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The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
Farm Snob From Russia.

81 have been a chef. but il is now
my intention to adopt some branch
OF agriculture, in which I may en-
gage upon my completion of your
course" mentioned one of the pros
pective students, newly arrived
from Russia, at the New York State
Institute OF Applied Agriculture,
out at Farmingdale.
The general course would be
best for you" explained the in
structor. through an interpreter.
Then you will be able to run a
whole farm, IL you wish, yourself" 4"
That" said the new student.
with some aloofness, sis not at all
the Russian custom, nor should /
care to study such a medley Of sub
tects. On our big estates, Of course,
one gardener, one farmer, is never
employed. Every landowner Of any
pretensions requires a landscape
gardener, a vegetable gardener. II
Kitchen gardener, a cut flowers
gardener, a garden flowers garden
er, fern gardener. a shrub gar
dener, a water gardencr-at the
very least. And of aSriculturists-"
Il fear that American farming
will seem very democratic to you.
his listener broke in. Would IL
not be better to continue as a chef?''
That" said the agricultural stu
dent from Russia, has been my de-
cision ever since arrivcd.'-New
York Evening Post.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21

ment let the weakened Congress
men who are afraid OF the No.
vember returns go before their con-
stituents with the claim that they
attended to the needs or the uis-
abled and they will find It a far
more profitable field than stumb-
ling along t,hind the !.mer,ca-
Legion which, after all. has 4 far
smaller number Of members ia good
standing than its leaders would
have the public believe.
Mr.. Editor. IL you would be so
good as TO publish this i think ]
should insist that II not be taken
as a knock at the American Le-
gion which has such a great field
for legitimate cndeavoI. but ,nei ely
an effort to put the people right
and not be misled as to the real
feeling Of the real people in the
American Legion who are today
forced to see the leadership that is
forcing IL into the shadows.
DISABLED VETERAN.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
Postal Rates COMPARED.

DRITISH business men are UP in arms over
ID the attempted diversion of profits accruing
from the postal service during the past year to
the royal treasury instead Of their utilization by
the government branch where they occurred, spe-
cihcally for the reduction Of mail rates.
The Empire Mail of London, remarks that 'if
the postmaster general and the government were
in any doubt about the real attitude of the COM
mercial, industrial and financial interests of the
country the question of the existing high scale
OF postal rates. they fully and authoritatively
informed as a result of the important and very
representative meeting which was held on February
} At the Offices of the Association of British
Chambers of Commerce. Seldom has there been
gathering Of men more entitled from intimate
knowledge to speak a subject closely connected
with the reconstruction and the permanent pros
perity of British trade The conference, very
wisely, in view, laid special stress upon the
necessity of any anticipated surplus on the revenue
of ,the postofice for the. past year being wholly
devoted to reduction of the present postal rates,
instead OF being impounded by the treasury. 1t
would indeed be monstrous if surplus, extorted
from the community the plea that the postofhcc
must be made to pay its way, were used to pro-
vide funds to swell the general exchequer The
commercial world find it difficult to resign them
selves to the losses which the increased postal
rates have entsiled in one of the worst years in
straw if the posto6ice were used by the chancellor
OF the exchequer an additional means of raising
indirect taxation. The postal services of the
country are national institution which exists to
promote the convenience of the public at the low
est possible charges consistent with efficiency.
While its accounts must be made to balance on
reasonable business lines, the making Of profit
by the postoficc may be taken as sure sign
that it has failed to render service to the COM
munity, which is its. raison d'ctre as a. state
monopoly"
While the revenue needs OF Great Britain have
been terribly pressing since 1914 and while the
United States is, OF course far more fortunate in
its economic situation, cannot help but COM
pare postal costs in this country to those of Eng
land with satisfaction in our own arrangement.
Letter rates were advanced during the war, but
as soon possible they decreased. We pay
the same for letter post in the good old days,
and parcels post service has been extended
and made cheaper until now it is a model for
the world.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
The Implacable Pursuit.

A LII in all, the United States Secret Service
- is probably the worlds most efficient organ
= ization today in those lines to which such
operatives are devoted
This thought is not primarily evoked. Of
course by the latest arrests, those of two young
men who held for the grand jury in connec-
ton with the alleged theft Of $I75ooo in Liberty
bonds. The affair serves simply as a reminder
OF the really formidable .cxpcrtness of the men
who work out OF the Treasury Department
through the United States.
Unlike the boasted spy systems OF European
nations, the Secret Service does not go in for
any involved mysteri to identity of its
agents-until they a Their names
are entered complainants police blotters
when they make an arrest; the pictures OF those,
at least, attached to the President frequently
printed. But when they in the field, the
trail of counterfeitcrs other malefactors, they
are swallowed in a great void. They do not
function through lcgerdcmain through urid detcc-
effort. Usually they as lonely when hunting.
down suspect a group of suspects as the
Royal Northwest Mounted Police. And, like these
intrepid seuths OF the Dominion, they nearly
always get their man.
1t is possible to dodge the police departments
of our great cities; it is possible to escape the
nets spread by the division of investigation Depart
the Secret Service. A cold chill goes through
the who knows has TO believe
its agents his track for criminal act.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
New Zealands Prosperity.

NEW ZEALAND has the lowest death rate
~ and the highest export rate per capita of
"any country on esrth," according to the Literary
Digest's British Empire number.
The per, capita wealth is given fo36
nearly twice that of the United States. Bryce is
quoted as saying There no millionaires and
very few rich persons according to British and
American standards, and class is sunk
the margin of subsistence"
I 1t wasn't always so-New Zealand for
merly trustridden with as great a degree of
Capitalization of wealth, any country in the
world, and the corollary of recurring business
crises poverty and unemployment held true to the
records of the great" nations. New Zealand
originally grant of the British Crown to Scotch
syndicate. Owning the lands and other natural
resources, the syndicate owned controlled the
industries to large extent just is true Of the
great trusts of America.
The liberals of New Zealand fought from
1870 to 1896 before they were able to insert the
entering wedge of a, land tax designed to break
up the trust system. Progress OF the reform since
then has been rapid until before the war about
three -ourths OF the tax districts raised the major
portion Of their revenues by the land tax, with
corresponding reduction all lines of business
and production The government also took over
the railroads and other public utilities, operating
them fairly in the interest of business and the
public generally The figures quoted by the Digest
show the results.
"Paternalistic" legislation Of the government
includes state fire insurance, government grading
of butter, cheese and hemp for export, state mater
nifty homes noncontributory old-sge pensions, state
coal mines, state accident insurance, and state
owned dwellings for workmen in private employ,
with rent applicable to purchase the INSTALL
ment plan.
Like other nations New Zealand has suffered
by the aftermath of war, which has been met
in part by extension of moratorium mort
cages, and money at call deposited with local
concerns other than banks.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
Writes President on Hospital
iZation Bill.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
The enclosed copy of a letter to
the President may interest you and
will certainly suggest some OF the
reasons why the Robinson bill
should become a law.
The bill was read twice in the SEN
ate and referred to the Committee
on Finance in October and there IT
has lodged-apparently lost-during
all OF the agitation about bonus
legislation and the cry OF do every
thing first for the DISABLED vet
eran."
Will you not help US arouse pub
lie interest in this measure and get
il up for early action?
s. E. BoMAR.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
Notes Inhuman Acts.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald: ::

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Your entertaining paper comes 20
my doorstep, or-the top of the
porch roof-most every day Cwhen
the boy gets aroundl.
Last Friday ! read calmly and
with interest 10 the fourth page
and then ] had to stop. and this is
why-animaIs never get = square
deal in the papers. not yours only
but every paper; this time il said:
Horse Takes Ritc from woman's
Arm" Dog Attacks Boy" and
The dog was beaten away and
turned over to the pound before It
injured the boy"
What did they do to the horse
II didn't say; nut then horses come
higher than dogs.
The horse will have a heavy muz-
zle and when he wants drink "
will be too much trouble To- his
driver to take il OF, and so he will
go thirsty.
And why did he bite? That poor
old Dobbin on a dump cart. OF
course, old and tired Maltreated.
left TO stand hours in a biting wind
uncovered. l have seen It. Beaten
and prodded with sticks sharp at
the end.
That old horse waited many years
(you know he was old. o. he would
not be in a dump cartl. He served
his masters faithfully doubtless:
and then. at last, he turned. but he
made a mistake: he shOUld have
bitten that driver-aEd ! wish he
had-a good hard bite.
Passing my house one day was n
J man. who began to beat his horses
for no reason that ] could sec. eN-
cept that he felt cross; he was a
| driver on a wagon OF dirt. there
were were several other wagons.
also dirt filled. busy on the leveling
which seems to be affecting poor
/ Chevy Chase-fillinE up the pretty
dimples. choppinG down picturesque
knolls. fe'Iing every tree. till verify!
We wi'l he an ~-ti%ri~ S-r.-. ,,-N..-7
| all is dons ami the real estate man
4 has succeeded in maNrnE Jhv couu-
try as fiat as the ocean. Well. I
threw up my window and called
| out. You stop beating those
horses" The man damned me. Had
! / been able I would have gone out
and taken his number. lie was the
' only white driver
Walking on one nf ou: respect
\ able new streets I met a little boy
and his nurse. the child was pulling
along a police puppy. I noticed the
, puppy had his tail down and acted
not in a gambolinE puppyfied way.
I and in a few minutes / understood
! why-the hoy began to beat the lit
: tic dog in the eyes with the end OF
I tho chain.
! Why do parents put chains on
! puppy dogs? And the nurse never
! said thing. When, demonstrated
: she said. We'll. taih't yoUrn"
Ranking in that puppy heart is
| anger. and some day. who knows
he will be tried to the last straw
and then he will use the one de-
| fense, as he can not get away from
F., the chain. the only protection he
has, and God gave il him-his teeth.
And then he is sent to the pound.
: Not a chance. Not one.
4 NJ IT
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
TIMELY VIEWS OF
WORLD TOPICS

"There is a profit in nearly all
branches of farming" says Gov.
McKelvie, of Nebraska. There is
every reason to expect that busi-
ness in this immediate field will
show quite an unusual improvement
during the weeks and months to
come"
The Nebraska governor in a
table showing the increase that has
taken place in the farm value of
Nebraska's agricultural products
between November l last and March
1 shows the total value of farm
products grew from s392,22S.0OO to
S457,5S5,000 in that period.
Explanatory notes by the COVER
nor interpret the figures.
First, the total increased value
OF the principal products is S65,351,-
900. Admitting that a portion OF
these products had already been
disposed of not only on November
/ but in a larger measure as OF
March /, 1t is important to note
that the items approximatinE the
larger amount of the increase are
most largely in the hands of the
farmer at the present time.
For instance. the increase in the
value of the wheat crop was sl6.-
100000, but nearly all the market
able wheat was sold before No
vembcr I. On the other hand the
combined increase in the value OF
corn, cattle and hogs is over s52. !
o0o, 900, and these are in the farm
ers hands or have been disposed of
within the last sixty days.
Second, the tabulation does not
include the value of products car
ried over from 1920. This is quite
an important factor, for in corn
alone, the carryover is estimated
to have been 25 per cent or about
5000, 900 bushels, which, figured at
the present farm price OF 81 cents
per bushel, amounts to $24,O00,OO0.
The increase in the value of this
carryover as between November l
and March is nearly $10,0O0,OO0
Third, while the prices of farm
products have increased, the prices
of things for which these products
must be exchanged have declined.
This readjustment OF exchange val
ues is of basic importance and is
perhaps the most significant indi-
cation of a return to normal pros
perity.
while the foregoing facts clear
ly indicate the reason. Ior Ne
braska's business recovery, the full
significance of the factors working
to bring about normal prosperity
are not yet fully understood.
For instance, the war finance
corporation has put about S12.-
100000 into the State since No
vember 1. This money, being in
the form of long time loans, has
greatly relieved the strain on the
banks and has eased the demands
upon the farmer for immediate
liquidation.
This additional credit enabled
the farmer to market his corn at n
much higher price, both by feeding
II to live stock and by holding II
until more favorable paces OBJ
tanned.
The demands upon the war n
nance corporation are rapidly re-
ceding and II Is prboable tha even
before July 1, when the corpora
tons cxistence will terminate, the
need for it in this State will have
passed"
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21

LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
To the Friend Of People:
L would like to know where can procure
OF labor organizations7 Z. c. p.
Write to the American Federation Of Labor,
Washington. and they will give you the infOrma-
tion you desire.
PRESERVING FRUIT.
To the Friend of the PsopIe:
Will you kindly tell where to write to get
information from the government for the making
and preserving Of jams and fruits? ,,,-,,,
Department of Agriculture Washington D.
NEW hook.
To the Friend of the People:
Please tell where I get the bookcslled
'Humbus" and who are the publishers. II was re-
Gently published A. C. T.
Any book store can get this = book SIs, for you or
New York City, publishers Of the book
BONUS PAYMENT.
TO Friend Of the People:
Kindly tell me where can get information
Ohio? GEORGE ERICKSON.
Write to Deputy Adiutant General, American
Legion Headquarters. Columbus Ohio.
BONUS IN INDIANA.
To the Friend People
Does the State of Indiana pay bonus .,I3e to her
former service men? hhhDEl''
No cash bonus has been passed but bill
will be voted on this year.
LOST AUNT.
To the Friend o People:
win you please tell me how ! locate
r. a. S.
VIC would advise you to consult police
thorties some detective agencies or put advertise
ment in the newspapers
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
The President.
The White House.

-
My Dear Mr.. President: The news
papers state that you are to take
up immediate consideration OF legis-
lation affecting disabled veterans.
May I ask that, while so doing, you
kindly give consideration to the
enclosed measure. s. 2547, which
will. 1t is believed. not only be OF
very material benefit to many OF
the disabled veterans. but will prove
to be a matter of economy to the
government
The compensation at present al
lowed is frequently INADEQUATE 10
properly care for the disabled vet
eran and his dependents. therefore
he rs practically compelled to seek
admission to a hospital in order
that he may be cared for there and
send all his allowances to his family
for their support, and this proposed
measure would give him. not only
the increased compensation, but per-
init him to receive. during the. time
he SO greatly needs II. the benefits
of the insurance for which he has
paid-often at great sacrifice.
AS one who has been a patient
in government hospitals for the
greater part Of the past two years,
the writer speaks from personal
knowledge in stating that there are
many men now in the hospitals who
would be better of. or at least as
we'll OFF. at home and would be there
IL they could receive the Increased
benefits this measure would assure
them, thus making available for
men really needing disqualification
the beds now occupied by hem-a
really economical measure, itself.
Further, II costs the government
considerably more to keep a man in
hospital and pay him $50 monthly
compensation than to nav him the
increased compensation. of 800 and
his insurance of $3.50 and AlIow of
his being with his family, relief
from worry, and. usually, more
speedy recovery. This feature means
very considerable economy to
the government.
There are. perhaps. many other
as good, or better. reasons for the
passage OF this, or some similar
measure, making a law of tRe old
Regulation 81. of the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance, which the
Comptroller of the Treasury held
to be unlawful, but space prevents
their mention.
Trusting that you and your ad-
visers will give this measure the
consideration II deserves, ] am, sir.
Sincerely yours,
"S. f. BoMAR.
Former Major, Infantry, U. S. r."
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
GChcHenu
Notes
qndCo11n1eW
TUESDAY, MARCH N, Iszz.

TUESDAY, MARCH n. 1szz
sIndian War Deeerstfe.s-Tkew war
Bonnet" will be the subject OF an
address. illustrated by actual
sDeciments. by Francis Le
Flesche. ethnologist Of the Bureau
of American Ethnology United
States National Museum. before
the meeting Of the Anthropoiog- :
icaI Society OF Washington. Room
l2-i3. new building of National
Museum. this afternoon, .t:ts
o'clock
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21

An item in a Western newspaper stated that
the directors of certain bank in that city had
demanded and received the resignation Of one
of their members, Edward J. Down. To our
analytical mind, this would seem to definitely
disprovc the up-to-now accepted slogan OF the
Salvation Army, "a man may be Down, but
he's never out"
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
FIRST U. $. PATENTS.

To the Friend Of the People:
Please tell to whom the first two three pat
granted by the Colonial Government OF the
United States, with dates and the Of articles
patented Some twenty five years after the Mayf
landed at plymouth. stor OF mine was granted
a patent by the Colonial Government of Massachusetts
and would like to know IL that was the first In the
United States? II. w. J.
The United States Patent Office has records
Of patents granted by the Colonial Government We
refer you 10 Walker Patents" and edition on
patents by Robinson. These be obtained at the
Congressional Library.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
TRACK RECORD.

TRACK RECORD.
To the Friend OF the People:
VIII you kindly answer the following ques-
ton In the query column of your paper? A bets
B that the worlds track record is held by Sig
Jacksonville. Fla, attaining a speed of 15s la
miles per hour says Tommy Milton holds the
record, having made 1874 miles per hour in, a 16-
cylinder car on the track? BIC.
According to our records both of you
wrong as to the speed they made. Tommy Milton
is holder Of the worlds record. the speed being
1916 miles hour.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
THE BRITISH PRINTER.

To the Friend Of the People:
Is there English trade journal published
in England corresponding to our International Typo
graphical Journal. published Indianapolis? II
how will l address them and would that publication
take in Australia New Zealand. etc. Also is there
pubcs ton similar to the Inland Printer and So
what is the address? ]: H. McC.
The British Printer. published in London. may
be bought at book stores here.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
MMUl6nfGI
.0n By Day
impressions:
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NEW YORK. March 20.-At IL
o'clock when the theaters begin to
empty their hordes and night life
qulckens into a gailop, an army of
shuffiing old women trickles over
from Tenth avenue to stand in the
electric glare of the playhouses.
There are hundreds of them, hooded
Niobes. gnarled and bent, patheti-
cally holding in wrinkled hands
chewing gum, pencils and late edi-
tions.
When the theaters are darkened
they move to entrances of the all
night cafes. where they remain un-
Ill dawn, for when dawn approaches
they get their biggest bills from the
mellowed crowds of pleasure seek
ers. Just as the windows of Fifth
avenue suggest the national fash
ions, Greenwich Village. the resort
OF the illusioned, these ancient
crones suggest Broadway's beauty
gone foul.
For. indeed, most of them were
once OF Brosdway-figures in the
dazzling auro of wealth and mag
nificence. Talk to any of them and
you will find that their lives were
once interviewer with the gaiety
that bubbles and flashes along the
street. Now they are tarnished tin
sci.
They are symbolical of New
York's ruthlessness in tearing down
as well as building up. of renewing
as well as obliterating. No city in
the world so quickly shuffles its
population and brings out of OBJ
scurity the unknown and shunts the
notables into observation.
There are only a few blocks be-
tween Tenth avenue and Broadway.
but social chasm deeper than
those few blocks separate the
shiny serge OF one from the shiny
silk of the other. And once having
made the descent-well. as Kid Ho-
gan used to say. nobody ever
comes back from Tenth avenue ex-
cept for handout."
The Broadway policemen arc toll
Grant. The venerable women rare
ly have peddling or beEEar licenses.
II picked up. the judges. touched by
their old-age poverty. permit them
to go with a warning that is so
kindly that II is almost an invita-
ton to go back to their Broadway
stands.
One of the mightiest Of the movie
nabobs. formerly also one OF the
best of Bleecker streets button
makers. was discussing the filming
of a certain Shakepearean classic.
But he didn't like the title. So he
suggested "Venders of Virtue"
Big hotels in the Metropolis do
not sell liquor and automatically
discourage flask drinking in their
own restaurants. Yet the problem
of handling parties" in suites has
become serious. Thousands of dol
lars are lost weekly in broken fur
niture. ruined carpets and other
damages resulting from rcvelry.
House detective forces have been
trebled since prohibition. : The
visitor who used to do his enter
tanning in public and occupied
single hotel room now engages a
suite hires a rum runner and does
his entertaining in private.
There is a Japanese employment
agency where the visitor may hire
an expert Jap drink mixer by the
| hour. and thus not be inconvcn-
fenced by the refusal Of hotel serv-
ants to act as bartenders. 1t is
difficult for the hotel to complain
unless the entertaining is too noisy.
and II Is equally difficult to collect
on the damaged goods.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21

Says report from the Yank training camp:
Ruth went out on the lot and broke in
brand new yellow first baseman's glove" If
there is anything we against in baseball,
it is a yellow first baseman.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-21
COIN VALUE.

COIN VALUE.
To the Friend Of the People;
would like to know what, is the difference
between the face value and the real value of the
common United States coins? JAMES
me difference between the face and real
Vaiue OF copper and silver coins varies with the
commercial value Of silver and copper.