The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-01
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This time, when America will need all
her products Of taa FIELD and farm, is not
far of, either, and some other country
will be called upon to act as the grain
dealer of the world. This country may
be Canada, Manchuria, or some South
American country Canada is already
making inroad on the American grain
market. and before many years will sup
plant America in that line OF business
altogether.
Farms and farmers are growing less
every year in America" said Mr.. Faerber.
who is a grain dealer and has made the
question of supplying the world with the
necessary breadstuffs a subject Of special
study. Farmers and their sons are at
traeted to the cities. they sell their hold
ings, and the consequences is that here is
one less farmer in the United States.
This goes on every day in the year, and
year after year this process Of defarming
the United States viii bring about most
serious conditions. American cities are
alluring to young farmers. They see that
than they can make on the farm. and
the same holds good with the girls
Canada Is beginning TO get settled with
American stock. who are developing and
exploiting that countrys unbounded natu-
raj resources Canada before many years
will be the granary of the world, and
will remain to be the granary until her
young men and farmers come to the con-
clusion that city Re is more attractive
than the farms. This shows conclusively
that as soon as any nation loses her
farmers she loses her mainstay in time
OF peace and war. What is a country
going TO do in time OF war which cannot
raise her own necessaries Of life? That
country is the strongest. wealthiest, hap
piest, and most independent that can pro-
duce her own breadstuffs-
George s. Nolan. Of Philadelphia, prin-
cipal of a business college Of that city.
who was seen at the Arlington last night,
discussing shorthand, said: 'Of the IN
Vulnerable systems of shorthand that
were the vogue a century ago, how many
survive to-day? IN spite Of Pitman. fame
and fortune still await the man or woman
who can invent a system that win appeal
to the reader as effectively as TO the
original writer. Perhaps If We were to
rediscover the lost shorthand writing OF
the ancient Romans we might find our
selves on the road toward q solution OF
the problem.
For the Romans were on affectionats
terms with shorthand. Did not Suetonius,
speaking of Caliguls. express surprise
that an emperor Of so many promising
parts should nevertheless be an igno-
ramus in shorthand, and did not Titus
Vespasisnus pride himself on his facility
in the use of stenography, both for busi-
ness and amusement? So fond was he
OF the sport that he delighted TO gather
his amanuenses around him in order that
they should compete against each other
in the stenographIc field.
''Ths first impulse 20 the redlscovery
and cultivation of shorthand in modern
times may probably be traced TO the de-
sire. at the time Of the Reformation, OF
preserving the discourses Of the preachers
of the new doctrines. The early systems,
however. were very inefficient, and this
has been considered by critics to be one
OF the causes OF corrupt readings Of the
text OF some OF the Shakespearean plays"
The word factory" according to
Hiram B. Allen. OF Newark. n. J., who
was seen at the Cochran last night,
brings TO the mind az once a picture OF
a great column Of brick. from the top OF
which issue clouds OF black smoke 10
deflle the air and desecrate the heavens.
"One thinks of long trains OF grimy coal
cars said Mr.. Allen, "of the light from
the furnace mouths, glazing on the black
ened faces of the sweating stokers, OF
thousands of gallons of water being
drunk in by the thirsty boilers and turned
into steam; In short the word factory
calls UP a picture which is ugly and
dirty. whatever its significance Of pros
perity.
Here is another picture OF a factory
saw: No smokestack, no great engines.
no dirty coal dump. little engine. re-
CURED by the insurance company 20
force water in case Of fire, kept up but
fifty pounds Of steam. and was not much
more 10 look upon than a kitchen range.
Inside there was no SCOT in the air. The
machinery was running. but there was
no tapping Of great wide belts from an
engine room. Here and there, suspended
from the ceiling. was a motor. That told
the story.
Across the fields, outside, ! saw a
line of high white towers Of steel, 400
or 500 feet apart. On them were strung
few lines Of wire which came down
into the factory. There they were con-
nected with the machinery which makes
their terrible. silent, deadly power avail
able for the uses of this mill Over
these wires comes that mysterious agent
which man has trained to make his
wheels go around. 10 turn the darkness
into light to drive away the cold to an
initiate distance, and to make the whole
world neighborly village. Il Is the wa
tiers Of a river fifty miles away that
makes the power that goes over the
wires"
Discussing street paving and this city's
wooden inside track streets, F. J. Conner,
a contractor of Chicago, who was seen
at the Raleigh, said that wood and brick
pavements found early favor in Chicago.
These were more readily secured than
stone" said Mr.. Conner, which was the
principal point in their favor. On La
Sale street, where traffic was heaviest,
the brick wearing surface stood the test.
In general demonstrations throughout
the country cobblestones and granite
have proved favorites for streets with
heavy traffic. Proper drainage has been
a great and serious question.
Floating pavements' have been an
feature in many cities, where
water seeped in under the plank layers
that we're q fn,rrda tor, fnr tso.ot- ,.a.-i-.-.