Evening star., 1923-05-26
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL y. COLLINS. .

We have all had to face a sugar
or. rather. sugar price gouge. Next
will come a coffee famine.
1t is explained that three years ago
Brazil decided to limit coffee exports
to $4,000 bags weekly, with a view
of stabilizing prices. The American
importers decided to go them one
better-by limiting their purchases.
AS America buys two-thtrds of the
Brazilian crop, the effect would be
to squeeze the exporters of Brazil.
AT the same time the American
exporters believed that the high
prices would encourage the coffee
production in Central America and
other regions, so that, eventually,
there would he a strain on the credit
of the Brazilian corner. The Ameri-
cans have not imported during the
last three years as much as this
country has consumed, so that today
the stock on hand is very low. 1t is
predicted that, unless the American
importers have calculated to a
nicely when the BraZilians would
find themselves oVerstocked there
will be shortage. in fact, in this
country-all due to the battle of
speculation.
The statement of Detective w. ].
Burns, head of the secret service of
the Department of Justice, to the
effect that the University of Virginia
is the only college in the United
States where communism does not
exist among the students, is de-
cidediy startling. 1t is scarcely less
startling. because the public has
Known, in general, that many coll
leges have been found lacking in the
conservative principles of either re-
ligion or politics. The report is so
sweeping that it causes a gasp for
breath.
There are colleges where sovtetism
is upheld and commended by their
professors of political economy. There
are colleges, supported by the
churches. where infidelity is connec-
tion with the Bible is taught as A
fruit of scholastic research. There
are other colleges. where science is
deprecated, under the misapDreheu-
sion of the critics that science CON
tradlcts the Bible. Also, there are
professors of science who. assuninq
that their science does upset BibIe
statements. have sought to discredft
the Bible as uhscientific and, there
fore, fallible. But it has not been
supposed that any college has gone
tfons of American patriotism as 10
tolerate communism in its student
ranks.
The trend of this scientific age is 10
upset every faith in concrete and ac-
cepted facts we used to know, and to
substitute the most absurd truths
of today
For example, we used to see with
our eyes, but science now tells US we
can poke our fingers through a knot
hole in fence and see the game with
our fingertips. That saves half a dol
lar at every game.
Science alto tells US that the old
idea that we must have ears to hear
with is out of date. Insects hear with
antennae. and SO can we. Just shut
up the ears, connect the hand with
some vibrating wire. like the receiv-
ing wires, of radio, and one will
hear" words or music through the
hands SO clearly that word messages
may be recorded. Even putting the
left hand into an empty padded box
enables trained listener" to recog-
nize sound waves of the atmosphere
and identify words. All sound con-
greatest lesson of all science CON
sistS in breaking down cocksureness
and giving US Willingness to be
shown"
Word comes from Canada that the
liberal party, in power. has indorsed
the budget of Finance Minister Field
ing. which includes a reciprocity