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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28
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ON
A REAL PICTURE
OF WEALTH DISTRIBUTION

A REAL PICTURE
OF WEALTH DISTRIBUTION
IN A HOTEL ROOM in Whining
ton, Del, I picked up a printed
financial statement OF the DUPONT
company which some one had left.
It was an unusual statement Of its
kind, in that it showed the total re-
ceipts Of the company and then in
totals and percentages, the expendi-
lures of the total receipts.
OF those expenditures, So per cent
was paid to labor, 81 per cent, as !
now recall it, was paid for taxes to
support government, 4 per cent
went to stockholders as interest on
their investment and per cent to
management, which included sal
aries Of executives and Office en-
ployees. The other 5 per cent went
to reserve, a provision for bad years
so the company might continue to
operate and continue to employ la
Dor when times were bad.
That morning had an appoint
ment with Pierre DUPONT, head Of
that company. took the statement
along and during my visit said to
Mr.. Dupont:
II believe you are doing your
company, the people who work for
it, and the public generally a grave
injury when you do not publicEe the
facts contained in this statement.
realize it is public property and that
copies of it have been sent to news
papers. One, for example, went to
the New York Times, where it was
placed on the desk Of the financial
editor, who was interested in just
two things-the receipts of the COM
pany and the dividends paid stock
holders. The big story it tells is
the dividend Of 68 per cent paid to
labor. That is front-page story
which the financial editor over
looked"
What is true of the Dupont COM
pany is equally true Of all industry.
The big news Of their operations is
what dividends they pay to labor
and to the government.
On an average, approximately 20
per cent of each dollar Of value pro-
duced by industry goes to labor, to
those whose work produced that
value. That, and the percentage
paid to the government as taxes, are
just as much dividends paid by
industry as is the percentage paid
to those who provide the tools need
ed-the working capital.
A general distribution Of such in
formation on the part of all industry
would solve the ever-present friction
( between labor and capital. It would
give labor, and the public, a real pic
ture of the continuous distribution
of the wealth of the nation. Every
payday in every industry is a part
of that system of distribution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28

light and fluffy.
Add egg and COM
bine thoroughly.
Silt -four once be-
fore measuring,
then add salt and
baking powder
and sift again.
Add milk to the
creaned inpref3i-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28

ing sheet and bake in moderate
oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for
approximately 20 minutes. Roll In
powdered sugar while warm.
Meringue Bars.
(Makes 40 1A-inch squares)
" cup shortening
/ cup sugar
2 egg yolks (we1l-beaten)
] teaspoon vanilla
11z cups cake -four
! teaspoon baking powder
" teaspoon salt
"a cup jam
Cream shortening and add sugar
gradually. Beat in egg yolks and
vanilla. Sift flour once before meas
uring, then add baking powder and
salt and sift again. Add flour to
shortening and sugar mixture, mix
ing thoroughly. Spread " inch thick
on well-greased baking sheet. Spread
lightly with jam. Top with the fol-
lowing meringue and bake in a mod
crate oven $3.50 degrees Fahrenheit)
for about Is minutes.
Meringue
2 egg whites
] cup brown sugar (firnnly packed
] cup nut meats Finely cut)
Beat egg whites until stiff, and
gradually beat in the sugar. Fold
in nut meats.
(Rslsassd BY western Nsuspapss Uniou.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28

fresh tea is needed. A large sauce
pan works like a charm for such
teamaking. Tie tablespoons of tea
loosely in 2 thicknesses of cheese
cloth. Place the bag in the sauce
pan and pour quarts Of vigorously
boiling water over it. Cover and let
stand for just 5 minutes over very
low heat. Then pour the tea i'm
mediately into a teapot which has
been rinsed with scalding water.
The tea bag can be removed and
the remainder of the tea kept over
low heat until it is needed.
If it is part of your job to buy the
tea accompaniment - the sugar,
lemon and cream-remember that
there are about 80 tablets of sugar
in 1-pound box and that you should
count on 2 per serving. Allow 2
tablespoons of coffee cream per
serving-a pint and a half of cream
will be more than sufficient for IS
persons. Allow also l slice of LEM
on per serving. A large lemon
makes about 10 slices, " inch thick.
Then, should you be asked to bring
two or three kinds of cookies or
several dozen midget tea cakes,
here are recipes that will make your
tea contribution outstanding. There
are fruit cake fingers rolled in
chopped almonds and toasted in the
oven, sinple-to-make tidbit that
has special affinity for hot, clear
tea served with lemon. The small
almond finger biscuits have pale
beige frosting and are fragile
enough even for a brides tea.
Amusing as can be are the. Swedish
nut waters, which are baked on the
bottom of bread pans, cut into strips
and nodded over rolling pin into
crisp semi-circles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28
HOW }. SEW
by Ruth Wyeth Spears oSp

may use in different ways. Just
rule a piece Of paper in one-inch
squares and then follow the dia-
gram outlining the scroll SO that
its lines cross the squares exactly
as they do here. Now, cut the
scroll out and trace around it on
the burlap repeating it at each
corner; then fill in the flowers.
NOTE: There are several other rug de-
signs with directions for knitting. crochet
ing and braiding in Booklet No. 8 of the
series Of home-making booklets which
Mrs. Spears has prepared for our readers.
Copy Of Booklet 8 with description Of the
other numbers In the series will be mailed
to readers who will send name and ad-
dress with 10c In coin to:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28

as the guest OF
honor if you make
your plans care
fully. Plan to
make only enough
tea for IL teacup
servings at one
time, and repeat
the process as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28
T1DBITs FOR TEA TABLES

A visiting celebrity comes to town,
there is a new bride to be enter
tanned. For these and many other
occasions, an afternoon tea provides
just the right touch Of sociability.
You can be on the committee in
charge and still have as much fun
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28

mix thoroughly.
Stir in nut meats.
Shape into small
rolls, about the
size Of a finger,
then form into
crescents. Place
on a creased haIx.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28

brittle to shape, return them to oven
to reheat and soften.
Almond Finger Biscuits.
makes dozen)
liz cups cake flour
! teaspoon cream Of tartar
" teaspoon soda
70 teaspoon salt
" cup butter
IA cup sugar
egg (separated)
tablespoon warm water
" cup almonds Finely chopped)
VI teaspoon vanilla
"a cup confectioners' sugar
Sift flour once before measuring.
Add soda, salt, and cream Of tar
tar and sift together. Cream but
ter until soft, add sugar gradually,
then add egg yolk beaten with warm
water. Add flour to creamed in
gradients and combine well. Chill
dough in refrigerator for about
hour. Roll stiff dough out u inch
thick on lightly Toured board or
pastry canvas. Add vanilla to egg
white, then beat in confectioners'
sugar (use rotary beater) gradual
ly until the icing is smooth and the
proper consistency to spread.
Spread frosting over dough and
sprinkle surface with almonds. Cut
dough into strips " inch wide and
8 inches long, then place carefully
on. lightly creased baking sheet.
Bake in a moderate oven (375 de-
grees Fahrenheit) until they are a
light brown color, about 10 minutes.
Tiny Tea Cakes.
(88 Pinch cakes)
AZ cups cake flour
teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
/ cup butter or other shortening
2Aa cups sugar
eggs (separated)
12s cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Sift flour once before measuring.
Add baking powder and salt and
sift 8 times. Cream butter until
soft, add sugar gradually, cream
ing until the mixture is light and
fluffy. Add the dry ingredients to
creamed mixture in thirds, alter
nately with milk, beating until
smooth after each addition. Add
vanilla. Beat egg whites until they
are stiff but will still flow from an
inverted bowl, and fold them lightly
into the cake batter. Drop the bat
ter from a dessert spoon into oiled
muffin tins about 2 inches in dame
ter. Bake in a moderate oven $3.50
degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes.
Cool and ice with your favorite ic-
ing.
Pecan CreScents.
makes 30 crescents)
" cup butter
8 tablespoons powdered sugar
cup flour (all-purpose)
! cup pecans Finely chopped)
" teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter, add sugar and
blend well. Add -four gradually and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28
TOGETHER WE STAND
AS AMERICANS

WHAT WE NEED in America is
Americans, not self-interest seeking
classes.
We have had all too much of mi-
nority rule, Of classes demanding
and receiving consideration at the
expense of the whole.
We cannot consider business as
one class, and provide for business
at the expense of labor and the farm.
We cannot consider labor and pro-
vide for it at the expense of bust
ness and the farm.
Nor can we consider the farm and
provide for it at the expense of la
Dor and business.
There is greater interest than
any one or any number of classes.
That is the interest of all as Amer
leans.
Unless all classes work together
for the general interests, we will lose
all the opportunity America offers.
Business, labor and farms cannot
work aS separate classes, they must
work together as Americans, or it
will be just too bad for all Of US.
THIS MANS HOBBY Y Y
is ELEPHANT PHOTOGRAPHIC
ON BUSY STATE STREET in Chi
cago there is a doctor who works 10
months out Of each two years that
he may have the other six months
to devote to his hobby, which ID
that Of photographing elephants in
the jungles of Africa.
DR.. Frank Thompson is a small,
frail individual, weighing about 100
pounds. For six months Of each two
years he penetrates the wastes Of
Dark Continent, accompanied only
by a small number of native boys
and living on whatever the country
provides that he may bring back
movies of the great beasts to show
to his friends.
Frank Thompson is credited with
knowing more about African ele-
plants than any other man in this
country, and he has certainly had
some narrowing experiences with
them in their native haunts, but of
which he talks very little, except to
lew close friends. He is q man
well worth knowing.
RURAL AMERICANS
JUST WHAT PLACE rural Amer
lea plays in the nation is evidenced
by the fact that trifie over so per
cent of the members of the national
house of representatives are elected
from districts in which there is no
town of more than 5000 people. The
rural people can, and do, control
the destinies of these United States.
MRS. ROOSEVELT has found that
Congressman Dies was not far
wrong in his judgment Of the Amer
lean Youth Congress-.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28
Fruit Tea Fingers.
makes 16 fingers)

Fruit cake
VI cup condensed milk
"a cup almonds Finely chopped)
Cut fruit cake into Is fingers about
21s inches long, "a inch wide and "
inch thick, or cut into 1-inch
squares. Spread each finger with
condensed milk on all sides and roll
in chopped almonds. Place in 2
quart heat-resistant glass utility
dish and bake in a moderately hot
oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for
about 80 minutes or until lightly
Drowned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28

there are many more pots of gold
that you will pass on your way to
realize your dreams. Some men
have the vision to see them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28
Swedish Nut Waters.
(Makes 6 dozen wafers)

"a cup shortening
"a cup sugar
! egg (well-beaten)
1h cups flour (all-purpose)
VI teaspoon salt
! teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons milk
l teaspoon vanilla
" cup chopped nut meats
Cream shortening until soft, then
add sugar gradually, dreaming until
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-28
Gold ON the Way

Gold on the Way
The foot of the rainbow is never
where you think it is. Perhaps
there is a pot of gold there, but
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13

THOSE gobs and gobs of mistakes you made
The times you've ied gotten yourself talked about; acted
smarty-
The walls of you've let rise between yourself and
people you loved
Would life have better happier YOU hadn't those
things?
you stronger because you did make
of yourself and paid the painful penalty?
FTER you're As begin ask questions like thabegn
endless wonder Thinking all
you very little you're sometimes
you're glad, sometimes you're mad
But always you're puzzled
HOW DIFFERENT WOULD LIFE HAVE BEEN. IF
Probably very different long run partner For
fate isn't determined by the places the people
know, the things do It determined by personal
these thngo all things And reaction all
probability would have been pretty much the wherever
you'd gone whatever you'd done.
Life might been exciting, much less
acting you'd else People have been
friendly unfriendy health might have been
proved handicapped deep inside you you'd have felt
he same developed kind
prdeor the cssedness
And that's what counts
WHAT YOU FEEL ABOUT TIrNGS-HOW YOU, YOURSELF,
w MEET TTIINGS-TIIAT is WHAT COUNTS THAT is ALL
THAT REALLY COUNTS.
FOR THOSE INNER FEELINGS AND SECRET REACTIONS
MAKE YOUR REAL LIFE YOUR REAL WORLD
n a little peaceful ole Greenfield big busy,
blatant Nyawk. n YOU!
And only things really happen TO YOU happen IN
YOU may Jobs may break loved
may you think makes 10, Of difference But
only thing that makes difference is no" you
yourself happenings IN YOURSELF.
LIFE IS YOU TAKE IT. LIFE is WHAT YOU MAKE 1T.
And you needn't worry about Yesterday-he
things you did and the things didn't do YOU CAN START
RIGHT NOW AND MAKE LIFE WHAT YOU WANT IT
Copyright 1881 Festur
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13

rTERE little that will give you message
every day a numerical puzzle designed TO spell out
r fortune Count the first the number
letters or more II the number is less han o.
"A The rest Is YOUR kew number at the left
hand and check every one OF your KEY
numbers read the message the letters unoe
he checked figures give you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13

NOISE:
~ wounded pirates were now
screaming on the bloody decks.
while furious buccaneers stormed
and raved on the quarterback,
frightfulIy brandishing their cut
lasses. firing their pistols and
breathing the most terrible oaths
that ever corrupted an inno-
cents parrots manners"
That the grand old yo-ho-yo
and a bottle of rum stuff, folks.
And you II get II in blasts such
as you never got II before IN
Panorama of Treasure-Hunt-
ing: Romantic Adventures IN
Strange Lands and Queer
Places" by Harold T. wilkins
(Duttonl.
Who hasn't. as man and boy.
dreamed of shooting the works >
and going off to find the "ingots'
and the old Spanish coins and
the pearl necklaces yanked off
the neckS of Spanish duennas?
Well, the whole works are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13
Benjamin DeCasseres

here in nearly 600 pages that
take you TO all the caves and
coves and dugouts Of legend
and story from the Spanish Main
10 the Indian Ocean.
And Explorer Wilkins does a
LOT of debunking. TOO, particu-
larly about CocoS Island. that
magnet for those who are look
ing for pirates chests. He also
tells you where the goods are
really buried. Its UP 10 Y0u-to
set sail.
If you're pirate fan. like
Charles DriScoll. Harold Wilkins
and myself, you'll sit up reading
this book till your wife drags
you out of your chair at peep-o-
dawn.
SrVHE low brown hills. the
Il bare brown hills Of San
Francisco Bay" sang Ella Hig-
ginson many years ago.
II was those hills that were
seen on the first of November.
1863. when the first boat poked
its nose into san Francisco
harbor On board were the sol
diers of GaSpar dc Portola.
A priest on board the boat
made this note:
at Is for our Father San
Francisco and we have left
Monterey far behind"
Since then the story Of San
Francisco and its environS reads
like mythical tale like the
founding of Athens, Rome and
Tyre. indeed. The names That
San Francisco can coniure up
are more magical than Romulus.
Remus or PerseuS.
The story of San Francisco
harbor is told factually with
many pictures in Golden Gate"
by Felix Rosenberg Jr. CKnopD.
Mr.. Rosenberg is San Fran
cisco newspaperman and he tells
his glamorous story for news
paper readerS-plainly. ~
But why are such names as
Mark Twain. Bret Harte. Cert
rude Atherton. Ina Coolbrith
and Fremont Older left out Of
this chronicle? They are hook
in themselves. San Francisco's
history cannot be written with
out them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13

Hes very cute and he's guar
teed to he housebrOken and
not ia tear up anything. He'll
be here any minute now"
81 don't want another dog"
Wade said patiently, II want
Sooner"
He turned away then and
his Indifference began. It was
not broken when his mother
usher in prancing little
poodle
isn't he the cutest thing ."
Wade'S eyes went over him
and he looked away. He never
looked back at the dog again.
He went into his room and he
sat down and looked out the
window.
New York'S darkening sky
line spread before him. beauti-
full in the sunset but Wade
didn't see it. All he saw was
an old hound dog. the only
thing he ever wanted badly
and the one thing his mother
wouldn't allow him 10 keep.
His indifference change 10
apathy in the days that fol-
lowed. He was as polite and
mannerly as ever but he paid
no attention 10 his work at
school and he paid no more TO
what went on about him at
home.
His Indifference got into his
appetite and al the dinner
table. he pushed dish after
dish away
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13
DECIDES HE'S TAXING

His mother was very much
annoyed. She told her hus-
band that Wade was just
sulking and probably taking
his whole Indifference in the
hope that they would recon-
slider their decision about that
terrible dog.
Well. she wouldn't, She
was an authority on taking.
having done quite a bit of it
herself during her married
life. and she should know.
But Jim Torland flew into
a rare and terrible rage and
told her that no boy of his
was capable Of such a
feminine trick, and if he was,
II was her fault because, all
his life, she had tried her
damnedeSt to make a ninny
out of him. Her tears didn't
do her any good either.
Look, Gladys" Jim told
her YEARLY. "You can cry your
eyes out but as long as Wade
acts this way, I'm going to
worry about him. Not you.
If anything happens to him,
it's your fault"
They called in a doctor but
he couldn't find a thing the
matter with the boy. Mrs.
Torland almost said. II told
you So" but the look in her
husbands eye warned her that
il wouldn't be tactful at the
moment.
Wade disappeared some
time during that night lie
had been 10 bed because II
was in an awful mess. a.
though he'd tumbled and
tossed through the night.
They sent out q general
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13

The bureau Of missing per-
sons sent John Perelman up
to talk to the parents. John
had been detective 35 years.
He knew all the facets of
human nature and didn't eX-
pect too much of il.
He talked to Mr.. Torland
about five minutes. But Mrs.
Torland fascinated him. He
talked 10 her an hour. At the
end of that time, he went
down to the corner drugstore
and went into booth and
dialed information.
II want the telephone num-
her of Ben TOrland in Living
ston. y. j." he said. When
she gave il 10 him. he dropped
two dimes in the slot and
called the number. as this
Mr.. Ben Torland ." he in
quired.
"Yes," answered Grandpa
Torland.
This is John Perelman.
detective of the missing per-
sons bureau. You have your
grandson with you, haven't
you? ,"
Eyes. have" grandpa said
defiiantly, land you can't do a
damn thing to me. He came
out here of his own free will
and he likes il here better than
he does home.
"You tell that fool mother
Of his she isn't worthy Of a
fine boy like Wade. Taking
his dog away from him. Il
saw the story in the papers
hut l never paid any mind. i
thought I'd let her sweat a
day or two"
Better bring Wade home.
Mr.. TOrlsnd." the detective
grinned. Bring the dog too.
I don't think there will be any
objections to keeping him."
There isn't, either, though
that fool dog about tears the
Torland apartment apart. His
name is Sooner. Wade Tor
land is changed boy. Every
body notices it.
THE END.
TOmOrrow's short story;
"She Wanted a Press Agent"
by Hollis Starnes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13
Daily Short Story

bewilderment which changed
slowly to something uncom-
fortably like hate. She saw it
in his eyes and shrank in
stinctively. Then she recov-
ered herself. Why. Wade was
only a child. 1t was ridiculous
10 get such an idea.
But mother Is getting you
another dog" she told him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13
oil HOUN' DOG

offspring snarled, THAT
sissy"
Wade's indiffe renee 10
everything around him in
creased after he had visited
Grandfather Torland who lived
in Livingstone ~ 1t was
Mrs. Torland's private opinion
that her father-in-law was not
of The elect.
He was a bluStery. vulgar
man who liked TO eat. drink,
hunt, fish and play cards for
money. He wasn't the Zest of
influences for Wade, but
Wade's father, her husband,
thought too much of him TO
allow her to keep Wade from
him.
HAS TERRIBLE DOG 81
So Wade came-haek after
three days with a terrible dog.
He was a half-grown hound
and he proceeded to tear the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-13


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RECENTLY originated gift proud papa
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