Evening star., 1923-06-05
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

cubit to our mentality? Woe to the
man who ceases to grow.
II x n II
In the reference to the Character
Education Institution. which ap-
peared in this column day or two
ago, credit for the endowment OF the
enterprise was given to the wrong
Kellogg. 1t was not DR., Kellogg. but
the late Spencer Kellogg of Buffalo,
n. Y. who has furnished the nucleus
with the late Mrs. Fairchild, wife of
Dr. Milton Fairchiid, who is develop
ing the work
Only q portion of the million dollar
| endowment has been secured, but the
promoters are sanguine of the ulti-
mate full capitalization.
X
ing public to put in coal now" Is
! not that cruelty refined? How can
any one have the heart to order in
tons of heat producer while the
thermometer is hugging the 100 de-
gree mark? If the tormenter should
advise ice cream and electric fans.
there would be a sweet reasonable
ness in his advice. But, coal!
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The abolition of unpatriotic his
tories, which Is decreed bv New York.
and the assertion of American liquor
laws in Amedican ports, as decreed
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
combine to make Uncle Sam look as
cocky as a red-fezzed Shriner march
ing down the middle of the gayly illum-
mated avenue. The combination, too.
Is a twentieth century declaration of
independence. and maybe that Is why
Old Glory waves so valliantly every
where about the capital. Now bring
out your Magma Charta and tell
Americans that that is the guaranty
of their freedom! Maybe the revoiu-
tion was mistake" the war of 1872
tie civil war victory gift OF Eng
land to the north. because England
had no more use for cotton. Maybe
the moon is green cheese. but this
twentieth century declarat ton OF in
dependence will raise the, rattlesnake
flag, with Its inscription: Don't tread
on me" The government at Wash
ington still lives"
Some folks are calling the Zero stone.
the Lee stone or the Bankhead highway
stone. They seem to think that the
Zero stone-that's nothing. Yet, il
zero is relatively great. Try it on
a 81 check, following the one with
plenty of zeros.
The Department of Agriculture pro-
poses to experiment with lighter
than-air balloons. motorized so as to
make them dirigible, for the pur-
pose of spraying poisonous dust over
inf in
secH 1t Is believed that by this
method forests can be sprayed much
planes in e spTaying rg Cotton On heids. but
this use of dirigible balloons is new.
success the method will be used on
a broad scale.
The use of milk in America is
growing with astonishing rapidity.
AS milk contains the vitamins need
ed for vigorous health, this increased
consumption is hailed as good
thing.
In 1921 the quantity of whole milk
consumed was s.oOo,oO0,O0O pounds
or an average of s45 pounds per person.
OF this total 49, 0Oe. 100000 pounds were
used as milk, the rest in butter, cheese
milk chocolate or some other mixture
or deriative. The consumption of this
milk chocolate increased from 40,00O,0O0
pounds in 1921 to 1o0,O00,oO0 pounds in
1922
zopa Of the II total peEufssion 5sE and fssy
average 1920 pounds of milk per
annum. The cows in 1922 made a net
increase of nearly 100000. We used
to buy milk. even in the cities, for
5 cents a quart; now it costs from Il
to Is cents No wonder the dairy in
terests are picking up; they are lit
orally lin clover
Copyright. 1923 by p. V oolliuso