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there has been found not q single ready
guesser to hazard an opinion regarding
how many retail stores are In existence
The census Of distribution will at.
tempt to ascertain some of these basic
facts, and results of the analysed data
may be expected to, bring more order
out Of system which unquestionably
Is waSteful as q whole, however ef-
ficient individual units may be.
Estimates have been made, rather
loosely, that $4,000 ,00o, 900 Is wasted
annually in the United States In un-
necessary crosS-hauls Of commodities
the total export trade Of the country
How near the fact this estimate Is nc
one knows.
Tests have been made TO establish q
workable basis for q census Of distribu-
ton, trial counts having been under
taken In Is widely scattered cities. The
results are astounding, even considering
the effort was experimental. The aver
age annual business of stores shows
clearly why bankruptcies are frequent
The lines handled are so mixed, and
vary 50 in the character of the stores
between cities, as to give pause, to any
manufacturer or wholesaler who desires
to establish an outlet for his goods
Hardware stores handle candy, and
drug stores, often, sell more electrical
goods and books than drugs; haber-
dashers sell women's ready-to-wear and
department stores do a thriving bust
ness In mems clothing.
And there are new systems of out
lets. Some mail order houses are es-
tablishing retail stores throughout the
country. Independent retail grocers are
forming buying corporations to COM
pete with the purchasing power Of
chain groceries. chain stores buy fac
tories, manufacturers establish retail
stores, wholesalers control both factories
and retail stores.
BY using / 1900, 900 copies Of q ques-
tionnaire It Is planned to gather data
next Spring on distribution Of goods
during the calendar year 1929. TO do
this, Uncle Sam win pay the census
workers 81 per schedule and after the
information has been gathered and
analyzed the cost Is expected TO total
44,075, 900. Business men generally
feel this viii be money wisely spent, and
the consumer may md 10 greatly to his
advantage also II from the results waste
tconyztsAk 1szsJ
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The Gas Company Deal.

There Is, assuredly, enough mystery
about the passing from local control of
the Washington Gas Light Co. to pique
the curiosity of the Public Utilities
Commission. Investigation Of the en-
tire transaction is necessary in the
public interest. Not only is the identity
of the group Of New York financiers, -
who had to run up the price of
stock to buy 1t, an unknown quantity,
but their motives are 50 hay and they
are stated in such broad generalities
that the gas-consuming public Of Wash
ington is entitled TO know more fully
what Is in the wind.
That provision of the La Toilette
anti-merger act preventing direct or in
direct acquisition Of stock in local pub
Lie utility corporations by outside util-
ity or holding corporations without the
consent Of Congress seems broad enough
to warrant thorough scrutiny Of the gas
company transaction. No law can pre-
vent individuals, here or elsewhere,
from buying any stock they choose 70
buy, provided 1t Is for sale. And If the
group Of New York fnanciers are act
ing Independently and, after q careful
survey Of the national field, decided
that washington Gas Light Co. stock
was worth spending years effort and
premium prices to acquire as good In
vestment, they may be acting within
their rights. But their identity and
their object should be revealed.
The passing from local control Of q
public utility is not without its danger
Gus possibilities. Those in control are
no longer swayed by sentiment Of the
community they serve. Their sole mo.
tive is for the maximum of gain at the
expenditure Of minimum of service
The District is peculiarly fortunate ir
having congressionally built barriers
which should serve TO guard against
loss Of local control. The Easlight deal
must be made the subject Of searching
inquiry TO discover whether those bar
riers have been circuitously avoided Of
whether they still remain standing.
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Tariff Program Advocated
By BOrah Is Held Unlikely

very large number, indeed, of industrial
commodities.
This Is for two reasons:
In the first place, the agricultural
lobbyists have pushed up the duties on
agricultural commodities to such a
height as to provide the industrial
interests with fresh large arguments on
their own behalf. The tariff on si1elled
peanuts, for instance. upon demands
from Southern Democratic statesmen
has been advanced, in the bill as passed
by the House, to the equivalent Of 123
per cent ad valoren1. That Is approx
n1ately twice as high a duty as exists
anywhere In the whole industrial sched-
ule devoted to that primary industrial
protected product, cotton textiles. II
is idle to believe that industry will see
duties of 1913 per cent on agricultural
products and not demand some family
parallel treatment for itself.
In the second place, Senator Borah's
tariff idea cannot prevail without the
help of the Democrats in the Senate and
the House both. Numerous Democrats
IN the House have already proved that
they want increased, duties on indus
trial products originating in their dis
tricts. Connery of Massachusetts, and
Celler of New York are determined TO
get duty on shoes. Crisp of Georgia
and marble. Doughton of North Caro-
lima yearns for some tariff on mica Pat
terson of Alabama crates necessarily for
better protection for graphite. Garfield
Of Indiana perceives poignsntly the
need of a stronger tariff shelter for
glass. Hastings and McKeown of Okla
hona are all out for taking petroleum
from the free list and putting it on the
list Of dutiable imports.
Senatorial Democrats will be similarly
motivated. Manganese ore Is produced
In Montana. Wheeler Of Montana
prince Of progressives among the Dem.
ocrats In the Senate, Is strongly for lift
ing the duty on manganese ore, unless
the duty on steel is taken off, which il
can't and won't be.
Sky-high duties on agricultural
products and Democratic support of in
dustrial duties on the manufactures and
on the minerals Of their own districts
and States. viii defeat Senator Borah
on limiting the tariff revision to ag-
ricultural products alone: and the Pres
ident himself will be lucky If. on top OF
his complete victory regarding the de-
benture, he scores a partial victory on
the tariff by keeping the industrial ad-
vances IN 1t down to limited" num-
Der and q limited" height.
(Copyright, 1922
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fancied security. This Is peculiarly true
Of those secret sins that we would hide
from the world. They are 50 personal
to us that we would shut the doors and
bolt them If need be against an tneom-
ing Christ. They are born of our own
selfish desire and passions, they are our
own and If they are ever to be reproved
and corrected we reserve to ourselves
the right Of being Judge and jury. At
the closed doors of many q life thus
unresponsive to Him stands Jesus, the
willing and ready absolver of guilt and
shame. Fear closes the door against
Him and life goes on unsatisf1ed and
frequently In situation where, like
Thomas the doubter, our minds are
confused, our Judgment uncertain, and
We md ourselves unresponsive to the
high claims of Christ and His teaching.
Such q mental situation tends to render
US iisular and to develop within US our
own conceits and prejudices. We close
the doors for fear that we may be COM
PEELED to change our minds and reverse
the teaching of Jesus, the ethical value
Of His standards, all these we gladly
accede TO, but we will not yield our
private judgments even TO Him.
Again, In the severer tests Of life
where overwhelming Sorrows come 10
US, we attempt to find solution for
them In some philosophy of life, born
Of our own conceits or borrowed from
another. Intense grief Is frequently
selfish, closing the doors even to
chosen friends and particularly to Him
who alone can speak the word of COM
fort and assurance. The most tragic
situations have even met with have
disclosed conditions that have hard
ened and deadened the emotions
rendering them unresponsive to the APP
peal Of the Master. The world Is full
Of men and women disillusioned disap-
pointed and disheartened, who behind
closed doors hug their fears to them
selves, seeking the while for some So
luton Of the dark riddle of life, re-
fusing to Him whose motive Is love and
consolation access and hospitable re-
ception.
Unsolved problems, unforgiven sins,
unmitigated sorTows, uneased heart
aches, shadows and gathering clouds
with no promise of a new day, this Il
the story OF many q darkened and
overcast life. Over against such q sit
uation stands the waiting and willing
Master Of mankind
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This and That
By Charles E, Trqee,oeH.

The old saying, 1.-THE cat came back"
was exemplined IN beautiful fashion last
week, when the maltese member Of Mrs.
Blackie's family was returned to the
home ONCE.
The chair of the. dog that bit you
has no healing virtue comparable with
the inimical qualities of cat fur-ff 1t
so affects one. The person who took
the maltese Immediately succumbed 10
asthma, and the doctor held out no
hope Of relief unless the new kitten
was sent away.
So the cat came back
Although 1t had been away from the
home nest but week, the maltese did
not seem 70 remember its old stamping
ground. '
Everything was strange to it.
The moment it jumped out OF It's
| cardboard transportation box 1t began
a tour of investigation. =.
It smelled the davenport, the chairs,
the rug. It poked its gray nose into
corners, and peered with bright eyes at
things with which 1t had been familiar
since birth. :.
AT far as could be noted. It recognized
nothing, being under some sort OF
necessity Of getting acquainted all over
again, exactly as If it had never seen
the room before.
X
When It's brothers and sisters were
permitted to come up from the base
ment, the maltese kitten knew them no
better than it did its old playground.
Little Nipper was the nrst OF the lUs
week-olds to enter the room.
Instead of running toward each other
and engaging in q wrestling match. as
they had been doing, the kittens at
once bowed UP their backs and putfed
out their tails.
Then they sided toward each other, In
the comical way Of cats, but even more
funny when kittens do it.
Nipper seemed to be enraged at the
intrusion of this stranger.
She growled her, first ,growls. The
maltese gingerly came up, and Nipper
Immediately assaulted him.
With the vim of her ancestor, Nipper
I, Nipper III launched herself upon the
maltese, and knocked him over, e.
She then proceeded to bite him yig-
orously, whereupon the undercat set up
quite meow, and fed beneath chair.
Alexandra Dumas, the black and white
kitten which looks like little dog with
black patch over his eye, gave the
began to chastise 1t severely.
Since the maltese Is considerably
heavier than Alexandra, the latter had
to run in its turn.
The light gray tiger, sometimes called
Miss D'Artagnan, acted in q more
friendly fashion, and contented herself
with careful scrutiny and SHINING.
AL in all, however, there was no uues-
ton that the week away from home had
made the maltese completely forget old
times and places.
He was stranger In a strange land.
who knew not his brothers and sisters
When the time for dinner came, how
ever, some dim memory of climbing
dishes In the basement snote its way
behind those furry gray ears.
The other three ran away irnrnedi-
ately, but the maltese hesitated a mo-
ment What was it he heard? Was
1t something to eat?
Intelligence cleaned in his eyes.
then he dashed away for the food
which called him.
He was at home again!
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for Q dangerous situation-would be de-
layed for many months

for o dangerous situation-would be de-
layed for many months
Residents of the vicinity have been
concerned for some time over this inter
section. The speed limit on Connecti.
cut avenue was thirty miles an hour,
and motorists entering from AlheniArie
street found It almost impossible Ia get
onto the main highway. Similarly. with
cars dashing by at the thirty-nile speed,
pedestrians found It exceedingly dim
cult to cross the street. 1t was at this
point only recently that an eisht-year-
old child met q tragic death.
Obviously, the remedy was tina In
stallation OF a trafic light at this
important intersection. and the Com
nissioners were petitioned TO order It's
establishment. The traffic once. how
ever, had already laid out its schedule,
and there the matter rested until the
young girl was struck down and killed.
The Commissioners thereupon did the
next best thing and ordered the limit
lowered
The new speed limit win prove no
great hardship to those living in Chevy
Chase. Since the thirty-niile limit was
established building activity on Con-
necticut avenue has increased to a point
that necessitated cutting down the dis
lance to be Travelled at that speed. The
stretch now on which thirty miles an
hour has been permitted Is less than
seven-tenths of mile long. and. be-
cause Of new buildings In the process
Of erection, was scheduled for another
revision downward, If not eliminated
entirely. So there should be little or no
protest over the Commissioners edict
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Census Bill Provides
For Wide Enumeration
BY HARDEN CoLFAx.

Not only will there be a count Of al
the persons in the United States next
Spring, but the census bill on which
Congress took final action this week
also provides for an enumeration of the
cows ana the horses, the tractors and
the plows on the farms; manufactured
articles from pig iron to dolls. and q
complete story Of what becomes OF
manufactured goods.
The census bill was combined with
the apportionment bill In q single
measure at this special session Of Con-
gress. and popular interest centered
seats In the House, and consequently
the votes In the presidential electoral
college, among the several States.
But the same measure covers q lot
OF legislative territory In authorizing
the decennia1 census of population, the
quinquennial census of agriculture, the
biennial census of manufactures (two
Of these, in fact), and, for the FIRST
time in the history of the country, q
census of distribution.
Especial consideration Is due this last
provision of the new law, for it concerns
the cost Of living of every man, woman
and child who will be enumerated In
the census of population--and 1t is ex-
pected to develop information which
will save thousands of business men
from spending money in q wild effort
to maintain volume of trade and find-
ing themselves with "profitless pros
pertty" when the books are balanced.
Also, by developing facts to substitute
for theories, the census of distribution
may lower the business casualty rate
by preventing bankruptcies of those who
engage in the wrong business, or the
right business in the wrong location.
Speaking while he was Secretary of
Commerce, President Hoover said: "If
we had a census of distribution I am
convinced that this information would
automatically eliminate a great amount
OF waste In the whole distribution ma
chinery," and he has been one Of the
most earnest advocates of the venture
which Congress approved this week.
DR.. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary
Of Commerce, has deplored the millions
squandered In inefflcient selling efforts
and In referring to the need for more
accurate data on distribution. pointed
out that experience may be good
teacher-at times-but the tuition fee
Is often prohibitive."
The plain fact Is that, while there
Is fairly accurate information as to
production of manufactured goods and
agricultural products In this country, of
exports and Of imports, nobody knows
what becomes Of these commodities
who buys them In greatest or least
volume, what kind OF store distributes
them.
No one knovs how many wholesale
dealers there are IN the United States;
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while speed alone is not necessarily
conducive to accidents, the action Of the
Commissioners In lowering the speed
limit on the short stretch Of Connecti-
cut avenue near Chevy Chase from
thirty miles an hour to twenty-five will
probably meet with widespread approval
due to the, fact that the installation
Of Q trafnc hight ct Albemarls street
and ccnnsctieut avenue--ths real esre
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successful than those who represent
that Of the State. she retained enough
power to give her some supervision Of
the work, but left the control In the
hands Of the private stockholders. The
interests of the State Of Maryland, of
the other stockholders and Of the bond
holders, as we'll as of the communities
at either end of the canal, demand
that the same rule should be observed
In the management of the canal. -,
"At some future time we shall recur
to, this subject and point out the
changes that have taken place In the
policy of the State Of Maryland In. re-
gard to the canal, and show the evil
consequences that now. from. the pres
ent system"
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PH11ANpER JOHNSON.

stick Took"
Every night wind the clock
Which to each Tick" replies with
"Tock"
And counts the hours that 90 their way
With gentle promise, or dismay. 49,.
Whatever fears the hours may bring
I know the birds at morn will sing
Beyond the meadows, that are kissed,
At daybreak, by balnny mist.
Despite the cares which bring regret
New hopes are on the morrow set.
Grief is tick" Joy is Took
So, every night I wind the clock.
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Announcement is made that the
Queen Of England now favors a rather
more modern length of skirt. 1t is the
duty of royalty to conserve tradition;
and one of the most important tradi-
tons Of government is that 1t Is not
well to 60 too far in defiance Of popular
custom.
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Possibly 1t was in difference to Mr..
Dawes that Senator Smoot limited his
attack on tobacco to cigarettes, with no
reference to the pervading perfume of
the pipe.
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President Hoover is prepared to
demonstrate the value OF efficiency" In
enabling an executive so to organize hts
forces that he personally can take a
day of and 90 fishing whenever he
likes.
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The atrplane, the speed car and the
canoe are again Summer contenders for
the accident record-with the canoe
having least claim to excuse on the
ground of possible usefulness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

Some Of the films dealing with Bible
history look and sound as If the Old
Testament had been handed over to a
rewrite man with lively imagination,
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Imnressive DELAY.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
A man In this neighborhood has
acquired the reputation Of having q
great deal more money than he really
has Just by being extremely dilatory
about paying his bills.
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Where Trouble Be.Cann.

From the Pasadena Star-News
After the first formal state dinner In
| washington under the Hoover admins
tration, the trouble be-Gann, so to
speak
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Making America Safe.
les Evening Press

From the Los Angeles Evening Press.
The National Law enforcement Com
mission has settled down 10 It's task Of
making America safe for It. own
cttisenB.
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As a source of animated debate, the
social life of Washington, D. c., Is
almost as productive as the political
life.
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There's Another Angle.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Yet q Jealous wife would be just as
mad If she knew what her husbands
stenographer really thinks Of him.
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No Cause For Worry,

From the Roanoke world-News.
If all of your acquaintance seem
hateful and dumb, don't worry. Maybe
you are destined to be an author.
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And not be riddled on the run.

"Lookin' fob trouble" said Uncle
Eben, as ike cfasin' q bear. When
you ketches up Wit i'm, what Is you
gineter do about itp"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

The farmer is now hopeful for q
system Of genuine relief which will be
practical business and not financial
theory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

Actors and producers quarrel. The
producer has about decided that it Is
his turn to take the center of the stage.
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Good lob Is Better,

From the Richmond News Leader.
Few methods of farm relief compare
with o good job In town.
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For law enforcement many call
Where bootleg suspects. one by one,
Were shot, while standing 'gainst a
wall.
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:
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication OF ell rews DIS
catches credited to It or not otherwise cred
TIED IA this paper and also the zeal new \:
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
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Test Renewed.

Lest Renewed.
do you never think of retiring
from public life?"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum.
But every time such an idea occurs
10 me, something turns up IN political
affairs that makes me feel as II the
real fun were only Just beginning"
Jud Tunkins says politics is . little
like a poker game, always holding out
hopes of better luck with new deal.
Seif-Deception.
IT am a politician each four yearsi"
Yet when the shadow of defeat appears
A voice oracular sounds from affair."
"A politicianP You just think you are!"
Speed.
"You were going sixty miles an
nour," said the reproachful trafic Of
hcer.
"frn sorry" answered Mr.. Chuggins.
The cars behind seemed to be max
ing seventy and eighty and was only
orytng to keep out Of the way"
HE who pretends to be wise mar"
said Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown,
should take care to choose his COM
panionships among the thoughtleSs."
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Cites Two Reasons.

The fate Of the Borah tariff resolution
In the Senate makes no difference one
way or the other. Ultimately, in both
houses, there Il bound to be . decisive
majority Tar ancreasee Of duty On