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TRUST NOT SMASHED
Washington.—Two years ago At
torney General Palmer announced
that he had smashed the meat trust—
or, rather, that the meat trust agreed
to dissolve by signing a pledge that it
would release control of related pro
ducts, such as groceries, etc.
Now it is found that the packers
have not fulfilled their agreement and
they are trying to have the agreement
modified.
It is charged that a far west fruit
growers' associations, which is urg
ing a modification, is controlled by the
packers.
The agreement has also resulted in
permitting the packers to escape
prosecution under the Sherman anti
trust law, as charged by the federal
trade commission two years ago.
The offenses are now outlawed under
the statutes of limitation.
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Famous Scientists Declare that Tremendous Advance
ments of the Future Will Come From
the Chemical Laboratory
(Told In Eight Sketches)
By JOHN RAYMOND
Mankind, after passing through the
stone age, the bronze age and the
varying phases of civilization now
faces the dawn of a new era. Thomas
Edison, in a recent interview, declared
that we have entered into the Age of
Chemistry and the remarkable achieve
ments of laboratory workers serve to
substantiate this statement.
It is difficult to prophesy how great
will be the contribution of chemists
to our present civilization, but so
much has been accomplished and so
great is the expectancy that it is evi
dent why thoughtful men are insist
ing that the public should be awak
ened to a full knowledge of the signifi
cance of the science of its national life.
No. VIII
LOOKING FORWARD
The synthetic chemist has been able
to produce practically all necessary
war materials and thousands of arti
cles invaluable in peace times, mostly
from coal tar, but it has only touched
the fringe of its ultimate development.
Synthetic foods and substances so
deadly as to make war impossible may
be expected from the researchers.
Edwin E. Slosson, in his splendid
book, "Creative Chemistry," quotes
one of the greatest French chemists,
Berthelot. as follows:
"The problem of fooi is
a
and
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Factory and Yards:
West Main Street
the enemies of
human life. On that
day chemistry will
have accomplished
world-wide revolu
tion that cannot be
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DEATHS IN MINBS
Washington.—Coal mine accidents
during January caused the loss of 146
lives, as against 197 fatalities during
the same month last year, reports
the federal bureau of mines.
During the past nine years (1913
1021) the month of January has shown
an average of 50,434,000 tons of coal
mined and a loss of 202 lives.
UNEMPLOYMENT WORSE
New York.—William H. Matthews,
of the association for improving the
condition of the poor, says that the
unemployment situation among people
with whom he deals—mostly heads of
families—is worse than it has been
at any time during the year.
Mr. Matthews says many of the
men who are getting jobs the so
ciety has furnished "are up against
it for the first time in their lives."
Read the Press.
estimated. Thr
will no longer
hills covered wi'
vineyards and fiel
with cattle.
will gain in ger^t
ness and moral::
because he
cease to live
carnage and in
struction of living
creatures. The
earth will be cov
ered with gra--,
flowers and woo U
a n i n i e u
man
race
and
will dwell in the abundance
joy of
the legendary age
gold."
So much
for
i rnical
problem. The day will coim- when
each person will carry for his nour
ishment his little nitrogenous, his pat
of fatty butter, his package of starch
or sugar, his vial of aromatic spices,
suited to his per
sonal taste all
manufactured eco
omically and in un
limited quantities
all
independent of ir
regular seasons and
all free from patho
genic microbes, the
origin of epidemics
of
peace. Now consider
the prophecy of General Debeney, of
the French army:
"Colorless, odorless gases will he
discovered that can be condensed into
infinitely small compass and solidified
into tablets and pills. Already we
know something of what the effect
of these things will be. Scatter the
contents of a few small boxes on the
ground and a dense, smoky mist will
arise, a deadly fog fatal to everything
living within its area. Broad belts of
territory may be poisoned for weeks
at a time by a few drops of gase
poured out here and there a few drops
at a time. Against the attacks of air
ships barrages of gases which wil
brijig instant death to the pilot will
be launched. The air will be filled
with ambushes and snares. On land
air-tight gas tanks will be used in front
of the infantry detecting hidden gases
and deluging the ground with an an
tagonistic liquid."
Organic chemical factories, dye
plants and others, are truly arsenals
in disguise. The will of man can si
lently convert these peaceful factories
where research is constantly going on
into gigantic bulwarks of national de
fense because of the deadly instru
ments of war they are able to produce
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HOSTILITY
To Wage Earners' Cause
Will be Met by Independ
ent Action, Declares
Gompers
Where Necessary, Labor
Will Place Candidates in
Field at Primary
Elections
Washington.— Organized labor is
called upon by the A. F. of L. execu
tive council" to prepare to go into the
primary elections everywhere. Where
necessary, labor will place candidates
in the field.
This decision is included in the ex
ecutive council's instructions to la
bor's national non-partisan political
campaign committee to begin prepar
ation for the coming congressional
and other elections and primaries. In
a public statement President Gompers
said
"Under the action of the executive
council, and in conformity with A. F.
of L. convention action, it is proposed
to go into the primary elections every
where to make certain that candidates
favorable to the rights and interests
of the workers are nominated. La
bor will place such candidates in the
field wherever necessary. There is
unanimity upon this point among the
workers.
"It need occasion no surprise if
there are in many districts candidates
placed in the field by labor as the
direct result of antagonistic attitudes
on the part of candidates in both re
publican and democratic parties.
"In the opinion of labor the pres
ent political and economic situation
makes imperative the most energetic
political action. No draft of a pro
gram of political necessities will be
made prior to the meeting of the
campaign committee, but it is certain
that emphasis will be placed on cer
tain outstanding issues which cannot
be evaded by any one. Among these
will doubtless be:
"Unemployment, relief program,
navy yards dismissals, injunctions
taxes, anti-union crusade, agriculture,
compulsory tribunals, anti-conspiracy
laws, transportation.
"It is gratifying to know that state
labor organizations are preparing for
the coming campaign.
STATE BUILDERS TO MEET
San Francisco.—The twenty-second
annual convention of the state build
ing trades council will convene in this
city on Monday, March 20. P. H. Mc
Carthy, who has been president for
all these years, announces that he will
not be a candidate for re-election.
COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS
Washington.—On February 1, this
year, there were 4,303,614 barrels of
apples in cold storage, according to
the department of agriculture.
Other holdings were: Butter, 36,
000,000 pounds cheese, 33,000,000
pounds frozen poultry, 103,000,000
pounds meats, frozen and cured,
020,953,95(1 pounds lard, 00,000,000
pounds.
KENT GOUGERS PAY LESS
Charleston, W. Va.—Rent gougers
in this city have joined with contract,
ors in an effort to cut wages of build
ing craftsmen 25 per cent. The rent
gougers do not realize that their
position will make it impossible for
workers to meet present rent rates.
PEKE MARQUETTE EARNINGS
New York. The Pere Marquette
railroad, for the 11 months ended
November 30, shows a surplus of
$3,802,482, after taxes and interest.
This compares with a surplus of
$1,393,973 for the 12 months ending
December 31, 1920.
RAIL BOARD CUTS PAY
Chicago.—The United States rail
road labor board has included 10,000
stationary firemen and oilers in its
policy of extending the 10-hour day
on railroads.
Formerly these workers were paid
time and one-half after eight hours
Hereafter overtime will not apply
until the tenth hour. The board also
sets up a "split trick" of eight hours
within a spread of 12 hours, without
overtime pay.
The board's new rules supplant the
national agreement made in January,
"1920, during the period of federal
control.
URGE SCHOOL ATTEND
ANCE
Chicago.—"We must find some way
to stop wholesale withdrawals from
school," said Dr. Franklin P. Graves
New York educator, in an address in
this city.
"It is intolerable," he said, "that
30 per cent of our young people should
drop out before they are 14, and 60
per cent before they have completed
the eighth grade. Our compulsory
attendance laws and the dragnets
necessary to enforce them must be
greatly strengthened in most of our
states.
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TriE BUTLErt COONTY PRESS
SUGAR TARIFF NO
AID ^FARMERS
Consumers Taxed for Benefit of
Factories, Not Beet Growers.
WOOL BENEFITS QUESTIONED
Fair Tariff LeagiM Head Says Be«t»
Ar* Not Important American
Crop.
By H. E. MILES,
Chairman of the Fair Tariff League.
Sugar In the beet, the product of
the farm, Is given a protection of 5%
ad valorem In the Fordney Tariff Bill
now before Congress.
Refined sugar, the product of the
beet sugar factory, Is protected with
a specific rate equivalent to from 80%
to 100% ad valorem on the basis of
present prices.
For example, the Michigan sugar
factory receives a prohibitive protec
tion against the Importation of the
product of the Canadian sugar factory,
but the Michigan sugar beet farmer
receives practically no protection
against the Canadian sugar beet.
In view of this farmers are asking
If the 00% Increase lu the tariff on
Cuban raw sugar contained In the
Fordney Tariff Kill Is an effort to pro
tect the farmer or an effort to pay a
further bonus to an already sufficient
ly protected beet sugar Industry.
All farmers use sugar. They usually
buy It In 1O0 pound sacks. Every time
a farmer buys a sack of sugar he pay*
$2.00 as the result of the tariff on
sugar. Half of this goes to the Gov
ernment and half of It to the beet
supar manufacturer.
This Is true because we consume In
this country twice as much sugar as
we make, but the price of sugar to the
farmer Is the Cuban price plus the
tariff. Hut the farmer pays this price
on both the domestic sugar and the
foreign sugar. Therefore the fanner
jtiivs half of this tax to the Govern
ment and half to the manufacturer of
beet sugar In this country.
8ugar Beets a Minor Product
The farmer might feel that he was
getting some benefit out of this If the
raising of sugar beets was actually an
Important American agricultural pur
suit. This, however, Is not the case.
The crop acreage of sugar beets for
1920 was 092,455. The crop acreage
for peanuts was 1,256,000, almost dou
ble the acreage devoted to the cultiva
tion of sugar beets.
The following table Indicates the
Importance of the acreage devoted to
sugar beets as compared with certain
other crops:
Sugar beets 092,455
Buckwheat 739,000
Clover seed 843,000
Sweet potatoes... 1,042,000
Rice 3.091,800
Rye 1,103.000
Peanuts 1.256,000
Flaxseed 1,572,000
Tobacco 1,910,800
Irish potatoes.... 3,952,000
Barley 7,198,000
Cotton 83,5(50,000
Oats 41,835,000
Hay 56,552.000
Wheat 72,308,000
Corn 100,072,000
Even those farmers who raise sugar
beets might properly ask In what way
their interests are being protected by
an Increase In the duty on Cuban
sugar. It Is '-urrently rumored that
the contract price paid the farmer for
sugar beets during the coming season
will be from $5.00 to $5.50 a ton,
The average pre-war price with the
tariff at lc was $5.57, approximately
the price that will he paid farmers
during the coming season with the
tariff Increased 0O7A
Very few fanners grow wool, but all
farmers wear clothes. American grown
wool, the product of the American
farm, Is one of the chief rallying cries
of the high tariff exponent.
Fallacy of Wool "Protection"
Fanners are clad In midwinter
mostly in cotton and shoddy, and yet
the woolen manufacturer today Is
given 45 cents a pound protection on
the entire weight of the farmers'
clothing on the basis that It Is all wool,
lie passes this additional cost on to
the farmer, but gives the wool grower
about one-third of this 45 cents In In
creased price of wool.
A
foreign piece of men's suiting
weighing eighteen ounces to the yard
is 40% cotton, 30% wool and 30%
wool shoddy, costing on the present
rate of exchange $1.09 a yard. A com
parable domestic fabric costs $1.76.
Under the Fordney Tariff the duty
woifld be 24% of this $1.75, or 42c
the weight duty at 30c a pound, 33%c,
and the landing charge 9%c, making
.the foreign fabric cost here $1.95.
Under the present Emergency Tariff,
with its 45c a pound weight duty, the
fabric would cost $2.08 as against the
American price of $1.75.
The wool grower would get 15c pro
tection per pound Instead of the 45c
weight duty, the manufacturer keep
ing 30c of the weight duty, but charg
ing the farmer who buys clothing the
full 45c.
The American farmer should be in
terested to find out why It is that his
common agricultural Implements man
ufactured In the United States can be
bought for less by the European farm
er than he has to pay for them,
thanks to the protective tariff. For
Instance, he should Inquire why he
has to pay $8.91 a dozen for a shovel
manufactured In this country while
the Identical shovel exported can be
bought In Europe for $7.50.
With these facts in mind It Is time
that the American farmer let himself
be heard 'n protest against a protec
tive tariff which most emphatically
does not give bltn a square deaL
No Race Suicide Here.
Under the microscope the bacteria
found in peat are seen to be animals
of the lowest form, which reproduce
themselves by splitting into two parts.
Under favorable conditions two bac
teria grow from one every forty min
utes. Those who wish to carry out
the mathematical progression will find
that a single bacteria will have in
creased to about 105,000,000,000,000 in
24 hours. Of course many billions of
them die In that time, or they would
soon overrun the planet and crowd off
•W7 other farm of Ufa.
USES OF ADVERSITY.
"I don't suppose we will ever find a
way to run a government without re
quiring the people to pay taxes."
"Maybe it wouldn't be altogether de
sirable," replied Senator Sorghum.
"Some of us politicians base our most
convincing speeches on our sympathy
with a tax-burdened constituency."
Pleasing the Masses.
"Do you call that art?" sneered the
hlgh-browed person.
"Just because that motion picture
comedian sat down in a bucket of live
crabs?"
"Yes."
"Well, It may not be art, but It got
a whoop out of several hundred cash
customers."
Bridge Disaster Nearer Hotna.
Brown—Wasn't that bridge disas
ter terrible?
Black—Who told you about it?
Brown—The papers, of course.
Black—Ah, yes, certainly. For the
moment I thought you were referring
to my wife losing all her pin money
at the game last night.
Qualified.
"The man I marry," said the haughty
girl, "must have a family back of
him."
"Oh, I can fill that requirement all
right," he replied confidently. "I've
gone away ahead of any of my
relations."
The Able Orator.
"That was a splendid speech you
made."
"It had to be a good speech," re
plied Senator Sorghum. "I had such
an almighty poor argument that 1
was obliged to depend almost entirely
on the rhetoric."
Coldly Practical
"What did you say to that yottfig
man who proposed to you?"
"I told him the simple truth," au
swered Miss Cayenne. "I'd rather
it
go
on receiving flowers and confectionery
than worry about groceries and fuel."
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WELL MATED
"They're well mated."
"That so?"
"Yes. She knows as much about
football as he does about playing
bridge whist."
Quite the Opposite.
When the sly breeze blows off
Remarks that
a hat
Bystanders often notice that
The owner makes while chasing
it
are not chaste
a bit.
One-Sidedneas.
"There are two sides to every ques
tlon," said the ready-made philosopher
"Perhaps," answered Senator Soi
ghutu. "But when you're in a polio
cal debate you are expected to conceu
that fact as far as possible."
Suggestive of Rarity.
'They tell me you made a very
clever remark last night."
"Yes it's awfully discouraging."
"What is?"
"Why, the way everybody is talk
Ing about It."
War Term.
Jenkins—We have a food dictator
out at our house now.
Kekker—Who, your wife's mother?
Jenkins—No, the baby. What he
does not like we can't buy.
Ambitious.
Weary Will—I've been lookln' for
work this inornln'.
Tired Tim—What for?
Weary Will—Idle curiosity. Just to
see what it looked like.
Two Rules for Success.
"To what rules, Mr. Gotthers, do you
attribute your wonderful business
sue
cess?"
"To these: 'Give a good man author
Ity,' and 'Give a dub the air.'"
Wise at That.
"I'd hate to grow old."
"Why, Bud?"
"Coz 1 don't want ever to get like
pa and find fault with the apple pie
ma makes."
Vice Versa.
"I am going to serve on a jury. I
think 1 will knit all the time."
"Huh! It's more likely they will
want you to unravel."—Wayside Tales
Handicapped.
Johnny—The camel can go eight
days without water.
Freddy—So could I if ma would
let me.—Harper's Bazar.
DIFFERENT ALTOGETHER.
Shortleigh: "I tell you, old chap,
marriage changes a man completely.
Why, I'm a different man altogether
since I married."
Longsleigh: "I'm glad t« hear that.
Perhaps you will settle that little I. O.
U. I've held against you for a year or
more."
Shortleigb: "Oh dear, no. I couldn't
think of settling another fellow's
bllll."
WONT ACCEPT COSSACKS
Baltimore.—Organized labor's op
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