Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-07
OUR WEEKLY WASHINGTON LETTER

between congressman and laziness, it
remains fact that Albert Payson
Terhune. the well-known author, paid
a visit to Washington few weeks
ago, and Immediately proceeded to
write q Tribute to the Lazy Man."
which appears in the April issue of
the American Magazine.
His visit to Congress set him think
ing, he says, not of the mechanical
age we live in, but of the startling
fact that the worlds progress is due
to laziness rather than to applied in
dustry.
Mr.. Terhune explains: Long ago
armies of men rolled cumbros logs
and rocks from the forest to build
their homes. Some lazy fellow hated
the backbreaking job so much that he
set out to devise an easier way to get
it done Probably the rolling gave
him his idea He found circular sec
tions or logs and bored holes through
their centers. In a trice, the first
wheel was made, and thereby human
effort was cut down SO per cent.
again, long before the days of
Pyramids, lazy man loathed the
task of helping to lift crushingly
heavy stone and timber. So he
thought out the pulley. Laziness had
scored again.
$50 it was when the lazy loadbear-
er trained horse or a donkey to bear
him comfortably from place to place
because ii was too much bother for
lazy man to do so much walking.
Down the centuries, the onerous
tasks of mankind have been solved
one by one, through lazy wish to
make work easier, until at last the
world was honest enough to speak of
such effort as labor saving contri-
vances, and to offer high rewards for
their makers. In brief, while hard
manual labor continues to earn low
wages, wealth and honor wait for the
lazy man who can discount that la
Dor"
Waterproof Shade Cloth
A new washable shade fabric was
feature of the Industrial Exposition
held in Washington a few days ago.
1t represents the latest development
of the American Chemical industry
for this purpose This new Tontine
shade cloth is fine mesh fabric fin
ished with pyroxylin, chemical sub
stance which preserves the fabric
against the elements. The material
is sunproof and can be easily renova-
ted by scrubbing with soap and wa
ter. 1t has been especially construct
ed and chemically treated so that it
will not crack or pinhole. A stream
of water was kept pouring on the
shades at the Washington show, but
it run off like water from a ducks
back"
The movement of gold, which play
ed such an important role in economic
and financial changes in post war
days prior to 1924, has again become
an important factor in the country's
business, according to the Federal
Reserve Board The Board has call
ed attention to the imports of gold
in two months and mentioned that in
bound shipments in January were
greater than in any other month in
five years.
immigration Laws Inadequate
Representative Albert johnson of
Washington, chairman of the House
Committee of immigration, declares
that there should be further restric-
tions imposed to reduce the influx
of aliens into the United States.
The Corn Borer
A big campaign has been started
by the United States Department
ment of Agriculture, in cooperating
in various states, to prevent the
spread of the European corn borer.
The last Congress appropriated $lO,-
100000 to help this work.