Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1924, Page 33

EVERYDAY RELIGION By RT. REV. JAMES Bishop of INSPIRATION POINTS, SAIAH, 51, part 1st verse: the rock whence “Look unto ve are hewn “We have exe interrogation points and mation points; we ought to have some sign that could be used as an in- &piration point.” This was the observa tion made by one who had the un- failing habit of looking at lifc hope- fully and expeetantly. There is a fine bit of philosophy here suggested. Pe haps ask too give forth too many exclamations we deeply need, to give life more color and value, more of inspiration. True, it is hard to define just what we mean by inspiration, and it is harder still to trace it to its source. It is like the which bloweth where it listeth, that we cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. There are sources of inspiration that the poorest may draw upon, and no man is so poor as he who la them. There tions incidents that come to be identified with life’s richest and most fruitful experiences. Sometimes it is an carly frieudship that produced upon us an indellible and lasting impression. It may be the sacred and treasured memo- 7y of a mothel self. crificing life. It may be a stimulating teacher. we what wind, Influence of the Past. We recall the observation of a man, who himself had come to a place of power, who remarked that one of the most stimulating experiences of his life blustry March ale campus with the Again, it may be a came out of a walk on day the ¥ late Prof. Fischer. building, some church perhaps. in which we caught our carly impressions of re- ligious faith. Some time. somewhere, 3u every life, there have been moments of exaitation, moments, however brief, that gave life a newer and larger mean- ing. The story of the man who, & fifty. with wealth and high position, sought the scenes of his childhood, with all its homely and simple en conditions, is a case in point. matter of fact there is often more in- spiration and encouragement in looking lackward and reviewing the things of the past than in looking forward and attempting to forecast the glowing things of the future. “I am a part of all that 1 have met” said one who had grown strong and rich through the treasu f a stored-up memory. Young nati like ours lay less stress upon traditions and backgrounds than those that are older. We felt this more strongly while walking recently about Westminster Abbey. Here is a treasure- house that ensl s the memories of the great and the good through the ! productive centuries of a great nation’s Life. He across, sweep of the eve one recall the names and e with vividly 1 U. S. Coffee Fam If Brazil 4 _from First announced, and this fact 50 en taken into con- sideration by American shippers. Several steamship companies are not | now including Santos as a port of call for the and have stop- ped receiving shipments for that port. Only Slight Price Rixe. Now there is one very surprising thing about the coffee market. The price has not gone up to amount to anything, considering the real situ- ation. The price is up just about 2 cents per pound. Those who have beén studying the situation fizure that the price has been held to normal because the shortage had been anticipated to some extent. The coffee dealers are rather looking for the revolution to be ended by a compromise almost any time. and the trade is skittish of get- ting caught with a lot of high-price coffee on hand. If the revolution is cettled, either the federal forces or the whichever wins out, will be hard up and will ship their money erap—coffee—now stored in interior warehouses, as fast as possible. The coffee dealers in this country are t »d about tne possibility that the rebels win. The new valorization scheme has proved o profitable that if the rebels should gain © rol they are not likely to make any great change, but to continue the pres- ent system, The high price of coffee is not due so much to the revolution as to the fact that while the last crop was a heavy one it was largely low-grade coffees, which pushed up the price of the better grades such as the consumers in the United States demand. To show how important the Brazilian ccffee supply is to this country it is well to remember that the total imports of coffee into the United States in the cal- endar years 1922 and 1923 amounted to 1,246,060,667 pounds and 1,407,855,966 pounds, respectively. Of this amount Brazil supplied in 1922 some 802,546,870 pounds, or 64 per cent, and in 1923 it was 934,758,879 pounds, or 66 per cent. This shows that at the present time the United States is dependent upon Brazil for something like 65 to 70 per cent of the coffee consumed in this country. The average weekly imports of all coffee into the United States is between 185,000 to 200,000 bags of 132 pounds each. not yet been has be present, rebels, much worri may Visible Supply in U. S. The New York Coffee and Sugar Ex- change estimates that on July 21 the vigible supply of coffee in the United States was 1,314,644 bags. Estimating the consumption at 200,000 bags week- Iy., the result is that there is about eix vecks' supply visible. Some of the cof- fee trade state that there is approxi- mately a two-month supply visible in the United States. In 1850 Rio de Janeiro exported | 1.343.484 bags and 3,513,368 in 1880. The city of Rio was the leading coffee port until the advent of the republic in 1889, when Santos held the lead, and has held it ever since. The average production of coffee iri Erazil is about 12,000,000 bags, of which over 50 per cent is produced in the State of Sao Paulo. Statistics of production of various crop years (crop vear is from July 1 to June 30) show that in 1886-87 the total Brazilian crop amounted to 6,078,000 bags, in 1896-97 the crop amounted to 8,680,000 bags, in 1906-07 tnere was a large crop of 19,654,000 bags and in 1916-17 the crop was 12,112,000 bags (bags are 132 pounds in weight). The 1923-24 crop is con- servatively estimated at about 15, 000,000 bags. while the crop for many questions and | are associa- | mature | E. FREEMAN, D. D., Washington. deeds of men and women who have adorned and enriched their age. This old abber is a center and source of inspiration to the Britisher and con- tinues to be the mightiest repository of the finest and highest of his ideals and acccmplishments. With large prepriety thev might inscribe over its portals the words, “Look upon the rock whence ve are hewn.” To culti- vate the habit of reviewing the past, of uuderstanding the motives and purposes of those wib wrought wise- |1y and well, of feeling Kinship of scul with the men and women who nave lived worthily and helnfully, is altogether profitavle. “I have da- termined to spend at least a h hour daily in the study and contem- plation of some lofty and noble SpIriL” was & fine Tesolve. Study of Life Profitable. A closer and more intimate study of our own life is a mighty profitable thing. How many men and women l0se zest and enthusiasm for life, be- come bored and satiated with its oc- cupations and even its pleasures, be- cause they have shut out from their bn the finer and better things of their youth. Our religious faith it- self demands for its refreshment and support a constant and intimate touch with the clearer and stronger impressions we gained in youth' plastic period. The earlier concep- tions of Christ and His noble teach- ! ings may be clurified and refined with the passing years, but_after all he has the best and mo®t satisfying a.th who can retain in mature life something of the simplicity and rich ness of that which he learned largely at his mother's knee. Long and fre- quent contacts with thosc in deep affliction has led me to the unalter- able cenviction that they who get the most out of their religion are the ones who can without shadowing doubts or fears call upon the faith of earlier days for strensth and com- fort. We too frequently think we disclose discrimination " and large | wisdom when we e the doors upon | earlie and ideals. Words- werth declared that there was not a man who lived but somewhere, some tine had known his Godlike hours. To cail up these hours—yes, to re- live them—to get away from the clamor and confusion of debates and discussions and to feel within that peace and quiet that proceed from a ecp If inarticulate religious conv tion. there is nothing comparable to it. Surely “the world is too much with us,” and too much contact with it dulls our finer sensibilties and renders us unresponsive to the richer and more sacred things of life. Keep some place in the complex scheme of things for soul culture; have some sure place of refuge. where the better and truer may find expression. Build up a line of communication with the real base of supplies, and so hold with satisfaction the best that is in the present and make secure the noblest that is in the future. (Copyright, 1921, by Corrent News Features, ne ine Likely War Continues Janeiro and Santo. order named. port of coffee from Brazil to the ed States in 1886-87 were 2. 31,100 bags, in 1897-95. 6,085.703 bags; in 1907-08, 5,348,048; in 1917-18, 5,761,964 bag: During the fiscal year 1913-14 the United States imported 743,113,500 pounds of coffee from Brazil valued at $76,016,463. In 1922 the United States imported from Brazil 802,546,870 pounds of coffee, valued at $98,932,292. In 1923 the United States imported 1,425,000,000 pounds of coffee valued at approximately $193,000,000, of which 934,758,879 pounds came from Brazil with a value of $115,881,266. The average per capita consumption of coffee in the United States in 1913 was almost 9 pounds, in 1918, 103z pounds; in 1921, slightly above 12 pounds, and in 1923 approximately 13 pounds. The United States has spent in Brazil alone over $1,000,000,000 for coffee since 1913. The United State is paying for coffee each day over $1.000.000. pirito in the Jack I:in_efiprove; “When potatoes won't sell the much- abused jack pine will” This, in es- sence, is the report that has just been recy ed by Secretary Wallace, who takes bird's-eye views of all the agri- cultural interests of this tremendous government, whose one big aim is to be completely self-sustaniing. ~Yes, I had a cash crop in potatoes last year, but I haven't been able to sell any for the last three years,” said one successful farmer in Wisconsin. He explained to A. E. Wackerman of the Lake States Forest Experiment Station how, in spite of this, he was “making a living off his farm." “What'd 1 do?" responding to Mr. Wackerman's _inquiry. “Worked on the roads in the summer and cut and hauled jack pine for the pulp mills in the winter. That's how to be a su: cessful farmer in Wisconsin these days.” Jack pine, once considered a “pesky nuisance” in Northern Wisconsin, is selling for an average of $1.50 a cord on the stump, and farmers who have with difficulty weathered the last two lean years are beginning to prac- tice the first elements of forestry in self-defense—and yet with a profit. 1t is pointed out by the Forest Sexv- ice that in Wisconsin the big pines are gone, but jack pine is still hang- ing on despite disastrous fires and local ignorance of practical forestry. Now that the farmers themselves are beginning to see what forested acres can mean in dollars and cents, when other crops fail, the gospel of refor- estation is winning many converts in that part of the country. - Uncle Sam Helping Santa Claus Along Santa Claus is now studying the supply of Christmas trees on which the_baubles and gifts will be hung some six months later and Uncle Sam Is helping Santa Claus to grow these Christmas trees. Instead of futilely berating a sen- timentally callous world for denud- ing our forests of young trees to supply the great annual Christmas tree market, the efficient conserva- tionists co-operating with Uncle Sam through the Northeast Forest kxperi- ment Station are trying out the pos- sibility of growing trees purposely to_supply the Christmas market. In _a plantation of two-year-old Scotch pine that this station has just initiated for experimental purposes in co-operation with the forest de- partment of the Massachusetts Agr cultural College, at Mount Toby, Mass,, Norway spruce Seedlings have also been planted on half the plots at the centers of the squares formed by the 6 by 6 foot spacing of the young pines. Here it will be possible to test out the feasibility of raising Christ- mas tree stock in mixture with a pine plantation, the spruce to be re- moved when it is large enough for 000 bags, which is a sharp decline from the previous year. The leading coffee-producing states following 1924-25 is estimated at nearly 7,000,- Sao Paulo- are Minas. Geraes, Rio QJ a ready sale. By thinning out the spruce in this fashion it is hoped that the growth of the other species will not be retarded. . N { Bridge, {and Farmer Life-Saver| THE SUNDAY STAR, ROM boss what will bridge-builder on be the greatest memorial in the world to fastidious = generalissimo at White House fungtions when the elite of the world mingle on the highest plane of social standing, to dredging brooks, weeding flower plots and run- ning restaurants—Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, Engineer Corps, U. S. A., with a proud record in two great wars, is Uncle Sam's “Handy Andy.” or “juck of all trades,” under the camouflaging title—"officer in charge of public buildings and grounds.” In one day's work he is artist ang arch Janitor and landlord. investor. purchasi zent, draftsman, engineer, land ardener, tree doctor, florist, promoter. canetaker, safety director. historian, social arbiter. announcer. exterior and interior decorator, cen- sor and protector of morals, fashion dictator, official host of the Nation's Capital,’ cusiodian of bu’ldings and monuments, builder of golf links, ten- nis courts, swimming pools and sand boxes—and other dutiex too numerous to méntion, but which in the sum total keep him the busiest of all the government workers in Washington Surely no one else has more varied employment, or shows greater Versa- tility in doing many things well. _If Col. Sherrill hadn’t got sick and tired of the humdrum routine of a 24-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week ob meeting trains down in the Tar icel State, he wou'dn’t have made the break that led to his becoming per- sonal escort to tie President on all official occasions. And vet it was th S-hour-s-week demand upon that trained the youth so well today he fits in o well taking charge of 50 many different jobs. Some of Hix Jobs. Besides being the President’s right- hand man, he has charge of the up- keep of the White House and grounds: in charge of all parks about the Capital, including Rock Creek Park, which is considered the finest much-used municipal park in the world; is a member of many com- missione, including the Public Build- ings Commission, Zoning Commission, tional Canital _Park Commission, and is exccutive officer of many more. such as_the Arlington Memorial the Lincoln Memorial, Grant Memorial, Mcade Memorial, John Er- icksson Memorial, - Titanic Memorial, and the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission: is in charge of the Washington Monument. in charge of most of the Government buildings in Washington, under the title of Superintendent of the State, War and Navy Buildings. That's just a rough sketch of some of his jobs. Well, just a little ‘more than 25 years ago he had his first experience in the Government service as transfer clerk in the railway postal service at Greensboro, N. C._1t was his duty to meet all the trains during the 24 hours of the day. “Fo: a growinz boy this no-sleep program was not condu- cive to peace of mind,” he recalls. Once Served In Philippine. Accordingly, when the late Repre- sentative Henderson announced that examinations for appointment to West Point Military Academy would be held in the neighboring town of Salis- bury, young Sherrill decided to try his luck against some 20 other aspir- ants for military honors. He came out first in the competition, entered West Point in 1897 and graduated four years later in his class of 14z | | CLAR] He got out in the last against the Just in time to take part stages of the fighting insurrection of the Fili- pinos in the Islands of Luzon and Mindanao, where he was stationed at the time of Gen. Pershing's cam- paign against the Moros During the Roosevelt administr tion he was assistant aide at White House. later was aide-dc- to Gen. Franklin Bell at Fort L work. especially during three of in rivers and harbors engincering work especially during three of t floods on the lower Mississippi . Then he was in charge of ull fications construction on the @ Canal under Clarence ards, chief of engineers When we went into the World he was sent to Boston as chi neer of the Department of U east. Later he trained the 30 neers of the W York Division 77, and took France. There they went top in the Argonne offensive, and Col Sherrill was one of the first to reach Whittiesey's famous “lost battal- ion.” At the end of the war he was with the 3rd Army of Occupation in Germany and was made chicf of staff of the 23th Division. Immediately after President ing was inaugurated Col, assigned to his present job, gradually extra work has b added, as it was found he would carry out efficienty any task intrusted to him gi- ~ i them to over the Duties at White Houxe. When the chosen representatives of the great nations of the National | Hard- | arth see this | WASHINGTO NCE 0. SHERRILL in gold of the scldierly braid figure military Chicf Executive to the Pre reception resplendent chaperon announcing guests a4 White Hou ihey do not realize that he dent at has a few hours previous been in con- sultation with the First Lady of the | Land abeut having a hall painted, a leak in the roof, er faw'ty or about some alterations ings. 1or Sherrill is in of the 1 intenanee and repairs in the | Whike boouse and on the White Hou grounds. In facl. right now he is pre rine plans under direct of President for fireproofing the roof of the White House, which has not been done since the' Executive Mansion was reconstructed in 1814, after being burned by the British 4 iy that Col. Sherriil rge of the parks gives but idea of what work is involved. He b Lridle tiaiis through the cool | woods. He has flower beds set out in hundreds o i ail | parts of the city & one of the best recreation grounds in th | country on the Anacostia flats. H has two nine-hole golf courses in st Potomac Park and a third under nstruction 1 in West ot mae Park and another near the Lin- coln Memorial; one nine-hole links in Rock Creck Park and two more under construction. He has fixed up score on scores of tennis courts ail ove National Capitol, and doz diamonds. e builds bathing He provides “love nests” for squirrels, lod for the and “twosing” benclies i | | or plumbing, in furnish- aches and nolice park charge | the | 4 faint | | eral | dow | taking 9 PART for thousands of courting couples and honeymooners. He keeps up the Speedway along the Potomac River, with miles of gardens along one side so varied that there are constant blooms. On the other side are the fomous cherry trees and the tourist camp for those who come by the great highways to visit their Capital City. Arrangex for Musie, Too. Besides operating in the proper sites for monuments, Sherrill makes arrangements for dedications and unveilings. keeps these statues clean and decorated. He prepares a program of band concerts so that all sections of the city can hear the best band music to be had anywhere regularly right in their own community. He arranges patri- otic parades, celebrations and decora. tions, and this includes the setting up of reviewing stands and pavillons, running all the way from the Presi- s reviewing of an inaugural p rade to a high cadet or 1%y out drill. Ax superintendent of the State and Navy buildings ne is responsible to three cabinet members for smooth running of the business machinery of the most important branches of the government. This includes the heat- ing, lighting, cleaning, information service, cafeteria facilities and other conveniences and comforts for the occupants. As exeéutive officer of nd Grounds Com - of the up-keep f 40 government made 1 an, to co selecting Col. school the v-aphic 155108 e nd matn- buildings zigantic buildings torn down, others otherwise ' recon- structed. It has necessitated the moyv- ing of entire government depart- ments and very frequently the trans- fer of burcaus and divisions He has put gratings on the win- of t Washington Monument prevent would-be suicides from the long leap. He has in the terests of public moruls put a ban parking of sparking automobiles unlighted py " of the parks. has prohibited the one-piece thing suit at the municipal bathing ch. He has made the recreation plices self-supporting by a system of permits and concessions that “the happiness, health and «fficien of the residents actually pay dividends to Uncle Sam.” he says His is one of the in amencies in the government sery 1ee ~—he bu, everything from putty and gravel, and flower pots and hose K p-nosts, motor vehicle arms and dynamite, have had [ hored up and i on in He. b argest purchas- a Thouxand~ on Pay Rolix. 500 his of He has some pay and appropriations from Congress burse and account for, so that under his offic the most intric ounting systems in the entire F Yet efficiently when he carpet he answer questions as: much t per hour to run the the Washington Monument p cont ittee will “How for cement?” courtesy” are of Col. Sherrill's office the busiest place in the place where you can of prompt and pleas- He is always eager to 1ny matter for the pub- persons on rolls, receives hundreds is one of servies so s the always all congressional donc ren goes on t such it in is ready “How to s does it e elevator or pe some tor on the com ask much do watchwords which tneu Capital always be ant attention co-operate in lic welfarc you pay and the one The Story the Week Has Told VRY W. BUNN. a brief sum- mary of the most important news of the world for the seven days ended July 26: * x ok ® The British Empire.—Stuart Mac- Laren, the British warld-fiyer, arrived at Paramusir Island in the Kuriles on July 23 ; Saskatchewan, Canada, has given up prokibition, substituting therefor government control and sale of lig- uors, British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba Alberta have the latter system. If ‘we are to believe the British, they are scarcely less unprepared than we are. For example, accord- ing to onme British complaint, France has five types of airplane.of a maxi- mum speed greater than 160 miles per hour, the United States has four types and Holland, one whereas Britain has none. The chief blame is charged to the air ministry, for methods tending to suppress origi- nality and progress. *x ok E X Germany.—The London conference of representatives of the allied pow- ers interested In German reparations (excepting Germany) and of the Uni- ted States to determine the procedure for putting the Dawes plan into ef- fect continues. The great problem. of course, is to find acceptable middle ground be- tween the conflicting British and Franch attitudes, as follows: One of the most important features of the Dawes plan is the proposed international loan of the equivalent of $200,000,000 for the immediate pur- pose of planting Germany on her qeonomic legs. S Britain wishes to see Germany planted firmly on her economic legs, Tn order that British trade with Ger: many may be revived and British Unemployment decreased. The French think that to this end the British would (should it seem necessary) sacrific reparations, the Republicans Commission and the Versailles treaty. In order to commend the loan to prospective investors they would (the French think) forego the right to put the screws on Germany should she again default on reparations pay- ments. The French wish to see the pro- roxed loan floated, but to another end—to wit, that Germany may be in plight to make sizable repara- tions payments, so that krance may obtain some relief in respect of her terrible burden of. debt. They fear lest Germany, planted on her economic legs by the loan, shoutd default, as of old, on reparations payments. They are unwilling to forego the right to apply “sanctions” (preferably determined in advance) in such case—the right of Krance (under the French interpretation of the treaty) to apply sanctions in- dependently should the other powers (as Britain in the case of the Ruhr) refuse to co-operate. Should Herriot yield any essential French rignts under the treaty he would not last two “minutes as premier. _‘That, roughly stated, is the great problem in issue to effect a compromise. That matter adjusted, agreement on the other problems before the con- ference would readily follow. * * ¥ X Armenian Refugees.—The Greek government has notified 50,000 Ar- menian refugees in Greece that they must leave that country, for the rea- son that Greek resources, aiready overtaxed to furnish relief for the Greek refugees from Anatolia, are quite inadequate to provide for the Armenians. The explanation is well within_the truth. It is up to the rest of the world to save the Ar- BY HE HE following menians. The Greek government has asked the League of Nations to at- tend to the evacuation and the lat- ter is preparing to do so. Lut whither are the Armenians to go The league council ha sked the Moscow government to permit the Armenians to rin their tellow racials in the Soviet Republic of Ar- menia in the Caucasus. The des- perately impoverished Greek gov- ernment hag spent what is to 1t the very considerable sum of 70,000,000 drachmas on the Armenians. iy Arabia.—Abd El Az 1bn aud, Emir of Nejd and El Hasa, is dead. He was not only the most powerful chieftain in the Arabian peninsula, but indeed also ofe of the most re- markable men in the world. Nejd is_the great highland interior plateau of Central Arab 1Its popu- lation, which is about a million, in- cludes the majority of the most war- like Bedouin tribes. It is largely desert or semi-desert, with mall oases sprinkled thereover, but it is remarkable for two great clusters of rich oases, one in the north, the other to the south and east. He who should control both these clusters of oases would be master of all would be in a favorable position for extending his control over the entire Arabian peninsular. Abd El Aziz wa: not, as his title might seem to imply master of all_Nejd, but his ancestor: from about 1750 to the second decad of the nineteenth century, were. Not only that, but by 1810 the Emirs of the House of Ibt Saud had almost re- stored under their leadership that unity of Arabia achieved by the first Caliph, Abu Bejr, but almost imme- diately lost. Then fortune frowned. Acting for the Turkish Sultan, that military genius, Mehemet Ali, invaded Nejd and overthrew the house of Ibn Saud. But ere long Mehemet Ali, having other fish to fry, went home, and the head of that house re-estab- lished the Emirate of (greater) Nejd. But outside Neid his mandate did not run, and within Nejd his power was precarious. About 1840 a rival house arose, that of Ibn Rashid, and established the Emirate of Jebel Shammar, with. its capital at Hail, in the northern cluster of oases. Iver since the two houses, that of Ibn Saud and that of Ibn Rashid, have disputed with varying fortunes the as- cendency of Nejd. Abd El Aziz, the hero whose death I have recorded, aspired, and reason- ably, to restore the glory of his house, brought low by Mehemet Alf, and to unify all Arabia under his sway. He was fitted for such a role. He was a magnificent cavalry leader, a very wise and just prince, a personality of extraordinary magnetism and charm, perhaps theé handsomest man in the world. ‘When the great war broke out Men Who Remove Hats In Elevators Criticized To the Editor of The Star: During the past five or six years I have frequently accompanied my hus- band to Washington, acting as his secretary. Like the Hon. Hashimura Togo, curiosity prompts me to “in- quire to know” just why the men in Washington remove their hats in an office building elevator in which women are passengers. This is not considered good form in any of the larger cities. Is it the men in Wash- ington are provincial? To women it seems silly, and so frequently the gesture is so reluc- tantly performed as to smack of disre- spect. Incidentally, I am informed that if the elevator operators are women that the men do not remove their hats. Why the distinction be- tween passengers and operators? Is one woman entitled to more respect than the other because she is & typist or clerk? Yours very truly, JANE NUNNALLY. | { things were goinz well with him. | espoused the lied cause. thenceforward he was _unfortunate With his rich British subsid King Hussein of Hejaz was able to entice nto his service many tribes normally ttached to the house of Ibn and for some reason the of Ajman forsook Abd F “till manazed to he sure to more hold his own azainst the pro-Turkish Ibn_Rashid, but he could not hope to_destroy him In 1915 a thing occurred which had a singular effect. Capt. Shakespeare British resident at the Court of Abd El Aziz, for whom the Emir enter- | tained a boundless admiration, was slain riding by the Emirs sidé into battle against Ibn Rashid. In con- sequence the Emir fell into a fatal gloom. He thought little on the conquest of Araby, much on his dead friend. Not that h neglected his |duty. Now and then he would sally forth and beat up Ibn Rashid. Once, i he fell on the army of King whom he loathed and d laughter. But gnificant that he failed to fol- low up that victor: Belike, he re- turned to his prayvers to Allah that his infidel friend might find admit- tance to the Mohammedan paradis. Well, as Lord Belhaven, Shakespeare's succéssor, says, “a hero has departed,” his son Turki predeceased him, but there was choice for the succession from among several able members of nderfull; able house. The n question is one of the great ions of the hour. In its settle- ment the house of Ibn Saud is like to figure importantly, if not decisively. * x ok * TUnited States of America.—Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana has accepted the invitation to run as vice presidential candidate on the ticket headed by Senator La Follette. In- stead of 206, as stated in my last number, 500 Filipino scouts, members of a secret society, organized to agi- tate for equality of pay with that of States, stationed in the Philippines, are to be tried by court-martial, charged with misconduct, disobedience of orders, mutiny. conspiracy and such- like behavior. * K ok % Athleties~The following is a rec- ord of the Olympics results since July 19: R The United States total in the aquatic contests was 217, Sweden second with 58, Great Britain third with 50, Aus- tralia fourth with 35 (total for the Brit- ish_empire, 87). Besides the new records noted in m: _— Poland Starting Plans to Build Port of Gdynia Arrangements have just been com- pleted for the construction of the port of Gdynia, near Danzig, the site assigned to Poland for an outlet to the sea. The work, which is to begin immediately, is to be completed by January, 1930. The estimated cost of the enterprise is 35,000,000 gold francs, which will be paid by the Polish government in seven yearly installments, the first payment to be made in 1927. An additional contract for port equipment, such as cranes, etc., will be signed shortly by the Schneider-Creuzot firm, the estimated cost of., this supplementary work being 15,000,000 gold francs. The depth of the port will be 33 feet, thus enabiing large vessels to enter. This is the first important investment of French capital in Poland. the regular soldiers from the United | He | last But | States, | Bauer, United world record kstroke (women) States, a new the 100-meter free new world rec- reiay (men) United Stat ord for the 100- issue Miss Sybil a nev for the 106-m Weissmuller, Olymp ord for 800-m s Ethel equaled the worid's re meter free style (women) Our women took six of seven first s in the woman's events and our six of cizht first places in the Vs events. Our reprezentatives sweep of the tlennis won the men's singles, Frenchman, Cochet, in the finals. Miss Helen Wills won the women’ singles. beating Mlle. Viasto of France (of Greek extraction) in the final; Rich- ards and Hunter won the men's dou- bles: Miss Wills and Mrs. Wightman wen the women's doubles and Wiiliams and Mrs. Wightman won the mixed doubles. Williams showed playing through the an injured ankle. The cycling marathon of 117 as won (tcam and _individual) nce. Our team finished tenth The gymnastic competition W by the Italian team, France secol a clean Richards the made events. beating fine sportsmanship. tournament with miles by won Our | team was fifth Our men ran up a total of 38 points in the boxing competition: Great Britain second_with 30 (total for British em- pire, 37) The British empire captured three firsts against two for the United States. On July 21 (with a few minor events still to be contested or completed) our | grand Olympics rating was 95; France being second with 47. * ok Some time ago the Herriot government of France an- nounced the intention to grant de jure recognition to the Moscow gov- ernment. It has not done so—appar- ently it does not dare. 1t is reported that Primo de Rivera has decided to end (after a demon- stration in force) the Spanish mili- tary occupation of the Spanish zone of Morocco, except for strong garri- sons to hold a few coast towns and fortresses (Mellla, Ceuta and Tetuan being the chief towns) and limited hinterlands thereof and except for some volunteer detachments for puni- tive expeditions, should these be found necessary. There are at under the Spanish flag about troops, including 20,000 natives the foreign legion of 6,000. The Fascista militia is not, as was rumored, to be incorporated into the Ttalian Army. It will remain a part, an instrument of Fascismo. But it is to be recognized in the interest of discipline, the insubordinate and obstreperous elements will be weeded out. In consequence of the Matteotti affair Mussolini fell into a state of dismal depression which lasted for weeks and alarmed his admirers, but he is now quite himself again. There is a good deal of worry about this year's crops in Russia— not that there is fear of re-enact- ment of the 1921 tragedy, or anything approaching thereto, but a good deal of distress from underfeeding is ap- prehended. The 1921 tragedy was largely due to inadequate transportation. The transportation_facilities have since been greatly improved. Peking and Moscow are about to exchange Ambassadors. The Russian Ambassador_at Peking will be the astute M. Karakhan. ~As the other powers are represented at Peking by Ministers only, M. Karakhan will be the dean of the diplomatic body. It might not be amiss that the other powers should be represented by Am- bassadors at the capital of the most numerous and by no means the last capable or important nation in the world.” It is rumored that Japan will follow Russia’s lead. It Is not yet possible to form a definite estimate of the situation in the state of Sao Paulo, Brasil, where a rebellion is in process, but apparently the federal government is gettésg the upper hand. Miscellaneons.— Morocco 96,000 and present in to dis- | STEEL PRIC NOTHER legal battle, rivaling in intensity: the greatest cor- been waged before the United Supreme ourt, is threatened the forthcoming development in the outstanding surprise of the last few days of government bolishment of the Pittsburgh { plus price as a basis for steel prices all over the United States. Time- honored and regarded for years as a thorn in the side of the Midwest and Far West purchaser of steel, the Pittsburgh plus system of rates for steel west of the Alleghenies has been completely upset by an order issued by the Federal Trade Comm sion enjoining the United State: Corporation that it must, effective immediately, abandon the fictitious | freight rate basis on which it sells steel from its mills at Chicago, Mil- | waukee, Birmingham and other jpoints. ' The commission went fur- ther than holdin the system to be a mere system of prize discrimina- It also held that use i Pitts- as a basing point for steel joeld at poiuts outside of Pittsburgh i.0d adding the fictitious freight rate f om Pittsburgh to the point of sale. b it in Nebra ka and the steel man. Jactured in Chicago, was an ur wnethod of competition, in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act States as ings Struggle In Expected | Although indication has forthcoming from that giant ! American industrial United Sta there seems {minds ot familiar - with |methods in Washington that it 1Eive up without a strugele the fAvor- lable and “discriminatory” Pittsburgh- plus system. Therc is ample prece. dent that the steel corporation, beat- the Federal Trade Commiission, | 1 has no power of enforcement | will take an appeal to court, and will [earry its case to the Suprem of the United States. if necessary, in |order to retain the old-established and favorable P’ittsburgh-plus rate. | In a nutshell. the Pittsburgh-plus [gystem works in this way: It is used {by the United States Steel Corpora- tion and its subsidiaries in quoting |prices on rolled steel products manu- {factured at and shipped from their {plants outside Pittsburgh at a Pitts- burgh base-price plus an amount equivalent to what the railroud freight charge on such products uld Le from Pittsburgh to the customer's destination if such prod- ucts were actually shipped from Pittsburgh, Under this system the corporation | pays the actual freight charges on the | products from the mills where the prod- |ucts are manufactured to the cus- tomer's destination, but the custamer {pays the freight from Pittsburgh i Inother words, if a builder in Omahz {buys struetural steel from the Chi cago mi the company. he pays s if the product were the way from no been monz the Corporation the its concerns, s Steel little men question | rate sent all W freight jheing burigh Practice Discriminnting. The commission, in a case itself, found this practice dis- criminatory and prejudicial in no un- Acrtain terms. Among other things. it found that it is contrary to the public interest: that jt is made pos- ble Ly the dominant position occu- pied by the United States Steel Cor- poration: that it lessens and elimi- nates competition and destroys compet- | itors; that it is price discrimiration not in god faith to meet competition 1 cen Pittsburgh: that it adds millions of dollars an- nually to the cost of steel product nd lastly, and most important to the middle west user of steel, it cally adds $30,000.000 to the cost steel products paid by farmers eleven western states, besides creasing prices generally That the findings of the commission rleased theinde: ntsteel producers is un open secret, for. if enforced, t ruling of the commission will steel again on the open mark the discriminatory price arrange- ments which have been in effect for many years. And the United State el Corporation regards the find- as_highly important also, for Judge Gary has characterized the case as the “greatest lawsuit before the country.” S0 widespread against_Pittsburgh the United States ates joined in fight the practice, and sending their own State officis to Washington to appear in the lengthy and involved proceedings be fore the Federal Trade Commission which have resulted in the abolish- ing order. These States are Alaban Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Flori Georgia, Idaho, Ilinois, Indiana by | ters except unnecessary in . minus ing had the plus beco: generally that an association to engaging attorneys feeling e over Is Hope of Ind (Continued from First P: Senator La Follette, bearer of the Progressives this year, is not talking for publication now. But his organization has just publish- ed a pamphlet setting forth his views on a number of live gestions. One of them is “new political parties.” Un- der this caption he is quoted—from his autobiography in 1913—as follows: the standard Issues Not Leaders Required. 1 do not believe that it lies in the power of zny ome man or group of men successfully to proclaim the cre- ation of a new political porty, give it life and being and ment and perpetuity. N. are brought forth from time to time as thely heralds and have been called to leadtrship and command. But the leaders did not create the party. It was the ripe issue of events. It came out of the womb of time, and no man could hinder or hasten the event. No one can foretell the coming of the hour. It may be near at hand. It may be otherwise. But if it should come quickly, we may be sure Strong leadership will be there.” This statement made eleven years ago, it is no secret, expresses the b, lief of Senator La' Follette to In his insistence that he run on a third independent ticket, and not as the head of a new party, he has had this in mind, although it is true that the mechanics of organizing a new party. and the fact that such organization might have injured his progressively minded friends in the Senate and House, whom he hopes to see re- clected on the Republican or Demg cratic tickets undoubtedly had its in- fluence also. Believed in Liberals. Nor is it any secret that Senator La Follette, who has been heart and soul in the progressive movement for many, many years, has believed that eventually there must come the di- vision politically between the so- called liberal groups in this country and the conservative. That eventual- ly, a new, liberal party would be formed. In Wisconsin, where Senator La Follette, leading the Progressives, gained conirol of the Republican or- ganization, he worked through the old party. But in the national fleld, the Progressives have not yet been able to dominate either of the older parties, it is said, and therefore the organization of a' new liberal party is looming up. It will be recalled that the Conference for Progressive Poli- tical Action, which in convention in Cleveland indorsed the candidacy of La Follette for President, voted to meet again in January to consider at that time the formation of a new po- litical party. In other words, it is bid- ing its time till the country has dem- poration fights that have ever | procegd- | will | Court | Pitts- | initiated | throw | and groups of men have come forward | E WARFARE U. S. Arrayed Against Trust—What “Pittsburgh Plus” Means. |lowa, Kans; Kentucky. Louisiana Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mis- ppi, Missouri, Me na, Nebraska cvada, New Mexico, North Dakota. | Oklahoma, Oreagon, Rhode Island |South Carfoltna, South Dakota, Wis |consin and Wyoming. Four of these 1linois, Tow Minnesota and | Wisconsin, acting under special leg uthorit filed briefs and d arguments before the co | i Several Courses Open. Several are open 1o the | steel corporation. It can immediate: :\N‘Elll legal proceedings, taking a |appeal to the Court of Appeals; it can | bein partial compliance with the or der, or it can disregard the order eu tircly and proceed as befere, basing | the price of delivered steel’ on the Pittsburgh rate. That it will take |the Jatter course is hardly conceiv- able, but if it does. the commission | may’ institute injunction proceedings to_enforce its order The pract 1 effect will work out as follow with by the steel company: Tt will build up all steel producing and con- suming scetions outside of Pittsburgh which are now held back by that <y tem; will return to the Western and Southern steel users the natural ad- vantage of locat which is taken |from them by the system It was found that the plus system permitted the Pittsburgh competitors of the Western 1 to share the Western territory but prevented the Western steel users from sharing the territory and prevented sers for the mort of their courses of the order | if complied n from compering eust Elimination of the system. t mission h raves Chicago users the same advantage | tervitory which @e Pittsburgh users would have in the Pittsburgh territory will decentrali the industry and decer industries which use ccture of thei products, which may work to the dis advantage of Pittsburgh, but wil benefit the country rally: w Yiiminat. less cr hauis by the of stec] which now exists und the plus system, will climinate dis criminatory v charged by Steel prodie Snsume the same n price con petition ame producers Muxt Reveal We been It ng e oth in the manu ° the « < o steel the Prices. Ma pla have burgh 1 lus s 1o apen. if the the pbrice conc inatory various poration be elimina ducers wil actly how and how much fo it will prevent any other fieig on’ their steel Now, there may ishment of the groat busines Uy tuining over annual his the commissior white the clin burgh plus system will marketing conditions in {dustry. there ix no fear that bu: unduly distur no nd an o Pi other industries without it As business will not be di commission points ont that plus was abandoned duri being put biack before th on the advice of Judge Gary disturbance was noted Orizin of the The Pittsbursh {inated in 1303 after the { the United Steel It began at time the price-fixi reem pools and trade t was used as t form Pittsburgl out of the Ga ter hud ended, the pools, price-fixin ete The fictitious users have been Pittsburgh plus illustrated by the few instunces. For example. on new Federal Reserve Bank Building in Chicago, the imaginary freight steel alo: amounted to more 00, which went to one panies joi the large corporation. in vear Manitowoc Ship Bail Company baid the Tilinois Steel Company $140.- 000 as imaginary freight which the ard and the ay in the in be ably N ern steel the Iment of the diserin among tha s system w fon” steel pro Charge for stecl ul freight, and n from charging than actual fieig 0 much t e a fear that abo em will 1t Viliions of dolla ind it says tha the Pitts revolutionizs steel i veq for ar ditions wiil be thereby, noting tha u ter i cd other a rzous lus get al \tion turked, Pitt=burgh e WoE ar closed and no ni th Syxtem. plus system ot 03 formation Corporation. a basis for meetin After that busis for the uni rices developed ors, and after the the place of ade meetings, States fre pay e w of Federal taxp. last analy Procecdin, in the case {much expert both sides appearing tion of the before the Tasted many testimony more or pra commission months and was heard on 125 witnesses inst continua- Birth of New National Party ependent Forces | onstrated whether there is a real de- | mand for such a new organization. The progressive movement in this country has manifested itself in many forms. These manifestations have made it possible in a limited way to define a progressive as contradistinet from, a_conservative. One of the early’ manifestations was the demand in Wisconsin and in lowa for rail- road reform, for the regulation of the transportation systems by thh Government. La Follette was dominant figure in that fight. In his State he and his backers stood fo many other reforms in the interest of the people. The so-called “Wis- | consin_ideal* was born. For years Senator La Follette, in the national field, presented his platform in the Republican national conventions, and his platforms have been given only unfavorable attention in thoss conventions. But the legislation he recommendéd in those platforms in years that followed was adopted in Very large part A progressive, e it. has first terests of the people ative, as the DProgressives see him, has first in his heart the good of special interests. interests of which he is a part or which dominate and control his political life. It would be folly to say that all men- and women of a consérvative turn of mind have no interest in the good of the people. But generally speak- ing, the so-called conservatives have been content with things as they are and have not fathered the so-called Progressive measures. Deny Dixcontent Ix Basix. The Progressives interested in the La Follettg candidacy frown upon the suggestion that the movement now under way is the result solely of dis- content in the argicultural es be- cause of low prices for farm prod- ucts. They say that the low accorded the farmer are considerable - extent to the lack of proper measures to safeguard the people gener2lly, and that the dis- content which has arisen 1s another manifestation of progressive move- ment. but not its cau The cause of progressiveism has been strongly suppurted for yeace ia the up per Mississippi Valley. It is there, it is pointed out, that the people come of pioneer stock. The settlers came from New England and from the sturdy stock of the early Southern colonies. They came.too. in tha “40s™ from Germany, Norw, rance, wien the liberty loving men and women of those countries were sorely tried at home and sought for freedom in im- migration to the United States. And 50 today. the Northern States of the Middle West are leading in the fight for the Progressive ticket. as the progressives in his heart the in- The conserv- ]