Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR R Edition. WABHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY...October 15, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company SRiinia ave But 4 E : 5t 4 9 AT, S Lo Rate by Carrier Within the City. 4B¢ cer month 80¢ per munth 65¢ rer month ( 5 AR Sy Rhilana on Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, E;u snd Sunday .. } 1. iy omly o All Other Staves and Canada. . Pally and Sunday ) vr.$12.00: 1 mo. ) BT R "o i Gen Member of the Associated Press. ?l Associated Press 1s exclusively entitled fo,he use for reputlication of wil news dls- s credited 1o it iBliches herein. All 10 erein. Gisparones Derein No Gas Tax Increase! Doubling the gasoiine tax to produce Tevenue that will be cut off by in- validation of the Borland amendment would enable the Federal Government further to escape its just and equitable obligation toward support of the Cap- | ital. It would add to the injustices al- ready resulting from those that came into existence with the gasoline tax | law. It would increase the dangers to this unrepresented community of tax- payers that lic in numerous and radical departures by Congrass from the spirit a8 well as the letter of substantive law, never repealed. It would merely transfer the application of inequitable princi- ples from one Jaw to another. It should be taken for granted that the Com- missioners will condemn the proposal at the outset and consign it to deserved oblivion. The history of the gasoline tax from the time of its original proposal to its enactment carries a warning to the District that should not be so quickly Jforgotten. The gasoline tax was pro- posed by the Commissioners, endorsed by the citizens, 2s a substitute for the srsonal property 'and the horse- tax on ~automobiles, The proposal lay in the difficulties then existing between Maryland and the District over auto- Jrenlng Mne’ usauy ‘Siar In \ulfl.’i‘ o e og,a2d unday Star - geydis per cach menth or ieieplione 00 | % a0¢ or not atherwise crea- d he iocal news blication of reserved. 1] of pul e %o v | quite as vital a matter for the country |- the complexion of the presidency. Capitol Hill and’ White Houss are con- stitutionally eo-ordindte branches of the Government — the balance-and-check system of the founding fathers. There is mo logic in ignering congressional elections and besiowing major promi- nence on the presidential contest. Each is of the most essent’al importance. Now and then the view is advanced that voting should be made a duty, and not be allowed to remain merely a privilege. A surtex on inccme tax has been proposed as a salutary method of inducing vote-slackers to live up to their sufirage cbligations. Representa- Y | tive Government 1s an institution more hororad in the breach than in the cb- servance if, as frequently happens in the United States, only about half of the voters vote. The world is mot looking to Germeny nowadays for political light and lead- ing. But the spectacle the Reich af- forded last month, when ninety per cent of its enfranchised citizens marched to the ballot box, 18 an inspiring thing. c———— The Marines in Hai Critics of our occasional policy of s:nding United States Marines into Central America and the Caribbean region should read with interest what happened in Haiti yesterday. There, while the D:vil Dogs remained in bar- racks, the people of the Negro Republic held without disorder their first par- llamentary election since American Intsrvention in the island's affairs in 1915. Tt is probably the first “free election” in the ccuntry's cont:mpo- rary history. The Marines were in barracks, but they were also in readiness to take well in hand any situation that might have arisen. The fact that they did not have to clear for action is a strik- ing tribute to the era of tranquillity, that has come over Haitian affairs, thanks to the long, patient and re- strained program which the United States, as guide, philosopher and friend, has carried out on bebalf of the island people. Last Winter President Hoover sent a commission to Haiti, to make a thorough survey of political and eco- romic conditions. The commission was headed by W. Cameron Forbes, subse- quently appointed American Ambas- sador to Japen, and included Henry P. Fletcher, now chairman of the United States Tariff Commission. Messrs. Forbes; Fletcher and their colleagues worked out a scheme for the govern- mental reconstruction of the island, in- mobile reciprocity. The fact that Mary- land imposed a gasoline tax’and the District did not stood in the way of obtaining reciprocity. As the con- templated proceeds under the gasoline tax would practically equal the auto- ‘mobile tex revenues, and as Maryland was willing to grant reciprocity if the District imposed a gasoline tax, the gas tax proposal was sent to Congress, ‘with the understanding that it would be interpreted as merely changing the -of taxation, without addirg addi~ tional burdens. Congress, disregarding the pefitions the taxpayers, enacted the gasoline ‘law asan additional tax, preserving the personal property tax on automo- In round numbers the. District, dollars, And instead of including the gasoline tax revenues as revenues which, under the law met by a 40-per cent contri- cluding ways and means for electing a successor to President Louis Borno, whose eight-year tenure of office ended last May. Since then Haiti has been ruled by a provisional President, Eugene Roy. A permanent successor will be elected by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies chosen at the polls yes- terday—chosen in as orderly a fashion, it appears, as we here in the United States go sbout the business of elect~ ing & Congress. Considering that rum was distributed among the voters during the campaign, as the Associated Press dispatches from Port au Prince point out, election day was & conspicuously peaceful occasion. Among other “returns” from the polling places is chronicled the satisfactory fact that only fifteen men- were arrosted on charges of attempted “repeating, while only thirty succumbed to political exuberance and, were locked up for drunkenness. } It is said of the Texas Rangers that the mere news that they're starting for & trouble zone is sufficient to quell a “This hurts me more than it doss you, darling,” says the distracted mother as: she applies the slipper to a destructive child. ‘When society looks upon flogging ob- Jectively, sternly putting aside its own false sentimentality, there is much to recommend this form of punishment. It is not ideal—but it comes about as near being ideal as is possible, consid- ering the demonstrated processes of the human mind. ‘. | The object of punishment is to pre- | vent repetition of an offense. A nega- | tively conditicned response must be built up in the mind of the culprit. !Now the mechanism of the conditioned i response has been one cof the outstand- !ing contributions of science in recent iyears, Pleasure associa‘ed with an act, | provided the proper technique is used, tends to bring about a repetition of the | act. | The fundamental requirement is that : there must be a direct, strong associa- jtion between the condemned act and { the pain. Every moment that separates the two tends to weaken this associa- tion. A severe flogging administered to |a bandit within a few minutes of a hold-up would be igeal. If it can be i administered within a-day or a week the 18sh may prove an effective det:r~ rent. N But if the punishment is delayed, by legal procedure and otherwise, the bond in the neural system of the criminal be- ) tween the pain and the crime almost entirely disappears. To be of much benefit the punishment must be made to result immediately and directly from the crime. ipens, Ths pain does not form a neu- ronic bond with the crime, but solely with the inflictor of the punishment. The effect is not to make the culprit avoid such cond:mned behavior in the future, but to hate the officer of the law who punishes him, the judge who condemns him, the law, soclety itself. In the good old flogging days in the schools literally millions of boys were not conditioned against mischievous behavior, but, quite to the contrary, were conditioned into a lifelong hate of the schoolmasier. And that is exactly whaf happens with respect 1o the lcng-delayed, am- biguous punishments which the law employs today. Very few men ever were reformed by a jail sentence. They emerge hating, not crime, but society. Flogging has the infinitely great ad- vantage, from the viewpoint of modern psychology, that it is sharply defined. 1t can be administered quickly enough to establish the desired conditioned re- sponse. Unless this can be established any punishment is worse than useless. ———————— — In olden times a princess who was to be married to a King, or even an heir- apparent, came to the kingdom of the latter, but Boris of Bulgaria goes straight to Italy, land of his intended, for the wedding. Those Balkan boys are go-getters. Perhaps Mussolint had something to do with this, among his many other reforms and innovations. P B e e “This is the dirtiest age in the his- tory of civilization,” declares an eminent Chicago biophysicist. If cleanliness comes next to godliness he may be right, st that. . i it ‘Three Staunton, Va., citizens have vowed to wear their straw hats until it rains. They will be compelled to dis- card them at least for one day while thefr wives put in flannel linings and | attach ear tabs. e« Pain does exactly the opposite. | THIS AND THAT - || BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, such a case it is a choice between two evils, Evergreens and shrubs of all sorts need water more now than at any time of the present year. They have been growing, in effect, in & vast tub, owing to the abnormal ex- tent of the drought. MR T Just because Autumn is here, accord- | “specimen privet bushes are the main ing to the calendar, is no reason for |cflenders. Planted one on either side withholding water from lawn and|of the walk, in five or six years they garden, [grow to be 8 to 10 feet tall and very i | broad, completely blocking the way. e ihe vear. TU ks | o The usual thing, then, is to cut them difficult o see how the two at hand can | ave permitted to, romain & of 6 fecs be any dryer than August and Septem- | ig)] ) jbe any dryer than August and Septem- | tall when they should be cut back to 3 | that event plenty of water applied Wth | Heiohe 1o poreian o Yar e apmsarance | the hose is even more necessary. s a2 B e | Bhrubs and evergreens fool a great | of inEs And not because any lexpert” {many amateur gardeners by reason of | siand is to pass any home with two their apparent strength and toughness. | or these N -l It is true that they ate tough, and it s | o i To (s mareatie 3 Ry ire trong, | ‘l!ro:hn ‘The necessity for their lessening These qualities, however, do not mean | ghere B thelr face, that such things do not need WAter.| nag" become ihe maingtay of 4 * ok ok o Another common fault of foundation plantings which may be rectified at this time of year lies in specimens which have grown too large for the i rivet ome Every one knows that small evergreens | planted in tubs in the Fall will die during the Winter if they are not kept properly watered. Some ascribe the failure to the cold, but it is simply lack of moisture. The continued drought, which now gives | signs of extending until next Spring, is making the entire earth a large tub, in which growing plants struggle for existence. o owners whose more costly shrubs have North Beach Registry Concerns Taxpayers To the Editor of The Star: Your article hegded, “610 Voters in Town of 107,” referring to North Beach. Md., needs some explanation. You spaak of the “ phenomena of a town with an census population of 107 having 610 registered voters.” I have been identified with the town of North Beach the time it was chartered by the State; have made sev- eral assessments and served on regis- tration and election boards without number. I have no reference to State or county elections, but as far as North Beach town elections are concerned I can show you how, even though the census returns might show no. actual residents of North Beach, a man can be legally elected and serve as mayor or councilman of North Beach and at the same time hold the same office in Mount Rainier or any other town, and this for the simple reason that no resi- dence is required to vote or hold office under the law, and the people do not vote as residents, but merely as property owners, Under the original charter any male person 21 years of age or older owning any interest in 2,500 feet of real estate could vote and hold office, even though he had no residence there and had died. When the privet outgrows its;never set foot on the land and had | situation, however, it should be taken|never seen it even and there was no [in hand and cut back. The trouble/reg tion, Later the law was changed | comes when this operation has been!so that a voter has to register, the re- | postponed for several years. Then the|quirement being the recorded deed to at plant is left “leggy,” which means that)least 1,000 feet of land and'a receipt | it is bare of leaves near the base, There | showing that the local taxes for the |is a height for every plant in relation ' curient year have been paid, and the | |to the house which it is attemptirg g owner and his wife, or busband, as the | | adorn—a height which almost nnyfi case may be, were then legal voters, and ‘Those who delight in the prolonga-|is nothing very difficult about it.| Otherwise 1t is easy to sce what hap- | tion of the gardening season will find much to do thls Autumn. If the warm weather keeps up, even the grass which has begun to turn brcwn may be made | to turn green again by proper watering. Application of fertilizers on growing plants this late in the season is a mis- take, with the exception of bone meal | to the grass. A liberal application of | this ola standard will result in no| change at this time, but will be helpful | next . It is doubtful if any of the fertilizing elements are really lost, | althcugh snow—and should we say| rain?—may seem to wash them away. | This is & good time of the year to| look over the foundation planting around one's home and see how it may | be bettered. Most such planting is en- | tirely haphazard. Even so-called “land- | scape gardeners” know little about it. Usually they stick in bushes where they’ | to decide. If privet bushes or any other Mostly it is a matter for common sense shrubs hide the windows and block out the light, they should be cut back. Ancther mistake of home owners in regard to foundation planting is to keep In place old, sktriveled evergreens which are turning brown. Plants, after all, are not dogs or cats, and scarcely de- serve to be treated sentimentally. When they begin to spoil the appearance of a place, even though it be the owner's fault, they shouid be removed. But many home grounds harbor brown ever- greens as if there were something sacred about them. Every houst will look bet- ter for the removal of such plants. * K K K And this brings us to the considera- tion of the tall, upright pines and! | spruces, so often misplaced. These tall growing things are correctly planted to | give height to a wide, low house. Often would be better. 10;]\1! on e:therusidfe g[ a doorway provides 1t should never be forgotten that the exact note of beauty. foundation planting, as it is called, is| But too often thev are to be seen in for the benefit of tac house and scarcely | front of a house which already is too ever to display the plants themselves. mrln:n: :ln:cx'::o"n.pneclfil‘r‘sg;enmtgfi The object of put! small evergreens, s el y shrubs."and even ruch things as tulips, |28 provided by a terrace, the owner close to> & house is to hide a part of |should be vety sparing in the planting the foundation, “tie” the house to its | Of any shrub material over 4 feet high. setting, and soften down the general| The upright lines of tall evergreens effect of the one on the other. | in r:h}enul\u of : ::n gnuse nccdent c:e ‘The most. common mistake one sees is | Uprigl nes of e house and make the complete smothering of the founda- | the home appear narrower than it really tions in 2 mat of shrubbery. It is|is, whereas the incorporation of low- evident at first glance. One does not|growing plants tends to pull the sides have to be a landscape nrchltlect w'glkt’.he rhoxhu in l}:e mind of the realize this—that too close planting holder farther apart. completely takes away the foundation, a necessary substratum which every house must have. As one locks at such a home it ap- ears to have no foundations whatever. ey are hid behind fancy, tall pines, often of the blue color, which is so— what shall’ one say?—apparent that it|ened. Accent shrubs may be placed at attracts the eye immediately away from | the extreme corner, but not more than the house, which at all times should be | one at each corner. the center of interest. \ . These are matters of taste, it is true, Too massed a planting gives the be- but matters upon which there is little holder an uneasy feeling, which would | divergence of opinion among those who entirely disappear if half the shrubs have made even an amateur study of were taken away, permitting gaps in|the matter. The Autumn is a splendid the planting, through which the founda- | time for renewed consideration of them, tion could be nfil A Al'lo“dl bax;lkn ofl‘l;,sclulu a x:;a! d;n{ o{ :he garden w:zl; shrul from sifie to side of a house | has lessened. ut let no one is b-bdb;rlinunz, although scen so often. | watering trees and shrubs at this time. In some cases it must be endured in They perhaps need water more now order to get privacy on a porch, In'than ever in this peculiar year. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS have no place or sut the tall, upright specimens where low-growing ones All shrubs stuck in a front yard tend to detract from the appearance of the house. Two rows of plants down the front walk will foreshorten a lawn and | make it shorter than ever. If such plants are removed and a hedge planted across the yard, the lawn will be broad- BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Dwight W. Mokrow is, of course, & have the job of redistricting the State, can determine by a little study. Th. "W no residence or improvements of any kind were required on the land. Another pecullarity about North Beach s this: That while civil service | employes are barred from holding office or taking active part in elections, this was waived by Executive order in the case of Mount Rainier, Hyattsville, Takoma Park and several other places near Washington on account of the; population consisting of Government employes principally, with the proviso that they must be “actual residents of | the place” but through the efforts of the late E. P. Pywell and myself an Executive order was issued by President Wilson including North Beach in the exemptions, but specifying ‘“‘without reference to residence,” and North Beach is the only town in the United States that is exempt frem this civil service embaigo “without reference to residence.” BENJ. B. F. GRAVES, 1305 E Street Northeast. o Deplores Receptivity To Ready-Made Ideas To the Editor of The Star: Although Mr. Giaich in a recent issue of 1;:e Star seems to be as far astray on e _“more money" sition as Henry Ford and the og:‘:éfl»‘n their “more production” stimulant, we should all take off our hats to him because he is giving attention and thought and sincerity to the most important sub- ject that confronts us. The greatest weakness in our Government is the thoughtless acceptance of ready-made ideas and the toleration of those in high places who supply them. The pre- dicament in which we are all submerged is the result of that inattention and thoughtlessness. At the outset he asks, “What bad infiuence keeps the ‘best minds' from continuing to where 1 leads?” The answer is simple. There is no logical Pplace to go because there was no logical - starting place. Why should any one lament low wages or advocate high wages? Why not relate the discussion to some universally accepted principle rather than to the deplorable existing conditions? Soclety in its most highly developed form is but an elaboration of society in its crude beginning, and the “prin- ciples” which are obvious in the simplest relations of men are not abrogated in the more intricate relations resulti from the use complex tools an methods. These * discuss expedients and never suggest honest wages, which are neither high nor low, but the equivalent of what labor produces or contributes. Inasmuch as the contributions and distributions just balance, it is obvious that the many cannot enjoy honest wages when an influential few absorb ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS' BY FREDERIC sired and they will receive prompt swers by mail. Questions must be clear- ly written and stated as briefly as pos- sible. Inclose 2-cent stamp for return tage and address The ning Star nformation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. What is the name of the new play which Mrs. Piske is including in her "R,":;"" on her tour over the country? e g A. “Ladies of the Jury” was her latest New York vehicle and will be included in her repertoire. . Q. In the nut-tree planting program are nuts other than walnuts to be gathered?>—S. P. H. A. Both walnuts and hickory nuts are to be gathered from the historic in America. The Boy Scouts are in charge of the eollectlnf ‘The Depart- ment of Agriculture will plant the nuts in hursery beds. e seedlings will be distributed by the Boy Scouts. The American Forestry Asso- ciation is sponsoring the project and hopes to have i,sofl.m nut trees planted within five years. Q. What is the value in American grade, test and Th | money of the gold and silver franc pieces?—T. W. A. The gold 100-franc coin is worth $3.9179, the sllver 20-franc piece, $.7836; the 10-franc piece, $.3918. The aluminum-bronze 2-franc plece is worth $.0784, and the 1-franc plece, $.0392. Q. If a synchronous clock loses time what ean be done about it?—P. B. A. The Bureau of Standards says a synchrohous clock, ope; on a cir- cuit for which it is designated, , can neither gain nor lose, nor be set. It must be kept in exact step with the generator in the power house. However, if the current stops, the clock will stop unless it has some auxiliary attachment to keep it runping. F Q. Do many peop—.l;mln from the Fo;u}n Service?—A. C. T. . In 1925 there were 26 resignal in the Foreign Service, in 1929 m were 49 resignations and in 1930, up to date, there have been 16. Q. How does our death rate compar with our birth rate?—M. V. C. 5 thA. In 1!2182. llnd th‘emrensumon area, ere were 12.1 deat to 1,000 a- tion and 19.7 births. e Q. How is the word “love” defined?—D. A. There are several definitions, one of which is “tender and passionate af- fection for cne of the dpposite sex.” Q. When was the first Chamber of Commerce organized?—P. L. D. A. Chambers of Commerce originated on the continent of Europe with the | disintegration of the old guild system. The first Chamber of Commerce on ecord is that of Marseille, Prance, | which grew out of a committee of mer- chants established in 1599. The move- | ment spread to the United States, where %“New York City, was organized in Q How many members h; - | tional Education Amln.:onl?a—t.kew?{. A. It has over 205,000 active mem- | bers, with nearly 4,000 life members. | Q. How many new: A. General Manager Kent ‘Cooper | the first Chamber of Commerce, that |R. 1. HASKIN. the di- R S S C| . of the association, . Q. Which' is the city—Ashe- ville, N. ‘€., or , 8. 0.7—J, H. A. Asheville and Columbia are almost exactly the same size, according to the unofficiab census figures for 1930. the, former having a population of 50,169 and the latter 50,195. Q.. Where does Karel Capek, the . author of “R. U. R.” live?—N. P! A. Prague, Bohemia, is his home. He is 40 years old and has won recog- ' nition in several fields—as short story writer, novelist, dramatist, manager and producer of plays. He established his own house, the Vinohradsky Art Theater. Q. How many registered Arabian and Morgan hories are there in the United States?—R. 8. A. There are approximately 600 registered Arabian horses in the United ; there have been 12,000 Mor- i Q. What is the quantum theory?— H. It is the theory that radlation from a body is emitted only in discrete units, called quanta, and, according to some forms of the theory, that ab- sorption occurs in_the same discon- tinucus manner. This theory is now widely accepted by scientists. It has, however, been criticized by Frank Wig- glesworth Clark. Q. What did the term “lame duck” originate?—A. W. A. It originated in Wall street and was' applied to one who failed or was unable to fulfill his obligations. It bee came commonly used to describe a Sen- ator or Represgntative who, having failed of re-election, was unable in the last session of Congress to fulfill prome ises made to his c tuents. Q. How long is the term for which Frank B. Kellogg is elected as judge ;_y the World Court at The Hague?— A. He was first elected to finish the term of Charles E. Hughes when L~ resigned to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He has now been elected to a full term of nine years, be Js 1931: Mr. Ke! is 74, of the judges with whom associated. he Q. How mnypurunu are there in R\l;l‘l —P, T. ‘a9 ail . are lines opera in the Soviet Union. They cover abou 16,000 miles of territory and last year carried about 11,500 passengers. Q. From what plants is laundry starch made?—-M. J. P, h A. Indian corn, wheat and rice are the sources. Q. Are the motion picture houses in Nor;r'uy privately or publicly owned?— A With but few exceptions, cinemas ‘of Norway are oo:t:»?‘hd‘?y ities in which they are Q. Why is the Gate at Arlington Cemetery so called?—V., C. D, A. The gate and pillars thereof were removed from the grounds of the D:- mmnmé of the Treasury in W: n, D. C. Cotton-Growing Leaders in agriculture, with efforts “best minds” always | to create better conditions in the cotton | market, have initiated a great | debate on the subject of ‘rreduce"; ‘3?:3 | age, and while there is strong indorse- involved are emphasized. Diver: - tion is touched upon in the wu:i:c zl the debate, but it is held that the chief ment of such measures, the difficulties | be Demands Are Discussed by Country future, in endeavoring to ade planters to till fewe: m:ni'é_by?a means follows that a acreage in itself will settie the excess produce tion problem. Conceivably, there could a larger crop next season on 40,000,~ 000 acres than there promises to be this year on nearly 46.000,000 acres. Nature’s lavishness niggardliness problem is to find & formula which will gtl::lnu: temnr:l lcxceptance without n. Increased cotton is considered. gy ly worn to the bone,” de- clares the Birmingham News, "soumed:n or in an unpredictable I Recognition of the fact that | Mdflmmlwlumm:g 1 The chorines who struck out in Chi- | man of his word, and nobody suggests | ¥hich loses s couple of congressiong) cago before they would wear the corsets | he had his tongue in his cheek when | there's going to be any mm"fi“fl’m’i demanded by a certain scene have | he withdrew himself from the 1932 pres- | the G. O. P. intends to see t gained their point, Mr. Schubert’s ver- | idential race this week. But circum- doesn't work to Republican disadvan- far more than their e. If we start with such axiomatic suggestion, we can g0 where logic leads and arrive at a solution for all our economic ills, More- over, we will stop the “game” which Mr. Giaich thinks requires ‘“more any given year is riot. Evidently the Marines in Haiti factor.” have come to exercise the same kind of a wholesome and mollifying influence. ——t————— tage. ’ " its cuteome 25 hang educed, by l-gislative evasion, its due eontributicn to the general fund of the District, Increasing the gas-line tax would in- erease these injustices. It might en- able the “-deral Government to with- draw entirely from participation in up- %eep or development of the Federal Capital’s street system, eventually plac- ingz this burden cn automobile owners @s a class, just as improvements and development of the water system have Been placed on the shoulders of water users, with the Federal Government escaping any financial responsibility ard getting its water free. ‘The authorities at the Distriet Build- ing cculd better serve this community by demanding that the Federal Gov- ernment contribute to Capital expenses according to self-imposed law than by discussing ways and means of adding {0 tae injustices resulting from con- Statuary Hall. The time is fast approaching when Congress will have to consider making more ampls ‘provision for Statuary Hall in the Capitol, in which the available space for additional statues is stzadily diminishing. This hall, which was originally the meeting place of the House of Repre- sentatives before the House wing was added to the Capitol, now contains sixty | bronze and marbie statues, and another | has arrived and is to be put in position soon. ‘There are several more statues scheduled to be received, probably dur- ing the coming year, Under the legislation governing Statu- !ary Hall, Congress has invited each State to send two statues. If every State exercises the invitation fully, there would be thirty-five additional statues that could be received. It is obvious to any one who visits the hall of fame that there is nothing like sufficient room !left in the chamber for that many more. |The main corridor through ti# Capitol Building passes through thz center bf [ 3 nal disregard of law. el A thief lifted, among other articles from s Washington apartment house Jobby, & large brass fire extingu'eher. He may use it for its original purpose cr, possibly, he has thought up a new Tecipe. ——— ‘The ten-cent increase in the tax rate for the District for 1932 will not be necessary, after all, it is announced. ‘Well, a dime saved is a dime earned. e Political Apathy. In less than four weeks the enfran- chised electorate of the United States ~that more fortunate segment of the people beyond the District of Columbla, which the law wholly Americanizes— will choose the Beventy-second Con- @gress, At least, it will have the oppor- tunity of making that choice. WIill it itself in full degree or anything proximating full degree of the price- 1°z5 privilege? At the presidential election of 1928, rcundly 37,000,000 men and women yoted. The bitterness of the issues in- vclved produced the highest total na- tional vote on record. Yet it was only some sixty per cent of the aggregate number of enfranchised persons. other words, nearly forty per cent of the people who might have voted did ot go to the polls. They were stay-at- home slackers. Political leaders in both parties arg considerable apathy in the " things are at stake in the 1930 election. The Dsmocrats arc p: d to regard 3 o th: v msturaily se- {gestions have been advanced. In; Stetuary Hall, so that the statues must be grouped in semi-circles on the two sides. The question of avoiding future over- | crowding of the hall has been considered | by officials at the Capitol at varions + times, and a number of alternative sug- One is | that a separate building bs erected near i the Capitol, in which each State would {have an alcove in which to plece its itwo statues. . | While the question may not call for | immediate attention, it is one that will havs to be taken up in the not distant | tuture. ¥ ————— The United States Geological Survey has completed a map of Chicago and its enrivons so minute that even the bunkers on the golf courses are shown. But not those nineteenth holes. o The Lash for Gunmen. George W. Wickersham, chairman of President Hoover's Law Enforcement Commission, sugges's that “a careful inquiry into the results of flogging as a punishment may well be made to determine the desirability of employ- { ing 1t in the war against banditry and rackeleers.” Somehow or other, the idea has got into the popular mind thaj the lash is | & relic of barbarism. Objections to its use by the law are almost entirely sen- timental. Ostensibly it is condemned as cruel-—because it hurts the criminal, Flogging is attended by lusty screams. 1 2nd not a thourandth e 4ve, 3 r the is not candemnetion of this po becpuse st hurts e criminal. but B dict was, “On with the play; let waists be unconfined.” SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOENSON. An Influence. There's folks that chide their neigh- bors An’ there's folks that pass you by; There's folks that tell their troubles Till you nearly want to cry. There's folks to crush the weakiings | An’ now an' then there's folks that likes ‘To jolly folks along. They're better than the blossoms That come smilin’ in the Spring; ‘They sound a cheerier greeting Than the birds that love to sing; And oft when heroes faiter An’ when wiser men go wrong, Some genial fellow keeps things straight . By Jollyin’ folks along. - Conveying an Impression. “Why do you persist in your refusal to talk on public questions?” ’ “Because,” answered Senator Sorg- hum, “at the present time that is the surest way §o convey an impression that you could say something important if you chose.” Unselfish Idealism. “There is nothing that develops un- selfish idealism like music,” remarked the esthetic enthusiast. “Evidently,” rejoined the impresario, “you have never heard a soprano when she was talking salary or a crowd of chorus singers going on a strike.” The Gift of Talk. What triumphs oft the world doth view Where eloquence holds sway. A few succeed by what they do And more by what they say. Self-Appreciation. “Have you ever seen Hamlet played precisely as you thought it should be?” “No,” answered Mr. Stormington Barnes. “I have often wished I might be a spectator at one of my own per- formances.” Modified Romance. “Would you marry & man for money?’ “No,” answered Miss Gayenne, “and yet I don’t think I should regard a man as being especially desirable be- cause of his poverty.” | ’1 In hope that mine l.l s m.ey bim folks, dab pisr s b stances may arise two years hence over | which the wet gentleman from New . Jersey may have no control. Mr. Mor-| row may also change his mind between | now and then, Such things have hap- | pened in politics and in the lesser walks | of life. If the Republican party, under | the lash of great G. O. P. States like New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, ©Ohio and 1llinois, is stampeded into the | repeal camp, Morrow will become w)nt: the politicians call the “logical” candi- | date for the presidency. Unless Hel‘befli Hoover develoj moist tendencies, of | which to date he has revealed no single | And there's folks to curb the strong, | drip, he would be an utter anomaly have joined a distinguished roster of on a platform calling for annulment of | the eighteenth amendment. Politics and political ambitions are strange animals. You can hear wiseacres whispering in Washington that Morrow would never have “come out” for Hoover's renom- ination unless the Senator-expect from New Jersey had convinced himself that the President will be satisfactorily damp | by the time 1932 rolls around. e According to stories drifting into the Capital from the water-wanting West, a furious Senate battle is in the offing over the proposal to rechristen Boulder Dam “Hoover Dam.” When Secretary Wilbur officially inaugurated the con- struction of the dam in the desert at Las Vi , Nev, last Summer he of- ficially named it after the President. Now, it appears, that action is to be | challenged and, if the senior United tates Senator from California can have his way, it will be undone. Hiram Johnson, who burns no incense before the Hoover throne, insists (so the yarns from the Pacific Slope have it) that the greatest dam of all time be per- petuated under its original title—Boul- der Dam. For years the project, thus known, was the thing Hiram mainly lived for, barring an occasional thought about the presidency. Finally to see it fructify as “Hcover Dam"” is said to be a little too much for its congressional parent in chief. To just what parlia- mentary recourse Senator Johnson can resort to de Hooverize the dam is not at present clear. TR Another short-session controversy said to be scheduled to burst forth when Congress reassembles has to do with the appointment of Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller as commandant general of the United States Marine Corps. Named during «#the recess, his name will be up for senatorial confirmation in Decem- ber. Friends of Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, who aspired for the leatherneck high command, presumably are behind the reported fight on Fuller's nomina- tion. The latter’s qualifications are not | called into question on any score ex- eegl that he is held not to have the active service. to his credit, which other candidates possessed. Gen. Butler's consideration of a handsome lecture offer is attributed in Marine circles to his undisguised disappointment over the President’s !ltmrl:e to remember u:: “fighting Quaker” when a successor the late Gen. }'levllle* w:.u selected. * Everett Sanders, who helped Calvin Coolls run the country a couple of rs K, ng his lucrative mlrtuune in Washington to do a little “’n Mmfl“xg‘hu native Indiana dur- the cl days of the congres- sional campaign. He expects to deliver half a dozen speeches, especially in the cerades, Fred Purnell, Bert Vestal and istricts now represented in the House | by his old friends and Capitol Hill | steadil of unusnal Jocal imnortanc 2Lt for the right kind of a * ok ok oW Edward Price Bell, dean of the Chi- cago Daily News’ foreign service, is be- ing strongly supported as a candidate for this year's Nobel peace prize. The authorities of Northwestern University, at Evanston, Ill., where Bell lives, have taken the initiative in bringing his claims to the attention of the award au- thorities in Swedcn, The specific achievement which Bell’s friends think,| entitle him to consideration is the part he played in bringing Prime Minister Ramsay MasDonald to America a year 0 and in the convening of the Lon- don Naval Conference. J. L. Garvin, eminent London journalist, and former Premier Mackenize King of Canada Bell's American boosters in eulogizing his 30 years of activity on the news- paper firing line in the war for peace. x X Kk % One of Washington's beloved and venerable figures, John H. Carroll of the District of Columbia Bar, is ba from Ohio, where he was honores on an unusual occasion. In 1864, as a lad of 5. Carroll was turned out of a small hotel in Cleveland, where his moth: had left him, and became a newshoy. His sleeping place was a big dry goods box in an alley, until a kindly Quaker found him and gave him shelter in th> Children’s Home. Carroll was a man of 32 before his identity was established and his mother's tragic story revealed. Then it came to light that his father, a soldier in the Union Army, had bzen wounded in battle, and his mother, taking her son with her, left Toledo, where the family lived, to visit her husband in a military hospital in Ken- tucky. Mr. Carroll, now a hale septua- genarian of means and distinction, was Queen Marie's official chaperon when the beauty of Budapest swung around the American circle in 1926. At Cleve- land this week he dedicat:d a new wing of the Children's Home, which has been named after him. * K X X Charles R. Crane, one-time American Minister to China, has arrived in Japan at the outset of a personally conducted commission of inquiry into the myste- ries of Buddhism. What he intends to do about it, when his explorations are complete, has not been disclosed. Mr. Crane knows the mystic East through and through. He is almost as much at home in Japan, China, India, Siam, Russia, Persia and Turkey as he-is in Chicago. Now and then, his friends say. his home-town reminds him of other parts of the world in which he has survived haw-raising experiences. , & o % One of the country’s leading farm journals recently asked 100,000 readers to express themselves about prohibition. Only 13,000-0dd replied. Of that num- ber, 9,792 (78 per cent) said they “fa- vor the existing Federal prohibition laws and believe they should be en- forced to the letter.” Those who re- plied “I favor amendment or repeal” numbered 2,607 (22 per cent), (Copyright, 1930.) Plea for “Square Deal” Is Made by War Veteran To _the Editor of The Sta I am a native-born American and an ex-war veteran. I have had no S8 many p'l;?ihtfiguu =y ut many ornia where I apply for work have Mexicans working y. Many cannot speak English. Even the signs “No Smoking” are prxn;tel% n .p.nhh&ufllo A _cquare one anxious for work thn‘ & cquota wct against Mexi- co remains J jre; counters.” J. B. 3 o D. C. Called Backward In Juvenile Research To the Editor of The Sta Earl White, the 13-year-old lad who played truant from the Dent School in 1927 and continually shows an ab- normal behavior toward school or a private tutor, is decidedly a case for psychic research, rather than for the assistant_corporation counsel. One thing seems apparent—that if it is hatred Earl has for school, no form of punishment will alter the reason for it. " He may, in addition, develop a hatred. toward any form of authority and eventually look for revengeful mo- tives to get even. Chicago, which some people know only as & city of corrupt politicians, bootleggers, gangsters and murderers, has a most wonderful institution for juvemile research, where a delinquent child can be t for a careful ex- amination, physical and mental, in con- nection with u&‘ behavior problem. Washington, the Capital of the Nation, with its greater number of schools per capita than perhaps any other city in the world, is decidedly backward in this movement, which is of such great im- portance to the development of the race. Four hundred Chicagoans—men and women from all walks of life—have pledged to give from $10 to $5000 a year to provide the means for a group of distinguished scholars, in a program of research on human behavior. And the Institute of Juvenile Research, late- ly under. the leadership of Dr. H. M. Adler, is a part of that work. ‘ashington, with its wonderful in- tellectural resources, Government co- operation and white-collar citizen, can easily establish some such institution. Whatever treatment Earl White will re- ceive should be recommended by a competent_psychiatrist after a_careful study of his case. ‘A. BLUSTEIN, R oI agriculturists at last may be brought to see the error of piling up nu'pln'lu of cotton. But they must have._intelligent direction. They are in imperative need at this moment of economic and scien- tific guidance. Merely to shout ‘Reduce acreage!’ is not enough. They must be shown how it can be done without tem- Praa” 5 L rastic systems of. diversifica- tion are theoretically sound. But in matters of practice there must be scien- tific and economic aid extended, not merely to planters here and there, but "2 Nivict that it the Far ce # Farm Board comes to an undmhndlnf of the Southern farmer’s problem, vivid enough to in- duce the establishment of a credit basis which will exert pressure toward diver- sification of farm output, instead of away from it, the Southern farm situa- tion will be well nigh revolutionized,” is given by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, That paper continues: “In the end Southern agriculture must realize that the raising of cotton is no longer & poor man's business. The great farms, or- ganized on a semi-industrial scale and operating largely with machinery, can by eccnomies of labor produce cotton at a profit in world competition. Obvi- ously this industrialized cotton produc- tion will center largely where conditions favor large operations. West Texas, with its millions of acres of virgin soil, free from stones and stumps, over which improved machinery may operate freely, must eventually lead in cotton produc- tion, simply because cotton can be rais more cheaply here than anywhere else. But in West Texas, as well as every- where else, the small farmer must di- versify if he is to prosper.” * ok ko On the subject of legislation to force reduction of acreage the Little Roc Arkansas Gazette holds that “America has had many examples of the futility of passing laws to control situa- tions that are not amenable to legal of such measures. Leaving wholly aside the questions of constitutional Prevention Needed To Curb Fire Losses From the New Orleans States. According to the National Industrial Conference Board the national wealth of the United States amounts to $360,~ 100,700,000. Yet it would be even larger if the annual fire loss could be red:uced. ‘The term “national wealth” as applied in this estimate represents tangible, physical assets only. It excludes credits and currency, but specifically includes lands and structures and other improve- ments thereon, the equipment of indus- trial enterprises and farms, live stock and equipment, personal property, motor and other vehicles. In the neighborhood of three-quar- ters of the Nation’s total wealth is in the nature of fixed assets, but the greater part of all this material wealth is subject to dissolution through de- struction by fire, Every year approx- imately $500,000,000 goes up in smoke in the United States, and the deplorable fact is that some 80 per cent of this huge loss is recorded as occurring from causes that are preventable. In other | words, there is inexcusable waste of $400,000,000 annually. Moreover, this sum represents the initial loss only. It is greatly aug- mented by consequent losses, which af- fect all h economic rela- . tionship and dependence of one business |, upon another, due to interrupted busi- ness operations. kes it imperative !fin their crops next right that would be raised by acreage limitation statutes, the acreage which the Jandowners of a State shall put into cotton is not something that can be determined by legislation. If South- ern farmers cannot be persuaded and educated into reducing acreage for their own benefit, it is certain they cannot be clubbed into it. In other words, if they are prepared to reduce acreage, no law is needed to make them do it, and if they are not willing of their own accord to take this step, a law decree: ing reductiop ld be a dead letter.” Contending that the problem “should be dealt with as cultural’ workers advise until some is found for a permanent solution,” the Anniston Star remarks: “Disposal of the 1930 crop is now puzzling some of the best minds of the State and Nation, and it is several months yet until farmers will begin planning for planting again; but it is not too early to think of the acreage blem, and it is interesting to note t & movement to prevent a 1931 sur- plus is already under way. Further- more, the situation this year strongly emphasizes the need for acreage reduc- tion in'1931. As stated by Goy. Graves, the apparent surplus of cotton this year that the farmers the reduct the “‘Obviously, " thinks Competing With Bobby Vaiz that m the Louisville Time: Competition may = in some s, b control,” and continues as to the effect | & Cotton Textile ,Institute, with the co- numut D.{mc’fi h';aln; table ica, work,” is given by the Atlanta J:Iolm!. ich observes that “weaves and pat- denying themselves meat and | SOU }numu ; turing and merchandising, as well agriculture, needs no further e . “To widen and strengthen the market for this basle product is to build up ac as for opimo Chll::u't ‘z'hh:l: the Columbia points ouf “largely through the activities of the Cotton Texfllz.h - tute cottons have recently so enhanced in attractiveness that little urging is needed to induce women to buy them, especially as they have come so mani- | festly into vogue among the leaders of |American fashion.” The Wall Street | Journal, discussing a Government report |on quality as a factor in the situation, | contends: “Purchasers will go wherever | they can get the quality they want at the best price, and they will never pay top prices for lower grades. If money and time are to be used to help the cotton farmers, a reasonable proportion might be employed in efforts to reduce ed | the percentage of untenderable cotton in every crop.” ‘The importance of developing the use of cotton as road material is upheld by the Charlotte News and the Dallas Journal. ‘The San News records that, “contrary to expec- x | tations, Texas' cotton crop will be less than it was last year,” and comments, kst diversifieation has saved the day.” The Savannah Morhing News holds that “the only way there can be n acreage reduction is by agree- ment,” and concludes: “The whole problem on the farm, whether of wheat or of cotton, or whatnot, has to be considered from a very practical point of view. Special medicines, like acreage- reducing legislation, like the buy-a-bale suggestion, may serve golmcl.l expedi- ency for a short time, but they do not serve the cotton farmer.” Home Building Revival Taking Up “Slack” From the Los Angeles Express. Looking at it with an open mind, " there is encouragement in the state- ment by Julius H. Barnes, head of President Hoover's National Business Survey Conference, that although there terial increase lic con- of this year, not until September did there appear a revival in home building. ‘The need for more housing was only then felt. The slump in bullding did not. in emmll:'nne. but had al- ready Tunning 0 or three years when the stock market broke, nearly a year ago. The let-up was due vnr;:ny of l.‘:\l." chief of them the cost of building materials and labor and the fact that in most com- munities there had been Vel