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THE ARIZONA, REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1920
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
niOKN'IX. ARIZONA
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Editor ....J. W. Speax
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FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 10, 1920
The superiority of some great men
is merely local. They are great, be
cause their associates are little.
Johnson.
Community Organization In Cotton Growing
There are many essentials to successful cotton
growing but tha first is purity of seed, a matter
pointed out in a statement in The Republican yester
day morning by Dr. O. F. Cook of the bureau of
plant Industry, United States Department of Agrl-
I culture- Without pure seed there cannot be cotton
of a high type, nor can there be a uniform grade of
cotton of even a lower type. There are not many
distinct varieties of cotton but there are many kinds
?ot cotton, bearing different names such as Delta
which is only a miscellaneous stock.
There Is set out by Dr. Cook in his remarks as
well as In his bulletin, "Cotton a Community Crop,"
the difficulty of keeping seed pure when cotton is
ginned in customs or public gins, while it is easy
under the system of private gins with which large
plantations are equipped. He Instances the main
tenance for so long a period of the high type of Sea
Island cotton, a fact due to private ginning.
The industry in the Salt River Valley would
hardly permit of private ginning so that growers
under an unorganized plan could not derive the ad
vantage to be gained from a careful selection of seed.
Every community, therefore, should be so organized
that plant selection may be superv ised by "competent
persons in the fields of all members of the organ! -ration
to the end that there might be the highest
grade of seed for all.
We are speaking now of disorganisation or rather,
unorganlzatlon, where nominally a single type of
cotton is grown as in the Salt River Valley. Here
without organization for one-variety cotton, though
no other type be introduced, there will be degenera
tion. Rut degeneration will bo greatly hastened if
cotton of other types Is introduced for though it might
not be admitted to tha customs gins designed for the
higher grade cotton, cross pollinizatlon would be
effected by bees and other insects. Then the de
generation would be much more rapid and lower.
The supposition that cotton "runs out" is erron-
. eous. The "running out" is the result of deterlora-
tion because of the absence of plant selection and
cross-pollinlzation. If careful plant selection is fol-
, lowed and the cotton is kept free from the admixture
. of inferior types, the result will be a higher type of
cotton. We have witnessed this pleasing effect In
the development of the Pima variety in this valley."
In 1913 Lord Kltchner brought to the attention
of the British government the deterioration of cotton
in Egypt, resulting from these causes, the mixture
of varieties and a disregard of plant selection as well
as the neglect cf the soil over a considerable part of
the cotton growing area. At his suggestion the gov
ernment set aside 5.000,000 pounds for the rehabili
tation of the Egyptian cotton growing industry. But
the war Intervening, the following year very little
was accomplished toward that.
Quoting from Dr. Cook's bulletin we find another
advantage enjoyed by one-variety cotton growing
communities: "In an unorganized community the
" farmer who raises better cotton than his neighbors,
usually Is forced to sell It .at the same price to the
local buyer. The manufacturer pay's more for the
high quality fiber, but the difference is absorbed by
the buying trade instead of being shared with the
farmer. The more valuable bales contribute ta the
profit of buying and sorting over the miscellaneous
hog round' bales accumulated by the local buyera,
many of whom do not know how to 'class' cotton.
"Failure to give the farmer praetical encourage
ment in his effort to improve his crop is a serious
defect of the present commercial system, but or
ganized communities have a standardized product
even better than any of the even running lota that
can be made by sorting and matching the inferior
fiber of mixed communities so that the commercial
problems are simplified."
Organization for one-variety cotton possesses
another advantage, that of making it easier to
organize for the solution of marketing problems which
Dr. Cook" says "should not prove more difficult than
those of the orange growers and raisin growers of
California since we have the advantage of a product
that is less perishable and less liable to fluctuate in
price and popular demand."
The Full Responsibility
We have seen the suggestion offered that it
would be a graceful thing for Jlr. IlardiDg to offer
a place In his cabinet to a democrat of standing. In
an entirely unpnrtlsim spirit we can see no reason
for such an appointment. It was certainly not ex
pected by any of the million or more of democrats
who voted for Mr. Harding and the 'appointment
would not be appreciated by any democrats except
the appointee himself and some of his admirers.
So overwhelming was the. vote for Mr. Harding
that it was evidently Intended to be the placing of
the full responsibility for tha conduct of the gov
ernment upon the republican party. The votes of
democrats for Mr. Harding can be interpreted only
as protests" against tho democratic conduct of the
government. We have it from a very high author
ing the "National Repubhcan," that there will not
be even that slight evasion of the full responsibility
which has thus hem imposed upon the republicans.
There are, we believe, two precedents for going
ou'side the party f"r cfHnet m-mbers. the most
,..tab! bein? the it p; oir.t men t of Judge Waller Q.
t; re sham by Mr- Clev liuO. Mr. Cleveland, how
ever, was at o.Ms with a conquerable element of his
pnrtv and Jit-liT C.re-hiuu was in accord with the
J s-let-t.
Coalition governments have been formed in
European countries where party lines are less dis
tinct and more shifting, and even there such govern
ments are seldom formed except in cases of national
emergencies. There was such a government in
Great Britain after some months of bungling in the
great war.
In this country there was some advice to Presi
dent Wilson to form a coalition cabinet, "but as we
recall it was not participated in by any prominent
republicans and we doubt very much whether any
republican leader of note would have accepted a
place in the cabinet unless there had been a com
plete renovation of It.-
There are well defined democratic and republi-,
can policies going to the very details and they are
directly opposed. A democrat must essentially sup
port democratic policies and a republican, republi
can policies which are as oil and water. There is no
compromise between them and now compromise, is
more difficult than ever.
One of tho afguments against civil service was
that the party in power should be in a position to
choose Its officials from among those friendly. That,
of course, was only the argument of to-the-victors-belong-the
spoils politicians.' The office in the clas
sified civil service are minor ones whose occupants
could not. If they would, obstruct in the slightest de
gree, tha policies of tha party in power. And If a
classified servant should attempt to do so or should
become perniciously active In opposition to policies, a
way would quickly to found to oust him.y
Attempts have been made though to extend the
classified list so as to Include offices of Importance,
even tho heads of various services but they have
failed, as they should havo done, for such heads
could be, to some extent, obstructive of 'the policies
of the party In power. .
As it is, the patronage of the dominant party
extends over every office worth holding, to a greater
extent than It should do. It includes many of the
' minor offices which ought to be In the civil service,
but are withheld for the delectation of the smaller
political hangers-on.
There is no probability that the republican
party ""will be embarrassed by a democrat in the
cabinet or in any official position in which he could
prevent the free operation of any republican policy.
THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME
The Weaker Vessel."
It Is one of the evidences of the darker ages that
the expression, "the weaker vessel." as applied to
women was coined then. There were lots of things
that the people did not know then. On later author
ity we learn that woman is superior to man who had
long kidded himself Into believing that he was lord
and master; that now he excels in nothing except
strength and the gorilla is still stronger than he.
Professor Chamberlain of Clark University shows us
men where to get off and where the daughters of
Eve mount the throne:
As an actor she has greater ability and more
frequently shows it-
Sho is noticeably better In adaptability.
She is much more charitable in money matters.
Under reasonable opportunities she is more gifted
at diplomacy.
She has greater genius in politics.
, She more commonly has executive ability.
Her hearing is more acute. ,
Her Imagination is greater.
Her Intuitions are greater.
Her memory Is better.
Her perceptions are mora rapid.
She Jias greater religious devotion.
He instinct for sacrifice is greater.
She bears pain more heroically.
Her sympathy is greater.
She has greater tact-
She has more acute taste.
She has greater vitality.
She has more fluency in the lower forms of
speech.
Some of us mAy not willingly accept this com
parison in its entirety but we will all yield to woman
in the last mentioned attribute listed by Dr. Clark.
Woman has ever had It all over man when she was
distributing her mind in pieces. She is also' clearly
a better actor than man. No man could go out on the
street half dressed and simulate perfect comfort these
crimpy December mornings. Her executive ability
is likewise superior. It is demonstrated in almost
every home in the land that the women can make the
family purse cover expenditures that would reduce
the husband to a state of bankruptcy if he should at
tempt, the management.
The Salt River Valley
- There is nothing wrong with the Salt River
Valley; that is nothing that cannot be quickly
righted. The price and market of cotton are not
quite what we expected when we planted it lastr
jprlng, and there are going to be some losers who
cannot well afford to lose. But in the cases of the
large majority of the cotton raisers their losses con
sist for the most part of disappointment at not re
ceiving what they had expected- They will make it
up in future years. (
There is a bright side of the picture. There
will be 35,000 more acres in cultivation next year,
not in cotton cultivation but in crops that will add
greatly to the wealth of the valley. The foundation
' is firm; we all know where we stand; we are not
doubtful of the future; we know what to do next and
we are beginning to do it.
Foresighted men have not lost faith in the cotton
growing industry. They know that there is no bet
ter cotton grown in the world than that produced in
tho Salt River Valley and they know that when the
market is relieved of the present burdens on it it
will rebound.
It has also been taught that everybody cannot
raise cotton. Some men are not good alfalfa
farmers; they are not good farmers at all. A lot of
men went in for cotton who knew nothing about it
or about any other kind of farming. They will stay
out of it the next time. They have learned that
it is a business that requires training and experience
to say nothing of adaptability.'
The dairy cattle are coming back; it will take
them come time, but they are coming to stay. The
skies of the Salt River Valley are as bright as ever
and the climate was never better.
, Now you know why the shipping board advised
the building of steal boats.
If they ever get a coal profiteer in Jail the first
thing he'll do will be to complain that his. cell is cold.
Discarded ball players might try some of the old
fashioned parlor games "Pillow," for instance.
In Russia, I hear, they're abolishing
money,
A trick which they claim Is of novel
design;
For my part, it seems neither novel
nor funny,
Since some one is always abolishing
mine.
Suggested by Women's freedom
League: 1
"Husband and wife should be on an
absolute equality in all family affairs.
If a difference of opinion arises, they
MCTTHE& SCUT DoRoTHV
TO ET SOMETHING FROM THE
CHirwtE& mEAi sue happened
To THIajK VIHAT VAS W THtRE.
It Is cow about the usual time when
the Society for the Changing of Presi
dential Inaugurations resumes busi
ness at the old stand.
Two questions uppermost In the
great American mind are;
What will Harding do In the
League?
What will Babe Ruth do in. the.-
American League?
FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY
From the Phoenix Herald, which was absorbed by Tha Arizona Re
publican in 1899, and for a time was published as
an evening edition
Friday, December 10, 1880
" It is now stated in high official cir
cles that General M'Dowell is not to
be retired. General Ord's friends are
much disgusted at the turn things have
taken for they protest that Ord should
not have been retired unless M'Dowell
was, the latter being the older man of
the two. It is probable that the power
behind the throne is President-elect
Garfield, who hfrs a son named after
General M'Dowell. Sherman's friend
ship for Ord dates back many years,
they having served in the same com
mand together In early life.
Washington, Dec. 9. Senator Bailey,
who arrived from Tennessee today,
says that there is nothing In the talk
of electing a republican to succeed him.
Bailey claimed a majority in the legis
lature and said that a democrat would
be elected.
Local
Judge Porter, wife and niece returned
from Yuma this afternoon.
Rev. J. Merrill will preach In the
Presbyterian chapel on the south side
of the plaza next Sunday at 11 a. m.
Henry Carpenter of Prescott arrived
this morning, enroute to New Tork.
He will return next month.
One of our church-goers offers the
following hint: If those who attend
church would leave their cats and dogs
at home it w-ould save some annoy
ance to the minister and audience. But
if you cannot come without them, come
anyway.
General Kautz, commanding the de
partment of Arizona before General O.
B. Willcox, arrived In Phoenix this
morning. The general is interested in
the Rowe mine near Cave Creek, north
of town, and will commence active de
velopment immediately.
Editorial
H. S. Maxim, a New York engineer,
has invented an electric light and
fdrmed a company which has offered
to light the city postoffice for $10,000
a year less than has been epent for
gas. The light is said to neither flicker
nor dazzle and is very much like Edi
son's in appearance a glass bulb t.bout
the size of an egg, enclosing & bit of
carbon which attains a white heat in
an atmosphere of gasoline vapor when
the electric current passes.
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS x
"The golden haze of college days," isn't a popular
song at Annapolis.
Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Arizona
Republican Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, Director, Washington,
D. C. This offer applies strictly to
information. The Bureau cannot give
advice on legal, medical, and financial
matters. It does no attempt to settle
domestic troubles, nor to undertake
exhaustive research on any subject.
Write your questions plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address
and enclose two cents in stamps for
return postage. All replies are sent
direct to the inquirer. '
Q. What presidential campaigns
brought out tha most nominaaa? A.
A. B.
A. In 1900, and again in 1908. there
were eight men. nominated by as
many different parties.
Q. How' much is a cubic inch of
gold worth? K. L. S.
A. The Treasury department esti
mates that a cubic inch of gold is
worth $362.
Q. What is alsike clover? G. T. H.
A. Alsike clover is a native of nor
thern Europe, and is known also as
Swedish or hybrid clover. Tlje word
"hybrid" was applied to it because it
was thought to be a cross between red
and white clovers. The flowers of this
variety are pink or white, or pink and
w hite "mixed. This clover prefers a cool
climate, and will grow on low, wet
lands, and soils low in lime content,
where red clover will not thrive.
Q, Is it true that most of the Jews
in the army were from New York city?
H. E. F.
A. New York state and city sup
plied nearly one-third of the Jews who
served in the United States army in
the world war, the greater proportion
of these coming from New York city.
Q. What causes moisture to col
lect on the inside of window pane,
and what will prevent it? C. W.
A. The difference in temperature
between a warm room and the cold
air outside will cause the moisture in
side to condense on the window pane.
A good circulation of air through the
house will stop this. A kitchen win
dow should be opened slightly from
the top when food is cooking, to pre
vent such cor.densatlon on windows
and walls.
Q. I wish to make a cement retain
ing wall near my house, and wish to
have it match in color as nearly as
possible. What will maka the cement
brown? G. H. H.
A. Burnt umber, in the proportion
of four pounds to the bag of cement
will produce a chocolate brown.
Q. Can you advise me how to re
move the frosting from an electric
light bulb? C. L. D.
A. The bureau of standards says
that after the frosting of an electric
light bulb is ground into the glass,
there is no way of removing same?
Q, What per cent of insane asylum
patients are unmarried? C. C. C.
A. About 20 per cent of the patients
in insane asylums are single.
Q. What grapes are the largest, and
what are their sizes? B. V.
A. The largest grapes are those
grown under glass. This method is
used extensively in Enpland for com
mercial purposes. Th variety grown
is known as the Giant. Cros. These
grapes frequently measure 4Vs inches
around, aru.i sometimes there are enor
mous iusters weighing from 20 to 30
pounds. The grapes are black in
color.
Q. When was the first baseball
game, to which admission was
charged? I. D. S. ;
A. Tha first tmie admission was
charged to see a baseball game was on
July 20, 1859, when 50 cents was the
fee for a game between teams from
Brooklyn and New York. Over 1500
people attended this game at the
Fashion Race Course on Long Island.
Q. How many states operate em
ployment aervices? H. H. M.
A. Thirty-three states now have
such services, with offices in about 200
cities.
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Wyoming Merchants
Hold Worthless Checks
Of Missing Hotel Man
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
SHKRIDAN. Wyo.. Dee. 9. Checks
totalling $4,200 are held by Sheridan
merchants while search is being In
stituted in Chicago for Stan Maknoskl.
proprietor of a local cafe.
Maknoski, according to Prosecuting
Attorney M. L. Blake, who has issued
a warrant for his arrest, deposited in
three local banks checks on a Seattle
bank for $7,000 which later proved to
be worthless, and proceeded to issue
checks for extensive purchases for his
cafe, showing merchants his deposit
slips as evidence that the check were
good.
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MADE THE SALE
Mrs. Newgllt I suppose he is a very
fine bulldog, but what makes him turn
up hta nose that way?
The Dog Fancier He's turning up
his nose at his common surroundings
here, ma'am. He'll quit is as soon as
you take him away. From the Detroit
News.
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SEVERE
"What's the matter?"
"Toothache."
"Severe?"
"Oh, very. Even an engagement with
the dentist hasn't relieved it." From
the Dttroit Free Tress.
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AT THE TICKET OFriCE
"I want a reservation."
"Say, I'm no Ignited States senator!"
-From the Detroit News.
should consult together. Failing an
agreement tha wife's views wpuid
automatically be enforced.
Mexican Bandits
Refuse To Wreck
American Special;
Shot By Chieftain
Republican A. P. Leased Wlrs
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 9.
Mexican bandits ordered to wreck and
loot a special train carrying American
visitors from Mexico City, where they
attended the inauguration of General
Alvaro Obregon as president of Mexico
as the train passed through the state
of Cahuila. were executed by their
chieftains when they refused to carry
out the plot, according to information
brought to San Antonio today by a
ranchman of Mexico.
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Explosion At Osage
Torpedo Plant Kills
One, Wounds Another
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
TULSA, Okla.. Dec, 9. One man i
dead, another reported to be dying and
another seriously injured as a result
of en explosion of a magazine at the
Osage Torpedo company's plant eight
miles south of Pawhuska today. There
were 800 quarts of nitroglycerin in the j
plant, according to reports- The maker
is reported to have been fatally in
jured and his helper killed. Another
man driving a truck with 600 quarts
of nitroglycerin was blown from his
seat. The nitroglycerin on the truck
did not explode.
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CANT ROCK THIS BOAT
Hook ofllolland An unusual type of
lifeboat, which operates by sucking
water up from the ocean and blowing it
ba6k again and so obtaining a speed of
nine miles an hour has been adopted
by the life saving crew which works in
stormy waters along the Dutch coast
here.
The boat has a hole in the bottom
through which the water is drawn by
an intake pipe which leads to a power
ful centrifugal pump operated by a
140-horsepower steam engine. Tho
water Is then forced backward into the
sea through two outlet pipes opening at
the bottom of the craft.
The boat is controlled by shutting off
either Nivholly or in part, one or the
other of these outlet pipes. If one Is
shut off it goes to starboard; If the
other It goes to port. If both were shut
off and the water diverted harmlessly
over the sides while the suction goes
on at the Intake, it Is claimed the boat
rests almost still in the stormiest of
seas, the suction holding it firmly on
the water.
The Dutch lifesavers have found that
this craft keeps steadier than any boat
propelled with oars or by screws. It is
85 feet long, and has a capacity for
from 40 to 100 passervrers depending
upon the state of the sea. It has been
in use for some time and has saved
many lives. From the, New Y'ork Her
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SAVING THE HOLES
Commissioner C. B. Connelly of the
department of labor and forestry,
Pennsylvania, says the United States
bureau of engraving and printing is
actually saving the "holes" resulting
from perforating postage stamps. Four
barrels of these tiny disks are collected
every day and sold to pulp mills From
Business.
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KNEW WHAT HE NEEDED
Tillie C'linger says the reason she
didn't last long as clerk at the book
store was because when an old gentle
man asked for the Chicken Fancier's
Guide she told him ho didn't need a
guide what he wanted was a guardian.
From the Dallas News.
Ido Is the latest "universal lan
guage."
When you meet a friend early In the
day you Ido him after this manner:
"Bona matino!"
And he. being interested (or rre-
tendlng to be) in the condition of your
health, wiirgrasp your hand and Ido
thusly:
"Quale vu starvdas?"
And you, being In good health, will
Ido back to him:
"Tre Bone."
Your friend, being In a hurry to.
move on, will Ido:
"Borno Jorno!"
These Idoisms being, In the order
used above: Good morning, Hots are
you? Very well, and Good day.
Judge Sweeney of Pittsburg, Pa ,
advised the injured husband to "kick
daylight out of" the other man in ac
love triangle. It was done.
Every Man Should Know the Law
Oklahoma supreme court has decided
it is legal for a Judge to kiss his ste
nosrrapher. even though she be fair to
i i .
look upon, which may account In
some measure, for the extreme willing
ness aispiayed by so many Oklahom-
ans to don the Judicial ermine.
This Will Interest Every Hunter
J. A. McMillan, Dewitt. Ark., killed
18 ducka at one shot. Which nuts
him quite a bit ahead of the man
who killed but two birds with one
stone.
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CEILINGS OF NEWSPAPERS
Mukden, China There is a bijr de
mand in Manchuria for old new-spapers.
wmco are used principally for tha first
layer of paper on interior walls and
ceilings of houses. Chinese houses In
Manchuria invariably includa no ceil
ings when completed, the ceilings being
installed by the tenants or owners after
the masons and carpenters have com
pleted their part of the contract, Th
ceilings are made of a framework of
millet stalks, which are, as a rule,
first covered wjth old newspapers and
then with a layer of Chinese white
paper. Partitions made in the iamx
manner are also largely used In both
shops and dwelling houses.
Previous to the war old newspapers
from abroad sold at 4' cents United
States currency a pound, while the pre
vailing prica for Chinese and Japanese
paper is now 36 cents a pound. The
foreign paper was imported In burlap
covered bales, strapped with iron bandj
and with strips of wood placed at inter
vals In the Interior of the bales to give
fhem stability, each bala weighing
about 400 pounds gross.
Chinese and Japanese paper is
shipped in straw covered bales contain
ing strips of wood and bound with
straw rope, each bale weighing 2fH
pounds gross. The foreign Chinese and
Japanese papers are all inclosed in oil
paper wrappings before being baled.
From the New York Herald.
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MORE TO THE POINT
Evelyn My father made his fortune
when he was quite a young man. Would
you like to know how he did it?
Edward Not especially. But I would
like to know if he still has it.
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HENRY WASN'T PREPARED
John Burroughs, the naturalist, beat
Henry Ford in a tree climbing contest,
but we understand Henry didn't havo
one of his tree climbers with him
From the Arkansas Gazette.
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"The singer kept on the evn tenor
of his way."
"How could he do that when he is a
baritone?"
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WASHINGTON Uncle Sam and Santa both urge that all Christmn bundiej- be mailed early, if you want
to arrive before Christmas. Just mark them. "Don't Open Before Christmas" and mail them NOW. A parade
held here recently to stress tho importance of mailing early. This la one truck In the parade.
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