The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-24
CONGRESS PASSES THE RED
LIGHTS
j. E. Jones
J. E. Jones

j. e. Jones
Washington, d. c., March 20
The National Congress hasn't done
much in arranging or dispOsing OF
it's duties to the American people.
The Presidents suggestion that 1t
will help business If Congress speeds
It's affairs and adjourns early sounds
like the usual request ito get out
and I'll do everything"
Congress has just passed the red
lights and the green has flashed
co..
It is recorded that the size of
Congress is SO Senators and ABS
Representatives. That indicates
the importance of the legislative
body in our Constitutional and DEM
ocratic Government. They are we'll
paid-$1O,O00 year each, plus too
much mileage and allowances.
There are plenty of big things for
hem to do-enongh to keep them
busy until July or August. The hot
Washington weather is no longer an
excuse to quit, as all Congressional
quarters are air-cooled-lots more
comfortable than most legislators
are fixed-up at home.
If this is a or billion dollar
country Congress should stay in ses-
sion most of the time and uphold
Constitutional government.
The Constitution
The Constitution of the United
States received. all its well-earned
BOWS from the Nations highest Of
icials on it's 150th birthday. The
President, the Chief Justice of the
| Supreme Court, Members of Con-
gress and other important individ-
lals did their country and its time
honored program all the honors.
The Chief Justice is truly great
man, but he does not appear often
| IN public ceremonies. The President
| is familiar figure, so that no par
| ticular significance rests in the fact
that Mr.. Hughes was outstanding. as
| the celebrity in the Congressional
| celebration, and the ovation to him
was a personal tribute.
The Constitution is good docu-
ment to live by, and more people
should familiarize themselves with
its contents. Anyhow, 1t has sue
,essfully resisted all attacks, which
shows how we'll the Founders plan
led this Government of ours.
Motorcar's Debt to the Chemist
A section of the American Chem
| cal Society served as the sounding
board for dramatic story of the
| Chemists role in the development
Of the automombile when L. A.
| BOYD of the research department. of
| General Motors told how the retail
price of cars was lowered betw ct Ii
l1925 and 1887 on an average of
| $500 per vehicle, thus saving the
purchaser 80 per cent at the same
time he was getting bigger and
Ia better automobile.
Tires are one of the chemists
contribution. Charles Goodyear
/ started his experiments with rubber
by mixing it with Sulphur and then
heating the mixture which changed
gum elastic from useless stun,
INTO one of the most useful mater
ials in the world The research
chemist pointed out that each car
now has $50 or more parts of rub
Der and that 80 per cent of all rub
Der goes into automobiles.
| The chemist and metallurgist have
eliminated waste in the iron and
steel industry, and encouraged the
development of alloy steels as ma
terials of construction. The mater
ials with which cars are being fin
ished nowadays are almost entirely
synthetic chemical products, thereby
reducing the time needed to paint a
ar body from four to nine days
formerly required to but few
hours.
Citing the Chemists gift in the
matter of the investigation of petrol
cum, back in 1855, and the subse-
quent developments in the refining
of gasoline, Mr.. Boyd explained that
while all these improvements have
been yielding more and better gaso-
line, the retail price of gasoline, ex-
elusive of taxes, has gone down
Isteadily.
Every element of the motorcar,
except the few wooden pieces and
possibly the water in the radiator,
is either a chemical or metallurgic-
al product, or else it has chemistry
involved in its manufacture.
It is even chemical reaction,
namely, the burning Of gasoline and
air, which makes the automobile go.
But other factors mentioned by Mr..
boyd as important, included safety