Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

The opinion is gaining ground at
the Capital that when the meeting
place of the 1928 Democratic conTen-
ton is finally determined upon. the
choice is most likely to be Detroit.
Certainly In the present state of af-
fairs, with the anti-Smith forces I'M
aIterably opposed to taking the con-
vention to New York, with distance
and expense operating adversely TO
the Pacific Coast, and with Jim"
Reed a sufficient factor to make his
rivals want to steer clear of taking
the convention to st. Louis, Detroit
is as good a guess as any. Chicago
appears to be the best bet at present
for the Republican convention, even
with the assumption that Mr.. Coolidge
is to be a candidate and that Chicago
is the home bailiwick Of his two most
formidable rivals - Lowden and
Dawes. There is talk also of Cleve-
land, and repeating on 1924 In more
ways than one. Chairman William
NJ Butler OF the Republican National
committee is setting out soon on Il
scouting trip" which win carry him
clear to the Pacific Coast and into
every Republican State. He is not
| travelling in the interest Of any candi.
date, he asserts. but in the interests
| of the organization. Obviously this
! trip is the opening sltirmish in the
pre-convention campaign.
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| The Department Of Agriculture is
| experimenting in a new f1eld--the
measurement OF color OF foodstuffs,
and by this method reaching an accu.
rate appraisal of the quality Of the
commodity. Color Standardization has
| been applied to other products, but
| never before to grains, meats, fruits
and vegetables. OF further note in
| this connection is the fact that d
young and attractive girl, Miss Dor
| othy Nickerson. has been named to
| the post of color expert" in the Gle.
/ partment. Artists and art students
are familiar with the Munsell color
method, so named for it's inventor,
| the late Albert Fl. Munsell, head of the
| Massachusetts Normal Art School.
| Miss Nickerson is recognized spe-
cialist in the Munsell color measure
ment system. She says the Depart
ment of Agriculture hopes by color
| standardization to determine the exact
quality Of any given sample of meat.
| eggs or other food products, and to
develop work along this line to the
point that the housewife engaged in
| her weekly marketing may quickly
and accurately. by means Of a color
chart and a trained eye, appraise the
| quality of the provisions. she buys.
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Enrique Olaya. Minister of Colon
! bia, and chairman Of the governing
! board Of the Pan-Americun Union.
/ will preside over the sessions Of the
! Pan-American Commercial Confer
| ence. when convenes in Washington
| May 2--the first since 1919--to con
slider matters affecting the commercial
| relations between the United States
and her sister republics to the south.
| President Coolidge, Secretary Kellogg
| and Secretary Hoover are the head
| liners on the speaking program 9th
ers OF the United states group of
speakers who will address the 800
delegates in attendance include John
III. F'ahey. former president of the
United States Chamber of Commerce:
William c. Redheld, Secretary of Com.
merce in the Wilson Cabinet. and 10
Gaph r. Grace and Frank G. Munson.
he heads of the respective steamship
! ines which bear their names. The
ranAmerican conference will coin
eide in date with the annual meeting
in Washington of the United States
Chamber of Commerce
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The new compilation of Federal
statutes which is just off the press
represents gigantic legal feat in as
sembling and codifying the hodge
podge OF congressional enactments. It
is the product or 80 years of talk and
work by Congress, and is considered
"a stupendous piece OF book-making.
The single volume numbers 2,i66
pages. and 2S,350 copies We're printed.
Twenty-Five tons OF type were re-
quired. aud the stereotype plates
| weighed nearly tons. one hundred
and seventy-sx tons of white paper
were required for total of almost
10000, 900 printed pages. In binding
there were consumed 14I2 tons of
binder board, 1000 yards of buclram,
1888 miles of thread and 10 miles of
tape> There are 5.2t2.416 words in the