The Washington herald., 1911-01-31
VIEWS AND
INTERVIEWS
Wanted Agricultural Graduates.

Wanted Agricultural Graduatea.
President Edmund j. James. of the
University OF Illinois. says there is a
greater demand for teachers of agricul-
ture than the universities and agricul-
ply. There is also a demand for educated
engineers and chemists that is greater
than can be supplied.
THE interest and faith in the work
the colleges of agriculture are doing in
many States have grown tremendously
during the last few years. said DIR.
James, when seen at the New Willard
recently. land the practical value Of this
kind of education has been demonstrated
beyond question. The feeling has spread
among the people that this is field of
work in which the public schools should
share, and to-day agriculture is being
taught in some measure in the schools
Of all grades below the college in nearly
every State. Illinois, from the first. has
taken the position that agriculture is a
| study which should be taught in the high
schools. and this will result in great mu-
| tual benefit to both the schools and agr-
culture.
THE most serious problem in this un-
dertakinS has been to provide teachers
who are prepared to handle the work
| The demand for university men in chem
ical lines in also greater than the sup
ply. For many years the graduates from
this department have readily found good
positions. and l cannot recall that any
have been unable to find employment in
| their chosen line within a reasonable time
after graduation
Famine of LObsters.
They want more Holsters in England
not the human variety, but the real crus-
! tacean that emerges from its watery
home to tumble into hot water for the
delectation Of Notwithstanding to Ed
ward S. Kincaid. of Liverpool. England.
who is at the Raleigh. Mr.. Kincaid is
interested in salmon and all sorts Of fish
culture and commerce.
"A popular demand has developed that
the problem of lobster cultivation in Eng
land be tackled on scientific lines he
| said. only in this way can this deli
cacy which is hedged about by high
prices on the British menu be prevented
from remaining the luxury of the few.
IF We solve the problem, we will have
| to follow America. Your scientists took
| lne question a couple OF years ago.
when we heard all sorts of warnings that
the extinction of the lobster was immi-
nent. l remember that two years ago
40, 10000 small Holsters, Matched artifi-
cially at Booth bay, were liberated on
the coast of Maine.
| THE English methods of lobster culti-
walton. on the other hand have been
practically failure. Like the human
type that wears the appellation. as soon
as the lobster knows he is shut up for
keeps he ceases 20 take further interest
| in life. That is the basis of the system of
artificial cultivation attempted with the
! British lobster-he is confined for hfe.
| AS result. he adopts suffragette tactics
and staryes himself. He sprawls listlessly
| and dejectedly on the bottom of the
most carefaly prepared lobster bed. res
fuses to have anything to do with food.
allows seaweed to grow all over him. and
! finally. when his last day comes. he
| tumbies into hot water to boil to a dull
greenish color instead of a brilliant red.
"In America the principle has been to
confine only the artifcislly Matched lob
sterS until they have developed sufficient
\ " to look after themselves, and after that
they can settle in whatever section Of
the ocean bed they prefer. the fisherman
| taking sporting chance on his ability
| to catch them. So the American system
may provide Holsters for the millions.
while the English method. unless it is
! quickly revised. will mean that Holsters
will remain the luxury of the few
Profit Insurnnce in London.
| American insurance men may be sur
| prised to learn that while they are so
| busy invading Europe with American in
| surance propositions there is in all like
| lihood the possibility of America being
! invaded with an English insurance idea
which is known profit insurance,
| said B. D. Evans, of Boston, at the
! Shoreham.
| Profit insurance is comparatively
new thing in England. 1t has only ex-
! listed for four or five years. and in that
| time has been extraordinarily success
full As the name indicates, it insures
! the loss of profits after a business has
been stopped by fire or some kind OF
| disaster. 1t is operated in this manner:
! Some authority. like chartered account
| ant goes over the books of the firm
| wishing to take out profit insurance and
| finds what their average profit has been
! for the two preceding years. The firm
is then allowed to take out an insurance
| based on this average profit for three
| months. six months, or a year. If a fire.
| an earthquake, a tornado. or any catas-
| trophe destroys their business, the insur-
ance company pays them for the time
they have been insured the profits
| agreed upon.
| In case a mans store is burned down
absolutely continued Mr.. Evans. land
| his business is at a standStiIl until he
| can rebuild and start trade again, he is,
| if he is insured in profit insurance
company, paid the profits which he would
ordinarily have acquired. OF course,
| man might be paying this profit insur-
| ance through his whole business career
| and never receive any benefit from his
premiums; then again he might be burned
! out, and be very thankful that he is in
| sured."
Fast Time by Railroad Trains.
| j. s. Warner, of Chicago, a railroad ex-
| pert who was seen at the Grafton re-
Gently. said that a speed of $50 miles an
hour by railway trains is technically
possible to-day. and will be commercially
| feasible within the next ten years. so long
| as the railway serves great centers of
| population yielding a large amount Of
! traffic.
THE motive power. Of course. would
have to be electricity" said Mr. War