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The Washington herald., 1920-05-30

A PIG, and a runt at that. proved him
n self the American farmers best friend.
His squeal of hunger and look of forlornness
started Eddie" Meredith's Imagination
working and now Secretary Meredith is
working for you.
IT BEGAN with a pig. and a runt at
that. Such a wretched little pig, hardly
worth raising. But Eddie Meredith asked
bis father if he might have it for his own.
His father, who was a farmer, gave it
to him. In Imagination Eddie" saw that
pigling grown to be big and noble porker.
and to that dignity it did arrive, thanks to
careful nursing and hand feeding. When
It was big and fat, the boy sold it. The
money gave him his first start in the world.
Imagination accomplishes wonders Ed
die" today secretary of agriculture and n
millionaire, says imagination spells the dif-
ference between small success and big sue
cess.
Edwin I. Meredith was born on that
farm, in Iowa, forty three years ago. He
is the youngest secretary of agriculture we
have ever had. A big, brown eyed man,
clean shaved save for a close cropped mus
tache, with charming manners and exceed
ingfy approachable, his present ambition is
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30

petitor whose fraudulent methods enable him
to undersell.
IF the housewife buys a roach killer, 1t
must kill the bugs, else its sale will be
stopped and the goods confscated. A medi-
cine must not carry on its label a statement
that it is a remedy for anything unless it is
a remedy for that thing, and it must con-
tain the ingredients mentioned on the label
Shoes are an important item for consid-
Grafton in every household, especially if
there are children to wear them out at four
times what adults consider a normal rate.
What have shoes got to do with agriculture?
whole lot. The animals that yield the
hides required by the shoemaker are an agri-
cultural product. And it is in this connec-
ton that l would, in passing, refer to
methods developed by this department, which.
If carried out, will double the wearing life
of a pair of shoes-methods, that is to say.
which have to do With the treatment of
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30

leather, to make It durable and waterproof
''very intimately connected with fabrics
where clothes are concerned, Is the dye
problem. Until recently we have been al
most entirely dependent for our dyes upon
foreign sources Of supply. But scientific ex-
perimenters in the Department of Agri-
culture have developed dyes which will go
a long way toward making US independent
for the future in this respect.
HII1E HAVE developed methods Of pres
Hervation and shipping which have made
practicable the transportation Of perishsble
foods over long distances. Strawberries and
peaches are brought all the way from Florida
and Georgia to northern markets; grapes
and other fresh fruits across the continent
from California to New York and Philadel
rhia. Icing and pre- cooling have accom-
?lished mar-sls 1t is by the help Of such
1eans that 'he fishes of the salt seas are
delivered fresh at the markets Of inland
cities.
THE price Of pork and pork products
would probably be much higher than It -
today but for the measurable control OBJ
tanned by the Department of Agriculture over
that frightful epidemic disease, hog cholera,
Thanks to a preventive serum deveiOped by
the department, the loss Of hogs by this
malady has been reduced over 60 per cent
-ince 1913, which means an annual saving
( SAL ,000 900.
1.-THE extremely destructive FOOT :
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30

'hn serpeant garden of Butnntan is sort
= OF snakes paradise" There. the most
venomous snakes in the world have palatial
homes, built in the shape of beaver huts, Of
concrete; and their surroundings and the
care taken Of them leave even the most
stacting snake nothing further to desire.
The garden is about ten miles from Sac
Paulo, Brazil, and here scientists are study
ing the mysteries Of snake biology.
The original reason for the establishment
of the garden, which is huge nursery for
snakes, was to obtain serum enough to
provide a remedy for Apse bitten by snakes
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30

The establishment on certain soils Of thS
Connecticut valley, as the result Of q son
survey Of the same type Of tobacco a. that
grown on the island Of sumatra, offers an
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30

mouth disease has three times invaded this
country, but we have driven it out. Rinder
pest, an even more dangerous malady which
attacks cattle, has been prevented By our
systematic efforts from getting into the
United States. Texas fever, or tick fever,
which almost ruined the cattle raising in
dustry in the South, is being restricted to
steadily diminishing area. and before very
long will be eliminated altogether.
The department has solved, TO a con
siderable extent, the dreaded alkali problem
of irrigation agriculture in the arid and
semiarid regions. 1t has discovered the
cause of the accumulation of alkali salts, and
has found practical remedy through drain
ing and washing out the saline material.
When fully adopted in practice alkah will no
longer be a curse to the irrigation agricul-
ture of this country. India and Egypt are
already using our methods for the reclama-
tion of alkali lands.
1.-The department has found valuable
sources of potash supply in the kelps of the
Pacific coast, in cement dust, in fiue dust
from iron furnaces, and in certain lakes and
lake deposits in the West.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-30

throughout Brazil. In the comparatively
small state of Sac Paulo alone, the average
annual death rate from snake bites used to
be 240. Since the garden Of Butantan was
opened and serum cultures taken, the prompt
treatment of victims has been made possible
everywhere and the death rate reduced to
NIL. There are said to be more snakes in
Brazil than in any other country in the
western hemisphere
The garden is 600 acres in extent and
divided into three departments, two of which
are devoted to ,cobras, crotalids and both
rops, the most poisonous snakes known
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-15
SCULLY SPEAKS AGAIN To
SOUTH AMBOY DEMOCRATS

SOUTH AMBOY, Oct. 15-At a
meeting of the Democratic Club last
night Thomas j. Scully once more
explained why he was anxious 10 De
mayor of South Amboy. lie sald:
,rhey were locked up In the county
having a personal pride 10 see the
civic affairs of his home town
raised above the level upon when
they have existed for several years
past, appear to be beyond n com
prehension Of many who AVE pc
come accustomed to expect onIy JusI
what accident may bring to thehi'
II appears that an unselnsh amul-
ton is a commodity that Is uhld,
miliar to the eyes OF MANY az
when they cannot understand ~
when il appears, they brand 1t as
only a means to accomplish some
personal gain"
The successful engineering
through congress of h
providing for the payment by the
government of the losses Dug
,lpon the people by the Morgan ex-
plosion, he said, was not the WORN
of a minute, nor was it accomplish
ed i'm a day. THE only niger liz
the wood pile in this instance was
the statutes of the United states
mat made no legal provisions Tor
such reimbursement by the govern
ment," Mr.. Scully said. MY repu-
tation for asking for nothing that
was not just and right beyond an
ordinary degree. inspired confidence
from those who had influence and
power in the affairs of government.
Some of the ablest men in congress
willingly stepped to my side to help
overcome objection. l had no sell
fish purpose to serve in this instance.
1 had nothing up my sleeves and
come out with clean hands"
The question of challengers for
election day was brought up ana
left In the hands OF the executive
committee. Steps were taken to
effect an organization of the Demo-
cratic women in the city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-15
D. of /. Has Card Party

The regular weekly card party OF
the Daughters of Isabella was held
in st. Mary's hall in Center street
last night. Tables were arranged
for the usual card games, pinochle.
1--WE hundred and euchre. Mrs
James Murray and Miss Catherine
CROSBY won the cakes which were
auctioned off during the evening.
The prizes in cards were awarded
as follows: In five hundred, Miss
Margaret Deegan first prize. Mrs:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-15

Richard White second prize and
Miss Margaret McClusky third
prize: in euchre, c. McMullen, first
prize. and George Rivas. second
prize. and in pinochle. Miss Eliza
beth Dolan, first prize, and Mrs.
Paul Baumgarten, second prize.
Miss Catherine CROSBY was chair
man of the evening and was assist
ed bv the Misses Helen Murray.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-15

held in this borough will take place
tonight in the high school audito-
rum at s O'Clock. From present in
dications the meeting will be more
of a women's affair than the usual
political gathering, for among the
speakers will be Mrs. Leon Cubber-
w. Mrs. Lewis II. Thompson and
Mrs. Z. Stern. Other speakers will
also no prpseut.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-15

van. Anna Larsen. Alice Gallagher.
Johanna Hansen. Mary Brennan,
Ella Anderson. Sarah CARRIER. Lena
Bernstein. Loretta Stokes, Gladys
and LILLIAN A~rrihdell. Bertha Marsh
and Augusta Fogei.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-15

A number of young women from
this city went to New York yester-
day and after having dinner at Lor.
ber's attended a play in the evening
They were the Misses Agnes Sulli-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-15

Margaret Deegsn. Loretta Heinz
Gertrude coley. Agnes Deegan and
Mrs. John Murray.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-15

Big G.. o. p. Session for Matawan
MATAWAN, Oct. 15:-The first
big Republican mass meeting to he
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-11
ONLY STRONG COLLEGE men
WANTED TO HARVEST GRAIN

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June IL
College students must be industrious
and husky to find employment In the
harvesting of grain In the middle west
this season. They need not expect a
vacation with pay, say the employ
ment agents who want 10000 men
for work in Kansas and Oklahoma
alone.
A. L. Barkman. zone clearance off
Ger in charge of the whole belt. en-
phasizes the fact that workers must
pay their own railroad fare, n
should if possible be provided with
a small surplus In case of delay In
finding work due to rains. He ais
emphasizes the fact that able-bodied
men are wanted, that the sun is hot,
and hat prospective workers should
be sure OF their endurance IL they
are to be of value either to them
selves or to the farmers.
Wheat cutting In Oklahoma Is be-
ginning; 1t will begin In southern
Kansas about June 20; in Nebraska
July ~; in South Dakota July rs;
and in North Dokata the first week
in August.
Oklahoma. 1t is estimated. will need
about 10000 men from outside the
state, and wages from harvest hands
will range from 81 to 81 a day in
that state, with wages for stackers
Sc to $40 a day, n for experienced
engineers and separator men IS to
$40 a day.
In only a few isolated communities,
where labor is abundant, is any one
Offering less than Sc a day for any
sort of labor, II is added. In most
sections only able-bodied, English
speaking white are desired.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-11
Standing Committees Are Cut
Blu Senate For Next Session

committee on Indian d]epredations,
the committee on Pacific railroads,
and the committee on the University
of the United States.
None OF the r-eorganized committees
will have more than fifteen members.
several will have but eleven, n some
but seven. The committee on appro-
priations, OF which Senator Warren
is chairman now has twenty mem
bers, and il will lose five of them. The
committee on has a like
number and must suffer the same ann
putation, while the military affairs
committee will lose four Of It's nine
teen members.
Other major committees which will
have the maximum of fifteen in their
personnel are the committees on ag-
ricUlturc and forestry, finance. foreign
relations, interstate commerce, naval
affairs and postofiices and post roads.
Slightly less important committees,
or rather those with a smaller vol
ume OF work. will have thirteen mem
bers each that group includes the
committees in banking and currency,
claims. District of Columbia, privi-
leges and elections, public buildings
and grounds, public lands and sur
yeys. and territories and insular pos
sessions.
A senate rule of which several
iAtlilbttS Va tht upper HbuSt were ~
Ignorance was brought to light when
nat Knox was asked on the floor
IL the plan or reorganization would
change the Jurisdiction of any of
the standing committees retained. The
senator replied That under rule rs
there is no provision for jurisdiction
of any committee. For example he
added, there Is no rule covering what
matters the committee on foreign re-
lations may consider or saying that
Measure of this nature or that shall
be referred to the judiciary commit
Bills on being introduced are
to one committee or another,
at the discretion of the presiding Of
flcer, and usually at the request of
The member Introducing the measure.
Both houses of congress are show
Ing an increasing tendency to conduct
Investigations into questions on con-
ditions of national import. the num-
of committee hearings are grow
Ing with every congress, and this has
1t advisable to reduce the num-
Der of committees, and to cut down
the membership of each to q number
hat will give fail representation of
both majority and minority parties
md give every group in the senate
opportunity to have a part in the
work. )
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-11

WASHINGTON, June 10.-With al
increased volume of business piling ~
on 1t at every session, the senate
shortly before ad%journing for the po-
litical conventions made a big GU In
its machinery of organization, reduc-
Ing at one stroke the number Of its
standing committees from seventy
four TO thirty-three and pairing down
the number of members one-half In
some Of the committees retained.
Whereas under the old system there
were 752 committee memberships for
Binety-eight senators, or almost eight
apiece, there will under the new plan
be but 3S6 memberships, or an aver
age of less than four apiece.
A very remarkable feature of the
change is that there was practically
no debate or discussion OF II on the
floor of the senate and IT was agreed
to by unanimous consent after Sena-
tor Knox had submitted the new plan
as the unanimous opinion OF the rules
committee on what should be done.
The new plan will not go into erect
until the sixty-seVenth congress meets
which will be sometime next spring
III the next President, who ever ne
may be, sees fit to call an extra ses-
sion. With the converting OF a new
congress a reorganization OF the com
mittees always is necessary 50 the
CUdnkG tstD ne HldNlt NllAOdN VIZ SS
rious disruption.
The committees dropped are for the
most part archaic groups that never
functioned or hat because of changed
conditions have ceased TO function,
though others are done away VITA
because their work can be rons"li-
dated. For example there are at pres
ent eleven committees charged win
the duty of passing on measures in
xsnINfnO ~nanHitIT for the KOEesn-
ment departments. In the next con
gress there will be but one committee
on expenditures in the executive de-
partment and It will have but seven
members The eleven committees now
looking after such expenditures have
q total of f1fty-five members. more
than half the senate.
There Is at present one committee
on engrossed bills and another on
enrolled bills. Under the new plan
there will be a committee on en-
crossed and enrolled bills" which Will
have but three members hey VIII
be charged with the duty of examin-
ing all bills, amendments and JOINT
resolutions before they go out of the
possession of the senate and must see
that all measures that have passed
houses are correctly enrolled.
are also directed to see that
when such measures are signed by
the speaker Of the House AMI the
president of the senate that they are
sent to the President OF the United
States and presented to him in per
son
The senate committee on woman
suffrage, appointed many years 6 IN
n more or less facetious spirit, but
later found itself with a great
deal to do. is one that has been drop
ped because 1t has no business before
1t. Others in the same class are the
on corporations organized
In the District of Columbia the com
on disposition of useless papers
In the executive departments; the
committee on the five civilized tribes
of Indians, the committee to investi-
rate trespassers on Indian lands. the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-11
MISS GRACE v. BROWN
WEEDS IN WOODBRIDGE
an sptcfaI corresponaent.

By Specfdi Correspondent.
WOODBRIDGE. June 1l,-Miss
Grace Victoria Brown, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Brown, be-
came the bride of Harry John Baker
lJr.. son of MIR. and Mrs. job Baker,
/ Of Avenel, Wednesday night at .
o'clock i'm the Presbyterian church
/ here. The ceremony was performed
in the church by Rev. Leonar "
! Buschman. Erected in front OF the
pulpit was an arch of flowers when
were furnished by Mrs. w. b.. hart,
the Sunshine class and the Sunday
school class of which she was a popu-
lar member.
Previous to the of the
bridal party Mrs. Arthur G.. Brown, an
aunt of the bride rendered several
selections at the organ ana MISS
Amelia Van b. Coleman of Jersey City
gave some vocal selections. Just be-
lore the entrance of the bridal party
the members of the sunshine class
gowned in the class colors OF olue
and yellow marched down TO the
front OF the church.
The bride wore a gown of whit
silk draped with silk chantilly lace
and a veil of silk tulle with a wreath
of orange blossoms n carried a
shower bouquet of white Killarney
roses. Miss Ruth b. Potter as the
maid of honor wore a Chinese blue
georgette crepe over pink dress with
a hat to match and carried a bouquet
of pink carnations.
The bridesmaids the Misses Edlth
l.. Baker. and Victoria A. Brown wore
pink %georgette crepe gowns with hats
10 match and carried bouquets OF
pink carnations. The best mar was
William +. Baker, and the ushers were
Messrs, Irving G. Baker. Alfred w.
Brown, John II. Brown and william
II. Brown.
Mrs. George II. Brown, the mother
of the bride wore a violet colored
georgette crepe gown trimmed with
silver While Mrs. Harry j. Baker, Sr.,
wore a taupe georgette crepe and sat
In creations. Following the ceremony
a reception was held at the home of
the bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker are spending
their wedding trip in New England
ind upon their return will reside
here. Mrs. Baker is the grand-daugh-
ter of tbs lato Judge n Mrs. A. i. ,
Brown and also of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles II. Gardner now residing in
Woodbridge. She has also the dis
tinction of being the first bride in
her fathers family in over 102 years.
She was the first born in her fathers
in seventy-three years.
Mr.. Baker served in the u. s.. Naval
reserve during the recent war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-11
Want Longer Bouts.

SAN FRANCISCO. - The Armory
promoters here have asked Washing
ton to permit 10-round bouts. Gov
stephens says he is not opposed
to linger fights IL the boxing game Is
kept clean.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-11

SPOKANE. - Winners in boxing
bouts here will be judged by h Idaho
commission system in the future. Two
judges SIT at the ringside and decide
in case the referee cannot give a
CIean-cut verdict.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-11

! DETROIT. - A wealthy Detroit
golfer is sending nearly $50. 900 to
England to wager on Walter Hagen
when he meets the English starr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
ASKS ToYs FOR NURSERY
Money and Food Also Needed at
Eighteenth Street institution

Contributions of money. food. bed
clothing and old and new toys are
requested from the general public to aid
in Frightening the Christmas holidays
of the hundreds OF negro children taken
each day to the Womcn's Union Day
Nursery at 70I South Nineteenth
street. Miss Julia r. Jones, president
Of the board of managers of the nur-
sery, has issued an appeal for these
contributions Donations of money
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16

should be sent TO Miss Jones, other con-
tributions to the nursery at which more
than 5000 children were cared for
during the last year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
Girl Scouts to Sing at Dawn

The Girl Scouts of Philadelphia are
busy on plans for a celebration on
Christmas ut daybrrak, when several of
the scout troops with their leaders will
go through the streets near thei rhomcs
singing Christmas carols. Some of the
troops that have smaller girls will go
out at midnight on Christmas eve in
stead. Still others are planning to have
Christmas tree or a celebration of
some kind for poor children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Hi.torr Repenting Itself

Tt certainly would be history re- beating itself if the Birmingham Glass Manufacturing Company should build a plant and manufacture glassware at Gate City" said NJ. N. Malone, pio- neer citizen. More than thirty years ago Fred Sloss and associates, includ- ing the late Robert Warnock and Mac lin Sloss, built a glass factory at Gate City just across the tracks from the old Gate City rolling mill. Fine glass sands are there and they manufactured milk bottles and other glassware of excellent quality.
 Just why the enterprise fell through do not recall. Many. such things hap pened in our young and raw days of pioneering. Some of the early blast furnaces were not a success, and some of them have disappeared from the face of the earth, but they were the founda- tions of the successful industry thai followed. So. the Gate City enterprise of our pioneer glass makers seems to have pointed the way to ultimate large and successful operations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
TOWN AND COUNTRY
From the Chicago Herald and Examiner. C0NHE 1920 census returns will show
 that more people exist in the cities

From the Chicago Herald and Examiner. OT1HE 1920 census returns will show
 that more people exist in the cities
 than live in the country. While the statistics will prove that the imagi- nary axis of population bisects hem house in some Illinois farm yard, the real center of census gravity is New York, with it's 100000 people.
 Of this 105, ,OOo 900 folks in this broad land, one-f1fteenth are housed, poorly enough, beneath one municipal charter. Add Chicago and Philadelphia, and you have one-ninth of the entire population in three cities The rural balance is swung back by the immense farm lands of the Mississippi valley and tho west, but not far enough to overcome this congested handicap. The official records will show that almost 54,00o,00o people dwell in towns, prefer rch-breaking concrete to the soft, beautiful rural mud, worship tungstens instead of the sun and say prayers every night for their poor, deluded compatriots marooned in the cool suburbs in such nice. stuffy weather we are now enjoy ing.
 Although the towns hold the empty nu- merical honar, the farmers are away ahead in wealth per capita, motor cars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-13
FRIVOLOUS MOTHERS'

strong strings as aprons without frills. And if the Judge imagines that short skirts imply frivolity he should attend a wholly serious gathering of suffra- gists.
 Frankly, we do not believe that all mothers of today, or majority of mothers, are "frivolous.'' Some are. Some always have been. What is man. ifestly true from the philosophers viewpoint is that conditions of living in congested sections of large cities mili- tate against the old-fashioned home. Perhaps it is also true that mothers, like fathers, are less gripped by devo- stional religion than in older days and that what is left of the home has less of family prayers and the spirit of week day worship. One may. however, regard Judge MacMahon's supplement tary suggestion that lack of Christian training in the schools" is partly to blame as the more carefully reasoned one. This Is subject that is stirring the educators of today, and it is vital question that is involved. The man who thinks to minimize it is- gravely in