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.. DOUBLING OUR WEALTH
B. C. Forbes, editor of Forbes
Magazine, and a noted financial
writer, calls attention to the fact
that the United States has grown
as much in the last ten years as
most other countries have grown
in fifty, and the next ten years
are destined to bring still further
growth.
He backs bis assertion on the
records which show that our popu
lation has increased 36,383,000
Since 1900 and 14,758,000 since
1914.
We now number 112,686,000
souls.
Our natidnal wealth works out
at $2,847 for every man, woman
and child in the land.
Ten years ago our wealth
^mounted to only $1,902 per head.
Ten years ago our bank de
posits were $18,000,000,000.
They are now $46,000,000,000,
The value of our factory product
has practically doubled, rising
from $24,000,000,000 to nearly
$44,000,000,000 in 1921, the latest
year for which figures were avail
able.
Since 1900 the value of our
manufactures hove multiplied four
fold.
The value of our farms an^
farm property has mounted from
$20,000,000,000 in 1900 to $41,
000,000,000 in 1910, and to $78,
000,000,000 In 1920.
This Shows that the value of
farmers’ possessions has increased
as rapidly as the increase in the
value of the products' of all our
factories.
Curiously, there has been no
material increase in the number
of farm animals.
We now have 1,000,000 more
cattle than we had ten years ago,
but we have fewer horses and
11,000,000 fewer sheep, with only
a 6,000,000 increase in swine.
The total value of farm animals
has actually decreased nearly one
billion dollars.
■WOMEN m OFFICEHOLDERS
Now that the tumult and shout
ing and smoke of battle have died
away, it is interesting to note
what an important part women
had played in the drama; not only
in voting and campaigning, but
also in winning elective office.
In twenty-two of these United
States women entered the com
petition for state offices.
In eleven, women ^yere nomi
nated for Congress.
This much has been accomplish
ed within a brief four years
toward recognizing the capabili
ties of the former stay-at-homes.
Two women have won govemor
*hips, «t least 88 women have
Ifeen returned to the state legisla
tures of the nation and one to
congress, while another was elect
ed a secretary of state.
To be sure, a great many of
those who ran for office did not
wht—but there is significance in
the fact that so many were nomi-
nated, and that here and there
they did win.
One curious fact is that women
generally do hot support women.
Those who were elected were
put in by men’s votes.
As a rule the two major parties
never nominate a woman only
when there is no chance for their
party to win, and occasionally
when there is no chance for her
to lose.
Women took great strides in
politics from 1820 to 1924.
The next four years will be
even more important to them, and
every one interested in national
affairs will be watching the de
velopments.
SMUGGLERS BOLD
They’re having high old times
up north.
The Vermont-Canadian border,
in particular, is beginning to re
semble No Man’s Land at a crucial
stage.
In Beebe, Quebec, a number of
powerful searchlights, miles of
barbed-wire entanglements and
twenty-five special officers keep
vigil every night to prevent con
traband material from trickling
over the line.
We know what you’re thinking/
No, it isn't that.
The “contraband” in this case
consists of denim overalls, cotton
gloves and shirts which the tariff
act does not permit to enter free
of duty
Where/jre the Canadian author
ities rise to the occasion and aid
government against our
smugglers bold.
IN WHO’S THE PAVa WHO
NEW €
GEN. W. W. ATTERBURY.
Although the retirement of
Samuel Rea as president of the
Pennsylvania railroad will not oc
cur until he reaches the age of 70
next year his successor has al
ready been chosen, according to
word from New York. The man
is Gen. W. W. Atterbury, now
vice president.
William Wallace Atterbury was
born in New Albany, Ind., January
13, 1886 and was educated at Yale
University where he received a
Ph. B. degree at the age of 20.
In 1911 he was granted an hon
orary A. M. degree by the same
university and in 1919 he receiv
ed the degree of LL. D. from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Apprentice.
The year of Mr. ARerbury’s
graduation from Yale university
he began work ns an apprentice in
the Altoona shops of the Pennsyl
vania railroad. Later he became
road foreman on various divisions
of the same line. From 1892 to
1893 he was assistant engineer of
the northwest system of the Penn
sylvania Lines motive power.
During the three years tha/ fol
lowed Atterbury was stationed at
Fort Wayne, Ind., as master me
chanic for the Pennsylvania Com
pany and for the next seven years
until 1903 he served as general su
perintendent of lines east of Pitts
burg and Erie, Pa. From 1903
to 1909 he was general manager
of that division.
Brigadier General.
During the world war Atterbury
was granted a leave of absence by
Pennsylvania r ai lroad and- in
the rank of brigadier general of
the U. S. army he directed con
struction and operation of the U.
S. military railroads in France.
He was awarded the Distin
guished Service Cross by the Unit
ed States. France, England and
Belgium honored him by makiftg
him commander of the Legion of
Honor, Companion of the Order of
the Bath and Commander of the
Order of the Crown.
Atterbury is a member of the
American Philosophical Society, of
the American Society of Civil En
gineers, American Society of Me
chanical Engineers, American Aco
demy of Political fend Social Sci
ence and the American Railway
Association of which he was pres
ident from 1916 to 1917.
DUCKING THE BILL
Wife: Don’t you think this is a
duck of a hat, dear?
Husband: Yes, but I’d prefer a
duck with a smaller bill.
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44 Immigration From IT. S. Hoped
For By Canada,” Says Rail
President.
41 Canada has but one real prob
lem, that of increasing her pop
ulation., We have a population of
less than nine millions, ns com
pared with the hundred and
ten millions of the United States.
This problem must be solved
through immigration. ft
So declared Sir Henry W.
Thornton, president of the Cana
dian National Railways recently.
Large Area.
14 We have a larger area than
the United States, with coal sup
ply far in excess of that of the
latter country, as well as other
rich mineral deposits and thou
There are occasional doubts in
the minds of the elders of the
Smith family as to the quickness
Bobby’s wits, but there has nev
er been any doubt that a lesson
once learned by him, however
slowly, is forever afterwards re
membered.
fl Won’t you shake hands with
me bobby?” asked one of his sis
ter’s admirers; but Bobby hung
back.
44 I don’t: care to,” he said 1 with
terrible distinctness.
“Don’t you like me?” asked the
unwise visitor.
“No, I don’t, »» replied Bobby,
?nd there was a shocked chorus
from the family,
I Bobby,” said his mother rC'
proachfully, as she withdrew him
the public gaze, “why did you
say such a rude thing to Mr.
Jones?”
“Because, mother, ff said her
wriggling prisoner, “I got spank
ed last week for not telling the
truth; I’m not taking any risks
again. *1
Twice-Told Tales
The Chicago woman who cele
brated the fiftieth time she was
arrested for being drunk has a
r^feord that her progeny won’t rel
ish being held against them.—
Thomasvilte Times-Enterprise.
Father no longer slips in late
at night. He breezes in, confi
dent the others are not there to
hear him. — Frankfort, (Ind.)
■Times-.----------■ -.......—.........—-———......—
“Winter is coming,” say an ob
servant writer. It may be so of
course, but they said the same
thing last summer.—Punch.
The only legitimate objection
to this lovely autumn scenery is
that eventually some one will have
to rake it up—Detroit News.
As to memory tests, wait three
months and then name ten men
defeated in the recent election.—
Baltimore Sun.
AMERICA, ENGLAND
AND GERMANY HAVE
BEST AIR PILOTS
Berlin. Dec. 1.—Germany. Ey
land and the United States possess
the most competent dirigible pi
lots, according to Dr. Hugo Eek
ener, the Zeppelin commander who
piloted the Los Angeles to the
United States from Germany.
• • It would be easy to fly to the
north pole and to return in a big
airship,” Eckener said in an in
terview here.
Germany, England and the Unit
ed States p<\sess pilots fit for
such an undertaking, he said.
HUSBAND PREFERS MOTHER,
SO WIFE G kVORCE
Norristown, Penna., Dec. 1.—
The court has granted a divorce
to Elizabeth Myers, of North
Wales, from Harry Myers, who
prefers to live with his mother on
Beech street, Norristown. Ac
cording to her testimony before
the magistrate, her husband never
took her anywhere after their
marriage in March, 1918.
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
sands of miles of fertile land.
It awaits only the hand of the
Industrious and enterprising set
tler to capitalize all this poten
tial wealth.
ii We are, therefore, hoping that
there will soon begin a tide of
immigration, especially from the
United States. We demand only
that the immigrant possess five
qualifications: sound mind and
body, a willingness to live under
our traditions—for f want no
communists—an : ability to earn a
living with the help we offer, and
that he be a Caucasian. Canada
cannot afford to create for her
self a racial or negro problem.
Tourists are most welcome, for we
feel that the beauties and attrac
tions of our country may induce
some of them to settle there.
Things in Common.
“The people of the United
States and the British Empire
have many things in common. The
World War has taught both coun
tries that they must stand togeth
er if civilization is to endure. Both
peoples have tide same fine Anglo
Saxon traditions and we both pay
our debts. If Great Britain and
the United States made an agree
ment to stop war it could be
done. 11
LONG HEADED
Parks: I’ve just bought my wife
a diamond ring.
Starks: Isn’t that rather—ex
?
Parks: Not a bit. Think what
it will save in gloves.
What Business Leaders of North
and West Have to Say of South
_________
That the South is the most in
viting field in the world for in
vestment and for industrial devel
opment, that its resources are al
most measureless in extent, are the
tributes which men in the north
and west have paid to what this
section has accomplished, while
their forecasts of its future will
stimulate- a nation-wide interest in
the opportunities offered in the
south.
Taking just a sentence or two
from these letters which in the
aggregate may be properly called
a forecast of the future, we have
some remarkably strong state
ments.
In these sentences we have tes
timony and tribute to the South
which could not be more strongly
expressed by the most enthusias
tic native of the South.
Statements
George M. Verity, president,
American Rolling Mill, Co., Mid
dletown, Ohio:
“The natural resources of the
South when adequately developed
will add wealth and power to the
nation equal to that of all conti
nental Europe.
E. M. Herr, president, Westing
house Electric & Manufacturing
Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa.:
“Safe to predict an even more
rapid development of economic re
sources of Southern states.
C. Stewart Lee, Wilmington,
Del.:
4* The field for development and
investment in. the South is in its
infancy. • »
R. H. Jeffrey, Columbus, Ohio:
ti A keen and growing apprecia
tion of marvelous wealth in natur
al resources. »»
Haley Fiske, president, Metro
politan Life Insurance Co., N.Y.:
“An expansion possible and
probable, almost inestimable.
A. B. Farquhar', York, Pa.:
»• Destined to become one of the
richest, most enterprising and pro
gressive sections of the world. ■
C. L. Reese, Wilmington, Del.:
“The South's unbounded re
sources, water power and climate
will contribute to a development
undreamed of in past. II
W. H. Barr, president National
Founders’ Association, Buffalo.:
44 The Southern states will be a
simulating factor in the great in
dustrial and commercial advance
of the nation. *« *
R. M. Bissell, president, Hart
ford Fire Insurance Co.:
“An enthusiastic believer in tre
mendous possibilities of South.
Arthur D. Little, Cambridge,
Mass.:
“The treasure house of the na
tion. II
Francis P. Garvan, New York:
“Will make the South the corner
stone of the nation's greatness. ♦ ♦
Lewis L. Clarke, president, the
American Exchange National
Bunk, New York:
"The potentialities and the fu
ture of the South worthy of the
highest consideration.”
Willis L. King, American Iron
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The development of the South
appreciated by all the nation. *’
Arthur Reynolds, president Con
tinental and Commercial National
Bank, Chicago:
“The South is one of the na
tion's most prized and precious
assets.”
A. C. Goodyear, president, Great
Southern Lumber Co., Buffalo:
The South’s future to exceed
the expectations of its most san
guine prophets.”
Charles Piez, Link-Belt Co., of
Chicago:
M An insufficiently appreciated
section of the country. M
J. Kruttschnitt, Southern Pacific
Company, New York:
“Transformation into a vast
commercial empire has been one
of wonders of our time.”
' Dr. Charles L. Parsons, Wash
ington :
“A fortune made from Southern
sulphur to be dedicated to agri
culture.
R. B. Ives, president Aetna In
surance Co., Hartford, Conn.:
Growth slowly compared with
what it will be.
W. A. Day, president, the Equi
table Life Assurance Society of
the United tSates:
U I believe the future holds in
store a transcending development
and progress, of which all that
has yet been done in time will be
regarded but as the crossing of
the threshold. i
B. F. Yoakum, New York:
** The South’s spiritual and ma
terial development a contribution
to civilization whose value can
not be compared. I
Hearn W. Streat, New York:
The South has at last swung
into its stride.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New
York:
“Amazing progress in the past
will be exceeded by far greater
progress of the future.”
T. F. Merseles, president, Mont
gomery Ward & Co., Chicago:
“It is hard to conceive of any
limitation to the development of
the South.”
Arthur V. Davis, president of
Aluminum Company of America,
Pittsburgh:
44 The development of the South
unmatched in history, but only
the forerunner of greater accom
plishments. II
Alexander Legge, president, In
ternational Harvester Company
Chicago:
*4 Crop diversification
new prosperity to the 43outh.”
N. F. S. Russell, president Unit
ed States Cast Iron Pipe Foundry
Co., Burlington, N. J.: %
«> The South is only on
threshold of its development. *»
Edward Prizer, VacUum
Company, New York:
“The greatest opportunities
^advancement fend development
ring the next generation lie
the South.”
A11 the letters from which
brief extracts are taken are
December I, 1924 ,
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When at times we sit and ponder •
On the lessons life has taught,
When we pause to count the blessings
That experience has brought,
There’s a certain joyful moment
That we always shall recall
With delightful recollection
As the happiest 6f all*
Since that day»the skies are brighter,
Music has a finer tone;
Flowers breathe a sweeter fragrance
Love since then has richer grown.
Gates that lead to realms of rapture
On that-day were opened wide;
When our little home was paid for,
AH the world seemed glorified! a SO
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of enthusiastic optimism about the
South. They voice the real thought
of the nation in contrast with the
doubt and uncertainty ^f many of
our business leaders only a few
years ago. . .
The South has captured the cot
ton manufacturing business, now
having an investment of over $1,
000,000,000 in this industry as
compared with $822,000,000 for
the entire country in 1910.
RAILROADER KILLED
AND FOUR INJURED
IN ENGINE CRASH
Atlanta, Dec. 1.—Handley Har
court, 38, engineer, is dead and
four other men, all employes of
the Southern, are at the Atlanta
hospital, two seriously and two
badly scalded.
The five men were injured when
a Southern railway engine on
which they were riding early Sun
day morning, crashed into the rear
end of a Southern freight train
on Ponce de Leon avenue at the
road crossing.
CONSTANT BUT NOT HARD
Henry was just out after serv
ing a three-months sentence in
jail.
4( How was it?” he was asked.
it Oh, pretty good,” replied Hen
ry. “It ain’t much hard, but it’s
mighty constant. II
Ancient bell-ringers of Notre
Dame in Paris will give way to
electric motors.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.
DECLARES RECKLESS AUTO
DRIVER IS A MENACE
New York, Dec. 1.—John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., after an absence
of six months, came back to his
Bible school class at the fashion
able Park Avenue Baptist church
Sunday and told hi§ class of the
evils of speeding.
The millionaire, whose daughter,
Abby, created a considerable stir
as w T ell as police shake up recent
ly when she was dismissed after
having been' arrested twice for
fast driving, said:
44 An automobile driven by
a
reckless person is a menace. An
automobile driven by a careful
citizen is a public benefit.”
NO TIME TO READ NEWS
Olga Nethersole tells the follow
ing story of a little maid she em
ployed, One day, while dressing
for the theatre, there was an un
usually heavy downpour of rain,
and Miss Nethersole, peering out
of the window at the gutters, re
marked:
(< Why, Lizzie, it is almost like
the flood.
<4 Flood, miss?” queried the girl.
Yes, the flood, Noah, you
know, and the ark.
tt Never have time to look at
no
the papers, miss,” explained the
girl apologetically.