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THE : 
National Capital 
Events of Interest from the Seat of 
Government 
By J. E. Jones 
The Breeze Bureau. 
Washington, Sept. 22, 1914 
THe War Tax. 
A regular civil war has broken out 
in commercial circles as to the man- 
ner of producing war revenue legisla- 
tion. One of the earliest effects of 
the war that has hit the press of the 
country is the cancellation by the 
American Tobacco Company of 
$1,000,000 worth of advertising 
which had been arranged for the 
coming twelve months. This com- 
pany has been using all of the lead- 
ing periodicals, and has been a patron 
of country newspapers as well as the 
larger papers in the cities. In the 
case of the country press the loss will 
not be heavy as the American Tobac- 
co Company boasts of the skill dis- 
played by it in obtaining space from 
publications at rediculously low fig- 
ures. It is stated that much of its 
space has been bought for as low as 
four cents an inch, and last year a 
new employee won fame in the ad- 
vertising field of New York by the 
fact that he was reported to have cut 
down the advertising cost of the 
tobacco trust $75,000 in three months. 
And yet the tobacco trust which has 
perhaps done more to demoralize 
country newspaper advertising than 
any other organization in existance, 
likely expects the newpapers to help 
them escape the tax that is to fall 
upon them. 
THE TERRIBLE TURK 
The Turkish |Ambassador in de- 
fending the policies of his country 
recited a whole lot of unpleasant 
facts concerning some of our own 
internal conditions, calling particular 
attention to the lynching of negroes, 
as indicating that the people of the 
United States are no farther ad- 
vanced than those of Turkey, where 
missionaries are occasionally ham- 
strung, killed, or turned loose with 
their ears cut off. ‘The Stated De- 
partment took exception to what the 
(mnbass ador had to say, and the 
hances are that if he breaks over the 
‘races again he will be asked to 
nack his trunk. 
Turkey has been an outlaw among 
the nations, according to the view- 
point of the Washington government, 
and if that country imposes I00 per 
cent tariff increase on the importa- 
tions of American products, as has 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
been threatened, the United States 
will raise a protest. Whether that 
will be effective or not remains to be 
seen. Nothing short of a warship, 
sent to Turkey during the Roosevelt 
administration, has ever appeared to 
influence the Sultan’s government. 
ADVISES USE OF LIME 
Mr. H. M. Camp, who is acknow- 
~ledged as an expert on soil conditions 
in a statement issued through the 
Lime Service Bureau of Washington, 
reminds us that the world’s supply of 
potash is obtained from Germany 
and that with this source of supply 
cut off by the European war, 
there will inevitably follow a famine 
of this material as soon as present 
stocks are exhausted. The price of 
potash has already mounted skywards. 
As potash is a soil essential, the pre- 
dicted famine bids fair to be a serious 
matter to our agricultural interests. 
Mr. Camp says that lime, in addition 
to valuable action in neutralizing the 
soil activity and supplying the needed 
calcium for plant growth, has the 
property of rendering soluble and 
available to plant life the store of 
inert potash in the soil, and he there- 
fore concludes that the application of 
lime to the soil will release the potash. 
Wuo Wants War 
The locomotive and automobile, the 
typewriter, electric lights, and auto- 
matic Maxim guns are modern inven- 
tions which have produced their tre- 
mendous affect upon present day 
civilization and warfare. It seems to 
be considered a gratifying boast for 
the navy officials to tell how battle- 
ships which a few years ago were 
considered the pink of perfection, 
have been relegated to the junk heap. 
The United States has spent $477,- 
072,952.25 for maintaining its navy. 
The appropriation for the present 
fiscal year is $139,964,331.61. If the 
big navy advocates who are very 
nearly sufficient in number to control 
Congress, should have their way, this 
annual appropriation will be doubled. 
While the United States is~ priding 
itself upon the fact that it is a nation 
of peace, yet it is a positive fact that 
between sixty and seventy cents of 
every dollar collected in taxes is 
spent upon war measures and pen- 
sions that have grown out of previ- 
ous wars. ‘Ask your Senator or your 
Congressman about it, and he will 
promptly inform you: “Oh, we have 
to do it because other countries are 
doing the same thing.” In view of 
the evidence of fearful destruction 
going on in Europe, the wisdom of 
maintaining peace in such a manner 
comes into grave question. The 3000 
miles of border fopetaung the United 
States and Canada does not require a 
single musket or an ounce of powder © 
to maintain peace, and yet Canada is 
a foreign country. Europe is looking — 
to the United States more today than 
ever before in history, and the neu- 
trality of our people is essential. It — 
may be that Uncle Sam will talk the - 
great powers into disarmament, but 
if he enters upon such a course he will 
need the support and sympathy of 
the masses of the people of the 
United States, who may expect to be 
resisted in their efforts by the war — 
makers of our own country, by men 
who lead easy lives in the army and ~ 
navy, and who constantly keep up dis- — 
turbing talk in order to preserve their — 
own ‘power. ‘This is carried so far 
that each year when the appropria- 
tions for new warships are considered — 
by Congress, some sort of a bogus 
war cry is started. 
A great may of the most intelligent 
people of the country are more con- 
vinced that now is the time to strike 
for disarmament of the powers of the 
world. Men and women who believe 
in this sort of thing should let their 
representatives of government know 
their viewpoints. Europe will soon 
have all the war it wants, and if the 
disheartened people find the great 
United States in the lead for univer- 
sal peace, it may be that great benefits . 
to the world and civilization will en- — 
sue. ‘The theory that a powerful 
army and navy are the only guard- 
ians of peace has brought its direful 
results to Europe. Now is the time 
for those who believe in the foolish- 
ness of such a policy to exert their 
influence to stop this barbaric inherit- 
ance that has come down from sav- 
age races. 
Hicks—You never can tell about a 
woman. 
Wicks—You shouldn’t anyhow. 
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