Evening star., 1925-10-04
Capital Sidelights

lof this Representative Frank Funk of
Illinois, who will be chairman of the
subcommittee drafting the appropria-
tion bill for the National Capital, is
the butt" Of many colleagues word
having been passed around that Rep
resentative Funk is responsible for
most Of the corn liquor" that the
prohibition enforcement outfit is try
ing to locate. All because Representa-
tive Funk produces a lot of seed that
may have grown the corn from which
the mash was made that fed the still
that was hidden away in the bootleg.
lEer's house against the law that Andy
Nolstead made
After this prea mhle II should he
Stated clearly that Representative
Funk and his family for more than a
century have been among the largest
growers Of corn in this country and
are responsible for untold Yields Of
jcOrn because they have been in the
corn breeding business and furnished
seed for the entire country. The hun.
ldredth anniversary of the Funk fam.
iy's ownership Of an immense tract
of perhaps the hest farming land in
1.-THE United States. recently celebrated
is an event prOba bly, without paral llel
in the history Of the entire United
Estates. Isaac Funk settled at Funks
lGrove. H.. in 1924. FIe married Cas-.
sandrs Sharp. who came from Mary.
land. They died on the sa me day. hui,
left worthy progeny. He was one
Of the largest land owners in. the
State. He was member first of the
lower branch of the state Legisla ture
and then Of the Senate.
Isaac Funk was an intense pa.
triot and as member Of the Illinois
Senate in 1863 denounced as traitors
10 the Union certain of his collea gues
in that body. Except for Lincoln s
Gettysburg Address. this speech by
Isaac Funk IL remembered by more
people. possibly. than any other of
the Civil War period. President Lin.
coin ordered the speech read before
every Union regiment then in the
field.
Each Of Isaac F'unk's eight son,
and one daughter owned and lived on
farms ranging from 1900 acres to
$500 acres. Three Of them We're
members Of the State Legislature nd
the daughter married legisla tor.
Another son. Benja min F. Funk. ca me
tn Congress, and he was the father
of the Representative Frank Funk We
now have in Congress.
With a family history like that
every member NJ which has siver
conspicuous service tn the State and
ing the farming industry. and at lea 81
two members ot which did conspicu
ous war service and have been urged
for the post of Secretary of AEricul
,ure-Representat Funk ran stand
a lot of Kidding" He has back
ground as well as a future-and he
is very sincere friend of the Capita
City.
| Maybe the time will come wher
statues will he erected throughout the
world in honor Of that great eXem
plar of economy--Calvin Coolidge. His
insistence upon strict economy in gov
ernmental expenditures has had effect
in many States and municipalities ir
this country and even outside the
three-mile limit-penetrating even tc
the State of Bahai. Brazil.
The Coolidge bra nd OF governmental
economy has been made the off1cia
order in Bahai by the governor ot
that State. DIR. Fra ncisco Marques dt
Goes Calmon. AS will he shown by
the governors own words il Is tll
needed there.
The governor. in message to the
General Legislative Assembly of the
State earlier This wear. said:
The world is not unaware Of the
plethora Of gold in the United States
nor Of its unlimited ahunda nee nj
financial and economic means and re
sources. In the mea ntime II was ir
that country that the President spoke
to Congress as follows:
American public finance has beer
a series OF amortization ~ the rrea,
expenses created by the war. From
1921 TO 1928 the annual reduction has
been between 400 and 500 millions o'
dollars. During the past five years
from July /, 1919. to June 80. 1924
public expenditure has dimirishet
about three billion dollars. and the
charges or fiscal contribution reduced
one-half. Due to the war. the Fedora
Indebtedness had risen 10 26l, billions
of dollars, and has been reduced tr
20L billions-a reduction of Ave bill
lions. The budget estimates for 1925
1925 suffered reduction of 27o mil
! lions OF dollars. while there will still
remain a n excess of ordinary revenue:
amounting to 373 millions of dollars.
I'm any country" continued the
Governor Of Bahai,' such fna ncia
condition would dazzle and awaker
bold and imprudent temptations in The
spirits of legislators. but in the United
States. the richest nation on the globe
its President further asks:
IN nation is to rema in in the
path of economy. or pledge itself fOl
new projects. accumulaiing expenses
impede the fulfillment Of 4 prudentl,
pla nned surplus
And with civic courage he Iowa lly
answers his own query in these words
The most important work. per
haps. which this Congress can carry
out is to continue policy of economy
and reduction Of expenses. for the prr
pose nf permitting reduction OF tax
alton during the next financial wear
There added the Governor Of
Rahia. Won have an edifyink example
All that we can say with regard 10
IA State like Bahia is that up to 2
few months 60 II was behind with its
creditors: that II had contracted 70,
two refundinS loans. with the credi
notwithsta ndinc the second. has rele
gated both to abandonment. 1t
neither provided for interest due on
its internal bonds nor attended the
most urgent obligations including the
salaries Of its own employees. All
this. despite an increased and unex-
pected collection OF revenues
But Bahia has vet to learn to
economize until it hurts. as some
Government departments do today.
The State Department. for example
saves all paper clips which arrive in
the mail and last year collected
enough TO make 223 packages. which
meant a saving. perhaps. of about
$40. The United States Railroad
La hor Board saves paper boxes and
uses them to hold documents. This
board also has discontinued the use
of paper cups and now supplies in
dividual sla sses to employees. The
Smithsonian Institution has its en-
ployes make into memora ndum pads a
large amount of waste paper left h,
a wartime Government bureau An6