Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-30
VIEWS AND NEAR.VIEWS,
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
No Scarcity of Corn LU<ely-The Print
Ing lndustry-Thc Lumber Jack
ReEimcnt-About Rainfall.


Any little excuse will do in these
days for advancing prices for food
sturs and other things people have
to buy. Already the frost damage to
the corn crop in the Northwest Is
being mentioned as a reason for in
crcasing the cost of cornbread. The
damage by the early frosts in the
North and Northwest have been over
estimated. Tho latest figures given
by the Weather Bureau reports reduce
the corn damaged to 100000 bushels.
and this is by no means total loss.
because dairying is a great business
in the Northwest. and all tho farmers
have silos with ample capacity to hold
all Of the damaged corn. and it is but
little the worse for that use because
Of the slight frost damage. The States
promise OF 1000. 900 bushels more
than 2oo.ooo.ooo bushels increase over
last year. The damage by frost, there
fore. is but drop in very large
bucket. There is no occasion yet for
advancing the price Of cornpone.
Fifty years ago printing and publish
ing were just beginning to figure in
United States industry. the total pro-
duction amounting to only $4,000, 600.
According to Charles Francis, dean
OF American printers" the business has
increased twenty times, so that now
printing and publishing together form
the third largest manufacturing indus
try in the country, and produce $500.
100000 in material annually. In this
industry the United States Is rcspon-
sible for about one third of tho world,
total.
The printing and publishing busi-
ness in Richmond is next to tho largest
employer of labor.
Every industry in tn. country Is be.
iE called upon to furnish some of
ITS best men for war and army work
The "Lumberjack Regiment" is the
nickname given to regiment of
American lumbermen organized for
service in France. 1t will be employed
i'll tho woods there. getting out ma
terial for army use. Tho regiment Is
not armed. but is fully equipped for
forest service with stationary and
portable Sawmills and with everything
necessary for logging and sawmill
ing tho product.
The much rain of the past summer
has brought forth much discussion Of
heavy rainfalls. and some Of the state
ments regarding the heaviest at any
given time are wide of the mark. The
following statement is official:
At special orchard station" main
tained by the United States Weather
Bureau at Altapass. in the southeastern
corner OF Mitchell County. North Caro-
line latitude 2,625 feet above sea
leveD, 22.22 inches OF rain fell during
the twenty-four hours beginning .
+. NJ. July Is. 1916. This appears to
be by far the heaviest twenty-four-
hour rainfall ever recorded in the
United States, though heavier falls
have occasionally occurred in other
parts of the world, the most remark
able being 1893 inches at Baguio. IN
the Philippines, between noon July IA
and noon July Is, -911.
1t is estimated that it takes 400
pounds Of cotton to make the powder
for one shot from one OF the seventeen
inch guns now SO much in use on the
battle fields OF Europe. There is no
danger of lowering of the price Of
the Souths great product this year, or
next year either.