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ir EDITOR! A LP A OF THE PR IN I DLE AD ERMA 28 1 9 2 9 t' SPRINGFIELD LEADER Published Every Evening at McDanlel and Jetler on Streets, Springfield, Mo. THE SPRINGFIELD LEADER CO, UUL1BHERS STUART OUV1ER. President EDSON K. BLXBY, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mill, six evenings, or News, six mornings. tnd Sunday News and Leader, a rear, none 1 and 2 ....17.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER Springfield Daily News, six weekday mornings and Sunday News and Leader, 15 cent a week.

The Sprtnglleld Leader, six evenings, and 8unday News and Leader, IS cent week. Sprtnglleld Dally News and Springfield Leader and Sunday News and Leader, 13 Issues, 23 cenu a week. TELEPHONE (All Departments) 7000 MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled lo the us for republication of all news dispatches credited to tt or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local newa published herein. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD Since the federal reserve board has become so active on the bear side of the Wall street market it is a arget of attack by several financial writers of authority. Barron's Financial Weekly openly ad vocates that the board be abolished, but not At me jeaerai reserve system.

Holding that the board can not represent anything like the Bank of England or the Bank of France. While some of the work done by the board could be done by others the bone of contention would still remain and that is, should the reserve board attempt to regulate prices of securities or commodities as it did in 1921 when prices dropped so suddenly that many merchants were ruined and the farmers have not yet recovered, according to opponents of the policies of the board. Barron's goes on to say that "it is a fairly open secret that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has five times applied for permission to advance what is strategically the most impor tar.Mederal reserve rate and the permission has been refused, although the application was backed by the advisory council, which consists of bankers whose endorsement should have been conclusive. It is riot too mucn to say that the reserve board itself is in conflict with the very spirit of the federal reserve system. It gould be abolished altogether, and the heads of the reserve centers, with the assistance of the secretary of the treasury and the comptroller of thecur rency, could carry on the business of the system." Does this mean that it is not so much the board that is nhiep'prl in huf tWnai4 members of the board as now constituted and their policies of doing all in their power to rorce lower prices; VALUATION OF RAILROADS It is claimed the decision of the supreme court requiring the interstate commerce commission Jo take into consideration the replacement value in making valuations makes worthless the work of the commission in trying to reach a valuation.

It was supposed the valuation haspr! nn tho mo tions in 1914 would be sufficient and no attention was paid to modern changes. Work of that kind is of course of no value and was not even before the court decision if a fair valuation were wanted. Tie cost has been over 510O.06O.0OO and we are tearfully told all this effort is wasted. What congress should do is to repeal the valuation law entirely and not permit another army to go to work to do the job over again. Long before the court decision some of the friends of the valuation bill had begun to criticize the findings of the commission where it was found that certain reads were worth in physical property more than their stocks and bonds.

This was a surprise and a shock to the semi socialists bo forced the bill through congress They had formed their impression of the value railroads on misleading and romantic tea test magazine stories written by word jirgkrs, men who could string together long Mntences of harmonious ocpression but containing few facts. and little actual information. Railroad rates can never be based on the physical valuation of the roads. One might as well try to fix prices of groceries by the same method. TK a vnitnrr r.Mrt...

...1. a.1 'a nuu nuuiu wage an examination to be Thomas A. Edison's successor has the first element of a success self confidence and nerve. Gene Tunney regards the suits'against him as a joke. Well, it has been the style to joke about plumbers' bills.

Bishop Cannon says it is cowardly to sell liquor but he can't say that about the man wlte Mnks it. To J. Pluvius; 15yup. The Wastebaset Into which are often tossed things well worth while. Hocks have been one of 'the great assets of Green county and are today.

Quarries have palled out many tons of stone in tbia city and county aver slnca the country was opened up. Scars la the earth to Springfield show where large excavations have been made, for atone in the oast One of the marks ot rock digging may be noticed at Olive and Main. A low place was made in the effort to get limestone many years ago. The quarry extended across Main street, and the excavation made an" extensive gash but on the west aide of the atreet buildings have sprung up and most traces of the stone age have disappeared. The stone blasted out in town was chiefly used for foundations for buildings but concrete bss taken the place of stone and the stone Industry lags.

The Korton quarry out on College street is still taking out rock In the same place it baa for 40 years or more. It has dug a hollow 40 feet below the starting point. Crushed rock Is being prepared all the time and the raw material will last for some yeari yet The Sti'gall Construction company probably has enough atone in Us quarry north of the city to last half a century. For years the property just north of the Frisco building on North Jefferson was a quarry. Tona of limestone were excavated and no doubt there ia much there today but it was not practical to continue the work further south as property ia too valuable In that section to permit of rock digging.

Out In the country there Is great stone develop ment The plant of the Ash Grova company at Galloway has of late years become the principal one of the corporation. It is believed the company will find a larger deposit of limesione at Ash Grove in order to. bring (he lime output of that plant to old time porportlons. While lime ia not as extensively used as It once was there is still a good demand for It and always will be. Cement is used now so much in building' that it has curtailed the use of lime to some extent The great works at Phenix have cut out thousands of tons of building stone.

The headquarters of the company are In Kansas City and Maston Simpson, with office in the Srarrett building, ia president Stone has been cut out of the Phenix works for 40 years and takes a high rank. The interior of the capitol building at Jefferson City Is finished with Napoleon gray marble from Phenix. About 200 men are employed and of late there has been some nervousne. among the hsnds who have noticed the diminishing supply of marble and fear exhaustion. The works are in the northern part of, the county between Ash Grove and Walnut Grove.

The works supply the highway department with crushed stone on occasions which cannot be done by the lime companies aa their stone Is too soft. Tba Marble head company continues to dig out plenty of limestone from its plant on National avenue. A tremendous gash has been cut in the earth after 50 years of digging. The Ash Grove company is' becoming more and more interested in cement and has a large plant in Nebraska. On the subject of rocks Judge Alfred Page told a rock story at the banquet recently given here In his honor when he was appointed special attorney of the department of justice.

The oratore had told the judge of his greatness and his ability as a lawyer and statesman; eulogies were glowing. When the judge spoke he told of his boyhood days which were spent in west Tennessee where there were no rocks. No one went any where and few even crossed the river Into Arkansas. One daring soul finally crossed the river and went a dozen miles Into Arkansas where he found some rocks as large as a wagon. He returned and told of the wonderful rocks to the surprise of the natives.

One day a native said to the traveler: "Bill, tell us about those big rocka. Of course we know it Is all a damned lie but we like to hear it." Edward F. West, who died in Los Angeles last week, being a member of the local lodge of Elks was known by many 'Springfield people and had warm friends here. While in Chicago a number of years ago he noticed a fine clock, probably six feet high which struck his fancy. He ordered It sent to the Elks here as a present.

It cost several hundred dollars, but he paid cash for the clock and inclosed no address. The clock was installed and is now in use. It was many months before it became known who had been so generous to the Elks. Mr. West did not try to keep the matter secret or intend, a surprise.

His acts of kindness and generosity were so frequent and so liberal that he just did not think about it. a A MOTHER'S PRAYER TO AMERICA America stand up today, Stretch forth thy arm of might Demand of every sister nation Everything that's right Put away the swords and gun And every tool of war And scatter blessed words of peace Cpon each shore Teach every land there'a something more Than fight and sheedlng blood And living In a land that's strewn With dead and trampled mud Teach every hand a useful art Pray they forget wara strife Thus living each may well forget And live a better life Then all the countries will arise Shake hands across the sea And aay "This worlds' a better and cleaner place to be. l. W. A.

A former St Louie gunman is employed aa a director of underworld films. Judging by the number of that kind of shows we've seen lately. Al Capon la missing a big chanca by not buying a movie camera. Ts and Ears What Springfieldians Think of Men And Affairs H. COWARD, county super intendent of schools: "Greene county youths who have made Coward good or brilliant records in sclen ttflc studies cer tainly should take the prelim tnary examlna tlon for the Thomae A.

Edison scholarship which will be given at my office at the courthouse June 3. Mr. Edison's of fer of four years of the finest technical training for the boy ha selects finally In a personal examination at Eaat Orange, N. provides a wonderful opportunity for the young scientist I will send the) examination papers received here to the atate department of education, and the state board ot education will choose the best to send to Mr. Edison, just as other boards will do in other states.

I have a teachers' examination on June 3, too, but I will be glad to give the Edison test, and there will be no charge for' It." pHARLEH GRIFFITH: "It leenu to me the law abiding citlxena often get the worst of it. Take the city automobile license. Law abiding citizens pay it promptly and without question aa it is the law. Vet look at the machines that pass by you every minute which have no city license and go through (he year without buying one. All should be treated alike.

The city license should be col lecterf or the ordinance MV. CARRCilX: "We should h. 1. that we are on a high elevation. I have been in southeastern Arkansas and found a rather bad aituation.

There la an everlast ing flood. There waa much talk about the flood of 1927 but the one of 1921 waa just aa bad and disastrous. There is another one on this year. Farmers lose crop after crop and the financial situation can be Imagined." U0TATI0NS "A better memory, together with Increased ability to hold ideas In mind simultaneously, and a greater capacity to" compare their values for a given purpose, seem, then, to constitute man's superiority over the anthropoid apes." Edgar James Swift, head of the department of psychology at Washington university, St Louis. (Scribners.) "All the athletic committees and boards ot athletic control, all the coaches, stadia and playing fields of our country would represent but so much wasted effort and investment but ao much frustrated faith, unless their use brings home to the heart of Americaffyouth the age old gospel 'of a high and generous chivalry in sport" Dr.

Charles W. Kennedy, chairman of the Princeton university board of control. "The modern Inventor ts frequently an up to date expert in his' particular line of work often a trained engineer." T. E. Robertson, commissioner of patents, S.

Department of Commerce. (National Republic) WHAT DO YOU KNOW? It fern cam mntntr figlll at tki fwitlou MWilj may conHdtr your tit nonntd. 1. Who ts governor general of the Philippines? i. Whst "waa the fate of Sir Walter Raleigh? 3.

What city la called the crescent city? 4. What planet la closest to the earth? 5. How many states in the union? 6. Who are called Co eds? 7. Who waa emperor of Austria when the war started? t.

Who wrote "The Golden Ladder?" 9 What ia the Society of Jeaulta? 10. Whet Is the greatest steel city in the United Bute? Owtfhl P. Darts. Bh4ee Slew Orleans, vniu. OirU wbe tn te unrrtruut.

Traacu Joseph. Iqmii S. lAa orftnuatioa of Catholic print. Mritbsus. CAN YOU BEAT IT! ouk Stock Are I rich 1 $rw TWAy WE ARE HlrApiLMJl wevV, is life 1 'Tl rvvi Awvl 7uhsle 1 )y EDITOR'S MAIL BAG Fight Mosquitoes Now To the Editor of The Leader: The heavy rains of the past few months are fine for the mosquito crop and now Is the time to begin fighting.

All that, ia necessary Is for the health department to buy about 1300 worth ot crude oil and dope the pools around the city from time to time. This waa done when E. S. Finch was health commissioner end the city wss free from the Insect Last year mosquitoes were ignored and the large number, ot germ carriers were noticed by many visitors. It did the Otarks no good.

We should not go through a like experience this year but will it there la not some action taken at once. The mosquito Is not hard to exterminate. It never goes over a mile, from lta place of birth. No up to date place haa mosquitoes now. Let the health department get busy.

The people can help some by getting rid of any standing water In their back yards, aa may be found id tin cans or low 'places In the ground. The mosquito is especially annoying to poor families without screens to their houses. MERCHANT. Fowl and Flesh To the Editor ot The Leader: The building ot a 200 toot dam at the Table rock site on White river will cause the present levels ot the river to be much higher than at present, thus bringing about an Inundation ot many public roads and bridges, anil thousands of acres of lsnd that la privately owned. The power company have reached an agreement with officials of Barry, Stone and Taney counties, covering the' replacement of the.

roads that will be covered, they have paid Barry county $35,000 as their part of the cost of Increasing the height of one certain bridge, within recent weeks they paid Taney, county $15,000 and they have agreed to pay Stone county $300,000 in the event the present bridge plans are followed. The company has not made pnbllc the amount ot money paid out by them for private lands which have been and are currently being acquired by them, but It Is known that It It a huge sum. It was necessary for the company to satisfy the demands, just or' unjust, of the various counties, before the federal power cnnim'asloo at Washington would entertain the Idea of issuing authority which would rermlt the start of work on the Tablerock dam. The road bridge problems related to the Tablerock project have been trivial ss compared with the problems that will confront the builders of the power dam that Is proposed to the Bagnelf site on the Ossge river. The' town ot Linn Creek, which is the county seat.1 will be completely aubmerged.

will have to be bought and paid for. and a new court house will have to be built by the power company. A public protest of large proportions Is' being made, an election will be necessary, and grief 0f many kinds seem probable before an agreement will be reached. 1 i Notwithstanding the great prospects for a long legal contest that will consume lots ot time and money, the federal commission have seen fit to Issue a final license to the sponsoring power company, the inference being that any compensations given will be given after the company exercises their right of condemnation. Much wonderment Is expressed by Springfield people that the federal commission so readily granted the license for the Bagnell project, while they still withhold the Issuance of the Tablerock license for causes which could be removed by the commission Itself within a few hours time did the commission see fit to exercise their authority.

It is possible the commission have proper reasons for not issuing the Tablerock license, but. If so, the reasons must be other than what Is assigned In letters recently received by Springfield people from the commission. FAIR PLAY. WHAT OTHERS SAY Courts Not Congested The statement furnished the Star by Judge Otla of the federal court ought to dispel the persistent contention of the wets that liquor caaes have clogged the courts and seriously Intetfercd with their service to the public. From the nature of the wet claims one might be led to believe that just about every other person throughout the country had been arrested In hla home, dragged Into court and made to defend himself against violation of the liquor lawa.

Yet Judge Otis shows that in the western district of Missouri, in a period of eight years, there have been fewer than 5000 liquor cases filed. That is about one to each 350 ot the population, or only one out of about each 2S00 on an annual basis. And an average of only about 14 court days a year has been given to the cases. There la no reason to believe that ctylitions in tbia district are materially different from those In other parts of the country. The charges about liquor cases and the courts are In keeping with those of various other kinds having to do with the effects of prohibition.

The wets have been trying to make the public believe that drinking haa Increased heavily among the young people, especially In the colleges, and that the condition is due to prohibition. No evidence haa been forthcoming to back up any such contention, but there Is a considerable bodyH)f evidence" which tends to refute It Kansas City Star. A Political Move? If the senate appropriations committee has ita way. Attorney General Shartel will be unable to perform on of the important duties of hla office, namely, the practice ot sending an assistant to aid in the prosecution of Important criminal cases throughout the state. 'According to our Jefferson City correspondent, "It Is the theory of the Missouri law that in im portant criminal cases ths governor may direct the attorney general to act In aid of a prosecuting attorney, that In cases of a statewide character the attorney general shall conduct inquiries by appearing before grand Juries in the several counties.

If necessary, and if there ia a breakdown in the law enforcement machinery In any county, that the governor may direct him to take charge of prosecutions." In the present administration, this system has worked out effectively. Assistant, Attorney General Lovan, in five cases, has secured four long, term convictions and conducted a grand jury In veatlgstlon which resulted in ths Indictment of Sol Hohenthal for the murder of Rose Petoskey at De Soto. In all these at torney requested the assistance of the attorney, general, and the governor directed that it be given. We think the approprlationa committee, haa made a mistake in reversing the torn of rtfakjng this great It has all the earmarks of a political move and embarrass and cripple a taluable function of the atate law St, Louie Post Dispatch. A New York bookshop advertised that a star would be on hand to autograph copies of Joseph Conrad a "The Rescue." There'a an Idea.

ny not whoop up aales of the BlhU Hti k. Vtvlng Clara Bow sign copies? Broadway Being. 0. 0. Mclntyre famous column of NEW YORK One ot the beat paying Jobs in the speak easy cafi and night club is that of "spoUsr." With Increasing difficulties in Ml.

liquor the ability to be certali the customer la "right" means life or death of a hoocherle. A single drink to the wrong pir, son nisy not only result In pat locking but a stretch In Atlanta. Jg one of the exclusive night clubs (i spotter Is the clgaret girl who 1 paid $100 a week. Shells a waft, ing who's who, and unless (hi waiter receives her "wink" stranger Is served. i In those basement baiaart h) brownstone fronts where a prssi the buster brings an appratsln'tn to the peekhole they used to Mr chances.

An unknown who peered to. be', onjy seeking quench his thirst waa often atotv leu. DUl lOftl 1 uu iuuei uunt. These places have an onttUt msn who clings to the shadows If anyone looks suspicious hat tiy ot communicating a secret slful and there Is no response to tti ring. For two months the whoh haa tinriftrmM 1 general tightening up.

5. In the elaborate places flu stranger really undergoes three spectlons. He (aces the scrutiny the doorman, the head waiter all the spoiler." The letter's vtrdltt fH Snmi nt fha 'snftttarf are thus able to move about wluV out notice. L' The smaller speakeasies havs profited by unhappy experlenoal and have settled down to a icoiH clientele. Most are content with I hundred steady, customers.

Tbest maybrtng friends but the friends do not receive the open sesams after one visit, as they did In ths old days. Top floor Mrs that were con ducted with pre prohlbltlon Uxlty l. .1.. I. nil 1 1 The bootleggers are soliciting trsds, but in person and not over thr telephone.

Everybcdy drinking becomes more dimcuu each day:" OO A new method of gaining audience via telephone ts employs: by a slick gentleman with a silken voice who explains he hss an a tremely Important message from Washington that must be deliver in person. He is almost invariably admitted and proves Just another bootlegger. He operates on lh theory a message from Wsshlng ton sounds Important income tat business or an underground political message. OO At movies on the tapper ast slit patrons are offered a clgaret going in and a free cup of coffee going out Nowhere is the movie more 01 a neighborly institution than in the bnunfs of aristocracy. It ia a class udlence but all are acquainted.

And those who might Imagine th upper clrclea are not "cinema, eon scious" should drop Into any 01 those fringing park avenue nightly. OO i A gabby doorman tells me up pitty abopa along Perk avenue ar patronlied almost solely by newly rich'. The. old settlers send servants marketing out ot the son where prices ar one half cheaper, 00 Add definitions of the perfect boob: Anyone who buys an upper tire box al a New. York theater.

0 Theatrlca! managers profess they have exhausted every resource and failed to curb ticket speculation. They extend arms In helpless gestures and struggle to keep back tears. The real explanation Is in the empty lobbies save at theater time. Nobody ge to the box office because they have learned It is futile. Trying to buy a desirable seat outside the agencies stamps the yokel The fiery critic MeU calfe in atormy days declared: "A ticket scalper In front ot a theater means a crooked manager Inside." The theater haa not reformed since then.

OO A dance school circular Just re celved: "The renaissance of ths costume dance this winter wilt in. emus siaieiy aancea mat delighted our grand parenta. You aa well as everybody of Importance will be donning knickerbockers and ruffles to dance them." try to catch us In silk stocking curtseying arounil in a minuet al our age and with our legs..