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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
SMOKING COSTLY IN RUSSIA
People Generally Use Cigarettes in
Interests of Economy.
Cigars Are Sold at PrOhibitiVe
Prices TO All Except Those with
Plenty of Money.

Smoking is an expensive luxury in
Russia. and those who WOO the Lady
Nicotine in that country generally do so
through the medium of the cigarette.
The average cigar costing 10 cents In
the United States sells for 80 cents in
Russia. and the more expensive brands
come higher In comparison, the imported
products ranging in price from 10 cents
to 81. Domestic cigars run from to 10
cents, but being of inferior quality, they
are unacceptable except to the poorer
classes. Tobacco sells from u cents to
$3.50 per pound. according to its origin.
the Habana and Sumatra brands used for
wrappers in the manufacture of cigars
being especially expensive. Domestic to
bacco is utilized principally for fllers,.
but is not called for by connoisseurs.
The use of cigarettes is general, each
class INDUCING in its favorite brand with
equal satisfaction, whether the tobacco
is incased in the most expensive perfumed
rice paper or rolled roughly In brown
paper. a method employed by the poor.
In a recent speech in Moscow the min
with the huge deficits of other leading
countries in Europe. remarking that the
increased tax on the wrappers for Gig
arettes had guaranteed the government
against any lack OF funds to meet the
necessary expenses. This shows the i'm
mense profits obtained from the use Of
tobacco through state taxation
Russia's tobacco crop in 1903 was 9
per cent below 1907. the yield being 2OO.-
Sls,5S4 pounds in comparison with 225, 3d.
o59 pounds in 1907. a decrease OF 1922, 46S
pounds. From this production 5e06S. 452
pounds were of Turkish seed, 16,2S5. T76
pounds American seed, and the lower
grades. such as Baku tobacco CNicotiana
rustica) and Makhorka Iythrum sail
coria). &c, gave 124.s .95s pounds. The
number Of tobacco plantations was "a, 1856,
against 81. 419 in 1907. and the area 17o.1s2
acres, against 1e4. 414 The average yield
per desiatin CT acres) was S,27s pounds
in comparison with s.70S pounds.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13

One OF the most active and popular Of
the younger brokers OF the city is Edward
Floy Caverly. manager OF the Washing
ton house Of r F. Hutton & Co. Mr.
Caverly is a Washington boy. and re-
ceived a long business training before en-
barking upon the work OF managing a
general brokerage Office
He was born December Q, 1875, in the
city of Brooklyn. but came to Washing
ton with his parents when he was six
years old he Immediately entered the
Washington public schools and gained
his education in them during the eighties,
attending school exactly ten years.
His first business connection was with
J. H. Chesley q Co, who, IN 1891, were
engaged in the hardware business at 1904
F street northwest. After six months
service in this store Mr.. Caverly resigned
TO take a clerkship with the real estate
firm OF Arms & Drury. He remained
with this firm fifteen years and advanced
10 the position OF head clerk
firing OF the real estate business In
1906, because he thought brokerage ONCE
afforded q better outlook for his energies.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13

Mr.. Caverly resigned from his position
and accepted the post Of assistant mana
ger Of the business Of E. r. Chapman &
Co, which then occupied the same Office
over which Mr. Caverly now is the head
The business was then in charge OF G.
Bowie Chapman
When Mr.. Chapman last year became
the Washington manager of E. H. Har-
riman & Co.. Mr.. Caverly became his as
sistant manager in that Office. Last octo-
Der Mr.. Caverly succeeded Thomas l.
Hume as manager for e. F. Hutton &
Co, and has since that time been at the
head Of the Office Al 1901 F street.
Mr.. Caverly has a large acquaintance
with business men in Washington. is a
careful student of market conditions. and
is regarded as a good advisor in stock
and bond transactions. He has met with
great success in his operations with local
Investors IN speculative securities.
Aside from his business affiliations Mr..
Caverly is a director IN the National City
Bank, is a member OF the Chamber OF
Commerce. His name is on the roster of
several local clubs. and he is wei known
in Masonic circles.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
COSTS RAILROADS MONEY.
Snow BIOckades on Lines Out of
Chicago Prove Very Expensive.

Snow BiOckades on Lines Out of
Chicago Prove Very Expensive.
Chicago. March 12-Never has winter
cost the railways of the country radiat-
ing from Chicago anything like the huge
amount already reached by the snow
blockade. the damage claims for frozen
goods and the unusual operating costs.
The aggregate will run into millions, even
If the expected freshets and washouts. as
result Of the heavy SHOWS. do not materi-
alize.
The claim departments of all lines are
swamped as result Of freezing Of beers.
vegetables. and other perishabIe goods.
and of the unusual number of accidents
which the severe cold. the ice. and snow
have caused. Every preparation is being
made against floods. for the breaking
up OF rivers throughout the Northern
States now promise havoc by the thick
ice.
The breakup is now due. for the first
birds arrive from the South by March l,
the bluebird, which always is on the Skin
mish line of spring. having appeared last
year on Washington's Birthday. appro-
priately enough. in the Field Museum
grounds Snow which fell early in De-
cember. still fingers, a record not equaled
in years.
Two months of sleighing in Northern
Illinois has not been known in many
years, some pioneers say, in fifty years.
The corn, still unpicked in the fields of
Illinois and Iowa, is the subject of con-
Germ approaching that felt on the freshet
question.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
WALL KILLS SOUND.
Built of Terra Gotta Blocks Stuffed
with Mineral Wool.

New York. March l2.-The sound killing
WALL between so and 81 East Fifty-ninth
street, which was built TO protect the
ears Of the occupants of No 81, has
proved a success. This wall was Quilt
on the only plans for this type of con-
struction ever filed with the New York
City building department. They have
been the object Of great interest TO the
city's architects and builders, and it is
thought that this -antI-noise'' device may
be adopted in other cities.
The second and third floors of No. %
contain large printing presses. The upper
floors Of No. "a are occupied by apart
ments. The roar Of the printing machin-
cry proved so disturbing to the fat
jewellers that they appealed 10 the land
lord for relief.
The landlord called upon an architect.
and the architect designed the wall It
is made of hollow terra Gotta blocks
stuffed with mineral wool The blocks
are Of the kind used In fireproof floors
and partitions. They have been known
as good absorbers OF sound waves, but
this is the first test of them purely for
that purpose. The mineral WOOL in the
hollow spaces. serves as a mufier. The
wall also keeps the odor of printers ink
out Of the apartments in No S.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
TREBLEs COTTON YIELD.
North Carolina Planter Gets Big Re
suits from Good Selection.


An interesting story comes from Ra-
leigh. n. c., about the results achieved
by William A. Simpklns. in the develop
ment Of a cotton plant which grows
larger. natures earlier. and yields much
more fleece than the ordinary. This
plant has been developed during a period
of fourteen years by seed selection and
special care in the cultivation of the
crop.
1t is stated that Mr.. Simpkins now pro-
duces three bales of cotton TO the acre
on his plantation near Raleigh. where he
formerly gathered only one.
The process has been a simple one.
The planter selected two OF the largest
plants growing in his field. which also
matured little earlier than the others.
From these he saved the seed. planted
it the next year apart from other cotton.
selected the largest and earliest plants.
and planted the seed from them the third
year. Carrying on the process for four
teen years. his crop last year was three
bales to the acre, and il was matured
three weeks before the earliest frost.
Mr.. Simpkins Is said TO be intent upon
developing a strong plant which will pro-
duce four bales to the acre, and Tipen in
40 days from the time OF planting. He
also hopes to inspire others with the value
Of his method and ia time has vision
Of doubling the cotton production OF the
South without increasing the acreage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
WILLTEST WAR BOAT
Subsmface Torpedo Type
Promises Effectiveness.
COST COMPARATIVELY SMALL
SIx-tOn Vessel VIII Discharge Ter
,pedO with Destructive EReet-siny
he Aimed, Rudder Locked, Aban-
dOned, and Turned Loose to Dash
Into Enemies Fleet.

A new type OF war vessel, provided for
by Congress in the naval appropriation
act of last year, viii be officially tested
by the United States government at Bos.
ton within few days
The vessel is known as the subsurface
torpedo boat, and is designed to be I'M.
mune from the small-gun fire now relied
upon as a protection against ordinary
torpedo boats. It consists of a submarine
hull. which contains ali the machinery
and torpedo armament. suspended from
an unsuitable surface hull divided into
compartments packed with cellulose.
Last years law authorizes the purchase
Of this boat when the official trial shows
that it fills requirements and the con-
struction under contract Of two others of
the same type. The boat has had a pre-
Iminary trial. Tams. Lemoine & Crane.
the consulting architects, report that it
made IS knots an hour. thus exceeding
the required speed by two knots.
Boat Weighs six Tons.
Six tons Is the weight Of the vessel and
It's length Is 4s feet. The price which
the government has agreed TO pay is
$4,000. The small subsurface boats can
be used either for coast defense or they
can be carried on board the larger yes
sells in an armored feet. IN time af ac-
ton they can be launched and directed,
by day or night, against the enemy's
feet. particularly for operations against
ships lying under the protection of land
Notifications or mine fields. where ex-
pensiye battle ships should not be risked
as at Manila, Santiago, and Port Arthur
In the submarine hull Of the new style
boat is an eight-cylinder gasoline engine
of $50 horsepower. The explosive charge
carried for use on hostile vessels is Loo
pounds Of guncotton. A heavily armored
coming tower on the surface hull, COM
municating with the submarine hull. en-
ables the navigator to direct and control
the boats movements. Only two men
are required on board.
Are Comparatively Cheap.
It is estimated that a fleet of fifty of
these suhsurface torpedo boats will cost
AbOAN a. AAAbSAA d. tNO VI Iii co ASSbIOy-
ers or submarines. AS their cruising
radius" is 200 miles, their principal func-
ton viii probably be for the defense of
ports and unguarded coast line.
The subsurface boat is to be operated
IN one Of two ways. Either it may be
steered within short torpedo range and
aimed at its objective. the crew leaving
1t in life boats or buoys. or 1t may be
fitted with submerged bow torpedo tube
to discharge the ordinary 1S-inch torpedo.
The total government appropriation for
boats Of this type is $4,000. When the
first is approved the Navy Department
is authorized to contract for two others.
one more Of the same size and one larger
and faster. $4,000 "subsurface sea-
going destroyer
The inventor of the new war vessel is
Clarence L. Burger. who received the de-
gree Of civil engineer from Princeton in
1854
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
PLANTS PINE SEEDS
Government Starts Nursery
in Montana Forest.
GROUND ALREADY PREPARED
Buds VIII BE Irrigated and Seed
IIngs Cared for Until Sufficiently
Large 10 Be TranspIanted-WiH
Begin with 100000 Trees to Re-
forest Burned over Hills.

A few weeks hence. when the frost is
out Of the ground in Montana, the De-
partment OF Agriculture will plant q
garden TO raise a million and a half pine
seedlings.
The savenac nursery. the twenty-ffth
of its kind maintained by the IepaFt-
ment of Agriculture for its forest work.
is in the Lolo national forest on Savenac
Creek, Montana, near de BOrgia- The
ground was pIowed and narrowed last
fall, the irrigation bitches run. and an
ample water system installed. The tract
will be laid out In 15e beds. each four feet
by twelve. over these viii be sown
broadcast the best Of the seeds Of native
conifers gathered in the forest the past
autumn
VIII Protect the Seeds.
To prevent mice and birds from eating
the seeds each bed viii be protected by
a lath and wire frame. This viii also
serve to shade the delicate plantlets dur
ing the tender period of their first years
life. A water system will supply the
means of sprinklins the seeds and irri-
eating the young trees during the warm
eF, drier months. One man viii be kept
at work watering the thirsty
soil and otherwise caring for his interest
ing charge.
The Savenac nursery viii have an an
nuaI productive capacity Of 100000 seed
lings. When one year old. beginning
probably in the spring Of 1911. these viii
be set out in transplant beds, where they
will be expected to develop in two more
years into respectable young trees.
Thence they will be removed to their
permanent home In the hills of the Lolo
national forest
Planting and direct seeding will be done
on the great burned areas visible TO pas
sengers on the trains Of the Occur
d'Alene branch and also on extensive
burns around the headwaters Of the Rat
tlesnake River in the Afisseula forest.
The work is designed to add to the ma
tional timber supply in the coming years
and to aid in the regulation of the flow
Of Montana mountain waters.
The Savenac nursery win bring the ag-
gregate annual plant-producing capacity
Of the twenty-five national forest nurs-
cries UP to 100000 seedlings.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13

According to the Manila Times, G. H.
Corse. 3r., Oriental representative of the
Osaka Shosen Kaisha and the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway. a new
monthly steamship service is being inau-
gurated between Tacoma. Wash. and
Manila, with three vessels. After July.
when three additional steamers are in
commission. the service will be fort
nightly. Until then there viii be no
effort TO secure passenger traffic. Ac-
cording to present plans. the vessels will
go direct from Mojl to Manila, returning
to Hongkong. After the whole fleet of
six steamers is in commission it is
planned to call at Shanghai after leav-
ing Mol, then direct from Manila to
Hongkong and back 10 Moji. cutting out
the stop at Shanghai on the trip east.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13

One Of the strongest signs of the awak-
ening Of Arkansas is that farmers and
planters are making combined and or
gsnized moves in the direction of dlversi-
fed crops, thoroughbred stock, and in
every line which shall bring agriculture
and horticulture to higher and more
scientific levels. The latest organized
move is in the direction of seed breed
ing" for corn growing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
Artists wives Economical.

Artists wives who try the American
style of Housekeeping in Paris soon ind
that It won't do" said dorado Taft. the
famous sculptor. They have to get
down to brass tacks and learn how to
run a kitchen. Then everything Is easy.
1t is simply the scientific kitchen man
agement OF the French that makes it
cheaper to live there than in the United
States"
I don't know exactly what the meals
are made FROM" said Ralph Garrison,
but I know that they are substantial
and eminently eatable / don't think /
ever saw such a thing as a porterhouse
steak in Paris. but I have eaten lots Of
things that are just as good. The differ
enee is when you come to pay the bills.
All. the good old daysl 1t seems 10 an
American whose wife has mastered the
French system that he is getting his
living for nothing. Wen all be glad
when they learn 1t here.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
WOMEN TAKE Hint
FROM FRENCH WIFE
Chicago MatrOns Studying
Problem of Economy.
GARBAGE UNKNOWN IN PARIS
Vegetable Refuse Dried for Fuel
and Bones Burned for Bird Food.
of Nothing Abroad Are Both Ap-
petiEing and Money savers.

Chicago. March E.-WOmen of social
and club life IN Chicago have taken seri-
ously to the study of the household
thrift of France and other foreign coun-
tries where famous cookery has been de-
veloped by the wholesome hatred OF
waste that is characteristic among rich
and poor. To the solving OF prevailing
high prices they are marshaIing new
standards. upsetting false pride against
prudent marketing. and blazing the way
for a great American reform in house
hold economies.
This will DO the subject discussed at
special meetings Of the Chicago Woman's
Club. the Alliance Francois. and other
do you use instead Of porterhouse steak
at these awful prices?" which is dis
cussed with so much animation in sew
ing circles and literary club meetings
the country over. is uppermost also with
women Of society life in Chicago. For
their solution they have turned to the
foreign housewife. who particularly in
N+4R attaNNNA "a AAANeAN1 nus NAfANL SAfA1WA-
edge, using many cuts which the Amer
lean housewife has paid little attention
to-chuek steak. rump roast. and cuts
for delectable dishes so little used in
America
Meals Called Artistic.
1T is upon these principles Of house
hold management that the famous
French cookery is based" said Mrs
Hobart Chatdeld-Taylor. who has lived
many years abroad. Even the poor
French families are accustomed to sit
down every day to meals that may just
ly be called artistic. That IS because
the housewives know how 10 utilize ma
terials from which our housekeepers
would not consider it possible to prepare
a delicate meal. They have reduced do
nestle catering TO q science which is
Just what our women are being encour-
aged TO learn by this competition"
The French housekeepers waste abso-
lutely nothing. That is the secret Of
their economy" said Mrs. Charles Hen
rOtin. There is no garbage collection
in Paris. because there is no kitchen
refuse. The pot al feu is always on
the back of the stove. and everything
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13

that is not used goes into that. When
the last vestige Of nutriment has been
abstracted from bones they burn them
for lime to feed the canaries. They use
the desiccated remains Of vegetables for
fuel"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
HORSE STILL REIGNS
Statistics Show Animals on
the Increase.
AVERAGE PRICE ADVANCES
High Cost of Meat Not Due to the
Scarcity OF Product in Calendar
culture Issues Report Which Con-
tradicts Popular Notions.

One Of the dry statistical reports issued
by the Department Of Agriculture last
week was probably passed over by thou
sands TO whom it was sent without real
izatlon that it contained two interesting,
not TO say startling, statements. one OF
them is that the number of horses and
mules in the United States increased
nearly 100000 last year, and that the
price per head materially advanced. The
other is that the high cost of meats is
not due. except in the smallest degree
TO scarcity OF cattle.
The report is issued by the crop re-
porting board Of the department, and the
data is gathered from all parts of the
country in the way such statistics are
usually gathered, and upon which au-
thorities rely as being approximately cor
rect
Popular Notion Wrong.
It is a popular notion that the vast in
crease of mechanical vehicles has been
and is slowly driving out the horse and
the mule. Last year the market prices
of these animals rose from an average Of
s9464 a head in 1908 TO an average Of
Sl0S.19. This rise in price was at the time
ascribed to scarcity, but the department
shows that with the rise in price the
number OF animals increased during the
calendar year from 20.s40.OOO TO 21,04o,00O.
The deduction from the report is that
the price of these useful animals could
not have advanced to such a degree In
the face Of so large an increase in the
supply without a greater demand for
them.
Coming to cattle and meat animals
generally. the report shows that a slight
falling of was found in range cattle. but
that m all other lines there was an &C
tual increase. This does away with the
notion that the great increase in the cost
of meats during the year 1909 was due to
scarcity Of meat-producing animals in
the country.
Summary OF Report.
Horsss-2l. siaO0O at slOs.ls head: total value.
s. coo. In 1905, number % $1,000, at $3.50
& head: total value. Sl.94 O2000.
Aiules-i.I23 900, at Sli9.8 head; total value.
Ns4. In 1908, number 4,o53,0o0, at Sl07.ss;
total value, S43i 162.0 600,
Mich Covs-2l. sOlOoo. at Ss57s head; total
value. $50. ,0O1 In 1893 number, q 726oo0 at
SEQ; total value. S50S.s45.0o0.
Other Cattle-47. Goo. at sia-a a head: total
value, Ssll, $500 In .9s number $4,000. at
Sl7.4s head total valHe. ss6s. T54,o CO.,
Sheep-5I. 2l600 at Sl.06 a head: total value
81. COO Ia 1905. number. 56.os4 600. st S23 a
head; total value, sle2 es2eoo.
SWine-i7. 7s20l0 at 1914 a head: total value
siJ6,60SGeG In 1905. number, 5l4l.0 go. ct $50 a
head; total value. ss54 ID, 900.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13

The growing Of peanuts in Formosa is
quite important, the figures obtained from
the returns OF the government of that
island showing that 5S,110 acres were
under peanut cultivation In 1907. the crops
yielding 1,207.32O bushels. valued at s2.6S
per FIVE bushels
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-13
MAY FORM RETAIL
TRADE ASSOCIATION
Joseph Strasburger AdyO-
Gates Taking that Step.
HE TALKS UPON THE SUBJECT

shoe Merchant Is Chairman OF
Committee in Chamber of Com
meree Which VIII Soon Take Un
the Observation-Disclosures OF Unity
Of Action Pointed Out.
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