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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
u. s. Helm for Abroad"

Some exceedingly arresting statements
in reference to the financial status and
foreign trade of the United States were
made in Washington this week by
Charles S. Hamlin, one Of the vice
governors of the Federal Reserve Board.
They turn significant light on the
country's economic position and one
which deserves attention. Based on
the assertion that, as a result of the
bold" manner in which President Hoo
yer met last Falls crisis" it is now
possible to see the dawn Of normal
activity" Mr.. Hamlin launches a con-
crete suggestion for the employment of
surplus American capital. He declares,
roundly, that the people of the United
States should purchase foreign securi-
ties in order to enable our friends
abroad to continue their purchasing of
our exports"
The veteran Federal Reserve official
says that enlightened self-interest'
ought to impel us to this course. Mr..
Hamlin is a sound and seasoned econ
omlst, and he reasons logically. Trade
nowadays is no parish-pump affair. Its
ramifcations are worldwide. The pros
perity of one nation Is the good of all.
II Uncle Sam wants to market his ex-
portable surplus of industrial and agri-
cultural commodities, 1t is obviously his
duty to do all that lies in his power
to facilitate their sale.
Gov. Hamlin does not. specifically
refer to the high tariff wall which
Congress is by way of rearing around
our already well protected shores and
frontiers. But he must have the Haw-
ley-Smoot rates in mind when he pro-
jects his plan for enabling abroad" to
become and remain good customers. II
is plain as a pikestaff that foreign con-
sumers must be furnished with the
means Of paying for American pur-
chases, II American tariff laws hamper
the flow of foreign goods into the
United States. The Hamlin proposal
is that we supply these other means
by buying foreign securities. He argues
that 1t is the only method left to u.s.
in the domain of export promotion
We have done this to very large ex-
tent in the past, but recent speculative
activities at home greatly diminished
the volume of these investments abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
Muscle Shoals Action
Prompted by Merger
From the Buralo rven,nv No.,

From the Buffalo Evening News
The prospect of a merger of South
American and European nitrate inter-
ests to control the world production of
the basis of fertilizer and explosives
should move Congress to action with
regard to Muscle Shoals, over the dis
position OF which the Senate and the
House are in conflict.
The government Of Chile is reported
10 nave drafted plan for a conbina-
tion OF nitrate producers of the coun-
try. With all the companies brought
together, 1t is expected to move for an
agreement with the producers of artifi-
cial nitrates. Such a combination of
interests will make heavy exactions on
the United States-that Is. unless steps
are taken at once to produce artificial
nitrates on q large scale in this country
With the abundant hydroelectric
power at Muscle Shoals, the nitrate
plants there. thoroughly moderniSed.
could be made to render large service
to the farmers. Processes for the Ak
alton Of atmospheric nitrogen for ferti-
lizer have been developed abroad with
marked success. The opportunities At
Muscle Shoals for similar development
are very great. II the nitrate plants
there were In full operation, American
agriculture might be made independent
OF foreign sources of supply. The
emergency that tmpends should indu-
er1ce the two houses of Congress to
compose their difference on the CUES
ton how Muscle Shoals should be oper-
ated-whether by the Government or
by private interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
The National Conference,

Washington extends a welcoming
hand to the delegates to the National
Conference on Street and Highway
Safety, who are meeting here to dis
cuss traffic problems this week. Trafiic
is one of the major questions of present.
day civilization, and the Importance OF
the work of the conference cannot be
overemphasized. Brought into being by
President Hoover when he was Secre-
tary of Commerce, the organization has
with characteristic energy drafted a
model trafic code, the principles Of
which are suggested fer use in every
city in the country. Men who are rec
ognized as experts along trafic lines
compose the delegates. and each year
as conditions dictate, new recommends
tons for reform are made. Washington
is indeed fortunate to be the scene OF
these meetings and should profit thereby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
Poor Car Service Cause
OF Loss of Patronage
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Referring to the loss of patronage by
the street car companies to the 35-cent
taxicabS, 1t Is likely that some loss was
inevitable, but wonder If much of 1t
is not due to the street car companies
themselves. If they would devote more
Of their time to rendering an adequate
service and less to trying to soak the
public for a 10-cent fare they probably
would not have sustained so great a
loss in passengers. This morning ]
had to wait about 40 to rs minutes for
a downtown car from Columbia road
and California street. Yesterday
waited on Seventeenth street a half
hour for an uptown car. These long
waits have caused me, as we'll as many
others. to take the cheap taxi. The
poor schedules and inadequacy of serv-
ice Of the street cars are in my opinion
largely responsible for the extensive
use Of the 35-cent taxis. Because of
the overcrowding of the cars and the
utterly inadequate and undependable
service rendered by the companies I
am frank to say that I would never
board a street car If could afford the
taxi
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
Big-Time Loot,

An amazing trail Of crime has just
been unearthed in New York constitut-
ing Police Commissioner Mulrooney's
debut In that office. Monday evening
five persons were arrested in one of
the leading hotels as they sat around
q table on which were piled jewels valued
at some 100000. Then, following up
a clue furnished by this raid, another
man was arrested as receiver of stolen
property and in safety vaults In four
different banks additional jewels worth
between 100000 and 100000 were
found.
All of this iewelry is believed to be, is
indeed obviously, the loot of a gang of
thieves. None of it has yet been identi-
ed as to ownership. The holder of the
safety boxes denies any knowledge OF
its origin save that much of 1t that
was in his possession was handed To
him as collateral security for loans
made mostly at the race tracks and that
he had no reason to suspect that 1t was
stolen. This ingenious but scarcely
plausible defense against the charge OF
receiving stolen goods has not yet eff
fected his release.
An interesting and as yet unsolvec
feature of the haul is that on Monday
night when the hotel room was entered
by the police one of the men present
tossed a package out of the window
which it is believed contained currency
in 81 1000 and $500 denominations. Bills
amounting to $4,000 have been recov.
cred, but it is not known how much
more was in the package. The only
plausible theory for its presence in the
hotel room and its hasty discarding 1:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
Intangible Property of
u. S. as a Fund Basis
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Like a majority Of the taxpayers OF
the District of Columbia, I am inter-
ested in the matter of assessing and
fixing the tax rate which must be gov
erned by the obligations imposed upon
the District by Congress after taking
into consideration the amount or ratio,
fixed as the Federal portion thereof.
Consequently I have read from time to
time the numerous statements and
arguments such as appeared in your
issue editorially May %, 1880. OF
course. the idea of arriving at the Fed
eral proportion toward the cost Of run
ming the District government by an app
Proclamation of the taxable value of real
and personal property owned by the
Federal Government in the District of
Columbia is an absurd one, but If Mr..
Simmons, or any other member of
Congress, or the whole Congress for
that matter. desires this method of de-
termining the Federal proportion, then
please be governed by the whole tax
tangible personal property.
Instead of the $1,000, 900 to $4,000, 900
estimated by Mr.. Simmons, there would
be approximately SIS 900 900 additional
annually. The Federal Government
owns and holds in the District OF Co
lumbia securities covering the funded
debts OF foreign governments approx
mating $l1 100000 900, besides other
securities which under the law would
be taxable II owned by citizens of the
District Of Columbia. This should
close all argument with respect to using
the taxable values of the Federal Gov
eminent In the District as basis for
arriving at its just and reasonable pro-
portion toward the cost Of maintaining
the District government, or else open
up a new field for thought and argu-
ments which seems to have been en-
tirely overlooked by the Bureau of
Efficiency, Mr.. Simmons, and The Star
as we'll. GEO. B. KENNEDY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

sion at Harrisburg. so that he could
take his mornings additions without
tying himself into a knot. His sue
cessor, Gov. Fisher is not nearly so tall
as Pinchot, so the former had the elon-
gated tub removed. Asked what his first
administrative act at Harrisburg next
Winter would be, Clifford replied, Put
ting back that tub"
About the middle Of June the British
expect to evacuate the old embassy
Bull has pitched his tent at Washing
ton since 1868. A couple of ministers
inhabited the rambling brick structure
in the earliest days and until 1898, when
Sir Julian Pauncefote became Brit
aims first accredited Ambassador to the
Yankee court. When the establish
ment was built it was on the remote
outskirts of the Capital. Representa-
tive Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin,
who remembers going to one Of the
first soirees- ever given there, comment
ed on the legations isolation. The
British Minister retorted that he was
fond of the country" and had selected
the site on that account. Now. in
1880, Britannia is leaving Connecticut
avenue, because the country" of So
years ago has become one of the CEN
tiers Of metropolitan life in Washington.
\ X X
Col. Dodge, curator Of Mount Yer
non, where George Washington lived
and Is buried, has just entered upon
his forty-sixth successive year in once.
He says he's the champion "resigner''
Of the country, as it's been his unfailing
custom to retire formally from year to
year, only TO have the Ladies' Mount
Vernon Society, which owns and ad-
ministers the beautiful estate, AZ reg
ularly plaster his commission with a
visa indicating its prolongation for
another twelvemonth.
(CopyriKht, 1e30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
Brands Federated Europe
Studied as Answer to Italy

and cooperation which has contributed
so much to the economic recovery and
political sterilization OF Europe during
the last five or six years"
Answering the argument of conflict
with the League of Nations, the Louis
vile Courier-Journal contends, THE
fact that the BRAND plan Is patterned
after the League makes the dream Of o
United States Of Europe a feasible
proposition"
Calling BRAND "the most enlightened
statesman of the Old World" the Ge-
neva Daily Times refers to the fact that
this country is admitted to have fur
nished him with the idea and pattern"
and holds that I'VE may thank Europe
for the compliment and wish her we'll"
Slow progress toward the BRAND ideal
Is seen by the youngstown Vindicator,
the Uniontown Herald and the Rich.
mond News Leader. The Ithaca Jour-
perform the miracle of uniting all the
:ross-currents of Europe into one stream,
he can probably perform the miracle by
holding 1t strictly to its own course
without danger to the interests Of the
rest of the world"
There are difficulties in the way of
united Europe, as there are in the
way Oh empire Tree TAoe, ACCORDING 10
the Hamilton, Ontario, Spectator, "but
to declare, as some observers have done,
that either Is an impossible dream Is to
go too far. Progress does not necessa-
rily mean revolution.
so far as federation of Europe may
be employed legitimately for the purpose
OF increasing European prosperity"
states the Buffalo Evening News, st will
be an advantage to the United States.
1t might reduce markets for some ar
ticles, but the general volume of trade
would increase with the Improvement in
buying power" The Port Huron Times
Herald believes that eft ought to be q
good thing for Europe, and If 1t is q
good thing for Europe, certainly 1t would
selp bring prosperity and well-being to
the rest of the world"
Obstacles in the way of such a union,
particularly the rivalries and preiudices
OF the several nations. are emphasized
by the Syracuse Herald, the st. Louis
Times. the Springeld Union. the Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin and the Cleve-
land News. European antagonism to-
ward France is recognized by the Fort
Wayne News-Sentinel and the Detroit
Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
Congratulates Byrd
On Kindness to Dogs

To the Editor OF The Star:
The Evening Star Of the 22d stated
that Admiral Richard E. Byrd had been
awarded a gold medal for kindness to
his dogs that were used in the Antarctic
expedition, which. think, was wonder
full. II only more would be like him
and show the poor dumb animals a
little humane treatment! I know some
folks where live who If a dog or cat
comes to their doors, instead OF giving
1t something to eat or kind word, will
kick and beat it away, and If it doesn't
60 will kill 1t. congratulate Admiral
Byrd for the kindness he showed to his
dogs, and may God bless him and give
him the best of luck!
MISS ELLEN HIGaS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! are scores of varieties of grasses, some
for sunny places, some for old-time
meadows, some for shady spots, some
for golf courses and other places which
| receive much trampling.
The grass is almost as accommodate
ing as the dog family, which has trans
| formed itself into scores of shapes,
forms. colors, abilities, to please the
| master, man.
One would not say that the various
grasses were designed, either by the
Creator or themselves, to please man
kind. Golf is a comparatively new
game and the world is very old: but
at least 1t Is fortunate that greens
grow into tough grass for their Pc
culiar purposes
One cannot look upon grass, there
fore, as just grass and expect to sue
coed. One must think of grasses.
And the average person must be more
generous with his space to be covered;
In other words. he must loosen up with
his pocketbook and double, triple or
quadruple the amount of seed which he
thinks ought to be just right.
The birds, for one thing, insist on
eating up as much seed as they can
find, and those who know their birds
also know that they are good seed
seekers.
The wind also takes its toll of grass
seed, No matter how carefully one puts
| 1t In, a certain percentage Of 1t will
blow away.
Just how big percentage will not
terminate is difflcult to state, but it is
probably larger than the scotsman
would be willing to admit
Often lack Of moisture is responsible
! for this, so 1t will not do to blame the
sellers thereof. Lack of success often
results. not from failure of the seed. but
more from a certain niggardliness OF
mind and pocketbook.
| X X X
Reseeding as yard demands it is
another matter of which many house
holders never seem to have heard. They
| imagine that because they put in q
pound or two OF grass seed in the early
Spring, nothing more remains to be
done.
The vigilant lawn enthusiast knows
that no matter how carefully he makes
his first seeding. either of new or old
lawn, spots will develop in it.
Often these result from stones which
| have worked their way near the sur
| face. Now not even grass will grow on
rock. In such cases the removal of the
underlying stones Is the first step. The
second is a reseeding. as soon as it is
definitely established that the first seeds
are not terminating properly.
Too little, rather than too much
watering is the essential care during
the first month after seeding. Grass
| will grow in the heat, but 1t cannot get
! foothold If washed out by too vigorous
| sprinkling.
&**
Back Of all these points, however,
| lies the one essential - the desire for
real grass. The mind rules here as
elsewhere.
Once given the desire. any one can
get grass, good grass, but without 1t he
will have only the half-bare terraces
and spotty lawns which are observed
all too often.
Courses in Appreciation of Grass
might be given profitably in our sec
ondary schools and in the colleges and
universities Of the country.
There is many boy and girl brought
up to appreciate great paintings, who
might be taught that there will come
opportunities to paint pictures with
lawns, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

I'VE must now resume" Gov. Hamlin
says speaking with the full authority
OF his eminent position as a member
of the Federal Reserve Board. In sup
port Of that counsel. he discloses that
the Federal Reserve banks alone have
more than a billion dollars of free
gold, over and above their deposit and
note liabilities The suggestion that
this vast hoard of spare cash could
now be usefully employed in foreign
investments is unquestionably worthy
of serious thought by those who have
1t in their power to direct and infiu-
ence the ebb and flow of fluid American
capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Willing WnrLaru 2

The Willing Workers.
When arguments throughout the land
Are coming up anew
I often do not understand
But there are folks who do.
And so I don't allow my mind
To take gloomy view
OF things I don't explain. and
That there are folks who do.
They may pc right. They may be wrong
I'm thankful for the few
Who know just how to guide the throng-
At least they say they do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

The status of the United States SUI
preme Court as calm deliberative body
cannot be disturbed by the highly con-
troversial preliminaries that may arise
in connection with an appointment to
its membership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

and dispensing drugs az It's important
function. Pharmacy Is. however, also
profession; as such It Is closely as
ISOLATED with the medical profession in
the responsible duties of dispensing the
agents used in curing disease. II re-
quires integrity, a special knowledge
and skill, and is practiced in accord
ance with a code of ethics accepted by
the organized members Of the profess
sion. The practice Is regulated by the
State; the pharmacist Is registered by
State board especially appointed for
that purpose. The situation in phar-
macy today is similar to that in medi-
cine IS years ago with too many III
trained and unqualified practitioners
and too few who are well trained and
highly qualified.
@. In what country have machines
taken the place OF human labor to
the greatest extent?-D. L.
A. The mechanization of industry
has been more rapid and intensive in
the United States than any other
country in the world.
@. Where did Jane Adams receive
her education?-A B.
A.. She was graduated from Rockford
seminary, now Rockford College, in
1881. She spent several years studying
economic and sociological questions IN
both Europe and America.
@, Is there through train service
@. L. N.
A. The Cape-to- Cairo Railroad has
never been finished. However, there is
through train service regularly between
Capetown and Port Tranquil In the
Belgian Kongo and from Cairo to Ell
Obeido.
O.. Who said There is no such
word as impossible in the French
A. The familiar quotation is THE
word impossible is not In my die
tionary'' and is attributed to Napoleon.
@. Is it true that cows give more milk
than formerly?-A. r. II.
A. A hundred years ago the best
cows did not give to- exceed 1000 pounds
OF milk year. whereas the best diaries
today average 5000 pounds per COW.
Q. What and where is the Ghosts
Wood"?-M. v. w.
A. The Ghosts Wood is in Mecklen-
burg, near Heiligendamm, and Is 80
called because the trees are spectral
and white, as If they had been
bleached.
@. What mark distinguishes the
early willow ware?-S. j. L.
A. The name willow ware Is given
to several reproductions of the Canton
china of the eighteenth century, dec
GRATED with a landscape and willow
trees. It was first reproduced by
Thomas Turner of Caughley, England,
In 1880. and later by several other Eng
lish potters. One distinguishing marx
which is found on much of the early
willow ware is three small dots IN the
clay itself In pyramidal form.
Q. What was Gen. ,Jackson's last
order on the field of battle?-T. W.
A. Gen. Pender, you must hold GA
to the field; you must hold out to the
last"
@. What is Elsie Singmaster's mar
ried name?--L. A. H.
A. She is Mrs. Harold Lewars.
O. When were investment trusts FIRST
formed in this country?-H. G.
A. The first American investment
trust Of important size was organized
in 1921.
@. How old was the composer Ed
ward Mcdowell at the time of his
death?--M. M.
a. He died in 1908, when only ~
years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28
Why Not Candles for
Senate Illumination :?
To the Editor Of The star:

TO the Editor OF The star:
Referring to the recent action OF GER
tain Senator's In barring dial telephones,
I would like to suggest that they remove
all electrical wiring from the senate
chamber and so back to talloW canoes,
busy to scratch a match If they had
the intelligence to grasp that that was
the way to light it. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

Another great aircraft demonstra-
ton will be in evidence next Saturday
1t may offer suggestions as significant
as those developed by a naval confer
ence, as to how battles of the future, II
any, are to be fought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

Many harsh comments were ad-
dressed to the late Boies Penrose when
he spoke with decisive authority In
Pennsylvania politics. Yet it cannot be
denied that his direct methods tended
to simplify the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

The worlds most spectacular politi-
cal star does not initiate the theater
favorite. Mussolini does not say he Is
going to give his public what 1t wants.
He decides personally on what 1t ac-
tually needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

The Congressman who says he does
not like the dial because 1t compels him
TO serve as an unsalaried telephone
operator has probably dug up as good
reason as any for raising congressional
Day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

Fine musicians are disappointed when
they 60 unheralded into a street crowd
and test their popular appeal. Critics
are resented; yet as aids to genuine
artistry they have their practical use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

In addition TO being legally held less
guilty than the vender of bootleg liquor,
the purchaser retains the unmistakable
advantage of being harder to catch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

1t becomes evident that a certain
amount of religion has asserted itself
in politics. No greater test of religions
reformatory influence has yet arisen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

Broadway appears to be faltering ir
plans for diversion in spite Of the fact
that tariff discussion is leaving the tired
business man more weary than ever
before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

China Is proud of being able to re-
spect ancestral tradition which holds
that it is entitled to carry on wars re-
CARELESS of outside opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-28

It is the impulsive generosity of "Vox
Populi" that sometimes causes "Tax
Payer" later on to protest In the news
papers.