Evening star., 1923-04-20
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

either cease to raise hogs. confess!nr
that it was too much bother. or else
they would keep them penned Wy,
part of the time. and would change
their feed.
Perhaps some parents think that
the rules which stockraisers find 50
essential to their success cannot
apply to raising Topsies-black o.
white. They ''ies' grow That is
what some people used to think about
hogs. and so they produced only
razorbacks, which could outruH dog.
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DIR. Joseph Murphy, chief medical
inspector of the Washington schools,
reports that 80 per cent OF all the
children of tho schools are z per cent
below standard weight He declares
that this Is due to two causes: Too
much gadding about to parties. with
too late hours and too poor nutrition.
The children who are using their
vitality for midweek parties and
other entertainments cannot do jus
tice to themselves in their studies
They become tired, listless and witt.
out interest in self-improvement.
Children who do not drink much
milk and eat fresh vegetables and
! meat cannot keep up their strength
on the candy they eat between meals.
Candy Is mainly stimulant-a sub
J stitute for intoxicants-and contains
comparatively little food value. The
necessary vitamins are to be found
mainly in milk and fresh vegetables.
especially greens"
II is one of the axioms of the stock
raiser. shat the little pig or calf
which is not properly nourished from
the first day, regularly, throughout
its growing. period becomes stunted.
No amount Of feeding thereafter Will
efface that stunting. It may not he
come sick, it may not die premature
ly. but it can never be the animal
that 1t would have become il il had
not suffered the early backset, There
is no physical or hygienic difference
between the feeding and developing
Of a pig or a child Thirty per cent
Of Washington's children are being
z per cent stunted.
However, DR.. Murphy assures
Washingtonians ahat the same con-
dition prevails In other cities Why
are there not more strong men and
women, mentally as we'll as physi-
cally? Why were 25 per cent of the
young men in the draft found unfit
physically to do a mans part In the
war? Because, probably, they had
Stunted their childhood by improper
dieting and improper hours Of rest
We are raising too many razor.
backs and not enough "Berkshires.'
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The Shipping Board plans to compel
ship owners to buy its ships to get
rid of its competition, according TO
j., the recent statement on authority.
The government is not limited in
what its losses may be. and its object
Is to outbid private owners for traffic,
until the competition becomes killing.
1t seems to be the method which
has given a monopoly to many a
trust. except that it is reversed. The
trust, desiring TO kill competition.
puts its prices down below what its
competitor can reach. in order 10
bankrupt the other party. Then,
when 1t has rid itself of competition.
The Shipping Board does not want TO
kill it's private competitors; il wants
to drive itself out of the field, and
In order 10 do so II will force its com.
petitors TO help it unload In self
defense they viii do it-or be then
selves driven out-by unfair compe-
ton Which will win?
In line with its strong patriotism
the Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution goes on record
as favoring a strong Navy. Ringing
resolutions to that effect and pledginG
the influence OF the society against
the efforts of the pacifsts and reds"
have been adapted unanimously.
Copyright. 1923. by p. V. Collins