Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1922, Page 14

11 THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1922. LOOK! LISTEN! or pleasur ring for it? and plensure r cor parked of wenther. with Sreater servie Do yon Loave il ety st tion whates i delicate, panion frrend Nireets and Pisce 10 war i reentves paintng. ir. will vost more thin @ seasou’s deserved storage. If a car is worth having, it is worth being cared for. Assnred on the st ~toraze. Do You Know the ONTARIO GARAGE 17th St. and Kalorama Rd. Is Unexcelled in its Perfect Fecilitios For Most Satisfactory STORAGE Call and see us Plion Col. 8727 | Join Our 1923 Christmas Savings Club W¢'ich Gpens Morday, Dec. 11, 1922 g CLASSES 50c to $10 g ik rhrlrlrlelrly Lyl PER WEEK INTEREST PAID McLachlen Banking Corporation 10th and G Sts. N.W. F Southwest Branch 1350 B St. S.W. E GR52525e5eaee5a5e5e5e5e5e5E hensaesennsessssd s P “Standard of the World” Reputation based on best Cycl made and advertisi i Builtlikea Bicxdle Ask Your Dealer 1o show vou * Bovevcle Girlexcle, Pedi. 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VazHoaten & Zoca, New York, M.} ratioas For Lasting Fragrance Use Caticura Talcum ‘There is nothing better than Cuticura Talcum for powder- ing and perfuming the skin. It appeals to the most fastidious because of its fine, smooth tex- ture and delicate ce. _‘uh:v Addrses: “Outivura lad- erstories. Dept 68, Mase. " “fiz Taleom! where. Fayu ohxf—smm Text of President Harding’s Address to Congress i ’ farmer. The first distres: ’ justment eame to the farme | i i | it will not be a readjustment fit to abide until he is relieved. The dis- tress brought to the farmer does not affect him alone. Agricultural ill fortune is a national ill fortune. Tlat one-fourth of our population the food of the and adds so largely to our e must participate ation, rining. in which preduces republic export in the clse commer good fortunes of the n there is none worth ref Azriculture tional 1i ring, and with the star of pire has reflected the the republic. It has its visissitudes which no legislation will prevent. or which no law can But the Congr make available to the farmer the finuncial facilities which have been built up under government aid and supervision for other com- mercial and industrial enterprises, It be olid Iy is a vital activity In it we had our westward the em- zrowth of i its s can done on the same s and make the vita P nt agricultural industry more secure, and it must be done. This s already has taken coun - of cipitate the mistortune tion brought pre- w | American aricalture. Your meas- ures of reliel and reduction othe federat o ve discount rate nudoubtediy saved the count from widespread disaster, 1 very proci of helpfulness given is the strungest ar i i ! Iready ] for the permanent establishment ment of widenei credits. heretoforg temporarily extended through the War Finance Corporation. The K Bureau. which already has proven its usefulnes through the rederal land banks, may well have its powers enlarge production land crm Loan to provide ample farm eredits well eredits is entirely practical tte @ division in the federd i Lanks to deal with production di with the iimitations of adjusted o the farm turn- Federal R e I enlarzed over ux the erve wrnover i merss provision must ction tem provides for ‘turing Special live nd the sately in 1o he the manufs world made T lits, stock limit of land loans Var enla measures are pending hefore and the hest Judgment « B Tes ought to be expressed in i prompt HaCtment at the present session. But American agricalture necds more than added credit facilitie: The credits will help 1o solve tie pressing problems growing ot of war-inflated fand values and the st deflation of three but amd deserved permanent agricultural good foriune depends on better and cheaper transporta- i outstanding probleni, nding the me ous con- ion of the ¢ and the It has to do with more B griculture. 1t provides the channel for the flow of the coun- s commerce. But the farmer is hard hit. His market, the world consump- t admit of the price 0 meet rying the last half of the Vear now closing the railways broken in ecarrving capacity be- cause of motive power and rolling stock out of ord though insist- ently declaring 1o the contran embargoed his shipments or de n him cars when fortunate mar kets were calling. Too frequent! tiansportation failed while per- is ble products were qurning frem possible profit- to losses counted in tens of millions. t particularly ected b dors N tion adjustment charges. In in Problem of Tranaportation. I know of no problem exceeding trans in importance this one n peration. In our complex and in ependent modern [ife trans- fon is essential to our ver tence. let us pass for the ssibl we for our na- nace in the p such service a the failure. to expand meet the moment the m alysis_of have and note whatever reason. transpor tation Lo tion's need: The census pepulation of 000,00 A cades more we ma expect to count thrice that In the three decades 1920 the country's freight il inereased from 631000000 tons to 2.234.000,000 tons: that is (o sy, while our population was ine int less than 70 per cent, freish movement inereased than recorded a In two reasonably num- nz by of 1880 the re m. d mileage find it juate 1 requirements. When we conten- plate the inadequacy of today it eusy to belicve that the nest f decades will witn of our transportati " seheme or nplete reorg: tion on s Mindful of the tremendous present Ments. extensions a4 mindful of debts of the world to feulty ix magnified. Here is a problem demanding wide vision and the avoidance of mere ke- shifts. Noon ter what the errors of the past, no matter how we claimed construction and then ndemned operations in the past, we have the transportation and the honest investment in the trans- portation which sped us on to what arve, and _we face conditi which reflect its inadequacy today. its greater inadequacy LOMOITOW. and we contemplate transportation costs which much of the traflic cannot and Will net continue to we we have need to be- s to_co-ordinate all transportation _facilities. We should more effectively connect up our rail lines with our carriers by sea. We ought to reap some benefit from the hundreds of mil- lions expended on inland water- proving our capacity to utilize as well as expend. We ought to turn the motor truck into feeder and Aistributor instead of a -lestroying competitor. Living in Motor Age. 1t would be folly to ignore that we live in a motor age. The motor car reflects our standard of living and gauges the speed of our pres- Manifestly «in on pla ent-day _lfe. It long ago ran down simple living. and never halted to inquire about the pros- trate figure which fell as its vic. tim. With full recognition of motor-car transportation we must turn it to the most practical use. It cannot supersede the railway lines. no matter how generously we afford it highways out of the public treasury. If freight traffic by motor were charged with its proper and proportionate share of highway construction. we should find much of it #wasteful and more costly than like service by rail. Yet we have paralleled the railways, a most natural line of construction, and thereby taken away from the agency of expected zervice much of its profitable traf- fic. which the taxpayers have been providing the highways, whose cost of maintenance IS not yet realized. The federal government has a right to inquire into the wisdom of this policy. because the na- tional treasury. is contributing largely to this highway construc- tion. Costly highways ought to - be made to serve as feeders rather than competitors of :he railroads. and the motor truck should be- come a inate factor in our great distributing system. Problem Must Be Met. This transportation problem can- not be waived aside. The demand for lowered costs on farm prod- ucts and basic materials cannot be ignored. Rates horizontally in- creased, to meet increased wage outlay during the war inflation, are not easiiy reduced. When some ! very moderate wage reductions were effected last summer there Was a5 per ¢ nt horizonta] reduc- | en i rat I sought at that time, in a very informal w. ] | ! ~ion and agree to a heavier { reduction on farm products and i coul and other b commodities, and leave unchanged the freight tariffs w « very large portion of the t was able to bear. Nei I_u\r the managers nor the com- nussion saw fit to adopt the sug- l-'vsllu_ %0 we had the horizontal reduction too slight to be felt by the higher class cargoes and too little 1o benefit the heavy tonnage calling most loudly for relief. Fair Returns Expected. Railways are not to be expected 1o Tender the most esséntial serv- ice in our social organization with- out a fair return on capital in- vested. but the government has Bune xo far in the regulation of rates and rules of operation that it has the responsibility of point- inz the way 1o the redi¥ed 1 zht S0 essential to our national | | | | wernm attord the ment op o the v, operation does not cure. It was movern- ration which brouzht us Ty order of things azainst which we' now and we are ~ull Hquidating sis of that * supreme folly. Surcly the genius of the railway builders has not becoms extinet amonz the railway managers, New economies, new operation m at labor tak ) 10 60 per o total railway earnings makes limitations within which to cffect onomies very difficult. but the demand is no less insistent ou that account ¥ the managers are with- out thal intercarrier, co-operaiive relationship so highly essential to the best and most economical op- eration. They could etion in harmony whet strike threatencd the par of all rallway transportation. The re- lationship of the s to public welfure. so_intimately affected by state and federal mands the effective a concerted it and drive jus ) meet an ified public Merger of Lines. fnes into interchunze Jomic use o consohdation « ways wenger a facilitated Lt cars. the e and the are suggestcd and etfic mind you th vided a joint commissio cultural ~ir which tive investigati awd transpor nimously recommended 1 of Octob of freigl contral g port deserves vour serious consideri- t 1 think well of the central ageney, which shall be creation of the railways themselves, 1 under the jurisdiction state Commerce Commis- the means for financins equipment for carriers which herwise unable to provid oportion of car equipment quate 1o transportation This same a ¢ ought 1o point the way to every possible ccon omy in maintaindd equipment and the necessary interchanges in Ay commerce. In a previus address to the O < Adled to your attentic insufliciency of power (0 en- ce the decisions of the Railway bor Board arriers have ed its decisions, on the one hand: ce chal- nzed its strik on the oth Federal Age! The intent of Congress to estab- Jish a tribunal to which railway por and managers may app respecting questions of wages a working conditions cannot be too strongly commended. It Qs vi- tally important that some such agency should he a suaranty against suspended operation. The public must be -vpared even the threat of discontinued service. Sponsoring the railroads & it is an obligation that he assured the higies 1d every prope 1 tion of wage and w tions. but it is an equal obl o see that no concerted ac sinz demands shall | »f the transport ential to its very now sxible to safeguard blie int . because the de- of the board are uncnforce- invt either employer or n un T pooling ilway workmen ons il by “ de Necexity. labor Jns- nside rking cond ati ion Ao, shall n rive 1he nosery- imi e able ag not so the Labor Board itself is itnted as best sery nterest. With six y members on a board of nine. rtisans nominated by the three by the evitahl Viewpoint is hearing down. managers, partisan throughout ions handed few exceptions (o a s Iy parti- san expression in decisions thus far rendered have been follow ed by (ceusations of betrayal of the par- an interests represented. Only public group of three is free function unbid d decis =. partisan member- well be abolished. and should be made by an impartial tribunal. Washington as Headquarters. 1 am well convinced that the functions of this tribunal could be much better carried on here in Washington. Even were it to be continued as a_separate tribunal. there ought to be contact with the | Diferstate Commerce Commission. | which preme authority in the rate-making to which wage cost bears an indissoluble relatio ship. Theoretically. a fair and liv- ing wage must be determined quite apart from the employers' earning capacity, but in practice. in the railway service, they are insepara- ble. The record of advanced rates to meet increased wages, hoth de- termined by the government, proof enough. The substitution of a labor d sion in the Interstate Commerce Commission, made: up from its membership., to hear and decide | qisputes relating to wages and working conditions which have 1 failed of adjustment by proper committees created by the rail- and their emploves, offers a more effective plan. 1t need not be surpr there satisfaction over de- layed ings and decisions by the present board when every trivial dispute is carried to that tribunal. The law should vequire the railroads and their employes to institute means and methods to negotiate between themselves their nstantly arising _differences. limiting appeals to the govern- ment tribunal to disputes of such character as are likely to affect the public welfare. Would Enlarge Body. This suggested substitution will involve a necessary increase in the membership of the commission. probably four, to constitute the labor division. If the suggestion appeals to the Congress, it will be well to specify that the labor divi- sion shall be constituted of repre- sentatives of the four rate-making territories. thereby assuring a tri- bunal conversant with the condi- tlons which obtain in the diffevent {ale-m-king sections of the coun- ry. 1 wish I could bring to You the precise recommendation _for thi prevention of strikes which threat ntained and decis- Indeed, the 1 the in the |t ! Therefore ma | ship ng that i I ! i i en the welfare of the people and menace public safety. It is an im- potent civilization and an Inade- Quate government which lacks the genifus and the courage to guard against such a menace to public welfare as we experienced last summer. You were aware of the government's great concern and its futile attempt to aid in an adjust- ment. It wil] reveal the inexcus- able obstinacy which was respon- sible for so much distress to the country to recall now that, though all disputes are not yet adjusted, the many scttlements which have been made were on the terms which the government proposed in mediation. 'ublic interest demands that am- ple power shall be conferred upon il bor tribunal, whether it ix the present ho gested substitute, to require its rulings to accepted by both parties to a disputed question. No Denial of Rights. Let there he no confusion about the purpose of the suggested con- rment of power to . make de- cisions effective, here' can be no denfal of constitutional rights of either railway workmen or railway managers. No man can be denied his right to tabor when and how he chooses, or cease to lubor when he so elects. but, since the govern- ment assumes 'to safeguard his in- terests while employed in an es- sential public servie the security ety itself demands his re- 1ent from the service shall not o timed and reluted as to ef- the destruction of that service, vitally essontial public t portation demunding much of b i ins Wk plos m In conditions and the highest paid 1o workmen in any eni- 1. ¥ every branch. from track rer 1o the man locomotive throtte, the worker is responsibie for the saie- 1y of human lives and the care of vast property. Hix high responsi- bility might well rate high his pay within the limits the tramic will bear; but the same responsibility, plus governmental prote may Justly deny him and is ciat withd al from service without K or under circumstances involve th paraiysis of ary transportation. We have sumed so gr sibility necessar rulation that we jconsicousiy b assumed the responsil for maintaimed serv- fce: t the lawriul power ement ¢ decisions Sustain the mijesty and to administer welfare ex New Tarifm During longer session Dresent cnacted a tarift utection o standards of i 5 the insurance it provides against the distorted conditions of world comme Le framers of taw made provision for a cer- flexibility of customs duties, a warni which of ot zovernment aw. its the new the Congress w. The | 11 tain whereby it is possible to readjust them as developing conditions may vequire. The enactment has m- Dosed a large responsibility upon the executive, but that respon ibility will be discharged with a browd mindfulness of the whole business situation. The provision itself admits either the possible fallibility of < or their un- suitablen to changing condi- 1 believe the grant of au- fy may be prom, and di iv exercised, ever mindful the intent and purpose to safy guard American industrial activity, and at the same time prevent the exploitation of the American cor sumer and keep open the y such 1ib endanger ths of hanges as do nut own productivity our No one contemplates commercial aloofness nor any other fness contradictory to the best Amer- n traditions or loftiest human Our fortunate capacity comparative self-containment affords the fiem foundation on which to build for our own secur e foundation on whic a future of influence and unpurt > in world commerce Our trade expansion must come X and of policies of and reasonablene mnercial relations Let no one assume that our pro- vision for maintained good fortune at home, and our unwillingness to assume the co of all the ills of the worid. means a relue- ta rate with other peo- i o assume < every just obli- gation to prom; * human advanc, ment anyw the world. War Makess L. S, Creditor Nation. War made us a creditor nation We did not seek an excess pos- session of the w d’'s gold. and we have nei » profit un- duly by its on nor pe nently retain it. We do not seek become an international di 1ator b use-of 1ts power. The voice of the United States has a arinz in inter- national hecause we have convinced the world that we have selfish ends to serve, no old to avenge, no territorial 5 But the voice being heard is that of good counsel, not of dictation. It is the hy of sym fraternity helpful | but not assume for the United States burdens which nations must bear for themselves. We would rejoice to help rehabilitate currency systems and facilitate ali commerce which does not drag us to the very levels of those we seek to lift up. While 1 have everlasting faith in our republic, it would be folly, indeed, to blind ourselves to our problems at home. Abusing the hospitality of our shores are the advocates of revolution, finding their deluded followers among those who take on the habiliments’ of an American without knowing an American soul. There is the recrudescence of hyphenated Amer- nism, which we thought to have been stamped out when we com- mitted 11 nation, life and soul, to the world war. Uemands Kespect for Law by Allens. There is a call to make the alien ile he respect our institutions w accepts our hospitality. There is need 1o magnify the American viewpoint to the alien who seeks itizenship among us. There is d to magnify the national view- nt to Americans throughout the nd. More, there is a demand for every living being in the United States to respect and abide by the laws of the republic . Let men who are rending the moral fiber of the republic through easy con- tempt for the prohibition law. be- use they think it restricts their personal liberfy. remember that they set the example and breed contempt for law which will ulti- mately destroy the republis Constitutional prohibition has heen adopted by the nation. It is the supre law of the land. In plain speaking, there are ting o its suvor of nation-wi It the most demoralizing wetor in our public life Most of our people ussumed that adoption of the eighteenth endment meant the elimination of the question from our politics. On the contrary, it has been so sue that many intensified as an reference. It s dis- mind and of the ccisions with question. the public the judgment sin tracting prejudicing electorate The when will be ¢ is unlikely to come eighteenth amendment pealed. The fact may as well be recognized and our course adapted accordingly. If the statu- iy provisic its _enforce- ment are contrary to deliberate public opinion, which 1 do not be- the rigorous and literal en- the ment will concentrate public tion on any requisite modifi- Sucl urse conforms ves the humil- pvernment and t of our_people before the world. and challenges the de- struciive forces engaged in wide- spread violation, official corruption and individual demoralization Concurrent Authority Involved. amendment - meurrent authority of with the law iation of th, humiliation the state and federal governmen the enfo n of the policy fines A certain lack of definiten throuzh division of responsibility. is thus introduced. crder 1o bring nding of dutirs h- full_unders vesponsibilities as thus dis I purpose to invite the gover o1s of tiie states and territofic an early opnortunity. 1o a conference with the federal executive authority Out of the full and free consideration which witl thus be possible. it is con- fidently belicved. will emerge a more adequate comprehension of the whole probiem, and definite policies of na- tional and state co-operation in ad- ministering the la There are pending bills for registration of the alien who come 10 our shores. 1 wish the pass- of such an might be expe- e amid American_oppor- worth the cost of regis- it is worth the seekinz. and the nation has the right to know who are citizens in the making or who live among us and share our ad- vantages while seekinz to undermine our cherished institutions. This pre vision will enable us to guard again the abuses in immigration. chec the undesirable whose irregular com ing is first violation of our laws. ‘More, it will facilitate the needed Ahout the tunities tration it Amerfcanizing of those who mean to enroll as fellow citizens. Before enlurging the immigration quotas we had better provide regis tration for aliens. those now here or continually pressing for admi and establish our exumination boards abroad, to make sure of desirables only. By the examination abroad we could end the pathos at our ports. when men and women find our doors closed, after long voyages and wasted savings, because they are unfit for admission. 1t would be kindlier and fer to tell them before they embark. Kin to Iliteracy Problem. Our program of admission and ment of immigrants is very timately related to the educa- tional policy of the republic. With illiteracy estimated at from two- nihs of 1 per cent to less than per cent in ten of the foremost hations of Europe. it rivets our attention to a serious problem when we are reminded of a 6 per cent illiteracy in the I'nited States. The figures are based on the test which defines an illitcrate as one having no schooling whatever. Re- t fteenth 1 McCormack Poli’s Theatre December 12 Attend -this recital and note the individual qualities that distinguish the great tenor. Then go to any dealer in Victor products and hear the Victor Records by McCor- Note how faithfully his rendi- tions are portrayed on mack. the Victrola. Victor Talking Machine Co. - Camden, New Jersey * * * * »* * »* * »* * * » * o * »* * * * * »* »* »* »* » * »* »* »* » » »* »* »* » * * Going Day and Night At Our Bakery Plant, Our Bakers Have Been Unable to Keep Pace With the Demand at Qur Stores for “CREAMCRUST?” BREAD FRESHLY BAKED | | | | | | | < i PORK LOIN 20 Pork Loin Chops, *-25¢|Spare Ribs, 1b., 16¢ Fresh Hams, Ib., 24c|Fresh Picnics, Ib., 18¢ MO XK YNNI XN XN 3 XX 2K 2 XX oKX 3 XIS XY A YK KN o X X o XA NN X ok A0 0 X0 o X A X 6 X X o KK YK XX X ke ke K Aok R AR T oo A e T e P ” DELICATESSEN SPECIAL, SATURDAY ONLY BLUE RIDGE c PORKROLL 30 POULTRY oucks 40 c Ib. Clllckens Eraing 37 ]b. Regular Price, 40c Pound CHICKEN ROLL STEWING FOWL 704, 22;. Sweet c Ib. 35 SMOKED HAMS Florida Grape Fruit Size 46 to 54 Potatoes 3«25¢. “25¢ PRIME RIBS OF BEEF = 25;. Shoulder Clodsesceslb., 20¢|Chuck Roast . . Ib., 16¢ Newport Roll . . Ib., 30c/TopRib . . . .. Ib., 22 Jl_— e, R Lettuce VEAL CUTLETS . . . 45cIb.| Head, 10¢ Breast, 16cIb. Chops, 30c Ib.| Spinach VEAL LEGS, to roast, 24c Ib. | 10¢ Ib. 5 \. 390 30 A O XK o 30X X O I X o 3 XX o o O XN NN IO X O XK O o o X0 A N XK 0 e K N XX O O K XX o X0 30K X308 X oA 3K X X s 9K 3 3o 33 XK ok ok 9ok ke e ok o e ke e ok 906 o e ok o e e e o BLUE RIDGE BRAND BLUE RIDGE SLICED BACON RIND OFF 3-1b. Box, $1.75 REGULARLY $2.00 Alligator Pears, 40¢ Mush- rooms 60c Ib. SUGAR 7’ Elks Pride Ketchup. . ....11c ---"l'eco Pancake Flour, 3 pkgs., 25¢ Salmon % ..............12c|Layer Figs............Ib, 28¢c All our markets will supply the articles advertised so far as their stocks permit. The few items vot in their stocb will be on sale at the Master Market. Phone Main Phone Mai one Main 257 2576-2569 622-24 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. ************************4‘!********** »* * -