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SHIP PURCHASE BILL
GETS A SHARP RAP
Foreign Trade Council TcIIh
Consjross IMrin Will Not
Work Out.
URGES! A SOUND POlICV
WAiniNOTOK, May 17. X fhlnnln
elley, rather than a ehlp purdiwe bill,
re accentuated aa the rhlef necemdty In
the way of the development of nil Amerl
can merchant marine In a glntcineitt
submitted to Congrew to-iljy ly the Na
tional Foreleii Trade Council.
The council asserts that to Increase
the 14 per cent, of American foreign
commerce carried by Amet lean ehtrs In
1915 to fio per ornt. within tfti or
fifteen yeirs will require between .00..
090 and 10,000,000 gross tons of Meant
ert. costltut from 520.ooo,ooo to 11,040.
00,000. Trio bill now hfore the Hotum pro
Tides for the ron.Mructlnn at Ooxernnnt
expense of 600,000 toim of t,hlrilmt.
Nothing but a .ound nntlonnl Milpplin:
policy. Iho statement continue, will
achieve th deidred result
The rtdtewnt In fotmitloted I'J thn
merchant marine cntmnltt n of the Na
tional Foreign Trade Council, ronKlBtliiK
of Jamee Kartell, president of the t'nlted
Htates Steel ( orporutlou : ltulxrt l)"l
tar of H.in l'rutnlMo ni 1' A S.
Franklin, vlre.preetdent of. the Interna
tional Mercantile Marino Company.
Asked whether the pending shlpplns
bill, represented by Itn advocated n't
flrnt etep In limine development, will
lead to or permit the further steps neces
sary, the council sa
"With the JjO.U00.000 dirlxed from
the vropced bond Irsiw not moro than
00,000 ETora tons of shipping iMli ho
provided Ht exlMInc; price, or less than
one-tenth of the minimum a.mount neces
sary to establlsli the United States III
trie shipping position abo.o derllcd.
Nothing like tino.000 sroM tons Is
available from the few nation which
during the nar permit the alienation of
their merchant xeesels'. American elilp
yards will not auavnutee ilcllvrrlea of
Hew construction within two years.
"In what situation," nukw tho council,
"doeu capital And itself when urged
gradually to nuance at u com of between
a. half billion and a billion doll.n s the
construction of 6.000,000 to lO.OOO.OOn
tona of etestnshlps? Klrnt of all, It
finds this country without a definite ship
ping policy. Wherraa In Inland all
Volley goxernineii'dl and commercial ban
long leaned lowurd shipping. American
policy has Unored It."
The seamen's act is declared to "Im
pose certain restrictions on American
vessels which do not apply to certain
other nations" and the pending shipping
kill is hold to be "barren of rncouraxe
rnent for privately owned shipping."
The council adds:
"It is not yet apparent whether the
legislative mind desires to consider whip
ping as an Industry which, when prop
erly developed, will render economical
service to American foreign trade, or as
a fen-ice which should be so regulated
as barely to exist."
With reference, to the seamen's act
Ud other restrictions the council t.iys;
"It has been urged that thn application
f the law alike to American and for
eign vessels precludes discrimination and
subjects the American thlp to no dla
advantage as compared with the foreign
ship seeking cargoes from the same
American port.
"American vessels, however, must also
meet in their clrcultnun voyages the com
petition of foreign ships which never call
at American ports and therefore never
will be subjected to tho re.imen's act
requirements us to manning and equip
ment. All American vessels will ha
obliged to meet the maximum require
ments of the American laws, but only
that portion of foreign shlrplng which
calls at American porte will be sim
ilarly burdened."
The council favors the creation of a
non-partisan shipping board, composed
of men experienced In shipping and for
eign trade, but declares njjslnst chaining
auch a board to a predetermined policy
of Government ownership and operation
of vessels, or to wholesale regulation of
ocean freight rates, although It does not
oppose the amendment to the Adminis
tration shipping bill providing for the
regulation or abolition of deferred re
bates, the use of fighting ships and other
buses.
BALTIMORE CITIZENS MARCH.
terse Meeting for Preparedness
IoIlo wa the Parade.
HllTlMOKX, May IT. Baltimore's pre
eredneas parade to-day did not compare
with that In New Yo'k In point of num
ber, but It aroused just as much en
thusiasm. It waa mude up of civilian
murohers, mllltla and police.
dev. Canington and other State ofTl
dale occupied a reviewing stand In the
northwestern section of the city, and the
Mayor reviewed the parade from City
Hall Plaza.
An Interesting entry was the detash
went of women who were In tho Chevy
Chase training camp for two weeks.
Thejr had plenty of marching practice,
but rode In automobiles. They woro
tbelr camp uniforms.
After the parade a big mecthiB was
held at the l ourth ucslment Armory,
where a motion picture etoi-y, "Guarding
Old Glory." w-as Hhown. Speakers talked
n preparednei.
STATE WTA8 1,121 ACRES.
Recovers BfS.Oon Adirondack Land
by JodRei Vann's Decision.
Albant, May IT. The State to-day
covered 1,121 acre1) of Adirondack
forest lands, valued nt $55,000, from the
Racquet Kails Land Company, A de
oialon of Judge Irvtnt (I. Vaun, official
referee, determined thn Slate's right
The land la located near Indian Tass on
Wallace Mountain. It was deede,j to the
Racquette Falls Land Company several
years ago for lands of tesser value.
These now revert to the Hacqtiette com
pany. Under designation of Attomi.y.Cen
,aral Woodbury, who cooperated with
Conservation Commissioner Pratt. Dep.
uty Attorneys Oen. Benjamin I. Mr.
Clunc und jitirton H. I.ouck", succeeded
In having the case reopened with the
result that the State won.
INDIA BARS BRYAN PAPER.
"Commoner" Editorials Offensive,
It la neporteil.
Ram Chandra, editor of tho HiiHluttnii
Oaiiar, published In San Kranclsco, con
tributes the following:
"To n mb llpiron or Tin; Sun Mr; ,
nerloils riot occurred In Presidency i'n.
lego, Calcutta Prof oat. mi ,m, other
English profesioi h hiio s-.-rluily
weuiKicu
The 1'ri.xidcncy College, is the Kreat.
estGoverniniint nnherslty In India and
hundnlh of hlKh schools have been
olosed to check tlm growtJi of Iho rovo
lutlonsry movement among tho students
"William Jennings llry.m'i. 'roiritir
lias been barred lioni India, h a spoclnl
order of Hie i.iuw nimcnt. Nrttiics of.
fenslvo tn thn (internment of .lulm up.
peered 111 the ( mini. oner several yeara
ago, Thin pi given as tho reason fur the
exclusion. juu Chawmu."
GREATER ARMY BILL PASSES
THE SENATE; NO ROLL CALL
Senator Fall, in Clash With Stone, Says Pershing and
His 14,000, if Let Alone, Could Take Mexico
Borah Attacks Guard's Extravagance.
Washington, May 17. The Hcnate
to-day agreed to tho conference report
oti the army reorganization Mil without
oiderlng n roll call. There was some
sharp debate. HenHtor Stone said the
umntry hsd been seised with imncces
i.iry alarm over tho possibility of un
Invasion utid added that the army H
liirfie enough for ull Immediate demands.
Senator Stone, lias liectt classed as u
"small army man."
ltcll liitf, Senator Kail of New Mexico
touched on the Mexican situation and
deplored Interference by the War De
partment with the conduct of military
operations there. Mr. Kail saldi
"I do not Intend at this time or at any
length to go Into a detailed dlscursloti of
tho dauxer which 1 anticipate to this
country from a land atturk. I do fear
that unless we dlschargo our duty to the
poople of this country, as wo have not
dlKhaiKecl It In the past, and perform
that duty In the very nar future we
shall bo compelled to abandon the only
public policy which we have Inaugurated
mid followed slnco this Ooveniinent was
termed, together with our prestlire on
this continent ami our owmrshlp or con
trol of our interest In the t'anama
Canal; that we shall be compelled to
ubaiulon the Monroe Uuetrlnn or bo com
pelled to meet forelini leitloni on Mexi
can soli unlefs we perform our duty to
Mexico at itn early date, and to oruselcs
with ruference to Mexico.
Armed lntrr etillnn.
"The Senator front Missouri has said
that In the event that we were rnntprllert
to discharge what I think to be our duty
Mexico and to ourfelves by armed In
li rMMitlou tho troops wn now havu on
Mexican soil and elntii" the border H'c
amply nilttelent In numbers I presume
hu mesne amply sufficient with which to
ioniiier Mexico,
"In my judgment he s entirely cor
rect. lct alone, unhampered by orders
from Wuohlnxton and with discretion
placed, as It has not ,een placed, with
our military leaders iiluiu: the border,
there are now enough regular soldiers
on Mexican territory.
"I am frank to r.iy to 5011 that from
my knowirdge of Mexico and Its condi
tions and of Its people and Its soldiers,
the 14,000 troop that are now under
(Jen. Pershing In Mexico can march from
Columbus to the city of Mexico and
occupy every town of H.000 Inhabitants,
maintain every line of communication
from every port In Mexico to th city
of Mexico.
"And If they were to receive orders to
do It thev would have the substantial
backlw; of DO per" cent, of the Mexi
can population In their endeavor. They
would 6e compelled to fight a lot of
bandits who have been recognized by
this Government as constituting the
irmed forces of the chief ilcnosltorv of
the executive power of MexUo bandits
or Ilia yesterday. loyal soldiers of
i.'arrum.i to-day.
sees Foreign Interference.
"The people of the United States, ap
parently will not understand and tho
epreseutatlvea of this Administration ap
parently will not endeavor to understand
the conditions as they are now existing
In Mexico. If the KUito Ppartinent of
this Government hits not Information
which would lead It to Investigate the
question whether certain parties In Mex
Uo, certain leaders, military and other-
MAJOR MURRAY TO RUN
PLATTSBORG CAMPS
Comes From Paniima Willi
Other Infantry Officers to
Train Recruits.
Major Peter Murray will be the com
manding officer of the military training
camps at Plattsburg this summer. Hla
appointment was aimounced yesterday.
The new commandant will take tho place
of Major Harry DaudholU. who was ap
pointed tc veral weeks ago, but was later
cent to Mexico with his regiment, the
Thirtieth Infantry.
Major Murray la of the Twenty-ninth
Infantry, now at Panama, He Is a
graduate of West Tolnt In 1800, ap
pointed there from California. He at
tained his majority In 1911 and was
with the Third Infantry for a year, going
to the Twenty-ninth early In 1015.
The dearth of officers In the Eastern
Department, duo to flie transfer of a
large number to Mexico, makes It prob
able that Panama will furnish many
of the Instructors at I'lattsburg this
summer, oten officers from the regl
ments In the Canal Zone, the Twenty.
ninth, Klfth and Tenth Infantry, were
ordered to duty at the slimmer camp
yesterday. They have been at head-!
quarters since iai aaiumay aim win
probably leave for camp to-day. They
are Captains l. H. Wells, M. li. Stew-1
ait, ' . i. tioneris aim Mippiee. witn
Lieutenants Gnodwyn, Campbell and
Gunner.
Tho work of preparing the grounds
for the first senior encampment, which
begins on June fi. Is already under way.
Major Krank II. Lawton, who has been
temporarily tn command, has started
work oti the mess shacks and other
buildings. rlx companies of coast ar
tillery from Kort Tottcn entrained yes
terday for Plattsburg. They will be
under command of Major Harrison Hall
and wilt help get tilings ready as welt
as tako part In the manrcuvres.
The enrolment for the camps Is still
going on. The number of recrulta ac
cepted up to yesterday was 1,639, an
Increase of 134 over tho provlous day.
Columbia to Mend tltl Students to
Camp or on Crnler.
Ninety recruits have been emllsted at
Columbia University for the military en.
eampment and the summer naval cruise.
The majority of tho recrulta have se
lected Plattsburg. so that Columbia's
oont Indent, Including thn largo alumni
body, Is expected to reach RO0, Many
of the younger students under 18, who
nre barred irom Plattsburg, have en
listed for tho Kort Terry btimmur ramp
on Plum Island,
hosiery" men score redfield.
Also Have a Thrust for Wilson at
Animal Convention.
rim.Air,i.riitA, May IT A strong at
taC. upon Secretary of Cwnmeice Med
tleld for his methods of Investigating the
hosleiy and Milt goods Industry and his
irenimem ot me m.iiiuracturers 11111I a
denunciation of tin vhlld labor law, with
11 thrust at "the schoolmaster who knows
11 nil," disturbed the serenity nf tlm
twilfih annual convention of the Na
tional AhHoclutinii of Hosiery ajid Un
derwear Manufacturers to-day
Charles H. Lelppe, formerly president
o, the ni-hoclallon and hid of the llsad
ItiiT KnlltliiB Mills, said .Secretary lied
Held In his liivrstlKatlnu of the knit
Kuods luduslry 111 ted as though ho I.e.
Hot ei the maiiufactiiiers wanted 100
per cent, profit, tn addition ,0 a proteo
live tariff, and to becomo millionaires t
least once a year.
wire of the Carranrs toveriiiiicnt, arc
not at this moment In negotiations with
a foreign country as, against the United
States If they have not such Informa
tion In their possession that would lead
them to auch an Investigation then It
la because they would not receivo or
pay heed to such Information when of
fered. It lei In tho possession of others,
sufficient at least to justify such an
Investigation.
Want Border Patrolled.
"The Senator said It would require
S.'ft.ODO men to patrol the border. Tho
border of Mexico has been ratrolled.
It has not been In such an unprotected
condition as It Is now, until thn renngnl
llon of Csrransa. I have the records
and rsn read them to the Semite when
necessary to show that on January 1
Obregon mado a request that the border
patrol be removed, and that the border
patrol between the Glbton llaneh and
Columbus waji removed, and that thero
vhw no mtrol there to Intercept Villa's.
lorces when they marauded nc.roos tho
border and murdered the cllUens of my
State.
"The border patrols were removed nt
the request, I suppore, of the Gnneral-ln-Chl'f
of tho recognized jOternment of
Mexico and the cltlrens of New Mexico
were murdered In their beds. The bor
dr has been patrolled at this particu
lar point and they only require these men
to patrol between Columbus and tho
Gibson ranch.
"Thero are fifty men tn patrol the bor
der for thirty miles between Columbus
and Hurtchuca and the entire border
may be patrolled with the men who are
now on It riding from one station to an
other a mile apart. H can be done. Why
Is It not done? I presume because wi
111 o afraid of wounding the tender sus
ceptibilities of the Mexloan iiiutdert i
who are constantly raiding our bordirs."
.Mllltla tlenonnced.
Denunciation of tho National Guard
lor Its "extrsvagance" Htid Its "tend
ency toward mllltarlem through combina
tion of military power, political power
mill power of corpoiatu Interests" was
mado tu-day on tlm S'nale tloor by Sen
ator liur.ih. Idaho, when the army bill
cams up for luuswUt.itlcii. Mr. llorah
said he would votu against the hill
wholly becausi of the provisions It makes
for the National Guard
Mr. llorah tiuotccl tlgures from the
ofllce of the AdJutant-iieneiHl of the army
to prove a charge that Klondn's National
Guard last yeai spun $T9,"IM on Its
otllccia und $7,000 on Its enlisted men.
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. .'..,.. ii.vniiitii'ii iiirii Ml VI u,
wero Incomplete and because thtlr guns
"got rusty through lack of use,"
"Adjutant-General Kostcr of the Klorlda
Guard," said Senator Uorah, "would
hate done much better hsd he staed at
home with his mllltla thm to have led,
as he did, In the halls of Congress the
ablest and most selfish lobby we have
seen for many yeHrs."
Mr. llorah said the National Gourd
"never can be trusted by the nation
while It Is obligated to suppress strikes."
"In most rases." charged llorah. "actual
tlotlmf and disorder which has broken
out during labor troubles occurs after
the National Guard arrives on the rcsiiv."
Ilo cited tho cusn of the Colorado
strikes, declaring "practically all the
National Guard officers were employees
of tho companies against which tho
worklngmcn wei striking."
BOY SCOUTS GAINING
15,000 EACH MONTH
Conference of Exocntives
Uracil to Establish Week
End Camp.
The Hoy Hcout movement, whose
motto is "Be Prepared," has grown
more rapidly during the recant agitation
for preparedness than at any time In
Its history, accordion to the report made
public yeterday at the general confer-
etico of scout e.eeutlvcs of Kxstern
cities by James U. West, chief souut ex
ecutive. While denying any nillltaiistlc ten
dencies In tlio scout motement Mr. West
said: "It Is In reality as strong a fac.or
as any other one agency which (he
country now ha for preparedness " The
scout enrolment has liicrensscl by So,
000 In the last thre months and Is
growing at the rate of 15.000 a month.
The meeting, tvhleh Is being held at the
neanquarlers, 00 Klfth avenue. Is the
first conference of scout executives
Thirty-two cities east of Kt. Louts und
1 Chicago are represented.
Plans for large permanent scout
ramps and numeroua week end ramp
wero mecursed. The eatiiiillshment o'
1 wet k end ramps In the suburbs wax urged
as more Important than the large camps
. ror ncys, as tno former ran tie enjoved
by a larger number of scouts. 1'lilU.
delphhi has eight such camps In the sub
urbs, according; to P, H, Goodman, and
nio-t nf them are on the estates of
wealthy men.
The visiting executives were the
guests of tho national council for lunch
eon at the Aldlne Club, where addresses
were delivered by Dan Heard, National
Scout I'omnilshloner; Prank Crane
Frank Presbrey, William D. Murray,
James K. West and Kranklln K. Math,
lew, chief scout librarian.
The programme fur to-day Includes
a trip around the harbor, leaving the
li very at 0 on a yacht belonging to a
friend of the scout movement; luncheon
at the Atlantic Tacht Club, scout games
on the beaeh and an Informal recep.
tlon for the o.xerutltes and their wives
at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. West at
Sea Oale. The meeting to-day will ha
duvoted to administration and organisa
tion problems.
Charles 1,, Kmlth, Chief Grizzly Hear
of the Hoy Scouts, grlnled by forty
years of exposure In scouting, guiding,
hunting and prospecting In thn Koeky
Mountains, was a delegate from Pitta,
burg, where bin stories of his adveu.
turous life In the wild places of Wash
ington, Oregon and California mako him
tlm hero of the Pittsburg hos, The
Mock of his rifle has 100 notches for
black bears hn h.u, killed and Ihlr'v
deep notches for srlzzly bears. His title
Is otllclal.
Hindus Tight Australian Officers,
Hcr.LtN, via London, May IT. The
Overseas News Agency quotes the ,Wur
Zurirhrr .rituny as saying that during
the rrent fighting near thn Suez tiiti.il
llludiosolillers imnseii in nnny instance
to obey tho orders of their Australian
ollhcri righting between tho men and
tlmlr officers remilted In a considerable
number of casualties, t Is stated.
llniiKarlana
Itr.ni.tN, tin
italic aon,(inn,ono.
Indnn, May 17. Sub
scrlptlons amounting to l,200,ooo,ooo
ciowns (1300,000,000) have been made
i-o fur to the fourth Hungarian war
loan, The number of subscriptions of
small amounts la gi eater than durlnjr
thv suilUr louiu.
THE SUM, THURSDAY, MAT 18, 1918.
RECRUIT PROBLEM
PUZZLES WAR CHIEF
Hcliof That Standard Must Ik
Lowered to Meet. TcrniH
of Army Bill.
HAKEI? OHDEHS COUNCIL
WAsitmnrof, May IT. Anticipating
the nctlon of the President In approving
the new army bill, which has been agreed
on In the conference committee In tho
House and Senate, Secretary of War
llaker Is preparing; tu hold a series of
conferences with staff ofllce rs for tho
purpose of devising tho best methods ef
putting the nov law Into operation,
Mr. llaker left Washington to-night
for New York to attend to some personal
business. While away ho expects to
study the army bill carefully In ordir
that he may begin tho cotifiropcea soon
after bis return on Friday.
Considerable doubt exists In army cir
cles as to the ability of the War Depart
ment. In the absence of Hny provision for
compulsory sej-iice or training, to got thn
additional men required without mate
rially lowering the standards of admis
sion. Under the Hay resolution adopted
at the outset of the expedition Into Mex
ico two months ago authortilng tin. De
partment to recruit the regular army
from s:,0oo to 101.000 men, only about
7,000 of the 20,000 men required hate
b.eii ellxted Inasmuch as the now law
will fix the minimum peac strength at
100,000 men oil leers of the Department
are somewhat 111 a quandary as to how
the ileilelt will he made up.
At tho prc.so.it time the War IXpart
mrnt Is required annually to recruit be
tween 30,000 und 40,000 men to nil va
1 amies caued by expiration of enllst
liants and other causes, Last ear about
lii.ono rcoullst.d, leaving a net shortage,
exclusive of the 10,000 called for In the
Hay revolution, of about 24,000,
In his testimony before the House Mili
tary Affairs Committee I.iet January
Cm. McCain, Adjutant-General, stuteii
mat unuer the totuntary enlistment syi
:mi the maximum number of men who
could bo recruited In any one year would
not exceed 10,000. Of the 165,000 appli
cants wlio appllro: for enlistment tlv
Departnunt rejected 12.1.731, making it
net total enlisted of about tS.Oon, The
high number of rejections. Gen. McCain
i.xplaliicd, was due to the high standards
set up.
"We requlie a rerrult," ho testified,
"to show not only that he Is physically
fit, but thnt he Is morally fit. We re
quire a high physical standard. They
tnut be between certain ages. They
must be American citizens or they must
have taken out their Itrst papers before
1 we will ciiliet thtni "
Of the number who applied last year
approximately 1S.000 were under the
minimum age limit of IS und K.OGO were
all'ns, Gen. McCain estimated that tho
aterage cost of recruiting was s7 a
man. Including t!3 the cost of merely
gettlnn him, Under the Hay resolution
there hat been about JOiOO applica
tions for enlistment, but only T.OOu hate
pasted the entrance requirements.
AVIATRICE TO LOOP AT NIGHT.
Micepahcart Toornament Decides
-ttso nn -30 Mile Cnralry llace.
Katherlne Htlnson, said to be the only
woman flier who loops Iho loop In an
aeroplane, will try for additional honors
next Wednesday night at the rthet-pshead
Hav military tournament. She an
nounced yesterday that she will loop In
an illuminated machine as part of the
aviation programme, duplicating the
performances of Art Smith and De
I.loyd Thompeon. who have looped over
New York.
Monday's big feature wIU be tho 2(0
mile cavalry race, for which twelve en
tries bate beon received from military
organisations In various cities. The
maximum distance to be covered In
twenty-four hours will bo seventy miles
with no change of horses. Tho racers
will start from Washington, Altoon.i,
Pa. ; Ithaca, Syracuse, Harrlsburg, Pn ,
and Philadelphia. The starting time
will be arranged so that tho riders will
arrive between " and ft o'clock on Mon
day afternoon. Mnjor-Gen, Leonard
Wood and Capt. Gordon Johnson, cav
alry officer, win Judgo the winners, who
will rompeto for three trophies.
Another featuro of tho tournament
will be an exhibition of about loo
trained army dogs from the kennels of
Henjaniln Throop. 10 V Wanner, I,.
ib Winter. G. Sabo and William C
Ahrens. The animals will show the
methods of locating wounded soldiers,
guarding prltouera and doing patrol
duty.
CHICAGO TO PARADE JUNE 3.
Invites 3fi Other Cities ta 1114
Preparedness Mareac.
Chicago, May 17. Chicago's great
preparedness parade will b acid on
Saturday. June 3.
The organisation committee that
selected this data decided at the same
time that June S should be observed ss
national preparedness day. The com
mittee to-day forwarded an appeal to
hold parade-s to the Majors of the
twenty-five largest cities In tho United
States excepting New York and Rait!
more, which already have staged demon
Mi at Inns.
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LOCOMOBILE
1917
Ti
HE new
on exhibition at our Show
rooms. They invite the atten
tion of those interested in ex
pensive cars.
Sixty-first Street, next to Broadway
PRESIDENT URGES
STANDARDIZATION
Praises Coininission'K Hook
keeping Plan to Bcvcal
Cost of Production.
LAUDS HURLEY'S ADDRESS
WAittiKoroK, May IT. President
Wllaon made public to-day a letter to
VIce-Chulrman Udward N. Hurley of the
Federal Trade Commission, praising the
wotk of the commission In nllemptlng
to educate American business men as to
methods of accounting which will re
veal the cost of production.
The President referred to a recent ad
dress In which Mr. Hurley had declared
that fewer than SO per cent, of Anurt
can manufacturers operato systems of
bookkeeping whereby they could deter
mine the cost of production of tho manu
factured articles they place upon the
market.
Aids Small
The) President's
follows, in riart
Manufacturer.
letter to Mr. Hurley
Mr Diar Mr Ittmt.sT
Your Boston spech Is !efore me In
which you outline some of the wsirk
which the Federal Trado Commission
Is doing for tho business men of the
country, I wish to commend jour ef
forts getien lly, and In particular your
endeavor t assist the small manufac
turer and merchant to better his con
dition by helping him to Improve his
cost accounting and bookkeeping
methods.
Tills Is a step In the right dlreotlon
and one of the main fundamentals of
any successful business. It Is most
Itnpoitnnt to the futuro success of a
business man that he smould know
what his goods actually cost to manu
facture and to sell. If he has these
facts they will enable him to present
a modern balance sheet to his bank,
nndn-s a result ho will he better ablo to
obtain credit with which to expand
and develop his business.
Your suggestion that trade associa
tions, associations of retail and whole
sale merchants, commercial clubs,
boards of trade, manufacturers' asso
ciations, credit associations und other
similar organizations should be, en
couraged In every feasible way by the
Government seems to me, a very wis
one. To furnish them with data
and ootnprehenslte Information In or
der that thy may more canly ac
complish the result that they aie or
ajanUet! for Is a iiroper and useful
Government function.
Merit Wide Approval.
There associations, when organized
for the purpote of Improving condi
tions In their particular Industry, such
as unifying cot account'ng and book
keeping methods, standardising prod
uets and processes of manufacture,
should meet with the approval of
every man Interested tn the business
progress of the country.
Too much emrh.isis cannot be placed
on your suggestion that materials,
methods and products In industry
should be standardlied upon tho basis
of "permeations drawn up In friendly
cooperation with engineering societies,
Industrial experts und trade associa
tions. Further standardization In our
Industries will not only reduce the
cost of production but will assure to
the producer better materials and
more efficient workmanship and to the
consuming publlo the manifest benefit
resulting from not having to pay for
a wide and Increasing variety of prod
ucts and materials. Judicious stan
dardlratlon also means a greater re
turn on a given Investment. Capital
now tied up because of Inefficient
methods will be released and can be
used effectively elsewhere.
for a World's Market,
If we are to be an Important factor
In a world's market wo must be more
thorough and efficient In production.
The encouragement of trado associa
tions and standardization und the
Installing of better cost accountlrg
methods In our hulness concerns will
go a long way toward accomplishing
this end.
It Is my hopo that In addition to tv
other work which the Federal Trade
Commission Is doing It will ascertain
the facts regarding conditions In our
lndut tries. If It finds that an industry
Is not healthy It should, after carefully
considering the fsots In cooperation
with the rtls Interested, suggest a
practical and helpful remedy. In this
way many of our difficult business
problems might bs solved.
T am very anxious to see you con
tinue to cooperate with the business
inn of the country along the lines
upon which you are working.
Cordially and sincerely yours.
Woophow Wilson.
Will Vote- on Brands! Monday.
Washinoton, May 17. Tho Senate
Judiciary Committee held a brief snjf Ion
ta-day on the nrnndols case and agreed
to vote on reporting- the nomination to
Hie Pcnate nut Wednesday. It Is be.
Ileved the nomination will be reported
to thn Senatn without recommendation
models are now
WHITMAN DEFENDS
HIS DEFENCE BILLS
Siifc, Snnc Prepiirrdness
Slater-Welsh Plim,
He Snys.
Ill
"POINT WAY TO NATION'
Aj.rant, May IT. Gov. Whitman to
day answered pacifist criticism of the
Klater-Wolsh preparedness bills signed
yesterday with the declaration that they
are models for every other State In the
Union. Ho declared the criticism that
they will make for militarism Is "vicious
and false" and characterised them as
"a safe, sane and absolutely democratic
approach to the problem of national de
fence." The Governor said In part :
'The Welsh bill prescribes physical
training for all male and female pupils
over K In the elementary and secondary
schools, both public and private, liven
did the possibility of war not enter Into
consideration I would stand ror mis law
us a great and neccteary liear.e measure.
"The Slater bill prescrlbis mllltury ulid
dlsi ipllnary training for boys between
tho anus of 1 and 1. What Is this.
niter all, but an attempt to remedy the
stupidity that send.i raw, untrained vol-1
uuteers to their death. The pacifism 1
that iidmlts the possibility of war audi
then attack!) all eflortn to prepare out i
I youth for such an eventuality la nothing
more than a cruel advocacy of wanton
I slaughter. I
I "The compulsory features of these j
bills, while mod attacked, are their
;te,itest recommendation to in. Under
1 1 i i o constitution ot the Stato and nation'
. cttr mate citizen between the Hgea of IS j
land tf may b compelled to serte, nnd '
If we are to call upon our manhood to
perform under compulKlon a task a daii-i
Rerou.'i as that of the soldier, w are ,
uniler an obligation to lnslt tli.il they
shall bo a-s well prepared for this tasit
as It Is In our power to make them.
"Our task Is to make citizens able and
willing to bcomo soldiers when 111
countiv call" 'Hits Is the olio result
contemplated by the Slater-Welsh bill"
The prtjudlcrd Insistence that they will
make for mllUr.ihm 1e as vicious as It
jl false. The ph.tuc.il training Is In full
control or tun no.ixci oi urgent, ami
this same body will have authoritative
oico In eetablishlng the courses In mili
tary and disciplinary Instruction. It Is
Inconceivable that the educations! potr.
ers of the State will lend themselves to
anv militarist! programme.
"fn versnl trailing Is a system that
we should have adopted tntig ago. It la
the system wn should adopt now. Wash
ington. Jefferron nnd Monroe urged It,
and the het military thought of the
country Is urging It to-day.
"llellevtng absolutely that thn dy will
com when we must chooxe between uni
versal training and compul-ory servtc. 1
Insist hat It Is thn part of wisdom an. I
j patri"i "in to make the wiie choice now.
i;i li., ii,,iiiru in-' .v, va.ii-
tldlng the safety uf democratic. Institu
tions to thn euro of h peace loving citi
zenship, adequately trained In arms."
$50,600,000 TO STOP FLOODS.
House Passes First til 1 1 nf rr I
, Control Project. I
W.tsitiNOTot.'.MMy 17. The flood eon- j
, trol lull, authorlilnn tho expenditure of ,
I It.noo.OOO within tlv eam for raiding I
Hie 1, tees of the lower Mississippi and
1J, SOo.noo for Improvement of the Sacra
mento P.lver was parsed bv the House
to-day by a rising vote nf I so to C3.
Tlm hill as amended provides that
one-thlid of the cot of the Mississippi
Itivcr project i-h.ill he home by the
lef. diFtrc i" and half the amount ex.
petidcil on the S icramrtito he borne by
thn Htuto of California. Thn measure Is
the flrt to he reported ftoin thn newly
created Committee on Flood Control of
the House.
Wearability
I
T'S the Bataviaidea
to put into each tira
a little more than
the user exoects mora
rubber, more substan
tial duck fibre, more
strength in the places
that feel the strain,
more care in making
and finishing each tire
.That's why
BMHIIA
IECURI1Y TIRES
' ttsnd up for 8,000, 7,000 and
van 10,000 miles of wsar.
The guarantee) ag-ainst de
facts developing within4,000
is a dead cartainty upon
which we stand ready to
auke good cheerfully.
year ear thti
or areyom?
Try BATAVIAS
The Batavia
Rubber Co.,
III? Kroadna),
New YorU
es7 Manhattan
Ate., Utuokl) li
4A fa m Batmila Cray 7uis
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COUNSEL NEAR SET-TO
AT RIGGS BANK TRIAL
Attorne.v-Oeneriil's Assistant
Talks of Fipht, but Judge
Takes Hand in Argument.
Washington. May 17. The trial of
Charles C. Glover, president i William J.
Flather, view-president, and Henry H.
Klather. formerly cashier of the HlgRS
National Hank, wnn enlltened to-day by
a near set-to liclween William C, litis,
assistant to the Attorney-General, who
is associated with District Attorney l.as
key, and Frank J. Jlosnti of counsel
for the defems-. Mr. Hits and Mr.
Hogan have had several tllbs In tho
course, of the trial of the bankers for
alleged perjury, and to-day Mr. llogan
rhjected to the admission of certain slips
"There's a Triangle
WW
The young society girl had posed
for a famous sculptor, and a tragedy
had occurred something so swift
and terrible that she kept it a close
secret, even from the man she later
married.
Bessie Barriscale
rises to wonderful dramatic heights
in this newest TRIANGLE PIC
TURE PLAY when she finds her
young sister threatened in the same
way she had been. Then comes
another grim tragedy, and the young
wife is confronted in
"Not My Sister"
with the crucial question: should a woman
tell ? This is a great human play. The
family next door may have had the prob
lem to solve; it might happen in four
family. This stupendously dramatic
picture proves to you why TRIANGLE
PICTURE PLAYS
are as far superior
to ordinary pictures
as day is to night, for
they are in a class by
themselves. Then
there is the usual in
imitable rollicking
Keystone Comedy, a
treat in itEelf.
VFILM CORP'N v
150 theatres in Greater New York run Triangle Pla
BING!!
"Acy your hi ad down, tnu chump: the nrvr'
lead pellet man put divjUyhl through ymu"
This is part, of a conversation in the dark,
while Arnold's motor boat forged full speed
ahead into the night, and a .succession of shot
rang out from the shore. BOYS, don't nvs
the first chapter of
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR'S
GREAT SERIAL STORY FOR BOYS
"KEEPING HIS COURSE"
Which will appear cxclusicdy
IN ON
THE GLOBE SAT., MAY 20
NOW
would be a good time to join the Ralph Henry
Barbour Club, just forming. Then you can enter
the new membership contest, and perhaps win your
summer vacation, a canoe, boat, bicycle, or any of
the many valuable prizes to be offered. Full par
ticulars about tho Club-AND THE KIRS'"
CHAPTER OF THE NEW STORY OX SAT IT:
DAY, May 20, in Tho Globe. DON'T MISS IT.
showlnar transactions bettv'eon .,.. .
of the bank and the firm of lii jejJJ
i mm i wnnt 10 uo oojeclhi-
Mr. Hogan. -
Mr. Fltts laughed at Mr. Hofin.
"That pleases Mr. Fltts,'- M(d t,.
Hcgati. M-
"If you will let Mr. Fltts s!one
will pet out ot a whole lot of tmu?i
If you don't quit It 1 am going to mil.
you do It." said Mr. Kills. "
Mr. KHM had turnetj. towa.M ,
Hogan, and Mr. Ilogan, who ta rl tnntri -llvo
In nlio but pugnacious In tetntr '
ment. placed himself In nn atntm, '.,
dffctico a la Qucmshery, uiil,
"I would like to see you no It."
"I will do It," said Mr. Plttj,.
At thla point Put Carroll, tl e Wl
crier, called loudly for "order " hni ,f.
tlce Hidden with nomo mow of Brt,,
raid! "Th court Is tired of und, dlssu,.
with these frequent comments atwl t,j 1
elons, and hereafter If counsel on
side haa any objections to a uoirtm..t
or any other objection it should ,
mxed to the court. The court does w
want to have to repeat thia arfny
tlon." theatre near you"
Her Sister
Killed a Man-
"Basit Barrinalt
Vo