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,L THURSDAY, JULY 7,1931.
m ' Food Distribution.
af N A recent interview in the New York World,
Senator I.add. of North Dakota, estimates that
11. of the price paid by the consumer for foods, 30
Per cent goes to the men who produce the food,
and "o per cent is absorbed in getting it to them
hat is, in distribution. This ratio is to and includmg
the retail prices.
"In several European countries." the Senator
Jav>, this ratio is reversed. There 70 cents goes to
'former and it costs 30 cents for distribution. Let
IJfhe farmers leed the people and they can reverse
the ratio here. They can make production pay and
at the same time deliver food to your cities much
niore cheaply than the speculators can do it."
? While overinclusive in the use of the word
^speculators," Mr. Ladd has pointed to one of
oi the most important economic problems of
JJhis country farm credits and food distribution.
?A> a fact it is not speculation which is to blame,
i2>ut to a too involved system which merely gives
opportunity to speculation. It is overhandling with
ja profit margin for each transfer and a wasteful
^multiplicity oi agents doing the same thing in the
Ujme area. \\ holesalers are not speculators, nor are
Retailers. The biggest food movements are in grains
$nd cattle with a minimum of actual speculation.
J But '(>e Senator is right in his main contention.
,Any possible legislation, by State or nation, which
JVill "let the farmers feed the people" should be en jacted.
This would be permissive legislation that a
iJarge section of the people may handle their own
business for themselves. One thing there should be
?<n this country, and that is a system of storage
warehouses to be used by farm communities or
;!*>roader agricultural organizations, exactly as are
>?..ie railroads. Whoever operates these should be
forbidden to buy or sell, and a warehouse certishould
be bankable.
* Agriculture should have every possible facility
ffor the shipment of foods directly to what the pro'illixprs
regard at any time as the most desirable
n/r.arket. There should be no need for food brokers.
rfTheir place should be taken by warehouses and
.their profits wholly eliminated. Not only would the
,(Jfarmer then have his larger portion of the ultimate
iJVice. but that price would be materially lower.
"'There is, for instance, something wrong somewhere
*when Georgia and Florida fruits sell at the same
Sprice ;oo and 2,000 miles distant from their place
_ of origin.
May Expect Too Much.
TH1*. enthusiasm of Gen. Dawes is contagious.
His energy and direct methods are captivating.
He appeals at the same time to the imagination
and to the practical business sense of the people.
They have great confidence in him and'like the
way he goes at things, with hammer and tongs.
To the popular vision, this is the American way.
Gen. Dawes is not, however, a worker of
miracles and the people may come to expect more
than is possible This government has certain fixed
charges which cannot be reduced by any executive
agency. Not even Gen. Dawes can lessen the interest
charges, nor the cost of the military and
naval establishments.
The $5,000,000,000 or possibly only $4,000,000,000.
of revenues has to be collected and using the
Utmost economy, this collection will cost a lot, for
years to come. It is a result of the war. So also
is the war risk insurance, the care of disabled soldiers
and reconstruction. The charges which are
fixed, bond interests, the charges of past and future
wars are beyond hi> province.
t These amount to well over go per rent of the
government expenditures, leaving but under the 10
J>er cent in which lie can make savings. In other
words, he has at the maximum between $400,000,000
'and $500,000,000 of expenditures in which to make
savings. This represents the cost of administration.
He u ill save ber every dollar which it is
I>ossiblr to save, but if the people are lead to expect
too much, to cxpect a reduction which will materially
reflect in taxation, they will be disapponited.
It is not lair to him to exaggerate what he. or
anyone can do in this way.
Until there is disarmament to correlate with his
limit of savings, ta\es will stay where they arc.
. Even with all he can save, the soldiers' bonus bill
will put back as much, or more. So may other projmtu
urged by such large numbers of people that
Congress will feel it must grant them at the expense
oi the taxpayers. When such projects arc either
' revenue producing, or trade or production expanding.
it is economy to grant them. But when they
but add cost with no possibility of increasing rev'
enus. they arc but tax eaters.
Any Congress can spend more in new ways, in
a single session, than Gen. Dawes can possibly
save and it is well to remember this. It is well
to know that the financial and economic millennium
, has not come, and that saving may be but an induce;
mcnt to spending, unless the people themselves are
watchful and curb their wants.
I
Peace at Last.
THERE was no perceptible jar when President
Harding signed the Congressional resolution declaring
the United States at peace with Germany
The country did not rock as it did in that fourth
round at Jersey City. There was a sort of feeling
that we had actually been at peace with Germany
fo- some time; that the fight had been over for
'many, many moons, and that we were engaged in
peaceful trade with our former enemies.
It is well to have the record complete. It is well
to have anotiier historic pen in the national family
^awd to know officially and finally that it is not
necessary to regard Germans as enemies or even to
(|jnake faces at them. They are now entitled to the
I
status of friend* and to be so treated so long as
tbey act as friends and take the medicine they gave
themselves.
There was a time "when it was said there could
be no trade with Germany until there was an
official peace. But that has proved a fallacy. The
channels of trade are hard to close; less than prohibition
by blockade is unavailing. Lack of prohibition
is taken as permission. If there are any
needless obstructions still left, they should be removed.
If there are ways of greater promotion,
tbey should be taken, and now that peace is declared
according to a preferred ritual, some way
* 11 doubtless be found to make it as fruitful as
possible in peaceful results.
If Ym Please.
THE HERALD has been glad, through the
Open Court, to give space to the pro and
con of Irish freedom and the Irish question generally.
There does not seem to be much more to be
said on it that is new. We doubt, if to continue it,
will serve any good purpose, either helping or hindering
Ireland, North or South, or Britain.
We have beat fair and impartial, cutting out
only what was rather too personal. We will print
whatever is now in type, but would ask our friends
of Irish blood and British blood of any and all
opinion as to this one subject, to continue to write
to us and through The Herald to the public, but
upon some other subject. The Herald is very
proud of the Open Court, but we do not want it to
further animosities among Americans, a thing we,
as a newspaper policy seek to avoid. The opinions
of all of us, as Americans, are our own but only
as Americans, and as Americans, we must live together
as one family.
A Careless Soliloquy.
THERE probably is not a man who hasn't one,
who does not wonder, as he watches the endless
procession of motor cars, how so many can
pos$ibly stretch their incomes to cover the cost.
Waiting for a street car, he will, maybe, count the
passing motor car procession, give the occupants the
once-over and marvel that there can be so much (
money in the world, and he have so little.
He will probably, catch his street car, hang to a
strap and figure what car owners must do without
that he has, what they must deny their families
that they may ride in the evenings and on holidays.
He does not belittle the advantages and pleasures
of car owning; he holds the balance level, but in the
end gives up the problem.
Just such men will be interested to know that
there is one automobile in use in the United States
for each eleven of the population. A good many
have two cars and some have half a dozen or more.
Not every eleventh individual owns a car. But this
ratio to population is just ten times as great as our
nearest European competitor. Great Britain, where
there is an automobile to each no people. The
nearest to our own record are our Canadian neighbors
with a car to each twenty-one; then New Zealand
with one to fortf-one; and Australia with one
to eixtf-four.
In Europe, France has .one car to each 205 of
its population; Norway, one for 223; Holland, one
for 330; Belgium, one for 576 and Germany, one for
733. The rest trail along behind. So even if the
United Stateser hasn't a car, he has cause for great
satisfaction in living in a country where an auto
ride is a novelty to no one; where his friends have
cars; where there is so sure an index of general
prosperity, and where there is such a broad distribution
of the national wealth with a minimum of
poverty.
Mary landers Are Interested.
THERE are thousands of citizens of Maryland
who are as much interested in lower fares on
the District street railways, as are the people of
the District. These Marylanders use them daily, j
They live in Maryland, but their business or employment
is in Washington. In fact they have
more at interest, as the District line forms a zone
and they pay two fares.
When the Pepco is divorced from the W. R. &
E., and the W. R. & E., purged of its overcapitalization,
is merged with Capital Traction, the fares
will be cut in both zones This will make a very
material saving to these thousands of Marylanders
who are watching the District Committee's action
as eagerly and as critically as arc the voteless people
of the District. They have the advantage of
having the vote.
Lower fares, which is the only issue which concerns
the residents of the District and of Maryland,
will be a boon not only to renters, but to land
owners It will help the value of land. It will act
as a real estate stimulus. It will relieve the walking
distance congestion and will make it less essential
to own a car.
It will, also, be a boon to the downtown merchants.
High street car fares arc held by every
student of city building as an all-around curse. They
restrict the freedom and flow of traffic upon which
rest, in large measure, freedom of trade, freedom
of employment and freedom of residence. Washington
with but a restricted area, must slop over.
It must spread more and more into the neighbor
States. It is best for Washington that this is so,
and nothing can do more to restrict the trade
growth and the general prosperity of the city than
high street car fares.
A Certainty.
THE two bills introduced by Senator Frelinghuysen
to partially regulate the coal business,
may be right, or they may be wrong. We do not
pretend to judge which. They may be right in
theory, but a mistake if put in operation; we do not
krtow. The Senator is not famed, however, as being'a
baiter of big business.
But it is as certain as that day follows day,
that the Republican party wiJJ have to take the
blame if there is a coal shortage this winter, or if
the priees mount. This blame the party cannot
escape. It may not be at fault; it may have acted
wisely in locking up the Frelinghuysen bill and
throwing away the key without doing anything else.
The users of coal may be unreasonable; they certainly
will be, if there is a coal shortage.
There was a time when the people took things
as they came and made little or no fuss. They are
no longer so docile. They look now for the culprit;
if they do not find the real one, they pick a
"goat." It will not matter in effect, in this instance,
which the Republican party in Congress really is,
and in their selection they will have the joyous
support of the Democrats.
So long as neither is politically busy at the
moment, D'Annunzio might persuade Paderewski
to set some of his poetry to music.?Star.
Paderewski does not compose in jazz.
One thing is certain?Chief Justice Taft
will fill the chair.
_ _ V .
KANSAS VISITOR OPPOSES
TOO MUCH THRIFT TEACHING.
h.TV.,be " 'ron? m#- * confirms,
bachelor, who elves his worklni
hour, to promoting commercial en
teniae, to submit pr^"
chance* In our educational proced
ur# for the youth of the counVry
said Addison Johnson, a busines
man from Topeka, Kane., who I
stopping at the Harrington. "Bu
If anyone ! willing to llaten to .ha
I have to aay, why I don't mln
saying what I thlnk-valueless o
valuable as It may be."
whZrvvrr,,f you don-t ?>?
whites of their eyes." encourage
the reporter still reminiscent of th
national celebration.
TOO MUCH THRIFT
TAUGHT I* SCHOOLS.
w,',r"'"^rn/ohn-on as he toye
" K U ot a short rnuatach.
tlLj?"e ?f ,he "">dam?u
things being taught In our school
today Is thrift. From the kinder
garten stage right on through to th
SSom. .?h ?' "" high *.??
diploma that idea of thrift and econ
omy I. preached. 'Ho. much d"
you save this month? How muc
rortt\r "" * aimllar i""
tions are heard repeatedly from thi
smallest prattler to the long-tT.ua
??! L rCady for ">?eje. No>
the avoidance of extravagance i
certainly to be desired, and thi
practice of having something re
served for the proverbial "rainy day
It!"0.' t,?. be condemned, but doe
this insistent inculcation of thrlf
and the resultant power from th.
possession of money produce praise
worthy results In the forming o
character? I am on the fence, so t?
speak. In this matter. I would Illc.
to be convinced that this establishe.
practice is wise and good. Never
theless at present, like the Scotch
man 1 hae ma doots.' which I hai
much rather be rid of.
DKPI.ORES Pt-RNI IT
AKTKR AI.MIUHT1 I>OI.I,AR.
It Isn t pleasant for many of ui
to hear our country described a
entirely commercial and devoted ti
(he pursuit of the dollar alone, ye
|,i.f(ILPt'"i" lhat ,his m?n?>-ltettini
Instinct Is fostered more carefull1
than any other, or at least it pro
duces more visible results than th
other sides of our nature to whlcl
ar. appeal may be made. Conse
quently, we are getting more an<
more commercial and rely more am
mi re upon the power of money fo
our place among the nations. Thi
aim of the average American youtl
is to be rich In the most materia
way. The amount of his prospec
tive success Is determined for hln
by the number of thousands or mil
lions he may acquire. This one ain
Is so over-powering that if he ha<
heard in the earlier days any 'still
small voices" speaking to othei
sides of his nature, they would sooi
be stifled by the pursuit of thi
powerful dollar. The early and con
tinual stressing In our schools o
this side of our life causes some
what. I believe, this distorted idei
and unsound valuation of the chle
aims of living, which aims, unfor
tunately, are becoming more dis
torted and more unsound."
"Have you any constructive critl
cism to offer?" Mr. Johnson wa:
asked.
RELIEVE*! HABITS OF THRIFT
SHOl'LD BE MODERATED.
As I said in the beginning," re
plied Johnson, "I feel incompeten
and Inexperienced to submit pro
posed changes in our school cur
rlculum. I do feel, however, tha
this is a field where the promoter!
of educational methods and solver
of educational problems might giv,
some consideration It seems to mi
that habits of thrift, to a moderati
degree might be sought, but if thi
other phases of life were presentti
in a well-balanced perspective then
would be small need for the system
atic teaching of this phase. At an'
rate something should be done t!
counteract this ever-Increasing ten
dency to regard the possession o
money the supreme aim of life T<
paraphrase St. Paul, one might wel
say. 'Money! Money! all is money."
"Thrift, efficiency and pep." con
tinned Johnson, after a brief pause
"are three dangerous words if bu
that must be another story." hi
continued as he looked at his watch
G. N. E.
Horc scope
^Uie&arS Indicate
THURSDAY, July 7, 1931.
This is a Tairly lucky day. Man'
good Influences prevail, but noni
of them is strong. Mara. Jupiter
the Sun, Mars and Mercury are ai
in benefic aspect.
All who push constructive worl
of any sort should benefit unde
this planetary government, whicl
imparts force and foresight. whil?
it stimulates all the energies.
Judges and men of large affair
in the business world should prof!
much while this configuration nre
vails. K
Bankers will seek to dictate poll
cies in government as well as busi
ness in the next few months it ii
SK1, and they wi" meet
This day should be auspl -lous foi
wll|WK? ?,ek <,. ploymrnt- but ther,
*1" be more idle persons than va
cant positions at midsummer
?he '<? ?*??? seem to Indicat,
that farmers will have unn.n.
problems to meet within the nex
few weeks, but they will accom
Plish much through co-operation
Scientific methods will be adopt<-d
more and more by all lines 01
business, and all branches of wag.
earning, the seers declare and
culturists will benefit greatly ffo?
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The Czech Situation. ,
^ To the Kditor, The W'Mhinjtou Herald'
, ! In the Weekly Review of June
f j 26. under the heading "What the I
. I World Is Doing" is a paragraph
. : about the relations between Poland :
j and Czecho-Slovakia.
- I The quotations correct, and 1 do
s not Intend to ask you to amend or
j change it. but I do wish to call your
! attention to the tact that the whole
"farce" with the so-called "Slovak j
. 1 National Council" in Poland is difl,
ferent from what is shown by the I
_ propaganda bureau's message to the ^
- American press. The facta are:
t' When the Magyars in Budapest
9 saw that their propaganda in Slo9
vakia did not succeed, they sent
s! some of their agents to Poland to
! j work from "Slavic lands" by means
s 1 of using some of the Polish ultrai
I patriots to stir the Slovaks against
Mthe Ciechs. thus bringing home afs
fairs in Slovakia to a chaotic state
'and then getting as much of the
t! territory as possible. In order to
'ihave some representation, these
" | agents "organised" the so - called
f! "Slovak National Council." com'
\ posed of two men of Slovak origin
11 who are now in the pay of Buda- .
i pest. They have no followers in
" Slovakia. Living in the Sileslan at'
mosphere, one of the council, named
i linger, made a proclamation which
p {was sent all over the world by the
'! Universal Press Servil*. from whlcn
lit was thought "someihing" truly
| had happened. But nothing had
: happened In Slovakia. On the conI
trary. the Polish government has
^ assured the Cjsecho-Slovak ministry
11 of foreign affairs that it will not
j tolerate the misusing of the right i
!! of asylum on Polish soil by any of
i'HorthVs agents who were misusing
i the Polish-Slavic sentiment for "lib- <
ijeratlng" the Slovaks
<i The New Tork office of the Unlive
rsal Press Service received from
I the Csecho-Slovak Press Bureau,
i i through the Csecho-Slovak gen'
eral consulate in Neiv Tork city.
I the following cab!' from Prague:
"PRAGUE. June '?:! <?y t"?!
blcgram to the Csecho-Slovak Press
1 Bureau).?"The reports recently
circulated in the American press
r stating that there has been an upe
rising .n Slovakia are absolutely
'.i without any ground. Nothing of
lithe kind occurred there?the conI
ditions neing absolutely normal and
i i quiet. The report was circulated
r from Warsaw by a Magyar agent
? named Unger. The action of seve
eraf agents working against the
Csecho-Siovak republic is condemn?
ed bv all political parties in Slot
vakia and the Polish government
- has issued a statement that It will
not tolerate any political aaven
turers on its territory.'
In this way an insignlflcent pams
phlet published in the Polish part I
1 of Teshen was played up Into a
"Declaration of Independence."
r about which. In the concerned Slob
vakia. no man wishes to know any
thing. This shows how the unscrupulous
propaganda from Buda'
nest Is working against the Cxecho1
Slovak Republic
t Respectfullv yours.
MILAN GETTING.
Director. i
For the Czecho-Slovak Press Buf
reau.
? July 5. 1921. I
The Spirit of '76.
t To the Editor. Th?* W??htaftoo Hertld:
Perhaps your readers will be Interested
to know that "The Spirit j
of *76," Illustrated in your issue of
i July 4, and exhibited at the Cen- ,
i tennial at Philadelphia. 1876, wis
I purchased by Jajjies John Howard |
Gregory, a public spirited gentleman j
i of Marblehead. Mass . with whom 1
was associated in business many
l years ago, and was presented to his
native town of Marblehead. The
I tamous painting now hangs In the
town hall ("Abbott Hall") of MarI
blehead and can be seen by any of 1
I your readers who may have occasion
to visit the old town, ,now a
f popular seaside resort.
At the time of the Revolutionary
t war, Marblehead had about the
om? nLuthat it ha* now Y
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(some 8.000). and furnished a full
regiment of a thousand men for
Gen. Washington s army. Washington's
"Crossing the Denaware" for
the battle of Trenton was greatly
assisted, if not entirely made possible.
by Marblehead boatmen.
The famous sea fight between the
American ship Chesapeake and the
British trigate Shannon in the mar
of 1812. and in which the gallant
Lawrence, commanding the Chesapeake.
was defeated, notwithstanding
his dying command. "Don't give
up the ship." took place about three
miles off Marblehead and was witnessed
from the town through many
spy glasses and otherwise, as was
told me years ago by an old gentleman.
the father of Jamen J. H.
Gregory and who. as a young man.
was himself one of the witnesses
of the tragic fight.
HENRY CALVER.
Attack on Vanderlip.
To the Editor. Tl>e Washington Herald:
Washington D. Vanderlip says that
he is going to flood this country
with "the truth about Russia," as
relates to trade of course He says
Secretaries Hughes and Hoover have
been misinformed. He ought to be
himself informed that the American
people want none of him.
Secretary Hughes announced some
time ago that this country wanted
to hear nothing further from the
Soviets until they had released some
100 innocent prisoners now undergoing
barbarous treatment in Moscow
prisons. Humanity, patriotism
and principle all demand that the
NewYprkCi^
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NEW YORK. July 'The Long
Island house party season is on.
The porch comedians in their white
flannels and open at the throat
shirts have their annual opportunity
to exchange free meals of repartee.
From Friday to Monday they make
the rounds. When they call they expect
food and lodging and whatever
drinks are on tap.
At midnight they don their bathing
togs and tumble off the verandas
Into the ocean and Jap servants
serve cocktails to bathers
from frosted shakers. Then withou.
dressing they pile into waiting
motors and joy ride over the ribbon
like roads. Sun up is bed time
and breakfast gongs sound at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
Sedulous matrons have their little
riirtations with boys with the patent
leather hair and mustaches as
cute as a cat's purr. All the talk
is sketchy- and punctuated with
smart sayings and reputations are
torn to tatters. The scandals of
the studios and the stage are aired
and improved upon.
The wine of life has a bead?until
a day after and then there is
a rush far bromo and aspirin. No
celebrated divorce In New York Is
complete without a close-up of a
Long Island house party. Somehow
or other the errlnr wife or husband
starts the marital smash-up at
one of these affairs. The season
is an El JDorado for divorce
lawyers.
The other week I visited a man
who Is interested In moving pictures.
He goes to Long Island for
a rest and has no interest In the
r?st life of the ray set. About
dusk a party of eight dropped lii
,e host politely served refreshments
and the crowd- stayed on.
Some one told the host half-Jokingly
that had not Invited the
party to dinner. "That Isn't the
ialf of it." he replied and there
n"" i r^T
mrinui. mv r, in. *
rLA,B or naonuc ugbt
UY * *A?0?A.I. Till |Mlll
A dimming of electric licku ?>
BWt at S o'clock u ft ** *' thI
time algnal u being urged as %
measure that will distribute <m
correct tlae regularly to all Who
ir* within sight Of an electric light.
Io the same way that the conventional
time ball la dropped down tho
staff at noon and clocks by telegraph
ic and radio signals from tb?
Naval Obaervatory In Washington
ft la suggested that power plants I
regularly flaah the correct time
dally over their electrical system.
Thla idea la actually working la
Uruguay, according to James H
Collina, who explains the idea la
the current laaue of the Jeweler.*
Circular in that country, the
liflita are dimmed for ahout one
econd at I p. m
"Electrical engineers aay that the
Idea might be applied lmmedlat.ly
in many small communities where
the amount of electric current will
not call for great lowering of Tolt?*e
to comunicate the flash." declares
Mr. Collina. "In the larrer
ities. where immenac power loai's
lr* also carried on circuits that
furnish lighting current, the technical
difficulties may be grest."
A national electrical time signal
would call attention to the inaccuracies
of the clocks and watches in
the average community, which vtr>
live minutes at the Uaat. It is declared.
The housewife would have a reliable
source of time, and that old
Joke of "waiting for a woman" may
have to be aent to the land where
most of the pre prohibition )ok?s
>*ave *one If every woman can set ]
tier wrist watch by electric light.
Jewelers are interested In the movement
because it fits Into the ideals
?f th- recently organised Horologleal
Institute of America.
DAVPVKS* IMPORT* IT P*
KKEPHC DRIER VE0ETABLE9
Dampness has a very Important
effect on how well raw-dried vegetables
will keep. Dr H C Gore and
O. E. Mangels of the Bureau of
Chemistry of the Department of
Agriculture have found. If the
dampness Is permitted to remain.
there is a loss of color which makes
such articles of food unsightly and
unpalatable as well.
The simplest and one of the best
ways of drying many kinds of vegr
tables Is to wash, trim and cut them
finely and then dry them in a current
of warm air. Carrots, onions I
turnips, tomatoes, celery, parsnips. I
and carrots yield excellent products I
when prepared in this way. Th. I
problem Is to preaerve the flavor ant I
color of the tissues during storage I
at the ordinary temperatures. In
the current number of the Journal I
of Industrial and Englneerinc I
Chemistry these chemists say that I
unless sliced carrota. for instance J
are dried thoroughly they noon los
their brilliant bus and distinctly I
taste. I
"Turnips, cabbages and onions I
similarly dried" they state slowly I
darken, if left at room temperatures. I
becoming finally as dark as tohacr I
and at the aame time suffer serious
losses in flavor. Sptnach fades and I
acquires a hay like flavor, unless I
dried very thoroughly and kept in
air-tight containers If the product* I
have been cooked before drving. tbi
deterioration is less rapid but none
the less certain. Micro-organisms I
cannot be concerned in this deter I
oration. I era use the moisture eon I
tent is almost Invariably well belov I
that at which veaats. molds and bat - I
terla will grow." B
The investigators And that the I
less moisture dehydrated vegetahii I
contain the better they will keep in I
air-tight containers at ordinary n-m I
peratures. I
"Carrot* of 11 11 per cent mots- I
lure content faded distinctly durm. I
sixty-elchi days atorage." thev d' w
rlare. "w hile carrots of 7 J? P, , J
moisture kept well for this per
Turnips of II.Ki per cent mois lure I
intent browned distinctly and 4t I
t-eioped a pe< ullar turnip-like od?
m ?hirt>-thrfr lay*, whll* turnM
Jried to 5.00 per rent moisture had J
not rhinfM in eighty day*. The ^
same general fart* were noted In I
rase of the umpleo of onions. I
spinach and cabbage " I
"The moisture rontent of dehyd- I
rated ra* VffM? m found'tn I
be a factor of eonsiderable impor I
tanoe for successful storage fn air- I
tirht containers In ordinary tern
peratures. m
"Initial moisture contents at and
below which the distinctive color
and flavor are well retained for six
month# or more are a* follows: r?r. I
rot* 4M to 7 3* per rent |?nilpa I
5.00 per cent: onions. 5 74 to 6.M per fl
cent; spinach. :? s| to 3* par rent
c*bb**e. 3 00 to 3.24 per cent.- I
Hit. RROOkft I.KAVRK I
UEATHER B( KRAI TO TEACH I
I~?r Charles F. Brooks, meteoro- I
loafs! U. S. Weather Rur^au. and I
editor of the Monthlx Weather H
view, has resigned fo arcept an as- I
sociate professorship in meteorology I
and r'lmatoio(fV Bt cjark Uslmvltf, H
Wonester. Mass. Mr is not lertur- H
inc in the sumer school there I
Professor A. J Henry ha* been H
appointed editor of the Monthly H
Weather Review to succeed Pr
r rooks Mr C. URoy MeistnaerM
will continue ss Assistant editor^H
*nd Mr. Herbert Lyman a? editorial
assistant.
TJie Monthly Weather review is^B
the official publication of the L". S^H
Weather Bureau
w. n.
court will decide i
doughnuts sr/tr^si
KKW TORK. July Hear Te* I
The Honorable Justire Kinch of the
Supreme Court of the State of Ve?r H
I <-rk will, at 2 o'clock In the afte-- H
loon of Thursday. July 7. at the 0u- H
?reme Court Chambers, then and H
here, decide whether a douffhnut Is H
saked. boiled or fried.
Counsel will be ftven opportunity
>efore thata time to flle briefs #up>ortin?
their claim* ss to the offi- H
ial status of the doughnut.
Adolph Levitt and Louis Kabaker^B
lave a douirhnut kettle In the frontal
vindow of their restaurar ? Jacoa^H
?nd John Keeaer claim this la la^J
violation of an agreement that tbe^H
lefendants would not ensragre in thr^H
>akinc business within ten blorks^l
?f them Levitt snd K?b*ker rlsln^H
he :ooking of douphnuta is not^l
>ak ir.g.
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rheF^ral^
American people turn a deaf ear to,
Mr. Yanderlip, Senator Franco and:
l Envoy Kraasin until the* some 100
I American prisoners are passed over ]
I the border, and if they are not (
panned over bombardment ought to .
i be passed over to all Russian port* '
Mrs. Harriaon ii my niece ano I ' ,
have evory reason, to believe that |,
' she is at this minute undergoing ,
dungeon or other torture in the Mos1
cow prison in company with Capt ,
; Kilpatrick. Reports had it the .
1 other day that half a dosen Eng.
! lish subjects w? re suddenly Im- J
| periled in a foreign land snd that
, a word from sn English warship
secured their hasty release.
There we have it! i
FRANCIS B. LIVESET. H
West Friendship. Md
BAND CONCERT.
At McMillan Park, tonight, at 5 '
i p. m. bv the 1* S. Marine Band
! Taylor Branson. 2d. leada*.
Program.
I I. March? Harding'' Assolina ;
2. Overture?"Ruy Bias"
Mendelssohn |
13. Novellette?"A Garden Dance" !,
Vargas
j 4# suite?"Silhouettes" Hadley ;
a. Spanish. Moderate.
b French. Moderate maestoso. I
c. Italian. Allegro c?n fuoco. I,
d. American. Allegro. !<
',5. Idyll?"The Shepherd Boy" <
Wilson h
i . Characteristic?'"Retreat of the
Tartars" Sellenick <
J 7. Grand Scenes from "The Tales 11
of Hoffmann" Offenbackl,
I "The Star Spangled Banner." ||
NTYRB' * I \y-J
I. a stern not. of determination ,
i In his voice. "It Is perhaps well '
j to speak plain. Tou are not so- |
ing to make a roadside inn of my
| house this summer. I never expect i
to invite you to dinner. In fact. 11
| .lidn't ask you today, but I have 1
tried to be hospitable. I think it j
j is time to ico now. I have tele*
; phoned for your car."
And they trooped out?not even (i
ashamed. -They'll be back" he told \
j me. "It is impossible to insult
1 tnem?whet do they care for an in- J
suit when there are food and drinks
to be cadged. It is all a mere poI
lite form of beggery."
There are Indications that mini 1
! apartment house proprietors ha\c
lost heart in the matter of keeping
up rents. They are sending out
letters soliciting business whereas
they dodged tenants last year They
also infer?in the delicate verbiage
of their calling?that special in- I
1 ducements will be made to prosper'
tive tenants if they sign up now i
| In other words they fear they are
going to have empty apartments.
One caae indicative of the downward
trend came under my notice i
An apartmen' a friend rented last i
year for ?S.0S0 was secured for neat i
year at 13.$$?. I
It requires unceaaing patience and ,
deathless fortitude to write for the ,
magazines. An editor told me the
other day of a college bred man. (
who knew the technique of story (
telling, but Who had written 56S (
stories without a single acceptance
or even a pergonal note of encour- (
agement. And yet he Is not going
to give It up. "Some day.' the
editor said, "he will land. In the
meantime his rejected manuacripts
have furnished the groundwork f<*r
true literary success." I never
thought of looking at a rejected ?
manuscript In such a Pollyana-ltke
fashion. 1
