Milford chronicle., 1926-10-29

Edward BAKER, DOVER
NEXT TUESDAY will be Election
Day and those who qualified for vot-
ing, should cast their ballots early
so as to avoid crowding during the
rush hours.
SOS
so THAT the official election re-
turns as made up by the returning
boards of the counties of Delaware
can be printed next week, the Mil
ford Chronicle will be one day late
in getting to it's readers. The Off
cial totals can not be held until the
board of canvas completes its work
on Thursday evening, which makes
it necessary for the Chronicle to get
into the mail on Friday evening, No
vember 5th, instead of Thursday eve
ming. This will make the rural &C.
livery of the election news edition
on Saturday. This has been custom
for many years in the Chronicle
Office.
AN IMPORTANT TRUTH is con-
stantly being emphasized by the ex-
perience of fires occurring in So
WAled ':fireproof" buildings, which
are not what their name implies. In
other words, while they will not
burn down." they will burn "out."
This fact has been demonstrated
in several more or less recent occur
rences, in some instances in fires
arising from outside exposure, and
again from the contents, infamma-
BILE in their nature, becoming ignit-
ed and the fire spreading through
ventilating shafts and other open
ings to other floors, where more bur-
nable material is stored, says the
magazine, Fire Engineering.
No matter how fire resistant the
structure itself may be, it is only as
fireproof as it's contents. If the con-
tents are inf1ammable, there is just
as likely to be a hot and severe fire
in the "fireproof" building as in that
of less resistant construction.
The term "fireproof," as applied to
buildings, is very deceivtng, and its
use should be discouraged, as it nat
urally gives to those not well in
formed in the matter, a false sense
Of security which is dangerous in
the extreme.
A much more sensible and GER
tainly truer term is that of "fre re-
sistant," which tells the story of the
modern building, and emphasizes its
advantages, without exaggeration.
IF THE FARMER kept as good a
set of books as the average business
man; if he sold a variety of crops, in
accordance with the policy followed
by the average merchant; he would
probably have a larger net income
per annum than his city neighbor
with similar investment, and there
would be fewer farm than business
failures.
1t is common sight to see thresh-
ing machines, mowers, wagons,
tractors and all kinds Of farm imple-
ments standing out in the snow or
rain, or run under a leaky, wind
swept shed. How many merchants
leave their delivery wagons, their
typewriters, their adding machines
or their mechanical equipment ex-
posed to the weather?
What good will "cheap money" or
money loaned to the farmer without
interest by the government, do, until
he understands how to use that mon
ey in a business-like manner? Help
the farmer organize his farm, his
production and his marketing on a
business basis. He can then get all
the money he needs and use it to
advantage.
Trying to fool the farmer with the
hoary fiction that he buys in a pro-
+ected market and sells in a free
trade market, is a crime against the
nation, when a simple investigation
of tariff schedules shows a heavy
dutv protecting all farm crops
-vbich the farmer sells, and no duty
81 all on machinery, fertilizers, bin
Sor twine, harness, coffee, tea and
80 principal imported things the
Mariner buys.
rbese are facts about farming not
ol,tics or poetry. ~