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SEEN-' HEARD around th? National Capital l l MB) CARTER FIELD? ?A Washington. ? Probability that some compromise on the so-called 30-hour week bill, probably limiting the hours of work in any industry to 30 or 48 hours, but with perhaps a few special exemptions, will be enacted by the present congress Is growing. Flat pre diction that such a compromise would be enacted Is made privately by half a dozen of the more important figures in the house, and by an equal number of Influential senators. The Importance of this prediction would bo enormously enhanced if the names of the senators and members of the house could be mentioned, with their exact views. Incidentally some of those making the prediction said that they personally opposed the Idea ; they were merely giving their opinion ns to what would happen, not what they wanted. Nor were these Just personal con versations. In each case the state ments were made to a group of men ?who came to Washington seeking to find out what the prospect was ? men who wanted to adjust their situations to the probabilities. They did not come to argue for or against the meas ure, though all of them, for private reasons, happen to be opposed to It. The tremendous pressure for the measure does not result primarily from the fact that the American Federation of Labor Is strongly for it. Nor from the fact that virtually every other la bor group is fur It. It comes from the evidences that though business has picked up somewhat unemployment lias i not diminished by anything like the same extent. So, In short, the thought Is a "share the work" idea, rattier than a social betterment Idea. It Is aimed at reducing unemploy ment, not at bettering living condi tions. In fact, there Is some talk of Amending the proposal of the Federa tion of Labor, as embodied In the Con nery bill. In a way that would be very displeasing Indeed to labor, and which labor, both organized and unorganized, would oppose violently. Just a Possibility This is to change the Idea so that Instead of reducing the number of hours per week, but requiring ? as the Connery bill does ? that the same amount of dollars be paid each week for the shorter number of hours that Is now paid for the present work week, the hill would reduce the number of hours with no mention of what the rate of pay should he. In short, leav Ing to employers, and to the revision of NItA codes which would follow, what the wages for the shorter work week would I.e. This Is nor mentioned as a proba bility. Only as a possibility. Actual ly. It Is highly improbable. The meas ure will probably pass, if it passes at all, with the requirement that the same wages be continued regardless of the cut In hours. And. of course, the com promise. raising the number of hours from the 30 proposed In the Connery bill to at least 3G. will soften this blow as far as employers are concerned. Hut, as a matter of fact, economists do not regard the question of wages here as very Important, except In so far as they apply to Inflation. They reason that If the hours are reduced, and the pay per hour increased, the result will be Inflation Just as surely as by any possible expedient proposed by the followers of Senator Rimer Thomas. They reason that a wholesale ver tlcal boost in wages, forced bv law. would result promptly and almost mathematically In an Increase In prices, reducing the purchasing power of the dollars earned Uy the workers. Hence, the laborious arguments by the opponents of the 30 hour week, or any compromise of It. that It would result In lowering the standard of living In America, either by a smaller number of dollars t ?> spend by each worker. If the pay Is maintained at the same hourly rate, or by the smaller purchas Ing power of the dollars if the wage rate per week Is maintained The reasoning that Is expected to put the compromise over Is not con cerned with this. It Is concerned with getting more people to work, and cut ting down the need for the dole and for work relief. Social Program Kvery Indication now Is that Presi dent Roosevelt's social program ?old age pension', and unemployment 'msnr ni.ee ? will go through in very much th?> form proposed, despite the loud cries of the Insurgents about a government subsidy. The Idea of taking all the money for unemployment payments, and old nge pensions. out of the federal treas ur.v. Is very appealing In some direc tlons. People would like to dodge the direct deductions from their pay enve lopes. Argument Is made that this tax on pay rolls, which. If both bills are counted, runs gradually up to fi per cent, would heavily increase the cost of production assuming It Is passed on to the consumer. Or else heavll cut Into tho spending power of the Workers. Rut the, fcreat advantage that Pres Ident Roosevelt has had right along, ?nd Ki***" every prospect of continuing to hold?- always excepting World court, St. I/ftwrence seaway, and the bonus is that h\a( opponents cannot agree. For. example, the ten senators on the approprlatten* committee - he a few dayt hficfc toted to mibstltuf* the dole for we?k :irtlla& With the avowed pur > I pos? of saving the treasut-y bro billion dollars, have maneuvered themselves Into a position where It will be rather dllHcult for them to vote against the President on the social security bills. Or at least vote against him on the only roll-call where the President's po sition might otherwise have been In Jeopardy. When the roll-call comes on the question of paying all the cost out of the federal treasury ? which will be the biff test vote ? those ten senators would be rather embarrassed to vote to make the treasury carry the load ? after all their loud cries In the ap propriations committee about the strain on the federal credit of spend ing nearly five billion dollars on work relief. Local Interest Which Is highly Interesting because some of those ten senators were not worried In the slightest about the fed eral credit when they voted .against the President on that bill In commit tee. They followed Glass and Adams, who made that Issue. But some of them were Ju?t voting on that excuse In the hope of getting their states, and ' the counties and cities back home, out ' of a Jam. They wanted a direct fed eral gift to the unemployed as against a work project, which contemplates that the locnl governments shall pay n considerable percentage of the work relief money hack to the federal treas ury. with Interest. Which 1s very different, especially if the credit of tholr states, or local com munities In their states which need re- j lief work badly, feel that they have al- I ready strained their credit fo the I breaking point. Rut every senator who publicly took j the position thnt the live-billion dol!:ir I bill was too great a strain on federal i credit has put his vote on the social security bill In pawn, as far ns the j only reai test vote Is concerned. For ] there Is expected to be only one roll- \ call of Importance on those bills which ] will really he significant. And that Is ; the one which will attempt to shift j the entire financial burden on to^rh^j federal treasury. Some contend that the President has | already taken one beating on this so- ! cial security legislation. Their argu ment Is that he wanted both bills en acted prior to the adjournment of the many legislatures which nre in session this winter. He did express a hope I for that. Hut It was a hope, not a conviction. It put the stigma for de lay on anyone holding up the proces sion, but the President really never ex pected any such quick action, and has expressed no disappointment about It. Actually many advisers of the Pres ident thought It would have been very unfortunate If the bills had gone through, and been forced Into opera tion. so speedily. The known fact that ! manufacturing costs are going to rise has always been a stimulus to business. Civil Service Real friends of civil service are far more Interested In an Immediate re form. which would require only an ex ecutive order, than In either the pro posal of Senator George W. Norrls of Nebraska, or of Senator C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming. What they would like to see Is elim ination of the prohibition, imposed by an executive order, which prevents any present employee of n post ofTlce from taking the examination for the post mastership. This provision, which seems rather hard to explain on any ground other than pure spoils poll tics, strikes at the heart of the whole civil service Idea. It bars advance ment to the top In any particular of fice. It Is this situation which plays into the hands of the Curley faction In Massachusetts, preventing Postmaster Hurley from taking an examination ? unless he should resign in the mean time ? for appointment to the very Job he now holds! This merely happens to be what seems to many a ridiculous side of the situation. Tor It might naturally be thought that the man who had been postmaster for a period of years, who had come up through the ranks Just as If lie had been employed In some pri vate business, and who. according to the testimony of business firms in tho cltv of Roston, had been giving satis faction, would and should stand a bet ter show of passing first In an exami nation for his own Job than anyone outside the ofllce. Rut actually the present law ? for that is what an executive order amounts to ? not only prevents Post master Hurley from competing In an examination for the place he now holds, but It prevents any other em ployee of the Roston post office from competing. F?vor Norris Plnn Another phase of the present post of flee situation, which Is very distressing to civil service, advocates, is that liar ring anyone from an examination for postmaster who does not receive his mall at the particular ofllce for which he Is n candidate. In many western and other thinly populated states there Is some point to this Rut there Is very little merit In It, civil service peo I pie contend, In and around the big (.ties. The Norrls plan would delight tho civil service people If they thought there was n Chinaman's chance of its going over. The Idea of a postmaster general divorced from politics, serving President after President on a long term appointment Just as Comptroller McOarl tins served in auditing ex pendltures. Is, In the opinion of the civil service folks, Just too good to he true. And therefore not likely to hap pen. Copyrlnht.?WNU ft?rwlo?. EARLY CHICKS KEY TO INCOME ON EGGS Birds Likely to Come Into Fall Production. By M, !,. Moslier, Farm Management Division, University of Illinois. ? NVN'U Service. One of the first tilings that pt>ultry men can do in the new year to Increase their average annual cash Income of $20,000,000 from eggs is to buy or hatch their baby chicks early enough in the season. When properly fed and cared f.-r, early-hatched chicks are more likely to come into egg production in the fall months when prices are higher. In a group of 20 north-central Illi nois farms last year the egg sales amounted to an average of SI 04 more In the same area because the hens were raised and fed to produce more eggs during the fall and winter months when prices were good. The extra feed used to bring the pullets Into early production amounted only to a farm, thus leaving $08 a farm more above teed costs. The records kept on these 1-1 farms showed that the -0 better-paying (locks produced 2f? per cent or more of their eggs during October, November and December. These same Mock owners received an average of live cents a dozen more for all eggs sold during the year than did the other !'?"> farmers whose birds produced less than 10 per cent of their eggs in the high-price season. The feed cost was only 1 cents a dozen more on the farms pro ducing the higher percentage of fall and winter eggs. These differences In selling price and feed costs, when ap plied to all eggs produced on the farms accounted for the average $0^ Increase pTlvegg profits. An average of 40 more eggs were ! produced by each hen on the farms that fed for fall and winter produc tion. Higher quality of hen.N. better sanitation and health practices and Improved feeding methods, all contrih j uted to this larger production. That the hens were kejy busy laying eggs throughout more of the year seemed to be an Important reason for the greater average production for each bird In the 20 better-paying Hocks. Allow Ten to Fourteen Turkey Hens to One Tom Ordinarily, about ten turkey hens should he mated to one toni, hut If the pen be large 12 to 14 hens may be used with a single young torn, cays the Mis souri Farmer. If a large flock of hens are kept, several toms can he used on the hens, in which case they should he alternated ? one torn allowed with the hens one day, and another torn the nevt day. etc. Such a mntlng makes for extra good fertility because the toms have a chance to rest and feed on alternate days. Also If one torn should happen to be sterile the eggs from hens with which he mates will nor he l?>st. Furthermore. If tori^s are alternated they can be used on a larger number of hens than where they are used entirely with nn Individ ual pen. If two or more pens are kept they should be separated so that the toms cannot fight through the fence and thus waste their time as well as weak en themselves. More than one torn should not he placed In the breeding pen nt one time unless the pen Is ! large, embracing several acres. Nests j should be provided which may be a I barrel, n large box. or a brnshplle, and I one nest should be available for every j five hens. Old Poultry Lore In n book written about 17f>0. M r>e Iteanmur. a Frenchman, stated: "To avoid cannibalism, do not crowd the chicks. Weak legs nre prevented by sunlight. Mo.sten feed to fatten poul try. Feed animal protein. Do not ex pa nd beyond the food siipnlv. Infer tile eggs keep better than fertile eggs. The feed affects the flavor of the egg." In those days they knew nothing of vi tamins, proteins, the importance or bal anced rations, and so on, but It Is evi dent that they had learned a great many things bv observation that later have been proved out by experimental work. Eliminate Infected Hens Some good reasons for eliminating Infected hens from farm flocks are: First, the fertility of eggs from Infect ed hens Is low. On the average. 71 per cent of chicks which are hatched from Infected eggs die of pullornm ills I ease Infected hens lay on the aver : age levo than half the eggs that heajthv | hens lay. Thirty per cent of reacting j hens, on the average, die annually, I whereas the normal dent It rate In farm | flocks Is estimated at about 10 per I cent. (Jse Stale Storage The Chinese use duck eggs, which they prl7> very highly after they have been stored for a lone time. The eggs are stored In barrels with n coal of mud over them and mixed with lime or salt arnK pine needles. The older the eggs get the more valuable they are. They turn very black and natur ally acquire a very strong taste und odor. When they are taken out of the preservative they nre simply eaten as they are or perhaps flavored with soy sauce. NURSERY BLOCKS CROCHETED RUG By GRANDMOTHER CLARK Tliis crochet (Ml rug called "Nursery Blocks'' Is made up of small blocks In different color combinations, as sembled and then a border crocheted all around. Kach block measures about 8 Inches and outer border 4 inches, making a finished size !W by fiO Inches, and requires about 13 lbs. of rag strip materia). A run made of blocks and then as sembled enables you to make a rug in any size or color desired. Make the blocks in any size. Arrange color scheme to suit particular room in which It is to be used, or make It of hit and miss colors ami use it any where. Hither way It remains a practical run. and easily made up in spare time. Full instructions for this rug and 2f< others can he found In rug book No. 'J.r>, containing crocheted and braided rugs, also instructions for crochet stitches used and how to pre pare your rag materials for use. This book will be sent to you post paid upon receipt of 1.1c. ADDRESS. HOME ( 'HA I'T CO., DEPT. <\, Nineteenth & St. Louis Avenue, St. I.ouis. Inclose stamped addressed envelope for reply when writing for any in formation. Steps in Fight on Tuberculosis Periodic Examination Most Favored of Methods in General Use. "l'rom the public health aspect the school program is distinctly second ary to the effort to control active tu berculosis in the general popula tion," Dr. William l'aul l.rown says In an article on "The School and Tu herculosis" In llygeia Magazine. "The periodic examination and the contacts of known active cases is much more productive of results In controlling the disease than the school study of all pupils. No spe cial study of tuberculosis in the schools Is warranted unless a good program based on these two more im portant phases has had consistent promotion. "The school physician might detect a few active cases in children, if con ditions allow careful auscultation of the chest and a careful history of ex posure to the infection. However, many children with demorstrable dis ease may be missed, for at the time they may be negative to auscultation and give a negative history." Among the benefits of a school pro gram for childhood tuberculosis un der public health control are the fol lowing : 1. An appreciable number of chil dren are found in need of treatment, and adults with active tuberculosis are discovered. 2. Families who are not utilizing regular medical supervision are glv en occasion to choose a physician for this prevention service. Jt. Chilldren, apparently well, whose parents have taken meager steps t>? correct overfatigue, dietary errors, neglected teeth and other defects, have therein a rather spectacular reason for correcting these general health hazards before symptoms of tuberculosis have brought a belated warning. 4. Physicians are aided in Increas ing their function in preventive medl cine through the reference to them of such considerable groups of children who are apparently well but wh give a rosJtlve renctlon to the tuberculin test. 5. 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