Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1921, Page 6

. street "6 THE EVENING STAR. With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNFSDAY . September 21, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau 5t. Chicago Office: Firat National Bank Bullding. European Office: 3 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by earriers within the city at 60 cents per month: daily only, 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mail, or telephove Main 5000. Collection is made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Daily onl Sunday only All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; Daily only Sunday 1 mo., 20¢ 1 mo., 85¢ 1 mo., 60c 1 Repeal the Borland Law. The Borland amendment, putting one-half the cost of street improve- ment on abutting owners and increas- ing the local contribution toward im- provement of the national streets of the nation's city from onehalf to three-quarters of the total cost, in- volves two distinct inequities and should be repealed. It is inequitable, first, to the abutting owner, and, sec- ond, to the local commuhity in- its re- lation to the nation as a contributor to- ward capital upbuilding. The abutting owner on a street not finally improved when the Borland law was enacted had been paying taxes perhaps for many vears, and had thus been contributing his share of improving the streets of others on the half-and-half basis; but now that his own street is to be im- proved he finds the government’s par- ticipation and that of his fellow tax- payers living on improved streets cut down by 50 per cent and his own bur- den correspondingly increased. Dwell- ers on unimproved streets in the origi- nal city, as well as dwellers on new suburban’ streets, thus suffer an in- jurious diserimination. Gross inequity is inflicted also in cutting down the national contribution toward street improvement from 50 per cent to 25 per cent. The Borland law, in its relation to improvement, aggravates the distinctly unfair treatment of the Dis- j trict in the matter of street extensions beyond the original city limits. Years ! ago, in violation of all equities, Con- ‘gress cut out the United States from participation in the cost of carrying the streets of the capital beyond the original plan. When this was proposed the District contended that if the orig- inal plan was to be extended substan- tially over the suburbs the government should participate as in the restricted city bounded by Florida avenue, but if the government did not thus partici- pate, and if the streets were to be ex- tended wholly at local expense, they should be developed along lines pleas- ing to those required to pay for the cost, and not on the broad, expensive, national lines of the original plan. The unjust position was finally taken, how- ever, that the street extension should be on the broad scale of the Capital city established by the United States for its own use and designed as a great seat of government of unique plan and comprehensive scale, but that the United States should be exempt from participating in the cost of exten- sions. But by a gentleman’s agreement the improvement of the suburban streets was left on the basis of equal payments by the United States. The Borland law violated equity and this gentleman's agreement by causing the government to withdraw still further from its first bargain with the owners of the land from which the capital was carved, and by compelling the local community, as taxpayers and abutting owners, to bear not only the whole cost of suburban street extension, but three-quarters of the cost of suburban street improvement. Weshington’'s street extension plans, as sanctioned by Congress, propose substantially the reproduction in the county of the street plan of the orig- :-q] city. The avenues seeking exten- n propose to suffer no material con- traction, and if all are carried through the belt of suburba® subdivisions and connegted with the street plan provid- ed by the amended highway act the scheme of streets of the new Washing- ton, while occupying a somewhat smaller percentage of area in thor- oughfares, will be on the same broad scale as that of the original city. But the plan of Washington, as con- ceived by the forefathers, was on a na- tional, not a local, scale, the broad streets, avenues and alleys occupying more than ‘one-half the entire area. The scheme would have been absurd for a self-supporting, self-developing Maryland village of that day. Its ex- tension more than a century later to adjacent territory is equally absurd, as well as grossly unjust and unbearably oppressive, unless the nation stands in the same relation to the enlarged as to the original city. & The approach of the arms limitation conference is doubtless causing the gentlemen who write or compile anonymous books of biography to pur- chase a new set of typewriter supplies. \ The causes of the war in West Vir- ginia though not eligible to interna- tional discussion will have their time and place for consideration- \ The airship may yet succeed locat- ing the north pole in such a manner that it will not have to be rediscovered each time it is Visited. \ The Foreign Delegates. Speculation in the countries invited to the armament conference about the men thought to be of conference size and merit is read with genuine inter- est in ‘this country. Much of it is cabled to us. We are warranted in assuming that the selections will be in keeping with Sur selections. Our guests are certatn to pay us such a compliment. We shall appear at the ‘conference table 10 advantage, and, out of courtesy as well as out of a desire to proilt by the / meeting, they will, too. The- gvar developed many forceful men in political affairs everywhere. Some are in office today. Some have) retired from office and become onlook- ers. None, we may all be sure, has lost his edge, or his desire that his country may as speedily as possible return to the paths of prosperity and assist in a general return. It will be a great day when the world is again right side ip with care. A most cordial and sincere welcome ]awalu the deiegates whoever they may prove to be. The United States is in earnest about economy and peace. The President’s invitation to the n: tions to assemble and talk things over, and if possible formulate a policy for the future, represents American senti- ment; and America will be disappoint- ed if anything interferes to prevent a solution of the problem satisfactory to all. ———at— s Congress Comes Back. ‘With much of the work for which it was called in extra session last April still to be perfarmed, the Sixty-seventh Congress (the Senate actually, the House nominally) meets again today after approximately a month's vaca- tion. Whether or not its course in closing shop with the calendar crowd- ed with measures clamoring for speedy adjustment was a wise one is beside the point. It had, when all is said and done, already made considerable prog- ress. The Army and Navy appropria- tion bills had been passed. The Knox- Porter resolution, paving the way for the negotiation of the treaty with Ger- many, had been adopted. An emer- gency tariff bill had been put into ef- fect, and the House had passed both a permanent tariff measure and a tax- reduction bill. The charge of dawdling and quitting preferred against it was decidedly extravagant. Yet with that fact asserted in its favor, the returning members of Con- gress will not fail to note the fact that the primary tasks for the accomplish- ment of which it was called last spring have still to be disposed of, and that, in addition to these, new matters are demanding attention. The revision of the internal tax schedules and of the tariff, the ratification of the peace treaties with. the central’ powers and the determining of a basis for the funding of the railroads’ debt to the government stand out as the four mat- ters of largest importance. ‘Whatever other benefits Congress has derived from its midsummer re- cess, it may safely be assumed that a true conception of the demands of the people , “back home” and throughout the nation in general is the greatest. Congress will enter upon its duties with the memory of the uncompromis- ing insistence of the average Ameri- ‘can man and woman that steps be taken to restore prosperity to the country fresh in mind. Congress knows that it is to be sternly judged upon its record during the balance of the session. In the light of this knowl- edge the difficult tasks before it—and no Congress has been faced with tasks of greater difficulty—will doubtless be ably and expeditiously performed. It is not too much to say that the Con- gress as it meets today will be “com- ing back” in more senses than one. ‘Wood and Forbes Visiting. Gen. Wood and Mr. Cameron Forbes, having completed their in- vestigation of conditions in the Philip- pines, are now visiting in China on in- vitation, and on invitation will go! from China to Japan for a brief visit.| From Japan Gen. Wood will return to the Philippines to take over the office of governor general, while Mr. Forbes will return home. These visits will finish off a mission conceived in good sense, and executed, we may all be sure, thoroughly and intelligently. The Philippine question is a part, and to us an important part, of the far east question; and as Japan and China are the great nations in that quarter of the world we should not be able to deal comprehensively with the Philippines in the matter of the future of the islands without some knowledge of the latest sentiment in those two countries on that subject. To that knowledge Gen. Wood and Mr. Forbes will be able after these visits to make a contribution. It may be well to call attention again to the country’'s good fortune in secur- ing for high service in the Philippines at this grave time a man of Gen. lWood'u superior equipment. He knowni (the archipelago, and this latest visit | has brought hiim up-to-date, so to say, in all matters relating to its present state of ‘development. Thus as gov- ernor general he will start sure-foot- |edly, and we may expect an adminis- i tration of the island’s affairs in keep- ing with the best interests of the Filipinos, ourselves, and of the world's interests as affected by the world war. ————————— Income Tax Returns. Reports from a number of cities tell of drops in income tax returns, and i various theories are set up to explain | jthose drops. Theorists are great in- ventors of theories. Chronic theorists love to take a simple thing, make a complex thing of it and then .apply theories to its solution. If other cities are like Washington—and they are in some things outside of beauty and order—their income tax returns have dropped because the incomes have dropped. It is so here. Many of our people during the flush times: of the war had hard problems to solve in the matter of income taxes, surtaxes and excess profits taxes. Many- of them now have no such problems. . ———— Restrictions will hardly go so far as to require that there shall be no secrecy whatever about a secret so-| ciety. China is inclined to cease discussing philosophies and talk business. American Hospitality. Marshal Foch in training for his visit to America is an intriguing fig- ure. He compliments us, and ‘con- sults his own best comfort, by his pre-| caution. He is scheduled for a strenu- ous time while in this country. He will be the most distinguished and in- teresting guest at functions where dis- tinguished and interesting guests will not be rare. £ The marshal has heard about 'us. He knows what he is “in for,” and I8, coming with an intrepid spirit, He will sample a good many dishes, and some of them strangers to his palate. But the test of his strength will not be confined to his stomach. He will have to make long journeys, meet of people and shake a great many hands. He is to have, if it can be provided, the time of his life in a social way. He will need to be fit in every particular. Celebrities, foreign and domestic, sometimes find America a hard road to travel. We do not spare our own, but lay them under tribute for all they can stand. Some of them can stand a lot. Others fail to qualify, and beg quarter. America will fix wide attention this fall and coming winter. The enter- taining of eminent foreigners will be followed by the meeting of the arma- ment conference for the consideration of questions of profound concern to the whole world. So that, for months, what is afoot in this country will be reported at length, and the reports read with avidity wherever the wires on lgnd and under seas may carry them. . Dogs. The dogs of Washington are to have a shc'r of their own in October, and the p.ace they have chosen is the auditorium over Center Market. It ‘was quite like them to pick out a place 80 close to large stocks of food. Few dogs suffer from lack of appetite, and the proximity of food, especially beef bones, steaks and chops, will be very encouraging to them. Though all the citizens of Washing- ton are eligible to attend, it will be a very exclusive affair so far as the dogs are concerned. Only dogs that can pass a satisfactory examination as to shape and manners and can present credentials showing that they had dis- tinguished ancestors and are still mem- bers of the best dog families will be admitted. No dog without a pedigree, even though she wears a diamond col- lar, will be received in the auditorium. ‘Washington has cat shows and dog shows—though they are not usually held at the same place and time—horse shows, chicken shows and beauty shows, and gets enjoyment from them all, and it is hoped that at the forth- coming dog show the terriers, chows, pugs, poodles, pointers, setters, bulls and all the rest will have a pleasant exhibition, that they will receive all the blue and other kinds of ribbons that they covet and that they will be visited by such crowds of people that they will have no doubt as to the popularity of good dogs. i ‘Wyoming cowboys shot up a film be- cause they resented the notorious in- cident in which the principal comedian had figured. The same thin~ might| have happened had he underiaken to appear in person. The screen has its safety-first advantages. i Germany delivered indemnity coal to France until France accumulated a surplus and sold it back cheap. France evidently has a better head for busi- ness with America than with her im- mediate neighbors. i Old John Barleycorn may be com- pelled to pay public revenue, but this| fact will invite no great sympathy ! should he publish protests rigned “Tax: payer.” 4 Tammany is regarded by many democrats as an organization com- posed strictly of local talent that knows nothing whatever about the real art of national politics. f ! Berlin needs currency experts, but! has not thought to call in Col. Bryan| to explain exactly what the trouble is| with the mark. i Los Angeles having experimented with bombs and movie cameras is de- sirous of settling down and leading| the quiet life. & Germany’s affairs are in sllghli danger of complication by professional | plotters who are trying to avoid un-| employment. SHOOTING STARS. | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ¥ Transience. Nature's never in repose— Here she comes and there she goes. Daylight shinin’ in the sky, ‘Then the twilight drawin’ nigh. Next the shadows darkly close— Here she comes and there she goes. Summer’s glory brightly glows, Here she comes and there she goes. Autumn all the landscape tints, Then the wandering zephyr hints Of the silence and the snows— Here she comés and there she goes. Prose and Poetry. “A great man leaves footprints on the sands of time.” “That is beautiful poetry,” replied Senator Sorghum. “But the man who is really useful is liable to be digging | in a garden instead of tramping around | the seashore.” i Jud Tunkins says the tired business man is never so tired that he goes to sleep during a musical show. . Passing the Responsibility. The cost of living must improve. Yet with determined frown, Each waits for some one else to move To put the prices down. Strategic Sentiment. “When Josh went to school,” re- marked Farmer Corntossel, “I gave him a fountain pen and made him promise to use it every time he wrote to us dear old folks at home.” “That was nice and sentimental.” “Kind o' practical, too. That foun- tain pen °ll be wore out in a week.or 80, an’ then Josh is goin’ to find it slow an” froublesome to write home for ; - Valustion. = “Her tace s her fortune.” - I shouldn’t go so far as to say that the cosmetics represent an extensive fivestient. in dye Stuffs.” T | guer: {the scene ius take for example the national col ineed to have them approved. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, Editorial Digest Dramatizing Unemployment. Perhaps such “dramatizing of hu- man misery” as has been staged in the Boston “slave auctions” of un- employed men has in it all the ele- ments of insincerity and futility which editorial writers who con- demn the spectacle attribute to it.} Yet there are more editors who, even admitting this possibility, still feel, that the demonstration has been worth while as a forceful means of awakening a realization of a serious condition than there are those Who denounce it utterly. The “sob auction,” as the 'Grand Rapids Press (independent) calls it, added nothing to the argument that a way must be found to give men work, but was, rather, the Sioux City Journal (republican) finds, “an unjust ‘arraignment of the unem- ployment situation” and “a mockery of an_unfortunate situation.” ~The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard (re- publican) also notes that “it has contributed, nothing whatever to the solution of the problem,” and, ‘fur- ther, it lodges an indictment against the ' philosophy which it believes prompted the demonstration. “The implication,” it says, “is that society, or the dominant part of it, for some wicked purpose of its own, has knowingly ~and deliberately brought about business depression and unemployment, and that if the crime can only be held up to the public gaze in some dramatic man- ner the same society will be shamed into lifting the ban and getting ev- erybody-: back to work.” “This is, of course” it adds, “a fallacious view.” since, as the New Haven Journal-Courier ‘(independent) explains, “there is not an employer of labor who is not anxious to start again on full time with full physical strength _for the very simple reason that under existing conditions his investment represents hourly loss to all concerned.” “Closed factories,” the Bay City Times-Tribune (inde- pendent) maintains, “are not the r sult of a conspirady against labor. hence “the whole thing smacks of insincerity.” While such demonstrations “are spectacular, dramatic and all that.” the trouble, as-the Philadelphia Pub- lic Ledger (independent) sees it, “is that they get nowhere and accom- plish nothing except to make an evil matter more evil,” and that “sort of indecency” hurts rather than helps. There are “some ways of advertising and some forms of propaganda that do immeasurable harm to those in whose supposed interest they are in- voked,” and the Memphis Commer- cial-Appeal (democratic) feels that “the labor auctioneers are engaged in| just such an undertaking.” Another clement in the affair to which a number of papers point is that, as the Jersey City Journal (in- dependent) remarks, in discussion of the unemployment situation, “a lot of maudlin sym as been wasted on mere idle unfortunately, idlers are just the type of men who, in the main, would fit in nicely with this ‘slave market' idea.” (independent re- that some ‘of grotesque the sunk to the level of panhandlers” and the Brook- lyn Eagle (independent democratic) suspects that t of the condition at least exists “because the idle do not want to work." 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But “many great movements have had small beginnings in Boston Com- mon,” the Arizona Republican (Phoe- nix, independent progressive) recalls, and while “cold and unattractive sta- tics relating to unemployment” and stories of bread lines” are incidents in the mill-run of cro; news,” the “sale of labor at auction is impressive and compelling.” What- ever one may think of the “taste” displayed in this “spectacular method of advertising,” the Sioux C Tri- bune (independent) thinks “we can- not quarrel with its effecti®eness” since it has, the Scranton Times 1 (democratic) finds, “helped greatly to stir_up interest in the problem now confronting the nation” and, the Wichita (Tex.) Times (democratic) adds, has awakened us “to the need for meeting what can readily become an acute and distressing condition.” “A clever bit of acting or a dra- matic climax brought about by grim circumstances,” says the Norfolk { Virginian-Pilot (independent demo- cratic), “can get greater reaction | i than the most convincing logic,” and in Boston “has aroused sympathy where reason would have failed.” Granting that “this propa- ganda on historic Boston Common” is “the trick of a showman,” the Pitts- burgh Leader (progressive republi- can) still believes that “it ‘will do some good,” because it “is a symptom of economic disease that must quick- 1y have its remedy or even more sen- sational evidences of the malady” will follow. Secret Diplomacy. Diplomacy and politics are still far from laying their cards down before {the public. “As up to the present time no_world decision was ever made at a public debate, so it cannot be expected at a public conference meeting. Even the American political leaders are not in favor of public negotiations. Let ventions of the great political parties. The voters can express their prefer- ence for candidates, the delegates may have their instructions and adhere to them to their utmost at public meet- ings, but the decisive factors meet in secret and choose a candidate who appeals to them, the public up to this time perhaps not having the slightest hint about him. Then they appear with their conclusive facts and only s like a wedding that is a public cere- mony, but the courtship is carried on in secret.—Denni Hlasatel (Czecho- slovak, democratic), Chicago. It would seem that the “invisible” empire is also transparent.—St. Louls Post-Dispatch. Statistics show women are spending less for paint. Buying wholesale?— Omaha News. One drawback to canned daylight is that it won't keep after sunset.—To- ledo Blade. The international court of justice must now find some one else to Root for it.—New Orleans Times-Picayune. Harding Plays Golf, Then' Steams Away.—Hgadline. The weather has been hot.—Mobile Register. Maybe Obregon will not want to ex- change recognitions until ~Mingo county is as quiet as Mexico.—Louis- ville Post. The public schools may have their defects, but there’s nothing like 'em to educate the-pupils’ parents.—San- dusky Register. The American proletariat will never resort to violence while it can enjoy the thrill of passing a rich man's car on the hill.—Elmira stahGuet‘(eA Only one child in eight has a seat in the New York public schools. Still, it should be remembered the divi- dends are in the straps—Peoria Transcript. & Boston may have its “slave” auc- tions, but New York intends to main- tain its soup kitchens and b lines without that kind of advertis- ing.—Boston Transcript. ‘Why doesn’t some statesman make his fame secure by proposing that we beat _opr jazz band instruments into plowsharés?—Arkansas Gaszette. 3 (i UBLIC approval follows artistic leadership. 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