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NO RAISE WHATEVER!
IN SLIDING SCALE 1
MINIMUM IAS RATE;
j
Mr. Blanton's Proposal of
More Than Doubling Dis
trict’s Minimum Tax Rate.
Less Drastic Proposal of
1919-20 Rejected.
j
In 1910-20 it was proposed to in-|
crease by two-thirds the District's |
tax rate, raising it frotn $1.50 per
hundred at the two-thirds assess
ment valuation to $2.5(£ In view of ,
Blanton's present-day proposal j
o> more than a doubling of the pres- j
ent tax on realty and tangible per- I
sonalty, at full-assessment valuation, I
u reprint of part of Washington's j
* protest against the earlier and less j
drastic exaction will be pertinent
i ltd may be interesting.
«»..»,*« 1
l-'rom argument «C Theodore \\ .
V((y e * before Senate appropriations
committee, April 5, 1920:
The proposed increase of our tax j
rate from 1.50 to 2.50 per cent is an
increase of 60% per cent, the as
sessment standard remaining the !
same. Kvery one of Washington’s ‘
05,500 realty-tax payers, including;
the 50,000 small taxpayers, and every;
payer of a tax on tangible person- ;
«!'>• among Washington's 36.000 per-:
sunsl-tax payers, must pay hereafter, t
Si tha. House proposition becomes law, j
two-thirds more tax than he paid last
year or the year before. Those who ;
■would double-tafc the alleged half- i
taxed Washingtonian in order to kill;
the half-and-half law. and to render!
unnecessary any national eontribu- !
lion whatever for Capital mainto- •’
nance and development, will at once j'
liave nearly attained success in their!
scheme. t>ne short step further and;
the death blow can be administered. '
'.Mr. Blanton proposes to .take this''
further short step by more than
doubling the present tax rate )
l.et us consider what Washington |
"would have had to pay in 1918 ini
total general property taxes, includ
ing personally with realty, at the j
Per cent rate; and let us compare !,
this aggregate and the per capita
l .c-ed upoti it with the total properly- .
aggregates and per capilas of
other American cities in 1918, includ- !j
iug all kinds of property taxes levied 1
- state, county and city, school dis
trict. poor district, bridge district, i
etc
If 2Vj per cent be substituted for
1'; Per cent in the tax levies of 1918 j
upon realty and tangible personalty 1
our total city property-tax lew (in- 1
eluding realty, tangible and intan- ;
glide personally and personal tax on ,
gloss earnings of certain corpora- !
toms) would bo $10,058,810, giving a I
per capita of $35.11.
These figures are compared with j
total .and per capita property-tax
levies—city, county and state—of i
other comparable cities in 1918 in
the following table:
Total proper
ty tax l«*v y.
« roun Per I
... IV and state. capita
,Uls $15,361,910 $10.9u 1
Baltimore 13.6!)9.9U3 33.01 1
Milwaukee 10.K83.053 31.01 r
-Newark 1t.705.101 3s 11 1
• ".cinnati 11.370.351 37 -1 '
>. » Orleans 7.391,031 19.15 i -
31 mneiipolls 10.701,0 n ->S Si: ■ '
Kaii-as fify 7,355.110 33 so I
[ d. v 0,854.100 31.90 1
j oitland. Oreg 7 *4g •»-, - j *
Indianapolis 7 ',3 00,33-7 35 03 j
Jaouisvillo r».W!i 1.089 J4.J15 i
I arifif < oast cities - . •
LO' Anceles 15.K/T.42Ti 7«< <
Francisco 12.703.77f> 2H.7»>
11.4tm.720 .tll.i
na-dimgton <l9lß fig
ures at I'.; rate; in
eluding personal gross
earnings taxi 8.535,670 •>■. g-> 1
Washington (I9ls fig
urcs. substituting 2.50 j
rate for 1.50, on real
ty and tangible jier
■nnaltj • 13,058.810 35.11 :
In order to indicate with clear-i
Te.-.s the grossly excessive nature of
this proposed increase 1 want to sub
lint to you what would have hap
pened if Washington had paid in
□ 918 total general property taxes (in- ■<
• •luding personalty with ' realty). ati>
the 2t* per cent rate instead of' the ;
-I per cent rale, and to compare the :
tax aggregate and the per capita i
based upon it with the total property •
taxes of other American cities. ' !
Two-Thirds Increase Grmaly ■
ExCfNlive. . ]
If Washington had been taxed in i 1
3918 2.50 instead of 1.50 per cent in I s
fts city- tax levy along it would have p
(exceeded the state, county and city' 1
tax levies of such cities as San P
."Francisco. New Orleans. Minneapolis, 1 1
Newark, Cincinnati. Milwauke. and 1
Seattle, and its per capita would have .
■exceeded that of every great city in j 1
■•he fnited States except Detroit. 'De- i 1
troit’s 1918 per capitas are out «,f | 1
3»roportion with those of other cities.' 1
Jargely because the city, by extend j 1
sdons, has nearly doubled in' taxable !I
Jtrca since 1910 (adding 39.43 square 1
Julies), while the increase of popula-i 1
lion since 1910. as estimated by- thei 1
• onsus, takes no note of this doubling !,
tin populated area. The 1918 census
estimate for Detroit, the figure used !I
in calculating the per capitas, was:
#.nly 629,000. While in that year De* i
•troit was claiming vigorously over j i
1)86.090 and in 1919 over a million I.
Obviously, Detroit’s peri,
-capita is unduly enlarged as a result j ,
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prut 4th. E and F sts. n.e.. and one rear of I I
3 rth and B sts. s.e SARGENT & SON. 333 1
J. sf. n.e. bine. 8578. • I |
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locks repaired: all kind-; jol> work. EDWARD!
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Xi: I tire from New York, Philadelphia, Wilming- ! i
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have the satisfaction of knowing you will j
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Free Plans and Estimates. |
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T.WRB. HARRIS. CONTRACTOR AND '
BfII.DKR. IQIt) IVT. N.W FR. M)72-W. • j '
FLOORS Srraprd. cleaned, refiniihed. j
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Slag Roofs—Tin Roofs j'
Repaired and Painted |;
Reasonable All work guaranteed. Let 1
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Heating and Rooting Experts for 35 Years.
‘.iVashinglon Loan and Trust Bldg, M. 760. I
'"f emitting It in 1918 with less than
j two-thirds of its actual population,
j It appears from the table that if
the 2to per cent tax rate had been
> substituted for the |t a rate in 1918
there would have been collected from'
I the 371.933 residents of non-Indus- \
jfri jt I, non-commercial, comparatively!
• resoun-eless Washington, from its re-.
( striited personalty and a fraction of]
I its realty almost as much in city ■
! taxes alone as the 594,637 citizens of j
great, rich and busy Baltimore paid;
it" all kinds of taxes—city, county,]
! state, school district, etc., etc. —and j
I its city tax per capita would have
i boon 52 per cent more than Haiti-!
| more’s per capita of total city, coun- i
jty and state taxes.
Total Ter j
I’opulHtion. population, capita. ]
j Wa-hinglon 371.933 13.058,810 35.11 1
Baltimore 594,637 13.699,903 23.04 [
Let us make similar comparisons
with some others of our great, rich,
,commercial, industrial cities, practi- 1
'rally all of w hose realty is on the I
tax list, and which do not suffer elimi- I
'nation, as Washington does, of 368
.millions of exempt .realty.
Washington city properly taxes i
alone would be more th4n the com - |
Itilted (Tty. county and state taxes of
.Newark by $1,290,319. of Milwaukee
'by $2,375,627. of Minneapolis by $2.- ,
|356,.599, of Cincinnati bv $1,788,456,1
of Seattle by $1,652,090, of New!
Orleans by $5,767,786. of Indianapolis ■
Iby more than six million, of Kansas]
jCity by five and a half or six millions,]
; nearly double Jersey City, consider- j
jably more than double St. i'aul and]
j Louisville, a little more than In- |
jdianapolis and St. Caul combined. i
! In per capita the other cities would :
j have to be increased front 25 to 84 per |
jeent to reach that of Washington,
j Seattle is an exception. Its per!
I capita would hiive to be increased j
(only 12 per cent. I,ike the othcrVreat ;
ICacific coast cities. Seattle produces]
big things, big vegetables, big fruits.)
1 big thoughts, big projects, big ex- j
| penditures, big taxes. Even the i
'smaller Pacific coast cities have!
■caught this spirit San Diego, for in- i
istance, shows in the census the];
Uargest property tax per capita in thei
, L’nited States. Washington is not in j
the Pacific coast city class for the j :
‘purpose of these comparisons. Com-;
'parable cities are its conservative j
■ neighbors of Atlantic slope and south- j
lent and middle west environment.
.Ono-lhird Tax Increase Also Grossly j
, Kxcesslve.
This two-thirds increase of Wash- I
!ington'.s tax burden is so obviously |
jand grossly excessive that few will j
;believe the House proposed it serious-!
Iy, expecting it to become law with-J
i<>ut radical reduction through com- I
i promise. Hut the 58.500 taxpayers.!
the 50.000 small taxpayers
jof the District, already struggling!'
| desperately with the high cost of liv- ,
ling, protest vigorously and with t-f-h
--son that a compromise one-third in- j
;i rease of their tax burden is itself ]
!grossly excessive.
We have figured what the result
| would be if our lax rale had been
i2’- per cent instead of 1 1 - per cent) ,
'for 1918. Let us now figure how we , ]
would have been burdened if the tax],
rate in 1918 had been 2 per cent. In- J ,
creasing the realty and tangible per-!]
sonalty taxes of 1918 each one-third.)
our general property tax for that year)-,
; would have been $10,792,240.24. w ith a .
per capita of $29.02.
This amount of city taxes alone
would have exceeded the combined;"
i city, county and state taxes of such 1
larger cities as Milwaukee, Minneapo- ‘
lis and New Orleans; from $3,000,000 i;
to $3,500,000 more than Kansas City, (:
Portland. Oreg.. and Indianapolis: i*
nearly $4,000,000 more than Jersey .
Pity, nearly $5,000,000 more than j*
Louisville and St. Paul, and almost as .
much as St. Paul and Louisville com- !
bined. ,
In per capita it exceeds every city i
in the list except Seattle, which, as ■ -
already explained, is not. as a com- j j
parable city, in Washington's class, )
but one which is included in the com
parisons because it is next below !
Washington in population, and be- !
i ause its inclusion emphasizes the j
high mark to which it is proposed to
raise the Capital's tax burden. ! ■
If our tax rate had been 2 per cent ' ■
in 1918 our city tax per capita would
have been greater than the city. I
county and state per capita of St. j
Louis. Baltimore. Milwaukee, Newark, j
Cincinnati, New Orleans, Minneapolis, ;
Kansas City. Jersey City, Portland, i .
Indianapolis. Louisville, St. Paul. Los i .
Angeles and San Francisco. It would j
have exceeded the city, county and j
state per capita of 53 out of 68 cities j
of over 100.000 population and 191 ]'
out of 226 cities of over 30,000 popula- .
tion. It would have exceeded the city |
per capita of 62 out of 68 cities above ]
100, 000 and the city per capita of 214 j
out of 226 cities of over 30.000 popu- J
lation. ! I
So our protest and our objection • ;
are just as vigorous, and we claim as j
convincing, through the showing ;
made by the figures, against a one- j
third increase of our tax burden, as
they are against a two-thirds in- !
crease.
I>. C, Realty Already Heavily Taxed, j.
AVithout any increase of tax rate '
whatever Washington's realty, on ac- j i
count of the comparatively high i
standard of assessment applied to it 1
and on account of the vast realty vai- j
ues exempt from taxation, is already ;
heavily taxed.
t From argument by Theodore W. Noyes before '
House District committee December 12, 1919.) I (
"In one important respect the com- i i
parison of the census per capita Lax I ,
levy is not fair to Washington. No j
account is taken in the calculation of j j
the heavy taxable values ($368,635.- i i
680) held exempt from taxation by r the i
L'nited Slates on which, as a quasi i
taxpayer. Uncle Sam pays millions of j |
subvention in lieu of taxes. If only I '
a part of this subvention is viewed as [
representing realty values owned by 1
the United States and withdrawn
from the assessment roll and tax list. |
the addition of this part of the fund , <
to the total tax levy in calculating
the per capita tax levy will swell the ! .
latter to a figure which would sug- ]
gest the truth as to the comparative <
rale of Washington’s tax burden.
"In comparing the per capita tak j
levy of Washington with that of other
cities it is to be considered that the
contribution in lieu of taxes of the
largest (quasi) taxpayer is, in Wash
ington's case, omitted from the caicu- i
lation. It is as if the Hteel Trust and (
the other great plant-owning corpora
tions were omitted from the tax levy '
of Pittsburgh. If Uncle Sam was |
treated in the calculation as a single
taxpayer, if his tax contribution was *
added to lhe|levy and his own name
added to the population, Washington's (
per capita would be doubled —a i
greater per capita than that of any ! (
other great city in the United States. | t
Millions of Eirmpt Property, , 1
"There is no way of handling the i 1
question which makes it fair to omit (i
from the Washington calculation of i
per capita contribution all considera- 1 <
tion of the amount paid in by the j j
largest property owner and quasi tax- ; r
payer. I.«
“Kliminnle the government's ex- j
(-(opted property from consideration. •
and what Is there of property nnd re- j
sources in the remaining fraction nt
Washington to cause it or to eralile i
it to bear c high per capita of tnx
burden f W hat has it of business prop- .
erly values to make it compare fn- J
vornbly with much smaller American ‘
cities f .Its mills. Its factories, its
great plants (so far as they exist)
arc in the government’s exempted
fraction of the city and do not count
in the local assessment and tax levy.
Then there is the 26 per cent of the
population colored and an extraordi
narily largv percentage of transients
and non-taxpayers. How much per
capita of tax levy could Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Mew Orleans, or UKicago,
Cleveland, or Milwaukee, «>r Buffalo,
Cincinnati, or Detroit afford to pay if
its large taxpayers, the owners of Its
mills, its manufacturing plants, and
so forth, were omitted from the Cai
ro le t ton f
"Not one of these cities has so large
a percentage of floating non-taxpay
ing population as the Capital, and this
non-taxpaying population reduces the
nominal per capita tax levy,without
reducing it in fact by cash contribu
tions. Not one of the cities enumer
ated has so few montfj’-niaking re
sources in manufacture, trade and
commerce in proportion to its popu
lation to meet this drain of taxation.
D. C. Taxable Aren Decreanlng.
“It is also to be considered that the
taxable area in the District is a stead
ily reducing fraction of the whole.
Government condemnation periodi
cally and frequently removes large
areas from the-taxable to the exempt
class (as in the area south of the Ave
nue. the Rock Creek Parkway. Ar
lington Hotel site and so forth),
while most other cities have been ex
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, I). C„ MARCH 30. 1924-PART 1.
panding, some very largely. C-hicago. |
for instance, has added 9.08 square I
miles since 1913; Portland. 12.85 1
square miles; Detroit, 39.43 square
miles, nearly doubling its area: Bai
i tlmore, 62 square miles, and Los An- I
! gcles, 250.75 square miles, the addi- I
jtion to Los Angeles aggregating more j
; than twice the 191,3 area of 114.92)
] square miles. No wonder that De- i
j troit makes a better showing in 1918
than in 1913 in comparison with 1
. Washington, since taxable' Washing- !
ton is smaller and taxable Detroit has
j doubled in size.
••f'lenrly Washington'* realty tax
; levy not only average* np in actual
1 figure* with thowr of other American
| citte*. bnt it* realty fax burden in,
; owing to ita peculiar condition*.
harder to he home than that of any '
1 other munleipallty with approximate- .
i ly the same ernxnN figure* of lax i
| levy.
j “A\ nshinglon'* high standard of real-
J ty assessment, exceeded by none nnd
approached by only a few cities of
the I nited States, makes ft* realty
tax burden very henry, In spite of its |
; lon lux rate."
ANACOSTIA CITIZENS \
PRAISE LEGISLATORS!
; |
Recognize Value of Bills Affecting
Pay of District Policemen,
Firemen and Teachers.
I Resolutions felicitating Representa-!
| lives Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, j
land Oscar E, Keller of Minnesota, for ;
[sponsoring the bill for an increase I
jin the pay of policemen and firemen
f and the so-called teachers’ salary
I bill, respectively, were unanimously
[adopted by the Anacostia Citizens'
[Association at a meeting in the Ma
j sonic Temple, Anacostia, lasi night
■ J. J. Dorr, who introduced both
resolutions, pointed out that each
I representative had been most dili
gent in trying to put through the
! bjll that he had int roduced.
Bale* for Klee tricity.
Mr, Dorr spoke at length on the
rates charged for electrical power in
the District and the amount of profit
made by the street railway com
panies. He charged that the Capital
Traction Company had made a profit
of 14 per cent, according to the last
returns, am,' stated that a 6 per cent
profit had been generally considered )
as a fair return to be made by street
railway companies.
The proposed bill for increasing
the powers of the District Commis
sioners was brought before the asso
ciation and referred to a committee,
which was given instructions to make
a study of the proposed changes and
report at the next meeting.
A special committee appointed by
Dr. tJeprge C. Havenner, president of !
\e association, for that purpose, in- ;
cJuSvd Dan Smithson, Will Martin and
Mr. l)tx-.
An addixs on cancer control was j
delivered by Dr. R, J. Hollingsworth. |
Mrs. Carrie (I. Smith told of the part
that Anacostia was expected to play I
in the historical pagean in May under •
the auspices of the Community Center |
of Washington. Reviewing briefly]
the history of Anacostia. she said the j
name had its derivation from an obi j
Indian name.
URGE CONFIRMING
OF COMMISSIONERS
Board of Trade Directors Back j
Oyster and Rudolph for
Posts.
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED,
Administration of City Heads Is!
(
Commended.
Request that the Senate confirmi
the appointments of Cuno H. Rudolph |
and James F. Oyster as civilian Com- j
missioners of the District of Colum- ]
bia will be laid before the subcom- i
mittee considering their nomination j
by the board of directors of the!
Washington Hoard of Trade.
The board of directors, at a meet- i
ing held in the board s rooms yesterday
afternoon, passed a resolution com- j
mending the administration of those j
two officials. The resolution said I
that the board of directors “indi- I
vldually commend the administration j
of Cuno H. Rudolph and James F. Oys- j
ter, the present civilian Commission- :
ers of the District of Columbia." and 1
that “we indorse their nominations i
and respectfully request the te'enate j
to confirm them."
CITES SPEED LIMIT
AS SAFETY FACTORj
Nineteen Auto Fatalities Since j
- January 1 Recalled by Com- j
missioner Oyster.
Strict adherence to the speed lim
its allowed by law was advocated by
Commissioner Oyster yesterday in
commenting on the fact that nineteen
persons have been killed in street ac
cidents since January 1.
"Accidents will always occur,” the
Commissioner observed, “but I am I
confident that slow, driving would cut 1
the number of deaths in half. A mq- j
torist should always drive in such a I
manner as to have his car completely j
under control.”
The Commissioner also took occa
sion to reiterate his belief that the i
police department is urgently in i
need of more men to handle the traffic [
situation properly.
Faster Flowers.
See the gorgeous display at -Gude's. j 1
1212 F.—Advertisement.
Dry Agents, Stuck
In Mud, Are Freed,
Then Raid Rescuer
Clarence Lanthan, a farmer re
siding near Clements, Md„ helped
pull an automobile load of prohi
bition agents out of the mud yes
terday afternoon, only to have
them follow him to his home, un
invited, and there seize a 500-gal
lon still, a large quantity of corn j
meal mash and about fifty gal
lons of triple distilled liquor.
As a reward for his good samar- j
Itanism, Lanthan was arrested i
and charged with illicit manu- j
facture of Intoxicants. He was
taken to Baltimore, where he will !
get a preliminary hearing tomor- j
row before United States Commis
sioner Supplee.
Stuck in the mudhole, the dry {
agents were prepared to abandon i
the machine, when Lanthan passed J
by. and seeing their predicament, !
volunteered to use his team of j
oxen in extricating the car. Scent- J
ing the aroma of spirits frumenti,
the dry agents followed the ani
mals to the home of Lanthan.
The dry agents were Tom
Wheeler, George King. Fred Rom,
Livingston and Amos.
TRADE COMMISSION
1355,000 IS URGED'
Representative Ayres Cites
Widespread Demand for
Appropriation.
To meet an insistent demand from
business, trade and agricultural as
j social ions all over the country an
j effort la being made to have restored
: to the Federal Trade Commission $204,-
i 800, which was cut from the current
I appropriation of $955,000 in framing
1 the independent offices appropriation
! bill.
Representative William A. Ayres
; of Kansas brought this matter up
| late yesterday in the House, serving
! notice that he will press for adoption
j of an amendment restoring the full ]
1 appropriation for the fiscal year be
| ginning July 1 next.
Kniphasizing that the commission
is already eighteen months behind
on Investigations long since ordered.
Representative Ayies argued that at
least the commission should be given
as much as during the current year,
in order that it may catch up on
I some of tliis back work.
I'.tlm IlniinniU on Fund.
"Tile President frequently calls on
ithe Federal Trade Commission to make
I investigations," said Representative
j Ayres. "It will have to come out of
[ the commission's funds. That's not
I all. The President and the Senate
j frequently call on this commission
i to furnish experts for various things
• to assist senatorial and presidential
I investigations."
I Pointing out that at the present
time the oil investigation is hamper
ing the commission. Representative
Ayres said:
"Tho commission is trying to get
at the investigation of the increase
of the price of gasoline in South
Dakota, upon the order of the Presi
dent. at the request of the governor
of that state, and also the Senate
oil investigating committee is using
or has been using several of the com
mission's best men on this investiga
tion that has been going on for
weeks."
Representative Ayres agreed that
1 even should the provision lie passed
compelling all joint resolutions to
carry appropriations to defray the
expenses, it certainly would do no
I good to pass such resolutions with
I appropriations as stated, to make
| these Investigations if the commls
i sion had no force to conduct an in-
I vest igat ion.
I "Suppose that this appropriation is
I decreased so that the commission is
unable to tarry a sufficient • orps ol
I efficient experts to condui l these in
! vestigations when ordered." he said.
[ it had just as weil < lose its doors."
Other 4'nsei* 4 lied.
Representative Ayies . ited other
important cases that the Federal
Trade- Commission now has before it.
Me described Ihe Kastern Farm Ma
chinery Dealers' case as "more im
portant to tin- farmers than most, if
j not all. of the proposed legislation
lln their behalf." He said that this
' is the most extensive anti-trust suit
| ever instituted by any agency of the
| United Stales government, and that
; counsel for the commission are pre
paring to go to Dial on it at the
| earliest possible dajle.
I The bread investigation is another
I emphasized by Representative Ayres,
j as also the investigation of the con
-1 linued high price of furniture.
Referring particularly to the study
I of the radio industry by the commis
-1 sion. Representative Ayres said;
j "The partial investigation made by
• the Federal Trade Commission has
j shown that unless some steps are
I taken by the government to stop a
I gigantic combination or trust from
being perfected, if it has not already
( been done, the radio business soon
I will be absolutely controlled and ex
clusively manipulated by a few mem-
I hers of the combine. When this oc
j curs that part of the business world
i not in the combine is at the mercy of
j the trust. This investigation was
(called for by this House in a resot i- i
Ition passed just at the close of the
Sixty-seventh Congress, at the sug
gestion of the committee on mer
chant marine and fisheries.
Radio Inquiry Fruitful.
“There is a complaint before the
(commission at this time charging
} that the General Klectrie Company
| and others had set up tile Kadi’o
j Corporation as a bogus independent,
»and by the use of lying contracts arid i
I price discrimination in the sale of tls
j products was attempting to acquire
a monopoly in the manufacture and
sale of radio apparatus. The com
| mission started on its investigate,n
land on December 1. 1923. made its
report, which consists of 346 pages
! and some startling facts are set forth
jin that report. It is shown there were
! contracts entered into between the Gen
• e -T al *? lectri< ' Company. Westinghouse
j Kiectrict and Manufacturing Company,
j Western Electric Company, (no.; Amer- 1
i ican Telephone and Telegraph Company
• Wireless Specialty Company United
i Fruit Company and the Radio Corp
oration of America, as to the inter
change of patents, licenses, etc. If
the members of Congress have noi
read that report, I suggest that they
| do sc. and without doubt they will
| have no trouble in reaching a or.-
i elusion, that the commission should
j pursue the investigation further ai d
be furnished the means to do so."
j Among the organizations quoted bv
I Representative Ayres as urging that
! the Federal Trade Commission ap
-1 propriation be not decreased, are:
| The American livestock Associa-
I tion. the national hoard of farm or-'
ganizations. creamery associations
| dairy associations. the National
I W holesale Grocers’ Association, the
typographical unions, the National
i League of Women Voters, ail of the
j farm and labor organizations, and
| practically ail of, the leading news
j papers of the country, showing the
I respect and feeling the people have
j for this commission."
BROADCAST SERVICE.
Metropolitan M. E. Program In
cludes Chimes Music.
The Sunday mornin’g service of the
Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church
John Marshall place and C street’
will bt- broadcast. Beginning at
10:40 a.m. Dr. Richard Johnston, the
Caroler, will play a special program
on the- chimes. For more than forty
years thes£ chimes, placed in the
tower of the church. lar>ely through
the efforts of Mrs. John I’. Newman,
wife of Bishop Newman, and thrice
pastor of this church, have rung out
the call to worship in the heart of
this city. They have attracted many
to the church.
Rev. Dr. Harry D. Mitchell, the
minister, will preach. The morning
topic will be "Has the Age Outgrown
Jesus Christ?" The music will be In
chatge of Miss Marcy C. Brewer, the
organist. The evening service will
be evangelistic and the minister will
speak on "God’s Gracious Invitation.”
Offices for Rent
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1512 H St. N.W.
i \
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Phone Main 9700
117. S. WORLD-GIRDLING FLYERS
SPURRED BY COOLIDGE PRAISE
I Country Watching Progress of Planes With Pride ,
Says President—Weeks and Patrick \
Send Messages to Seattle .
Messages from President Coolldge.
Secretary W’eeks and Maj. Gen.
Patrick, chief of the Army air serv
ice, to the Army's around-the-world
flyers at Seattle, wishing them luck
and success, wefe telegraphed last
night to Lieut. T. J. Koenig, com
manding the Sand Point airdrome, for
delivery to the flyers.
"More than 400 years ago,” Presi
dent Coolldge said, “men first cir
cumnavigated the world. Two years
were required. In which many hard
ships were endured and extreme
vicissitudes of fortune encountered.
Now men travel around the earth by
land and water In twenty-eight days.
You are going to demonstrate the
practicability of making such a
voyage by air. Before another 400
years this may be the safest and
most comfortable way. Your country
men will watch your progress with
hope and record your success with
pride."
Secretary Weeks said:
"The Army first explored west
DANCE SCHOOL FIRM
SUES FOR INJUNCTION
Teachers of Music and Other Sub
jects Charge D. C. Heads Stand
in Way of Opening.
- :
Henry O. White and Kitty Barber,
teachers of vocal and instrumental
music and dancing, yesterday filed
suit in the District Supreme Court
for an injunction against the Dis- j
trivt Commissioners to prevent in- |
terference with the opening of their i
new dancing school at 1317 and 1319 !
New York avenue northwest, which !
was scheduled for last nighL Tne j
plaintiffs say they have threat- 1
( ned with arrest if tht; school is
opened. The school did not open last I
night and no attempt was made to
open it.
Through Attorney Abne- Sb gal. in,-!
plaintiffs fell the court that tnev
rented the property for a term of
years. March 17. at a rental of $225
P* r month and conditioned the place
for their school's accommodation.
They applied to the engineer de
partment of the District, they say,
and after paying the required fee
were given a certificate of occu
pancy. They have complied with all |
the requirements of law, they state,
hut were informed last night that if
they opened tho school they would
be prosecuted.
The plantiffs declare they have
built up a reputation for teachers of
high-class refined dancing and of
vocal and instrumental music which
will be adversely affected if the
threat of prosecution is carried out.
Having no remedy at law, they ask
the interference of a court of equity,
they say.
NORTH DAKOTA G.O. P.
WILL SELECT SLATE;
•Real" Republicans to Oppose
Ticket of Non-Partisan
League.
j
Br the Associated Pres*.
FARGO, N. D.. March 29.—The •
North Dakota republican state eon- j
vention will be held at Jamestown. |
April 23. as a result of action taken i
here today at the meeting of the ex- !
ecutive committee of the "real” re- j
publican state central committee. A i
full list of candidates will be named I
at this convention to oppose the slate i
selected by the Non-Partisan League !
state convention, in Bismark. last ;
I month. The call for the gathering j
will be issued soon by Judge B. F. t
Spalding, chairman of the republican '
state central committee opposed to ]
the non-partisan league.
The resignation of L. L. Twichell j
as chairman of the Independent!
Voters’ Association, was accepted by j
the executive committee of the asso- j
ciation at a meeting here this after
noon. A successor will be selected, j
it was said.
Mr. Twichell was selected chairman 1
last December, after the resignation ;
of Theodore Nelson, who had been ;
executive chairman of the organiza- !
tion since it was formed six years ;
ago.
Differs With Location.
From the Boston Transcript.
“There’s one thing that is ex- !
trembly reprehensible in the city, yet |
it is highly commendable in the I
country.” \
"What's that?”
"Watering the slock." [
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PROFITABLE LEISURE |
A (treat rourae of popn
In'- on Scientific
Psychology will I*- .
Bicen by President (, W.
Hpk Bapeer, Ph. I)., of Ke
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. Monday. Wednesday and
K m-4 Friday. at 7:30. from
March 3t to June 20. also
PpipHK. 'L ' a six week course. New
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Massachusetts
The Triangle of Increasing Values
—between Connecticut Avq., Massachusetts Ave. and Woodley
Road (Cathedral Ave.). Over five million feet of land sold.
Over 150 homes from $15,000 to $200,000 'juilt and under con- I
struction. Actual improvements and home values exceed
| $5,450,000. Vooded villa sites, lots, central and side hall I
; homes, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front. Park Office, 32d
and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Road). Illustrated book, with
names of purchasers, mailed on request.
Middaugh & Shannon, Inc.
Established 18*9
Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle, Potomac 2200
Member Washington Heal Estate Board.
across ,our continent to the Pacific.
Its soldiers found and guarded the
trails for the covered wagons, the
roads for the pony express and the
routes for the - railroads. The age of
air travel finds Hie Army still the
pioneer for transportation. Airways
have been traced and marked. Your
brother officers made the first non
stop transcontinental flight. You
leave our shores on the 'round-the
world' flight from near the. point
where Lewis and Clark flrsl saw the
Pacific ocean. May your expedition
be of as much benefit to future gen
erations. I wish you luck and suc
cess. We will watch your daily
achievements with interest and
pride.”
fJen. Patrick said:
“You are about to embark upon the
most important aerial undertaking
yet attempted. The whole air serv
ice has the greatest confidence in the
personnel chosen for this mission and
In sure It will be brought to a glori
ous conclusion. Here are the hearti
est good wishes to each and every
one. We shall watch your progress
with interest and be ready to wel
come you when you return.''
FOREIGN SHIPS LOSE
INCOME TAX BATTLE
i Treasury Hules Lines Must Pay on
Revenue From Traffic Origi
nating in U. S.
Foreign steamship interests have
lost their three-year fight to avoid
payment of a portion of the taxes on
I income derived from transportation
jof traffic originating within the
I United Stales. The Treasury last
| night made public an opinion reoent
jly submitted by Attorney General
| Daugherty upholding the govern
jmenfs right to tax income from
(sources within the United States and
(reaffirming a ruling handed down by
ithe Department of Justice in 1920.
j The ruling applies in a general way
;to other foreign corporations, but
more specifically to shipping, inas
much as the right to tax,the in
come o( the corporations doing busi
ness here —as differentiated from the
act of transporting—has not been
challenged. The fight was begun
shortly after passage of the 1921
■ levenue act and the question finally
was put up to the Department of
Justice late last summer.
Foreign shipping interests contended
that the tax should apply only to a por
tion of the earnings from transport
ing a cargo in a for. ign-owned bot
tom to a foreign shore. The Treas
ury's view, as now expressed in a de
cision which becomes binding upon
revenue collectors, was that the law
appled to the whole operation. The
ship-owners made the same claim
| after the 1918 revenue act was pass-
I ed and that contention was held with-
I out merit also.
Treasury officials have estimated
(that to grant the claim of the ship
ping interests might have cut off an-
I nuaily fifty million dollars.
TAKOMA RECTOR SPEAKS.
j Rev. George O. Bullock is to preach
j this morning at Third Baptist
j Church. sth and Q streets, on "The
i Twelve Tribes of Israel." At 8 p.m.
| Miss Nannie Burroughs is to address
I the congregation.
I, FORD RUNS 57 MILES OF
GALLON OF GASOLINE
! A new automatic and self
i regulating device has been in
vented by John A. Stransky, 2420
j Fourth St.. Pukwana. South Dakota.
with which automobiles have made
( from 40 to 57 miles on a gallon
; of gasoline. It removes all carbon
1 and prevents spark plug trouble
! :wtd overheating. It can he in-
I stalled by any one in five minutes.
1 | Mr. Stransky wants agents and is
• | willing to send a sample at his
i own risk. Write him today.— j
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RANDLE HIGHLANDS
BUS LINE EXTENDED
i
■ Traction Company Ordered to Run
| Service to Eastern High and
Gallinger Hospital.
I CROSS ROUTE PROSPECT
j Utilities Committee Welcomes Ad
ditional Application.
| The Public Utilities Commission
j yesterday afternoon issued an order
I authorizing the Capital Traction Com
; pany to extend its Randle Highlands
j motor bus line to Eastern High j
; School and Gallinger Hospital,
j The busses now terminate at 17th
| street and Pennsylvania avenue
j southeast. The commission empow
i era the company to extend west on
, the Avenue to 15th street, north to
j Hast Capitol and thence east to the
• institutions mentioned.
At the same time the commission
| made public a letter sent to the
Washington Railway and Klectric
Company informing that company the
commission will give prompt atten
tion to any application made for
another bus line running across the
eastern end of the city.
The commission told the W. R. and
K. it is of the opinion that the ex
tension allowed the Capital Traction
Company will in no way conflict with
the operation of another bus line by
the W. R. and H across the eastern
section.
Bus Plans I'avoml. •»
When the public hearing was held
I several weeks ago William F. Ham,
j president of the W. R. and E„ told
■ the commission his company has been
•willing for some time to operate,
I busses from 10th and H streets north
t east to llth and G streets south
i east, connecting the termini of the |
several east and west street car lines
of the W. R. and K. system. He also
outlined several alternative routes.
Summing up the decision, the order
of the commission reads as follows:
"The commission believes that the
operation of a motor bus service over
j the route covered by the application
jof the Capita! Traction Company
j will be of advantage not only to those
| desiring to go to the Eastern High
i School, but to the residents of the
| section south of East Capitol street
! and east of 13th street, who are now I
I without adequate transportation fa- j
cilities. and that its operation will
not conflict with any of the motor!
• bus routes the Washington Railway j
i and Electric Company has indicated j
| it is willing to operate in the eastern 1
1 section of the city. Moreover, with 1
! the improvement in the roadways of j
| 17th street. Potomac avenue and 19th ■
; street, one leg of the route of the j
j proposed Capital Traction Company :
; bus lines can be diverted from 15th j
i street, so as to give direct service to j
[ the Congressional cemetery and to j
! the Gallinger Hospital and other pub
! lie institutions located in reserva
! tion 13.”
:
Bradley Hills
Washington’s Country Club District
Two thousand two hundred and fifty acres of the
beautiful country around Washington. In it" confines and
I contiguous thereto are the Congressional Country Club,
the Burning Tree Club and the Montgomery Country Club.
The entrance to Bradley Hills aVid the clubs is at the
i northwest corner of the Chevy Chase Golf Club course.
Instates and acreage properties. Also quarter and Italf
acre lots adjacent to “Edgemoor"’ and “Battery Park’’ at
-I 10c per foot.
The most attractive and shortest automobile route
I through Bradley Hills is out Connecticut Avenue to Brad
ley Lane, west on Bradley Lane to Wisconsin Avenue.*
cross Wisconsin Avenue, and west on Bradley Road to
the Congressional Country Club.
Over one hundred representative people are now living
> in Bradley Hills. Inquire of your realtor or
Middaugh & Shannon, Inc.
F.wtabliMhrd IS9». lliclusirr Agent.
Riggs-Semmes Bldg., Dupont Circle. * Potomac 2200
Member Washington Real Estate Board
A JAPANESE VIEW
i THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM
“The Government at Washington
Still Lives”
And Many Other Timely Articles By Such Writers as
Alexander Ford Secretary Hughes
Arthur Derrin Call
In the April Issue of
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