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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06
Egypt Sees Larger Liberty.

The iron rule of Great Britain is relaxing
in more than one quarter of the earth. The
almost incredible working out of the cause of
freedom in Ireland is now followed by a move
ment to retire from the protectorate formally
declared over Egypt in LELAND for excellent
cause-but actually exercised there through
out the last 40 years. In the meantime Aus
tralia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada
have been enjoying gradually increasing indie
pendence Indeed until the World war de-
manded their support, of the mother country it
was not difficult for people Of those lands TO
imagine themselves wholly free of any politi>
cal bonds with England or any other power
They recognized the invisible claim with
promptitude and with pride when war came,
with ITS grim aspects SOLDERING the most pro-
nounced critic OF naonarchial xpszrzment-Tc-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06

Well have to admit sneaking feeling that
some folks must think are slipping when
ma perfectly nice old sister like the Ladies'
Home Journal pleads for moral cleansing
of Rock Island and some of it's neighboring
cities on the grounds that these communities
are going to the bow-wows, but after thinking
Sne matter over seriously, and contrasting
conditions now with what they were in the old
days of the combination saloon and dance hall,
we can't help but take the charitable view that
somebody has been spoofing the old Phila-
delphia girl.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06
Call Leonardo De Vinci.

There is a spirited dispute over a painting
La Belle Leonardo Da Vinci" purported to
have been painted by Leonardo Da Vinci which
is offered for sale to the Kansas City Art in
stitute An art dealer and critic announces
sale. The owners have come to America from
Paris to prove the genuineness prepared to
spend money to establish its authenticity Just
how Identification is to be established is not
clear to the ncn-professional public but it is
the claim in artist circles that it is quite posi-
experts, similar in some respects to the &C
cepted evidence in forged writings and in
finger marks. This is quite probable But
suppose the evidence of the experts is conflict
ing, what is the humble lay public to do in the
forming of an opinion in such an exigency?
On the same date that the New York press
report brings the foregoing information an
other dispatch from London, quoting Sir Oliver
Lodges denial that his son. who died during
the war. has reappeared in person to him,
brings the statement by Sir oliver that he has
connections with his son about once a month
Without questioning the good faith, or the
alleged fact, We suggest that the great painter
be called over the long distance spirit line to
testify whether the painting offered the Kan
sas City Art institute is his very own or an
imitation That would be better than to take
the controversy into the courts, even il a mixed
jury OF men and women were called to the box
TO mumfne=fhe occult Eproblem-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06
The FanIt of the Salt.


II the salt have lost his SAVIOUR,
wherewith shall it be sailed? Not
only -four, rice and sugar suffer in
nutritive value by the manipulation
or purifying processes" to which
| manufacturers subject these sta
pies. Even our table salt is harm
ed in the making.
The per capita consumption of
salt in the United States is 116
pounds annually.
Salt is, or rather naturally SHOULD.
be, the chief source of iodine for
the body for the great majority of
people who live too far from the
sea to obtain sea food in sufficient
quantity to give an adequate iodine
ration to maintain health.
Ordinary diets are deficit in
iodine in proportion as they lack
sea foods+any and all kinds of sea
fish, oysters, clans, lobster,
shrimp, or edible sea plants, such
as Irish moss (chondrus, or carrag-
heen). Land plasts and animals.
and fresh water plants and fish,
contain little Or no iodine, and
iodine and it's salts are so very
soluble that this essential food ele-
ment is seldom found in nature
anywhere far from the sea, which
is the great storehouse of iodine.
Sea water is indeed a better substi-
tute for the human blood serum
than is the artificial normal salt
solution" commonly used for that
purpose. In elevated places or
mountainous regions the natural
iodine, leeched out from the salt
or soil, is carried down to the sea.
This accounts for the prevalence
OF goltre in mountainous districts
or ON elevated plateaus throughout
the world. 1t also accounts for the
presence of iodine or sodium iodide
in some mineral springs or brines
ID low lying valleys or sea level
places
Even such iodine as is naturally
present in the brine in some salt
wells or in sea salt is removed in
the mother Or bittern, in the uni
versal process of manufacture il
this country at present Formerly
our table salt, whether derived
from salt wells or from sea water.
was not SO greatly purified" and
did contain traces of iodine or
sodium iodide, sufficient to meet
the needs of the body and prevent
goitre and many other deficiency
diseases or conditions attributable
to lack of iodine.
DR.. Emery R. Hayhurst, profess
sor Of hygiene, Ohio State univers-
ity, has studied the iodine food
problem Thoroughly and he advo-
Gates the use of sea food, sea air.
and sea water to supply this in
dispensable element to the BODY.
He suggests that ordinary sea wa
ter be used as condiment in place
Of ordinary table salt-not as
drink, OF course. not only for the
sake of its iodine content but also
for other constituents (such as
calcium, potassium, magnesium,
bromin) which may be of great
value in human metaboIism. Prof.
Hayhurst advises that common
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06

| are always and completely M.
looked by congress and by the ~,
ticians generally. 1t wouId = IN
safe bet that there will he no a.,
cussion OF this phase of the mas
at the conference. '''ei
Every competent man in tba !.
partment of agriculture knows ~.
inflated and ever-rising land VAL Ia'
are the whole trouble with a.
ing, and a half dozen of them ~
explained the matter to the 49,
Of this article. ''e'
But don't quote me-" thew .,
ways end up. Their jobs are a
litical jobs. ~
The opinion that sometime ur-.
be done about land values is nv vs. ~
means confined to so-called rs5'
Gals. Colleges and banks are ~
radical institutions. Yet the o..
of the whole matter is contained :.
some figures compiled by the Ion
State College OF Agriculture sng
published in one of it's market 10,
tiers by the National City Bank Of
New York.
A9pAcSAI O3Ses
This study comprised. Anon,
other things, an investigator 20
1876 farms devoted to the RAISING ~
oats. The average value of the All
was found to be $3.50 per acre. Tbs
largest item in the cost Of produe-
ton of oats on this land was the
interest on the money invested IN
the land at 512 per cent. This nro-
duction cost came to $15.53 Der. acre
All other production costs came IN
S15.09 per acre. Thus over half The
cost of production was interest on
the investment in land. The studv
showed that on only two farms ONT
of the 1876 were oats produced for
less than the market price Of oats
which is A cents a bushel. In 9th.
er words, all of the other farmers
were raising oats at a loss. They
could vastly better afford TO sell
their land and put their money and
their time in something else.
This is the way the thing works
AS population increases, the price
of land rises steadily. inevitably
The result is that the price Of farm
products also rises. All of US. when
we pay our grocery bills, are Civ
ing half the money to the land
owners. But there is constant Cd
position On the part of the consum-
er to the rise of food prices. Hence
the price of land tends to rise al
ways little faster than the price
of farm products. The land price
is pressing always against the food
price, so to speak, and the farmer
is caught and squeezed between the
two.
Everything that is done TO make
farming easier only contributes to
RAISE the price of land and force up
the price of food, so that neither
the farmer nor the consumer bene-
fits. A protective tariff on farm
products is attacked on Just this
ground. and so are all the other
political panaceas that are offered
the farmer.
1t would be impossible to outline
here the methods by which the
prices of farm land might be sta
bilized. None Of them is acceptable
to the interests now in control OF
the country and that is why the
matter is never discussed. Yet it
seems certain that the country
must ultimately face the facts and
act upon them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06
The Daily Short Story

| banquet. She had made an ador-
able "Yama Yama" girl, Billy had
called her a puff of thistle down
and how they had laughed and
laughed when she danced and cap
cred before the big figure of the
/ "Billiken"
She delved into the box further
! and there was the Billiken costume
with its grinning features. The
grin seemed to warm her; all the
home worries and campaign doubts
seemed to disappear in the cheer
it reflected in her eyes. She laid
the costume over a heap Of cush-
ions on the sofa and with a mock
ing smile at it, donned the harIe-
Quin dress. The Billiken seemed
to grin and almost wink as il had
that night with Billy inside. Max
ing hooking bow, she hummed
lightly and made a few tentative
steps of the old dance. Then with
sure, certain steps she started to
dance to the tune of My Baby,
Baby Billiken."
William Sugden, making his way
with suppressed grOans down the
A$hAA N%uSul IAC the
song and listened, shaking his head
i must have had an awful tear
on last night to bring back echoes
of the past like that"
AS he drew near his wife's cham
Der, he was startled to hear a clear
burst of the chorus, For You're Ny
Baby, Baby Billiken."
Entirely forgetting his agony.
William drew himself quickly into
the shelter of the portieres and
peeked into the room. His wife. en-
tirely unaware of the presence of
another person in the house. was
beginning the second verse of her
song. As she glided and bowed be-
fore the Billiken on the Sofa Will
liam Sugden had one of the inspira-
tons which had lifted him from a
side street hardware retailer to
owner of chain of stores.
Controlling his desire to groan
aloud, he dropped softly to the floor
and sitting bolt upright, with his
arms close to his sides in the pos
ture OF the original BiIliken, he slid
himself by degrees into the centre
or the chamber, while his wife ges-
tured and sang to the Billiken.
When she reached the chorus. sha
whirled around several times, as he
knew she would and there he sat. q
very natural and human B;Iliken, in
his white pajamas, with his arms
lightly pressed to an overfat stom-
ach, surmounted by a round face
and bald head. Only this BilIiken
was weeping large, glistening tears.
his wife gave startled Shrek
at this apparition; then the desire
to laugh Overpowered her complete
ly and she burst into peals OF
laughter. The human Billikea new
er stirred, and through her clasped
fingers, his wife beheld the sad
sorry. eminently plump Billiken
staring at her.
She tried TO regain her dignity,
be the purposeful. progressive Mrs.
Mabel Sugden, but how could one
look dignified in a full trousered
harlequin's suit? With a little rush,
she ran to the Billiken and throw
ing her arms around him whispered
softly in his ear. 'for you ARE my
Baby Baby Billiksn.'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06
BILLIkEN, GOD OF FUN.
By Dora Mute.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeer Syn

Copyright, 1922, by Wheeer Syn
dictate, Inc.)
After a wakefuI night of careful
consideration, Mabel Sugden had
arrived at the decision that as the
Women's Reform league candidate
! for mayor, she could no longer toi-
crate the frivolous conduct of Will
liam Sugden, her husband. She
would move her personal belong
ings to Dreamvale, their summer
! cottage, and proceed to set William
| free, to pursue his chosen career as
satellite to Miss Maizie Lightfoot,
of the "Follies."
AS she did not care to have this
news disseminated before she was
ready to act, she Informed the ser
wants that she wished to rehearSe
her speeches for the coming polite
al campaign and they could take
the day off. Having thus cleared
the track, she set about sorting and
packing her belongings.
Mr.. William Sugden, waking from
an early morning nap, his first at
home for several weeks, gToaned
and rolled over. Last nights party
had certainly been the best of a
series. Maize was poppy" little
bunch of frills; she could make a
fellow forget for the time at least
that he was an old codger. I'm
luckily, she wasn't here now to kid
him, and William felt all of his 40
years and then some
He tried to select another more
comfortable position, but no amount
of moving seemed to relieve the
steady boring ache in his back. A
stiff pickup" might Danish the
pain, bethought William, but even
this cure failed to work Then
he bethought himself of the lini-
ment in the bath room, and with
hope again returning, started for
the medicine closet
With her early start and no in
terruptions, Mrs. Sugden had sys
tematically cleaned out all of the
closets, sorting and packing meth
odically. Everything had been ex-
amined and packed, or rejected, ex-
cept one small box She drew this
to the middle of the room and threw
back the cover.
On the top lay pair Of round
toed, black silk dancing slippers
cap. She smiled family as she re-
garded these articles; how absurd
to think that Mrs. Mabel Sugden,
candidate for mayor on the Wo-
mems Reform league ticket, could
even have worn these.
She gently lifted the slippers and
compared them with the pointed toe
pumps she wore; and yet, the Slip
pers were broad and low heeled. |
She removed one OF her pumps and
slipped on the slipper. crossing the
ribbon around her ankle. Still smil- |
ing, she placed the harlequin cap
over her carefully waved couture.
Removing a layer of tissue paper, /
she uncovered black harlequin
suit, trimmed with big dots of or
ange velvet, which she held in front |
Of her.
Really, while she had become
mora dignifed, her figure was no
bigger than when she wore this :
absurd dress at their parting coed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06

@. Are any cargo vessels sailing
that have crews entirely American
born? H. F. H
A. The western Maid" sailing
for Russia with grain. is the first
American cargo vessel to sail the
high seas with crew that is 100
per cent American.
Q. What scores is it possible to
make in cribbage? H. F. S.
A. The best hand counts % 80
if the dealer has fives and turns a
jack, and it is not possible to
count 10, 25, 26 and 27.
Q. When will a class in army
nursing begin? NJ B. C.
A Early in March new classes
for army nurses will begin at Wal
ter Reed general hospital, Wash
ington, d. c., and Letterman gen
eral hospital, the Preside, San
Francisco
Q. Please settle an argument by
stating whether there is . gall on
a deer's liver. c. c. R.
A. Deer are characterized by the
absence of a gall bladder.
Q. What gives India ink its
gloss? B. o. S.
a. The gloss OF brilliance of In
dia ink is apparently due. for the
most part, to the quality of the ink
The best grades of Chinese and
Japanese inks which are imported
possess a brilliance of tone which
has not been attained by most man
ufacturers here. However, the ad-
~
the ink may give the desired glossy
appearance.
@. Why can't the airplane mo-
tor be mufled down to a low tone?
T. OBJ.
A The air service says that an
aircraft engine from a mechanical
standpoint can be muffIed as effec-
tually as an automobile engine.
However, this is not done at pres
ent for several reasons. among
which are that the added weight of
the muffling system is objection
able and that a decrease in power
is caused by restricting the ex-
haust.
@. What vessel was known as
the dynamite gunboat? N.C.A.
A This nickname was given to
the United States ship ''Vesuvius,"
because it was built by the Pneu-
matte Dynamite Gun company.
Q. Why was Philadelphia called
the Red City? ]. Y. R
A The term is probably due to
the fact that red was the FREEDOM
mating color originally. many OF
the houses being built of red brick
@. How was the Rock of Ages
written? II. n. w.
A. According to the story, IVES
ley. the great leader and hymn
writer. and Toplady. the Anglican
churchman. met and were drawn
into . very heated Argument over
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06
Frederick Haskin's Letter
Politics and Farmers.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 4.-Why
is it that farming, the greatest bus
mess in the United States and the
most important one in the world
does not pay in this country and is
never stable?
That lis the question which is
theoretically before the national
farm conference, but there is no
evidence whatever that the confer
ence will shed any more light on
the subject than the unemployment
conference did on the fundamental
causes of unemployment or than
the disarmament conference did the
problem of world peace. or than
any other political conference ever
sheds on anything.
It is an illuminating experience
to read the political pronounce
ments on the subject of the farmer
and farming, and then study the
views of any competent student of
the agrarian problem and compare
them. 1t gives the innocent and
unprejudiced investigator the i'm
preston that politics is largely the
art of lodging the facts.
1t is true that there are more DO
litical and legislative remedies be-
fore the public for solving the farm
problem than there are patent
medicines for curing corns. The
politicians propose tariff on farm
products, they propose to encour-
age cooperative marketing, and
they have a dozen other projects
for ameliorating the farmers lot
Most Of them have been tried be-
fore and none of them has made
any large or permanent difference.
Congress has been turning out
large quantities of legislation for
farmers at every session for gem
erations, and yet the condition of
the farmer has got steadily worse
ever since about 1890.
It is not meant to imply that
none of the legislation passed and
proposed is of any value, but sim
ply to point out the obvious fact
that none of it has worked any per-
manent change in the general con-
dition of the farmer. The only
thing that can be said is that ever
since the body of free public land
40 hAS ~ hASCd ACS%1(So W G1o OALldooLSu,
which happened about or soon after
1890, farming has been falling into
a more and more precarious condi-
ton.
The Price Of Land.
1t is not unreasonable then to
assume that some connection be-
tween the disappearance OF free
land and the present unstable and
Improbable condition of farming
as business. Ever since the free
land was exhausted, the price of
land has risen steadily in this
country and to astonishing heights.
This high price of land, we are as
sured by all students of the prob
lem, is the fundamental reason why
farming does not pay, and they as
sure us that it cannot pay until
those land values are somehow
brought down and stabilized. 1t
must be made possible for the man
who wants to farm to invest his
money in land and make a good re-
turn on the investment. And il
must be made more profitable for
the man who owns land to stay on
it and farm it than to sell it and
go to the city and invest money in
something else. These simple facts
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06

Washington, D. e. Give full name anl
etprn postage. Be brief All inquiries a.
10 eacn individual. no attention III u
| some current theological question.
They argued until long after mid
night Neither yielded a point
When they separated, Toplady was
wrought up to a high state Of spir-
ltual excitement Not being able
to sleep, he sat and thought IN a
moment of eXaItation the words OF
the hymn, Rock OF Ages" began
to come to his mind He began to
! write. Before dawn he had pro
dUced the master hymn.
Q. What was the Indian popUla-
ton OF North America when Co
lumbus discovered it? A R. ".
A. There could have been no
authentic census Of the Indians in
1882. A government expert esti-
mates the number OF Indians at
that time at 1,115,000
Q. The brick in our house is
streaked with white What causes
this and what will remove It? G. (.
A.
A. The geological survey says
that the white substance which
comes to the surface Of the bricks
when it rains is the soluble salt in
the brick This remains on the
surface after the bricks are Org.
There is no remedy for this except
to wash the brick with water
Q. Have the zebra and the gIrahe
split-hoofs or hoofs like those Of q
mule? Z. R. n.
a. The director of the national
geological park says the zebra,
which belongs to the horse family.
has a hoof similar to that animal
only smaller and more compressed
The giraffe which belongs to the
antelope family, has a split hoot
great deal like that of 2 COW.
Q. Why is an exanthem so called.
r L.
A. Exanthem is derived from
Greek words meaning to burst
forth or bloom Exanthem or e1-
anthema is applied to skin erup-
tons, particularly those OF sucn
diseases as chicken pOx, measles
and smallpox.
Q. How did hokcy-pokey get ITS
name? L. T. n
A. Hokey-pokey is the English
of the Italian Occhi-poc-
chi.
Q. In the event of the death Of a
mother who is the beneficiary ot
war risk insurance, who is next ID
line as neutrality-suspicious. anu
three sisters are living? J. l. d
A. In the event OF the death u
the beneficiary of a war rlsk IL
surance policy the benefits VIII %
divided among the next OF the sol,
diers' kin according TO the Law %
the state in which he resided
Q. Who invented checkers? ,. -
A. The origin of the game q.
checkers is lost in antiquity u--
OF the earliest Greek WTiLe'S
speaks Of it as a very Old game
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06

1t is announced that Jack Dempsey and
Harry Wills, the negro, will be matched for
championship battle this year, il there is
public demand for a meeting of these puglists.
Now the promoters will proceed forthwith to
create that public demand, with the aid of oblig-
ing sport writers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06

Fifteen prohibition officers entered a Jew
ish synagogue in San Francisco during serv-
ices and seized quantity of sacramento wine
These officers deserve to be voted medals by
the National Liquor Dealers association.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06

Baltimore women 102 years old had her
husband arrested for kicking her. After these
young people have lived another century so
perhaps they will understand each other and
get along together more amicably