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The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Talking Some More.

A MOTHER American should be recalled from
~ London and told to attend to his own af-
fairs which in this instance is helping provide the
future oil supply of the United States. A. c,
Bedford, who is chairman OF the Standard Oil Of
New Jersey executives, also heads the delegation
of 900 American business men at the International
Chamber OF Commerce meeting. He is sort OF
business ambassador.
\ Yet the very first crack out of the box, just as
soon as he got chance to make Speech he told
those Brihshers and all the rest OF those former
European partners of ours that If civilization was
threatened again Europe could count on the last
dollar Of American money and the last drop OF
American blood That does not sound bit like
Washingtons Farewell Address, like a bitter
speech nor what Ambassador Harvey said at the
Pilgrim dinner. 1t sounds more like Admiral Sims
But Mr. Bedford went still further. He said
I'VE know we are voicing the longings OF all man
kind in saying that in agreement that limita-
ton of ornaments is the most important IDEAL the
realization of which is the profound duty OF the
practical craftsmanship of the world" This before
Congress has passed the Borah resolution or even
decided just what verbal form it shall have, If
passed at ALL =.
There can be no doubt about it, Americans talk
too much when they get to England. They talk
just as they do at home and that will never do
Some day Great Britain may discover exactly what
is the controlling majority sentiment OF this country
and then diplomacy may be out of job. o.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
EDITORIALS AND COMMENT

Vienna and Europes other metropolitan centers
An entertainment recently took place at Colmar
Alsaee, at which I3o kinds of wine were gurgled.
"Banquets and drinking bouts Of ancient Rome
fade by comparison" said reporter. 1t was free
of criminal practices, because it was the Alsatian
feast of wines, held in an ancient abbey in the
picturesque corner OF Colmar But it gave a
pie of the extensiveness Of liquor making in this
small country The rarest and most imaginative
vintages, Of all the rainbow hues, drunk by
wealthy wine growers experts and their friends.
The French minister Of agriculture was an
especially invited guest The wine list covered
two large elosely-printed pages 1t was an event
.pscsagng the growth OF an industry that may have
Its effects upon this countrys efforts to enforce
prohibition II may, with some, raise the question
Of our ability to hold down such lid as that inn
posed by the Eighteenth amendment in the face
of such examples Of boozy neighbor nations, and
cause serious reflection upon the question Of
"world prohibition by Iozs," which has been
shibboleth Of the ardent drys But the time is
past Of any serious question of dry enforcement
and the tales Of wide open cities where liquor is
sold over the bar, are gross exaggerations. They
are always told of some other city than the one
where the narrator happens to be.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Merieo,, Ran Problem..

80 MANY respects the railroad situation IN
Mex;co * similar to that in the United States
i where common carriers have been near state
of collapse since their return 70 private ewnsrshp
following the war control period ,s 81 49,
President Obregon few weeks ago peespss began sn Y
active supervision Of the roads BY appointing per-
sonal representative to make changes iooslR y
Increased efficiency Deficits have pheo up.
not 90 enormously as in this country, and whether t
4, because Of the high rates discouraging shipping,
a charged BY some, or bad management, as charged
by others obregon's representative expects to de-
tcrmine Freight congestion, due to excessive haul
ase N some sections, is the peculiar feature about
& fe railroad situation beyond our Southern border
Trains loaded with local products have been arriving
3 {, Tamnro in greater number than at any other
oort The Presidents representative has therefore
nlaeed an embargo on freight shipments to that
port, according to consular reports he mas takeh
steps to use the locomotives for moving cars back
to the interior. Night trains from Mexico Iiy 10
Vera Cruz were suspended so that the locomotives
could be used in moving merchandise from that port
10 the capital Strict orders given by the Fed
eral officials against the seizure Of any oitank cars
belonging TO individual corporations, and It IS e-
pccted this ruling will greatly relieve the fuel stua-
ton, which also has been a serious problem
Since the purchase Of new locomotives by the
National Railways Of Mexco, traffic the northern
divisions has been greatly improved In this country
there are more than 100000 idle freight cars chiefly
cars for, the handling Of coal Few locomotives
have been added to the equipment of the roads in
this country owing to the bad financial conditions
OF the road Since the new locomotives began
arriving in Mexico il is reported that in one week
more than thousand cars of merchandise were
moved from Tampico Monterey and Nuevo Laredo.
Only about IS locomotives have passed over the
Mexican border np to the present day, and they
have been placed into service. an indication that
shipping activities are increasing with the possibl-
ities OF greater earnings for the roads and resultant
improved efficiency
Assistant Trade Commissioner R. NJ Council
recently reported that If the noticeable improve
ments have been affected by the addition Of rolling
stock Il is believed that with further increase to
total Of 100 locomotives the railroad service will
be greatly improved. Tat
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Burning Cheap Powder.

~RITICS of scientific warfare telling
Who read and marvel, that the very first of
- the series of bombing tests on the Atlantic
seaboard has justified the huge expense of these
demonstrations to the government.
1t is gratifying to know there is no wasteful-
ness about it in the midst Of the national strngencyr
There may never be another war, but the time of
peace is the time to prepare and without expert
mentation and training there could be no efectual
preparedness. t,,-.' ....
So the powder is cheap if it proves anything.
The question is what is proved Has the aircraft,
thus far demonstrated that it is efficient than
gun6re in destroying submarines? Taking all Cir
cumstances into consideration, do the giant cannon
of the battleships make shorter work of the diving
sea monsters than the deadly missiles hurled upon
them from swift-ying hydro-aeroplanes? OF course,
it will be impossible for the experts to tell
this at once, but there is merit in their claims that
tests bring out the flaws and provide the methods
for improvement. And when the time for
changing the program of national defense these ex-
perts and their advice will in for service to
the country.
1t was big show for the observers who fol-
lowed the maneuvcrs and found added zest in the
U-boats of our once hated enemy nation. There
was a U-boat for the air -bombers and U-boat for
fact that the prey Of shell and bomb were former
the torpedo-boat dcstroyers in the very first act.
Last week the aircraft hunted down the old battle
ship Iowa and bombed it. The Iowa cost.
millions, but served its usefulness and went to its
oblivion a martyr. 1t was lurking somewhere
between Cape Hattcras and Cape Henlopen, within
a radius of miles. And when the birds of
war appeared from the clouds the critics OF scien-
tihc warfare were the job to jot down the
merits and dcmerits 1t all goes into the busi-
ness of preparing for war, and the money is well
spent though there may never be another war.
One week from now navy planes will launch
forth to hunt down and sink an old German de-
stroycr and week later old German batteship
will be attacked from air and water. 1t is thrilling
and a delightful game, in which the public is in'
tensely interested
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Suspended Animation.
NORTHWESTERN University student re
, suscitated by a pulmotor after apparentI,

- SuScuated Dy q puinlOtor aIter apparently
a - having been drowned, gains from his ex
perience the assurance that there is some sort of
future state. During a period Of forty-fve minutes.
while the heroic and painful measures were in
progress, he had visions Of world filled with the
most gorgeous daubs of futuristic color, a world
peopled by variety of fantastic beings resembling
ballet dancers, rhythmic world, pulsing constantly
to a 1894 measure" ~r''
Heaven forbid that any obstacles should be
thrown in the path of the believer in his search for
truth or that any crumbs Of comfort that may be
afforded mankind by such jouFneyings of the spirit
should be snatched away by materialism. 1t seems
highly probable. however. that the collcgan's Wis
ion was produced by precisely the same processes
as cause dreams The color might well represent
the. reaction of the optic nerve to irritation the
forms, the confused images thrown off from the
subcenscolis mind in condition of profound agi-
taton, and the pulsing measure might have been
nothing more than the resumption of circulation in
response to the plmotor.
But, it may be advanced, the young man had
been pronounced dead. His heart had ceased to
beat. 10 answer to this, it may just as easily be
cited that the phenomenon of death is one Of the
rtost puzzling Confronting the medical science.
Death does not come like the snuffing out of
candle, its apparent arrival is only the cessation of
one or more of the indispensable organic functions.
generally those of breathing and circulation How
long the darkened spirit Of being, whatever
you WILL continues to reside in the frame before
the indubitable presence Of death is manifested
cannot say. Strange visions may come in that un-
Spprehended period and few, are they who emerge
again into consciousness to tell us OF them
We possess, however, endless testimony as to
the wild grotesquerie Of visions accompanying de-
lirum or anaesthesia. These set down, proper
ly in the realm of mental and nervous pathology.
II is only such accounts come from those who
revive from a condition described as that Of death
that stir in us intmations of immortality Part and
parcel Of the latter what the ntgh-drowncd stu
dent behcld There is little to be postulated from
his experience save that life is tenacious and that
the brain is yet an unplumbed depth. f..
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Are W. Gettinr, Drier7

TyURTHER research is under way in various
parts Of the United. States, particularly New
York, to determine how far prohibition has
cured inebrety and crime. s
Prison records in some cities show declines in
arrests, while in others courts janlmed with
cases largely resulting from liquor law violations.
From New Orleans and elsewhere come reports
Of raids upon liquor caches or stills in which
wholesale violations are indicated, and yet there
are stories in the newspapers OF the slow but steady
reduction of evils for which the unrestricted flow
Of booze received the blame
At present there may be widespread crime and
many varieties of ,"hootch." but this country has
one proud boast Upon which to lean for solaee-
there is crime in European countries In
her most delirious and pfoligate days New York
has never touched The records of Paris Berlin,
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

S WiniesBhl Haywood says that in times past,
political. offenders used to escape from Russia
ito the United States, but they now have to
sssaBe from the United States to Russia. He
omitted TO state that in the former instance
there had not been a trial by jury Howsvet'
no one is begrudging him to Russia.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

Congress is wrestling with new engineer
ing problem, how to build tariff wall so high
it will keep out foreign competitor producers,
and with sideways through which there may
! be steady flow OF foreign products to pay
American credits 81.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

{ After all, government revenues and ex-
penses are all a matter of relatively and that
disposes of any definite factor such as infinity,
entering the equation
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

A statue of the Venus of Milo set UP in
the United States Senate might impress upon
the Senators that the way to disarm is to
disarm. lrF ~
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

VIII some genius kindly invent a govern
ment that will run without the oil extracted
from tax payers
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

The dollar i. still all puHed up with is
importance.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03

@RITICS of scientific warfare are telling I
Who read and marvel, that the very first
- the series of bombing tests on the Atlant
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19

In the higher animals. we can see
evidences of the possession Of some
faculty similar to human memory.
which is made use of particularly BY
animal trainers. It is tEyior5 mat
instinct alone would not enable these
animals to perform such fe-te, N03e
we cau4ot Investigate The animal liud
as We DO The human uild. W. can
tudge Of its processes by the outward
signs and these point 70 th4 posses
sion OF what we may can animal mem
DRY. Some students Of the subject
deny that animals nave imagination
and assert their memory is only as
sociatiye- something the. animal sees.
smells or hears, recalling a group OF
facts connected with it, and it being
impossible Cor it to recall this group
without some concrete suggestion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19
GIANT TREES OF AUSTRALIA
Exceed in Height, Though Not In Cir.
eumference, the Famous Grand
Conifers of California.

In the book, "Under the Southern
Cross written by Maturin M. Ballou.
an American traveller. in the sos of
the last century, we read of his esti-
mate of the great trees Of Australia.
according to the Christian Science
Monitor.
1T is in this colony Of Australia that
the traveller finds the giant trees, con-
sidered to be one Of the great won
ders of our times, and which exceed
in dimensions those grand conifers Of
California in which Americans feel
such pride. These big trees of Victoria
are called the mountain ash, though
why so named we do not understand.
as they are not of that family. But
they are certainly the tallest trees in
the known world, often measuring 400
feet and more in height, and from
fifty to sixty feet in girth a couple of
yards from the ground. When we say
that these trees exceed in dimensions
those Of California we refer especial
ly to their height inasmuch as the
American trees equal them, il they
do not in some instances surpass them
IN circumference. The Australian
trees rise hundred feet more or less
from the roots without putting forth a
lateral branch. On beholding them
one Is not at first impressed by their
exceptional size or monarchlike ap-
pearance, but they grow upon one by
further observation. A trip OF a hum
dred miles from Melbourne due east to
Saie-a remarkably pleasant town, Of
between 5000 and 1900 inhabitants,
situated on the Gippsland railroad
takes one to the region where these
Immense forest giants are to 30 seen,
and ct the same time Introduces the
traveller to some Of the finest scenery
- the mountain range 0f this district
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19
automobile" Street Car

Mechan1cai arrangement similar in
many respects to that of an automo.
Bile is the distinguishing feature of q
new form of gasoline-d driven internr-
ban car described in Popular Me-
chanics Magazine Though the BODY
seating 50 passengers, is like that of a
standard modern street chr tho-a is .
long hood extending in front in which
the 50-horsepower engine is mo,,ntod
An auto-type gear shift is provided
and shaft transmits the nower ~
the rear wheels. Air brakes ayaotri.
lights, and hot water heatinc n1.,.
are other details of the enuinmant
The car makes a round trin of An
miles in little more than two and
one-half hours, consuming about five
and one-half gallons Of gasoline. or
one gallon to seven miles.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19
she ALSO KNEW TENNYSON
Poetic Business Man Oct semsthln0
Of "Jolt" When He Tackled
Little Waitress,

The man with the supa1iee atr VA
a poetic business man. h eenaaly
patronized q small lunchcepln near his
Office. When be was not slaltnR aess
at wholesale or something. ~ Nked 3
read verse. His favorite VA Tenny.
sons "IdyIls Of the King" Ind -
cause he felt that be knew - much
about It he thought he would have .
little fun with the lunchroom wait.
resses, In a superior sort Of way.
1t began by naming the girls after
the heroines in the poem. His regular
waitress was tall gaunt person, but
somewhat Queenly as she bore down
on him with a plate Of hash. Her real
name was Sadie.
Sadie" he announced one night,
hereafter I'm going to call you
Guinevere. Mindf'
II should worry said the watt
ress. shifting her gum, "but who's
sheT'
1.-THE bride Of King Arthur" was
the reply.
AWI1 U0S \ uVte 01VS IeDpeCI2OsA
I amt seeh that Alum"
So It went An IL gtrls woce Prop
erfy renamed And then 90 ~ 3
new waitress was IN IT, ~ -
was small and dAxk 0resedi&Gly
pretty, b thought
+ havsnt namsd you yees ~ told
her afteR . couple g nioh1A
Then h snDlained III rt&as indseR
sport
I'm Ut ysu ~ Elalnas - aid
.How rsdicnlouS - anDusssd Il
can't b E1ainAs
why nctY
Isnnyson snyD - ~ mn. IN
l brunette. Elaine the mn, Naino ~
beautiful Elaine ths NY mAi0 r 49,
1T Eyidsnfly ypu DIR -
how tie linz ws :
/ II su1t - b - $3.50 =.
- < A 1i1 'sssss
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19

Good Advertising" says a man we'll
up in that line, benefits any form OF
business. The right sort Of advertis-
ing gives you friendly feeling toward
q firm. 1t makes you believe that it
will be both pleasant and profitable
to deal with the advertiser. A certain
grocer once inserted in the newspapers
an advertisement that had this merit.
1t ram
Twins are come to me for the
third time. This time a boy and q
girl. beseech my friends to support
me stoutly'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19
Many Hac Idea Of vcIocipede

The velocipede was the fatEer Of
the bicycle. The List of those who
claimed to have made the invention
would ill q column, and a page would
hardly accommodate all those who de.
yised the improvements which made
the veiocipede really useful means
0f Iocomotion.
Blanchard, the aeronaut, who 10.
seTfbea the innovation 10 detAil d
HH. 4 believed entitled to ART hon
orr
The rfenchman, Nlcephore NiepcA
appeafs a 4 tood second n 18al
Baron ton nrAi ! oa 1alIGiSs
lhls r. 1 y "a :
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19

"AhW exclaimed the fallen haaahou
star as he wiped away tear. 4Tf I
had only thought about that sonr tho
young people were singing when / was
. bush league player!"
What was tT' asked symna thet,c
friend.
TAhe Back Your Decays s,s,s5u,.
ing1am Aee-EIeeala
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19

taa@yjsa3i: Farms For Sale
tgelni&ns, desiring to invest ir
.-=ars vau.a arms, should call OF
4. 7"-a - z VI. LoucAs, 10 W.
e- a' s.t'ee9, York, Pa. He has S
a.9hoc lie Of farms for sale
.r., .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19
FOR SALE.

A seven room dwelling with
necessary outbuildiags and two ani
one. fourth acres of.land With GOOD
orchard.
1t is located one add a half miles
northwest Of Calvary.
JOHN r. O'NEAL.
March lit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19
NIAGARA FALLS, N. 7.
ATLANTIC El1f. N, ].

.ussion fron Southeran Railway
Points.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-08-19

ears ago g52l Wiole u ~
3eilg @2laaN's aao4 tEia EMS -e
a-asG aa%a kaown lal 4bHsg 1ta
ie4.eI.lHs. sx ffLEn er{G taEs( a11 ct
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-10
BUSINESS OUTLOOK

The American Bankers associa-
ton is undertaking a comprehensive
survey OF the Industrial and mer-
camille situation through the medium
Of a questionable containing a num-
Der Of pertinent inquiries These
concern the trend OF interest rates.
possible excess Of manufactured
goods. prospects for spring and sum-
mer retail trade. the price move
ment. and the efficiency of labor.
QuestiOnnaires have an undOubted
value in times like these. when ru-
mors. conjectures, and vague guesses
abound and often pass an informa-
ton. A QUESTIONABLE discriminatory
mailed obtains a wide range of COM
ment and opinion, as we'll as actual
fact, from men qualified to speak
in representative sections OF the
country. The Fidelity Deposit Co. Of
Baltimore recently published the
findings Of n QUESTIONABLE that
evoked illuminating comment on the
trend Of business. The American
Bankers association findings will be
awaited with interest.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-10
AGRICULTURE

The average value Of pillow land
per acre has declined about seven
per cent during the past year. &C
cordnig TO the department OF agri-
culture. on March l the price per
acre was Ss3.7S. as compared with
S9O.01 nI920 and s74.31 in 1919.
The cause Is. Of course. the reduc-
ton in crop values. The reason land
values have not dropped more sharp
~ is that, broadly speaking, they are
relatively slow 10 rise and do not
rise in proportion TO transient price
advances.
The cotton and tobacco states are
hardest hit. In some sections Of the
south land decline 80 per cent dur
ing the year. In Georgia pillow land
dropped from S46 70 S36 per acre
or p per cent; in South Carolina
from SCI to $50. or Is per cent
Kentucky. a tobacco growing state,
suffered a decline from $40 TO 500
per acre, or Is per cent. Iowa land
values lead. The average is 5000 per
acre, as compared with S219 last
year-a decline OF nine per cent.
Illinois ranks second with an aver
age value Of $157 per acre. Alabama
and Mississippi lag far behind with
on average value Of S26 per acre.
The western states show the least
decline. and all pillow land values
are still higher than in any year be-
fore 1920.
Sec'y Wallace, in his second mes
sage to the people Of the United
States, makes a powerful appeal for
tariff on agricultural products.
Sec'y Wallace understands and takes
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-10
ReUiew Of the Week
> By Financial Editox.

Business sentiment is exceedingly
variable In the absence Of any posi-
tive developments that mark out the
path ahead. Forecasts OF decided i'm
provement by April 1 and other
dates have returned one by one TO
cOnfOund their makers. some OBJ
servers have been prone TO ignore
certain definite checks 20 progress
and 10 emphasize unduly favorable
aspects Of the situation. Pronounced
Improvement has been chiefly sea
sonal in character or confined 10 a
few industries. In the middle west
large importance is attached 10 the
return of stability and a higher level
Of value in the agricultural markets.
AS one bank puts it: Every new
day presents a new aspect 70 one or
another Of the commercial and eco
nomic problems with which men are
wrestling. and every new day finds
business sentiment swung backward
or forward according 10 the immedi-
ate construction that is placed upon
the significance Of passing events. g"
The rate of progress is very difficult
20 determine. At many points con
ditions are undoubtedly improving,
although the change is slow. The
speed of recovery will to a large ex-
tent depend upon the decision either
to finance and thus uphold the coun-
try's export trade or TO reOrganize on
a basis primarily Of domestic inter-
change.
Time is on the side Of recupera-
ton, points out one confirmed opti-
mist. and present handicaps to re-
vival Will be modified or demoved,
one by one.
Unemployment increased during
March, Notwithstanding renewed &C
tivity in the automobile and other in
dustries. reports the department Of
labor. CVessation in iron and steel
operations was argely responsible
The peak OF unemployment may not
have yet been reached in many sec
tons.