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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
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PRICES MUST COME DOWN

An Associated Press report in Mondays paper
said that many American traders in South Amer
lea were closing their Offices because other coun-
tries, particularly Germany and Belgium, Of
fering goods at from 20 to Is per cent below the
American price, 1t was stated on the same author
ity last week that exports to Europe had fallen off
billion and half dollars year. A part of this
is due to the cessation of war demands and part
to the general price reduction, but good deal of it
simply to the inability of this country to meet for
eign competition.
We are being undersold in the worlds markets
we reduce prices.
To meet this condition, however, the captains
of industry are devisng, in the Fordney tariff act,
a scheme to make the American consuming public
pay all the damage. They want to control the
American market They want to keep prices at
home boosted to an artificial level by tariff duties.
They want to keep on pro6teering on the war time
scale
AT the same time they are not going TO reln-
quish foreign trade And the Fordney bill is
designed 10 permit them 10 DO business In foreign
countries, meeting the foreign prices, while at the
same time keeping up prices at home.
That is the only explanation of its extravagant
schedules. Here is the way it will work. An ar
ticle costs, say, fifty cents to produce. Under
the provisions of the Fordney bill the producer
will have a monopoly and he can keep the price
to the American consumer at. say, enc dollar.
That gives him hundred per cent profit But the
Germans are selling the same article in Argentina
for forty cents. Very we'll The tariff baron will
meet that price, selling it to the Argentnans at a
loss of len cents When he sells one to the
Americans for dollar and one to the Argentine
people fer forty cents. he will have S 40 for the
two articles, costing him one dollar to produce, or
net profit of forty per cent over cost price. That
is the principle upon which the Republican party
hopes and expects to build up foreign trade in
competition with other countries.
1t is simply question of whether the long
suffering American public will stand for it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
AS Others See 1t
THANKS
(By DR.. William E. Barton.)

Not far from where live stands a man whose
business it is to wa.ch 4 grade crossing. and pre-
vent people from getting over by the trains
l stopped one day and talked with him, and he
told me his was not a carefree life.
He said he had to keep alert all the time be-
people took chances which they had no
business to take. He said that people who came
up in their automobiles expecting to get across
the track sometimes cursed him for shutting
down the gates when they thought they had
plenty of time
He said he once shut down the gates in front
of a foot-passenger, man of ffty-fve or sixty
and that the stopped down and crept under
the gate so to gain five seconds of time, and
standing track watching the train go
ing east upon the other track, and that he would
have been killed by a train coming in the other
direction had not the crossing tender, in peril
of his own life, left the gate and rushed in and
jerked him off the track.
He said the man whose life he saved abused
him soundly for what he had done.
l am sure he told me the truth He who stands
between people and danger every day has no
friends in the community whose experience is
similar How few thanks does the school teacher
receive in proportion to the value of her work!
How many well-edited issues of the local paper
go without recognition, and how promptly does
the rate subscriber write in to protest when he
reads something he does not like
How easy it is to scold the telephone girl for
the one time in nineteen when she gives the
wrong number.
There are several people whose daily faith
fulness makes us their debtor and whose work
goes almost wholly unrecognized by the people
whom they benefit
have a suggestion Let every reader of this
article try to think of one faithful person whom
he has never thanked, and thank him.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
attention is needed except to keep the bitches

attention is needed except to keep the bitches
open. s
To develop by irrigation it is necessary. in
most cases, to construct immense reservoirs to hold
back the waters, for the streams in the arid re-
gions run dry in the summer. Then, there must
be water tight bitches and lateras leading to every
acre of ground it is desired to water. AT every
flow, so that none will get less than his just share
of the fluid. The land requires special grading
10 fit it for irrigation, and every time the water
is applied the labor of several men in each field is
required to direct and control the flow.
Even if results were the same, it is thus plain
that irrigation is more costly process than drain
age. This idea ought to be impressed upon mem
bers of the irrigation committee OF congress who
have in charge the Bankhead bill to supply federal
aid fer the Everglades. A party of Florida bust
ness appeared before that committee last
week and opened the eyes of the members with re-
gard to the huge tracts of easily drained and highly
productive land in South Florida, and a visit of
the committee to this state is promised. The
Florida development board urges all who have
business in the east to hunt up the members of that
committee and give their reasons for wanting the
bill passed If the facts are fully presented the
government, under its general policy, can hardly
and giving its assistance, since there is nowhere
in America region of swamp land contain
ing SO many possibilities of wealth as the Ever
glades, which can be reclaimed for anything like
the same money.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
WELL-EDUCATED MAN


What is a well-educated man? How often is
the term heard in reference to this or that ac-
quantance but how many of us know just what
when use it?
Lesies Weekly cites the diversity of opinion
even among men who are entitled to the CLASH
ficaton and then adds it's estimate covering
the ideas of all with the addition of common
sense view. Leslie's says:
We still endeayoring to clear from all am
biguty the definition of a 'well-educated man."
The diversity is fine The Edsonians contend
that education is collection of fresh facts The
collegians believe that it is collection of old
books The public. exercising a judicial pre-
rogative, concludes that both facts and books
have produced the conditions under which we
live, and that both must be in the boat we
padding on the well-known tide to fortune.
Gamaliel himself couldn't raise Shakespeare
in machine shop. Old Jonathan Edwards read
ing Solomon to little Edison, would end by
banging the Proverbs upon a listless head Not
every philosopher is gentleman and a scholar"
But the mould of every trained intellect must be
fashioned by exigencies, coored with lore
shaped by the invisible hands of the dead and
susceptible to the external influences of the throb-
bling street.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
THE COMPUTING HABIT

One of the things for the young man to avoid
is the confuting habit. 1t is widely prevalent. Call
the roll of your friends and see how many of them
have it. You can find the worthy minister, of
course, whose time is taken up with exposing and
combating heresy; and the eminent physician who
is eternally showing up" the mistakes of the
other school, and of the politician whose time
and energy are directed to tearing down the con-
tentions of the opposite party.
The habit grows when ii gets fairly rooted.
1t breaks out in the most unlikely places. We
have heard CT young man who could not COM
pment girl without beginning something like
this. They say Miss As the prettiest girl in
Lakeland, but +" and another who couldn't
describe the state of his own health without they
said | was not going to live through the last at
emporaries show mild symptoms of it when they
get to chasing the Ella Pearl Smiths and other
maligners of Florida, and lot of delightfully."- we'll
meaning people went off half cooked on refuting
jaunt when President Harding mentioned pellagra
in the south and suggested assistance.
But it is really useless to cite instances Every
enc tell by little gentle ntrospecton whether
he is a victim of the habit Does he have to clear
up the ground by denying something before he can
make a positive statement If So he's got it; and
the very best thing he can do is to break himself
of it at once.
Ninety-nine per cent of the worlds error is not
worth confutng. And even if it were, The task
would be sufficiently performed by presenting the
truth. Nature does not dry up the dew and brush
away the cobwebs preparatory to the suns rising.
She let's the sun come rig up over the old world,
justas it is and trusts to his rays to dry the dew
and dispel the other signs of night Similarly, the
refuter-he man who works over time fighting
error-could spend his energy with much more
profit in looking for the truth
If all the error in the world were dispelled, the
would still be as ignorant as jackrabbit I'M
less somebody came along and gave the facts
That's the important thing. If you have a worthy
idea to adanvce. set it forth in positive terms,
and take it for granted the error which everybody
else is nourshing has ceased to exist If your
idea is really valuable and true it will make its
own place.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
TOO MUCH TALK

With all the news | keep in touch and I'm
forever reading of delegates who talk too much,
whose tongues are always speeding. And
of high estate, and some obscure and
humble; and when they're called on to crate,
like busy bees they humble. They large,
attentive crew, to hear their spiel collected, and
they tell all they ever knew, and all they e'er
suspected. Warmed by grape juice or lemon
pop, they set the language flowing, they can't
remember when to stop, and don't know where
they're going. And when the CHASTITY morning
breaks they get the daily papers, and read, with
many pebad aches, the story of their capers..
When they behold their words in print, they
know they left their bases, and sweat, of deep
magenta tint, rolls down their furrowed faces
And then in cold despair they rise, and frame
excuses neatly: THE blamed reporters, blank
their eyes, misquoted us completely" But none
believes this tawdry tosh likes the whining
groaner, and stale excuses will not wash when
one has pulled a boner. Man would such dire
disaster dodge if he would the spelling and
spend the long hours in his lodge and knock
flies off the ceiling
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
DRAINAGE VS.. IRRIGATION

If politics could be entirely eliminated, the re-
clamation service would secure accurate estimates
of the cost of establishing and maintaining the
various possible projects in the United States and
proceed to develop them in the order of their econ
omy. This would be justice. common sense. and
good business; since it would constantly give the
public the maximum cropping facilities at the
minimum cost.
Acting on that basis, drainage would naturally
precede irrigation. 1t costs less, as rule, to
drain an acre of ground than TO irrigate it. The
difference is quite great affecting every stage of
the proceeding. In most drainage districts it is
simply proposition of opening bitches and keep
ing them open Gravtation does the rest The
water flows off the grounds drys naturally and
its reclamation becomes permanent. No further
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
KING OF GREECE IS
ENTERING CAPTURED CITY

Paris, Aug liking Constantine
has entered Eski Shehr, the import
ant railway junction in. western Asia
Minor, captured by the Hellenic fore
es from the Turkish nationalists, says
a dispatch from Athens. Premier Gou-
naris accompanied the king, it is said.
The Journal asserted today it had
received information that Turkey and
Greece intended to ask the Supreme
Allied Council to mediate in an eff
fort to end hostilities Between them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02
own place.

IF the righteous shall scarcely be saved. what
shall be the fate Of the man who keeps trumpet
tongucd rccster which crows all night long right
under his neighbours window?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02

1t doubtless took great 10 invent the phono-
graph ampliher but the man whom suffering mil
lions prepared to receive with open arms is the
inventor of the paciher
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02

If the Powers do as much side-step-
stepping about reduction of armament
as congress, we are still long way
from it-Pittsburg Dispatch. s
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02

Some of those European countries
ARE evidently tired of waiting for the
mex" war and are starting it now
New York Evening Mail.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-08-02

Slim Pickens, who is learning to be
a detective, found some wagon tracks
leading into a lane on Musket Ridge
today and followed them until no
came to the end of them, where he
found the wagon standing. If Slim
keeps this up he will become sure
enough expert.
Alta Peck's patent automatic fly
trap is proving to be a wonderful in
vention, and. is working overtime at
the postofflce. On several occasions
it has had to stop on account of run
ming out of flies.
Evening star., 1921-06-19

w WRITING of summer opera
wv and winter opera in the
Wv Washington Of our youth.
tho Ropohle fo lIs fo WOn.
Evening star., 1921-06-19

though everybody in the world had
their noses against the plate glass
those first few days: From am.
until closing time III the afternoon
they crowded in and out, most; OF
them stopping at first for a glimpse
over the heads of the others and then
boring In nadly. until they made the
front row. Half of them men and
boys. too. that you wouldn't think
would be vitality interested In how
the family wash was. done. But then.
free show is a free show. and few
of US want to miss anything.
Also / suppose you seldom get a
more imposing window demonstrator
than Miss Inez Petersen. Few of her
weight and inches, anyway; and In
Ter freshly done-up booth uniform,
with her yellow hair fixed in a new
style by her friend, Mrs. Marvin, and
that calm stare in her wide-set gray
eyes, she looks like blonde goddess
who's strayed in from the Milky Way.
And you should see the naughty. su-
perior air she gets on as she shows
'em how. after the double oscillator
,, has soused the suds in and around
all the clothes. you throw a switch
and let the centrifugal wringer do
the rest. Say, no wonder the traffic
cop had to keep the outer edges of
the crowd moving along.
AS for me, l was having the time
of my life. I haven't had SO good
an excuse to air my vocabulary since
was born. and all they had to do to
Evening star., 1921-06-19

tho nublicity bug. Inez," says I. AT
least. I hope you'll stop snort OF SUD
scribing to clipping bureau. OF
wanting to distribute photos WIN
vour name written across the DUST
and right shoulder. Personally, I'm
strong for a quiet. unreported career.
with as much privacy as one can get
in a boarding house.
Hut I could see that lnez WASH
with me. 1t had been only rev
short weeks since We had snppeo
into town about as Eawpy ana YER
dant. from the Manhattan point OF
view. as any paip from north OF Chi
caxo well could be. But wed been
moving along some. We had served
as orangeade dippers in an upper
broadway sidewalk booth. then we
had broken into the movie business
for a brief whirl, and then had come
this uncle plebiscite with all the
newspaper notices. And 1nez would
never be the same girl again. She
had stood in the white light that
heats upon a throne, as it were. and
while she didn't quite know what 1t
was all about, she rather liked 1t. she
vas going to want more Of the same
and / couldn't see how ] was to get
it for her.
Not until l had this talk with Mr.
Campbell, the linen expert from the
department store. You see. since the
other night. everybody at Miss Well
by's has taken to speaking to US. as
e We were sort Of public characters
Evening star., 1921-06-19

go off and absorb a hot chocolate or
two to get their temperature back to
normal!-
But this particular o!d boy with the
washed-out gray eyes. the button nose
seem to get discouraged SO easily.
He's a sticker. noticed him soon
after luncheon, sizing her up over the
shoulder of fat lady who was hold
ing up little boy, and nearly an hour
later. when looks out again, he Is still
there.
He doesn't look like that kind. either.
Surely he wasn't costumed for the part
of home wrecker. He's kind of a
dried-up little shrimp, with a faded
mustache, hair long in the back. baggy
trousers, coat sleeves down to his
knckles, and a sagging black necktie
that showed a gold collar button. I'm
no finAky man-critic either. but a front
collar r-button display Is always enough
to settle 'em with me. Somehow it
seems almost immodest.
Say. Inez," says I. who's your con-
slant admirer? The old boy at the left
who needs to take hitch in his neck
tie and q reef in his sleeves?"
Him" says Inez, giving a careless
glance. II dunno"
We'll, he's some window hound, I'll
say" says 1. Hes been there more
than an hour steady"
"Maybe-maybe his wife make him
do the wash at home" suggests Inez,
ihdulging in one of her rare chuckles
"If that's the idea," says I, he's
having an awful mental struggle about
giving ~ the price Of a machine.
Evening star., 1921-06-19

sitting stif1y upright on the old-fash.
ioned black walnut sofa covered with
mohair. 1t is against the wall on the
other side Of the room. Over 1t hangs
a genuine hand-painted oil painting
which Cousin Anne Virginia learned
to do at boarding school, 1t appears
to be a reckless bunch of peonies out
OF which white swan is rising. while
in the background Is a high cliff en-.
veloped in snowstorm and surmount.
ed by Swiss yodler, and down in the
northeast corner is a lemon-colored
sunset. One part of that couple sit
ting on the sofa was Cousin Mary and
her dress was of dimity, or was it
foulard. poplin or chintz? And it was
fiounced and ruffied. And she kept
both feet on the floor, which was GOV.
cred with brussels, having big clus.
ters of pink roses in a pale green
frame. Some one in the parlor said:
cousin Mary. won't you please favor
US with a selection on the piano?"
That was a very old-fashione1 way at
putting il. The present and more
popular way I-ould be something like
this: Mary. get UP here and tickle the
worries a bit" Mary moves over to
the piano stool. turns il SO that it will
be a little higher. adjusts her founces.
looks under the piano to see IL ths
pedals are in their right places. ana
then says: What shall play?" And
the response is. play us your Ia
vorite. Mix Mary" -,
Now, mere comes a strong point OF
difference between ancient and mods
ern parIor manners. Mary. like most
young ladies, has only two or thred
pieces which she plays well enough
to do them in public. The modern re-
sponse to Cousin Mary,s question
don't care: anything SO it's jazzy;""
schaik's Las, Hope" 1t is her s.sr
piece. In that 0ld-fashioned parfof
the company remains Iespectfully
sound of the last note dies away they
compliment Miss Mary on her playing
and tell her that the Last Hope"
is very beautiful. Now, in a modern
the Introductory notes of The Last
Hope" some young gentleman with
cigarette in his mouth would say
''Oh, May! Can that. Give us some
jazz with a toddle to it, And Mary
would feel uncomfortable because
The Last Hope" is about the only
thing she plays and naturally she
believes it the most beautiful thing in
the music world.
Honestly. when the Rambler SAT
down to write this piece he intended
to tell more about the summer opera
companies which charmed Washing
ton in the long ago and before him
were some notes on the Carleton and
McCaull opera companies. the Boston
Ideal Opera Company. the Bostonians,
Rudolph Aronson's. Casino Company,
! the Emma Juch, Aimee Pauline Hall
and Minnie Hauck companies and
The Maurice Grau and Col. Mapleson
galaxy" or constellation" of "oper-
attic stars" But while the Rambler
meant to write of these subjects, 1,t
drew from his memory that old pic
ture OF parlor. little square piano
and the company, and wrote about it,
until now 1t is late. at night and he
must bid you adieu until next Sun.
day.
Evening star., 1921-06-19
That House FIy.

CINCE wise men have taken up the
study of the fly a great number of
things concerning his character and his
habits have been observed and two OF
these strange things are that the hy is
not high flyer and that his wings do
not carry him far from the place where
he was born. 1t is not to be said that
he is altogether standpatter, but he is
no eagle. and the spirit Of wanderlust
does not lure him far from his own
nreSlde, his own cream pitcher or his
own particular garbage can.
Some experimenters say that they
nave proved that mile is about as far
as fly ever travels on his own wings,
and that that Is greater distance than
the average, ordinary ly can travel,
unless he gets lift in a freight car.
| milk wagon or automobile or unless he
/! takes fancy to horse or mule, In
which ease he will travel a long way,
but then he rides.
Some time ago the English COY
ernment carried out series of ex-
periments in a Suffolk village by
busting a large number of flies with
white powder and releasing them.
Two days later the farthest strag-
gier was found not quite a mile away,
while the others were found within
radius of two hundred yards. The
fly does not emulate the condor,
which scars above the clouds He
has no ambition for an altitude rec
ord. 1t is said that he does not often
fly higher than eight feet above the
ground or floor. but that he will
go upstairs to higher floors. but even
then about forty feet is his limit.
When you find him higher than that
| it is said by the students Of flies that
he was either carried there or that
he was born there.
Once the fly was looked on as a
harmless little pest and now he is
pictured as a monster. Scientists
caught him with the goods on him
and the germs of typhoid fever and
nearly all other diseases which fill
the world with mourning have been
found on his wings and sticky feet
People now clean out the dirt in
which he breeds, erect screens SO that
he may not get into bedrooms. dining
rooms or kitchens, and chase him
with a swatter whenever he appears.
1t is only within a few years that
the world has revised it's estimate OF
the fly. and fly-swat campaigns have
been waged the country over and in
all other lands where civilization
rules.