our pres
ent moral slump?
A. The war certainly gave 1T i'm
petus. Force won the war. 1mme-
diately thereafter we bowed down OF
our knees to worship force. We put
force to work.
Prohibition is one way We put it T.,
work. We had been working for TEN
perance, which meant slow education.
| and the gradual curbng of mems
, thirsts. But suddenly we saw an op-
portunity to pass total prohibition
with Limitations so drastic that 1t was
| virtually necessary for doctors and
good aw-abiding citizens to break
| them. All Of which helped our wide
| spread disregard for law.
Q. Will we abandon prohibition?
A. We may have to. though that
| would be a calamity. The only way
| to get rid of the drink evil is to build
| up within a mans character law of
not break.
That is my criticism Of the child
| labor amendment. There is too much
force about it. We give Congress the
| right to enforce certain restrictions
when we ought to be doing this in our
| own homes. Why pass the buck to
| Congress? Child labor in some parts
Of the South is terrible thing. But
| If the Southern preachers had the in
| nuence among their people that they
| should have, those practices would
have been stopped long ago. The
church is to feeble to move.
What Is the Remedy
Q. How can we get people to obey
our present laws?
A. Not with policemen. Gen. But
Ter tried to do that in Philadelphia
He claimed he would clean it up in
4s hours. How? By the simple ex-
pedient of locking people in jails. But
he found he could Jail every citi-
zen in Philadelphia, and even that
| wouldn't make them any better. You
| can't make men good by force. You
can't clean up Philadelphia by putting
a policeman in every doorway of the
vice district. but you could do II
eventually by putting an old-time
preacher in every doorway.
You can only clean up Philadelphia
by helping men to build clean charac-
ters. And that's the job the church
has quit doing. We have quit making
good men out of bad.
Q. What can we do to get back in
the right track?
A. am not sure. I am an old man
and I've been casting about-search-
ing for the right way out-ready to
throw the last years of my. life into
anything or any way that will lead us
| out.
Certainly the present state of things
cannot last. This must be a transi-
tional stage. We can't get much
worse. and, therefore. we must get
better.
Evening star., 1925-02-15
DISTRICT OBTAINS MODEL
MILK LAW AFTER YEARS
Long Fight Ends in Enactment of Meas
ure Protecting Supply-Quality High
Now Through Cooperation.

~ I'VE years Of ceaseless hghting z
l. to assure the District Of Co
lumbia of a supply OF pure
L milk came to a successful
close last Monday when the
House on one of the two remaining
District days of the present Congress
adopted the Lampert milk bill, which
had already passed the Senate.
Heretofore residents OF the District
have been forced to rely upon the
honest efforts and pride of the deal
ers to keep the supply OF a high
quality, and, while excellent results
have been obtained, there was moth
ing in the way of regulations to en-
force proper sanitary methods What
was done was done through compe-
tftion and a natural desire of most of
the dealers to turn out the finest
product possible.
Under the terms Of the bill the
regulation requiring that all herds
supplying milk to the District shall
be given the tuberculin test annual
ly stands out as the most important.
Pasteurizing, of course, improves the
healthfulness Of milk and lengthens
the time in which 1t may be kept
sweet, but serious doubts exist as to
just how far 1t goes in killing the
germ of tuberculosis. This germ Is
believed to be able to resist the boil
ing point Of milk and would, there
fore, be able to withstand the much
lower temperature of pasteurizinE &.
which is usually placed at about 145
degrees Fahrenheit.
The measure also provides that the
farms supplying milk shall be in
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Overtaxing of Four States (
Paying $447,OOO,OOO, Charged

paid s2s5, ,oo0. 900 in personal income
taxes Compare this with the amount
paid-$447. .000, 600 and you will see
that these States have an overpay-
ment of 20 per cent because the in
dividuals living therein have an over
assessment to that extent.
ION this same basis of wealth the
group comprising the A States shoulc
have paid s595,000,000 instead Of
$4l3.O00,0oo, the amount collected. aJo-
cording to the 1922 figures-s1s2,000.-
900 less than in proportion to their
wealth by the last census of 1922.
Still considering the wealth of the
two groups, we see that the four
States, with considerably less than
third of the total wealth of the coun-
try, as indicated by the census, pay
81 times as much to the Federal Gov
ernment in personal income taxes as
they receive In state aid" funds
Compare this with the state aid"
paid to the a States. and 1t will be
seen that they pay only six and a half
times the amount of the aid" in In
come taxes from the residents of all
Of those States combined. In other
words, they receive nearly six times
on tho average what the four States
New York. New Jersev, Ohio and
Pennsylvania, receive"
Evening star., 1925-02-15
Devastated Sections
Of France Pay Big Tax

The devastated regions of France,
the scared waste that marked the
rolling tide of conflict, are. from the
fiscal viewpoint, rapidly becoming lit
tie more than a historical phrase.
Their productiveness, measured in
terms OF taxation, is again back upon
a pre-war basis.
In 1919" says Basil Miles, Ameri-
can commissioner to the international
chamber, in q report from Paris.
fiscal returns from the devastated
regions amounted only to 964 900, 900
francs. BY the end of 1928 the an
nual taxes paid by the inhabitants of
these regions was 1922, 900 francs.
For the calendar year 1924 It is esti-
mated that tax receipts will amount
to more than 4.500, 900, 900 francs. Thus
the devastated regions, which fur
nished one-sixth of the revenues of
the French government before the
war. are again paying their pre-war
share of the taxes of France.
I'm 1892 total tax receipts from
amounted to 24S,0os :.
900 francs; in 1928, to 326 6,000,( Coo
francs. and for 1924 they are estimat-
ed to total. over 4eo,e00,8oo francs :,
Evening star., 1925-02-15

~ r. RUSSELL CONWELL was
sitting in a comfortable rock
ing-chair reading a church
49, magazine when 1 entered his
study. He attempted to rise,
but yielded to his 50 years and my
request that he remain seated.
Once 1 recall placing a table in the
middle of a Chautauqua platform for
Dr. Conwell. To the audience the
table served as a stand for a glass of
water. But those behind tho platform
knew that during the two hours DIR.
Conwell held that huge audience with
his Acres of Diamonds" he gripped
that table to keep from falling. In
those days he carried trained nurse
with him, but kept on lecturing-a diff
ferent town every day.
That was 10 years ago and Conwell
had delivered his famous lecture
about 1000 times. Today he has
given it $3.50 times. With its pro-
ceeds-s2,720 ,000-he has sent thou
sands of boys to college. And he Is
still lecturing.
Still breaches ut 81.
Moreover he still breaches in the
of Temple University. both Of which
he founded. Today Is his SD birth
day.
DIR. Conwell has not been preacher
all his life. He served as lieutenant
colonel in the Civil War. then took a
newspaper trip around the world, prac-
ticed law for time and finally en-
tered the ministry. Probably to these
early experiences DIR. Conwe1l owes
one of his strongest characteristics
an extraordinary understanding OF
men.
Calling . Witness.
to take the witness stand in a little
investigation 1 was making of GER
tain charges that have been brought
against the church. In many quarters
recently it has been asserted that the
morals Of our people are in an ap-
palling slump. that crime is rampant
that the old standards of decency in
our personal relations are being dis
carded and that the country generally
Is going to the dogs. Many persons
have blamed the church for this. Are
d
Is religion actually dying out among
our people? Are the churches and
their ministers responsible for this?
had been commissioned to put
these questions uo to the biggest
churchmen l could find in America.
DR.. Conwell is one of them. He was
perfectly willing to testify. So 1 pro-
ceeded to fire my questions at him.
The answers came from man who
has spent a lifetime thinking on this
subject. Here they are:
O. DIR. ConweIl. what do you think
of present American morals?
Worst Within knowledge.
A.. They are worse than they have
ever been to my knowledge. and l am
a very old man.
Q. What Is the fundamental
trouble?
A. The church has lost its way.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

The four industrial States OF New
York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Ohio pay in personal income taxes
$34 900, 900 more than the amount paid
by the other A States, and receive in
State aid $52.000,o0o less than the
amount received by the other a.
States. according to a statement sub
mitted to Congress by Representa-
tive Ernest r. Alderman of New Jer
sey, a member of the House appro
priations committee, based on the
latest Government figures available.
Representative Alderman argues
from this that while the agricultural
West is having its burdens alleviated
the industrial East Is very heavily
burdened, its load is inequitable, 1t
should have priority consideration by
Congress, whereas the proportionate
representation of these four States In
Congress is only 121 to 40 members.
Representative Ackerman says:
by far the major portion of the
burden is still. I believe, being dis
proportionately borne by the income
taxpayers Of New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
says Top Too Heavy.
TT follows. therefore, as a natural
sequence that the people Of these in
dustrial States, who file 2,357,340 per-
SOna1 income returns, represent
ing 34.74 per cent of the entire num-
ber filed, are carrying on their pro-
fessional and commercial activities
under a tax load which cannot other
wise than be brake upon the wheels
of permanent progress and drag on
initiative and enterprise.
"A simple comparison of the wealth
Of these four industrial States with
that of the other A States and the
amount of taxes collected in each
group discloses one phase.
"A comparison of the numerical rep
resentation of each group In the Con-
gress shows another
"A still further inquiry is shown in
the returns yielded through State-aid
projects.
"a glance at the following table
shows these inequitfes In inesca pa BILE
facts and figures:
Four States: The A
N. Y, N. j., Pa, Ohio.r other States.
census. 1872 .ss. coo. .ooo. 900 .2Is,ooo. 900, 900
paid in 1922. 447,ooo,ooo 1s.ooo. 900
State aid. 12,ooo.ooo $4,000, 600
Number of SEN
atofs SIS
Number of Con-
gressmen.... 113 322
- Per Cent Overpayment.
ION the basis of wealth the four
States of New York, New Jersey.
Pennsylyania and Ohio should 'have
: - go p sssS.e9s ssssS <%ss's - 80 :
Evening star., 1925-02-15
THE INDICTMENT

1t is charged
That people going church today than any
in history;
That scofng religious beliefs and practices has
general
That women, who have always been the support of
churches becoming rregous;
That juvenile delinquency the increase;
That divorces becoming
That license personal relations of the growing
appalling
That drinking parties the taking place
drinking in the saoons
That the Jazz schools, colleges, books
plays music and social life generally, and
THAT IN THE GREAT WAR BETWEEN RELIGION AND
JAZZ RELIGION is LOSING OUT.
THE COST
$2650O00000 taken in holdups last
$6OOO0OO000 squandered in swindling stock schemes;
$l000O00OO lost in forgeries by trusted employees.
The total of than the budget
of the Nation and it is growing.
all this Mr.. has asked greatest
religious leaders America take the
being They Cardinal Patrick
Hayes of New York Dr. Russell Conwe of Philadelphia Rabbi
Of the Federated Council of Churches The first of xamina
Dr. ConweI, acclaimed by of 10000 ministers
greatest preachers of
Damondshas been boldly
this interview:
That the church has lost
That morals the slump all 81 years
lived,
He tells why.
This interview is challenge to the churches.
Evening star., 1925-02-15

spected and graded as to the sani-
tary conditions under which the milk
has been produced.
washington's milk supply has been
of high quality right along. Nu-
merous dairies may be ranked rather
low by the Board of Health. but these
are usually the smaller dairies.
|. Lacking laws and regulations up
to the present, the health office, by
method proba bly, unique in the
country, has built up a record for
quality in milk that will compare
favorably with the best produced.
This has been accomplished in three
| ways.
UnoAciaI Inspections.
First, by means of unofficial inspec-
tions, the health Office has been able
to get check on every milk plant
in this city and on every dairy sup
plying milk to the city. The men
carrying on this work adopted an
arbitrary standard that represented
the best thought in the Country as
to the proper methods of producing
sanitary milk. Using this standard
as basis. they graded the various
farms and dairies they inspected.
These records were collected and, in
the case Of the farms, were tabulated
gave each dealer a clear understand
ing of the condition of the source of
his supply.
This brought in the second phase
of the development. Dealers, en-
deavoring to improve their supply,
sought to sign contracts with the
dairies listed as OF highest quality.
This competition brought about the
allowance Of certain additions in the
| xAy-s@ e. u
produced the best milk. The added
price naturally spurred the farmers
on to added effort and the quality
grew steadily better Another angle
of this phase also developed. In times
Of flush production or lowest con-
sumption, when excess milk was to
be expected, the farmers lowest on
the list were sometimes left without
good market for their product.
Bulletin Issued to Public.
The inspectors, after grading the
farmers, also graded the distributing,
plants In the city and then the chem
lists analysed the milk for its per-
centage of milk fats and other solids
and for it's bacterial content.
With the results of all these ex-
aminatfons before them, they were
ready for the final phase in the de-
| velopment OF the supply of pure milk.
They allowed the dealer one third on
the food value and bacterial count
Of his milk. II this were perfect he
would receive 1914 per cent. If his
own methods in the handling of the
milk were perfect he would receive
another 33h per cent, and If the
farmers methods were perfect the
final 1914 per cent would be added
and he would have a score of 100 per
cent
After all of the dealers had been
so graded, q list of the dealers, with
their net scores, was prepared and
sent out to the public, or, rather, to
such sections of the public as asked
lCsnta0N11 @ %hir1 Page.l
Evening star., 1925-02-15
BY HENRY l.. SWEINHART.

~ TAND by, now" says the an
~ nouncer in Schenectady, n. Y
Four thousand miles away
~ in Rio de Janeiro, an Amer
ican consul listening in
hears the command and waits to en-
joy the next number on the program
from home.
The same music is heard in Mexico
City, in Panama and in Argentina; by
the "gaucho" out on the big cattle
ranches of Argentina, and by hun
dreds of radio fans" in Buenos Aires
and elsewhere throughout that south
ern republic; by the rich coffee plant
er in Brazil, and by many of the
workers on the plantations; in the
cities and villages of Mexico, in Pan
anna and in many other parts OF
Latin America.
Thus does the radio, with its un-
seen power, link the nations OF the
world through the music of the
spheres"
Great Interest in Latin America.
One does not have to be a Spanish
scholar to understand that "Associa
cion Argentina de Broadcasting
means that they have organized a
broadcasting club in the country
named, and, according to the latest
advices received here, 1t had q mem
bership of $50, and was still grow
ing A large and steady demand for
receiving sets and parts Is looked
for during the 1925 season In the
South American republic, where the
number of receiving sets already IN
use is estimated at from 10000 to
200. 900, according to 4 report to the
United States Department of Com
merce. This is believed to be only
fraction of the "saturation point.
Radio is reported to be gaining In
popularity in Argentina, due to the
broadcasting stations, which send out
not only popular musical programs OF
great variety, but operas from the
famous Colon Theater, as well as de-
bates which take place in the ArEen-
tine Congress-. A br0adcastlng STA
ton has been installed in the Capitol
Rnildinr. in Buenos Aires, to "cover"
the doines on the floor of the Ma
tional Assembly. Radio in Argentina
has been placed under the supervision
of the secretary of the navy In CO.
oneratfon with the minister of the
interior. and there has been an alio-
ca ton of wave lengths. up to $50
meters for amateurs, 352 to 426 me-
ters for broadcasting stations, and
from 600 UP for naval and other gov
ernment stations. Argentina pos
sesses the powerful Monte Grande
wireless station, which Is able to
communicate with the United States,
France, Germany and England.
what Mexico Il Doing with Radio.
Not only is Mexico receiving, but
she is sending radio programs. The
government has equipped a broad
casting station which Is operated un-
der the supervision of the bureau of
education and is now sending out
daily programs containing both in
structive and entertaining features.
Reports received here show that
these Mexican programs are being
picked up In various parts OF the
Evening star., 1925-02-15

-~ TAND by, now" says the an
nouncer in Schenectady, n. Y.
Four thousand miles away,
~ in Rio de Janeiro, an Amer
Evening star., 1925-02-15
As to Rhine Security,

Then to France, Look here, about
this matter Of security, what you want
is the fact of security; what my people
want Is to escape the form of special
alliance; therefore, how would it be for
me to undertake to oppose any attempt
to invade the neutralized regions of the
Rhine. any attempt to modify the status
quo created at Paris, any refusal to ac
cept arbitration, to resort to aggression.
as defined in the protocol? You have no
Intention Of attacking Germany, so that
does not restrict you; il Germany at
tacks you, then am committed. But as
to Poland, your-if ! may-so peculiar
eastern involvements, don't count on
me.
Now. broadly speaking. that is the
present British temper; that is the
direction in which events are moving
slowly. deliberately-are even being
guided by the oficially inspired press
articles. There is no tension; the att
CONTINUED on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1925-02-15
BY DREW PEARSON

~ r. RUSSELL CONWELL was
sitting in comfortable rock
ing-chair reading a church
49, magazine when 1 entered his
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-08-14
Sc inSiSte en- ia
uestigar Ell Dept.
de Instruction
tn pTeSupueStO Sc COnSIg-
nd una pdrtida de 1000
LA INVESTIGATION SERA
HECHA P0R PR0FESORES
De COLUMBIA

Hace va algunas ssmanas anun-
ciamos que en- la Legislature Sc ha-
bia presentado una Resolution para
que ell Departamento de Instruc
cion Insular fuese investigate per
una comisi6n de profesores de la
Universidad de Columbia, cuyos
servicios serian debidamente remu-
nerados por Ell gobierno. :.
Ello di6 margen a que Ell Comisio-
nado de Instruction seiior Huyke,
hiciera en- nuestras columnas ma
nifestaciones muy atinadas, hacien-
do constar que 81 efectivamente Sc
pretendia realizar una investiga-
ci6n en- su departamento, el estaba
plenamente convencido de que Sc
haria de Ia mejor buena fe y con el
prop6sito de hacer mejoras al SER
vicio,
Pero la Resolution en- definitiva
fue aprobada en- ambas camaras y
enviada al palacio de Santa Cata-
Ina para ser considerable por el
Gobernador.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-08-14
epideIdreCOnSideraCi0n
del fdIIO del Tribunal
Supreme reVOCdndO la
COndond en- COStdS
ALG0 MAS SOBRE Ell AN
TlGU0 PLEIT0 ELECTORAL
De SAN JUAN

En- dsas pasados Ell Tribunal su-
prero, por mayoria de sus jueces,
pues ell Hon. Aldrey dIs:ntio del
criterio de sus compaferos. revoco
una resoluci6n del juez Foote en-
virtud de la cual Sc condenaba en-
costas a la parte dema adante en-
Ell antique pleito electoral entabla-
do despues de las eleccicnes del 20
por los republicanos contra los unio
nistas a prop6sito del municipio de
Gan Juan.
No confOrmes con esta Ultima de-
cisi6n del Supreme, los ahogados
de la parte demandada, sehores Ri
vera zayas, Guerra g Ir1arte, radi-
caron anteayer un escrito solicitan-
do de la nencionada Corte la re-
consideration de su fallo, fundan-
(Contin1a en- la pagina 10l