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Bible Thought For Today
LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR:—There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casfelh out fear; bemuse fear hath lor nenl.
He that fearelh is not mnrle perfect in love.— 1 John 4-: IS.
WHAT’8 THE MATTER WITH PERTH AMBOY?
Perth Amboy is not keeping puce with the other manu
facturing cities of the country in the matter of factory pro
ducts. That there has been a general slowing up of in
dustry in this city has been realized, but to what extent Perth
Amboy has been falling behind as compared with other
places was not known until the official figures ns compiled
by the census bureau at Washington were published last
Saturday.
Perth Amboy has not stood still during the five years
covered by the census. The growth here has been 54 per
cent. But this growth is so small in comparison with the
increase in the value of factory products in other places that
it has caused Perth Amboy to drop from eighteenth place to
thirtieth. This is some set-back.
It is true that nearly all the cities, particularly in New
Jersey, show a falling olf in the value of factory products,
but none of them has taken such a tumble ns has Perth Am
boy. Out of eight New Jersey cities included in the census
tabulations only two have moved up the list. These two are ,
Newark and Camden. Newark which formerly ranked thir- .
teenth in the country in the matter of value of manufactures,
now ranks eleventh. Camden has jumped from thirty-third
to thirty-first. This puts Camden still below Perth Amboy,
but it shows Camden steadily gaining while Perth Amboy
is falling off.
me only cities in .New Jersey that still lead Perth Am
boy in the value of their manufactured products are Newark 1
Jersey City and Bayonne. But Perth Amboy formerly led *
Bayonne by a wide margin. Whereas Bayonne used to hold lh
twenty-seventh place among the cities of the country, Perth i
Amboy was in the eighteenth position. Bayonne now has t'
dropped from Twenty-seventh to twenty-eighth place—only c
one—while Perth Amboy comes tumbling from the ,
eighteenth place down to the thirtieth—two under Bayonne. [
Keeping in mind that Perth Amboy has dropped twelve *
places, the census figures show that Jersey City has dropped 1
only six places, Paterson falts one place and Passaic five
places. Trenton shows a drop of thirteen places being one -
^vinpre than Perth Amboy has dropped, yet Trenton shows a \
net growth of 125.9 per cent, in the value of her manufac- 1
tured products against Perth Amboy’s net growth of but 54 \
per cent. t
want: t-erui /liuuuj may sun iai\e prine in ine laci mat .
this city still ranks ahead of such places as Paterson, Passaic, <
! Camden and Trenlon, it is evident that something must he t
done to boost Perth Amboy it' the city is not .to lose still more 1
ground. What is the remedy and how is is to be applied? t
There are but two ways whereby the value of manufac- i
tured products of a city can be increased. Either there must !
be more industries adding to the variety of products and in- i
oreasing the number, or in the industries already established r
must be permitted to grow so as to increase their output.
There have been no new industries of any size to locate 1
t in Perth Amboy for some time. In fact, the city has lost i
• two, the roofing plant of the Barber Asphalt Company which f
was burned and was rebuilt in Woodbridge township, and ’
the United Lead Works which was burned and has not as i
yet been rebuilt. What is the city doing to bring new indus- !
| tries here? Why is it impossible to get the people of the j
city together in some civic organization such as the Chamber 1
of Commerce is supposed to lie? Petty knocking, fault- !
finding and indifference have prevented such movements J
J from succeeding, yet it is through the aclivities of these civic <
bodies that the city is advertised and boosted. How long
are the people of Perth Amboy, including the business men '
and manufacturers, to continue this attitude of personal
• likes and dislikes, which prevents a getting together for the ,
benefit of the city as a whole? Other cities are forging ahead
and Perth Amboy is dropping behind because of the lack of
civic pride and enterprise on the part of her citizens.
But still more important is the attitude of the govern
ing body of the city toward such industries as Perth Amboy
already has. Even when local industries want, to increase
their facilities so as to add lo the value of (he manufactured j
products of the city, the Board of Aldermen will not let
i them. The manufacturers have to fight for everything they
get here instead of having the co-operation and support of ;
the city. The efforts of the Standard Underground Gable
Company to secure sufficient railroad sidings so as to in- :
crease the size of their plant and thereby add greatly to the j
; value of the products of that concern alone, are thwarted.
The dry docks could secure contracts lor the construction t
of large vessels if il had the railroad facilities it asks for. ]
The Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Company has an enor- 1
mous building standing practically idle on the waterfront •
which could doubtless be utilized lo increase the value of \
the output of this enormous industry if the aldermen would j
show a little desire to help rather than hinder in the way of s
furnishing railroad facilities. ,
Perth Amboy is going to continue to drop behind as j
long as this antagonism to the local industries continues. '
They are going to do their developing elsewhere. Perth !
Amboy is the loser. The city has already dropped from j
eighteenth to thirtieth place among the cities of the country
in the value of manufactured products. At the same time
; this city shows the smallest percentage of gain of any of the
l seventy-seven cities mentioned. It is time for Perth Amboy
i to wake up, change her tactics and do something really
worth while for the community.
A
HUMAN NATURE STUDY
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THis is sone. ^I'doNt believe T
some HoT DAT ! I could stand it one
DEGREE.
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" AlHT THAT the " WHT It's THE
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SOILS OF OLD COUNTRY
. DIfFERENT THAN U. S.
Dally Letter by Frederic J. Hankie
WASHINGTON, July 31.—Soils
lay an important part in the econo
mic development of civilization, and
cienco has begun to take serious ac
ount of this fact. Dr. C. F. Mar
ut of the Department of Agriculture
as just returned from Europe where
e made a study of soils. He em
hasizes the need for this country
i know the exact soil condition in
ther parts of the world.
The amount of lime or organic
matter in the soil of some distant
ountry may not seem to concern
his country to any great extent, yet
his one factor may vitally affect
he future of our export trade in
ome agricultural staple.
The Importance of knowing about
oil conditions of other parts of the
rorld is greater now than it was a
ew years ago and such information
rill constantly become more signif
cant. Considerable areas in Europe
nd South America are still used for
rrazing by nomadic peoples whc
lave not reached a settled agrloul
Jral stage. Cultivation of the plains
f Rumania was begun only about
0 years ago. And enormous stretch
s of land in Uruguay, Argentina,
nd southern Brazil, similar in soil
onditions to our corn belt, are not
nder cultivation.
A InnAn arc
lanted In crops and when farm rna
hinery and seientilie methods come
ito general use in these sections the
nlted States may And that it has
ome new and powerful competitors
i "vorld trade. The South Ameri
an countries will most likely grow
orn If their soli conditions are suit
ble. If the Argentine planter is
kely to become a dangerous com
iclitor of the corn belt farmer in
his country we should know tits
notabilities and ho ready.
Some parts of Kurope, too, mal
0 into corn raising more extensive
y in the future. As Kurope be
omes more prosperous and the poo
ile consume more meat there wil
e a greater demand for corn to feed
lock. Kurope may buy more grair
rom this country then, but if it car
le raised there cheaply and in quatn
Ities the United States may be ask
d for smaller Instead of larger ship,
nents. Knowledge of Kuropean sol;
onditions will help agricultural ex
lerts to prophesy about these mat
era with some degree of accuracy
Europe's Corn Belt
Thus, part of Rumania has a tell
if black soil somewhat like the corr
and of the central Dakotas, Nebras
ta and Kansas. This is signiHean
t hen you consider that Rumania it
low the great corn exporting rountn
>f Kurope. Dr. Marhut had though!
t possible that with cheap labor it
Curope there might be a large aret
n Rumania capable of producint
•orn as cheaply as this country doe:
f Rumania should adopt our meth
ids of farming. After spendinf
mmo time in Rumania and studyini
he soil, however, he thinks it un
ikely thnt that country will hecoim
1 corn growing rival of the Unite,
bates. They have no land that ii
he exact equivalent of our grea
■orn belt.
This is one Instance In whio!
icIentiAc study of soil has made i
lossible to forecast agricuitura
irobabilities in a general way. Dr
darbut believes that we should lean
vhat we can from European ejper
ence and research and apply tin
•oneluslons to our own problems
These problems are numerous fo
ve have a greater variety of soil
han any other country on earth ant
il products. t?e think of a kim
if soil as being peculiar to sonv
me region. Yet again and agah
(riking similarities occur. The sol
if the fertile Hungarian plains i
eproduced in a strip of land run
ling through parts of Minnesota, thi
Dakotas, Nebraska. Iowa and Kan
as.
The famous sod of Ireland is oi
oil very like that along the coas
if Washington and Oregon. Mots
limate and heavy rainfall of thi
test coast region are favorable fo
trass. The land is heavily timbered
iut where the trees are cut out then
ire acme line grass fields. Ireland
if course, was cleared hundreds o
ears ago. perhaps 2,000 years, an<
•ainfali is belter distributed there
But this country may yet product
trass to rival the emerald sod o
Grin.
The Kentucky bluegrass that wi
ihlink of at typically America'
trowa on limestone soil vary mud
ike that of northern France. Th<
French soil is somewhat shallower
grass land of Europe, and is used for
raising small grain and fruit and for
pastures.
It is interesting to find that the
soils of old tyrhemia are almost iden
tical with those of southeastern
Pennsylvania, known as Chester
soils; and that the soils of southern
Germany resemble the best pait of
Kentucky, the Shenandoah Valley
of Virginia and the Lebanon und
Cumberland Valleys of Pennsylvania.
With all the variety of soils in this
country immigrants of Germany and
Bohemia have settled in regions
where the soils are similar to those
at home. This may account to some
extent for the success of the Ger
man farmers in the East.
Greece Like Arizona
Few of us have ever thought of
the soil of Greece as being anything
like land in this country, yet there
is a parallel. Dr. Marbut compares
the soils of Greece td those near
Tucson, Arizona. In both regions
the soils are reddish in color and
have a hardpan subsoil.
The Greek farmers had the Ideal
of producing thei rown grain, wine
and oil, and sitting under their own
fig trees, and the farmers of Greece
still grow grapes, olives, figs, and
wheat.
i ujia cue lucci^ic uiut; uevauisc j
of the climate. The rainfall of Ath
ens is only about 12 inches, and it all
falls in-winter. Irrigation is almost
Impossible because there are no riv
er* from which sufficient water can
be taken. When you have a country
that is too dry to grow alfalfa, grass,
or clover there is not much that can
be done to rotate crops.
Dr. Marbut expects to make chein
dcal analysis of 250 soil samples he
has brought from Kurope, and he
says that analyses of the Greek and
other soils may show differences
that observations in Europe did not
reveal.
Dr. Marbut spent several day* col
lecting samples and studying .ho
soils on the higher part of the Ro
man Cainpagna. Much of the land
about Rome is poor. However, there
are soils near the city, mostly south
and some to the east, that have been
farmed for many centuries and still
produce good crops of alfalfa and
wheat. Little live stock is produced
and apparently very little fertilizer
used. Samples of soil from alfalfa
and wheat fields along the Applan
Wnv were brought back for analy
sis.
European civilization was develop
ed on poor soils and the people of
western Kurope have struggled for
centuries with the soil problem. Dr.
Marbut says. In this part of Europe
the first attempt to improve farm
land came through the discovery
that animal manures enrich soil.
Then they discovered that by resting
the soil one year in three production
would be increased. That was the.
beginning of the three field system
of feudal times.
Even that did not solve the prob
lem of raising crops on impoverish
ed soil. Eventually man discovered
! 'hot by growing grass he not only |
helped the soil but he could feed
more stock and so have more anirnai
waste to put on the soil. The latest
stage in soil history was the discov
l ery of chemical fertilizers about 75
. years ago.
Now there ar* soil bureaus and
■ experts. Dr. Marbut of our Govern
! ment Bureau of Soils, is a member of
the International Conference of Soil
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These are striking times. Even
the safety matches are striking.
Since the Indians struck oil "Lo!
The poor Indian lives high.”
One might say the man who stole
a cornet belonged to a robber band.
Bobbed skirts are growing longer
about as fast as bobbed hair.
"Plants feel,” says Burbank. Then
a briar patch feels stuck up.
Golf keeps one out in the open;
but not paying rent does the same.
Our idea of fun would be two joy
killers shooting at each other and
both of them crack shots.
Naming Pullmans is ruining our
alphabet.
Senate has started an open-air
restaurant. Now, when eating
spaghetti, the sky’s the limit.
Maybe a barber shaving himself
says "Your head needs washing,
sir."
These strange cries coming from
a Florida swamp may be a train
caller on his vacation.
- j
Men with light heads seldom shine
like those with lantern jaws.
The man who remarried his di
vcrced wife won’t be hearing forever
about her former husband.
The average song hit does i*. about
three months, then misses.
"Keep one foot on the floor" is a
good rule in shooting pool and a
better one in kicking.
In 1942 parents will wish for the
old-fashioned 1922 flapper.
Another crowd may try to scale
Mt. Everest. They can train by
living in three-story apartments.
The man who found the ant a
model of industry was a picnicker
watching the grub.
Only a few teams still claim this
year’s pennant, the others have
started claiming next year's.
Maybe blacksmiths and jazz
drummers belong to the same tnion.
Talk of a boxer fighting a wrest
ler has stopped. Let’s match a
tennis champ and a rug beater.
U looks as if the man who figured
a fly lays about a million eggs didn't
count them all.
_______ *
Difference between an amateur
golfer and amateur gardener is one
uses the holes h« digs.
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Having the laugh on somebody Is
seldom a permanent Job.
Three Americans almost died of
thirst in the Mojave desert. This
proves America Is not as dry as a
desert.
Only two more income tax pay
ments until Christmas.
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_A VHU.TUNQ LANGUAGE |
Airplane travel is causing a tre
mendous boom in oceanic real es
j fate. Mid-ocean islands became
i more Important with their use as
l coaling stations then cable lines res
| cued other land dots, such as Yap, i
j from obscurity. The Azores ftg- j
] ur_ed as a halfway station in the first
i trans-Atlantic flight. Now the Can
aries. where Columbus halted on I
his voyage of discovery, end the
first leg of the Lisbon-to-Rio de
Janeiro trip of Portuguese air
men."
With this introduction the Na
tional Geographic Society issnes
from Its Wahington, D. C., head
quarters the following bulletin on
the Canaries:
"If you will picture seven articles
a juggler has just thrown into the
air, and Imagine these seven arti
cles to be pear, a shoulder #f mut
ton. two gulf balls, the broken off
• nil of a putting iron, and a lady’s
spring hat with the visor down
and it feather in the back—you
will have a fair idea of one of the
most Interesting island groups in the
world.
Had Churches in Caves
"Interesting, that is. whether
you are looking for the people with
a whistling language or the arbo
real curiosity known as the dragon
tree, whether you choose to hunt
for the archeological traces of abor
igines who worshipped in caves or
to mingle with the vivacious crowds
in the Calle del Castillo of an even
ing when the band plays.
"The highest mountain rising
from the Atlantic ocean is to be
found on Ttneriffe; a volcano crater
on Palma it so large that Its weath
er conditions vary from those of the
surrounding country. This crater,
Gran Caldera, is four miles Jn di
ameter and In much of its area is
between twelve and thirteen times
as the Washington monument. The
natives will tell you that a mighty
upheaval in Palma pitched the
mountain mass over to tenerlffe, and
in proof point to the mighty cavity
left on Palma.
x imim u s u^ugraim)' uuuu
"Plutarch's geographical com
ment about the Canaries need not be
revised. He said, ‘Rain seldom falls
there, and then falls moderately:
while they have usually soft breezes
which scatter such rich dews that
the soil is r.ot only good for sowing
and planting, but spontaneously
produces the most exalted fruits:
and those in such abundance that
the Inhabitants have only to Indulge
themselves In the enjoyment of ease
and leisure The air is always
pleasant and salubrious through the
happy temperature of the seasons,
and their insensible -transition into
each other.’
"The most remarkable and least
Btudied phenomenon of the Cana
ries is the whistling language of the
natives of Gomera. The townsfolk
do not know the whistling vocabu
lary and their reports of the range
of expression the mountain folk
attain by using four or live notes of
varying intensity and length may
readily be exaggerated. That such
a language does exist, developed
beyond the stage of signals, is at
tested by travelers. It is extremely
useful gnd this little Island of big
distances and high mountains,
where cattle raising is the principal
industry. Here, too some of the na
tives dwell in caves, as did the
Guanches, whose blood still flows in
veins of the natives, though the
pure type become extinct after the
Spanish conquest early in the fif
teenth century.
Where Columbus Halted
"On Gomera, also, is the village of
San Sebastian where Columbus
provisioned his voyage to the un
known West, and there still stands
the church which he attended to
pray for the success of his quest.
Few travelers visit the hill encircled,
red-roofed, isolated little village
whence Columbus departed—Sep
tember 7, 1492.
"'The Phoenician traders proba
bly knew the Canaries, then the
■Fortunate Island,' Homer's allusion
to the ‘habitations of the blest' Is
thought to have referred to them.
Legend clusters about them. Mythf
cally they were the home of the
Hesperides. scenes of Herculean ad
ventures, and the visible traces of
the lost Continent of Atlantis.
"In 1932 they constitute a health
resort of note, are populate by some
500,000 people, export foodstuffs,
fruits, vegetables, sugar and wine,
and have an important wireless sta
tion. Telephones have been strung
where roads are yet umtnown and
goats, mules and camels are the
only common carriers that the
mountains will allow. The com
bined area of the islands is about
equal to that of Corsica. They are
administered as a part of Spain.”
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| FAME YOU DESERVE
The world knows nothing about its greatest men. Our
greatest are not stars wht> live by exhibition of themselves
and abilities, but quiet people who think and work in modest
seclusion
Walklcy, brilliant dramatic critic of the London Times,
makes this observation. It is true.
History will remember the “great” men who plunged the
world into the "World War. History will paint in bright col
ors the men who carried on the work of destruction for more
iha$ four years. '
But history will be strangely silent about a greater than
these—the plodders who now are patiently repairing the dam- ^
ages, toiling to rebuild civilization burned out to its very $
skeleton. -
The men who really are repairing tne war s damages are
not the Prominent Gentlemen w ho got their names in the news
paper headlines. The real builders are the farmers toiling
to restore food supply to normal the mechanics furnishing
the materials to replace what was destroyed and the unad- i
vertised millions contributing their daily mites to the war
debt. i
A peculiar thing, is fame And always it is unfair, the
lucky individual getting more than he deserves.
Watt is famous for inventing the steam engine. Yet his
discovery of the principle would have been worthless if it had
net been for the unknown thousands who patiently had worked
out mechanical movements and methods of converting iron
ore into steel. All Watt did wrns gather up these loose ends,
put them together, add a new idea and march into history
with credit for the whole thing.
All famous men “borrow” nine-tenths of their invention,
skill or art.
Men work with .many things, from farm soil to metals
and chemical magic. In proper combinations, these bring
fame.
But the greatest material man works with is man himself
—his character And the greatest men are the ones who
emerge with the greatest character.
Character, by its example and contagion is the only thing
a man can build with permanence. It outlasts the Pyramids.
And you, as you look back over your life, probably will
agree that the greatest person you ever met was some indi
\idual who never rose above obscurity. Yet he made a suc
cess of his life
Fame is futile. Crave it not. What counts most is per
sonal satisfaction with what we have made of ourselves and
cur life’s work. We leave this world as we enter it—alone—
and in the last analysis each man is his own best judge.
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O Are the vitamlnes in ntilk
lestroyed when it is heated.
.V. N- K' „
A. Vitamines A and B . a*!
jae'ily destroyed by heat- Milk |
•ar. be pasteurized, sterilized, and ;
lr ed without affecting them. Vila
nine C, however, is affected by heat
ind an infant fed on processed milk
ihould also have an efficient anti
verbutic such a* orange juice or
omato juice.
Q. Please settle a controverss
jv stating whether the characters
n “Main Street" were taken from
•eal life?—O. H. M.
A. Sinclair Lewis says "they do
tot in any case represent real
yersons."
q, what is cumulative voting.
—H S. P.
A. Cumulative voting is the sys
cin first introduced into Great
->iitain in 1870 by which the voter
s entitled to as many votes as there
ire persons to be elected and may
-ive them all to one candidate, ot
ltav divide them among the con
lidates. The states of Illinois and
Hichigan have used this method in
>ome elections.
Q. Where was rice first used.
—K. J- O B.
A. Rice is as old as history.
Probahly it had its origin in India ,
ipproximately 3,000 B. C. front a
ilant called Newaree and Nivaria.
t‘ce is mentioned in the Talmud
ind is referred to bv numerous
Ireek and Roriian writers.
q. Is rock crystal ever cai.ed
rozen water?—L. B. S.
A Crystal is derived from a
I reek word signifying a hard crust.
>r more specifically ice. and was
ipUled by the Greeks at least •■00
3 C. to a material which they sup
>osed to be a hard, durable form
>f frozen water. This substance is
he colorless, transparent variety of
tuartz still called rock crystal and
he belief as to Its nature lasted
nto the sixteenth century.
What was the origin of the
erm “woodenhead"?—R- T.
A. The exact origin of the epl
het "woodenhead" is not known,
>ut perhaps it is derived from
’one's characterization of the
lockful blockhead, ignorantly read,
vith loads of learned lumber in lus
fr.tr V ■' ,1 ’
head.”
y. Is it correct to <all silver and 4
sold money currency?—A. H. K. ■
A. Currency is sometimes used ^
as synonymous with the phrase
medium of exchange but more com
monly confined to the paper , la
ments of the medium. If used in
the broader sense, two kinds should
be distinguished, metallic and paper.
Q. Who gave the Republican
party its name?—C. A. S.
A The first known suggestion
of the name “Republican" was in^
a letter written by lloracu Greeley;
the earliest convention of imp.r
tat.ce to adopt it was held at Jack
son, Michigan, July 6. 1854. s
Q. What nations have repudi
ated public debts?—S. U.
A. Nearly ail the leading coun
fries have at some time in their
history repudiated indebtedness. The J
L’n.’ted States, for Instance, failed to .4
redeem tlie Continental currency 9
Q. Which is the right hand oi 9
left hand bide of a river?—H. F. 9
A. When the shores of a stream Q
are described as right or left hand ll
going down stream is assumed. i
Want Rain in South Jersey
TRENTON, Aug. 3;—The weather
bureau report for the past week
states that there has been too little
sunshine over practically all portions
of the state, and it has been some
what too cool and dry, especially in
southwestern counties where rain is
now needed. There have been no
more than two consecutive clear
days in the past two months. Corn
is in fine condition, is tasselling and
earing well. Oats are mostly cut,
and much is housed. The second
cutting of alfalfa and clover is In
progress. Potatoes continue exceed
ingly satisfactory and digging is in
progress. Late tomatoes look better A
and peppers are good. Apples and 9
peaches are maturing very well. ”
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