The Washington times., 1921-10-03

From p. S. HiIl-Good
News.
Provincial Proud N. Y.
Monkey GIand-Baseball.
Ten Billions Land Value.
y ARTHUR BRISBANE
copyright. ls21J

This from Percival S. Hill, head
Of the American Tobacco Com
pany, means good news:
"The recent advance in cotton
has produced a wonderfully good
effect on the South, has been in
strumental in helping the banks
liquidate their loans and has
changed the whole mental attitude
of the South
"Along the same lines, advances
in the prices of tobacco are bring
ing about the same results in
localities where tobacco is domi-
mating agricultural commodity. On
good grades Of tobacco the prices
that are being brought today are
considerably higher than they
were last year, and they are now
from l20 to 200 per cent higher
than they were in 1914. ! think
information of thYs kind is con-
structive in its effects, and, in any
event, wanted you to know the
facts in the case"
Nothing like solid fact to en-
courage the respondent. General
talk Of "better tone," hopeful
outlook" etc., means little. But
"higher prices this year than last,
120 to 200 per cent above 1914
prices" makes the tobacco grower
feel like blowing more acres and
trading in his old automobile for
q new one.
What has happened to the to-
.bacco industry and to cotton may
happen to other agricultural prod
ucts, then to steel and other in
dustries now torpid. The main
thing is to keep out foreign COM
petition, destructive to labor and
industry here.
DR.. Rathenau, man of genius
and Of business, giving his time
and power to the German republic,
says:
"Phe more Germany works the
more others must stop working"
Millions of skilled German me-
chanics, forced by the peace terms
to work on a Chinese labor basis,
to pay foreign indemnity, threaten
skilled labor and industry every
where.
But, while sympathizing with
the troubles Of the new republic,
this country must not forget the
six letters that spell q solution of
the problem-tariff.
A New York man is to have
monkey glands planted in his body
to restore youthful vigor. The
doctors picture is printed. also
the face Of the poor little sad-eyed
eighteen-month-old ring tailed
monkey from Brazil. II the trans
planted glands work, and give to
man an extra supply of monkey
energy, what of it, what use?
Strange that men feeling old
and tired never do their trans
planting" in a public library. A
few thoughts from the brains of
able men transplanted in an aver
age brain will work wonders. They
bring youth, interest in life, new
power, many things worth while,
not found in the glands of any
monkey. And you only open a
book, instead Of opening and vivi-
-6ecting a poor monkey, with q
right to keep his own glands.
In one city both baseball teams
won the league championship. Two
New York teams will play against
each other for the national cham
pionship. This writer will endeav-
or to attend and give an unenlight-
ened account of the proceedings.
Half a million requests for seats
at any price have poured in.
Thousands will strive to see eight
cen men throwing, batting, and
catching q ball that would not be
much interested in the proceedings
of the worlds greatest scientific
association.
And that is quite normal and
right. We are, as a race, nearer
to the animal, depending on agil-
ity for its safety, than to the
scientist weighing a distant star,
or discovering the electron con-
struction of the atom. It is
hard to believe now, but one day
the half million will be more in
terested in the curve of a comet
or the size of the great nebula
in Orion than in Ruth's batting.
1t is a great week for New
York, huge city of placid, self
esteeming provincialism. She
will have the double baseball
championship and the ring-tailed
monkey gland transplantation
both in one week, and her capa-
BILE taxing authorities value her
real estate at more than ten
thousand million dollars, not
counting vast values held, tax
free, by fraternal, charitable, re-
ligious, and other organizations.
And the whole Manhattan
Island was sold by the Indians
for stuff worth less than $100
Foolish Indians? Do not say
40. II they had put out $100 at