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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
SHIPPERS PREDICT INCREASE
IN CAR LOADING

Shippers of the country, through
estimates of the Shippers Regional
advisory Board, anticipate that car
load shipments OF the ~ principal
commodities in the hrst quarter OF
1929 (the months or January, Feb
ruary and March, will be approxi-
mately 8,048,075 cars. an increase
Iof 373,569 cars above the cores
ponding period of 1928, or 40 per
cent, the Car Service Division OF the
American Railway Association re-
ports.
OF the thirteen Shippers Regional
Advisory Boards, covering the en-
entire United States, ten anticipate
an increase in their respective dis
|tricts in transportation requirements
Tor the first quarter OF 1929, COM
pared with the same period in 1928,
while the other three expect a de-
crease. The ten Boards which esti-
mate an increase over the preceding
year are the Atlantic States, Allie
gheny, Great Lakes, ONO Valley,
Northwestern, Pacific Coast, South
east, Southwest, Trans Missouri
Kansas and the Pacific Northwest
Boards.
Those estimating decrease are
the New England, Midwest and the
Central Western Boards.
In submitting reports to the Car
Service Division, each Board esti-
mated what freight car requirements
will be for the principal industries
located in the territory covered by
that board. On the basis Of this in
formation, it is estimated that OF the
stwenty-nine commodities, that
increases in transportation require
ments will be required for twenty
three as follows: -four, meal and
other mill products, except oil; cit
rus fruits; other fresh fruits; live
stock; poultry and dairy products;
coal and coke: ore and concentrates;
gravel, sand and stone; salt; lum-'
Der and forest products; sugar,
syrup, glucose and molasses; iron
and steel; machinery and boilers;
cement; brick and clay products;
lime and plaster; agricultural i'm
elements and vehicles other than
automobiles; automobiles, trucks
and parts; paper, paperboard and
prepared roofing, and chemicals
and explosives.
Commodities for which a decrease
is estimated are canned goods, which
includes all canned food products,
catsup, jams, jellies, pickles and
preserves; all grain; hay, straw and
alfalfa; potatoes, and other fresh
vegetables.
Estimates indicate that fertilizer
shipments will be approximately the
same in the first quarter as for the
corresponding period in 1928.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
Is ADyERTIsING "A FARCE?

is ADVERTISING A FARCE?
1t it is true that today we drink
more liquor than we used to drink,
under the conditions that exist, then
I fear that It is true that the bust
ness Of advertising to which have
given a great part of my life is 8
mere farce.
II 1t is true that we drink more
liquor in the days when we have nc
advertising of liquor than we did
when we had beautiful magazine ad
vertising, when electric lights fash.
ed the admonition to TRY Wilson,
That's ALL" and we had various adj
vertising incentives to drink it,
say it would seem as though adver-
Using was a farce. And il 1t is true
that we drink more liquor today
when we have to go down a dark al
ley to get it, than we did in the Ole
days when it was right on the cor
ners. and when there were entertain
ing free lunches and beautiful, mir
ror-lined, brass rallied, degraded en-
poriums Of vice with revolving limo
leum, and all Of those things, then
it would seem that the merchant who
insists that he has to be on q main
street, and has to have nice display
windows, and all that sort OF tnlng
is barking up the wrong three. -
Thomas ". Hendricks, in The Exc
sxs-.~.., fNl,.h Nawc -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
EASTERN SHORE COUNTIES IN.
CREASE In WEALTH
Cecil County Heads List OF Taxable
Basis

Cecil County Heads List OF Taxable
Basis
A substantial increase in wealth
in the nine Eastern Shore of Mary
land counties, amounting to over
$21, 100000 in the period Of 1929
1928, is revealed by the seventh re-
port Of the State Tax Commission to
the General Assembly of Maryland,
just from the press last week.
The total taxable basis, on the
basis Of the general assessment made
for 1928, as compared with the as
sessment OF 1928, the last previous
general valuation thereto, shows an
actual increase Of $21,259,193, the
figures being $202,9S8,4S3, against
$181,729,290.
Cecil, uppermost of the Shore
counties and already, according to
the figures, it's. richest county, show
ed the biggest gain, $4,5S6,62l.
Wicomico maintains her position as
second, Dorchester as third.
Talbot as fourth, although the
last named, with gain of $S,4S1,-
695, which was the largest increase
outside of Cecil's, gained materially
upon her two immediate predeces-
sors.
Every county showed an increase
of more than 100000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
RAILROAD CALENDAR

,ib1} &C. j LII &cf SaSUd wages dno
linR Il expenditures, the surplus Of
1ss9a3 Glass / railroads in the year
e.deA7 decreased by the receipts OF
iciens days, as compared with the
oil feeding year, according to ths
xouirth annual Railroad Calendar
where freight rates am
nulssenger fares gojust published
4 u the Committee on Public Rela
lions of the Eastern Railroads
\ .fter all payments were made, the
analysis shows, there remained onl.
flour days earnings for improve
Ements to the railroad plant, or te
make UP losses of former years, o,
to help to create reserves agalns
)ad years in the future.
The calendar reveals that operat
ng expenses during the year 1925
increased by the receipts of five
laws, while fixed charges, namely in
crest and rents, increased three
LAYS. Dividend disbursements in
creased one day, whereas the outla
or fuel decreased one day. The
ost of materials and supplies, ant
he tax bill, remained unchanged.
This years production, like thu
preceding three. is based upon data
furnished by the Bureau of Railwa.
Economics. The distribution show
ng where freight rates and passen
ger fares go was arrived at as fol
.ows: The Bureau took the tota'
cross operating revenues OF tho
ylass / railroads for the latest veal
AVAILABLE (1927), and then divided
hem by the 365 days in the year
t then computed in terms of aver
sge daily gross receipts the number
# days taken by each item of ex'
,enditure.
The calendar was designed by
Charles S. Chapman. member OF tn
National Academy. The original
autographed in eleven colors, is OF
large poster size, 27h by 42h
inches. 1t win be displayed in sta
ions and elsewhere generally by The
railroads in the near future.
The committee on Public Rela-
ions will be glad to furnish copies
% interested members of the general
public.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
FIRE COMPANIES URGE STAN
DARD COUPLINGS

Twenty volunteer fire companies
Of the nine Eastern Shore counties
will shortly assemble in Eastoa, Md,
at the call of the Easton Fire De-
partment to consider a bill now
pending before the Legislature and
designed to prohibit the sale in
Maryland of fire hose and couplings
other than of standard size.
The pending measure has4 been
prepared at the instance OF expert
enced firemen of the Eastern Shore,
who believe the present haphazard
conditions under which FIRE com
panies are trying to cooperate should
be remedied.
Frequently several companies re-
spond to the same general alarm
sent out by a community In distress
and when engines arrive at the
scene much of the hose cannot De
coupled to the plugs because OF dif
ferent hose connections. Nor are
the fire plugs in the various towns O
uniform size, and the situation has
often resulted in serious confusion
Hong delays and Intellectual EFFORT.
With a view to standardizing al
ire plugs, hose and couplings. al
well as other equipment on the East
ern Shore. firemen will place theil
combined influence back OF thu
measure and members of the House
of Delegates from the nine-count.
area will be asked to support th'
bin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
STATE FOREST WEALTH FAR.
FROM REALIZED

Maryland is each year cutting T.
I233,OO0 cubic feet more timber than
is being produced in the woodlands
of the State, is importing nine-tenths
Of its lumber at a cost of $2S,0OO,-
900, is paying freight bill on i'm
ported lumber of $4,00O,000 a veal
and meanwhile is permitting $780,
600 acres OF non-agricultural land
TO lie idle and is making very little
effort to increase the productivity Oh
the land now in timber, according
to F. w. Besley, State forester, in /
booklet recently issued by the State
Department Of Forestry.
The situation could be rectified, i
is declared by Mr.. Besley, II an in
tensive system of forest manages
ment were developed. Timber pro
duction on the present area OF forest
land in the State could be increased
20 6,887,000 cubic feet, or approx
lmate1y LA per cent. Annual tim
Ger production would then almos,
equal consumption and place the
State on practically a self-supportine
basis
The suggested remedies for pres
emit conditions offered by Mr.. Besiey
would include an adequate system O.
protecting forested areas agains,
destruction by fire, the planting, Of a
4ast half of the 10000 acres of idle
land in the State, and the employ
ment of management methods tina
would increase the productivity 0.
lands now in forests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
ANIMALS IN FOREST FIRES

1t is generally known that horses
n fire present difficult problem,
.or they seem determined to stay
Ind be cremated. But many other
Features manifest this sameself-
destructive perverseness. The law
# .self-preservation receives many
fefutations in forest fire.
Doves nesting in the grass are al
ways victims of fire. They may
circle the nesting spot for while,
hen they will sweep down into the
ire and be burned to death. A def
lite check on a California fire rec
entity showed that 100 deer, 1000
quail and more than 1000 rabbits
we're destroyed. Quail fiedglings
will refuse to come out of fire, and
the mother, after a vain attempt to-
coax them out or drive them, will
invariably perish with the brood.
Deer often run right into the heart
If the blaze and, of course, are Gre
mated.
If the fire happens to sweep over
watershed, it means certain death
to thousands of trout and other
game fish. The heat becomes so in
tense that they are literally cooked
in the small streams. # the heat
fails to kill them, the chemicals de-
posted in the water from cinders,
ash and other bits of debris that fan
into the streams usually kill the fish.
In protection of these forest crea-
lures it is surely every persons duty
to be particularly careful OF dre In
the woods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
CANNING CROPS SCHOOL AT U
OF M. PLANNED

Gamers and growers Of canning
crops from all sections Of the State
are expected to attend the annual
canning school to be held at the Uni
versity of Maryland February 10 to
81.
According to F. w. Geise. profess
sor of vegetable culture at the Uni-
versity of Maryland, who is arrang-
ing the program, missionaries are
now being mailed to leading Gamers
and growers in an effort to discover
the most pressing problems con-
Aronting the industry. These prob
Ems will be discussed at the school.
Last year. according to Mr.. Geise,
a similar school proved most helpful,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
MARYLAND CUTTING MORE
TIMBER THAN STATE

Maryland is cutting each year ap
proximately 7,233,000 cubic fee,
more timber than is being produced
in the woodlands OF the State, is i'm
porting nine-tenths OF its lumber
4 cost Of S2s.OQb.0OO.. and is baying
q freight bill on THIS imported lum4
Der OF $4,ODO,OO0 each year.
Meanwhile the State is permitting
10000 acres OF non-agriculturh
land to lie idle and is making very
title effort to- increase the product
gity of the land now in timber, acs
ording to F. W. Besley, State Fores
ter.
The situation could be rectified, it
is declared by Mr. Besley, IL an in.
ensive system of forest manage
ment were developed. Timber pro
1uction on the present area OF forest
and In the State could be increased
20 1856, 900 cubic feet, or approx
mately IA per cent. Annual tim
Ter production would then almost
squal consumption and place the
State on practically self-supporting
basis.
The suggested remedies for pres
emit conditions offered by Mr.. Besley
would include an adequate system Of
protecting forested areas against de:
struction by fire, the planting OF a
east half of the 10000 acres o.
idle land in the State and the en-
ployment of management methods
hat would increase the productivity
Of lands now In forests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
OILING THE LAW-MAKING
MACHINERY

Our law-making machinery for
both State and Federal governments
is well oiled up. II all the meas
urs proposed during 1929, were
passed, one could not turn around
without breaking law and enforce
ment would be impossible.
Numerous measures will be pro-
posed to increase the taxes on bust
ness or restrict it 10 its field OF
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

Governor Richie. last week, sent
both houses of the Legislature the
bin prepared by the Tax REVISION
Commission, which recodifies ana
clarifies the tax laws Of the State.
The bill also grants a reduction IN
taxes on shares of stock OF surety
md guarantee companies.
Governor Richie forwarded the
ii to the Legislature without rec
mendation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

Forests grow in some favored
tes almost while you wait" only
Sixteen years ago, Douglas mrs were
planted in an area Of the Siusiaw
National Forest, Oregan. Today
these mrs, although still very young,
are producing an average OF a coro
g wood to the acre Some OF them
are as feet in height and from -
Id inches in diameter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

Judge Kirkpatrick, in the Federal
Districe Court in Philadelphia. has
placed a six month"; paddock on thf
plant of the Superior Beverage Cont
pany, Lime and Locust Streets, Lam
caster, Pa, for violating the prohif
bition laws.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

General Milton A. Record, AdJu-
tant-General Of Maryland Nationai
Guard. has been selected to head the
syndicate to buy the Baltimore base
ball club Of the Internationai
League.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08
There are many reasons
for the ease Of steering
the new Ford

the shaft and worm 20.
gether. The steering worm
sector is forged and ma
chined in the same piece
with it's shaft.
The housing of the steer
ing gear mechanism is made
of three steel forgings, cleo
trically welded together.
This housing is then electri-
cally welded to the steering
column. Such a one-piece
steel unit is naturally much
sturdier than if several parts
were used and bolted or riv.
eted together.
Throughout, thenew Ford
steering mechanism is SO
simple in design and so care
fully made that it requires
practically no attention.
The only thing for you to
do is to have the front steer
ing spindles, spindle COM
meeting rods, and drag link
fabricated every 500 miles
and the steering gear lubri-
Gated every 1000 miles.
For this work, you will
find it best to consult the
Ford dealer. He has been
specially trained and
equipped to help you get
the greatest possible use
from your car over the long,
est period of time at
- a minimum of trou-
a. BILE and expense.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

The optimist: Every man should
carry life insurance" The Pessi-
mist: Eyes, but the trouble is we
never live to enjoy it
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

A boy never gets much comfort
out of his first cigar, but he gets lots
of experience.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

THE new Ford is exceptions
ally easy to steer because of
the we'll propOrtioned
weight of the car, the steel
spoke wheels, the co-ordi-
mated design of springs and
shock absorbers, the size
and design of the steering
wheel, and the simple me-
chanical construction of the
steering gear.
The Ford steering gear is
Of the worm and sector
type used ON high priced
cars and is three-quarter
irreversible.
In simple, non-technical
language, this means that
the car responds easily and
quickly tothe steering wheel,
yet there is no danger of the
wheel being jerked from the
hands of the driver by ruts
or bumps in the road. A
light touch guides the car,
yet you always have that
necessary feel-of-the-road SO
essential to good driving.
Strength of materials and
careful workmanship give
unusual stability to the Ford
steering gear and housing.
The steering worm, for
instance, is splined to the
steering worm shaft and is
stronger, of course,
than if a single key -
were used to held ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

It's all right to bubble over WI
enthusiasm. provided there Is som
thing back Of the bubbles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

4 true friend is one who WIN MS
tan "a your hard luck story without
coming back with one OF his own.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

Majority never seems to adequate
ly resent crime preying upon 1t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

One may laugh at his troubles,
but he can't laugh at the sheriff.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-08

bulk Oh ene taxes to sup TT govern
ment and find new capital to make
extensions and improvements tc
care for the demands of the public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29

world-Riving It practically free run Of
the ether from after midnight to morn
ing, provided 1t does not interfere with
the programs Of other stations which
may be on the air.
W2XAG, as the station calls itself,
comes In like ton of brick through
out the length and breadth OF the land
on good reception nights and when the
ether is cleared for it. Gradually II
has stepped UP its power from $4,000
watts to its present 20O,0 900, which the
commission only recently authorized on
a guarded experimental order. But the
findings have been adjudged worth the
trials, and the tests are thus ordered
continued.
Tests Are National.
The idea behind the experiments is
to test reception conditions all over the
continent with this order OF power ana
to ascertain whether 1t will overcome
the natural elements of interference,
such as static and fading. Based on
past experiments, engineers say abso.
lutely that 1t does, and that any good
station assigned to a cleared channel
should use power even beyond 10000
watts and thus serve tremendous sweeps
Of territory with good, clear programs,
regardless Of the time Of the day or
year or other variable atmospheric con-
ditioAs.
W2XAG is authorized to use any Of
q dozen select channels ranging from
the top to the bottom Of the spectrum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29
JEWISH RADIO HOUR
VARIED SUNDAY FEATURE
Leaders of Thought, Noted Musi-
clans and Dramatic Artists Will
Be on N. B. C. System.

Outstanding leaders of thought, noted
musicians and dramatic artists of the
Jewish faith will contribute the best Of
their talents to The Jewish Hour, a
Sunday afternoon broadcast feature to
be heard for the first time through the
National Broadcasting Company Sys-
tenn at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The committee in charge of the pro-
gram has stressed the fact that 1t will
not be propaganda for the Jewish faith
but will be planned to foster and In
spire general human aspirations rather
than specifically Jewish ends. The
cultural values in Jewish life Of the
past and present will be brought out
in their relation to the pattern of
American civilization, it was stated.
Rabbi Samuel M. Cohen, who has
been in charge Of the United Syna-
gogue programs for the past six and a
half years, will direct the new program
series Nationally known speakers and
authorities on social and religious
problems will be heard in brief adj
dresses. Noted soloists, both vocal and
instrumental, widely known orches-
trail unit and special musical groups also
will take part. In addition there will
be dramatiZed episodes from the his
tory of Jewry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29

during the early morning hours. It
may jump from one wave length TO the
other, provided 1t is not occupied by
regularly assigned station. Likewise It's
power may be started at low level
and stepped UP to the 200,000-watt
maximum to determine just what diff
ference there may be In reception con-
ditions based on variations of power.
= The test programs largely are phono-
graph records, with announcements in
terSpersed asking those who may be
listening in to report on the reception.
For the most part these listeners are
night workers or persons bothered with
insomnia. Thus cross-sections of opin-
ion are obtained on the results Of the
high-power broadcasts. Besides. the
company itself has test workers sta
toned throughout the country to check
up on the results.
Others Make Late Tests.
Other companies also have licenses
for the after midnight experiments,
notably Bell Laboratories, Westinghouse
and Radio Corporation Of America.
With their high-powered experimental
tranSmitterS and expert engineers, they
are trying to further the, radio art and
are responsible in no small measure for
the strides which already have been
made. These experimental licenses
first were issued in 1912 by the Com
merce Department, when 1t controlled
radio, and there has been no change In
policy since. The Schenectady super
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29

power tests Of the past few months have
been conducted for the first time.
Practically all of the stations .operat-
ing experimentally are regular broad
casting stations. The General Electric
test station actually is station WGY,
but different transmitter is used for
the tests The stations are required,
however, in their experimental opera
tons to use the special call letters,
Identified by the letter * with fig
ure preceding to denote the zone in
which the station is located, and a
numeral following, signifying the num-
Ger of the station.
The midnight-to-sunrise hours are
the best for radio reception. The ideal
conditions prevail just before dawn.
During the day the sunlight "ionizes"
or charges the air with electricity, which
saps the strength of the radio signals
and cuts down their service range.
This explains why reception is vastly
improved, and as the night effect con-
tinues 1t gradually peters out. so that
just before dawn it is at its minimum,
and radio signals boom along unre-
strained and unchecked.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29
Major "Chain" Features

TONIGHT.
s:00-pure Oil program; Gold
man Band.--WJz, WJR,
VIDAL, WHAM, KDKA,
KYW, KWK, WREN and
VIDAL.
S:30-"Romance Around the
Corner; drama-WMAL:
and c. B. s. network.
9:00-Johnson and johnson pro-
gram; musical melodrama
WIZ, WBZ, WBZA,
WHAM, KDKA. WJR,
KYW, KwK, WREN and
WBAL.
e:00-Eveready hour; Snow
Bound" dramatic sketch,
with Cornelius Otis Skin
ner-WRC and N. B. c.
network.
9:o0-Paul Whiteman's Orches-
ira: dance program
WMAL and C. B. 8. net
work.
10:00-Cliquot Eskimos; dance
muSic-WRC and N. B. G.
network.
10:0o-Fada Salon hour; Oliver
Smith, tenor, and Men
doza Orchestra,-WMAL
and G. B. S. network.
10:30-R. K. o. hour; vaudeville
stars-WRC and N. B. c.
network.
11:00-Guy Lombardo and his
Royal Canadians: dance
rnusic--WMAL and C. b.
S. network.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29
'SUPER-STAT|ONS
USE GHOST HOURS
W2XAG or WGY Employs
Fabulous Power in Early
Morning Test Programs.
BY ROBERT MACK.

Unknown to the millions of radio
listeners, a broadcasting station Of fab
ulous power goes romping up and down
the radio spectrum during the stiffness
of the early morning hours, trying TO
prove the advantages Of high power.
This station, using 100000 watts, or
four times the power employed by the
strongest Of the regular broadcast trans
mitters, is operated from Schenectady,
N. Y, by the General Electric Co. To
get the benefit of these experiments the
Federal Radio Commission has renewed
the license of this station-the highest
powered broadcast transmitter in the