Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1930, Page 26

¥ THE EVENING STAR &Nk Sends) Mocning Béttha. Y WABHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY.. THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor | reform organizations whom The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busine H S : Rate by Carrier Within the City. %é EF' fir. . .48c per month e P - 5 Aundays) e month 3° eept 1a by mall or telephone Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. H‘nyllnl and Vlrglfh. 1 mo., 88c ime: e mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. and Sunday..lyr. 51200 1 m ol AR A R N ihis paper an e I news e The Norris Remedy. “'Senalor Norris does not look upon s tinird party—new, liberal and headed by HRimself—as a remedy for the present political situation in this country. He fevors instead the repeal of that pro- vision of the Constitution providing for the election of Presidents and Vice Presidents by an electoral college. The people, he insists, have no real voice in the matter of picking their Chief Executives under the present system. ‘The major political parties are con- trolled, he continues, by small groups of so-called leaders, and back of these leaders are big interests, which reach it to take control of both parties. The abolition of the electoral college and of the necessity of nominating presidential in each State, Mr. Norris be- were not satisfied with the nominations made by the political parties. Nebraska Senator is consistent non-partisanship in this sugges- He does not believe in the two- He does not believe in efficacy of setting up & new party. & new party, once it obtained power, ‘would sooner or later be a backslider. would be dominated by selfish in- For that reason Senator Norris is unwilling to accept the invitation ex- 1> him by Prof. John Dewey of Qolumbia University to head & third- party move:ment, with the liberals of the country massed behind him. He has another reason—the impracticability of the plan for & new party, lack of money and time to organise and get into the fray for the 1932 presidential campaign. And so, paradoxically, Senator Norris will continue to cling to the Republican tBe proposal that he shall get out of the Republican party. \ Despite his dislike of the two-party ayptem and the fact that Senator Norris. could have run, without any difficulty, a8 an independent candidate in the last senatorial election in Nebrasks, he victimized. Now is once more fers have been ordered of the organization .December 28, 1930 | The mayor has just held a with twenty-five leaders of welfare solicited to help him keep clean in the emergency. He is af that in the aftermsth of the corrup- tion revelations New York may become & wide open town. There are already symptoms of the return to the condi- tions that were disclosed some years ago in the course of the Parkhurst revelations. So the mayor asks for help. His shoulders are too slender to bear the sole responsibility for this critical situation. And that is why the belief /obtains that when the time comes’ in 1933 to elect a mayor for another four-year term Mayor Jimmy will announce that eight years of that sort of trouble are enough for any man. Park Commission Plans. ‘Three of the many points in connec- tion with the development of Wash- ington discussed by thie National Capital Park and Planning Commission in its annual report are of peculiar importance to the local taxpayers. They concern the extent of appropriations out of the funds already authorized under the Capper-Cramton park law; the necessity for more funds in & lump sum for im- mediate acquisition of school and library sites, and the desirability for the for- mulation of a definite policy in connec- tion with financing development of park roads and parkways, such as the Rock Creek-Potomac Parkway and the pro- posed Fort Drive. As regards the first of these—appro- priations under the Capper-Cramton law—the commission points out that land values are increasing enormously in sections of the city where park sites should be acquired, and that while it might require five years to spend the sixteen millions authorized, the land is likely to “cost on the average fully 75 per cent more than the assessed value of the properties at the beginning of the period.” The commission therefore asks that money be made avallable as soon as negotiations for purchase can be arranged, and reports that it can spend four or five millions in the next fiscal year. The whole point of the Capper-Cramton law was to provide a sum that could be spent now, thereby preventing the increased ex- penditures to be occasioned by delay while the value of land increased. Now that the money has been authorized, the purpose of the law will be defeated unless appropriations are made as fast 25 the money can be spent. Nothing is to be saved by failure to appropriate generously, and much will be lost. Hav- ing been indebted to the amount of the sixteen millions authorized in the bill, the local taxpayers should receive the benefits of economic expenditure of the loan. The commission finds that in addition to the land to be converted for park and recreational center use under the portioned to the schools and libraries which should be acquired. Their aggregate value is close to $5,000,- 000. The commission suggests that the money for purchase of such sites should be made avallable in & lump sum, and the five millions needed should be sd- vanced without interest from the Treas- ury. The principle is sound and the purchase of the sites now would save THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 28, 1930—PART TWO. from England that Capt. Malcolm Campbell, noted British racer and one- time holder of the record at two hun- dred and fourteen miles an hour, will bring to America his new twelve-cylin- der creation of fourteen hundred and fifty horsepower to compete with de Paolo and Fengler in an attempt to| Phillips Brooks was wont to say, “It gather premler honors for his mother|is & good thing to come to & new be- country should the American drivers | §inDing:” He acemed to feel that :;c:;ea]t; m‘: the world mark set er‘:thullnlsgl to it. To nva':a‘ u&; :::; e laf . Henry Segrave. of our e's experience Maj. Sczrave, who met death on Lake | 8 musty folios of the past, the faded and worn garments and the mementos Windemere in achieving his ambition | of other ye:‘u may be profitable to re- to capture the twin records for speed | flection, and it is & good thing to thus other a more r tona h in 1929 at two hun and| ang inspiriting g to go forth in the thirty-one miles an hour, the fastest|spirit of adventure in search of new that an automobile has ever been driven. | Worlds to conquer, new problems to EXPERIENCE [ BY THE RIGHT Rfil’ JAMES a | and In doing so he snatched the record from an American, Ray Keech, who in turn had bettered Maj. Campbell's mark of the previous year. Segrave's record- breaking car was of one thousand horse- power. Keech had twelve hundred horsepower and Capt. Campbell & Brit- ish machine of nine hundred and twen- ty horsepower. For the attempts this year much higher powered cars are to be used, but this is no assurance that the record will be broken. In the two-hundred-mile Tealm of speed there are many other factors to consider. Stream lining, steering ease, tires and driving skill are all essentials. The greater the horse- power the heavier the car and conse- quently the greater the difficulty of con- struction and handling. Both of the new machines are bullt for an estimated speed of three hundred miles, which is conceded to be the ultimate in present- day tires. The tearing friction of such high speed disintegrates rubber, so that both drivers will use especially con- structed tires made almost entirely of canvas. America would like to regain its lost laurels, but will offer well deserved con- gratulations to Capt. Campbell if he can raise the mark of his late colleague of the speedways. It should be an excit- ing event. 1 e — Every man who has had predatory access to millions is suspected of hav- ing lald away enough cash to enable him to live in extravagant luxury later on. The old story of the “Count of Monte Cristo” is a classic encourage- ment alike to the innocent and the gullty who find themselves behind prison walls. ———————— There are numerous relief plans un- der way. Human skill has done its ut- most in mechanism. The world is jus- tified in expecting still greater genius to manifest itself in the work of ad- Justing the wonderful machine crea- tions to the needs of mankind as they arise. e There is a satisfaction in s state of affairs which brings to attention the failure of & financial institution. A few of them fail from year to year, but the vast majority do not. They still repre- sent the refuge of the investor who seeks to handle his funds on a safety first basis. —————— Ordinary politics will scarcely enter into the relationships of Secretary Doak and Labor Leader Green. have things about which which will exceed by far the interest which attaches to the winning or of an election. ——r—e— the money represented by rising land values in the next few years. There is every reason to favor the loan, provided | that some definite and equitable policy is adopted by Congress regarding the re- spective proportions of the obligation to be assumed by the District and by the Federal Government. Only with the distinet understanding that such Treas- ury advances are not to become unfair burdens on the District taxpayers alone, should such proposals be accepted by the District. ‘The commission notes that it has given careful consideration to the prob- cBose to retain his connection with the G. O. P. He was unwilling for one Téason or another to put his independent. and non-partisan system to the test, in|lem of developing park roads, “which his own case. calls for establishment of a definite pol- In removing from the Constitution | icy if the plans for these parkways are tHe provision for electing its represent- | to be carried out in a reasonable length atives in the electoral college, who in|of time.” The commission makes no tidrn elect the President, Senator Norris | definite recommendation, but states that npcessarfly must substitute s provision | it has “considered the possibility” of an divect vote of the people in|increase in the gas tax to be applied tial elections. In that event i |to the improvement of the park roads. be requisite %o continue the|Such & use of the proceeds of gas tax apportionment of electoral votes | revenues would be in direct violation of President among the States, or,|all equitable principles concerning the y with this apportionment, | joint responsibility between the District election of the President | ang the Federal Government in park , breaking down State | acquisition and upkeep, unless the Fed- 4 step would be close | eral Government should furnish in- aboiition of the electoral | creased funds of its own comparable to college, leaving the direct election of | the funds it would contribute if subject Presidents by popular vote. Such a|to the gasoline tax. It is preposterous to change might easily alter the whole|assume that the commission would pdlitical map of (he eountry. Many of | recommend that the cost of Federal the States would resent bitterly any|road bullding in these Federal parks be move to tear down the apportionment | ghouldered, in effect, by the automobile of strength now existing in the election | owners of the District. of the President. The important part that the National s TR Capital Park and Planning Commission, Some of those New York policemen |, pegera) agency, has come to play in have been forced into contacts With|yn, qevelopment of the District, together gunmen that have spparently proved |y it problems of financing these de- demoralizsing. velopments, indicate the desirability of its devoting careful study to the equities involved in such financing. When it be- gins to suggest sources of local revenue, in addition to wielding its already ex- tensive influence as to the expenditure of locally derived Tevenue, it inherits the equally important task of safeguarding the rights of those whose money is at stake. Heretofore, it has been glad to let such matters alone, properly con- | tenting itself with an outline of financial cit; needs to accomplish certain programs -4 a‘,:u‘“n’ HT;“. and leaving to Congress the business of slumber- | SuPPlying the money. ————r——————————— £ ¥ ity s s Mayor Jimmy Getting Enough. Major Jimmy Walker of Greater Scandals Municipal an the lower prices has become & series of |of meat and fowl may be a mistake. inquiries and consultations with boards | Animal food becomes cheap when feed of strategy for the maintenance of de- | grows scarce. When crops are good, fensive campaigns. There are scandals | steak and chicken, working on the law nbol, judicial appointments—which | of averages, will cost as much as ever somé seem to regard os puuh:: and perhaps more than ever. about ! tangling oorrup- | Will be the acene again this Winter of of aquad. In|® determined asssult on the speed into certain |record for automobiles by both Ameri- has been de-|¢an and English drivers, Early in the he street have |Fall 1t was announced that Peter de to prison for | Paolo and Harlan Fengler, two veterans ¥ i $ ¥ ] £ i ot i “privilege Of the tracks of this country, have near- Iy Reds are said to be forging passports; which would be going a little too far even where people are anxious to pro-[ duce whatever they need by their owa | independent efforts. | SHOOTING STARS. A New New Year. Along comes New Year, Next upon the list! With joy-the-whole-way-through year; ‘Too precious to be missed. Of Happy New Year we have told For many years gone by. ‘We'll make it now in truth unfold— At least we're going to try. Along comes New Year ‘With resolutions fine; An honest and a true year ‘To hold ‘em all in line! The same old Dreams we're cherishing And when the year is new, We hope that Time some way will bring ‘To make ‘em all come true. Heart and Hand. “Didn’t you tell your constituents that you were heart and hand for their welfare.” “That's what I told 'em,” answered Senator Sorghum. “And that's how J still feel about it. My only trouble was that I had my pocketbook in my coat just over my heart, and when it was a matter of campaign contributions, I simply couldn’t keep my hand off it.” Jud Tunkins says misfortunes have their compensations. Sometimes a an doesn’t get to be real prominent until after is & lame duck. Dreams. How sweet indeed were dreams like these! How gayly fancy would be thrilled If all the trees were Ohristmas trees And every pocketbook were filled. On the Safe Side. “Didn’t your doctor tell you you must not take any alcohol?” “Yes,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “He said it would kill me. “8o you quit the bootleg stuff?” “Yes, of course, I belleve in making & man prove what he says, but in this case I somehow didn't have the curlosity to find out whether he was right or wrong.” “Your proverb has it,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “that we a never too ®id to learn. But recollec- solve, new ideals to be realized and new discoveries to be made. To most of us there is much of monotony in life. After we have s certain mile- stone, midway on the road, the “dail; round, the common task,” seem so prescribed, so fixed and unalterable that we act like automatons and do our work very largely like machines. There are some paths we have jtrod so fre- quently that we could pursue them blindfolded. Certain its and cus- toms, even certain , become 80 common to us tha come to be associated with our personality. It was sald of one of old, “Thy h be- trayeth thee.” Some of us e 80 accustomed to the precise movements of our neighbors that we can even set our clocks by their daily habits. There is nothing to be sald against precision and definiteness of practice in the wholesome habits of life, but surely these do not preclude hness of vision. Even with a fair background of experience and determination to at- tack new problems with earnestness and quickened zeal, we should hesitate to enter with any degree of confidence upon a new year, unless we feel that our resistance were sufficlent to over- come difficulties and to assume, if need be, new responsibilities. ‘We heard a man say some time since that he had “grown stale.”” He evi- dently meant that his mind had ceased | an to be resourceful, that he had gotten into & rut from which he had not the will or the power to escape. It is & tragic business when such tage reached. We also recall that this same man, who really had large gifts, sud- denly took a fresh grip on life and dis- AND VISION E. FREEMAN, D. D, LL. D, ishop of Washington. closed newer and finer talents than he had ever known before. Every now ‘we meet some one who, like Van Winkle, seems to have fallen a8l fl: they have lost step with the age in ich they live, but happlly some- thing suddenly wakes them up and they begin again with qulckene&1 pace and freshened enthusiasm. We cannot for ourselves conceive of life without in- it in the light of Him who dared everything, fered everything and finally triumphed over a conspira- cy of forces that He might reveal to men the Way, the Truth and the Life. ‘We think of this supreme Master com- ing to each new day with a larger vision of its meaning and import. Every in- dividual that came within His ken offered & new opportunity for some form of beneficent service. Repeatedly He dealt with those whose lives seemed to be spent, every virtue wasted, every opportunity gone, and yet He saw in each one the possibilit] of renewal. As we read the brief annal of His life it is filled with the spirit of adventure. Every new page is touched with fresh- ness and . His penetrative vision saw in the whole scl new and finer meaning. crucified Him, but they could not stay His er, nor halt His triumphant march down the centuries of time. ‘We are closing the books of the old year. We are reckoning our accounts, and doubtless we are finding that the records disclose conditions less favor- able than heretofore. To some it has been a year of disaster, misfortune and failure. " There are shadows that hover | he: darkly over many firesides. Dare we enter & new year with only these se- rious reflections, or shall they be to us the rich experiences that teach us how to live and live better, more wholesome | the lives in the year that lies ahead. Our experiences are di ed to teach us what to hold and safeguard and what to cast away of that which is unworthy unprofitable. Above all else, let us approach the new with a finer, deeper vision of life's real meaning and ‘What more assuring word is | might we quote than that of the an- clent seer: “I, the Lord, thy God, will hold thy right hand, w unto thee, Democrat-Insurgent May Be the Only Preventive of “Chaos” |- BY WILLIAM HARD. Circumstances accumulate in Wash- ington to puzsle Republican calculators. They are bothered by three main prob- lems. One is the demand for prohibi- tion revision in numerous States essential to Republican national succers. One is the mounting pressure from all over the country for further Federal legislation, not only to relieve immediate economic distress, but to es- tablish additional mental business. deepe personal factional hostility between Re- mbuun conservatives and Republican urgents. ‘These three problems, put together, give President Hoover an even more complicated situation than was faced by President Taft in 1910 and 1911, when there was a similar pressure for new tion of business and & n_the insurgents, first under the bert Marion La Follette and then which fear not, I will help Republican Bloc of its Senators in the following parable: ““The Repub! % e jorthern | middle. ‘Today s great anl Democrats think that even for safety they have to march. At T urged upon the A not only by the "mp:‘ of the wild railroad ulation of petroleum pipe lines and of migratory motor busses and motor trucks and of lakegoing and canal- going steamships. Business interests of many various sorts i.mplore"mbh activity toward prompter co dations of raliroad properties. Wealthy mine owners are resolutely fixed uj the idea that the governments of the world should intervene to remedy the com- mercial woes of silver. Mr. H. Ennis - | Jones of Philadelphia, vice president of the Franklin Trust Co. and director of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, appeals to Congress to establish at Washington a “bureau of business,” composed of representatives of capital and of labor and of agriculture and headed by a citisen who would “mobilize our national resources” for effective, or- e s * % %% Some of the leading Republican-Pro- | momentous change, gressive Senators are drys. Others wets. The Eastern industrial “militant masses” are dominantly wets. The Western agrarian “militant masses” are dominantly drys. Seven radicals brought together in Washington can grocmm seven solutions of prohi- ition question just as obstreperously as :’e:“nfi reactionaries. A new party today predicti &’.fi? 1':2 will be bt “ political chaos.” In that chaos there is both & cloudburst of alcohol and an earthquake of legislative economic change. So far as the cloudburst is concerned, the Democratic party is cal- culated to be on a safer rock than either the Republican party or a new party. That rock is the solid South,| which by all available testimony is go- | ing to stay regular in 1932, irrespective of any humidity in the midst of the are | “ high visibility of the White House. No such stanch devotion to a high, clear vhobmm of the sumption comes now to Washington as much from the managers of great cor- porations as from the leaders of popular movements. A widespread conclusion ‘"n“l‘&'éi"‘u?"n".‘"u‘}"" nculu-l el e Republican nor the Republican insurgents nor the eannot pera- mentally combine upon solutions. The only combination possible for solutions is of the Republican insurgents and the Democrats. The alternatives are, on the one hand, that combination and, on the other, Borah's “chaos.” (Copyright, 1930.) Conf u;ic;ll_xln; 7Conlest I the Oil Business Capital Sidelights. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. All school authorities throughout the Onited States have had their attention called to & book on “Elements of Con- servation,” which they have been urged by Representative William B. Oliver of Alabama to use as a text book. He said that one eminent educator com- plained that conservation could not be taught in the schools, because “to get the message over to the children would require them to study about a wheel- barrow load of books on ornithology, forestry, entomology, agriculture, itchy- olog{‘.umloq‘." etc., and he had thrown up hands in despair, saying: “It ean’t be dnne."‘ ek These are the days when veteran employes of the Government are being ed on the retired rolls. While Uncle S8am does not provide retirement advantages for his four-footed employes, & precedent has been established in the case of “Old Nick,” 35 years of age. This is an old horse who has been re- tired on a pension of two measures of bran, oats and alfalfa meal daily. Nick went to work for the United !.i.u- Department of Agriculture in 1 when a gelding 4 years of age, and has been in the Government har- ness ever since—30 years of faithful plod until he has reached an age which efi:c-flu estimate as com- pnsbltst:- t 90. years of age for a man. he is earned rest. Pirst he worked at the Federal Quar- antine Station, Athenia, N. J. Since 1906 he has worked at the Government ent Station at Bethesds, Md., about 10 miles from the ent juarters in the OCapital. Until dally from the experiment station to the headquarters, & round trip of about 20 miles. Born in the days when the horse was e master of inland transportation problem, Nick has lived to see his kind gradually dis; from the high- ways. Although he shied at the first “gas buggles” and later learned to pass nundreds of them on the road without notice, he, too, finally fell victim to the relentless competition. Now a motor truck does his old job while he grases ‘aisurely in his pasture. * ok % The work of Dr. John C. Pitzpatrick in preparing the remaining volumes of the Li of Congress’ edition of the Journals of the Continental Congress has mugl: to completion the materi- als for years 1785 and 1786 and of the year 1787. The two volumes of the journals for the year 1785 are to be sent to the printer early next year. Denies Gen. Wood Boom Was Idea of Roosevelt To the Bditor of The Star: The wisdom of the choice of Gen. John J. Pershing to “tommand the American Expeditionary Forces in the World War has abundantly been dem- onstrated. President Wilson and Sec- retary of War Baker, in the handling of a difficult situation devolving upon them and reaching a correct solution, stand completely vindicated. Maj. Gen. Peyton C. March, U. 8. A. (retired), then chief of staff, in giving to the world important facts in the case and revealing & confidential memoranda sent to him from overseas, renders a being given a well- real service to the Army and his coun- | ican tryman. The evidence produced is conclusive and convincing and should forever close controversy on the sub- ject. This may be freely admitted with- out modifying one's admiration of Gen. Leonard Wood or appreciation of his inherent greatness as a soldier and & man. His fallure to be given a com- manding part in the hostilities in France was the tragedy of his fllus- trious life that remained with him unto death. But Gen. March, who cannot reason- ably be expected to be as well versed in political history as in Army data and detalls, errs, unwittingly, in discussing activities on behalf of Gen. Wood, when Col. Theodore Roosevelt friend’s nomination for It fact, was & candidate before that con- vention and had & substantial follow- ing, led by Senator Albert B. Fall, who formally placed him in nomination. Many former so-called standpatters were won over to the support of the ex- President, but the majority of the dele- hile that his and appointed a committee to wait upon Roosevelt and ascertain his choice. On the morning of the third day he communicated with the convention. following, including part of the Empire State delegation, that eminent states- man might have been nominated, even at that late hour. Had he and real himself the {ll-fated contest is | ensuing. oll production is being restricted . This satisfactory to the ucers in of | States. Some declare that it is all to Robert Marion La Follette of Wisconsin, Republican rebel, and the other by Sen- ator David Ignatius Walsh of - chusetts, Democratic regular. Mr. La Follette undertook to dem- onstrate the grief of the West. Mr. Walsh undertook to authenticate that of the East. Their conjunction of ef- forts was icant to the verge of rophecy. should the West go off e which might carry the country on a ticket, say, of Roose- velt of New York and Wheeler of Mon- tana or even on a bi-] ticket of elt and La Follette, which would make the voter think that the 1912 Progressive marching song of “On Cl n Soldiers,” was calling ' "Now it finds “co-operation” to have been a mlnlumuw.‘op;t divorces tions of fwolous hours must remind us | B that we are too young to learn.” Combat Apparently Without Profit. In politics two champions fight. ‘With harsh words esch the other meeta. | $1° Not much applause brings them delight And not a cent for ringside seats. “A gamblin’ game,” said Uncle Eben, “is no good to & man dat says money 15 his best friend. Money may say ‘How-dy-do,’ 85 it comes yoh way for & minute, but it won' seem no time at all tll 1t says ‘Farewell forever.'* it pressed by the fact that a cent increase of the surtax upon comes of more than $100,000 would give to the Feds revenue of more d be T B . y favors some flelds at the expense of others. * k% % ‘The men who advocate proration assert that restriction is necessary is the only fair way :t'I‘ve way to cut'.ou}; arrangement just been continued Representative Garber of Oklahoms, however, h: will & thorough investigation of proration in the three States, believing it is in direct violation of the anti-trust laws. the door for the larger units o industry to flood this country with a stream of Central and South Ameri 1WA him to | inroads been suggested, therefore, that the President be given the right to place an embargo on im- of foreign oil. these measures are opposed by men, who regard any ':c“nm; o to solve the production problem. ar In the midcontinent field, lucers Dout. what il happe is not entirely those | That he was embittered toward the ilson administral to permit Gen. Wood to go is undeniable. But that he favored or suggested President in 1916 is in proof. Certainly he gave no outward sign of it. Gen. Wood had the nucleus of an or- nnll‘-um but was not sponsored T. Once, in personal conversation, prior to the breach of 1912, Roosevelt con- trasted Taft and Wood in these words: “Will Taft is & man who will go and | straight ahead and do his duty, regard- less of the effect of duty-doing upon his personal or political fortunes. Leon- ard Wood is & like of man, but C. BONE. chasers of crude oil and does not re- fine except through a subsidiary. The concern asserts that its stocks are top- | heledl-nd its storage space entirely ex- | haus It is possible that the decision of this cgmpany may cause & drop in produs as it is the only outlet for some of the smaller producers, uv.hwg: the Johnson Oil Refining Co. will al sorb some of the oll formerly handled by Prairie. * k¥ ago. It would not be too much were there mot such tremendous stocks al- | e | With e Feactai Had he indicated that he would sup- port Elihu Root, who had an influential | AMERICANS EAT LESS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Astonishing changes have taken place in the diet of the American people during the last three to four decades and they may fairly be held to account to & considerable extent for farm distress. Al th the period has been one of ly increasing wealth and & constantly higher stand- ard of living, staple farm products have been consumed in progressively smaller quantities. People eat less than they did a gen- eration or two . This is accounted for by the development of labor-saving machinery. As each year has brought amaszing new inventions, the necessity for putting forth muscular effort has diminished. Steam, electricity, gaso- line, compressed air are doing much of the work which formerly was the direct result of the straining of sinews. While it remains a task requiring skill and some strength for & man to drive a tractor dragging & gang-plow, less muscular force is demanded than in the holding of an old-fashioned plow and striding In factor have been made lighter. automobile drivers were required to , stronger men were required. Today the self-starter does the trick. Before the days of the motor car th.byd"ve:l cflt‘: had wdhold ‘)lli!; horses main strength and usu exert some considerable effort in har- nessing, unharnessing, grooming, feed- ing and watering his animal power. All that is » thing of the past. The motor car is fed by the flll station attendant, and even he is armed with 1abor-savis . ‘The m-';fm le result has been & di- minished consumption of muscle-bulld- ing food. Tissue still is broken down by effort, but, for the population as & whole, less is actually needed to CAITY | the tasks. on the majority of modern A Another element in diminished food consumption is to be found in imoroved housing and heating facilities No longer is it mecessary for the people to store up by hearty eating reserves of heat-conserving energy to fight off the cold. Houses are constructed with more of an idea to comfort. The mod- ern furnace, equally distributing heat throughout a dwelling, has taken the place of the open fireplace which scorched the face and froze the back. Use of Flour Declines. Some of the figures which have just been compiled by the Foodstuffs Divi- sion, Department of Commerce, are sur- prising. Incredible as it seems, the g: capita consumption of wheat flour declined from 2239 pounds in 1880 to [ hibition. only 171.8 pounds. Here is a shorte: of the yearly ration by more than loaves of bread. This is accounted for wnxmuunnatchmnlnb-un( methods. In 1889 the loaf of white bread was of much more solid texture Bwiss cheese had Also more homemade biscuif them rather weighty, were consumed. ‘The decline the consumption of corn meal is even more striking. In 1889 corn meal consumption was 117 pounds per capita. Now it is down to only 22.3 pounds. Oorn meal mush, fried corn meal cakes, spoon bread and other dishes of the t3 have almost completely disappeared the Amer- diet save in some sections of the Southern States. ‘The buckwheat cake which in 1889 ‘ed millions of American breakfast bles has almost completely disap- Fifty Years Ago In The Star Agitation for the erection of & build- ing for the accommodation of Library of continued for a number before the ly ered as the proper placement for the | this Library: - parties who are contending for the location of the new Congressional Library on Capitol Hill in- sisted before - com: mittee that it would cost at least $300, blish foundation tor Col. Casey to examine the ground and report as to whether there will be any difficulty in getting a foundation in the center of Judiciary Square. This was done and a report was sent to the committee, but the Capitol Hill parties insist that this report merely set forth m‘ & foundation could be obtained in contemplated.” “Gen. B. G. Wright, chief of the indorsed this Efiifll‘r Corps, which is certainly specific ';n tion on account of its | S the general for | took not any longer be considered but as a national library. has been rapid, and in future years it will increase in a greater ratio. The committee had in view the selection of a central location for the new building, one that would be easily accessible not only to residents of Washington but to the thousands of visitors who annually come here; also a site that would afford has | room for the extension of the library building in coming years to meet the growing wants of the country. In all their labors the committee freely sulted Librarian Spofford, who for ef years has urged not only a credi library building but an enlargement of the scope, purposes and character of the library to ascord with the greatness of our country. “By locating the building in Judiciary Square there will be ample room to add to it to meet further req ents. It will be accessible to all sections of the city. One purpose library ofion at night, which cannot be done while it remains in the Capitol. Then Government um‘floLu and visi- residents, can after vail; and all regulations will be made upon that theory. Besides, there is no site on bove ground. ! the Hill that will give room for such this river of ol flowing from | . ted. | fruits do not even appear in he | hmaion in Bn peared. Whereas the 1889 consumption was 3.9 ro 1t dwindled to a mere 4-10 of 1 pound. Buckwheat consumption never was com- rnble with white wheat because it largely a Winter food and also sec- tional. e buckwheat cake l;fl ‘maple sirup season runs eon- currently with the incidence of snow north of the Mason and Dixon line. tions for the old-fashioned cereal ucts, but they do not make & complete offset. Except for plain rolled oats of the type from which Scotch was made, the Was unknown Years ago. of advertising is interes by, the manner in which breakfasting public has into consumption of these patent foods. However, the quantities consumed ‘gu but & short way toward making up the loss in total nutriment represented by the falling off in the breadstuff eon- sumption. ‘Taking all cereal products into eon- sideration, it is reported that consump- tion has declined 120 ds for every man, woman and in the country since 1899. Milk, Meat and Sugar Gain. Du: this period the population of the Uniied States. has approximately doubled and therefore, even with the sharply reduced consumption, the total consumption in terms of volume has in- creased, but had consumption remained at the same rate the demand on the American farmer for cereals would be hundreds of millions of bushels ahead of what it is now. Farming presumably would be more profitable. On the other hand, there has been an increase in per capita consumption of meats, although o a small one when enhancement of wealth and the standard of living are taken into con- sideration. The gain has been only 3 pounds per person since 40 years ago. ,Then 142 pounds, it has increased to ll;‘;'hpmln? a no‘fr'dl 1 ree items et, all nouris! 3 but not of the same muule-buuhdm‘ type as meat and cereal, have reveal ns. The chief gain is recorded n dairy products. Per u?lu consump- tion now is placed at 1,040 pounds, an increase of 150 pounds since 1899. The gain is chiefly accounted for by the greatly increased use of ice cream, which in 1899 was a relatively rare luxury. Sugar climbed from 61 pounds per capita in 1899 to 105 wuna.p:r!nn of 44 pounds. A considerable of . ‘Transportation improvements and perfections of refrigeration, to- gether with development of the citrus industry, account for a large in fresh fruit consumption—from 169 pounds in 1899 to 192 pounds now. For instance, consumption of has increased from 6.69 pounds in 1 to 1949 pounds now. ®Lemons have risen from 2.99 to 4.79 pounds. Grape- the sta- tistics until 1909, when consum; ited to Vegetable consumption has not increased. There have been flucwn:::. n however, in cann vglehbl-. Meantime, the health index of the American people has risen steadily. Destitution threatening starvation has been less and less apparent with the passing of the years. The American people simply do not want as much to eat as used to. England’s Depression Attributed to France BY A. G. GARDINER, England's Greatest Liberal Editor. LONDON, December 27.—With has the the tial response to increased trade, have made only the movement upward. The number of un- emgoufl is now well over 2,225,000. It is by no means improbable that in the g%mt.hru months it may reach even It is clear that the considerable inten: tional in character. In particular, more and more attention has been givem to the state of the world's lold supply. During the Summer Sir Henry Stra- kosh, a director of the Bank of England, published a memorandum which focused on on b In cent weeks Lord D banker and late Aml in discussions of the gold supply. PFirst, to ‘what extent is the defictent or maldis- tributéd gd supply responsible for the onset of the slump? Secondly, what in- fluence can be excited by a gold policy in accelerating or retarding the re- covery? 8o, far as the first question is con- cerned, opinion is divided. But probably the majority of the authoril over here are ske] of local ulf mer of 1929, it is that the slump in the United States was caused by any deficiency of gold supply. This point of view is much too simple. Many regret that the Strakosh memorandum was published, on Snecessary misundersiandings in- the essary misune rest of the world. But so nrr”omuu of & recov: ery are conce! , :g:fime t is more eral that influence of gold policy may be important. connection the policy of the lldut.h “i.cl is large balan and New York. There is creased len Farls, T fecent weeks ‘this’ his . In recent weel been happening here. There has been a large flow of gold to Paris, and hopes of hy r money are for the time being cl at an end. 11df te) , @ building as is contemplated, 'mhnrlthh extensions. gund adjoining for future om consideration every mittee decided in favor of Squ and Mr. s .