Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-17

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( 6ustrv is represented by 1000 mills val
1 uca 1T $1,000. 100000 and employing
j 9S0.o 600 persons. But Or. Knapp depre-
Gated advertising the South AS the
/ horne Of cheap Labor"
/ No great civilization" h said.
ever can b. built on cheap labor. but
only on education. ebility and intelli-
! copce. The price Of labor. however, is
| somewhat Influenced by living costs,
/ DR.. Knapp pointed out. and will never
! be quite so high in the South as IN
| the North.
Credits Doctors and Teachers.
/ The foundation stone of the South's
/ new industry, he pointed OUT was lald
/ hv educators and physicians,
! Or. Knapp looked ahead to great
| changes eventually due 10 the slow
/ shifting in American export trade from
/ Fnrooe. 10 which Il must clear through
/ Atlantic ports. to Latin America, which,
| he believes, would clear through the
! Cuff ports
H questioned whether industry ever
/ would concentrate in the South, as IT
had in New York and New England
where mills became congested around
water power sites. because OF the new
facility iii transmitting electric power
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Prediction OF a Democratic victory In
Tennessee and probably in its twin
border State. Kentucky. was voiced to-
dav b. Representative Finis ]. Gar
rett. Democratic f1oor leace~ Of the
House. who spoke last night. Ten
nnssee'S single fall from the Democratic
eoIur,n in 1920 he said. was primarily
r;llo 70 the advantage taken bv the Re-
rue'icans of wor'an sNffrage. which had
Just become universal.
Cites Corruption Charges.
Tennessee voters. Mr. Garrett said.
doubtless will be Influenced by the wet
and drv issue as regards Gov. Smith,
but they regard prohibition as closed
question. The issue of Republican cor
,lIntion h said, should be "tremen-
dously vital"
There must be a clear-cut recognition
Of the dual sovereignties" theory OF
American Government. whereby speclflc
powers are granted under the Constr
tuition to the Federal Government ana
n the States. or the experiment Will
| fail, Mr.. Garrett declared. The pop
MAR confusion on this question. he SAID.
| is Cno partly to the indirectness or
FEDERAL taxes and TO the great infiuX
! If foreign born citizens who ccme from
| countries where the national govern
nent is supreme and to the citizens OF
! comparatively new States which long
| vre-a Territories under Federal control.
Wills ]. Abbott. editor of the Chrls-
! tan Science Monitor OF Boston. ana
.JoF1s, Stewart BRYAN. publisher of the
Richmond News-Leader. clashed yester-
dav on the subject of Commemorative
tinr, IF American Newspapers" TO Such
an extent that their editorial policies
were affected. Mr. Abbott insisted that
with such large sums involved IN ad-
verfising contracts newspapers could
not h. entirely free and that the
,,ress is MOI frank enough to admit that
ii is commarcialized. and gets MAD
when accused Every newspaper man
knows that the costs OF the paper
have to be met by the advertising ana
that there is an unconscious difference
to advertisers.
Defends Service Of Press.
Mfr. BRYAN denied strenrously that
increase Of wealth affected advertising
,1olicies and said that although the
advertising contracts Of the leadlng
American newspapers have increased
enormously in the past few wears the
same has been true in every line OF
business.
II denv." he said. that our papers
are any more venal or cowardly ana
they are far more devoted to the public
service than ever before. There mas
never been a charge sustained or DelieVed
that any one Of the great news sers-
! ICES Of America have not falshiuiiy
served the interest of the pubic.
MFR Brvan stressed the difference be-
tween American newspapers, supported
nv their advertisers. and European
| newspapers. which until very recently
| were subsidized by political parties or
BIZ foreign governments to doctor the
news.
The fundamental fallacy behind
| 'nawsuspars without news" such as the
ei1onoina guides now distributed from
door 10 door in several large cities and
containing only advertising, was pointed
| out by DR.. Victor Rosewater. former pub
| Usher of the Omaha Bee. who insisted
| that they were only handbills and that
/ readers Of them are forced to buy regu-
| lar papers Just as before. On the other
hand. he said. newspapers without al
refreshments. charging the readers the
| entire cost of production, never have en-
/ dtIred. nor have papers paid Tor by the
/ advertisers and distributed free
This total number OF papers, DR., Rose
water showed. lis decreasing. while those
| that survive are becoming far strong sT
and more profitable.
Urges Uniform Laws.
| A plea for a more adequately defined
status Of citizenship for women ana
/ their children. especially through North
and South America. was voiced yester-
day BY Muna Lee dr. Munez Marin OF
/ the University Of Porto Rico. Al pres
ent. Mrs Marin showed, there is such a
: diversity of laws among the different
I countries that children Of mixed mar
risgcs often are placed IN a difficuf
! position.
| The beet sugar producers and the
| cane growers Of LOUISIANA seek 10 I'M
pair free trade between this country
and the Philippines, Vincente Vtilamin.
! Filipino lawyer. told the round table on
! the economic development Of the South.
| He said that restriction Of free sugar
| imporiations from the Philippines 10
i 500 900 tons a year will result In i'm
pairing the purchasing power OF the
| Philippines
The county court Is being replaced
| throughout the country by the circuit
court which Is an Improvement, Or.
| Kirke II Porter Of the University OF
inWa told the round table meeting on
/ county and township government. The
! county surveyor, he said, is giving way
! - . trained county engineer and the
/ elected county poor officer Is disappear"
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