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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
IGNORANCE GREATEST
ENEMY TO REIMBURSEMENT

Editor, The Times; The main
trouble with the American peo-
pie Is that they are trying TO
obtain a higher standard of liv-
ing by the production of less
goods. The only way TO bring
about more employment and
higher standard of living for all
the people Is by the production
of more goods and services in
the nation. Anyone who says it
can be obtained any other way
Is surely ignorant, or he is try
ing to fool somebody. It is a
mathematical impossibility to
distribute more than the national
production OF goods.
My reasoning being correct,
then any policy Of the govern
ment. business and professional
men. or organized labor, that re-
tards. curtails. or slows down the
production and sale Of goods or
services must be against the best
interest Of labor, employed or
unemployed. At present the pro-
duction is low. That is why
many enjoy a rather low stan
dard OF living. Can you dispute
this: Retarding production Is the
cause of unemployment?
The best interests OF capital,
business and professional men
depend on a greater production
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
ANOTHER VIEW ON
TOWNSEND PLAN

Editor, The Times: A. L. Pat
ten wishes to know why the
Townsend plan won't work. I
am not able to give him the
proof; also II. f. Anderson's
reply lin which he hopes for
further thought on this subject),
I am afraid. will not help Mr..
Patten in his quest for informa-
ton.
Admitted that goods and
other values are produced by
work and not by mere circula-
ton Of money, experience teaches
that when money circulates
freely. jobs are easy to get, and
production steps up.
The fear that constantly in
creasing business, employment,
and prosperity to an incredible
extent, without end, will OBJ
tain under the Townsend plan
seems to be groundless; should
our prosperity become unbear-
able the transaction tax could be
reduced to remedy this condition.
To ask for 2 per cent worth
of prosperity instead of so per
cent seems reasonable. is in line
with the prevailing custom Of
allowing 3 per cent discount on
cash sales. acceptable as saw
ing in loss of time, bookkeeping
expense. and uncollectible ac-
counts, and not affecting the
cost Of the goods. Mr.. Patten
shows wisdom in trying to get
all the facts before making his
decision. AL CUMMINGS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
PULSE OF THE PUBLIC
Reg. U. 3. Pat Off.

and sale of goods and services
in the nation. That is the only
way labor can gain higher living
standards. That being the case
why cannot we have more CO.
operation between labor and
capital? There can be only one
explanation: Ignorance. Any
business man who is deliberately
against the welfare of labor and
farmers is a fool. He would be
against his own welfare. He
cannot hope to prosper If labor
and farmers are not able to buy
his products. That does not
mean that he must agree with
all the demands and activities of
organized labor. When capt.
talists as whole impoverish
labor and farmers to the extent
that they cannot purchase the
national production they destroy
their own business. Why fight
about it?
1t does not require much cour-
age on the part Of the politician
to denounce few big capitalists.
They have but a few votes
besides they are trained to take
it. 1t does require some courage
to hit a great portion of the cleo
torate. That is what will have
to be done If we are to make
progress. For many years the
battle cry of organized labor,
and many business and profess
sional men has been: Reduce
the production and raise wages
and prices higher" Ignorance is
our greatest enemy.
OSCAR c. ERICKSON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14

Whose soppeth his at the Of the poor ne also
shall cry himself but shall not be heardProverbs BIB
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14

McReynolds did not attend -
looked at their timepieces on
the lawn. they were shocked to
discover that they had spent
30 minutes with the president.
They were impressed. chiefly,
by his charm and his precise
knowledge Of the multitude Of
problems confronting court and
country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
Mr.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention IN this col
umn letters must give name and
address Of writer. Only initials
will % published when requested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14
.I0 SNORT

Threat not revenge too much 1t shocs crdUens mind,
But to prevail and then forgive declares noble mind"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-14

sThose ,cho are governed least governed best"
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
LO-PRICE OFFERS SERVICE
WITH A SMILE

Because of the large and con-
tinually increasing volume of bust
ness transacted through their ex-
tensive stock and nationally pop
ular brands of the finest wines,
whiskey, brandy, gin, cordials, etc.,
and because of the efficient bust
ness methods of the firm, together
with the assurance of the quality
of products offered, the Lo-Price
Liquor Store has secured for itself
in this section a reputation as one
of the leading well-stocked retail
liquor houses.
Members of the firm with
Samuel Kozberg as president and
his efficient staff are among the
class of business men of high
standing in commercial circles and
prominent in the retail liquor serv-
ice in this part of the state.
They are located at 480 Wabasha
Street in st. Paul and are doing
much to protect the public from in
ferior brands by supplying quality
at low cost. Service is always
given with a smile.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Afghan Hounds Depend on
Sight Rather Than Scent

The Afghan breed, one of the pur-
est and most ancient, is the product
of natural development. But little
known in this country, it belongs to
the greyhound family. 1t has a long,
silky coat with especially heavy
feathering on the ear-tips, tail, legs,
and top of the head. where it forms
a kind of top-knot.
Early information on the breed is
very meager and the Afghans them
selves seem to have little knowledge
of its origin. They claim with all
seriousness, however, that Noah
took a pair of these dogs on the
ark
This statement is, perhaps, not as
fantastic as one might suppose. as
serts P. Hamilton Goodsell in the
Detroit News, for the breed is un-
doubtedly closely related to the Sa-
luki, or gazelle hound, of Egypt,
Syria and Persia which, in turn, is
known to have fourished in the Near
East from time immemorial.
It is difficult to determine which
breed is the older, or whether the
Afghan found it's way west to be-
come the Saluki or vice versa.
Suffice it to say that the type of
the Afghan hound has not changed
within the memory of man. They
have been used in their native land
for hunting for centuries, depend
ing on sight rather than scent. They
are used in couples, the male at
lacking the quarry at the throat,
and the female, the hinder part.
Their game consists of deer, jackal,
fox, etc., and they have been known
to bring down and kill leopards
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
CALIFORNIA; First Oil Refinery

The first oil refinery was built in
California in 1875 at Newhan by the
Star Oil works company, which had
successfully begun commercial pro-
duction of crude oil in nearby Pico
canyon in 1875. The refinery had
daily capacity of 20 barrels. Oil
was hauled to it in wooden barrels
from Pico canyon. In 1879 the Pa
cific Coast Oil company took over
the holdings of the former company
and a two-inch pipe lne-also the
first in California-was then laid
from Pico canyon to this pioneer re-
finery. In 1883 the refinery was
permanently shut down, and oil
from the Newhall field was shipped
by rail in tank cars to the new and
large refinery Of the Pacific Coast
Oil company at Alameda, near San
Francisco.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
qualification Process
Of Maturinp Some Seeds

Seeds of many plants require from
six months to two years in order
to terminate. Most of the Alpines,
primroses, wildfiowers, stone fruits
and trees and shrubs in the wild
state drop their seeds into the soil
during the summer or late fall
There they lie all winter undergoing
freezing and thawing, an experience
that bursts the outer coverings and
prepares the inmost vital germ to
start into life. This process is known
as qualification, writes Ruth Mosher
Place in the Detroit News.
The word is used loosely to de-
scribe any method of burying seeds
indoors or out by which they are
subjected to low temperatures and
allowed to remain in darkness and
moisture until they have reached
the proper stage of maturity.
Whether the actual freezing of the
seeds completes this process is not
definitely known. Freezing seems
necessary to the the termination of
many Alpines and for many species
of woody plants and apparently is a
part of the process under natural
conditions.
According to the old method of
stratifying seeds, they were buried
in layers of sawdust. Nursery prac-
tice consists in planting slow germi-
mating seeds in boxes of pure sand,
which are put six inches deep in the
ground. Sometimes wire cages are
put around the seeds to prevent
damage from rodents. Large seeds,
such as peach stones, are often
planted directly in the ground.
Very fine, choice specimens may be
kept in small fats under cover.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
COpernican System of Astronomy

Copernicus, whose Polish name
was Nikolaus Koppernigk, was born
at Thurn, Prussian Poland, in 1873.
He studied astronomy at the Univer-
sity of Krakow, then spent num-
Der of years in Italy, studying medi-
cine and canon law. About 1900 he
lectured in Rome on mathematics
and astronomy, then in 1912 he set
tied in Frauenberg, East Prussia,
where he entered holy orders and
became canon Of the cathedral He
is said to have been devoted to the
performance of his duties and to
have practiced medicine, giving his
services free to the poor, but it was
his discovery of the Copernican sys-
tenn of astronomy that made him
famous after his death. His great
work was probably completed in
1880 but was not published until
1543 when he lay dying. Dedicated
to the pope, it described the sun as
the center of great system, with
the earth one Of the planets revolv-
ing about it. Modern astronomy was
built on the foundation laid down
by Copernicus.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Violin Dimensions

Bachmann's Encyclopedia of the
Violin gives table showing the cor
rect dimensions of the violin as es-
tablished by Vidal; they represent
the exact principal dimensions of
very fine Stradivarius, the Vuil-
laume or La Messie Stradivarius.
These are as follows: Total exterior
length of body, IA inches; breadth
across upper bouts, SO inches;
breadth across lower bouts, 80
inches; breadth across inner bouts,
as inches; length of inner bouts, 3
inches; length from base Of button
to notch of F-holes, 7.6 inches;
height of sides, upper bouts, IL
inches; height of sides, inner bouts,
IL inches; height Of sides, lower
bouts, LIS inches; length of the
neck, Sis inches; length of finger
board, 1925 inches. A violin con-
sists of So or 70 separate parts, and
several varieties of wood are used,
including maple or plane wood for
the back, neck, ribs and bridge;
spruce for the belly, the bar Of the
corners, the molds, Innings and
sound post; ebony or rosewood for
the finger board, nuts, pegs, tail
piece and the tailpiece button which
supports it.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Many Famous People Are
Numbered as Cat Lover:

Frederick B. Eddy in THE Plant
er of the Hearth" National Geo.
graphic magazine) says:
Many famous people have been
numbered among cat lovers. Among
these was Mohammed, who cut off
a piece of his cloak rather than dis
turb his pet asleep upon it. Cardi-
nal Richelieu signed his state pa
pers with a host of kittens playing
upon his desk. Theodore Roosevelt
had several cats in the White House.
Poincare and Clemenceau both
loved cats, and the latter directed
that he be buried near his pets
which had given him so much joy.
Mark Twain has immortalized the
cat Tom Quartz in 'Roughing It.
Henry James often worked with
cat on his shoulder. Edgar Allan
Poe loved cats, although his famous
The Black Cat hardly, gives an
attractive picture. Then there are
Charles Dudley Warner, whose trib-
ute to his cat Calvin has become one
of the classics of American itera-
ture. Booth Harrington has a rare
understanding of cats, as his de-
scription of the belligerent, loose
living Gypsy in 'Penrod and Sam
plainly shows. Even grabbed old
Thomas Carlyle so enjoyed cats
society that his wife complained
that his indulgence of their appe-.
tites was fast running the rug be-
meath the dining room table"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Coffee Plantations Are
Operated by Hand Power

Coffee plantations are interesting
places, especially to Americans who
are accustomed to seeing only
American-style production Of ordi-
nary agricultural crops.
Coffee seeds are thickly sown in
carefully prepared beds. The seeds
sprout in about 40 days, showing
two small leaves.
The plants then are transferred to
the nursery plots in rows about a
foot apart. During two years in the
nursery the plants grow about two
feet. Then they are ready for trans
planting into holes as described
above.
When the roots take hold firmly
in their new location, the young
trees are bent over and clamped to
the ground by forked pins. This
breaks the skin or bark some eight
or ten inches from the ground.
From these breaks many little
sprouts shoot upward AS soon as
the healthy ones can be distin-
guished, they are pruned down to
four. This process makes for bushy
trees. ,
About five years later, writes
Capt. M. M. Corpening, Guatemala
City correspondent in the Chicago
Tribune, the trees are ready to pro-
duce. In the meantime the soil must
be kept clean and the shade trees
at correct foliage density. The
grown coffee tree is about eight feet
in diameter (maximurm and IL feet
high, and will last 80 to 40 years if
cared for properly.
All soil maintenance is by hand
with hoes and macheteS. Flows are
taboo because they aid soil erosion.
The coffee bean when ripe is red,
and if of good grade half an inch in
diameter. The trees resemble cher
ry trees in good seasons.
The berries are hand picked by
men with baskets strapped around
their waists. This phase is piece
work, at so much per 100 pounds
picked. The harvest begins in No.
vember and lasts through to Febru-
airy. There is one crop per year.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Chinaware Among Later
Table FURNISHINGS Used

It was not until the Dutch East
India company began trading with
the Orient that china was introduced
into the western world.
This brought something entirely
new in table furnishings to those
who had been accustomed for gen.
erations to the dull, gray monotony
Of pewter or wooden ware. The de-
STABILITY of this china was quickly
recognized and the bright colors and
its cleanness brought pleasure to
those possessing it.
Delft ware was produced by the
Italians in the Fifteenth and Six
teenth centuries.
The method of covering a col
ored body with white glaze, how
ever, was not unknown to the Ara
bans and Persians, relates Alice r.
Rollins in the Los Angeles Times.
The Dutch followed the method Of
the Italians and in turn the English
copied the technique of the Dutch.
Holland produced delft ware from
1850 to ITO, in imitation of the i'm
portations from China by the Dutch
East India company, which main
tanned a port at Delft.
The Dutch potterS themselves ex-
ported their products to all parts
of the world opened to them by
trade and many potters migrated
to foreign countries including Eng
land.
1t was the desire 60 create white
ware that led to the production of
delft. The colored clay body was
first fired, then dipped in a white
glaze or enamel derived from binox-
ide of tin or stannic acid.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Goose Hangs High Means
Favorable Sailing Ahead

The old phrase "the goose hangs
high" Is a picturesque expression
and a puzzling one, with only one
certainty that when the goose
hangs high, it is good omen. Per-
haps it does not matter much wheth-
er hangs" means honk, as Amer
lean photographers contend, or
means hangs, in one of the Oxford
dictionary's definitions. In the first
instance, observes a writer in the
Indianapolis News. the phrase would
mean clear sailing ahead, bright
prospects, actually and figuratively;
in the second, that game meat has
been hung until it is high" or,
fguratively, that happy days are
just around the corner.
American dictionaries say that the
probability is that ''hangs" is mis-.
pronunciation Of ''honks." To sup.
port this view, some students of say.
ings and folklore in the West say,
that early settlers always said hang
for honk because they talked
through their noses. That seems to
be rather far-fetched. Although
the Oxford dictionary does not refer
to the goose, it cites venison as
meat that is permitted to hang
high" or as an American phrase
has it, to "get sanctified." In Vir-
ginia, where hunting and cooking
trace directly to England, quail and
other game birds are permitted to
season until they hang high" It
would seem, therefore, that the
Westerners were not mispronounc-
ing, but misunderstanding. Perhaps
those who erred were not of English
stock, and being unfamiliar with the
idiom, thought the word was honk.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Habits Of Ant-Eaters

In tropical countries there are
large mammals known as ant-eat-
ers. To thrive in the ant-eating line
it is necessary that the creature
should be armed with powerful
limbs for tearing open the nests,
and also be immune from the bites
and stings. So Nature has provided
it with long, worm-like tongue,
coated with a sticky substance with
which it is able to lick up large
numbers of insects as they run
about in the wreckage of their home.
Some species Of ant-eaters have no
teeth, states writer in London Tit
Bits Magazine. In their place they
have long, tubular jaws, for ants
are small and need no biting; the
length of the jaw assists them in
their work, for they are able to
stick it into crevices and holes in
which the ants attempt to escape.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Both Cobalt, Manganese
Needed in Making Steel

Cobalt is used in steels that are
made to hold cutting edges at high
temperatures. Such steels are used
in high speed cutting tools and for
permanent magnet steel, observes
an authority in the Chicago Tribune.
The United States uses about 10
per cent of the world production Of
cobalt. 1t produces none. Imports
come chiefly from Canada, Belgian
Africa, and Australia.
Manganese is used in small guam
titles in steel manufa curing to elm
mate gases. One to two per cent Of
manganese in steel increases the
strength of the metal. Twelve per
cent manganese steel makes an ex-
tremely tough metal that is resist
ant to abrasion.
Small amounts are present in all
steels. Steel rails contain l to 2
per cent. Frogs. switches and
dredge bucket teeth are made of
steel containing IL per cent manga
nese. The United States produces
only an insignificant amount Of man.
ganese and uses about 20 per cent
of the world output. Source of sup
plies are Russia, AFRICA, Brazil and
India.
Other non-ferrous metals used in
making steel include molybdenum
and vanadium.
Molybdenum is used to produce
steel that is capable Of being drawn
or hammered out without losing its
strength and toughness. It makes
possible strong steel that is partic-
ularly valuable for tubing and GER
tain machinery parts.
The United States supplies 80 per
cent of the worlds molybdenum.
Domestic consumption takes about
80 per cent of the world supply.
Vanadium gives resiliency and
strength to steel used in tools,
springs, and machinery parts. The
United States produces about Is per
cent of the total output and supple
ments its supply with imports from
Peru and RhOdPSia
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
Caribs. Vanishing Race

A vanishing race are the Caribs,
Indians who made things hot for Co
lumbus when he discovered Amer
lea. Only few hundred of them,
living on the island of Dominica, are
left today, scientists report. Dwarf
ish but fierce fighters, observes
writer in the Washington Post, Ca
ribs came from Brazirs Amazon
wilds to conquer what is now Vene-
zuela, the Guianas, Central Amer
lea, and the West Indies. Good sea-
men, they used canoes with sails. In
reporting battles with these Indians,
Columbus called them "Caribal,"
later corrupted into "cannibal,"
which the Caribs were. The same
people supplied a name for the Car
ibbean sea. They were finally SUBJ
dued by Britain and French troops,
who sent them into exile. Only a
few caribs managed to get back to
Dominica later.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
WELCOME HALL FIVE SETTLE.
MENT HOUSE CHAMPS

By virtue of a 57-51 victory over
Neighborhood House Saturday
night, March II, at the Halle Q.
Brown floor, the Hall five thus be-
came the Settlement House Inter-
mediate Champs. In rolling up 81
points the House League Cham
pions were able to outscore the
rivals from across the river as we'll
as set a scoring record for the
Welcome Hall teams for the cur
rent season.
The Hall men displayed a fast
breaking and passing offense
coupled with an alright defense,
which did not relinquish its hold
until the final period of the fray,
at which time the game and cham
pionship were securely tucked
away.
The Settlement House League in
it's first year as an organization
was composed of the following
houses: Neighborhood House, Jew
ish Center, Christ Child Com
munity Center, Halle @. Brown,
ates, Juniors and Midgets, with
Welcome Hall and Halle @. Brown
dominating three of the four divi-
sions throughout the season.
The members of the Welcome
Central Community Center, We'll
come Hall, St. Paul Boys Club No.
1 and St. Paul Boys Club No. 2.
The League fostered the follow
ing divisions: Seniors, Intermedi-
Hall Settlement House team are:
Phil Nelson, Simeon Scroggins,
John Thomas, Chester Harris,
Capt. LaVerne Spanger, Joe Camp
and Merle Collins.
Coaches Warren and Hall are
beaming with pride, inasmuch as
the performances of this team re-
suited in bringing to Welcome Hall
its first championship in the his,
tory of the institution. The Mu.
nicipal Intermediate "a" cham
pions are idle after whipping St
Ca imer, defending champions
from 1888, but swing into actor
Monday night, March 20, at 6:45
on the Central High school floor
when they tangle with division "B'
champs for the city championship
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
HALLE @. BROWN COMMU-
NIFTY HOUSE NOTES

CAMP FIRE GIRLS are cele-
brating their 9th birthday this
week. The new group of Camp
Fire Girls at Halle @. Brown
House have paid their national
dues this week and will celebrate
at birthday party Monday, March
20, at 400 p. m, when they will
have as their guests the Blue Birds
of the House, who are a year old
this month. The Blue Bird pro-
gram is a Junior Camp Fire pro-
gram. Some of these little people
will go into Camp Fire this year.
Miss 1. Myrtle Garden, our direc-
tor, and Miss Dorothy Neibel, local
executive of St. Paul Camp Fire
Girls, will also be honored guests.
On Saturday, March 18, the Camp
Fire Girls and Blue Birds of Halle
@. Brown House will be guests at
Uncle Toms Birthday party for all
Camp Fire girls in the city. The
girls, with their guardian, will at
tend.
On Monday, March 81, the regu-
lar day for the Camp Fire girls
cooking class at their guardians
home, they will have a cake baking
contest in their group. Announce
ment of the winners will be in the
paper for the week of March 81.
The Camp Fire girls receiving
their membership are: Iris Brown,
Lorraine Harper, Mary Herod,
Eloise Vassar, frankie Lee and
jeanette Woods. Miss 1. Myrtle
Garden, sponsor, Mrs. Albert But
Ter, guardian.