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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

proclaimed his retirement, and he
really did keep pretty well out thi'
spring, at least after the United States
went to war. not SO much, as he has
been enormously quoted as saying, be-
cause he regarded it unpatriotic to
plunge, as because he foresaw the hur-
ricane coming and knew he would be
the individual storm centre if he were
specializing when it passed over the
Board of Trade.
Patter is the most successful grain
Spectator of his day, if not in the his
tory OF the grain exchanges. and he
came nearer cornering wheat eight
years ago than any other man since
Joseph of Egypt. Letter made big
attempt once and failed dismally, as
did nearly all others who ever tried
to corner a food staple.
Patterns so-called corner Of 1909. pre-
vious to the arti-corner rule, was not
complete corner, by any means. If
he had tried TO make it such he would
have gone down, too. He saw scarcity
coming and accumulated May wheat
most of which he closed out in April
at a good profit. The price afterward
went % cents higher.
The exchange now can prevent cor
ners by individuals or groups OF them
and provides punishment for member:
aiding or sbetting such attempts, but
it cannot control foreign governments
Hence the recent corner in May wheat
so vast and so effective that it broke
the machinery Of the worlds great
grain bourse.
George Marcy. president of the Ar
mour Grain Company, the largest singh,
cash grain concern in the country
says:
at was impossible TO gear up the
machinery to such tension. Its gov
ernor snapped. We foressw trouble
coming many months ago. unless the
competition between exporters anc
millers and others relaxed, as the au.
thorities of the exchange urged TO nc
avail.
Supplies Not Adequate
Supplies we're not adequate for the
evcr-increasing demands, accumulatlne
in the form of futures, and transporta-
ton facilities we're not adequate fol
promp ut distribution. Then the hoard
ing mania and famine hysteria swept
over all. The lid had to be put on
Now comes the problem of lifting II
when il becomes necessary 20 sell tut
uros as a hedge against purchases u
the country Of the new crop grain. We
need cooperation all around
Looking back again. the war did no.
at first increase the actual need oil
wheat apprecisbly. English imports
did not increase hugely for lone
time. but British buyers seemed eager
10 pay any price to make sure OF po'
tertial needs later. and the American
farmers were the chief bencfciaries
There was feycrish buying when sup.
plies were large.
The British government IS tho
shrowdest as we'll as the strongest
wheat buyer IT, the world--the Eng
lish wheat trade has always been con-
spicuously canny-but it could not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
cunts of it obtainable.
Mus. Work Togethe-

Lord Northcliffe calls Mr.. Hoover
"the best rationer in the world" and
while the latter is not well known in
the West, he is accepted at full face
value. Certainly his Belgian relief rec
ord inspires confidence in his ability
What he had done and said seems sufil-
Gent guarantee that he is not going to
tear up things by the roots TO get rld
Of blemishes. 1t is expected that he
will have the advice and aid OF the
hest minds in the various food lines,
and that his right-hand man in his
grain campaign will be Julius Barnes,
Of Duluth and New York, who is con-
coded by his competitors TO be the best
cash wheat man in North America.
1t is also expected-this is the most
important consideration Of all TO the
grain trade right now-that the Amer
lean and British food commissions will
work together.
Cheap grain is not expected in any
event, not even after the end of the
war, when, as Mr.. Patten says, st will
be our humane duty to feed the i'm
poverished peoples of Central Europe
and the harder we fight them into
hungry submission the greater that
duty will be when we win"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

Since 1911 2,774,43s i,o3e,e2e "4oi, 7os
Excess Of departures over arrivals.
Note: The years as given above arc
L. s. statistical years ending June 30 Of
the date given.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
Board Presidents Views

Joseph p. Griffin, president of the
Board of Trade, says: "A national food
commission by itself could not help
matters, in my opinion, and probably
would serve to keep the public mind
generally unfamiliar with the facts, in
continued fear and apprehension. An
| international food commission probably
would be of valuable service In time Of
war, such body to be composed of COM
/ petent representatives from the Allied
and neutral nations. 1t could serve as
sort of balance wheel, and its delib-
erations and actions would not have
the effect of infaming the minds of the
various peoples.
"Of course, domestic regulations in
time of war are essential and should be
continued, but only those in official po-
sitions in Washington and those def
nitely qualified by experience and high
standing as experts should be allowed
TO touch this great problem. A host of
amateur food regulators have created
an unnatural and unreasonable fear
that has spread throughout the world,
alarming the governments of the great
nations, as well as the smallest ind-
vidual consumer.
This propagation of fear began in a
foolish Misunderstanding Of the United
States governments eminently wise ef-
fort to stimulate production of food
stufs. 1t was distorted by them into a
warning Of worldwide famine. The
press should refuse to publish the
wild views Of these non-producing and
non-buying alarmists. 1t is easier to
create than to allay hysteris, but we
shall continue working with the officials
OF the government for the best inter
ests Of the nation and the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
Value of Selling Pressure

when wheat got above 81 bushei
there was comparatively little specula-
ton. If there had been more prices
might not have gone so high; certainly
they would not have jumped so vio-
lcntly. On the other hand, without
selling pressure at the height of the re-
cent excitement there is no telling how
high prices might have gone If We had
not closed the hatchways.
ave hope, not blndly, but with rea-
son, to prevent any recurrence OF un-
comfortable fireworks. Cooperation OF
our government and the Allies is essen
tial. Editors and college professors can
help by not talking much"
The grain trade believes in Griffin.
He is in his prime, and a strong man,
physically, mentally and morally. He
prefers to explain rather than to die
tate, and what he says carries convic-
| ton, because he says just what he
means, simply and abruptly, and he
I knows what he is talking about His
manner is direct. his temperament re-
sponsive. his nature amiable. His eyes
are clear and kind, his forehead high,
his jaws firm. He is born leader and
executive. He is free from fads and
petulance. and he controls himself
Illustrating his self-restraint, he did
not intimate at any time during the re-
cent strain, the like of which no other
president of the local exchange ever ex-
perienced, not even in the dark days Of
August, 1914, what the real cause of the
trouble was; nor would he permit any
other representative of the exchange to
intimate publicly, lest patriotic enthusi-
asm in the war cause and the prepared
ness campaign might be dampened
Furthermore, he had little faith in the
public's ability to comprehend the truth
when everybody was excited.
Directors Worked Hard
So punctilious was the Board of
Trade management in the crisis that 1t
asked the private wire houses and
grain gossip tickers to refrain tenn
porarily from publishing crop reports.
That was leaning backward, but the in
tention was lsudable. The eighteen di-
rectors Of the exchange worked harder
/ than ever before in their lives.
II was not necessary for the Board
Of Trade, which had been given a clean
bill Of health by Federal grand jury
and which was not at all TO blame for
the congestion in May wheat, TO assume
a defensive attitude. and it might have
been better 10 have told the truth in
full, or at least to have explained that
the slump in prices following the par
tial closing Of the exchange was not
caused by a cessation of speculation,
instead OF letting the mass Of laymen
assure ono another that IL proved con-
cluslvely that speculation causes high
prices. Post hoe, ergo propter hoe"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
The Simple Story Of Great Upset. Which Inevitably Followed
The Discovery That Spectators Had Been Outguessed by the
Purchasing Agents Of the British Government, Points
The Way to Better Methods Of Food Distribution

consumed by everybody, and it is re-
garded by the West as worse than
inept for government authorities to go
out Of their way seeking opportunity
to try out economic nostrums.
The first question is whether any
radical change at all should be made,
and will the cost Of making a change
not exceed the cost of not making one
That certainly calls for the best
informed and best-intentioned judg-
ment. Even if the government deemed
food dictatorship necessary it could
still to advantage employ the facilities
of the grain exchanges.
1t is because of the curtailment of
speculation, reducing the volume of
commission house profits, that Board
Of Trade memberships have declined
from a recent high point of $500 20
$4,000. Consequently it is not neces-
sary TO close the exchanges or to chas-
tise them more than they have closed
and chastised themselves if the purpose
be TO reduce the volume of speculation.
The ordinary speculation serves a good
purpose, but recent speculation in
wheat was not ordinary; II was panicky
and governmental. Is not cooperation
the thing most needed, rather than
abolition of the exchanges or much
interference with them?
To illustrate how stubbornly wheat
resists artificial restraint, the British
government has fixed a maximum price
of about $3.50 a bushel, having ad-
vanced it from $50 when the farmers
were getting $3.50, and yet the British
wheat is above So. Obviously il is
necessary to fix minimum prices II
maximum prices are fixed, and vice
versa. Price fixing by government is
favored by some prominent bankers
and business men here. but by only a
few of the grain interests.
Innumerable attempts were made in
the Middle Ages to control prices OF
various commodities, the principal
effect of which usually was to pervert,
if not undo, the very object sought.
Early in this war England tried to fix
the price of copper at 20 cents pound
1t could not be done. Even the food
dictatorship of Germany, facilitated by
a highly efficient bureaucracy and COM
plete inventory data, has proved an in
different success, according TO all &C
counts Of IL obtainable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17

mon show net loss :" "'' "
npeciaed OUT OF one alone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
Plans DO Not Seem Feasible

Such plans may be feasible. but they
90 not seem 80 70 the trade. Govern
rnent may assume any form that suits
!. best in war time and adopt any in
noystions which promise benefit, but
even governmental power has limita-
tons In respect 20 the commodities
necessary to human existence and daily
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
ADDS TO LIFE OF MACHINE
Manufacturers Realize That Proper
Balancing of Engine Greatly In
creases the Efficiency of Car.

In the not very distant past many
automobile manufacturers gave but
casual attention to the balancing of
their engines, trusting to the vibra-
tions of the road to disguise those due
to the engine or divert attention from
the engine builder TO the road builder
or to the tire maker. Great improve
ments have been made, however, for it
has been realized that proper balancing
means much to the efficiency and life
of the entire machine, as well as in
creased comfort to the user, and the
advent of the eights and twin skies
brought the subject still closer to the
designer. There is still much that can
be done in the way of balancing NOV
ing parts and eliminating vibrations,
and our best engineers are giving the
subject careful study. although the
frequent changes of model delay the
results.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
FACTOR In MAKING
HORSE COMFORTABLE
Ventilation Should Be Attended
to, Especially During Sc
we're Winter Weather.

Protection from heat and storm in
summer and from cold and storm in
winter is the biggest factor in making
a horse comfortable at night, points
out DR.. c. w. McCampbell, associate
professor of animal husbandry in the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
'In summer a paddock or pasture
with access to a shed may be used,
and is preferable with idle horses. A
barn which at all times should be well
ventilated but free from drafts may be
used" said Doctor McCampbell
'In this climate the horse should
have access to an open shed or stable
at night in the winter time, and venti-
lation should be looked to at this time
particularly, as it is really more like
ly to be neglected then than in sum
mer."
A box stall is best, but is not always
practical, believes Doctor McCampbell.
In any case each horse should have a
stall to himself, and the stall should
be large enough for the horse to lie
down in comfort.
The floor may be made of cement,
boards, or dirt, but in any case plenty
of clean, fresh bedding should be pro-
vided.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
ADJUSTING AUTO PUSH RODS
Keeping Them in Proper Shape Means
Much TO the Comfort of Those
Who Are Riding in the Car

Push rods on an auto engine after
long use become worn and get noisy.
To adjust them you will generally find
two nuts, or a screw and lock nut
which you can adjust by loosening the
lock nut, and screw the pin out until
you have about the thickness of an or
binary business card between the two,
being certain that the push rod is in
its lowest position.
If no such adjustments are provided
you will either have TO draw out the
valve stem or take a rod about one
eighth of an inch larger than the stem,
drill a hole in the end the size of the
stem to a depth of one-eighth of an
inch, then cut off long enough to leave
a small cup with the bottom in, then
dress with a file until you get the prop
er clearance.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
WINTER HEATING is
DIFFICULT PROBLEM
Exact Temperature Required to
Save Blossom Buds in Cold
Weather Not Known.

Because of the difficulties in heat
ing peach orchards in winter, horti-
culturists at the Ohio experiment sta
ton advise growers to avoid such op-
erations by planting hardy varieties
and selecting favorable planting sites.
The exact temperature required to
save the blossom buds in extreme cold
winter weather is not known, as va
rieties differ in hardness and the same
variety may show some variation in re-
sistance to cold from year to year.
Without this knowledge orchardists
In some cases may waste fuel, While at
other times buds may be frozen be-
cause the fires do not keep the tenn
perature high enough. Watching ther-
mometers and keeping fires in zero
weather is trying work. Spring or
chard heating, however. has long been
considered successful.
On suitable locations peach crops
may be secured annually il hardy va
rieties are planted, these specialists
say. Winter heating is therefore un-
necessary ip such cases.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
KEEPING OF SHEEP
is GOOD PRACTICE
Advocated as Most Profitable by
Arizona Station-Keep the
Rams Separate.

The keeping of a few sheep on the
farm is practice advocated as most
profitable by the animal husbandry
department of the Arizona agricultural
experiment station. w. S. Cunning
ham of the department says that it
has been found that on the average
about twenty ewes and their lambs can
be maintained and fattened on the
bitches and waste feed of each 40
acres of land. Each eve should pro-
duce a fleece worth $1.50 and her
lamb at weaning time should be worth
IS. Since the fencing is paid for by
the saving of expense in ditch clean
ing and the sheep are fed on other
wise worthless feed, they should show
splendid profit.
Mr. Cunningham also says that ii is
believed that johnson grass may be
eradicated from nelds by pasturing
with sheep, and the station is now
carrying on experiments along this
line.
The rams should be kept separate
from the ewes except during the breed.
ing season.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
PEDIGREED SCRUBS
IN GREAT DEMAND
Too Many Breeders Who Buy and
Sell Live Stock Entirely on
Their PedigreeS.

"The present enormous demand for
purebred live stock is responsible for
supplying market for about every
ANIMAL good bad and Indifferent, that
can boast of a pedigree"
This is the way the situation looks
to George c. Humphrey, who, as chief
of the department of animal husban-
dry of the College of Agriculture, has
aided stockmen in every section of
the state in the formation of COM
munity breeders associations for the
Improvement and development of the
live stock industry in their respective
communities.
"The leaders in all of these organi-
cations realize" says Mr.. Humphrey,
that their future success in the live
stock industry must be built on a
purebred and bred-for-productiOn
basis. There are, however, far too
many who buy and sell stock entirely
on their pedigrees, backed by no rec
ord of performance or production.
1T is a safer investment by far to
pay double the price for a good pro-
ducer or one whose ancestors were
good producers, than it is to invest in
pedigreed scrub
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
WARNING TO DRIVER BEHIND
Automatic Signal That Flashes When
ever Automobile is Slowed Down
is Illinois Mans invention.

Guy w. Conner, a conductor on the
Illinois Central railroad, has invented
and patented an automatic safety sig
nal for automobiles, designed after the
railroad safety signals that have done
much to eliminate accidents in rail-
roading. Mr.. Comer's device is en-
tirely automatic and operates with
out the touch or thought Of the
driver. It is attached to the tail light
and license number bracket in the
rear of the car and operates coinci-
dent with the working of the automo-
bile brake Thus, whenever the driver
presses his brake to slow down his
car a semaphore appears from be
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK 'CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver ard
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache. biliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue. foul taste and foul
breath--always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food In the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines, instead of being cast out
OF the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
pofsons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight viii surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet your liver
and bowels regular for months Adv.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15

While many people do not know it,
the first record we have of vehicle
travelling without animal power is
found in the ancient Chinese records,
which give an account of the kite car
riages. These vehicles We're driven by
the wind blowing against a sail at
tached to the carriage. In the early
reign of King James 1 of England a
patent was issued to one Hugo Upton,
reading as follows: ''FOr the sole max
ing of an instrument which shall be
driven by the wind for the transpOrta-
ton of carriage of anything by land"
Some believe that Upton secured his
idea from kite carriages in old China.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
Plan Mountain Grade.

Officials of the national forests of
the West met recently to form tenta-
tive plans for motorcar road of
seven per cent grade up Mount Tim
panogos, near Provo, Utah, for about
$4,000. The work is expected to be-
gin in April. The road viii pass
through American Fork canyon, then
south to Aspen Grove and down Provo
canyon to the Provo and North Fork
and up Mount Timponogos to the gla-
cier base. The course lies within the
Masatch national forest which makes
an appropriation for it's construction
available from the Shackleford bill.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
EXAMINE CATTLE IN WINTER FOR GRUBS

of the breathing hole Of the grub. One
or two applications will usually be suf-
ficient. The objection to this method is
that the wounds do not heal readily
unless the grubs are removed.
Some have claimed that the arsenical
and coal tar dips can be used in the
case of large herds which cannot read
lily be treated by direct removal of the
grubs. 1t still remains to be deter
mined, however, whether practical
means of eradication can be made by
the use of dips. Dips applied during
spring and summer will no doubt kill
many maggots and eggs which are at
tached to hairs on the animals bodies.
The adult of the OK warble is a fly
about half an inch long, very hairy, and
resembles small black honey bee. The
females in depositing their eggs on cat
tie worry and torment the animals and
frequently cause them to stampede for
shelter or water. The fly does not
sting or bite. but the animals seem to
have an instructive dread of its ap-
proach just as the horse has for the
botfiy.
Fish oil, train oil, and other sub
stances are often recommended as
spray to keep off warble flies. To be
effective, their use would have to be
continued during spring and early sum
mer and such practice would be diff
ficult and expensive and impracticable
except in the case of small herds of
valuable cattle.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15

The characteristic Jumps or swell
ings which may be found under the
skin on the backs of many cattle from
January until April contain grubs. If
these grubs are allowed to remain, they
will complete their growth, drop to the
ground and transform to heel flies
which may reinfest the cattle during
the spring and summer, according to T.
J. Talbert of the University of Mis-
souri, College of Agriculture. The grubs
weaken the cattle, cause them to fall
off in flesh and milk, and decrease the
value of the hide. The beef in the inn
mediate vicinity of a grub becomes
Shiny and of greenish color, and is
known to the butcher as clicked beef"
On an average, the damage to the hides
is placed at one-third their value and
the loss of beef to each infested animal
ranges from So to $5.
The grubs may be pressed out
through the opening at the top of the
swelling. A sharp knife and a pair
of tweezers will often facilitate the
work of removing the grubs. Care
should be taken to crush all the grubs
removed, to prevent their further de-
velopment and transformation into
flies. 1t is advisable to examine the
cattle for Jumps or swellings over the
back every two or three weeks during
late winter and early spring to detect
the pest. Various oils are often used.
The lotion is either Smeared over the
infested region, or applied to the mouth
The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-02-15
See That Wiring is Protected.

Because oil has a disintegrating ef-
feet, not only on rubber but on cotton
and fabric as well, care should be ta-
ken TO see that the wiring for electric
lighting and engine starting system is
well protected. If oil is permitted to
remain on the wiring the insulation
will in time be softened so that the
slightest chatting win cause the bare
copper to be exposed and short cir
cult or a leakage of current follow.