Show our weekly washington letter by NATIONAL PRESS SERVICE washington july ard 3rd this la is a good time to put our material house la in order that is the thought evidently in the mind ot of the president and mr mellon in their outright discouragement coura gement ot of any program tor for further tax reduction loni predicated on the present really extraordinary surplus already we ve are meeting with a decrease in our foreign export trade tor for E europe abode Is recovering slowly hut but surely and we ara beginning to leel feel the competition ot of her rejuvenation our cotton ind industry is being largely 4 affected by importations ot of textiles and in the jewelry trade french and german manufacturers have hava already sold order sot ot such volume that there la Is an actual slackness in our own american jewelry rma centers tho the full significance ot of this application 1 ot of the german industrialists industrialist 9 to the problem of how beat to ca capitalize pl their low wage scale and meet advanced effic efficiency leoncy Is told by dr david friday tamed famed economist and ex president ot of the american acad acair oray emy of political and social science here la Is what he says it if germany successfully carries out its adapts adaptation of americas new technique mique tor for using lining labor and manufacturing goote which Is tar far more efficient etti clent than used any place else in the wi orid she will again have a great outburst ot of and production and will give the world such a romp in toe the com valtion tor for markets and in lower prices as it has not seen for two decades 10 00 40 there are substantial grounds for believing that president coolidge has only begun the light on the matter ot of farm arm relief and those who are watching affairs anticipate even evan atter after the adjournment of congress he will make one more demonstration in that line it is a matter of gead general congratulation that the coop co op 01 marketing bill which will allow tor for real work in that direction fame came out of the hopper copper this apparently patently ly was one una line on which all parties are in unison there has been considerable sla dis I 1 cassion pro and con as to the causes which led to the presidents ints issuance of the statement which senator peso fesa gave to the newspapers the plain truth which probably deserves to be a part 0 of the record is that the pre badent from the beginning a sincere understanding ot of the agricultural situation has ha P been anxious tor for definite legislation his feeling has bag been that it was better to ven ture some gome distance than to remain tn in idleness awaiting the development 0 of the ideal solution yet notwithstanding the tact fact that in conversation with congressional leaders he made plain in no uncertain his hia sympathy with the plight ot of una this farmers he found a feeling existing which madel it appear he was india indifferent or at the beat milling to make a gesture but not anxious tor for its I 1 fulfillment I 1 that Is why his big friends say gay he was e absolutely ju justified stifled in making a plain statement which the farmers of the country could read and cleared any misunderstanding the agricultural question is becoming so involved in political considerations I 1 that it was inevitable a discussion i would arise as to whether his statement wa was a wise or unwise political move that Is a type of discussion maichi does doea not interest hi him m in th the e slightest it can be set do down w n h however that the statement b had one practical effect because of athla statement even though it tailed falle dj i in accomplishing what tha president desired namely the passage ot of straight agricultural relief mess measures res it did make the passage of the cooperative marketing appropriation bill iiii possible aw 80 40 one tact fac thas has been madei mada plain to all who have watched the development ot of the agricultural problem namely that a great deal of 0 the bitterness and a n dl which undoubtedly Is now no w existing the west and the east Is 13 because the two great parties in interest the workingman in the fields anol andi the workingman in the a shops hops have not had an opportunity to reach a complete understanding or of their general but yet common problems it has been stig suggested between now and december and at the time most opportune that steps slops be t taken aken so BO the common dependence ot of i the city working population and tue agricultural working population should be generally understood along this line it wil not be at all amiss to let representatives of tile the farmers groups visit with the city workers lor for a while and sense their problems and have similar groups ot of workers from the cities visit in the west tor for a first handi study ot of the formers problems probIe mo both sides would secure benefits and inasmuch as the most disturbing factor in all the attempts to face ace out problems lems are really national not local is because of the inability of these groups at the present time to see ath a common eye will be eliminated a missouri sheik calls calla his girl radio because giving him the air 40 4 40 one ot of the western states Is now using gas for capital punishment down lit in washington wahington gas has hag been the favorite form ot of capital punishment in ent tor for many years should an executive carry his stenographer on business trips asks a business mens magazine not it ahe abe weighs pounds |