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Evening star., 1935-04-07
By Mae E. JOSebh.

UNCOMFORTABLE that a Congress
which today wields such mighty
purse, generously assigning huge
i sums in the millions to relief,
construction, development, should
refuse to pay debt of not quite two
thousand dollars, because of a tech
nicality. And this for the funeral
of one of our martyred Presidents!
Strange as it seems, Congress was
in no way being arbitrary when it
refused to pay the bill Of $1.890.50
due for the funeral expenses of Presi-
dent Garfield. 1t was simply the
way Of the Government then, and
perhaps also reveals how much less
an important parsonage was the Pres
ident of those days as compared to
present-day Presidents. President
Garfield was shot July 2, 1881. He
fingered until September 10 and was
buried September rs. From that year
of 1881 until May 20, 1887, the points
involved in the paying of the bill
were considered, and then it was
finally rejected. Congress had offered
to compromise and give the under
taker $700 instead of the $1,890.50,
but this was refused. At the very
time of the dispute large surplus
from the $55,000 which Congress had
appropriated for taking care of the
President was still in the Treasury.
The article which appeared in a
Washington newspaper in connection
with the final decision said that the
controller disallowed the claim OF
w. r. Speare, undertaken of this city,
for $l,890.50 for services in the fu-
neral of Garfield. This was because
of the point raised in the case that
the claim was made against the Gov
ernment, and not against the estate
Of the former President. Therefore
it was not affected by the act OF
Congress of August 5, 1882, appoint
ing a board of audit to settle claims
growing out of the sickness and burial
of Garfield. The claim was rejected
by that board because of the claim
ants failure to comply with the re-
quirements of the act. The first con-
troller held that the board had ample
jurisdiction in the matter and that
the claim was properly rejected.
When Congress refused the bill the
undertaken then sent it to Mrs. Gar
field, but heard nothing from her.
1t was not to be wondered at, though,
since Mrs. Garfield simply had not
means to pay for it, Garfield having
died a poor man. Even when a bill
was proposed to appropriate money
to care for the Presidents widow
and children q great struggle ensued
in Congress.
Today funerals eS public officials
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Bighead Sheep Problem.

ONE Of the problems of sheep raisers
in some parts of the West Is
disease known as "bighead," which, as
its names makes obvious, is a swelling
of the heads of the infected animals.
The fact that outbreaks Of the dis
ease coincide with the presence Of one
or two types of weed-"coal oil weed"
and "horsebrush"-has led to the con-
clusion that grazing on these weeds
is the cause Of the disease.
In order to determine whether the
presence Of the weeds Is a mere COIN
cidence or the actual cause Of the
disease, Arthur B. Clawson of the De-
partment of Agriculture will head
party of investigation this Summer.
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y \ DE r.. .TAKER

to court, despite the urging Of those
who know Of the outstanding bill.
Now, the So - year old bill OF
sl,890.50 would amount to $2,492.29
by adding q straight per cent yearly
interest. More than that could be
collected. Mr.. Speare at first refused
to discuss the bill until he found that
the details were already known, and
then he graciously complied so that
the writer's story would be authentic.
The bill in itself is interesting, and
the photograph shows the original
with the notes made on it by the
undertaken.
OF more interest to Mr.. Speare was
q point hitherto overlooked by him.
In the personal account book contain
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Dusting Cotton Difficult.

THE dusting Of cotton with calcium
arsenate to fight the boil weevn Is
not so easy a problem as might be
supposed. The poison takes moisture
from the air rapidly and this property.
busting machine tends to cause the
poison to cake. This entails consid-
cradle loss of both material and time.
New devices are being employed to
keep the material agitated to MAIN
tain 1t in Q light and fiufiy condition
until used.
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are paid by the Government under
the supervision of the sergeant of
arms, who must obtain three bids and
place with the lowest one. Consider.
too, how today substantial annual
pensions are paid to the widows OF
former Presidents. This, Of course,
is as it should be.
All the most minute details of the
funeral of Garfield, as told Almus r.
Speare by his father, he easily re-
calls. The bill itself. he has chosen
to forget in accordance with the
wishes expressed by an uncle, who
said that, "If Congress couldn't bury
our President, guess ! can." Both
Almus Speare and his father have
steadfastly refused to take the case
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Pork Imports Restricted.
THE British government has issu,

new restrictions curtailing still
further the importation of cured pork
products from the United States. For
non-empire countries, which include
the United States, of course, the total
importations for May and June are
limited to los, 1000, 900 pounds.
It Is the desire Of the British gov
ernment to stimulate production In
the various sections Of the empire.
Evening star., 1935-04-07

JAMES CRoGGON has said that
- Minister Bagot lived in the Ring
gold house, built in 1912, where now
stands the Columbia Hospital. But,
perhaps, even better evidence than
this Is in the statements made in
1901 and 1908 by William w. Birth, a
member of the Association of the
Oldest Inhabitants of the District OF
Columbia, who in writing in The
Star of May 4. 1901. of the neighbor-
hood referred to, said:
After Mr.. Ringgold vacated this
large house, it became the home of
the English Minister here, and dur
ing his occupancy it was the scene
of a very brilliant festival, given by
the Minister to commemorate the
birthday of George ". The English
King was then called Gentleman
George: his deserts were IN the other
direction. His moral status was any
Evening star., 1935-04-07

Building
the Treasury extension northern end
Treasury Building side right Of
Building right the construction northern Of
Treasury Building Probably part original building
Buildings Pennsylvania
the
oreground) Department housed in 1900 and later
18661S75, built for
the Washington Orphan Asylum northwest
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so 1t is with the home of Mr. Bagot,
who negotiated the treaty on behalf
of Great Britain, in 1917, relative to
the naval force to be respectively
maintained on the American Lakes,
in which connection the then Attorney
General and acting Secretary of State,
Richard Rush, represented this
country.
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GREAT BRITAIN, 1917.


GREAT BRITAIN, 1917.
ARRANGEMENT WITH GREAT
BRITAIN AS TO THE NAVAL
FORCE TO BE RESPECTIVELY
MAINTAINED ON THE AMERICAN
LAKES, CONCLUDED APRIL %,
1917; APPROVED BY SENATE
APRIL Is, 1918, AND RECON-
MENDED TO BE CARRIED INTO
EFFECT; PROCLAIMED APRIL 2a.
1918.
arrangements between the United
States and Great Britain, made by
Richard Rush, esq, acting as Secre-
tary Of the Department of State, and
Charles Bagot, His Britannia Maj
esty's Envoy Extraordinary, etc.
The naval force to be maintained
upon the American lakes by His
Majesty and the Government of the
United States shall henceforth be
confined to the following vessels on
each side; that is
"On Lake Ontario, to one vessel not
exceeding 100 tons burthen, and
armed with one 18-pound cannon.
"On the upper lakes, to two vessels,
not exceeding like burthen each, and
armed with like force.
"On the waters of Lake Champlain,
to one vessel not exceeding like bur.
then, and armed with like force.
"All other armed vessels on these
lakes shall be forthwith dismantled,
and no other vessels of war shall be
there built or armed
al xfry kNa
desirous Of annulling this stipulation,
and should give notice to that effect
to the other party, it shall cease to be
binding after the expiration Of six
months from the date of such notice.
THE naval force so to be limited
shall be restricted to such services as
will, in no respect, interfere with the
proper duties of armed vessels Of the
other party"
THE ability displayed by Mr. Rush in
successfully negotiating this
treaty was soon rewarded, and on
February u, 1918, he presented 20
his royal highness his credentials as
the American Minister at the Court
of st. James. Later he served as Sec
retary of the Treasury in the admin
istration of John Quincy Adams. When
Columbian College (now George Wash
ington University was incorporated
in 1921, Richard Rush was one of the
contributors toward a fund for its
support.
The present State, War and Navy
Building was begun in 1871 and the
southern part finished and occupied
by the Department of State in 1875.
The entire structure was completed
in 1887 at an approximate cost OF
s11, 100000. Several years ago Con-
gress provided funds for remodeling
the exterior of this building to con-
form to the Treasury Building, to the
east of the White House. Plans for
this modification, drawn by Waddy
B. Wood, local architect, have been
approved by the Commission Of Fine
Arts, and some day the work may be
done.
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Pact of
old Time WaS
Ora " n i'm
Home When
Brit0n Had
ReSid ence
1 here as an
EnvoyhU o. S.
Ru/pS M1dp
for Border
Practice in
Waters ofthe
Great Lakes
GroupatNeet-
mgorAction.

Secretary Rush, was a very important
one, and, as summarized among the
public treaties, follows:
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PATRIOTISM

We Americans are often con-
demned by our critics for lacking
patriotism. One must have respect
for ones government, as well as
love for ones country, to bring
patriotism into full flower. The
dcplorablc fact is that most Of our
municipal and many Of our state
governments are not respected,
because they are not respectable.
We should cultivate the kind Of
patriotism that makes us deter
mined to conquer and make impo-
tent every group and faction
working against public welfare.
The enemies within our land are
far more dangerous to us than the
enemies outside.
We Americans should correct
that condition. We can. Then we
can all be proud Of everything
about our nation.
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TOO LATE; ALAS, TOO LATE

AAA has at last been upheld in the courts. Fed
eral Judge Martin of the Tennessee district has up
held it, and this is part of the oral opinion he
handed down:
Consider the background of the act. 1t was
passed when an emergency existed. The situation
was desperate. Manifestly, new measures were
needed if prosperity was to be regaiped
"No more serious problem existed than the pre-
dicament of the farmer And so the agricultural
adjustment act was BORN In the opinion of
this court, reasoning practically if any legislation
has been necessary for the good cf the United
States and its farmers, it was the AAA."
Those are admirable sentiments, and they do
justice to the learned jursts geographical and per-
haps to his political allegiances But in legal way
there is something missing.
1t is not writ, alas, that legislation is constitu-
tonal simply because it is commendable. An emer-
gency legislation beyond the constitution (cf., SUI
preme Court opinion in the Minnesota moratorium
case )only while the emergency endures. After
ward is too late. With prosperity returning and
the country growing holder, some other excuse than
desirability may be found for AAA.-The Charlotte
News.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
, BY RODNEY BUTCHER.

Iprecarlous times"
But down among all the ruDble
of official correspondence about rat
traps and speaking trumpets. all of
which is sprinkled with the salty
language of the men who COM
manded at sea, lies one curious
letter. in the collection discovered
and sponsored by FDR himself.
Chucklers all over Washington are
chuckling about it.
ITO Secretary James McHenry
L from Alexander Hamilton:
-. in so delicate a case
my opinion is that no doubtful au.
thority ought to be exercised by
the president. o. If not, and he
is left at the foot of the Constitu.
ton. as | understand to be the case,
am not ready to say that he has
any other power than merely to en-
ploy the ships as conveys with au.
thority to repel force by force
(but not to capture)
mo doubtful authority ought to
be exercised by the president, but
as different opinions as to his
power have been expressed in the
House of representatives. and no
special power has been given by
the law. il will be expedient for
him. and his duty. and the true
policy of the conjecture. to come
forward by a message 10 the two
houses of Congress declaring that
so far and no farther he feels
himself confident of his authority
TO 90 having no desire To ex,
coed the constitutional limits
"This of course will remove all
clouds as to what the president will
do-will gain him credit for frank.
ness and an unwillingness to she.
cane (sic) the Constitution = and
will return upon Congress the
question in a shape which cannot
be eluded,
Yrs truly,
"A Hamilton ~
tco,vrieht. 1875. NFA Service. Incl
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NEWSPAPERS OPINION
THE WASHINGTON MASTERS

The Roosevelt administrators plan to increase
the taxes on iRheritances and incomes of the very
wealthy is charged with the peril of destroying in
centive and ambition.
While among these wealthy are few whose pos
sessions have, been handed down to them more than
two generations and others who have gained them
unfairly, generally the rich the talented. .,-
We have q personal friend whose salary is more
than 100000 q year (he is not South Caro-
hnian), more than his services are worth to his
employers, and he began his manhood life with not
one brown penny that he could call his own.
Four in FIVE if not nine in ten of American rich
men are like him. In South Carolina are only ten
or dozen milhonaires, and of them is not one
whose grandfather was wealthy, so far as we know.
We know the life histories of most of them a
This soak the rich" program is soak the brains
program ttsis aimed at energy, thrift the will to
deny SELF sI2 to achieve. The people in Washing
ton whog bent en- putting it through, with rare
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Editor The Times-News:

Editor The Times-News:
The federal government has
spent more than $5,000,000,00
for relief work and recovery is not
yet in sight. A month ago today,
to be exact, July |, 1885, Federal
Relief Administrator Harry Hop
kins was to start q new $1,000
100000 wOrk-relief program am
bitiously on its way. The program
is still a blueprint.
Why are men still out Of work
Why are factories idle? Why is
capital stagnant in the banks? Be
cause the New Deal is a strange
paradox Of conflicting ideas which
cancel each other off. The New
Deal tells you: Stop growing cot
ton, stop growing corn, stop rails
ing pigs and you will be rich.
What does this mean to those who
work? 1t means no work. If the
farmer stops growing wheat, you,
his farm hand, will lose your job.
You who drive a locomotive will
lose your job because there will
be less freight. You who dig for
coal will lose your job because 10
comotives will not need as much
coal. And that is the viciousncss
Of scarcity.
The President Of the United
States took oath: 81, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt. do solcmnly
swear that | will faithfully exc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-02
REV. M'KENDREE LONG
CONFERENCE SPEAKER

The Southeastern Christian Eel
lowship Conference which will be
held at Eliada camp and confer
cncc grounds, near AshcvjlIe, Au-
gust 4 to II, will bring many resi-
denth of other states to this SEE
ton. according to Dr.. ". I. Wa!-
son, president of the Florida 81.
bic Institute, under auspices OF
which the conference is being held;
Large delegations are expected
from Florida, Alabama, Tennes,,
see, South Carolina, Virginia, and
North Carolina. .,,
The conference speakers will
include Rev. W. 7. Watson, ID. d.,
president of the Florida Bible In
stitute, Tampa, Fla, and pastor
of the st. Petersburg Gospel Tab
crnacle, and Rev. McKendree /.
Long, well known evangelist OF
North Carolina.
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vors, this man and his associates
supported the old political ma
chine candidates for the state leg
islature. They got what they want
ed as their reward.
After four years as a member
of a municipal governing body, |
am convinced that the business
men of any municipality can have
any kind of local government they
want. Furthermore, l believe they
have it.
Joseph c. Fennelly, who headed
the young men Of Kansas City in
their recent brave but unsuccess-
full fight to free that city from
the bloodsucking tentacles Of Tom
Pendergast's political machine,
says that there are rs business
men in Kansas City who, if they
would, could break the back of
the Pendergast machine.
That same assertion or accusa-
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BY WILLIS THORNTON Y
HEA So-..to, S,,R rorraSnnpdcn,

NEA Service staff Correspondent
VTASHINGTON.-With the entire
" world launching into a head.
long naval race, the background
views of the president of the
United States on naval affairs are
always interesting and important.
That Is why official Washington
Is more than ordinarily absorbed
in a government publication which
has just appeared and which has
circulated but sparingly. 1t is
called Naval Documents Related
20 the Quasi-War Between the
United States and France. 1877
1898"
The story is interesting. Back
In 1913, some % years ago, Frank.
lin D. Roosevelt was assistant SEE.
retary Of the navy under Wilson
In that capacity. he found himself
providing about in the neglected at.
tic of the old State. W&r. and Navy
building. where almost anything
might be found
LIE found old wooden cupboards
IL under the caves. filled with en-.
Telopes marked Captains Letters "
Interested as he always has been
In naval history (he is one of The
important private collectors of
naval historical documents) he
wanted them published 30 the dog.
cared. fading letters should not be
lost.
A year ago. Congress authorized
their publication. Don't worry
anyone who gets a copy has to nav
Tor it's not a congressiona,
ranking matter.
The book is just out. It's full of
salty details Of the Quitting and
handling Of the ships which made
the American navy. and which in
FDR's preface were closely asso.
ciated with the country's pioneer
settlement and expansion, with the
winning OF It's independence. and
With It's subsequent secilritv in very
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-02
WORK RELIEF HELD UP BY TOO
MANY BOSSES
by BRUCE CATTON)

Somewhere back in January, Congress
put through a $4,000, 900, 900 bill for work
relief. .............
This was to be the final, triumphant,
mopping-up drive of the great campaign
against unemployment. 1t was to take
S,5OO,0O0 men off the dole and restore
them to honest jobs. 1t was to prime the
pump" once more with such expenditures
for capital as would finally set our whole
productive machine in motion again.
That was just about seven months ago.
Today, according to the most recent check
up, slightly less than $4,000 people have
gone to work under this bill. The great
public works that were to result are hardly
past the blueprint stage. The whole cam
paign has begged down in a manner utter
~ dismaying to anyone who hopes to see
the government work its way out of the
expensive business of direct relief.
One trouble-perhaps the chief one
seems to be that there are too many bosses
Harry Hopkins is Federal Relief Admin
istrator. Secretary Ickes is Public Works
Administrator. Frank C. Walker is a sort
of middle man, head of the Division of APP
piications and Information.
1t is up to Mr. Hopkins to see to it that
as many men as possible are given work.
any kind and every kind of work, so long
as it is work.
1t is Mr.. Ickes' job to see to it that the
jobs undertaken are as useful, as substan-
tial and as permanent as possible.
1t is Mr.. Walkers job to harmonic the
inevitable conflicts between these view
points, and that is something that takes Il
bit of doing; for the more successful Mr..
Hopkins is the less successful Mr. Ickes
will have to be, and vice versa.
AS result, the whole program seems to
be in state of considerable confusion. At
one moment it looks as if Mr.. Ickes' pro-
gram for substantial and enduring public
works will carry the day; little later it
appears hiatt Mr.. Hopkins will have his way
and will put men at work raising leaves
and rolling tennis courts; now and then it
almost looks as if nothing would be done.
What seems to be needed is a firm and
definite decision from the White House. In
some ways this work-relief program is the
most importan, tsingle undertaking Of the
whole administration. INDIGESTION and the
conflict of varying plans should not be al
lowed to cripple it any longer.
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going home late one night, assist,
ed a thoroughly picked police cap
tain to his feet, and stood him be,
side a lamp post to steady himself
As they walked on, the intoxicated
officer drew his pistol and shat,
tered the spine of one of his bene'
factors.
Great danger to the safety OF
the public is drunken policeman
Policemen carry pistols. They arc
educated to use those pistols or
human beings. They are taught t.
be dominating. Their vocation
makes them suspicious. The pub,
lie is safer with a man with lep-
rosy than with a drunken police
man. Yet political pull keeps
drinking men on police forces all
over this country.
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Several days ago a prominent
business man, who has long been
an advocate Of the right kind OF
politics, declared that he had be-
come discouraged about govern
mental reform movements. They
always seem to fail eventually"
he said.
The reason governmental re-
form movements fail is because of
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just such men az
the man | have
just quoted. He
was one of the
S tron & est sup
porters Of reform
in Cover n m G n I
until the time
came when nc
and his aSsOci-
ates desired GER
tain special COLI
cessions and ben
efts from their
state | legislature.
With the idea of
securing these ia.
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DRUNKEN POLICEMEN

Denver is Mortified by the UNI
provoked shooting to death of a
prominent young society man by
a drunken policeman he was try
ing to help.
There are altogether too many
drunken policemen. Drunkenness
among policemen is far too COM
mon and far too much excused
and codoned.
While l was in San Francisco
some years ago, two young men
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exceptions, were and are without capacity to earn
their salaries in private life.
The president inherited a comfortable fortune,
he has never been acquainted with hardship, and
the public (yop are the public is paying him year
" the equivalent of the income from fortune OF
81 900, OOO.
Whatever did he create to give man a JOB
Were his fortune distributed among the people, II
probably would not be as much as the people nave
given him in his 2O-odd years of office-holdlng.
Under the present law the 46 Americans having
incomes of $1,OOO,oOO year or more are taxed
$500 900 to the million.
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THE KEY TO UNITY

There is nothing that would
more quickly weld US into a har-
monious group working happily
for the welfare Of all than honor
and love for our government.
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Americanism: Confessing the absolute necessity
of balanced budget putting it off with the expec-
tation that miracle will come along and do the
trick.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned COM
munications are published by
The Times-News. All letters
must be signed with the real
name of the author. No COM
munications signed with a fic-
titicus name will be published.
EDITOR.