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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
collie" Newman and Our Own "Bill"
Howard to Run the Nations Capital
BY Ralph Smith

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Oliver P. Newman head
of the government of the District of Columbia, may
visit Atlanta next summer He is shark municipal
government, and if he makes the contemplated visit
md his views sought by Mayor Gambler he may be
able to impart little information that will prove help
full in running the city of Atlanta
Commissioner Newman's visit Atlanta is con-
tngen upon the organization of henext house rep
resentatives If the Republicans should control the
organization there is likelihood that the Governor
the District will get nearer Atlanta than he is
now. But if the Democrats organize the house, Mr.
Newman likely will Atlanta extended
visit.
The commissioner, it may be said in passing, is
anxious that the Democrats organize the house.
one thing he anxious visit Atlanta, where he is
well known and we'll liked and, for another, he is
Democrat very much interested in the leg
isation President Wilson has in mind for
ment during the next four years.
WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD THE AXIS
William Schley Howard, the Atlanta congressman
the about which revOlves the contemplated visit
of Newman Atlanta, and it comes about this way:
Howard is member of the appropriations
mittee of the house. He will continue on this COM
mtee without regard to the political control
body n next congress- but he will be much
of a factor if the Democrats control
A Democratic house means a Democratic speaker
Champ Clark, of course-and Democratic chairmen of
committees and subcommittee. Howard is in line
the Craftsmanship of the subcommittee of the
priatons committee will appropriate ons
and much legislation affecting District of Columbia
The government of the district is a big and i'm
portant thing, the chairman of district SUBJ
committee appropriations is less important. He
must have intimate knowledge of the affairs of
the district-and the fiscal relations city
Washington and the federal government are
Newman knows all about these relations That is
part of his job. Howard knows something. is
anxious to learn more. Howard and Newman
friends Howard wants Newman to visit him and
Newman wants excuse for paying the visit There
you have the story.
If the Democrats organize the house and Howard
heads the district subcommittee Newman will run down
to Georgia and spend while coaching Howard the
requirements the district the seemingly
government
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
WITHIN THE IRON RING. THE Food Dictator By j. Haskn

+-, raonle saw no good reasons for denying them
selves the of their production In raVoF l
increasing the of the city dweller THESE 1eei
inps in many cases amounting to nl-will. had to be
overcome before unified plan for rationing "noie
nation could be put into practice
This the new had for his first task to rec
onciI the neople to his plan able to bring
about the acceptance of system Of rations which al
lows no the rich than to the poor winch per-
mits the farmer divert from the products OF MS
farm and dairy his own no more than the same
meagre allowance given his atty brother, which
causes the rich agricultural state share its food
equally with the wel-of industrial state is proof
of his capacity.
About the middle of June, the skies suddenly
cleared and warm, sunny, cheering weather continued
until toward the middle of September This allowed
Central Europe bring in splendid grain and fod-
The potato harvest in some parts OF Ger
many badly damaged by the continued wet weather OF
early spring. about The successful harV-
not increased the ratiOns much, however for
the determined to over SURPRISES
into the harvest of next year.
Before the weather changed for better. Batocki
planned minute and thorough food census House
to house and farm canvasses were made to de-
terTnine pound, full of the various
supplies hand in the empire: During this can
secreted stores of nonperishabe foods were
uncovered which provident, canny people had laid
against pinch of long Out-of-the- cell
lars yielded up hundreds of OF preserved meats
vegetables fruits. Carrots concealed behind old
clothes hams dried meats. Ceverly
concealed OF flour, dried Deans peas
found. In case, large hoard of tempting
discovered held in by old maid in
Bavarian city that her pet terrier might each day
his accustomed dainty morsel and not be forced
to learn the cruel hardshps of
When the vast mass of data collected by the food
gathered and dgested in the
Berlin, Batock in long hours working
the statistics. 1t is said that he the
of food in the empire and the amounts that
prescribed in the frugal housekeeping Of
time to fractions 1t is true seldom hears any
more about food disturbances.
BatOcki has fed his countrymen scientific
system. He has been able to them that
day will bring at least much bread much
and much meat or fish. When they grumbled at the
quality of bread stews, he has eaten with them,
demonstrating Enthusiastically his keen relish for hardy
He has lghtened their depressions by
ing them that, though one perhaps not work
well upon empty stomach, can, at least think
much better, and that the present time of fasting
mean intellectual renaissance for Germany.
communicated his enthusiasm to a great army
OF workers under him, and they, turn, keeping
the spirits of the people, despite and
fare.
The will be lost upon FARMS" Ba-
tocki said a friend
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
Our New Islands.

Since Columbus discovered them, the three
West Indian islands, st. Thomas, st. John and st.
CroiX, which passed under American sovereignty
last week, have been subject at time another to
Spanish, British French, Dutch and Danish rule;
and there were strong suspicious that they
were objects of German ambition. For the peace
of the Monroe Doctrine and the advantage of our
naval interests, it is fortunate that at last the
islands to be under the Stars and Stripes. So
long they in the market, there was a
chance that some European Power would purchase
them, an event which at least would have meant
threatening complications and which might have
lead to the most serious consequences In I'M
friendly hands, the Danish West Indies would have
menaced control of the approaches to the Gulf
and Panama; they would have been a constant
source of danger, instead of the outfung bulwark
they to be. Evidently then, the twenty
five million dollars which our Government will pay
Denmark for their possession is not an extravagant
price, from the standpoint of American interests.
For all concerned the Americanization of the
islands is happy event. Denmark profted little
from the faraway archipelago, but its possession
carried irksome responsibilities The islanders
themselves were eager to come under the Ameri-
can flag as their overwhelming vote for annexation
proved. AS for the United States while it has
gained little in the way of mere property, it has
gained priceless advantage in strategic power
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
To England for Our Shells.

To English munition company, the United
States Navy Department has awarded contracts
for fourteen and sixteen-inch shells amounting in
value to more than three million dollars. The
English bid was two hundred dollars a shell less
than that of its nearest American competitor, and
also promised an earlier delivery of the order.
How is this astonishing state of affairs to be
explained? writer in the New Republic wonders
whether the English are counting on an early con-
clusion of the or adopting IAN effective
and sensational method of advertising the exorbi-
tant prizes charged by American munition makers?"
The mere fact that the English firm can undertake
to fill three million dollar order of shells for the
United States at time when its own nation is in
the grip of war and is buying great quantities of
munitions from America this of itself is puzzling
bnt its ability to outbd the American manufactur-
ers so decisively is bewildering.
1t is true that England's facilities for making
munitions are incomparably greater and more eff
cient than they year and half ago. It's
imports of this kind from America are more and
more in the. form of material instead of finish
ed products. 1t is true moreover, that producing
shells on so prodigious a scale and under Govern
ment supervision has taught the English manufac-
turer peculiar economies and efhciencies. But
none of these circumstances can account for a diff
ference of two hundred dollars a she'll between
the English and the American bid.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
What a Bale of Cotton VIII Buy.

Noting the fact that there has been as great an
increase in the price of foodstus and other neces
sares as in that of cotton. the Moultrie Observer
presents an uncommonIy interesting group of
figures TO show that bale of twenty-cent cotton
buys less under present conditions than bale of
tweIve-cent cotton would buy in normal times. In
an average year. cotton selling at twelve cents,
sixty-doIar bale would buy:
Eighty-nine bushels potatoes at zoe, $50
pounds lard at SC, % barrels -four at $3.50, SO
pounds bacon at 16c 100 bushels of corn at
6Oc six tons hay at $40. so pairs shoes at 81,
go yards of cotton goods at 1-Sc.
But this season. despite the fact that cotton has
sold at twenty cents and more. a hundred-dollar
bale will buy only:
Forty-four bushels potatoes at S2.25, 555
pounds lard at 1Sc, ten barrels -four at $40, 33S
pounds bacon at soc, SIS bushels corn at s1.2O,
five tons hay at $20. twenty pairs shoes at 50,
666 yards cotton goods at 15c.
These striking examples argue more cogently than
could any amount of precepts the folly of planting
cotton to the exclusion neglect of food crops. A
farmer could abandon entirely, and still
make a substantial fortune if he raised enough
potatoes, beans, corn oats, and other food staples
and sold them at the prices prevailing If to
crop diversifcation, he added hog and cattle rails
ing and availed himself of the market afforded by
Georgia packing houses, he would be in still more
fortunate circumstances. even though he raised
cotton whatever. But farmer who reversed the
order. and abandoned food crops in order that he
might make all the cotton possible to sell at twenty
cents a pound. would be in sorry plight because
he would have to spend the greater part of his
mOney-crop income in buying food necessaries at
In he
advent OF the boil weevil will compel the utmost
conservatism in cotton planting this year; in all
counties ordinary prudence should lead in the
direction. Georgia wants to realize all the possible
wealth of its great cotton resources but in order
tc do so 1t must first make its food supply secure.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
LITTLES-By DR.. Frank Crane

of yourself. Don't humble. Pronounce the con-
sonants. Finish your sentences.
Don't argue. Discuss. The difference is, that
in argument you are trying to Guido the other
fellow; in discussion you trying to get at the
truth.
Be courteous. Practice at home. Get up when
your wife enters the Be polite to your baby.
Then it will come easier when you want to show on.
Learn how to converse One way is to be inter
ested in what the other person is saying. instead of
thinking all the time he is talking, of what you are
going to say when he is done.
Don't talk about yourself. Don't talk OF your
disease your family, your babies, your servants,
your troubles your successes. Listen to Jones talk
of his. That will make hit with Jones. And what
do you care?
Don't interrupt. Wait till the other person runs
down before you begin to speak.
In general discussion be the last to speak.
Then you can utter the veriest platiude and it will
sound grand
The easiest way to get a reputation for being
deep is to keep still. Even fool is counted wise
when he holdeth his peace said Solomon.
Break yourelf of any 'tic' you may have fallen
into I mean unpleasant mannerisms, such as
twisting your mouth, toying with your mustache,
working with your eyebrows, twirling your thumbs,
posing or squrming or drumming with your fingers.
All these things obstruct and belle your per-
sonality And the art of pleasing consists IN per-
fectly expressing yourself, simply, naturally, and
with
Copyright, 1917, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
HOW TO READ WISELY-By H. Addington Bruce

Which does not mean that light fiction should
never be read. On the contrary, it may be read
to real advantage under certain circumstances
when wishing to rest the mind, during recovery
from illness, etc.
But TO read it to any great extent is a serious
mistake. 1t tends to make distaste for more meaty
reading. And it lessons the power to remember
what is in more meaty books if only because per-
son having the light fiction habit in any marked
degree is certain TO read all books too fast
Some people, it must be added, can read extra
ordinarily fast, yet remember we'll what they reao
But they exceptions. Most people need to reao
slowly in order to remember lastingly.
More than this they must ponder what they
read. Instead of skipping along, they must stop
and reflect about the authors, statements.
If the book they reading contains any facts
theories ideas they especially desire to remem-
Der, it will pay them to read these carefully half
a dozen times, make written abstracts of them, and
talk them over with friend if opportunity offers
All these helpful devices for keeping 80
attention fixed and reinforcing the first impression
of the statemets read. And there must be fixing of
the attention and intensifying of mental IMPRESSION
if certainty of remembrance is to be secured
Read slowly, then. Think about what you read
Make notes and abstracts. And talk about your
reading Thus you be sure of reading to trl4o
profit.
Copyright. 1917. by the Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
Crop Values and Food Prices.

For value of farm products, 1916, was Ameri-
cas- record year. Crops amounted to more than
nine billion and animal products more than four
billion dollars These towering figures are due,
however, 10 high prices rather than to bOuntiful
harvests The yield of most of the staples, indeed
considerably short of records, and in some in
stances disturbingly low. Thus while the level of
prices paid producers for the principal crops
nearly ffty-six per cent higher on December /,
1916, than the same date of the preceding year
and nearly ffty-three per cent higher than the
average of the eight previous years, the result
TO the cOuntry's common interests would have been
better perhaps. had there been a larger output of
foodstufs at lower prices
II is pleasing to from the summary issued
yesterday by the federal Department of Agriculture
that in the enormous crop values for 1916 Georgia
is surpassed by only three States-Texas, Iowa and
Illinois. Georgia's total agricultural income for
the year amounted TO s34S.6S4, 900. of which cot
ton represented about $1S9.OOO,OOO. The re-
mainder sI59. 6S4, 900, almost half. made up
by food crops and animal products. Such record
would have been significant at any time. but it
particularly 60 in a period of exceptionally high
prices for food.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
{ ditOrial Echoes.

section hand, Richard Moore working
lola KAN found it in line of duty to get some
timbers off of the track before an NJ, X. and T.
passenger train should reach the obstruction He
succeeded in clearing the track of the last timber
wreck averted, but Moore was killed. He
was buried at the expense of the county in
pauper's grave. He poor and obscure, but<he
was not gutter He needed the call of duty
more than danger. In none of PIutarch's lives is
there such lesson in manliness is conveyed in
the news of the death of Richard Moore.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
As to Negro Migration.

The interesting and enectual comment
yet made on the migration of negro laborers to the
North is that of the Tuskegee Negro Conference
At its annual meeting last week, that broadly
resentative association of coored teachers and
workers declared:
Right here in the South are great and per-
manent opportunities for the masses of our
people. This section, We feel. is just enter
ing upon its greatest of development.
Here your labor in the future is going to be
in still greater demand"
In the present era of American prosperity the
Souths position is distinctive in that its broad in
terests but slightly if at all dependent on war
trade Our coal and iron industries, it is true, have
felt the stimulus of enormous export demands; our
textile mills have shared in the rich orders placed
by the Entente Governments; and, in the same way
cotton prices have been materially advanced But
of these or any other important nrests of this
region will be depressed by the return of peace On
the contrary, they will be stimulated. The Eu-
ropean demand for steel and for cotton will be
greater than ever in the reconstructive years fol-
lowing the war and other Southern industries,
such as naval stores and phosphate exports, which
have been held down by war conditions will spring
up with unprecedented activity. Thus with the
advent of peace, the South, besides retaining its
stage of industrial and agricultural expansion
Therefore it is that the Tuskegee Conference
admonishes the negro to remain in the South in
stead of yielding to the enticement of temporarily
higher wages in the North. The instant peace is
declared or a parley is sounded, the mushroom
munition factories which have sprung up in the
last two years and have paid extravagantly for
labor because immediate conditions allowed will
shut down. Some class of laborers will be bound
A IN far in Mo Had oITOit
makers probably will find employment in other
trades. But the rank and file of ordinary laborers
who have been imported from other sections to fill
the temporary gaps caused by abnormal demands
in industries will be left out in the
cold. Chief among those sufferers will be the
Southern negroes who were deluded into leaving
kindred and friends and the climate and soil to
which they were born, to seek imaginary fortunes
in the overcrowded cities of a strange region.
Particularly sound is the. counsel of the Tuske-
gee Conference in urging the negro not only to
main in the South but also to remain on the farm.
1t is noteworthy that ninety per of the farms
owned by negroes in the South In this sec
ton and in agricultural pursuits, lie the coored
peoples largest opportunities for usefulness to
themselves and to the country's common interests.
Here, those who are awaDiding and thrifty are as
sured of just and kindly consideration from the
truly representative class of white people. Here,
and here only. they understand and understood
by the people who are able to aid them in working
out their problems and fostering their best in
terests.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
The Withdrawal From Mexico.

There is every reason to credit the unofficial re-
Mexico has begun. This course has long been
counseled by army officers, who have argued that
General Pershings force had ceased to be of value
where it was stationed and, furthermore, in a
disadvantageous position to meet possible attack
Several Incidents however, have constrained
the Government to keep the expedition in Mexico
much longer than originally intended and
longer than advisable from purely military
point of view. For thing, Carranza's testy and
insolent temper broke loose just when a decision
TO withdraw the troops about TO be made. His
swashbuckling note denying the right of the United
States to pursue bandits the border and vir-
tually threatening attack the Pershng expe-
dtion itself put the intended withdrawal out of the
question for the time being.
Carranza promptly came to terms however,
when he realized that Washington was prepared to
meet his buster with measures drastic as occa-
sion might require and again the way was cleared
for the return of the troops, when Villas menace
was suddenly renewed. AS long there was rea-
to suspect that he would attempt incursion
upon the American border, it was necessary to
keep the expedition where it was
1t seems, however, that all considerable
barriers to the withdrawal of General Pershing's
men out of the way, and the homeward move
ment accordingly will begin. The return of the
regulars for border service will release the re-
naming regiments of the National GUARDIAN event
of keen satisfaction to the country
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23

TT ERE is statement of a condition of affairs
II common to many people: Il like to read
but l don't seem to get much out OF my
reading. At any rate, | can't remember much OF
what | read. After | have finished a book, 1T is
not long before have forgotten most of what was
in it, How to overcome this?"
There two principal causes for fOrgetful-
ness of the contents of books One is found in the
kind of books read, the other in the way the read
ing is done.
Many people make the mistake of combining
their reading to what is known light fiction
Now, writer's of light fiction usually have in view
little than writing books that will be enter
tanning.
They know that their success depends on keep
ing their readers interest at high pitch. To this
end they crowd their pages, not merely with a
great amount also with great variety of brisk
dialogue and exciting, amusing incident
Purposely they construct their stories that
the reader hurried along from the first chapter to
the last Nowhere do they give him a breathing
spell. They keep his curiosity aroused they make
him eager to discover how it is all going to turn
out"
The consequence is that he does not really
think about what is in these books. He has no
time to fix their contents in his mind.
Wherefore he cannot remember them. And, to
speak frankly they too often have in them little
worth remembering.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-23
GeOrgia's Waiting Farm Sites.

In these days of high prices and scanty
supplies or fOOdstufs. it is often said that all
the available agricultural land has been taken
up and the United States will be forced to
import part OF its food before long. One an
swer to this is that the South contains more
than hundred million of fertile land
now lying idle or very poorly cultivated which
would provide a million hundred-acre farms
for new settlers. This land will produce
greater variety of crops and the produce will
be ready for market earlier than in any other
part OF the country. The climate is healthy
land enjoyable the year round and all that is
required is an influx of intelligent pioneers
-Phe New York Commercial.
AS OF the South in general, so of Georgia in par
ticular. vast acres of fertile, undeveloped land
await cultivation. Only thirtytwo per cent of this
States territory is used for agricultural pro
ductiOn Tens OF thousands of acres ideally suited
for truck farming. live stock ranges, and similar
purposes are available exceptionally reasonable
prices. When these opportunities are known gen
erally-and the forthcoming Southeastern Land
Show will advertise them throughout the country
Georgia will grow and prosper more vigorously thar
ever.