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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17

"Rain might be looked upon as
the oil which lubricates the WORLDS
economic machinery" says a bulle-
tin issued from the washington, u.
c.. headquarters of the National Ge-
ographic Society in connection with
recent reports of world Wide
drought damage to crops.
with the smallest estimated cot
ton crop since 1893" continues the
bulletin, with spring wheat In poor
condition at home as well as IN
many of the other wheat countries
of the world. with other important
crops below their average, n with
drought cast as the villain, + at
least as an accomplish, in each case
the difference that n few showers
make in humanity's scheme of
| things is strongly emphasized.
"While everybody realizes in a
general way that the world depends
on rainfall and fertility for food,
there are very few, perhaps, VINO
even approximately appreciate now
comparatively little the farmer
actually does in the great process
Of crop-growing. To plow millions
of acres furrow by furrow, 10 speno
millions Of dollars on tertihzers, ana
to reap and gather and thresh, is no
mean task. And yet compared Win
the part that Nature plays in the
process, mans work seems a very
Slight labor. For instance. it takes
about 20 inches of rainfall to grow
a good crop under II genera
ia rming methods, which means
about 1880 tons of water to the
acre. That seems a preposterous
figure, but the doubter car easily
demonstrates it's correction. Suppose
the American farmer had to hau
the water his ground must nave 10
give him a good crop, and that the
distance and freight rate We're the
same as the average railroad haui
and rate in the United states. On
that basis. it would cost MIN more
than $4,000 al acre to water MS
place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17

There was a certain Ethiopian, ana
he worked for the Pullman Benevol-
emf Society. And he could not re-
member what shoes belonged to what
berth. Therefore did he mark with
chalk upon the sole of the shoes the
number of the berth. And ne blacked
them and replaced them.
And there came a night When ne
had gathered the shoes. Inc ne feli
asleep before they were BACKED.
And he fastened, and he wiped the
dust off them with a rag, and he re-
placed them under the berth. And
the passengers tipped him just the
same. For they beheld the chalk
mark and accepted it as evidence
that their shoes had been blacked'
And the Porter said, Behold L have
made a great discovery. II people
think their shoes have been blacked.
then they are BACKED.
For he had been to college, ana
he knew the system of a celebrated
German Philosopher whose name
was Albrecht Ritschel.
And he said, This is a world OF
value Judgment, and things are
worth whatever they are accepted as
being worth.
And he found that his chalk mark
was worth a quarter, and the black
ing was worth no more.
But he tried it once upon me, and
7 gave him another lesson in philos-
ophy.
And I said, Oh, thou shrewd and
crafty Ethiopian, there are men VINO
have gotten rich by the sale of min
ing stocks whose value was paseo
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17

@. Are the countries on our bor-
| ders reducing their armies?-A. N.
j.
A. Both Mexico and Canada have
announced q reduction in the size Of
their armies.
@. What IS the difference be-
tween the lifting capacity and the
capacity of an airplane ?-G. e. 8.
A. The lifting capacity Of an air.
plane is 1t smaximum flying load.
Its carrying capacity is the differ
ence between the load and the dead
load of the aircraft, which includes
structure, power plant and essential
accessories.
@. Pm a cook and suffer with my
feet. What will help them Nv.
M. w.
A. The Public Health Service
says that sore feet can often be
helped by soaking them In tepid
alum water. Use the proportion of
one teaspoonful of alum to a pint Of
water.
@. When was the earliest date
that the Erie railroad ran trains
from New York to Chicago-E. p.
A. The connection was completed
and the first train ran over the line
on June II. 1888. The Erie system
was made up of the New York,
Lake Erie and Western; New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and the
Chicago and Atlantic railroads.
@. To settle an argument Of old
standing-can pumpkins be fed
milk by clipping ends of vines and
inserting milk, and watermelons fed
| with sugar?-K. M.
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture says there is no truth in the
statement that pumpkins could be
fed milk by clipping the end of tho
vines and inserting milk, nor Is 1t
true that watermelons can be fed
with sugar water to improve the
flavor and the size Of the melon.
q. How many Irishmen are there
in New York City?-R. A. G..
A. The Census Bureau says that
there are 202,S33 people in New
York City who yer born in Ireland
@. How are Civil Service posi-
lions filled in Hawaii ?-B. w. T.
A. Civil Service positions in the
Hawaiian Islands are filled by spe-
cial examinations, which are held by
the Board of Civil Service Examin-
ers Customs House, Honolulu, Ha-
wall.
@. What wood is used for piano
| soundings boards ?-W. ID. +.
A. The wood is most often used
for piano sounding boards is spruce
although white quartersawed oak
is also used for this purpose
Q. / was in Washington during
the summer and found that the ele-
vator in Washington monument
was not running. Has the service
been resumed?-M. B.. c.
A. After an interruption of three
months in the service, the elevator
is now making regular trips to the
observation floor Of the monument.
q. What is the answer to the
Kings speech in Parliament called?
ID. D.
A. The Address rs the answer to
the Kings Speech moved in both
Houses. In former times it con-
tanned an answer to each paragraph
in the speech but is now a single
resolution expressing thanks of the
House to the Sovereign. Each
House celebrates over the contents
of the speech and takes a vote. II
any amendments condemning the
policy OF the government are moved
to the AddreG and carried. the min
istry usually resigns.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
Learn One New Thing Every Day

Bulletins BY
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

But not only would his water
on a 100-acre farm, but his fertil-
izer bill also, would amount to a
neat little sum. 1t is estimated that
in the process Of normal evapora-
ton, soil water presents the rootlets
of it's neighborhood with about
fourteen pounds of ammonia a year
to the acre. Also, it gives them
some 81 pounds of potash. With
sulphate of ammonia costing only
2 cents a pound Git cost 5h during
the wary and a hundred pounds OF
the sulphate required to contribute
II pounds Of ammonia, it will be
seen that the process of evapora-
ton gives the rootlets $1.65 worth
Of ammonia to the acre.
when the World War cut off
| German supplies Of potash and 1t
scared to $500 a ton, BIOLOGISTS
secured the United States for the
priceless fertilizer with little sue
cess. Yet the process of evapora'
ton generously hands out NOR
than half a hundredweight to the
acre, In war and peace. This au-
tomato fertilization is worth an
additional $3.50 an acre to the far
mer at present prices, and would
have cost him $40 an acre at war
prices.
From this it will be seen that
the s12 to $25 an acre that it costs
the average farmer to grow wheat
is a small figure indeed. compared
to what he saves by having Nature
as his water wagon and fertilizer
source"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
GUNMEN

The guys who'd kill us are run
ming loose; they plug and drill us
without excuse. Their guns are
cracking throughout the land, h
stiffs they're stacking to beat the
band. When darkness gathers h
gunner rise, and shoot our fathers
and other guys; they rise by dozens.
a grisly crew, and shoot u cousins.
and nephews, too. Their ways don't
suit us, they jar our souls; they
come and shoot US, then take u
rolls; if they'd just rob us we might
not care; alas. they mob us, with
guns to spare. The bullets drizzle
along the road; the laws a fizzle,
cops b~uffaloed. The law seems able
to cinch the gent who, at his table,
drinks two-per-cent; it brings disas-
ter to that poor Gus who fast and
faster propelled his bus; with paltry
muckers it fills the jails; it catches
suckers and misses whales. The
gunner scamper, and crime is rife:
they put a damper on modern life;
their tribe increases, like fungus
plants; they shoot our nieces and
exc our ,aunts. l fear to travel
around a block, lest shot and gravel
give me a shock. In hooks and
MES the gunner crouch, and shoot
our grannies-and hence my crouch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
SMILE WITH ME
BY Tom Sims.

SMILES -,
Shaw says to end divorce. end marriage. d.
vorce does.
Marconi's message from Mars must have been
in code.
There's business in the buy-ways; but not in
the highways.
Perhaps a pessimistic is a woman who mar
ries an optimist.
Cheap safety matches are made possible by
lack of strikes.
Abolish these bathing suits" says a censor.
They have, almost!
Einstein has POSTPONED his visit to Russia.
Relatively must eat.
Our airplane costs seem to keep up better
than our airplanes do.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
PROPOSALS

PROPOSALS
Sealed bids and proposals will be re-
ceived on September 10, 1921, at 1880 P.
NJ. STANDARD Time) by the Council in
the Council a. the City Hall.
for the curbing and grading of Cortlandt
Street from a point 393.43 feet North OF
Easton Street to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Plans, specifications and proposal sheets
may be at the office of Morgan
F. Larson. City Engineer. IT'S Smith St..
Perth Amboy, N. j., any week day from
$50 A. NJ. to 500 P. NJ. Bids must be
made on the proposal form furnished by
the Engineer, enclosed in sealed envel.
opes and addressed to the Council of
Perth Amboy, bearing the name and ad-
dress of the bidder on the outside.
Each bid must be accompanied by q
certified check in the amount of $4,000
payable to the order of the City Treasurer
without any conditional endorsement or
cash in the same amount. The successful
bidder will be required to furnish a surety
company bond in the full amount of the
contract price. conditioned for the faith
full performance of the work and indem-
nifying the City of Perth Amboy from
all proceedings. suits or actions of any
name or description.
The Council reserves the right to reject
any or all bids, II In their opinion, 1t is
to the best interest Of the City of Perth
Amboy SO to do.
Dated, September s. 1921.
A. F. MUNoZ,
ess1-s-1o-13-17 Street Commissioner
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
Comment From Other Newspapers.
PRACTICE ECONOMY

A Middlesex candidate for nomination to the
Assembly, while declaring his unalterable oppo-
sition to the plan of establishing a state income
tax and repeating the tax on personal property,
said he would expect his party to find new
sources Of revenue and adopt economy meas
ures.
Why not stick to the second part Of the prop
ositiOn? BY the practice of only a fair measure
of economy in the administration of state at
fairs it will not be necessary to find any new
sources of revenue, nor to authorize a state bond
issue of $4,000, 600 for building Institutions
Trenton Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
Health Talks
Worry and "Nerves"

Not all worry is preventable, yet
much of it, as well as it's i'll effects.
can be avoided. Worry usually is
brought about by the fact that the
FORMAL protection instinct is stimu-
lated by a normal fear of events that
are reasonably sure to happen in the
future, unless means are adopted
against them.
Most of our fears, however. are
never realized. If we meet u
troubles day by day as they come,
without worrying about them before
hand, we find that we have the
strength to overcome them.
Worrying weakens the mental
forces. The best antidote is a change
of mental occupation. Get away
from the scenes which provoke wor-
ry, exercise in the open air, read, one
or several good books of a lighter
strain, find pleasant recreation or an
absorbing "hobby." A temporary
change of occupation where possible
often brings considerable relief from
worry.
Worry and NERVES am ''the
blues are all of about the same
type. Nerves and blues" often
arise from excessive worry and great
mental strain. When a person wor-
res the WHlOie SySltLl 10 PolooHeus
with the result that the person suf-
fers physically.
Cheerful society, the cultivation of
an, optimistic attitude of mind and
tonic baths are necessary aids to re-
covery. A fit of the "blues' is as
much an intoxicatioh as a drunken
spree. A bad attack hinders wise
and efficient action as thoroughly as
drunkenness.
Excessive worry tires the nerves
just as excessive work tires the
muscles. The poison that results is
q natural product that must be
thrown off to keep from getting
nerves and "blues."
AS in the case of bodily fatigue,
the best remedy is complete relaxa-
ton and rest. A sound body as a
rule is accompanied by a sound and
healthy mind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
PUBLIC OPINION
FORDS
0o~ 1k 1901

FORDS IMPROVEMENTS
Sept. Is, 1921.
Editor Evening News,
Perth Amboy.
Dear Sir:
l have noticed a great deal of talk
from letters sent to your good news
paper of late in regards Mr.. William
d. Hoy, committeeman of Fords,
and I wish to state my opinion on
the man as a representative of the
people of this part of Woodbridge.
l believe he has beer in office
about six years and know what
Fords and the surrounding district
was six years 6 and what it is to-
day. There is a very vast improve
ment now and every hope for fur
Their improvements. OF course taxes
are higher now than they were but
we have a lot to show for them.
Some places have not. I believe the
majority of people are willing to pay
for what they get. l don't think
Hoy got all these improvements
through alone. but I do know he is
a real live representative of the
people and that is what is wanted.
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE H. BARRETT.
A Resident and Taxpayer of Hope
lawn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
matters demanding the best Thought that the

matters demanding the best thought that the
city can put on them. The fact is. how
ever, the city is merely drifting into them, al
lowing matters to take their own course.
Why not take up this matter of a city plan
seriously, make Perth Amboy a real live city
like we find in the West and Middle West where
there is real planning going on? This can be
done if the officials are only big enough to look
a little ways into the future and rise above the
petty. local politics.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL DAYS"

SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL DAYS"
Do you remember the old song
about school days being golden rule
days? 1t is wrong to send a cough
ing, sneezing. splitting child to school
to spread disease germs among
other little ones. Common colds are
infectious. Protect your own and
other little ones with Foley's Honey
and Tar. This safe family remedy
checks coughs and colds, loosens
phlegm and mucuous and coats raw,
irritating membranes with a healing,
soothing medicine. Sold everywhere.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin, Director.
Washington, d. c. This offer ap-
plies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give advice OF legal,
medicinal and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
MILK FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES

The value of clean, fresh milk as food is uni
versally recognized, yet it is deemed necessary at
times to call attention to it by holding milk
weeks" such as Jersey City has just carried out.
Now, the Federated Women's Clubs of the state
have Joined in the campaign to boost milk, their
plan being to serve it to school children, at lunch
time, at five cents a glass. Reports from some
of the mothers clubs and parent-teacher asso-
stations show, it is declared, that in many
schools, pupils, unadvised as to food values,
seek lunch-time nourishment from a package Of
chewing gum or a bag of cheap candy. In a
tive-cent glass of fresh milk, club leaders claim,
children can be offered more refreshments and
nourishment than is obtainable in any form at
a similar price, and should be made a part of
their daily lunch.
In big cities such as this. the school children
are enabled to go to their homes, though some
of tho high school children have lunch at the
school. However, in the country districts the
school children take their lunches with them,
and these are the children the women's clubs
are aiming to reach in their milk campaign.
However. even in tho big cities, the milk at
luncheon" program for the school Riddles can
be carried out in the homes, and the way to do
this is to reach the mothers. All in all. the
women's club plan is a good one. Adults, as
well as children, should be encouraged to drink
more milk.-Jersey City Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17

Foreign Exchange and Steamship Ticket
Agents
Branch Agency American Express Co.
Domestic and Foreign Money Orders Sold
To All Parts Of the World
LADIES' FASmONABLE
TAILOR AND
Ladies' and Gents Cleaning. Pressing and
Dyeing
A. STERN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-17
CITY PLANNING

Vincent L. Bradley, in an interesting address
on city planning before the members of Rotary
last week, laid particular stress upon the need
for early action in establishing new building
lines in some of the streets in the center of the
city. The subject is of supreme importance at
present, when so many building improvements
are under consideration. Referring to some of
these changes, Mr.. Bradley said: IF a city plan
had been adopted these Improvements would
conform to a new building line setting back a
certain number of feet. so that when the street
montgomery was widened it would be done at
much less cost"
The taxpayers have just had costly examples
of the lack OF foresight on the part of the mu-
nicipal authorities in the past. They are paying
many thousands of dollars for widening State
street between Chancery lane and Willow street
and will pay many more for continuing the i'm
provement to Warren street. They have paid
many thousands for the widening of Montgom-
cry street between State and Front, to provide a
site for the Donnelly Comfort station, and con-
siderable money has been spent in an attempt to
relieve congestion in Hanover street between
Broad and Warren. Yet we are neglecttng OPP
portunities, as did the past generations.
Mr.. Bradley's suggestion is both practical and
wise. 1t is not new having been frequently pro-
posed in past years. Let the City Commissioners
adopt a plan calling for the widening of certain
streets, and setting a time in the future-ten,
twenty, even fifty years if necessary-when all
buildings on those streets must conform to the
established lines. Then property owners and
merchants will have plenty of notice and may
regulate their affairs accordingly, and the bur-
den will be SO distributed that 1t will scarcely
be felt.-Trenton Times
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-20
WAR DEPARTMENT
TO ANSWER FORD
Reply to Letter Regarding Mus
Gle Shoals Project Will Be
Made Today.
(sy The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-An answer to
Henry Fords letter delivered today to
Secretary Weeks by engineers represent
ing the Detroit manufacturer. in his nego-
tiations for the purchase and lease of the
governments nitrate and water power
projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala, will be
written by the war secretary tomorrow.
The meeting between the government
officials and those representing Mr.. Ford
today was said to have accomplished
little toward bringing the negotiations to
close. Mr.. Ford's letter was described
as being merely an opinion as to what
the cost of construction of dams number
1 and would be. The figure fixed by
Mr. Ford at $50. 200, 600 exclusive of cost
Of improvements necessary to navigation
in the upper Tennessee river, was said
to be S15, 600 900 under that estimated by
army engineers as the minimum required
for the work
Neither J. w. Worthington or w. e.
Mayo, acting for Mr.. Ford, today. We're
authorized to speak for him, it was said,
further than to explain the purport of his
letter. They lacked authority. it was
added to continue the negotiations in a.n
effort to remove the distractions in the
way to final agreement with the govern
ment officers. 1t was for this reason
that Secretary Weeks decided to reply
personally to Mr.. Ford.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-20
SPIRIT PERVADES
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO
FUND OF ST. NICHOLAS GIRL
Sacred Heart School and Number of Labor Organizations Make
Donations to Aid in Gladdening the Hearts of
Pensacola's Needy Riddles.

The ST. Nicholas Girl fund stands
today at S34975, $4,000 having been
added to the balance of $319.75, which
was listed last week.
The Sacred Heart school, showing
the true Christmas spirit, made a do
nation yesterday of $40 to this beauti
full work, and the st. Nicholas Girl
wishes to extend her thanks for the
generous gift, and also to the ANAL
gamated Sheet Metal Workers and the
Typographical Union for their splendid
contribution. These men, with all
their business affairs to think of, and
their own Christmas plans. sent checks
to the st. Nicholas Girl yesterday,
which are listed below. And she wants
to thank everybody; she cannot thank
each one publicly, but her heart is very
grateful, for now she feels very sure
that the fund will be big enough to
care for every single child in Pensa- :
cola, who otherwise might be forgot by
Santa Claus.
The st. Nicholas Girls tickets for
the Christmas party win be given out.
beginning today, from Q to 10, and
from 8 to s in the afternoon, at the
office OF Probation Officer sam Pinney,
in the county building. Mr.. Pinney
viii be in his office every day until
the tickets have been distributed and
all children have been provided for.
Because the Christmas morning sccI-
ebration is such big affair. it is Inn
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-20
MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION
AMENDMENTTOPE PERMIT SALE
OF BEER AND WINE PROPOSED
Treasury Officials Plan Would
Bring Half Billion Reye-
nue. in Yearly to the
Country.
(By The Associated Fress)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-Modifica-
ton of the national prohibition amend
ment to permit the sale of beer and
wine would mean an addition to the
governments revenues of $500 000 900 q
year, high treasury officials said to-
day. Estimates made in connection
with proposed legislation to legaIize
the sale of beer and wine have revealed
officials said. that $500, 100000 yearly
would be collected in taxes from this
source.
While no indication of the treasury's
attitude toward such legislation was
disclosed, it was stated officially, how
ever, that the treasury would not op-
pose such a step. Officials discussed
today the possibility of such q meas
ure in the event of necessity Of pro-
viding funds for a soldiers bonus, but
did not indicate that the treasury was
considering any special methods Of
financing to meet such call upon it.
Concerning the possibility of a tax
on wine and beer n high officials de-
clared that at present "the bootleg
gers were getting the money which
might otherwise be going into the
treasury.
Revenue from liquor during the pres
ent fiscal year is expected to be about
one-haIf of the receipts from this
source during the past year, accord
ing to an estimate made public tonight
bv the prohibition bureau.