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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
A Remidner

"The storm burst upon us so sud :
denly that we had no warning of its
approach" related the tornado vic
tim. I'm an instant the house was
demolished and scattered to the four
winds. How I escaped being torn
to pieces I do not knoww
Good heavens!" calculated absent
minded little Mr. Meek. "That re-
minds me I almost forgot to do an
errand for my wife."-Nuggets
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
She Knew

Walter Stern, business head of the
Big U, was testing the memory of his
little daughter, Barbara, to see if
she remembered some of the things
he had taught her.
Can you tell me the plural OF
man?" he asked her
Men," answered the little pupil
promptly
"And the plural for child?"
''Twins!" declared Barbara, and her
daddy had to admit that she was
right.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
Ananias May Have Been First, But-

o. e. Hosum, returning from a
fishing trip at Lake Chute, was ridi-
culed because he had caught only
one fish.
"Well," said Fred Pierce, "it must
have been a big one, anyway"
Big" retorted Hosum, why, it
was so big that it took Is minutes
for the water to run back in the
hole after I pulled him out That's
the reason / didn't bring him with
me."-The Midwest Review.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
Abe Martin

It's gittin' a felIer don't care
whether Tiers "a cup in th back or
not if "a suit fits his flask. NOthin'
makes felIer round shOuIdered
quicI1er'n gittin' out of his class am
tryin' t. hold up his end.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
Annrecintinn

A certain oft t-time married movie
star was showing her latest en-
gagement ring to some admiring
friends. It's perfectly adorable" they
all agreed; whereupon the star re-
piled:
Yes it came from Blanks 1
think in future, I'll have all my en-
gagement rings bought there"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29

CLOSE TO THE MARKET
Mexico will do well with her di-
vorce law if she establishes branch
office at Tia Juana to catch the Hol-
lywood trade.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
During Steel works Minstrel Show

Dick Denman to Tom Christian:
Say, Tom, do you all know what's
de difference between de Prince of
Wales and Mr.. Weitzel?
Tom: No, what is it?
Dick: Why, de Prince of Wales Just
gifts bucked off his boss only once
a week.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
CLOSING THE DEBT BARGAINS.
(New York Herald-Tribune).

Herald-Tribune).
BY a hands majority the
European nations great
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29

OF NO CONSEQUENCE
Now that the baseball season has
begun the league of nations ranl. as
one of the minors.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
African Golf

A woman recently wished to dis
pose of mah-jongg set of which
she had grown tired, and asked
colored porter in her employ:
"Do you play NAH jongg?"
Whats that?"
ooh, that's game you play with
little ivory blocks"
"Oh, yes, I play that" exclaimed
the porter. But why don't you say
what you ?"-Chelsea Record.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
DEBATABLE POINT

Beer may be healthy as a beverage
but what congress wants to know
is whether it is yet healthy as an
issue.
Copyright, 1926, Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
Note was Not Explicit

Florian: "Chief. All needs protec-
ton! All done got a unanimous letter
this mornin' which done says: Niger
let nah chickens alone"
Chief of Police: why protection? :?
Just leave the chickens alone"
Florian Oats all right, boss, but
how does I know whose chickens Is
to leave e?'-Agathon News.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
Plucked From the Plains
I. on.

Twas in a restaurant they met
Romeo and Juliet,
And there he first fell into debt,
For Romeo'd what Juliet.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-04-29
Correct

Teacher: In what battle did Gem
eral Wolfe, hearing of victory, cry,
I die happy?'
Johnny: I think it was his last
battle.-Union Pacific Magazine.
Evening star., 1926-10-17

State or local government"
This was the answer of Eli See
birt of South Bend, Ind. to my
query as to who is our worst tax
oppressor. William Fortune, a
great business man and great
student of taxes. had tod me that
the local governments were riot
ing in eXtrava gance and could cut
a billion out of their budgets quick
ly and without missing it. l sub
mitted that proposition to Eli See
birt because he is not only a bust
ness man who has just completed
a term of service as president Of
his Chamber of Commerce but he
has also seen the problem from the
inside as mayor of South Bend
also, let me add. because he has
written and spoken widely and know
ingly on this subject.
I called his attention to President
Coolidge's criticism of local extrava-
gance
Perhaps my opinion is colored
by my local point of view he an
swered. THE President, who is the
leading advocate of the opposite view,
doubtless sees the matter from his
National viewpoint. He is response
BILE for National expenditures. There
fore he minimizes it's burdens to us
and emphasizes it's benefits. If he
Evening star., 1926-10-17
TRIP FORESEES ELECTRICITY
CREATING RURAL INDUSTRIES
Apprehends Coming of Reduced Rent and Taxes by
Change and Improved Living for Employees
i'm Garden Communities.

Rent and taxes can be reduced, living
conditions for employees can be i'm.
proved, discipline can be better main.
tained with less hardship to the indi.
vidual and raw materials can often be
secured more readily.
Given, therefore, economic pressure
to decentralize, and the means for its
accomplishment which exist in super.
power. automobiles and standardiz
alton, the ultimate result appears to
be inevitable.
Garden Community Coming.
To the industrial worker decentral
factory town, with all that 1t implies,
will be replaced by the garden COM
munity. The cost of living. housing
and transportation, which now cuts so
deeply into his income, will be greatly
reduced, and a new occupation-agri
culture-will be opened to any mem
Der of his family with taste and apti
tude in that direction. On the other
hand. industrial opportunities will not
he reduced, for with a car or motor
cycle freedom of movement to seek
employment will be great.
I must not be understood to be
prophesying a millennium when
troubles will be no more. Far from
It. The new era will bring plenty OF
troubles of it's own. but at least they
will be somewhat different from those
that have afflicted us. and they will
be tempered by greater material vel
Copyright. 1e2el
Evening star., 1926-10-17

tional system Of IS years ago Is being
replaced with expensive and modern
kinds. The people are demanding new
schools and highways and they are
willing to pay for them. They are
getting almost 100 cents Of value for
every dollar expended. They do not
realize any such return from Federal
expenditure.
II am never worried when bare fig
ures are put before me showing how
much more State and local govern
ments are spending and how much
less the Federal Government is spend
ing. We must get back Of the figures.
What is local tax money being spent
for? That's the nub of the inquiry.
1t is useless to take astronomical fig
ures Of the expenditures Of local gov
ernment without seeing what this
money is being spent for. If that is
done, 1t will be seen that 1t is going
for direct benefits that the people are
demanding Of their State and local
governments. The State and local
governments may spend more than
the Federal Government, but that is
explained by the fact that they give
most service to the people,
X X X
VI IlOW IIlS lIIuSDI6uIlcSS vi
the cities and States has been de-
nounced. Their total indebtedness Is
around 1900, ,000,0 900. While this is
being done by Federal propagandists
the fact that the Federal Government
is in debt $20,O00.O 900, 900 is hardly
mentioned-the second largest debt in
the world and charged up to the veal.
thiest nation in the world for expend-
itures that have given the people
the most doubtful benefits. For in
stance, in South Bend the funded in.
debtedness of the city for both civil
and school corporations was $3.50 per
capita Q925, and at the same time
the national debt was approximately
5000 per capita for every person liv.
ing in South Bend and elsewhere.
When some one tells you that State
and local expenditures and indebted
ness are rising you ask them. Rising
for what?' If they are rising for more
schoolhouses. better roads and such
tangible benefits as these, and the
people Of our State and local govern
ments want such services, can there
really be any extravaganza? OF
course, I agree that we must attack
waste and unnecessary expenditure
both at home and away from home
Local governments are not spotless
in their expenditures. OF course, they
waste some. But what I am after are
the Federal propagandists who pic
ture local governments as the spend
thrifts under the nose of Coolidge
economy. The truth is that for real
benefits received the Federal Govern
ment is the spendthrift under the nose
of serviceable local governments"
X X x X
Have you anything further to say
about Federal Government than the
Continued on Fifteenth Page)
Evening star., 1926-10-17
The Story the Week Has Told

| counter-proposal that 1.-The Hohen.
zoliern estates become the property
of unemployed pensioners and those
| who have lost everything through in
| flation."
Progress under the great French
schemes of commercial development
in the air is said to be sadly hampered
| by lack of funds; whereas, the neces-
sary capital seems to be forthcoming
| for the corresponding German prof.
ects, in particular. those of the Luf-
| thanSa, said to be the greatest air
traffic concern in the world. The lat.
| ter has in operation, understand, a
| Berlin-Angora service and contem-
plates Berlin.Peking and Berlin Cadiz
| services.
| Some say that 1t is proposed to ex-
tend the latter via the Canaries to
South America.
X X X X
| Itady.-Mussolini has taken over the
command of the Fascist Militia. In
approving this new assumption of
power, the grand council of the Fas-
cist party bestowed upon the Duce
the title Of 'generalissimo." He was,
we are told, forced personally to take
in hand the militia by it's alarming
state of indiscipline. the Savage"
section having erupted again and even
more violently than hitherto, taking
| ''reprisalS," even clashing with
| bloody results, with carabineers and
| with moderates Of their own party;
in other words, freely indulging their
bent for lawlessness and murder.
If the situation Is as serious as GER
tain dispatches represent, Mussolini
has Job on his hands. The grand
council has voted abolition Of the
electoral system within the Fascist
party. Hitherto the party officials be-
low the provincial secretaries have
been elected. hereafter they will be
appointed by the latter. The pro-
vincial secretaries are appointed by
the secretary general of the party,
and the latter is Mussolini's ap-
pointee.
Please note that besides the pre.
miership. Mussolini now holds the
portfolios of war. the navy and aero.
nautics. He requires little more to
become as absolute an autocrat as
ever lived. Apparently the system OF
Fasclsmo cannot be kept going on
any other basis. 1t Is a point worth,
noticing. q notice statement to
the press by a member of the gov
ernment giving the lie direct to the
reports Of fresh outrages by the "Sav-
ages" and generally sorry conditions
in the Fascist militia, but the fact
that Mussolini. already so heavily
burdened. should assume personal
| command of the militia, displacine
| Gen. Gonzaga, would seem at least to
make forgivable the suspicion that
"all is not sweet, all is not sound.")
X X y
China.-The capture of Wuchang
by South China forces was important
| since 1t consolidates Chang Kai
Sheks position in the Hankow region
(Hupeh Province) and released an i'm.
portant number of troops for defense
of his main line Of communications
| Hankow to Canton-and for opera
| tions in Kiangsi Province against Sun
| Chuan Feng, super Tuchun Of the five
| Lower YangtSe" provinces.
| 1t is reported that Sun has suffered
reverses, that his troops are deserting
to the enemy, that treason in his great
city, Shanghai, threatens his Russian.
trained officers from the Whampoa
Military Academy and his fierce lads
from ths Pearl River; but you never
Evening star., 1926-10-17

can tell what the morrow may bring
in China.
The sufferings of the native civilian
population of Wu Chang during the
siege were very terrible, but the mis-
sionaries seem to have Jared we'll.
The South China government has
lifted the boycott against Hongkong.
X X X x
United States of America. There
was a great deal to interest eco
nomic and political-philosoph in
the proceedings Of the Forty sixth An
nual Convention Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor. held at Detroit dur
ing the past week.
The Sesquicentennial Exposition is
a financial failure. On October Z, the
100000. as against an expected 25,-
900, 900. Twenty-one millions attended
the Chicago Worlds Fair and 100000
600 the Paris Exposition of 1920.
Nearly 100000 motor vehicles
were registered in the United States
In the first six months Of this year
an increase of 1913 per cent over the
total for the corresponding period
of 1925.
August Heckscher, recently return
ed from a trip to Europe devoted
to study of housing conditions there,
especially in London and Berlin, has
published a plan which calls for
demolition of all the "old law" tene-
ment houses Of the lower East Side
Of News York City, their replacement
by model apartment buildings, and
management Of the new buildings by
the city authorities. Half the capital
for the enterprise would be Jointly
furnished by the city and State. and
the rest by 500 philanthropists
($500.000 each). The plan proposed
makes no pretense of being ideal;
the beehive mode of life at it's best
being very far cry from the ideal.
Most agree that the ideal arrange
ment presupposes decentralization of
industry. No doubt that is coming
but it will take a long time, and
meanwhile 1t is intolerable to any
decent mind that the lower east
side tenements, which are breeding
places Of disease, crime, squalor and
degradation should be allowed to
stand.
Many will object to the city manage
to point to the London County
Council? Indeed as to the more
serious Of the problems attaching to
such a project as Mr.. Heckscher's,
the New York authorities need do no
more than take leaves out Of the pain.
fully compiled book of experience Of
that so admirable body, the London
County Council. It is unlikely that
Mr.. Heckscher's plan will be adopted
as it stands but hope is justified that
it's publication will give a strong
impetus to the movement for amelio.
ration Of housing conditins in New
York, which, as regards the great mass
Of the people, are so disgraceful.s
X X \ \
Notes.-I noted last week that Jugo-
slavia had started a navy with a
3,000.ton cruiser fresh from her
builders at Wilhelmshaven. One now
hears of negotiations for purchase by
Jugoslavia of the entire Belgian
navy, which however. consists solely
of minor craft, mostly former German
destroyers.
Sailing ships now constitute only
|3% per cent Of the ocean tonnage
Of the world. as against over per
cent IN 1914. Of the existing tonnage
the Unitsd States owns about half.
Evening star., 1926-10-17

fact that local government was in a
valley instead Of on a peak Of spend.
ing during the war. During the war
local needs were in every instance sur
rendered and postponed to the de-
mands Of the Federal Government. 1t
was almost unpatriotic for a com.
munity to build schoolhouse. Every.
thing was subordinated to building
war material. The money that might
have gone into local needs and i'm
provements was poured into the river
of gold flowing to Washington. Now
that the flow of this stream has been
stayed and local communities are at
tempting to supply school seats for
their children. and passab roads for
their automobiles, and to do in one
year what under normal conditions
would have been done in two or three
years, they are charged by Federal
propagandists with reckless disre.
gard Of the taxpayers pocket tbook.
y X X II
Furthermore it was only natural
for the Federal Government to re-
trench after the war. Many wartime
bureaus went out Of business and are
steadily going out of business now.
All of this cuts down expenditure au-
given for Federal tax reduction. 1t
doesn't always mean real economy.
All it means is the cessation Of war
time bureaus and commissions that
have wound up their work. That
would happen without any efforts
being made toward Federal econ
omy."
"Then you think, Mr.. Seebirt, that
the cause of rising expenditures for
State and local governments Is due
to their efforts to catch up with the
years that they were forced to sus-
pend their improvements on account
of the war;"
"Yes, but there is also another
powerful reason. New needs are press
ing upon local governments in a big
ger way than upon the Nation. The
highway system, which we had ten
or fifteen years ago was reasonably
adequate to meet our uses then. It
was for the age Of pedestrianism and
the cart and buggy. In those days
roads were progressively and inexpen.
sively developed during a century.
But due to the general use of auto.
mobiles by almost every man, woman
and child in America during the last
decade, local government has been
TequlIcO " Dullu dIl euLlTely new SyS-
tenn Of highways. The cost Of this
alone has been staggering. Yet such
q system was indispensable to the
demands of a new social order.
n X X X
Reflect upon the change in senti.
ment toward education. Education
today, a noted educator has said, is
our religion There has been a tre'
mendous change in the minds of the
people as to what Is sufficient in build
ings and equipment for our schools.
The physical property Of our educa
Evening star., 1926-10-17

again were mayor Of Northampton
or the governor of his State and was
required to meet the increasing de-
mands Of local government, he might
have a different opinion.
Compare the services of the Fed
eral Government and Of the local
governments. Just look about you.
You cannot turn in any direction In
which you do not see evidences OF
the services the cities are performing
for you. But you must wander about
a long time before you come into
contact with the Federal Government.
The benefits it confers upon the av-
erage citizen are of the most illusory,
indirect and intangible character.
Those conferred by the local gov
ernment are Of the most intimate,
direct and tangible character. OF
course you see the letter carrier
every day. But, remember, you do
not get his services in return for
your taxes. You must pay out in
stamps for everything he does for
you. But what of your city? It
polices your streets and protects
your homes it guards them against
fire; it builds and operates schools
for your children; 1t constructs and
AiloAillcAiS AlI6AWoSS dIk0 ollCCIo az
an enormous expense; it guards your
health: it supplies parks and H.
braries; 1t supervises your street
railways and your public utilities; 1t
collects your garbage and rules your
traffic and regulates your buildings;
builds and maintains wharves and
docks, hospitals for your sick,
asylums for your young and prisons
for your wayward. At every hour
of the day the city Is giving back to
you in some service return for the
taxes it collects.
X X X X
And yet in spite of all this the
cities collect very little more than
International Government does. Take
my own city of South Bend, which is
typical American community of
100000 people. Last year we paid
in State, city and county taxes
$4,000, 900. That means that our To-
cal government, comprehending all
the useful ant essential things I have
named, cost our people just $42 a year
apiece. That is less than it costs to
belong to most first-class clubs. But
the National Government, with its re-
mote and highly illusory benefits,
cost us $35 each"
"How do you account for the fact
that since 1890 the expenditures of
State and local governments have
steadily mounted?" he was asked.
mot once have they ever been lower
for a succeeding year. The Federal
Government has managed to retrench.
For instance compare the cost of the
Federal Government in 1919, 1921,
1923. 1924 and note the progressive re-
duction Of expenditure.
'"Those who find comfort in the
shrinking of National expenditures
from the war peak should weigh the
Evening star., 1926-10-17

Der 16:
The British Empire noted last
week that the delegates conference
of the coal miners passed resolution
in favor of withdrawing the safety
men from the pits. At the same time
they passed resolution advocating an
embargo on transportation Of foreign
coal, and another proposing an ap-
peal to the Trades Union Congress to
levy contributions in support of the
miners on all the other unioniZed
workers Of the realm.
The proposal to withdraw the
safety men from the pits had a sur
prising immediate reaction. The safety
mems union let it be known that
they would obey no such order The
proposal of an embargo on transpor.
tation of foreign coal was icily re-
ceived by the unions concerned and
1t has been made clear that, whatever
their willingness, the brother workers
have exhausted their capacity to help
the miners. The proposal to with
draw the safety men from the pits
was referred to a vote by the body
of the miners. 1t is officially reported
that the vote was favorable, but it
should be noted that the dubious
method of a show of hands instead of
the secret ballot was employed.
1t seems highly improbable that the
safety men will back down from their
position, and certain it Is that the
vicious and dsstupid move for the with
drawal Of the safety men has des-
perately prejudiced the miners
cause.
That question of help for the
miners was hotly discussed at the
Labor Party conference held at Mar
gate during the week. Mr.. Thomas,
head of the railwaymen, pointed out
that $4,000 railwaymen are out Of
work, and 100000 more working only
three days a week: and Mr.. Tillett,
head of the transport workers, stated
that $4,000 transport workers are un-
employed and 100000 more underem.
ployed. and that his union had con-
trihuted 100000 pounds to the miners,
and is 100000 pounds in debt. OBJ
viously, no help for miners from
these quarters.
The drift back to work of the
miners continues on an important
scale; some 10000 in the period Octo-
ber 40.
The Margate delegates discussed
uneasily the latest report of the Board
Of Trade, which shows September ex.
ports less than those Of September,
1925, by more than 100000 pounds;
imports greater by 3,S00.000 pounds.
Ramsey Macdonald addressed the
conference in warm advocacy of ma
tionalization of the mines and a res
olution in that sense was passed
Not the least important of the pro-
ceedings of the week was a conference
in London between British and Ger
man captains of trade and industry.
Even the subjects of discussion have
been kept secret; but presumably the
chief subject was the question Of the
attitude of the British iron and steel
producers toward the new west Eu-
ropean iron and. steel trust, whether
the British producers should join the
trust, and if not, by what amicable
arrangements cut-throat competition
could be averted.
Lord Oxford and AsQuith Herbert
Asquith) has resigned the leadership
of the Liberal party.
Evening star., 1926-10-17
University of Leyden
Again Fetes Americans

For the second time the University
of Leyden has organized an American
students week under auspices Of the
Netherlands American Foundation and
Union of American Students in west
ern Europe. A party of about go
graduates of Yale and Princeton uni
versities was received recently at
Leyden town hall in the presence of
Richard NJ Tobin. United States Min
lister at The Hague. The first expert
ment with the student week. two years
ago, was a striking success, and it is
intended to make the Netherlands
American week an annual event. The
morning hours are devoted TO study,
while during the afternoon the Ameri-
can guests are entertained. Among
the lecturers are Prof. Einthoven. to
whom last year the Nobel prize was
awarded for his invention Of the string
galvanometer. and Prof. Lorentz,
world-famous physicist.