Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

At last the agricultural Northwest,
severe critic Of high tariff enactments,
has on the United States Tariff Com
mission a man who understands the
economic needs Of the wheat and corn
belts. DR.. John Lee Coulter, one Of
the new commissioners, born in Mime
sofa, holds degrees from the University
Of North Dakota and the University of
Wisconsin. Before becoming president
OF the North Dakota Agricultural and
Mechanical College, where he remained
eight years. he was an instructor in
the University Of Wisconsin, the Uni
versity of Minnesota and Iowa State
College DR.. Coulter was an earnest
advocate of farm relief legislation when
that subject was uppermost in the Con-
gress and was under consideration by
President Hoover for membership on
the Federal Farm Board. Instead, he
became chief economist of the Tariff
Commission, to whose membership he is
now promoted.
THE trouble with the flexible tariff
is, Tariff Commissioner Alfred P. Den
mis- once commented, that, like ones
elbow, it will flex in only one direc-
tion-upward." He was stressing that
virtually all rate changes brought about
by operation of the flexible clause had
auctions are apt to be equally essential
in the making of scientific tariff i'm
mune from future political considera-
ton. 1t is reasonable to assume that
President Hoover holds like view. for
Commissioner Dennis is now reap
pointed, being one of two members of
the old Tariff Commission to win Mr..
HooVer's favor. Mr.. Dennis remains on
the commission as Democrat high in
Republican regard, due partly to his
The Business Mans View of Calvin
Coolidge" printed on the eve of the
1924 election.
Representative Charles M Stednan.
nth North Carolina district. recently
stricken, was a senior in the University
of North Carolina when Fort Sumter
was fired upon. Without waiting for his
diploma, he responded to a call for vol
unteers and enlisted as a private in the
Confederate Army. He served with
Lees army during the entire war, was
wounded three times and was a major
when he surrendered at Appomattox.
| Stedman entered the Congress 20 years
ago at the age of 10 and for several
sessions was its oldest Representative
and last Civil War veteran. On his
eightieth birthday, 10 years ago next
January, his colleagues presented him
with a handsome watch. This and a
letter he had received from Woodrow
Wilson he priced above all other pos
sessions. In the letter the World War
President thanked the veteran Repre-
sentative for his aid in pressing emer-
gency war legislation to the statute
books. Each January 20 the House
was wont to hail Stedman as its most
beloved member.
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Thomas Starr King whose statue is
to be placed by California in National
Statuary Hall, in Washington, spent less
thar four years in the State that is to
honor him above all other citizens save
one He could be said to belong almost
as much to New York, where he was
born, or to Massachusetts,, where he
was an intellectual leader, or to New
Hampshire, where he explored the
White Mountains, as to California,
where his eloquence turned the scale
against the Pacific Republic" and kept
that State a member of the American
Union. Still other States might be
claiming Thomas Starr King as their
own If death had not closed his career
at an early age The impress Of his life
on humanity, either individually or COL
lectively was great and lasting.
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In order to ascertain whether lack
of interest in politics is prevalent among
business women, 600 of them-lawyers,
teachers, nurses, secretaries, saleswomen
and others-were asked to fill out ques-
/ tionnaires The replies, according to
the compilers, are overwhelming testi-
mony to the fact that women are con-
scientious about voting, but are far
from satisfied with present political or
CARNATIONS, Eighty per cent OF those
answering vote from a sense of duty,
In per cent from interest in special is
sues and IA per cent from interest In
candidates. Sixty per cent voted the
straight party ticket. The comment Of