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Extension of Federal Courts
May Follow Crime Inquiry

orally classified under the heading
petty crime?
It is known that members of the
commission have already begun to give
serious attention to this problem. Far
from combining themselves to the lofty
and remote generalizations, which Sen
ator Glass justly fears and condemns,
they are proceeding directly to a con-
sideration OF a problem which Is emf
nently practical and immediate.
They cannot, however, consider It
without bringing in questions other
than prohibition.
If new order of Federal courts is
to be established, with petty jurisdic-
ton over petty crime" and If thus
We are to have all over this country q
new, profuse race of Federal police
judges" 1t would be silly to give them
control of prohibition cases only. They
would provide a magnificent opportu-
nifty for relieving our regular Federal
which now deluges and delays them
It follows that the reform In question
would be reform going far beyond
prohibition in its scope.
In Prohibition Field.
At the same time the biggest cause
otsit ana the biggest result of 1t would
~ 49, tAtN PAOkAUAtIOn IlclQ. IL u C8L~
culated by some members of the COM
mission that II all bootleggers tried un-
DER the Jones law should demand jury
trials. the whole Federal judicial system,
OF district courts as now constituted
throughout the Nation would within a
year be doing virtually nothing but try
bootleggers or else would be driven la
virtually not trying them at all.
In these circumstances, something
drastic has to be done almost instantly
courts or in the matter of amendinr tine
Jones law or in the matter of checking
the demands for trial by jury or in ali
Inese matters, and others, together
That the commission Is already direct
ing Its thought toward them is certain,
and the chances at this moment favor
tne idea that one of the commission S
ultimate recommendations may well give
US widespread network of new sim
plned Federal courts for summary pro-
cedure against petty offenders under
new simplified Federal criminal leeisla-
tlon. Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
House Tariff Increase
Put at $l29,54O,OOO
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

There isn't much guesswork about how
much additional revenue the Federal
Government would have collected last
year at the ports had the tariff rates of
the new bill as 1t passed the House been
in operation instead Of those of the 1922
act, however much room for controversy
there may be as to what additional cost
this would have meant to consumers.
The increase would have been above
$l2s,54o,0 900, or slightly more than Is
per cent. Hence the rates In the House
Dill average rs per cent more than those
OF the present law.
The United States Tariff Commission
has been right on the job and last week
completed computations for the infor-
nation OF the Senate finance committee
which is working on the House bill,
showing imports during 1928 by sched-
ules, and items of schedules, the duty
collected. the average ad valorem equiv
alent duty based upon quantity and
prices as stated in the invoices. the
amount Of duty which would have been
paid on this same quantity and value Of
imports had the rates of the Hawley
bill as 1t passed the House recently been
effective last year. and the equivalent
ad valorem rates these last figures would
have meant.
True, the figures are not complete.
There are some changes of classifica-
ton in the new bill which make it
difficult to determine what rate would
have been charged under the terms of
the House bill on $6l,314,000 worth of
imports on which $23,089 900 duty
actually was paid. But on imports,
where computations are possible. the
statistics show $515. 949 900 was paid
Uncle Sam In customs duties last year,
whereas $645, 489.000 would have been
paid had the rates of the tariff bill
pending in the Senate been In effect.
Using these 1928 figures for the
computations, the average ad valorem
equivalent duty was 1882 per cent &C
tually, whereas 1t would have been 1915
per cent had the rates proposed in the
House bill been in operation.
Farm products account for $o4, 753 900
of the $130,540.0oO increase that would
have resulted under the proposed new
tariff rates, or nearly IS per cent Of
the total. This considers only the
three schedules of the tariff act essen
TALLY related to products of the farm
the agricultural schedule, the sugar
schedule and the tobacco schedule.
These three total $74,975.OOO in In
creases, plus S8,144,000 which would
have been collected on imports of hides
and skins which are free under the
present law, but which 1t Il proposed
In the House bill to make dutiable, and
plus 81 .633, 900 more which would have
been collected last year on dutiahle raw
wool had the higher rate now proposed
been operative in 1928. The tobacco
schedule includes some manufactures of
the weed, but these are more than Offset
by Items In other schedules Of the act
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Computed increase
IN dYltiAc it,NNnaAd

The rayon schedule probably shows
relatively minor increase in amount
because 1t Is in this schedule that there
appear most Of the missing items--those
IN which the Tariff Commission was
unable to make computations because
Of changes In classification.
1t Is In the sugar schedule. under
which imports are heavy. that the
greatest individual increase in amount
Is shown, and this schedule also shows
the greatest increase in equivalent ad
valorem rates. The agricultural schedule
ranks second In amount. In the sundries
schedule, third In amount, appear
hides. Incidentally the commission
calculates that II the proposed duty on
shoes. consequent to that proposed for
hides, had been In effect last year, ST.
854,7 would have been collected on
the footwear imported free In 1928.
The equivalent ad valorem duty COL
lected last year on imports under the
chemical schedule was 1885 per cent
Of the invoice value of the imports, and
1t Is computed that had the proposed
new rates been in operation the figure
would have been 32.37. On the same
basis, every schedule shows an increase
Earths, where the equivalent ad valorem
duty was 45.25 per cent, would have
had 54.sS. and similar figures for the
remaining schedules are: Metals, 35.07
and 1881; wood. 1895 and 25.40: sugar,
67.s5 and s2.36; tobacco, $500 and
$685.: agriculture, 22:so and s4:os:
and 43.58; fiax, hemp, jute, 1915 and
1880; wool. 49.e4 and 5s.07; silk, $3.50
and COLT; rayon, sara and 53.06:
paper. 2l.S2 and 26.l5; sundries, 2o.4a
tcopyrisht, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

intellectual development but to those
things that make for moral and spir-
itual worth. As matter of fact, 1t
Is quite demonstrable that those who
win the place of favor in life are, in
the main, men and women of high
ideals This is doubtless what John
Ruskin had in mind when he said:
Education does not mean teaching
people what they do not know. 1t
means teaching them to behave as they
do not behave. 1t Is not teaching the
youth the shapes of letters and the
tricks Of numbers and then leaving
them to turn their arithmetic to
roguery and their literature to lust.
1t means. on the contrary, training
them into the perfect exercise and
kingly confluence of their bodies and
souls" Another has said. Self
knowledge, self-reverence. self-control-
power"
In measuring the standards Of mod
ern education and the results produced
we are bound to reckon with those
deeper values that are the results of
spiritual culture. The secularization Of
education In our generation has been
carried too far. When Bismarck de-
clared, The nation that has the
schools has the future" he uttered a
nalI truth. Inc future Is with those
nations that have schools that at all
costs are conserving the fine and en-
during things Of character. A severe
critic Of our educational system made
bold to say, I'VE are raising UP in this
country a set Of Msty young pagans,
and sooner or later they or their chill
dren will make havoc Of our institu-
tons" Such statement may be too
sweeping, and yet when we fairly face
the situation and evaluate the results
we are bound to recognize that the
product Of our modern institutions of
learning does not excel that of another
period. Training in habits OF respect
and reverence for sacred things and
sacred institutions is indispensable, and
efncient living is largely determined by
the incubation Of these habits In early
life. Give me the child until he is
10 and you can have him forever after
ward" said the statesman cardinal,
Mazarin. Given an opportunity to
mold and shape the plastic clay of
youth meant, In his mind, fixing and
determining its whole future. That
'the fear Of the Lord Is the beginning
Of wisdom" is made evident in the
lives Of those who today are leading
US up to higher levels Of thinking and
living
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Maryland's Hospitality.

Maryland hospitality has in a man.
ner been indicated by the decision of
Lawrence Richey, one Of the Presidents
secretaries, to retain ownership of the
site he bought on Hunting Creek, near
Catocttn, Nd, as a fishing preserve to
be used occasionally by Mr.. Hoover. A
few protests by individuals against post
ing the property, on the ground that
they were entitled to fish In the creek,
threatened serious reflection on Mary
lands good name. For rather than at
tempt to make an issue and embarrass
the President, Mr.. Richey had deter
mined to sell the property II the protests
continued. He has since received mani
fold assurances that the few jealous In
dividuals who complained were far from
voicing any general sentiment; that II
Mr.. Richey had taken extraordinary
precautions he was justified In doing 80,
but as q matter of fact he was entirely
within his rights in keeping trespassers
away from the property. with these
assurances, the fishing preserve will be
maintained.
While the incident itself is not i'm
portant and can be dismissed as al
together trivial, it does emphasize the
didiculty faced by q President Of the
United States in securing those few
hours Of recreation, 20 essential to his
well-being, without being subject to
embarrassment at the hands of the
curious. The fishermen who 50 dis
courteously maintained that they, a.
much as the President, had a right to
fish Hunting Greek were wrong in the
FIRST place, for the creek runs through
private property lawfully posted against
trespassers. But 1t was posted, not to
protect the fish, but to protect the
President. Imagine the crowd Of pa
triotic Americans, with lunch kits and
cameras. who would be attracted to
Hunting Creek by the thought of being
able to watch the President fish! And
imagine the care-free joy Of the Presi-
dent in casting for trout, but hooking
some tourist or some tourists baby In
steadi
Any State is proud to offer the Pres
ident sanctuary and freedom from the
crowds. And no State, least Of all old
Maryland, would for q moment con-
done denial Of such privileges, with al
Of the inhospitality thus implied, be-
cause Of few imaginary complaints on
the part Of few disgruntled In
dividuals. 5l"'
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.hildren during the summer for super

children during the Summer for super
vised play.
Such q program would be in keeping
with the idea Of continuing. throughout
the Summer, the services to the COM
munity by the schools that formerly
came to an end on graduation day in
June. The Community Center Depart
ment of the schools has already done
much to extend this idea and may be
expected further to cooperate wherever
it Is possible.
The growth of the city's population
and the needs Of trafic have combined
to make the demand for supervised play
and play facilities even greater in the
Summer than In the Winter. There
should be no failure to take advantage
Of every square foot Of space that could
be made to attract and hold child
away from the city streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Summer Fairgrounds.

A few Summers ago agitation for
more playground space during the
vacation period led to public subscrip-
ton. Of a fund for the employment Of
necessary supervisors, and q number of
school Fairgrounds. which otherwise
would have remained closed, were
opened. The success Of the experiment
led Congress to adopt the regular policy
Of annually appropHating for main
tenance of the school Fairgrounds
during the Summer. and this year, on
July /, the city's forty-two ''year-round''
Fairgrounds will be augmented, until
Labor day, by the addition of thirty
three school Fairgrounds.
The field has been well surveyed BIZ
those In authority and they believe the
city's needs are fairly well met by the
number of Fairgrounds now available
Building operations and the location OF
portable schools on what would be
playground space have prevented the
use Of some sites. But the playground
to be opened are chosen with the ides
of meeting, as far as possible, the ordi-
nary demands Of the different sections
A Star subscriber has sent in the
suggestion that even greater space coulc
be provided by making available, o,
Fairgrounds during the Summer
months, the stadiums ct Central, East.
ern and Dunbar High Schools, ana
eventually the athletic field in prospec
for Western and the stadium now undel
construction for the new McKinle!
High. This suggestion is in line with
one advanced for several years by tn
playground department. but only par
tally realized In the fine work hereto
fore done by the Community Cente
Department OF the public schools. Com
munity Center Department now ha
under consideration. with schoc
authorities. the adyisability of openin
the stadinms and athletic fields :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
The French Debt Settlement.

) The French Debt Settlement.
/ Discussions are now in progress In
! the French Parliament regarding the
/ Mellon Berenger Franco-American debt
settlement. Ratification of this pact,
which was concluded at washington
/ in April, 1926, is more than three years
! overdue. France has been the chief
! apostle Of the theory. to which the
United States has resolutely refused to
[ subscribe, that war debts and German
Preparations are interlocking issues.
Now that reparations have been re-
! Poincare reveals himself in mood to
ask his Parliament for tardy approval
, Of the debt accord with this country.
; He recommended 1t last week before
/ abe foreign affairs and finance commits
sions-which correspond to our own
congressional committees - Of the
| Chamber Of Deputies, and within two
or three weeks plans to do likewise be-
! for the appropriate commissions Of the
French Senate.
In addressing the Chamber commits
: sions, M. Poincare urged immediate
Tatification Of the Mellon-Berenger
sunding settlement on the ground that
the Safeguard clause" for which
France has contended is contained "for
Z all practical purposes" In the Young
plan. He refers to Frances demanded
I right to be delinquent with US If Ger
many is delinquent with her. There is
certain TO be the closest possible scru-
tiny Of the reparations treaty in the
American Congress II M. Poincare's as
sertion Is founded on fact.
! Hitherto, Congress, which has ex-
elusive jurisdiction over the foreign
debts. has been unwilling to recognize
any connection, implied or otherwise,
between Europe's debts to the United
States Treasury and Germapy's rep
aration obligations to Europe. M.
Poincare explained that the American
Government. while Vrefusing to admit
the written Inclusion Of the safeguard
clause, had never sho-zs itself disin-
clined to examine Frances capacity to
pay. On the contrary, according to the
French premier, the United States had
always revealed . disposition to con-
cede that Frances ability to meet her
foreign debt obligations would be eorre-
spondingly affected II the French
should not obtain regularly the repara-
ton payments due them from Ger
many.
Thus it would appear that even If
France ratifies the American debt set
tlement without formal reservations,
there will be mental reservations at the
back Of French heads. Writing in the
July number Of Foreign Affairs, M.
Poincare uses these pertinent words:
THE program (Young plan) laid
down will not indemnify France for
even one-ha1f of the sums which
T. SHE has had to spend during these
past ten years to restore the
devastated regions. She will get
! nothing to indemnify her war VIC
tinns-mutiles, widows, orphans. A
great load will continue to weigh
down the French budget. None the
less, II Germany executes her pay
ments to us regularly, we shall be
In position at least TO pay our for
eisn debts punctually."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
This and That
BY Charles E. TraeesceH.

Alexandra Dumas. the kitten. had an
exciting day.
In the early morning he met Q turtle
and in the late afternoon his first bee.
| Dumas seems to be growing In all
directions these Summer days.
When fellow is IL weeks old he is
getting up In the world. In the cat
sense.
Alexandra stands at that diftcult
period when his friends do not know
whether to call him cat or kitten.
Judged by his long black tail hecked
with white he Is cat. but his fond
ness for paving at everything which
comes In his path brands him kitten.
The right hook he administered to
when he attempted to chaStise the bee
1t was . horse Of another color. as the
saying Is.
The turtle was making his annual
! showing in the garden, It being his
habit to come up once year for OBJ
ServationS.
What he observes. and why, no one
knows. but since nobody cares but the
WA VAC Az AluACc A1O uAnCACuCG az ale
He came to the garden three years
ago when he was about 3 inches across.
Now he is all of inches, with q most
feroctous-looking head which he sticks
out Of his brown and yellow shell.
He showed up on the other side of the
Hiawatha climber. where he was dis
covered by Jack Spratt, he Of the white
front and gooseberry.green eyes.
Jack was out for his morning con-
stitutional when he came across the
turtle. When the creature saw the
big striped tiger cat it drew In its
head with o snap. but he could have
saved himself the trouble. for Spratt
gave up turtles as bad job years ago
What fun is there for cat in thing
which refuses to move?
Being a young chap. Alexandra
Dumas had no knowledge Of turtles.
Besides he was feeling very frisky. as
every kitten has right to do ca a
bright Summer morning
When he saw the visitor he cooked
his head on one side and took a GOOD
look with his unusually bright eyes
eyes which have black patches coming
down over them, giving him an essen
TALLY comic aspect. -
turtle than the turtle saw him. As the
kitten scampered over. the turtle made
its big disappearance act.
In went its head. ~
Dumas jumped back at once. This
was something new. Gingerly he stuck
forward his nose. Nothing happened.
He stuck out q paw. Still nothing
happened. Then 1t seemed to observ-
ers that Alexandra Dumas became very
angry. -
Raising his right paw. he suddenly
hit furiously at the place where the
head Of the reptile had been.
......t
It was late afternoon when Dumas
came upon q very small bee feasting
upon white clover in the grass. 3
All hal Dumas smelled the bee
gingerly, but luckily the insect was en-
amored Of its clover, and paid no atten-
ton to the investigating nose. ~
Again Alexandra became angry.
Drawing back his trusty right paw.
he smote the bee vigorously. -
A surprised look came into his eyes.
He held up his paw. looked at it In
anaazement. walked few steps, held
it up again. s-E
One never meets his first bee but
once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

Discussion has been 50 patient and
thorough that the world must soon be
well informed a. TO every aspect Of
naval matters. BY that time airplanes
will have developed to an extent that
will necessitate turning the yardstick"
skyward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

Summer has lost its old-time terrors
for Washington, D. G. There was a
time when there were few swimming
places, frequent ice shortage and on an
especially sultry day an appearance Of
almost deserted highways. AL. this has
changed to an immensely better state
OF affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

In which agriculture is essentially con-
cerned and on which the new bill pro-
poses higher duties. but which are not
separately included for the purposes Of
this analysis
BY schedules, here are the increases
which would have resulted In collec-
tons last year had the proposed rates
been In effect, emitting various items
In six schedules which cannot be COM
pared because Of changes in classifica-
ton:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

1t Is impossible to evade the camera
experts. A man Of J. p. Morgan's wis
dom and experience is evidently con-
vinced that it Ii safer to be affable
than TO risk an inevitable snapshot with
m in-prepared facial expression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANpER JOHNSON.

6I Fn11ANOEH JO4fH6ONs
Congressional Rest.
Congressman Is goin' home,
Which Is for the best.
Says that 1t Is time to roam,
Cause he needs q rest.
Letters he will have to write;
Oratory's zest,
In assertion, day and night
Serves to spoil the rest.
When vacation days are done,
This is his request:
"Take me back TO washington,
Cause I need q rest!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

When all the merging possible has
been done. the quarrels which human
nature renders inevitable may be ex-
pected to start competition all over
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

Mexico, advancing steadily in wisdom,
recognizes the fact that there are few
national assets poorer than q religious
controversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

A crime investigation might be drawn
out innmeasurably. Crime has been
active with one motive or another since
the days Of Cain and Abel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Emu on Free Tia.

From the Louisville Times.
All crossword-puzzle fans win prob-
ably be highly pleased to learn that
their old favorite, the emu, ID on the
free list In the new tariff bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

The gentleman who talks not wisely
but too much is pretty sure to figure
with more or less prominence in every
discussion of affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
A Pill Rollers Task.
be san pernardino SUN.

From the San Bernardino sun
Reports from that Washington lail
acquit the Senate of INJECTING any cruel
or unusual punishment on Harry Sin
clair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cree
tied in this paper and also the local rews
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Sinclair Prolongs Stay.

From the Norfolk Dispatch.
Society note: Mr.. Harry Sinclair. who
Is mentioning in Washington. viii pro-
long his stay not less than nine months.