Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 216, 11 September 1922 — Page 13
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 1922.
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WASHINGTON BECOMES HEADQUARTERS FOR NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES
.WASHINGTON, Sept 11. This city Jute become the headquarters ol more aationai organizations and associations than any other city in the country. , This is evidence ol the growth Ot Washington as a great national center, but it is even more indicative
ol the manner in which the federal government touches upon and affects every activity and every interest of the American people. A recent compilation, admittedly in- ; complete, lists almost 300 of these organizations. They run the gamut of human activities commercial, professional, political, patriotic, industrial, social, artistic, educational, fraternal, scientific, financial, religious, philanthropic and what not. Their establishments range from modest quarters in office buildings to magnificent edifices that represent investments running into the millions. They give employment to thousands of men and women. They expend millions of dollars annually. They represent the selfishness and unselfishness, the achievements and undertakings, the aspirations and dreams, of a great people. They seek to do everything from rehabilitating convicts to immortalizing the nation's great, frqm lobbying bills through congress to scotching the demon rum, from practicing practical politics to inculcating high ideals of citizenship, from preaching peace to preparing for
war, from encouraging art to controlling world affairs, and from advancing the cause of labor to protecting the interests of capital. Some are constructive, some destructive. Some are boosters, some are knockers and all are propagand- ' ists. Some do their work to an accompaniment of brass bands and invite the whole world to know what they are doing. Others are secretive and like Providence work in a mysterious
' way their wonders to perform. Most of these organizations are here to influence legislation or governmental action of one kind or another. It is not to be inferred that their efforts in this direction are anything ibut legitimate, as they represent people and interests that have a right to be heard in matters of that kind. Members of congress sometimes grow restive under the pressure and importunings to which they are subjected, but they' recognize the fact that in the long run they receive valuable information and assistance in their lawmaking. Secret of Their Success The secret of the success of these organizations is that administrations and congresses come and go but they stay on forever and keep everlastingly at whatever they set out to accomplish. Take the Anti-Saloon League, for example. It has been in Washington for many long years and the prohibition amendment and the Volstead law are the evidences of its triumph. Then there are the women who fought early and late for suffrage. The Nine- : teenth Amendment would not have been added to the constitution if it had not been for the campaign waged t in and from Washington.
In the contests over prohibition and ' woman's suffrage there were organizations on both sides and the result ' in each instance is perhaps significant of the fact that affirmative propaganda is more successful than negative. In other words, it is easier to
get something done than it is to pre-.
ventf its being done. Those who are seeking a modification of the Volstead law so as to permit the manufacture and sale of beer and light wines see a
say of hope because they have now
put the Anti-Saloon League and the friends of prohibition on the defensive.
Similarly the advocates of the sol-
Xliers' bonus believe that they have
the better of the fight because they are on the aggressive and campaign
ing for a bill while their opponents are against it.
. No one kind of legislation brings as many organizations into action as
does a tariff bill, and here again experience would 6eem;to indicate that
those who want something fare bet tcr than those who . merely oppose
Perhaps it i3 because proponents of a measure or one of its specific provisions are usually more vitally interested than thft opponents, which is another way of saying that as a rule selfishness brings home the bacon. At
Tokio Housewives Forced To Clean House In July
any rate, tariff schedules that are to benefit directly and tangibly the farmer, the manufacturer, and this or
that group of interests find their wayjbe tunied out cnjefly into the streets,
(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, Sept ll.--Under the order of the chief health, officer of the city every householder during July of each year must have a general house clean
ing. Everything in the house must
into tariff bills more easily than free
list items. Fine Buildings Erected
A few of the 300 organizations that
hold forth in Washington have erected fine buildings that contribute materially to the beauty of the city. The American Red Cross, the Daughters of the Revolution and the Pan-American Union all have magnificent homes in Seventeenth street on the way to Potomac park that rank high among the architectural beauties of the capital city. The American Federation of Labor has a splendid office building in Massachusetts avenue at Ninth street and close by is a similar structure reared and occupied by the International Brotherhood of Machinists. Probably the' feature building of them all will be the new home of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, now in course of erection, while the Scottish Rite Temple in Sixteenth' Street and a new edifice on the old Dean Estate on which the Masons will spend millions are illustrated of what fraternal orders have done to enhance the attractions of Washington. The National Geographic society is another organization that has a fine home of its own. Of the political organization established in Washington the most im
portant are, of course, the Democratic and Republican National committees. Each occupies a great suite in a downtown office building and each maintains a force and equipment that is prepared to do anything except make money. Any one of the leaders of any party who has had any practical
experience will tejl you that the national headquarters of such an organ? ization should be located in the Treasury, in ope of the mints, or in the
Bureau of Printing and. Engraving
where there is quantity production of
bank notes and silver and gold certif
icates: There is a popular idea that
all the chieftains of the political arm
ies have to do is to expend large sums
of money. That is a popular fallacy. Their principal task and one that must be discharged before they can
do , anything else is to raise large sums of money, and of late years they
have learned that while it may be
more blessed to give than to receive
there is no widespread hankering for
that kind of blessedness
The Socialist Party also maintains
offices here, as does also that organization that is undertaking a coalition of the farmer and labor vote and that may ultimately take the form of a new party. The Woman's National Party is represented in Washington
and the organizations that fought for
and against suffrage still maintain headquarters, although much of the
political activity of women Is now
linked up with the organization work
of the national committees of the old,
established parties
Greatest of all the national organizations maintaining headquarters here, and the one that is popularly supposed
to represent all the people all the time,
is the Government itself. It is the colossal machine and all the others are
but cogs or wheels within wheels. On
the whole it does big things in a big
way, ana gets tifem done efficiently,
too, although many of the minor or
ganizations are obstacles in the way of
its functioning properly.
It is tHis great organization that
has done wonders for Washington
making it what it should be the most
beautiful and the most interesting cap
ital in the world
and given a thorough dusting and
scrubbing. The rubbish tbat has gathered during the year is thrown Into
heaps to be carted away. Thus with
a poor cartage system the streets of Tokio are littered for weeks with the flotsam and jettison of her inhabitants. Other cities have other cleaning period, even the smallest village having to dispose of its trash at least once a year.
Entertain With Dinner
For Disabled Veterans
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 11 The Daughters
of the Republic, an organization of
young women formed soon after the country entered the World war, was
hostess today at a dinner given to disabled veterans from institutions in
thissection of the country. Miss Let itia M. Baldwin, commander, Intro
duced Major General Greene as the
principal speaker.
The foreign legion, attached to the Spanish forces in Morrocco, consists
of 6,700 men, of whom 3,000 are en
gaged at the front.
HANDLE 13,000 TONS-; NELSQNVILIJB, Oh ML Sept. ." 11. Thirteen thousand tonlof coal daily during the last week-Is the reeord of the coal collecting yards here. This is but half the normal output.'
GOLD MEDALS FOR 32 VETS OF ROCK ISLAND
(By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Sept. 11. Thjrty-two men now on the , pension roll of the Rock Island, company, all of whom served the road 50 years or more, will be given gold medals at the celebration of the seventieth anniversary of
the road's first, passenger run on Oct. 10. Twelve of these veterans will be present at a pensioners luncheon in
Chicago where Charles Hayden, the chairman of the board of directors,, will present the medals. Divisional
officers will present the other medal at various points along the road. Daniel J. Keogh, of Burlington, Iowa, is the oldest living pensioner, of the road. He was born in Ireland in 1830 and served the company for 38
years,; being retired when the pension plan -was Inaugurated in 1910. He !a Btill In good health and expects ta Jive to be 100. Another veteran employe expected to attend the luncheon and celebration ia Chicago is ElUs Cutting, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He Is 85 yrars old, and is taid to be the only lijin? survive of the "Light Brigade-." He was i:i active service on the tailroad for 42 years as a fireman engineer on1 roundhouse foreman, ae reads newt; papers without the aid. of jrUs?esi.
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