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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
CHRISTMAS SEALS

The faithful postman is paid trib-
ute on this years Christmas seals.
Look at the clipper individual on
the seal and smile with him as he
bears the holiday greetings of the tu-
berculosis associations of this nation.
The annual sale of Christmas seals
tepresents the sympathetic spirit of
humanity for the suffering. We will
have the opportunity of buying them
between now and Christmas
When the creator of the design was
asked why he selected this particular
motif, he gave as his reason the fact
that it was postal employee in Cop
enhagen who first had the idea of
building a more healtkful community
through the sale of holiday seals.
That was 40 years ago. Our country
adopted the idea in 1901, and the
postal employee has ever since played
an important part in the annual cam
paigns. Buy seals and pay tribute to
him, as we'll as showing your interest
in TIE great humanitarian cause
which the sale of seals actually rep
Iesents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
WE MUST NOT FAIL

Someday the war is going to end
Someday millions of American men
will come home from across the seas
and again the danger will be faced
that TIE people of war weary United
States will wash their hands of inter-
national problems. If they succumb
to tkat danger, they will probably
never have another grace period in
which to muddle through ''prepar-
edness program" such as they have
had in the last two wars.
Now, before the war is over, before
the danger of a weary reaction sets
in, is TIE time to help create an eff
fective peace organization and to
help lay the groundwork for dissol-
viving archaic trade barriers.
The late Wendell Willkie spoke
from the heart when he said: Il was
a soldier in the last war, and after
that war was over, saw our bright
dreams disappear, our stirring slo-
gans become the jests of the cynical,
and all because the fighting peoples
did not arrive at any common post
war purposes while they fought. 1t
must be our resolve to see that this
does not happen again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
WAITING TO GO

A new industry has matured in
this war, with a future so fantastical-
ly unlimited that it's full significance
can scarcely be grasped. That indus
try is aviation, and particularly COM
mercial transport.
The people of the United States
who would almost rather travel than
eat, even in normal times, are now,
after several years of war-enforced
confinement, nearly bursting with an
xiety to start moving. AS soon as con-
ditions permit, they will hit the road
for far away places on everything
that will carry them, from bicycles to
airplanes.
Planes are on drawing boards or in
the process of construction that
should forever silence the pessimists
wko claim that the age of adventure
and new frontiers is over. We have
hardly begun to push back the from
tiers, a fact that Americans are going
to find out for themselves when they
can start travelling again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
WAR FOOD CHIEF AND ARMY
HEADS STRESS FAT NEED

New York, Nov. 30th-A joint
statement of War Food Administra-
lion and War Production Board, re-
leased by the Office of War Informa-
ton, today announced that full re-
sponsibility for the program of sal
yaging used fat has been transferred
from War Production Board to War
Food Administration.
1.-THE Importance of fat salvage in
he governments overall fat conser-
vation program is reflected in this
.hange," said Roy w. Peet, chairman
Of the American Fat Salvage Com
nittee, because the nations supply
If food fats is definitely dependent
IN how much used fat is returned for
Industrial use.
Lee Marshall, director of distribu-
ion for war Food Administration,
ninces no words in saying that if we
IRE to avoid the necessity of going
, nto reserve stocks of food fats for
Industrial purposes, household fat
must come to the rescue of industry,
and be fully utilized" continued Mr..
Peet.
MIR. Marshall also cites figures
which indicate reduction of about
4 billion pounds in the 1945 fats and
)ils supply as compared with 1914.
his principally because of lower
contemplated yields in some of the
domestic oil seed crops, stable
drop in the expected hog slaughter
this fall and winter, and the con-
tinued unavailability of imports from
from the South Pacific.
'The change of sponsorship from
WPB to VIA will interrupt no phase
of the current fat salvage program.
Volunteer local committees and field
employees of War Production Board
will continue as usual in all parts of
the country and the Office of Price
Administration will continue to al
law two red ration points per pound
for every pound of used fat turned
in"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
MORE EGGS

The Poultry Industry found that
the average American eats less than
one egg day. Ii the ger capita con-
sumption was increased to one egg a
day, fifty billion eggs year would
be required. The production of Am
erican hens last year was sixty billion
eggs. If the per capita consumption
of eggs was increased to 11s eggs
daily, seventy billion eggs annually
would be required. This shows how a
small increase in per capita consump-
ton of any commodity could take up
a surplus or create shortage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
EQUIVALENT TO TREASON

Strikes have been such a common
occurrence during the war that, UNI
as they are, tkey no long
er shock some people except in cases
where the abuse is most glazing. A
recent strike in Detroit was one OF
the latter. A jurisdictional dispute
tied up work in "a vital war plants.
1t is not hard to imagine the bitter
ness that this uncalled for action
must have aroused in the hearts OF
millions, with members of their fam
lilies serving in the armed forces and
dependent upon the products OF those
Detroit plants to carry on the war.
They cannot be blamed for wonder
ing what in the world has happened
to the souls of workmen who sane
ton these strikes, knowing full well
the consequences to our fighting men.
At least in the case of this Detroit
strike, a government official came
forth with an unqualified condemna-
ton. Undersecretary of War Robert
P. Patterson wired local union OIL
cials as follows: Your strikes are
stopping the flow of ammunition,
gums, trucks and tanks that are vital
ly needed at the front. Your strikes
have nothing to do with wages, hours
of work or working conditions aid
represent no honest grievance. Such
conduct is equivalent to treason
vixen it paralyzes plants making mu-
nitions that must be speeded to Cen
eral Eisenhower and General MacAr-
thur"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
CHRISTMAS TREES MADE SAFE


Most of the Christmas trees cut in
the New England States are fumigat-
ed before they go to market, and
most of the remainder are examined
before they are loaded on thucks or
freight cars. There are gypsy moths,
a serious pest of forest and shade
trees, in practically all the New Eng
land area. In retarding and prevent
ing spread of this pest, government
inspectors examine or supervise the
rlmigation of trees shipped from in
tested territory.
During November and December,
1913, u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture gypsy moth quarantine inspec-
tors supervised the fumigation of
more than 100000 Christmas trees,
or enough to fill 1876 railroad cars.
Besides this, more than 10000 trees
were usually inspected and certi-
fed so that they could go by freight,
truck, and private motor car. In this
way the Bureaus of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine assures that Christ
mas trees Will not be the means of
spreading destructive pest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
FREEDOM FROM WANT

During tkis war, people generally
have become intensely interested in
the fact that science has been doing
Kings for American agriculture. War
emergencies have multiplied needs
and increased shortages" says Rob-
ert NJ Salter, chief of the Bureaeu of
Plant Industry, Soils, and Agriculture
IL Engineering, U. S. Department of
Agriculture. Peace prospects have
aroused reasonable hopes for world
with freedom from want. Thes ehopes
and these needs have stimulated an
unparalleled interest in the possibili-
.es of discovering and demonstrating
through research, the ways and
means of producing more and better
crops"
Hybrid corn Is an outstanding ex-
ample of the contributors that COOP
erative research by State and Federal
plant scientists has made toward in
-reasing the yields of long familiar
crops. Dr. Salter estimates that in the
two years, 1912 and 1913, hybrid
orn increased the national corn har-
ost by nearly one and third billion
bushels.
The corn breeders made it possible
for farmers to grow the needed har-
vests on less land. On the land not
needed for corn the farmers could
take advantage of what soybean
breeders kad done. In 1913. for ex-
ample, 61s million acres less land
was used to produce the same size
corn crop grown in the favorable year
of 1920. More than four-fifths of the
total crop of soybeans in 1943 was
produced on 8 " million acres in four
Corn Belt States-Illinois, Iowa, In
diana, and Ohio.
Increased corn and soybean pro-
duction are only two examples of
what has been accomplished through
research in meeting the Nations war
time needs for greater yields of old
crops and for more of the new crops.
Others cited by the Department of
Agriculture plant scientists are
peanuts, vegetable seeds, and drug
needed crops that are new
to U. S. farmers, recently new or
needed in a new way. Research has
provided answers to such questions
as how to apply our knowledge of
soils to aid growers of these crops,
how to help meet wartime needs for
and how to solve handling
transportation and storage problems.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
MARYLAND FORESTS

After many years of indifference
to the fate of our timber resources,
the people of Maryland finally have
reached the conclusion that some
thing ought to be done about it." And
furthermore, that the Department of
State Forests and Parks ought to do
it.
What has wrought the change? I'm
pleasant, but indisputable facts.
4 hese are that our timber stands, as
the result of long misuse and damage
by fire, now produce, through natural
growth, considerably less than one
l;alf the amount of wood that, acre
for acre they could produce under
proper management. Each successive
cut into our forest capital, valued to-
day in terms of stumpage, at $780,
coo 900, has resulted in smaller tim
Der and less valuable regrowth. A re-
cent survey shows that of our 2,230,-
600 acres of woodland, only about
100000 acres, or 3 per cent, can be
ciassed as sawtimber areas, while L.
125,000 acres, or So per cent, pro-
duce nothing better than cordwood.
The remaining areas, or "a per cent,
are either restocking to tree growth,
or else have been so badly denuded
of such growth as to constitute waste
land
Maryland, it truly can be said, oc
cupies an enviable position among
Eastern States for the ready sale OF
forest products. Demand for rough
hardwood and softwood lumber fol-
planning mill products, for wood con-
tainer stock, for veneer logs, for
pulpwood, for fuelwood, for poles and
piling, and for crossties is steady and
growing. Every Maryland timber
owner is the proprietor of poten
TALLY paying business. AS in the case
of any other business, however, good
management is needed to ensure pro-
fits. Management, for example, such
as that given by Paul Gunby, of Mar
ion Station, to his loblolly pine on the
lower Easetrn Shore.
1t was the conditions just describ-
ed that led the Legislature of 1943
to pass the Forest Conservancy Dis
tricts Act, generally referred to as
the new forestry law" which en-
powers the Commission of State For
ests and Parks to establish rules of
forest practice on privately owned
woodlands throughout the State. This
the Commission has done, and land
owners and sawmill operators who
plan to cut timber should first get in
touch with the proper district fores-
er. II located on the Eastern Shore
this would be Joseph T. Rothrock,
Courthouse, Salisbury. If in South
ern Maryland, it would be R. H.
Hershberger, 344 Main Street, Laur-
ell. If in Upper Bay country, to Adna
Bond, 112 Main Street, Bel Air. All
that can be said about the regulations
here is that they are designed to pre-
vent the kind of cutting, all too fire.
quent in the past, which leaves the
land practically worthless so far as
tie owner is concerned. Under the
regulations, he is now protected
against this outcome. So, incidentally,
is the community, which clearly has
stake in the matter.
Joseph F. Kaylor,
State Forester
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
Restoration
THE EDITOR.

TN Whittier's poem, sour Master"
are the beautiful lines:
The healing of the seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch him in life's throng and
press,
And we are whole again.
During the busy Christmas shop
ping season the power of the Christ
was made manifest in making whole
again" the thought of tired shop
per who had become wearied and
vexed with the jostlings of the
throngs in the stores and on the
streets. AS she entered crowded
elevator she heard child tearfully
complain, "Oh, Grandma, Pm so
tired The grandmother smiled, and
in voice that matched the smile she
called attention to the pleasure in
wrapping beautifully the Christmas
packages, and the happiness each
gift would bring; and she continued,
GAS we think beauty and love and
Joy, we keep out tired thoughts"
Everyone listened and the entire
mental atmosphere changed. Smiles
replaced tired lines; a sparkle came
into eyes that had evidenced worry
and discomfort. What had brought
about the change? Thought had been
lifted to something better than the
contemplation of discord. -:
Lifting thought to something bet
ter than a material sense of things
is a step in the right direction; but
it is not all that is required. There
must come a recognition of Gods
power and presence, and of His laws,
governing His creation harmoni-
ously. Mary Baker Eddy writes in
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" Faith should enlarge
ITS borders and strengthen it's base
by resting upon Spirit instead of
matter" What we cherish in thought
determines what we experience in
body and environment. AS conscious
ness is filled with spiritual facts
Gods thoughts-their opposites, sick,
sinful, fearful beliefs, find no en-
trance into our mental homes; or if,
perchance, erroneous beliefs claim
to be latent in consciousness, these
are elected in like manner. Thus,
one comes into his heritage of spirit
ual dominion.
When thought is calm, joyous, and
grateful in the contemplation of
Gods loving care, it is impossible to
feel the press of the throng-the
hurry, worry, and vexation of mortal
mind arguments. Wherever he may
be, in the quiet of his home, in the
office, in the schoolroom, or on the
crowded streets, he who understands
the omnipresence and omnipotence
of Gods law of harmony reflects
such joyous dominion that the
troubled waves of mortal mind are
stilled. This spiritual activity must
be constant, not only in the hours of
so-cal1ed stress and strain, but in
the days of quiet and peace, when
the temptation to become, apathetic
and mentally idle may be present.
At all times, we need to see to it
that the spiritual weapons of our
defense against errors of every sort
do not become dull from lack of use.
The warfare against the flesh, the
proving of mans spiritual oneness
with the might and majesty of ON
impotence, cannot cease until victory
is complete and mans God-given
freedom is established.-The Chris
tiam Science Monitor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

Congress is at last awake to the
fact that it must do something to
strengthen its position in our govern
ment. Senate Concurrent Resolution
%, passed unanimously by the Sen
ate and now before the House Rules
Committee, provides for an over ali
study Of Congressional procedure to
find ways and means to Strengthen
Congress, to Simplify its proce-
dures" to Improve it's relations with
other branches of TIE government
and to Enable it to better meet it's
responsibilities under the Constitu-
ton"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
Self-Improyements LIN Congress

The Senate and House seem deter
mined to modernize the Legislative
branch of Government, and the Dem
ocrats and Republicans of botL bran
ches are agreed that there should
Je no delay in putting Congress on an
lqual footing with the Administra-
ion. If that object is accomplished at
he present session of Congress it
I'LL be high-water mark. The SEN
lie has passed, since election, a mea-
are Jointly sponsored by two Demo-
ratio members, providing for ~
nan joint House and Senate commit
ICE, witt both political parties equal
y represented to study means of i'm
proving the organization and opera
ion of Congress and it's relationship
with the Executive departments. The
House has practically agreed to the
suggestion of Speaker Reyburn to
hold hearing this session on the leg
islation.
This is matter of tremendous i'm
portance because it is no less than a
declaration of independent action by
Congress in equalizing and harmonic
ng all the forces of Administration
and Legislative government in COM
ing years. Congress has taken a
~umble" to itself, and wants 20 per-
form its obligations to the United
States Its people, it's institutions and
the future. That is the Home Front
At the same time there is no use
CLOSING over the fact that there is un
easiness in the National Capital over
the European idea of carving I'D ma
tons and territory with balance of
power system Great Britain and
Russia have shown trend in that
direction. Apparently the British at
titude, endorsed by the London
Times few days ago, is made some
what in self-protection as against the
move to gather to her side
friendly states in the Balkans.
Believe it or not, the fact is that
lie American Congress is rallying to
he ideals of Wilson's league Of Ma
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

tons, and with that as the basic
our own Government will
insist on backing the new World or
ganization with military forces to
preserve the peace-permanently
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
FOOD ALMANAC A BOON TO
HOUSEWIVES

1t is difficult to plan appetizing
meals during these days of rationing
and food shortages. Wise housewives,
however, find helpful hints for pre-
pairing tasty meals and getting the
most from their ration points by
reading the Household Almanac, a
regular feature in
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Favorite Magazine With The
BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

1t is often claimed that the resour-
ces of this country have been exploit
ed wastefully. Yet the long history
of American industrial development
is filed with chapter after chapter Of
reasearch and experiment directed
toward but one end-more efficient
use Of the products of mine, forest,
and stream.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

In the United States there is one
motion picture house seat for each
IL persons and one motion picture
fheater for each 5000 persons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

Germany is by way of demonstrate
ing that all its functions can be per-
formed by robots and there's no need
for any more Germans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

''Why do they have to have more
money!" Wen lick Japan with
one hand tied behind our back?
CT Joe counts on you to have
enough sense and knowledge of the
facts about the Pacific war to back
him up in his foxhole. The extra
$l00 War Bond you buy today is a
War Bond with the most power. 1t
gives CT Joe the support he must
have at the time when he needs it
most. 1t tells Tokyo you're in the
fight to the finish.
THE EDITOR.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS
BY j. f.. Jones


Washington, D. c., December A.
Five thousand truck drivers in Bos-
ton struck and tied up the delivery of
perishable foods, and at about the
same time telephone operators in
Ohio cities refused to make connec-
the efficient communications mono
poly. Ship-builder Henry j. Kaiser,
at the same time complained that he
lost $4,000 workers from his yard
at Richmond, California, in the past
three months The truck drivers de-
fed orders from the War Labor
Board to return to work The tele-
phone operators also refused COM
mands from the same source. Kaiser
told the President that the attitude
Of the deserving workers showed
little or no attention to the rules of
lie War Manpower Commission that
workers must ask for certificates of
permission before they can change
jobs
The American Federation of Labor
1T its annual convention has asked
hat the Little Steel formula be
strapped and told" the Government
that present wage rates must be
brought into parity with living costs.
The CLIO assumes that it reelected
President Roosevelt-it doesn't ad-
nit there is any question about it.
.iillman has been permanently ele-
waited to the key position, to make
it easy to clear through Sidney"
The United Mine Workers are ON
nously quiet because their Mr.. Lew
IS has the cards all stacked for wage
Increases for miners next April He
will have his turn.
The President had planned to post
pone wage increases until the end OF
he German war. Ike Labor Depart
ment, War Labor Board, War Man
power Commission and their nation
vide branches and local agencies
lake orders from the White House.
SO far as Congress is concerned the
President has no reason to fear in
reference inasmuch as the recent
elections placed the Senate and
louise definitely under control of the
Democratic party.
The above matters are important
.straws in the wind" and they show
which way the wind is blowing. There
will be no radical changes-and ev-
aryone knows it.
But: While we all hope and work
Tor an early end of the war there is
40 way to expect automatic, political
md Government speedy reconver-
SION" Our whole economic industrial
system will have to be revised and
ebuilt. Experiences of World War l
may help US to do better job on tie
nome front this time-we couldn't
10 things worse than we did after
1918. We might restore the old-fash-
soned policies of Democracy and fol-
.ow plans and make laws that will be
FAIR to every class of our popula-
lion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

He knows you
have a date with a
Victory Volunteer,
a neighbor with a
War Bond order in
his or her hand.
The two Of you
may talk it over at
your work bench,
In your office or in
your home. Will
CT Joe pick up
phrases like 81
can't afford it,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

II truth were told the juvenile de-
linqucncy statistics of 20 years ago
would have to be somewhat revised.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

Heas denounces Hitler. In this case )
distance probably lends disenchant-
ment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

Only two states--North Carolina
and Delaware-have taken over from
local units full responsibility for op-
erations of the public schools,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08
70 The People
of This Community

CT Joe In his Pacific foxhole-.-
maybe he is your brother, husband,
sweetheart or friends listening in
IN Won TODAY
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

Match famine is threatened. Let
us remeber there will always be a
Sweden.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-12-08

The Philippine archipelago is com-
posed Of 1000 islands,