Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STA With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........7.July 81, 1831 THEODORE W. NOYES., ..Editor R |wntie » rata brings to tght veritable |ana thus they have pushed further arsenals of pistols and sawed-off shot- |along the limits of non-stop flying. guns, machine guns and bombs and Stout planes and good pilotage are quantities of ammunition. Surely the |the essentials to successful long-distance sources of this supply must be known. It would seem to be possible through cloge watching of these sources to trace __ | the weapons before they are used. There ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company ‘Busingss Omjce: st. A0 Pennavivania_Ave. New York Ofice: 110, O H “fifluflk e Bice 14 Regent .. Londos Englan Rate by Carrier Within the City. . .45¢ per month ‘each month. thie ‘end of it o Telephons Orders may be sent in by ma NAtional 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. aily and Sunday. 1 yr., $10.00: 1 mo., 00; 1 . All Other States and Canada. H . $1.00 Daily and Sunday... 3 Xl%gg_.i:g» $ Ay oniy . s Vise tnday only "1 1mas 80c 85¢c 50¢ 40c Member of the Associited Press. e Associated Press is exclusively entl to the ‘vee 10t Tepublication of all hews d atches credited to it or not otherwise cre ted, 1o, $0is, PAREr A0 BE0 o Suntication uf blished herein. rig! :&:l:lrfliip‘! !h here! e also reserved. — The Judge Was Not “Fixed.” “It is time for somebody to impress upon this defendant,” sald Federal Judge Wilkerson in Chicago, “that it is utterly impossible to bargain with a Federal court.” And it is high time for somebody to impress, not Al Capone alone, or all that he represents, but the rank and file of honest Amierican citizens, with the fact that money and power and the quills and quirks of the law are power- less to make a tragic joke of justice and its administration. « So far, such an impression has been anything but lasting. The rather ab- surd situation that has developed in the Capone case is symbolic. Here we have the spectacle of this swaggering, overbearing gangster confidently walk- ing into court to receive a sentence bar- gained for in advance. And finding, to his astonishment, that the judge was not a party to the bargain, the question is whether he can change a plea of guilty to one of not guilty, thus con- fronting the Government with the hazardous business of trying the case on the evidence. The absurd thing is not the bargain- ing between Federal counsel and coun- sel for the defense, but the conditions that necessitate such bargains. United States Attorney George E. Q. Johnson made no defense of his part in the agreement. It was founded on good, common sense. “It seemed very desir- able on the part of the officers of the Government who are charged with this responsibility,” he said, “that if we could avoid the hazards of a trial this defendant might at an early date be imprisoned in the penitentiary.” And what, in Chicago, are the hazards of a trial? Fixed juries, intimidated and perjured witnesses and a court room under the surveillance of vengeful gang- dom. The Federal Government obvi- ously had the facts, and Capone, with the agreement of skilled counsel, ad- mitted it had the facts. But the Fed- eral Government, with the prestige, the power and the resources at its com- mand, was willing to stoop to a bar- gain with a common hoodlum and to agree to recommend a degree of len- fency in return for the hoodlum's passive acceptance of the so-called ma- Jjestic processes of the law. And under the conditions it was not a bad bar- gain. It is the sort of bargain that is made every day. ¢ The court, of course, is theoretically not a party to such agreements. But as a practical matter, the courts follow the recommendations of the Govern- ment in such cases because it is ex- pedient. And expediency, not stern justice, has been the ruling factor in the maneuvers to lodge Al Capone be- hind the bars. Capone has complained, somewhat bitterly, that he has been made a sym- bol. S0 he has, for he is. Judge Wil- kerson, too, may become & symbol, long awaited. e Pl‘fl.l Apaches are usually cabaret en- tertainers whose profession requires them to seem as desperately cruel as possible. The killing of a weman en- gaged in ethnological \research in Ari- zona proves that the imitation Apache is far from disclosing the ferocity of the original. oot No matter what form of government his title may imply, the simple name Hindenburg means more to the German people than any formal designation of power. r————————— Even the taxicab industry is being discussed as an example of overproduc- tion at a sacrifice of normal profits. R Slaughter in the Streets. In all the annals of crime in this country there is no more shocking, flendish deed than that committed the other day in New York City, when a gang of desperadoes swung through & crowd- ed street in an automobile and opened fire with many guns upon an intendéd wvictim, despite the fact that the space ‘between was aswarm with children at play. The man at whom they fired es- caped injury, but five of the little ones were wounded, one dying later and the others remaining in badly crippled con- dition. ‘This disregard of life is characteristic of the modern gangster. Innocent bystanders have been hit and occasionally killed heretofore as murder bands have fired at marked men, but mever has there been such a wanton in- difference to the lives of those who chance to be between the assailants and their human targets. Immediately after the shooting, an- nouncement was made by police that it was undoubtedly an incident in a three-cornered war between gangs over beer-running “privileges.” The names of the leaders were known. The identity of the man who was shot at is known. ‘There is some doubt as to the identity of the gunmen who did the shooting, but the whole outfit is known to the police, and now there is a lively scurry- ing about to round up the members of the gangs to winnow out if possible the participants in this hideous slaugh- ter. Personal armament with the most dishgljcal weapons appears to e per- fectly easy to the gangster, Evegy little tire route in one hop. But they did i, q-ub'- is & law in New York which severely punishes the possessors of weapons. It is invoked- now and then as the only charge on which known gangsters can be held. Lately, however, the crimes al- most invariably precede the Hiscovery of arms. This shooting in New York is just anotber sad reflection upon the state of American civilization. Banditry such as Y |never was known in the old days of frontier life is an every-day happening In the large™cities of this country. Life Is not safe in the streets because of the wars that are raging between organized bands of lawbreakers. Truly this is a sorry condition in a land with the sup- —_— Mr. Baker Tells the World. Day by day, in every way, 1932 Demo- cratic presidential possibilities are find- ing ways and means to express them- selves and take the country into their confidence with respect to the views they held on national and international questions. Recently the most active and informative aspirant to his party's | honors has been Gov. Ritchie of Mary- ,land. Yesterday, with the convocation {of the annual Institute of Politics at Willlamstown, Mass, as his forum, Newton D. Baker displayed his wares, and with that cogency of presentation at which the Ohioan is a past master. ‘The Wilsonian Secretary of War, as his admirers expected, adopts a new internationalism as his keynote. He has high praise for Mr. Hoover's initi~ ative in proposing the intergovern- mental debt suspension, terming it “the most conspicuous act of statesmanship™ in the President's career. But Mr. Baker plainly indicates his belief that the administration might have gone much further in its effort to resuscitate an economically ailing universe and done so sooner, with the full-hearted approval of the American people. The Ohio statesman sees in the electric response which the moratorium plan evoked a proof that public sentiment in favor of a broad-gauge international policy “is ahead of the Government.” Between the lines of that contention plank on which Newton Baker would like to ride into his party's standard bearership. Specifically, Mr. Baker calls for eco- nomic planning upon a world scale, and to that end would summon the nations in conference, as they are to be sum- moned at Geneva in 1832 for disarma- ment. The Baker program would in- clude horizontal tariff reductions over a period of years, in order to diminish, or put an end to, that friction from which wars have been generated. Doubtless, with no intention of tearing a page out of Herbert Hoover's note- book, yet doing so, Mr. Baker advocates “soundly formed public opinion” as the strongest weapon with which to bring about international economic readjust- ment as well as disarmament. The President’s belief in the “mobilization of public opinion,” especially in ‘world affairs, is proverbial. It actuated the call for the London Naval Conference of 1930. It inspired the recent mora- torilum scheme. It lies at the root of Mr. Hoover's gzealous interest in the success of the Geneva Conference to curtail armaments. On that score, at any rate, should the Fates pit the Ohioan against the Californian in 1932, they would see eye to eye. Mr. Baker strikes a timely and useful note in debunking a good deal of cur- rent American thought about the beau- tles of the Russian five-year plan. He dismisses it as “a passing phenome- non,” suited, perhaps, to the special emergencies which the Communist czars face—“well enough for an indus- trially backward nation like Russia,” but wholly unsuited to great industrial peoples unless they are prepared “to put world economics in a straitjacket.” The Ohioan emphasizes in vigorous terms that “no form of social organiza- tion can endure, or is indeed worth seekihg, which does not leave room for the individual man.” Thus, in another direction—the doctrine of individual- lsm—Newton Baker reveals a side of his political nature which runs parallel to familiar dogmas of Herbert Hoover. The World War administrator of America’s military establishment, which reached its greatest glory ,under his leadership, verifies amply in his Wil- liamstown address Ris claims to high- minded statesmanship. It breathes vision, patriotism and sagacity. Those are qualities of which the Nation has enduring need, and in this day more than ever. — e ‘Tendencies in government expendi- tures are often so liberal that drders for drastic economy must be issued from time to time to avert extravagahce. In the meantime the principle assefts itself that a government, like any othér busi- ness, must have fundg with which to meet an inevitable “overnead cost.” PSS Acknowledged master of the art of holding “the center of the stage,” G. Bernard Shaw meets his match on his Russian tour with Lady Astor, who suc- ceeds in being more dramatic than the world's most celebrated dramatist. —_— —t——— Having taken Secretary Stimson for a short pleasure trip on the Mediter- | ranean, Mussolini renews confidence in his ability to steer without being mis- chievously tempted to rock the boat. New Air Records. 8o steadily in advance are the ac- complishments of long-distance and speed-record flyers that it is imfpossible to consider any performances 85 stand- ardjzed. Records are being broken so rapidly and so positively that the marvel of last week is the commonplace of this week. The Summer of 1931 is witness- ing = remarkable advance in the art of aviation. Yesterday two young men landed at Istanbul—which is the Constantinopie of pre-war days—having flown' without stop from New York, a distance of 5,014.5 miles, in 49 hours and 19 min- utes. This is the longest non-stop flight on record. So long indeed is dis- tance that when the fiyers Were not heard | is unmistakably to be read the main | fight, Phe day of the trick fiyer, the stunt performer, is past. Hawks is not one of these. He is a speed marvel, doing things almost from week to week that make astonishing new records. That is because he has a dependable plane and is gifted with the precious “air sense” that makes the successful pilot. Others are developing that sense. Day by day commercial and mail flying is producing men of the air who can handle their ships in%adverse conditions and who can get the most out of their craft. It was early urged that as soon as the plane was perfected the pilots would be developdg. These rapidly successive record performances show that pilotage is advancing as rapidly as the machines are improved. Men who have never be- fore been heard of beyond a limited posedly best government in the world. |circle of local performance are taking the air for extraordinary objectives and doing their work satisfactorily, thus winning international fame for a period. Soon there will be “no wqrlds to con- quer,” as Alexander the Great sighed. Aviation will have passed through the ploneering stage and become an every- day utility. et A decision to abandon his office temporarily was reached by the Presi- dent of Chile. A conditional resigna- tion Jike & moratorium suspends cer- tain responsibilities tentatively. There is always a possibility to be considered that the arrangement will become posi- tive and permanent. Pride is expressed by J. P. Morgan in the quick trip by the yacht Corsair across the ocean. Sir Thomas Lipton might have spared himself some an- noyance and disappointment if he had interested himself in yachting as a private luxury and not as a sporting proposition. ———r———————— Night clubs are competing rather flercely for business in the big cities. Agriculture is not alone in experienc- ing the dangers of overproduction. Even commercialized gayety may become a drug on the market. ——ee— Statements that the dirigible is not contemplated as a possible war ma- chine favor the hope that in another year or 50 the Graf will be announcing special popular rates for Summer ex- cursions over cool Siberia. ———————— Hard work is often mentioned by readymade philsophers as a remedy for discontent. Economists admit be- ing a little confused by the fact that the harder a farmer works the more wheat he produces. - Successes scored in dirigible con- struction are examples of a wealth of ideas that Germany is endeavoring to finance in a manner that will even- tually transmute it into ordinary cur- rency. ———ae— In years gone by it was announced “the grade crossing must go.” Many of them have disappeared. Unfortu- nates who are caught in crossing crashes are disappearing still more rapidly. In diplomacy the “unofficial visit” usually means extra long hours of hard work instead of abundance cf gay hos- pitality, as the term might suggest. —————————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Littleness. Little bit o’ sunshine, Little bit of cloud, Little bit o' solitude, Or laughing in a crowd. Little bit of sighin’, Little bit o' song, But, somehow or another, ‘We are boun’ to git along. Little bit o' money, If you're lucky now an’ then; A little time to spend it Until Father Time says, “When!"” A little bit of hopin’ Our feelin's to exalt; It's all so little, what's the use Of findin’ any fault? The Pursuit of Happiness. “What I want,” said the earnest citi- zen, “is to see a state of affairs which will give every man a chance to work.” “Yes,” answered the cheerless per- son, “but that won't give entire satis- faction. What nearly everybody is look- ing for is a chance to do nothing and make everybody else work.” Lubricants of Thought. “Pictures and poetry,” said the artis- tic young woman, “do much to smooth the pathway of life.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Cumrox, “there’s 2 lot of advertisements that wouldn't be read if it weren't for them.” Repetition. Each joke is old and gray; If you can somehow tell A story in a different way ‘You're doing very well. Characters in Fiction. “What are your favorite characters in fiction?” asked the literary young woman. “Some of the statesmen, authors and actors I read about in the papers,” an- swered her companion. A Kindly Assurance. “You talked all through my solo,” isald the musician, a little resentfully. “Oh, that's all right,” said the self- sufficlent sage. “I wasn't saying any- thing you would care about hearing.” Magic. This world is full of magic, A strange, enchanted spot; Sometimes it's rather tragic, But mostly it s not. Some man, quite ordinary, Grows rich ere set of sun. ‘The trick’s perplexing, very; 1 wonder how it's done. A youth of feeble seeming An heiress will ensnare; A wild romancer’s dreaming Sells stocks most anywhere. ‘The wise man does the labor And the idler has the fun; I'm mot jealous of my neighbor, But I wonder how it's done. “Don’t fall in love wif yoh own con- from on the way it was feared | versation, son,” sald Uncle Eben. “Dar that they were lost. expected that they & i ~ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Generalizgtions from observed phe- nomena are rather risky, especially :hen hinged on the character and conduct of human bel'l.lr. ‘That intelligent people are the quiet: people, for Or that ntuu;; people. " That those prefer dogs are men and women of action. ‘These are pretty generalities, which no doubt have much truth in them, but 1t is easy enough for any one to question them, t:m to give instances of ?un the opposite. * ok ok ok Few would be willing to dispute the fact, however,~that the more intelligent & person is the quleter he is likely to be. 1t is not so much a matter of still waters running deep, as that he has come to see that thought is opposed to mere ostentation, and that this latter is usually the be-all and end-all of noise. . Machinery and the like has noise as a by-product, the inevitable consequence of friction. It is demonstrated every year that even tend to grow Quieter and quieter, as their manufac- turers the demand for less noise in mechanical things. Noise, with human beings, is only in- cidentally it is mostly the inevitable consequence of indifference to the rights of others, and a mistaken notion of what it means to live as one pleases. These are the two flaws in the men- tal characteristics of the noisy person, ;l‘ l:.e w‘irk:“tehmunu out in llfinot}cm life. e 1s an res| spectacle of greater evils in little. 'lh'hlm the only law is the law which pleases him. For law and order in the abstract he has no regarl at all, hence is willing to be totally indifferent to the theoretical rights of others. % * K ok % “After me, the deluge,” is the unspok- en motto of the noisy individual. “The French King used it as a bit of bravado; the nolsy person observes it as a gesture of indifference. ‘The thoughtful man is not noisy be- cause he realizes so well the vast amount of interesting phenomena which there is to be observed, to be interested in, whether it is good or ill, and which, like time and tide, will wait for no man. ‘To be raucous on his own account, he has learned, is to deprive himself of the interest of the study of noise in others, ‘The one noise drowns the other, and he is no better off than if he were noisy himself by nature. This would never do, 80_he refrains. He will not, of course, he noisy under any circumstances, because he has a Fegard for the likes and dislikes of oth- ers, feels that he and his sort must set a EWd example, even if it never shall be tal etnulmodelbythmewhn need it most 1t is one of the most curlous miscon- ceptions in the world, that models must be patterned after. Life is full of the most exemplary conduct, for instance, with few takers, not because it is not a:‘m":r';d, but because it 18 so dificult to It is & happy state of mind, this feel- ing that right is right, justice is jus- tice, truth is truth, without need of the common proof of imitation. * ok % % ‘The extremes of quiet and noise, as applied to human character, inevitably | come down to questions of lack of con- ceit and conceit. Only the person without conceit, ex- alted ego, will realize the deep necessity for quiet, if he is to be an observer. The a by-product of muscularity; s “instance. pecta the people who like cats are 5 adjupcts, legs, arms, etc., to the greatest noise- efforts. If this mind reads, we have said; but usually it does not read, because reading is perforce a quiet performance and nothing offends this mind more than quiet in :ny‘oltlu*! forms. By quiet person, it should be said, we do not mean the tight-lipped person. The man or woman ‘Who never says thing is common enough, but that 1is more physical than mental, after all. Lack of ready speech no more con- notes an intellectual person than a gift of llb.r wlndeed.k et;l.;eme! tlfl this sort more often speal opposite. ‘The quiet, intellectual person is like- ly to be a ready talker, one who has a constant supply of mental ammuni- tion, whose intgrests make him willing and eager to to others. He will, however, converse in a re- strained manner. He will not find it necessary to bellow his words so that they can be heard for blocks in every direction. If he has people in for din- ner it is a matter of no concern what- mouths, ever to him whether others know he C has them in for dinner or not. He is interested, in other words, in the actual, and the actual depends not upon numbers, but upon facts. Perhaps that is why a fact, for him, takes on more than a certain cold quality and becomes & warm reality. ‘The satisfaction of noise is elemental compared with the keener content of quietness. - The latter is based upon appreciation, and of all the gifts given to man that of appreciatign is one of the very finest. Without appreciation a human being is little more than a pig. Even a hog in a good sty has some appreciation, perhaps. But a human being who f§ forever creating a racket is so busy thumping on his big bass drum that he has no time for anything else. Unijversal history, the pageant of the Caesars, the romance of excavations, the thousand and one thrilling and en- gaging artistic endeavors of man—these and scores of other topics such a noisy one does not even know exist. He is forever chasing rainbows, new rainbows of the “’round the shoulder” variety, made not of tints but tones, not of colors but of exclamations, va- rieties of noise which flame with the wild exhalations of ancient hellfire, Amid this avalanche of sound the | ™! thoughtful man will stand back to con- sider his ancient heritage. which dis- tlnm the mxg ltmtm the brute and whic! responsible for him what he is. . His is the task of being the torch- bearer for the race. Whether his place is high or low makes no difference. That he plays his role to the best of his abil- ity makes a great deal. He will have person is too intent on his own |the satisfaction of belonging to the in- noisy little blast to be interested in others, | tellectual ones who are quiet. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Col. Lindbergh wants his friends all over the United States to divest them- selves of any thought that he and his Anne are embarking upon their trans- polar flight to Japan as a stunt. Nor is it in any respect a quest for addi- tional fame. “Lindy” told folks in Washington this week that his sole pur- pose is scientific. He is taking wing this time purely and exclusively in the name of aeronautical research. Lind- bergh thinks there is something in the Arctic region and beyond that needs exploring and surveying for the good of aviation, and that's why he is off on another thrilling adventure through the uncharted ether. The colonel dis- closed another secret in Washington. All last Spring he commuted daily to Princeton from his Jersey home, in or- der to take a course in meteorology and an allied branch, from which he felt he ought to derive more knowledge than he already has. His studies had par- ticular reference to the impending trek to the Far East. Lindbergh resisted any number of seductive offers to write per- sonal accounts of the exploit. He is footing all thz bills connected with it, and told Capital friends, jokingly, that “it looks as if we might go broke this time.” * K X % Everett Sanders, Calvin Coolidge's right-hand bower at the White House, is about to sail for a European vaca- tion, with England as his immediate destination. He expects to be asked about the Yorktown-Cornwallis inci- dent, provided he encounters any Britons who have heard of a certain Virginia event in 1781. One day while Sanders was presidential aide, a couple of distinguished Englishmen were wait- ing in his office for presentation to Mr. Coolidge. They were surveying the landscape and sky line visible from the windows of the secretarial office. “I say,” ejaculated one of them, turning to Mr. Sarders, “and what is the obe- lisk in the distance?” Terre Haute's favorite son is a diplomat as well as a politician. He didn't think it tactful to reply that the big white shaft is a monument to George Washington. * x % % Senator Borah, among hiy many claims to fame, enjoys the most unique distinction of a member of Congress who rarely, if ever, recommends any- body for high Federal office. If he does, it's generally a routine affair of securing the usual senatorial O. K. of an appointment alréady decided upon. Once upon a time a nephew of the Idahoan was a candidate for an im- portant position in the gift of the De- partment of Justice. The Attorney Gen- eral expected that “Big Bill's” indorse- ment would head the list of the young man’s credentials. Uncle and nephew were the best of friends, but Borah re- {fused to use any influence on his kins- man's behalf. He got the job anyhow. “How’s Business?” is the timely title of a book just off the press bearing the name of Merle Thorpe, editor of the Nation’s Business, as author. Wash- ington friends are in receipt of first editions wrapped in cellop] , like their favorite cigars. There is nothing dry, however, about the facts and fig- ures within its covers, for they bristle with up-to-dateness and in the United thor. ing his recent mh the ivories rejolned: *Oh, I am only a poor Pole playing solo, but he is a dear soul playing polo.” ol Richard Waldo, New York newspaper syndicate magnate, was a visitor to Washington this week. He's now known to fame as the man who made Coolidge write. It was Waido's powers of persuasion that induced the Sage of Northampton, on tke verge of his departure from the White House, to consider a journalistic career. The as- sociation has led to a warm personal friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge and Waldo is a regular guest at the Beeches. Formerly a leader in the advertising profession, Waldo has just returned from a 10,000-mile tour through the Far West, undertaken on behalf of the Advertising Federation of America. A captivating public speaker, his mission was to preach the gospel that times of business depres- sion are just the ones in which mer- chants and manufacturers should not declare a moratorium on advertising. x ok % % Representative Charles D. Millard, who seems to be a newly elected mem- ber of the House from the Tarrytown, N. Y, district, says he's going to ask Congress to provide for the entomb- ment of John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States, in the new Su- l ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, at their com- Ask any question of fact and it will be answered, free, by mail direct to you. Inclose 2-cent stamp for re- ly postage and address The Ev tar Information Bureau, Frederic J. Hask'n, director, Washington, D. Q. What is meant by Summer furs? Are they trapped in Summer?—N. R. N. A. Summer furs refer to furs which L between sun- d heat prosttation?—F. A. A. The National Safety Council says that the symptoms are different. In sunstroke or heat stroke the patient is be | Tector of New Kent Parish, Q. How many of the $50 gold coins were issued as souvenirs of the San Pranclsco Exposition?—E. R. A. There were twd of the $50 coins, one round in shape, the other 7 | octagonal. Of the former, 1,510 were ¢ | issued; of the latter, 1,509. never had any_co) ridge. Post office officials may carry out postal laws only as they inflict no injury on others. The placing of the name Woodridge on that office station has resulted constantly in in- jury to the property rights of the owners of Woodridge. Q. What is kapok?—H. C. P. A. Kapok is the down from the seed pods of the randoe tree, grown chiefly in Java, but to some extent in Ceylon and the Philippine Islands. The as United States imports around 700,000 tons per year. Due to its resilience it 004~ is used in the manufacture of pillows and mattresses. Its buoyancy makes it useful in the manufacture of life pre- servers. It has been found recently that it is an excellent insulating material for both heat and sound. Q. Why is the authorized version of the Bll;le_gusumg as the King James Irresponsible agencies have presumed | version without lawful authority to set up e ion) Boundaries —a setious. tres- pass upon the pre rights of this entire neighborl 3 JOS! CHEYNEY, EPH W. Business Golden Rule By Higher Wages Urged To the Editor of The Star: The t business depression, with its distressing factors of unemployment and want at & time when there is too much wheat and too much fdle money, has been declared by some of our clear- est thinkers and industrial leaders to be a result of an outgrown business system. For, in a republic such as ours, wealth must be ted as well as accumulated. The natural and fair to distribute m‘lhfl; is throi wages, ‘The higher wage, the greater the buying power, and the big- ger and broader the market demmands. Low Wages never can support pros- perity, for no matter how much mass production or how cheap prices, the lack of spending money slows up busi- ness activity. By limiting wages and permitting unlimited returns on capital, our kind of capitalistic business system works in cycles of depression. Now, if we reverse this arrangement, and limit capital to a fair, even liberally fair, profit, and turn back excess earnings to ‘employes, purchasing power would be constantly strengthened. To illustrate, suppose business of r monopolistic nature, including public service corporations, by law divide al’ earnings over six per cent with em- ployes, wouldn't conditions be better all around? By helping themselves to higher re- turns, say seven, eight or ten per cent these corporations would at the samc time be helping others, thus subscrib- ing to the principle of the Golden Rule ‘What could be more fair? If New Zealand can have more en- lightened and humane business legis- lation, what is holding America back’ American business should really be glac to modify our present antiquated one- way capitalistic business system, to strengthen it in the hearts of the peo- le, and meet & changing mental world lest at any time it be found wanting, and more radical changes urged. One thing sure—America must get used to the Golden Rule in business if it is to be faithful to its promise. ROGER SHERMAN WHITE. Taxicab Conflict and Street Car Fare Rates To tHe Editor of The Star: The writer has for some time watched with interegt the transortation sys- tems of this cit{, ularly the street car lines, whicl ve for years cried for increased fares. Today we are in the midst of a most interesting so-called taxi war brought preme Court Building at Washington. | usual, fin Jay's remains are now interred in a country cemetery near Rye, N. Y. Mr. Millard will seek the support of the Jay family, Columbia University, whence, as King's College, the Chief Justice was’ graduated, and the Nation’s bar associations. All of them, he thinks, would favor his project. * ok ok X . To Henry F. Rosenberg of New Brunswick, N. J., has just gone the first plant patent under the act of Congress signed by President Hoover in May, . The tent will be issued on August 18 and covers “climb- ing or trailing rose.” It gives Mr. Rosenberg the exclusive right to re- produce, use or sell his invention for a period of 17 years. About 50 ap- Exuuons for plant patents are pend- g. More are looked for, now that the first one has been granted. The intent of the plant patent law, Spon- sored by Senator Townsend of Dela- ware, was to insure fair rewards for the skill and imagination of inventors. The most famous plant breeders in complaining Public Utilities Commission about their losses. It most pathetic the way they picture their so-called losses; twice induced by good causes. It is time pow for a ghow- down and it 4s up to the car com- panies to either give the service to the public which they are charging for or petition to the commission for per- mission to return to the 5-cent fare— the fare which is commensurate with the service they now 3 In the wave of luctions of costs and a gradual return to pre-war prices we find the Washington car lines con- tinually asking for increases and crying hard times. Yet they never stop to eox'::du the service they give the public. New York has a 5-cent car fare and & 10-cent bus fare. Both lines give service. Both systems get patronage. There are only two car lines in the city giving partial service, the Four- teenth street line ‘of the Capital Trac- tion and the P street line of “WRECO.” America died in comparative poverty. | Senator Townsend _instanced Luther Burbank, Ephraim Bull,’' Peter Gideon, C. G. Patten, J. R. Reasoner and Dr. Van Fleet as cases in point. The new law, uilla b& have n:d count gl:'en the world, is welcomed as 8 - couragement to Yankee horticulturists. (Copyright, 1931.) Advocates Brief in |1 for the other lines in the city. These two companies have been dividen y- ds to the stockholders Rm long Daily Traffic Halt :mm To the Editor 8t The Star: For the first time I had the pleasant opportunity of motcring in the country for two consecutive days, stopping only over night and giving sufficient time for meals. It was glorious, it was wonder- full As a result of this experience I feel Pad to America, the Myn. ‘The Damrosch _ to home of a celebrat trio was It had Hot been’'nebber yit was anything important | Pade would make the en- spoiled by not gittin’ talked: about [ Te———C s nce between Guics s 3 B v is | Times-Union avers that “Gov. ‘Alfalfa A. It is because the revision was made by some of the greatest scholars of the country and of the world, under the authorization of James I of England, who was salso g James VI of Scotland, and in” whose reign Eng- land and Scotland were united. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots; the grandson of Henry VIII and the nephew of Queen beth. He was, under English law, a Protestant, but had extreme leanings toward the Roman Catholic faith. Q. Has the present depression af- fected the amount of money appropr: ated by the States for vocational edu- cation?—F. R. O. A. According to Dr. J. C. Wright, di- rector of the Federal Board for Voca- tional Education, 19 States report an increase in State appropriations for the current fiscal year, totaling 800,000. Only seven States report decreases in their vocational training appropriations. ‘These decreases total $70,000, which leaves a total increase in the appro- priations for the 46 States reporting of nearly $750,000 available for additional scl:‘ocll and classes in vocational edu- cation. Q. What relation is Pranklin Roose- velt, Governor of New York, to Theo- dore Roosevelt, ex-President of the| United States>—H. B. A. He is a fifth cousin of the former t. Their great-great-gréat- grandfathers were brothers. | Eng |ard of radio English by ‘What street in London corre- mu o to New York's Wall Street?— A. Lombard Street is the English equivalent. Q. What moments are represented Leonardo’s “Last Supper” and Munkacsy's "?—8. N. A. In the first Christ has just said, “One of you shall betray Me.” In the second, “M7 God! My God! Why hast ‘Thou forsaken Me?2"” Q. When was the Hall of Fame in New Yurlk established ?—G. H. T. in in A.In 1900 the first 20 names were losen. Q. Did Admiral Byrd's party suffer from scurvy while on the Antarctic ex- MA":;‘:7—!' R. . There were no symptoms of scurvy. Rations were carefully worked out and both men and dogs thrived occurred The Rev. Morsum, the ceremony. Q. Please . name the masts on a lk{er, driver, pusher and spanker, Q. In printing terms, what is the %flennu ;seween ;n en lll;d an em? ese words occur frequently in cross- word puzzles.—T. 8. o A. The em is a unit of measure printed matter. An en is half width of an em. for the AQ’k_vlhl) invented the concertina?— | A. It was invented by Charles Wheate | stone m 1829. It is a small musical fn- strument on the principle of the ac- cordion. Q. What effect is radio having em the English language?—J. S. A. Radio has aroused new interest in correct speech and pronunciation. No definite steps have been taken in the English speec] but the British Broadcasting Co. of land has established a single stand- an Advisory Committee to compose a style | sheet for radio announcers. to David Saranoff, radio has about 5,000 pew words to the English language. Q. Must a band leader be an exoele lent musician?—H. B. A. A conductor of a bana or orches- | tra must be thoroughly grounded in the | rudiments of music, history of music, |instrumentation, composition, counter- point, harmony and the ranges of dif- ferent instruments, plus a great deal of | practical experience in band and or- | chestral work. - Q. mec mthe real name of George and?—L. J. V. A. Amantine Lucile Aurore, Baroness Dudevant. Q. How many kinds of asters are | there?—M. 8. A. There are over 250 species of asters. They are native of temperate regions, being _especially abundant throughout the United States. Asters belong to the family Compositae and are so named from the radiate or star- like appearance of the flowers. The China aster is also a member of the énl:xixrsl]y Compositaz and is a native of a. Red River Bridge Campaign Taken As Summer Diversion Amusement is found by the greater part of the country in the battle which has been fought over the toll and free bridges spanning the Red River on the | boundary between Texas and Oklahoma. | The heated exchanges between Gov. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray of Oklahoma and Millionaire Ross Sterling, Governor of the Lone Star State, are generally ac- cepted as a form of -weather enter- tainment. In reply to its own query, “When is a bridge that spans a river located be- | tween two States, not a bridge?” the Rock Island Argus finds that the an- swer is, “When the Governors of the two States get to scrapping about it— one blocking an approach while the other approach is kept open by 'tother | Governor.” The Rocheser Times-Union | recalls that “Texas and Oklahoma have | been at war off and on (mostly on) ever | since the Comanche Indians used to slip | over the border from the Oklahoma reservation and steal longhorn steers and liquor and shoot up the country- side generally. The last war,” con- tinues that paper, “was over the bound- ary, Oklahoma claiming that the old bed of Red River was the boundary, which would give Oklahoma millions of dollars’ income from new oil fields. This suit was lost, but Oklahomans haven't forgot who won it.” In re- viewing the latest controversy, the Bill' is ready to fight at the drop of the hat, Texans preferred,” pointing out that his opponent just how is a “millionaire oil magnate of Texas.” “The battle breaks into the news as something reminiscent of older days,” states the Oekland Tribune, advising that “there is little in the interest of | fravel to be gained by partianship with elther side” and that “what Oklakoma should do is to call upon the League of Nations to settle the issue.” The Co- lumbus Ohio State Journal thinks that “Oklahoma and Texas, instead of spend- ing taxpayers’ dollars in a needless con- troversy—e men, tractors and State police—would do better to divert the money and buy the bridges, then throw them open w*m: public.” * “Gov. Murray attempted,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle, “to turn Oklahoma traffic into the new bridges without getting the vise of Gov. Ross Sterling of Texas. This point in will probably inspire an to sing: “‘But at Alfalfa’s challenge A sullen murmur ran, Mingled ‘of wrath and shame and dread Along the Texan van.' “Gov. Sterling ordered out the Rangers and defled Gov. Murray to come across. sg‘pe future Texas poet with therefore sing: “ ‘With weeping and with laughter Still is the story told; How well Ross Sterl; ept the bridge In the brave days of old.’” “Doubtless the owners of the toll concludes the Fort , Wt over what seems to be a very simple issue.” That paper feels that “sooner or later the demands for a free bridge hylt.he thousands of motorists will pre= vail.” ‘The belief that Gov. Murray “is in- clined to make merry over the issue,” is voiced by the Cleveland News, which points to the Oklahoma executive’s pro- goul for a quilting bee on the toll ridge, but adds, “The quilting bee hav- ing come to naught, a better way might be for the Governors of Texas and Oklahoma to defend personally the blockades on their res) ve sides of the river. This might done by ora- tory, gubernatorial ultimatum or by means of the broadsword used by Ho- ratius in somewhat similar circum- stances in beating off the Tarquins at the Sublician structure. Only in this case there would be two Horatii, and while they did their stuff the troops behind might, in the approved manner, cut down the bridge each was defend- ing. Thus might the bridge issue be settled, with no bridges left at all.” “The custom of the country down Texas and Oklahoma way is for quick shooting,” remarks the Charleston (S. C.) Evening Post, contending that war was barely averted, while the Columbia (8. C.)_State, finding reports that “Texas Rangers gathered on the Lone Star side of the Red River and made a demonstration with firearms, pre= sumably to intimidate the forces of Gov. Murray,” charges that these “Texas gunmen are strofig shooters, buf sometimes overadvertise.” In view of later developments, the Manchester Un- jon finds “good grounds for the fears of the toll bridge owners that revenue will show a big f: o%“ ouf neighborly liking tes the Dallas Jour- “As evidence of nal, “let it be granted that the hasty and sensational sortie by Gov. Murray may have served to spur Texas officials to an action that otherwise might have been unduly delayed (giving the bridge company right to sue the State on its But_the action t.}l;:. been yield the right result.” Mail Order License Fee Advocated Here To the Editor of The Star: .Is the mail-order business injuring the Washington merchants? Those soliciting trade for out-of-town places of busingss, where Tents and expenses are much lower than here, can offer greater price inducements 1o purchas- ers of such articles and goods than Xpe! hants should be protected from these resident out-of-town solicitors. Many of the very causes, 1. e. and 25- to come really, to grips Cultural Highways. From the San Antonio Express. Oklahoma will eain. can ke s gt Ricture 4hg. -