The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-04-25
Letter from MANCHESTER District.

Unreasonable prices were paid for
chickens at the sales which were
more numerous than they had been
for many years. Here is a question
for the readers: If a hen weighing A
pounds cost 67c per pound and eaus at
least dollars worth of feed In a
year, how many years will be required
70 nave the mortgage lifted from that
hen?
Plenty Of machinery and a force of
men, paid at the rate Of $500 per day
Tor 10 hours work, are now digging
away with a vim on the abominable
piece OF road between here and the
Pennsylvania line. They intend to
finish it in due time, then repair our
macademized road, and, maybe build
the road between Hampstead and
Reisterstown. If all this should
come to pass, keep your chickens, dogs
and cats away from the road between
Hanover and Baltimore.
KILLED by Molasses." Truly queer
things are happening. In a number
of newspapers the following accident
was chronicled: Twenty persons
were drowned at Boston, Mass, when
a big tank of molasses exploded OF
gallons to flood the streets and near
by playground. 1t was at noon and
there were many teams hauled up be-
side the North End, while men and
horses had their dinners, with prac-
tically no warning, the huge tank
collapsed, and men, teams and ami
mails were swept off the playground.
The Boston elevated railway structure
was demolished and several houses
were literally torn from their founda-
lions.
/ The success of wireless telegraphy
between Ireland and Canada was an
nounced on March 10, the Irish sta
ton being at Bally Bunion and the
Canadian in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the
distance being 1000 miles. 1t was
announced on the next day that the
naval radio station at New Bruins
wick, N. J., had conyersed by wireless
telephone with the transport George
! Washington" during the voyage from
New York to Brest, the distance from
New Brunswick to Brest being 5000
miles.
! There was an aerial triumph recent
ly i'm New York, when two naval fly
ing boats made a 800 mile nonstop
trip from Hampton Roads to New
York. In spite of a stiff wind the
trip was made in 27O MINUTES. Each
machine carries thirteen passengers
One of the engines on one Of the ma
chimes developed trouble, but the
aeroplane kept its course while the
engineer repaired the defect.
Only a century ago men who be-
\, SrwIrN I@0 yarpH%% ol NV
gas passing through pipes were
laughed at as half crazy dreamers.
Would not the present day inventions
fill with surprise and alarm the good,
old people Of long ago?
There are now large motor trucks
to carry marketing of all kinds, OPP
Grated by the Government, connecting
the following cities: Portland, Me-
and Richmond, Va; New York city
and Chicago; Indianapolis, Indiana,
via Atlanta, Ga, to Montgomery, Ala.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Blakeslee says there are 100000 miles
of railroads, and more than 2,199,O 600
miles of highway. Why, there is
more highway in one state than there
are railroads in the whole United
States. A freight car will average
a forty-ton load and twenty miles a.
day or 800 ton miles a day. A two
ton motor truck, hauling two tons a
hunderd miles a day makes 200 ton
miles. Four of these trucks will do
more service than freight car. They
will serve the shippers better be-
cause they can pick up at your door
and leave the load at your door. 1t
saves two landings at least.
Millions of war-weary Europeans
are ready and anxious to come over
and make America their future home.
Will il be wise to allow foreigners to
come in large numbers?
Truly, America is large country
with great resources, as plans are
perfected to manufacture and put in
to use $4,000 tractors during the
year 1919.
+ There is quite a contrast between
North and South America, especially
in Horticulture. The daughter OF a
missionary, in company with her par
ents, arrived recently in California.
"Why!" she exclaimed, do the people
here have their flowers out in front OF
their houses?" She well knew that
in some South American countries,
flowers are a rarity, except in public
parks, flowers and plants are stolen
frcm the Yards, and vegetables are
only grown for market. People who
do no. buy vegetables at market are
supposed to be very poor, unable to
purchase them. Does it not seem as
if America was the garden spot OF
the world?"
Europe is unsettled. While PreSi-
dent Wilson wants to instil into the
aristocratic heads our Monroe Doc
trine, Japan insists on social equality
Of the races, Ireland demands It's
independence, Italy cannot agree on
boundary lines, Hungary is going N
the side of Bolshevistic Russia and
Germany, unwilling to accede to all
the allied terms and war actually
Being carried on in some quarters, the
prospects for immediate and .J,r-
manent peace are not bright.
J. ALBERT ZEPP, Manchester, Md.
/ A Printer and His Errors.