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Evening star., 1927-04-20
MEN AND MONEY
By NJ. s. Rukeyser.
lconvriEht 1921

In spite Of the critical Chinese
situation. Europe is turning its
thoughts primarily to economic, rath-
er than political aud military. prob
lens.
The comeback of the deprecated
currencies lis the moral equivalent of
an advance by an army division.
New programs for lleightening re-
covery win be formulated next month
at an economic conference at Geneva
under the auspices Of the League Of
Nations.
Prof. Eugene Grossman, a Zurich
economist, has drafted a memorandum
for the conference, in which he as
ser;s that the road To economic prog.
ress lies In the direction OF facili-
tating foreign trade through CONNER
cial treaties, preferential tariffs, Gus
toms unions and international trusts
Speaking of customs unions, Prof
Grossman says: 1T took Is years
to complete the German zoliverein
Customs Unionl. although at that
time free trade theories were popular
The ideal of national unity predis-
posed the German States to closer
association, and local parliaments,
with their party rivalries and their
irrelevant discussions, had little In
hnence upon such legislation. We
must, therefore, infer that It win be
a long and tedious task today To bring
central Europe To similar arrange
ment, Commercial treaties, however,
lead in the same direction. One hun
dred and eighty such agreements have
been concluded during the last six
years, but. as only 27 OF them run
for more than II months. they do
not afford a stable basis for export
business"
Efforts to Cut Tariffs.
It is interesting to learn that Europe
is 10 make serious effort to cut
down tariff barriers, which were
erected TO greater extent than ever
before after the Versailles peace
treaty. which established many new
NJ. HeIdring, president of the Am.
sterdam, Holland, Chamber Of Com
merce, in a recent address, expressed
the belief that Europe could not be.
come genuinely prosperous until pres
ent tariffs will be removed or lowered.
Happily" he observed, sentiment
is moving rapidly in that direction.
I.atyia and Esthonia have abolished
tIlcAi tatRi Natts anu Nii4e .ieNeituG
tariffs may continue, prohihitive duties
are going out of fashion. American
insistence on the repayment of war
debts. accompanied by the mainte-
nance Of high tariffs against Euro
pean goods, has been encoura ging the
idea of a European customs union.
/ do not expect the United States Of
America to abandon protectionism in
the near future. but believe that
retention Of this policy will
Evening star., 1927-04-20
COMMONWEALTH EDISON.

NEW YORK, April 20 (P.-Com-
monwealth Edison CO. earned S11.60
share In the year ended March 81.
with net income of st2 2.s25,259. Gross
was S67 ,478,7T5.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
INDEPENDENT OIL co.

NEW YORK, April 20 tP.-F'irst
quarter earnings of Independent Oil
& Gas rose TO $634,530 from $780,
4s6 in the same period of 1926.
Evening star., 1927-04-20
PROFIT rs SMALLER.

NEW YORK. April 20 (Pl.-Net
profit of Youngstown Sheet and Tube
for the first quarter Of 1927 declined
TO S2,356043 from s3,S04,S37 In the
same period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

graph in the career of many fisher
men. Starting with the modest fishes
Of the Atlantic watershed waters, as
they wend westward they graduate
through the various sizes Of fresh.
water fish into the salmon class.
Having been inoculated with the virus
in habit-forming quantities, like the
narcotic fiend, they must go on and
on, until finally nothing less than
back breaking struggles far from land
with giant sailfish, tarpon, tuna,
swordfish and other salty monsters
are necessary to their continued
existence. Unlike the dope fiend,
however, there is a happy ending in
cases of this sort. When a man has
experienced the utmost ultimate in
the way of big game fishing, the
Goddess Of Luck. or whoever it Is that
presides over fishermen's destinies.
sees to 1t that once again he is well
content with light tackle, with little
crystal, meandering brooks and with
spunky eight and ten inchers. Mr..
Coolidge's various administrations
cannot, even in the minds of the most
hopeful, continue until he shall have
completed that glorious cycle. But it
is the hope of all worthy anglers that
his lifetime will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24
Right-Side Passing
Proposal Assailed

To the Editor of The Star:
The alarming suggestion made by
the director of traffic to permit the
passing of automobiles on the right
side, as stated i'll your paper of March
u, strikes terror to my mind and
heart, and in the lingo of foot ball,
beg that The star will make every
possible effort to ''block the pass
Ones imagination does not need
much exercise to picture the condi-
tons that will arise in the event of a
machine slowing up to negotiate a
right hand turn at an intersection, con-
trolled or not controlled by human or
mechanical signals, or in the case of
attempting to stop at a curb to dis
charge passengers or park ones car.
The suggested amendment. if ap-
proved, will menace the now precari-
Gus rights of persons alighting from
street cars where sufficient space eX-
lists to allow one automobile to pass
beyond the required s feet, by
either forcing that automobile against
the prohibited space or having the
view of such street car passengers
obscured should the first automobile
stop to allow the passengers to cross
in front of it. This also will apply in
the case of every pedestrian who times
his speed ahead of an approaching au-
tomobile, not seeing or being aware
of the fast moving automobile on the
right of the slower one. Result?
Death or permanent injury, encour.
aged by law!
Again / say, Block the pass"
f.. j.. SPRINGER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

The sale Of arms by the United
States Government to Nicaragua,
publicly announced following the safe
arrival of the arms in that country,
has ample precedent. Paradoxically,
1t Is a step that should aid in bring
ing peace to the revolution-torn ma
ton. 1t places in the hands of the
recognized government the means OF
stamping out the revolt against that
recognized authority.
A similar sale of arms was made
by the United States to the Mexican
government, during the Obregon ad-
ministration, when the De la Huerta
revolutionists were giving that gov
eminent grave trouble. The sale to
the Obregon government followed
recognition Of his government by the
United states. The only difference
In the transaction entered into with
Mexico at that time and the present
sale Of arms to Nicaragua is found
in the fact that the arms delivered
to Mexico were much more numerous
than those shipped to the Central
American republic.
The War Department of the United
States in 1921 sold 10000 Krag rifles.
so machine guns and ammunition for
both, a much larger shipment than
that just completed.
Nicaragua Is in need of arms. The
Diaz government could obtain arms
readily only in the United States.
The revolutionists, according to in-
formation in the possession OF this
Government, have received arms from
Mexico. The sale OF arms by Mexico
or Mexicans has been defended here
by critics of the administrations
policy in Nicaragua. 1t remains to
be seen whether these critics of the
administration will assail the pur-
chase Of arms by the DiaZ govern
ment from the American War De-
partment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

A child said, what is the grass"
fetching 1t to me with full hands:
How could I answer the child; 1 do
not know what 1t is any more
than he does.
1 guess it must be the flag of my dis
position. out Of hopeful green
stuff woven.
Or guess it is the handkerchief of the
Lord.
A scented gift and remembrance de-
signedly dropt.
Bearing the owners name someway
in the corners, that we may see
and remark, and say whose
Walt Whitman. Song of Myself
This is the season of the newly re.
turning grass, which, after a Winter
Of dormancy, springs forth in fresh
color to delight the eye and heart of
man.
In no city, it would seem, is the
message Of the grass more happily
given, or more gratefully received
than in the National Capital.
In few Springs OF recent years has
1t been as green as now, especially
for so early in the season.
There Ia this year a deep tint to the
grass In the public parks and around
residences that is most satisfying, not
only to the eye, but to the mind g
ideas as to what real grass ought to be.
We may not be able to answer
Walt Whitman's perennial question,
any more than he could but Mt least
we have some ideas, just as he had.
X X y
The grass is the fundamental plant
ing around homes.
1t Is the one and perfect back
ground, not only for house, but for
trees, shrubs and flowers.
Nothing else in all creation will
take the place of the grass 1t is
simply another case of take the cash,
and let the credit CO." as Omar ad.
vised.
Shrubs and flowers are beautiful,
trees are useful and ornamental at
the same time. Get these, by all
means, but with all your getting, get
grass, or else the shrubs and flowers,
wonderful as they are, will be but
the sounding brass and cymbals of
the garden symphony.
The love Of and desire to care for
grass is something that is born with
some men, but others should cultivate
it. II one may Judge from the APP
pearance of many places around the
city.
Az 8cL Tic luSd littO tic Lcdu Iiieil
grass Is necessary, and worth the
work 1t takes, is the first step Many
city residents seem to be wholly lack
ing in the sense.
This Is strange. too, when one re-
calls the pride taken by practically
every householder in small towns in
their lawns.
Every one, not just a few, takes an
interest. The children are trained to
stay off them in the early Spring,
when the turf is soggy and soft Even
the dogs are not allowed to roam at
will upon them.
The whole community has grass
conscience" Boys will be boys. it is
true enough. but in these happy towns
the kids refrain from playing base
bali and other games on the home
lawns.
In cities, on the other hand, there
seems to be a large number of persons
who have no conception of the neces-
sity for fine lawns nor any apprecia-
ton of their beauty.
They do not care for good lawns Of
their own. This would be bad enough,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24
THIS AND THAT


from the standpoint of the commu-
| nifty as a whole, but the hard part OF II
Ia that they do not give q whoop,
either. II any one else wants gooo
lawn.
This statement Of the problem is all
we propose to do, or all the Individual
can do, about 1t. Reformation or
others must be left to others. Early
training liz indispensable II a whole
great city Is to become unanimous IN
it's liking for first-rate lawns ana
parks.
The opportunity of the school teach
ers would seem to be a large one.
Much good Is now being done in the
public schools Of the District or Co
lumbia In the gardening work carried
on, with the sale of flower Seed grass
seed and bulbs at remarkably reason
| able prices to the children.
The seed and bulbs sold the children.
| as far as we have observed, are or
good quality, Perhaps more stress
might be placed, even in the BUSY IRE
| Of teachers, on the grass.
The theory of civics Is fine, put the
actual practice of it, in Keeping the
lawns of a municipality, public and
private, in first -class condition, is COM
monty overlooked.
Such care Is but very small thing
in the great plan Of government, put,
nevertheless. it Is one in which every
man, woman and child may play "a
part.
All of ia cannot be Presidents Or
members of Congress, or governors OF
States, or take any particular part In
government, either National, State or
local.
Yet every person alive may be con
server Of the grass.
y 4
To do this good thing for ones com
munity and city does not mean that
the grass is to be regarded solely as
an ornament, just something 10 De
looked at.
Since it is the frame Of the picture.
1t has utility as well as beauty. GOOD
grass may be walked on, even played
on. This does not mean. however,
that it should be transformed into q
general playground.
Especially at this time Of year, as
previously stated, the grass should be
trodden tenderly If at all. in order that
the arising blades may be given full
opportunity to come into their own.
The problem of the grass is a real
one. although many are fortunate
enough to get good lawn without
any particular attention to it.
Whereas, previous to last year. the
general theory of good grass was in
favor of alkaline soil, an entirely new
school has grown up in favor of acid
soil.
This surprising about-face demands
an entirely new treatment of SOIL
with different fertilizers. The varie-
ties of grass to be used in mixtures
Is another phase of the problem that
has had the attention of seed houses
over a long period of years.
No one need be discouraged If he
does not get the results with his lawn
that he wants. The factors entering
into the problem are many. and often
the householder who uses his intelli-
gence in lawn making fails TO get the
results secured by one who pays no
particular attention to the matter.
In the end. however, the household
err who tries to use his head will win
out, since the cultivation of grass, as
with other horticultural problems, is
In accord with fixed laws of creation,
the result of Supreme Intelligence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

significant engine trouble develop In
the air over treacherous areas and
force their planes down, the Army
flyers can be depended upon to come
putting into Washington from their
1S,oo0.mile flight and save the day for
aeronautics.
The Army air branch has not yet
failed to keep it's promise to accom-
plish great undertakings and the
Nation has come to regard anything
1t sets out to do as over before 1t
started. The world flyers met almost
difficulties, but they
not only reached their actual starting
point in southern California, and then
went several hundred miles farther to
the official hop-off place at Seattle, but
turned around and few the planes
back east as far as Dayton, Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24
Presidents Vacation Plan
Starts Big National Debate

| that the United States is somewhat
larger and more important than a
| fringe of wet territory hugging the
| Atlantic"
THE Western trip" suggests the
Omaha WOrld-Herald independent,
would bring to us new recognition OH
the part of the stranger and somewhat
high-broWed East. 1t would bring to
us Fasteners to see our scenery and
to commune with our great open
spaces. We might learn to love them
as we collected their vacation ex-
penditures. We might learn to love
their President" The New Orleans
Times-Picayune independent Demo-
cratic). however. holds that eff his va
cation plan be construed as a confess
sion that he is worrying over the
Western insurgency. the news of his
intention to spend the Summer in the
West should furnish anti-COolidge
leaders in that section with plenty to
worry about on their own account"
hen he returns to Washington
he will take special care of fine col
lection of souvenirs in the way of
pledges of support at next years pri
maries," says the Harrisburg Tele-
graph Republican,, while the Man.
chester Union independent Republ-
cam credits him with the probable
plan Ito test the sentiment of the
West" and the indianapolis News Tin
dependent) sees in his plans "a hone
that the farmers of the Middle West
and West will form a new opinion OF
the man who vetoed the farm relief
BILL"
Michigan people who are Justly
proud of their Commonwealth can find
I'm fI1ear he
President, whatever his reasons may
be. has decided to come West for the
Summer" states the Kalamazoo Ga
zette independently. while the Mime
apolis Tribune Republican) contends
that those who credit him with sub
terTanean motives in his vacation
plans underestimate the sincerity of a
man whose penchant for political CO.
quetiy has consistently proved myth
of the first magnitude" The Column
bus Ohio State Journal Republican,,
admitting the possibility that he de-
sires to learn about the reasons for
the farmers grievances, still suggests
that The may have the vacationist'S
desire to see part of the world with
which he is not familiar"
Let the President choose his
abode" advises the Dayton Daily
News independent Democratic). ''in
SOhie FARMER cottage, propdpIy Hed'-
lily mortgaged. out in Ohio. Indiana.
Illinois of Iowa. in earshot of the rus
Ting of the corn blades. Let him Sum-
mer there. inhaling not only the scent
of the clover but the smell of the
sweat. There he can count the hours
which the farmer, his wife and his
children work. There he can see for
himself what IS the income from that
work and what is the pressure to
raise the money for taxes and the
interest on the mortgage.
The belatedness Of this development
has been a tragical thing for American
agriculture. but late IL still q little
better than never"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24
Sees No Way to Force
State Apportionmeni
TO the Editor Of The star:

TO the Editor Of The star:
1t has come to my attention that
you have recently commented on the
failure of the Congress of the United
States for Is years to carry out the
plain mandate of the Constitution to
apportion representation in the House
OF Representatives every 10 years,
based on the census of population.
1t may interest YOU to know that
apparently there is no way to force
action by the Congress except by the
development Of public sentiment. how.
ever grievous the discrimination.
While the case did not involve this
question, Mr.. Justice Story of the Su-
preme Court Of the United States took
occasion to say in the case Of Prigg
vs. The Commonwealth Of Pennsyl-
vania (16 Pet, $40:
Thus, for example, although the
Constitution has declared that repre-
sentatives shall be apportioned among
the States according to their respec-
tive Federal numbers, and for this
purpose it has expressly authorized
Congress by law to provide for an
enumeration OF the population every
10 years. yet the power to apportion
representatives after this eaumera-
ton Is made is nowhere found among
the express powers given to Congress.
but It has always been acted upon as
irresistibly flowing from the duty posi-
lively enjoined by the Constitution"
In the only case found bearing di-
rectly on the question, the court said:
There Is much force in the obJeo-
ton that the States entitled to in
creased representation are thereby de-
prived of the same for two years The
question, however, is political rather
than judicial, and it IL difficult to per
ceive in what way the courts can
remedy the defect. With the present
improved modes of taking the census
and classifying the returns, the popu-
lation of each State can be ascertained
within q few months after the actual
enumeration, 80 that the apportion-
ment can be made in December or
January following the taking OF the
census. 1t would seem but justice
that this should take effect in the sue
ceeding Congress, and we may conf
IDENTIFY trust TO that spirit OF fairness
so characteristic of the American peo-
pie to correct the wrong. The courts,
however, have no authority to- declare
that a. greater number Of representa-
tiyes shall be elected and admitted to
Congress than the statute specifies. -
state VS.. Boyd uS93), SO Neb., 181; 81
n. w, 252; 10 l.. r. A, 227.
NATHAN 3. WILLIAMS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24
Pensioners Must Be Paid.

With the same effectiveness with
which the Democratic President
Cleveland said, 1.-THE mails must
move" but less dramatically, the
Republican President Coolidge has
said, Pensioners must be paid
They are going to be paid. as a
result of conferences. The controller
general is said to have found author
fly for drawing against next years
pension funds, and the entire pro-
cedure has the approval of the budget
director. It is expected that the off,
cial announcement will be made at
the next White House press con-
ference.
The Commissioner of Pensions will
not send out notices that had been
prepared for delivery to pensioners
notifying them that the May and
June checks would not be forthcom-
ing until after July 1, when three
months checks would be issued, all
at the same time.
This means bread and butter and
all the necessities of life to nearly
100000 poor people who are drawing
allowances from the Government be-
cause of faithful services rendered
years ago and in the hours of the
Nations greatest need. 1t would be
stark injustice and inhumanity, to
say nothing of ingratitude, to allow
these poor people to suffer by default
of the weaithiest Nation in all the
world.
There is no doubt that Congress
intended these pension contracts
made by the Government with these
veterans and dependents OF veterans
to be paid promptly. There is no
doubt that the people who pay the
taxes want these pension checks
to go out on time. and will approve
the findings of these conferences with
the White House which have resulted
In a decision to draw against next
years appropriations. 1t is happy
solution of a situation that has
caused extreme worry where worry
should be avoided.
The whole Nation will applaud the
prompt payment of pensions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

President Coolidges proposal to
establish a Summer White House in
the West has furnished material for
a great national debate. The unusual
character of the plan has caused IL
to attract attention in all the states.
and has produced wide variety OF
explanations. Some observers are in
clined to believe that he just wants
a vacation in the open spaces that
Nature has bestowed. Others believe
that there is TO be union of politics
and recreation.
Referring TO the fact that the Presi-
dents decision is called good politics,
the Chicago Daily News independently
contends that sit is more than that;
it is good craftsmanship. That paper
believes that "even if he is not to be
a candidate, his coming to the west
should tend to strengthen his party
where some of it's members are re-
ported to be virtually at the point or
desertion. More important than any
consideration of politics. however,
continues that paper, should be the
effect Of the Presidents Western OBJ
seryations on the administration of
the country's general affairs.
To learn the real points of view of the
Western people. not only with refer
ence to their own immediate concerns,
hut as regards the affairs of the
Nation, requires close-range observa-
ton"
.'Eyen if the President has no
thoughts of another term i'll mind.
his soiourn in the West may do much
TO remove any feeling that may pre-
vail there" agrees the Albany Eve
ming News independent Republican,.
while the Long Beach Press-Telegram
independently offers the comment:
1.-THE sentiment is growing that every
President should visit the Western
half of the United States one or more
times during his incumbency, in order
to familiarize himself with problems
affecting this part of the country and
to get, directly from the people OF the
West. their viewpoint on public ques-
lions. The Presidents coming. West
OF the Alleghenies will have some
political significance, without doubt,
but 1t would be unjust to MIR. Coolidge
to assert that he is coming as a
political gesture"
"Who knows" asks the Cleveland
Plain Dealer independent Democratic),
"but that if the Capital were on the
Ohio---or the Cuyahoga-instead of
the Potomac. we should have quite
different country. There was time
when the West hoped that some day
the Federal Capital might be moved
hither. A site on Lake Michigan
north of Chicago enjoyed some fleet
ing favor. Cleveland argued that here
on Lake Erie was the best lawmaking
spot. All dreams. The Capital is
welded to the tidal reservoir. All the
West can hope for is a Summer White
House. A Summer in the West will
make the President happier man
and a better Executive. He will absorb
nationalism while he strolls for his
finny supper, and VIII return to his
duties freshly impressed with o. fact
unknown TO many OF his confsress