Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

that as soon as the Young plan went
into operation Germany would cease
making these occupation payments.
This point should be cleared up to-
day with the cost Of occupation from
September until June being meted out
Of an international fund to which
Germany will contribute. pa
Thus Europe Is making ready for q
real business revival.
At the annual farm dinner which
j. D. Barnun, Syracuse, N. Y, gave
to the farm leaders, Secretary of Agri-
culture Hyde made the statement that
one of the most important elements of
the farm problem Is the proper utili-
cation of land.
The United States contains / 1908 o0O,-
900 acres. There are 505,000,O00 OF
these classified as improved farm lands.
Only about 350,0O0,000 acres are in
crop. And yet American farmers. "thc
most efiicient in the world, are an
nually producing vast stores of food
stuffs, which not only supply the de-
mands of our own 120,000.000 people
but overrun domestic needs into the
markets Of the world
Secretary Hyde believes that by using
intensive methods on the 505.000, 900
available acres. farm crops could be
doubled in volume, but who would buy
the huge surplus?
SO the question Of land utilization is
most important one.
The Federal Farm Board, therefore,
has, among others, this problem on its
hands But 1t has also another one just
as mportant-what to suggest in order
to bring into a cooperative whole the
G, 000, 900 independent units, leach cap
tanned and managed by that most indi-
vidualistic OF all human beings-the
American farmer"
Secretary Hyde's Syracuse address IS
worth reading from the first word 10
the last.
Each city has its own peculiar geo.
graphical problems. Some overcome
these obstacles more effectively than
others. The expense in overcoming GER
tain of these physical obstacles Is very
great in certain cities.
In New York, excavation work is
extremely expensive, for it means cut
ting down the foundation work through
solid rock. New Orleans has another
type of problem. Her city has been
built below sea level, SO bikes and
artificial pumps are used to get rid OF
surface water.
Pumps capable Of removing from
25 900 to $4,000 cubic feet of water a
second-enough 10 fill the ground tanks
of 10000 Ford cars-are being installed
at the present time to force the water
into the Mississippi River. The pres
ent pumps carry off only 10000 cubic
feet of water a second. This is not
fast enough. as the danger of floods is
always present.
These new pumps-a dozen of them
will be operated by General Electric
synchronouS motors Of unusual size.
Seven of these-the largest drainage
pumps in the world-will each be driven
by horsepower. 6,000-volt motor
the smaller pumps-five Of them-by a
00-horsepoWer motor.
These large pumps are the last word
in speed Each of them will deliver
from 1000 to l3,400 cubic. feet of water
per second. depending upon the varying
water conditions throughout the city.
Now. just what does all this mean?
In non-technical language it means that
the new pumps. working at full capac-
ity, will be able to remove in "a hours
a l4-inch rain over the entire city.
Thus, science is pushing back the
food.
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