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THURSDAY THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS MAY 25, 1922.
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THUKSDAT, MAY 25, 1922.
Henry Ford aa a candidate for president of
e United States should not be added to the
gist of flivver jokes. If the Detroit manufac
turer decides to enter the race he will make it
Interesting for his rivals, whoever they may
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If we are to believe all the promises of the
j ''promoters, and we haven't any reason to doubt
' Jhem, the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Pa-
j -vjgeant of Progress, to be staged in Rock Island
j -next month, is to be the biggest undertaking of
! ' Hs kind ever witnessed in this section of the
"P6untry- Make it a point to be home during the
ijhow, and to tell your friends in other cities
to visit Rock Island during the time of the ex
position.
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Another Sea Blunder.
When properly investigated it is found that
practically every wreck or disaster has been
?due to an individual blunder. This is true in
the sinking of the liner Egypt with a loss of
? 100 lives. Tho Inquest shows that Captain
V'Biirzic of the steamer Sein, after the crash,-
Violated one of the unwritten laws or the sea
reversing bis engines and backing away
om the wreck, permitting the water to rush
j0to the hold. Had he gone full steam ahead
!ue would have kept the hole closed until tne
few and passengers could have been rescued.
Jvthile his violation of the unwritten laws cost
Juany lives, there may be no man-made law
; that will reach his offense.
j Germans Enthuse Over Sports.
' It will surprise those who have not followed
i changes in German life 3iuce the war to know
5 that there have been ei"vred 4,000 runners for
sthe marathon race from Pottsdam to Berlin
(May 28. This indicates the great enthusiasm
tor sports that has developed in that country
of late. Tho German Athletic .association re
! ports that new organizations are springing up
: rapidly all over the country, and showing their
interest in athletic exercise and contests of
JKjany kinds. Before the war Germany was
."known as a country almost without sports in
Be English and American sense. There was
?a good deal of outdoor tramping, on the part
but that was merely an old
of travel.
games have been sadly lacking
In Germany, and to that lack has been attribut
ed much of the deficiency in sporting spirit
.of which the Germans were accused during the
twar. There were shooting societies, but many
-people will question whether shooting at a
mark is really sport. It has been said often
that honest sports, with the training they give
in fair play and tolerance, would have made
Germany incapable of her attack on the rest
jf Europe. There is certainly something in
this point of view. It is a helpful sign, then,
rwhen the youth of Germany turns from the
rifle range and the goose step to field sports.
And there is something peculiarly appropriate
in this marathon run from Pottsdam to Berlin.
Things of quite a different sort used to come
from Pottsdam.
to church- But they may be encouraged to do
so. Every individual's conduct is governed
by his own conscience. The constitution guar
antees to every man the right to worship God
according to the dictates of his own conscience.
You may invite your neighbor to attend church,
but you have not the right to command him
to do so or to legislate him into a pew on Sun
day. Your neighbor may tell you that he Is
adhering to Christian doctrine without church
affiliation, and at that he may be a more con
sistent Christian than'you are, despite that you
are seen every Sunday in a church pew.
Homage to God' does not involve denial of
harmless pleasures on Sunday any more than
on any other day, notwithstanding any argu
ment that may be offered to the contrary.. The
blue law propagandist ought to be squelched in
every community where e shows his hand.
A Child Labor Amendment.
'The federal child labor law having been
held unconstitutional by the supreme court, it
is agreed on all sides that there will have to
be new child labor legislation. The only ques
tion is how to accomplish this purpose. Sev
eral states are expected to strengthen their
own regulative laws. It is recognized, how
ever, that this is a slow and unsatisfactory pro
cess, which cannot provide the desired uniform
ity or cover the country as a whole. And most
people agree that the country is so much of a
business unit that whatever regulations are
adopted ought to apply everywhere
'Federal action, therefore, is expected. One
senator suggests the use of the mails for this
purpose, by barring from mail privileges all
firms employing child labor under a certain
age. But this would be only another subter
fuge, almost sure to be pronounced unconsti
tutional. There is no adequate remedy in sight
except a federal amendment to the constitu
tion. Representative Fitzgerald proposes one
providing that congress bball have power to
regulate throughout the United States the em
ployment of persons under 18 years of age.
The indications are that some such measure
will be submitted before long to the states for
their approval. The twentieth amendment,
then, may be a child labor amendment. It
would follow, fittingly enough, after prohibition
and women suffrage amendments.
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DILL CASK.
WHO DISIXTEM THB CKLOYD CC8B.
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HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, M. D.
Noted Physician ard autnor. 1
Frederick Haskin's Letter
(Special Cm mayuiji mm of Tha Aivoa.)
ii good deal of
pof young men,
W fashioned form
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Taking the Smile Out of Sunday.
" ' Just now lowa is having a round with the
Sunday blue law advocates. They would close
the moving picture theatres and baa all amuse
ments now patronized by the masses on Sun
'da." In several towns over the country the
campaigns have been waged so suocessfully
that-Sunday amusements have been, legislated
Against by a vote of the peoplej The same re
sults may be accomplished in certain parts of
Iowa, but it is doubtful if the enforcement will
) made general in the state. Iowa certainly
would be a disappointment to other sections of
t.hV nation if its people went on record in favor
fit such tyrahical restrictions.
-jThere is no denying that Sunday is abused
by some of the people. The same people de
pjirtfrom the straight pathway on other days
lso. Suppressing amusements on Sunday
istrt going to reform people who don't want to
bo good, but it would compel sacrifices on the
part of upright citizens who make of Sunday a
day of combined spiritual and recreational
benefit We fall to see where a man who goes
Vj.ehurch in tlie morning and in the evening
takes his family to a movie show is guilty of
sinning. You might as well say that he would
be equally at variance with divine rules were
he to take bis family for an outing in the
country.
iThe average American citizen is a worker.
Six- days a week he is with his famiy only in
the evenings. It may be argued that during the
six Vvenings he ought to find time enough for
recreation such as he gets on Sunday. That
argument is not without soundness, yet there are
roaliy who regard Sunday as a period in which
they are to have enjoyment of the benefits of a
full holiday, and they like to make the most of
it,' and in making the most of it they don't want
toe denied harmless diversions to which they
j hae always been accustomed.
l??1.bltt law- agitators are trying to force
People to attend church,- Teople cant be dztrea
End of a Great Crusade.
The withdrawal of the American Red Cross
from Europe brings to an end the greatest cru
sade of mercy that the world has ever known.
Wherever in future years tlie story of the
World war is told that of the crusade will be
woven into it and will be gratefully remem
bered with it. It was the head of the' Moslem
community at the very end of the battle line
who, witnessing the work of the American Red
Cross, wrote, iu the language of his fatalistic
doctrine, that America had been created in or
der that out of compassion and charity it might
do good to humanity. Catholic and Protestant,
Jew and Gentile, have added their tribute to
that of the Moslem. The amount that has been
spent is nearly a half billion dollars in all.
Yet this is only a fraction of the real contribu
tion. Far beyond it, and beyond all estimates
of what has been given in substance, is that
which millions have given in themselves. The
volunteer service in every community in the
United States, and in nearly every home, along
with that in the distribution and application of
Red Cross relief, all the way from the edge of
the .North Sea to the Euphrates, has constituted
an incomparable spiritual gift. And what has
been given has left an enduring impression on
millions of grateful hearts.
It will be necessary to continue aid for in
dividual groups here and there in Europe. The
need of it for Russian refugees in Constantino
ple isespecially appealing. There will remain
a limited personnel to be of assistance to the
governments themselves in maintenance of
such Red vCross work as only the American
Red Cross has hitherto undertaken. In some
countries the Junior Red "Cross will be con
tinued. This is the elementary association of
Sir James Barrie's "League of Youth." The
need for such an organisation is greater, if
possible, than ever before. It is a singular
coincidence that the American Red Cross drops
its great work in Europe just as the life of
its. knightly leader during the war, Henry P.
Davison, has come to an end. But the influence
of what this mighty organization of mercy has
done under his masterly guidance is not meas
ured by its years nor his. It would be a splendid
living memorial to him if the League of Red
Cross societies, of which he was the author and
founder, could be perpetuated in its disease
studying and health educating mission .till
every child has at least a lair chance in what
ever part of the earth it may be born.
ROME time aeo we said Hearst was fast
making a tramp Of the world's greatest (S.-C.)
newspaper. But when Old Dick uiue Degins
a paragraph witn "we are ue6mmus
shrewdly suspect", and a Trib editorial writer
spouts about "the real facts , we conciuae inai
Hearst is not wholly to blame,
IN WHICH THE W. K. WHEELS OF
PROGRESS ARE BLOCKED.
Dear Mac:
One day
Out in East Molina,
Where anything may happen,
(And often does),
I beheld
An Armenian who was moving
His place of business.
He had put
A load of shelving
On a push cart
You know the kind
With a single high wheel
On either side;
And the Armenian
Saw
That the boards were not seeuv;
So, with the delightful
Ingenuousness
Of his kind,
He placed a rope across the top.
And examined the sides of the cart
Trusting that he would find a place
To secure the rope.
But his trust
Was misplaced.
For there was n't any-
And he ended
Bv attaching it, on each side,
TO THE RIM OF THE WHEEL.
Then he tried to
. Push the cart
With what success
You can readily imagine.
And I
Had thought such
Priceless
Things did not occur
Except
In the comedy films
But then.
Is it so unusual
After all,
To see a s.-c. business man
Gumming up the wheels
Of success
In a manner
Very little less ridiculous?
Some of them should be
Making
Crocheted yokes.
Le MOQ.
The rope, not his trust.
WHAT word do you mispronounce most fre
quently? Ours is "arch-bishop".. We have a
weakness for calling it "ark-bishop". We know
several persons who invariably pronounce
"alienating", "a-leen'-i-at-ing". What's yours?
i othi
ing Is More Invigorating Than a
Inhalations of Gas Fames.
Few
Idealism of Davison.
An interesting story from which many ser
mons on idealism and patriotism and Ameri
canism could bepreached is revealed by the
will of Henry Davison, the fniancier of the
Morgan firm iu New York. The great financier
had the ajolden touch. He could make money.
The fact that he did not multiply his fortune
many times was due, not to an inability to do
so, but to indifference. He had other ideals
in life. He was not a mere gold digger. His
life was, In a sense, a disappointment. That will
surprise the type that confuses wealth with
success and happiness. They do not always go
together. Davison did not crave wealth; he
sought rather an opportunity to serve mankind.
He had a different ideal a bigger one.
Unbale to realize it himself, Davison hoped
to realize his life's ambition through his son.
Not long ago he told this boy that he should
choose his course in life to do what his fa
ther had done and enter the Morgan firm to
make money, or, with enough to maintain him
provided, do what his father had hoped to do,
and enter public life to serve mankind. And
here is something that ought to interest those
who have been preaching that most of our
great statesmen are failures because not money
makers and that we must have business men
in politics. Davison.'the business man, told his
son that if he decided to enter public life he
must put money-making behind him because
politics and money do not mix. The boy has
decided to initiate the idealistic side of his
father. He is now a member of the New York
assembly. Here is a subject for a sermon. It
Is worth a thousand sermons against radical-
f I'Ynm ThA Amis 1
Carl Scheline, snuff-maker, at the J.
T. Young cigar factory, 1223 Fifth ave
nue, was saved from death by inhaling
gas fumes last evening.
THE pinnacle (or the depth) of satire is
reached by Arthur Sears Henning in comment
ing on William Randolph Hearst's statement
that he will not be a candidate for governor
of New York. "This conviction was deepened,"
writes Henning, "when, on the Lupercalia I
I put aside the proffered crown for the third
i time ..."
An American Would Have Replied: "Saw;
ever Heard of 'Im. Wusta Ben a
Bush Leaguer."
O. O. Mclntyre, "New York Day by Day".
Agnes Repplier was addressing the
English Speaking union at the Biltmore.
Her point was that the humblest citizens
of other nations possess the glories of
their literatures, whereas the American
and English proletariats are indifferent
to the best that has been written in their
native tongues.
One of the audience decided upon a
little experiment after the meeting. He
saw a man at a peanut stand and think
ing he must be Italian spoke to him
pleasantly in his native tongue. The pea
nut vender looked gravely at the stran
ger and said: "I am not Italian. I am
a Greek."
"Oh," said the stranger. "And do you
read the plays of Euripides?"
"I read them." said the Greek, "But I
prefer Aeschylus."
ASIDE to Walter: "Going Home" is an ex
cellent idea riding in a bum vehicle. It needs
a bit of riming oil; its metrical axles squeak.
Aw, ?iots!
From the Hancock County (111.) Journal.
A peanut sat on the railroad track
Its heart was all a'flutter;
The 3:45 came rambling past
Toot! Toot! Peanut butter.
"WILL some professor of journalism please
explain why a few newspaper people insist on
writing 'Rev. Mr. Brown', but refuse to write
Dr. Mr. Brown'? The error, we note, is quite
common among those reporters who keen on
Pre"" ,tornado' a 'cyclone'." Reynolds
We're not a professor of Journalism, but we
can answer that. It s because they don't know
any better, sir.
FROM THE 2T TSALX.
Taken from a real estate blurb organ.
1. My wife is my boss, I shall not deny it
2. She maketh me lie down behind the bed
when swell company comes and she leadeth me
behind her up Main street.
3. She restoreth my pocketbook after she
has spent all its contents for hobble skirts and
theatre tickets, and she leadeth me up the
main aisle of the church for her new hat's
sake.
j . . Trichinosis,
i Trichina or trichinella spiralis is
, a small round worm that passes
j its whole life cycle in man, the rat
and the hog, although several otner
animals are occasionally infested,
such as mice, dogs, rabbits, cats,
foxes and guinea pigs. Unlike the
common or beef tapeworm, this
parasite passes both its larval and
adult stages in one host, the host
man, rat, hog or other animal. The
host eats the flesh of the infested
animal in which the larvae are
present, in little capsules embed
ded in the muscle. The capsule is
digested in the host's stomach and
the larva set free. It enters the in
testine and in a few days grows
large enough to be -visible to the
naked eye as a fine thread which
grows into the mature worm. The
female produces about 500 young,
and these embryos pierce the bowel
wall and get into the blood stream,
which carries them to the muscles
and other parts of the body. About
a week is taken for all this to hap
pen. When man is infested with tri
china worms, by eating raw ham,
insufficiently cooked pork, tongue,
head-cheese, worst, and possibly
other meats from butcher shops or
slaughter houses where rats are
permitted to thrive (the rat is the
common host of trichinella) there
is first a stage of a week or 10 days
of mere stomach or intestinal dis
turbance or perhaps not even that,
and then the stage of general in
fection (when the embryos are
spreading through the muscles and
the organs.) This second stage is
characterized by agonizing pains in
the muscles, swelling and tender
ness of the muscles, pain on move
ment, and puffiness or edema of
the skin over the sore muscles.
The muscles of mastication are
commonly involved, as well as
those of swallowing. One sugges
tive sign is puffiness or edema of
the eyes. Profuse sweating, fever
ishness, and hives often accom
pany the general symptoms. Blood
examination shows a remarkable
increase in the type of white cor
puscles or scavenger cells that
take a peculiar stain eosinophiles
and this is rather characteristic
of parasitic infestations. Positive
diagnosis is. made by the removal
and microscopic examination of a
bit of muscle from the biceps or
elsewhere and the finding therein
of the trichinas.
By the way, there are well nigh
human beings who have the temer
ity 4o deny that any such thing as
parasitic infestation ever occurs.
That ought to be a comforting kind
of faith for a fellow equipped with
a flock of cooties.
In most cases of trichinosis re
covery follows. A few prove fatal.
Children-'are more likely to recover
than adults, probably because they
eat less of the infected meat. If
there is active diarrhea" in the first
stage, that is favorable to recovery.
It also suggests the wisdom of tak
ing very often thorough doses of
physic when stomach or intestinal
disturbances follow indulgences in
some questionable hog meat, espe
cially if it has not been thoroughly
cooked.
Questions and Angers.
Can't Sleep in Peace What
would you suggest causes me to
toss about and think of my busi
ness cares ad troubles after I get
into bed nights? I believe I am a
healthy specimen, aged 47, and my
affairs are all right. I smoke about
four cigars daily, sometimes one or
two late in the evening. Would
that prevent sleep? W. F. M.
Answer Take out more life in
surance. It ".s a good preventive
of bad nights. (Agents please re
member I don't smoke cigars.)
Maybe a little work ' would bring
you earned sleep use your mus
cles and sweat, you son-of-a-gun.
(This sitting around the office or
! strolling about the store and riding
to and from business is enough to
unbalance any nervous system un
less you get the habit of working
some every day. Smoking late at
night keeps some smokers awake,
even the beloved old pipe. It is
just possible that you do not give
enough consideration to sleeping
equipment that is, a comfortable
single bed, good springs and mat
tress, light coverings (light but
warm enough), as cold air as the
season affords.
Incipient Truckling I am 22
years of age and anxious to join
the Y. W. C. A. and enter the gym
class, but my future husband in
sists I get sufficient exercise every
day in the office and that gym work
and so forth is very unladylike.
Will you please give me your opin
ionT H. L. A.
Answer YouH have plenty of
time to truckle to his lordship after
you're tied up, young lady. Mean
while I should advise you to
go in and get what physical educa
tion you can it may nelp you to
handle your husband later on.
Bacillus Prodigiosus Can you
tell me why the perspiration from
one armpit stains the clothing red,
while the other does not?
J. W T.
Answer Quick, Watson, the 11th
volume of the Encyclopedia Bacter
iological As, yes, very simple. The
case presents few interesting fea
tures. Growth of a harmless micro-organism,
a bacillus glorying
in the name of bacillus prodigiosus,
owing to its gigantic size as com
pared with other bacilli. Remedy,
application of any antiseptic or
germicide which will not irritate
te skin, such as a mopping or bath
ing once a day for a week or more
with a solution of mercuric lodid,
one to one thousand, which would
be approximately seven grains in a
pint of water. Perhaps sponging
with a solution of as much boric
acid as a pint of water will take up,
will accomplish the same result.
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The Daily Short Story
KURSE ASD PATIENT.
By Rose Daridson.
(Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dicate, Inc.)
The more Leon Ashley looked in
to the lights opposite the more like
a grinning face they seemed, until
the whole thing got on his nerves.
He pressed his hands to his burn
ing forehead. "Why did they move
me out here?" he muttered.
One by one the white-garbed
nurses rose from the benches
where they had been sitting, all
taking what they believed to be a
last look at the strange man whose
identity was still unknown to
them, yet whom "they had all learn
ed to reverence. They were leav
ing him alone to stare out at the
city lights, the city that belonged
to his people and to him.
Once he had held himself erect
at the thought of the royal blood he
possessed, but now, somehow, after
living close to his fellow-men in
"Forgive me," he said. There was
a sob in his throat as he spoke.
"For what?" she asked, and as
she spoke she put her hand on his
brown hair as a mothe'r might have
done. Her voice was infinitely sad
and tender. "Forgive you for car
ing?" she asked.
"Oh. but you do not understand.
This is the end for us."
She grew suddenly pale, and her
lips parted as she sat with eyes
fastened upon him, waiting for him
to go on.
"I wanted you to love me," he
continued, "I wanted it from the
first, but I knew that when I left
here everything would be over for
us. I knew I was a contemptible
cad to encourage your friendship,
but as time passed I learned to
care so much that I thought of
nothing else."
The little nurse looked into his
leyes. I believe you, she said
ditches and dugouts, he felt that he j slowly, "and it makes me happy,
was going to share that pulsing j Please do not pity me. I have
life, that an ordered existence was known all along. I recognized you
going to make him what he had
been, just a puppet of the people,
who must act, year in and year
tne first day when you were
brought in so very ill." She stop
ped suddenly and sat very still.
out, as his royal family had done. 1 The great womanliness of her,
and the nerves of his face ached I the ability to suffer in silence and
with intolerable r agony as he the dignity of such a silence touch-
thought of the happiness witnm ed him strangely.
his reach, the love that might have
been part of his life.
From the room opposite there
came the faint strains of a song,
which stopped altogether 'as the
singer pushed the door open wide
and crossed the balcony to where
the stranger was sitting. "Come,
come, is this the way you celebrate
your release?" the little nurse ex
claimed. The man continued to gaze
straight out before him not at her,
for he felt that if he looked at her
all his fortitude would give way.
She drew a chair close to his. "I
didn't mean to make light of your a blow.
departure, she said softly.
And still the soldier sat, moody
and taciturn. He was handsome,
as the men of the royal family had
always been, with a bearing which
caused men and women to follow
him with their eyes. Certain fam
ily characteristics were markedly
gray eyes, which seemed to brood
over a woman; the shape of the
head, with its broad brow; the
short upper lip and appealing
smile these had belonged to the
men of the royal family for generations.
4. Tea. thoueh I walk mnra than halt
night through a dark room with a crying baby 'nis the brown hair and the -wide
I will get no rest, for sh is hohin i Iterrav eves, which swmpH tn hrnnH
broomstick and her hatpin; they do everything
else but comfort me.
5. She prepareth a cold snack for me then
maketh a bee line for an Aid Society supper
She anometh my head with a rolling pin occa
sionally My arms runneth over with bundles
before she is half done with her shopping.
i..m f Uely her dressmaker and millinery bill
shall follow me all the days of her life and I
will dwell la the house of my wife forever.
DOUBTLESS we shall be panned for print
ing the foregomg atrocity. No matter, though
We were criticized when we printed para
phrases of the Twenty-third psalm which were
nothing worse than renditions of the original in
rime.
NOW. If youll excuse us. we're going to
Davenport to take dinner with Jav sig who
blew into town today from thn wHi nf 'r.
. r. e. arc.
He reached his arms toward her.
but she drew back.
"It's such a wonderful thing to
live simply as I have done during
this war.'V he went on finally;
"such a wonderful thing to be loved
for oneself alone. I can never real
ly live again it will be like act
ing a part in a play risjng in my
father's kingdom, marrying one
whom the family selects, no doubt,
and always dreaming of you, Helen,
and that life and love I might have
had."
"Ah, don't," she cried, putting
out her hand as though to ward off
Don't say it; don't even
think it. Sorrow is no new thing
to me, though I am young, but I
do not question it. I shall never
regret having known and loved
you." She paused a moment.
"When there is some terrible thing
in life to do. it is best to do it
quickly. Good-by," She sad, putting
out her hand.
"I could not touch your hand. If
I did, I could not let you go," she
heard him saying softly.
The little nurse turned and left
him. She walked quickly along
the narrow halls. The feeling of
death was linon hep She hnrripH
The little nurse was a flower of , on to her room in th hmiM onnn-
a girl, with delicate features, nose site. She had given him a ereat
Washington, D. C, May 24. The
greatest single facility of modern
business men in the making of
money is information, and the mod
ern American business man has de
veloped this "facility more than any
other in the world. While the av
erage citizen is reading his morn
ing newspaper, he is inclined to
think that he is informing himself
about as fully concerning current
affairs as is necessary to keep him
abreast of even:. An examination
of the efforts which organized bus
iness makes to supplement these
ordinary sources of information
would prove a revelation.
Every schoolboy has heard of the
great Rothschild family. The foun
dation of its fortune was informa
tionin particular one special bit
of information. Napoleon was over
running Europe. Nations trembleti
before his army and the British
people were uneasy. A natural re
sult was that British government
bonds dropped to low figures in the
money markets of the world. Then
came the epochal battle of Water
loo. Rothschild was at Brussels,
near the battlefield. He arranged
to obtain the earliest possible news
of the battle. The moment he learn
ed of Napoleon's defeat he set off
post-haste for London.
In times of great national stress
rumors of bad news fly more quick
ly than reports of good news. Be
fore his arrival untrue rumors had
reached London that Napoleon
again had proved victorious and
that England was crushed. The
bonds sank still lower. Rothschild
bought them for a song. He had
the facts. A day later, when the
true report came officially, all Eng
land rejoiced and especially Roths
child, for his information had made
him a rich man.
That instance is romantic and
spectacular, but there are others
approaching it in American busi
ness today. Recently a represen
tative of one of the largest cotton
brokerage houses in the world was
in Washington discussing with a
government official methods of ob
taining certain information on
weather conditions which he de
sired. He outlined what his ex
isting facilities were before pro
ceeding on a plan for the addition
al information he wanted. After
hearing the story, the official said:
Enows When it Thunders.
"We are told that not a sparrow
falls without Providence knowing
about it, and it seems it never
thunders anywhere in the United
States without your company
knowing about it."
"It never thunders anywhere in
the world where cotton grows with
out my company knowing about it
within a few hours," was the cot
ton man's" reply, and it was liter
ally true.
This aad other great cotton bro
kerage concerns receive weather
reports three times a day from
every part of the world where cot
ton is grown. Every shower, every
change in temperature, every hour
of sunlight is flashed to its central
oSice by cable, telegraph, telephone
or radio. On the basis of this in
formation this company knows to
the narrowest ascertainable degree
what the prospects are for cotton
production in various parts of the
world.
The company knows today how
much cotton will be produced in a
given county in Mississippi or on
a given plantation in the Sudan,
next fall. As conditions change the
forecasts are revised and are al
ways kept literally up to the hour.
Its information is more accurate
than the estimate of planters who
are growing the cotton. The value
of this information consists in the
fact that the company knows, to a
few bales, what the production
prospects are and therefore what
the price is likely to be. A day
too much -of sunlight in certain
sections affects the price. If the
company does not know about the j
sun or about the snower wnich
succeeds it as quickly as its com
petitors, it might get caught in the
market and lose money.
Another interesting instance is
this: Take a company manufactur
ing men's linen collars. It intends
to put on an advertising canjpaijai
and send out salesmen in the sta.es
west of the Rocky mountains. Thai
company will, obtain from the gov
ernment departments at Washing
ton, and from other sources, pre
cise information on the number of
men in every community in the
states where the campaign is to be
made. It will find out how nianv
of the men are from 20 to 25 years
of age; how many from 30 to :.".
and so on. The per capita wealth
of these men will be ascertained.
The survey will show how many
are lawyers, how many doctors,
how many students in short, the
whole territory will be charted arid
tables worked oi which will show
just how many sales ought to be
made.
Such a study is likely to be marte
to any kind of a pale. It may be
collars, or plows, or butter churns
or lead pencils. A big company ob
tains exact information as a pre
liminary. This means that no time
is lost in poor territory, nor too
much effort wasted in a section
which could not possibly absorb a
large supply.
Bankers maintain information or
ganizations which compare favor
ably with come of the government's
own investigating staffs. A great
company making agricultural im
plements will want a loan of $.V
000,000. Before making the loan
the bank's 'information staff will
find out, in minute detail and en
tirely independently of and un
known to the prospective borrower,
every conceivable thing about its
business. It will find out where the
company gets its raw materials, if
the supply is likely to hold out. ami
if the price is likely to go up or
down.
What a Bank Should Know.
It will study the transportation
rates on that raw material. It w ill
study the factory method? of the
company, and then examine the
market in which the company ex
pects to sell its finished prod in t.
(It may be that the investigation
will necessitate sending investiga
tors to distant countries). In short,
the bank will probably know as
much about the company's busi
ness, before it makes or declines
the loan, as the company will know
itself.
A coffee importer may want, a
loan from a big bank. The bank
may discover that a revolt is brew
ing in the distant country where
the importer's supplies are bought.
Consequently the loan will be de
clined. Circumstanc es may be such
that the coffee company never will
know why it did not get that loan.
It will go to another bank, oik
which has not learned the value of
information, and obtain the loan.
The revolt comes, the importinc;
company's property is destroyed,
and it is plunked into bankruptcy.
The bank that was not posted will
lose a part or all of its loan.
Probably the earliest record of
the use of quick information by a
big business mn is that of Cra?
sus, the Roman, and the richest
man of his time. Before Chri:-'.
fire departments in Rome were
non-existent. If a house caught
fire buckets of water were ca?t on
it, but usually with little effect.
Now Crassus employed a staff nf
runners who patrolled Rome. As
soon as smoke was observed, they
would dash to Crassus with the in
formation. He would hasten to t::e
house where the flames werr iU
ing headway against the fe&le at
tempts to quench them. The own
er would be in despair becaufe Ms
home seemed lost. Then frasius
would offer to buy the bunnni?
structure. The owner, seeing noth
ing but loss, would sell cheaply.
The instant the deal was closed
Crassus would sound a sipnal ;mi
his trained fire department would
appear and put out the tire. ("ra
sus would make the nece.-ary re
pairs and remain the owner of t;
building. It is said that he a m l
half the houses in Home before his
death, and he had bought, each one
of them when its value wa? lowesl
because of. the imminence cf i.s
destruction.
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tip-tilted, and eyes bright with the
wonder of him. "There seems
nothing to say except "Good-by,"
she said softly.
Leon Ashley turned quickly.
"Helen. I don't want to leave you,"
he exclaimed. His face was illum
ined as he spoke her name. The
peculiar ability to express more
man ne felt was always his, but
honesty always, she would give it
to him until the end. He knew that
she suffered, but she desired him
to know as well that she was
brave, hat her spirit was uncon
quered, that she would do some
thing rather than weakly suffer in
ineffectual rebellion.
She lighted a small candle, as
sne naa done lor many weeks and
... more man ne t nolding it in, the window, with head
was able to express. thelrl hi eh wa,i v.. i i j
A flush suffused her face to his across the distance she had covered
wwoaV. ..she knew that their" eyes met. -
Q. How many games does each
team in the big league ptay?
A. D. J.
A. There are 77 -games sched
uled for each team.
Q. Whis is more important to
the diet, mineral salts or vita
mines? C. H. R.
A. Vitamines are necessary to
bring about the proper metabolism
and to help disseminate the min
eral salts. Many authorities insist
that a lack of vitamines is more
dangerous to health than a lack of
mineral salts.
Q. Are more chickens raised and
more eggs laid than there were 10
years ago?
A. The department of agricul
ture says that in 1921 there were
550,000,000 head of poultry and 1.
843,000,000 dozens of eggs. In 1916
poultry totaled 567,000.000, and
eggs 1,848,000,000 dozen. Before
this time onlv estimates wprp marl
but comparison with these shows I
little change since 1900. j
Q. Who trained Frank Gotch? I
T. H. P.
A. The famous heavyweight I
wrestler was trained by Tom Jen
kins.
Q. What does a bushel of wheat
represent in labor? G. M.
A. Statisticians estimate that a
bushel of wheat can now be raised
with the expenditure of but 10
minutes of the farmer's time, as
compared with 3 hours and 3 min
utes in 1850.
Q. Why are hides tanned? S. E.
A. The American Chemical so
ciety says that if left untanned a
hide like the 'meat decays. In the
untanned state the fibers of the
hide are glued or matted together.
When tanned the strings or fibers
are "individualized." so that, they
move separately without ieir:u'
apart. This process also swells or
thickens the skin.
Q. Is there any article in tlie
charter of statehood of Texa; tl.at
grants privileges not givtn to other
states? J. Ii. I"
A. The special privileges which
are accorded to Texas by .t.s con
stitution are the reserved r:el:t. t
all public lands of the state, anl
the right to subdivide into not
more than five states.
Q. How can sealing wax be
made at home? X. C. 15.
A. Melting together equal pans
of shoemaker's wax and resin pro
duces an acceptable wax. This
should be done in a pan over hot
water to prevent scorching.
Q. When brokers speak of "car
tying charges," what do they
mean? J. E. U.
A. Carrying charges are the in
terest, paid by those buying stocks
on margin, on the difference be
tween the market price at which
the stock was bought and the
amount of margin deposited by the
purchaser. Thus, if 10 shares of
stock are purchased at $100 a
share and $200 deposited as mar
gin, the carrying charge would be
the interest on $S00.
Q. - What is Sapsago cheese fla
vored with? M. S.
A. Sapsago is a kind of Swiss
cheese flavored with malilot.
Q. Is it true that rivers wash
their western banks to a greater
extent than the eastern? D. T.
A. Rivers do not wash western
banks more than eastern banks as
a general rule. Other factors de
termine what land is washed aj.
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