Evening star., 1923-04-28

acre. But the purchasing power of
| the farmers dollar is only 70 pcr
cent In 1923 of what it was ten years
before. '''
The recent statistics of over ooo
! farms showed that the average farm
! Iamlly made no profits above their
own food and shelter, except what
was represented by the toll of the
farmer himself
1t is so very fine for an agricultural
edltor TO sit at his mahogany desk
and prove to his own satisfaction that
his advertisers are reaching. through
his columns, a rich and fertile field
for the sale of grand pianos and luz
urIous furs, also limousines and ai--
I pl9nes, put the Department Of Agri-
culture is dealing in cold facts Tts
mead is dirt-farmcr, and he is not
accustomed 10 bankcr-farming with n
checkbook, in place of a manure
! Spreadcr.
This column had occasion to corr
! ittht Gay or two ago on the mis-
! take made by one of the leadiutr cit,-
agrlculturists who talked about houy
! nuch more useful il was fo- q man I,
take noe and 20 out ana spread .
IN MANURE instead Of playing golf. 1t
! is 10 be feared now that some agricul-
| tural editors need to take the advice
given by Poor Uncle Ned-'Iav down
dc shubbel an de hoe" and get down 4.
! 70. 70 the tt: pitchfork, before delivering
are producing two-and-a-halt times az
much wealth today as they did ten
! years ago.
No longer will Washington states
men need to have pull with the War
ana Navy departments in order to
broadcast their eloquent campaign
speeches TO the four corners of the
"of!d. The telephone company i7
erecting a commercial broadcaSting
, lower warranted TO be high enough
Tor the highbrows Of the Hill Ii is
guaranteed to equal in quality the
WEAF of New York.
For some months before Congress
aoJourned, the speeches of the repre-
! sentatiEes were audible in Podunll
ana Kalamazoo, even as they were de-
IlVered in debate, but now. with this
new wireless hello station, even a
senator may talk from his own resi-
dence directly with listening multi
! tudes in the far west. Gone forever
is the politicians electioneerinE kiss
| ing of the babies. for what baby will
promise the votes of its parents just
or wireless kiss through vacuum
tube?
| The earth has a diameter Of about
! 5000 miles. 1t is rather small pota-
toes" compared with Retelgeuse whose
! diameter t300000.0 milcsD would
! span $4,000 worlds, laid side by side,
! But now comes an announcement thar
Betclgeuse is tiny in comparison with
the real king of the Skies-Antares--
whose diameter has been measured at
! the Mt. Wilson Observatory and found
! TO be 420.OUG,G0 miles. The distance
from earth to the sun is approximate
! ~ 10000, coo miles. which would hc only
! a yardstick in measuring once through
AntareS.
| enabled the observers to see and
measure the star. left on their journey
to earth 233 years ago. and have been
/ speeding through space ever since. at
| the pace of $4,000 miles u second
and just arrived
| The Heavens declare the glory of
! God. and the armament showeth His
! handiwork."
/ An atom is so small that 500 900 900
! lying de-by-side. would barely
stretch across period such as closes
this sentence. Yet each atom is a
/ solar system" in itself, with electrnns
swinging about a center sun as the
earth swings upon its orbit except
! that the electrons are comparatively
| farther from their center, than the
! earth is from the sun.
Some of these scientific marVelS were
! known even before the meeting of
scientists in Washington, the last
week. but the new facts appear 50
tremendous that they suffocate the
| ordinary comprehension.
Copyright. 1923. 10y p. V Collins