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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18
PHYSICIANS TEST IS
USED ON MOTOR CARS
Stethoscope Employed to Exam
inc Hearts of Machines.
Expert Tester lnspeets Power Plant
of Modern Automobile With Much
Preeision-Slightest Unnatural
Sound Detected.

| Automobile engineers in their new
er-ceasing efforts to attain the high
est degree of perfection in motors
have invaded the field Of surgery to
obtain an instrument which will aid
them.
The stethoscope is the instrument
| which has found its way into the
automobile industry.
It is being utilized In the final test
department of numerous motor car
factories.
The motor Of nearly every car is to-
day subjected to the "stethoseope
test" before the car Is permitted to
leave the factory. In the same man.
ner that the physician employs this
instrument in examining the heart
the power plant-of a patient, for
''murmurs," the expert tester exam
ines the power plant Of the modern
automobile.
With the ends of the stethoscope
tubes in his ears, the mechanic 'goes
over" the motor with precision. Just
as the doctor oftentimes puts the per-
son being examined through certain
physical exercises, the motor is put
through it's various PAGES and speeds,
the tester meanwhile sounding it out
with his instrument.
If the results of the examination
are not absolutely satisfactory, the
tester diagnoses the trouble and rec
ommends the remedy.
The stethoscope tests are conduct
ed In what are known as silent rooms.
These rooms, though In the heart of
the factory, are isolated in such a
manner as to be practically sound
proof There, with the aid Of the
stethoscope, the trained ear Of the
mechanic can detect the slightest
unnatural sound in a motor.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18

Advertising IN The Farmer pays.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18
need TRUCKS IN
MANY INDUSTRIES
Distributor of Large Concern
Lists Various Uses for
Motor Vehicles.
MEDIUM CAPACITY IN FAVOR
Truck Gardener Is Included In Long
List of Logical Users OF Cars for
Hauling Products to Market
Much Time Saved.

A. J. Banta, Chicago manager of
q large sales company, has been work
ing on a list Of different kinds of bust
ness that can profit by the use Of
trucks Of medium capacity, for in
stance in the neighborhood Of 5000
pound loads.
The average business house does not
have loads of such magnitude as to
require much more than a 5000
pound capacity, according to Mr.. Ban
ia, and he also finds one of this size
Is about as economical to operate as
one of smaller capacity and also that
the initial cost and upkeep is not ma
terially greater.
Need Trucks In Many Industries.
II have found so many different
kinds of business that can use 1900
pound truck that it would be almost
impossible to publish them" said Mr..
Banta. Express companies, public
utility corporations, dairy concerns,
furniture dealers, contractors, fire de-
partments, coal concerns, the grocer,
the butcher, the baker, the light manu-
facturers and last, but by no means
the least, the truck farmer, are the
logical users of trucks of this size.
"Out of Chicago in almost every
direction except the east and for
distance ranging around Is to %
miles there are hundreds Of truck
gardeners who must haul their prod
ucts to the South Water street mar
ket and have it there at certain early
hour of the morning.
"By the use of horses 1t means a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18

Undoubtedly, the greatest advantage
the Industrial motor vehicle has to of
fer over the railroad train in the ship
ment Of milk is the avoidance Of trans.
shipment and the elimination Of sew.
eral landings. With the motortruck
the dairy farmer sends his milk d.
rect from the farm to the market. At
least four landings of the milk be-
tween departure and arrival are avoid
ed, and there is a resultant saving Of
time, labor and last, but by no means
least, the risk of damage. OF course,
the motor cannot compete with the rail-
roads over long distances, but since 1t
costs as much to send gallon of milk,
in Britain, 20 or % miles as to send
it so miles by rail, and IS or 60 miles
cost as much as 100, the use of the mo-
tortruck for these shorter distances
under each rate is to the farmers adj
vantage.
Saving In Cost.
Looking into the cost from a COM
parative point of view, we find that:
Thirty ''churns" shipped, say, ~ miles,
cost by rail, 5000; by motor 1880.
The average churn FUSED on rail-
roads, holds II gallons. Thirty
churns would thus total 5000 at
two cents the gallon. A three-ton
motortruck costs, on an average Of
$4,000 miles, $3.50. Fifty-four miles at
20 cents per mile gives the cost of the
trucks trip. Then the railroad is I'M
doubtedly cheaper, you say.
Yesi But what about the cost Of
shipping the milk from the farm to the
station, which Is not included In the
railroad fiat rate? And the further
away you are from the station, the
greater the expense. And what about
the return Journey? With the proper
type of truck, the empty churns can be
stacked In half the truck space, the re-
half being available for load
at no additional cost. Even If the
dairy farmer does not in every case
wish to load up for his own purposes
his available body space on the return
Journey, he usually can utilize It for
a load Of his neighbor, which is prac-
tically the same thing. No one knows
better than the dairy farmer just what
ne can save by getting return load
home at no extra cost.
SIX or seVen-hour journey in either
direction, whereas, a small truck
could easily make the journey In two
hours, unload and get back to the gar
den with loss not to exceed FIVE
hours.
1.-THE roads In and about Cook coun-
y are today being rapidly improved
md plans have already been laid for
/ great extension of this work for the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18
Ss@kz6NIiIIIiTTTllHB1l@zsGS
llAUTOMOBILE WORlDG

Change your tires from wheel to
wheel.
Glance both ways on each cross
street, and if you're not on the main
thoroughfare slow down before you
cross.
Do not fail to test your battery with
q hydrometer every week. A reading
of 1850 to 1,175 shows that battery is
discharged.
. Springs are easily fabricated by
lacking up the body of car and sep
arating the leaves with screw-driver
or leaf-spreading tool.
Avoid aimless and unnecessary use
Of cars; do number Of errands in one
trip; carry purchases home in the car
to reduce deliveries by the stores.
When brakes squeak it Is usually
due to dirt forced into the lining fabric
when pressed against the drum. Often
this dirt can be washed out with kero-
sene.
Advorfic}nO 1n TSI = 70 1890 D0--
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18
WHEN HOOD HANDLES RATTLE
Noise Made 10 Most Annoying and
Can Be Cured by Occasional
Tightening of Screws.

The handles fastened on the hood
to permit of raising and lowering the
part are apt to get loose and rattle
after the car has seen considerable
service especially if they are attached
with screws. The noise they make is
most annoying, and the only cure is an
occasional Tightening of the screws.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18
MARKETING HOGS

beats burying them. Steve Hoover,
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, writes: Com
menced feeding my herd of about
100 hogs B. A. Thomas Stock Pow
der over two months ago. Fifty
were sick and off feed. Nearby
herds had cholera. l did not lose
one-they are well and growing
fast.'-St. Tammany Hay & Grain
Warehouse, d. l. Addison, Coving-
ton; Wells, Johnson & Afford, Madi-
La.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18
AUTOMOBILE NOTES

Combine with nelghbors and friends
in use of cars.
Put out hand as guide to the car
following or approaching.
Do not follow another vehicle too
closely. 1t might stop suddenly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18
OUR AUTOMOBILE PAGE CONTAINS ITEMS OF INTEREST
AND USEFUL KNOWL LEDGE FOR AUTOMOBII e OWNERS

When putting on new tires, where
all are the same size, put them on
the rear wheels and the half-worn ones
on the front wheels-they will last
longer.
If gears or differential become noisy
temporary relief may be obtained by
using a heavier Oil or grease, but this
;rouble comes back as the lubricant
gets low.
Advertising in The Farmer pays
big dividends.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-10-18

year 1920. Even today q motortruck
Is available for use from almost any
gardening section with the present
road conditions, but when Cook coun-
ty has anywhere nearly completed
this road system any truck gardener
within a radius of so miles will find
himself by necessity purchaser Of q
motortruck."
The sun., 1919-05-12

state his opinion, and many OF his
rivals declared that he was In reality
representative of the Russian no.
bles and the Romanoff dynasty, and
that he planned to establish an
imperlalistlc Government.
This was the reason given by the
former Premier KERESsKY for his OPP
position to KoLcHAK. General DENE-
kline, the leader Of the Cossacks and
the most influential man Of southern
Russia, earlier withdrew from KoL-
cHAK's support because, 1t Is alleged,
they could not agree on the con-
stitution which should be adopted.
TREMENDOUSLY, the anti Bolshevist
leader in the north, was at odds with
KoLcHAK on the question OF the con-
troll Of local affairs. Most of these
differences have, however. been re-
moved by KoLCHAK's final declara-
alton in favor OF constitutional as
sembly to be based upon a national
representation of the Russian people.
The result, 1t Is believed. will be sup
port Of the 0msk Government by
TscHAIKowsKY and DENEKISE, II not
also by KERENsKY.
The sun., 1919-05-12
TRADE BRIEFS.

There Is n market for bIcycies in the
csnsular district OF Ciudad Juarez. Mex
leo. writes Vice Consul Stephen f. Aguirre.
as they are widely used in that city and
In the district OF the Mormon colonies,
where several American citizens reside.
Tho milling plant for New Zealand
papyrus pulp enterprise has been pur-
chased entirely in America, says the Brit
ish and South African Export GaEette.
The mill has a capacity OF 1000 to 5000
tons year, but the material available
Is equal to an annual output OF 100, 900
tons
The British Consulate in Mexico city
has been sending out question naires to i'm
portant Mexican firms in which they are
asked TO give full information in regard
10 the products they handle for export or
import; whether. due to war conditions
they have transferred their business to
other countries than those with which
they formerly traded: what products will
be most in demand upon the return OF
normal conditions: whether they would
object to an. exchange OF samples with
British firms; what improvements could
be made to facilitate trade with the Brit
ish Empire, such as transportation. credit,
&C.. and the names Of competitors among
enemy and neutral Arms, .ts u
The sun., 1919-05-12
The SuItan's Skull.

I'VE are living in a new world"
"Things will never be the same again"
"a great tide Is running in the hearts
Of men," THE universe is determined
not to go backward" Such phrases
have been falling upon the ear, and
now the eye falls upon a really prac-
tical item in Section VIII. of the
peace treaty:
Germany is to restore within six
months the skull OF the Sui
tan OKwAwA, formerly IN German
East Africa, to his Britannia Maj
esty's Government"
The parlor theorists may pass this
item with contemptuous snlff and
hasten on to something smelling more
of the cosmic urge. Yet 1t is a para
graph Of progress. 1t spells the res
toration Of stolen property; and that
Is progress OF the most practical and
healthful kind. 1t spells freedom of
religious practice; and that Is prog
ress of the finest kind.
1t is serving notice on the world
that no nation con steal anything and
get away with It. II the skull of
oKwAwA, sacred in the anImlstlc be-
lief of central Africaneas a symbol
OF ruiership, is stolen By q govern
The sun., 1919-05-12

In other words. even last January,
while showing more business than
January Of 1918, did not begin to
equal 1917. February, however, was
materially worse than February, 1917
and 1918 both. March, going still
further TO the bad, was 20 per cent.
worse in 1919 than in 1918 and 1917.
Anything that is shooting the chutes
at the rate of mile n minute the first
minute, a mile and a half a minute
the second, two miles a minute the
third, and so on, is going to hit the
bottom pretty soon. That's about
what the railroads have been doing
in their progressive journey down.
ward. They are still at 1t.
Still higher rates won't save them.
Higher rates will put another brake
on railroad traffic, but by the same
token they will put more steam into
the downward shoot of net income.
with expenses always soaring and
earnings always diving.
The hand of the Government in
business is the hard OF death.
The sun., 1919-05-12
Wicked Movies Again.

Cutlery against the "salacious
movie" recurs. Its echo Is just now
dying down. The informed have
learned that the occasion for the
latest outbreak was sporadic; that 1t
was caused by the use for purposes
of public and commercial exploitation
of a film designed for educational dis
play in the army camps last year
How such cinema came into the
possession of professional exhibitors
Is an interesting question. This phase
Of the matter Is not without its elo-
quence in proving that the objection
able film is not manufactured to-day
by successful producers. Its display
comes about in some such accidental
way ~as that which led to the public
showing of the cause Of the latest
campaign.
Producers have learned that money
invested in the salaclous film is not
likely to bring returns. Just as an
occasional theatre In a side street may
make a detour into the region of Of
fensive farce, there used to be occa-
sional temptations to producers to ex-
pertinent with the cinema of off color
story and action. Just as the ques-
The sun., 1919-05-12
Commits sTRtion.

"Its no use-ths Frenchman simply can
not learn baseball.'-Ners item
You held back the enemy. wicked and bold.
You mover got feet ono could designate
No matter how near and how nereely they
swept
Your heart and your courage. o France,
you still kept:
We honored you greAtly-and that is Just
why
This item brings tears 10 a well wisher's
eye:
You can't catch ny"
You never gave UP when the struggle
seemed lost,
You never were feazed by the terrible cost:
You offered your treasure. your blood
without stint.
Nor ever OF doubt or despair EGVs a hint
You served as exsmple-snd Mats why
we all
Are Erieved by this message that's bitter
as gall:
You can't hit the ball"
We know in the war you were quick to
The enemy's tricks and were eager to
learn
To checkmate each ruse by a russ deeper
still.
or snares and receptions to give him his
Mi:
You stole many a march-snd such being
the case.
We read with deep anguish this awful
disgrace;
"You can't steal a base"
WILLIAM WALLACE wnIIELocK.
The sun., 1919-05-12
AMERICA AND ECUADOR.
A Former Minister'S Comment on
Prof. Harris Book.

To THE DDIron OF THE sUN-sir: 4
had not seen Prof. A. b. Harris book
upon the Monroe Doctrine: An inter-
probation" and learned of it only In the
communication from Mr.. Elizalde. the
Minister of Ecuador, which appeared In
the Latin American section OF THE SUN
Of April 5. Minister Eiixalde has, in a
very able and dignified way. refuted all
those Inaccuracies Of Prof. Hart as far
as Ecuador is concerned. II 90 happens
that have frst hand knowledge Of one
OF the principal points complained OF py
Prof. Hart, viz, the American owned
Ecuadorean railway. In 1907. while had
the honor to hold the post of American
Minister to Ecuador. a serious contro-
versy arose between the Ecuadorean
Government and the Guayaquil and Quito
Railway Company. 1t was decided TO
submit the whole matter 10 the arbitra-
ton of the Presidents Of Ecuador and the
United States. President Roosevelt des-
ignated me to represent him as arbi-
TRAITOR. The matter was amicably settled,
and the Dcuadorean Government made
liberal concessions in the form OF per-
hitting the corporation to raise large
amount Of money by a prior lien loan.
The English bondholders were per-
suaded to- agree to this through the secre-
tary Of the council Of foreign bondholders
in London, who was In Quito at the time
in the interest OF these bondholders. The
whole transaction IL a matter Of official
record IN the several volumes OF the
Foreign Relations OF the United States
published By the Department OF State.
The settlement referred to was con-
nrmed by an act of the Ecuadorean Con-
gress, approved September 80. 1908. As
left Ecuador in the late summer OF 1911
l do not. of course. know officially what
happened since then in the premises
II IL proper for me to state, how
ever, that Gen. Eloy Alfaro, who was
President OF Ecuador during the time
was there in official place, was always
most considerable OF the interests OF the
railway as we'll as of all American inter-
ests In Ecuador 1t 10 to be regretted
that authors of books upon such impor-
tant matters and affecting seriously our
relations with foreign countries should
not avail themselves of the open oppor-
tunity to examine the Official records
OF what use are they otherwise?
WILLIAMS c. Fox,
Former American Minister to Ecuador.
New YORK. May 10.
The sun., 1919-05-12
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Recognition of~fhe Omsk Govern.
ment In Russia.

The success OF Admiral KoLCHAK's
army in eastern Russia has had the
effect of drawing to his support and
to that of the Government which he
established at Omsk in western Siberia
considerable force from the more
conservative Of the anti Bolshevist ele-
ments OF the country. At the same
time the growth of this Government
in power and stability has been so
marked that its recognition as the de
facto Government of Russia Is re-
ported to be under serious considera-
ton by the Entente Powers and the
United States.
The information regarding the
Omsk Government and Admiral KoI.-
CHAK's army has come largely from
the representatives of France and
Great Britain In Siberia, and has gen
orally been accepted as based upon
careful observation of conditions. That
Admiral KoLcHAK has a mastery
control Of affairs in western Siberia Is
not questioned. With the firm consoli-
dalton Of this /control he extended
his operations westward, gaining pos
session of the Ural region and ad-
vanclng into the plains Of eastern
Russia.
His purpose, he announced, was to
make gradual gains and to make
secure his positions. BY such tao
tics he now holds line from Vyatka
in the north to Samara in the south.
He thus has control OF the upper
valley of the Dvina and the Volga
and also of the Trans-Siberlan rail-
way line in this region. His inten-
ton obviously is to cooperate with
the anti.Bolshevist force in northern
and southeastern Russia in an ad-
vance upon Moscow.
The earlier bitterness Of the strug-
gle between the numerous factions
opposing The Bolsheviki is reported to
be dying out. This may be due in a
great measure to the influence of the
representatives Of the allied Powers
at Paris. The principal controversy
heretofore has been as to the form of
government and how far 1t shall be
representative of the people. 1t was
upon this point that the factions split
on the Government at Omsk. Admiral
KoLaAAk did not at first definitely
The sun., 1919-05-12
Down Grade Rail Incomes.

Why assume, we are asked, that
the incomes Of the railroads under
Government operation must continue
to thin out to streak Of nothing
ness? Well, because by all the tests
Of business management and expert
ence there is absolutely nothing ahead
Of the railroads, the way things are
going, but complete disappearance Of
net income. No net income in spite
Of increased freight rates and pas
senger fares which have loaded upon
the backs Of the American people
new transportation burden Of between
o billion and billion and quarter Of
dollars year No net income, although
the Government must pay and ex-
pected to pay the railroads out of
their earnings q rental of some
5000, 100000 a year!
The railroads, under Government
operation. are not going to get out of
the woods; they are going to get
more deeply into the woods when
they pile up operating costs higher
and higher on an actually diminishing
traffic: when they keep more men on
the payrolls TO handle less business
than was formerly handled; when the
record is not merely more pay to
every man but more men on every
job.
A recent Government report showed
that there were $4,000 more en-
ployees on the Government operated
railways than there were in Deem
Der, 1917, the last month of private
operation. But the Government re-
ports also show that in February the
total net ton miles of freight traffic
was 1900, 00O. 900 lower than in 1918;
In March it was nearly 100000, 600
lower.
Director-General HINES boils down
the whole story in table of met
ton miles a mile Of road q day, rev.
enue and non-revenue," as follows:
The sun., 1919-05-12

tionable farce In the long run made
less money than the play Of unobjec-
tionnble quality, so did the foul
movie" fail to return the expected
profit. 1t is barred out Of the fore
most screen theatres Of the country.
1t can be shown only In places of the
second or third class. AS an invest
nent such productions long ago showed
themselves too uncertain to interest
the foremost companies. Even the
vampire" that descendant of the
woman with a past who for decade
tralled through the spoken drama,
finds her occupation gone.
Thus, IL for no other than business
reasons, the cinema, while 1t may
show stupidity, display lack OF taste
and maudlin sentimentality and the
other banalities that abound in best
sellers and the most popular plays, is
never deliberately indecent. Deliber-
ate indecency does not pay. The great
est outlay Of the producers is directed
toward the preservation Of interest
without indecent Implication.
There are undoubtedly many re.
spects in which the commerce Of the
cinema may be Justly criticised, but
its morals are likely to be good. In
deed they must be good for business
reasons. With this safeguard. It is
not likely that the complaints against
the "salacious movie" will ever sur.
vive investigation.
The sun., 1919-05-12

ment-cven the government Of q ma
tlon that boasts Of producing KANT
the thief must restore the Ill gotten
house Of a dead blacks brain.
II the Senate shall In Its wisdom
approve this paragraph Of the treaty,
then all the gold In the Treasury. all
the wheat in the West, all the ore in
the mines, all Of Americas power and
wealth, Is pledged to force the res.
toration of this piece of bone to the
British guardians of certain parts Of
Africa.
This is just and the honest han
ding Of plain problem. We are glad
that the skull Is not to be demolished,
like Helgoland, or internationallzed,
like Danzlg.