Show t I OUR WEEKLY WASH WAS i IN INGTON T N LETTER I rift tt t e IN OF OP CONGIU ADVICH OF OK OF B Ol JOH Washington Much March 30 Ho 20 20 No I Tent event in connection with the theof I of th the equalled In new value alue the retirement of If Represent the tire Jo Joseph Joeeph eph O. O Cannon of ot Illinois Uncle Joe who ho ham baa been beeD a leader In Congressional activities for or over i s a quarter of ot a century atod hd a Member of or Congress for 48 46 years an The Tn lasi tut few months have hare been charac characterised b by a serl series eerie s of farewell dinners an and gatherings gathering In honor of ot Uncle Jo Jo Cannon These Theae have hare been linn given iron not Dot only by his colleagues In to both bott of Congress but by men In other walks walta of lit m. m The last few tew hour hours of ot the Congress Con Con- i green gresa witnessed an ovation oration liven given Re Re- Re Cannon such inch as 11 few tew men met ha haVe e ever eYer been offered by the Moose Hous I of Representatives l. l The occasion wa when he ha asked unanimous consent conent to tc ex extend end hW bla remarks In the Record In IE connection with a speech em on the farm tarn credits bill bUl When h ho be arose 1088 to make mak this request the House Houle to a man Ir Irrespective Ir- Ir i respective of party part arose and cheered cheer cheer- ed In which the Joined making a demonstration that lasted hated several minutes In a article in th the Washington Poet Frank I I. I Whitehead Whitehead Whitehead White- White head reviewed the nearly half balf century of ot Uncle Joe Cannons Cannon's public publio career and in connection therewith obtained from him an In interview in which the passing leader of the Republican part party par par- t ty expressed his idea as to the need of the party part the Congress and ADd the country in a political way In the course of this Interview Uncle Joe Can Cannon Don said Bald We talk about the leaders leader in Congress and what the they will do to restore normalcy but leaders leader in Congress Con Con- green gress are somewhat like leaders inthe in inthe Inthe the old horse four-horse team When 1 I drove such ouch a team many years ago I relied railed more on the wheel horses that wore heavy breeching and held back on the down grade as well as at pulled palled for all they ther were worth on the up grade They Ther were not ot sogay so gay ga as the harness leaders with their lighter harn harness I harn-I ess sometimes wearing plumes and I bells to make makes anne line showing and ADd music as they ther pranced along at the head of the team giving the Impression impression sion slon they were the whole guiding power Instead of being directed being directed by br a aI I single line from the driver astride the near wheel horse I have seen some some leaders in Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress who reminded me of the leaders in that old team I 1 have seen leaders in my old horse four-horse team attempt to run away when my I only source of salvation was Wall the wheel horses which set back in the I breeching and held the wagon in the road WHAT W COUNTRY NEEDS It is not always or often pleasant to be a wheel horse either drawing the heavy load along the road or in Congress for the galleries some galleries some sometimes times the press gallery too too pay pay more attention to the leaders they show their metal and start to run away They are dramatic and the horses guarding the wheels are not The wheel horses get kicked and abused for keeping the wagon lathe inthe Inthe In la the road and sometimes from getting enough momentum to run over the thEl leaders as well as the wheel horses themselves I should like to see more of ot these steady wheel horses in Congress and fewer brilliant and magnetic leaders who too otten to start something that will be Immediately Immediately Immediately Immedi Immedi- popular but in the end embar ember embarrass embarrassing massing rassing rass ng and sometimes dangerous I 1 have seen leaders work passion to tatters forgetting the breeching pushed Into the collar until there was a real smash of the whole pro pro- gram ram This I is a time for heavy breeching not lot too many bells and plumes of eloquence and not DOt too many new trails rails We have difficulties enough ahead without trying to blaze new Dew legislative and government roads for Increased expenditures Better Detter keep I Ithe he the treasury truck on the known best-known taxation n. n That's the only way I 1 know 0 p get out of the woods now as Inthe in the he past ST. NUS III 1 MAJORITY I. Referring to himself Mr Cannon I said aid if he had bad attained anything Inthe in he the years cars of his manhood and his hs' public service It had been by keeng keep keep- Ing ng step with the boys who stood for I correct polices for the great republic lic Ic not tailing failing out with them but I keeping at t p with them when they were ere right a and d thinking twice before parting them Ulem If it I tho ht the they wet rol C. C OHIO l qa HO o DOOM to reports report received by br bythe bythe the Fourth I Federal Reserve Dank flank from man In Cleveland F Federal d ra r ena district the amount of M being bing booked la le beyond the capacity of the plants plant In the steel Leel and anel Industry m mills ls are sold for th the rest rost of the year roar and promises are not being helne made for delvery delver on orders order now DO belD being tK book 1 In addition i to the unusual In industrial circle tb the banks bank of ot the tile district show a gain ot tS 96 Iper per cent In compared with a s year rear ago ago- The Fourth reserve district comprises comprise all an of the State of ot Ohio western Pennsyl vanla eastern astern Kentucky and end part of Within its boundaries are located the bulk of the Iron and steel Industries of the United States UNPRECEDENTED WAGES FOR PRAm TIME BEING rAn PAID Unprecedented wages fOr tor peace peacetimes times are ara being paid In practically all the tho basic bulc Industries according to re re- reports ports Aorta made to the various Federal t bureaus bareau In the steel industry unskilled ed labor la 18 now being baing paid 35 U cents an au hoar hour and will within a afew afew afew few weeks week Wages of male mole employee Iu in the Ure Urb industry have been rats rais raised ed eel to to M 60 per per day and w wages of female employee to 1280 and ADd 3 per day dar Wages being paid in n textiles textiles tex tex- tiles tUel mining and copper Industries are almost as great as during the war ar COMMERCIAL WORLD SHOWS I DIG BIG GAIN OVER YEAR DAR AGO According to Bradstreets commercial commercial commer commer- 1 cial failures In the month of February February February ary this year were 24 per cent less less' I Ithan than February last year The aggregate aggregate aggregate gate liabilities show a corresponding reduction The number of failures to to- to gether with the liabilities fc k Jaan Ja r rand and February last lad year Md sad ila year tear ear were wets a II es follow 1122 January numbed num of 01 WIre 2722 aggregate sn February number numb f of 2072 2012 aggregate U 22 US 18 January of o failures 2166 aggregate liabilities J. J February number Dumber of flues f 1670 aggregate TOPICAL TR w E CENT OE T G OV O r While a a seasonal de decline Une In employment employment employment em em- usually occurs d the months menthe of February and January report made to the tho State Department of ot Labor of New York t la y year r show virtually ri no nd change These reports are from 1648 1848 man plants and represent more than third third one of ot the industrial wage earners in the State of New York The reports show Dhow more wage earners employed and a higher rate of wager paid than any anytime an anytime time since the peak of employment and aDd wages In in 1920 In January this year the tho average weekly earnings of ot State all all the wage earners earner in the State of New York was pr cent greater than in June 1914 BUSINESS hl IK IN MIDDLE WEST GREATEST t SINCE SPRING Business in the middle west according according ac ac- cording to the report orthe Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City during dur due tag ing the first two months this year has moved forward at a higher rate 1 of at activity than baa has been recorded Ina in ina ina since 1920 a of ot any ani year Tear and in some lines lines' of ot industry since ince 1919 a a rot rot- fOl ume of ot business in all lines of mer merchandising mer- mer in farm and particularly Implements automobiles and automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile accessories The Kansas City Federal R Reserve see district comprises the states of Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wy Wy- oming Cotor Colorado do Ok Oklahoma lab om a and parts of Missouri and New Mexico |