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The New York herald., 1921-11-18

Consider American corn and the
American hog; consider especially
corn in the hog. According to the
feed tables of the United States Gov
ernment 4S5 pounds of corn used for
feeding and fattening purposes make
100 pounds OF hog. Approximately
nine bushels of corn weigh 4S5
pounds.
On October 5, CHARLES III. RAvELL
points out, cash corn in Chicago sold
for AS cents a bushel, while medium
weight hogs brought at the Chicago
stockyards $50 a hundred pounds.
Apparently, then, nine bushels OF
corn in the hog at the stockyards
were worth $50 as against nine
bushels Of corn in the grain market
worth $4.32. Outside the hog, in
other words, the corn was worth 4S
cents bushel; inside thelhog it was
worth 80 cents q bushel.
Clearly the profitable place in which
to store corn is not the grain bin but
the hog. The corn crop this year
was more than 5000, 100000 bushels.
All the corn crop, of course, is not
carried indefinitely either in bin
storage or in hog storage. But in
1921 the carryover from the 1920
crop to spring was billion and a
half of bushels. In the year before
it was billion bushels. The aver
age for the five years ahead of that
was within very close range of
billion bushels.
So it looks as if the annual corn
crop carryover stored in the hog in
stead of the granary and the eleva-
tor would be worth, at Al cents a
bushel more on the average 1,O00,-
100000 bushels, some $4,000, 600
extra. It's neat little bunch OF pin
money. But if the corn hog storage
theory were worked out to practical
cashing in Of the extra S440,000,000,
would the farmer get it, even if it
were stored In his own hog rather
than in the hog of the cold storage
speculator? Anyhow, consider the
hog, which, as we see, is nothing
but condensed corn.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18

its two standards there was found the
old equation within the limits of possi-
BILE errors Of observation-that is to say
about ono-tenth of a mlcron--and it was
next found that the two meters OF the
OF .37 micron.
Advantage was taken of the possible
ity of comparisons with the interna-
tional meter before it was returned to
the vault. TO compare with it two iridio-
platinum meters on which the lines had
been traced in 1911 and determined then
solely by comparison with the working
standards. OF these two standards of
1911 one was later placed in the vault
with the international meter, of which
it will be the third standard; the other
reau as a reference standard for the
working standards reference to it will
be made only at long intervals.
1t follows from the above that there
is nothing up to the present time that
warrants the belief that the interna-
tional meter has undergone the slightest
change. but that q change has occurred
only in the two standards which have
been in continuous service.
How can this lengthening of the
standards be explained? This introduces
the element OF hypothesis.
In 1913 Nine. Curie In behalf of the
international Committee of Radiology
submitted a request to the international
Bureau of Weights and Measures that
the International standard of radium be
placed IN the custody of the bureau: and
this standard, enclosed in thick cover
ing Of lead, has remained since that time
in the lower compartment of the vault,
OF which the upper compartment held
the working standards OF the bureau.
1t was consequently surmised that the
cmanatons OF radium. traversing sew
eral thicknesses of metal. had affected
the molecular state OF the platinum of
which the meters are made. But very
careful investigation of all the meters
'hich had been stored In this vault
during periods OF variable lengths dis
posed of the surmise that the radium
had affected them.
Attention was then directed to the
possibility, mentioned above, that the
lines on the meters had become dis
placed
The lines on a standard OF length are
very delicate objects: they have a width
of 1-2o0 millimeter and the same depth.
rubbing, even very gentle, with the
skin is capable OF wearing slightly the
edge against which It is drawn, and as
In tho process of cleaning there is al
ways tendency TO reach toward the
end OF the meter it is possible that the
centres Of the lines have been slightly
displaced. A displacement of $4,000 OF
a millimeter would explain tho entire
change In length that has been observed.
The conclusion from the in1 sstigatior
Is very reassuring: even If the standards
compared during recent years with tho
working standards of the bureau have
suffered very slight change in thei,
nwnerical values it can at least be ar
firn1cd that so far as the international
meter is concerned nothing in all the
Investigations made up TO the present
time warrants the belief that its value
has been changed to an amount that
could be determined by the most pre-.
else measurements.
CIR. ED. GuILLAuME.
SEvEEs, France. November Q.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18

The attractive little monthly Bus
Lines, published in the interest Of
the employees OF the Fifth Avenue
Coach Company, IS an exponent Of
civlllty and its unfailing motto is
Keep Smiling.
During its existence IL has been
preaching courtesy and the ready
smile as the great desideratum of all
public servants and in particular OF
those who have 20 do with the Fifth
'avcnue buses. Reviewing IN its spirit
OK cheerfulness the results OF its
teaching, Bus Lines reports the re-
ceipt Of many letters expressive OF
thankiulness and Of statistics show.
ing that with 100000 passengers
carried in the month of October
there we're only eight complaints Of
incivility on the part OF employees.
or one complaint to every $4,000
bus riders.
The principal feature Of the No.
vember number is prize contest open
10 tho babies born to employees Of
the company. Last year there were
i7J entrants in the contest; this year
there are exactly double that mum
her. Ilalf page is given over to
the reproduction or the photographs
Of these little entrants. In the whole
group, from the tiny crawlers lyine
on their tummies Snd the fat checked
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
Alien Enemy Property.
Peace With Germany Brings Two
Problems Before Congress.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Two
vital problems confront the Congress fof
the United States, marked to-day by
great Indebtedness and obscured by the
immediate considerations OF disarma-
mont. They are the disposition of the
sequestcred property of former enemy
aliens in the hands of the Alien Enemy
Property Custodian, and, moro momen-
tous still, the disposition Of the private
property Of former enemies In the man.
dated territories and the overseas pos
sessions particularly of Germany.
In the disposition and ultimate parti-
tion of these great properties, private
and public, the United States has as
serted an equitable fifth interest. The
demand for complete recognition of this
interestihas been but thinly veiled. Sen-
ator Knox urged before the Foreign Re-
lations Committee its return to Ger
many His magnificent fight for the
obligation OF international law and the
protection of the private property, here
and abroad, of our former enemies must
not be overshadowed by political expe-
diency and the urgent demands nf claim
ants against Germany.
The law Of nations is obligatory upon
the United States and oompels the rec
ognition of this important fundamental
principle in our own as well as inter-
national Jurisprudence. 1t constrains
Congress, permits no construction of the
treaty with Germany in derogation of its
sacred obligations and compels the recog-
nizance of Congress, establishing clear
duty to legislate as to property here. and
in like terms as to the protection of the
great private interests overseas of the
German people to such an extent as the
interest OF the United States may be
defined.
IN thus defining the constitutional obli-
cation OF Congress it is with the au-
thority OF the great judges and COM
mentators upon the Constitution, Of the
Supreme Court itself in reiterated de-
cision. and upon grounds as sound in
morality as in law.
JOSEPH WHITLA STINsoN.
New York, November II.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
A Tall Girl Complains.
She Finds That Preference Is Shown
to Her Smaller Sisters.

To THE New YORK HERALD: What
ails the New York men? Theatrical
producers cater to mankind. Why the
craze for understood femininity? Is
this what New York men want to gaze
upon?
When seeking engagements a tall girl
Is told You are too big we want kids
of is or 49," 1 have nothing against
the chickens. they are charming and
cuddlesome. but why not mix the types
and have some with dignity and grace
OF carriage? Maybe the spectacle Of the
chickens on the stage is a relief to the
tired business man from the sllyscrapers
anything diminutive for a diversion.
To test whether it was merely in
amusements that men preferred the
chicken type l replied to the advertise
ment of dentist. He made an appoint
ment and only one remark when he saw
me: "You are too big. ] prefer a little
girl"
In the streets one notices the same
characteristic. There the effect is more
comcal. for n judicious makeup win
transform an elderly woman OF short
slight build into very passable chicken.
Big girls are glad TO be tall. They
have their ambitions. voice, appearance
and personality. Also they have just
as much right as the chickens to live
and work.
IL Is a reflection on American man
hood when musical shows will not en-
gage tall girls. Have the men become
so preposterously blase that some shows
will engage only girls Of Is and 10. re-
gardless of any professional attributes
SO long as they are debutantes from
the public schools? d.
New YoRK, November II.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
No Change ir the Meter.
An Official Explanation OF yaria-
tiOn RepOrtcd Recently.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: You
printed on October 16 despatch from
your Paris bureau reporting that an ex-
animation of the standard meter at the
International Bureau of Weights and
Measures at sevres had disclosed a
change in the length of this standard.
The prototype standard OF the meter at
Savres and that of the yard Of England
and the United States at London are
made OF an iridio-platinum alloy, and
the change reported In your despatch
would consequently cast doubt on the
accuracy OF not only the French meter
and The yard OF England and the United
States but OF all metallic standards OF
length.
Because of the Importance of the mat
ter and the desrabiity of having the
exact facts made public / wrote TO Ch.
Ed. Guillaume. director of tho Inter-
national Bureau at Sevrcs. and in reply
received a memorandum of which l en-
close a copy The only change discov-
cred appears TO have been very slight
one in the two bars that have been
used continuously for years as working
standards at the bureau.
Furthermore. another reason for con-
fidenoe i'm the accuracy and stability Of
the worlds linear standards Is supplied
by the existence in widely separated
localities of large number of such
standards whose relative values have
been determined by comparison with
each other. If all the meter standards
were destroyed the value of the meter
could be derived from the yard. and II ali
the yard standards were destroyed the
length of that fundamental standard Of
the British Empire and the United States
could be derived from the meter.
SAMUEL s.. DALE.
BosroN. Mass, November 16.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18

Sometimes ones mind Is waited TO n
star
BY some unusual. arresting thought.
A fragment from a feeting vision
caught.
That seems to open vistas strange and
far
Where wonders exquisite and lovely are.
And whore no sordid breath Of COM
monplace
May dim their vivid satisfying grace,
Nor any ugliness their beauty mar.
And then ono tumbles down 10 earth
again
Brought back by some slight, passing
word or jest.
And with dazed eyes seeks for some
object plain
Brushes and combs-whate'e Is home
lest
Knowing the wiscst balm for bruised
wings
rs the safe comfort OF familiar things.
CHAnrorrg BecKrr.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
Poe's Religious Views.
Information Sought About a Point
yot Made Plain In His Books.

TO THE New YORK HERALD: I am re-
ferrcd to your paper for information
as TO whether Poe had any beliefs as TO
religious matters or ever expressed any
opinions or views or speculations as to
religion, revealed or natural.
Into the Opaque, the occult and the
mystic he was always peering. Those
who have read his intermlnablc and
rambling Eureka" think they can sec
some idea of a system. perhaps a de-
mand orTaw. for some sort OF morality.
or say, ethics. But for the religion of
churches and Of priests they can find
no space.
or course at West Point he was
Obliged to attend religious services. And
when at school in England he would
have been under compulsion to take n
certain number OF chapels. But that he
even saw the inside of church any
more than did Falstaff. that is what j
am asking THE NEW YoRK HERALD and
its readers TO post me about
HENRY w. ALvoRp.
New YoRK, November II.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
Tests of the Meter Standards.

The first OF tho periodical compari-
sons of the national meters made at the
international Bureau of Weights and
Measures in 1919 included, along with
the meters sent to- the bureau. two work
ing standards of the bureau. which were
compared with the international meter
in 1889 and 1892, and which since that
time have been the only standards used
for all OF the important determinations
of length made at the bureau. In fact,
these two meters have been In nearly
uninterrupted service; they have been
handled n great deal and In particular
their polished surfaces on which the
lines are drawn have been wiped every
time that the meters haXe remained in
the water. This operation has always
been done with the greatest care. proof
Of which is found in the remarkable
conservation OF the polished surfaces
but Il is possible that very slight de-
terioration has resulted from this cause,
to which 1 will presently refer.
The two working standards have been
frequently compared with each other and
have always shown within the limits OF
possible errors of observation the same
relative value. From this Il can be con-
cluded that they have beon accurately
conserved. But In the first group OF
comparisons with the national meters
a very slight discordance was observed.
which showed either that the national
meters had become shorter or on the
contrary that the two working meters
OF the bureau had become longer
In order TO determine the facts the
international committee decided at the
session in 1920 TO deliver to the bureau
first the two standards of the interna-
tional meter and then tho international
meter itself.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
When a Bandit Reforms.

The Pacific coast bandit Roy
GARDNER was captured Wednesday
at Phoenix, Arizona, in another of
those single handed attempts at mail
car robbery for which he has become
notorious. GARDNER has a record OF
four escapes from Federal prison
walls and he was sent to Fort Leaven-
worth as safer place of confinement
than the prison on Mcneil Island,
Washington, from which he escaped
last September.
His flight under fire of the rifles
of a score of guards, his swim across
an arm of Puget Sound and his dis
appearance without leaving clue to
his whereabouts earned for him at
the time the name of being the bold
est and most desperate criminal OF
the Northwest. In his ten years OF
operations he was said to have gath
cred $500 in booty and to have en-
gagged in more holdups, mostly of mail
cars, than he could remember.
An unusual amount Of sympathy
was expended on this daring crimi.
nal. Letters were printed in some Of
the Northwestern newspapers extol-
ling GARDNER's record as husband
and father and asking that he should
have the opportunity-for which he
asked-to reform. 1t was said that
he had never shot an unarmed
man or realized anything from his
numerous robberies Both assertions
were in q measure true. When
brought to trial he had no money to
pay a lawyer for his defence and his
wife and child at the time of his
most successful exploits were saved
from sf1ryation by neighbors' help.
In fis noidup in Arizona he main
tair his old record by refusing to
use lis revolver when by so doing he
might have freed himself from his
mail clerk captor and escaped.
From the correspondence printed
in the Northwest and from letters>re-
ceived by this paper it was evident
That to many of his sentimental SYM
pathiZers GARDNER was something OF
Paul Clifford or Robin Hood, only
awaiting another Bulwer or Scott
to immortalize him. About the only
effect, however all this had on the
Federal authorities was to convince
them that the cunning rascal had re-
ceived outside aid i'll effecting his
escape.
To the sentimental clamor philo-
sophie guard at the Mcneil Island
prison replied, "GARpNER will be back
in prison. He will catch himself.
Men such as he are natural bandits
and these reform only when they are
too old to take risks"
In this he was upheld. by past Grim
inal records. JESSE JAMES was shot
by one of his own men 'before,he had
chance to reform. His brother
FRANK was pardoned by Missouri
Governor, KIT DALTON by the Cover
nors of Kentucky and Tennessee and
other members of notorious bandit
gangs OF those days were released
after serving parts OF the sentences
passed upon them. They were then
all well along in years, they had lost
the dash and nerve of earlier days,
while new methods of guarding rail
way treasures made train robberies q
dangerous business. The most. recent
instance Of q bandits reversion to his
old occupation was that of HENRY
STARR, killed last February in a raid
on bank at Harrison, Arkansas
He had made many promises of re.
form and had apparently kept them
until he undertook the raid in which
he died. STARR was like GARDNER;
he was too young to reform.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18

JOHN =. BoGART, who died yester-
day, was great newspaper man. AS
city editor Of THE SUN nor seventeen
years, beginning in 1873. he was, as
Arthur BRIsBANE. one OF his pupils
has written, "a whole school of jour-
nalism in himself" The lessons which
Mr.. BocART taught are. still remem-
bered in his profession; but still more
enduring is the memory of his fine.
brave character. his gentle nature and
his unfailing patience.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18

itself. A feet Of these monster air
ships laden with poison gas shells
and powerful bombs could annihilate
London or Paris or New York in a
single night, with unspeakabie hu-
man carnage.
The time TO throttle this monster
is before it oYerwhelms the world.
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New Yorl<-Rain to-day
and probably tomorrow; moderate.
southerly winds.
For New Jersey-Unsettled with probably
rain to-day and Tomorrow, continued mild
moderate sontherly winds.
For Northern New England-Rain and
warmer to-day; tomorrow unsettled, PROB
ably rain; fresh southerly winds.
For southern New Ensland-Unsettled and
warmer, with probably rain to-day; to-mor-
row rain. fresh southerly winds.
For Western New Yorls--Local rains to-day
and tomorrow; colder tomorrow; moderate
southerly winds.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Pressure f.
abnormally high Off the Atlantic coast, with
The centre OF maximum pressure over the
Canadian Maritime Provinces, and the press
ure Is also high in the Northwest and on
wide belt, extending from the great lakes
southwark to New Mexico, and within II
there are two centres OF minimum pressure.
one over Michigan and the other over New
Mexico. There have been general rats-
within the last twenty-four hours east OF
the Mississippi River. except along the
rains in tho central Mississippi vallcr apd
SHOWS in the upper Mississippi Valley, the
northern plains States and the Rocky Noun
tain and plateau regions. Abnofrnally warm
weather prevailed generally east of the
Mississippi River and In the Gulf States.
and there has been a further fall in tenn
perature over the plains States and the
Rocky Mountain and plateau regions.
The outlook is for unsettled weather and
rain tomorrow and Saturday generally east
of the Mississippi River with probability OF
the rain changing to snow in the upper lake
region. The temperature viii remain high
through Saturday In the Atlantic States. and
region OF the great lakes and Saturday In
the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys.
~,
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
Sweep These Horrors From
the World.


the World.
Continuing the discussion initiated
in our editorial of yesterday on the
elimination Of outlaw warfare The
NEW York HERALD has this to say:
With the most profound apprecia-
tion of the Hughes proposal, vast in:
its benefcent possibilities looking
TO world sanity and world peafceI
nevertheless its meaning to humanity
is small compared with what the
elimination Of all outlaw warfare
would mean to the world.
Considered apart from the psyche
logical and physical effect of inter-
national cooperation and interna-
tional good fellowship in agreeing
together to scrap in the aggregate
some two million tons of fighting
ships and to build no more fighting
ships for ten years-considered apart
from this great phase of the Hughes
programme it comes down in the
finality to money saving plan. Net
that money saving to overburdened
peoples is inconsequentiaL but rather
that it is inconsequential, micro
scopic even. compared with the pro.
lection of human life. The elimineh
ton of the submarine, Of poison grS
and of the airplane as a 1ightiIig
machine would remove the ,greatlst
menaces of all the world to the,worN.
Beyond the enormous cost Of the
development and the mainte, lance. of
great navy composed of honest.
ships honestly manned there Is nofh-
ing very bad about greet rational
feet that stands for protection at
home and commands respect from.
abroad. Such a feet fights in tie
open with the spirit of the royal
sportsman.
Moreover, there is nothing in the
life OF a nation that so thrills the
heart Of its people as a magnificent
feet OF battleships. Indeed, the 'naTy
composed of straight war craft has;
It's place. and a very honorable p1ates
at that. T. stimulates PATRIOTISM,
stimulate national pride and briA Agsi
TO the citizens Of a country a superb
sense Of lrity.
We are presenting this picture,of
a straight navy not in advocacy OF
q great navy nor in any way to de-
tract from the splendid Hughes pro
gramme, but rather TO contrast it
with the stcalthy outlaw euepids OF
human life. the submarine. poison.
gas and the fighting airplane.
At best the saving to America 5romi
,scrapping a vast naval tonnage and
from upkeop and from operation
would be only about two hundred
millions Of dollars a year at tho preJ
ent time. II this were the chief pun
pose and chief benefit OF the Hughey
programme tho wisdom and advlsJ
bility Of scrapplng 80 much OF QUIZ
navy might well be questioned.
Two hundred millions Of dollars in
excess Of the sum we must spend for;
our proposed smaller navy ish't ok,
cessive for the richest country in TIA
world, as so much additional insiir,
ance for national safety
The Hughes programme, IA tto
opinion Of The NEW YoRK HraAr;p,
falls short in that, in addition to III :
proposal, It does not call for TN,
elimination OF all crooked and inl
human instruments of warfare.
Those stealthy creations Of hell. Tho
submarine, poison gas and the dshh
Ing plane, should be swept from tla
world
xln another decade t1e airplane' WIN
have the world at It's mercy, and c,u,
then destroy armies, navies, cSids
industry, commerce and civllizari on
The New York herald., 1921-11-18
JAPANESE pRJST SALE.

The recond evenings sale In the dis
persal of Japanese color prints at the
American Art Galleries from the collcc-
ton OF william $. ana John T. Spauld-
ing Of Boston ne.ted total OF s2.e71.5o.
The total sales to date amount TO
s5.9G6.5O.
At last nights sale n print by 1faru-
nobu called "fhe Moon Gazer' sold TO
Otto Bernct. agent. for s430. which was
the highest bid of the evening and indeed
Of the sale to date. Charles Hovcy
Pepper gave $3.50 for Hiroshige rep
resenting "A Shower at Shono." Might
Rain at Shinjiku." by Koryusai. and
1.-TWO Geisha.' By Kiyonaga, sold for
sS5 to Otto Bernet agent. The Metro
politan Museum OF Art acquired two
prints for $22.5o each, "A Breezy Day."
by Koryusal end "rhe Third Scgawa
Ril,unojo.' by Shunsho. The final ses-
sion OF the sale takes place tonight.