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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1914.
After the Panama canal is com
pleted, what? This canal is the
greatest achievement of America’s
youth. In itself it is but a step to
ward the mastery of the world’s com
merce. Well may we ask ourselves
whether we will be prepared to take
full advantage of the canal when it is
opened. Any other country of the
world, if possessed of our natural re
sources would immediately grasp the
situation and on it build a commerce
second to none on this globe. If we
were possessed of the German fru
gality we would have no trouble in
maintaining a supreme position over
all the nations. But in th's case we
have here in the United States the
most wasteful nation in the worlt ,-nd
Germany the most frugal. In every
department of agriculture and com
merce Germany has been able to com
pete on equal terms with America’s
limitless resources. We have every
thing here, efficiency and intelligence
among our laboring people and an
abundance of capital, and we ought to
dominate the world’s commerce. Pon
dering on these things wre feel that it
is our privilege to ask—“After the
canal, what?”
This looping the loop in an aero
plane is attractive only so long as it
is successful.
Evidently the Ill:onois woman suf
frage law will not be able to acquire
a "wet” nurse.
Women tire, it appears, to have the
vote as well as the picture on the
magazine cover.
Possibly a happy solution of the
Mexican problem would be to de
prive Huerta of his corkscrew.
In its feeble way the national ad
ministration s doing what it can to
make the dollar, popular.
Possibly Peliz Diaz is afraid that if
he ventures into the limelight Huer
ta will take a shot at him.
If it is oil that is back of the Mex
ican storm the captains would better
spill some on the troubled waters.
Cooking should be made an art and
a science instead of a drudgery and
a cause of dyspepsia and racial de
generation.
We suppose that the Chautauqua
circuit has no attraction for Mr. Lind.
Or maybe he is saving his voice for
that purpose.
What the ultimate consumer de
sires to know :s when the now tar
iff will respond to his grand hail
ing sign of distress.
When Huerta does retire, however,
it is likely that his successor will
have to refurnish the palace cellar
and the national treasury.
Scieniss in Washingon have heard
by wireless he beating of a clock in
the Eiffel tower, Paris. They will
hear (he tratPtional pin drop, next
thing.
If the colonel proceeds as far as
Bolivia or Peru he may be able to
kill a line summer coat for himself,
the alpaca being plentiful in hose
counties.
Now Canada is talking about free
food, not at all discouraged by the
way the taking off of the tariff did
not lower the price of meat in the
United States.
Dr. Nemyl may have overstated the
case when he said that' Chicago has
the worst slums, but the fact that the
charge has been made is a reproach
that Chicago should hasten to remove.
Something had to be done by the
mill owners and manufacturers to off
set the skirapiness of women’s gar
ments, but it is pie tty hard for a
dignified man to he compelled to wear
one of those comical overcoats.
INVEST NEARLY A
BILUONIN TRASH
Waste Material Reclaimed by
Business Geniuses.
SPECIALIZE ON FIVE THINGS
Export $2,000,000 In Woolen Rags For
"Shoddy”—Get $114,000,000 Worth of
Tin and Iron Out of Discarded Tin
and Hardware—True Conservation
ists, Says Head of Association.
At the second meeting of the Na
I tionnl Association of Wnsto Matcriu!
| Dealers, held in New York recently,
I delegates from many places In the east
und middle west discussed conditions
in the waste material industry and the
policy of the association. Tho organi
zation was formed in Boston only Inst
March, but, according to the report of
tile secretary, tho members of the as
sociation represent an investment in
tho business of more than $700,000,
000.
The members are divided into five
general classes, according to the par*
tlcular waste materials in which they
deal, and each class is represented on
the board of governors of the associa
tion by a vice president. The live
products upon which the classification
is based are rubber, metals, paper
stock, cotton and woolen rags and scrap
iron, and recently the vice president
representing the business in each of
them made a report of tho conditions
of the trade in which he was inter
ested.
Million* In Rags and Tin Can*.
Through their vice president the rag
dealers reported that more than $2,
000,000 worth of woolen rags laid b#en
exported from the United States last
year to be manufactured by foreign
mills into cloth known as “shoddy.”
According to another report, old tin
cans, useless cooking utensils and dis
carded hardware of all kinds furnish
ed $114,000,000 worth of pure tin and
iron, which were used in manufacture.
Iu many cases, said the representa
tives of the old metal dealers, the same
articles were made from the metals re
covered which had originally been
manufactured from them. The tin
coating on old, rusty cans, for ex
ample, was removed by some facto
ries, purified by chemical treatment
and then again used as a veneer for
cans. Some of the tin was also con
verted Into tetrachloride and used for
weighting silk. ■
Old iron and steel can most easily
be recovered and used for a second
time, the vice president of the dealers
in iron said. What is commonly known
as “scrap iron” can be melted down
and converted into structural steel and
iron implements of as good quality as
any. according to his report.
Buying Up Old Auto Tires.
The automobile industry has fur
nished a field for the rubber men
They buy old tires and tubes, which
they restore with chemicals to pure
rubber for new tires and tubes. Their
report showed an active and profitable
business.
In bringing the meeting to a close
the president of the association, Theo
dore Hofeller of Buffalo, . addressed
the delegates upon the subject of the
waste material business.
“Without attracting attention,-’ he
said, "the dealers in things that not
very long ago were considered useless
and even unprofitable trash have
built up a business that In capital in
volved and material handled ranks
with most recognized industries, and
greater results have been obtained
from the snvlng of the waste materials
than from irrigation of barren lauds
The waste material dealers are the
true conservationists. They have re
claimed millions of dollars from the
dump heaps throughout the country."
Tile secretary of the association is
Charles M. Haskins of Boston, and the
treasurer is Mark Sherwin of the same
city.
BABOON A COCAINE FIEND.
Dr. Briand Describes Strange Case to
a Paris Medical Society.
IJr. Mnreel Briand exhibited before
the chief alienists awl specialists of
Baris recently a Japanese ha boon
which is a cocaine lieml
Tobie arrived at the St Anne hospi
tal at the same time as his owner, an
actress on the Paris stage, who also
Is a victim of the drug habit. Sty*
begged to be allowed to keep her pet
at the hospital with her. and the re
quest wns granted.
The actress informed Dr. Briand that
Tobie had been addicted to cocaine for
five months. He formed tbe habit by
imitation, nobody having Induced him
to use tbe drug.
The baboon had become an expert in
searching pockets and band bags for
cocaine. He never absorbed more than
enough to give him Joyful feelings.
The drug affected him the same as it
affects u human being, and be received
the same treatment as his mistress.
“Don’t Worry—Live Long.”
“Don’t worry over things and you
will not be nervous and you will aleep
well If you sleep well you will be
happy, and If you are happy you will
live long," Joseph Bradbury told bis
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren at his recent ninety
third birthday celebration at South Or
ange, N. J
News Filins of the
Passing Show
| A bill before the New York legls
j Inture makes it a misdemeanor to op
I erate horse ears in New York city aft
I er Jan. 1.
I Black silk accordion plaited dress
; shirts, with black stocks, have made
their appearance at Harvard.
Harry Sinning of Pittsburgh, suing
for divorce, complains that Mrs. Sin
ning has an inordinate longing for
pork chops and won’t make soup.
| Frank H. Pierce, a Boonton (N. J.)
I lawyer, whoso coat was stolen in a
! New York restaurant, received the pa
pers in the pockets by mail. Thief said
he needed the coat.
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ACT AUTHORIZES FEDERAL
OWNERSHIP OF WIRES.
Burleson Cites Statute In Telegraph
and Telephone Recommendation.
Government ownership of the tele
graph and telephone lines of the Unit
ed States is urged In the annual re
port of Postmaster General Burleson,
who now ha9 the draft of a bill be
fore him designed to bring about the
transfer of these enormous interests
from private to public hands.
The bill Mr. Burleson has under con
sideration has been drawn by Repre
sentative David J. Lewis of Maryland,
the father of the parcel post legisla
tion. His bill, however, provides only
for the acquiring at first by the gov
ernment of the telephone lines of the
country, long distance and local.
The Lewis scheme is to equip (he
telephone lines of the country in such
a way tiiat they can be used also in a
telegraph service. It proposes, then, to
have the federal government under
take the conduct of a regular tele
graph business as well as the manage
ment of tlie immense telephone sys
tem of the country. In other words,
Mr. Lewis would have the govern
ment enter actively into competition
with the existing telegraph lines.
The postmaster general contends
that tlie government has legislative
authority to take over tlie telegraph
aud telephone lines, lie insists that
this authority is contained in a statute
passed by congress in 1880. Further
action by congress would, of course,
! be necessary to authorize tlie immense
j bond issue that would be necessary to
carry out this great undertaking.
“The indication of largely increased
postal revenues," says Mr. Burleson,
•‘justifies a serious consideration at
this time of tlie subject of adding the
telegraph and telephone as a part of
our postal service.”
BETTERMENT OF THE RACE.
_
Object of National Conference to As
semble Next Month.
j The national conference on race bet
torment to lie held at Battle Creek.
Midi.. Jan. S to lit, lias as its ultimate
purpose tlie perfecting of the human
race. Intermediately it contemplates
gradual betterment of living condi
tions. the achievement of increased
human efficiency and higher standards
of physical and mental development.
The much discussed eugenics move
ment. tile well dellned feminist move
incut and correlated topics will also
be considered. During the conference
there will he a comprehensive mental
and physical classification of several
hundred school children, which will
take into consideration the effect of
heredity ami environment.
The organization of a national body
to continue the work inaugurated by
the conference Itself will be effected
This body. It is expected, will arrange
•for annual meetings.
WARNINGS OF FROST. -
i Telephones In Idaho Tell In Advance'of
Crop Dangers.
I To guard against damage to Its crops
i of fruit by sudden frosts a large or
i chard company in Idaho has installed
| :1 novel system for giving frost warn
! lags by telephone. Thermometers are
located north, east, south and west of
the orchard area, and give a sigual
when the temperature drops to a eer
tain predetermined point. This gives
notice at tin* main office of the com
puny. Indicating not only the fact that
!i frost is imminent, tint also from
which direction it incoming
Following this sigual. the several
orchardmen In the affected district are
immediately notified hy telephone
URGE FATHERS AND SONS
TO BECOME ACQUAINTED.
Cleveland. O.. announces u “fa
ther and son" movement. The
, object Is to promote a closer un
derstanding aud a spirit of com
radeship between fathers and
tbeir sons The various alms of
the movement are:
To help fathers and sons to on
derstaml each other.
To Interest fathers in the out
side Influences their sons meet,
so that they can help themte
avoid evils.
To break down the barriers
that often exist between fathers
a ml sous.
Tr> make fathers understand
mat they most go outside the
home to best bring their ideas to
is'iir iiis*n their hoys' minds.
‘The Home cf
Hart Schaffner
Or Marx
TWENTY-FIVE dollars isn’t much
money to spend for a suit of
clothes; when you come to know what
first-class quality of materials and
tailoring, and what restfulness of
mind as to style that price commands,
you will almost think it isn’t enough
to pay. We carry a large line.
Our Rural Credits.
A oommitee from thee House of
Representatives is taking up the mat
ter of credits in the hope of estab
lishing some system that will reduce
the cost of provisions. Some experts
have been abroad for months study
ing European systems and the gen
eral opinion is that conditions are so
different in this country that foreign
methods cannot be adopted withoii.
making some great fundamental
changes. It is n l a matter that can
be handled quickly. Our farmers have
comparatively large farms and they
need a lot of money for a certain pari
of the year. We are not on a suffi
ciently stable basis, so far as mark
ets are concerned, to make the crop
itself a standard secruity and a mort -
gage is the only '-afe backing for a
loan. The experience of banks in
foreclosing mortgages has not been
sufficiently ncouraging to make a low
rale of interest advisable. There is
a lot to be said about the condition
of rural credits in this country, but
it does seem thtu any system that is
adopted mu«t include the giving of
its credit by the country through bond
issues, and even this will be cumber
some.
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