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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25

mill yards of Cuba without trans fer or cost of handling. Cuba Is now our fourth largest interna- tional customer. It Is this rich trade, dependent as 1t is upon the prosperity of Cuba's chief industry, the raising of sugar, that is men, aced by the GO per cent increase in the tariff on Cuban sugar enacted by the emergency tariff act.
 There is a slang phrase of the street that runs something like this. 1.-The bigger they are, the harder they fall" This could be applied to the Cuban situation, with refer ence to our responsibility for her welfare. We have made Cuba big. We have helped her In her advance in civilization all along the line. As a result of the close trade and transportation relations between the United States and Cuba the hu- man differences between us and our national fosterchild are fast disappearing. We have made her big, we have made her part of us, financially and industrially, and we should see that she does not fan, as she is quite likely O if we raise permanent tariff barrier, which would have the effect of shutting out sugar. her chief product from
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25
MATRIMONIAL ADS CROWD 
 BERLIN PAPERS

Berlin, Nov. 25-Berlin at the pres- ent time is the bachelors harvest. Marriage advertisements have long been feature of the German news papers, but the last few months have seen an extraordinary development in this line. The dearth of eligible husbands has compelled would-be wives to leave no stone unturned to achieve their de- sire, and whole columns are now daily devoted to appeals of women in search of husbands, setting forth their at- fractions, physical and financial.
 Thus a fraulein advertises:
 ''Twenty-six years old. fair, good character, domesticated, plea sant ap- pearance, fortune and good dowry; i; wishes to meet a man Of good charac- ter and industrious; purpose of mar riage.''
 Then comes:
 "Well-edu ducated farmers daughter, pretty, 21, moderate fortune, wishes to make a love marriage"
 Another young woman, bearing in mind the prevailing house shortage, says:
 Girl of 26. with her own home, wishes to marry"
 The same lure is held out by a "free-thinking intelligent and domes- ticated Jewess.'
 ''W'hile there is life there is hope' Is apparently the motto of ''Catholic
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25

sent by tfis country to Havana to establish an American school sys- tenn. With the installation of the Cuban republic in 1902 public fn- struction came directly under su- pervision of the federal govern ment, and the secretary of public instruction was made a member of tha Presidents cabinet. Today eaere are over HOO schools in Cuba with nearly 35O.OO0 pupils. Xnere are 5,6S5 teachers in the pri- mary schools. There is a coeduca- tionaI normal school in each of the islands five provinces and Havana has two additional normal schools, one for boys and one for girls. Eng fish is one of the chief subjects in all these schools.
 Cuba's chief institutions of high CT learning are the Institute of Havana, which occupies a place be- tween the grammar school and the university, and the National Uni- versity of Havana. founded In TIPS and now a big we'll equipped mod ern institution. In 1918 school of Domestic Economy, Arts and Sci- ences, known as '"The School of the Home," was established.
 The American colonist or visitor also finds Cuba physically . most
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, passenger railway revenue. 'If business is to revive, investing capital must be freed as far as pos able. The excess profits tax must be repealed-it ought to have been abol- ished when the pretext for it disap- peared.
 ''In place of these intricate. invo1v- ed and destructive war expedients which weaken and destroy business, give us a plain, simple. easily under stood revenue system. based on bust- ness principles, which will, at once, work less hardship on all the people and permit business to get into &C., ton.
 "In the end we must put tax on expenditures non-cumulative tax on sales-while all. alike and equally, must pay in exact proportion to pur- chases. That would be a genuine and an honest tax on wealth.
 "A sales tax is open, above board, and in plain light of day. It is fixed certain and cannot be multiplied at the expense of the. consumer by un- derground manipu pulation-
 'If the genius and energy which our best minds are devoting to the Disarmament Conference shall, after ;.ne brilliant success which we know toric barley, be employed in devising and executing ways and means to in crease American trade in these re- gioaIS allotted to us by nature, we might possibly secure desperately needed markets for our surplus. If so, more idle laborers would be given work than were provided with jobs by the unemployment conference.
 "But even the highest statecraft is not, alone, sufficient it must be sup ported by the sense and sentiment of staunch, patient, Ieve1-headed, high minded people. The situation will apply the supreme test to American character and to American institu- tionS.
 "But never doubt that we shall prevail. American statesmanship will be equal to the demand; American character will stand the test; Ameri- can institutions will prove adequate, and vindicate, once more, the wisd om of the founders of the Republic
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I attractive spot It Is land of pie I tu-esque mountains, beautiful val | leys, fertile plains and plateaus all | overspread with luxuriant tropical l verdure.
 It's climate Is free from extremes | of temperature and other weather l conditions which often make life in or near the tropics unpleasant to l northerners.
 And the man made environment
 of Cuba is equally delightful to the
 northern sojourner, particularly 1 that of such modern cities as Ha-
 vana. This city is one of the most 1 delightful capitals in the western
 hemisphere. It Is city, modern in every respect that promotes com | fort of living and up to date com
 merciaI activities, In a quaint, his- | toric setting that dates back in part nearly 400 years. Havana to- 1 day Is a mixture of modern con- | crete and stone office buildings five | or six stories high with little one l or two story thick walled, tile
 roofed structures, some of them
 800 years or more old. It Is a clean, sanitary town, far different from the fever infested city the Amerl- cans found there two short decades ago.
 The chief railroad systems of Cuba are the United Railways of l Havana, the Cuba railroad, with its subsidiary. the Camaguey and | Nuevitas railway, and the Cuba | Northern railroad. They have an
 aggregate of about 2,2O0 miles of 1 track.
 Cuban mineral wealth is just at | the beginning of its development.
 The early Spanish dreams of gold
 in Cuba have never been realized,
 but they are supplanted today by actuality in the shape of rich de ] posits of cooper. Iron. manganese
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25

Der of men recognize their value in the marriage market and insert ad- vertisements giving very little descrip- tion of themselves, but laying down very clearly what they expect of their future brides. Money, flats, good dispositions and handsome appearance are always among the requirements. Their intentions are always "honOr- able" and a photograph is invariably desired.
 So that between the women who are seeking the prizes in these days of male (numericaD ,nferiority and men who wish to benefit from that advan- tage the advertisement departmen ents
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THE paaDo OF HAVANA ,cUBA~ THIS CITY IS ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING CApiTAlS OF THE
 WESTER RN WORLD.

island out of the same economic and political disturbances which Span ish misrule caused. Cubans know that Spain taxed Cuba to death and brought upon herself the train of misfortunes in the island which re- suited in the loss of Cuban terri tory The plea of the Cuban mis- sion in Washington was in effect that we do not follow the unfortu- nate example of Spain and lose Cuban markets for our exports.
 The change that has taken place in Cuba since Spain was driven out of the island has come quickly, but so gradually that few of us realize 1t Probably few know. for in stance, that Havana can be reach ed by train to Key West in forty hours from Washington and the re- maining ninety miles covered by trip American and Cuban busi- ness men are consrs<-tly taking. It will be a surprise to many, too, to learn that a long distance telephone line has been established between New York and Havana and inter- mediate points which is In almost hourly use.
 Then there is fast ferry service with daily sailingS between Key West and Havana, carrying loaded freight cars and making the round trip in twenty-four hours. Steam ship lines with almost daily sailings connect New York with every Gu ban port More merchandise enters and leaves Havana harbor every year than passes through any port of the United States excepting New York harbor.
 No, Cuba Is no longer Isolated from us. Today she does about 76 per cent of her International busi- ness. both buying and selling, with the United States. The heavy sugar md other machinery formerly bought in England, France and Germany now comes from the United States. loaded on cars at the foundries in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Alabama, Louisiana and other states and delivered in the
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and crome. Asphalt and petroleum
 are also found in paying quantities, | and in recent years numerous com
 panies have been formed to develop these resources.
 Cuba Is also rich in timber. Thera are 367 varieties of valuable hard | woods found in her forests. Of
 these only cedar and mahogany are
 imported to this country in any quantity. This natural resource has as yet been little exploited. But in agriculture lies Cuba's
 wealth. Soil and climate combine to make her one of the most fertile bits of land on the globe. Sugar and tobacco, of course, are her prin- i
 cipaI crops, and In these the Cuban
 farmer has become a specialist. l With an annual output of over |, 4,OOO, 900 long tons of raw sugar she l is far and away the greatest sugar producing country in the world. ] Her annual crop brings her in some 1 S25O, 100000 today, and upon tho prosperity of this one industry de-
 bends largely the general prosperity !
 ot the Cuban people. It can easiiyi is attached to the present visit ok {; the Cuban mission and It's effort to 1 avert the enactment of a ruinous American tariff against sugar, In- 1! asmuch as Cuba depends upon the !! United States as a market for haK l! of her enormous sugar crop. Over a billion dollars, more than half
 American capital, is invested in sugar production in Cuba. i; Tobacco, her second largest crop, is worth over 5O,o0O,OO0 a year to
 her. About three-hfths of this crop is exported, the greater part of 1t
 to the United States.
 Two other agricultural products
 imported from Cuba to the United
 States in large quantities are pine
 apples and honey. Practically all
 of America's importations of pine
 apples, amounting to nearly $4,OOO,-
 GOO a year. are from Cuba. Our
 imports of honey from Cuba amount
 to well over $1,ooO,000 annually, or
 about half our total imports of that commodity.
 Coffee is another large agricul- tural product of Cuba. Cubans arc said to be the greatest coffee drink CTS On earth.
 Other considerable agricultural products are mangoes, citrons,i
 fruits, bananas. grapes, cacao, va-
 nilla, potatoes, tomatoes. eggplants, peppers, okra, squash, beans, corn. | wheat. rice and peanuts. Stock raising, including horses, cattle.
 hogs. sheep and goats, Is followed to a considerable extent. Poultry
 raising is also a rapidly growing industry.
 When the American government
 was established at Santiago in 1898
 one of it's first acts was to begin the stabilization of Cuban currency. This reform was completed by the Cuban Congress under the law of October 29. 1914, by which the Gu ban gold peso, of weight and fine ness similar to the American dol lar, was declared the unit and Unit ed States money legal tender. In view of this close harmony of interests the visiting commission from this new Cuba holds that the
 erection of greater tariff walls be- tween the two countries Is illogical and harmful to the best interests of both.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25
By GARRETT SMITH

EW Americans realize that - down in the Gulf of Mexi- co at our very gateway
 there has grown up in the last twenty years on the basis of a nediaeval Spanish colony a mod ern American state that, although politically Independent, thanks to us, Is to all intents and purposes practically 6 part of the United States.
 A realization of how little we know of this new land of Cuba was brought forcibly to public attention by the recent visit to this country of the Cuban Commercial Mission appointed by the President of Cuba to present Cuba's financial plight and to plead against the imposition or a 60 per cent increase in the tariff on Cuban sugar. This in crease was enacted in the emer- gency tariff and Is now making 1t difficult for Cuba to recover from the serious business and financial depression which aff1icts the island.
 In presenting Cuba's case to the Senate Finance Committee through the State Department the commission pointed out that the re- enactment of this GO per cent in- crease in the permanent tariff bill would fnf1ict upon Cuba a blow from which she could not recover fin many years.
 The average man has not real ized the important part which this new member of free nations plays in the worlds trade. Certain 1t Is that the average man does not re- alize to what extent Cuba depends upon the United States, her foster mother, for fair treatment in order that she may speedily recover her economic and political stability.
 The man in the street still thinks of Cuba as a semi-barbarous land of insurrection, ignorance and pow erty. This it was twenty years ago. Then 1t was country that sold us sugar and tobacco. but did most of Its buying in Europe. The man in the street, while inordinately proud of the fact that the United States had large part in freeing the fs- land from Spanish oppression, does not at the same time realize cur responsibility for keeping the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25
PLEAS HAVE PLEAS, TOO,
 ENGLISHMAN DISCOVERS

London, Nov. 25.-A new "fea's flea" with an adventurous history was described for the first time at a meet ing of the Royal Microscopical Socie- ty.
 The discoverer. F. Martin Duncan, explained that it started life in the underground nest of the humble bee. These nests are raided by moles, and during the assault the little mites at
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25

! in the mole's parasite, the 't8reat moles f1ea-' These tiny pin-points of life are ob- is believed that they travel on the
 mole-f1ea until they come across a cer- | tain underground fungus where they feed and mature.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25

NEW YORK-H. M Benson. bet ter known as Douglas Stuart, the fa- nous turf accountant, arrived on the Adriatic. Stuart is recognized as the outstanding figure of the British sporting fraternity and introduced thf pari-mutuel system in England
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-25
Var Widows Particular

widow, age 59. with a noble charac- ter and three rooms, seeks a hus- band"
 War Widows Particular
 Widows, mostly war widows, figure largely in these columns. Some of them, having no doubt had one eX- per.ence, are very particular as to their future husbands One, for in stance, wishes to marry a small, slim man, 35 to 36 years of age, with brown eyes and hair" while another stipulates that mo Jews. Poles or film artists need apply"
 But the women are not the only people who have seen the possibility of the present situation. A large num-
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of the newspaper are reaping a ricI harvest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-24
Game Legislation

Oklahoma City, Okla, Feb. "a.
The fish and game committee of
the senate yesterday introduced three
bills relating to that state department.
One amends the game laws 1t would
allow a hunter to kill one deer and
one wild turkey a year, the season
being from Dec, 20 to Jan. /, inclu'
sive. A license for hunting big game
would cost $40 to Oklahomans and
$25 to those who live outside the
state The dill also would prohibit
the seining and trapping Of fish in
all streams except privately owned
ones, but would allow hook and-line
fishing at all times. Another bill
would authorize the board Of affairs
to sell about a half-sectior Of public
land in Usage county and turn in the
proceeds ta the state game protection
fund. A third bill would authorize the
game and fish warden to sell or
trade surplus male or female game
found not suitable for propagation
purposes, any revenue resulting from
such sales to be applied TO the pro-
lection fund.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-24
FREE SUBSCRIPTION
TO DAILY ARDMOREITE
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
BY YOUNG AVIATOR

Arthur oakley, the boy aviator,
who has thrilled the entire United
States with his daredevil deeds on the
wings and other parts of an airplane
while in flight, will again treat the
residents Of the towns of southern
Oklahoma and northern Texas when
no flies as advance agent of the Ard
more Trade Excursion which will be
conducted on March 3 and a. The
youthful flyer will distribute from
the air circulars announcing the COM
ing of the excursion and which will
also bear the news about the coming
Automotive Show which will be COM
Quoted here on March 8, 10, IL and IL
and also tine Livestock show which
will be conducted on the same dates.
A representative Of the Ardmoreite
will accompany Oakley in the plane,
and will photograph from the air the
various towns which are visited. and
also will drop subscription blanks to
the Daily Ardmoreite. A thousand
blanks will be dropped over each town
Among the blanks dropped will be one
one-year paid up subscription to the
Daily ArdmOreite. and one six months
paid-up subscription. The finders Of
these will receive the Daily Ardmoreite
free during the time designated on
the blanks.
There are practically no more than
three men in the entire United States
who perform the hazardous stunts
which Mr.. Oakley does on the wings
OF an airplane, and Ardmore should
feel proud TO be able to claim Itself
as the home of this rare bird
Mr.. Oakley is now busily engaged
rigging up the plane which will be
used on the Trade Excursion flight
and will have it really to fly within
the next few days.
AS soon as several more machine:
are prepared for use Mr.. Oakley ex
poets to establish in this city an all
service station. for passenger servic,
to all points.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-24
HIGH WINDS FURNISH
ALIBIS FOR LOCAL
TRAPSHOOTERS

This Ardmore Gun Club held n
Washington's birthday shoot at the
traps north of the city Tuesday af-
ternoon, and while the weather was
such as to cause the shivers to un-
nerve the shooters, and the high wind
waited the unhit targets at times
behind the marksmen, quite crowd
was out including five visitors from
Davis who came down to get a few
pointers about organizing q gun club
at that place.
The Davis contingent were enter
tanned by the local bunch and lot
of valuable information given them
about the formation Of their club.
The men from Davis stated that they
could form an organization at that
place with an initial membership of
% live sportsmen who would take
keen interest in the game, and they
felt sure that during the summer
some interesting tournaments could
be staged in the southern part Of
the state. The visitors from Davis
were Dad" Long, p. G.. Moore, w.
L. Tuck. ]. L. English, and j. r.
Long. All look part at tne traps
for the first time yesterday and al
though the high wind was confusing
to them they did very we'll considering
the first trip to the firing line.
Following Is a summary Of yester-
days events:
Tuck, 29x5O; j. r. Long, SSx15O;
English. 10x5O; Moore, S4x125; Dad"
Long, 16x50. Moore is one arm man
having lost his right arm by accident.
He is a game shooter and when he
gets a gun that fits him is likely
TO make them all step as one arm
predecessor who use to shoot for
the Winchester company did in days
gone by
The summary Of the locals Is as
follows:
Sykes. 114x175: Coe, 91x150; God
dard, 7Gx150; Conlee, Axis; Forte,
127x150; Cochran, 47x70; Mobley
62x100; Homer, 73x100 Boyd, 37x75;
Short, 4x25: Tyer, 13x25.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-24
GRAIN GROWERS TO
ORGANIZE NATION
WIDE COOPERATIVE
SELLING ASSOCIATION

The grain growers 70 the country
are preparing to organize nation
wide cooperative selling association
using the Oklahoma plan as the basis
OF their organization, according to
information received at headquarters
of the cotton growers association In
Oklahoma City.
THE grain growers proposed organ
ization is being formed on the Okla
homa plan following exhaustive in
vestigations by the committee Of II
appointed last year by the American
Farm Bureau Federation for that pur>
pose," says Monroe G. Wright, repre-
senting the Oklahoma Cotton Growers
association in Carter county.
''rhe committee of II is made up
OF the best informed men in the
country on marketing conditions, ev-
cry one of them is an able man OF
the highest type, and any recon-
mendation they might make would
represent the best judgment of the
highest existing authority on the sub
ject.
'yrhis being the case IL should be
especially gratifying to Oklahoma
cotton farmers to know that the plan
upon which they are organizing has
been found by these men TO be sound
and workable for an association Of
growers OF the magnitude contemplate
ed by the grain men.
Our farmers have put Oklahoma on
the map as the leader in the forma-
ton OF cooperative associations for
major crop, and the "Oklahoma
plan" is already being, talked about
from one end of the land 20 the other
The Carter county branch OF the
association is being rapidly organized
and the quota both as TO membership
and tho number OF bales pledgvI
will far exceed the expectation of The
state organization.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-24

Not Exactly This But Near IL Is tne
Too Often Experience Of Many Mon
A hundred people describing their
weary condition would each tell 1t
differently. One cant think, another
is drowsy, the next feels weak, others
are irritable, moody, depressed. appre-
hensive, as the case may be. To this
great class of sufferers comes Reoao.
one OF the grandest reconstructfve
agencies ever devised for definite ac-
complishment- 1t intensifies the ac-
dyity of the vital processes, provokes
increased flesh, stimulates the pro-
duction Of red corpuscles, contributes
to the defense of the system against
repletion and consequent exhaustion
and in many other ways arouses the
functional processes to make you feel
that something has touched that one
Pickering vital spark you thought was
about TO go out. No amount Of de-
scription can adequately convey the
difference between the feeling Of lack
Of nerve speed and the rebound, the
freedom, the liberation from depres-
sions that cause so many men and
women to fall in their tracks, to go
to sleep at the switch or stand still
when the order Is 10 go ahead. II
you would really like to get acquainted
with your real self get s1.00 box Of
Reolo today. Ask any of the clerks
at Frame Drug Co, or any other
leading drug store.-Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-24
Nerve.S Speed
When Needed
Lack OF Reserve Force Cause Of Moa
Failures in the Daily Affairs
Of Life

To feel weary without having earn
ed it by hard work throws the mind
into disorder and confusion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-24
NOTICE. YOEMEN

NOTICE, YOEMEN
PIE SUPPER FRIDAY NIGHT.
COME AND BRING A PIE AND A
FRIEND. I. o. 0. r. HALL, 730 p. NJ.
COMMITTEE. 23-3