The Washington times., 1919-10-22

Mr. Tom Powers draws pictures for this page which he
considers very frivolous.
In number today an apple tree, laden with
fruit Much of it has fallen and cows gentlemen COWS,
w1d-looking hogs, and other animals eating it.
In the next picture Mr. Farmer finds that apples are
very valuable he hotfoots it home carrying his whip in
his hand, apparently leaving his horses behind.
The last picture in the reel shows Mr. Farmer rugged
out Colonel Cody and his wife all Anne oakleyed sup
plementsd by vicious looking dog and cannon guarding
the tree, while envious looking riders In the automobile
stare at the forbidden fruit.
Mr. Powers picture gives lesson in relative values
Apples fed to COWS horses and pigs are worth two or
three cents bushel.
Apples made into cider are worth hundred times as
much Most Of Us would say that the farmer foolish
: he was not foolish; he merely uniformed
BE did not realize the waste Of using valuable fruit pro-
duce pork and beef.
The farmer addition to being asleep to oppor unity
carried the additional handicap Of habit and custom For
years the cows pigs and horses had eaten the wndfa
apples in the orchard Therefore they should eat the
windfan apples this year. ares
Farmers fools The farmer work usually gives
him time to think and people who think ievelop ntel
gsnce But the farmer like all of u.s. creature of habit
and custom resenfu of that which is untried and
ioath to investigate or experiment
Wealth and power which is the source of wealth are
wasted in upendous quantities because we are ignorant
or are unwilling to accept new ideas
few miles west of this city the Potomac river rushes
down rocky ravne, fed by hundreds of rivulets and
streams, gathering power from great watershed.
plunges the falls at rate and volume sufficient
to heat and light the city of Washington Hundreds of
thousands of horsepower day slip away lower
levels Of the river, unused
Two observers stand at the brink Of the fall The
woman says: "Imt it beautiful?'
The man says: "There is q terrific amount of mower
going to waste!''
Then they go home and talk about the high electric
light the cost Of this winters coal fares
ON the ". r. and Z.
Some day we shall have great power plant on the
shores OF the Potomac and Of other rivers hanesng the
uneeang force that Nature puts into these streams Our
rivers VIII heat as In the winter and cool in the
We viii some day utilize the tremendous forces qener
asd BY ocean currents thunder storms winds tides and
changes OF temperature We win pipe lines from vol
canoes and geyses heat and to perform our
work
But we now like the farmer feeding fruit to hi.
stock
We allow the forces Of nature with few exceptions o
spend themselves without making them nav u.s.
We seldom attempt to or replace the small
percentage Of Natures energy which we do utilize In Vir
enla and West Virginia thousands of acres of aban
doued farms the land out by misuse Proper rotation
Of crops would have made this land more valuable TO-DAY
than it was q hundred years ago.
In the great forests Of the Northwest men are hevnp
down trees by thousands No effort made replace these
trees with others In few years all the native timber will
have been cut No new will have grown their
places because none have been planted
When our supply of wood is about gone we will awaken
Ike the sleepy farmer We win find that we have been
feeding timber into furnaces The farmer awakened in
time to save some of his apples.
VIII the United States awaken in time to save some
ef its natural resources?