Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1922, Page 6

6 " THE EVENING ST/ ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.......June 10, 1822 R. THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busiuess Office. 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau St Chicago Office. First National Bank Building. Buropean Ufice: 3 Regent St., London, England. the Sunday morning a the clty cents per per month. Or- . or telephone Maln by earriers at the end of eachi wonth. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgin and Sunday..1yr, $5.40; only yro. $6.000 Sunday onl T $2.40 All Other States. Dafly and Sunday.1yr., $10.00; Daily only it 700 00 Surplus and Cash Basis. According to the vote of the House District committee, the resolution for an inquiry into the question of Dis- teiet surplus by a joint committee wil? be laid before the House for action on 1t is highly important that it should Le passed promptly. It is altogether likely that the Sen- ate will soon dispose of the appropria- tions bill by the acceptance, with probably some muodifications, of “amendment number 1," which estab. lishes a new fiscal system for the Di: trict. That amendment directs th Commi oners to accumulate sur- plus of District revenues so tiat hy the beginning of the there will be in hand al year ifficient sum to enable the District to n=dt its Treasury drafts under the siAy-forty ratio law. Whether this is to 7 by way | of in d taxation within n®e year or by the shifting of dates of tax col lection, or by the use of surplus funds already lying in the Treasury to the cradit of the Distr taln, but plainly If a surplus shoul exist already of an amount adequ to put the District on a cash or as-you-go basis by July 1, 1927, expedients will be unnecessary. The proposed change in the fiscal tem is predicated upon the pur-; pose to enable the District to pay at least 60 per cent of capital main-| tenance throughout “he fiscal y without advances f70m the federal Treasury. This has Been viewed as {gnoring the fact that the primary ob- ligation is upon the federal partner and not the local partner. Be that as it may, the eash payment plan is to e most surely established if moneys pay- other | sh belonging to the Distriet, collected from it in taxes and not sxpended in the past, though sorely fecded in paving for necessary public Works and muni cipal extensions, are used as cash payment reserve, as advance pital, § 80 to speak. The purpose of the proposed joint| commiss is to @atermine the| amount of money now in the Tre ury availabla for Distrlet purposes. That is to say, it is intended to as tain how much of the unexpended balances of District tax fevenues uc ed during severs! years is a cumula net District credit after offsets, if any are to be found in an examin: tlon of old accounts, are deduct The District does not admit the j tice of any of these possidle claims for reimbursement of the federal Tre: ury. It feels that if this question of old accounts is opened it should be considered equitably with an eve to| old credits of its own which can he established as readily a9 can any of those which have heen alleged asainsi it on behalf of the United States. Whatever the amount found to be due as a District credit, whether all| of the unexpended surplus now lving in the Trea or only a part, it should be reckoned upon in the legi lative provisions of €3¢ appropriation bill as a factor in pufting the District upon a cash basis. Assurance that this factor will be defermined by full | inquiry should, therefore, be given by | the adoption of the concurrent resolu- tlon for an inquiry, before the Senate acts in final consideration of amend- ment number 1 and the appropr tions bill. Dragooning Tammany. An interesting maneuver is in prog- ress in New York. This is an effort to dragoon Tammany in the matter of | this vear's campaign. A full state ticket and a United States senatorship are in the scale. The republicans will renominate Gov. Miller and Senator Calder. The democrats are dividled as to both places. The upstaters are vacal and busy. They want to make both nominations, not necessarily from their own ranks, but so as to be strong with the new officials in case of suc- cess at the polls. The downstaters are keeping their own counsels. Charles F. Murphy, their leader, is sitting tight, in enig- matic mood. He puts all questions slde. Tt is too soon to talk about can- didates. Come later, and he will dis- cuss the subjest. The people will de- “lge, and in good time make their wishes known. The program of the upstaters is to press on, agree upon a slate, and then demand its acceptance by the down- staters Their idea is that as Tam- many is always regular it can under pressure be brought into camp. There is the usual talk about Mr. Murphy. If he holds out against the upstaters, or joins them with such reluctance that kis company counts for stle, he WIIL It is threatened, bhe dé- throned, and a younger man called to the Tammany leadership. Dethroning Mr. Murphy, however, Is old stuff, and the threat seems never to disturb him. —_—————— The cut in rallway wages may be taken as evidence of absolute con- fidence that the cost of living is not going to increase. —_———————— End of Night Sessions. For the present at least, the Senate has abandoned night sessions. The action was well taken. Those that were held did not justify themselves. Little was accomplished. It is hardly necessary to say that the physical test is not the proper test in e legisiative body. The members, to do themselves and the public jus- tice, should be at their best, physical- ly and intellectually. Jaded men do not work to advantage. Moreover, while in that condition men are usually short of temper; easily provoked; not easily kept in the middle of the road. They wrangle un duly, and the effect extends beyond the business immediately in hand. The Senate, in the main, is com- posed of elderly men not associable with long hours of labor. They are especially not associable with labor at night. When they knock off for din- ner they are’right in calling it a day. The tariff is one of the most im- portant of questions, and whenever under revision by Congress demands vigorous treatment by both sides. At this time in particular it is a question of great difficulty, as the result of the widespread business dislocations and embarrassments growing out of the war. The republicans are responsible for the tariff situation in the Senate. They are at least a year behind with their work, and have only themselves t) blame. A new tariff measure should have been placed on the books twelve months ago, and might have been if the republican leaders in Congress had properly appraised their triumph at the polls and its obligations. Apportionment and Merit. the report of the bureau of ef- fic recently submitted recom- mendation was made that the appor- tionment of offices law of 1883. form- In ency ing the basic feature of the ecivil serv- ice system, should be repealed. This recommendation is in line with the hest thought and the interest of the public service. It conforms to the e sential principle of the merit system. Apportionment of offices has often <1 as a relic of the old tem. Though never capable strict enforcement, this rule for the division of appointments in the civil in proportion to the state populations has hampered the govern- ment in equipping itself for its admin- istrative work. Immediately after its adoption in the first days of merit ap- pointments it was found impossible to wry it into effect faithfully and fully. m time to time various rules wer adopted by the Civil Ser Commi pproximate proportionate di tribution of the offices. none of them working satisfactor with actu- arial exactness. Exemptions were of cossity made from this law. A large service i sion to c percentage of the government force had to be appointed at large. as it wi without regard to states. The 'mmission found a shortage of eligi- | es from states in arrears of appoint- | ments, and not even extraordinary ef- forts to interest the people states in the matter of public ser ntments availed to bring up the app 1 Spe v and in their ervice com- king unoffic capacit ave from time to time de- pportionment law to be a administrative efficiency. private hand Yot officially the commission has ad- hered to it faithfully as conditions permitted, its annual reports bearing testimony to the strain of reconciling an unworkable law to the proper sup- ply of government employes of vari- s grades. The injustice of the apportionment law has been most severely felt by the people of the District of Columbia. to | )m government employment has ! n the chief opportunity. Thuu:h! ess of its quota. the Dis- trict has neverthele felt tre il ef- feets of the ban raised against it on the score of its relatively small popu- lation. Its vouth, denied suitable op- portunity for employment in indus- trial lines through the restriction of the commercial life of the capital on the score of it being the seat of gov- ernment, and finding the doors to gov- ernment employment virtually closed, have been forced to seek elsewhere the means of earning a lvelihood. The apportionment of offices law has driven them from home, some of them to acquire residences in the states and to return as appointees. A true merit system takes no ac- count of state boundaries or geo- graphic limitations. It requires mere- | American citizenship on the part of the appointee. Abundant opportunity has been offered in recent years to the people in all parts of the country to join the government forces by the holding of examinations at judiciously chosen centers, and thus the competi- tion has been country-wide. Yet the apportionment law has limited the Civil Service Commission in its certification of eligibles with the result that, save in respect to the necessarily exempted positions of a technical and special character, it has never been assured of presenting for appointment those best qualified to do the government's work. In short, where the apportionment law has been workable it has operated to the government's disadvantage. It should long ago have been repealed. Its repeal should now follow the recommendation of the efficlency bu- reau based upon a careful survey of departmental conditions. ————— It has long been a custom to go; abroad to study systems of govern- ment. They disciose mistakes to be avoided even when they do not pro- vide examples to be followed. —_——— Applications for pardon on the ground of {ll health compel peniten- tiaries to be on the lookout for doctors who give men medicine to make them sick instead of to cure them. Diplomats and the Tariff. Ambassador Ricel, In a state- ment made public before a con- ference at the State Department at which the matter was satis- factorily adjusted, took issue with the proposition that a diplomatic rep- resentative in this country may not with propriety discuss in public such questions as the tariff, holding that the tariff, being a matter of lntarna-l tional interest, 1s a suitable question for debate and dissertation by the en- voy of another country. This view, however, is contrary to the generally accepted conception of the diplomatic limitations. It is true that the tariff is a matter of moment to other coun- tries. In its very nature it is interna- tional in its effects. But whether it is imposed &s a revenue tax or as a protective measure it is primarily of "WMHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1929, 1 IRadio Proving a Valuable Aid domestic concern, and heretofore it has been regarded as a subject for public discussion only by the people ot this country and for action only by their elected representatives in Con- gress. Doubtless one of the most important duties of a diplomatic representative of another country accerdited to the United States is to observe the course of tarlff making, and to give expres- sion through offictal ,channels to the views and wishes of their own govern- ments on the subject, as they are af- fected by pending measures and propositions. But it is quite another thing to pass beyond those official channels of communication and dis- cuss the subjects at issue before pub- lic assemblages. If the represented government has a point of view it should be expressed to the govern- ment here directly and not to the con- stituency. A diplomatic representative may not directly address the Congress. May he, then, address those who elect the Congress, or who may through in- fluence guide its judgment and ac- tions? That question lies gt the root of this matter. No harm has been done in the recent discussion. Rather has it served to clarify the situation with regard to the tariff as an international question. The citation of the Sack- ville-West incident is not altogether beside the mark. In that case a for- eign minister gave advice to a corre- spondent in the matter of a presiden- tial election In this country, and his dismissal was Inevitable. There is no parallel between the two cases. But there is a sufficient likeness to sug- gest that a foreign representative, barred from telling American voter how in his judgment they should c: their ballots, should withhold advice to American citizens, who are ulti- mate voters on the question, as to the manner in which the tariff taxes shall be levied. —_————————— The Lure of the Senate. Former Senator Charles Dick has his eves fixed again on Capitol Hill. He has just announced for the repub- lican senatorial nomination in Ohio. He will have for one of his competi- tors Representative Fess. The pri mary election takes place in early Au- Bus! It is a case of the lure of the ice in that body is so attr i ! ate. Ser tive those who have experienced it come under a spell. Those in office there want to remain. Those out of office want to return Just now the lure is unusually strong. Much of the leglstative bus:LI ness i8 on new lines. and even that r maining on old lines has taken on a new sort of in st ult of the war. The Senate is much in the pleture In the pa rs irring staged i putations 1 s of the woi nate, and A ha amas ha " . and some high r here. At times the ey have turned to the discussions and votes t ceived world-wide attention. Mr. Dick may have been influenced | ir his announcement by the succ f Mr. Beveridge just across the state line. He and Mr. Beveridge served In the Senate together, and retired to- gether in March, 1911, eleven years ago. They are near an age. Mr. Dick, at sixty-four, is the senior by four vears. Ohio and Indiana will be battle- | grounds of consequence this year, and | the senatorlal contests in particular will be watched clos ve —_————————— President Harding will speak from the rear of a train In New Jersey. Those old front-porch idcas are tirely obsolete. cn- i The candidate with a large ecam- paign fund has his anxieties, but they are not so great as those of the candi- date with a small one. l The fact that every summer is hot does not lessen expressions of sur- prise at the June temperature. ! The Chinese are fast losing their reputation as the most peaceable peo- ple on earth. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. i The Supreme Ordeal. 1 never will forget the day I smoked my first cigar. "Twas in the attic, hid away From relatives afar. 4 It wasn't good. It made me ill. Yet did I persevere With manful resolution till I faded, limp and queer. Since then, Experience has brought Some lessons great and stern. At hours with doubt and danger | fraught ! T've had to take my turn. Despite more serious dismay (So strange our memories are), i I never will forget the day I smoked my first cigar. Oratory. “You have never tried to shine as a great orator. “No,” replied Senator Sorghum. “My idea of a great orator is a man who has a vast audience unanimousl. with him at the meeting and then| loses every one who goes home and remembers enough of the speech to think it over.” Jud Tunkins says if you're happy don’t brag about it. You're liable to start some pessimist wondering what business you have not to be miserable. Musings of a Motor Cop. Hortense usurped a parking space. Unto the station house she went And paid two dollars with good grace. Baid she: “I don't begrudge the rent.” Agricultural Certainty. s there any sure way for a farmer to be prosperous?” ““Well,” replied Farmer Corntossel, “there’s an element of luck in every- :ing effect to the decisions | public_confidence in the courts is to thing. The only sure way for a farmer to be prosperous is to discover an oil well.” “Of course, you wants to look at de bright side,” said Uncle Eben, “but ain’ much comfort in standin’ out- slde lookin® at de 'lectric lights, when you wants to go inside an’ look at de plctures. In Lighthous UNDREDS of thousands of dollars are being saved an- nually by the lighthouse service merely through the installation of radio sets on the light- house tenders. Aside from the direct money saving to the government, the crews of these vessels, which cruise thousands of miles in all parts of the navigable waters of the country and its possessiens, are made more con- tented and shipping is made safer. Lighthouses in lonesome sections also are being equipped, both for the closer contact which it permits and also for the lifting of the lonesome alr around many of the statlons, some of which are visited only once every ten months or so. These tenders, which carry supplies to the lighthouses and see that un- watched Jlights and beacons are burning all the time, have a large territory 1o cover, sometimes hun- dreds of miles. Heretofore, once they | left the base to make theéir round they could not be reached until they returned. Many times, upon comin ick, they have had to go out lmme iately on a cruise of scores of miles fo fix some light which has been re- ported out or a coast buoy that may have gone adrift. This involved heavy expense In operation of the ip, duplication of efforts and robbed the ‘crews of a short stay in port— for a buoy out of place or a light out increased the danger of some ship going aground 1 shoals which they marked, with the probable con- sequent loss of life and thousands of dollars” worth _of property. * ok ok X But the radio has stopped and has Increased the eff the service m r example, a report may oftice that i bu by out. Form the ger light a tender working vicinity might have knowledge of this, and return s al { hundred ‘miles to headquarters and have to be Immediately sent back to repair the damage. Now, under the new system, with an order by radfo: the tender may be quickly sent to the trouble. The Department recently authorized tenders to make the small additions to their radio equipment which will | enable the crews to receive the radio | broadeasting serv As ther only one radfo operator on a tender, | this permits others of the crew to pick up calls when the operator is off | duty, and it also will familiarize the | officors and men with the use of ra-| dio apparatus, all to the benefit of the government, as radio isx of con in; no of Commerce has several of these increasing Importance In the lighthouse service work. An inci-| but quite fmportant effect of EDITORIAL DIGEST New York's Arbitration Court Will | Reduce Court Calendars. Generous indorsement of the urln-! ciplo of the newly established “court of arbitration” in New K comies | from the editors of the . who | hope it may lead to a general reforr tn judicial procedure will d ¥ with unwarranted d and sapen the cost o tigatton It «d”that the new court, estal- by the Incorporated Arbitra- Soctety of America, will reduce the nun T f litigations where questions of fact alone are fnvolved, | and it Is likely that at the September | meeting of the -an ciation in San Franeisco the machin- will be set in motion to make the plan operative throughout the United States. The proposal soon,” in the oy coun which merlec Bar Asso- | “does mot co on of the New York Globe, which believes that “our pres- ent need is for prevent!ve agenci n every state and e The arbitra- on soclety plans to effect such a re t. A uniform arbitratlon law, 17! drawn and administered, | Ve the nation no end of wasted properly can The tribunal, the savs, “strikes at the ! roots n cient evil," be i “today the chief defect in’ our insti- | tution lack of a short Justis Carried out to a suc onc that plan wonid 1 the litigation now overwhelming our ! courts being nished by 75 per| s cent,” the New York World in uggesting that “expericnce alone | il determine the measure of suc- cess of this cxperiment. any | event the courts will not be relieved of the ne ity of simplifying their procedure and reducing their costs of administering justice. They will none the less be trifling with the forces which make for violent upheavals in the. «blished social order by letting matters drift.” There will be objection from the| legal fraternity, the I’hiladelphia | Bulletin is convinced, because “the | employm t of legal cou it % forbidden, is measurably discoura in the interest of economy and rigid judicial procedure is to be relaxed in the inte of equity. Neverthel the American Bar Association stands squarely behind it and uniform leg ation is to be promoted for thoe en- actment of all of the states of the New York statute which gives bind- of these the “people’s courts.” And w an_ is “ambitiou: Evening World points out, on a broad foundation of ey It also will “banish such distrust of the courts as exists among us.” the! New York Evening P’ost is convinced, | if it leads the way to a slashing of | red tape and “a prompt handling of cases upon their merlts.” | Because it is designed as a “poor; man's court,” the Nashville Tennes-! n is inclined to the belief that “from the standpoint of public wel- fare the experiment is worth a trial. It may be the beginning of a drastic reform of legal procedure, whereby the truth may be arrived at without ! the monotonous objections of attor- neys versed 1n the technicalities. Any plan that will tend to eliminate the tedious delays of the law and restore Do welcomed.” ~After all, that is the most_important result to be attained, the Louisville Post insists, because “upon the efficiency of the courts cverything in the end must depend. An arbitration committee is nothing but a court. And when a court into which one goes voluntarily begins to show a certain tendency disagreeable to a certain class of litigants it is plain that class will insist upon its ~causes being heard by a tribunal into which litigants may be brought} whether they like it or not.” The chief value of the new tri- bunal, the Springfield Unfon thinks, “will 'be its avallability for the dia- posal of cases in which the issue is one of fact and does not involve any dispute as to the law. On the whole | the plan appears to offer one of the: simplest and most logical means of | dealing with the problem of the ex- cessive cost of litigation and the over- loading of the dockets of the courts.” : The lawyers who are backing the} plan pparently are putting them- selves out of a job,” suggests the Sioux City Tribune, but, “as a matter of fact, however, they are only oust-! irg those lawyers who make their 1i ing by throwing monkey wrench into the machinery of justice. It is a splendid idea and seems wholly practicable. It will appeal strongly to all litigants who seek their rignts and nothing more.” In the opinion of the Detroit News “the New York ex- periment will be watched with inter- est. It sounds good.” Iino:s, and now New York, have blazed the way, the Columbus Sule' Journal says, but “for a quarter of a century arbitration of legal questions has been practiced in Cincinnati with- out a state law to establish the tri- bunal.” It was successful there the Journal says, “and will be successful in any other city where the right men chosen s ut;ue. n‘na wrlt::"t real effort is mad 0 hurry importan questions to lanlemant.‘y l&uourl ivals of seven w ng Dt e There A an publicatis I land usu many more than on | they e Service Work this recent enlargement of the radlo equipment on these vessels will be the advantage in furnishing instruction and entertainment to the crews, as the vessels are often out of touch with the world for days at a time. * ok k% Similar plans are being considered for the light vessels, the floating lighthouses anchored often in remote localities and in the open sea. A large part of thess were equipped during the war with radio communi- cation outfits for military reason: and many of these floating radio sta- tions have not been operated since the armistice. Consideration is now being given by the Department of Commerce, in conjunction ‘with the Navy Department, which installed | these radio sets, to the possibility of using them, there s 1 to maintain radio operators, for the Instruction and en- tertainment of the erews, as well as a means of getting messages to the lightship in case of emergency. The lightkeepers on the lonesome outposts light stations are to b ognized also in the general plan of radio development in the lighthouse | service. Con, long ago recog- | nized life of the light- keepers by izing the supplying of small libraries of books to the| stations. This has been done at lit- | tle expense, as many of the books | have been donated. friends of the lightkeeper: send them magazines and paper: ev photographs, en the of loneliness. often sensc * ok kK Although the government endeav to give every reasonable considel tion to the men on the remote sta- | tions and vessels, the conditions 11 The s at th main getting year, They ha il for ten months now - talling radio phones | At Tillamook Rock | puth of the mouth of the Co- river, there have been inter- ks when the tender | h the rock on | stormy weather. Landing | on this rock only by means r the ho n the off-shore supplies are generall recelved only once a month. It is evident that radio, in addition to value in operating this service and furnishing additional pro- to shipping, bids fair in the future to make life on the lightships and at remote lghthouses less lonely | and monotonous for the falthful keeper ring sea ations, Tumb was unal is of Hght v likewlse, the St. Louls Fost-Dispatch £a has a plan differing from that ew York. in that ard of arbitrator in Mis: an- pealed to the would sar srding jrotection dispateh to the mpton, New York Mass, re- ffteen-year-old '« riing to the report, when he got one look at the monster he d ho 1/ tied his line around a tree, jump: in ter the trout snd grabbed it with his hands” An offielal veritication such itself in fish rliest times. 10 be found | fent Buby- | on the | ton: around became only n rs went on th a fecling of cd in nee of aee hster when he n extravagant or_ine E Ther A hint in this case from which the cxpert angler and the sum- mer tiomist might profit. Get | the confin of your from an | official authori e fear- lessly any look and . 3 ice of it fishing permit, but it is worth Ne'w York Herald, i Americans as Readers. requires no figures to prove— there are pienty of them and | Americans re { nes and book people in e world. We rd of the amazed question sked of the popular author who St- ed of turning out two novels a year, | 'But when do you t k? When do | Americans think, or work or sleep, or | > How do v find time to do | It though any o every interest, every sta ! 3 h ‘men and women | As soon as an i number of persons di they think alike on any subject they start a publication to propagate their views. They form associations, too, and these associations elect secretaries and the secretaries form associatic and these associations publish a mag zine devoted to the business of secre- ta trade, profession has of course, and every its official publication. | Every sport has one or more. Nor do enjoy_anything like a monopoly of thelr particular fields, for every pub- lication of a general character has its | own department devoted to these same | subjects. And when they have all had | their say the newspaper comes along and covers the fields of all. There is no corner of any pasture capable of producing the slightest growth that has been left unturned.—Kansas City Star. When Joking Is Dangerous. Husbands should be careful how they spring jokes at the table. And wives should be alert on guard! agalinst the consequences of a surprise that amounts to a shock In certain cases—such as t at New York yesterday. for instance. Men who toss off jokes at the table ' gnd_cause their wives to laugh so| suddenly that they pull a piece of | meat into the trachea and choke to death have a grave responsibility. Of course, the habitual joker who gets a fresh stock every week runs no such risks. His wife is immun to laughter at his “funny cracks, and stands in no danger, But fellows who are pleasant only once in a long time, and who “puil a joke” perhaps twice in a lifetime, should time their efforts so that their wives have not a mouthful of meat handy to pull into their windpipes. For that is not what windpipes are for, and they resent intrusions of solids, - At best, It is doubtful if the habit of making jokes at the table is one to be encouraged. The average hus- band's joke is apt to be worth no more than the average husband, and that, every woman can tell you, is not very much. Some jokes are as dangerous as if “the old man” were to volunteer to buy his wife a new gowr and hat and everything all at the same time—right at the peak of her dreaming about them in suffering silence.—Pittsburg Leader. One ration the soviet never runs out of is exaggeration. — Greenville (8. C.) Piedmont. 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Time was, you remember, when banking business was conducted in whispers; and an air of awe pervaded the precincts of the bank. It’s just the opposite here. ¢ We are keen for business, glad to do our share—go the limit of wise aggressiveness with our efforts to serve. You don't have to “knock” —the door is open. We'll be glad to welcome you as a member of the “District National's Banking family.” District National Bank .