Arizona republican., 1920-03-16
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

O. Was John Maynard Keynes, su- thor of Economic Consequences of the Peace" ever connected with the British embassy at Washineton?-T. R.
 A. Mir. Keynes, who is a member of the British civil service and editor or the Economic Journal. accompanied Lord Reading 10 Washington as finan cial adviser in 1917. Mir. Keynes was the chief representative of the British treasury at the peace conference.
 O. Can you suggest some fat-Pro- ducing ds?-C. H. M.
 A. The Iowa State College of Agri- culture advises eating the following foods to increase weight; Butter cream. olive oil, bacon, baked potatoes milk. well baked bread, cocoa, choc- oIate. well-cooked cereals, cream soups. raisins. cream toast. prunes figs, dates, custards and eggs.
 O. What is President Wilson's ful. name?-N. O. A.
 A. He was christened Thomas Woodrow Wilson, but he rarely uses his first Christian name.
 O. What is the salary of Judge An derson, the federal judge who presided at the injunction proceedings in the strike of the bituminous coal miners -J. o. G.
 district court of Indiana receives an annual salary of $6OOO. He was ap- pointed to office by President Wilson.
 o. What gdid President Wilson say about hyphenated Americans that had to do with ithe popularity of that phrase?-G. !. s.
 A. Among other things. he said. in a speech delivered at the unveiling Of a statue to Commodore John Barry, that some Americans need hyphcns in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole FH| thought and all, the hyphen drops or its own weight out of his name"
 O. Did "Terrible Terry MeGoverr eyre knock out Joe Gans?-T. H.
 A. McGovern knocked out the col ored lightweight champion of the world in the second of their bouts held at the Chicago Athletic club on De cember 13. 1900. McGOvern's victory over Cans was one of the greatest sur prises in pugilistic annals.
 O. What is an Alaskan fur seal skin worth ?-F. D.
 A. At a public auction held a month ago in St. Louis 9100 dressed, dyed and machined fur-seal skins from Alaska were sold. The skins commanded the highest price ever paid. One lot brought s177 each. and a number Of others were sold for S170. The average price paid was $141. This is an ad- vance of $50, or about 55 per cent. over the sale of September, 1919. Tho aggregate amount or InlS sale or Iul@ was $1.2S29O5
 O. Is the United States importing sugar from Europe ?-T. C. B.
 A. Nearly 6,00O.000 pounds of eIElr were imported from London during the first half Of January of the pres ent year These consiguments oCn- sisted of sugar from Java and MaUri- tius and the, price paid was about I1 cents q pound.
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