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PT‘esident Pays Homage to Pioneers Text of Executive’s Address On Blazing Trail to Northwest Soul of Unalterable Pl;rpose Saved Great Empire for Nation Without Government Aid, Harding Declares at Meacham. The text of the dress on “THe Oregon Trail’ eved today at Meacham, Ore., follow My Countrymeén: As I stand here fn the shadoy of the great hills my mind reverts to the placid banks of the broad Potomac. There, as here, 1o an American proud of his country and revering her traditions there is much of patriotic interest, and be- tween these rugged mountalns and those fertile lowlands I find much in common.’ Living history records many indissoluble links, to one of which it seems fitting that 1 should direct Your attention toda Of the Mmany rooms House which possess the pecullar charm of assoclation with epochal happenings, the one most fascinating to me {8 that which formerly. com- prised the cabinet room and the Pre: ident’s study. Through its high win- dows one's gaze is drawn irresistibly to the towering granite shaft whose President's ad- in the White very grandeur, exceeded by no other| monument in the . world, admirably symboliges the matchless character of George Washington. The beautifully carved mahogany bedposts are tho: upon which fell the eves of Andre Jackson when opened from the trou- bled slumber which even to this day occasionally falls to the lot of an overweary President. Sunk into the marble mantelpiece is a bronze table recording the circumstance that it was In this room that Abraham Lin- coln signed the great emancipation proclamation which struck the sha kles of slavery from millions of hu- man belngs. Another Episode Heealled. Yet another episode of hardly less fmportance in the building of our ty nation took place within se “walls. Before my mind's eye as I stood in that historic chamber & few days ago appeared the vivid picture. T beheld, seated at his desk, immaculately atiired, the embodi- ment of dignity and courtliness, John Tyler, tenth President of the United States. Facing him, from constructed for a massive frame, his powerful spirit gleaming through his es, was the lion-visaged Webster. Secretary X door opened and there ap- :d before the amazed statesmen trange and astonishing figure. It S that of a man of medium helght and sturdy build, deep chested, broad shouldered. vet lithe in movement and soft of step. He was clad in » coarse fur coat, buckskin breeches, fur leggings and boot moccasins, looking much the worse for wear. But it was the countenance of the visitor, he stood for an instant in the doorway. that riveted the per- deliv- | a chair | | was Whitman one easily dismayed. Encouraged by the manifest friendli- Dess of President Tyler, he portrayed | with vivid eloquence the nnlubrll)" | o the. climate, the fertility of the | soll, the magnitude of the forests, the evidences of ore in the mountal: and the splendor of the wide valleys ! {drained by the great rivers. And he! | did not hesitate to speak plainly, es |one who-knew, even llke the prophet Daniel “Mr. Secretary.” he declared, “vou { would better give all' New England for the cod and mackerel fisheries of Newfoundland than to barter away Oregon. Then, turning to the President in conclusion, he added, quietly, but be- seechingly’ | Al Task is that you will not bar- ter away Oregon or allow English interference until 1 can lead « band of stalwart American settlers across ;hl-. plains. For this I shall try to e The manly appeal was irresistible. | He sought only the privilege of prov- {ing his faith. This just and consid- | erate Tyler could not refuse. { “Dr. Whitman,” he rejoined sym- pathetically, “your long ride and: frozen limbs testify to your courage jand your patriotism. Your credentials establish your character. Your re- quest s granted.” Used Good Strategy. Whitman's strategy was true states- manship. Substantial occupation would make good the claim of the| United States, and that was what he| had initiated during his few days in St. Louis, A few months ‘later he had completed an organization of eager | souls, and led the first movement by wagon train across plains and moun- tains along this unblazed trail What a sight that caravan must| have appeared to the roaming sav-| {ages! And what an experience for | the “intrepid pioneers! | More than two hundred wagons, bearing well-nigh a thousand emi- grants. made up the party. They traveled by substantially the same route that Whitman had taken when he first went out to Oregon; from a rendezvous near what is now Kan- | sas City, they moved due northwest | across northeast Kansas and south- | cast Nebraska to the Platte river;| followed the Platte to the middle of | what Is now Wyoming, thence cross- | ing the mountains by way of the Sweet water valley and the South Platte; and from Fort Hall, follow- ing the well known route, roughly paralleling the Snake river, into Ore. gon. The difficulties of the trip, in- volving beside the two hundred wag- ons, the care of women and children, and of considerable herds of live stock. were such that its success- ful accomplishment seems almost j transport but *the worth-while accomplishment is the privilege and tha duty of men. I thank you from my heart for per- me to participate fn- doing e to those brave souls. I re- joice particularly in the opportunity afforded me of voiting my agprecia- tion, both as President of the United States and as one who honestly tries |to be'a Christimn soldier, of tRe sig- | nal service of the martyred Wh\tman. And finally, 46 just @ human beng, I wish 1 could find words to tell. you how glad I am to see you all, and re- flecting, as you do, from untroubled eyes, the happiness of spirit breatAed by your own best song: There are o new worlds to conquer— Gone fw the lnnt frontier, iAnd the steady grind of the wagon-traln, Of the sturdy ploneer. But thelr memories live like a thing divine, Treasured |n beaven above, For the trail that led to the storled west Was the Wouderful trail of love. HENDERSON ON WAY TO MEET PRESIDENT Harding to Watch Mountains and Glncien From Glass- ' Inclosed Deck. By the Ansoclated Press. BREMERTON, Wash, July 3 Brilllant with fresh paint, glistening Lrass and new uniforms, the Army Henderson wa¥ to here th!s morning for Tacoma, where she will be boarded Thursday by Presidnt Harding and his party for a trip to Alaska and return to\ Seattle Above the bridge of the Henderson has been built an observation deck, luxuriously equipped and inclosed in glass. Here the President may watch the mountains and glaciers of the north Pacific. The President is to cupy the room designed for the colonel of marines, and M Harding is to have an adjoining room The Henderson will carry a com- pliment of 190 officers and 460 men, including thirty pieces of the United States N Band of Washington, D. C. Waiting President and Mrs, marine guard of two men, leave Harding will be a two officers and commanded by The commander of the Henderson Is Capt. Allen Buchanan, recently on the staff of the Naval War College, who commanded a destrover division in the world war and was awarded congressional medal executive officer is Lieut. Commander 8. L. Henderson, recently_captain of the port of Balboa, Canal Zone. HARDING RUNS ELECTRIC ENGINE ON IDAHO ROAD President Guides Heavy Train for Fifteen Miles Down West Slope of Mountains. By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESIDENT'S SPE- CIAL TRAIN NEAR ST. MARIES constantly \upon the | USE WEALTH NOW, IS HARDINGS PLEA :False Econamy to Lock Up Nation’s Resources, He - Tells Spokane Audience. By'the Associnted Press. SPORANE, Wash. July 8—Presi- dent "Harding delivered an address on development of natural resources to an audlence that overflowed the state armory, :seating about 3,000 people, here last night. The chlef exeéutive was introduced by Gov. Hart and was cheered heart- ily. He beg&n speaking at 8:40 o'clock, by saying thas while he had recelved a pleasing welcome through- ovut his trip, “nowltere hus the greet- ing been more - Wholesome, more courteous, or moge kindly than in this great far west" Before launching Into his prepared |address, the President read a tele- gram from Director Lord of the bud- get bureau, informing him |tures for the fiscal’ year- which ended llufll Saturday. { Ecomomy Point Applauded. The announcement was Joudly ap- plauded, and there also were cheers when the resident commented that “the United States alone, of all ha- tlons,” had “gotten back on the track land was living within its incoge.” Departing from his prepared ad- dress to refer to his experiefjce en route to Spokane in driving an elec- tric locomotive. Mr. Harding pre- dicted that the transportation prop- lem of the country would be greatly alded in its solution by electrification of the railways, Such a change in motive power would come, the President further predicted, not only in the west, where water could be utilized, but i: east through power plants erected at the mouths of mines. Appealy for Court, Concluding his discussion of rec- Mation problems, the President ain appezled for sentiment favor- able to American adhesion to the per- manent court of international justice, He repeated previously made as- %ertions that America was losing some of the spirit which impelled it during the war and that it needed a new aspiration. Such an aspiration was the desire to prevent American involvement in another war, the President went on, and could be fulfilled through Amer- fcan membership in the world court. Concluding at 9:20 o'clock. the Pre. ident declared he wished for an * resistible expression of the conscienc of this country which will lead the Senate to say, ‘Aye, ave, we, want this court! It will' lead peace.” " Wants Gradual to Development. of the | |Burplus of $300.000,000 over expendi- | the | too. | have been, constantly Impressed -that wise development of natural resodrces does not often result In their disas- trous diminution. ~Rather it s€ems: as a rule fo result in'a growing, an expanding, an _increasing supply and varlety of the very riches upon which we make drafts, * * * “I do not fear that present dévelop- ment is lable to impoverish us in the future. The, pracise contrary, accord- ing to every historical analogy, is what wilk, take place. Why, you all remember that a quarter century ago 50 wize a man as James J. Hill was | warning us that within fifteen years | this country would have to Import wheat! Twice that period has passed, our population has grown enormous- 'ly, and yet today we.are producing a. greater surplus of wheat than any other country in the world. * Our diffi culty 13 not.to find wheat for. our- selves, but to find other countries that will buy it from us. Recalls Gold Scare. | “In 1908 Mr. Bryan eloquently a |sured us that gold could no longer serve as the world's money standdrd, | bocause there could not possibly be | encugh of. it produced. Before the | echoes of his oratory had dled away | science had perfected new processes | of gold extraction, and in a few yeirs another group of earnest people were | just as solemnly warning us that we | couldn’t go on using gold as our | money standard, because it was get- ting too common! “Fortunately for us, we dldn't get unduly excited about’ either predic tion, and today we find about every. body agreed that to get back on the | gold basis is one of the world’s great- est needs. So, tontemplating the certainty | that another century will give us a population of probably 300,000,000, one is forced to conclude that a wise de- velopment of resources is the only policy to which we dare commit dur- selves. There was a time when the public domain was thought of as a treasure house of potential wealth to be locked up against the day when we should need it. It was assumed that by looking it up we should make it surely available whenever it ‘was required. Prodigal Era Past. “As a watter of fact, that would prevent it from being ready’ whén needed, Development must be grad- ual; a business of the decades and the centuries. It should indeed, be given wise direction and supervision. The opportunities of the newer country should be so administered as to in- sure their equitable distribution in the future. We have done with the era of thoughtless and reckless ex- ploitation of our domain. There will not again come a time when imperial estates wlll be distributed with lav- ish hgnds (o enterprising gentlemen whdsé only claim is that they would like to. own them. “We want the west to-be a land of homes and of the freest opportunity for thie establistiment of the families possessing independent means of live- lihood.” 1t is recognized that the very different eonditions of the plains and | mountaih areas compel many modifi- cations of the policies that have served so, well in other parts of the country. Those modifications are be- ling wrought out gradually with a view to promoting here that wide di- versification of industries and occu- pations whigh is invited by your va- riety of resources, and which is the ideal state of modern society. | | | for it becaise it will be 8o nearly self- sufficient and self-contained. Varfed Resources. t'is_doubtful if there Is- in-the world $uch-.a region of varied .op- portunities and universal wealth as this mountain empire ~ of = yours. * * * Your country presents its in- vitation and fts opportunity to whom- ever is capable of a contribution to human well belng, to science, to in- dustry, to the masters af’metaliurgy, of the’ electrical arts, of agriculture. * .+ % ‘Western people, have had rea- sans’to complain that there is not gl- wayk a sympathetio or understamds e ing attitude in some other parts the country toward the irrigation pment that the west must have. ou people of the inland embire might well remind your criticsithat during-the ‘uncounted centuries, -when the greatest clvilizations had their scat on the Euphrates and the Nile, they Were nurtured by -an agricul- ture which depended on irrigation; on - conserving' -and _utilizing _the waters: of - a_ few great -.Streams. ¢ s % Qur irrigation program .is after all, only a proposal to repeit on the seale -of modern engineering operations the work by which primi- tive -man learned to subjugate the warth and make it serve the needs of a developing social order. e Not _once, but a hunmdred ‘times oyer, will we reproduce here in the plains and mountains and valleys of our west the wealth and productivity which enabled the Pharaohs to build monuments for the wonder of all times.* Byt the monuments fo our achievement will bear Inscriptions telling, .not, of the slavery and suf- ferings, of -.generations which -gave their lives to perpetuate the glory of a_tryant. ©-Our insceiption will tell of great, free states,.made up.of cog- tented, cultured and Christian homes, “"Federnl Help Proposed. “I am ‘sure you,are interested”in what_the federal government can do to help solve problems on which your future so largely depends. As we have gone onward in = reclamation there- has been impatience that we cculd not proceed faster. There have been disappointments in the progress of work involving Intricate and ‘di- versified engineering and hesitant financing. But I have been heartened by the-convincing evidences I have already seen of the wonderful results whieré ‘water meets the land. “The government is interested to aid your efforts, from the standpoint of adding to the national wealth by the transmutation of arid spaces into fertile fialds. It is_interested also in the protectlon ' of . the —.national finances, 50 that money advanced to prosper” this work may not be- dis- sipated ,in_ doubtful = projects o jeopardized * in = experiments. We must look for plans that are safe; plans So congeived that they.willenbt unduly. burden the settler .in - th: days when he is reducing the land to production; plans -that will: be sably broad. and that will mot commit the government to unwise or lunseasonable expenditures: Piist . Goevrnment Play. “1 haye been pleased to comment! | the subject of extended reclamation to the tonsideration of the congress, mindful of the fact that reclamation fro'méhe nationa} viewpoint must be oconsidered as an investment of funds | which will at length. be .returned to the government. The, government's | part is 1o supply expert engineering | ‘servicé, to advancé finances for en- | terprises too vast for private capi- tal, and_to supervise and safeguard the work -so that ‘the balance of fair dealing may be maintajned be- tween government and settler, until the dream of an enlarged west comes | true. ) “I have seen the statement that if the projects under ‘investigation by the reclamatfon service be finally | approved ard completéd,.an area of | cultivable land will be aidded equal to one of our largest: agricultural states. Al proposal: to ‘Create the equivalent of @ new state is some- thing to challenge -the conquering spirit of America. We know that the task one day will Be done. It is for.us -a question of method; of pro cegding with such business judgment | and on such sound principles that | the future- may -look back and say | that it was well done. Of aJl these | problems, we are particularly remind ed in this region, because the Co { lumbia conveys to the mind signifi cant suggestions; for here no one ‘could be indifferent or faH to appre- ciate the splendid picture that lies behing the curtain of the mountains. Keep Rivers Navigable. “It is a matter all' the more com- | pelling, * because’ the same * waters | which bring wealth to the soil also | pulsate with power for your cltles, your rallroads and your industries The use of the streams for power is inevitably tied up”with reclama- ticn. One purpose supplements the other in fulfilling the destiny of the waters..as they flow on their way to the sea. And there are” yet other uses for your waters. We' must sec that the. navigable ~waterways arc maintained, and here, again, we find that the benevolence of the Creator ‘has provided means. to advance the projects of man. “Frequently it {8 possible to im- prove navigation as an_ incident to developing power and” irrigation works. . Moreover, we want the flow of tHe streams for these great pur- poses. pational purposes_ all, con- served. In other lands has been | taught: the lesson of waste that fol lowed denuding the forested slopes and permitted erosion to end jts| work_in flood .and devastation. We In America ‘must not be 86 thought- less or profiigate. We must have a policy of reforestation that will nre- serve the national interests and at the same time permit use of the timber as it is needed. “S80 we see how the discufsion of reclamation naturallyleads on to that, of Jvater power, gnd then to Lis maintained navigability ‘of stremin which ‘catfyscommerce, and an &gain, to the mepd. of ssaving, ywhile ajtiliy ing, out’forests. 1t is &'mauyJside problem, in essence a problem of pro- tecting the common good. The go:- ernment comes in neither as an f terloper mor as ‘a benévolent garry.| all, but'ln its legitimate relation, un.| der the Comstitution, to these truly national concerns which touch o in- timately the people of this inlasg empire of the Pacific_coast, of lpe west and of the entire United States” |SURPLUS IS SHOWN BY FRENCH BUDGET Figures Give Expenditures, 23 |.” 402,487,556 Erancs; Receipts, ' '23,437,954,833. PARIS, July- 3.—The Official Jour nal, dated July .1, but appearing ves. terddy, gives the final figures. of i Freneh -budget as follows: Expend:. tures, 3,402,487,666 - framcs; recelpts, 23,437,954,833; 'surplus, 35:467,277 The receipts, however, include a loan 40 be Issued. of 400,000,000 francsj stocks- to be .liquidated, 125,000,000 repayment by the railroads for maig rial received from the state, 500,00 pipts from war profi 2,000,000,000—a total of :3,025,000.00) francs, which has to be realized The Only Cap With Flap Attached. “The Cap with the Flap' is made exclusive. 1y by Américin Dairy Bupply Co., Washington, D. C. ALL JOBBERS. Idaho, July 3.—President Harding, for | half an hour or o vesterday, came into realization of his boyhood am- Even-Handed Justice. “It is not deésirable that the west should fall into the bands of bonanza | miraculous. ception of the two chiefs of state. SWved Great Empire. 1t ‘was that of a religious enthusiast, | tenaciously earnest vet revealing no | Gradual development of the na- tion's natural resources rather than bition suggestion of fanaticism, bronzed; from exposure to pitiless elemen and seamed with deep lines of phy cal suffering, a rare combination of determination — and ~_gentleness—ob- | Viously a man of God, but no less a | man among men. Loves Herole Verses. Such was Marcus Whitman, the pio- neer missionary hero of the vast, u settled. unexplored Orzgon country, who had come out of the west to plead that the state should acquire, for civilization the empire that thej churches were gaining for Christian- | ity “Many of the exploits of America’s| resolute sons are recounted in prose | and verse. How often in our youth, and even in later years, have we been | thrilled by the story of how “on| through the night rode laul Revere, through every Middlesex village and to call the minutemen to em- Lexington and fire “the shot yund the world!” How many | times we have shuddered at the im- | pending fate of the Shenandoah val- ley with “Sheridan twenty miles I loved the martial notes of those stirring verses as a boy. I love them still But, when I stood in that historic| room in the White House and my imAI agination depicted the simple scene, 1 could not but feel that the mag- | nificence of Marcus Whitman's glnr’-x ous deed has vet to find adequate rec- ognition in any form. Here was man who, with a single companion, the dead of winter, struggled through pathless drifts and blinding storms, ! four thousand miles, with the sole aim | 1o serve his country and his God. Eighty years and eight months ago he wa: pushing grimly and painfully through this very pass.on his way from Walla Walla to Fort Hall, thence, abandoning the established northern route as impassable, off to the south through unknown, untrod- den lands, past the Great Salt Lake, 1o Santa Fe, then hurriedly on to St. Louis, and finally, after a few days, again on the homestretch to his de: tination, taking as many months as it now takes days to go from Walla Walla to Washington Rzce Against Time. It was more than a desperate and perilous trip that Marcus Whitman undertook. It was a race against time. Public_opinion was rapldly crystallizing into a judgment that the Oregon country was not worth claiming, much less worth fighting for; that, even though it could be acquired against the insistence of Great Britain, it would prove to be a lability rather than an asset. It is with sheer amazement that we now read the declarations of the leading men of that period. So good an American, so sturdy a frontiers- man, so willing a fighter, as Gen. Jackson, shook his head ominously in fear least the national domain ghould get too far outspread, and avarned the country that its safety *lay in a compact government.” Sen- ator McDuffie of South’ Carolina de- clared he “would not give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory,” gnd expressed the wish that the Rocky | Mountains were “an impassable bar- vier.” Senator Dayton of New Jersey said that with very limited exceptions “the whole country was as irreclaim able and barren a waste as the Sa- hara desert” and that malaria had carried away most of its native pop- ulation. Even so far-seeing and stanch an advocate of western in- terests as Thomas Benton protested that the ridge of the Rockies should be made our western boundary, and avowed that “on the highest peak the statue of the fabled God, Termi- nus, should be erected, never to be thrown down.” ‘Webster Was Lukewarm. Webster, although not defiritely mntagonistic, was uninterested and Jukewarm. Years before he had pro- nounced Oregon “a barren, worthle: country, fit only for wild beasts and | wild men,” and he was not one Who changed opinions readily. But neither For Better Vision The Right Glasses and Eye Comfort Consult Kinsman Optical Co., 705 14th St. N.W. jicans had settled the [them we But stern determination triumphed | and the result was conclusive. Amer- | country. The | country ‘belonged to them because | they had taken it; and in the end the | boundary settlement was made on the line of the forty-ninth parallel, your great northwest was saved and ! a veritable empire was merged in| the young republic. Never in the history has there been a finer example of civilization fallowing Christianity. | The missionaries led under the ban- ner of the cross, and the settlers| moved clo: behind under the star- spangled symbol of the nation. Among all the records of evangeliz- ing effort as the forerunner of hu-! man advancement there is none so| mpressive as this of the early Ore-| gon mission and its marvelous con-) sequences. To the men and women of that early day whose first thought was to carry the gospel to the In-| dians—to the Lees. the Spauldings,] the Grays, the Walkers, the Leslies, | to Fathers De Smet and Blanchet and | De Mers, and to all the others of that | glorious company who found that in serving God they were also serving their country and their fellow-men— to them we pay today our.tribute; to owe a debt of gratitude which we can never pay, save par- tially through recognition such as you have accorded it today. ‘We may reasonably do more today than rejoice in possession of the im- perial domain which they revealed, and the life they made possible to the virile, aspiring and confident north- west. 1 find new assurances in re- calling the heroism. the resolution, ! the will to conquer of these pioneers. | Stirred by Covered Wagon. i 1 wish T might more effectively v ualize them. Not very long ago I saw the covered wagon in the moving pic- | ture. I sat entranced. There was more than the picturesque, more than sorrow and _discouragement, more than appealing characters and en- thralling heroism. There was more than the revelation of the irresolute, | who failed in fitness to survive; more than tragedy and comedy in their in- separable blend. There was more | than the scouts who surpassed our fancies, more than nature's relentless barriers revealed. Everywhere aflame was the soul of unalterable purpose| and the commanding sturdiness of elemental greatness. Still more, there was determination to do themselves, not asking the government to do, but for government only to sanction or| permit. | Much the same spirit was revealed | in the making of the central west, | where the determined pioneers build- | ed in the confidence which they had | in themselves. They battled with na- | ture and every obstacle which they encountered, heroes perished without fame's acclaim, and they conquered and wrote big their part in the mak- ing of the greater republic. Their | victory proclaimed the strength of | resolute purpose, and the human ge- nius, confident in itself and eager to achieve on its own account. Lesson Will Be Lasting. The lesson cannot fail to impress itself. In this test of self-reliant citi- zenship there came the rugged, mili- tant, wholekome west. Greater things were wrought, larger accomplishment was recorded, greater victory was won in_this wholesome, inspiring in- dividualism than will ever attend pa- ternalism or government assumption of the tasks which are the natural inheritance of the builders who may better serve for themselves. Govern- ment_may well provide opportunity, mcnt may well provide opportunity, of the world i MOTOR OILS Will Make Your Holiday Trip More Enjoyable SHERWOOD BROTHERS, Inc. Phone Lincoln 7558 15 the mont speedy remedy we know for Kstablished in 1000 Constipation, Biliousness, Colds, Headaches - and M!llfill Fever. | tributed to become a locomotive en- gineer. It was not one of the steam locomotives, spouting smo and cinders that he drove, but an electric engine on the system of the Chicago, Miiwaukee and St. Paul railway When the presidentfal train stopped at Faleon, Idaho, Mr. Harding went up to head of the train to take a look at the engine, one of the largest electric locomotives ever built. Engineer Arthur Blundell, after Shaking hands with the Presi- dent, invited him up into the cab, and soon the train moved off down the west slope of the :Bitter Root mountains with the hand of the chief executive on the controller Around sharp curves, through tun- nels and along canyon sides the President guided the heavy & Ive- car train until it_reached Avery, a total distance of about fifteen miles. RUSS RELIEF GOES ON. American-Jewish Commjttee Gon- tinues While Funds Last. NEW YORK, July 3.—Although the American relief administration in Russia discontinued its work on S: urday, the American Jewish joint dis- tribution committee will minister to the sick and destitute of Russia until its funds are exhausted, Felix M. Warburg, chairman, announced today. The committee has expended $ 500,000, of which $3,750,000 was dis- without ~sectarian pre ence, according to Mr. Warburg. outlined an extensive program rebuilding agricultural colonies, cre- ating trade schools and rehabilitat- ing orphanages, hospitals and homes for the aged. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS GROW. New Orleans Reports $25,277,709 Past Year, Making New Record. NEW ORLEANS, July 3.—New Or- leans easily will retain its rank as second port in the United States dur- ing the fiscal year ending Junme 30, Emile Kuntz, collector of customs, de- clared in announcing that $25.277,709 was collected In dv es on imports here during that period. The figure was a new record, the previous high total having been only $16,186,019, the collections for the fis- cal year ending June 30, 1922. Fig- ures on exports forwarded from New Orleans will not be ready for several months, it was stated. He for | preservation of them in their original state was advocated by President Harding as the only conservation policy to which America dare com- mit itself. The President, speaking on “de- velopment, reclamation and water utilization,” declared against ln(‘k"lgl up the public domain “as a treasure house of potential wealth” on the grounds that such action would pre- vent it from being ready for use when needed. He made it plain that he stood for gradual development, such as the use of water both for ir-| rigation and power and for a poliey | of reforestation that preserves the! national interest, while permitting | use of the timber as needed. 1 Mr. Harding's address, delivered in | the nory here, was the first he has | made on ‘the Pacific slope since he became President. He expressed the | { belief that “we may confidently look | forward to gen tion in which these youmng and vigorous common- wealths of the west will boast ag great a population ns)m entire na- tion number today.” The Chief Executive outlined no! explicit reclamation program, but de- { clared: “We must look for plans that {a fe; plans <o conceived that the: will not ‘unduly burden the settler in the days when he is reducing the land to production; plans that will be rea- | sonably broad and that will not com- | mit the government to unwise or un- reasonable expenditures.” Mr. Hardm's address concluded a nine-hour visit to Spokane, during | which he made an automobile tour of the business district, inspected the | dam site for the proposed Columbla basin irrigation project, and- was shown a series of motion pictures of | the Columbia basin. ~After the ad-| dress the presidential party left here for Meacham, Ore., to participate in the 0ld Oregon trail celebration there tomorrow. The President spoke, in part, as fol- | lows: Wise Policy Needed. “It has been in my mind during these days of travel in-the west to | express on ‘some appropriate’ occasion |@ few views regarding those prob- | lems which we summon to our minds ! under the headings of conservation, | reclamation and development. = Now- adays I think there is disposition to change the order of terms and men- tion development first. Not that we are any less devoted to conservation, but there Is increasing realization that in eur national development we have reached the time when wise Programs for development in all parts of our domain must be encouraged. “Traveling about this country, and somewhat also in other countries, 1 corporations, seeking to exploit for the profit of stockholders who live somewhere else. But. on the other hand, it is worth while to em- it { | phasize that many of the most valued | resources of the west are of such character, and their development must be on such a scale, that they can only be made available under con- centrated management and by the use of capital in large units. “We must enforce measures which will give capital and management at- tractive returns, but which will al- ways kéep in sight the primary pur- pose of dealing out justice evén- handed, opportunity and ‘an absolutely | fair interest in the product of humdn industry, effort and intelligence. *“1 spoke a moment ago of the fact that “as a rule the utilization nature’s resources commonly results in their dimunition. your mountain west. I mean vour water. - The flow of a great river that runs away to the sea without being utilized for power or for irrigation is wasted forever. To prevent At development is not to save it for the benefit of a distant future. If it is to be of service tomorrow, it must be harnessed today. New View of Rivers. “Our whole view of the relation of water to western development has changed much in the last generation Only a few years since these water: were looked upon as potentially use- ful merely for irrigation and agricul- ture. We entered upon a great pros sram of irrigation enterprise in that era when we had as yet but a vague notion about- the dual purpose that your water resources ought to serve. But now we know that the game water can in most cases be utilized both for power and irrigation.’ “Thus the great power development will mark the sites of industrial cen- ters, adjacent té which will grow up |rich areas of {ntensive agricultural production. The industrial populations will provide markety, without impos: ble transportation expenditure, for the products of the soil; and in turn the people on the soil will afford markets for the products of industry. ““Transportation will be increased and cheapened through electrification of the railways; and in the light of what we now know about all aspects of this subject, we may confidently look forward to a generatfon in which these young and vigorous commonwealths of the west will boast as great a population as the entire nation num- bers today, capable of living for the greater part within itself, representing a wide diversification -of industries and occupations, and having its prob- lem of transportation largely solved PIGGLY - WIGGLY _WillBeClosed - ALL DAY WEDNESDAY \ of | increase ‘rather than their | That 18 peculiarly. true! of one especially valuable resource Qf: 1 | { | COLGATE’S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM With your eyes — compare the size ‘With your tongue— compare the taste On your teeth— compare Tl‘:e Economy of the Best Butter Finest quality -butter is the most gconomical, for it is more satisfying and has a higher fosd value than Inferior . butters; And “here is an- other, quality -and § economy - point that will interest the particular housewife' in \ Creeniswe& BUTTER Itis made pasteurized 8 cream that is wo; until all “excess;‘mols- ture s removed. “This gives it that deljght- fully crisp, * % texture—and—you gre getting ALL butter'for your money;. no worth- less water-welght tb pay for.’ but & trial pound s the most eloguént tes- timonial. Tell Thompeon’s milk- man to bfim,'it..'uk grocer for it or phnwo us. Today’s Price, 53¢ THOMPSON'S DAIRY 201226 Eloventh $t. N. W. - Phens North 5395 7 7222222 N, ONITE is a perfected form of the world-famous Carrel-Dakin solution. Clinical and laboratory tests with this new form of antiseptic have developed methods of antisepsis and healing unknown a few years ago. These tests show Zonite o be an effective agent in overcoming nasal catarrh. The method is as follows: Secure an atomizer in which the fittings are of hard rubber. Make a solution of one teaspoonful of Zonite to three-l‘olirthu of a glass of luke warm water. Tilt the head well back and spray-through a nostril until the liquid can be felt dripping from the post nasal cavity into the throat. Repeat the process through the other postril. This treatment should be employed:three times daily —morning, evening and befo.e retiring. The solution should not be allowed to stand in ‘the ‘atomizer, but should be freshly prepared each day. -As the mucous membrane becomes accustomed to the sensation of the antiseptic the amount of water may be reduced until not over a half a glass is used to each teaspoonful of Zonite. ‘The above treatment should provide a feeling of com- fort and relief within a few hours. In from two to four weeks it should cleanse and heal the mucuous membrane, check all abnormal discharge and clear the nasal passages. Note: A more copious flow of mucous after spraying is to be expected; it will soon disappear. onile 'NON-POISONOUS Buy and Build " In Chevy Chase View Washington Office Opened Until 12 o’Clock Noon July 4th’ HE Maryland subdivision you have been wait- ing for. Located-on Connecticut Avenue, be- tween Chevy Chase Lake and Kensington. The altitude of this property insures -every owner. of a home site, a commanding view of the country for miles. 5 The Capital Traction Company now controls the Kensington railway, and in the next forty-five days will inaugurate through service from Kensing- ton to Potomac Park in Washington. This installation of.service insures the residents of Chevy Chase View excellent transportation. This propérty can be reachied by auto direct by driving out Connecticut Ave., or by riding. through beautiful Rock Creek, Park. . Water, sewerage and electricity. The lots are very spacious, the averagelot hav- Sng a frontage of 100 feet by a depth of 200 feet— 20,000 square feet of. ground. Many handsome homes are completéd and many more are under construction. One building operation of. twenty houses is fiearing complétion, several of them being ready for the market at ‘once. Another “operatioh of ten ‘houses will be started in a few weeks: : Streets, sidewalks and parkings. Salesmen on grounds 9.a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Subdivision office:located at Everett St. and "Connecticut Avenue. /" Our prices for this‘choice property dverage-be- tween 8 and 10c. per ‘square foot, and canhot be equaled. H G e E 734 15th St. N.W.. 227222 % 7 7 7 7 2 ‘Main 6378 -