Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-07-05
Our National Pride.
Wonderful Baby Crop.
Women With Black Noses.
157 Pound Holstein Calf.

You've heard of England's patri-
otto exhibition, at Wembley, planned
to boom the British Empire and
arouse British patriotism.
The best imperial exhibit shows
a map of the world Of gigantic siss,
with the oceans, seas and bigger
lakes made Of real water.
Brttishers walking aroupd that
map see all parts Of the earth's sur
face owned by them lighted up by
red lights from halow. They see
thousands of British ships moving
along through tbs water ca ths great
worlds trade routes. Signs tea the&p
that the British hax dtH Qsef pnAr
quarter Of all the land On 4attA.
When the visitor from CsnodA
Australia, South .AfAA, sees 01t
he SAYS to himself ~Partnership In
the BTttish Empire Is a pretty good
thing"
And other nations including ours
are bound to give the Britishers
credit for governing ability. You
saw the other day Dtatsmsnt BY
the British Labor Pnnse Munster
Macp Donald, that the whole army Of
the British Empire is smaller thap
the army Of Holland or Spain. That
means good management.
The great Everett Cotton Mills Of
Aosed. No demand for coiored cot
ton goods" And England Is shipping
millions Of yards Of colored cotton
cloth into this country. The storss
discover that goods sen more easily
when labelled made In England"
1t wouldn't be bad idea to have
at Washington, and tn every big
city, 8 patriotic map showing what
the United States amounts TO.
We don't own one-quarter Of the
earth's surface. But we have got
q couple Of oceans. some big lakes,
the Mississippi, Niagara Falls, the
Rockies, more than halt Of all the
gold In the world, end one hundred
and twelve milltens of pretty intel
Hgept American human beings. 1t
ought to be possible In some way
to interest Americans u buying
goods made In their own country.
In England if you buy goods
NOT British made" you are
locked upon with contempt. Here.
II you insist on buying goods NOT
American made, you are considered
fashionable.
A new locomotive, just tried In
the East, interests you. It Is q
whole power plant In itself, burns
oil, changes that into electricity, and
runs BY the electricity.
A boy can learn to run 1t In ten
minutes. 1t has great power, and
you are told it uses only ten to
fifteen cents worth Of fuel per hour.
That won't please coal mine owners.
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This nation has many valuable
crops running up into the billions
per year. The most valuable OF
all, although you couldn't sell it
for ten cents or even give 1t away,
is the crop Of babies.
In the United States last year,
l,23S, 900 brand new babies were
born. Only Cpl 900 deaths occurred,
leaving out immigration, q popula-
ton increase of 617,000. That is q
great city added to the nation by
the nations mothers.
How fast this country grows,
even with limited immigration! Our
population is now more than
100000, more than 100000 in
crease since the census Of 1920.
That's good news, for what we need
Is another 100000 people to do
work now neglected, and to consume
the products Of farms and factories.
In England women are beginning
to take SNUFF, tired Of cigarettes.
That won't last, for snuff makes
the nose black instead Of pink on
the inside. Pink snuff may be In
vented. Nevertheless, snuff taking
won't endure.
But 1t illustrates the fact that
women find 1t difficult to take their
bad habits as moderately as men do.
Their intense nervous systems al
ways demand more more. That's
why they should never start any
thing that can be done to excess,
drinking, drugs, gambling or CAD
ding.
More interesting to twenty million
farmers than any other news is the
birth in Canada Of q calf weighing
157 pounds at birth. The mother,
Of course, is q Holstein. The aver
age weight Of a newborn calf is
between eighty and ninety pounds.
If artificial selection" could
raise the average weight Of calves
to the Canadian maximum, 1t would
mean tens of millions increased