Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
VIEWS AND MEAR-VIEWS.
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
o'hrini Red Tape-tetuiIer ~ Prof.
tscTS-Msrketin- Tobacco by Far
eel POst-MisrntnrN liiiiIs

An officer of large manufacturing
company tells to the Wall street
journal the following tale OF his cx-
perience with official red tape:
happened that laboratory owned
ny the company needed five gallons of
alcohol. The company is dong gov
eminent work almos; exclusively. and
on an urgent nature. The local drug
sist could not supply such Il large
amount. ana told The man from the
laboratory that he would have 10 get
permit from the internal rover ue Of
hcrr. CE1n making application 10 that
o'hc'al, he was told that il would be
necessary t. take cut :, bond cover
ING iht cost OF tive alcohol
This hec.ssitatcd tho sending of n
letter to the home office. many miles
away, asking that a bond be taken our.
The minimum bond furnished by the
bonding company was $500. and the
premium S.. The bond having hccn
executed. IL was sent to the head Of
the laboratory, who took it triurl plant
~ 10 the internal revenue office. But
the president Of the company had not
signed his :ull name to the bond. Back
won't the bond TO the homo Office. whore
il was corrected and mailed TO the
LABORATORY. After delay Of scnc
weeks, the much-needcd 1--WE gallons or
alcohol. costing less than $50. was de-
70: it.
1t is hardly To be doubted that some
retailers are Droftccrinr rs Far as they
can safely do II. ana scrici imcs th.y
GET exposed. on purchasin. a bottle
of glue. for which he had 10 pay -
cents in Il retail store tsomawhcrc Out
side OF RichmoNd>. a customer asked
The reason for The advance ot = cents.
The retailer said the war had raised
everything. and these same bottles #
glue, which he used to sell FOR 10 cents.
cos; him 10 cents per bottle now.
When tho customer opened tn. car
ton containing the bottle. ne found "a
Slip OF paper neatly wrapped around /.
hearing tho following: '''rc tho CON
suNcr--cwing 10 the high price OF tin
and owing 10 tho government demand
for the metal, VIC have discontinued
placing on our Slu" bottles the metal
cap which could be used after tho cork
is withdrawn. We arc forced 10 dc
this so tha; the purchaser may get the
same size. Quantity and quality with
out any advance in price"
The Southern Tobacco journal tells
this story
Marketing tobacco by parcel pos, WAS
thu unique feature of closing day at
GorrHl!s warehouse. in this city. last
week farmer up in Danbury sen,
~ iw"niy-fcur rounds by this con
venicnt mode III ;ransporta ton. and ~.
leaf was sold and check naiicds 10 him
al IN ono dav Tobacco is received
III an sorts Of ways--hy wagons. trucks.
automobiles. buggIes by freight and
express and travellers suit ,cases--but
This * the FIRST time the parcel post
has broucft IA shipment &c Winston
Salem. What would the oid-,imers
think of this easy method Of gcttin"
the weed To the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ihose who lah"red down the mountain
roads with yoke Of steers forty years
ago" Verify. the world do move"
One of tho many explanations that
have h.cn offered TO account for the
TACT that migratory birds are able TO
'ind 'h"ir way by night and in cloudy
or fogry weather Says Popular
Sc!"ncc Monthly. is that they arc son
s'tiyc. n some way, 70 currents Of ter
restr!al magnetism. and, therefore, d..
rect their Eight by the magnetic NC
ri!ians. This suggestion was put forth
by Il. a Thauzics. a French pigeon
fancicr, who declares that carrier
pigeons MAX" poor flights during tho
orcurrcnc" Of magnetic storms Ilc
also asserts tina, the general use ,t
wireless ,c!"graphy has diminished N.
reliability OF tho birds 70 Il surprising
extent.
On trolley car running from Brook-
Ign bridge 10 Concy Island George
Roth is motorman and his daughter.
Grace. Is CUnductorettc.
Jher" was record production Of
suiphuTic ACID in the United states
last wear. exceeding the previous year
by At least 800. 00h tons
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