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f ^Twyrf, PAGE SIX mm. n' rAXATION AND KINDRED MAT. TERS MAY PRECEDE GEN- ERAL. TARIFF BILL. WANT EXEMPTION RAISED Early Attempt Expected to Raise Ex emption Limit* for Persons of Small IncomesFinancial Subjects Always Mean Long Debates.- 1 By EDWARD B. CLARK. Washington. President Harding, following his legislative conference svith Republican leaders in house and senate, seems to have agreed with the majority of them that the financial problems of government, taxation and jther kindred matters possibly may save to be given priority at the ex* :ra session over a general tariff bill. Tills would mean probably that cus toms legislation may not be given consideration until congress has been In session for some weeks except, of course, the so-called farmers' emer gency tariff. If one should attempt to write of all. the financial problems which con front the government he would need paper enough to threaten the life of existing spruce forests. "Their name Is legion" falls as a bromidlc proverb of comparison in this particular case. When one uses the word "taxes," however, he puts a labeled blanket over the whole field. Ordinarily finance |s a subject de void of lights. It is a gloomy thing, oppressive to the spirits of men, and !et there are certain things which give one feature of the present tax situa tion a broad interest and throws a light on the desires of the multitude of the people of the United States. One has only to enter the office of a member of congress and. to make the proper inquiry, to learn,# that appar ently hundreds of thousands of Amer ican citizens of moderate means are wondering if there Is not some way to remove from the field of the in come tax levy the earners of small salaries and small wages. There seems to be a general belief through out the United States that the income tax Is a perfectly. proper method of raising money because It hits nearly all people alike, and yet the appeal constantly Is that the lower limits of exemption shall be raised so that mar ried men may have more than $2,000 exempted and that single men and women can have the exemption of $1,000 raised to what one of them has called the sanity point. May Raise Exemption. From what one hears here It seems possible and perhaps probable thi\t an attempt will be mode in congress :o raise the exemption limits for per sons of small incomes. As things ar today a young1 man or a young womae making $1,200 a year must pay an in come tax. Perhaps It is not fair In Judge from Washington rentals what rentals are In other part3 of the country, but In :his town for a well-lighted, decently appointed apartment of two rooms, A so-called kitchenette and a hath, one must pay $1,500 a year. Washington legislators know appar ently that the high cost of living, coupled with taxes, Is decreasing the size of the American family. They also know that the high cost of nouses is driving people Into the flats when they can afford to move Into lints. There are salaried people In the city of Washington today living In one room who.ten years ago wilh their present incomes would have been Hying in comfortable houses or In six-room, steam-heated flats. This is Washington and what ob tains here may not obtain elsewhere, but the fact that the situation Is as it is In this city may have its effect on congress which has to live here for a large part of the year. The In come tax problem, so far as It, affects small Wage earners Is a perplexing one to congress. It Is possible, Just possible, that congress In the early days of the e*tra session wjll give consideration to the matter of raising the exemption limit on small salaries. Never Agree on Finance* The minute that congress gets into a discussion of finance that minute hope passes that they- will get through, with the subject before the hot weath er descends on this town. Finance Is something on which men have dis agreed ever since the days when the savages used wampum or crocodile teeth ns mediums of exchange. When the Aldrlch-Vreeland current cy refornj measure was In the keeping of the committees of congress, and hearings were in progress, bankers from all over the United States were brought here to give tlieln opinions on the subject in bond. Half of the bankers said "black" and the other half said "white." In other words, they were divided Into two camps, one of which said that certain legis lation would bring ruin, while the other half said It would bring pros perity. What were the poor legisla tors to do? As It happened the finan cial legislation which was passed seemed to meet with the general ap proval of the country. It formed later, in part the basis the federal re serve system, hut, as someone has said, it possibly was chance that caused the legislators to hit on the right scheme. gubBcrlbe tor The Dally Pioneer. WOMftr lrf^OPlT BUSINESS Makes Fair Income by Depriving Beef of Their Stingy for Sale to Druagiftts. ._ '''H A correspondent of the Boston Her* aid tells of a woman beekeeper in Aubun*, Maine, who for more than a quarter of a century has derived a good income, not from marketing the honey, but from selling the stings. Manufacturing druggists buy them, for each sting contains an infinitesi mal quantity of formic acid, which druggists extract and sell. When the woman begins the day's work she lights a peculiar lamp, which throws off a dense smoke. That stupe fies the bees, and she collects in a box as many as she thinks she will heed for the day. She works in her dining room with all tne curtains drawn ex cept the one. at the window before1' which she sits. Firmly fixed in front' of her is a high-powered magnifying glass. She opens the box, gives It a shake, and the bees come,out The light of the window in froh|' of her attracts them, and they swarm^ol' it. She reaches out with her left band, plucks a bee from the window and, holding It under the glass, takes a small pair of tweezers in. her right hand ahd draws the sting^ She drops'the sting Into a'cup of sugar of milk in order to preserve it, Then she kills the bee by dropping it Into a cup of soapsuds, for a stlngless bee is of no worth in the world. The stings are shipped in glass bottles, that hold five hundred each. The woman keeps count of the stings that she draws each day. On. the average she daily 'draws about n{pe hundred. The greatest number she ever drew }n one dayUScfifteen hun dred. Once she toote tfee^stiags from one thousand bees in three-sours. Institution of the City of London, Cen turies Old, Has Been Offered for Sale, '*T A solid piece of history is for sale,' announces the London Times. It la the site in Thames street, next to Cannonstreet station, of the City of London Brewery, known since the*f days of Queen Elizabeth as the only brewery in the city, of London. The date of the foundation, of the brewery Is so remote that it is difficult, to fix the year. There are proofs in various? ancient documents and archives of the brewery that It was flourishing in ld80. Stow mentions It The Calverts, a family of brewers celebrated in the annals of the trade for thet of their porter, were the4 4f csss W.glif OLD BREWERY ON MARKET quality mos notable men who brewed beer with Thames water on that sj^e. In 1760, Sir W% Ham Caiveirt was the fourth brewer In London, and Calvert and Seward, of Whltecross street, were the first, the former brewing 51,785 barrels, and the latter 74,704 barrels In that-year. Lit tle of the 014 buildings remain save an old mill loft and a part of the wall of the Watermen's hall, which had been burnt down In the fire of London in 1666, rebutyt on the site of the Allballowes churchy and after ward incorporated w||l) Calverts. A the end of the eigtbepntb, century im portant additions and alterations were made and some of th,ft w^lls of the present buildings da|| fr^njj 1772. Dresses Made of Pope. Soon women will be abje to dress themselves entirely In yjfcrnlsh-and. with perfect propriety} The varnlsb is opaque and becomes Clear as glass if rolled into a thin film but it is still varnish, for all that. This new dress material, In its liquid days, was called "done," and was used to protect air plane wings from fire and water.' Now it is being spun and woven for wom en's dresses. The only} dilHrence be tween a film of dope,-a-sheet of this magical varnish, and spakei* of "silk,". Is that the first is, laid con with, a brush, the, secondnpreasedt out on a plate, and the third forced through a tiny hole. This material can be-used for practically any article of wearing apparel. The articles so made can not be spoiled by water, and are also completely fireproof. Dyes of all shades are readily absorbed and, retained, and the material washes beautifully.- Gas: Warfare on Rata, The chemical warfare service has recently demonstrated that rats can be killed with poison gas. A mixture containing 80 pr cent of phosgene and 70- of chlorine wa* used. This was allowed to escape over an area of 900 square feet. "^Fifteen rats were on the area, and'tiJgy all died from the effect of the deadly poisonous gases. They were killed at a cost of 40 cents. Within 15 minutes the phos gene had dissipated, while the chlor ine gas required 30 minutes to diffuse beyond tbe danger point In view of the njUllo^ ot, dollars* loss caused yearly by these pests, any means of destroying them is welcome. Airmen Find Volcanic Crater. Discovery of a hugfe volcanic crater surrounded by a great lava lake, in the Mojave desert, bas, been made by D. D. France and John Q. Montljo, aviators and pilots of the plane known as the Desert Rat Flying over the wastes of the desert the two air men, mapping a region little knowA to man, sighted the huge crater not far from Lavic. Although the dry lava lake is shown on maps of the desert the fact that a volcanic crater existed In the region was unknown until th airmen reported their find on thel/ return.Los Angeles Express. Jubacrlbe for Tne Datty TPI&beer. MILK PRODUCED FOR MARKET Monthly Reports Show Wide Variation Through YearCost In Winter la Nig* AY_7^ (Prepared by the United States Depart* meat of Agriculture) In winter the cost of feed, bedding and pasture amounts to 80 per cent of the yearly cost of producing milk in a typical Vermont dairy section, while In summer It amounts to 15-0 per cent specialists of the United States De partment of Agriculture found as a result of a study covering two years In a section of that state where milk was produced for market The report of this study is now published in De partment Bulletin 923, "Unit Require ments for Producing Milk in Vermont." While the figures obtained'show the requirements of producing milk In that particular section, and may be approx imate ot the requirements In similar sections, the specialists point oat that they .do not apply to dairy sections where other conditions and methods of management prevail. It was found that S1.1 pounds of concentrates were required to produce 100 pounds of milk in winter, while to produce the same amount in summer only 8.7 pounds were necessary. Cither requirements for producing* this amount of milk In winter were Haul ing and grinding concentrates, 2 cents dry roughage, 129.9 pounds silage and other succulent roughage, 191.3 pounds bedding, 11.2 pounds man labor, 2.7 hours horse labor, 0.6 hour other costs, 55.5 cents. In summer the unit requirements for producing 100 pounds of milk other than concentrates: were: Hauling and grinding concentrates 0.5 of a cent dry roughage, 18.7 pounds silage and Other succulent roughage, 27.8 pounds pasture. 0.1 of an acre man labor, 2 Karni-Grown Roughages Furnish the Cheapest Food Nutrient*Increase Milk Production by Giving the Right Kind of Feed and Proper Attention ova. mmmm r,- ."i\-5T other hours horse labor, 0.4 hour costs, 42.5, cents. In, one year it was feond that 1,030 pounds of concentrates were required to keep a cow. Other requirements were: Hauling and grinding concen trates, 61 cents dry roughage, 3,600 pounds silage and' other succulent roughage, 5,307 pounds bedding, 263 pounds pasture, 3 acres man.1 labor 128 hours horse labor, 24.1 hours other costs, covering interest taxes and similar items on the dairy's share of buildings and equipment, but not including nuwmgemeht, $25.36. It was determined that the dairy's share of the total investment in buildings, equipment and herd amounted annual ly to 11.5 per cent of the total inven tory value. Copies of this bulletin may be ob tained from the division of publica tions, United States' Department Agriculture, Washington. "China's Great"Holiday. The first week in March brings a great holiday throughout China, when the anniversary of the-'discovery-' of silk is celebrated with elaborate cerer monies, this year being, according to the Chinese, the 451st anniversary Of the discovery of silk by Empress Si Ung-cbl. A Ferry Tale. A Revere resident on his way home had just crossed/tive gang plank when he espied a sizeable roll of bills, tin der one of the seats. Stooping and picking it up, he murmured: -'yj my good ferry has arrived at last" -Boston Transcript. Benefits of Silage. Silage keeps the cattle In good phy sical condition. The ha'r Is always oJUy and velvety, the hide is loose-and pliable. The acids and juices of en silage, aid digestion. Balanced Ration Essentia}. It is just* as essential for the dairy cow to be fed a liberal well-balanced ratlsnf as/Jt is. tor. Uie. workinjgTlnan to get a good meal of well selected food. Duck-Laying Season. The duck-laying season generally ends with" tH.la.3t of August. hf.-iil reikis $ THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER FEAR LOSS OF ELK HERDS Animals In Yellowstone Park Are Rap Idly Dltapftearing, According to i Official Reports. Officials of the United States, De partment of Agriculture are alarmed over, the* threatened extermination of the Elk herd In Yellowstone park. On the ranges of tbe parlf, where. ordi narily thousands of these animals could be seen^ only a very few have been observed this winter. Several theories have been offered to account Cor the mgr^ed. shrinkage in the herd. Among these is the probability that the majority died from natural causes or had been killed during the last year.* Another is that the open fall and winter caused the elk to remain in hiding in some retreat deep in the mountains and in the higher and more Inaccessible portions of the park. Open falls in the past, however, have not caused the elk to abandon their aflual customs, and habits. That there has been an alarming shrinkage in.the: Yellowstone herd dur ing the last f|ve years Is an estab lished fact according to figures sup plied by the Department of Agricul ture. In 1914 it was estimated at about ?5,0P0^ in 1917, lf,S0Q were counted, and, if the figures for the present year, estimated, by those close in touch with the situation, are true, there remains much less than half-this number. In 1919, 3,300 head were killed in the Yellowstone band, the su pervisor of the Absaroka national forest repofta,. The Department of Agriculture points out that no herd of wild ani mals can' sustain an annual shrink age In numbers for any length of time and not face complete extermination within a few years. DENIES WOMAN IS MYSTERY Man la Piuallhg Himself for Nothing, Is Assertion Made by Writer ,-"/-ft G*nM? 8* i-^K:.'''. After declaring to the reporters who met him In New York that the women of today ca*e "for nothing bur navlng a good time aid have assumed an atti tude of pagan enjoyment the English essayist Gilbert K. Chesterton, is re ported as moving majestically along the pier shaking bands with the cus tom officers and leaving Mrs. Ghestelr ton to see about the baggage. "My wife understands these things I don't," he said, with a sweep of his stick. It is evidenfcifrom the report that, although wontsA may have changed much since before, the war, as Mr." Chesterton sfiya, some of the oldtime masculine attitude toward them re mains, May Stranathan writes In the Pittsburgh Dispatch.' In further proof of this, the Bngllshroan goes on to speak In thejisame old prewar way about thet psychologytof women, using the familiar weeds, "I speak reverent ly as ot a mystery, for a man never knows what a:-woman will do," and then he tells how she will act under certain circumstances. The mystery about It Is not in the psychology of Woman, but in the fact that having supposed that a woman would'act in ifte way most '.natural'to an .humanity/joe *hinks It is mysterl ous because a woman does It He describes a man as likely to act the same way under similar circum stances, but does', not see any mys tery to the masculine'point of view,, Rather the Contrary. Carried away by the beauty of the heroine on the screen, he murmured, unconsciously, "Isn't she lovely!" "Every time you see a pretty girl you forget you're married," snapped his better half. "You're wrong, my dear nothing brings home the, fact with so much forced _, Making of a Language. That the slang and idioms of today wtyl be correvt English tomorrow i? the opinion of Prof. H. Cflicksman of the English department University of Wisconsin. VOur language is made up of what was once slang, idiom, col loquialism and jargon," he said lately, and warned that the. only deplorable feature about slartg was Its tendency to produce mental" slovenliness. Pro fessor Gllcfcsinari then referred the word umobv' as'suin of 200 yearo ago and as such denounced in the "Spec tator" by Addison. "It is an abbrevi ation. of ^tjjie wordvital 'mobile.' Even so the^word ^ep': is5 and vlrli and will' survive witlr the word 'snappy.' Bqt to gain, recftgnltlon slanjjl must be free from vulgarity and cheapness," said Professor Gllcksman. Justice to the Bedbug. Many times the bedbug has been accused of tranauitting disease, bu,t the Investigatio* scientist of the United States ppbllc health service says the bug apparently baa been charged "wltb wrongdoing when not guilty, as the nest has no w,ay save thp.Jinouth bvwJMch to cart* gertos and is too busy eating to make mouth germs of any s^ecfftl "danger, how ever, the flea, louse and mosquito have beeh convicted of being disease car riers, J, Ji^,^ L/mph for Infectious Fevers, Dr. Artault de Vevey told the So ciete de Therapeu.U?e 'P***C.*-' ftHiMrtaftjiiMYT ii i -5 ^Jfiy^ a recent meeting that he bad had great success, in treating, nearly a thousand cases of InfecttOtas diseases,: suea ia\ Influenza and puerperal fever by in jecting the patient with his own lymph drawn from a blister. He had also succeeded with it in rheumatism, cholera, facial neuralgia, appendicitis and other sacfr \roabtq^ -J8lfai)^&rS$&exJa&l \r-Jz$$l mmmm OUSEWIVBS ^ind young girls will be in terested in the free lectures, given under the auspjees of the Corn Products Refin ing Company, in the Assembly room oi the .Civic and Commerce Association rooms. These lec tures will be: The hours will be from 2 to* 4 p. m., and this lecture wilt end the series of classes. Attend as many as you possibly canthey are given free of all charge and' you cannot fail to. profit. Women's Clubs, Teachers' Or ganizations, and. high school domestic .'science classes es pecially invited. Cook Book, wonderfully illustrated (64 pages), will be sent to those attending. Buy Mazola From Your Grocer^He Refunds "'j&Ze^.'z'.lL'' ,f* ii\""ii -*k'*.iiltta^ ^iA^$5^^&t%rr-is* "& ll,^ I Jiju(lnii.i'-i- jiiii#'!ji'iii!iii*p. given by Miss Tyner, a graduate of the Domestic Science School of[Chicago and Ui|i versfty of Columbia^-ii" ''':-^^?MW^^M$l$ During this course Miss Tyner will prove, by actual demonstration, all the wonderful things that you haye been reading about Mazola as a salad and cooking fat. Bring pad and pencil and take notes during the lecture* ^^s^i There will be lectures on the clean method of cookirig meat, demonstrations on pie, pastry and bread-making, also on the preparation of French, Mayonnaise, Hollandaise and* other ap petizing saiad dressings. How you can 1-. l^f^ :/*mk: Cooking School ofinterest and importance to every,woman who waits to learn the best /and latest cooring methods 1 ft*. AT CIVIC AND COMMERCE ASSOCIATION ROOMS IF YOU WANT TO RENT. BUY. SELL OR TRADE. 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