Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-04-03
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A series of articles now appearing
In the Scientific American makes re-
ply to the charges against the Ameri-
can Navy contained in the Mcclure
article by Artist Reuterdahl. The first
article aims to show that the various
boards which have determined the
characteristics of the American Navy
have had majority of their member
ship composed of sea-going officers,
contrary to the statement made by
Reuterdahl. The second one contra
diets the statement that none of our
battle ships has its main armor belt 6
inches above the water when fully
equipped. 1t is asserted that our YES
sells show from 18 inches to IL feet 6
inches of armor belt above the water
line when fully equipped As to the
alleged low freeboard of our ships the
Scientific American points out that,
with the single exception of the Dread
naught, there is not ship in the Brit
lsh Navy with the forward deck 2S feet
high. AS to the broadside guns, the
writer holds that they are as high as
similar guns in the German and Japa-
nese navies, and from 2 to Az feet
higher than those of some of the mod
ern British battle ships. The writer
concludes that American ships Ia the
matter Of heavy armor are ton for ton
superior to the ships of other navies.
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The results of exhaustive expert
ments conducted by the Bureau Of
Chemistry of the Department of Agri-
culture to determine the poisonous eff
feet of such drugs as borax, benzoic
acid, benzoate of soda, sulphate Of
copper, sulphur dioxide, formaldehyde
and salicylic acid when used as pre-
servatives In foodstuffs have been out
lined before the House Committee on
Agriculture by DR.. II. w. Wiley, chief
Of the bureau. The main conclusion
ls that the expulsion of these and kin
dred drugs from the body shortens the
term of the average mans life in the
United States, and that kidney dis
ease, so prevalent among Americans,
Is largely the result of constant intro
duction into the system Of such SUBJ
stances. Dr. Wiley told the commit
tee he had discovered that salt solu-
tion was perfect substitute for sui
phur In the whitening and drying Of
fruit, and he exhibited samples of ap-
oles so dried to prove his statement
DR.. j. Walter Fewkes, an investiga.
tor employed by the Bureau of Eth
nology, who has been looking into the
origin of the first Inhabitants of the
Island of Porto Rico, now reports his
conclusion that the West Indies were
formerly connected with South Ameri-
ca, whence came the primitive Carrib-
cans to Porto Rico, and not from Yu-
catan, Florida or elsewhere, asJheld
by the scientists who accept the the
Dry OF prehistoric island extending
almost across the Atlantic Ocean from
The Caribbean Sea to Africa. This ia
oled Atlantis, now supposed to have
been submerged in some change in the
earth's crust, has served as the hypo-
|, thesis to account for immigrations of
! primitive man, mammals and plants
from the Old World to the New, thus
accounting for the ruins of Egyptian
pyramids ard architecture in Yucatap.
DR.. Fewkes virtually skaters this the
Dry by asserting that the ridge of the
| Antilles extends from north to south
instead of from east to west.
: That the duty on sugar and tobacco
be removed is again recommended in
the report of Secretary of War Taft
On the Philippine Islands. This course
he says, Is necessary in order to have
, these industries attain their former
{ prosperous condition, and he believes
e that the removal of the duty would moi
] lnjure any American interest nor af
In this country. He also urges Con
gress to remove the present restric
tions on the acquisition of mining
claims; to authorize the insular gov
: ernment to conduct an agricultural
}, bank, and that cur coastwise laws b'
D made inapplicable to trade between
the United States and Philippine
ports. The President concurs in th'
Toft ,I.t md piv
S cial praise to Governor Smith and hi
e associates for their conduct of affairs
+ n the Philippines