text: rihllihtd rrr-rj «(lrr>ooB Sundry f»y Ik* ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE CORPUU* TlON SIT Iday 'Iffft • l»»« 'ilrll V*. Iintr.*r4 nf l he Pkalutltf of lina.illrla, \ i r* l«ln. a< afi-nad^laa* luallrr. *-* * - " ' i P k UKKtt K. kJ»HiSy*SOM. M*nn**-r. ‘SS!== POHKIGA »KPKB:LK»YATOJu*.. Sr.aal Grlfllik rod Brunnoj, - « Fifth Xrw Yuk. Proplra C.ar Bid*.. * 'tlo**« •111 DovrnnUIrr M.. H-iatoo. U ni too Bids.. Atli'at*. O*. TFnYl? OF SrPSCKIPTlHA Payable to Adraaev Ortlvrrrd hy Carriyr In At-xnnilrl* noil \ Irlt'lt'r. Onr Wrrk .. .9 Onr Month ... Thrrr Month* .*. St* Month* . ^\,0 Onr Yrar ... • * * * *. By Mali. Fortner Pypnld w Onr Month ... . ******** I.do Thrrr Month*. SI* Month* . J.'jh, * - -I I TUESDAY. MARCH 20. 1923. A USELESS VISIT No statement came from either the State Department or the German Embassy regarding the object of the visit of Dr. Hans Bickoff, counselor of the Embassy upon Secretary of State Hughes and the State. Secretary of State Phillips late Saturday afternoon. There seems to be no doubt, however, that the visit of the German counselor to the American State Department had to do with the French occupation of the Kuhr, but whether or not any suggestions were carried to Secretary Hughes by the representatives to the German government that the United States should use its good offices and make repeated representations to France could not be ascertained. In view of the oft repeated portion taken by this government that the United States would not interfere in the Franco-German situation unless assurances were received from the French government that such tender would meet with the approval of France. Dr. Bickoff's visit could accomplish nothing in this direction. There was no comment forthcoming today regarding the reports from Berlin that a new German plan for the settlement of the reparations question was about to be proposed, provided the allied governments would agree in advance to give consideration to the plan. Advices to the State Department do not indicate that any new plan is being considered by the German officials. JAP DIPLOMACY Emigrants from Japan bound for countries having rigid immigration regulations are required to present themselves at the newly completed inspection station at Nagasaki before embarking to a foreign country, according to the State Department. In the Department of Commerce, the Department of Commerce has been requested to report to the Department of Commerce. Resides a physical examination, instruction is given in the customs and manners of the country to which the emigrant is going. American Consul Kenty Hitchcock, at Nagasaki, reports that this regulation was put into effect in order to make sense that the emigrants not only comply with the sanitary and quarantine regulations but also that they shall not offend through ignorance of the manners and customs of the countries to which they are going. Japan has shown there are more ways than one in which to be diplomatic. She sends her people abroad to establish herself in all the world, and to learn better the customs of all lands and shows rare diplomatic skill in making the beginning pleasant. This big little nation is ambitious and works with great intelligence; it must be admitted. The French are trying to come nearer to the Germans because they are such stand-offish work. Motto for Mer Rouge and Herrin—“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. PUBLIC EXTRAVAGANCE Taxes are always an unpleasant subject, yet they have a horrible fascination, especially in a time like this when taxation seems to be the leading national industry. Here are some figures casually observed in a tax review of one state: The leading county of the state has had its tax assessments raised 7.0 percent since 1900 and 19.5 percent since 1915. Four other counties, none of them particularly populous or wealthy, show tax increases of 980 to 1.369 percent since 1900 and 150 to 253 percent since 1915. In this phenomenon stood alone, it would be remarkable enough. Because such taxation is coming to be the rule rather than the exception, in every part of the country, many citizens take it as a matter of course and dismiss the subject with a shrug of the shoulders. “It’s the war!” they saw. But it is not altogether, nor primarily, the war. It is an orgy of public expenditure which the war does not justify but only makes more burdensome. Most of the vast sums now collected in the form of taxes are spent for current expenses. And everywhere big and costly improvements are undertaken, with little thought as to how they are to be paid for in the future. The bond issues voted so blithely will make still more taxes. Sometimes the taxes are raised by higher valuation and sometimes by higher rates. The one sure thing is that they keep on rising. And they will continue doing so until voters realize the public extravagance into which they have been led, and refuse to approve additional bond issues for unnecessary projects or to vote for spendthrift officials. GLOOM BUCKETS The New York Times records with joy the coming of a new Western phrase, "doom Buckets," for all the army of pessimists from the eastern part of this country and from Europe who, ever since the war, have gone up and down the earth prophesying calamities and crises. Sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust in life, fundamental soundness of the world and of the U. S. A. in particular, the westerners and middle-westerners let. The (doom Buckets rave, but refuse to be alarmed by them. The times take up the cause for the West after this fashion: "Such extremes of pessimism defeat their own end. They (the doomed Bucket) surely, are overstaying their time, as well as exaggerating their role, when signs of improvement are written large on the sky. Judged by some sane measurement, the recovery since the war has been astonishingly great. Nearly all the prophecies of disaster have failed almost as soon as they were uttered. The prospects are brightening every day, in spite of the blind who will not see." The test of it is that this is all true. Perhaps the reason the West as a whole discovered it a little sooner than some other regions is that it is further away from the immediate centers of disturbance and so has a better general perspective. But in any case, gloom will not help matters. Pessimism always defeats its own end. It is well that the unburied West has vision to see this and sufficient faith in its own luck and that of the world to laugh the doomed Buckets out of countenance. AFRICAN COSMETICS The native of Portuguese East Africa uses more than 25,000 kilograms of cosmetics and toilet preparations annually, according to a report to the Department of Commerce today by American Consul Cecil M. Cross at Bourdon Marques. Talcum powders and perfumes comprise a third of the total imports of toilet articles, Kanko Cologne, a French perfume of rare fragrance holding the premier place in the estimation of the natives. Lotions, creams, lipsticks, and rou. The form an important part of the Last Africans' makeup, the report says. Scientific American farmers have indicated to the Department of Commerce that they expect to export more than 100,000 crates of tomatoes from the rich lampico district within the next month. The first shipment of tomatoes from Mexico since 1919 were recently sent to the United States by the Americans there. The land in this region is especially suitable to the raising of this product and the production is so plentiful that it is not an uncommon sight to see from 50 to 100 tomatoes on a single plant. What Europe needs is some sort of device to enable rations to descend from their high horses without loss of dignity. A bill may be made to some people after Turkish baths, others use a telephone booth in summer time. The National sanction and cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce have, on the other hand, voted three to one in opposition to the creation of a Federal Department of Education with a Cabinet Secretary, and two to one against the enlargement of the present Federal bureau. But is not the advice of those in the business of education likely to be more valuable in matters relating to schools and school administration?—N. Y. Times. RAILROAD EARNINGS Senator Cummins, chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, and one of the authors of the present transportation law, says that 75,000 miles of railroad in the United States “are in a situation today where it is likely to be abandoned unless the Government operates it.” About one third of the railroad mileage of the country “confronts either abandonment or Government operation.” There is a third choice which, though old-fashioned, is worth consideration. It is to allow the railroads to earn income enough to go on under the management of the PRESS. WHAT SCHOOLMEN RECOMMEND The most powerful and forward-looking body of public schoolmen in America is known as the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association. At its annual meeting, which has just been held in Cleveland, Ohio, attended by several thousand superintendents, principals and teachers, several resolutions were adopted which presumably reflect the sentiment of the great body of school administrators. The two resolutions of general public concern relate, first to the educational welfare of the country child, and, second, to the establishment of a national Department of Education, with a Secretary of Education in the President’s Cabinet. Undoubtedly the country child has not had a fair share of educational attention in these last few decades of urban trend. With waning rural population in Many parts of the country, the district school has dwindled in social importance and fallen educationally. In New York State, more than 3,000 district schools have an average attendance of 10 or less. There are fifteen schools with an average attendance of but one. The teachers are not required to have the same professional train service in operation. On the other hand, the schools served by the roads that are not profitable will hardly consent to abandonment; it would ruin many of them. But if the Government operates them, the taxpayers will have to meet the deficits. It would be an injury to the country and a calamity to the districts most directly affected if the roads were abandoned. Yet if they are not abandoned, the question is whether the shippers shall pay their expenses or whether the taxpayers shall. Undoubtedly, the railroads are moving toward Government ownership, or they are being driven to it by insufficient earnings. Part of the drive is deliberate, intentional. The employees and the Parlor Socialists want Government ownership because they think it incans high wages. Perhaps it does, but in the case of roads that are not earning enough now, the increase of wages would mean a still larger bill of expenses if the Government should take over the line. A part of this drive would govern ownership. Ownership is not international; it is merely incidental to the policy of Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep the rates down for the benefit of shippers. The results are the same, whether Government ownership be desired or not. If the roads are prevented from earning a proper return on capital in addition to the operating expenses, the mortgages will be foreclosed and there will be no buyers; the pretenses against the children of the State are in the New York City district and the other half of them are scattered through more than 10,000 districts, each of which is bearing its own school burden, though the burdens are grievously unequal. The National Superintendence Conference urged that the burden should be so equitably distributed between the stronger and weaker taxing units as to “make the opportunity of the boy or girl in a rural school equal to that of the child in the most favored city school system in the land.” This can come about only through the creation of larger units of taxation and administration, such as the State Education Department is advocating in this State. New York is fifty years behind the times in its rural school policy. The other resolution recommends Federal aid or the purpose of stimulating the several States to remove illiteracy, Americanize the foreignborn, prepare teachers, develop adequate programs of physical education and “equalize educational opportunity”. With this has been associated the proposal that there should be a President’s Cabinet, through whom Secretary of Education in the NEWS IN THE GAZETTE. 111 YEARS AGO. October 1, 1812. 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It is and blood—yet it acts as a sweeper, cleanser, and purifier. Eat Kellogg’s Bran, as p.s. cereal. You'll enjoy its nut-like flavor. Or, sprinkle it on or mix it with hot, or cold cereals. Many like. J. Cooke with hot cereal. Two tablespoonfuls of bran should be added in each instance. You have missed much not to have eaten Kellogg's Bran made into muffins, raisin bread or many other bakery batches. Recipes on every package. Prominent hotels, restaurants, and clubs serve Kellogg’s Bran in individual packages. All grocers sell Kellogg’s Bran. Abandoning the lines will face Congress to assume their management and facilities, and the taxpayers, instead of the shippars, will meet the expenses. Some of the railway companies are quite profitable under the. Authority of the transportation law in the Interstate Commerce Commission is trying to group the strong and the weak ones so that their business shall be pooled. Jenny Fox-Trot. Ted Lewis and His Orchestra. A-3814 75c Down in Maryland. 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A-3152 75c Ah, Moon of My De?gbt. I From “In a Persian Garden.” (Lehmann) Tandy Mackenzie. 98043 $1.50 Tacenia notto placida. From "Il Trovatore." (How Peaceful Was the Night.) (Verdi) Rom Ponsclle. 98051 $150 Schon Ro*marin. (Kreisler) Toecha Seidel. 8062? $1.00 This is a hardship to the stockholders of the profitable lines, but perhaps they are not entitled to consideration. There is a growing disposition to take this stock of them. But it is certain that two-thirds of the companies can carry the other third. In several recent months, the net earnings of Class I roads taken as a whole, hardly reach savings banks interest on the relative value of the properties. What is quite certain is the transportation system does not earn expenses, including the capital account the rates will have to be raised or the Government will have to take over the lines. If they are to continue in operation, their expenses must be met either by the shippers or by the taxpayers. —Philadelphia Record. "A positive revelation in unmarred melody in appearance, a Columbia New Process Record resembles practically every other disc record. But," play this record on arm phone graph and you will be amazed at the superb smoothness of outpouring melody. In the brief interval before the music commences, you may detect the needle faintly whispering. Pare this with the strident scratch that greets you on other records. At the very first note, even this almost impelted sound (these lives). Compare this with the instant, even the most important, in the case of the sound, that in itself is the most important. Now Hampshire, Fox's rot. Saw Mill River Road. Introduce. “Mother's Wedding Dresses." From “Glory.” Medley Fox-Trot. The Columbians. A-3809 75c ’Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. From “Strut Miss L’zzie.” Nothing But Fox-Trot. The Georgians. A-3804 75c Tiger Rag. The Memphis Blues. Fox Trot. Ted, Lewis and His Band. A-3813 75c L- Paloma. Fox Trot. Walts. 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A simple example of this “unmarred melody” goes to any Columbia chop and ask to hear Ted Lewis and His Orchestra play “Jenny,” record A-331, a new fox-trot that to currounds and siturates with a dance magnetism. And there, for full measure, hear him and his crew snap into “The Memphis Blues” on record A-3813. Columbia’s process of making records with a hard, durable core, overlaid with a new surface so marvelously smooth that the needle travels over it practically without friction, pronounced the death sentence on obnoxious scratch and scrape. The process is patented. No one else can make a record at all similar. VOCAL HARMONIES Medley or um i imers. Part I—Intro.: In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree; Sweet Rosie O’Grady; Just One Girl; After the Ball. Medley of "Old Timers." Part II—Intro.: Daisy Bell; Just as the Sun Went Down; Little Annie Rooney; The Sidewalks of New York. Shannon Four, A-7S7S7 75c I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say. Will Your Heart Ring True? Gypsy Smith. 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