Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1925, Page 41

SAYS LAXITY HURTS | WASTE CHECKAGE Inadequate Records Cause of Failures, Distributors’ Committee Finds. Practical steps to check the wastes n marketing, characterized by Secre- fary Hoover as being of vast impor- 1ance, are outlined in a survey of the E: of Doing Business,” the which were made public|p! esterday in preparation for the gen- ~rai meeting of the Nutionui Distribu lon Conférence to be held here Tues- day and Wednesday The survey, made by & committee Tomorrow’s THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, iWASHINGTON’S WILL DISPLAYS HUMANE VIEWS ON SLAVERY Anniversary of His Death Recalls How Thoughtfully and Generously He Regarded Welfare of Old Servants in Freeing Them. Tomorrow marks the 126th anniver- sary of the death of George Washing- ton, who passed away December 11, 1799, at the age of sixty-seven. That he, as was the custom among the landed proprietors of Virginiu and other Southern States, was a slave holder, 1s well known. slavery are not so generally i stood, and while it may not be a sur- @ to many that on his death he i 1 his own slaves, the provisions no pressure will in this resneet are of much st. t the clause in our Constitution | tha permitting slaver | His views on| The under- ht influence | memt nd the was a comy own is not open to dispute. s which allows of the slaves, up to 1808, was, without doubt, the final adjustment upon which the compromise was effected. Sworn to Secrecy. Constiutional be remembered, nt sworn to r deliberatior the at body. only Convention publ fairly nd that portion importation of as by sy Te in order opinion decisions of the How perfectly secret was kept is only too well adequate report of the discussions which we have today is contained in the Madi- son_papers, being the personal diary of James Madlison, kept by him dur- ing those trying days in’ Philadelphia from May to September, 1787, while that convention was in session. Even these pupers were not made public until after the death of Madison in 1836, when Congress bought them from his widow and xuthorized their publi- cation, more than fifty years after the events had taken place. Even these papers do not com- pletely report the bitterness and acri- mony of the disputes which took place, nor do they give any indication of Washington's personal views on the slavery debate. Washington, in_his capacity as presiding officer, carefully adhered to parliamentary usage in taking no active part in the discus- ot |slons. It is more than likely, how- ever, that his judgment and counel ~ere sought at informal consultitions luring the recesses of the convention. | Whether or not the compromise re | sulting was at his suggestion, or with his approval, we can only surmise. A reading of his will does throw de- cided light on his personal attitude. D. ©, After providing that his wife, Mar- tha Washington, shall have the “use and profit and benefit of his whole estate, real and personal,” during her life, there follows this clause: Terms of Will. “Item—Upon the decease of wife it and desire that all the slaves which 1 hold in my own. right shall receive their freedom. To eman- clpate them during her life would, though earnestly wished for by m be attended with such insuperable d ficulties on account of their intermi: ture with the dower negroes as to ex- cite the most painful sensations, if not disagreeable consequences, from the latter while both descriptions are in the occupancy of the same propri- etor, it not being in my power under the tenure by which the dower ne- groes are held to manumit them. And whereas, among those who will re- celve freedom according to this de- mise, there may be some who from old age or bodily Infirmities and others who on account of thelr infancy that will be unable to support themselves, it is my ire that all who come under ption shall be cc DECEMBER 13, 1925—PART 1. and fed by my helrs while they live, and that such of the latter description as have no parents living, or if living are unable or unwilling to pyovide for them, shall be bound by the court uj til they shall arrive aj the age of years, and in cases where no record can be produced whereby their ages can be ascertained the judgment of the court upon ite own view of the subject shall be adequate and final. Forbids Sale. “The negroes thus bound are (by their masters or mistresses) to be taught to read and write and to be brought up to some useful occupation, agreeably to the laws of the Common- wealth of Virginia, providing for the support of orphans and other poor children—and I do_ hereby expresslv forbid the sale or transportation out of the sald Commonwealth of any slave I may die possessed of under any pretense whatsoever, and I do moreover most positively and most solemnly enjoin it upon my executors hereafter named, or the survivors of them to ses that this clause respecting slaves and every part thereof be re- ligiously fulfilled at the epoch at which it is directed to take place with- out evasion, neglect, or delay after the crops which may then be on the ground are harvested, particularly as it respects the aged and infirm, see- ing that a regular and permanent fund be established for their support 50 long as there are subjects requiring it, not trusting to the uncertain pro- visions to be made by individuals.” There follows a clause providing for his personel “mulatto man,” ziving him his independeuce at once, if he 80 _desires. The actual reading of the above clause throws an intimate light on ‘Washington's extreme thoughtfulness, showing, at its does, the consummate care exercised that his wishes might in no manner be misconstrued. The provisions regard the aged and infirm, the children, can only serve more firmly to endear this great man who, leaving no children of his own, is so proudly called the father of an entire nation. The Chicago Sckeool of Art teaches housemaids how to re- ceive callers, recelve telephone calls | and other duti Domestic | 2! DEMAND " “PHILLIPS" MILK UF_MAGNESIA Accept only genuine “Phillips,” the original Milk of Magnesia prescriber by physicians for 50 years as an ant cid, faxative, correc 25-cent bottles, also contain directions— g store epresentative of all classes of dis- ributors, constitutes the first con erted effort on the part of business o trace all the items of marketing expenses that go to make up the consumer’s dollar, which are found to range from 24 cents in the case of meats to 52 cents in the case of furniture. The report of Buy Now—Pay Philiip Levy Co. in 1926 Make It a Furniture Christmas! BB NLEIZTIRNE SRy + the committee, of which Robert R. Ellis, president of he Hessig-Ellis Drug Company of Memphis, is chairman, discloses’ in sharp outline the difficulties that are ed in attempting to check tes in m . which are ountab) e public mind nd consequent high re due, the committee to the lack of uniform and adequate cost records Urges Adequate Records. Adequate records,” the committee | ays in its repe ntelligent budget- ng and planning and the adoption of other recoguized policies of efficient serchandis constitute important means of cring the cost of dis iribution.™ Progress in this direction has been 1ade’ in some of the retail trades, the urvey discloses, and to some extent in wholesale trades, but information on manufacturers’ distribution ex nenses is meager. This the committee attributes to some extent to Govern- inent restrictions in the past upon the nterchang: information between in the same kind of competition is char- as a burden upon distribu-| of some manu alers to reduce = unprofitable tricting their | which can be 3 s regarded r significance The retailer is absolved of a la part of the costs of marketing usu: lassified as retailer’s Classifying retail expenses according t the exten » which they are under the control of the merchant it is disclosed that in many instances tl retailer {s responsible directly forless | than 7 cent of the cost of re-| tailing. Which of the so-called ‘sery i veniences aitributory upon the conditions ch a business is conducted. Percentage High. “In retall furniture stores this ex pense is more than 11 per cent of the total st of doing business; in r¥ stores and hardware amounts to about 9 per n'i‘):l.‘ automoblle tive and accessory f 7 While these - to certain r tice differs in s, und the com found it Impossible to ap- | even roughly the propor- ! st of these services and con ces as reluted to the total cost! f ribution | “In studying wholesale expenses of | was necessary 1o Adistinguish between different methods of distr! In_ some cases the | manufacturer deals direct with the re- | tailer, thereby causing the wholesale | functions to bhe performed by elther | or both of these distributors. In other instances the distribution of commodi- | ties follows the so-termed ‘conven-| tinal' method wherein the merchan. | dise flows from - manufacturer to wholesaler. tn retailer. It should he | mphasized that the price paid by the | aistributors in each of these stages | neludes all costs and profits preced ng the acquirement of the merchan “ dise.” Attention is also calied to the en.u-.“ 10use wastage due to fallure, amount.- | ing in the aggregate to more than | $500,000.000 annuaily, from 35 to per cent of which is alleged to be| fraudulent or tinged with fraud i MAYoh"BdOSTm'GEERLm.j acterized tion. The tendency 53 Delivers Here {8 & bargain for you. Oblong extension table, beautiful buffet with lined silver drawer, 6 genuins leather seat dining chairs with straight-top rail instead of rounded, as shown; nicely finished in wal- nut finished gumwood. Onl; 3 $ 9 Z .50 Balance on. Easy Te‘rml 'Give “Her” a Cedar Chest 50c a Week Pays for One A most desirable and sensible gift to wife or mother. We have them in a variety of styles. 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