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Evening star., 1925-03-21
Growth Being Shown
In Public Ownership

Public ownership Of industries &c
being enormously developed. SO prof
L. ". Carver OF Harvard Universitv
told g. New York audience. What ~
referred to was the present tendency
for wide distribution of the ownar,
ship Of corporations rather than for
Government ownership.
The evidence is impressive. rho
United States Steel Corporation for
instance, has 10000 owners ~
whom $4,000 are employees. Nearly
100000 persons own the raiIroads
More than 100000 persons own tbe
electric light and power Companies
the street railways and gas com
panies. Twenty-Five thousand en-
ployes are among the owners Of two
of the Standard OIL companies
NOT long ago the president of a
railroad brotherhood met the preai
dent of big railroad system with
which the brotherhood had been on
strained relations. Did your broth
erhood bank have a chance to get In
on the handling Of our latest bond
issueT the railroad president in
quired. Il intended to see that n
did" Thank you" replied the labor
leader Our Eastern correspondents
looked out for us, so we handled a
block Of your bonds"
1t is an important thing for the
country that the diffusion of owner
ship and the merging Of interests
and of classes should go on. !,
makes for a better understanding all
around. 1t is a real characterization
of industry.-Kansas City Star.
Evening star., 1925-03-21

of creating local sentiment furthering
efforts in the direction OF enlisting re-
cruits in the campaign for legislation
to that end.
AS the case now stands, public senti-
ment seems to be lax in the wet"
communities. and in several States
politicians are catering to what they
think is the feeling Of the voters on
prohibition enforcement. The Presi-
dent is q stanch upholder of enforce
nent of the law which the amended
Constitution requires. The President
can do a great deal to encourage the
advocates Of the carrying out Of the
act Of Congress in this case made and
provided.
The attitude of the administration
on enforcement of the Volstead act
was reiterated as the result of q re-
port of q Philadelphia grand jury,
which recommended that the enforce
ment officers should be put under civil
service and the prohibition units
placed with the Department of JUS
tice. II is pointed out that President
Coolidge several times had recon-
mended to Congress that the enforce
ment officers be put in a civil service
status and enforcement taken out OF
politics.
The President was originally Of the
opinion that the prohibition law ought
to be enforced by the Department of
Justice. Now, however, after further
study and conferences with Commits
sioner Haynes, President Coolidge is
said to have changed his belief. and
thinks that enforcement rests as
much with the Treasury Department
as the Department Of Justice. The
President is represented as thinking
that the Philadelphia grand jury
failed to point out some of the defects
in prohibition enforcement, especially
the lack of thorough cooperation by
municipal police with Federal au-
thority. In his mind, it Is said, ade-
quate enforcement is impossible un-
less these authorities aid the Federal
Government, or that the Federal Gov
ernment shall duplicate the State and
municipal police. This the President
holds to be impossible.
1t is the Presidents opinion that the
constitutional amendment did not con-
template that the Federal Government
should do all the enforcing, but that it
is as much the duty Of the State au-
thorities to aid in the enforcement of
this law as of other laws. The
chief function of the Federal Govern
ment. he holds, is the prevention of
smuggling and looking after the with
drawals Of liquor from bonds. Proven
ton of small sales of liquor in locaIi-
ties he contends to be the work of the
local police. And in this contention,
essential to the practical enforcement
Of prohibition. it would seem sure that
he will command the support Of gen.
eral public opinion.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
Gov. Smith and Taxes.

Gov. Al Smith Of New York, not
withstanding the fact he has had an
antagonistic Republican majority in
the Legislature on his hands, seems to
have won his fight for a % per cent
income tax reduction this year. Gov.
Smith has seized upon the popular
side Of another problem. The Repub-
lican leaders in New York, apparently
in their efforts to block the governor,
have been foolishly blind. All they
had to do was to cast their eyes to-
ward the success which has followed
their national leader. President Cool
idge, in his fight for Federal tax re-
duction and for economy in govern
mental expenditures. They would
then have glimpsed the real situation.
Tax reduction aud economy In Goy>
Evening star., 1925-03-21

ernment expenditures constituted the
the last national campaign-a COM
panion piece to the issue of radicalism
raised against the third ticket. Mr..
Coolidge has won moro plaudits be-
cause Of his economy and tax reduc-
ton program than for any other.
Gov. Smith has been more awake to
the situation than the Republican
leaders in his State. They seem to
have missed their opportunity when
they did not accept his early proposal
appropriations be dealt with In a non
partisan way-and that there should
be cooperation between the Governor
and the Legislature in these matters.
The people of the United States
have been more heavily burdened with
taxation in recent years than at any
other period when the Nation was at
peace. The Federal taxes have been
heavy But the State taxes have been
enormous, too. The States seemed
to have entered upon an orgy of
spending. Municipalities followed
suit or led the way. Federal taxes
have been hghtened. They will be
still further lightened if the plans OF
President Coolidge are carried out
Indeed, the next Congress is expected
to slice the tax rates still further.
But Mr.. Coolidge has reiterated MANY
times the need of stringent economy
in Government expenditures If the
burden is to be reduced.
In view Of this situation, what have
the Republican leaders at Albany been
dreaming about? 1t is true they
picked a number of popular items of
appropriation to swell this years bud
get, believing that it would embarrass
Gov. Smith to slash these items. One
was an item of $4,000, 900 for the rural
schools. With such appropriations
they maintained. 25 per cent reduc-
ton in the income tax would not be
possible. But Gov. Smith has not hesi-
tated to use the pruning knife. He
eliminated s15.000yO00 Of new items Of
appropriation, including the proposed
appropriation for the schools, which
he pointed out would not be needed
until April, 1926, or later. He made
still further reductions in the regular
appropriations, until it is now figured
that the % per cent income tax reduc-
ton can be continued. and there will
still be surplus in the State treasury.
Gov. Smith has an intimate grasp Of
State affairs. He is also one Of the
shrewdest politicians the Empire State
has produced in recent years. Unless
the Republicans mind their ps and as
they will find themselves in an evil
situation in the State elections next
year.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
Editors See Great Benefits
In Cuggenheim Fellowships

go are predicted by the New York
Times. Peace comes through under
standing and understanding through
intellectual relationships" is the con-
clusion of the Colorado Springs Ga
zette and Telegraph. The world
needs to batter down the evil walls Of
provincialism," adds the Wichita
beacon. An enduring structure of
understanding may be built up" says
the Rochester Herald. Wealth de-
voted to such arrangements IS wealth
devoted 10 the service Of humanity"
is argued by the Chicago Daily News.
IT is not for the discovery of
genius, according to the interpreta-
ton of the Los Angeles Express, but
TO encourage the development of a
talent. Money was never put to bet
ter use" The Little Rock Arkansas
democrat states that the gift is sure
TO bring cultural profit to the people
OF To-Day and to be of great benefit
10 me scholars OF the future. Its
Dement'S VIII accrue almost altogether
to the United States" In the opinion
OF the New London Day. IAN add,-
tional symbol OF the true American
spirit is seen by the MinneanoIis
Tribune. "a foundation of this char
acter shall last through ages and shed
q neVer-ending stream of light upon
ING eartnr says the Springfield (Illi-
nois) state Journal. America lives
too much for the purpose of making
money, and measures education too
much by its financial return. This
project may do a great deal to cor
rect the condition. believes the
Kansas City Post.
The endowment is called a broad
MINDED, public-spirited undertaking
by the Terre Haute Star, which en-,
phasizes that "the fellowships will ha
open to men and women, married or
unmarried, Of every race. color and
creed. The Ohio State Journal halls
the enterprise as making for national
and individual tolerance.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
Business as Usual.

II there are two men in this coun-
try whose judgment as to business
conditions is unquestionable, they are
Secretaries Mellon and Hoover. Their
capacity to form an opinion and their
resources of information upon which
to base it are unsurpassed. When
Messrs. Mellon and Hoover tell US,
therefore, that there is no occasion
for alarm over the stock market and
the wheat market slumps, it is up to
the country to put aside any fears
that may have been engendered and
to go ahead with business as usual.
p, 1t is conceded by these two bust
ness authorities that spectators in
wheat undoubtedly have been hurt;
but hurts to spectators are not NOR
tai wounds to conservative business.
THE people of the country" said Mr.
Hoover, are all working, and the
commodities which they produce are
going into normal consumption"
That is the story in a nutshell
Neither production nor consumption is
fundamentally affected by wheat pit
and stock market flurries. The farmer
had disposed of the bulk of his crop
before the recent sensational advance
in the price of wheat and benefited
but little from the 81 level There
fore, he is injured but little by the
bursting of the bubble. OF course, a
great many holders of railroad stocks
who are not spectators are sufferers
because Of the difficulties of st. Paul.
but that is a more or less isolated
case and does not indicate unsound-
ness in railroad holdings generally
The transportation system of the
country is in general good health be-
cause business as a whole Is in good
health, and with the purchasing
power of the farmer largely restored
through the improved prices he has
received for most Of his products the
sufferings of those who speculate in
foodstuffs they do not produce need
not be of too great national concern.
1t is not TO be denied that recent
developments in the wheat market are
Indicative of a condition which ought
to be corrected. and DIR. Jardine, the
Secretary of Agriculture, already has
set machinery in motion to see il
there has been punishable culpability.
II ought not to be possible for
gamblers to play fast and loose with
the Nations food supply, but there is
no prospect that any one need go
without food or the opportunity of
earning it, for there is no unsound-
ness at the core of American business.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
New Marvels of the Radio.

Every day come new instances of
the perfection of communication by
radio and the public marvels and ap-
preciates. A week ago those Wash
ingtonianS and the rest of the coun-
try possessing high-power receiving
Instruments and who happened to be
listening in at the time were de-
lighted with hearing a concert that
was being given in London.
Friday night there was a repetition
Of this instance. when the chimes of
Big Ben We're heard in New York
booming out the midnight hour from
the clock tower over the British
houses of Parliament in London. This
was followed by an orchestral concert
playing popular dance music from the
Savoy Hotel in London.
stThe music and the Ginning Of Big
Ben We're carried over a land wire to
Chelmsford, about 80 miles from
Bondon, and then sent out on a 1000
meter wave length. 1t was picked up
at Belfast, Me-, and again broad
cast on 122-meter wave length and
picked up at the Experimental Station
81 the Radio Corporation at Van Cort-
4andt Park, New York City, relayed
by"7and wire to the broadcasting sta
ton of WIZ, on West Forty-second
street, and broadcast again on ass.
meter wave length.
According to a statement issued by
the Radio Corporation at the conclu.
sion of the evenings program, it was
said that Friday nights experiment
may result in the very near future
in bringing programs from Paris,
Buenos Aires and stations in the Far
East to listeners i'll America. The
statement adds that enough progress
has, been made to warrant saying that
we have now definitely entered upon
an era of international broadcasting
which will eventually bring the en-.
tertainment, music and speech OF
other continents to every home in
America.
Evening star., 1925-03-21
The Lowly Amphioxus,

AmphioXus, lowest of backboned
animals, a survivor Of a family esti-
mated to be at least $4,000, 900 years
old. has been found by the scientific
expedition to the Saragasso Sea
housed on the steamer Arcturus and
commanded by William Beebe. I'm
der the common name of "lancelet'
this member Of one of the first fam
lilies has been long known in coastal
waters, but never before has he been
located out in the ocean. 1t was not
thought he had that much ambition.
He is the predecessor of the earliest
vertebrates, fishes, and is thought to
be a survival, in a slightly changed
form, from date still earlier than
the inconceivable one with which
scientists have definitely linked him.
Even the backbone that he has is not
solidtied, but is composed Of timber
cartilage.
Amphioxus has a long, long his
tory. Compared with him a masto-
don is a modern upstart, and the great
vertebrate dinosaurs are as Of yes
terday. How interesting this family
history has been is another matter
entirely. Science knows that the
simpler organisms have the longer
range in time, and amphioxus, who,
like the brook, seems to go on
forever, has persisted because he is
a simple organism
Simple in two senses. Amphioxus
evidently had a chance to develop
his rudimentary spine into something
little harder and little knobbier,
something worth while. He is an ex-
pert swimmer when occasion requires.
yet prefers to spend most of his time
ourroWing in the sand, resting, with
mouth agape, for the food waited his
way by ocean currents or by the
swirling fins Of more venturesome and
self-reliant fishes. Lack of backbone
often means, for humans as well as
for animals, peace, comfort. safety,
but not much else. Presence of back
bone means toll, trouble and danger.
but the owner dies a better animal
for having had it, and leaves progeny
with spines still a little sitter and
self-respect a little keener.
There is an old saying to the effect
that it is not how far along one has
come, but which way one is going,
that counts. Amphioxus does not
seem to be going, or getting any
where. He is just sticking around,
content to be here and to point with
false pride to his lengthy family his
tory. The sucker Of the present day
is, compared to amphioxus, a compli-
Gated marvel Of activity. brains and
character. Amphioxus may with truth
and propriety be called the original
poor fish,
Evening star., 1925-03-21

States get a position with the Cana
dian Mounted Police ID. II L
a. The Royal Canadian Mounted
Pollce Forceis Canadian organization
and is accepting none but Canadian
citizens at the present time.
Q. Has Finland national epfc2-
W. A. 7.
A. Tho 'Ilalevala" is the national
epic of Finland. The name means
The abode of heroes" The epic
ranks among the five or six great
ones of the world.
=. was the money loaned by the
United States during the war to bear
| interest and was the money in gold?-
S. J.
a. The loans which the United
states made her allies were not made
in gold. The United States established
credits against which the borrowing
nations might draw. The terms or
the loans stated that they were TO Be
repaid in gold. The rate Of interest
paid on foreign loans is per cent
Q. What was Shakespeare's favorite
meter?-W. A. T.
A. His favorite meter was iambic
pentameter.
Q. What kind of a lens throws the
light toward the center Of the Iens?-
r. 5.
A. A convex lens throws the IiEht. .
rays toward the center of the lens.
while concave lens throws the rays
away from the center.
Q. When were vitamines discoy-
ered?-W. W. V.
A. They were discovered in 1909.
.. Who is Frederick WuIsin &c. y.
A. He is distinguished American
scientist, who has just returned from
study Of non-Chinese tribes Of
keveichow, China. Here he found
fair-haired, blue-eyed natives.
Q. Where was the Southern Pres
bytertan Church organized?-M. A. II.
a. Dr. Alderman, in his oration on
the life of Woodrow Wilson, said that
In the home of the Presidents father
tRev. Joseph WILSON, the church was
organized during the Civil War.
Q. What is ood-pressure? PIP.
r. S.
A The maintenance Of the circula
ton of the blood requires a certain
amount of pressure in the circulatory ,
system. This pressure varies from
l25 to $50 millimeters of mercury
Q. Has the river bed OF the Rio
Grande changed?-E. L.
A. In Colorado and New Mexico
the Rio Grande occupies various val
leys, some of which are old and
some new. The greater part of its
present channel, however, especially
below FL Paso and across the coastal
plain of Texas is geologicaIly recent.
Higher terraces bordering the val
ley In most places in Texas Indicate
the existence of a large stream in
the earlier part Of Pleistocene and
even late Tertiary time that may
De regarded as a predecessor of the
Rio Grande, but probably not having
the present watershed of that river
Q. Did Booth make an attempt on
the life Of Lincoln at his inaugura-
tton IL C. D.
A. Booth was at the Capitol on
March 4, and tried to force his way
through line of police. His pur-
pose is not known. He later said
however, that he lost an excellent
chance OF killing the President that
day.
(Let The StaT Information Bureau
Frederic J. RGSk5n, Director. Ttce7tty-
first and streets northwest, GnsceT-
your question The onty charge for this
service Is . cents in stamps for retu7,,
poStGge)
Evening star., 1925-03-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Abou Ben Sneerer-may his trib,
lobby.
'Ah, how is the great writer?" in,
quired Abou.
Ben met the same gentleman on {
street car platform.
"Ah, how is the great writer? o
sneered the Sneerer.
This is the sort of thing that trans
forms what well might \be a HEAVIER
upon earth into a sort of petty hell
where sneering becomes the high
water mark of the fiends, with the
best ,Sneerer holding down the king.
pin position as devil
Sneering is another of the gentle
little arts. country cousin. as 4
were. to the exact science of "kid
ding"
The family relationship between
this precious pair is very wei
marked. The stamp of the low-brov
is on both. 1t is a sort OF invisible
mark, however, only seen by tn,
elect, who are the sensitive.
Fortunately for the thick-sk inn ed
sneering rolls off their hides lik,
water off the well known duck.
back. And fortunate, indeed, is the
man who is immune to sneering
Whether he is so dull-witted that
he does not understand, or whether
he has arrived at that happy philo.
sophie height where he is indiffer-.
ent, in any event, he is to be con-
graduated.
There are so many topics in the
world that the Sneerers could tall
about! But all they do is sneer
They sneer at those who. perhaps
deserve it. and they sneer equally
at those who have tried to do some
good and decent thing.
Yet there is so much to admir-.
In this universe, that it Is hard tc
see how any one in halfway health
of body and mind can find time, IN
the few years given him here, tC
spend so many minutes merely tear
ing down, or throwing veil OF
words over the beauties of which he
is 50 jealous.
The trouble with the members OF
the Sheer family is that they are not
even halfway we'll in mind. One
does not have to be either an i'm
beetle or an idiot to have a sicB
mind.
The brain is like a nut in a shell
b6IOTt we CTdCh JHo covering We
do not know whether the kernel Is
sound or not
Ordinarily we do not crack the
skull of man, as If il were some sort
of gigantic nut which needed the
application of a gross nutcracker.
Perhaps, 1t might be a good thing
in some cases, but it is not generally
done. The brain of man reposes Sc
curely in the hardy cradle made for
II by Mother Nature, and normally
is never cracked from the outside.
1t often is cracked" from the in
side, however.
OF all the true cracked brains, the
man who sneers gives the best
demonstration. He not only displays
to the world his own inability tc
do what others do, but at one and
the same time he hurts himself be-
yond repair.
No one can sneer at others and not
sneer at himself. This Is one oi
Gods boomerangs that never fails.
Sneering is one OF the nastiest
habits of the mind.
Jealousy is the root cause When
one envies another and cannot, either
through inability or circumstances
himself duplicate the others work
he is very apt to sneer at the other
man.
His mind being as it is, It pleases
him to sneer. The cuss enjoys fl
This may seem passing strange, but
Evening star., 1925-03-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Q. How much money is spent on
street cleaning in the District?-F
f. r.
A. For 1925 the appropriation is
$4,000.
Q. How many applications have
been received for adjusted compen-
sation?-W. p.
A. The Adjutant General stated
that on February 25, 1925, 2,400, 600
applications had been received from
veterans throughout the United
States and those now residing In for
elgn countries. OF the total number
received only $4,000 had been dis
allowed by the department, but IL
had been necessary to return 500, ,00C
to the senders for correction and
necessary information.
Q. why should plants be removed
from sick room or bedroom al
nightly. A. G.
A. The only reason that house
plants should not be kept in sleep
ing room is that the temperature OF
a well ventilated room is lower than
the temperature necessary for plants
The average plant should have 4
night temperature of around so de-
srees and a day temperature OF
around 70 degrees.
F. f.
A. Sugar beets are white as tur-
nips, but are shaped like parsnips or
garden beets. The ideal factory beet
weighs about two pounds.
q. How long ago were fireworks
used on July &C. W. X.
A. Fireworks have been associated
with the Fourth of July from the be-
ginning. At the time of the signing
of the Declaration OF independence
John Adams, in a letter to his wife
says the following: 1T Undepend-
ence day. ought to be solemnized
games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires
and flluminations from one end of
this continent to the other, from this
time forward forevermore."
Q. How can a violin string coated
with too much resin be cleaned?-F. f.
A A clean cloth moistened with
alcohol can be carefully rubbed over
the string.
Q. What does The wept Of Wish
ton Wish" mean w. D. T.
A w. J. Long explains the title
of the Cooper novel, as follows: THE
"ept" means the one mourned for,
or the bewept" An Indian term for
the whippoorwill is "Wish-ton- Wish. -
T. 3. was nfA'iie 'n'enteoF-
A Braille is a system of dots en-
hossed on paper, which the blind read
with their finger tips The RrailIe
alphabet was devised by Louis BraIIle
blind Frenchman, about 1894 and
has been adapted to the language OF
every civilized nation.
.. In what part Of Canada. are the
most horses raised ?-R s.
A The Province of Saskatchewan
maintains the lead as the greatest
horse-bre eding province in the Do
minion. with a total of 1,170,745 in
1924.
q. How many cities have city man
ager goyernnlent?-F. P
A The total number Of cities in
the United States having city man
ager government is BAT. This form
or government was put into effect in
81 cities in 1924.
Q: What make Of violin did the
celebrated Joachim uses T.
A Joachim used a Stradiysrirs
=. Can citizen of the United