The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-12-10
NEWS NOTES OF
NATIONS CAPITAL
Especial to the Silver State)
Spasms by the Humane Society.


assertion that societies 4or the preven-
tion of cruelty to children and ami
mails accomplish a great deal of good.
That some persons interested in tie
work of these societies are constitu.
tional cranks is no argument against
the societies themselves or the causes
which they champion. Cranks, or
rather enthusiasts, are peeessary for
the success of any movement. Still
there are many people who do not go
so far as to approve OF the violent
TRADES sometimes mAde against vivl-
section, for instance or corporeal pun
ishment of children Not all the old
lfogies can be so far advanced in their
notions that they are willing to give
Iup their faith in the old precept about
sparing the rod The superintendent
of the Washington public schools,
Professor A. T. Stuart, who has been
recently quoted to the effect that there
are times when a whipping is "high-
! ly efcacious' in promoting discipline,
4 but every teacher has reason to know
that many children go to school so
thoroughly unframed and undisciplin-
ed that they not only give a great deal
/ of trouble on their own account. but
sometimes they infect whole classes or
whole school with insubordination.
! If schools are not to inculcate discip-
line and department as well as some
knowledge of the three r Is, then what
are they for?
| Another case where organized hui
manitarianism goes to extremes is in
the case where protests have been
made against experiments by the
government with dogs to determine
whether cancer follows a fish diet. A
number of dogs are now being fed
with fish with the hope that the ex-
iperiments will result in fuller scientific
knowledge regarding that dreadful and
growingly prevalent disease, cancer.
/ If the experiments prove that cancer
may be communicated to dogs that
feed upon fish afflicted with it, some
thing will be learned which may result
/ in saving human lives Tt is hardly
likely that the tender hearted people
who think more of few dogs which
otherwise would end their existence
in the lethal chamber at the pound
than they do of their fellow creatures
will arouse any general sympathy
among people who have even an ink
ling of what inroads cancer is making
on the human race. Sentiment is a
very excellent thing until it becomes
maudlin. Washington seems to be full
of maudlin sentimentalists.
Candidates for the Exposition.
One of the most interesting contests
before the present congress is that
between San Francisco and New Or
leans for Endorsement as the place
where the exposition to celebrate the
opening of the Panama canal shall be
held Both cities have established
Headquarters in Washington and both
cities have sent strong delegations of
the leading men, not only of those
cities. but of their states, to urge their
claims upon congress. At the present
time it is impossible to know just
which one has the better chance, but
both cities have gone into the fight
with determination, and each would
prefer to see no action taken at all
rather than to have preference shown
to its rival Both camps are now well
organized and they have settled down
for a long and sturdy pull with the
consciousness that they may find the
session all too short to fight out the
campaign in which they are engaged.
Consular Notes.
American manufacturers of dairy
machinery are reminded that the but
ter industry of Australia has assumed
vast proportions in recent years, being
the fourth greatest source of pros
perity in that colony.
In the Netherlands dairving is more
profitable than raising cattle for beef,
which is only incidental to the dairy.
g l. fra1
ling a COW for dairying is 500 year,
and the average amount realized from
each cow during that period is $ss.
The average value of the land for
dairying purposes is S400 an acre.
lHolsteins are preferred to other breeds
of cattle, with Jerseys second in
esteem.
Dairy farming in Sweden has made
more progress in the last forty years
than at anv time during the past seven
centuries. There are about 1000
dairies in Sweden. The average cost of
keeping a COW is S75 year, while the
gross amount realized varies from $50
to $40 per animal.
American interests have taken over
several nitrate works in Chile during
the last year, and are negotiating for
several more. The exports or nltrates
to the United States in 1909 amounted
to 45s,0s1 tons, nearly four times as
much as in 1907.
Two consignments of Chinese pork
consisting Of nearly 10000 carcasses
were recently refused a landing at
Liverpool because they did not comply
with certain local technical regula-
tions.
The number of foreign farms
in Morocco is increasing. Many Of
them are supplied with up-to-date agri-
cultural machinery and implements.
A California flour company is the
only American eaneern of the kind
(which maintains its own house in Hong
Kong, and this is to be closed and the
business turned over to commission
men. The reason for this seems to be
that Manila is becoming the distribut
ing point for American flour IN the
Orient. Another reason is the decrease
:: Ana demand Cor Anaariean flaur in