Evening star., 1937-04-09

chots direction as consulting forester.
Inc governor was anxious to see the
erect on the forest after almost so years,
He finds that it still shows in striking
degree the results of the earlier cutting,
which not only improved the timber
stand, but also paid for itself and a little
more. From that humble start, Mr..
P1nchot says, scientific forestry in this
country has spread until the need for it
Is now universally recognized. The gov
ernor is hard at work in his Washington
nome on monumental book dealing
with the long fight for conservation in
America and his lifetime connection
with 1t.
While washington is host to the an
nual throngs of cherry blossom pilgrims,
Toxic is abloom with the 1850 American
trees presented to the Japanese people
by the Garden Clubs of the United
States. Consisting of mountain lilacs,
dogwood and other Towering Yankee
trees, they were formally presented to
Japan in February by Mrs Joseph C.
Grew, wife of the United States AM
bassador The trees, which adorn one of
Toklo's famous parks, were intended
both as return gift for the cherry sap
lings presented to Washington by the
Mikado during the Taft administration.
and as token Of appreciation OF hos
pitallt1es extended in Japan to touring
delegations from the Garden Clubs of
this country.
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When Secretary Hull asked the House
Appropriations Committee the other day
to approve the State Department budget
for the fiscal year 1898, aggregating $l3,-
234, 1868, he trotted out figures comparing
the cost of Uncle Sans Department
OF Peace" with other executive branches.
States budget is lower than that OF any
other department-less than half what
Justice costs; only $40 per cent OF the
Navy budget, and 1910 per cent of the
War Departments appropriation. State
gets approximately only a tiny one-fifth
OF one per cent of Uncle Sans current
total appropriations. 1T is worth while
to keep these figures in mind" said the
soft-spoken Tennessean, "for in the
realm OF international affairs the De-
partment Of State is the first line of de-
fense. It is only when it fails in its
efforts to adjust by peaceful means con-
troversies with other nations that the
ernment are called into action"
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All washington Is agog over the duel
between those twin titans of industry
and labor-Henry Ford and John l..
Lewis. Already it's dubbed the capital
labor battle Of the century. Betting odds
on the outcome are about even, with .
slight preponderance Of view that the
magnate who for all these years has
successfully defied both organized labor
and high finance will come out on top
in the unionization combat
Coincident with the effort of the ad-
ministration David to slay the Goliath
OF high prices, including steel, that giant
industry has just issued statistics de-
signed to show that the rise in steel costs
exceeds revenue increased by new prices.
Advances in wages and materials are
said to total $2l5,0OO, 900, while prices
are up . mere 5000, 100000. Steel en-
ployes are stated to earn 140 per cent
above the average foreign wage, with
annual pay rolls at new peak Of ST.
055, ,0OO, 900. Pay In American mills dur
ing the last year ran from 81 to TAO per
cent above wages in eight foreign con-
tries. The present hourly average Of
83h cents here compares to eight cents
in Japan and 81 cents in France. Great
Britain comes next with 34h cents.
(copyrisht, 1879