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THVBADAY. JVLT 1, IflSl cbook oonn fotmnAh GIVES REAS01I FOR DEPRESSION Rail Chief Declares Freight Chargat Net the Cause " 41 it 'Stagnation. FARM PRODUCTS ARE CITED 1 1 uilneti Depreiilon and Lack of Demand the Real Trouble. WMkKfiba, o. C.-U testifying bo tare the senate aomalttee Interstate mumm, wnisa u eeaaueting u II anlry liu the railroad 1111111100, Jult M Krltcbnltl, chairman ( the board et the BoutUera Peclflo Company, went tot greak detail M the (((act of freight ratea oo produce lolptuenta, (erelga and domestic Tba mala palota ha geade lo tula part of all tsatltuony vara: Ural -That business deprea- aloa la set tba result at blab fieight ralea, oeooud Tbat tba real cauaa at stagnation lo produce shipments la lack of market or profiteering. Ha aid. In part: A widespread propaganda la bring tarried oo to arouse publlo eentltueat against existing freight ratea, whereas tka (act la tbat evea alooa tba ratea have bnn advanced tba coil of trane porting commodities la far leaa tbuo tbt toll laki'O by tba commission nier bant and tba retailer fur buylug and nailing tbeia. People Milled Aa ta Situation. People are misled and conclude tbat blab ralea have Hopped tba movomeut af a large amouut of freight and tbat tbe railways would make mora money If tbejr would reduce tbe ralea and tberebjr revive tbe traffic. There la the strongest reason to believe tbat tba very great reduction la trafflo baa been due almost entirely to general bualneea eondltlona tbat are world wide In tbelr effect and that would have come if there had been no ad vance In freight ralea. Prlcee of couimodlttea reached their maximum lo the flret half of the year 1120 and thereafter fell with great rapidity In Prance, tbe United State, and the United Kingdom. Tbe fall la the United Btatra began In May, and waa rapidly oo Ita way downgrade to September, when tbe advanced ratea took effect. Nevertheless traffic did not drop for at trait four months, Slump: Not Cauaed by Higher Ratea. It waa a general deflation and fall to nrlcea from tba heights to which they bad been drlvea by war ooadl ttpns tfiet baa cauaed a stagnation ol business throughout the world. That It la not cauaed by the coat of trane portatlon la convincingly ahowo by the fact tbat stoppage at baying haa cauaed an overaupply af ships, benoa ocean tonnage ratea bava beea recently Ot the loweat points lo tbelr history, Notwithstanding these low ratea. ocean traffla ahowa aa great stagna tion aa rait traffic, and millions of tons of shipping here and abroad are rusting away In Idleness. Maay com modifies would not move aveo If tha freight, cbargea oo them were abol ished entirely, because produce re can Mod no market That the decline to buslneaa la not due to prohibitive freight ratea la hewn by the following examples: In Januky of this year the total tonneae of lines west of Ml Haee aad Ofdea operated br t Routkera fi ctile Company feU erf 41 aercent The combined Intrastate freight toe nags In Arlsona and Nevada declined 10 percent although Increase la the Intraatate Irelgkt rates la thoee etatea has been as yet autkortaed or made effective. Tkle decrease em braced grain, hay and live stock, ea well ae ores and ether commodltlee. Cotton Unshipped fer Lack of Market Of a Texas eotten area ol ever four mllUan bnlee, 49 percent remains un marketed. The average teat ef rail and water shipment from producing point to Liverpool has beea reduced about ll.MVt per at pound la the face of whlek about ene-helf million bales ef cot tun leas than normal have Beea exported to Liverpool. Obvloue ly the freight rate la not reeponelBln for the reatrlrted movement. During Beptember, October and November, l2u, 46 percent lean rice, 10 percent leas canned salmea and 11 percent lees dried fruit were exported than during the sams months of the pre vious year, Although the reduction In ocean ratea was eubitantlally mere than the Increase In Inland rail ratea, ae that ths material decline In the exports of these commodities was la ths face of a Isss aggregate coet of transportation. Tha Case of tha Fruit Crowem. Tha troublea of the California lemon mere have attracted mucn auen tlon. Ha olnlms ha la anabla to ahlp hla nroduct because of tha Increased freight . rates. A removal of all the recent Inorease of tha rata on lemons uiiiid nat bain him. Ha haa a rata by sea through the Panama canal of leaa than half 48 percent oi ui r rata, yet hla lemons are not marketed. The average price of a cantaloupe laid " down In New York In the aeaaon of 1920 vas not quite 11 cents. Aa thy were retailed at about 88 centa, there la a further profit to somebody of 14 cents per cantaloupe. The managers of tha propaganda for , a general reduction of freight ratea have lost sight of the fact that in Octo ber 1920, 1,196,321 carloads of coal were moved, being the maximum moved In any month In the preceding two years, although It waa handled at the advanced freight rates, and we have heard nothing as to coal being produced at a loss or of the coal mine owners going out of business because of existing freight rates. The per centage of freight charges to value In the early part of 1921 Is almost exact ly the aauie as It was In 191. OUuU-NATURED AND PATIfc.NI Inglleh Visitor fays Tribute to Via. suae Ho Noted aa Distinguishing America feopla. A while ago I published ume book uo a tour I made la America dar ing war Hue. I dedicated It "To the kindest peoplt la tha world," and I pat the dedication lo Latin to apart their bluabee. BbouU ) write another work of tbe aame kind, I think I should dedicate It "To tba most good natured, tolerant and patient people In the world," writes Sir Arthur . aiilpley lo the Outlook. Although as the election grow a mlntnt Interest la It became keea and dtecaaslea eager, atlll I only owe beard aa acuta disagreement between the supporters of tha rival candidate, and this waa between a husband and wife. It seemed baaed noon fund mental difference of opinion on that most Innocuous and unexciting fluid, milk. Aa a rule the discussions were moat amicable, and usually finished up, aft ar the method of Lincoln, lu a Juke or a atory. Their toleration equals their good humor. They bear patiently every variety of religious dogma: tliene are almost aa numerous Id the United Btatee aa are patent medicines. They quietly endure and Ignore the moat Infernal noises. Owing to the enormous distances one has to trav erse In the alutea, one spends a con' alderable part of one's time on the train and It la this reason which pos sibly nrcotinta for the fnct that Vtnerl cttns iH-rxlNt In talking ou the cars. Mr. I, liens has recently reminded ns (hut Carlyle bequeathed certain bonks lo Harvard university because of his esteem and regard for tha American people "particularly tbe more alien! part of them." The latter exist not only In the Imagination of the Chelsea pljlosophcr. They are perhaps uot very numerous, atlll they exist MEAT UNDER PERPETUAL BAN Residents and Visitors on Island of Valamo, Finland, Must Obey Law Centuiiee Old. Every day la fish day on the little Island of Valamo, Finland, 12 squares miles In area. Almost ten centuries ago monks of the Oreek Catholic church embarked on Lnke Ladoga to find a now home and landed on Vala mo. A fine old monastery they built and framed a law Hint from that day on no men! should ever he eaten on the Ulund. Keceiitly several members of the Atnerlcou Ited Cross stationed at the IttisNlan- refugee cunip at Viborg, niicrte n Journey to the Islnni and were entertnlned at lunch In the monas tery built to replace the one destroyed In 17M. The old low Is still observed by the 4T0 monks uow living there. From the day they arrive on the Island to the day they leave or die no meat la eaten by them. Husky, strong and living to a good old age, this lack of meat as food la not ap parent In their build. For lunch tbo Americana had fish In several rorma, fried, baked and In soup, but aiwaya fish. H-intlng la barred, trapping la ta boo, so that temptation In tha ahapo of meat may never come, Smoking also la banned. No Aerial Mall for Chinese. While Chang Tso Lin, who today domlnatee the north of oiina, waa wondering Just what ha would do wltb six alrplanea which he ordered from England the queatlon of the disposal of three of them was settled for him. He waa undecided whether to use them for military purposes or for the establishment of a mall service, In ac cordance with the terme of the con tract. Whllo debating the question h8 ordered three to be sent to Mukden, for possible postal use, and the re mainder to Paotlngfu for military pur poses. Those shipped to Mukden were loaded on flat cars and atarted on their way. Some distance from Tient sin they bumped a railroad bridge and were not only am ashed but also put the bridge out of commission. So It looks aa though those who expected to get their mall via tha air route are doomed to disappointment Thrill Not on Program. President Obregon of Mexico haa given hla sanction to bull fighting by anrjearing one Sunday afternoon when nodolfo Gaona and Ernesto Paator fought Jointly. Ho occupied a ring- aide seat When Pastor, playing the last bull, made what appeared to be a death thrust the President arose to leave and tha band immediately struck no the national anthem. The bull, however, waa not dead and atart ed to charge. At tha sound of the an them he atopped In hla tracka, lowered hit head, and wltb Pastor standing at rigid attention not three feet from the bull's horns, the hymn waa completed. A second later the bull tumbled over dead. Veteran flghtgoera asserted the gDectacle waa the strangest ever seen In the Mexico City arena. Brooklyn Eagle. Then All Waa Quiet Junior has reached the age of In- qulsltlveness. With grandma, he wag making a social call. He noticed that the piano was not In the snme posi tion as the one at home, that the dnv- euport was different, ana mat tne library table was of another design unit called attention to the facts In tones that all heftrd. "Grandma," he kald, finally, "'haven't they got any mote chairs?" "Why of course they have, keep quiet." "Well, why Is that ma at tbe plauo Btool tbenT NECKTIE HALTED A ROMANCE Who Had teen Apart far Forty Yea re Made Up When Ma Wore Woman's Present forty year ago John Kuuooos and Charity Tlmmona of Blshupvlllo. Del., wort twenty years old and sweet hearts. With her owa Undo Id lea Tfaamona made a necktie aa gift for bar young gallant. The. evening of tbo day he received It Burnous put It on. Uo didn't Uko the colors aud re placed It Aa usual, ho visited Iflsa Timmeoa that evening, according to a aVlby vUla (Del.) dispatch to tha Philadel phia Lodger. It waa a alee summer night The snout revealed thai ho waa not wearing love's token and Mlaa Tlmmona demanded the reason. "It's too loud." replied tba youth. Do you mega yoa will oovev wear M Then you doo't love me," aobbed the girt, and alio went Into tbo bouse. That apparently waa tbe end of tbo romance. Emmons went to Portland, Ore., and prospered. Aa the owner of a big department store In the far Northwestern city, be returned to Blshopvllle last Chrlstmaa for a visit It was Inevitable tbat ha should meet his former sweetheart In thtr vil lage. Boon each learned that the old love would not die ; that each bad con sidered the other the only mate and that neither bad married. Of course. Emmons proponed, Mlaa Tlmniotis did not refuse him, but nhe bought a tie aa nearly like the one that atiirted all the trouble aa she could find. Then, when he wore It without fllnchliiK. alia coyly murmured "yea." Anil so they were married the other evening. PREPARING TURF FOR FUEL New Method, 8ald to Have Originated In Russia, May Result In Rtllev Ing Shortage. A new method of drying turf to re lieve the serious fuel shortage In Fin land has been putjn operation In vari ous Scandinavian countries. The new method was Invented by engineers working under orders from the. Hus sion soviet government to find a more labor-saving method of preparing turf aa fuel for the great central power sta tion near Moscow, the process being made known In Finland through an es caping engineer. The fundamental principle of the process Is quite sim ple. The raw turf In the swamp, by a powerful Jet of water under a pressure of 20 atmospheres. Is freed from all old roots and changed to thin mud. This Is pumped out on a drying field and spread In layers. When sufficient ly dry It la cut Into bricks of uniform slse by meana of a tractor. The turf pump Is constructed like an ordinary water turbine, la reversible with aid of electric motor, la equipped wltb a cut ting apparatus which completea the work of the water jet and can be raised or lowered as tbe surface of the mud varies. The entire equipment la mounted on a car which can be puahed forward or backward on rails along the line of work. Scientific American. Convicted by tha Bible. Law founded on the Bible la good enough for Mayor Gllmore of Morgan- town, W. Va. A local man charged with not hav ing the tall light burning on his auto mobile waa arraigned before the may or, who assessed a fine of $3. The accused protested, said It was a poor law under which be waa fined and that he did not think It would hold water in court The mayor declared any law found ed on the Bible waa good enough for him. The defendant said be couldn't aea where a tall light had anything to do wltb the Bible. Tbe mayor looked pltylngiy at the accused, and aald : 'Do you remember the tale about the ten virgins, five of whom bad lights and five of whom didn't? Well, If you do, you will remember that the Lord wouldn't have anything to do with the five without lights, and neither will this court" Cotton Stalks Will Furnish Paper. The possibilities of cotton stalks aa a source of paper have long been sus pected and experiments In this direc tion have been made, but for one rea son or another It has never proved quite practical. The nearest approach to success has been made recently, and It la an nounced that there Is a plant at Greenwood, Mass., where SO tons of paper are made every day from three times that amount of ajalk. Certain thin tubular fiber In the plant will make excellent cellulose for durable papers. It la strong and flex ible. If a quarter of tha annual sup ply of tha cotton stalks of the South were put to this use each year were would be no need of a paper shortage In thla country. Reservation for Aborigine. The commonwealth of Australia has taken steps for the preservation of tha aborigines of that country and has as signed a tract of public lands in the northern territories aa reservation for the tribes. It Includes the Mann an! Peterson ranges and practically the whole of Luke Amndeus. The govern ments of South and Western Australia have set nslde adjoining areas for the purpose of this reservation. in Plunk Center. "Why do you doubt that my shovi will pnok your insignificant town hall! It ran 300 times in New York." "No offense, mister, und mebbe so. But she's got to be a purty good show to run one time yere." Louisville Cos rler-Jouroal. "'- Japanese Marriage Law. The- legal reetrictlooa oa the age at which a person can iiarry are different between men ard women, according lo tba civil coda of Japan. Man must bo above 17 and womea IS years. There can be ao marriage with out tbo voluntary agreement of tbe aa a ad woman whoa a marriage la to bo contracted. V they have parents living they most obtala their ceo sew!, aaloea the mta haa rem plated kla thirtieth year and tha woaaaa hot twenty-fifth. . i Ada Displaced by tleetrle Planar. Tha ada la probably among the org eat of metal Implements, bat Ita work la now being dose by ao electric planer which performs too taak mack easier and wltb less expenditure of time-. ; t( la designed for heavy work, each aa haa beea deuo by the ada about Shipyards and elmllar ee-ah-llahmetita. It la driven by corapreened air and works on the turbine prin ciple with a two-bladed cutter. Various Storm Warnings. Flowers, trees and low-growing planta send out storm warnings. Cer tain plants and flowers done up tight ly on the approach of rain. They give ample warning. Tbe common dande lion does this, and also tha leaves of tha white clover. Tha allver leaf pop lar gives fair warning of rain by toss ing the allver under aide of Its leaves upward continuously. Daisies Mlstsktn for Sheep. In - New Zcsland there la to be found a member of the daisy family which la ao large that It Is often mlstHken for a sheep In the distance. It grows in exposed placea and the branches of the plant are covered wltb email leaves which greatly resemble the wool of sheep. The shape of the plant and the flowers add lo the de ception. It Is sometimes called tha vegetable sheep. 'Thought the Clouda Hollow. Every child today knowa that tha clouds are composed of tiny globules of water carried In tbe air and hav ing some affinity to enable them to bold together. Formerly It was though! that clouds were hollow like ooup bubbles, for otherwise tbey would not be aUje to float Seven Champions. The Seven Champions of Christen dom, who are often alluded to by old writers, were St George, the Patroo Ralnt of England; St Andrew of Scot land, 8t David of Walea; St Patrick of Ireland, St Denla of France. St lumes of Spain, and St Anthony of Italy. ' I Your obinson A Conundrum. Whllo watching a moving Dlrtnre f the Isle of Wight reoeatly, an old Engllah rooandroat was recalled to our mind. It ran thoa: Why la tha lata of Wight a fraud? Bee see H haa Needles you cannot thread. Freak water yea cannot drink, Oowaa yoa cannot milk and Newport yoa raaaat hotUev-Boetoa Transcript Saltwater Rain, ahwater rain haa frequently beea reported daring tbo prevalence af tropica! cyclones. Tbls la explained y the fnct that the array from tha treat wavea which the atom genet ilea la often carried many miles la and by tbo wind. Campaign Emblems. . As far as known, the first campaign emblem waa a finger ring of copper. It waa worn by the adherents of John Qutncy Adama la 1824, wbea he raa for Prealdent and waa Inscribed "Joha Qutncy Adama, 1S2S." Tlntypea and medallions were among the Insignia of the I860 campaign when Lincoln waa elected. , Names Traced to Chinese. Many names of cities, inoni'liilnr and rivers lo Ibe West, and along the Pacific coast which have generally been regarded ss Indian nsmet. ar really of Chinese origin, according t a writer In the New xora neram. Even the namea of the state of Cluh and Nevada are of Chinese origin, he saya. "Pe" or "Pie" meana north In Chlnene; therefore the Pleote Indian were merely the North Cta Indiana Remarkable Phyalcal Strength. While the average woman poseessea only about two-thirds of the physical strength of the average man, there are plenty of exceptions, and there have been women who could rival almost every feat of the strongest man. One of the most wonderful of them all was Mlaa Kate Roberta, tbe daughter of a Welch preacher. Though there waa uothlng In the least massive about this young wom an, she could lift a full-grown man above her heed with one arm. Coal in Ancient Times. Medieval writers usually refer t .oal as "sea-coal" (carbones man tiuil, or carue de marl), in order t.. distinguish it from cliarcoui (vui bona). The name evidently nro from the fact that It was brought U some places by water. Tbe name was. however, used of coal which was car -ed into Chester from Ewloe, aud of that found In the middle of Derby shire. Iu the reign of Elizabeth coul waa measured by the barrel, nine bar rels to tbe ton. Suit j ' ' mi Will be right and will be priced right if you buy from us. Standard lines of High Quality Men's Wear, Shirts, Un derwear, Neckwear, Shoes, Hats of the most approved make. : Honey Mentioned In Bible. There are references to hooey ta the Bible, la tbe sacred hooka of tba Hlndua and In tha Korea. Ia tba Far East aew honey baa for agea bee adeemed aa a laxative and old hooey aa an astringent. Honey waa eoe of the materiala which tha Egyptian need ia embalming, and oihera of tba anclenta used it aa a food preaervativa. There was a considerable traase la MitTe eggs and egga packed ka wort shipped long Journeys. ' ' Forecast: Cold and Cloudy. Tha host waa showing bis aathof friend the room ia which tba Inttar waa ta sleep during hla visit Indi cating the books in the room, bo ape, ogixed. "I'm afraid you'lf find thaea a pretty drpreaalng collection," aa said. '1 aiwaya damp my rabbtak here." The author rao hla eye ever tba shelves. One volume aainast strangely familiar. He took It dew and handed It to hla host "It took me two years to write that one," ha aald. ' Patience and Insensibility. A phlegmatic Insensibility Is a different from patience, as a pool fro a harbor. Into the one. Indolence naturally sinks us; but If wo arrive at the ether it Is by encountering many an adverse wind and rough wave, with a more skilful pilot at tie helm thaa self, and a company under better com mand than the passions. Dilwyn. Many Kinds of Honey. T!:ere are ..iore kinds of hooey than yon Ihlnk. There is noney mi black and aour; honey that is reo; honey that , ly poisonous, honey that la green and honey that is rose color. Many of ue have eaten honey mat ia white, and most of us know honey that ranges In color from pale yellow to brown. Honey la of many flavors, depending cn the kind of blossoms the beea work on. High Explosive. Trinitrotoluene, a prodnct of toluene la derived from - coal tar and com posed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen anc nitrogen. It la considered one. of ths most powerful of the high explosives and ia used for purpose for whlck dynamite and nitroglycerin are not adapted. The latter la the most pov erful explosive of Its kind. To Remove Tar or Grease. A very sure aud safe way to re move tar or any such grease ataina from colored ginghams is to rub weB into the spots fresh lard. Let It lia several hours; then wash in warm soapsuds. All spots will come out easily. & Clifton j V