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FULTOX CO. TRIBUNE, WAUSEOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 13'
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Wood, second son of General Leonard Wood, Is announced. 2 The Prince of Waleg and Viceroy Lord Reading
t unveiling of memorial to King Edward VII at Delhi. 3 Rotary International President C. C. McCullough
nd Secretary of the Navy Denby unveiling the Rotarjr memorial tablet at tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ar
lington cemetery. '.
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CURRENT EVENTS
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Senate Ratifies Naval Limita
tion Treaty, Chief Fruit of
the Conference.
OTHER PACTS ARE APPROVED
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Cfferta to Save Navy and Army From
. Dangerous Reduction Great Coal
Strike Begins Lloyd George's
Genoa Policy Before Com
mons for Approval.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
HAVING made their losing fight
against the Pacific four-power
pact, the obstreperous minority In the
aenate ceased from troubling ' last
week, and fell Into line all but Sen
ator France of Maryland. The treaty
on limitation of navies, chief work
f the Washington conference, after
tin Inconsequential debate, was rati
fied on Wednesday by a vote of 74 to
1, Mr. France defended his lonely
negative vote by contending that the
United States should continue build
ing the largest navy In the world un
til all other nations had shown their
willingness to abolish war totally. Of
the other irreconcllables, Borah ex
plained that he favored the treaty
because It was a step foward the goal
at which be had been aiming for many
years, namely, complete disarmament,
and that be believed this agreement
was ss much as the International con
ference was able to accomplish. John
son of California did not disguise his
dislike for the pact, especially Its Pa
cific fortifications clause, but he voted
for ratification on the assurance of
the navy general board that the United
States would not give up anything that
Is strategically vital. King of Utah,
though accepting the treaty, thought
It would have small effect In reduc
ing naval (expenditures, predicting that
huge sums now would be spent on
aircraft and submarines.
Immediately after the vote of ratifi
cation the senate took up the treaty
prohibiting the use of poison kbs and
restricting the use of submarines In
, warfare and accepted It unanimously.
Before casting bis vote Senator Wads
woth of New lork, chairman of the
ntltary affairs committee, expressed
th opinion that in the next war this
traty would not be worth the paper
It was written on.
"For my own part," said Senator
Ivadsworth, "I shall be very much dis
couraged if the United States army
should stop trying to perfect gas
masks because of this treaty. We
don't dare stop. And the only way
we can perfect gas masks is to test
them with the kind of gases which we
may have to combat We might as
well look the facts In the face."
Before the week closed, the remaln
lg treaties, the nine-power pact re
lating to China and the one dealing
wim the Chinese tariff, were put
thrtugh, and thus the senate complet
ed 'ts part in making the great
Washington conference a success.
Xatumiy, and with reason, the Dem
ocrats claim a share In this accom
plishment, especially asserting that
former President Wilson must be
flven much credit for arousing public
opinion In favor of naval limitation.
It Is evident, however, that the Repub
licans will make large use of the con
ference and its results In this year's
congressional campaign.
There Is every reason to believe the
treaties will be speedily ratified by the
other powers party to them. Indeed,
not on of them is In a position to
afford to hold back from full agree
ment. A LTHOUGH the naval treaty places
our navy on a level with that of
Great Britain, It will Id fact be scarce
ly equal to that of Japan if the naval
appropriations subcommittee of the
house has Its way. That body, under
the leadership of Representative Pat
Kelley of Michigan, Is determined to
cut the naval enlisted .personnel to
65.000, which Is 25,000 less than the
GAIN IN CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
a
Fifty Denominations Report Gratify,
ing Increase Made During 1921
n Baptist Figures Unavailable.
New York. An Increase of 761,727
church members In 1921 is reported
from 50 denominations, in a survey
made by Dr. II. K. Carroll, wlio several
years ago complied the first official cen
sus of religions for the United States
government. The reports from which
the survey was made were obtained
BIG DAMAGE BY EARTHQUAKE
Eruptions of Last December In Chile
Prove to Be Worse Than at
First Supposed.
Valdlvla, Chile. Entire mountains
were destroyed in the violent earth
quakes and volcanic eruptions which
took place In southern Chile near the
Argentine border last December, says
Erick Volkman, who has returned from
visit to the desolated district. De
tails of the volcanic disturbances
urn.. in r.ol frtrmor n mi v niirop.
number necessary according to tne es
timates of the department's experts,
and which would force out of commis
sion many craft that are positively
needed. It Is not likely, however, that
this crippling program will succeed,
because the "big navy" men of the
house are prepared to combat It, the
majority leaders In the senate declare
they will not stand for It, and Presi
dent Harding probably would veto the
appropriation bill if it came up to him
In that shape. When the bill is re
ported to the house this week, accord
ing to the plan, Rogers of Massachu
setts will offer an amendment placing
the minimum strength at 96,000. If
this falls, as It likely will, McArthur
of Oregon will propose 86,000 as the
minimum.
NO LESS than the navy men, the
army men are exercised over the
tendency toward what they believe to
be false and dangerous economy
shown by many members of congress.
The house passed an army appropria
tion bill which limits the army to 115,
000 enlisted men and 11,0000 officers.
General Pershing, chief of staff, and
General Harbord, deputy chief, assert
ed such a reduction "would introduce
an unwarranted element of danger in
our plan of national defense" and that
an army of 150,000 men. and 12,000
officers Is absolutely essential to the
nation's needs at this time. At first
the bill carried a provision limiting
the President's right to determine the
size of garrisons in the Hawaiian is
lands , and the Panama Canal Zone.
This was eliminated when Anthony of
Kansas said he had the promise of
the War department to reduce those
garrisons, but Secretary Weeks indig
nantly declared that be not only had
made no such promise but had no In
tention of making the reductions.
General Pershing says the Hawaii and
Panama garrisons cannot be cut down
without violating the soundest princi
ples of security,
AS PASSED by the house, the army
bill appropriates about $288,000,
000 for the expenses of the War de
partment, but the representatives
made their claim for genuine econo
my look decidedly foolish by the adop
tion of an amendment Increasing by
$15,000,000 the amount carried as a
lump sum toward continuation of
work the coming fiscal year on river
and harbor projects.
The budget bureau and the appro
priations committee of the house had
recommended an appropriation of $27,
000,000 for this purpose, but the
"pork barrel" forces, under the gen
eralship of Mann of Illinois, Insisted
upon the larger sum, and had their
way despite the earnest efforts of
Mondell of Wyoming, Burton of Ohio
and others. President Harding was
somewhat disturbed by this open defi
ance of the budget system, for he be
lieves in the budget and intends that
it shall be given a fair trial.
AT MIDNIGHT Friday operations
ceased in ail the unionized bitu
minous and anthracite coal mines of
the country, 595,000 miners laying
down their tools. All efforts to pre
vent the great strike were futile. Ac
cording to some of the union leaders,
the walkout is likely to. last about
sixty days. During that time, pre
sumably, both sides will formulate
their demands and present their cases,
and it may be that these will result
In the negotiation of new contracts.
The operators insist that wages must
come down In correspondence with the
decline In the cost of living, but they
have not yet revealed what percent
age of reduction they will demand.
The. miners. In reply, say that the
stagnation in the coal Industry is due
to wasteful methods of production, ex
cessive profits, violation of the laws of
supply and demand In control of mar
kets and prices, and that costs of liv
ing In the mine areas have advanced
while wages remained stationary.
In some regions, as Pittsburgh,
southern Ohio and Kanawha, Va., the
operators have, posted notices of wage
reductions and hope to be able to run
their mines with nonunion labor. In
Illinois the miners, though not In en
tire sympathy with the strike, stuck
by the international, and the Indiana
men did the same. Probably In both
these states separate state- agree
ments could have been negotiated, but
this was forbidden by the Internation
direct from each of the 50 denomina
tions, and therefore represent their
own figures.
Four of the chief bodies of the Bap
tist group are missing from tills sur
vey for the reason that their statistical
year is the calendar yer, and no re
turns for 1921 were available. "If Bap
tist Increases for 1921 were Included,
the total gains of 1921 would almost
certainly reach 850,000," Doctor Car
roll states.
The 1921 Increase compared with
that of 1920. which was 814,094, ac
which destroyed pasture lands, forests
and cattle are only now becoming
known here.
"The center of the disturbance was
In the region known as the Cordillera
Pelada, southeast of Puerto Monte,"
Mr. Volkman said. "The lava compo
sition U almost entirely volcanic, cov
ered with hot rocks, whose heat had
parched the forests and destroyed pas
tures. "The surface Is strewn with flam
ing gases and steam, from which arises
a strong odor of wood vinegar. The
U'hnRe niTHirpniPnf tn L.feuL Osborn C.
al. The Illinois mines cannot be op
erated by pick-up labor because of a
state law which requires that no coal
digger may be employed unless he can
show at least two years' experience
under ground. What Governor Allen
and the Industrial court will do In
Kansas is arousing general interest.
If the promises of the union heads
are kept, there will be no violence la
connection with the strike. Nor will
the mines suffer physically, for enough
men will be permitted to stay in them
to keep them from being flooded and
otherwise damaged.
NIKOLAI LENIN, premier of soviet
Russia, is again dead, according
to reports, but, as on previous occa
sions, it Is believed that the rumor It
"greatly exaggerated." Probably It Is
true that he Is quite 111, and It Is not
likely that he will be able to attend
the Genoa conference. However, the
soviet delegates to that confab are
luxuriously kon their way to Italy by
way of Riga and Berlin, rejoiefng in
the fact that at last their government
is to have a measure of recognition
from the capitalistic and bourgeois
governments they hate so Intensely.
They are hopeful of obtaining finan
cial and commercial assistance for the
task of definitely establishing the
communist regime in Russia, but Lenin
recently declared communism there
had reached the limit of yielding to
capitalism and was now in a position
again to advance. But he told the
communists they must cease their
dreaming and get to work.
PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE'S pol
Icy concerning the Genoa confer
ence was to be submitted to the house
of commons this week for approval or
rejection, and on the result depends
his retention of office. Moreover, it
was said that the small majority that
was assured him on a vote of confi
dence would not satisfy him. Unless
he was given a majority of at least
300, asserted his friends, he would re
sign. The resolution prepared for the
house to act upon read:
"Resolved, That this house ap
proves the resolutions passed by the
supreme council at Cannes as a basis
for the Genoa conference and will sup
port his majesty's' government in en
deavoring to give effect to them."
Already Mr. Lloyd George had quiet
ed the opposition In his cabinet by the
assurance that he does not intend an
Immediate or unconditional recogni
tion of the soviet government of Rus
sia. APPRECIATING the dangerous
state of angry unrest throughout
the Mohammedan world, the failure of
the Greeks to defeat the Kemalists in
Asia Minor and other conditions, the
allies' Near East conference In Paris
decided that the Turkish empire
should be restored, with restrictions.
According to the plan adopted, the
Turks obtain Constantinople, a sover
eignty throughout Asia Minor, includ
ing Smyrna and Thrace with Rodosto.
The Greeks retain Adrianople and a
buffer corridor reaching to the Black
ea, fencing off the Bulgarians from
the Turks. Abandonment of the Inter
allied regime of the Golden Horn and
the restoration of the sultan's power
Is safeguarded through the British in
sistence that Gallipoll be left to the
Greeks, Dardanelles demilitarized and
the allied military Inspectors oversee
the razing of all fortifications.
While the Greeks are not at all sat
isfied with this arrangement, all fac
tions except the Venizelists are sup
porting the Gounaris cabinet in ac
cepting It. The Turks, however, are
far from pleased and have not yet
agreed to the proposals. Nor have
they accepted the recommendations of
the allied foreign ministers for a set
tlement of their differences with the
Greeks. For this latter the French
are blamed by British officials. They
are warning the Greeks much as did
Lord Byron long ago when he wrote:
" Turkish force and Latin fraud
"Would break your shield, however
broad."
OPTIMISTIC folk base renewed
hope for a unified Ireland on a
peace agreement signed by represent
atives of the Free State and Ulster
governments. It Is not apparent how
this will operate to pacify the repub
licans, whose latest exploit was the de
struction of the plunt of the Freeman's
Journal in Dublin.
cording to corrected returns, Doctor
Carroll notes. The present survey
will uppear officially in the Christian
Herald on April 1.
Doctor Carroll's figures show that
communicants in 1921 totaled 43,523,
206 as compared with 42,761,470 in
1920 and KC.05,6Sr in 1911. The net
gain for the ten years Is reported
as 7,427,521, or somewhat more than 2
per cent per year.' There was an in
crease of 88 In the number of churches
in 1921, as compared with a decrease
of 1,030 in 1920.
rocks have no consistency and the
lava field, about 3,100 feet above sea
level, apparently still Is In process of
formation. Subterranean, rumblings are
still very violent."
The affected area Is spnrsely popu
lated and no casualties have been re
ported. The waters of the Rlnlhue river, Mr.
Volkman also reported, have been
poisoned by the gases and acids de
rived from the mass of eruptive ma
terial. Including huge stones, that fei'
in its bed.
STATE SIFTINGS
Seventeen cases of smallpox are re
ported at Bellevue.
Harry McKinstry is the new post
master at Athens.
Union county's war on overloaded
trucks has netted $151.20 in fines.
A Chinese in Cleveland was found
to have leprosy.. He will be deported.
Fixe at Cleves, near Cleveland,
burned four buildings. Loss $50,000.
Thomas Golden, miner, near Pom
eroy, was crushed to death by a fall
of slate.
Plans for erecting a 20-story build
ing was announced by First Presby
terian church, Cleveland.
Dr. A. S. Thompson, head ol the
Ohio university music college for nine
years, will retire in June.
There were 144 suits for divorce
entered in court of domestic relations
at Cincinnati during March.
New church built a WasMngton C.
H. by the Church of Christ congrega
tion was dedicated free ot debt.
Captain Orlo Moore, 74, veteran
navigator on the Great Lakes, died at
his home in Avon Lake, near Lorain.
Margaret Wilson, 14, daughter of L.
W. Wilson, mail clerk, was killed at
Waverly when run down by an auto
mobile. Two contests staged by Fairfield
grange resulted In the destruction ot
6,520 rats, 2,343 mice, 1,796 sparrows
and 44 hawks.
Force in the Big Four rail
way shops at Bellefontaine has been
reduced because of less traffic, due
to the coal strike.
Margaret Tiller, 23, a patient at the
Athens state hospital, committed sui
cide by drowning herself in the Hock
ing river at Athens.
Rev. Edward Mears, rector ot St.
Columbus church at Youngstown
since 1877, was given the rank of do
mestic prelate to Pope Pius XI.
Two alleged leaders of a northern
Ohio "dope ring" pleaded guilty at
Cleveland and were sentenced to the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan.
Harvey C. Smith of Zanesville,
serving his second term as. secretary
of state, has announced himself a
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for governnor.
C. Gilbert Taylor, serving his sec
ond term as state representative from
Huron county, has announced his can
didacy for the Republican nomination
for secretary of state. '
Frank M. Clark, 38, father of nine
children, was instantly killed when a
new building on which he was work
ing as a roofer, collapsed during a
wind storm at Columbus
Herbert C. Harris, 30, postmaster
at Orbiston, Hocking county, was ar
rested by federal officials. It is al
leged Harris is short about $3,200 in
his money order accounts.
Dr. J. E. Foster, former representa
tive In the general assembly, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for state' senator
from the 18th-19th district.
. Town of Englewood dam site, near
Dayton, consisting of 44 cottages, 55
lots and 32 acres unimproved, with
water and light plants for workers
on dam, was sold at auction.
William N. Gableman, mayor o"
Portsmouth, was endorsed as Demo
cratic candidate for congress . and
Senator Pomerene for re-electioti by
the Clermont county Democrats.
About 1,000 foreign miners in the
Bellaire district have started an ex
odus to their old homes across the
seas to visit relatives while coal min
ing is suspended in the United States.
F. E. Harman, receiver of the Ar
gonne hotel, Lima's new $600,000 hos
telry, has been named as trustee In
bankruptcy for the benefit of the un
secured creditors. The hotel is in
operation.
Steel mill operations in the Youngs
town district this week wjll average
more than 75 per cent of capacity,
the highest ratio for 18 months, ac
cording to schedules announced by
the mill offices.
Dr. George T. Harding, father ot
President Harding, has been appoint
ed an aide-de-camp on the staff ot
Lewis S. Pilcher of Brooklyn, commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
Grand jury indicted the Cincinnati
Purchasing company as a corporation
on the charge of violating the anti
trust law. Restraint of trade and
conspiracy to control the price of ce
ment are charged.
Preparations are being made by
the Ohio Sheep and Wool Growers'
association for the co-operative han
dling of several millions of pounds of
wool this season. The past season
over 7,000,000 pounds were handled
through the organization.
Following a conference between
GovernoT Davis and State Prohibition
Commissioner Don V. Parker, It was
announced at the governor's office
that nfl1 action will be taken in the
controversy involving Mayor Grail of
Lorain unless allegations in writing
are submitted. Mayor Grail is
charged with failure to enforce liquor
laws.
William Mays, 30, who escaped
from the Jefferson county jail a week
ago after boring a hole in the wall,
was shot to death in a fight with po
lice at Avella, Pa.
Mayor George L. Oles of Youngs
town failed in his effort to reduce
wages of all city employes an aver
age of 10 per cent when city council
tabled legislation to this effect.
Directors of the Cincinnati cham
ber of commerce decided to urge the
Hamilton county commissioners to
proceed under the law to sell" the
Longview asylum for the insane to
the state of Ohio.
Sale of the New Vienna Reporter,
weekly newspaper published at, New
Vienna, near Wilmington, to C. Ervin
Sturm, Wilmington newspaperman, is
announced. ,
Youngstown Iron and Steel com
pany announced that another of its
blast furnaces would be blown in.
This will make three of the com
pany's six furnaces in operation.
George D. Baker of Washington C.
H. has purchased the interests of the
Baker heirs in the Springfield and
Washington traction line and an
nounced that he will continue the
road in operation.
Women who wear modern dresses
were condemned at Toledo by Rev.
Father William J. Gallena of Paines
ville. Tippecanoe City voted a $60,000
bond issue to add new electric equip,
ment to the municipal light and wa
ter plant.
St. Clairsville Gazette has been
transferred from Addison E. Nicho!
to George F. Gilber and Albert R.
Bingham of Mansfield.
Dr. Oscar M. Craven, chief medical
officer of the Cincinnati health de
partment, has been appointed health
zomraifiiiioner of Springfield.
Mayor of Crooksville i.c ..
on stray dogs and chickens.
McCoy Canning company, Urbana,
is in the hands of a receiver.
Business men's clubs of Cincinnati
will erect a building to cost $2,000,000.
Joseph Merrick, 26, Findlay, world
war veteran, committed suicide by
drinking poison.
Dr. J. M. Vance of Wooster college
urges a new Bible, edited along
"newspaper lines."
Congressman Charles S. Knight
and others of Akron have purchased
the Springfield Daily Sun.
Seven men were painfully injured
at Sandusky when a handcar collided
with a small gasoline propelled
"speeder."
Howard Hamilton, 25, a teacher of
the Parkinson school in Wayne town
ship. Muskingum county, is mysteri
ously missing.
At Youngstown the residence of
Louis Adovasto, a contractor, was
damaged by, the explosion of a dyna
mite bomb. No clue.
Plant of the Canton Sheet Steel
company, which has been closed for
some time, will reopen April 17, Gen
eral Manager C. V Villes announced.
Sheep men declare that because of
the low price of wool and the number
of dogs, there now are 5,000 fewer
sheep in Athens county than a year
ago.
Union miners of Athens county
have been promised a share in the
balance of $55,000 in the Athens coun
ty war chest for relief work among
their families.
J. B. Hause. who is alleged to have
defrauded banks in several cities of
approximately $100,000 within a year,
is under arrest at Youngstown. He is
wanted at Cleveland.
Officials of the Mine Workers'
union announced that all unfcn min
ers in Ohio joined the general strike
to enforce new wage contracts. About
30,000 men walked out.
Charles Papenfus and Edward Sel
benaller, both of Fostoria, are
charged in an affidavit filed at Find
lay with interfering with prohibition
officers in a recent liquor raid.
Upon his plea of guilty to second
degree murder, John Azzarello was
sentenced at Cleveland to liTe impris
onment in connection with the slay
ing of Samuel Marano, July 7, 1920.
Niles Publishing company has ap
plied for incorporation papers. The
company will publish the Evening
Register at Niles, the first issue of
which is expected to appear this
month.
One hundred Ohioans have been
killed and 168 crippled as result of
fires since 'Jan. 1, according to State
Fire Marshal Dykeman. The March
casualties were 39 dead and 49 crip
pled. President Harding and several
members of his cabinet, several gov
ernors and mayors, have been invited
to attend the opening of the Ironton
Russell bridge over the Ohio river,
April 21.
Fire at Elyria destroyed the E. G.
Davidson garage. Brown Battery com
pany, Pallas Brothers Electrical
store, Benny Sign company and the
Reed Furniture Manufacturing com
pany's store. Loss $75,008.
Seven persons were overcome by
smoke and nearly a score of others
were carried down fire ladders to
safety when fire swept the Adler
Cloak and Suit company's store,
Cleveland, entailing a loss of $75,000.
While his wife was lying in bed
asleep at Middletown, Ambrose
Watts, who claims to have "been
dreaming, shot her through the head.
The report of the shot, he said, awak
ened him and he found his wife dead
at his side.
William Jamison, gas and oil man,
is .believed to have been fatally in
jured when his automobile was 6truck
by a train near Ashville, (Pickaway
county. He is . in a Lancaster hos
pital. James Snoke and wife were
also injured.
A. B. Chase Piano company of Nor
walk has been consolidated with the
Emerson Piano company if Boston
and the Lendeman & Sons Company
of New York, in a million dollar con
cern, to be known as the United Pi
ano company.
Calvin Laird. 73. of 'Fostoria, filed
suit against Seville Laird, his wife,
in which he asks that she be ordered
to provide hirp with a home and main
tain him. The petition states his wife
owns a large tract of land west of
Tiffin. Laird contends he is too old
to work.
Charles C. Gallagher, druggist, was
murdered for the money he carried
on Dec. 26, last, by Jacob Deckerling,
aged 19, and his brother-in law, Jesse
Hazlett, according to a confession
made by the former to Columbus po
lice. Gallagher's body was found
south of Columbus on the above date.
Governor Davis appointed an advis
ory board for the division of censor
ship as follows: Irs. W. H. Sharp,
former president of the Ohio Federa
tion of Women's Clubs; Joseph
Schonthal, manufacturer and philan
thropist, and Robert H. Schryver,
president of the Citizens' Trust and
Savings bank. All are citizens of Co
lumbus. They will serve without pay.
Edward Schmidt, 20, and Charles
Harrison, 21, former employes of
Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, are
charged with embezzlement of $5,000
of- the firm's money.
Two suits to test the right of 85
probate judges in Ohio to collect ad
ditional salaries resulting from inher
itances tax proceedings wer pre-'
pared at Cincinnati for filing In the
supreme court.-
Henry Zenner, Athens merchant,
has been made Athens county chair
man in drive to raise $300,000 for the
proposed Ohio university alumni me
morial hiii'Min.
Trapped by two women in a kouse
which he had intended to rob, An
thony Gahl, 70, who has a long police
record, was arrested at Cincinnati.
State Senator C. W. King, Repub
lican, announces that he will not be
a candidate for re-election in the Fif
teenth and Sixteenth district. Ill
health and business reasons- are
given. v
A brov.e tablet in honor of Frank
L. Johnson, expeditionary Y. M. C.
A officer, murdered by Turkish ban
dits in Syria three years ago, will be
placed in the Newark Masonic lodge
room.
At Cleveland Mrs. Elizabeth Cheny
was sentenced to two tlaysi in the
workhouse for violating a traffic reg
ulation. At Martins Ferry Patrolman Fra
zier stumbled over a suitcase which
was found to contain liquor. A wom
an is charged with owning and trans
porting it.
L. J. Taber. director of agriculture,
and W. R. Palmer, Columbus, news
paper man, have purchased the
Barnesville Enterprise from the es
tate of Charles E. Lee. The papei
was founded in 1S65. Mr. Palmer wil'
be the new editor.
GROWTH OF STRAWBERRY INDUSTRY
DUE TO INTELLIGENT MARKETING
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Witliin six years Louisiana has
taken first place among the states as
regards value of strawberry produc
tion. The "1921 season was the best
ever known in the industry, 1,400 car
loads of Louisiana berries being mar
keted in 74 cities in the United States
and Canada. In Chicago the 24-pint
crates brought as much as $6.50 each,
and during practically the entire mar
keting season Louisiana strawberries
sold nt a higher price than any other
berries on the market", due to the
high quality of the product.
With such a record of achievement,
much, interest centers In the opening
of the 1922 marketing season. As
heretofore a field station of the United
States Department of Agriculture will
be maintained in the Hammond dis-
trict tJufrlng tjie season id keep pros
ducerg and shippers informed dally of
straw berry marketing conditions In the
principal consuming markets, prevail
ing prices, carlot shipments from com
peting areas, and other marketing data
essential In the scientific marketing
of agricultural products, and granted
favorable conditions the 1922 season
should surpass even the 1921 record.
Nation-Wide Distribution.
The Louisiana strawberry Industry
Is of national Importance. The crop
has nation-wide distribution, the car
lot shipments spreading out like a
fan from the Atlantic coast to the
Rocky mountains. Last year 29 car
loads also went to four cities In Can
ada. Chicago Is the principal market
for the fruit, Detroit, Boston, Pitts
burgh and New York ranking next In
the order given. Heat, cold and
distance marketing obstacles that
seemed Insurmountable a few years
ago have been overcome by the grow
ers and shippers, and with continued
careful selection, grading, packing and
shipping, marketing experts say that
the Industry will enjoy Increasing
prosperity. ,'
During the early years of the straw
berry industry in Louisiana several va
rieties of berries were grown, and Chi
cago was the main narket outlet. To
day the Klondike variety is grown ex
clusively, and Louisiana strawberries
have a wider distribution than the
strawberries from any other section
of the country. The quality of the
fruit is dependable, and there is every
where a demand for the berries. When
picked the berries are carried to pack-
Paper Labels for
Ing sheds, where practically each one
is handled separately. Both the 24
pint Hallock crate and the 24-pint
ventilated crate have been used in
packing the fruit, although during the
past few seasons there has been a con
siderable decrease in the use Of Hal
lock's crates, which are known locally
as "coffin" crates. Practically all grow
ers are now using'ventilated crates, as
berries shipped in such containers ar
rive at market in sound condition and
usually command a premium over the
price paid for berries in non-ventilated
crates.
Trains of Strawberries.
Fully 90 per cent of the marketed
crop Is shipped by express, the rail
road company providing two or three
express fruit trains daily. These trains
run on a schedule of 40 miles an hour,
which puts the fruit on the Chicago
market before daylight the second
morning. Less than carload ship
ments are cared for by the express
company, which operates local iced
cars to pick up small shipments. The
growers have good transportation fa
cilities, deliveries are prompt, and few
instances are known where cars have
not arrived at dsstinatlon on time.
Strawberry buyers from the large
consuming markets establish bead
quarters at Hammond during the mar
keting season, sales being made on
a cash f. o. b. shipping point basis. The
fruit is inspected at shipping point
and acceptance taken before the cars
move. At Ponchatoula all cars are
sold at public auction.
Several strawberry preserving plants
In the district utilize overripe and soft
stock in the preparation of fruit for
the ice cream and soda fountain trade
In northern cities. 1
Perhaps the principal reason for the
prosperity enjoyed by Louisiana's
berry growers is that they keep them
selves closely informed upon day-to-
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ROUND POSTS ARE MOST DURABLE
One Kind of Timber Will Last aj Long
as Others if Amount of Heartwood
Is the Same.
Is a split fence post as durable as
a round fence post? This is a question
frequently asked of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The fact
is, says the forest products laboratory,
one kind of post will last about as
long as the- other if the amount of
heartwood is the same In both. But if
the percentage of sapwood is in
creased by splitting, tho split post will
be less durable and if the percentage
of heartwood is increased, it will be
more durable than a round one. Posts
of spruc-tt, hemlock, or any of the true
firs are exceptions to this rule, be
cause their heartwood and sapwood
are about equally durable.
When posts are to be treated with
creosote or other preservative, a round
post is preferable to split post, be
cause of the comparative ease with
which the sapwood can be treated.
The heart faces on split posts do not,
Not Suitable for Cows.
Rape, like clover, is liable to bloat
sheep, calves and cattle If they are
pastured upon it when the crop is wet
and it is not suitable as pasture for
dairy cows because it produces taint
ed milk.
Reduce Cost of Ration'.
When well-cured clovei liny fur
nishes one-half or mnn- of the rough
age the dairyman Is able to cut down
the allowance of concentrates and re
luce the cos of the- ratio
day market conditions. The producers
appreciate that "knowing the markets"
enables tliem to meet the consumers'
desires ns regards quality and quan
tity, and tlia-t to overstock one mar
ket when another market is undersup
plied is unsound from both an econom
ic and financial viewpoint. Every day
during the marketing season a daily
report of conditions and prices at the
principal marketing centers through
out the country Is issued by the local
representative of the United States
Department of Agriculture. This ln-
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Tray Used for Shipping Berries From
California Fields.
formation Is obtained by trained mar
ket reporters at consuming points.
The growers are also Informed as to
dally carlot shipments everywhere in
the United States. Thus the pro
ducers not only know the prices be
ing paid 'for berries at the various con
suming markets, but exactly what
competition may be expected from
other sections shipping strawberries
at about the same time. The depart
ment also furnishes daily information
regarding temperature and weather
conditions, so that the necessary Icing
and refrigeration can be provided for
the shipments.
The department's station at Ham
mond was opened in 1915, and was the
first field station established anywhere
by the United States Department of
Agriculture for the issuance of mar
ket news reports. Here, in the heart
Special Shipments.
of Louisiana's strawberry producing
district, arrangements were first made
to study methods of packing, ship
ping, and distributing strawberries in
the United States ; to keep growers in
formed of strawberry movements from
other regions, and to Inform them daily
of prices and conditions In the lead
ing consuming markets. Hammond
was selected as the location for the
department's first field station because
of the large proportions that the Louis
iana strawberry industry had attained.
Louisiana then ranked fourth in com
mercial strawberry importance. To
day the state ranks second In carlot
shipments.
TOO MUCH MANURE INJURIOUS
Fertilizer May Burn Crop if Season Is
Very Dry No Fear of Harm
if Worked In.
The claim that too much manure
will burn up the crop Is only partly
true. It may If It Is a very dry sea
son and the manure Is not worked well
Into the soil. But there is little like
lihood of Injury from a heavy applica
tion, if worked in right. Far more corn
has been lost through too little than
through too much manure.
PLANT ENGLISH PEAS EARLY
Seed Should Be Put Into Ground
as Soon as Soil Will Permit
Some Good Varieties.
English peas should be planted Just
as soon as the soil will permit. Thom
as Laxton, Alaska, Horsford's Market
Garden, and Telephone are excellent
varieties, and the Telephone late. The
seed should be sown thickly In the
drill in rows 3 feet wide and covered
5 to 6 inches deep.
as a rule, absorb preservative welL
Split red-oak posts will take treat
ment, because the wood Is very porous.
but the heart faces of split posts of
many other species, notably white oak,
red gum, and Douglas fir, resist the
penetration of preservative, even un
der heavy pressures.
Crops Followed by Others.
Early crops which may be followed by
others are bush beans, beets, early
cabbage, carrots, early corn, lettuce,
peas, early potatoes, radish, spinach
turnips, etc.
Value of Fanning Mill.
iue nuue oi a iaiuiing nun for re
moving pieces of straw und trash from
small grain seed is an important fac
tor. Soil for Cauliflower.
Cauliflower needs strong ground, and
It may lie wise to fertilize with stable
manure pretty freely.
Most Expensive Seed.
Cheap seed is expensive at any price.
Only high grade vegetable or flower
seed should lie used. A few dollars
more invested in cabbage seed often
means many tons increase in yield per
acre.
Treat Seed Oats.
Oats should be treated for smut
every two or three years. The smut
will be spread by the wind and by
the threshing machine. A few fields
of badly smutted oats are a source of
danger. 1
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Certainly the mistakes that we male
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there Is something suspicious the mat
ter with one's lnsldes.
Too many people don't want to work
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