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The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

ton might. by publicity, be the very best means Of
promoting such farm movement which Il would
be aimed to prevent.
More than this. every other industry periodically
stops production to control prices. AA farmers
the only ones who must produce regardless Of costs
and pficesl As soon as prices reach below the
level of cost of production in any industry it at
once curtails output. Then mills and factories go
to half time, close entirely. Why not. also. the
farm Industry So
But If Mr.. Gould will take his map and the
latest schedules of transportation rates. he can find
that no movement agreement among themselves
is necessary to make farmers restrict their opera
tons. The present conditions in transportation will
compel it.
The bulk of American agriculture is far inland
1t will average in grains, around 1900 miles Of rail
haul to the congested population centers and the
seaboard. American farmers have ten times the
haul to market that Argentina farmers, those of
any European country have. They have this DIFF
ferential against them in marketing cost.
Transportation charge from Argentina to New
York is far less than from the Red River Valley
for grain and meat The farmers domestic price is
controlled by the export and import prices. Until
his transportation costs are fairly equalized the
American farmer will have to curta production
and this process has already begun. Congress has
proposed to equalize these costs with tariff,
awkward process which If successful would in
evitably increase food prices to all the people.
There is however, a simple way to reduce
transportation rates for all the farm States by
opening the St. Lawrence River to the ocean,
bringing the seaboard, in other competing coun-
tries, close to the great food producing area. This
way, Mr.. Gould and his State oppose, but so long
they oppose it successfully. it is certain that
organized movement unorganized movement,
farm production in all the great Middle West will
be restricted by economic necessity.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
GEORGETOWN GLEE
CLUB ENTERTAINS

Attended by several hundred
alumni and friends Of Georeetowu
University who crowded CASTOR
Hall. the Mi-csreme concert Of the
Giee and Mandolin clubs last niehs
proved q marked success.
Enthusiastic applause greeted the
singing Of the "F1snders Requiem .
rendered by the Giee Club In mems
ory OF those sons Of Georgetown
who sleep In France.
Edward p. Donovan. director OF
the concert. arranged the program.
The soloists Of the evening were
Miss Claire Boyle. soprano: Miss.
Agnes whelan. soprano; Miss Helen
Gerrer, vioiinist. and John v. walsh,
'1s. pianist.
Among the most effective num-
bers was ave Maria" by Miss
Whelan, with q violin obligato by
Miss Gcrrer. The concert cloasA
with Sons Of Georgetown.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Diamonds for Tips;
BelIboys Work Fast

With the happy-go-lucky de-
meanor and broad-brimmed SOM
brero typical of the Western miner,
q stranger known only as Walter
Young, of Tuscon. swung into the
st. Francis lobby at San Francisco,
recently.
To the boy who took his grips he
gave a sparkling gem, to the boy
who showed him to his room he
gave another, and when he rang
for ice water there was a demon
stration of speed among bellmen
that startled even those accustomed
to see them hurriedly respond to
calls.
Jack o'Connor. dean of, the bell
boys, saw the rapidly growing col
lection of gems. He thought he
knew good ones and could pick up
q few bargains by bidding in the
easily gotten spoils Of the boys.
He paid moderate prices for few
OF them. a.
Then q newly : arrived guest
pointed out Young as "Stoney''
Young. the Jewel King Of .Arl-
zona." whose eccentric habit of Civ
Ing away pretty glass bits to his
friends has won him must atten-
ton in the Southwest.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Strikes the Right Chord.

President Harding's first official act was to
break precedent President Wilson had overlooked
He went personally before the Senate announced
his nominees as members of his Cabinet and asked
their confirmation.
= 1t was an entirely proper and legal procedure;
there was no why, he should not do it, save
that no former President ever had done it 1t had
touch of boldness with favor of the dramatic,
they hail with satisfaction
:, There had been rurnors that certain Senators
might be bothersome in holding up confirmation of
one or of the OF the Presidents choice.
So, as he had promised "a clear and harmonious
relationship between the legislative and executive
branches of the government" he came to them per-
sonaily his official family. He then left It
to them as their responsibility to confirm or reject
- Senator Fall resigned as Senator, and was given
the distinction of confirmation without reference to
committee. The other names were referred, at
once reported back, and each nominee was approved
Il was the quickest action ever known of Cabinet
I, Another FIRST act of the President which will
have equal approval, was the removal of police
guards from the forbiddins gates to the White
Hoasc grounds and throwing them open to the pub
lis For the first time in four years the plain folk
were permitted to walk through their own property,
and they were quick to take the privilege.
Since war was declared, no one had been per
mstted to even linger to peek through the iron
railing. This was a 'precaution, continued be-
cause of President Wilson's Illness but it is no less
gratifying that this element of abnormalcy is now
removed.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Dublin LikeCity
.OfDeadA After
Curfew Sounds

II an American city should be oc-
cupied suddenly by soldiers who at
10 o'clock every night. debouched
upon the streets in armored cars
and motor trucks and became the
only street population. It would be
something like Dublin after curfew.
At . o'clock at night Dublin be-
gins to close up. The theater pro-
grams near completion: the barmen
and barmaids in the pubs" begin
a final washing up.
At $3.50 everything closes. and
there is nothing to do but go home
The people who live in the outly-
ing districts begin to hurry, and
the suburban trains begin their A.
nal trips.
At s:45 the last trans leave; the
rattling two-wheeled jaunting carts
are busy picking up belated pedes-
trians and everyone on the streets
begins consciously or unconscious
ly to hurry homeward.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
The Fly in the Ointment.

: The Herald's economist in discussing the \pro-
posed remission of debts by the allied nations and
the United States, put the situation tersely and
completely in saying, the United States holds the
bag" The proposition as to Great Britain looks
fair when she proposes that if this government will
cancel her debt she will cancel equal amount due
from her allies.
But in this she would lose nothing. The econ
omst table shows that foreign governments owe
the United States so.7o6ooo.oooi including her
dominions who her $6oo,oooyooo, Great Britan's
credits to other governments are $o,oIsoooooo The
loans of France to Belgium, Russia, Rumania and
other countries, total $I.645,ooo.ooo
If all these debts were cancelled, the allied
nations would start on even keel with only do
mestic debts to worry them. Exchange swould re-
cover fair equality and trade credits would be so
smplihed that world exchange of goods and world
industry would have tremendous impulse toward
normalcy-we thank thee, Warren, for that word
But in this beautiful picture of world altruism
there is fly in the ointment. The United States
owes no one, but everyone owes the United States
This country would cancel so.7oo,oooooo of in
debtedness due to it, but there is no one to cancel
any debt due from this country
One good man has likened the situation to the
Lords Prayer-Forgive debts as we forgive
our debtors. This is fitting illustration but for
the "Hy." There is no one who forgive the
United States its debts since it owes no one Great
Britain who stands next would cancel nearly an
equal amount due her, but in turn would have can
ceiled about half this total which she owes us and
would be relieved of huge obligations for which she
is jointly liable with other countries to us.
Yet it may be wise, we'll as noble, for this
government to join in this proposal as the worlds
good angel 1t may be practical altruism in that it
would revive trade it would lower exchange rates,
it would restore fairly stable financial conditions
and would provide great market for all our
surplus of foods and raw materials
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
USE BETTER PAPER WHEN
BOOKS DECAY.

Because it was discovered that
the valuable scientific bulletins that
the Smithsonian Institution was
issuing were printed on paper that
went to pieces after a few years Of
use, that institution Is having its
publications that report important
original research printed on a bet
ter grade of paper. DR.. Paul
Bartsch, of the National Museum
told the Biological SocDty at its
meeting Saturday night, when Dr.
Ivar Tidestrom, of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, exhibited a book
that was 202 years old and still
well preserved. This ancient book
was printed on high-grade linen
paper, and it was contrasted to a
modern book. printed on the ordi-
nary sulphite pulp paper that, al
though but two years old. was in
worse condition.
Because of protection that has
been given them by the game laws,
whistling swans, which have not
been seen for more than thirty
years, have been found on the Po-
tomac River, H. c. Oberholser told
the society. Another bird, spe-
cies Of grebe, which is similar to
the duck, has been seen on the local
Tidal Basin. DIR. Bartsch said. DR..
A. S. Hitchcock presided at the
meeting.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
A Forecast.

The Supreme Court rendered the farmers a
more practical service, when it held that the law
exempting farm loan bonds from taxation was
within the powers of Congress- than did Congress
in passing the emergency tariff law in their behalf
The decision will give farmers lower rate of in
terest on their loans; the tariff would hardly in
crease the price of their products.
There is the other side to the farm bond ex-
emption. There several hundred millions of
these loans. These are now added to other tax
exempt securities for investment, to lower income
taxes and to restrict 'the market for Federal bonds
But this can be accepted without regret if the dec
sion proves as it must real help to agriculture.
If the farmers can lower their carrying Charges,
if they get capital at low rates for expanding
their acreage for better facilities for intensive
production, DO increase yield, and for better living
conditions, everyone will benefit. If, in addition, the
farmers can be given the right to warehouse their
products and bank their certificates, they will then
have two most important financial gains.
This decision also wipes out State lines. 1t
gives ongress power to supersede State laws, at
least IN respect Of taxation. There would seem to
be more reason to believe that under the right to
regulate commerce between the States, the court
may hold the power of Congress to regulate trans
portation! as superior to State conflict.
This present decision holds that the States can
not so exercise the taxing power-as to these farm
loan bonds-as to hamper and destroy the authority
conferred by Congress. This would seem to fore
shadow like ruling to railroad rates y.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
WOULD GIVE FEDERAL AID To-
SICK.

To the Editor. he wsshingtcr Hersld:
We see and read so much nowa-
days of requests and appeals for
money and aid for charity. Most
of which is so sadly needed that it
is sacredly solemn. II has always
been strange to me that no thought
is given as to the pitiful need of
Free Hospitals" Not a little side
affair attached TO some institute
but well-equipped buildings. thor1
oughly capable OF taking care ON
the thousands OF sufferers that
have limited means. The hospitals
Of today are frequently called me-
mortal, benevolent and such. which
Is q case Of What's in a nameZ" for
the charges prohibit mortsls Of or
dinary means from such treatment.
We have art galleries, museums.
beautiful parks, memorial build
ings, monuments. etc, which are
most attractive and valuable. to
be sure; yet. back in many homes
there is distress. torture, pain and
worry on account OF sickness that
lacks nourishment medical atten-
tion. common comforts. and sur
roundings calculated to ease pain,
both physical and mental. and Il ia
common knowledge that worry.
mental worry, Is fatal.
II seems such q natural. human
thing. to want TO help the sick.
those that need help" why is &c
some one win not not undertake.
the promoting of such a rrand
causs7 Let the United States keen
on supplying food and money for
sufferers in foreign countries: Il 10
noble. and impressive. and am
proud Indeed Of my country. but why
not give some thought 70 those right
In our midst. our very own people.
scattered here and there. ana nor
wait for q catastrophe before We
rush to relief? II some member of
Congress would give this serious
thought and act. he would gain the
gratitude and admiration Of mill
lions Of his fellow countrymen.
w. S. TAYLOR.
Washington, March /.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Economic Necessity.

Representative Gould, of New York, wants to
investigate the American Farm Bureau Federation,
charging that it is furthering an organized move
nient to restrict food crops in order to increase
prices. sufficient answer to this, >if the charge
is.true. is that farm organizations have been spec
6<aly excepted from the Sherman and Clayton acts,
By Congress
I. II the federation is using Federal and State
agents to promote this purpose. still these agents
are doing no Illegal act though they may be outside
their legally imposed duties. In fact the inyestigs-
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

less than that placed on backing
that does not remove the superfiu-
Gus water" declared Mr.. Pearson.
Whether sand, crushed stone, or
other aggregates or admixtures like
lime are used affects markedly the
second-phase shrinkage also.
Stone building trim cast in plas-
ter molds-which. when fooled. de-
fes the eye to tell ii from granite
is already being manufactured by
using this trick of absorbing ex-
cess water from the concrete. This
new development in concrete manu-
facture is very similar to the way
in which cast clay ware, such as
pitchers and urns, are made.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Cops Jazz in Street
While Chief Smiles

Unable to Withstand the irresisti-
bic music Of . jazz band playing in
q restaurant outside which they
were stationed, two Paris, France.
policemen indulged in a fox trot
down the Avenue de ropera and
were caught in the act by an in
spector.
Brought before the project the
latter pardoned them, saying that
the fault lay with the jaxz band.
which nobody human could have
resIsted."
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
CAUSES OF CRACKING OF
sTUCCo DISCOVERED.

Concrete and stucco that do not
crack have long been the desire OIL
the engineer and the builder. Now
the Bureau Of Standards has an
nounced experiments that point the
way to how nonshrinkage concrete
and concrete may be obtained.
Excess water is the source of
the unnecessary shrinkage that ag-
gravates a conspicuous cracking in
cement coatings," says ]. c. Pear
son, chief of the cement section, in
describing the work. I'VE have
found that IL the mortar has q
backing that absorbs the water out
of It, or creates a suction as the
plasterer says, the volume changes
will be decreased greatly. not only
while the mixture is still plastic
but even after 1t has set"
Aids House Construction.
Commercial application of these
will produce stucco hous-
es without the unsightly map
cracks" and Grazing" that now mar
their appearance, says Mr.. Pearson.
This achievement is one of the re-
suits. of the bureaus stucco pro-
gram, during which several large
structures have been built and COW
cred, like a mosaic, with test pam
els made of various mixtures OF
cement, aggregates and other ma
terials.
Two phases of the shrinkage phe-
nomena have been discovered. For
the first twenty-four hours, while
the cement and sand mixture Is
gradually changing from semi
plastic to a solid, 1t will expand
somewhat and then start to con-
tract. II fhe forms are watertight.
Buff an absorptive plaster Of paris
backing is used water is sucked
out quickly and there is only about
.02 per cent shrinkage at the most.
Then. after the mortar has become
hard enough to stand It. gradual
shrinkage sets in and continues for
months under the inside air condi.
tions of the tests made.
Excess Water Cause. shrinkase.
The point Is that stucco applied
to an absorptive backing shrinks
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Scientific
! Notes and
Comment
Calendar of Meetings.;
Activities of Societies
In Washington

Physics Club. Bureau Of Standards,
today, 4:30 o'clock. Modern De-
velopments of the Bohr Theory of
Atomic Structure" by DR.. p. D.
Foote.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

:. Every once in . while statesman does
something that proves he has as much sense
as an ordinary man. and the shock of surprise
persuades the world that he is a great man.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
DIsAGREEs WITH nFARREN
nv uru-rnxr sSySrrH


ON METRIC ssYsTEM.
To the- Editor. The washington Herald:
I am much surprised 20 see the
plea Of my good friend McFsrren IN
favor Of the Metric System. par
ticuiariy since you stated the facts
80 truly in your editorial OF Feb. !.
IL. This matter In not new. II hass
been considered by our manufacture
ers and business men many timed
in the last sixty years and Away
decided against. No law will pasz
with their consent. And you right]
ly say that the matter should be
left TO their initiative. A Law maxi
ing such measures legal has bees
on our books for many years. Fully
a half century ago Coleman Sellers.
a leader in mechanics. set forth the
facts forcibly in the Scientific Amer
ican and other publications. There
are no new arguments In its favor.
France and Germany could easily
adopt the system because they took
Il up before they had built much OF
a manufacturing industry. II they
could persuade us TO now stop 10
make the change Il would give
them a lead in the worlds markets
they much desire. We should not
be so foolish ss TO think about IT,
Our customers are not caring
whether our goods are measured in
one system or the other except IN
few cases and in those our fac-
tories meet their demands.
The one objection never TO b
Na hoe Ia
think and act in tens and parts
thereof but mostly in terms of two.
We prove this fact by our money.
We seldom speak Of i've dimes but
either Of a half dollar or nifty cents.
The two-dime piece and the two-
cent piece were both decimal but
they did not stay in favor. II Cons
gress Is to provide us with a new
coin IL should be half a nickel, it
IL is to be popular. In the metric
lands they divide their goods tho
same vay-by halves and quarters
and eights and seldom by tenths.
II the system is good our people
would have found IL out long before
this and adopted IL.
Next IL Is not handy. Take
length. The decimeter and centi-
meter are seldom used II Is meters
and millimeters. A 34-inch tire is
s5omm, not IS decimeters. A man
is a meter and 7sem, not It. 10 in.
high.
Then there is no way 20 get rid
] Of the old measures. We still say
pennies when we mean cents. and
bits ''levies" and -shillings" lin
ger in our language The long ton
persists. Why add a third?
The units Of measurement are toe
/ to get along with yards and 5inds
Of an inch, but that IS what metric
users approximate. Men who carry
rules with both scales on them
know they md more difhculty IN
reading the marks in groups Of fvs'
Instead OF two. How many people
4 can count beans by picking OF fva
\ at a time? Most OF us take three
and two.
/ All these objections are old.
There is one quite pertinent now.
The war left the English-speakinG
nations to the front and our LAM
guage. including our measures. IS
more in favor the world over today
than ever before. We should boost
this along. That is the way for
our prosperity. Instead OF sdvocst-
ing a new complication. We should
be helping to simplify our spelling.
both TO save time for ourselves and
to make our language easier for
| foreigners. This would be A real
advantage. CHAS. Z. DURtEA
| Philadelphia, March 2.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

- The Boston mans theory that Ohio was
the Garden of Eden should establish her repu-
tation as the mother Of precedents.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

When greed and conscience go to the mat
one may safely put little money on greed
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

Of course you understand that this corn
being shipped to Europe isn't for the Bourbons
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

One might overlook lot of the tempta-
tons if the reformers didn't call attention to
them.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

Overconsumption got US into this fix, and
now we need hair of the dog to cure the bite
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
BETTER DESIGN BRINGS NO
GAS CONSUMPTION DECREASE.

In spite of radical improvements
that have been made in engine.
carburetor, and manifold design in
the past few years. the consumption
of gasoline per ton mile for aver
age service conditions has not de-
creased" declares DR.. H. c. Dickin-
son, automotive engineer in charge
OF the Bureau of Standards expert
mental work on gas engine tests
and design.
The percentage OF unburned fuel
In the exhaust averages much
higher than II should, he says. and
the unburned portion is larger to-
day that 1t was a few years ago
when lighter grades OF gasoline
were marketed.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

wrsters sf es..u.sesfss.s fss
psblfeasfss IN TIE open Cssrs
are requested % Baks thstf
esatrsbstfsns - wsras or Les.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07

The sun never sets on American charity.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
Less Volatile Fuelf

What is the economic volatility
OF gasoline that will give the
highest total ton mileage that can
be obtained from a given supply
Of crude oil?" is the question that
is raised by the Bureau of Stan
dards tests that have been made
to determine the change OF con-
sumption caused by a difference in
volatility OF the fuel.
The number of gallons OF gaso-
line obtained from a barrel of crude
oil can be increased by Including
more of the heavied constituents and
thus make the end point higher or
the fuel less volatile" DR.. Dickin-
SON explains. However. IL this de-
crease in vaporization power
causes too great an increase In fuel
consumption. the total ton mileage
per barrel of crude oil will not be
Increased by this practice" he points
out.
Autes Net Eeepomical.
= The automobiles of today that
have properly heated intake mani
folds and good carbureation burn
present commercial gasoline with
out substantial waste after the en-
gine has warmed up, the bureaus
tests show. But for the cars with
poorly heated manifolds and for all
cars during the period Of warming
up. the consumption of present fuel
is higher than it would be for gas
Of higher volatiality. More extended
work on the net result of change in
volatility on average fuel consump-
tion in service In planned.
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SENSES KEYED TO DANGER
Nature Has Endowed Us with Most
Acute Defender.

Since II is more important 10 bo
warned OF danger than guided to de-
lights our senses arc made more sem
sitive to pain than pleasure, writes
Edwin T.. Slosson In the New York
Indeepndent.
We cannot detect by the smell ono
millionth ot n milligram OF oil OF
roses or musk, but we can detect
one two-millionth Of n milligram of
mercaftan. which is the vilcst smell
ing compound that man has 80 far
invented. II you do not know how
much milligram is consider drop
picked up by the pint of needle
and imagine that divided into two
billion parts.
Also try to estimate the weight OF
tho odorous particles that guide q
dog to the fox or warn n deer OF tho
presence of man, The unalded nos
tril can rival the speetroscope in
the detection and analysis OF un-
weighable amounts OF matter.