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Chinchilla Facing
Danger of Extinction

Sad news for women who have their
hearts set on the acquisition of chin
chilla wraps is that the chinchilla is
in danger of extinction. Already the
price of chinchilla fur is almost pro-
hibitive.
In a few more years, unless the
rodent of the barren Andes is' given
adequate protection, his fur will bring
the equivalent Of a kings ransom.
However, with the decrease in the
number Of the little animals, the hunt
for them becomes more determined.
In the early days of the Spanish
conquest of Peru and Bolivia chin
chillas were found in the lowlands and
on the plateaus. They were as COM
mon as rats along the few rivers 'in
these two countries. The wives of
the Spanish viceroys discovered the
beauty Of the fur and the hunt of the
animals began. Old records show that
In 1884 a German furrier in Chile ex-
ported 100, 900 skins valued at 100000
gold marks about $685. 500. In 1900
nothern Chile shipped over 100000
pelts Such wholesale killings caused
the chinchilla practically to disappear
from its old Chilean hauntS and
greatly reduced the number in Peru
and Bolivia. Efforts to carry on chin
chilla farming there, as silver fox farm
ing Is done in the United States, have
not been successful.
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7 WAS brought up an Episcopalian.
Until 1 was girl in my middle
teens 1 went to church regularly
Il and amicably. 1 will not say
church going satisfied every spiritual
need, for as yet there had come no time
in my life when l experienced a spirit
ual need I had been confirmed, not
at the urge of anything remotely ap-
preaching conversion but simply
because my Sunday school teacher
suggested it. l remember remonstrat-
ing with her, arguing that I had felt
no call" that l was quite content to
go on as I was. She replied that the
motivating feelings which l seemed to
miss would come after the sacrament.
1t did not come; it has never como.
But for a year or two after confirma-
ton I continued to go to church. 1t
was high" Episcopal church. and
the beauty of the service-angelic-
faced choir boys, sonorous music. deli
cately-adjusted lights. pulsing incense,
flowers on the altar brass lamps swing
ing in front of it-held me fascinated.
Perhaps the fact that the Puritan Sun
day is so drear and vacant day and
that some of the girls I know also
went to my church contributed their
urge in establishing this habit.
Gradually, however, 1t dawned on
me that I had no real relation to the
exquistely ordered ritual OF my
church; that I was merely making mo-
tions-beautiful ones. TO be sure, but
wit S,Nir inan in
life. In the meantime too, I was do
ing a great deal of reading and think
ing. One by one standardized beliefs,
accepted because inherited, vanished;
belief in a personal God; belief in the
Bible as the word Of that God: belief
in the divine origin OF Jesus Christ:
belief in the efficacy OF prayer; belief
in the Immortality Of the soul. After
awhile I ceased to be a regular
churChgoer. Except when l drift into
the cathedrals of Europe-those mas
sively materialized. warmly human,
vibrating, colorful facets of the Catho-
lie faith scarcely enter a church.
I think my case is typical Of thou
sands Of my generation. Like me,
they were indicted early into the
church going habit. AS with me, there
came Il time somewhere along the
church going experience. when they
realized that-in some mysterious way,
the fault neither Of the Church nor Of
themselves-the emotional uplift had
passed for them away from the church
function. Although they lost their
faith in dogma. many of them retained
their faith in God. 1t was a period
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not believe in the divine origin of
Jesus Christ, I have a profound ad-
miration. for Him and for His teach
ings, I like to think OF Him as the
Genius Of Goodness. I suppose there
has been no action Of my life which.
consciously or unconsciously, has not
been affected by His words. I believe
from the very depths Of my soul in
tho brotherhood Of man. I have al
ways conserved my respect for the re-
ligion Of others, and-this goes with
out saying-my belief in complete
freedom in this respect. In other
words, I consider religion a sacredly
personal problem, the business of no
body-State, church. society-unless
it violates certain obvious laws of
health and morals.
Yes, I broke easily enough my
church-going habit; easily enough
parted with my belief in a personal
God; the divine origin of Christ; the
divine inspiration Of the Scriptures;
the efficacy Of prayer. But when it
comes to the immortality Of the soul!
There. with me as with most people,
one touches on the raw. l cannot
tality of the soul, but I want to be-
lieve in 1t. l am not one of those who
prefer to think that death ends every
thing. I cannot endure the thought.
Immortality seems by every rule of
ethics just; by every rule Of analogy
logical. II there Is no immortality,
the universe is a senseless joke per-
petrated on helpless humans by some
monstrous djinn. | should like to live
this life forever; or failing that, to
live any other life or lives, to live
them anywhere and under any con-
ditions-rather than humiliation,
vacuum, silence. l reiterate l cannot
believe-and yet 1 want to believe. I
want to believe in a steadily-continu,
ing conscious existence after death.
I hope to believe. Every year of
my life, more earnestly 1 want and
hope to believe. 1t is my conviction
the result Of my observation of life
and my reading about it-that this de
sire and hope Is common; that as peo.
pie grow older they yearn for that
FIRE OF the soul-call it faith, call it
chg hiCb liIou4 CO tiCili liic Dc-
lief in another life. Certainly I am
conscious of that sensation now. Not
enough seriously to impair my thrill
and Joy in an active life-not as yet,
at any rate. Perhaps 1t will come.
Perhaps 1 shall yet experience the
ecstacy Of knowing 1 shall live again.
I can only wait and hope.
Copyright. 1929
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The Story the Week Has Told

or in any way molested. With COM
mendable promptnesS, cavalry was
sent in pursuit. and 1t would seem
that most of the bandits were soon
rounded UP and either killed In flght
or captured and summary executed.
United States Of America.-Presi.
dent Coolidge has appointed Maj.
Gen. William Lassiter commander of
the American forces in the Panama
Canal Zone, as president of the
Tacna AFRICA Plebiscitary Commits
sion, in succession to Gen. Pershing.
who had been relieved because of Ill
health and is returning to this coun-
try. The appointment Is in form of a
permanent one, but the possibility
had been indicated that should Gen.
Pershing's condition greatly improve
in the near future, he might be re-
appointed, relieving Gen. Lassiter.
On Tuesday the Senate voted, Al
to SO. that the appointment by the
Governor of North Dakota of Gerald
p. Nye as Senator to fill the uneX-
pired term Of Senator Ladd was con-
stitutional. Mr.. Nye is what is known
as a La Toilette Republican and is
a member of the Nom Partisan
League. His confirmation Is OF espe-
cial importance, since he Is expected
to oppose our participation in the
World Court.
After two weeks Of negotiations
the conference in New York between
representatives Of the anthracite coal
miners and representatives of the
operators was, on January IL, abb
ruptly broken off, each side blaming
"a
made the motion to adjourn sine die.
subject to the call of the chairman.
The question Of arbitration was the
insoluble issue.
The Pennsylvania Legislature con-
vened In special session on January
Is to consider the anthracite problem
and other matters. Addressing the
Legislature, Gov. Pinchot advocated
recognition of anthracite as a public
thracite industry through the Public
Service Commission and the making
of compacts with other States in or
der to regulate retail prices Of anthra-
cite. These proposals were embodied
in bills.
Commencing this week this World
Court resolution Is to be displaced in
the Senate by, the tax revision bill.
A long debate on the latter Is to be
expected in consequence of the oppo-
sition organized by Senator Simmons,
Democrat. A good many Democrats
seem to feel that Senator Simmons
and his Democratic supporters are
not furthering the interests Of their
party in advocating fundamental al
terations Of the non-partisan House
bill. The effect of the most impor-
tant of the alterations they propose
would be to increase tax reduction
beyond that proposed in the House
bill by about s175, 100000 annually
and by the same token to delay eX-
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Dutch Seeking More
American Tourists

Members Of the Netherlands commit
tee for traffic propaganda are consid-
ering all sorts of means to promote
tourist travel between America and
Holland. They want to induce more
travellers hot only to come to the
Netherlands, but to visit the East
Indies.
An increase of tourist traffic there, it
Is thought, would help attract foreign
capital for the development of the
Dutch colonies. The committee is in
favor of cheap Summer trips to the
United States. One steamship line
will organize a trip for students of
the higher burgher school, at The
Hague. The young men will be away
a month and a half. If this trial trip
proves a success another line will fol
low the example. The cost of the
trip is estimated at 1000 forms about
$4,000.
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Population of About $50 Millions
Predicted for Nation in Year 1000

of high per capita wealth tend also to
be areas Of density Of population.
Evidently wealth and density are
correlated" he states in his report,
''for where the rate of growth for
wealth has been rapid, increasing
density appears to have attended 1t.
The New England States are cited
as examples. Nevada is an exception,
having high per capita wealth. but
low population density. This is proba-
bly, due to the method Of exploiting
new land. A few men come first and
by rough extractive methods obtain
much wealth; as more people come In
and the wealth is subdivided, the per
capita wealth decreases. A period Of
agricultural development follows. but
as. the cheap land Is exhausted the
people turn to the cities, where under
skilled management wealth is again
built up. The turning point between
rural and urban development is reach
ed when the land is worth more than
$50 per acre and the country Is peo-
pied at a rate of more than eight
families per square mile.
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Not quite two and half times its
present population or approximately
255 ,O00, 900 of people will be the popu-
lation of the United States in the year
1000, is the estimate of Prof. Howard
B. Woolston Of the University of Wash
lngton. From 1860 to 1860 the rate Of
growth was practically constant and
the population doubled every 231a
year; but since the latter date the
rate Of increase has declined. The
present estimate is based on the as
sumption that conditions prevailing in
the United States for the SO years pre-
ceding the World War win not ma
terially change, and assumes further
that the food supply and vital rates
will be taken care of in the economic
process of national development.
Prof. Woolston calls attention to the
fact that the type of industry prac-
ticed and the standards of living affect
population growth, which thus be-
comes a sociological as well as a BIZ
illogical function and is increasingly
difficult to predict with accuracy.
Prof. Woolston found that areas
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He Cancelled this announcement, but
| later again announced his retirement
for the near future. without. however,
vouchsafing the date thereof.
1t has turned out, after all, that
Feng Yu-hsiang, the Christian gen.
the intention of retiring. He resigned
command of the National Peoples
army and the resignation was ac-
copied by Tuan Chi-jui. who there
upon appointed him commissioner to
study industries in foreign countries >"
| This development, of course, further
| complexities a situation, already COM
plicated beyond human capacity of
analysis.
MexicO.-The little furry that mo-
mentarily seemed to perturb Qf that is
not too strong worO our relations
with Mexico has subsidized. The petro-
leum bill mot yet passed. and the
land act (passed but not yet promul-
gated or gazetted, regarding which our
Ambassador at Mexico City lodged a
protest or representations, seem to be
| of bouquet similar to that of the
| famous article q of the Mexican con-
stitution of 1917, which natiopaliZed
the Mexican subsoil. 1t will be recalled
that the Mexican Supreme Court de-
cided that Article 81 might not operate
| retroactively as regards property in
Mexico acquired by foreigners prior to
its enactment, and that on the several
occasions when legislation Of a SIM
| liar character has been protested be-
| fore Mexican courts, the courts have
similarly decided.
| 1t is understood that the Mexican
government will give assurances that,
vt,of feyp ho ta 1fnc ~
| legislation. property rights of for
eigners will not be prejudiced by retro
active or conf1scatory operation pur-
| suant thereto; that the pledges re-
| speeding those rights given from time
| to time by Mexican governments, not
ably when the Gales government was
fully recognized by ours. will be
scrupulously honored. 1t were, of
course, devoutly to be wished that
| the Mexican legislature would refrain
| from legislation which, whatever the
relief to be obtained from the courts
| or otherwise. to put 1t mildly, dis
turbs the equanimity of American
property holders and adversely affects
| the valuations on the exchanges.
But legislatures Is legislatures, as
| Huck Finn would say. Further re-
mark on this interesting situation is
| inadvisable pending publication Of the
expected note of assurance from the
| Mexican government.
| A late dispatch states that the pc
troleum bill has been passed and that
other measures have been promul-
gated.
| Mexican bandits boarded the Guada-
lajara- Mexico City passenger train
on the night of January 9, robbed
and murdered about SO persons, in
Guiding the train crew and guards.
| Curiously enough. the lives of all the
foreign passengers were spared, and
: the foreign women were not robbed
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Of new evaluations in religion. Every
where, however, churches continued to
exert their profound influence. But
everywhere. too. people were seeking
God In their own way and through
avenues other than the Church.
X X X
I recognize that people have al
ways felt the necessity OF religion. l
have never known that necessity
recognize that in times OF emotional
stress or Of physical danger most peo-
pie instinctively cry for help to a force
outside themselves. That recognition
begets in me no answer. Perhaps an
early observation that religion could
and quite frequently did-exist in
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human souls apart from morality, pro-
duced an evanescent, youthful cynic-
ism. If that were true then, 1t Is GER
tainly not true now. / realize now
that the religious temperament is a
special temperament. I realize now
that the capacity for religion is a gift
in itself. And. curiously enough, the
fact that the two do not inevitably
accompany each other seems now not
a matter for cynical comment, but for
deep human understanding.
y:
What, then, is left OF my religion
What did | salvage from the wreck?
saved something. Although I can
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Clut of Tobacco.

Bulgaria is suffering from a glut OF
tobacco. In the years Immediately
following the Word War little tobacco
was grown, but in 1920 the peasants!
realized that they could cultivate it
more easily and at less cost than
cereals. Production increased to an
enormous degree and, as Greece and
Turkey were at war and produced
little, the Bulgarian weed found a
ready market in Europe. All the big
export firms made large profits and
production kept ~ increasing. Now
the slump has set in, Bulgarian to-
bacco being considered too dear. and
there are vast stocks unSold. Efforts
are being made by the government TO
barter tobacco for machinery, air.
planes and general manufactures. But
in many places the peasants have de-
cided to return to cereal production.
According to a decision of the I'LL
nois Supreme Court. women are not
oIi0ibIo for iIIrv service in
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From the Boston Transcript
It may now be expected that in New
York the wedding march win be
played in Jazz time,
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Explains Placing Of Blame.

O. You say Congress is to blame.
Why?
A. Because Congress has not built
up machinery of its own adequate to
the tasks 1t has to perform. 1t has
Anticipated methods Of getting infor-
nation and no method whatever of
handling the information when once
recorded somewhere or other. The
committee system, the holding of
hearings, together with the lack of
an expert staff for gathering and or
ganizing material; the lack even of
adequate, suitably centralized secre-
tarial service-one could go on citing
such obstacles to a reasonably thor
ough and expeditions operation of a
national legislature. I know 1t Is the
fashion to criticize Congress, and par
ticularly by those who have never
had any legislative experience.
My observation, however, Is that
the members of both houses of Con
gress on the whole do an astonishing
amount Of work under disheartening
conditions. They are too much beset
by what / call "barnyard interests
the innumerable erlands, favors and
attentions which their constituents
expect BY the time man has de
voted the best part of his morning
to work Of this nature he is too Worn
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BY HENRY w. BUM.

~ HE following is brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
1 seven days ended January 16:
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MY RELIGION: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME
ARTICLE III

BY INEZ HAYNES IRWIN
Author of Stories Etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17
BY WILLIS j. BALLINGER.

~ ONGRESS Is slowly losing its
power to a multitude of eX-
eCutive bureaucratS- The
~ rescue of the National Legis-
latlrn frnnn this inya sion of
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Oil for a Decade

Biologists estimate the coal deposits
underlying a large part of the CONT
mental United States-leaving Alaska
out of the picture entirely-will sup
ply the Nation, even at the present
rate Of population increase, for a
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-10
g0NGRE SSMAD ALBERT
Johnson APPRECIATES
LABQR'S Fine SUPPORT

The following letters addressed t.
The Labor Press and g Frank Nor
zlaon. Secretary st The American Fed.
erection. bz Ceneressman Albert John
son. convey h's appreciation for TIE
support accorded him b. organized
labor Of this district.
p hia letter 70 this paper. NJ.
johnson says:
z have been intending fer some
time ta write ION personal letter
fog the purpose Of thanking gou fer
The editorial entitled, Loyal to La
Dor, printed IN the Southwest wash
September
& en- enclosing copy 81 letter
just written TO Secretary Frank Nor
rison.
= his letter to Secretary Morrison,
written IA appreciation Of the support
Of organized labor. Congressman
johnson wrote:
= returned to Washington two or
more weeks ago. and have intended
to call on you but have not been IN
the best Of health. and have found
many things to do.
The purpose Of my proposed call
was e say TO yon that received
generous support from organized labor
in Southwest Washington this year
and the personal support Of the pres
ident Of the Washington State FEEDER
alton Of Labor, Mr.. William Short
I'm my opinion. his strength both
with the labor leaders and his polit-
ical force Is increasing in the state
Of Washington, and you may be sure
that / was glad to have him on my
side. IN addition. received generous
endorsements BY resolution from
several Of the Trade Councils in the.
Washington district. These
resolutions were appreciated by me,
and / hope that may continue to-
merit the support and friendship Of
organized labor"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-10

ed e1.lez.15s. Is shown 81 ths or
ciaI compilation just completed n
readiness fo1 tie So county assessors
who ere preparing to send out their
1926 statements on which eoIIeetions
win Sc demanded the first part Of
next year.
Of this huge total increases Sc b21,
SCI was brought about By the IMPOSE
ton BY the Hartley State Tax Cone
mission Of 8 three mi lew te1 ne
general fund the first time s general
fund levy has been imposed Il this
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-10
REGIME J
INCREASES TAXES

OLYMPIA, Nov. 24.-In the last
year state taxes n Washington. un-
der the administration Of Governor
Roland h Hartley. have been increas-
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-10

Striking British miners reported re-
turning to work in every coal field
without awaiting results Of negotia-
lions for district settlements.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-10

Delegates to American Federation
81 Labor convention at Detroit visit
Ford AUTOMOBILES plant and are De-
pressed by monotony of mazhinc-
driven toll.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-07-29
SOLEBURY

The Solebury Community Picnic
will be held at the Solebury Friends
Meeting House on Saturday, August
2S, 1926. The following appoint
ments were made by the General
Committee, consisting of Mrs. f. b.
Samson, Mrs. A. w. Preston, Mrs.
Wilmot Quinby, 7. C. Bagg and
Mrs. M. Hubert Walton. Refresh
ments-T C. Bagg, A w. Preston,
Mrs. J. w. Ralston, Mrs. j. Howard
PaXson, Mrs. r, M. Paxson; Sports
j. Reading Funk, Forrest C. Crooke,
Miss Jessie Walton. b-Committces,
Children's games and sports-Car-
roll B. Price, Mrs. Marie Magill;
Hospitality-Mrs. George Morley
Marshall. Mrs. Albert w. Preston,
Mrs. William Tinsman, Mrs. f. b.
Samson, Miss Magaret Ely; Public
ity--Mrs. f C. Frampton; Treas
urer-Albert w. Preston.
Mr., and Mrs. Plugsfelder, of Phil
adelphia; Mrs. Marie Plugsfelder,
of Overlook; Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Shupe, Everett Shupe, of Norris
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. John Shupe, of
Carversville; called at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Isler, on
Sunday. Mrs. Isler is confined to her
by illness and is attended by DR..
Closson, of Lambertville. Callers at
the lsler home during the past week
were Mrs. Thomas Heightman, Mrs.
Lee Bowers, Dorothy and Edith
Bowers, Phillipsburg; Misses Mary,
Anna and John Goalth, Philadelphia.
Sunday guests at Maple Shade
farm were Albert Vandegrift, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Carver, Eleanor
Carver, Lewis Carver Jr., of Lang
horne. Mrs. Joseph Carver, who has
been visitor at Mr.. and Mrs.
Nattenhiser's during the past week,
returned to Lawerneeville on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hargen, of
Newark, are enjoying vacation at
their summer home in Solebury.
They entertained number of rel
atives at dinner on Saturday even
ing.
Mrs. c. j. Roller entertained her
brothers and sisters from New York
over the weekend
Miss Jessie Walton has had cleo
tricity installed in her home. She
has also had the interior of her
house re-decorated with paper and
paint. Miss Walton visited the SEES
qui-centennial last week.
Solebury w. C. 7. u. met at the
home of Mrs. Albert Preston last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Scott, of
Philadelphia, visited their sons, Will
liam and Chester Scott, who are
summering in Solebury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Natten-
hiser called on William Shupe and
Miss Martha Shupe, near Caivers-
vile on Sunday evening.