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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26

to run. Whitney invented the cotton
gin. Plows, harrows, mowers, reap
ers and many other appliances and
machines to be drawn by horses were
nevertheless made with steam power.
Steam in this case meant low manu-
featuring cost which, in turn, meant
cheap agricultural implements.
"What did cheap agricultural i'm
plements mean? They meant in
creased productivity. One farmer
could produce as much as several
had formerly raised. Nobody could
eat any more than he ever did, but
each farmer could raise more.
There is the first bare nerve in the
agricultural situation. Get it! Each
farmer could raise more food, but no
body could eat more-a flexible flood
yelling up against immovable human
requirements. Keep this in mind and
you will soon begin to see what steam
power has done to the farmer, why
his situation, SO long as the funda-
mentals of it remain unchanged, is
utterly hopeless, and how grotesque
1t is to try to relieve it by handing
him silly laws, governmental credits
and what not. Think of trying to re-
vive the oldest industry in the world
advancing to it governmental funds!"
Mr.. Benson then quotes Prof.
Davidson of the Iowa Agricultural
College who said that in 1850 the
average number of hours Of labor re-
quired to raise an acre of corn was
thirty nine. In 1928, this had been
reduced to six and half.
"Do you see how the farmers are
being chased out of their fields by
their own machinery?" says Mr.. Ben
son. Zone man can raise as much
corn as six could raise without ma
chlnery, and, according to Professor
Davidson, in ten years one man can
raise as much as twelve could raise
before the age of steam.
"Do you see what is happening?
Farmers are being ruined by the
forces that should make them pros
porous. Why? Because farmers have
failed to adjust their business to
these new forces of mechanical power
and invention.
"There is no doubt that agriculture
is languishing. Eight and one-half
per cent of the landowners in fifteen
corn and wheat-producing states in
the upper Mississippi Valley lost
their farms in 1928. The average
price of pillow land fell from $40 an
acre in 1917 to S22 in 1928. Condi-
tions are so bad in Iowa that the
state is in political revolt"
Mr.. Benson then asks if it is not
plain that the farmer is being ruined
by trying to sell on a glutted market.
He thinks we should forget all the
silly laws discussed in Washington
and face the fact that the farmers
can produce more than the world can
eat. He then takes up the question
of steam which he explains tends to
concentrate population. Steam can
be used economically and in large
units. Hence steam power has piled
up our great cities. Moreover, the
city population has been swe1led by
the influx of farmers who have no
other place to go for employment.
Every new labor saving farm device
mean cutting down of farm labor.
"In short, says Mr.. Benson, "civil-
ization is getting. into a jam. Farm
machinery drives farmers from the
land into the city, where they are
seized as clubs by landlords to COM
pei citizens to pay still more for the
use of places in which to live. Farm
ers flee to the city where conditions
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
DEATH OF STEAM MEANS
ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Electricity is Scattering Power
Which Heralds Busy Days for
the Farmer with the Idle =
Hour Eliminated

Henry Ford has said that farming
should be done in twenty days a year,
and while this situation may be yet
a little distant there is every indica-
ton that our intensive civilization is
bringing about change in our man
ner of life at once revolutionary, rap
id and startling.
The back to the farm movement is
underway-not back to the old type
of farm, but back to the farm revita-
lized and adjusted to meet the COM
pleXities of our rapidly changing
civilization.
This change is bound to have
marked bearing on the country press.
1t will mean as revolutionary
change in publishing methods as it
will mean in farming methods and in
city life.
The changing situation has been
clearly set forth by Allan L. Benson,
who in a recent issue of Hearst's In
ternational Magazine told what cleo
tricity is doing for the nation and
what steam has done for our great
centers of population.
Mr.. Benson points out that in trav-
cling into New York city by rail
there is a point where all trains stop
to drop their steam locomotives and
take on electric power. If the process
of the new coupling is not cautiously
done jolt goes through every car of
the train. If the passengers did not
know what is going on they might
be alarmed, but of course everybody
understands.
"Now everybody does not under
stand what takes place when a whole
world changes from steam to electric
power" says Mr.. Benson. "That is
precisely what is going on now. The
civilization based upon steam power
has broken down and is falling to
pieces. We watch it fall and, having
little understanding of the signif-
canoe of what is happening, are filled
with fear. We say the future looks
black. 1t would be black if the age
of electricity were not here ready to
take hold.
eve pay no attention to the age of
electricity as it backs up to couple
onto the world, because we have
heard of it all our lives. We should be
amazed to be told that the electrical
epoch is but now beginning.
1--WE have said that steam power
has all but wrecked this world. What
is meant by this? Let us begin our
survey of civilization at the soil. If
we can believe Benjamin Franklin,
American farmers $50 years ago
were prosperous, contented and hap
Ply. Read Franklin's letters and see
how our forefathers lived. Ninety
seven per cent of the people were en-
gagged in agriculture. Each group of.
ninety-seven on the farms, working
before the age of steam and without
machinery, could raise only enough
to support themselves and three
others in the city.
"Then came the steam engine and
men began to devise machines for it
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
FAR FOR SALE

FARM OF 300 ACRES. 80
acres cleared; balance in timber.
Will cut 100000 feet of lum-
Der; lots of mine timber. Bank
barn, nearly new; good warm
house with nine rooms and Gel
lar; plenty of outbuildings; can
use any kind of machinery on
farm. Seventy-fve good bear
ing apple trees in orchard. Ten
good, never failing springs on
the farm.
County road to farm; seven
and one-half miles to Mountain
Lake Park. Best location for
summer home in the county.
If you want a good farm come
and see. l can show you better
than l can tell you.
COLUMBUS PAUGH,
52-11t* r. D, l, Deer Park, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26

are already so acute that thousands
would flee from the city if they knew
where to go.
''Palpably something is fundamen-
tally wrong when, Notwithstanding
the productivity of labor everywhere
the unparalleled productivity Of
labor-it is nip and tuck to get q
living from labor anywhere; hard
in the city and apparently even hard
er in the country.
what is wrong? What should be
done? Certainly no little job of ad-
justing is going to mend matters.
eve may differ as to all of the
other things that should be done to
make a world in which there should
be no economic injustice, but we can
not differ as to the advisability of
spreading our population more evenly
over our area and making both city
and country good places in which to
live.
And that is what electricity is ap-
parently about to do for US!
Farmers are beginning to take
current from the power lines that
run past their places and turn it to
manufacturing.
'Mr. Theodore Beran, New York
District Manager of the General Elec-
trio Company, recently said that a
young man in a New England village
invested in three lathes to manufac-
ture wooden heels for women's shoes.
Another farmer fixed up an old barn,
engaged ten country girls and began
making shoelaces. Now Mr.. Benson
points out that manufacturing indus
tries have use for practically unlim-
tied numbers of the small parts of
which their products are composed.
The making of these parts is what
constitutes the opportunity for a ire
mendous amount of manufacturing in
the country.
There are about 5000 parts, for
instance, in a Ford automobile, most
of which are small-little screws,
bolts, angle irons, and so on" says
Benson. ''In the 100000 automo-
biles that Ford made in 1928, he
therefore used twelve billion parts.
Every other automobile manufacturer
used small parts in proportion. All
these parts, except a few that Ford
makes in country factories of his
own, were manufactured in cities
where wages were paid to working
men that enabled them to pay the
high costs of living"
Mr.. Benson thinks it is plain that
henceforth the farmer will be man
ufacturer in his slack season. He can
afford to make screws more econom-
ically than they can be made in the
cities. The rainy day no longer may
spell idleness for the farmer. At best
he is employed only in seasons of
planting, tilling and harvesting.
'Steinmitz, few months before he
died, told the present writer that
electricians, after forty years of in
tensive preparation, were ready to
move the world" says Benson. at is
very easy to see that electricity is
destined soon enormously to improve
the condition of every human being in
the civilized world. Electricity by its
nature is a distributor, a diversifier,
spreader-out. An electric horse
power can be split into as many parts
as one likes, within reason, and sent
wherever there is a waiting farmer
to use it. Just as surely as steam
tended to pile up cities electricity
will tend to spred them out over the
land"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1925-03-26
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

l hereby give notice that 1 will not
be responsible for any debts contract
ed by my husband, Jacob L. Knox.
MRS. LILLE A. KNOX.
McHenry, Nd, March 16, 1925.
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NOTICE.

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relatives inferred in the cemetery at
Thayerville and would like to con-
tribute to the fund being raised to
build new fence around the Gene
terry and to otherwise beautify and
improve the same, will please send
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New Britain herald., 1925-05-04

CTS day service and women have been invited
 This evening at G:3u o'clock the
 Blue army will meet 10 select gem erul for next year, Up to the pres ont time, Ernest F. Dechant is the only candidate although there Is n sentiment in favor of having two more candidates for each class office this year. and it is likely another candidate will he produced hy this evening. The Red army, which re- ccntly selected Waiter w, Gould as its general for another year, will
 meet at o'clock, Both meetings are at the Y. NJ. C. A. The White
 army which has selected William . II. Hotchkiss as it's general will meet tomorrow evening.
 1 Prior 10 the address Sunday morn- ling, President Waiter l.. Fletcher,
 James H. Dyer Ernest F. pechant, ! B. F. Armstrong, Walter Gould and
 Fred ]. C. Ellsworth spoke on their 1 impressions of the recent convention
 of the Federation of Mems Bible
 Classes at Mount Vernon. \. Y,
New Britain herald., 1925-05-04
MEISSNER TO STAY AS
 PRESIDENTS SECRETARY
iIindcnburg VIII Retain Man Who Has Served Both Ebert and
 Sin,OnS
SimOns.

Berlin, May 4,-Political circles in- terpret the appointment of Dr. Melss- uer, who was secretary 10 President Ebert and Simons, 10 continue as secretary to President Hindenburg, as temporary pending the settlement Of a stiff three-cornered fight behind the scenes between the German na- tionalists and peoples parties and tho military federations.
 The latter would like 10 see Lieu tenant Colonel Von Feldmann, who was associated with Field Marshal Von Hindenburg throughout the campaign, installed in the executive mansion as the presidents secretary.
 The leaders Of the peoples party full expected to be able to name the presidential secretary from their ranks as a reward for what they call their sacrifice Of Dr. Jarres, their presidential candidate in the first campaign, in favor Of Hindenburg
New Britain herald., 1925-05-04
In the second,

in the second.
 The nationaIsts do not want the peoples party to name the secretary, but at the same time they object 10 the appointment of die-hard mili- tarist because they fear the opposi- ton of large industrial interests and the damage that might be done to German business interests. The ap- pointment Of Dr. Meissner not only avoids an immediate clash over these differences but 1t Is regarded by some as a chrewd political move to give a definite impression of contin- uity in the executive administration.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-04
nuRNs TO WATERS EDGE.

Honolulu, May IA gig attached to the U. s. s. Pennsylvania burned to the water line when 1t caught fire after the engine backhred. r. B. Stoker, engineman, was seriously burned before he was rescued by shlpmates on the Pennsylvania, which was just a few yards away.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-04
MISS BEGLEY IS HOSTESS

Miss May Begley Of Beaver street entertained five tables of bridge at her home Saturday evening. The prizes were awarded 10 the Misses Grace Conlin, Catherine Ryan, Mary Leghorn and Madelin O'Mara of Thompsonville.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-04

lowing old people to come in, mon and women. and stand and hang onto straps. Certainly Why not? ] got in first,
 Respect for elders? Why they don't know what the, words mean, Let an elderly person say something tn a young mat today and he would just as soon talk back as to boy of hiS own age. The words have no meaning or significance to him al all -'rrspret for elders,
 "Whon you gel 10 that point, friends, and when you have no re- spect Tor parents or elders, natural ly you come to the next step, name ly no respect for the law. You and | know that law is something that k absolutely necessary and essential for tho preservation Of society In the otdtn days when each cavcman wJS his own master and the master of all ahont him each man was a law unto himself. It was the law Of might--of force. We have changed alI that There is force and there Is might behind our laws in order to enforce them upon that amaIl trac- ton of the population that breaks the law; but actually it is an ar rangrment based upon the realiza- ton by q majority of individuals that you have got to regulate the de- sircs of each man, his method Of liy. !uE, to certain extent,
 Just exactly in the same way as We should have respect for parents but even more so We should have respect for tho law, because the law is the foundation Of the society ir which We live.
 "What does that mean to the boy or girl Of today" Very, very little Beat the law whenever you can anC it is a grand good joke if you car 1o it. And you know, friends, l an very sorry to say that in a grea many of thcsc things these chiIdrel cannot ho blamed as much as the paop.e who teach them how to dc
New Britain herald., 1925-05-04
Discusses Prohibition Law

Now, gentlemen. l want 10 say this: To mo the prohibition law is the same as any other law. l am s sworn officer ot the 1aw 10 enforce tho laws of the United States. and to me one law Is just the same as an- other. overheard this conversation between two men nn the elevator, and th"re were several your. "Ns and girls who happened 10 l.. |" ia the elevator at the sam.
 "0na faIow said, I " tack from Canada
 What did you bring?
 < couple of quarts,
 Di1n't anybody stop you"
 'No they Just passed me by. IL vas aI right Good stuff.'
 "Thesc boys and girls do not have 10 wait for elevators and chance conversations of this kind. They hear them q homo. They hear Dad talk about the same thing. It is a ou,o Of its being smart to beat the .aW.
 "It is not so much the fact that our boys and girls are intrinsically lad. hut they have gotten 10 the point where they laugh at authority If l e't into trouble Dad has 8 lot o' power an1 influence and ho will get mc ont Of it. If it is all right for so-aa1-so to boat the law, I can do The same thing
 "N great many Of our hoys and
 arc drinking today not because
 ant 10, but because it is 8
 ling to do. It is hard 10 get
 sor". I want i'.'
 pose f tomorrow wo should
 2w prohibiting the drink
 .'-r everybody would want q. atcr. People who do not u-. .. rr o0co month would wat right away All you have to do is say i. is wrong and they all Watt f.. r. 5e g smart thing 10 do 10 heat tho law. and, therefore that's "Iat t|n.y all want 70 do.
 "GanhjuG" There's more gamh- ing going on among young people than ",or. \ great many of them are enrnjoHe.s in all kinds Of gamb- '5ng-nar1 playing, dice, horse rac- inE
 "Now 'her. what's the answer ? Whg. to me tho answer is simply 'M>. T.- parents are indu1ging the chltlr"n altogether too much and are not giving them the necessary sHper1js The parents themselves |, gin to think. T did not have the opportunity Of getting ar. clucation My hoy or girl is in the high school trlng rI""atad. He knows groa' dea' moro about 8 great many thing, than I ever did,
 "T honestly believe that we hayr a.moe' gotten to the point Utrr' .ro parents are beginning 10 respoc no ch1.l-on instead Of the chji &r-n rctpec'inc Ihe parents. That I sa" Is on" Of 'ho worst things tha N. aa,r 'olay in connection wit he relation between the parent
New Britain herald., 1925-05-04
GREEK LETTERS TO HINT

"You said you were a member Of the A. F., F."
 "Yes."
 "Ah-would you mind telling what chapter ??"-Centre Colonel.
New Britain herald., 1925-05-04
SMART ID BREAK
 LAW, COHEN SAYS
(cont!nuel from First ragD

and ! know thut merely because s person is declared legally inyaur does not show tlU j." did nui know what he or she was doing. Thr girl insisted inat s1" was sane. She >gil hat slr was sorry for what s'r MaJ ion'. oh Yes. 'h.y a,l hpromo sorry afterwards Ng' luu rarro, u,r away from h" 'lr' ,aot Hr arc Hy. .ng tu an arr 0nrr our boys and nrlS, our Vomg mr4 and youg 'omcu aru going wrong.
 f'E". s.N or s.lrn }ears ago. Y NN''I0c raap"n,1 wo had our ll ".D.. e<ea-r- IT." War'-tho rf-crt of '.n "tr. No matter vlat hanp.a- ra "" rH..,j # .var hy.tama' Trt Uor he> hron o..~ several years TOW --ytrn o9r 'aNrs layr canr down. w. hu<" gotten ro 'Ha point where W lo,o r"ostuns~n.l rrsaN,S on r." lasis os n,acf. Eu. wrcn it comes 'o ~~tma '~tn33 .t d,mimYN. Ing r. k c"nNt"g woi,n op fur ae Tho Fowg rrn, ar" ocrnornI.
 Matter of Prevention
 "Nm n1"vot r..t ua paper any Nrpr" vH~w' "a';~- that more >rimes are .omwr.l hy boys nar- irular,v A.'wp,a thr lgrs of l- and H--tha~ 1v 1~.utu'u1's ot an tho NhAr agas .omh..al The question $. wra. Is ro be lorr" How is thc u7"sr to hr r.molI,l"
 "Dna t1-,Hr Is certain. wo aru ~0r rirE 'o na ~a't,f5o1 to handle ", dtaa'lcr ny hu"ug moro prisons .eforma-oras arl ecnoo.s for hal ,oys a0I g.r's. Tie question Is on' }, prevention and that is 'ho enh- eot In whirN We arc particularly IT, crested tc1ay.
 "How does it hdpwn Why 1ocs if 'anpen that oHr boys and girls o' o1ay arc taking part in so munE rHmeo Are trrv worse tol1y thar they ever wore r-rnra" Not bi' worse. I want to say 70 you, aNI you may agree with me or not. that II 
 ature today is any different rrorr what it was in the ages when wt wore saNagcs, my answer would b' mo-. We are Just exactly inc sam' today ae we were th,u. There i! onJy tlis difference: Tolay we arr -iyj'izo1 human beings. We lay' earned to restrain certain uatura Josiros ard perhaps instincts.
 "Tal1e a small child. That chiI' wants to steal because it is natura Q steal A child is envious bccaus f Is natural 10 be eN'ious l want {, add right at this point, gentlemen hat if you will look at the Te' Commandments you will find tha those Ten Commandments are th oasic principles of our civilization because they strike at those desire which are inherent in human ratnr
Evening star., 1925-09-02

ON BEAUTIFUL 10th ST.
We have just listed direct
from owner, who wants an i'm
mediate sale, this we'll built,
modern home, consisting of 10
spacious rooms and 2 tile baths.
The property is we'll adapted for
a high-class boarding house
J he price surprised US and we
teel it will also surprise you.
Very liberal terms can be ar
ranged.
MOORE & HILL. INC.
80 18th St. NV. Main 11ZA
Evening star., 1925-09-02
FOR SALf,=HOISES
IN RROOkLAND-

On account of death i'll family,
owner must sell at once prac-
tically new bungalow desirably
and conveniently located. Con
sists of five rooms and tile bath
on first floor and one large room
on second floor; hot-water heat,
elect, etc. Nice yard to paved
alley. Price, $3.50. Terms can
be had.
MOORE & HILL, INC.
go 18th St. NV. Main 1l74.
ALASKA AVE G6th ST EXTENDED.
1901 Alaska ave. nv. corner, new; large
lot. double GARAGE; brick. 81 rooms. com
plete baths. This is the best buy in town for
price.
G. II LALEGER. 1i1o II st. NV
Main 1919. Residence. Adams 2SSS.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

A well located Groom and bath home
which is strictly modern and in excellent
condition. Has h.-wh., cleo. hardwood
floors double rear porches and colonial front
porch. The entire house is screened and
metal weather-stripped and has two-Car
brick garage Owner desires quick sale and
has priced the property $3.50 to a party
with So 900 cash. Inspection invited.
DONNELLY & PLANT. INC.
Phone Until pm. go
Evening star., 1925-09-02
FOR SALE-HOUSES.
A GOOD BUY

A GOOD BUY.
Bungalow. . squares from Mass, ave. and
Fessenden bus: walk out River I'd. past D.
Z. Line you will see sign. Sullivan Sub
division. This bungalow has rooms tile
bath. 1-piece sink and vashtub. pedestal
wash basin; built-in garage: h.-w h.: lot
50xI3o. 5000 down. small monthly pay.
ments. For appointment phone Col. 903l.
Evening star., 1925-09-02
SOUTHWEST.
YOUR HOME
BUILT FOR YOU AS YOU WOULD HAVE
PLANNED IT.
42ll 18th STREET NV.
Near Pv x Creek Part
nnnAIE % nATES

As architects and as builders. we have 40
studied every detail that nothing IS eXtrava-
giant. yet the house is artistic and unusual;
The colonial red brick the artistic porch and
doorway. and the rough texture. tinted in
terror give this house an indescrihable harm.
The quality of construction and nnish IN
THIS residence Is found in only the highest
priced homes
Drive out 10th ST. 10 Varnum ST. and west
Narnum to 18th st. The house Is open
and lighted daily until pm. for your in
sDection.
L. Z. BREUNINGER & SONS,
706 Colorado Bldg.
Evening star., 1925-09-02
FOR SAIF-HOUSES

EOEs SAI4E~-1ODSES.
CATHEDRAL
HIGHLANDS
WAsHIEGTON'S HIGHEST sUBURR
$500 -35O2-3804- 1906 Fulton st. NV.
Only ? Left.
These semi detached brick homes OF refine.
meHt and character are offered to those who
appreciate tbs luxury OF living. Every home
y OF special design: artistic in architecture
ana OF substantial construction The wide
cement porch. laid in art squares and With
an iron baiustrade. makes. most attractive
eutFance. Handsome hreplaces adorn tho
living room: attractive porches: besutifuj
woodwork; tao baths and shower: Ruud
storage heaters, cedar-lined closets and built
~ garages. These houses will be open for
lnspectlon Sunday and week days from to
D aud TO q.
Built and for sale by
JOS. A. HERBERT & SONS,
lol3 18th St NV. and 6I5 East
Evening star., 1925-09-02
FOR SALE-HOUSES.

Nr. Mass. and Wisconsin Aves.
A very attractive red tapestry brick CON
tanning rooms and . tiled baths. hot-water
heat, electric lights; oak floors, 6replaces.
built-m garage. glass-incloscd porches
first and second floors. The lot is 2l.43 by
1892 TO a 15-ft paved alley. Owner
forced TO sell. Can arrange small cash pay
ment and easy terms.
Ouinter, Thomas & Company,
REAL ESTATE FINANCING.
Main S4l6. Sl9 18th st. NV.
MOUNT PLEASANT
12.5UO.
DETACHED BRICK.
Situated in the city,s finest old residential
section An individually built house. Beau
tiful colonial front. = feet vide Contains
-lN large rooms. reception hall and tiled bath.
maids room III basement. INV h. and electric
lights. instan taneous hot-water heater. hard
wood floors. screens and awnings: tvo-car ga
rage. For aDpoin tmcut call
SHAPIRO-KATZ COMPANY.
REALTORS-BU1LDER
l4l6 ST. NV. MAIN Oil.
COLORED.
3S Patterson st. n.c.-Six rooms. bath:
G. H. LALEGER. 1910 st. NV
Main 1910. Residence Adams 1888.