The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-03-14

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then not different from Sather's and
Hardin's p It was a deep, rich organ.
"Oh, you can't class Hardin with
Sather," protested Richards compan-
ion. "Sather used Hardin. Hardin's
honesty cannot be questioned. It's not
moneys he's after. His whole heart
is in this reclamation scheme"
''Hardin's false ALARM growled
the owner of the massive head. "He
makes promises. He never keeps
them"
The older mans smile was tolerant.
Barton he Indicated, 'is the presi-
dent of the water companies. And if
you want to hear about a rogue and a
scoundrel ask the water companies
their opinion of Hardin
''Well, what sort of hole has he
got US into?" demanded the other with
heat.
"Hardin's in hole himself.
mo one seems to remember that he
crucifed himself to save the valley.
I've great respect for Thomas Har-
din"
''Yes?" returned Richard, whose lik-
ing had been captured by the speaker.
The impression of distinction sharp
ened. The stranger wore a Numbered
pongee silk shirt, open at the neck but
restricted by a brown silk tie; and it
was trinity belted. There were but
two neckties in the entire car, and
they occupied, Richard observed, the
same seat.
''The beginning of the canal sys-
tenn"
Richard looked out upon a fiat, one
toned country, marked off in rec
tangles by plows and scrapers. Far
Their south these rectangles were edged
by young willows. He fancied he
could see, even at that distance, the
CLEAN of water.
It was the passing of the desert. A
few miles back he had seen the desert
in its primitive nakedness, which not
even cactus relieved. He was passing
over the land which man and horses
We're preparing for water. And he
could see the land where water was.
THAT was the way Riverside looked
when l first saw it," commented the
other man who wore a tie. "Come out
on the rear platform. We can see bet
ter"
Richard followed to the back of the
dust-swept, sitting car. The glare on
the platform was intense. He stood
watching the newly made checkerboard
of a country slip past him. Receding
were the two lines of cleaning steel
rails which connected and separated
him from the world outside. He was
.'going in" Not in Mexico even had
he such a feeling of ultimate remote
ness. The mountains, converging per-
spectively toward the throat of the
valley, looked elusive and unreal in
their gauze draperies of rose and vio-
let. The tender hour of day was cloth
ing them with mystery, softening their
sharp outlines. They curtained the
world beyond. Richard felt the sus-
pense of the next act.
1t was torpid Imagination, he
thought, which would not quicken over
this conquest of the desert. East of
the tract men and teams were prepar-
ing the newly furrowed ground for the
seed. The curved land knives were
breaking up the rich mold into ridges
of soft soil as uncOhesive and feathery
as pulverized chocolate. 1t was the
dark color of the chocolate of COM
merce, this silt which had been pill
eE ohs f9 o p the able et to obfan sGppS
of American cotton after peace
negotiated, according to the Wese
Zeitung, which is particularly ket
on cotton questions because it w;
through the Weser ports that &c
many received the greater part of h,
pre-war cotton supplies. The Wese
Zeitung says:
as Germany going to obtain SUI
plies of raw cotton after the wa
The American cotton crop has great
fallen off (?) and for the ,availab
supplies good money will be deman
; ed. Before he war, German expor
: amounted in value to 10,000,000,0(
marks, which sum served to GOV,
her liabilities for imported cotton.
"But as Germany's stocks are d
pleted, the building up anew of h
export trade is likely to prove slo
matter. Hence, Germany needs cred
for her raw material. imports, and
this end confidence must be restore
in her solvency Failing thi
America and England, who contr
the raw material markets of Il
world, will refuse supplies.
consequently, it is essential
the interests of the Bremen cote
trade that settled conditions shou
| prevail throughout the Empir
Foreign countries must be brougl
I to realize hat there is a responsib