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Light on Electric Utilities The National Electric Light Association at its Atlan* c City convention is weighing the public criticism heaped upon : f during the last year. House leaning is needed sorely in the electric power industry. Revelations in the senate and by the federal trade commission of propaganda activities of power associations in schools colleges, rltib. legislatures and the pres; have produced sharp condemnation throughout the country. ruche- awareness of the situation and certain legislate proper.us are expected to help wipe out the evil. But m the long run reform, to be effective, must rorr.c from within. That is tru° of oil or any other industry. It applies especially to power and public uMhMc-;- whose lines inevitably run through questions of federal and local government It therefore is encouraging that the National Electric T int Association frankly is taking cognizance of Widespread criticism of its publicity—and not so public - methods. The a; ociation yesterday listened to a report of i • p-ipt relations coDunittee. headed by J. F. Owens of Oklahoma City. ‘This committee is convinced that mod'fica*ion of our present organization would provide rc: ably in the future against any occasion for adv • c criticism,” Ovens said. Mr Owens deal* a* length with his industry’s ac- • - in connection with .schools, recommending that ty- ■• ■ ' in+ ion encourage measures leading to pronouncement bv education administrators of national prommence end standing of guiding principles to control future co-operative activities involving educational institutions " Just why there should be any special “co-operation between the power industry and schools, other than t| c natural effort of schools to get facts and representative opinions from utility organizations and the wilhnmess of the latter to provide such information when it i. sought, is not clear to outsiders. But l.nwc’. er the power industry works out details of the ref "-]■) there i- one test that will be applied by the public to determine the adequacy of the results. That test is whether the power interests —or any ot'n f r special interests —tag their propaganda. The public will listen with a fairlv open mind to any one. with anything to say, so long as it is said hone: My and openly. But those caught trying to put over in the dark propaganda for which they are not willing to take responsibility must take the consequences. And the consequences are that the public for a long time thereafter will distrust, anything and everything put. out by such persons, no matter how legitimate it mav be. That is why the task of the power industry at this time is so difficult. That is why sins of the past haunt the future. That, is why the innocent companies suffer with the guilts. But all this is added reason for hastening the housecleaning. Work Resigns A lone time ago-at least the presidential campaign seems far away-we called for the resignation of Dr Work as chairman of the Republican national committee. Now that he has got around to it. there ts nothing lett to do but commend his intelligence in resigning. Doubtless the political punsters will make the rather obvious wisecrack that as a statesman or as a campaign manager. Work was a good doctor. But that over-simplifies the case. Work was able enough in his wav. and certainly sincere. His misfortune consisted of being an old-fashioned politician in a new-fashioned political regime. He didn't make such a bad cabinet officer for Harding and Coolidge. and he might not. have made *uch a bad campaign manager for them. But Hoover represents a sharp change in type. And Work simph didn t belong to the new order. ’ No one probably would deny now that Hoover made a grave mistake in judgment in picking Wonc to head his national committee, and that W T ork made an equal error in accepting the job. The result was most embarrassing for both. Work did his stuff according to the old rules of the game. The religious and prohibition issues were believed to be the weakest points in the Democrats defense. Work, together with an unfortunately large number of sincere American citizens, wanted to bar A1 Smith from the White House because he was a Catholic and wet. The sincerity with which Work and other citizens forced the religious issue into the political life of the nation did not make it any less dangerous. And. aside from the larger national interests involved. Work's opinions and methods were even more out of place because they so completely misrepresented his candidate, a cosmopolitan and tolerant man whose quaker ancestors suffered most for religious freedom. Hoover did not dismiss Work. Perhaps no candidate would have done so in the midst of a campaign But Work, before the campaign was over, had been relieved of the real management, in fact if net in name. \r,d in the months between the campaign ucjorj ar.ri inauguration, when the chairman of the national committee usually is in such powerful position, it was clear that power did not rest with Work. His statements on policy were ignored or denied by Hoover headquarters. His suggestions for federal appointments apparently were not acceptable. He was given no job in the new administration— perhaps he wanted none. The significance of this probably is not personal. It is not so much that. Work as an individual is through. Rather the Work type of politician is being passed by. There are plenty of them left—but left without much chance of national leadership. The Utility Board With the naming of outstanding business men as members, the city now has a utility board, with unusual powers and unusual responsibilities. The first duty of this board will be the operation of the gas company when that utility comes into the ownership of the city. That event may be somewhat delayed, unless the court decisions in the legal contest are more quickly rendered than in most cases. Public ownership of this utility is possible through the vision of the little group led by the late Alfred Potts. Those who put up their money thoroughly understood that they were to receive interest for

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twenty years and then get nothing more than their money back. Just how it is possible for holders of certificates to now object- to carrying out a plain bargain is difficult to understand, if good conscience and good morals be the test. If a more modem view of “get the money honestly if you can—but get it” is taken, of course the contest can be explained. The people who purchased the certificates understood the bargain. The people who gave the use of their streets understood the contract. Only lawyers with minds alert for hidden flaw would think of trying to prevent the consummation of the agreement which was based upon fairness, good morals and equity. As long as there is any confidence in courts and in justice, it must be believed that eventually the city will own and operate the gas company. The importance of this board runs far beyond this one utility. It is empowered to purchase other public utilities. It is that power which makes it important that the viewpoint of the membership be more than honest. It must be social. The second step will undoubtedly be the acquisition of the water company. The serving of water to the community is too important to be left, forever in private hands. The fact that very many industries and citizens still depend on their own private wells is some evidence that the privately owned operation is costly. There should be no need of private supply. Water is so prime a necessity and has so great an effect upon safety and health that its distribution should be a public function. Should the time arrive when sentiment demands this step, the viewpoint rather than the honesty of the utility board membership will be most important. If the board buys at a price which could be easily justified by the prevailing “reproduction cost” rule for fixing rates, the present owners would undoubtedly be very' glad to sell. Let it be hoped that in any transaction for any utility, the board will always have some regard for the relationship between the invested dollars and the price to be paid. The city should never wish to rob private investors. Nor should it ever consent to be robbed. We Say Amen Bishop James Gannon Jr. of the M. E. church south recently denied that he had criticised the expected appointment of George W. Wickersham to the President’s law enforcement commission. “I have considered it inappropriate to comment on the action of the President." said the Bishop. To which the Methodist Board of Prohibition, etc., adds, “Bishop Cannon is right. . . Since the President is charged with the duty of law administration, he should have the privilege of selecting his advisers without being subjected to attempted interference and criticism.” We so often have disagreed with the bishop and the Methodist board that we are happy to have the opportunity to commend these statements most heartily. We hope the policy of non-interference will become a settled one. and that, the reform groups will keep their hands off the selection of cabinet officers and other administrative officials, and of judges—particularly judges—which they have not done in the past. An Irishman gave a. Chinaman named David Wang two pints of blood in an operation in New York. Laundry clients are apt to ha -e a rather rough time of it should Wang ever get his Irish up. The President's pocket veto has been held legal. That means there will be a lot of legislation for Mrs. Hoover to read, if she's like lots of wives. Charlie Curtis at least has found the answer to one question—he knows how a Vice-President can get a little publicity.

-David Dietz on Science

How Rain Is Formed

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THERE are five steps in the process by which rain is formed. It is necessary, first of all. that the surface air be forced to a considerable height. This can be caused by surface heating, a mountain in the path of the wind or the convergence of different air currents. As the air rises, it expands, and as a result of the expansion, it is cooled. Second, as soon as the dew point is passed, con-

condensation of additional moisture. But meanwhile, the cloud droplets which already have formed are beginning to fall verv slowly. This slow,' fall does not constitute rain, but it has the effect of filtering the dust particles out of the immediate region of the air in which the fall is taking place. Asa result, the condensation which takes place in the new volumes of air results in larger drops of water since there are fewer nuclei for the condensation to take place on. Fourth: As this process continues, drops grow’ to a size sufficient to permit them to fall with rapidity against the rising current of air. Large drops also form as the result of two drops coalescing. In this way rain begins. That is. drops begin to fall from the cloud toward the ground. Fifth: Further coalescence takes place as the drops fall from the cloud toward the ground. Drops of the same size fall with the same rate and hence, two which are close together are likely to be pushed together by the air and united into one drop. It will be seen therefore that the drops which leave the cloud are all of uniform size. These tend, while falling, to unite to form drops of double the size. These in turn unite to form drops four times the original size and so on. Observations have supported this view. The great majority of drops in any given rain fall into classes which include a minimum size and others which have drops of two. four, and eight times the size of the minimum drops. Like other weather processes, the formation of rain is an intricate one. depending upon the operation of a large number of factors.

M. E. Tracy

Russia Still Is a Great Aation, Keen if Her Social and Eeouomic Systems Are Different From Our Own. SPEAKTNG of genius and the possibility that it can be bred bymating people of superior talents, the great-great grandson of the Poet Schiller has just been convicted of fraud. He tried to collect insurance on a package which was supposed to contain a pearl necklace, but in which was nothing but a dead mouse. In rendering its decision the court suggested that the mouse had been put in the package to eat its way 7 through the wrappings and create the impression that the necklace had slipped out. While this incident doesn't prove that Schiller's descendant lacked talent or imagination, it does prove they took a decidedly wrong direction. tt a rt Justice—for Lawyers Harry f. Sinclair, will serve . six months in .iail for tampering with a jury. H. Mason Day. who assisted him, will serve four months. W. She.rman Burns, who also assisted. will pay a. fine of SI,OOO. Papa Burns, whom the lower court thought guilty enough to serve fifteen days, will go free. As to the high power counsel, without whose knowledge or consent it is hard to believe, such shenannigan could have occurred, no one lias suggested that they get anything worse than a good, fat fee. All of which looks as though justice were of. by and for the lawyers. tt tt tt A Price on Love lOVE may laugh at locksmiths, _/ but it is apt to take a less humorous attitude toward dowries. Published reports lead us to believe that Mabel Corey loves Don Luis of Bourbon and Don Luis of Bourbon loves Mabel Corey. She certainly has done her part to prove it.. While he has confessed to it. But the dowry is still insufficient to convince him of her devotion, so the romance waits while she ponders an amended contract. tt tt a Paying for the War THOUGH on the point of collapsing a dozen times, the Paris conference finally has worked out a reparations program. According to this program. Germany will pay a total of $27,000,000 during the next fifty-nine years, which is about one-tenth of what the war cost. The rest of the world will pay the other nine-tenths. It is the same old story. Nations always go into war assuming that the vanquished will foot the bill, but, only to learn that defeat means poverty as well as humiliation. The trouble is that it, takes them too long to learn this, and that they usually waste a good dead of time trying to make their assumptions stick. a a tt Bloody Diplomacy HAVING heard that, Soviet Russia may withdraw immunity from Chinese diplomatic representatives. Chinese officials clap Soviet diplomatic representatives in jail. Their reasons for doing so are obvious. They are putting themselves in a position where they can trade for live Chinese or wreak vengeance for dead ones. It, is a game that all nations once played, but that never accomplished anything except to spill blood and cause trouble. tt tt a Greatness of Russia THE Ford company and eleven other great American firms who have signed contracts with Soviet Russia evidently do not share in the opinion of Charles Evans Hughes that she is an economic vacuum. It would be a good idea if more of our politicians did not, Russia still is a great nation, even if her social and economic systems are differer* from our own—a nation of enormous resources, which is bound to play a major part in the commerce and industry of the future. Statecraft hesitates to recognize this fact because of popular clamor. Business shows better sense, and eventually will steer statecraft into the right channel. tt tt tt Britain and Labor WITH the Labor party in control of the English government, it seems probable that Russia will be recognized. It would be certain, except for Lloyd George and his fifty-eight Liberals, who hold the balance of power, which brings to mind a most curious phase of democracy. Democracy means nothing if not as many parties as the people want, but wherever there are more than two parties, the people seem to accomplish little-except to create a jam where anything like coherent expression is impossible. Great Britain is in such a jam today with the Liberals able to prevent anybody from doing anything though they control one-sixth of the votes in parliament.

densation begins on the dust nuclei and a cloud is formed. So far, the process has not differed materially from the formation of a cloud from which no rain is falling. The difference is in the next three steps. Third: The rising air current continues to cool new volumes of air and cause the

Daily Thought

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.—Eccl. 7:20. 808 IT is the sin which we have not committed which seems the most monstrous.—Boileau. tVomen's Leader Dies Ev Time-' t in) BLOOMFIELD. Ind.. June 5. Mrs. Martha Cavins. 66. wife of William L. Cavins, an attorney, and long a leader in women's clubs and church activities, is dead of heart disease.

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FOR every boy taking an active interest in track forty years ago. there are now I.ooo.—Coach Keene Fitzpatrick of Princeton. B tt B I hope the day will come when if two nations want to fight there will be some power which will say, "Move on."—Stanley Baldwin. tt a B Should colleges be reconstructed as students want them? Superficially, that would seem an excellent plan if only students could control what they want, and if only the economic pressure on colleges would allow it to be given to them. —Louise Davies. (New Republic.) b a b In those states wehere the per capita wealth is larger than the average for the United States, the birth rate is lower. In states where the per capita wealth is smaller than the average, the birth rate is higher.—Dr. O. E. Baker, economist in the department of agriculture. tt tt U Taking an active part in the civic life of the community is not enough.

Calcium Is Needed by Body

BY r>R. MORRIS FTSHBEIN editor Journal of the Amrriran Medical Association and of Hyi-eia, the Health Masarine. rpHE human body is made of I many ingredients which are of varying proportions. The chief ingredients are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. These can be found to the extent of forty quarts of water, twentykilograms of carbon, four quarts of ammonia, one and one-half kilograms of calcium. 800 grams of phosphorus, 250 grams of salt, 100 grams each of fluorine, sulphur and saltpeter, 50 grams of magnesium, and smaller amouts of iron, manganese, aluminum, copper, lead, iodine, bromine and similar substances. The bones of the human body derive their hardness from the fact that they are made largely of the salts of calcium. Calcium is commonly referred to as lime. TTie average man has about, four pounds

IT SEEMS TO ME

THE Labor party has come within a few votes of control of Great Britain. It is reasonable that every one should hope this mandate of power may be made more definite in the next election. Russia has given radicalism a black eye. Many observers, who can not be accused of capitalistic leanings, have testified the Soviets have invoked force much after the manner of the old masters. Not even our own prohibition, scheme has fostered so great and intricate an organization of peep-hole officials. Freedom of speech and of opinion is hardly more lively than in the days of the czar. I would not be inclined to deny Russia, ha s moved some paces nearer the light. The present despotism represents a greater bulk of the popular will. It may even be a clear majority supports the present rulers. But Russia still is a million miles away from the Utopian dream of a community where even minority rights are respected. tt b a Utopia in Stride LTLTIMATE good has come and ' will come again from revolution. but it is not a method likely to endear itself to the heart of efficiency engineers. Surely there is something tragic in the old Wilde epigram that nothing succeeds like success. England is the great laboratory of governmental experimentation. The most patriotic American can not justify the claim that even the United States has done as much to advance the cause of human liberty. Asa matter of fact, the governmental scheme of Great Britain is far more sensitive to the will of the majority than the system under

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

of calcium in his body, most of it within the bones and the teeth. From day to day by the processes of life some calcium is lost, from the body and it must be made up by new calcium taken in. The new calcium can be had best in milk. Beside, the carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.that are contained in milk in the form of protein, carbohydrate and fat, this fine fluid also contains calcium, phosphorus, sodium, chlorine and other elements. Whereas most of the body's calcium is in the bones and teeth small amounts occur in even- tissue. About, one-tenth of a gram of calcium is present in each quart of blood. If the normal amount of circulating calcium is reduced the human being promptly has symptoms of a disturbing character. Among these symptoms are the convulsive nervous phenomena callPd tetany. Infants with convulsive disorders

By HEYWOOD BROUN

which we thrive and flourish. I am not arguing our affairs would necessarily be helped by the establishment of a responsible ministry. With us the English scheme might work out badly. Nevertheless, there is no harm in realizing Great Britain, in spite of such anacrotisms as king and house, of lords, is functioning closer to the ideal of pure democracy. After all. the king is no more than a core around which to build the social register, and the upper house merely functions as a luncheon club. The senate of the United States permits the existence of very rotten boroughs. No partisan of majority rule can justify the fact a dwindly community such as Nevada should have the same number of senators as populous states like New York. Ohio or Illinois. Since the mines of gold and silver petered out little is left to barren Nevada, but its divorce industry. tt tt a All Eyes on England IT will be well for us to watch most carefully the progress of events in England with Ramsay MacDonald as premier. The theory of socialism sounds so well in theory that it is inevitable all the people of the world should in the course of time have a fling at this experiment. Will it work? How do I know, or you. for that matter? There is no telling until the scheme has a fair test under the fierce heat of laboratory conditions. Russia has not afforded any reasonable basis for a conclusion. The system set up there knows no fiercer foes than the Socialists, who feel their theories have been marred in the making of Russia communism.

Women must take an active part in the politics of the precinct. They can influence the whole welfare of the nation if they will give attention to the precinct.—Representative Ruth Hanna McCormick, Illinois. tt a tt After all, aviation is mechanics, and the mechanical details of flying are nearing perfection.—Elmer A. Sperry, president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Chicago Woman Killed Bv Thurs .'iicrinl SOUTH BEND. Ind.. June s.—The body of Miss Helen Rowland. Chicago. is being held here following her instant death when the automobile in which she was riding with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Douglas. Chicago, overturned in a ditch two miles south of the city. Douglas had applied the brakes suddenly to avoid striking the machine of an unidentified driver who cut in ahead. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas were treated lor slight cuts and bruises. V.

are sometimes promptly relieved through the addition of a right amount of calcium to the diet Some physicians believe that many cases of hay fever and asthma can be benefited by the taking of calcium. Then. too. the element enters into the reactions associated with clotting of blood and the prevention of hemorrhage. For several years authorities in the field of nutrition have urged that, each child take one quart of milk a day and that each adult take at least one pint of milk a day. The defiCency of calcium is also well met by the inclusion of liberal amounts of the leafy vegetables in the diet. For safety the daily diet should include at least enough milk and leafy vegetables to provide ten grains of calcium. A pint of milk and a fairly liberal helping of lettuce, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and similar vegetables will take cavp nf most of the body’s need for calcium.

Ideals and opinions expressed in thi* column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers, and are presented without regard to their agreement or ditagreemeni with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor

The Labor government, if it remains long in power, inevitably must produce great changes in the social and ( the economic structure of England! but under the leadership of MacDonald there will be no ridiculous reign of terror. Reds and prohibitionists have united in the curious heresy that man may be persuaded out of an erroneous opinion by knocking him on the head. Jails, guillotines and firing squads are very poor persuaders. Put pressure on any person and ! you can succeed in nothing beyond i forcing prejudices into his very marrow. Defiance is the inevitable last gasp from lips of any martyr. B tt B Counting Heads MORE than any country in the world. England has learned the lesson that it is better to count heads than to break them. I hope and trust that the triumph of labor over there will prove an inspiring event to our own Socialists. But with the proviso that the American radical shall outgrow his sophomoric snobbishness. I suggest as a good start that such old stencils as “proletariat” and “bourgeoise” be abandoned. It is quite silly for the American Socialist party to be so snooty about the middle class. There are so many of us that it is mere foolishness to make an appeal for our support with the suggestion that in the event of victory we shall all be eliminated. And I am sick to death of that orthododxv which demands that the “worker” must be a person who lays one brick against another or catches red-hot rivets in his teeth. In the old days of “the masses” various sad young editorial writers forever were tossing someone out of court because he “doesn't work with his hands." • Copyright. IP2P. by Thp Times *

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,Y o Agony Known to the Human Race Equaled That nt the Old-Time Graduate Who Harriot. His Lines. HIGH school commencements are better than they used to be in more ways than one. To start, with, the boys are being graduated now. usually holding thencwn in numbers with the girls, which is a big improvement over the old days, when one by one the boys would drop out. often leaving the girls to lasso one lonely son of Adam to prevent a total loss. n tt a A great advance has been made in the program, from the standpoint of the graduates, who formerly were compelled to perform, all of them. Each girl had to read an “essay" and each boy had to deliver an “oration,” and the subjects chosen were the greatest issues before the world, which issues the youngsters grappled by the throat, often shaking them until their teeth rattled! a tt a For weeks the fleet were preparing their masterpieces, doing it in secret, lest their irreverent brothers and sisters get. on to it, and make life unendurable. The solar plexus blow was to find the intellectual offspring of a graduating relation and recite passages from it when the entire household sat assembled at the dining table. tt n a AND after those masterpieces were written they had to be committed to memory and rehearsed with all the hot stuff thrown into them. To do this, it was necessary to adjourn to the depths of a swamp, far from traveled highways, where one could respond to the spiritual urge and grow vehement, without restraint or fear of being overheard. a an Then the entire graduating class approached the fatal night, haunted by the horrible fear that they would forget the whole thing before the footlights, and to render first-aid in such emergency, a faithful prompter sat in the wings to rescue the one whose memory went on a sudden strikp There is no agony known to the human race equal to that suffered by the graduate who forgot his lines, unless it be that suffered by the famished, shipwrecked soul, adrift on a raft in mid-Atlantic. tt a tt When one did fall a victim to forgetfulness, there usually was a dead silence, broken by the loud guffaw of some barbarian in the eallery. while pints of perspiration poured down the countenance of the star and his folks out. in front slowly died in their seats, feeling the yps of the whole world burning into their mortification. a tt n NOW the graduates sit in rov wrapped in a sense of perfect security, while some carefully selected gentleman serves the oratorical refreshments for a stipulated honorarium. All the class has to do is to keep from falling down while walking to the center of -the stage to receive their diplomas and to remember to smile sweetly a.nd thank the giver.

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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN June Jr TODAY IS the birthday of Uncle Tom. Simon Legree, Little Eva, Topsy and all the other well known characters in Harriet. Beecher Stowe's story, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin." They were born into the world simultaneously with the publication of the first chapter in the National Era. at Washington. D. C. For almost a year this historic antislavery tract ran as a serial story without attracting undue attention. Upon its conclusion, it was published in book form and met with immediate, phenomenal success. Five hundred thousand copies were sold in the United States in five years and many more in England Historians some times point to “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” as one of the major causes of the Civil war. It first apeared when slavery was a political issue, bitter enough, but not emotionally stirring except in extremists. The story did not present a true picture of typical slave life. Uncle Tom's hardships werp the exception instead of the rule Neither was the story great literature, according to most critics. But running through it there is a spirit of earnestness and realism that has made it an undying part of American letters.