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The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
BLAZE WIPES OUT
HOWE SOUND PLANT
Huge Concentration Is Razed
At Britannia Beach,
B. c.

, NEW YORK. March 27.-Howe
Sound Company's concentrator at
Britannia Beach, B. c.. has been de-
stroyed by fire. entailing a loss es-
timated by officials to be between
$4oO: 900 and $500, 900. and fully COW
cred by insurance.
The concentrator was regarded as
one of the finest in America. 1t Is
reported that officials will at once
take up plans to replace the plant.
The concentrator was. part of the
equipment of Howe Sounds 24,2S4
acres of mineral ground at Brit
annia Beach. The mill there has a
capacity of 5000 tons a day. The
entire plant is thoroughly modern,
according to reports.
Because of the stagnant condition
of the copper market both mine and
mill had been shut down.
BY reason of inactivity at the
British Columbia properties. the de-
struction of the concentrator does
not constitute so serious a damage
as might otherwise have resulted.
?. Reports Of improving conditions
in Mexico indicate that Howe Sound
may resume operations on its silver
properties there in the near futuee.
Production was suspended there
some time ago by reason of a rail-
road strike and other difficulties-
Howe Sound stockholders at their
annual meeting recently reelected
directors and transacted other rou-
tine business.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
BUTTER REPLACES
CHEESE INDUSTRY
New Zealand's Contract Prices
Which Expire MarchS31
Lend Encouragement.

Twenty-Five New Zealand cream
cries have turned wholly or in part
to the manufacture of butter in
preference to cheese. and a consider
able reduction in cheese production
this season is expected. The ex-
PLANTATION offered in the New Zea-
land Dairyman is that the fascinR-
tion of producing butter with no
limit as to the quantity exported
is proving irresistible to concerns
who can turn milk into butter or
cheese at will" Any decrease in the
cheese production of New Zealand
would naturally tend to strengthen
the worlds cheese markets.
Butter Producers Given Subsidy.
The British government has a
contract with New Zealand for the
entire exportable surplus of butter
produced in that Dominion That
this contract is at present favor
able to butter production is evil
denced by the action of the New
Zealand butter committee in ask
ing for a subsidy on butter. The
Dominion government has fixed a
maximum retail price of IS Cd.
(about 43c) per pound for butter.
in order to recompense the pro-
ducers for the difference between
the locaf controlled price and the
British contract price. which is IS.
Cd. (about 41c). the government has
guaranteed producers a subsidy of
Sd. (about 4c) for every pound sold
in the Dominion.
According to the American Consul
at Auckland. conditions in the cheese
industry in New Zealand are not so
promising since the price OF cheese
has declined and it is expected that
more milk will be turned over to the
butter factories. Just what may
happen after the contract with
Great Britain terminates on March
81 is an interesting speculation.
Since England normally consumes
more than half of the exportable
surplus of the great butter and
cheese producing countries of the
world some producers are inclined
to believe that the expiration of
the butter contract with England
will act as an incentive to increased
cheese production.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
WEST INDIES JOIN
IN DRIVE AGAINST
CITRUSBLAcK FLY
Fears of Tropical Fruit
Growers Due to Quar-
antine Groundless.
EAGER TO LEND AID
Order Directed Against I'm.
portation of Foliage and
Infected Parts.
EAGER TO LEND All

Fears Of tropical fruit and vegeta-
BILE growers and shippers. due to the
American quarantine against the
citrus black fly, effective April 1, are
rendered groundless through the
hearty cooperation of the Cuban
government and West Indian grow
ers, according to a report made by
DIR. w A. orton. United States De-
partment of Agriculture. specialist
and member of the Federal Horti-
cultural Board, after his return from
the West Indies.
Meredith Drops Order.
The quarantine order. which was
promulgated by retiring Secretary
Meredith after hearing Of all inter-
ests concerned, Is directed particu-
larly against the Importation Of TO-
liage and parts of plants and other
rubbish carrying the black fly pest,
and the contamination of cars by
coming through regions which are
infested. The black fly does not at
tack fruit and is not seriously in
evidence in the principal fruit grow
ing regions, so that precautionary
measures centered around the pre-
vention of contamination of fruit
cars en- route to ports and the ex-
clusion of foreign materials in the
cars.
Cordially Received by Menocal.
President Menocal cordially re-
ceived the American representative
and issued a proclamation ordering
the removal of all trees and other
vegetable growth which could har-
Dor the black fly for a distance Of
200 feet on each side of all railroad
lines carrying fruit for shipment.
Special precautionary measures for
clean packing were also ordered by
the President in cooperation with
the Cuban secretary of agriculture.
commerce and labor.
The eagerness of the Cuban gov
ernment to cooperate with the
American authorities is shown in
the fact that the order for clean
ing UP railroad lines means the re-
.moval of many fine mango trees on
the right of way, in addition to the
rpIcNditHl NSSu ohN WIZ
,sionl coffee trees. -.
Fruits Particularly Affected.
The quarantine order particularly
affects the pineapple. grape fruit.
pepper. egg plant and okra trade OF
Cuba al d the Isle of Pines. and the
tomato shipping industry Of the
Bahamas. The government authori-
ties of the Bahamas also promised
cooperation, and growers in both
places acceded readily to control
measures.
The Federal Horticultural Board
will cooperate with Florida plant
control authorities in arranging for
the speedy inspection of shipments.
which include three train loads a
day carried from Cuba to Key Wes'
by car ferry.
The prompt action of interested
governments and private parties re-
.lieves anxiety regarding shipments
amounting to several million dollars
a year.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28

grants. Other branches of the gov
ernment would be of help to the
Bureau of Immigration, which
would bring together all the parts
OF the great proposed machine and
PUG it into working order.
Wants Community Life.
One of the chief characteristics
of the immigrant is his desire for
sort of community life. In the
old countries they exist in villages.
where recreation and amusements
keep them together and make them
contented. When the day of toll is
over in the fields, they come to the
villages and have their pleasures,
more or less convivial. but. innocent
and beneficial.
Each immigrant and his family.
large or small, provided with a
forty-acre farm, even IL only FIVE
or six acres: are tillable in the be-
ginning. could pay himself out of
debt within a few years on the KIM
of work upon which he fattens. and
the public would be the gamer by
this kind of deal. The immigrant
would surely be grateful to this
country for the opportunity, which
rarely comes to him in the old
country"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
THE BUDGET SYSTEM ANDA
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Will Fix Responsibility on President For a
Definite Administrative Plan.
,By tn. washington Her.ls's Econoni.t.,

the Institute for Government Re-
search. who has given. great
amount of study to this' subject,
likens the relation of Congress to
the President under this budget
plan to that of general manager
to the board of directors Of a COR
poration. The general manager
goes before the board with his plan
of action and his estimates of ex-
penditures. The board either ap-
proves the plan or modifes 1t as
they see fit. The comparison is
particularly apt and shows some-
thing of the concrete meaning Of
more business in government"
The principal distinction is that. a
board of directors has the power to
remove a general manager which
Congress could not do in the case
of President. However. the sue
cess or failure of the administra-
tion budget to meet the needs of
the country and to maintain a low
standard Of taxation would be an
important element in the succeeding
election.
Naturally the President could not
be expected to give personal atten-
IlOAt ~ Ill tAc uCNoho luNoINtu IN
the formation Of a budget. Conse-
quently, it has been proposed to
set up a bureau of the budget under
the Executive which would take
care of these details. A danger of no
small consequence is that this bu-
reau would become too powerful
through it's ability to veto or cur
tail requests from the departments.
1t Is thought that this can be over
come by making the President re-
sponsible and giving him the final
say on any disputed question. The
fact that Cabinet officers could car
ry these points direct to the Presi-
dent over the head of the budget
bureau will obviate part of this diff
ficulty. Nevertheless. 1t is of great
importance to safeguard this point
or otherwise 1t will become another
Source of that annoying and all
too abundant government red tape.
II is vital to this plan that the
Budget Bureau should be composed
of thoroughly competent men who
would have an intimate and SYM
pathetic knowledge of the various
bureaus.
Another feature which is con-
sidered important by students Of
this subject is the matter of audit
ing. 1t is believed that when the
executive department is made re-
sponsible for the budget the audit
ing should be done by an agency
responsible to- Congress. This
again carries out the idea of q
manager and board of directors.
The board should have their own
agents audit the accounts to see II
the money has been spent as au-
thorized.
1t is believed that such a budget
system will in a large measure
revolutionize our present admins
trative department. 1t will bring
it nearer to the ministerial form of
government in that it places great
er responsibility on a single indi-
vidual. There are of course still
great differences between this and
ministerial government. such as
England, where the prime minister's
budget is the final word and is not
subject to review or change by
Parliament. By withholding a vote
of confidence Parliament can force
the prime ministers resignation,
but this is seldom done on the basis
of a budget.
Copyright, 1891. BY Washington Hsrald.)
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
Conditions Force Cut
In Opera Ticket Prices

CHICAGO. March Elton box
office prices for orchestra seats in
Chicago leading theaters will be re-
duced $3.50 within the next few
weeks. the managers say.
Moreover they are of the opinion
that unless the play-going public
resuscitates its pocketbook from
the breath-taking jolts of the in
come tax. the high rents, and the
general business depression the
Rialto soon will resemble a 1918
lightless night and actors, pro-
ducers, managers, musicians and
stage hands will become veritable
beggars.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
BOARD
REPORTSGAnNN
CASH RESERVES
Gold Holdings Increase
$500, 600; Circulation
Notes Fall Off.
.O2 PCT. LOWER
Member Banks Borrowings In
crease s61, zoo, 900, Despite
New York's Decrease.

Further gains Of $500 900 Of god
and Of s7.2oo.o0o OF total cash re-
serves, as against a reduction Of
s3z,20o.o 900 in Federal reserve note
circulation. and an increase OF
sss. 800, 900 in deposit liabilities. are
repeated in the Federal Reserve d
Boards weekly bank statement The
statement was issued last night and
covers the close OF business on
March IS.
The banks reserve ratio shows .
decline for the week from 81 10
SOS per cent. Member banks ber-
rowings from the Federal reserve
banks show an aggregate increste
Of SCI. 700. 900, though the New York,
bank reports q decrease OF stL10os-
900 under this head. This sum is
divided as follows:
Total increase in discounted paper
held, s61,7oo.eoo. r--s
Portion secured by L. S. govern.
ment obligations. sle.ooo.ooo.
Portion secured by other dis
counts, sS1.7oo. 900.
The statement for the FIRST time
shows separate figures for the So
called Pittman certificates. depos-
ited with the treasurer Of the United
States TO secure Federal reserve
bank note circulation. The total
amount of these certificates, s2St.-
37S.ooo. shows no change for the
week. Holdings Of other certii-
Gates fell of s2s,10o. 900, Of which
t24 100000 represents the amount of
Especial certificates held by three re-
49, 81
and redeemed by the government
durins the week.
Total Earnine Assets.
In consequence OF these changes,
total earning assets show an .In-
crease OF s35.9OO. 600. and at the
close of the week stood at s2.ss2.-
100000 compared with S3.lsI .OOe.-
600 on the corresponding date Of
last year. Following is the state
ment in detail:
Paper secured by United States
government obligations. Sl.Ol0.tee.-
600.
Secured by Liberty bonds. $780,
100. 900.
Secured by Victory notes. $685.
500. 600.
Secured by Treasury certificates,
tSf.SOo.Oo
The large reduction in the hold
ings Of paper secured by certificates
apparently reflects corresponding
amounts Of certificates purchased
by the government or placed with
ultimate investors by the member
banks.
Government Deposits.
OF the total increase in deposits,
s55.9OO, 900 represents an Increase
in government deposits. Member
banks reserve deposits show a de-
crease of sS.20o.OOO. while other de-
posits, composed largely Of nom
member banks clearing accounts
and cashiers checks, Increased by
sI3. soc. 600.
shows a further reduction for the
week of $4,000. 900. the March Is
total of s2s3o. 100000 being s47t.-
2Oo. 600 below the peak figure OF De-
cenber %. 1890, and sll7.3oo.o0o be-
low the total reported on the corr
responding date last year. Federal
Reserve Bank note circulation
shows a further decline for the
week of $500. 900, and totaled sI75.-
500, 600. compared with s17s,soo. 900 q
year ago.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
. Estinated
4 Not fnal

Esuuated Not fnal
q II appears from the. acreage and
crop statistics that France is we'll
-siong on the road to agricultural
Recovery. while the import figures
in conjunction tell that the country
b already back to the normal bread
ration.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
Distribution of Immigrants to
Farms Seen as Way to Obviate Ban
On Hordes Seeking Haven in u. S,

When the Federal plan of col
onizing immigrants on farms
throughout the country is in full
swing the need of legislation to
check the tide Of incoming aliens
may be passed.
w. W.. Husband, new commits
sioner general of the Bureau of
immigration. Department of Labor.
said yesterday that inquiries are
being received from all parts of the
country in regard to the working
possibilities of bis plan, and he
has been kept busy explaining.
Commissions Husband has trav-
eled throughout the old country
and Investigated the conditions at
close range. He has slept with the
humblest Of peasants and dined
with them in the fields.
Says Immigrants Love Soil.
II have found" he said yester-
day, that immigrants coming to
this country love the soil. The fac
tories and industries do not attract
them. They want freedom and open
air. Most all immigrants are peas
ants and most all peasants are
people Of the soil. In view of this
it would be no problem to divert
them from the Industrial centers
and congested cities to the farms,
provided the farms can be had.
There are millions of unimproyed
acres, government owned and other
wise, throughout the country
where these immigrants could be
placed upon their own resources
and made to profit the country eco
nomically to degree hard to esti-
mate.
Through the farms the factory
employees could be sifted. We could
provide farms for the immigrants
upon their arrival and when they
have become acclimated and Amer
icanized, then let the factories have
them IL the factories are seductive
enough to WOO them from the soil.
One .of the greatest needs in the
United states today is farm labor.
Farm Would Solve ProbIems.
So We can solve the immigration
question and the farm question at
the same time by placing the immi-
grants upon the farm, and at the
same time we will be doing the Ia
Dor interests no harm. but the alien
much good,
so what We are expecting now"
Commissioner Husband.
is ce-operation of the Agricultural
Department through its Reclama-
tion Service, the United States EN-
ployment Service. land owners and
individuals generals. The Reclama-
ton Service could take charge of
the enormous work of dragging the
farm lands out of the marshes for
the immigrants to people. and the
Service could be the
agency for placing these immi-
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
Copper Market.

The tone of the market is decided
Fly firmer. The metal exchange has
advanced its settling prices Nc,
bringing Them up to I2c for spot
and March. and 12hc for April.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
Exports of Breadstuffs, Cotton,
Oils, ETC., During February

i0lowlng shows
toned ana dairy min
Eeonary and
as G3mphed the Bureau ofForegn
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28

- 1ASoASAf1Ss
Vice president Of The Merchants
National Bank of Richmond,
Va- Ii n member Of the commit
tee ON organisation Of the For
elgn Trade Finaneing Corpora
tion, which In now being formed
In an effort to break the dead
lock In exporting. Mr.. Nc
Adams prominent position and
long experience in financial
circles, not only I'm the South
hut throughout the country,
make him q man especially well
htted for such a position. He
has always taken . deep interest
In the special problems of the
section that he represents, and
the cotton and tobacco growers,
together with the other in
terests of the South, are well
represented I'm the new corpora
tion.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-28
Says Fuel Profits Disgrace.

Says Fuel Profits Disgrace.
Though it terms profteering in
coal during the last year "a national
DISGRACE" drastic handling of the
coal situation is not contemplated
by the report, which says: TO act
wisely in control of interstate and
The Little River news., 1921-04-16
CASING STILL STUCK IN
 SULLIVAN WELL NO. 1
Rotary Drilling Rig Will Be Moved to Another LOcatiOn-TO Test With
 Other Rig.

A visit to the Sullivan Test No. |, near Foreman Tuesday, found the op- orators at work breaking down the drill stem preparatory to moving the rig over to the second location north of Foreman, where they have derrick up. This we'll is 2100 feet down and in the sand In setting the casing to make the test the six inch casing be- came fastened at 154O feet and after trying every known means of releas- ing it all efforts were given up. The Sullivan Oil Syndicate announces that they have gone as far as they can to- ward test with rotary rig They expect to get some drilling company with standard rig to take charge and finish the well, and are said to be willing to make acreage proposition. The plan in testing the we'll would be to insert smaller sized casing in side the six inch and drill it in with standard tools, the rotary tools at hand being too large to operate inside the smaller casing, their stem being four inches.
 There is great confidence among oil men, who have visited the well as 1t stands that it will be a producer. The oil and gas showings are as good as any oil we'll before it is brought in. The 2,OOC feet of water and mud that stands in the we'll has never been bailed out, and would be sufficient to hold down any pressure of oil or gas. Until casing is successfully set and the water cut off it would be impossi- bic to bail out for the test This is the present situation.
The Little River news., 1921-04-16
BROUGH RECOVERING
The Ex-Governor is Slowly Recovering
 His Health.

Little Rock, April 13.-Former Gov ernor e. H. Brough, who has been slowly convalescing from his critical illness, showed a further slight inn provements Wednesday morning, al- though Tuesday night he developed a slight temperature, Mrs Brough said, Wednesday morning.
 Wednesday morning his tempera- ture again was normal, and physi- clans said that the slight temperature Tuesday night probably had been caused by part of his dietS which had been changed.
 Governor Brough has gained con- siderable strength during the last lO days and the physicians and his rela- tives feel that he is on the road to re- covery.
The Little River news., 1921-04-16
TORNADO WRECKS TOWN
Five Killed and Many Injured by Twis-
 ter in Texas Town.


 Mckinney, Tex, April 13. = Five persons were killed and from 25 to 50 others injured, some probably fatally, when tornado swept down from the west on Melissa, six miles north of here today. Fire followed in the deb- ris of the buildings razed by he twister and practically the entire busi- ness district and the east side of the town were destroyed.
 The tornado unroofed the school building in which about 240 children were at classes, and cayed in the east walls, but due to the foresight of the principal and teachers, who when they saw the tornado approaching marshall ed their children into the basement, and none of the children were hurt.
The Little River news., 1921-04-16
TO INVESTIGATE ROADS
Sen. TOwnsend's Resolutions Believ.
 ed Aimed at Arkansas.

Washington, April 13.-The first step toward a congressional investiga- tion of the federal aid road situation was taken today when Senator Town send of Michigan, chairman of the Sen- ate Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads, introduced a resolution re- questing permission to hold hearings on the question. While no mention was made of Arkansas, or any style, it is known that Senator Townsend in- tends to canvass the Arkansas situa- tion thoroughly, as we'll as that in other sites.
 The hearings will be held to give the committee all possible informa- tion for the framing of the federal aid road legislation designed to avoid the pitfalls of waste, graft and ex- travagance that are said to have been found in the existing plan. The com mittee will have President Harding s approval, as voiced in his message to Congress yesterday, to extend the powers Of the Federal Road Bureau and to increase the responsibility of the states that take advantage of federal aid money to maintain roads already constructed. The plan also is to lodge with the bureau power to map out definite system of inter- state and national highways which must be adhered to by the states in order to participate in the federal moneys.
 Senator King of Utah also intro duced resolution yesterday calling for an investigation of the Federal Road Bureau in connection with con- ditions existing in Utah.
The Little River news., 1921-04-16
PHILLIPS-HOLT WEDDING
Sidney Phillips and Miss Gussye Hold M Married Wednesday Evening.

Sidney Phillips of this city and Miss Gussye Holt of Tokio, and one of the teachers / in the Ashdowne Public Schools, were married Wednesday evening at o'clock at the Baptist par sonage, Rev. c. s. Wales officiating They left immediately after the cere- mony for Little Rock, wnere they will spend a few days. The groom IS in the drug business here and is young man with promising future. He IS a son of MT. and Mrs. s. D. Phillips and q member of one of the best known families. The bride is a daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Roy Holt of Tokio, a highly respected and prominent fam ily of that section. She has been a teacher in the local school since last fall, and has been very success full in her work. Both have large number of friends. Mir. and Mrs Pnll- lips will continue to make thelr home here.
The Little River news., 1921-04-16
Man is Accidentally Shot
 at Foreman Tsursday

From the Foreman Sun:
 May Jones, who resides on the B. M. Davis place in the western suburbs of Foreman, accidentally shot himself with shot gun about o'clock Thurs day afternoon.
 MT. Jones had gone to the field after a cross-cut saw, taking the gun with him. On returning to the house he crossed a wire fence. He evidently placed the gun on the fence, and after getting over himself he attempted to pull the gun through, when the trigger caught on the wire and fired the gun. The charge hit MT. Jones over the heart, and he was dead when his sons arrived on the scene.
 Justice F. B. Arnett was called to view the remains, and after making an investigation decided it unnecessary tc hold an inquest.
 The deceased was about 70 years of age, and is survived by his wife and four children.