Evening star., 1926-12-03

Col. George Harvey, at the recent
dinner of the St. Andrews Society In
New York, earnestly advocated the
appointment of American ministers
to Ireland and Canada. He took the
view that Uncle Sam should no longer
hesitate to reciprocate the honor that
the Emerald Isle did us in sending an
envoy to Washington two years ago,
or the similar honor that Canada Is
about to do us. Col. Harvey, who is
still a good newspaper man. sprang a
scoop upon the banqueting Scotsmen.
II happen to be informed" he said,
| that Australia will follow the
example Of Ireland and Canada upon,
If not before, the return of her prime
minister, Mr.. Bruce" London dis
patches report that Bruce Is headed
for Washington. Harvey thinks the
Australian statesman ought to be ac-
corded a royal welcome, In token OF
our appreciation Of Bruce's warm
espousal of an MISUNDERSTANDING
entente cordiale at the recent I'M
perial conference in London.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson OF
Arkansas, Democratic leader In the
Senate, has just returned to Wash
ington from a duck-hunt1ng eXpedl-
ton at Bernard M. Baruch's shootlng-
box in South Carolina. The minority
chieftain is a crack shot and laid low
with unerring aim every mallard and
canya asback that flew his way. A year
ago Robinson was initiated into the
| mysteries of grouse shooting In Scot
land. It is attended with considerable
more formality than hunting in this
country, but the Arkansan speedily
won his spurs with his British hosts.
The first day out he captured the
coveted rank of "first gum" with the
biggest bag to his credit. Senator
Robinson's troubles in the more or less
| United Kingdom did not set IN until
he attempted to land in Ireland with
| a brace of shotguns. 1t took some
persuasion, and no little official IN
! f1uence. to convince the authorities
that he had brought them to shoot
game and not Irishmen.
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Aaron Sapiro of Chicago, regarded
! bv many farm leaders as the coun'
try's premier authority In the realm
| of cooperative marketing, was IN
| Washington this week looking into
| agricultural matters. Cotton is tne
crop in which Sapiro is chlef1y inter-
ested nowadays. He is far from en-
1nUSlaSIlC over IIlc TSllCl iliOooNA
Gently adopted by the Coolidge admin
istrafion for relief of distress in Dixie
According to Sapiro, the scheme
whereby Government funds were
| pledged to finance the storage and
carving of 1000, 900 bales is designed
to relieve the cotton banker rather
than the cotton grower. Adminlstra
ton authorities naturally reject this
lugubrious view. They say the GOV
ernment's relief project hasn't had a
chance yet to work out" They pro
fess confidence it will eventually oo
| all it was intended to accomplish. Sa'
piro has equally little faith in the CO.
operative marketing division set up
| in the Department of Agriculture last
| Spring. He thinks it is a well 1nten'
toned, but inadequate, piece OF ma
chinery.
"Tom'' Campbell Of Montana, said
| to be the worlds largest grower OF
wheat, has just left Washington. He
was in conference at the White House
about the time the Presidents message
to Congress was being prepared. Some
authorities think the Vermont farm
/ boy may have been inspired by Camp
| bell to no inconsiderable extent. as far
as the agricultural passages OF the
message are concerned. The Mon
tanan farms $4,000 acres of wheat
land. He runs them as If they were
| a modern factory. He is a bug" for
doing everything on a farm by ma
| chinery that can possibly be done.
The Campbell family has just har.
vested its flfty-fourth annual crop Of
wheat. "Tom." as he is known
throughout the wheat belt. is an un'
compromising foe of agricultural pat.
ent medicine, such as 'surplus leg1s.
lation."