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with frail woman. She may
not be as frail as she looks"
THE Progressive Bloc" in
L Congress is to include and
absorb the farmer and other
blocs-so 1t says and hopes.
The program is, "Drive privi-
lege out of control of govern
ernment."
That's very big. Special
privilege has controlled govern
ment for ten thousand years
and longer. At first it was the
biggest man, with the biggest
club, the biggest muscles, and
sharpest flints. Then the
cleverest man. He used his
brain to make others his
slaves and kill each other.
Yhen came the still cleverer
man, the pagan priest of an
tiquity, who persuaded the king
or chief that he could make the
rain fall, or cure the chiefs
disease If pleased-or burn
him alive hereafter If dis
pleased. He ruled through
superstition.
Now special privilege takes
the form Of money, which rules
the greatest army, the army of
dollars that never eats or
sleeps, always obeys orders
and recruits its ranks, pro-
ducing young dollars at COM
pound interest.
Come back in a thousand
years and you will still find
honest men with child-like eyes
trying to "drive special privilege
out Of Government"
Nevertheless, a Progressive
bloc Is a good thing.
ENGLAND progresses slowly,
II but surely and steadily.
Since Cromwell's day she has
known how to keep out Of
revolution, which is more than
other countries have known.
Only q 1eW years ago OAtnoiiCS
and Jews were first admitted
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conserve tonnage. The essential
thing in this war was to keep
the steamers moving between
the United States and France.
II you could get the wheat to
France or England with direct
haul across the Atlantic, over and
back, you were doing the essen
tial work which could not be done
by sailing vessels.
My view Of this Is that the old
established way Of doing business
was the best, to run your sailing
vessel down from Hampton Roads
to the Plate river. discharge your
coal. load wheat, bring that back.
and tranship It to England by
steamer.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
Ford Runs 81 Miles
on Gallon Of Gasoline
With ]. A. stransky's
vaporizer

new automatic vaporizer ami
decarbonizer, which in actual test has
increased the power and mileage Of
Fords from 2b to SO per cent, and At
the same time removes every particle
OF carbon from the cylinders, IL the
proud achievement OF John A. Stran-
sky. 3154 South Main street, Puk-
wana, South Dakota A remarkable
feature of this simple and inex-
pensive device il that its action IL
governed entirely by the motor. II 10
slipped between the carburetor and
intake manifold and can be Installed
by any one in five minutes without
drilling or tapping. With II attached
Ford cars have made from 20 to 81
miles on one gallon of gasoline. Mr..
Stransky wants to place a few of
thete devices on cars In this territory.
and has q very liberal offer to make
to anyone who 10 able to handle the
business which 10 sure to be created
wherever this marvellous little device
In demonstrated. II you want to try
one entirely at his risk esnd him your
name and address today.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

suits of the seizure of those yes.
sells of yours was on the COM
plant Of Mr.. Rice?
The spectator., 1922-01-03
DISEASED CONDITION
 OF SEED SWEET CORN
Much Damage Done by Ear
 Worm and Rot MoIds.
Growers Urged to Exercise Greatest Care to Insure Quality of Next Years SuppIy-Test WitlJ
 RaQ-DoIl Germinator.

Because of the damage which has been done to sweet corn throughout the Middle West this season by the ear worm, followed by root and ear rot molds, corn growers are urged by the United States Department of Agriculture to exercise every possible care to insure the quality of their seed for next years crop. These molds have in many cases rendered considerable percentage of the ears wholly unfit for any purpose. Other cars, but partly overrun with molds, are unfit for seed but should be used for feed only after the moldy part of the ear is shelled of. This applies especially to the corn which has been grown for seed. In certain fields in the corn belt the damage has been so great that the corn was rendered unfit for harvesting as seed practically no ears being found which were not in- jured.
 These observations and reports to the department are all based on the evident and conspicuous defects that
 
 have been found in sweet corn and dent varieties. It Is known, more over. that many of the apparently good ears in these damaged fields are diseased and unless special precau- tions are taken, for example testing with the rag-doll germinator. they may pass as good seed corn.
 A. haS been found that much of the sweet corn seed which has been purchased in the open market has been badly in fected with mold and carrot organ isms. The quality of seed obtainable for use next spring depends. then, upon how the seed grown last year has been cared for. and upon the at tention given the selection of seed from this seasons crop.
The spectator., 1922-01-03
| WASHINGTON
 SIDELIGHTS
How w. J. Bryan Takes His Hard Liquor

nocent looking water glass. and gin looks like water. While Mt. Bryan was looking elsewhere the walter filled 1t with gin cocktail, permfs- sible, of course, on the premises of a foreign envoy. Presently MT. Bryan was athirst and he took swig.
 Wow! Dashed to the floor went the liquor, glass and all!
 But the Prince of Peace did not lose his temper. He knew he had been tricked and enjoyed the laughter of his weaker brethren
 And of course the staggering cor respondents present had to send the story out to all parts of the world though 1t Is not absolutely certain that Mir. Bryan sent 1t to his Com moner."
 And of course some of the core spondents had to embroider the story. One asked how MT. Bryan knew 1t was gin. He didn't, of course. He simply knew it wasn't water.
 Another wanted to know why Mir. Bryan felt called upon to smash the glassware of his hosts. Mir. Bryan's friends say that even Washington correspondent should know that a mans first drink gets him mighty quick.
The spectator., 1922-01-03
SELECTING FARM
 VERY IMPORTANT
Many Things to Consider That May Have Decided Bearing
 on Home and Business.
FERTILITY MOST DESIRABLE
Essential to Success of Enterprise Is High Quality of Live Stock Look to Source and De-
 pendablity of Water.

(Prepared by the United States Department
 of Agriculture.)
 The wise selection of a farm is vital 10 the success and satisfaction of farm life. Choosing a farm often means choosing a place in which to live and work for lifetime. It is important, of course, to decide wisely in buying for investment, says the United States De- partment of Agriculture, but in making a selection for a home 1t Is doubly important to consider various features that may have decided bearing on the farm business or that may make the home life attractive.
 Home and Business inseparable.
 The home side of the question must always be kept in mind, for the farm home and the farm business are in- separable. The desirable farm from a business standpoint many times is found undesirable if 1t has no social or community advantages. On the other hand, desirable living conditions are of little or no advantage unless supplemented by successful farm business.
 In selecting farm it should be borne in mind that 1t requires farm business of considerable size to pro vide an income that will merely cover maintenance charges, and that these charges are relatively larger for small farms than for large ones. A farm must be of such size as to furnish most of the supplies needed in the farmers living, such as garden and fruit, and enough income to pay the taxes and running expenses. Unless, however, there Is a margin above these annual maintenance charges no prog ress can be made toward accumulat- ing a surplus.
 Another feature which the farm seeker should see to is that prospects for crop yields are more than sufficient to balance the cost of production. Soils of low fertility are handicapped some are found to be a positive liability if it is necessary to farm them. It is we'll to inquire thoroughly into crop yields, not only those that have been obtained on the farm itself for period of years but those realized on adjacent farms.
 Equally essential to the success of the farm business is high quality of the live stock enterprise. To handle live stock so it will pay for feed, care, and labor Is more than mere matter of management, for 1t is dependent
The spectator., 1922-01-03

C SSENTIAI. difference exists fe- E tween the army which Japan can
 put in the field in time of war and the one the United States can produce, so says Gen, Henry J. Reilly. This difference Is that Japan's army is based on universal compulsory serv- icf and training in time of peace and that the war army of the United States has no such basis.
 All Japanese young men between eighteen and twenty-one are called up for examination for service. Those physically fit, up to the number need cd to maintain the standing army, serve two years in the case of in f4ntfy. three years in the case of ar tDlery. cavalry, engineers, and other technical branches and six months in divisional supply trains.
 The active CT first reserves must undergo two periods of instruction.
The spectator., 1922-01-03
New Record in Slaughter Will Be Set

~wANY an oratorical and political MI gem of purest ray serene, is " buried In the Congressional Rec orl If you don't believe it, read these extracts from speech by Representa- tive B. c. Lowrey of Mississippi on the maternity bilI."
 Mir. Lowrey-Mr. Chairman, q humor- oVs friend of mine says that mans mind Is like woman's hair. The less there Is In 1t the harder 1t is to make up. Q.aughter.) My mind is often hard to make up. Ergo
 Il Is strange to me that some gen. tlemen seem to think that the activity of women in support of this bill gives n presumption against 1t. In my opin- i0n. while it Is not q fine argument, II Is strong argument in it's favor. Oh. woman, in cur hours of ease.
 When pain and anguish wiring the brow. A ministering angel thou.
 In m old book which I used to read occasionally before l got into politics l found an interesting little story about an unjust judge, "who feared not God, neither regarded man." but when woman got In behind him he came across. With all his reckless nees he was at least wise enough to rqgard the widows might. If any of ycu politicians get the woman folks
The spectator., 1922-01-03

would be an important matter to be worked out.
 Unless the exchange problem Is solved France will ask a further de ferment of interest on her debt to the United States, but, 1t Is asserted, ha no intention to ask that her debt be cancelled.
 No definite proposal designed to stabilize exchange has been worked out by any European financial expert 1t is said by an economic authority. The subject is one that will demand that the best financial minds in the world gather around table and exchange ideas.
 If the United States goes into the conference, there is little doubt she will do so on the understanding that there be no consideration of debt can cellation. The executive branch has no authority to consider cancellation, and congress has demonstrated Il never would consent to such action.
The spectator., 1922-01-03

which are partly black, to occur i'm practically all strains of this variety, but this is not sign of impure breed ing. Black spots are also commons occurrences on the shanks particularly in females, but this does not indicate impurity There is decided tendency for the males of this variety to come lighter in color than the females, and for this reason breeders are usually obliged to resort to two separate mat ings, one for the production of males of standard color and the other for the production of females of standard color. The system of double mating, of course, complicates the problem of producing high-class Barred Plymouth Rocks
 In mating for males of exhibitions color male of about standard color is used with medium dark females, or those two or three shades darkek than females of exhibition color, i'm which the barring Is as distinct and as narrow as possible. This mating is; known as the cockerel mating because 1t produces greater percentage of standard-c -colored males, while the females produced are too dark, but are suitable for continuing this line of breeding. In mating for females of standard color, females of about the desired color are used with mediums light male or one that is two or three shades lighter than standard and with good barring. This is known as the T.ullet mating, because it produces m greater percentage of females of the proper color, while the males are too light but good for carrying on this line of breeding.
 Those who produce standard Barred Plymouth Rocks, therefore, must have what amounts to two separate fiocks in order to keep their exhibition birds uniform. The average farmer however, does not usually exhibit or sell breed ing stock and will still continue to make single mating as he has always done.
The spectator., 1922-01-03
Japan's Universal Compulsory Service

each of 21 days in the five years and four months following the completion of their service in the active army. In addition they may be called. if for any reason there Is need of reserv- ists to bring up the strength of the active army even in peace. The sec ond reserves must undergo one or tYO periods of instruction of two weeks each during the ten years they are in this reserve following their completion of service In the first or active re- serve.
 In time of war the active reserves are immediately called to bring the standing army to its war strength. The second reserve is available for re- placement of casualties.
 There can be little doubt that the plans are in existence whereby, imme- diately war Is declared, new units will be mobilized entirely of reservists in the same way Germany so successfully doubled the number of her divisions in the first two weeks of the recent war.
 An army put in the field by Japan in case of war will consist of thor oughly trained soldiers from the be- ginning and for considerable period thereafter. She Is as well prepared in this respect as was Germany or France in 1914.
The spectator., 1922-01-03
INCREASE OF HESSIAN FLY
Parasitic Enemies and Unfavorable Weather Tend to Keep Pest With
 h Bounds.

If 1t were not for its parasitic enemies and unfavorable weather, the Hessian fly would increase in such vast numbers that wheat growing in this country would be practically i'm possible inside of two years. The United States Department of Agricul- ture, as result of recent studies, now published in Department Bulletin lOOS,s Rate of Multiplication of the Hessian Fly, by w. R. Mcconnell, found that the increase in breeding of the insect was much higher than had been before realized. The data collected afford an explanation for the very sudden development of a Hessian fly outbreak and furnish a basis for pre- dieting more accurately the approach of q dangerous infestation.
The spectator., 1922-01-03
NEST EGGS OF NAPHTHALENE
Instead of Acting as Oestroyers or RepcIlants of Lice, They Are
 Injurious.

Nest eggs made of naphthalene, claimed or suggested by manufactur- CTS to be destroyers or repeTlants of lice. might be called bad eggs rather than '.lice-exterminating eggs" "lice- killing nest eggs" and ''medicated nest eggs" for they do not seem to in convonience the lice or mites. but they do have a bad effect on the fowls that sit on them. In fact, the entomol0gists of the United States Department of Agriculture who have examined and tested these so-called "eggs" say that they are very injurious to fowls, hut not in single case were they found effective against the parasites. Even the nest boxes in which they were alaced remained badly infested with mites and they were frequently Ob- served crawling over the naphthalena eggs. {,
The spectator., 1922-01-03
Economic Conference May Meet in 1922
THE conference on armaments will

THE conference on armaments will
 be followed by an economic con-
 ference to be held in the spring of 1922, inquiries among the foreign delegations indicates. Informal con- vcrsations on the subject already have taken place between representatives of the governments participating in the present conclave, and the idea has Let with tentative approval. The ex- changes of views have not proceeded to the point where the time and place of themeeting or the nations to receive the Invitations have been determined.
 It is not unlikely that, if the pres ent conference is successful, an agree ment to meet again for the considera- tion of commercial and financial Ques- ti0ns may be proposed before the Washington gathering adjourns. It is reported President Harding might fa- vor the plan if the present conference succeeds.
 The three-year period over which interest payment on the S10,000, ,0OO.- 00Q owed the United States by the allied powers was spread expires at that time. and there Is no effort to conceai the fact that the European nations want general discussion of economic conditions before taking up the debt problem with the United States
 Stabilizatlon of exchange, with par ticular reference to the German mark,
The spectator., 1922-01-03
DOUBLE MATING FOR
 EXHIBITION COLORS
Barred Plymouth Rocks Have
 PecuIiarity of Feathers.
Breeders Producing Standard Bred Fowls Must Maintain Two Separate Fiocks in Order to
 Keep Show Birds Uniform.

Prepared by the United States Department
 of Agriculture.)
 The Barred Plymouth Rock, the most popular breed of poultry on the farns- and therefore the most numerous of the many now raised in the country. has peculiarity from which arises special breeding problems. This is the plumage marking of dark and light bars that has been known for so long and which makes it almost essential to make two separate matings to get standard color ill both the males and the females.
 The alternating dark and light bars give bluish cast or shade to the general color, which should be even throughout the surface. It is common for solid black feathers, or feathers
The spectator., 1922-01-03

in your district deeply stirred against you. you will come to sympathize with him. Instead of quoting Sir Walter Scott you will be quoting certain William Tecumseh sherman. uaugh- ter.)
 The gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Rcavis) spoke the other day of pros- pective casualty list on the Repub- lican side that would look like war. Some of us remember the slaughter of Democrats in November year ago. when you Republicans slew Democrats as recklessly ss Sampson slew the Phiaistines and with the same instru- ment. (Laughter.) But ail previous slaughters will look like children's tea parties when the politicians really in- cur the righteous wrath of American womanhood.
The spectator., 1922-01-03

not only on cheap roughage, pasture, market and securing labor at reason able rates, but also on the quality of the animals kept.
 Crop land, in itself, is of little value unless it Is so situated that 1t can be made to yield profitable returns through the use of labor and machinery. A farm of 160 acres, valued at $100 an acre, may be much better purchase if practically all of the land can be put to some profitable use, than another farm of 16O acres, at $50 an acre, of which large areas are practically useless, owing to streams, and swamps that cannot be drained, or rough stony tracts poorly suited even for pasture.
 Another factor is ease of cultivation. If the land Is very steep or broken 1t is not practicable to use improved machinery and 1t is often difficult to harvest the crops and remove them from the land by the usual methods. This Is particularly true in loading hay and grain on stetp mus.
 The experiel.,ed .:s.lner in seles.t ng . farm generally looks first to the source and dependability of the water supply. He knows that farm without and adequate supply of water is most undesirable. Attention should be di. rected to the quality of the water. the question of whether the supply Is dependable at all seasons of the year, and to the cost of obtaining it. The cost of upkeep and supply of water on a farm Is often big item.
 As an aid to persons about to buy farm land, the Department of Agri- culture has published Farmers Bull letin 1OSS entitled. "Selecting Farm ? Copies of the bulletin may be had free by addressing . request to the 6srsrtmeo! at Washington. D. c.
The spectator., 1922-01-03

WAsAlNaroN-william Jennings w Bryan takes drink of gin.
 Some story, what? Some headiioe for the pink sheets. You said 1t!
 And . Washington newspaper star tledsthe natives and arms conference delegates by printing that very aston ishinE headline clear across the top of its evening edition, but with this added fine:
 "By mistake"
 It Happened at a reception given by the Netherlandss conference delegates one night to newspaper correspond ents. Some one told waiter when Mir. Bryan wasn't looking, that the "fat mans glass Is empty" It was an in-
The spectator., 1922-01-03
TOO MANY POULTRY L0AFERS
Best Plan to Weed Out Nonproducsrs and Keep Only Coed Laying and
 Breeding Fowls.

One reason some folks complain that chickens don't pay" is because they compel one or two good hens to sup port . dozen lazy ones. There are some deadbeats in every flock. just as there are also some excellent laying and breeding hena
 The thing to do Is always to weed out the least desirable fowls. then keep only the best ones and keep them we'll lin good house. well managed and cared t6g.
The spectator., 1922-01-03

starting points free of charge to tho shipper.
 The general rule west of the Missis- sippi is to permit the return of Things and stoves by freight free of charge. In other regions the regular freight rate usually is charged. Efforts are being made to have an arrangement, similar to that existing in Maine, ap- plicable throughout the country. and where the car lining and stove are re- moved it has been recommended that the-railroadS return them to the ship per at one-half fourth-class rate.
The spectator., 1922-01-03
ESSENTIAL FEED. FOR SHEEP
Clean Glover Hay or Corn stevoe
 Makes Good Winter Rouohaoe-- Alfalfa 10 Fattsninp.

Feed the sheep properly. An Overt fed flock pays but little better than. an underfed one. Clean corn st0veg or clover hay makes good rOughaoD for winter feed Alfalfa is also goo1c but must be fed sparingly. as II is tep fnttcnin. fs. in-la-.h cwcs r sed ~ large amounts. (
The spectator., 1922-01-03

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root of existing evils is by wider and
deeper education. by gradually teach
ing all mankind better way of ad-
justing itself than by the old rule of
tooth and claw. Sometimes he
strikes one as prone to the common
error of almost all perfectionists in
imagining that changes may be
evolved more rapidly than seems
really possible. He is sometimes too
optimistic, as, for example, in his
estimate of the forces of idealisrn in
the United States. But on the whole
his vision remains sane and is always
inspiring. He concludes, after draw
ing an eloquent picture of what an
enlightened world at peace might be
unfortunately too long to quote)
that it is no idle dream Says he:
Such world is ours to-day--if we
could but turn the minds of men to
realize that it is here for the having.
These things can be done; this finer
world is within reach. I can write
that as confidently to-day as l wrote
in 1900 that men could fly. But
whether we are to stop this foolery
of international struggle and
start out for world of adult sanity
in ten years, or in twenty years, or
a hundred years. or never, is more
than L can say. In Washington I
have met and seen hopes that. seemed
invincible and stupidities and habits
and DreilIdiceS that Saamal ipcr,r
mountable. But / know that
l believe so firmly in this great World
at Peace that lies so close TO our
own that 1 must needs go
about this present world of disorder
and darkness IKE an exile, doing such
feeble things as I can toward the
world of my desire"