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New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

W AM not one of those who hold that
Il the world owes me at least q
n decent living; I am satisfied with
the privilege of existing at ALL
spend my money, when I have any, as
though I were doing the tradesmen a
favor. And when they cheat and short
change me I say nothing, for I do not
like to hurt their feelings. | never
stare at women, having too much rev
erence for them. | have great respect
for policemen, and when I meet one |
feel like apologizing for my insignih
cant presence on earth. They represent
SO much and so little Hence, the
following incident was to me a terrify-
ing experience:
One evening | was sitting in a pool
hall reading in the paper all about the
freedom of democracy, etc. I was feel
ing fairly we'll satisfied with myself.
having just finished what was. in NV
opinion, marvellous story. Yet was
dimly aware that something was wronp.
Finally it dawned on me that I was
being surrounded gradually by police
men. 1t seemed to me as though there
were at least two dozen. They peered
out at me, in my imagination, from be-
hind every chair and from everv
corner and over the top of every pool
table. Of course, there was but one
and he approached me cunninglv and
suddenly bounced in front of me like
an apparition.
IL wanna see you outside" he said.
staring hard at me, as policemen do.
In a dazed sort of way | followed
him out.
On the sidewalk paused and glanced
at him questioningly. He kept a safe
distance from me, and also Il thought).
one hand on his gun and the other on
his trusty club.
The chief wants to see you,' he ex-
planned, looking at me fearlessly, as
if to squash any tendencies l might
have to resist
Arriving at the police station, he
introduced me:
This is the man, chief" he said, as
one who had made tremendously i'm
portant capture.
The chief, an important little man,
glared at me fercely through his spec
tacles. "Ah, hal" he murmured, strok-
ing his chin in a pleased sort of way.
Lock him up" he snapped to the,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

full scrutiny. Manifestly it was q skele-
ton key, similar to that used by profess
sional yeggmen. The ghost police
man looked at me knowingly, as if he
had Caught me with the goods"
gathered from his expression that
things were beginning to look very
dark, indeed, for me.
| was then directed to proceed down
stairs, which I did, being escorted by
the husky young man, who acted as an
advance guard. The vigiant spook
kept close watch on the rear to prevent
my escape in that direction. Every
precaution was taken to hinder my get
ting away. | began to feel quite i'm
portant, for it was evident that l was a
noted desperate, a fact hitherto un-
known even to myself.
At the door of the steel vault q
dozen faces peered out as we came
up. They drew back as the door was
unlocked and I was pushed in. | asked
my convoy, in feeble voice, if might
telephone for some one to 60 my bail.
1t having occurred to me this hole
was no place for me and my love of
freedom.
"Certainly not" he exclaimed,
amazed at such a preposterous request.
'Not tonight, anyway" he concluded,
Us though I'd be lucky if ever got the
chance.
"Whatcha in fer, Boz" inquired my
room mates eagerly.
"DamfIknow," | responded quite
truthfully, and with an air OF bravo
that was curiously inconsistent with
q feeling in the pit of my stomach.
1t is undoubtedly rare sensation to
be locked up. 1t is an experience that
must be absorbed personally to be
properly appreciated; it cannot be COM
municated. I have often thought that
it didn't matter much about acquiring
friends: they are too much bother; al
ways asking for favors. But that night
in Jail convinced me that I was mis-
taken. To lie in Jail knowing that
dozens of your friends are rushing
about frantcally seeking to get you
out is great consolation, but to lie
| in Jail under the impression that YOU
have not been missed, and in all prob
ability never will be missed, is de-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

nobody in Sharptown ever knew the
lack of necessaries and moderate COM
forts. The steamboat that plies on the
Nanticoke takes passengers up to a
thriving town on the railway that
has express trains from New York
to Norfolk, or downward to the Ches-
apeake and to Baltimore. Many of the
berry baskets that Sharptown makes
carry to Baltimore the berries grown
upon land within few miles of the
Nanticoke wharves, for when the local
berry season is at it's neight, from
about mid-May until the end of the
first week Of June, the steamer some
times leaves the wharf with cargo
Of 100000 quarts.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Baskets-A Symbol of Industry

the ordinary factory town, with it's
crowd of aliens, than this lonely little
Maryland community. The work is
done by natives, white and black, and
poverty is unknown among the work
men of either race. Almost every
family owns its own home, and most
families have snug account in the
local bank. Much of the country
round about is ill-suited to farming.
but the wealth of the Chesapeake is
close at hand, and any able-b bodied
man may turn fisherman or OYSTER
man when he will. There are few
cheaper places to live than this very
region, because much of the food con-
sumed comes right out of the tidal
waters, and the warm, light soil and
the long growing season are favorable
to gardening
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Good Points
of Money

Either that, child said he, 'or pu
it in the bank for yourself. Moneys
good thing if you don't get too mucl
of it,
"T don't think could get too much
I told him.
"'You're young yet said he. Bette
pray God that you never will get to-
much Of it, Wasn't that a funny re
mark? Then he went out. neve
could get up courage enough to as
him what he meant. By the way, wn'
was he, if you don't mind telling me
1t can't matter now"
"His name," said !, "was Murphy
Tom Murphy, the millionaire mne'
from Colorado. What he meant wa
that wealth had not brought him Sn'
happiness folk usually think aceoD
panies great wealth"
well" said she. perhaps 1t didn
to him; but just the same, / wish ~
would come in again SO that ] could 'e'
him he'd brought it to me. Pernsp,
III meet him in the next world an'
tell it to him there"
"You won't" said ], reaching Tor n, :
hat, "if by chance there's French cnci'
in the place you're going to. II 'ns'.
are. he'll make tracks for the o'a''
place"
And left her. believing, I'll wase'
that l was as queer as the old man Sa'
missed.
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at the convenience of the bas-
kctmaker. He takes the pieces, as
many as go to make basket, and fits
them over an iron form mounted upon
a plant lever arm. The workman,
hammer in hand, and his lips
bristlng with nails, rapidly and
dextrously nails together the parts
and turns out his basket, to be piled
with others and carried away to dry.
Nothing sweeter or cleaner than the
newly wrought basket of whatever size
can be imagined. SO rich is the wood
in the raw material of honey that
bees cover the baskets as thew stand
drying in the air. Apparently the
presence of the bees keeps away flies,
for the baskets leave the factory speck-
less and beautiful. A skilled worker
can make 1000 quart baskets in a day,
and some girls make as high as 1,4oO
man Of fair speed can turn out
twenty large vegetable containers in
an hour, and the most rapid workers
can do better. Many of the small
baskets used to be made at home by
women and children in leisure hours.
There is little waste at the box
factory, for almost every scrap of the
sweet gum logs can be used. The
heart of the log, after it has yielded
all that it can afford for veneer. is
dried and split up to help make crates.
For the bottoms of the larger baskets
pine disks are brought from the South
where they are made by the millions
IN factories set up for the purpose. AS
to the sweet gum, 1t is so plant when
drawn into veneer that the warm,
sweet-smelling ribbons como off the
knives In lengths of many yards be-
fore the veneer breaks.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Not Beautiful
But Comfortable

The village thus created mainly by
single industry that would have
been impossible two generations ago,
is not beautiful, but it Is comfo-ta-
BILE and prosperous. 1t has a bank,
churches, modern public schools, and
a host Of modest little homes, each
with its bit Of ground and Its door
yard gay with flowers. The people,
old and young, dress we'll and have
many amusements. Not few families
hsvo their motor cars, and probably
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

some maker of editorial para
A% graphs or their ancient equiva-
lent allowed in the course of
his daily grind that possession of
money had its disadvantages. Since
then countless millions have made sim
liar declarations with the air of dis
coveries of great truth.
Among them was my old friend Tom
Murphy. Tom, after making millions
in Colorado mines, came East in tow of
the female members of the Murphy
tribe to enjoy real life. Toms life in
the mountains, and before that in his
beloved Connemara, did not exactly
fit him for the kind of life picked out
for him by Mrs. Murphy, but like a
good sport he seldom kicked over the
traces. The worst he might do was
growl.
He was growing one night when at
dinner time l met him in the Waldorf.
Had your dinner?" he asked.
I admitted that was yet to dine.
Come eat with me-" he urged.
| agreed to that, asking where ?"
you know New York, don't you 2"
said he.
"Well," I fenced, "the boss thinks I
do, and pays me salary on that
theory"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
A Crucial
Moment

"Spareribs, you say?' said he.
"That Is exactly what my mouths
watering for. Lead me to them, and if
they're good I'll remember the cook
in my prayers. Tell the starter there
to get US a taxi while I'm getting a
coat"
1t would have been bad form to have
driven up to the place in a taxi. On
Eighth Avenue if hungry man cannot
walk to the feeding place he enlists
the aid of some friend to bring 1t to
him. So we stopped the taxi at the
corner, ending our Journey on foot,
Murphy full OF anticipation, fearful
that the place would be a disappoint-
ment. Somehow it usually happens
that the restaurant you have been
praising extravagantly to friend
falls down when you finally get that
IL
Luck, however. was with US this
night. Not only were there spareribs
on the menu, but they were tood.
Likewise the cabbage and ditto the
big, mealy murphy" the girl brought
along with them-all for the large sum
OF 25 cents. They were so good Murphy
ate a second portion, piling a good half
peck Of bones on a platter beside them.
"It's a good meal" he said to the
girl, "do you mind giving me nv
check?"
"It's 85 cents, sir" said she. "Three
orders Of spareribs and two glasses of
milk"
"All right" said he. "Now pay my
check for me like good girl and keep
the change"
"But It's ten dollar bill," said she.
II know 1t, GIRL" said he, "and the
meals worth it. If the boss don't know
enough to charge a decent price for
decent food I'm not the man that won't
see somebody's paid for it."
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
The Early
GOuidS

Looking back over the Gould
history, it becomes clear that Jay
Gould was not the first of his name to
gain a large reputation in the Amer
icas. Back IN 1905 Nathan Cold jr..
son of Nathan Gold, who left England
for America in 1916, rose from the
position of town clerk to Deputy Gov
ernor of Connecticut, and later was
chief justice of the Supreme Court Of
the state Colonel Abraham Gold the
first of his line to spell his name
Gould, was killed at the head of the
9th Connecticut Regiment while re-
pelling a raid of the British on Dan
bury, and his sword, stained with the
blood of the fight, is still in possession
OF the family.
Jay Gould, called Jason in his early
days, was born in Roxbury, N. Y, in
1885. He made the most of his op-
portunities from the very beginning.
Though he left school when he was
sixteen, he devoted his time to teach
Ing himself mathematics and survey
ing, and paid his board at the same
time by keeping books for black
smith. A short time with his father in
hardware store was followed by a
period Of surveying and mapping
counties in New York State, STARTING
with the salary of s20 month. Roads
followed the counties, and young
Could's reputation and finances in
creased az they were completed. peo-
pie began to realize that there were
lew difficulties capable of stopping him
AZ that time, rs through all his later
and greater years, hs persistence only
e1uaiied his ingenuity Even a huge
thsodolitc, which he had never seen be
'ore, was not too much for him. Once
ne mad prepared TO make survey of a
certain road enterprise With common
level. Imagine my surprise" he
wrote, when one Of the directors came
bringing up monstrous theodolite.
with its complication Of screws and
what not. the identical one that had
served an apprenticeship on the Hud-
son River Railroad, and for it's valu-
able services there was aftsrward pro-
NOTED TO generalship on the Northern
Railroad. ! could not for good while
even loosen the needle, much less ad-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Symbol of
Industry

AS a symbol of American industry
and inventive genius the humble berry
basket might we'll be sent to Eu-
ropean worlds fair. Into the making
OF this simple miracle went the natural
wisdom to discover the essential quail
tiles Of the sweet gum, the ingenuity
to invent the complicated machinery
that has made it possible the wood
should serve the need for which
1t Is SO exactly fitted; the CONNER
cial foresight and courage to under
take tho business of the manu-
facture, and the characteristic adapta-
bility Of the American workingman to
new trades, the deftness of hand and
quickness of eye that make possible
the rapid turning out Of products so
that cost of production shall be low
while wages are relatively high. It
Is possible that the industry may be
embarrassed by tho exhaustion Of the
sweet gum trees. Twenty-Five years
ago the local area yielded most of
those consumed at this particular fac
tory, but year by year 1t has been
necessary to 60 further and further
afield for logs. Perhaps American in
genuity and knowledge may be trusted
to discover q substitute, possibly re-
foresting the local area may solve the
problem. Meanwhile, the sweet gum
berry basket deserves to be treated
with respect and viewed with interest
as a signal triumph of the qualities
that have gone to make this country
prosperous
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
THE time does no, seem so very
far off when some one is going
- to ask: well, after all, what
is a million dollars between


- to ask: "Well, after all, what
is a million dollars between
friends ?"
There in a single sentence is the
sad history of the modern million dol.
lars. Once, not so long ago, million
dollars was million dollars, and now
it is an inhnitesimal fraction in the
Liberty Loan, the price Of paltry
pittance Of shells on a busy sector of
the Western Front. Somehow or other
there seems to be so much more money
than there used to be in those dark
and ancient days when they went to
Wall Street in silk hats and broad
cloth coats that a gap seems to have
sprung between that time and now.
Once they said that there wouldn't be
enough money to carry on really first
class war for four months And
actually-not so very long ago at that
there used to be a story about a
gay young man named Brewster, who
for legal reasons was obliged to run
through million dollars in the course
of year. 1t was all perfectly logical,
because if he did it and produced the
requisite proof he was going to get
three or four more millions. But here
is the great irony, the incredible touch
which brands the whole story as some
bright literary fantasy-he almost
didn't do it, With whole year ahead
of him and starting in the geographic
cal centre of New York. he had some
cash on hand right up to the last
minute. Which naturally leads up to
the question of what was the matter
with Brewster. Why did he hold so
fast to his money with the bright
lights of Broadway staring him in the
face? And the answer comes winging
back over the gap Of the past that
million dollars was a million dollars
then.
To get the true value, therefore. of
the $72,OOO,0OO which Jay Gould left
at his death on December 2, 1892,
it is necessary to leap over the
gap of the European war and back fur
ther to the times when million share
day on the Stock Exchange was such
rarity as to cause excited comment.
Then the true magnifcence of the
achievement of the founder of the
Gould fortune is revealed at its best,
to be enhanced by the recollection that
Jay Gould started the way of so many
of Americas richest men, with little
or no money or influence.
Whatever his detractors may have
said, and he had many, there were
some things they can never deny. Jay
Gould's fortune was made by his indi-
vidual effort with very few helping
hands held out to him. Nor has any
one ever doubted his tenacity, his great
ability as an organizer and executive,
or his remarkable faculty for grasp
ing and making the most of combina-
tions and opportunities.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18


cause, in the natural course of events,
1t never a second time holds the deli
cious fruit that this season is out of
reach except for multimillionaires and
war profteers. AS a matter of fact
the berry basket is significant if not
important, because it aptly illustrates
the American habit of fitting means to
ends with exact economy. 1t comes to
the ultimate consumer light and frail,
but strong enough for the need it
serves, sweet, clean and in form agree
able to the eye. Half a century ago,
if such thing could have been made
at all, it would have been made at
prohibitive cost To-day, in spite of
current high prices, it costs a small
fraction of cent, and adds nothing to
the price of the berries.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
HOOVeriZiin6
Words

BY Lillian Hall Crowley
.<HE. modern editor taboos
Full many words the
poets use:
Amid and yon, and tbs and o er,
All Of which were good be-
fore.
It's hard to do without enow,
And as for naught-I can.
see how
10 travel the poetic sea,
Less he gives back my o'es
to mel
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Jay Gould and His
Millions

just the instrument. was completely
knocked on the head"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
By Z. N. Vallandigham

STRAWBERRY BASKET may
seem an unconsidered triAe,
A. because it is not returned to
the dealer as an "empty." be-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
A Guest of the City
BY James Shine

r AM not one of those who hold that
= the world owes me at least
l. decent living; am satisfied with
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-16
FACTS FOR THE FARMER INCLUDING INTERESTING HAPPENINGS THE COUNTY
LUMBERMEN EXPECT ENORMOUS DEMAND
 FOR MATERIALS

New Orleans, Feb. t5.-Enormous oema9ds roi lumber anticipated dnring tna present year 1D carry out thp ct er-Waf bull'iing nrnGrain in TurnDe ana America, and how best ,hesa need, may be supplied, viii largely oncnuv the attention of the 1oG 10 aQa l,,n~ Der men who will asnmble at the GruneWald Hotel here Feb. 2J and 2f. lor me tolrth aslnnal ao1vcn'inn of the South ern Pine Associat,u1. it WIS announced today by i F. Rhodes. secretary manager.
 Ot.1er matters to be considered in- clude inauguration oi a Safety First campaign among Southern pine mills. the Association's natiol- wide Cwn 'a Home First advertising crusade mi form cost accountinc. and Secretary of the Interior Lanes soldier settle ment program as it may concern the utilization of cut-ovar pinn ipnda. A fefore-oonvention feature vii, he q School cf Salesmanshio Feb 2i
 At the first days session {. report will be submitted by the committee appointed al Memphis Jan. 22 tc tor mulate Gafl - plans for he proposed American F' tn Pine Export Company. Necessity for cooperative selling iii he foreign market will be discussed by Allen Walker, manager of the foreign trade department of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York and oth- CTS. Mr. Walker has given deep study to this subject. and took a conspicu- ous part in the Memphis meeting where erganizatio nof the Pitch Pine Company was first considered
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-16
FOR SALE By c. s. McNEW

106 Pine Phone 971 6 ROOM 2 STORY. STRICTLY MOD- ern w 18th $4O00.O0
 house. We'll on back porch all fenced; wire, barn and other, good ced. Wire, barn and other good improved just out of city limits South Pop. $4000.O0.
 1904 E. 9th ROOM LIGHTS, GAS, bath. On cah line and paved streets for uick saleq on terms. $1500.00. TWO STORY 'FRAME-ONE YEAR old; rooms, 22nd near Cherry. Bargain at 5000. Can give terms. 130 ACRES LAND, 12 MILES NORTH on Dollar Way road, room house; potato house; good we'll, barn; 9 acres in cultivation. $17 per acre. ONE ACRE AND 4-ROOM HOUSE, in City limits, w. 17th. MODERN GROOM HOUSE--WEST 9th. Terms.
 FOR RENT. TWO TRACTS OF LAND, ,35 ACRES each, good soil. Rents $500 per acre.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-16
snAN11rS AND POP
 FtAMp AnnpN FOR HIGH LANDS OF STATE
fRv !. Beda Holiman.)

* corntv in Arkansas has few
 1s hac'. and od many Counties have con-
 acres ae,Fss.hle l acreage that. is considered
 sderaD,' +oo weak to produce heavy
 poor ol This , land could be built up and
 crops. same time it's owner realize a
 st dsone 'lls o profit theretrom. Such land
 u,snuentioned will grow peanuts.
 as .a,s good market for peanuts
 InsiIh there are but few farm products
 anu a. 's ssrve better than peanuts i'll tnasa i1ang ns land. Popcorn is another crop
 .S,t sS,l'il will grow early and even weak
 1aa ln.s will viii grow a good grade of pop
 lal'u I peanuts are one of the best
 es.l. e1as for general use that the farm
 lovJT a,oas m and clean peanuts of q good
 pluas,s .;a.v are quoted at 10c to 1Sc per pVu,n poneorn is an early crop and will
 ,at,re on high land that ordinarily ia"Is i lsft out because it is so easily af- ts,ted tod by the dry weather. This would
 ,ta .Serefore place your idle land on the n sst;ve list and give you revenue from a,s new source Either of these crops is 'asv @ to cultivate and a ready market ;a's ;' available. But it would not be un- n;ss 70 to use this kind of ground for
 .hsse s products eve nthough you are l to use the products as feed stuff on your farm. :. ;, nrove to your interest to secure the phte rice variety, the white rice is more adaptable to Arkansas soil and the popcorn machine operators re- mires corn that will pop. This has noven one of the best varieties in the South.
 Peanuts For Feed.
 It is advisable to raise the small Spanish. For market purposes the hrger red variety has proven to be more productive in Arkansas. Some have grown the large jumbo but to row the large jumbo it would be necessary to fertilize or use the strong CT land as the variety is slower III maturing and requires much strong CT soil <A Either of the above mentioned pro- duets is worthy and will prove very successful if given a fair trial; you are not advised to leave off your crop fpeas or any other products in order to have room for the peanuts and popcorn but all the parts of your farm that you have in the past con- adered of no value for other products, plant same in these two items and |you will appreciate the profit rea- iaed therefrom.