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4 THE TRI WEEKLY JOURNAL ATLANTA, GA., 5 NORTH FORSYTH ST. Entered at the Atlanta Postoffice as Mail Matter of the Second Class. Daily, Sunday, Tri-Weekly SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TRI-WEEKLY Twelve months $1.50 Eight monthssl.oo Six months 75c Four months 50c Subscription Prices Daily and Sunday (By Mail—Payable Strictly in Advance) 1 W .1 J'o. 3 Mor 6 Mos 1 Vr. Dally and Sunday2oc tJc $2.50 $5.00 $».50 Dally 16c 70c 2.00 4.00 7.50 Sunday 7c 30c .90 1.75 8.25 The Tri-Weekly Journal is published on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and is mailed by the shortest routes for early delivery. It contains news from all over the world, brought by special leased wires into our office. It has a staff of distinguished con tributors, with strong departments of spe cial value to the home and the farm. Agents wanted at every postoffice. Lib eral commission allowed. Outfit free. Write R. R. BRADLEY, Circulation Man ager. The only traveling representatives we have are B. F. Bolton. C. C. Coyle, Charles H. 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A Timberless America THERE is a world of warning in the statement of Secretary Meredith, of the Department of Agriculture, that America is consuming timber four times as fast as she is growing it, and that at this rate five-and-twenty years will see her pres ent supply exhausted. Every sphere of our daily interests and activities, from the building of the smallest cottage to the fate of the nation’s chief in dustries, is involved in this disquieting state of affairs. Already construction costs have reached a forbidding figure; what will they be a decade or so hence if the practice of constantly destroying and never restoring the forests continue? Already the interests of agriculture are suffering as a result of de nuded hills and consequent lack of flood control; what will be the losses in fertility and productiveness a generation hence, if this waste goes on unchecked? Heretofore the discussion of forestry prob lems has been left to a few zealous scien tists, to whom the business world gave little or no heed, and who found it extremely dif ficult to interest national and State legisla tors. But the time is at hand when this matter will force itself upon the country’s practical attention, and the aid of science be sought as eagerly for reforestation as for fighting the spread of a deadly disease. Indifference in the decades gone by ie taxing the American public millions today in the cost of virtually every article which wood products enter. Print paper, for one instance out of hundreds, has advanced to prices which publishing interests frequently find almost insupportable and which threaten the progress of popular education. Likewise in every field of industry and commerce, one branch or another of this problem presses sharply home. • How vitally concerned is the South ap pears from the official figures showing that ten years hence this region, to which the entire nation now largely looks for lumber, will be producing less than its own needs require. “Pine forests of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, - ’ says Secretary Meredith, ‘have been reduced from about six hundred and fifty billion board feet to about one hun dred and thirty-nine billion. During the past fifteen years the South has been fur nishing the building lumber and structural timbers for the Eastern and Centra) States: within ten years these two regions will have to start shipping from the Pacific coast.” This means, for one thing, increased freight Jills for the longer hauls; and it is worth noting that at present the Eastern con sumers of lumber face the prospect of pay ing some six hundred million dollars a year in this one item. Add the other increases which inevitably attend a waxing demand and a waning supply, and the seriousness of the outlook becomes unmistakable. » The situation demands, first of all, keener efficiencv and larger foresight In the use of our remaining sources of timber supply; the wasteful and wantonlv destructive methods which have obtained all too widely hereto fore must cease. But this alone will not suf fice. There must be also a vigorous, far rosching movement for reforesting the naked hilts and the idle cut-over lands, if the dan gers that now loom ahead are to be averted. To this end, the Federal Government should devote its most liberal energies, while the States should give their various local aspects of the problem intensive treatment. All this will require, of course, a good deal of special legislation and considerable funds. But the initial step in any well considered State plan is the establishment of a forestry bureau or commission through which due co-operation can be maintained on one hand with the na tional authorities, and on the other with pri vate owners of timberlands. With this be ginning fairly made, the way for the con structive work so imperatively needed will be open. Mr. Bryan is letting it be distinctly under stood that he will be bound by no party ties, including even the May-I-knots.—Philadel phia North American. The Brave Tin Soldier THE little tin soldier of Germany, one sees in the news, is so red with rust that his day is practically over. The toy-makers of Nuremberg, we are told, have stopped making military figures almost en tirely, for the children of the present Ger man generation have seen enough of soldiers in their life to sicken them with military in their land of let’s pretend. Instead, the most popular product of the Nuremberg shops is the cow. Brown cows and spotted cows, cows that moo when they are squeezed, cows that whisk their tails, cows little and cows so big they cost a* •vucn as a live cow, are being put on the market in great numbers, and the chil dren of Germany are taking them to their lio&rts* May it not well be that, in this simple fact. v- e have the rebirth of a new and bet ter vreimanyr Prussian militarism loses one of its firmest grips when the children of Prussia repudiate it. The men who died for Germany on the western front, and the men who sent them to their deaths, were alike the products of nurseries where the little tin soldier held his musket firm in his hand. Will it be that the nurseries where the moo-cow is the center of the stage in turn will produce a set of men and women who shall find their destiny in the soil of the land rather than in the blaze of com and conquest? THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. The Cotton Situation THE recent cotton conference in Atlanta resulted in certain conclusions and recommendations that are of capital importance to the South’s farming and busi ness interests.' From the character of those who met to consider how the grave prob lems now pressing for an answer might be grappled, it was foregone that sound ideas and, better still, safeguarding lines of action would be forthcoming. Among those assem bled were the highest officials of the Ameri can Cotton Association, of the State and the National Farmers’ Union, of the State De partment of Agriculture and Bureau of Mar kets; men of eminence in banking and mer cantile affairs; and influential members of the Georgia delegation of Congress, together with that veteran of many a hard-won bat tle for the cotton growers’ rights, .the senior Senator. From such counselors, useful advice was to be expected, and useful advice was given. First for their conclusions. “We find that the present price of spot cotton is below tbe cost of production. . . . We believe that th® price suggested at Montgomery by the Amer, ican Cotton Association, of forty cents a pound for cotton, basis middling, is the low est figure at which farmers can sell their cot ton and obtain the cost of production. Surely those who produce should not be asked to make a greater sacrifice than the loss of aU profit.” These estimates, we take it, are based upon extensive and accurate observa tion; certainly they seem very conservative when one considers the extraordinary costs of the labor and materials with which the present crop was produced and the hazards which have beset it from seed-time to har vest. None but the widely and exactly in formed can safely venture an opinion as to just what is a fair price, but assuredly there is no contention that the one noW prevailing is so. Nor can it be expected that the com mon interests of the South (nor ultimately those of the country as a whole) will pros per if the thousands of farmers whose energy and capital and hope are invested in this cotton crop, do not receive in return the equivalent of at least a living wage. It is of the utmost importance, therefore to business, as well as to agriculture, that every feasible and rightful means be em ployed to prevent the dumping of large quan tities of cotton on an already depressed mar. ket. The suggestions of the Atlanta confer ence) touching this point are well considered, and if generally carried out will constitute a saving course of action. “We urge the farmers to store their cotton, and if money is needed to meet their pressing obligations we advise them to negotiate loans with their local banks, using warehouse receipts as col lateral security, based upon eighty per cent of the market value of the staple, as instructed by the Federal Reserve banks. “We urge the people in the cotton growing States, for their own protection, to co-operate in preventing the cotton crop from being placed upon the market aster than the manufacturers can ab •> it. at prices less than the cost of production.” Without liberal co-working among those concerned this policy will not yield the de sired results; farmers, merchants and bank ers all must do their part, and a loyal public sentiment must reinforce them. But surely there will be no shirking where it is so ob viously to the common interests that the grower sell only enough cotton to meet “pressing obligations,” such as supply bills and current bank loans already outstanding, which he cannot meet by other means. Hav ing adjusted such accounts, he should store the remainder of his crop in a safe ware house until the market reaches a price level consistent with hie rights under the natural law of supply and demand. That credit accommodations for this pur pose should be provided as amply as the re sources of banking and mercantile houses will permit, is too plain for argument. The fact must be faced, however, that such ac commodations would be far more adequate today if more State banks held membership in the Federal Reserve system; for then the demands which now center upon the larger banks, whose credit facilities already may be taxed, would be distributed, much to the advantage of all concerned and particularly to those of rural districts and small towns. This is a matter to be remembered and acted upon in the light of present experience. Mean while everything possible and practicable ? e done to serve the imperative needs of the hour. The French are betting on who is going to be their next President. They can do that because the race over there is doubtful. —Nashville Tennessean. If Europeans don’t settle down to hard work pretty soon it will be a long time be fore they will have earned money enough for another war.—Toledo Blade. a Those Blonde Bshimos CAPTAIN JOE BERNARD has returned to Nome, Alaska, after four years in the frozen silences that rim the Pole. Captain Joe spent this period in search of blonde Eskimos. He failed. Either Stefansson, who found blonde Eskimos, ex hausted the crop, or all blondes were out when he called, says Captain Joe. “The only Eskimos I saw,” he asserts, “were brunettes!” While one sympathizes deeply with Cap tain Joe in his disappointment, one’s pity is tempered by the unavoidable feeling that Captain Joe’s mission, his gruelling four years amid polar hardships, his indomitable persistency in the face of brunette after brunette, might have had a more worthy object as the goal. Were he even seeking blue roses or the Golden Fleece, ther would hav been a halo of romance surrounding the journey to excuse its impractibility. One can understand the sordid greed for gold animating the treasure hunters on the Span ish main; one can feel the stir of a fellow feeling for Ponce de Leon, though he scarce concur in Juan’s conviction that, somewhere on this prosy eartn .bubles a fountain of eternal youth. But blonde Eskimos—there is a far diferent inspiration to send man chasing under the Aurora Borealis for years, existing on pemmican and gumdrops, suffering frozen feet and numbed ears and noses. Verily, Captain Joe is a person of odd hobbys. Better men than he have been known to seek blondes, yet even they did not deem it necessary to travel thousands of miles into a region of ice and snow on their hunt. But blonde Eskimos we re peat—surely Captain Joe’s explorations are more worthy of chroniciling than are their reason! No, lady, a candidate’s request that you support him is not necessarily to be con strued as a matrimonial proposal.—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. “Is the human mind tireless?” queries the Literary Digest. No, we should say, but it is running pretty flat.—Boston Herald. Either the public schools or the reform schools of the United States wil have to be enlarged.—Mitchell (S. D.) Gazette. The hack writer seldom can afford to ride in a taxicab. —Philadelphia Bulletin. AFTER TUBERCULOSIS By H. Addington Bruce YOU have been undergoing treatment for tuberculosis. You have been discharged as cured. Now you have before you the problem of staying cured. Which is not such a difficult problem as you may imagine. Indeed, it need not even involve your mak ing a completely new start in life so far as the choice of an occupation is concerned. The advice given to ex-patients in the admirable pamphlet on tuberculosis issued by the New York state department of health could not be improved: ‘Do not look for ‘a light job on a farm.’ There is none such. An indoor job you are used to, unless it is very unhealthful, means, despite certain disadvantages, less exposure, less physical and mental exertion; more reg ular hours, and better wages, and will allow you to get better home conditions.” The only exceptions to be noted are dusty or damp occupations, or occupations that may expose you to irritating gases or severe physical or mental strain. If you have been engaged in any such occupation, then you ought to select some other. And, whatever the occupation in which you decide to engage, try to secure employment in a working-place that is well lighted and well ventilated. Working-places like this are not nearly so hard to find as used to be the Once back at work, work faithfully and cheerfully while on duty. When off duty avoid excesses of any kind, except excesses in rest. For at least a year after you return to work you should spend most of your leisure resting. This does not mean that you need to rest in bed and do absolutely nothing. But it does mean that during your free time you should lie down frequently, be con tent with light exercise, cultivate non-stren uous recreations such as reading and listen ing to music, and keep out of crowded amuse ment places. i If possible, too, do .not start in to work until at least six months after you find yourself free from such symptoms as cough ing, spitting, fever, sweats, weakness, and shortness of breath. Devote those six months to taking the rest “after-cure.” Make it a rule, moreover, both before and after your return to work, to keep your home as well as your working-place thoroughly ventilated. The fresher the air you can get the better. Take your rest out of doors as much as you can, your exercise and amuse ments likewise. Give yourself plenty of sleep. Others may get along with less thah eight hours of sleep per night. You cannot. Nor can you afford to under-eat, or to eat foods difficult for your digestion to handle. Nourishment will always be one of your great needs. Try not to worry. Cheerfulness is a real essential to' you, together with hope and confidence. And you can best conquer all emotionally depressing states by living an unselfish, self-forgetting life. There are other precautions helpful to you, but these I cannot present here because of lack of space. You will find them detailed in the pamphlet quoted above, “What You Should Know About Tuberculosis.” I advise you to send for it, addressing the New York State Commissioner of Health, Albany, N. Y. (Copyright, 1920, by the Associated News papers.) WAR’S PRICE By Dr. Frank Crane Most Americans object to militarism, but hardly know why. It is the expression of the most deeply inbred instinct, for it is the opposite and enimy of everything that Amer ica means of e'ery principle in the Declatt tion of Independence, of every functioning of the spirit of Democracy. That is what’s the matter right now with the U. S. A. „ After Death Hell, and after War Collapse. Four million men and more have been plucked from their rooted grow*a and trntx«- planted for a time into the abnormal, over heated hothouse of army life. Europe is on the verge of ruin because foi years her manhood has been subjected to this demoralizing regime. For out of war, whatever its high aim, come these plagues, which unchecked will ruin any State: Waste, gigantic, heedless, reckless waste. The enemy must be beaten at any cost. And this principle eventuates in tons of snoiled food, mountains of scrapped airplanes and motor trucks, national debts piled sky high, the wildest and wickedest mortgaging of the present for the future. Unconcern for human life, an orgy of mur der and rapine, increase in crimes of vio lence. Mob madness, willingness to engage in any revolution or riot that, offers excitement and the advancement of our class. Disregard of property, a contempt for the slowly accumulated works of men’s co-opera tion. Ma-eiialism ir i.s coarsest form, a smudg ing out of all the finer restraints, a feeling of grab-all. Egoism, individual and national, every man for himself and devil take the hindmost, and the national egotism which is its corol lary. A dull worship and exaltatifin of brute force, and a contempt for all spiritual po tencies. A w’itches’ dance of mad gayety, a deter mination to “have a good time” even on the edge of economic ruin, careless of tomorrow —“After us the deluge l ” Ruthless profiteering, not only by the rich, but by every grafter according to his ability, for the barber raises his price for a hair cut from twenty-five to fifty cents and the deli catessen charges twenty-five dollars tor a ham that costs three dollars, with precisely the same motives that lead a woolen com pany to pull off a hundred million dollars profit. Distaste for work, shiftlessness, incompe tency. Never in the history of this country has labor been so inefficient, so indifferent and so well paid. Hate. It is hard to stop hating. We got into full swing hating Germany, now we go on hating each other. All the hell-stew of destructive passions, envy, distrust, sneers, pessimism, cynicism are let loose. “Never,” says Sisley Hui be.'.tcn, “was Carlyle’s image of a basket of serpents, each struggling ‘o get its head above the rest, so expressively precise a picture of humanity as it is today.” ’ Why? It is the aftermath of War. For after Death comes Hell. (Copyright, 1920, by Frank Crane.) a QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES A shriek! A splash! People ran frantically along the pier to ward where a lady waved her hands to the skies and wailed that her sister had fallen into the sea. But the occasion usually produces the man A gallant hero threw off his coat and kicked his feet clear of shoes; then he dived boldly into the waves. Swimming toward the spot where the vic tim of the accident had sunk, he caught her as she rose, gasping, to the surface. “Don’t struggle, madam,” he said calmly; “we are quite safe. The sea is quite calm and as clear as a mirror.” “Well, let go my arm for a minute,’’ said the lady faintly. “I want to see if my hair is coming down.” PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS By FREDERIC J. HASKIN VI. THE POLK-CLAY RACE OF 1844. WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 23. In the live stock markets of the year 1844 there was a great premium placed upon mules of a certain particularly ugly hue. Blooded horses did not com mand so much ready money in the Kentucky marts. That was because every loyal. Whig in the country wanted to ride in the Clay proces sion at the big Whig barbecue and he wanted to ride on a “claybank” hule, the while he sang: "Get out o’ the way, you’re all un lucky; Clear the track for bld Kentucky.” True it is that certain very nanughty small boys of Democratic parentage did secrete themselves along the roadside and lie in wait with the felonious purpose of stain ing the wethers of those beautifully ugly “claybank” mules with a pig ment made by expressing the royal purple juice of the poke-berry. For was not Polk the Democratic candi date? And had not Andrew Jackson the beloved “Old Hickory,” given the stamp of approval to this “Young Hickory of Tennessee?” And did not the Democratics, defying Mexico and England alike, prove themselves true patriots In rallying to Polk’s erv for “the reoccupation of Oregon and the reannexation of Texas,” and did not every Democratic heart beat faster when he heard the alliterative slo gan: “Fifty-four Forty or Fight?” And when it was all over and the unbelievable news was borne in upon the minds of the people that the great Clay, the gallant "Harry of the West,” had been defeated by a nonentity, a mere nobody, like Polk, did not strong men give way to tears? And even the Democrats could not help but feel sorry for the famous Kentuckian whose life am bition was once more denied. The election of James Knox Polk, the first “dark horse" candidate for president, and the defeat of Henry Clay, then at the apex of his per sonal popularity, ended a political campaign which had a more profound effect upon future history than any other yet recorded. It brought about the annexation of Texas, the ac quisition of California, and made the Civil war inevitable. Clay Sure of Victory The Whigs had sung and shouted their gallant Harrison to such a no ble victory that they were certain that Clay could not be defeated. Har rison had died after only a month in the White House, and had been succeeded by John Tyler. The Whigs' of the Clay wing believed in a Bank of the United States. They passed two bills to charter such an institu tion, but both were vetoed by Tyler. The result was a complete break in the Whig ranks, and the reorganiza tion of Tyler’s cabinet along Demo cratic lines. Then Tyler began to give heed to the appeals for annex ation from the new, republic of Tex as. The south wanted Texas to come in, as it would be slave territory. For the same reason the north want ed Texas kept out Both Whigs and Democrats were still afraid to take hold of the slav ery question. The leaders feared that the introduction of the Texas question would break up both par ties and endanger the union. Mexico, had announced that the annexation of Texas would be regarded by that nation as a declaration of war, al though it had already acknowledged the independence of Texas. England and France, jealous of the growth of the United States, were exerting every possible diplomatic influence to prevent annexation. Henry Clay knew that he would be the Whig candidate, Martin Van Buren was equally certain that he would be the Democratic standard bearer. Although bitter political enemies. Clay and Van Buren were good personal friends. Mr. Van Buren went to Kentucky and spent several days as the guest of Mr. Clay at Ashland. There they had a conference, each recognizing the other as the presidential candidate of the opposition party. Each believed the Texas question was “loaded.” So they agreed to keep it out of the cam paign. Dodged Xtsuss Then M Now The Whig convention was to be held in Baltimore on May 1, 1844, and the Democratic convention was to meet in the same city on May 27. The official organ of the Whig party was the National Intelligencer, while the Washington Globe represented the ruling Democratic powers. On April 27 there appeared in the Na tional Intelligencer an open letter from Mr. Clay saying he was op posed to the annexation of Texas without the consent of Mexico, as it would mean war. In the Globe of the same day there was published an open letter from Mr. Van Buren saying that he was opposed to an nexation of Texas without the con sent of Mexico, as it would mean war. This remarkable coincidence of the simultaneous publication of the iden tical views of the two leading candi dates for president caused a tre mendous sensation. Andrew Jackson, old but wise, saw it meant the defeat of Van Bureh and he immediately groomed his dark horse for the race. Delegates to the Democratic convention an nounced that they would break in structions for Van Buren. Others re signed rather than vote for him. Mass meetings were called at various places in the south to rescind Van Buren instructions. When the con vention met Van Buren had a ma jority of the delegates on the first ballot, but the two-thirds rule, the product of his own scheming, was in effect. On the ninth ballot James K. Polk, of Tennesee, was named, as Jackson had planned two weeks be fore, and the convention declared for the “reannexation of Texas and the reoccupation of Oregon.” Texas had been claimed under the Louisiana purchase, and the Oregon country as far north as “fifty-four forty” was claimed by right of discovery. Texas was wanted to add to 'the Influence of the slave states. Oregon was claimed to give a hostage to north ern Democrats. The campaign was conducted with great skill by the Democrats. Mr. Polk succeeding in being a high tariff man in Pennsyl vania and a low tariff man in South Carolina. The telegraph was invent ed, and the first news it ever carried was that of the nomination of Polk. But it extended only between Wash ington and Baltimore. Since it has spread all over the country it is no longer possible for a candidate thus “to be all things to all men.” Texas Too Big to Straddle Clay had been nominated by accla mation bya convention which de nounced Texans as murderers and adventurers who were unworthy to be considered as future Americans. But the southern Whigs had their own ideas about Texas, and they be gan to bring pressure to bear upon Mr. Clay. On July 1 he wrote from Ashland to Stephen F. Miller, of Tus caloosa, Ala., a letter discussing the Texas question in which he said: “Personally, I could have no objec tion to the annexation of Texas.” For which statement he paid the price of thousands of abolition votes and lost the presidency. Two years before Clay had made a triumphal tour of the west, being met everywhere by a great outpour ing of the people who were abso lutely certain that he would be chosen president to succeed the Im possible Tyler. It was at Richmond, Ind., that a Quaker named Menden hall came forward and presented Mr. Clay with a petition, bearing many signatures, asking the great Whig leader to emancipate his slaves. He replied in a speech which was a marvel of evasion and sophistry. But ir seemed, at the time, to have the effect of once more postponing the day when candidates for president must recognize the slavery issue. It did have the effect of strength ening. the hearts and hands of the Birney Abolition party. That organ ization did not get many votes in the aggregate, but it polled enough in western New York to turn the Empire State from Clay to Polk, and thereby decide the election. Horace Greeley, as sincere an anti-slavery man as there was in the whole north, could not find words bitter enough to denounce Birney and the “fanatic abolitionists” who followed him. CURRENT EVENTS The largest shipment of gold, $16,- 750,000, ever transported across the Atlantic, is being brought to New York on the White Star liner Baltic, which left Liverpool, September 22. The gold is consigned to American bankers. The largest previous ship ment from abroad of which there is , any known record was approximately $8,000,000. 1 The smallest known species of hog are the pygmy swine of Australia. They are exactly like other hogs in every particular except size, being no larger than a good-sized house rat. A blow was aimed at home dis tillers in Chicago when federal of ficials announced a sweeping inves tigation of the sale of copper stills by mail order houses, department and hardware store. Arrests of of ficials of companies selling the ar ticles in violation of the prohibition laws are to be made, according to John W. Kelly, assistant United I States district attorney. It is said that the stills are being | used for the manufacture of “moon- i shine,” which in many cases is found to be 130 proof, or 70 per cent al cohol. A football game at night between Chanute and Parsons high school teams, in Kansas, will be a feature of the Neosho county fair, which opens here soon. The teams will play with a ball painted white a*id the field will be illuminated by a bat tery of electric lights. This will be the first football game ever played at night in the state. The cabinet council of Vienna, has approved seven-hour day for ser vants. A unique record of centenarian brothers has just been broken by the death of John Mullan, 108 years old, who lived with his brother Henry, 103, at Doneydale, near Dungannon, Ireland. Increases from 2 cents to 3 cents a copy in the prices of the Des Moines Tribune and the Capital, evening papers,-on all street sales in Des Moines and vicinity, were an nounced last week. With something like 50,000 sets al ready completed and shipments about to be made to the New York and Al bany Automobile bureaus, the New York state prison department is busily engaged in turning out next year's automobile plates, a combi nation of dark blue and white and one of the handsomest plates in the state’s motor history. About 'fifty convicts are employed on the work, the product being of an exceptional ly high grade, the steel a trifle heavier than in this year’s plates, the enamel so perfect as to with stand sledge hammer blows. Former Premier Orlando will leave soon for Brazil on an extraordinary I mission as a special envoy of the Italian government. It is said he will carry an autographed letter from King Victor Emmanuel to President Pressoa. A state-wide organization of tobacco growers was formed at Danville. Va„ last week at a mass meeting attend ed by more than 5,000 growers. It will be known as the Virginia Growers’ association, and its an nounced aim is to obtain some satis factory explanation for the depres sion of the market,’ to aid small planters financially when the crop is marketed slowly and to get united action in crop curtailment next year. All the larger political parties In the new republic of Czecho-Slovakia give the women members places in their councils, including the exe cutive and administrative bodies, both central and local. In an effort to bring tons of fruit, which would otherwise rot on the ground in Michigan, to the poor peo ple of Chicago, Chicago has arrang ed with the owners of seven small steamboats to haul the surplus fruit to the city. It will be distributed at the municipal pier, eliminating the wholesaler, the middleman and the retailer. Peaches and apples can be bought in Benton Harbor, Mich,, for 75 cents a bushel. The last of the White House flock of sheep has been rounded up prepa ratory to shipment back to the farm where they were born. Some already had been disposed of, but the bulk of the flock, by President Wilson’s or ders, was returned to William Wood ward at Bel Air, Md., who sent the sheep to the White House during war days when the lawns needed trim ming and wool was in demand. Alaska gives a great promise of becoming a wheat-growing country. Quite a good start in this direction has been made in the Tanana valley, and the results were so successful that the planting will be increased.. Many of the farmers are enthusiastic about wheat growing, and they re ceive every possible encouragement from the government. The finest unworked iron fields in the world have been discovered in the Philippines, according to a re port from government experts just received by the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The quantities of ore adjacent to good harbors, they state, will be suf ficient to assure the future of iron and steel production in the United States for generations. Already land believed to contain more than 500,000,000 tons has been surveyed. Deposits on the Island of Mindanao are believed to be without a rival. They contain 275,000,000 tons close to good harbors and 130,- 000,000 tons within easy transporta tion distance of Dajkin bay, perhaps • the best natural harbor on the Islands. Only crude iron work in primitive smelters is being carried on at present. Enormous damage has been done throughout the Province of Alicante by torrential rain and hailstorms, according to a report from Jumilla. At one place a torrent pouring down a watercourse became so violent that* it carried away 100 yards of rail road track and swept loaded cars Into fields in the lowlands. Many horses and cattle have been drowned. tax refunds that total $5,000,000 will be made to residents of Texas and probably a half dozen states under regulations now being prepared by the internal revenue bu reau. Tbe refunds will be made under the community property law by which one-half of all property com ing into possession of a husband aft er marriage belongs to the wife. ’ Texas, California, Louisiana, Wash ington and several western states have such laws. For a hundred years there has been an ordinance In Savannah prohibiting the sleeping on board vessels of sailors and crew s of vessels in port— except those necessary to guard the boats. During August, September and October the city law required them all to Sleep ashore—and quarters are provided for them. The law originat ed in the old-time danger from ma aria. At the council meeting Thurs day night a stren< ou« effort was made to repeal the ancient law. D- < Whit, an aiderman, and Dr. Brunner, city health officer, vigorously oppos ed the repeal—and the radical action has been postponed indefinitely. The 110,000.000 cards needed to re cord the population of the United States in the new census made a stack more than ten miles high. Without machinery It would be al most impossible to manage a census nowadays. It took seven years to complete and publish the census of 1890 and nine years to complete the census of 1880. By means of elec trical mechanism which punches something like 4,000,000 cards a day he cards are now sorted and tabu 'ated in weeks instead of years. The device also saves expense and elim inates error. There was no doubt but that aboli tion votes had elected Polk. and. thereby, assured the admission of Texas, another slave state, which was to have the right to divide it self into four other and new slave states. Greeley was furious. Mr. Clay retired to his home at Ashland with a broken heart. But there is not the slightest indication that Clay realized the fact that com promise, by which he saved so many other great men, had caused his own defeat and TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1920. THE BUSINESS MEN OF THE BIBLE (BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY) Gehazi the Politician A distingushed writer, dwelling upon the subject of this sketch, says “Gehazi is one of those men whom later ages have accepted as a type.” And the type! O ye gods! is that of the politician—the panderer, the professional accoucheur of any birth that may happen to be attended by a fee. There are three names in Hebrew history that are indissolubly linked together—Elijah, Elisha and Gehazi. Elijah, the Grand Old Man, who never “crooked the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift might follow fawning;” who always hewed to the line regardless of where the chips might fly; Elisha, Elijah’s successor, who. as mortals go in this wcrld, was well worthy of benig called a man, not so strong and heroic as his great predecessor, but still a real man as far as he went, and then Gehazi, the politician, with his seven prin ciples, five loaves and t'Vu dshes, a time-server, with eye always out to windward, looking for the breeze that might fill the sails of his private venture. This “Me Too” to the prophet Elisha, as has been well said, be longed to very serious times, yet never realized their importance; he had the great examples of his master ever before his eyes, .yet wholly missed its significance. We see in him an utter want of appreciation, or moral proportions, a confusion be tween substance and shadow, a con dition of mind in which great things dwindle or pass completely out.of sight while the whole horizon is blocked by petty considerations and small, selfish interests. He dwelt with a hero, yet was a poltroon. He lived with a saint, yet was a knave. He was the associate of a prophet, yet was a petty thief. A wqnderfully interesting story is q u o New Questions 1. What is the largest steer known? 2. How far is it across the United States? 3. When was Frank James, the noted train robber, in prison? 4. How deep is Salt lake, in Utah, and what is its area? 5. What were the dimensions of Solomon’s temple? ffl ffl 6. Can a person take gold to . the United states mint and have it coined into money? ffl ffl 7. Where were the Pillars of Her cules? 8. How many illiterates are there 4n the United States? 9. What books did Lincoln read when educating himself? 10. Why does Venice have streets of water? Questions Answered 1 — q. What- are the bleeding statutes of Ireland? A. The Rev. J. Dawson Bryne, a priest of the Roman Catholic church, whose home is in Beresford, South Dakota, has just returned from Ire land, where he saw the ‘ bleed statues” in the village of Temple more. He vouches for the miraculous stories concerning them. He says that in the home of Thomas Divan, where they are being displayed, he saw a small statue of the Virgin and oth ers of the Crucifixion, bleeding from the mouth. A soldier whose leg had been shattered was able to run home after the bleeding figure had been applied to his leg. A little girl was said to have been cured of con sumption and an old woman of paralysis. The priest adds that the lame and halt from all parts of Ire land are gathering in Templemore in the hope of being healed by the statues. 2Q. If women vote can their votes outnumber those of the men? A. It is estimated that the total male vote could be 26,7(10,000 and the female vote about 27,000,000. 3q. in what city of the United States are burial made above ground? . , A. In New Orleans it is the cus- tom to bury* the dead in vaults, or compartments rising in tier.), some times as high as eight feet above ■the ground. In this vicinity it is not possible to dig very far below the surface without finding water. 4q. Why did the country wait a year before the prohibition amend ment became effective, while the suf frage amendment was effective at once? , ... A. The clause making prohibi tion effective one year from the date of ratification is a part of the amendment and was made so be- TATTOOED KINGS While Prince of Wales. King Ed ward VII of England subjected his arms to the art of the tattooer. This was known to his intimate friends, and it also is no secret that his son, the present king, was tattooed by a skilful Japanese artist when as a midshipman on board the Bacchant he visited Japan many years ago. The late Czar of Russia wore an in delible India ink dragon on his left foreafm, and quite a number of other European royalties past and present have received these indestructible “decorations.” But the experience of Charles XIV of Sweden and Nor way makes an interesting story in it self. It always was a puzzle to those most intimately assq ciated with him that he would never show himself anywhere with bared arms. It was not until his death in 1844 that the mystery was explained. On his right forearm was tattooed neither a dragon, an eagle nor an in signia of high authority, but instead the red cap of Liberty, and the motto, “Death to Kings." As Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, in his young re publican days in France, he had been thus tatooed, never dreaming thaf later he would be called to the throne.—Pennsylvania Grit. A man at a wedding was telling everybody, in a very loud voice, that a good wife was capable of turning this gloomy earth into a joyous heaven. “A good wife can make a verti table angel of a man,” he declared. “You’re quite right there,” a mar ried man exclaimed. “Mine came near making one of me with her first , biscuits.” JAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS DE OLE 'OMAN CLAIM A STITCH IN TIME SAVE NINE BUT E.F SHED 'A TUK A FEW STITCHES IN TIhAE Hit'd 'A .SAVED bESE HE AH BRITCHES h.l Copyright; 1920 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate that of Gehazi, as told in the second Book of Kings, chapter IV. The hu man interest of the story Is thrilling, and readi n '" it v-o ■ —e "re dealing with a man that lived thou sands of years ago. It seems as though wf. . ~,.i . iis.e n. the story of any one of a thousand of Gehazi’s posterity right here in America today. Quite modern and up-to-date seems Gehazi’s action in the case of Naaman, the Sirian captain. The noble-hearted Elisha was oifl fashioned and foolish enough, to do Naa»'”i a wonderfully great favor Wkiiout exacting any fee for his kindness. The old prophet was happy enough in being able to render Naa man the much-needed assistance, an**! he ala not once think of rwxa off.” But tbe thought of the fee ob scured everything else in the eyes of Gehazi. “What an old fool Elisha is,” he said to himself. “I’ll hike out after Naaman and make him come across with the dough.” And he was as good as his word. Catching up with Naaman he managed, by the help of a lie, to get two talents out of him, which he took home and hid in his house. But the money did Gehazi no good. Elisha, learning of his assistant’s action, got mad in the way that thoroughly just men some times do, and the result to the poli tician W’a3 dreadful. It soon became to Gehazi that the most unfortunate hour of his life was the one he spent catch ing up with Naaman and demanding those two talents. It would be a fine thing if all the grafting politicians and lucre-loving “statesmen” could be led seriously to read the fourth chapter of Second Kings. It might induce some of them to cease giving up to self a?-3 party that which was meant « m->n’-ind and for the “general wel fare.” J cause of the tremendous business upheaval which would result from immediate action in the matter. There was no such clause to the nineteenth amendment. SQ. How much radium is there in the world, and what part of this supply is in the United States? A. There is less than two ounces of radium in the world and less than one ounce in the United States. 6Q. What does the name “Kan garoo” mean? A. When Captain Cook discover- , ed Australia, he saw some natives on shore with a dead animal in their possessicn. He sent some sail ors to buy it. When it was brought on board he saw that it was an ani mal with which he was entirely un familiar. He sent the sailors back , to find our the name of the animal. The natives could not understand what they desired to know, so replied in the Australian language—“ Ka ngaroo” meaning in English “I don’t know.” Therefore, the name of this animal means "I don’t know.” 7Q. Can one legally make cider for his own 'se? A. The bureau of internal reve nue says that any person may, with out permit, nd without riving bond, manufacture non-intoxieming cider and fruit 1 ces, and in so doing he may take his apples or fruit to a custom mll and have them made into cider a d fruit juices. After such non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices are made, they must be used exclusively *n the home and when so used, the phrase “non-intoxicat ing” means non-intoxicating in fact and not necessarily less than one half of one per cent of alcohol. 8— Q. How many United States soldiers hal the death sentence by general cotirtmartial inflicted upon them during the late war? A. The war denartment says that ’ there were 35 death sentences in flicted during the world war. All were for murder or kindred offenses, none for purely military offenses. 9 Q How long does it take for the soft spot on a baby’s bea-’ *o disappear? A. There are usually four sv eh spots discernible on the skulT of • . newly born nfant. All but the an terior or great fontanel close with in a few months. This closes about one year after birth, but in some cases persists during the second year. 10 — Q. How many wars are going on in the world at present? A. There are seventeen wars, either in nactlve progress, or that have not been ended by the sign -1 ing of a treaty of peace. POLITICS— Through Woman’s Eyes BY HELEN ROWLAND /Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) , Z •y-x OLITICS,” a nice man tell* • • I—* me, is not/plural, but slngu- 1 lar. Oh. VERY singular! Only a woman, just learning to vote, can appreciate how singu lar! A “Campaign Fund,” for instance, is the money which your OWN party is generously contributing in order to elect the Right President. A “Slush Fund” is the money which the other party is raising in order to elect the Wrong Candidate. “Saving the Country” does not rpean saving it from its enemies, but saving it from the Other Party. Socialism: The deep-seated con viction that no matter how little you may do in this world, nor how much you may be paid for it, you are getting STUNG] Conservative: A man who won’t believe that the airplane is practi cable until he has been hit by one. Radical: A man who won’t admit , that the airplane is practicable, even AFTER he has been hit by one. The Great Political Issue: Each and every party has its own “Great Issue;” and, as they are all talking at once, and none will answer the other, itjs about as enlightening and intelligible as the conversation at »n afternoon Sewing Circle —and al most as spicy; Most campaign platforms, read to a woman, like the average man’s love-letter; awfully sweet and flat tering, but absolutely vague and in definite. The Presidential Chair: The most uncomfortable seat in the Country, next to the Electric Chair. At least, that’s the way Politics looks to a woman! Is “Politics” singular? Thev Are! WANTING ’. ’ r Wild wind, west wind, wind thac sweeps the s’x- Tossing the ragged clouds about 1» a ginsv revelry. My throat has ached to drink your wine for many a winaless day— But I am caged in a cheerful house, and can not get away. Tall trees, pine-trees, that march around the hili. Swaying in a stately dance to the wild wind’s piping shrill. My heart cries ou-t for the joyous days that in your lodge I’ve spent— While my good wife nods by our well-kept fire, nor dreams of my discontent. Swift water, white water, plunging down the Pushing with impatient nanus at t», caging canon walls. There’s a call in my brest to strive once more against your rough waves colod — But my old dog lies on the hearth and sleeps—am I, too, growing old? —Frank E. A. Thone, in the Grin nell Review. I