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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
BACK TO THE FARM
NOW AIDS JAPAN
Unemployed Factory Labor
Being Absorbed by Agri-
cultural Districts.

TOXIC, Nov 1.-Unemployment in
Japan is adjusting itself by back to
the farm movement of labor released
from factory work Agricultural inter-
ests in central Japan are prosperous.
A bumper rice crop has just been har-
vested, and millet and vegetables are in
fine shape. The crop of silk cocoons Is
the best in years, with mulberry trees in
excellent form.
Industrial discomfort gathers strength
only in the large Industrial centres,
where there Is permanent industrial
class that has entirely detached itself
from farm life.
The student class offer a problem, but
their intellectual activities are being
given drift in harmony with Japanese
national aspirations!
Business struck down by the economic
depression that swept through Japan is
being helped to it's feet and given Gov
eminent support to go on. Through the
banks every possible aid is extended to
tide over the period of hard TIMES and
to prevent overwhelming financial losses.
The farmer, too, has been favored by
the Government and enabled to make
money. Legislation has been devised
with the deliberate purpose to keep up
food prices, and further measures are up
for discussion. Agricultural and bust
ness interests may be expected to be
given support by the Government.
The industrial unrest OF the prole-
tariat Is not as serious as might be, ow-
ing TO the adaptability of the ranks OF
workers to either farm or factory labor,
but tho press. the students and certain
capitalistic interests must be considered
Japan has prospects Of plenty to eat. A
well fed people are not the best ma
terial for the absorption of Socialist or
Bolshevist revolutionary doctrines
Japanese farmers use their large earn
ings from previous marketing for the
purchase OF fertilizer and have giver
their fields most excellent care. Fa'
vorable prospects have rewarded this Of
fort and the farmers are content. AL.
| though the price OF rice has fallen as O
result of the expected record yield. the
farmers will make money through Gov.
ernrtent support OF tho market. AS O
measure to lessen stocks the Govern.
ment has decided 20 contribute to fam.
ished Chinese in the flood area 400,0Ot
kolSu OF rice bought when prices were
high. The long period in storage makes
imperative It's distribution and the pros
pect of its sale has hung over the mar
ket. depressing prices.
Discomfort is to be found mostly IN
Toxic, Osaka and other manufacturing
centres, but this discomfort is tempered
by relief measures commensurate with
its Importance. Industrial betterment Is
under way in many directions. This IL
promoted despite the opinion Of employ
ers that increased wages promote loaf
ing. irregularlty Of work and less pro-
duction per man.
The student class Ia eager for educa-
ton and athletics is making physical
changes IN their structure TO prevent
dangerous thought careful attention
Is given to their instruction and to In
still In them patriotism the schoolhouses
are provided with mementos OF the Chi
nese and Russian wars, which are the
subject OF frequent lectures
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
BRITISH WIRELESS
TO COVER EMPIRE
Dominions Would Bear Part
of Initial Loss.

MELBOURNE, Nov. 1.-The full text OF
the recommendations of the Imperial
wireless Telegraphy Committee has been
received by the Federal Government A
scheme of imperial wireless communi-
cations connecting the empire by geo.
graphical steps of about 1000 miles is
proposed. Valve stations are suggested
in England. Cairo. Poona, Singapore,
Hongkong and Port Darwin or Perth.
An initial annual loss OF 100000 Is
considered as a probable first result OF
the endeavor, but this would be reduced
yearly. Australians contribution TO the
loss would be about 100000. The capi-
tai cost of the venture is estimated to
be approximately s6.0o0.0 900, of which
moro than 100000 would be paid by
the British Government. OF the annual
charge OF approximately $1,000. 900 Eng
land would pay approximately $1,000
600. but OF the estimated revenue OF
$500. 900 the British Government would
receive somewhat less than 100000
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
FIND SACRED IBIS MUMMIEs.
Important Discoveries Made In
Old Egyptian Temple.

PARIS. Nov Thousands Of mumml-
fled bodies OF the sacred ibis have been
found by the French savant NJ. Lacau
in the underground metropolis under the
famous ruined temple at DER Mednoh
Egypt. Each bird was In an elaborate
~ decorated vase Of earthenware cm-
bedded In a sort OF cardboard formed by
a conglomeration OF papyri which TO-
tailed hundreds Of thousands Of written
documents.
M. Lacau said tho find was one OF the
most important OF the late discoveries
In Egyptology. The work OF decipher.
ing the documents viii take years. IN
is the waste paper basket Of ancient
Egypt" said one Of those charged with
the work.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
PLANES FOR CHINA
UNCLAIMED AT PIERS
UnassembIed Machines Are
Finally Stored at Shanghai.

SHANGHAI, Nov i.--Snce last sum-
ner consgnments of unassembled air
planes for the Pekin Government have
been arriving at various local wharves
from London. Until recently tho prob
lem OF what to do with them was a much
mooted matter. Because of the Chihili-
Anfu, conflict, the Pekin Government
would not take delivery of them as they
arrived, and consequently they were left
In the open on the wharves. IL Is esti-
mated that the total value OF 1O4 cases
Of the airplanes amounted to 100000,
which was being deprecated on account
Of deterioration.
The cases. however, have now been re-
moved by Mr. j. Shu, newly appointed
Local Deputy OF tho Aeronautical De-
partment, and will be stored In two huge
sheds erected on the Railway Recreation
Ground, pending instructions from Pc
kin to ship them up TO Nanyuan, where
the machines will be assembled for pas
senger and mail services.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
RUBBER SURPLUS FEARED.

Although the expectation OF rubber
from the Straits settlements during the
first six months Of the current year
was 1900 tons less than for the CORE
spending time last year. the rubber mar
ket has been marked by q steady de-
crease In value from 20 cents per pound
In January. 1920, 10 "a cents I'm June and
about 20 cents IN September Telegraphlc
reports from London state That unless
outputs arc restricted There viii be n
surplus of - 900 tons az the end OF The
year
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
CHINA'S IMPORTS
OF COTTON HEAVY
Piece Goods From Abroad
Help Supply Great Demand
for Cheap Clothing.

China has been referred to as the land
of the blue gown. Cotton fabric dyed
blue has become the principal material
from which the majority of the Chinese
make their clothes. Since every coolie
must possess at least one cotton gar
ment, cotton cloth will doubtless retain
its position for long time to come as
the premier article of foreign import.
Last years import of piece goods into
Hankow amounted to S26,S44,519. In
1913 the import of cotton piece goods
amounted to S13,400,727.
The beginning of the year found
prices weak, but in spite of this n good
market prevailed in whites and grays.
Stocks were short. and as the spring adj
vanced prices began to rise. This adj
vance induced some dealers to buy for
ward. The delay in the transmission of
cables frustrated many business deals.
The tightness of the money market in
combination with the high rates Of in
terest hampered deliveries toward the
end of the year. at which time pricss
were 80 per cent. higher than thelowest
point reached during the first half year.
The practice of tying up cash in eX-
change strips the market of money, and
during part OF 1919 this feature was
very apparent On account of the luctu-
ating exchange local dealers did not
evince a desire to gamble by doing a
forward business. Favored by rapidity
of communication and quickness of de-
livery, the Japanese were in an advan-
tageous position with regard to dealing
with the Chinese. Buyers of goods
from Europe cannot import their cloths
in less than nine months. and in some
cases a whole year from the date Of
booking the order.
The year, however. will be written
down as a particularly good one for the
piece goods trade, but the supccessful
dealings in this line must be attributed
TO favorable exchange.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
MORE COTTON MILLS
BUILDING IN CHINA
Government and Gentry Lend
Aid to One Project.

PEKIN, Nov. 1.-The Provincial Bank
Of Manchuria is reported to have re-
ceived instructions from the Governor
Of Fengtien province to establish a cot
ton mill. The capital is TO be subscribed
by Government officials and gentry. 1t
is stated that the cotton to be used will
come exclusively from China. In that
case machinery for the mill should be
equipped to use fibre with a very short
staple.
There are about twenty large cotton
mills under construction i'm China.
Though the spinning industry has de-
veloped rapidly, comparatively few Chi
nese mills have installed weaving ma
chinery. The output of the mills with
looms is largely confined TO unbleached
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
AWAITS EFFECTS or WAR.

SYDNEY, Nov. Stuart McGregor,
British Commissioner OF Trade in Aus
tralia during 1919. has published his
report. He states that the probable
effects OF war expenditure In Australia
will not be felt for about another two
years. Ready money was plentiful and
IL was apparently being freely spent.
according to MIR. McGregor. on amuse-
ments and luxurios but there was no
doubt that the high prices OF necessary
commodities were also having u rcstric-
tive effect on consumption
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
CONCRETE BUILDING
INCREASES IN CHINA
Machinery of Modern Design
in Demand.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 1.--Reinforced con-
crete construction Is increasing in popu-
larity in shanghai Tientsin ana Han
how, where large amount OF construc-
ton is in progress. a concrete mixer
half yard size, Of Chinese manufacture
is largely used Building contracts now
provide penalties for the non-completion
Of buildings within the contract time.
The necessity for saving time affects
iavorably the sales Of modern construc-
ton machinery. such as concrete mixers
gravity placing system hosting engines
and steel forms The demand for lum-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
uIoK1 SENT TO BERLIN.

TOXIC. Nov. t.--Mr. Eld Hioli, former
japanese Minister to PeISln and Stock
holm, has been appointed Japanese Am
bassador TO Berlin and viii leave for
his new post the end of this month
The appointment OF Mr.. Hioh did not
cause any surprise in diplomatic cir
Giles here inasmuch as he Is recognized
as ono of the more able and popular
members Of the Japanese diplomatic
corps. lie Is also an exceptional lin
gliist and able orator.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
sANDALwooD INDIAN PRODUCT

Sandalwood is the product principally
of the native State OF Mysore. India, and
the district of Coorg, in both of whie-
places the industry is almost mono,
oily of the Government forest reserve.
Due to the development of the sand9'
wood oil ext. acting industry the e,>
portation of the wood from Madras Aas
steadily declined, while that of the oil
has increased.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
JAPANESE ROADS IMPROVE.

First class narrow roads are replacing
the old paths in Japan. Auto roads,
electric roads and light railways serve
many parts OF the country in n surprIs-
ing manner, while rolling stock Is being
improved and handling methods mod
ernized.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22

sheetings and drills. with limited
amount of jeans. Two Chinese owned
mills have bleaching and dyeing equip
ment. 1t is thought that other mills
will soon be in the market for such ma
chinery.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
JAPAN QUITS BEAN GRowII.

AS far as information can be obtained
bean growing bias been practically aban
doned in Japan, the country relying on
Manchuria for its bean curd. the sub
stitute for meat. for bean oil and for
bean cake fertilizer.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22

Der has Increased with the use OF con-
crete. Much OF the concrete form lum-
Der comes from Japan, though Oregon
pine is generally preferred
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
POLICE HOSPITAL FOR TOXIC.

A hospital TO he erected at cost Of
$500 600 for the building Is TO be erected
in Toxic for the benefit Of 5000 police
men and their families.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
HALTs CHILD MARRIAGES.

Child marriages IN China must stop,
for the Minister OF tho Interior has just
issued an edict that any person who
marrios under Is years OF age will be
punished
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
CHINESE STUDY JAPAN.

Twenty Chinese Officials OF Yunnan
province are visiting Japan investigat-
ing social and economic conditions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
JAPANESE LINES PROTECTED.

Among projected railways 70 be con-
structed under the ten year credit re-
Gently granted by tho Japanese Diet are
lines between Tekamatsu, Tokushtma
and Shikoku; Matasuyama and Yawata-
hama and ShikolIu: lmari, n well known
pottery centre IN Kyrushu. and Sasebo
Ota and FukuL in the Habutai districts
and Nanao and Wajima, a lacquer ware
centre in Ishikawa prefecture.
URGES WEARING OF COTTON.
TO promote economy. n prominent
lawyer oc Kobe, Japan, has organized
a society 20 encourage women 10 wear
cotton instead Of the more costly silk.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-03-19
Maine Variety Have Many
Dodges to Fool the Federal
Agents.
FOUNTAIN SYRlNGEs USED
walking Speakeasies" Are the Hard.
est to Catch-Liquor Is Cached
In Odd Places by ~itinerant
Vendors.

Buffalo, N. John M. Evans, who
says ne has had years of experience
In enforcing the prohibitory laws in
the state Of Maine, stopped off in
Buffalo, says the Courier Of that
city. for a few hours and related some
interesting methods of conducting the
liquor business under strict enforce
ment.
Mr.. Evans told Of many ways of
handling wet goods used by "boot-
leggers," but not one of the hundreds
with whom he has come in contact
ever used a bootleg as a depository
for his stock In trade.
While the name still sticks to in.
dividuals who defy the liquor law out.
side of regular saloons and kitchen
barrooms, the bootleg full of booze
ceased to be when the high boots with
loose tops went out of style.
Was Easy to Get Booze.
up to the time of the passage OF
the Webb law by the federal govern.
ment n few years ago." Mr.. Evans
S''uf phoN " lit IuDeIllUE Vi
all wet goods handled by express
companies and other common carriers,
1t was a comparatively easy matter
to get n plentiful supply Of liquor from
Boston wholesalers, and ever after
that most Of the bootleggers managed
to smuggle in by water or automobile,
n there were some who c~oncOcted
a mixture out of alcohol, water, burnt
sugar and a dash of tabascO, which
they passed off ON many an u~nsuspect-
ing victim.
The hardest bird we ever had to
contend with was putting out booze
for years. We knew he was doing Il,
but we could nor get the goods on him,
and it was a long time before we got
him, yer after we were wise to his
system. This was his system:
AT night he would load his over
coat up with pints, half-pints and oc-
casionnlly a quart. These he would
plant. n in a pile of clapboards In a
lumber yard, another in n junk pile
and still another under a doorstep or
In a rubbish barrel In an alley. The
next day his customers would come
to him, pay him for their purchase,
and he would direct them to the
est plant.
I'VE began to be suspicious Of him
after a woman reported seeing n man
remove a bottle from the muzzle of
n of the two historic cannon that
guard the Soldiers monument. Final
ly we trailed him at night, watched
him sow his crop, harvested 1t and
hen placed him under arrest.
Strangers mot Wanted"
I'VE were unable to get a conviction
against him, although the fellow was
not working and had no visible means
Of support. 1t was not until we caught
him mapping with a couple Of stool
pigeons that we finally convicted him.
In order for the system to work out
well the bootlegger must be we'll ac-
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-03-19
Clever Tricks
of B~0Otleggers

Quainted with his customers and have
their confidence In a large degree.
Another popular method Of dis
pensing the hard stuff was through a
couple OF fountain syringes, suspend
ed from the shoulders one In front and
n on the back. They would fill u
flask or serve by the drink as desired.
when things begin to get too hot
for the pocket peddlers." Mr.. Evans
continued, they solicit business and
nil each order n at a time by taking
the customers money, going to the
hide and returning with the goods.
doubt If there Is sufficient trust In
ones fellow man for this system to
work out successfully In a city tho
size Of Buffalo.
we have picked up men with a
considerable stock Of booze on their
persons while to all appearances II
did not seem possible that the indl-
vidual could have more than a flask
or so.
IN the days before the form-ftting
clothes, when long coats and peg-top
trousers were in style, many a suit
was tailored with huge pockets in the
trousers, and sometimes inside the
coat under the arms.
The blnd tiger, so popular In the
South, was never used much in Maine
Its only recommendation Is that It of.
fers more or less safety In selling to
strangers. You put your O
through a small opening in a wall and
out through the opening comes a
drink.
Beer Was Too Bulky.
1.-THE methods used by saloon keen
ers to keep out of the clutches of the
law were almost as numerous as those
Of Bookkeeping. The first step of the
saloon keeper when the lid was
clamped down was to eliminate beer
and ale all together, as 1t was too
bulky to handle In the event Of a raid.
In those days near-beer was a much
despised and little known article in
Maine. But when the district at
torney hailed all saloon keepers who
possessed a United States license be-
fore the grand jury and fattened the
county's treasury by about $500 a
head, they began to take more kindly
to near-beer, as 1t proved an alibi for
the federal tax.
Tin dry spells some saloons would
sell only by the bottle to those they
knew very well. while others would
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-03-19
Engineer Refused
to Spoil This "Lie"

Pinehurst. N. C.-The defer
ence paid to golf here is impress
slve. Miss Metcalf Heating of
the Agawam Hunt club, hooked
her drive to the railroad tracks
near the club house just as a
train was coming along.
The engineer, leaning out of
the cab window, saw the ball
come to rest between the rails.
saw 1t perch itself upon an ideal
but precarlous tee in the form
OF a tiny pile of cinders, grasped
the situation and the airbrake
control at the same time and
brought the train to a sudden
stop.
The passengers may have been
slightly shaken up in the proc.
ess. but Miss Keatlng's lie was
not disturbed. The train waited
until a good recovery shot had
been played and then resumed
its journey northward to less
considerate climes.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-03-19

This photograph shows the SYM
polio document to be presented by
France to the family or relative of
each deceased American soldier of the
world war.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-03-19

sell only by the drink, going on the
basis that liquor In a mans system
could not be produced as evidence.
In the latter places the saloon keeper
usually kept a pitcher full of booze
under the bar handy to the sink. Sew
eral convictions were obtained IN
such cases, however. The comblna-
ton of finding a whisky glass. the
odor OF liquor and the presence of n
drunk or two in the bar room being
SUFFICIENT to convince the judge.
Ihe wiser ones would have two
pitchers, one on each side of the sink.
n full of ammonia and one full of
whisky. One sweep of the arm would
dump them both into the sink. The
odor of the ammonia would prevent
the odor OF whisky to be noticeable
n the contents Of the sink could be
analysed only as spirits of ammonia.
All h saloons in the state were
filled with ingenious hides most Of
which defied detection. When a hide
was discovered 1t was generally the
result Of some d~isgruntled employee
giving the thing away. They range
In capacity from hides large enough
to hold a half-pint close to the bar
itself to false cellar wallis behind
which ten barrels might be concealed.
Most OF the saloons had large and
small hides the smaller ones being
filled up dolly from the big one by
he boss himself.
Some Of the hides consist of tanks
set inside of hewed-out Orders In the
floor above. These were connected
with a small pipe which generally
ended In a little office right off the
bar. You would order a pint, the bar
tender would return to the office
close a door, remove a calendar from
the wall, behind which was a little
disguised gascock, from this he would
remove a cap and draw Off the re-
CURED amount. Other stores Of booze
were kept In the tanks of flush closets.
which could be flushed from behind
the bar in case the searchers got too
close and the evidence would 20 down
the sewer.
Some had their main hides on
adjoining property that would not be
covered by the search warrant. To
which access was had by means of
secret doors and s~ubterranean pas
sages."
Beer Sold Openly.
What about 2.75 per cent beerf'
was asked.
Ever since 2.75 per cent beer was
brewed," he replied, ut has been on
sale openly in Maine. Fruit stores
and small stands of all kinds paid 500
FOR a federal license and put In a
stock Of bottled beer, while the sa-
looms sold the bottled and draught
goods both. If the saloons have a
right to sell 1t because it Is non-In-
toxicating and II it is non-lntoxicar-
ing l can't see the necessity of carry
ing an excessive tax. l can't sea
what is there to prevent soda foun-
tains or anyone selling 2.75 beer az
ter paying the federal tax of $25.
prohibition In Maine for many
years was a joke except for occasional
spasms Of enforcement just before an
election when the party In power
figured that they needed votes or thu
county treasury needed money. 1t IL
an interesting game to chase the
evaders and l anticipate 1t will be
even more SO In the event Of nation
wide prohibition"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-03-19
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