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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29

year Is TO be presidential year. To me
this Is curious. Well do ] appreciate
that economic reactions have been ex-
perienced during presidential years, but
for the life Of me I can find no eco
monte justification for such changes,
There Is no good reason why a presi-
Dental year should have any influence
on business. And / for one don't be-
lieve 1t will have any influence during
the coming year
Depression Unlikely.
when one takes a glance into the
future and tries TO determine what the
months ahead have In store for bust
ness, one must remember that our credit
supply Is so great and so fexibly avail
able, and the Federal Reserve System is
being conducted so efficiently and func-
tons so smoothly. that there IS little pos
sibility OF depression. The day of the
wide swing away from prosperity Is
over. Then, too, our banks are stronger
than they ever were. American industry
is in possession Of cash and quickly ne
gOtiable securities far in excess Of those
held in former years. Our credit struc-
ture Is in healthy condition.
We in the automobile industry have
experienced a good year Export busi-
ness Is becoming more and more i'm
portant. We look forward to the time
when American companies will be ex-
porting a million cars TO countries all
over the world
American business should gain sat-
lSfactlon out of the fact that it can
look back upon a year of good business
and can look ahead with confidence.
] look for very good year in 1928"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29
BY WILLIAM A. MlLLEN.

Utilization of the services Of the
Corps Of Army Engineers III road con-
Struction work over the Nation was
discussed during the annual convention
Of the American Engineering Council
held recently at the Mayfiower Hotel
The council is sponsoring a movement
TO have the engineering functions OF Inc
Government conferred III the interior
Department, and this would mean tnat
the Bureau of Public Roads. when is
now unit of the Department. OF Asrl-
culture. would be shifted 10 the Interior
DEPARTMENT.
Speakers at the councils sessions
pointed cut that at the present time
the Army Engineers are occupied WIN
rivers and harborS work. a thing tnat Is
far removed from national defense
when speedy transportation is taken
into consideration. As a network OF
well constructed and maintained roaos
is a vital link in national defense. pro-
moments of using the Army Engineers
TO help in this work 50 that they Wou!o
receive training in road construction
contended that the Army EnglneerS
should be given the opportunity. OF
broadening their experience ana oring-
ing il more into line with their Joo as
soldiers.
Present system NFistCiLru.
Insisting that the present method is
wrong. Mai G. S. Williams OF Ann
Arbor. Mich, a vice president OF the
council and chairman OF It's pubIc
works committee. said that the present
weakness is that members OF the Corps
O. Engineers are not left long enough
or job and that they 90 not nave me
same sense of personal responsibility
that civil engineers who have TO see the
task through have. The vast sums OF
money put into the hands of the En-
gineers. he held. demands more efa-
Gent system Of service.
That this movement to have the Army
Engineers assigned to help in road con-
struction work that would aid the
motorists of the Nation will meet with
strenuous opposition was forecast by
John Lyle Harrington of Kansas City. a
member Of the American Society OF
Mechanical Engineers. who represented
the Army men as feeling that their
esprit de corps would be jeopardizeo by
transfer Of the civil functions TO the
Interior Department.
Other Views Voiced.
Other speakers pointed to the posi-
bility that the Bureau Of Public Roads
might be made a kind of experimental
laboratory for the Corps of Engineers.
1t was suggested that upon the request
OF the Secretary of War some of the
Army Engineers would be transferred to
duty with the Interior Department for
road construction duty. should the
States so desire II. This might not be
confined to the regular service, but OPP
portlnity to boost the Nations good
roads movement might be afforded FOR
the National Guard and Organized Re-
serve to 60 on duty In the Interior De-
partment for stated periods
Secretaries Hoover and Work are de-
clared to be in favor Of centraliZing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29
AID OF ARMY ENGINEER CORPS
NEW IDEA IN ROAD BUILDING
Proposal Based on Contention That Well
Constructed His hways Form Important
Link in National Defense

, Governments engineering functions In
! the Department of the Interior.
Efforts TO shift the Bureau of Public
Roads from the Agriculture TO the III
terior Department are apprehended rs
! entailing opposition from men con-
cerned with that bureau. AT the pres
ent time the Bureau administers the
| Federal aid road act. under which tne
! Government Co-operatcS with the states
| in improvement Of roads of the Federal
aid highway system and national forest
| roads.
Job Is TO Study Systems.
It's lob is TO study systems of road
management. administration an
| finance and methods Of road conStruc-
ton and maintenance. Road materials
are tested under its employees ana II
conducts research with its own forces
alone and in corporation with colleges
experimental stations and State high
way departments to find out the causes
of road depreciation and wear. Better
methods of road design is one OF It's
aims.
In addition. an agricultural engineer
ing division investigates methods OF
farm irrigation and drainage and
studies farm power problems, as well as
Offering an advisory service on matters
relating to engineering and architec-
tural principles bearing on the farm
and rural homes. It is not proposed
10 transfer this part of the work. The
shift of the other work TO the Interior
Department, should the reorganization
measure be enacted srto law. is seen
as entailing some sort of organization
in the Department OF Agriculture IL
deal with the purely agricultural as
poets of its work.
The council was informed. during It's
deliberations. that the bill to c2ntraliEe
the Governments engineering work III
the Interior Department will have a
much brighter chance of being passed
by the Seventeen Congress than was
given BIZ its predecessors. It was en-
phasized that with Secretaries Hoover
and Work behind it. the measure viii
take on added strength.
Results Are Forecast.
Passage of this measure would mean
a material change in the engineering
situation of Uncle Sam, particularly II
the road construction work is included
The bills proponents see an oppor-
tunity of combining this important con-
struction function with other engineer
ing and construction functions of the
Federal Government, so that they may
all be co-ordinated more efficiently and
economically.
A bill to bring about focusing Of the
Federal Governments engineering func-
tons in the Interior Department has
been introduced by Representative
Adam Martin Wyant Republican, OF
Pennsylvania This measure is at pres
ent pending before the committee on
expenditures in the executive depart
ments and attempts TO set an early
date for hearings are being made.
This measure. which is considered as
| having potentialities for advancement OF
the roads of the United States, will be
watched by the motorists Of the Nation
with keen interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29
CHRYSLER HOLDS PROSPERITY
WILL CONTINUE DURING 1923
Auto Manufacturer Predicts Business of
Coming Year Will Be Good De-
spite Presidential Bugaboo.

Prosperity in the United States will
continue, in the opinion Of Walter P.
Chrysler. president and chairman OF
the board of directors OF the Chrysler
Corporation.
'Z'here is plenty OF evidence that
business is fundamentally sound and
upon a. conservative basis" said Mr..
Chrysler. Shortages for some time
have developed in number OF I'M
portant industries and this must be in
terpreted to mean that production must
resume I am confident there Is an
accumulation of orders which Is being
released, and which will greatly stirnu-
late the automobile business generally.
las business improves for the auto
mobile industry. business will also i'm
prove for the steel industry. the rail-
road industry and the building Industry.
The automobile industry is not only the
largest Of all, based on wholesale value
of product, but it also is a tremendous
buyer of raw materials. And apprecl-
ate what the industry means to the
steel industry, the railroad industry, the
petroleum industry and the rubber in
dustry.
Holds 1927 Good Year.
"I don't want to convey the impress
sion that 1927 has not been good year
for the automotive industry. The con.
trary is true. Taking the average retail
deliveries of all makes OF AUTOMOBILES
for the first nine months OF the last
five years, 1923 to 1927, inclusive, as
basis. the deliveries for the first nine
months of 1927 have been 93l per cent
of the average, compared with 1l3 per
cent for 1926: 9977 per cent for 1925;
9O0 per cent for 1924 and 1893 pei
cent for 1923. 1t will be observed that
! the retail deliveries Of automobiles In
the United States during the past five
years have fiuctuated between 90 per
cent below average to Is per cent above
average The idea that the automobile
industry is highly volatile is popular
misconception and the relative stability
of the automobile industry as indicated
by these figures will compare favorably
with any large industry in the country
THE decrease in the volume of auto
mobiles purchased this year has been
contributed to substantially by the
temporary withdrawal OF Ford cars from
| the market.
| There are some people who view 1925
with uneasinesS because the coming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29

TEN, the cost of lighting at $500 mile
would aggregate S2.l60,000 a year, Mr..
Mackall pointed out.
Mr. Brown noted as street light
ing specialist. advocated the illumlna-
ton OF State highways. contending that
State roads are not used at night be-
cause the lack OF lighting makes them
unsafe.
Mr. Mackall replied that the lack OF
light has nothing to do with the drop in
travel over highways at night. and
pointed to the motor express lines that
travel continually between large cities.
These lines, he said. move their trucks
only at night because 1t is safer then. as
we'll as their movements are expedited
because the ordinary passenger vehicle
Is of the road at night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29

N. Mackall. chairman of the State Roads
Commission, rs unnecessary and inn
practical.
The people who are trying to sell
road lighting equipment for State high
ways admit that the cost will be at
least $500 year for each mile OF road, :"
Mr. Mackall said They say that will
be a sufficient light for automobiles to
do without their own headlights. Actual
", l believe that illumination at $500
would be valuless for any purpose
would not aid cars with headlights, and
certainly would not enable the automo
bile to do without headlights.
"A practical light would cost much
more than that"
For the 2.400 miles OF paved road in
Guided in Maryland'S State roads sys-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29
Oetour Bulletin Issued.

Detour bulletin for the week ending
February 2, 1923. is announced by
Maryland Road Commission.
Garrett County.-Northweste pike.
Westbound traffic turn right GOD At
top Of mountain, turn left (4.0) on
State road at Gortner. regaining road
at Redhouse go. Length Of detour, 8
miles. Condition good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29
STATE ROAD LIGHTS
CALLED IMPRACTICAL
Maryland Official Hits Yearly Cost
of $2,160,000 Under Pro-
posed Plan.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 28-Lighting
of State highways as city streets are
now illuminated. a practice urged by
Theron B. Brown. is termed by John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29

Motor valves seldom wear out--buru-
ing or warping because Of improper ad-
justu,ents is the most frequent cause
for replacement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29

THE finest cars of Europe and
l. America were exhibited ut the 1923
New York Automobile Salon. A careful
study Of these motor cars-examining
details % well % main fcatures-shows
. definite trend in fine motor cars
. trend which is most nearly expressed
In the Stearns-Knight Six. The average
wheelbase Of all cara exhibited was l39
inches-Stearnsknight Six is 1877. The
81 horsepower of the Stearns-knight
Six, too, followed closely to the average
Get by these cars. Considering all fea.
lures, Stearns. knight Six might be
termed the ideal fnc car.
On one point the Stearns. knight Six
differed greatly from all other ultra.
6ne motor cars-the price 10 surpris-
ingiy low.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-29
The NEW YORK AUTOMOBILE
SALON revealed this superb six
as the perfect expression of todays
quality trend

The Stearns.Knight Six Is q dashing.
flashing performer. A ear Of supreme
comfort A car of exquisite beauty. Ito
superiority can easily be imagined by
merely considering its main advan-
tages: q knight Sleeve-Valve Motor
a Worm Drive Rear Axle-7- bearing
crankshaft-2O4 inches Of springs-
4-whcel masterful coachwork
of g years. experienee-harmonioa
colors and striking lines.
But imagining StearnsKnight suprem-
acy is not nearly n thrilling n actually
driving the Ssearns-knight and knosi.g
its amazing performance. comfort and
beauty. We urge yoa 10 experience this
new thrill-to drive the Stearns-knishe
today. Attractive terms Of payment
may be arranged. If desired
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-03
A. M. E. Zionites Plan
Pension for Pastors

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (ANP) A
plan for ministerial relief, the chief
feature of which provided a substan-
tial pension for disabled minister's,
was set forth here Friday at the
meeting of the Ministers and Lay
mems Association of the A. M. f.
Zion Church, which was held at Lo-
gan Temple.
The plan provides pensions in pro-
portion to the years of service and
an old age pension of $500 a year at
the age of 20 years. Membership in
the department of the projected Min
isterial Department is open to the
laity in common with the ministers
and the proposed pensions are to
be paid from interest on an endow-
ment fund which is to be raised
yearly.
Oscar W. Adams, editor of the Bir-
mingham Reporter, demanded reform
in the financial operations of the
church are urged equal represen-
tation in the general conference. The
following officers were elected at the
closing session: j. w. Carter, presi-
dent: o. w. Adams, vice president /;
G. M. Oliver, New York, secretary
and F. w. Riley, Mobile, treasurer.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-03
Negro History Week

The second week in February has
been designated as Negro History
Week" and 1t is significant that in
practically all sections of the coun-
try preparations are being made to
serve the days with special pro-
grams and speakers. All over the
country there has come a wave of
interest in the record of the race
and in its contribution to the civili-
cation of the world.
Too much Importance cannot be
attached to this movement to ac-
quaint the race with the great of
its own kind. The impression that
we lived in a civilization which has
reached its present excellence pri-
marily because of the gifts to 1t of
those of skins different to that of
the Negro has prevailed too long,
And it is literally true that there
are many among us who are sup
posed to know better who do not
know any outstanding contributions
to the welfare of the world which
were made by men end women of
African ancestry. Aside from the
we'll known names of Booker Wash
ington, Dunbar, Douglas and few
others, little is known of the splen-
did record of achievement of black
folk to the world.
Pride in race springs from knowl-
edge of the splendid things done by
members of it. We revere the
names of all of the great of other
races because of the frequence with
which those names have been
brought into our consciousness. In
time past, Negroes knew little Of
their own history and probably car
ed less. They depended upon the
research of others for their facts
and it naturally happened that the
facts as brought to them failed to
record and to glorify those of any
but white skins. But the case now
is different. Negroes are recording
their own deeds and they are even
going farther. They are delving
into the past and are revealing the
records of ages past and are prov
ing that the Negro peoples of the
world have contributed as largely
as have others to the sum total of
the civilization which we now enjoy.
The movement deserves to grow
larger with each succeeding year.
II should swell to such proportions
that all men everywhere would
learn of the worth of the Negro
and respect him for his possibilities
of achievement; and Negroes them
selves should grow to know the full
worth Of those who reveal records.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-03
coolidee's Havana Speech

Follow Mr.. Coolidge to Cuba.
Years ago. before many who are
reading these few lines were born,
your soldiers followed McKinley's or
der to take Cuba. His orders were
obeyed. Since McKinley's time YOU
have lost ground, more in politics,
government, than in land as sur
veyed. However, follow Coolidge,
your president.
Read the Presidents Havana
speech. If you haven't time. or if
you feel too tired to wade through
such pleasant waters, get the children
to read it to YOU. One evening at
home won't kill them, and reading
Mr.. Coolidge might loosen their
minds.
They will come across this SEN
tence:
"The intellectual qualities of the
Cuban people have won for them a
permanent place in science, art and
literature. They have reached a po-
sition in the stability of their govern
ment, in the genuine expression of
their public opinion at the ballot box
and in the recognized soundness of
their public credit that has command
ed universal respect and admiration. 4"
Isn't that grand, many will ex-
claim. If your children are up on
history, they might ask you: "Why
are not Cubans colored?" If you
are up little yourself YOU will an
swer, $50 | have heard"
As soon as the president was taken
around Havana he was shown the
two great monuments of the city,
both erected in honor of COLORED
men. The most beautiful monument
in the world is Cuba's monument to
Antonio Maceo. The other gorgeous
monument was put in honor of Gu
ba's ONLY poet, Placidio, COL
ORED.
Hope Mr.. Coolidge looked around
before starting back home.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-03
History
The Freedmen's Savings
Bank

The Freedmen's Savings Bank, was
one of the few sensible attempts
made at the close of the Civil War to
help the ex-slave. The attempt, how
ever, failed dismally, leaving the
slave bereft of his hard-won savings
and with a deep rooted detestation
of banks.
The Freedmen's Bank was incor-
porated by Congress and its control
placed in the hands of fifty trustees,
well-known business men, as Peter
Cooper, A. A. Lew, John Jay. The
directors, however, were not person
ally liable, many never acted, some
declared their names had been used
without their consent. The bank got
into the hands of its working Off
cials, some incompetent, some graft
ers pure and simple. Incorporated in
1865, it failed in 1874. 1t suffered,
according to DR.. Fleming, from poor
business management; from neglect
of duty by the more honest and cap
able trustees; from the failure of
Congress to make an investigation in
time; from the general business de-
preston in 1878; from hostility to
the bank as a race institution and as
connection of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau; from dishonesty and incompe-
tency in the Branches; and finally
and fundamentally from the careless
and corrupt use of its funds by the
"ring" of District of Columbia trus-
tees and officials.
The Negro was guilty of some dis
honesty in the conduct of the Banks
business, but for the most part he
was only incompetent, and many a
white mans graft was put upon his
shoulders. The final attempt to at
tach this failure to his race was made
when Douglass was elected President.
This was in 1874. After six weeks
in that office. Douglass saw that the
banks condition was hopeless and Sc
cured the passage of an Act of Con-
gress placing it in liquidation. Lat
er, in 1875, 1878 and 1880 dividends
were paid to depositors, of ten per
cent each time. This was as much as
was ever done, though Cleveland in
1886 endeavored to secure the pas
sage of an Act that should reimburse
the depositors further.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-03
THE WEEK
CONTINUED from Page u

continued from Page -
As long as morals of women are
taken to court ladies will be repre-
sented. As for the boys in the Tombs,
the Tombs will catch as many colored
boys as are necessary for the records
and as few white boys as possible.
Boys will be boys. Also, policemen
and investigators" have got to make
a living.
Two white gentlemen were heard
on the matter. A. R. Henderson, of
the Public Education Association.
said that he found it hard to help
colored boys in trouble because trace
prejudice" wouldn't allow them to
.onfide in white people.
Burnt child breads the fire and fed
flames will spread. Race conscious
ness is kept up by those who collect
money from rich people to keep it
down. As Daniel Jackson remarks
when worked up over politics. it is
nard for some people to tell whether
they are afoot or horseback.
Another note and then you leave
New York. F. C. Helbing, superin-
tendent of refuge on Randall's Is
land Estate institution for unfortun-
ate children) says that until colored
people in New York do something for
their children, as Jews and Catholics
do for theirs, colored children will
continue to crowd jailhouses, peniten-
tiaries and reformatories.
Then, Mr.. Helbing, prepare to see
them crowd jailhouses. Colored peo-
pie have been carried too long by 9TH
ers to do much for themselves. Do
you not find that so?
Then again, Catholics have one
faith and Jews one religion. That
holds them together. Colored people
embrace all faiths and profess all re-
ligions. That keeps them apart. So
off the children go in the Black
Marian.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-03
Children Are Wiser

Somebody makes the inquiry as tc
whether children are wiser now than
they were couple of generations
ago. The answer to that is simply
"Of course, they are" A few years
ago children knew nothing about
automobiles. Today small boys use
them daily on their way to school
The electric light was unknown to
boys and girls of former genera
tions. Now children take them as a
matter of course. The radio was a
thing unknown a generation ago.
Today it is a household word.
Care OF the body grows apace with
the oncoming generations. Children
of today know proper care of the
teeth. Formerly they did not. In
a word. children are born in the
knowledge of these things. They are
things that are parts of their every
day lives and their households. To
that extent then they are wiser than
their sires.
And this sort of thing will con-
tinue throughout the process OF
man. 1t is nature-evolution Each
succeeding generation is destined
to be little more enlightened than
the one before. The remark, 1.-THE
little fellow is smarter than | am,
is no idle jest of pride. 1t is plain
truth for fact that the little fellow
is born into world that has more
discovered knowledge to offer a.
his birth than it had to offer to his
father at the age of fifteen. And
that, after all, is progress.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-02-03
Lessons In English

Word Often Misused
Don't say 1--WE shall try to be on
time" Say ain time" "On time
is strictly a railroad term.
Word Often Misspeiled
Nymph
Word Often Mispronounced
Covetous. Pronounce ,kuvet-us,
and not the last syllable as "chus."
Synonyms
Dishonest. dishonorabie, unscrup-
ulous, fraudulent.
Word Study
Use a word three times and it is
yours. Let us increase our vocabu-
larry bv mastering one word week.
EXALTATION: the act of being
exalted; elation. "Her mere pres
ence gave him sense of exaltation. /"