Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1924, Page 19

(Continued from First Page.) Government employes never can yield that spirit of accommodation that em- vloy of private enterprise must furnish in order to maintain the re- Dute of their competitive enterprise and its standing in the community. “A much larger issue lies in the in- equality with which facilities will be providea over this continent 3,000 miles wide. It mightly important 10 have cars and kilowatts when they are needed. 'The economic life of somebody is stifled every time they are not available. Every fit of na- tional economy will cause them to fall behind future need. Every distriet 2nd group of the politically weak will have to do without some measure of their need. Today there is no remedy for failure in service: there is no rem- edy against the Government With ownership of public utilities | vested in the Government. every tax paver would pay every loss of capi- tal, directly or indirectly. from taxe rates, whether he liked it or not, r. Hoover added. asserting thit “when individuais enter upon a fool- ish project they pay for it. but if the Government does the same thing both the foolish and the wise must pay for it. Today the combined util- | ities contribute about $600,000.000 in taxes to the Federal and local ¢ ernments. It is unlikely that in ernment operation our Federal Gov- | ernment will pay taxes to the States | or the States to counties out of util- fiy rates. Thus the local govern- | ments would need to find other | sources of revenue. If the customers | of thesc utilities and taxpayers | Were identical in their participation | it would not matter. but it happens | that utilitics have a larger ratio of | investment and taxes in the farming | districts than they have in the cities. 1t would damage the farmer of Massachusetts but 3 or 4 per cents| to denude the State of utility taxes, but it would increase taxes 40 per | cent in many agricultural counties in | other States. And, above all, if the | history of other governments oper- | iting utilities counts, the inefficiency in government would not be taken up in rate increase. by which the actual | uscr pays, but Ly lumping it onto the | taxpayer. : Effect on Labor. “The next question to examine whether the employes would benefit by being incorporated into the Gov- ernment service. The first and fore- most result of such wn operation would be a dispute over the right to strike. It is by no means certain that # Government can continue as a Gov- ernment and admit the right of Gov- nment employes in vital ser to settle commis- ated th ries to any sion, or they will have dele; ontrol over expenditur 1e basis of democracy. In any event. | under Government ownership ployes must in final analysis bars with legislative bodies, and barsain- ing will rest not upon economic, need | or economic strenxth, but on political | potence. The Federal em- | ployes, denying themselves the right | have just now, after cight| vears, succeeded in getting some of their deserved inere in pay. The public utility employes have had them | already ars. Their wages are today highest real wage in the| world | By this vast venture that is pro- | posed to us we would at onee increase tie total of national and local office tolders up Lout 6,000,000, The | rightful int of ihis group is in higher pay, constantly better condi tions of s Jetter standard, of Tiving. hiful public inter est will be d down rates and | taxes. These interests will clash and | their clash must figxnt itself out not | on grounds of economic bargaining | between labor and employer, but in | the political arena. The voting | strength of this mass of office hold- | ers, their wives and dependents, will over 25 per cent of the whole. It is the balance of political power be- tween parties in every district. Either every member of the leg will be elected to do th | this bureaucracy or will be el v | a public in rebellion again | Lose Democracy in Storm, | “No commission or any body of ad ministr. ’ se vast operation i t | volitical | t of our! Some have assumed that the polit leal strenxth of this t mass of cmployes will enable then to dictate the election of Uive- members | and thus secure their desir means the creation of anothe the arraving of class class, | perhaps the most dangerous tendeney in | our politics today “It substitutes internal pull and ex ternasl polities for individual endeavor. It puts & dumper on achieve ic premium on wire pulli It penal- | jal——lalc———[thlc———]a|c———]d] bilipsbnm THE OUTER 2 m [ Presentiag the Season Evening HNina Dig | & | per annum that | present | must be had, neither’seniority n €08 TO 614 ELEVENTH STREET. OF SILVER BRGCADE CLOTH STAR. WASHINGTON, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP DESTRUCTIVE|AMUSEMENTS TO DEMOCRACY, SAYS HOOVER T (Continued from Eighteenth Page.) izes wholg hearted devotion to work." | Absent from the stage, the attraction Mr. Hover quoted from the remarks lapses into mediocrity. Ve of Samuel Gompers, president of the | This Miss Arnold, of which there American Federation of labor, in aiare two in the cast, yields not one speech at Montreal in 1920, in which |iota to any one in pulchritude, vivac- Gompers said, “If T were In & minority | jty, execution. A mere lass with un- of one in this convention, T would |sharn locks, she presents an interest- want to cast my vote so that the jng study in contrasts. Versatility is men of labor shall*not willingly en- | another of her assets as she Sings. slave themselves to government | 4an ey, plays the violin, s authority in their industrial effort for | 41 commendably. freedom.” Aside from Mi " is simply Arnold, a burlesque “Round the Destroy Incentive to Invention. which overnment ownership would de- | stroy all competition in invention and ! mechanical progress in utility fields, | Mr. Hoover siid. “The essence of | progress is that we shall have few mechanical invention. new ideas in administration, new developments in service. By this operation we de- stroy the competitive market for new invention and new ideas, for their; value is determined by competitive bidding. A must sell his invention to the highest bidder. If B demonstrates unusual administrative ability he has an enlarged market .or his services with competitors. The C railway ex-| periments on @ new improvement to! attract customers. Neither Congres: ! nor administrators an appraise the| value of these things. | “America has made the most mar- | velous advance in the history of man | in the technology and administration of transportation and applied elec-| tric Can any one believe that| this invention, this courage, this ap- | plication, this stimulation to genius, that our nation has brought forth] would ever have developed under a| board of directors of 5.0 members| of Congress and hundreds of mem-| bers of State Legislatures? Govern- ment utilities in other parts of the world get their technology from us o far as | am aware. no single ital invention has ever come out of vernment-owned utilities. Science | only at the threshold of its house of wonders. It may even solye methods of transportation that would cause the abandonment of railways to the taxpayer as it would have done to nationalization of the stage couch, of Courtesy Experiment Not Worth Gamble. experiment of Government is not worth the gamble Federal and local ‘govern- can give the public lower Mr. Hoover declared. “If the ent is to reduce rates it must either by the saving of private | profits or by reducing operating ex- se or lumping them on the tax- payer. During the past four years the railroads have on an average earned less than 4 per cent on the In- terstate Commerce Commission val- uation. en if this value were re- duced 5 per cent. they would Lave earned only 5 per cent. Our utilities are regulated at! s between § and § per cent on r invested capital. The Govern- ment could not borrow the huge sums necessary at less than 5 per cent.> | “In a sale to the Government the | constitutional requirements would for varivus legal reasons probably re- sult in a much larger sum than the $40.000.000,000 of present valuations | s und others the wasteful distribution of the hundred and fifty million of capi- tal invested annually in the post office, reclamation_service, Shipping Board, rivers and harbors and roads, would not be u patch on the waste in appro- en our legislative bodies = to handle two billions of new capital outlay. ior all these reaxons 1 am convinced interest charges alone to the jovernment would be larger than the utility profits, and no econ- omy lies there. Rather the way of the prodigal, electrical Economy Must Decrease. Nor can the Government operate as economically- @s private enterprise. If we take over nearly three million new employes into public service we must put them under an airtight civil service, to be hired by a stparate commission and promoted by senior- | ¢ apd at once we have created a bu- reaucracy. Otherwise, we would have newrly three millton jobs to be given out and a political dcbauchery un- paralleled in all history. | “There are certain inherent qualities of { bureaucracy in its deliberative action, | the necessity to maintain joint responsi- bility, its enlargement of “red tape” de- signed Lo prevent ervor in judgment and | onduct, all of which arc perhaps an in purey governing fune. ons, bat they b - disaster *when *pplied to -the -rapidity of movement sital to busin and service. Numbers increase ¥ task. The alterna- tive is political favoritism. And at the top. where exceptional talent and genius r com- nor politics will or find it. It is one thing to ster, but another to ¢ president. petitive examination ecure 00 choos GARMENT SHOP. ‘s Swmartest Modes in Slippers “Nina” Silver brocade, silver kid trim. Spanish heeis possibly approaches vulgarity at times. ' The comedians are only fair, and the show boasts no strong male character. Female headliners carry the score, Misses Russell, Jackson, Lew and Lucia Arnold being better than the average. Added attractions are scheduled for the waning nights, including wres- tling, amateur night and auction night, in the order named Strand—"Venetian Masque- raders. The Strand has an unusu dance and song act as t thix week. Olga Boehm, esque prima donna, who Iy clever headliner the statu- leads the 608 to 614 D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER company, has a sympathetic voice, which is shown to advantage in her vocal selections. The dancing is full of pep. Both setting and costumes are attractive. A unique animal act, Lady Alice's Pets, Is the opening number of the bill and will have wide appeal for children, especially. Currier and Mec- Williams give a skit entitied “The Act Different” that is well thought out and popular. Most of the comedy of the bill is presented by two teams, Marie Sabbot and George Brooks, in “A Terpsichorean Cocktail,” and Harry Ward and Harriet Raymond, who call themsclves “mirthologists,” and. apparently, not without reason from the response of audiences early o] ——— o] ——=|8|c—=|p|lc——|a]———]al]c———]o|c———=]a|]c——=]1] w gbilipsborn ELEVENTH ST. A Supreme Event--- An Offering of C}larming’ Froéks Marked at the price 525 There are only about 300 in the collection— Frocks for Street —and Afternoon —and Dinner —and Evening Of most efigaging moaes and effective de- signs. Crépe Satin WOO’ Cun‘fl’l Georgette Velva Broche —in the newest of the fall Black, Ascot Blue. Navy. Penny. Rosewood., etc. Women’s and Misses’ sizes (0] [a]e——alale—=—alal—ie— o] ———|o]——=x| L 7 People who like good CANDY slice Oh Henry! Largest Ladies’ Exclu- 30, 1924, this week. The film, “The Man Without a Heart,” is one of those modern so- clety dramas with matrimonial mix- ups that are cleverly straightened out so as to please best all con- cerned. Jane Novak and Kenneth Harlan are featured. Company Transferred. Company C, 13th U. S. Engineers, has been transferred from Camp Cus- ter, Mich., to Fort Humphreys, Va. e The United States has one tele- phone for every nine inhabitants, and Italy has one for every 300. sive Apparel Shop in Washington |[——=]0] special Pojret Turll Faille Silk Brocades Lace sl\adcs—Rust. 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S:lver krocade, Span- isL. hazls, for Bridge and Mah Jongg ‘Radium Compound | —is remarkably effecs tive in many afflic- tions of the nasal membranes, such head colds. nasal catarrh, etc. Try a tube of this prepara- tion of real merit, price— 50c At All O'Donnell’s Stores “Cotillion” Silver Brocade, Span- ish heels, Cuban heels, low one-inch heels, 8350 Straizht lines and gorgeous fabrics is the fashion theme of fall's sma-test evening dresses—and here are presented even.ng slippers of satin, plain or bro- caded, in tones to hermonize with lovely shades for evening wear. Nor should we fail to emphasize the good quality and trim fit of these slippers for both are of great importance. e Oy for the Children : the purity as’ | And mlnfiy mothers, lmowi\}af and the fine quality of Oh 1, keep a dish of Oh Henry! sliced all of the time so that when the children want sweets, they can always have a slice of this delicious, candy. Your children will just love Oh Henry:! \ and for a GOOD CANDY to have handy at home! Economical, too! For remember that Oh Henry! isn’'t a “bar candy,”’ but a {:: candfi made in the sizeof a to sell at 10c for the convenience of people who don’t want much candy at a time. . . . but do want D eandyl | | | | | overcoating of milk chocolate! m;;. Oh Henry!mA';d ?n;'; candy as you ever slicing it. ,;Oeubuevaryvhan- EIEEE:EEEEEEEEHEE